Patents by Inventor Michael Duffy
Michael Duffy 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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Patent number: 11941555Abstract: A method for fulfilling a work task request using a modular autonomous vehicle is provided. The method includes transmitting a work task request specifying a work request to be performed by the modular autonomous vehicle, and identifying equipment required for performing the work task request. Once the work task request is stored at a server, the method further includes identifying information of the equipment required for performing the work task request, and determining whether equipment of the modular autonomous vehicle corresponds to the equipment required for assigning the work task to the modular autonomous vehicle. Method also includes, upon receiving in-cabin sensing data, assigning or denying the work task to the modular autonomous vehicle for performance of the work task.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: David Michael Duffy, Matthew John Lawrenson, Jan Jasper van den BERG, Kenji Sugihara, Sadako Yamagata, Akihisa Kawasaki, Koichi Nakahara
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Patent number: 11896425Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying blood vessels in ultrasound images and displaying blood vessels in ultrasound images are described. In some embodiments, the method is implemented by a computing device and includes receiving an ultrasound image that includes one or more blood vessels, and determining, with a neural network implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device, diameters of the one or more blood vessels in the ultrasound image. The method includes receiving a user selection of an instrument size, and indicating, in the ultrasound image, at least one blood vessel of the one or more blood vessels based on the instrument size and the diameters of the one or more blood vessels.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC.Inventors: Davinder S. Dhatt, Christopher Aleksandr White, Adam Benjamin Pely, Thomas Michael Duffy, Paul Tomotaro Danset, Diku Pranav Mandavia
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Patent number: 11900593Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying blood vessels in ultrasound images and displaying blood vessels in ultrasound images are described. In some embodiments, the method is implemented by a computing device and includes assigning, with a neural network implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device, one of a vein classification and an artery classification to one or more blood vessels in ultrasound images. The method also includes determining a misclassification for one blood vessel that denotes the neural network assigning the one of the vein classification and the artery classification to the one blood vessel in one ultrasound image and the other of the vein classification and the artery classification to the one blood vessel in additional ultrasound images. The method includes displaying, in the one ultrasound image, an indication of the other of the vein classification and the artery classification for the one blood vessel.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC.Inventors: Davinder S. Dhatt, Christopher Aleksandr White, Adam Benjamin Pely, Thomas Michael Duffy, Paul Tomotaro Danset, Diku Pranav Mandavia
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Patent number: 11884092Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a writing instrument comprising a tubular body, a reservoir for an ink composition. The writing instrument comprises a nib comprising a switchable flow material, wherein the switchable flow material is configured to switch between a fluid flow preventing condition and a fluid flow enabling condition by a stimulus. The switchable flow material is configured to control flow of the ink composition from the reservoir to or towards a writing surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignees: Société BIC, BIC Violex Single Member SAInventors: Panagiotis Polygerinos, David Michael Duffy, Christopher John Wright
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Patent number: 11885629Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable medium for generating and transmitting experience journeys. The system includes a processor and a memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including: receiving a user's request for an experience journey; retrieving a listing of activities within a prescribed vicinity of the user; retrieving a listing of the user's preferences; eliminating activities from the listing of activities that are contrary to the preferences in the listing of user preferences, thereby forming a listing of preferred available activities; devising routes from the user's location to the activities in the listing of preferred available activities; generating experience journeys from the listing of preferred available activities and the devised routes to the activities in the listing of preferred available activities; and transmitting the generated experience journeys to the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: David Michael Duffy, Matthew John Lawrenson, Jan Jasper van den Berg, Kenji Sugihara, Sadako Yamagata, Akihisa Kawasaki, Koichi Nakahara
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Publication number: 20230346337Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for performing automated detection of lung slide using a computing device (e.g., an ultrasound system, etc.) are disclosed. In some embodiments, the techniques determine lung sliding using one or more neural networks. In some embodiments, the neural networks are part of a process that determines probabilities of the lung sliding at one or more M-lines. In some embodiments, the techniques display one or more probabilities of lung sliding in a B-mode ultrasound image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Thomas Michael DUFFY, Davinder S. DHATT, Paul Tomotaro DANSET, Adam Benjamin PELY, Christopher Alexksandr WHITE, Diku Pranav MANDAVIA, Quanzheng LI, Andrew LITEPLO, Kyungsang KIM, Suzannah MCKINNEY, Dr. Fabiola MACRUZ
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Publication number: 20230346353Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for performing automated detection of lung slide using a computing device (e.g., an ultrasound system, etc.) are disclosed. In some embodiments, the techniques determine lung sliding using one or more neural networks. In some embodiments, the neural networks are part of a process that determines probabilities of the lung sliding at one or more M-lines. In some embodiments, the techniques display one or more probabilities of lung sliding in a B-mode ultrasound image.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Thomas Michael Duffy, Davinder S. Dhatt, Paul Tomotaro Danset, Adam Benjamin Pely, Christopher Aleksandr White, Diku Pranav Mandavia
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Publication number: 20230339130Abstract: A razor cartridge includes a skin-contacting surface configured to contact a user's skin surface during a shaving operation. The skin-contacting surface includes a variable friction resistance element having a frictional resistance which is dependent on a motion direction of the razor cartridge over the user's skin surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2021Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicants: Société BIC, BIC Violex Single Member S.A.Inventors: Christopher John WRIGHT, David Michael DUFFY, Anestis TSEGENIDIS, Konstantinos MISICHRONIS, Panagiotis GIANNOPOULOS, Efthymios SALTAS, Dimitrios KLIMANOGLOU, Christos GALANIS
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Patent number: 11797630Abstract: The management server obtains address information indicating a user's address and evaluation information indicating evaluation of a food or a restaurant performed by the user. A food search screen is provided with, as one of search filters, a search filter for filtering foods or restaurants on the basis of results of evaluation of foods or restaurants performed by residents of a certain area. If the user's address indicated by the address information is included in the certain area, the evaluation information indicating the evaluation of the food or the restaurant performed by the user is included in the results of the evaluation of the foods or the restaurants performed by the residents of the certain area.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Toshiyasu Sugio, Christopher John Wright, Bernadette Elliott Bowman, David Michael Duffy
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Patent number: 11734288Abstract: A management server obtains rating information indicating a second user's rating of a dish or restaurant, generates a first evaluation value of the first user's sense of taste based on a measurement test regarding the sense of taste, and generates a second evaluation value of the second user's sense of taste based on a measurement test regarding the sense of taste. One search filter for filtering dishes or restaurants based on rating results of the dishes or the restaurants rated by a second user who has a sense-of-taste characteristic similar to that of the first user is provided on a dish search screen. When the first user uses the search filter to filter dishes or restaurants, and when a first difference between the first and second evaluation values is in a first predetermined range, the second user's rating results are used to filter the dishes or the restaurant.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Toshiyasu Sugio, Christopher John Wright, Bernadette Elliott Bowman, David Michael Duffy
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Patent number: 11720578Abstract: A management server obtains first data indicating an input value in a measurement test regarding a user's sense of taste, obtains rating information indicating the user's rating of a dish or a restaurant, generates an evaluation value of the user's sense of taste based on the first data. One search filter for filtering dishes or restaurants by using rating results of dishes or restaurants rated by sense-of-taste top scorers is provided on a dish search screen. When the evaluation value of the user's sense of taste satisfies a certain condition for the sense-of-taste top scorers, the rating information indicating the user's rating of the dish or the restaurant is included in the rating results of the dishes or restaurants rated by the sense-of-taste top scorers.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Toshiyasu Sugio, Christopher John Wright, Bernadette Elliott Bowman, David Michael Duffy
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Publication number: 20230215573Abstract: A biological information extraction device is capable of communicating with a plurality of terminals. Each of the plurality of terminals is configured to acquire position information of a user and biological information of the user. The biological information extraction device includes: a processor; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the biological information extraction device to perform operations. The operations include: acquiring the position information and the biological information from at least one of the plurality of terminals; accumulating a number of users having a same value of the biological information corresponding to the position information, and selecting biological information corresponding to a largest accumulation number of users for each piece of the position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Matthew John LAWRENSON, Christopher John WRIGHT, David Michael DUFFY, Bernadette ELLIOTT-BOWMAN, Takeshi YOSHIHARA, Tsuyoshi NAKAMURA, Yasunori WATANABE, Kota MORISAKI
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Publication number: 20230139775Abstract: User interface (UI) manipulation techniques are disclosed that can allow a user device to hide and obscure sensitive information displayed on a flexible, foldable, or otherwise reconfigurable display from onlookers whilst maintaining or improving its accessibility exclusively to the primary user. Examples of the disclosed techniques can manipulate the UI in a way such that it is largely only viewable as intended when the user device is physically configured to a certain folding angle (and/or viewing angle). In some examples, the UI can be customized such that it promotes a certain device configuration (e.g., folding angle) that can provide an optimum security configuration for the user's current surroundings. The UI displayed on the display screen can change in form factor (e.g., an intended size as viewed by the user) to adapt to the current surroundings and/or based on the sensitivity in the displayed content.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: David Michael Duffy, Jan Jasper van den Berg, Bernadette Elliot-Bowman, Masato Sugano
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Patent number: 11574081Abstract: User interface (UI) manipulation techniques are disclosed that can allow a user device to hide and obscure sensitive information displayed on a flexible, foldable, or otherwise reconfigurable display from onlookers whilst maintaining or improving its accessibility exclusively to the primary user. Examples of the disclosed techniques can manipulate the UI in a way such that it is largely only viewable as intended when the user device is physically configured to a certain folding angle (and/or viewing angle). In some examples, the UI can be customized such that it promotes a certain device configuration (e.g., folding angle) that can provide an optimum security configuration for the user's current surroundings. The UI displayed on the display screen can change in form factor (e.g., an intended size as viewed by the user) to adapt to the current surroundings and/or based on the sensitivity in the displayed content.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CorporationInventors: David Michael Duffy, Jan Jasper van den Berg, Bernadette Elliott-Bowman, Masato Sugano
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Patent number: 11529824Abstract: A writing instrument, in particular a pen, comprising at least two reservoirs for storing colorants or inks of at least two different colors, characterized by at least one pumping means which is designed to be actuated by at least one finger of a user.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: SOCIÉTÉ BICInventors: David Michael Duffy, Bernadette Elliott-Bowman
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Publication number: 20220361840Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying blood vessels in ultrasound images and displaying blood vessels in ultrasound images are described. In some embodiments, the method is implemented by a computing device and includes receiving ultrasound images that include a blood vessel, and determining, with a neural network implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device, diameters of the blood vessel in the ultrasound images. The diameters include a respective diameter of the blood vessel for each ultrasound image of the ultrasound images. The method includes determining a blood vessel diameter based on the diameters of the blood vessel, selecting a color based on the blood vessel diameter, and indicating, in one of the ultrasound images, the blood vessel with an indicator having the color.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Tsuyoshi MATSUMOTO, Kosei TAKEMOTO, Davinder S. DHATT, Christopher Aleksandr WHITE, Thomas Michael DUFFY, Adam Benjamin PELY, Paul Tomotaro DANSET, Diku Pranav MANDAVIA
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Publication number: 20220338833Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying blood vessels in ultrasound images and displaying blood vessels in ultrasound images are described. In some embodiments, the method is implemented by a computing device and includes receiving an ultrasound image that includes one or more blood vessels, and determining, with a neural network implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device, diameters of the one or more blood vessels in the ultrasound image. The method includes receiving a user selection of an instrument size, and indicating, in the ultrasound image, at least one blood vessel of the one or more blood vessels based on the instrument size and the diameters of the one or more blood vessels.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Davinder S. DHATT, Christopher Aleksandr WHITE, Adam Benjamin PELY, Thomas Michael DUFFY, Paul Tomotaro DANSET, Diku Pranav MANDAVIA
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Publication number: 20220343494Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying blood vessels in ultrasound images and displaying blood vessels in ultrasound images are described. In some embodiments, the method is implemented by a computing device and includes assigning, with a neural network implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device, one of a vein classification and an artery classification to one or more blood vessels in ultrasound images. The method also includes determining a misclassification for one blood vessel that denotes the neural network assigning the one of the vein classification and the artery classification to the one blood vessel in one ultrasound image and the other of the vein classification and the artery classification to the one blood vessel in additional ultrasound images. The method includes displaying, in the one ultrasound image, an indication of the other of the vein classification and the artery classification for the one blood vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Davinder S. DHATT, Christopher Aleksandr WHITE, Adam Benjamin PELY, Thomas Michael DUFFY, Paul Tomotaro DANSET, Diku Pranav MANDAVIA
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Publication number: 20220335615Abstract: A method for calculating a heart parameter includes receiving a series of two-dimensional images of a heart, the series covering at least one heart cycle. The method includes calculating a volume of the heart in a first systole image based on an orientation of the heart in the first systole image and a segmentation of the heart in the first systole image, and a volume of the heart in a first diastole image based at least on an orientation of the heart in the first diastole image and a segmentation of the heart in the first diastole image; determining the heart parameter based at least on the volume of the heart in the first systole image and the volume of the heart in the first diastole image; determining a confidence score of the heart parameter; and displaying the heart parameter and the confidence score.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC.Inventors: Christopher Aleksandr White, Thomas Michael Duffy, Davinder S. Dhatt, Adam Benjamin Pely, William Andrew Needles
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Publication number: 20220311527Abstract: Introduced here are approaches to transferring relevant information from a first electronic device (also called a “source electronic device”) that is presently outputting an interfacing signal that is detectable by a second electronic device (also called a “recipient electronic device”) via modification of the interfacing signal. Such modification causes the relevant information to be appended to the interfacing signal and then transferred to the recipient electronic device. This can be accomplished by superimposing another signal that is representative of the relevant information onto the interfacing signal. Thus, the relevant information can be transferred from the source electronic device to the recipient electronic device by superimposing a signal onto the interfacing signal that is output by the source electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Harry Michael Cronin, Jan Jasper van den Berg, Christopher John Wright, David Michael Duffy, Phil Peter Catton