Patents by Inventor Michael J. Martin

Michael J. Martin 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).

  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF OXYBUTYNIN
    Publication number: 20130267593
    Abstract: Administration of Oxybutynin directly to a patient's lungs for treating urinary incontinence, respiratory disease or IBD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: MICRODOSE THERAPEUTX, INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Martin, Alan B. Watts, Robert Cook
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED BAGHOUSE FILTERS
    Publication number: 20130125754
    Abstract: A headgear assembly for a baghouse filter can include a headgear configured to allow for concentric arrangement of first and second filters coupled thereto, where at least one of the first filter, second filter, and headgear can include an opening through which accumulated particulate from the second filter can pass. The headgear assembly can also include a cleaning assembly configured to facilitate cleaning of at least one of the first and second filters. Methods of facilitating on-line cleaning of a baghouse filter are also described wherein an exhaust stream is passed through concentrically arranged first and second filters to produce a filtered stream. At least one of the first and second filters can be cleaned using a cleaning assembly to remove accumulated particulate, which can pass through an opening in at least one of the first filter, the second filter, and the headgear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: FLUOR TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dennis W. Johnson, James H. Brown, Michael J. Martin
  • Methods and compositions for administration of oxybutynin
    Patent number: 8415390
    Abstract: Administration of Oxybutynin directly to a patient's lungs for treating urinary incontinence, respiratory disease or IBD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Microdose Therapeutx, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Martin, Alan B. Watts, Robert Cook
  • Pipe inspection system with selective image capture
    Patent number: 8395661
    Abstract: Various pipe inspection systems include a camera head operatively connected to the distal end of a push-cable. Images may be automatically captured at predetermined distances of travel, or may be automatically captured based on the output signals from the auto-focus, auto-exposure and/or auto-white balance engines indicating, for example, that the camera motion within the pipe is substantially zero. Images may be captured in an automatic mode at predetermined intervals as the camera head travels within the pipe or in an override mode initiated by operator command. The system may include a data transmission circuit that transmits data between a plurality of nodes at a frequency that does not substantially interfere with a normal base band video transmission frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: SeekTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Olsson, Michael J. Martin, Ray Merewether, Stephen M. Bench, Tran Nguyen
  • MAGNETICALLY SENSED USER INTERFACE APPARATUS AND DEVICES
    Publication number: 20120306603
    Abstract: A user interface device including a floating actuator sub-assembly and a base assembly flexibly coupled to the floating actuator assembly is disclosed. The floating actuator assembly may include a magnet array assembly with a plurality of magnets fixed relative to each other. The user interface device may further include a deformable actuator sub-assembly, which may include a magnet array assembly with a plurality of magnets in a movable configuration relative to each other. A base assembly may include multi-axis magnetic sensors corresponding to the magnets in the magnet arrays to sense position of motion of the magnets during user displacements and/or deformation of actuator elements of the user interface device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: SEEKTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Mark S. Olsson, Austin Rutledge, Loni M. Canepa, Alexander L. Warren, Michael E. Turgeon, Ray Merewether, Michael J. Martin
  • BROADBAND GENERATION OF COHERENT CONTINUA WITH OPTICAL FIBERS
    Publication number: 20120281720
    Abstract: Coherent and compact supercontinuum light sources for the mid IR spectral regime and exemplary applications are disclosed based on the use highly nonlinear fibers or waveguides. In at least one embodiment the coherence of the supercontinuum sources is increased using nonlinear material with an elevated vibrational contribution to the nonlinear response function. Compact supercontinuum light sources can be constructed with the use of passively mode locked fiber or diode lasers. Wavelength tunable sources can be constructed using appropriate optical filters or frequency conversion sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: IMRA AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Martin E. Fermann, Kevin Cossel, Michael J. Martin, Ingmar Hartl, Jun Ye, Axel Ruehl
  • USER INTERFACE DEVICES, APPARATUS, AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20120256821
    Abstract: User interface devices using magnetic sensing to provide output signals associated with motion and/or deformation of an actuator element of the interface devices are described. The output signals may be provided to an electronic computing system to provide commands, controls, and/or other data or information. In one embodiment, a user interface device may include a plurality of permanent magnets and a plurality of multi-axis magnetic sensors to generate motion and/or deformation signals to be provided to a processing element to generate the output signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: SEEKTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Mark S. Olsson, Michael J. Martin, Ray Merewether, Loni Canepa, Austin Rutledge, Alexander L. Warren, Amos H. Jessup, George L. Jemmott
  • Buried locators systems and methods
    Publication number: 20120242341
    Abstract: Portable self-standing electromagnetic (EM) field sensing locator systems with attachments for finding and mapping buried objects such as utilities and with intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) displays are described. Accessories may include a ground penetrating radar (GPR) system with a rotating Tx/Rx antenna assembly, a leak detection system, a multi-probe voltage mapping system, a man-portable laser-range finder system with embedded dipole beacon, and other detachable accessory sensor systems are accepted for attachment to the locator system for simultaneous operation in cooperation with the basic locator system. The integration of the locator system with one or more additional devices, such as fault-finding, geophones and conductance sensors, may be used to facilitate the rapid detection and localization of many different types of buried objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Mark S. Olsson, Ray Merewether, Paul G. Stuart, Michael J. Martin, Christoph H. Maier, Amos H. Jessup
  • System and method for locating buried pipes and cables with a man portable locator and a transmitter in a mesh network
    Patent number: 8264226
    Abstract: A system and method for locating buried cables, pipes and other utilities includes a man portable receiver/locator which is linked by a wireless mesh connection to a transmitter which either directly applies, or induces, a signal onto a buried utility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: SeekTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Olsson, David A. Cox, Michael J. Martin, Ray Merewether, Amos H. Jessup
  • MAGNETIC SENSING USER INTERFACE DEVICE METHODS AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120215475
    Abstract: Methods for processing signals from a magnetic user interface device having a manual actuator are disclosed. Movements of the actuator may cause relative movement between one or more magnets and one or more corresponding sensors that may each generate signals representing independent magnetic field components detected within each sensor. A field model may be used in the magnetic user interface device to translate magnetic sensor readings during operation to position information, which may then be converted to output signals for transmission to an electronic computing system representing displacement and/or deformation of the actuator. The output signals may be generated in a predetermined format, such as USB format or other computer-interface formats, that can be interpreted by the electronic computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: SEEKTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Austin Rutledge, Ray Merewether, Michael J. Martin, Mark S. Olssson
  • Buried object locator system employing automated virtual depth event detection and signaling
    Patent number: 8248056
    Abstract: A human-portable utility locator system for locating and tracing a buried utility line characterized by an electromagnetic field emission. The locator may include a horizontal spaced sensor pair for detecting the horizontal field asymmetry of the emitted field in one or more independent frequency bands, which is employed to assist in determining an accurate “virtual depth” measurement for producing detection events. An event detector may be disposed to detect events corresponding to extremum in the B-field gradient with respect to time and a user interface (UI) coupled to the event detector signals the detected event to a user. In a preferred embodiment, one pair of spaced-apart 3D magnetic sensor arrays is disposed substantially orthogonal to another intermediate spaced-apart pair of sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: SeekTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Olsson, Michael J. Martin, Paul G. Stuart
  • Reconfigurable portable locator employing multiple sensor array having flexible nested orthogonal antennas
    Patent number: 8203343
    Abstract: A portable locator for detecting a buried object characterized by an electromagnetic (EM) field emission employing three-dimensional (3D) sensor arrays each having three substantially-identical EM field sensors disposed on a flexible annular wall having a radial centroid defining a sensing axis. The flexible annular sensors are retained in substantial concentricity with the corresponding sensing axes disposed in substantial mutual orthogonality. A pair of 3D sensor arrays disposed on a first axis substantially orthogonal to a second axis defied by another pair of EM field sensors each having a sensing axis disposed along the second axis. The locator introduces a user-reconfigurable user interface (UI) employing a “sticky” ratcheting audio UI and a hollow hinge assembly for redisposing the sensor assembly from an operating to a storage disposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: SeekTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Olsson, Paul G. Stuart, David A. Cox, Ray Merewether, Dawn E. Shaffer, Ryan B. Levin, Michael J. Martin
  • Use of registration marks and a linear array sensor for in-situ raster output scanner scan line nonlinearity detection
    Patent number: 8200131
    Abstract: A method for detecting, in-situ, a cross-process linearity error in an image printing system that prints on an image bearing surface movable in the process direction is provided. The method includes placing marking material to form of a row of registration marks on the image bearing surface, detecting a position in a cross-process direction of each registration mark in the row using a linear array sensor that extends in the cross-process direction, and determining a correction function with a processor using the positions of the registration marks as detected by the linear array sensor to compensate for an error in the positions in the cross-process direction of the registration marks. The row of registration marks extends in a cross-process direction transverse to the process direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: James Patrick Calamita, Michael J. Martin
  • System and method for controlling consistent color quality
    Patent number: 8134741
    Abstract: A system and method control a consistent color quality of overlay colors and single separations of color. The method determines a first error for a first separation of a first color, wherein the first error has a first sign. The method identifies a second error for a second separation of a second color, wherein the second color is a different color than the first color, wherein the second error is based on an actual density value for toner particles printed transferred from the second separation, wherein the second error has a second sign. The method compares the first sign of the first error and the second sign of the second error. The method converges the actual density value of the second separation to a target position when the first sign is a different sign than the second sign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Song-Feng Mo, Patricia J. Donaldson, Michael J. Martin
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF OXYBUTYNIN
    Publication number: 20110253133
    Abstract: Administration of Oxybutynin directly to a patient's lungs for treating urinary incontinence, respiratory disease or IBD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Michael J. Martin, Alan B. Watts, Robert Cook
  • Omnidirectional sonde and line locator
    Patent number: 8035390
    Abstract: At least one antenna array including three mutually orthogonal antennas each sharing a common center point senses an electromagnetic signal emitted by a buried object such as a utility line, pipe or sonde. A circuit at least partially mounted in a housing is connected to the array and determines a location of the buried object by measuring signal strength and field angles in three dimensions without having to align the antenna array relative to the buried object while eliminating nulls and false peaks. A graphical user interface (GUI) has user-friendly icons, symbols, menus, numbers and graphical and auditory representation of signal strength. A SEARCH view indicates signal strength by showing a rotating strength indicator, a trace mode MAP view in which line location is shown by a line that moves side-to-side, and a sonde mode MAP view in which sonde location is shown by a moving line, pole and equator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: SeekTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Olsson, Ray Merewether, David A. Cox, Michael J. Martin, Bradley D. Barnicoat, Thomas K. Kolb, Randall P. Hilton
  • Tractor-Implement Control System And Method
    Publication number: 20110238269
    Abstract: An implement is coupled to and pulled by a tractor. The tractor includes ground engaging drive wheels driven by an engine, an operator movable speed command device, and a tractor controller having automatic and manual speed control modes. The implement has an implement control unit coupled to the tractor controller. The implement control unit transmits an implement speed request signal to the tractor controller. The tractor controller controls tractor motion in response to operation of the speed command device and the implement speed request signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Michael J. Martin, Timothy J. Kilworth, Peter Muench, Benjamin Neermann, Bruce C. Newendorp
  • Obtaining print system settings for selected print media attributes in a networked print job environment
    Patent number: 8009302
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a novel system and method for automatically retrieving and configuring the print device to a set of device specific system settings tailored for user selected media attributes. In one embodiment, an operator selects media attributes desired for a particular print job on a print device which then automatically queries a database over a network for a set of device specific system settings tailored to the selected media attributes. The database system determines the existence of at least one record stored in the database and provides that matching record data back to the print device. The matching record data is received and displayed on a user interface for review by an operator. The operator accepts/modifies the displayed system settings. The print device then automatically configures the device to the accepted device specific system settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Michael J. Martin
  • AUTOMATED POSITIONING OF PRINTED IMAGES
    Publication number: 20110194131
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a printing system for positioning at least one printed image, the printing system includes a first image bearing surface, the method includes: a) forming a background pattern and at least three fiducials on the first image bearing surface, wherein the background pattern is larger than a first printed image and the at least three fiducials are within an area formed by the first printed image; b) transferring a portion of the first printed image to a second image bearing surface; c) measuring a first residual image on the first image bearing surface, wherein the first residual image is a portion of the background pattern and the at least three fiducials remaining on the first image bearing surface after the step of transferring; and, d) calculating at least one calibration parameter for the printing system based on the measuring of the first residual image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan B. HUNTER, Andrew James Bonacci, David Mark Kerxhalli, Brian R. Conrow, Michael J. Martin
  • Tri-pod buried locator system
    Patent number: 7990151
    Abstract: A portable self-standing electromagnetic (EM) field sensing locator system with attachments for finding and mapping buried objects such as utilities and with intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) displays. Accessories include a ground penetrating radar (GPR) system with a rotating Tx/Rx antenna assembly, a leak detection system, a multi-probe voltage mapping system, a man-portable laser-range finder system with embedded dipole beacon and other detachable accessory sensor systems are accepted for attachment to the locator system for simultaneous operation in cooperation with the basic locator system. The integration of the locator system with one or more additional devices, such as fault-finding, geophones and conductance sensors, facilitates the rapid detection and localization of many different types of buried objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: SeekTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Olsson, Ray Merewether, Paul G. Stuart, Michael J. Martin, Christoph H. Maier, Amos H. Jessup