Patents by Inventor Michael Casey
Michael Casey 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).
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Publication number: 20220016365Abstract: A dispensing apparatus is for use by users to take a chamber, fill the chamber with an aerosolized vaccine or other medicament, and dispose of used chambers. A display provides instructions to encourage prompt inhalation by the user from a dispensed and filled chamber. The apparatus allows very fast administration of vaccines to large numbers of people. The aerosol dispenser apparatus detects the chamber is in correct position and delivers a pre-determined dose of aerosol. Once the dose is delivered a visual and/or audible indicator informs the user that the chamber is filled and that they can take the inhalation. The single dose aerosol chamber is optimized for efficient administration of an aerosol.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: Stamford Devices LimitedInventors: John POWER, Ronan MacLOUGHLIN, Michael CASEY, Conor DUFFY, Aidan DUFFY
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Patent number: 11210905Abstract: A gaming machine includes a processor configured to execute instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to at least control a display device to display a first subgame and a second subgame during a multi-game bingo game, evaluate a first bingo card to determine a first outcome for the first subgame, and evaluate a second bingo card to determine a second outcome for the second subgame. The instructions also cause the processor to control the display device to display the first outcome for the first subgame and the second outcome for the second subgame, and evaluate a game ending win (GEW) bingo card to determine whether a game ending win has been achieved by a player of the electronic gaming machine, where the GEW bingo card is different from the first bingo card and the second bingo card.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael Casey, Eric Telaak
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Patent number: 11191170Abstract: A contact element for use between electronic components like computer chips and printed circuit boards, or the connection between an electronic component in a test socket to provide high current, high density, and high frequency connections between the electronic components. The contact element preferably achieves a good connection between electrical components when they are connected and pressed together. The contact element is preferably made of a conductive silicone rubber which has been plated.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Inventor: Michael Casey
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Publication number: 20210327213Abstract: In one aspect, an electronic gaming machine is described. The electronic gaming machine includes at least one display device, a player input interface, a credit input mechanism, and a game controller configured to execute instructions. When executed by the game controller, the instructions cause the game controller to select a set of historical events from a plurality of sets of historical events for use in a wagering game, select a plurality of arrangements of historical event data, and determine a plurality of sub-wagers from a received credit wager. The instructions further cause the game controller to assign each sub-wager of the plurality of sub-wagers to a different arrangement of the historical event data and determine an outcome of the wagering game by applying the historical event data for the set of historical events to each of the different arrangements of the historical event data having a sub-wager assigned thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Michael Casey, Rex R. Carlson
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Publication number: 20210309548Abstract: A sequencing batch reactor includes a liquid level sensor configured to measure a level of liquid in the vessel and provide an indication of the level of the liquid to a controller and a sludge detector configured to measure a position of an interface between sludge and solids-lean supernatant in the vessel and to provide an indication of the position of the interface to the controller. The controller is configured to perform a comparison between the level of the liquid and the position of the interface and control an amount of solids-lean supernatant removed from the vessel during the decant stage based on the comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2020Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: Evoqua Water Technologies LLCInventors: Timothy Lee Lindemann, Michael Casey Whittier
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Publication number: 20210304561Abstract: An electronic gaming system includes a processor configured to execute instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to at least receive a wager amount from an electronic gaming machine (EGM), where the wager amount is associated with a player wager in a base bingo game played by a player of the EGM. The instructions also cause the processor to receive a bingo card parameter from the EGM, where the received bingo card parameter is associated with a bingo card provided to the player in the base bingo game, determine, based upon the wager amount, an award eligibility probability, and determine, based at least in part upon the award eligibility probability, whether the player is eligible to receive an award, and in response, compare the received bingo card parameter to a plurality of bingo card parameters, the plurality of bingo card parameters defining a paytable. Moreover, the instructions may cause the processor to determine, based upon the comparison, whether to provide the award to the player.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Michael Casey, Shawn Lyons, Eldon Ideus, II, Eric Telaak, Alok Trivedi, Shailendra Tomar, Rakesh Mehta, Jitin Garg
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Publication number: 20210252231Abstract: A nebulizer comprises a controller linked at its output to a nebulizer head, and at its input to a USB cable and USB plug for connection to a host system. The link between the USB plug and the controller is a USB cable with power and data channels. The controller comprises a boost circuit, a microcontroller 11, and a drive circuit. The latter provides power and control signals via a cable and proprietary plug to the nebulizer head. These signals provide power and control for a vibrating membrane receiving a liquid to be aerosolised. The controller has a housing with LED status lamps, and an ON/OFF button. The controller can be controlled via a host, either locally or remotely.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Stamford Devices LimitedInventors: Michael CASEY, Joseph Grehan, Kieran Hyland, John Power
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Publication number: 20210230033Abstract: A system and method is provided for water and wastewater treatment. The system comprises a fixed film biological process and a ballasted flocculation process.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Evoqua Water Technologies LLCInventors: Nathan Antonneau, Timothy Lindemann, Todd Schwingle, Michael Casey Whittier, Steven E. Woodard, Robert Backman, Andrew G. Bishop
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Publication number: 20210187209Abstract: A digital processor of a nebulizer controller controls and monitors drive current (I) applied to an aperture plate. The drive current is detected as a series of discrete values at each of multiple measuring points, each having a particular drive frequency The processor in real time calculates a slope or rate of change of drive current with frequency and additionally determines a minimum value for drive current leading up to the peak value. The processor uses both the value of the minimum drive current during the scan and also the maximum slope value to achieve reliable prediction of end of dose, when the aperture plate becomes dry.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: Stamford Devices LimitedInventors: Joseph Grehan, Michael Casey, Shaun Porter, Niall Smith
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Patent number: 11043083Abstract: A reel-type wagering game includes at least one wild symbol in the game symbol set. The wild symbol or symbols may appear at multiple game symbol locations across an array of game symbol locations through which results are shown for a play in the game, and may assist in forming winning combinations of game symbols along pay lines. Wild symbols that appear in the array of game symbols for a play of the game, but do not contribute to any winning combination along a pay line, represent noncontributing wild symbols which may provide an alternate winning result for the given play of the wagering game.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Everi Games Inc.Inventors: Eric Neal Harrelson, Jennifer Skaggs, Michael Casey
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Patent number: 11037403Abstract: An electronic gaming system includes a processor configured to execute instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to at least receive a wager amount from an electronic gaming machine (EGM), where the wager amount is associated with a player wager in a base bingo game played by a player of the EGM. The instructions also cause the processor to receive a bingo card parameter from the EGM, where the received bingo card parameter is associated with a bingo card provided to the player in the base bingo game, determine, based upon the wager amount, an award eligibility probability, and determine, based at least in part upon the award eligibility probability, whether the player is eligible to receive an award, and in response, compare the received bingo card parameter to a plurality of bingo card parameters, the plurality of bingo card parameters defining a paytable. Moreover, the instructions may cause the processor to determine, based upon the comparison, whether to provide the award to the player.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty LimitedInventors: Michael Casey, Shawn Lyons, Eldon Ideus, II, Eric Telaak, Alok Trivedi, Shailendra Tomar, Rakesh Mehta, Jitin Garg
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Patent number: 11027076Abstract: A nebulizer comprises a controller linked at its output to a nebulizer head, and at its input to a USB cable and USB plug for connection to a host system. The link between the USB plug and the controller is a USB cable with power and data channels. The controller comprises a boost circuit, a microcontroller 11, and a drive circuit. The latter provides power and control signals via a cable and proprietary plug to the nebulizer head. These signals provide power and control for a vibrating membrane receiving a liquid to be aerosolised. The controller has a housing with LED status lamps, and an ON/OFF button. The controller can be controlled via a host, either locally or remotely.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: STAMFORD DEVICES LIMITEDInventors: Michael Casey, Joseph Grehan, Kieran Hyland, John Power
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Patent number: 10967138Abstract: A digital processor of a nebulizer controller controls and monitors drive current (I) applied to an aperture plate. The drive current is detected as a series of discrete values at each of multiple measuring points, each having a particular drive frequency The processor in real time calculates a slope or rate of change of drive current with frequency and additionally determines a minimum value for drive current leading up to the peak value. The processor uses both the value of the minimum drive current during the scan and also the maximum slope value to achieve reliable prediction of end of dose, when the aperture plate becomes dry.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: STAMFORD DEVICES LIMITEDInventors: Joseph Grehan, Michael Casey, Shaun Porter, Niall Smith
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Patent number: 10919792Abstract: A system and method is provided for water and wastewater treatment. The system comprises a fixed film biological process and a ballasted flocculation process.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Evoqua Water Technologies LLCInventors: Nathan Antonneau, Timothy Lindemann, Todd Schwingle, Michael Casey Whittier, Steven E. Woodard
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Publication number: 20210029835Abstract: A contact element for use between electronic components like computer chips and printed circuit boards, or the connection between an electronic component in a test socket to provide high current, high density, and high frequency connections between the electronic components. The contact element preferably achieves a good connection between electrical components when they are connected and pressed together. The contact element is preferably made of a conductive silicone rubber which has been plated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventor: Michael Casey
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Publication number: 20210012616Abstract: An electronic gaming system includes a processor configured to execute instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to at least receive a wager amount from an electronic gaming machine (EGM), where the wager amount is associated with a player wager in a base bingo game played by a player of the EGM. The instructions also cause the processor to receive a bingo card parameter from the EGM, where the received bingo card parameter is associated with a bingo card provided to the player in the base bingo game, determine, based upon the wager amount, an award eligibility probability, and determine, based at least in part upon the award eligibility probability, whether the player is eligible to receive an award, and in response, compare the received bingo card parameter to a plurality of bingo card parameters, the plurality of bingo card parameters defining a paytable. Moreover, the instructions may cause the processor to determine, based upon the comparison, whether to provide the award to the player.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Michael Casey, Shawn Lyons, Eldon Ideus, II, Eric Telaak, Alok Trivedi, Shailendra Tomar, Rakesh Mehta, Jitin Garg
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Publication number: 20200394873Abstract: A gaming machine includes a processor configured to execute instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to at least control a display device to display a first subgame and a second subgame during a multi-game bingo game, evaluate a first bingo card to determine a first outcome for the first subgame, and evaluate a second bingo card to determine a second outcome for the second subgame. The instructions also cause the processor to control the display device to display the first outcome for the first subgame and the second outcome for the second subgame, and evaluate a game ending win (GEW) bingo card to determine whether a game ending win has been achieved by a player of the electronic gaming machine, where the GEW bingo card is different from the first bingo card and the second bingo card.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Michael Casey, Eric Telaak
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Patent number: 10843948Abstract: A sequencing batch reactor includes a liquid level sensor configured to measure a level of liquid in the vessel and provide an indication of the level of the liquid to a controller and a sludge detector configured to measure a position of an interface between sludge and solids-lean supernatant in the vessel and to provide an indication of the position of the interface to the controller. The controller is configured to perform a comparison between the level of the liquid and the position of the interface and control an amount of solids-lean supernatant removed from the vessel during the decant stage based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Evoqua Water Technologies LLCInventors: Timothy Lee Lindemann, Michael Casey Whittier
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Patent number: 10829402Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and methods for treating wastewater. In one example a system for treating wastewater treatment is provided. The system comprises a biological reactor having an inlet in fluid communication with a source of wastewater and an outlet, the biological reactor configured to treat wastewater from the source of wastewater and output a biologically treated wastewater from the outlet, a solids-liquid separation system having an inlet in fluid communication with the outlet of the biological reactor and configured to separate the biologically treated wastewater into a solids-lean effluent and a solids-rich waste activated sludge (WAS), a treatment subsystem comprising a digester, an inlet in fluid communication with a WAS outlet of the solids-liquid separation system, and an outlet for providing ballasted and digested WAS, and a ballast feed system configured to deliver ballast to one of the biological reactor and the treatment subsystem.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Evoqua Water Technologies LLCInventors: Timothy Lindemann, Michael Casey Whittier
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Patent number: 10809985Abstract: A compiler can instrument a program during the front end of compilation to collect data about runtime behavior when the program is executed. Instrumentation can occur during source language processing rather than later in the compilation chain. The instrumentation can occur in between semantic analysis and code generation. The instrumentation can occur in an instrumenting rewriting phase. The instrumentation can occur in a first lowering phase in which high level constructs in a programming language are rewritten as lower level constructs in intermediate representation (IR). The compiler can inject the instrumentation code at particular points in the source code based on specified language constructs in the source program. The types of instrumentation injected can be extended by providing additional information to the compiler at compilation time, without the need to reprogram the compiler.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: John Lawrence Hamby, Manish Kumar Jayaswal, Andrew Michael Casey, Aleksey Tsingauz, Tomas Matousek, Gen Lu, Tanner Evan Gooding, Ghanashyam Chandrasekhar Namboodiripad