Patents by Inventor Michael A. Thomas

Michael A. Thomas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240006765
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
  • Publication number: 20240002287
    Abstract: An apparatus for continuous electro-thermal poling of glass or glass ceramic material, includes a lower support conveying and contacting electrode structure, an upper contacting electrode structure positioned above the lower support structure, and one or more DC bias voltage sources connected to one or both of the upper contacting structure and the lower support structure. A process for continuous electro-thermal poling of glass or glass ceramic sheets or substrates includes heating the sheet or substrate, feeding the sheet or substrate continuously or continually, while applying a DC voltage bias, and cooling the sheet or substrate to within 0-30° C. of ambient temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher William Drewnowski, Michael Thomas Gallagher, Charles Thomas McLaren, Nicholas James Smith, Nicholas Ryan Wheeler, Thomas Michael Zajicek
  • Publication number: 20240004932
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for automated query modification using graphical query representations. One method comprises obtaining a query referencing multiple fields in one or more information elements; generating a graph of the query by: establishing nodes for referenced fields; connecting the established nodes corresponding to referenced fields from a same information element using one or more edges; adding edges, for operations in the query that establish a connection between information elements based at least in part on a related field in the information elements, to connect the nodes corresponding to the related fields; and setting a status of nodes corresponding to fields that are selected in the query to a selected status; and initiating an automatic generation of a modification of a portion of the query based at least in part on the graph. The modification may comprise a correction, completion and/or enrichment of the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Oshry BenHarush, Amihai Savir, Ofir Ezrielev, Michael Thomas Kruzewski
  • Patent number: 11862871
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: BlueHalo, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
  • Publication number: 20230414155
    Abstract: A method includes receiving—by a first computing system—electrocardiogram (ECG) data and metadata associated with the ECG data, where the metadata includes an initial cardiac event classification and an initial beat classification for beats occurring during a first event associated with the initial cardiac event classification. The method further includes causing the ECG data to be displayed in a user interface (UI) and receiving a command, via the UI, to change the initial beat classifications to subsequent beat classifications. The method also includes automatically modifying, by the first computing system, the initial cardiac event classification to a subsequent cardiac event classification based on the subsequent beat classifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: David Engebretsen, Benjamin Adam Teplitzky, Jake Matras, Michael Thomas Edward McRoberts, Timothy McClanahan
  • Publication number: 20230409430
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a data protection system that performs identification of errors from queries on a database. The data protection system can further identify corrupted data from additional errors, are difficult to detect, and occur between layers of data in the database system. The data protection system can perform corrections of the error data by rebuilding database data or removing the corrupted data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Selcuk Aya, Leonid Baraznenok, Jaeha Lee, Adrian Peter Neumann, Ryan Michael Thomas Shelly, Zerui Wei, Jiaqi Yan
  • Publication number: 20230406768
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions for carbonation of recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) to produce carbonated RCA. In addition, uses of the carbonated RCA, such as in building materials, and building materials containing RCA, are included. Carbonation of RCA may be used alone or may be used in combination with other carbonation processes associated with concrete manufacture, such as carbonation of wet concrete mixes and/or carbonation of concrete wash water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Soley EINARSDOTTIR, Dean Paul FORGERON, Michael THOMAS, George Sean MONKMAN, Alex HANMORE
  • Publication number: 20230409663
    Abstract: An automatic differentiation (AD) technique and implementation processes multi-physics solver code entirely on graphics processing units (GPUs) to automatically differentiate one or more outputs of the code with respect to one or more inputs. The technique provides a “factory” framework that ingests arbitrarily complex solver code to produce a version of the code that is automatically differentiated (AD code) and mapped to the GPUs. The technique provides a derivative of the solver code output with respect to the inputs that enables analysis of the output of the computed solver code with initially provided inputs coherent with sensitivity analysis of that output as the inputs are changed. The adjoint information derived from solver code execution (AD code) computed by the AD technique may also be used to estimate one or more estimates of the numerical error in a solution to the physical simulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Klaus Leppkes, Michael Thomas Mara, Juan José Alonso
  • Publication number: 20230409722
    Abstract: A data encryption, decryption, and storage method includes: receiving a first query request to retrieve a production data; obtaining a constructed data and encrypting the constructed data using the production data to obtain an encrypted constructed data where the encrypted constructed data is generated without including metadata specifying an access list specifying one or more users and types of users that are able to access the encrypted constructed data; and generating decryption instructions using the production data and storing the decryption instructions with the encrypted constructed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Seth Jacob Rothschild, Michael Thomas Kruzewski
  • Publication number: 20230410428
    Abstract: A technique manages graphics processing units (GPUs), as well as associated algorithm advancements, to improve and effectively hide computational costs of adaptive mesh refinement (AMR). A cloud-based framework dynamically utilizes a distributed pool of the GPUs to parallelize computations of physical simulation software (solver) partitioned across multiple GPUs. A highly parallelized and distributed architecture of the framework provides a hybrid approach that operates partly on GPUs, e.g., to perform the solver computations, and partly on general-purpose processing units (CPUs) to accelerate portions of AMR and mesh processing of an AMR module. In an illustrative embodiment, the technique leverages the GPUs to perform as much of the AMR module processing (e.g., algorithms that rely on fixed topology) that can be naturally and efficiently implemented on the GPUs, while maintaining those portions of processing that do not naturally map onto the GPUs (e.g., algorithms with dynamic topology changes) on CPUs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Adrien Loseille, Michael Thomas Mara, Dries Kimpe, Juan José Alonso
  • Patent number: 11845130
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rotational additive manufacturing are disclosed. An apparatus in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure comprises a build floor, a depositor system configured to deposit a layer of powder onto the build floor, a motor system causing a rotational motion between the depositor system and the build floor, wherein the depositor system deposits the layer of powder during the rotational motion, a receptacle wall configured to contain the powder on the build floor, an energy beam source configured to apply an energy beam in an active area of the layer of powder to selectively fuse a portion of the powder in the active area to form a portion of a build piece and a gas flow system configured to provide a gas flow across the active area while the energy beam selectively fuses the portion of the layer of powder in the active area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Kenworthy, Samuel Noah Miller, Krzysztof Artysiewicz, Chor Yen Yap, Gregory S. Weaver
  • Patent number: 11849065
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention are detection systems and methods for detecting call provenance based on call audio. An exemplary embodiment of the detection system can comprise a characterization unit, a labeling unit, and an identification unit. The characterization unit can extract various characteristics of networks through which a call traversed, based on call audio. The labeling unit can be trained on prior call data and can identify one or more codecs used to encode the call, based on the call audio. The identification unit can utilize the characteristics of traversed networks and the identified codecs, and based on this information, the identification unit can provide a provenance fingerprint for the call. Based on the call provenance fingerprint, the detection system can identify, verify, or provide forensic information about a call audio source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Vijay Balasubramaniyan, Mustaque Ahamad, Patrick Gerard Traynor, Michael Thomas Hunter, Aamir Poonawalla
  • Patent number: 11844940
    Abstract: A blood pump assembly can include various components such as a housing and a sensor configured to detect one or more characteristics of the blood. In some embodiments, the sensor can be coupled to the housing and can include a sensor membrane configured to deflect in response to a change in a blood parameter (e.g., pressure). The blood pump assembly can include a shield that covers at least a portion of the sensor membrane so as to protect the sensor from damage when the blood pump assembly is inserted through an introducer and navigated through the patient's vasculature and/or when the blood pump assembly is inserted into the heart in a surgical procedure. One or more protective layers can be deposited over the sensor membrane to prevent the sensor membrane from being dissolved through interactions with the patient's blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: ABIOMED, INC.
    Inventors: Ralph Louis D'Ambrosio, Bruce Adams, Michael Thomas Finnegan, Gerd Spanier, Thorsten Siess
  • Patent number: 11846639
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for the identification of peptide sequences that are ligands for a T cell receptor (TCR) of interest, in a given MHC context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Michael Edward Birnbaum, Juan Luis Mendoza, Michael Thomas Bethune, David Baltimore, Kenan Christopher Garcia
  • Publication number: 20230403255
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein include distributed hardware vulnerability identification and resolution. One method embodiment includes conducting an inventory of devices on a network and generating a queue of scanning jobs for each inventoried device to discover possible modes of network entry via each device. The method then proceeds by scanning devices on the network that are to be blocked according to a stored representation of an expected configuration of each device to identify devices of interest and queuing a new job for a deep scan of each device of interest. Each deep scan is executed to search one or both of a greater portion and in greater detail of a device of interest than prior scanning. The method then passes deep scan results to an incident manager to open an incident ticket for each device of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Riley Joseph MCKENNA, Kevin Matthew MARTIN, Kristopher Michael THOMAS
  • Patent number: 11843188
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: BlueHalo, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
  • Publication number: 20230390087
    Abstract: Systems and methods relating to magnetomicrometry and magnetic-target-based mechanomyography are provided. A method of detecting muscle activation, includes with a magnetic field sensor, detecting lateral vibration of a target implanted at a muscle or a tendon and estimating a level of muscle activation based on the detected lateral vibration. The target comprises a magnetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Hugh M. Herr, Cameron Roy Taylor, Seong Ho Yeon, Michael Thomas Nawrot
  • Publication number: 20230387593
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
  • Patent number: 11826953
    Abstract: 3-D build jobs having surrogate supports, 3-D printers using surrogate supports, and techniques to support vulnerable regions of build pieces using surrogate supports are disclosed. The surrogate supports are generated in a first material configuration and are offset via a gap from the vulnerable regions. The gap comprises a second material configuration, such as loose or partially fused powder on which the build piece can be supported during 3-D printing. In alternative embodiments, the gap instead includes thin manual ties or a solid body using material that is stronger but more amenable to breaking off without damaging the build piece. Post-processing steps are dramatically reduced as the surrogate supports and gaps facilitate virtually error-free separation from the build piece. In an embodiment, the surrogate supports include a support structure extending to a fixed base underneath, the fixed base being a build plate or a global surrogate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Samuel Noah Miller, Michael Thomas Kenworthy, Eric Paul Monteith, Thomas Samuel Bowden, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11829084
    Abstract: An electrophotographic printing system for printing with a set of toners including a white toner. A plurality of printing modules are configured to print respective toner patterns, each including a toner image printed onto a receiver medium being transported on a transparent transport web and a corresponding registration mark positioned outside a border of the receiver medium. A first registration mark sensing system is positioned to detect the registration marks printed with a first subset of the toners that doesn't include the white toner. A second registration mark sensing system is positioned to detect the registration marks printed with a second subset of the toners that includes the white toner. The registration mark sensing systems each include a reflector plate positioned behind the transport web. The reflector plate for the first registration mark sensing system is white, and the reflector plate for the second registration mark sensing system is black.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
    Inventors: Karlheinz Peter, Hans-Guenter Staack, Michael Thomas Dobbertin