Patents by Inventor Michael Barry

Michael Barry 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: 20250037473
    Abstract: Systems and methods for traffic measurement are disclosed. An image capture device is configured to generate image data including an area of interest within a physical environment containing at least one engagement feature. The image data is received and model input image data including a plurality of cropped images is generated by applying a zoom-in crop process to the image data. An image processing model generates a person count and dwell time. The image processing model receives the model input image data as an input. An engagement metric is generated based on the person count and the dwell time. The engagement metric is representative of engagement with the at least one engagement feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Jaley Himmatbhai Dholakiya, Rajesh Shreedhar Bhat, Shuchi Sureka, Edward Marc Welsh, Satpalsingh Jaspalsingh Ghunia, Sicheng Wang, Rajat Gupta, Naveen Selvam Ravichandran, Ziyi Tang, David Michael Barry, Harsha Raja Shivakumar, Xingming Qu, Xian Wang, Chaitanya Kumar Seri, Andrew Wesley Minteer, Andrew Jonathan Stevens
  • Patent number: 11796382
    Abstract: An apparatus for sensing acoustic energy in a borehole penetrating the earth includes an optical interrogator and a sensing optical fiber having a length Ls optically coupled to the optical interrogator and configured to sense the acoustic energy to provide sensed acoustic data. The apparatus also includes a reference optical fiber having a length Lr optically coupled to the optical interrogator to provide reference data, wherein the optical interrogator corrects the sensed acoustic data using the reference data to provide corrected sensed acoustic data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: William Albert Johnston, Alexander Michael Barry
  • Patent number: 11678347
    Abstract: A method may be provided. One or more packets from a client may be received, in a block based modulation environment, at one or more switchable antennas of an access point. The access point may have a plurality of switchable antennas. Each switchable antenna may have an antenna state. The plurality of switchable antennas may be switched among such that at least five of the antenna states are sampled. Angle of arrival of the client may be calculated based on the at least five of the antenna states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Aaron Silverman, Ardalan Alizadeh, Michael Barry DeLong, Guru Prasanna Gopalakrishnan
  • Publication number: 20220225317
    Abstract: A method may be provided. One or more packets from a client may be received, in a block based modulation environment, at one or more switchable antennas of an access point. The access point may have a plurality of switchable antennas. Each switchable antenna may have an antenna state. The plurality of switchable antennas may be switched among such that at least five of the antenna states are sampled. Angle of arrival of the client may be calculated based on the at least five of the antenna states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Aaron Silverman, Ardalan Alizadeh, Michael Barry DeLong, Guru Prasanna Gopalakrishnan
  • Patent number: 11132510
    Abstract: Various embodiments are provided for managing and interacting with a conversational agent in an internet of things (IoT) environment by a processor. One or more graph patterns may be extracted from a knowledge graph generated from a sensor list containing one or more IoT sensors. One or more conversation patterns and conversation dialogs may be learned from the sensor list and graph patterns. The conversational agent may be automatically configured with the one or more graph patterns, the one or more conversational patterns and conversation dialogs, sensor data and analytics from the one or more IoT sensors according to one or more queries to engage in a conversation dialog with a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joern Ploennigs, William Lynch, Fabio Lorenzi, Michael Barry
  • Patent number: 11125636
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring a pressure. A pressure gauge includes a first plate having a resonant frequency related to a pressure at the pressure gauge. The first plate is thermally-excited at a selected frequency, and a sensor measures a first power level of a first light having a first wavelength reflected from the first plate and a second power level of a second light having a second wavelength reflected from the first plate. A processor determines a thermal drift in the resonant frequency of the first plate due to the thermal excitation of the first plate from the first power level and the second power level, corrects a pressure measurement determined from the resonant frequency of the first plate for the thermal drift of the resonant frequency, and operates a device based on the pressure measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: William Albert Johnston, Alexander Michael Barry
  • Publication number: 20210156734
    Abstract: An apparatus for sensing acoustic energy in a borehole penetrating the earth includes an optical interrogator and a sensing optical fiber having a length Ls optically coupled to the optical interrogator and configured to sense the acoustic energy to provide sensed acoustic data. The apparatus also includes a reference optical fiber having a length Lr optically coupled to the optical interrogator to provide reference data, wherein the optical interrogator corrects the sensed acoustic data using the reference data to provide corrected sensed acoustic data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: William Albert Johnston, Alexander Michael Barry
  • Patent number: 10912421
    Abstract: A panhandle cover made of a heat-resistant material including leather is generally of a longitudinally-split tubular configuration with its longitudinal split having the converging flanks overlapping one inside the other. The nature of genuine leather enables the flanks to conform to any pan-handle as it wraps around the handle. The flexibility of the leather cover adapts to the handle with conformity to the handle-configuration through use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan Barrie, Michael Barrie
  • Patent number: 10746016
    Abstract: Downhole fiber optic interrogation systems are described. The systems include a fiber optic control system, a first sensing system, a second sensing system, an optical fiber disposed within a well, and an optical switch arranged between the optical fiber and the first and second sensing systems, wherein the fiber optic control system performs time division multiplex control of the optical switch wherein the first sensing system is operably connected to the optical fiber and the second sensing system is not connected to the optical fiber, and further controls the optical switch such that the second sensing system is operably connected to the optical fiber and the first sensing system is not connected to the optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Michael Barry, William Albert Johnston, Ian Mitchell
  • Patent number: 10690552
    Abstract: A system and method to determine temperature include an optical fiber and at least two pulse laser sources to transmit light pulses with at least two wavelengths into the optical fiber. The system also includes an optical path length modulator to modulate the optical path length of the optical fiber as the light pulses are transmitted into the optical fiber. At least two photodetectors detect backscatter reflected in the optical fiber, and a processor determines the temperature based on the backscatter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Ian Mitchell, Alexander Michael Barry, William Albert Johnston
  • Publication number: 20200063550
    Abstract: Downhole fiber optic interrogation systems are described. The systems include a fiber optic control system, a first sensing system, a second sensing system, an optical fiber disposed within a well, and an optical switch arranged between the optical fiber and the first and second sensing systems, wherein the fiber optic control system performs time division multiplex control of the optical switch wherein the first sensing system is operably connected to the optical fiber and the second sensing system is not connected to the optical fiber, and further controls the optical switch such that the second sensing system is operably connected to the optical fiber and the first sensing system is not connected to the optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Michael Barry, William Albert Johnston, Ian Mitchell
  • Patent number: 10574443
    Abstract: A computing device can obtain a session key for encrypting data that is communicated between a client device and the computing device. The computing device can receive, from the client device, an encrypted request for data. The encrypted request can be encrypted by the client device using the session key. The data requested can be stored on a second computing device. The computing device can send, to the second computing device, a copy of the session key and the encrypted request for data. The second computing device can decrypt the data using the session key and can also encrypt data responsive to the request using the session key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Julian Tribble, Robert Michael Barry, Jeremy Boynes, Melissa Elaine Davis, Igor Spac
  • Publication number: 20190376861
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring a pressure. A pressure gauge includes a first plate having a resonant frequency related to a pressure at the pressure gauge. The first plate is thermally-excited at a selected frequency, and a sensor measures a first power level of a first light having a first wavelength reflected from the first plate and a second power level of a second light having a second wavelength reflected from the first plate. A processor determines a thermal drift in the resonant frequency of the first plate due to the thermal excitation of the first plate from the first power level and the second power level, corrects a pressure measurement determined from the resonant frequency of the first plate for the thermal drift of the resonant frequency, and operates a device based on the pressure measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: William Albert Johnston, Alexander Michael Barry
  • Patent number: 10444304
    Abstract: Presented herein are systems, methods, and nonvolatile computer-readable storage devices for informing a particle event processor of a particle detector of events arising within a sensor period. The systems, methods, and nonvolatile computer-readable storage devices involve the generation of a sensor data set detected by a particle event sensor and representing the events arising within the particle detector during the sensor period. The systems, methods, and nonvolatile computer-readable storage devices also involve the compression of the sensor data set with a waveform compression technique to generate a compressed sensor data set, and the transmission of the compressed sensor data set to the particle event processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Yichin Yen, Michael Barry DeLong
  • Publication number: 20190204121
    Abstract: Presented herein are systems, methods, and nonvolatile computer-readable storage devices for informing a particle event processor of a particle detector of events arising within a sensor period. The systems, methods, and nonvolatile computer-readable storage devices involve the generation of a sensor data set detected by a particle event sensor and representing the events arising within the particle detector during the sensor period. The systems, methods, and nonvolatile computer-readable storage devices also involve the compression of the sensor data set with a waveform compression technique to generate a compressed sensor data set, and the transmission of the compressed sensor data set to the particle event processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Yichin Yen, Michael Barry Delong
  • Publication number: 20190170593
    Abstract: A system and method to determine temperature include an optical fiber and at least two pulse laser sources to transmit light pulses with at least two wavelengths into the optical fiber. The system also includes an optical path length modulator to modulate the optical path length of the optical fiber as the light pulses are transmitted into the optical fiber. At least two photodetectors detect backscatter reflected in the optical fiber, and a processor determines the temperature based on the backscatter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Ian Mitchell, Alexander Michael Barry, William Albert Johnston
  • Patent number: 10148303
    Abstract: Embodiments for managing aquatic infrastructure by one or more processors are described. A vehicle is detected within a vicinity of an aquatic infrastructure device. A wireless capability level of the vehicle is determined. Based on the determined wireless capability level of the vehicle, at least one of a wireless power transfer between the vehicle and the aquatic infrastructure device or a wireless data transfer between the vehicle and the aquatic infrastructure device is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Barry, Fearghal O'Donncha, Mark Purcell, Emanuele Ragnoli
  • Publication number: 20180279838
    Abstract: A panhandle cover made of a heat-resistant material including leather is generally of a longitudinally-split tubular configuration with its longitudinal split having the converging flanks overlapping one inside the other. The nature of genuine leather enables the flanks to conform to any pan-handle as it wraps around the handle. The flexibility of the leather cover adapts to the handle with conformity to the handle-configuration through use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Ryan Barrie, Michael Barrie
  • Patent number: D917208
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Barry Pachmayr
  • Patent number: D945801
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Barry Pachmayr, Randall L. Smith