Patents by Inventor Michael Garner

Michael Garner 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).

  • Patent number: 10990950
    Abstract: In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided to recognize retail products, comprising: a model training system configured to: identify a customer; access an associated customer profile; access and apply a set of filtering rules to a product database based on customer data; generate a listing of products specific to the customer; access and apply a model training set of rules to train a machine learning model based on the listing of products and corresponding image data for each of the products in the listing of products; and communicate the trained model to the portable user device associated with first customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Garner, Priyanka Paliwal
  • Publication number: 20210110371
    Abstract: In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided to recognize retail products in a physical retail store through a portable device that comprises a decision control circuit configured to: process each frame of the subset of frames by multiple modeling techniques each relative to a corresponding image attribute and obtain a corresponding product identification probability; determine corresponding aggregated identification probabilities of the first product based on the product identification probabilities; collectively evaluate the aggregated identification probabilities and identify when a predefined relationship with a collective threshold probability exists; and cause an image of the first product to be displayed in response to identifying that one or more of the aggregated identification probabilities having the predefined relationship with the collective threshold probability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Michael A. Garner
  • Patent number: 10948453
    Abstract: An array of pixels, wherein each pixel comprises: a CHEMFET sensor; and a sigma delta ADC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: DNAe Group Holdings Limited
    Inventors: David Michael Garner, Darya Mohtashemi, Tuck Weng Poon
  • Patent number: 10922904
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the communication of vehicle data, diagnostics and related information with a network remote from the vehicle, and more particularly to communications and storage of vehicle data in the cloud. In one or more preferred embodiments, vehicle information is securely gathered from a vehicle, processed in accordance with instructions and a profile set remotely, and stored at a remote data store, where remote access to such information can be accommodated through applications, smartphones and other remote devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Aeris Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Yixiang Chen, Drew S. Johnson, Andrew Durrer, Michael Garner
  • Patent number: 10872326
    Abstract: In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided to recognize retail products in a physical retail store through a portable device that comprises a decision control circuit configured to: process each frame of the subset of frames by multiple modeling techniques each relative to a corresponding image attribute and obtain a corresponding product identification probability; determine corresponding aggregated identification probabilities of the first product based on the product identification probabilities; collectively evaluate the aggregated identification probabilities and identify when a predefined relationship with a collective threshold probability exists; and cause an image of the first product to be displayed in response to identifying that one or more of the aggregated identification probabilities having the predefined relationship with the collective threshold probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventor: Michael A. Garner
  • Patent number: 10862950
    Abstract: The present invention provides for network control of a radio module having a plurality of ports capable of communication with one or more sensing devices across a network, where the radio module may be controlled remotely to obtain information from one or more networked remote sensing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Aeris Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Garner, Yixiang Chen, Syed Hosain
  • Publication number: 20200273013
    Abstract: In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided to recognize retail products in a physical retail store through a portable device that comprises a decision control circuit configured to: process each frame of the subset of frames by multiple modeling techniques each relative to a corresponding image attribute and obtain a corresponding product identification probability; determine corresponding aggregated identification probabilities of the first product based on the product identification probabilities; collectively evaluate the aggregated identification probabilities and identify when a predefined relationship with a collective threshold probability exists; and cause an image of the first product to be displayed in response to identifying that one or more of the aggregated identification probabilities having the predefined relationship with the collective threshold probability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: Michael A. Garner
  • Publication number: 20200272856
    Abstract: In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided to recognize retail products, comprising: a model training system configured to: identify a customer; access an associated customer profile; access and apply a set of filtering rules to a product database based on customer data; generate a listing of products specific to the customer; access and apply a model training set of rules to train a machine learning model based on the listing of products and corresponding image data for each of the products in the listing of products; and communicate the trained model to the portable user device associated with first customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Michael A. Garner, Priyanka Paliwal
  • Publication number: 20200232631
    Abstract: A track lighting device includes a clamp assembly having a dual engagement mechanism for coupling to a track. For example, the clamp assembly includes a collar rotatable about a collar axis, and a cam follower having a cam-pin received by a first groove of a cam. The cam also includes a second groove and a first engagement member. The first groove translates a rotational movement of the collar and the cam follower into a linear movement along the collar axis to releasably couple the first engagement member to the track. The clamp assembly also includes a latch assembly having a second engagement member and a latch-pin in communication with the second groove of the cam. At least a portion of the latch assembly pivots about a latch axis based on movement of the latch-pin relative to the second groove to couple the second engagement member to the track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Garner
  • Patent number: 10627086
    Abstract: A track lighting device includes a clamp assembly having a dual engagement mechanism for coupling to a track. For example, the clamp assembly includes a collar rotatable about a collar axis, and a cam follower having a cam-pin received by a first groove of a cam. The cam also includes a second groove and a first engagement member. The first groove translates a rotational movement of the collar and the cam follower into a linear movement along the collar axis to releasably couple the first engagement member to the track. The clamp assembly also includes a latch assembly having a second engagement member and a latch-pin in communication with the second groove of the cam. At least a portion of the latch assembly pivots about a latch axis based on movement of the latch-pin relative to the second groove to couple the second engagement member to the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: JUNIPER DESIGN GROUP INC.
    Inventor: Michael Garner
  • Publication number: 20190377762
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a system for improved transactional mainframes, the system comprising a processor, a database, an application programming interface (API) module, and a transaction import module. The API module can be configured to: receive transaction data comprising a transaction type, a user identifier, one or more transaction card identifiers, and one or more fields associated with the transaction card identifiers; validate the transaction data using one or more of the stored validation rules associated with the one or more transaction card identifiers; generate one or more transaction cards; and store the transaction data and transaction cards to the database. The transaction import module can be configured to submit the transaction cards to the mainframe, view the status of submitted records, and enable retrying of transaction cards that failed to process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Hudak, Swathi Challkere Vijayaprakash, Matthew Coleman, Ashish Bassi, Anurag Andoji, Joe Vaughan, PhaniKrishna Hari, Michael Garner
  • Patent number: 10495392
    Abstract: A cooler, a cooler platform assembly, and a process of adjusting a cooler platform are disclosed. The cooler includes a cooling region, a discharge region, and a cooler platform positioned in the discharge region and proximal to a sloped interior section of the cooler. The cooler platform assembly includes a cooler platform, a sloped interior section of a cooler proximal to a first end of the cooler platform, and a vertical wall proximal to a second end of the cooler platform. The process includes adjusting a cooler platform from a retracted position substantially parallel to a vertical wall of a cooler to a deployed position substantially perpendicular to the vertical wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: E&C Finfan, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Garner, Jesse Hines, Charles Bowers, Ben Cole, Richard Kelsey, Michael Shroyer, Tracy Mabes
  • Patent number: 10484450
    Abstract: The present invention provides for network control of a radio module having a plurality of input/output (I/O) ports capable of communication with one or more sensing devices across a network, where the radio module may be controlled remotely to obtain information from one or more networked remote sensing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Aeris Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Garner, Yixiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20190265191
    Abstract: An array of pixels, wherein each pixel comprises: a CHEMFET sensor; and a sigma delta ADC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: DNAe Diagnostics Limited
    Inventors: David Michael Garner, Darya Mohtashemi, Tuck Weng Poon
  • Publication number: 20190241363
    Abstract: An automated laboratory system includes a vertical shelving system including a frame and at least one shelf movably mounted to the frame such that the at least one shelf is movable relative to the frame between a docked position and an undocked position, the at least one shelf being configured to carry at least one instrument. The system also includes a robotic device proximate the vertical shelving system and being configured to access the at least one instrument carried by the at least one shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan Wittchen, Gary Darnel, Michael Paul Riff, Stephen Wayne Johnson, Dean S. Mulyk, Mark Michael Garner, Robert Dunn-Dufault, Ian Yates, Hansjoerg Werner Haas
  • Patent number: 10372762
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a system for improved transactional mainframes, the system comprising a processor, a database, an application programming interface (API) module, and a transaction import module. The API module can be configured to: receive transaction data comprising a transaction type, a user identifier, one or more transaction card identifiers, and one or more fields associated with the transaction card identifiers; validate the transaction data using one or more of the stored validation rules associated with the one or more transaction card identifiers; generate one or more transaction cards; and store the transaction data and transaction cards to the database. The transaction import module can be configured to submit the transaction cards to the mainframe, view the status of submitted records, and enable retrying of transaction cards that failed to process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Hudak, Swathi Challkere Vijayaprakash, Matthew Coleman, Ashish Bassi, Anurag Andoji, Joe Vaughan, PhaniKrishna Hari, Michael Garner
  • Publication number: 20190230149
    Abstract: The present invention provides for network control of a radio module having a plurality of ports capable of communication with one or more sensing devices across a network, where the radio module may be controlled remotely to obtain information from one or more networked remote sensing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Garner, Yixiang CHEN, Syed HOSAIN
  • Publication number: 20190135230
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method and system for immobilization of machines capable of moving are disclosed. The method for immobilization of machines capable of moving includes detecting an event by a tracking device; providing one or more rules to evaluate the detected event; evaluating the detected event using the one or more rules; and triggering an action type based on the outcome of the evaluation. The system for immobilization of machines capable of moving includes a machine capable of moving, a tracking device including at least one processor and logic, a starter relay and a fuel pump relay, wherein the tracking device detects an event; evaluates the detected event using one or more rules provided to evaluate the detected event; and triggers an action type based on the outcome of the evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Garner, Bruno Rossi, Muhammad Masoom
  • Publication number: 20180342115
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the communication of vehicle data, diagnostics and related information with a network remote from the vehicle, and more particularly to communications and storage of vehicle data in the cloud. In one or more preferred embodiments, vehicle information is securely gathered from a vehicle, processed in accordance with instructions and a profile set remotely, and stored at a remote data store, where remote access to such information can be accommodated through applications, smartphones and other remote devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Yixiang CHEN, Drew S. JOHNSON, Andrew DURRER, Michael GARNER
  • Patent number: 10055901
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the communication of vehicle data, diagnostics and related information with a network remote from the vehicle, and more particularly to communications and storage of vehicle data in the cloud. In one or more preferred embodiments, vehicle information is securely gathered from a vehicle, processed in accordance with instructions and a profile set remotely, and stored at a remote data store, where remote access to such information can be accommodated through applications, smartphones and other remote devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: AERIS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Yixiang Chen, Drew S. Johnson, Andrew Durrer, Michael Garner