Patents by Inventor Michael K. O'Connor

Michael K. O'Connor 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: 12254473
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for integrating a first party service into a second party computer application are disclosed. In one embodiment, in a financial institution comprising at least one computer processor, a method for integrating a financial services payment service into a merchant computer application may include (1) receiving customer electronic device information from a customer electronic device using a first communication channel; (2) transmitting a passcode to the customer electronic device using a second communication channel; (3) receiving the passcode from the customer electronic device over the first communication channel; (4) sending a session identifier to electronic device over first communication channel; (5) receiving the session identifier from a merchant host; and (6) sending an authentication value to a merchant host. The merchant host may provide the authentication value to the customer electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Scott H. Ouellette, Nasir Khan, Robert M. Soulchin, Michael K. O'Leary, Michael Naggar
  • Publication number: 20250068297
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide a quick actions menu in an artificial reality (XR) environment that can be accessed by performing a hand gesture detected by an XR device which, in some implementations, can be detected without the use of controllers. Once the menu is open, the user can move her hand while performing the gesture to highlight a particular quick action and can release the gesture on a highlighted action to select the action. In some implementations, the user can drill down into an action on the menu by highlighting the action, then dragging the gesture off of the action away from the menu. To close the quick actions menu, the user can either A) move the gesture off the menu and release the gesture, B) rotate the wrist, or C) explicitly dismiss the menu, such as by using a voice command detected by the XR device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Aaron SELIG, Katharine Ann NICHOLS, Ahad Habib BASRAVI, Nathaniel LANE, James Michael-K O'DONNELL, Jeremy EDELBLUT, Britt MIURA
  • Publication number: 20250032075
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for lesion depth determination in molecular breast imaging. The depth of a lesion in a breast of a subject may be determined during a molecular breast imaging (“MBI”) procedure where the resolving power of the detectors, such as gamma cameras, that degrades with distance from the face of the detector is exploited. By comparing the apparent size of a lesion in two opposing detectors, it is possible to estimate the distance of the lesion from each detector by modeling or measuring the resolution that changes with distance from the detectors. The systems and methods may be used during biopsy procedures to indicate the appropriate needle depth for biopsy of the lesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Michael K. O'Connor, Weidong Luo
  • Publication number: 20240281071
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to artificial reality (XR) controllers and hand gestures and corresponding representation of the hand gestures in XR space. Users can benefit from being able to use touch interactions while also holding the XR controller. Example implementations allow a user to use controllers for distance interaction and interactions that require controller buttons, but also recognize when the user extends her finger and wants to manually touch things-using touch in conjunction with controllers. Thus, if the user has a controller in her hand and want to touch a UI element, she can also use her finger, where the system identifies the finger not touching the controller (e.g., via capacitance sensors) and that a hand pose is present (e.g., finger extended—from camera) to allow that finger to provide hand input, without the user having to put down the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Ali EMAMI, Aaron SELIG, Ahad Habib BASRAVI, James Michael-K O'DONNELL, Nathaniel LANE, Todd HARRIS
  • Publication number: 20240281070
    Abstract: An artificial reality (XR) system includes XR controllers and hand gestures and corresponding representation of the hand gestures in XR space. Example implementations allow a user to use controllers for distance interaction and interactions that require controller buttons, but also recognize when the user extends her finger and wants to manually touch things-using touch in conjunction with controllers. Thus, if the user has a controller in her hand and wants to touch a UI element, she can also use her finger. In particular, the system identifies the finger is not touching the controller (e.g., via capacitance sensors) and that a hand pose is present (e.g., finger extended—from camera), thereby processing hand input from the finger without the user having to put down the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Ali EMAMI, Aaron SELIG, Ahad Habib BASRAVI, James Michael-K O'DONNELL, Nathaniel LANE, Todd HARRIS
  • Publication number: 20240202682
    Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: receiving a request to initiate an invoice payment, including a customer identifier, an invoice identifier, and a payment amount; determining a number of reward points that is equal to the payment amount; executing a query including the customer identifier as a lookup parameter, where the query returns a number of reward points associated with the customer identifier and an account number; determining that the number of rewards points returned by the query is equal to or greater than the number of reward points that is equal to the payment amount; sending a communication to a payment platform including the demand deposit account number; crediting a demand deposit account associated with the account number with an amount equal to the payment amount; and processing a payment of an invoice by drawing from the demand deposit account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Nanda MALLOJHALA, Matthew HOKE, Dave CAREY, Raghu VUDATHU, Michael K. O'LEARY, Kunal MODI, Rakhee MANJREKAR, Devron THOMPSON
  • Publication number: 20230252691
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an artificial reality system that assists a user in finding, locating, and/or taking possession of an object. In one example, this disclosure describes a system that includes a head-mounted display (HMD), capable of being worn by a user; a mapping engine configured to determine a map of a physical environment including position information about the HMD and an object; and an application engine configured to: detect execution of an application that operates using the object, determine that the object is not in possession of the user, and responsive to detecting execution of the application and determining that the object is not in possession of the user, generate artificial reality content that includes a passthrough window positioned to include the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Britt Miura, Viraj Ajmeri, James Michael-K O'Donnell, Flávio Mattos de Carvalho
  • Publication number: 20220374900
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for integrating a first party service into a second party computer application are disclosed. In one embodiment, in a financial institution comprising at least one computer processor, a method for integrating a financial services payment service into a merchant computer application may include (1) receiving customer electronic device information from a customer electronic device using a first communication channel; (2) transmitting a passcode to the customer electronic device using a second communication channel; (3) receiving the passcode from the customer electronic device over the first communication channel; (4) sending a session identifier to electronic device over first communication channel; (5) receiving the session identifier from a merchant host; and (6) sending an authentication value to a merchant host. The merchant host may provide the authentication value to the customer electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Scott H. OUELLETTE, Nasir KHAN, Robert M. SOULCHIN, Michael K. O'LEARY, Michael NAGGAR
  • Patent number: 11429971
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for integrating a first party service into a second party computer application are disclosed. In one embodiment, in a financial institution comprising at least one computer processor, a method for integrating a financial services payment service into a merchant computer application may include (1) receiving customer electronic device information from a customer electronic device using a first communication channel; (2) transmitting a passcode to the customer electronic device using a second communication channel; (3) receiving the passcode from the customer electronic device over the first communication channel; (4) sending a session identifier to electronic device over first communication channel; (5) receiving the session identifier from a merchant host; and (6) sending an authentication value to a merchant host. The merchant host may provide the authentication value to the customer electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Scott H. Ouellette, Nasir Khan, Robert M. Soulchin, Michael K. O'Leary, Michael Naggar
  • Publication number: 20210342901
    Abstract: Systems and methods for machine-assisted document input are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method may include a data extraction application executed by a computer processor: receiving an image of a document/email; generating a transcript of the document/email, wherein the transcript comprises a plurality of text groups from the document/email and a location for each text group in the document/email; identifying a vendor associated with the document/email based on contents of one of the text groups and/or one of the locations of the one of one of the text groups; retrieving a vendor-specific machine learning model for the vendor; associating each of the plurality of locations in the document/email with a billing field using the vendor-specific machine learning model; extracting each of the text groups into one of the billing fields based on the association; and transmitting the billing fields with the extracted data to a user electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jiangling WANG, Song Ting CENG, Hong JI, Somnath CHOUDHURI, Michael K. O'LEARY, Riti SINGHAL, Sandeep KOLLA, Syed Mohammed Abbas UBAISE, Michael HORGAN
  • Publication number: 20210192799
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an artificial reality system that assists a user in finding, locating, and/or taking possession of an object. In one example, this disclosure describes a system that includes a head-mounted display (HMD), capable of being worn by a user; a mapping engine configured to determine a map of a physical environment including position information about the HMD and an object; and an application engine configured to: detect execution of an application that operates using the object, determine that the object is not in possession of the user, and responsive to detecting execution of the application and determining that the object is not in possession of the user, generate artificial reality content that includes a passthrough window positioned to include the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Britt Miura, Viraj Ajmeri, James Michael-K O'Donnell, Flávio Mattos de Carvalho
  • Publication number: 20180279978
    Abstract: A combined molecular breast imaging (“MBI”) and ultrasound system is described. A gantry assembly provides for introduction of a lateral facing ultrasound probe while a subject's breast is maintained under compression by the MBI system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: MICHAEL K O'CONNOR
  • Patent number: 9367956
    Abstract: A simulation application simulates a fluid flow. The simulation application divides a fluid into coarse volumetric elements (voxels) at a first resolution, and simulates the fluid flow at the first resolution. The simulation application defines a three-dimensional window that includes a portion of the coarse voxels. The simulation application divides each coarse voxel in the portion of the coarse voxels that lie within the three-dimensional window into a plurality of fine voxels at a second resolution. The simulation application simulates the fluid flow associated with each fine voxel in the plurality of fine voxels at the second resolution based at least in part on the simulation at the coarse resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Pixar
    Inventors: Michael K. O'Brien, Dave Hale, Ryan Kautzman, Jiayi Chong
  • Publication number: 20160007944
    Abstract: A system and method of quantifying uptake of radionuclide by tumor with the use of an MBI system equipped with an ultrasound unit. The quantification is effectuated based on comparison a first photon count (determined from an MBI image of a region of interest encompassing both the tumor and background tissue of the sample) and a second photon count (determined from an MBI image of a region of a substantially co-extensive region of interest that encompasses only background tissue and is devoid of tumor), and based on the values of depth of tumor and its size determined from the ultrasound imaging data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Michael K. O'CONNOR
  • Patent number: 9230354
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for imaging a region of interest (“ROI”) including a breast having received a reduced dose of radionuclide using an imaging system including at least two gamma detectors. The acquired imaging data is analyzed respect to an energy characteristic and divided into subsets of data based on the analysis. A plurality of images is generated using the subsets of data, wherein the plurality of images include a primary image corresponding to subsets of data having energy including the energy characteristic and multiple secondary images corresponding to subsets of data having energy not including the energy characteristic. Each of the plurality of images is processed using energy information associated with each of the plurality of images and the processed plurality of images is combined to form a composite image of the ROI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Michael K. O'Connor, Amanda Weinmann
  • Patent number: 9177419
    Abstract: A simulation application models a surface of a fluid in motion. The simulation application selects a mesh point from a plurality of mesh points that is associated with the surface of the fluid. The simulation application retrieves a first texture element from a set of uv texture maps, and attaches a first displacement value to the mesh point based on the first texture element. The simulation application advects the first displacement value over a first duration represented by a first quantity of image frames such that the first displacement value remains attached to the mesh point as the plurality of mesh points moves in response to a motion of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: PIXAR
    Inventors: Michael K. O'Brien, Allen Hemberger
  • Patent number: 9060732
    Abstract: A system and method for molecular breast imaging (MBI) provides enhanced tumor analysis and, optionally, a real-time biopsy guidance. The system includes a detector head including a gamma ray detector and a multisegment collimator in a collimator frame. The collimator contains multiple collimation sections that have respectively different collimating characteristic and that are individually repositionable with respect to the detector. An image of the tissue acquired with the system may include spatially separate image portions containing image information about the same portion of the imaged tissue. A system of mounting the multisegment collimator in the detector head includes a collimator tray that is laterally moveable within the frame and/or slidable in and out of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventor: Michael K. O'Connor
  • Patent number: 8923952
    Abstract: A system and method for performing quantitative lesion analysis in molecular breast imaging (MBI) using the opposing images of a slightly compressed breast that are obtained from the dual-head gamma camera. The method uses the shape of the pixel intensity profiles through each tumor to determine tumor diameter. Also, the method uses a thickness of the compressed breast and the attenuation of gamma rays in soft tissue to determine the depth of the tumor from the collimator face of the detector head. Further still, the method uses the measured tumor diameter and measurements of counts in the tumor and background breast region to determine relative radiotracer uptake or tumor-to-background ratio (T/B ratio).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Michael K. O'Connor, Carrie B. Hruska
  • Patent number: 8886293
    Abstract: A system and method for molecular breast imaging (MBI) provides enhanced tumor analysis and, optionally, a real-time biopsy guidance. The system includes a detector head including a gamma ray detector and a collimator. The collimator include multiple collimation sections having respectively different spatially-oriented structures. In addition or alternatively, the multiple collimating section have respectively different collimation characteristics. An image of the tissue acquired with the system may include spatially separate image portions containing image information about the same portion of the imaged tissue. A system is optionally configured to acquire updatable images to provide real-time feedback about the biopsy procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Michael K O'Connor, Carrie B Hruska, Amanda L Weinmann
  • Patent number: 8853635
    Abstract: A molecular breast imaging (“MBI”} configured for combined MBI and ultrasound imaging or MBI-guided biopsy is provided. In one configuration, the MBI portion of the system includes two opposed gamma ray detectors, while in another configuration only one gamma ray detector is provided. In two detector configurations, a compression plate is provided to make contact with and apply light compression to the subject under examination. One of the gamma ray detectors is configured to be moveable with respect to the other detector such that the gamma ray detector can be moved away from the examination region, thereby allowing access to the breast for an ultrasound imaging system or a breast biopsy device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventor: Michael K. O'Connor