Patents by Inventor Michael Root
Michael Root 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: 20240228191Abstract: A robotic system receives from a first agent included in a plurality of robotically controlled agents a request to be provided a motion plan to perform a first pick and place task assigned to the first agent. A first motion plan is determined for the first agent, including by taking into consideration a second motion plan associated with a second agent included in the plurality of robotically controlled agents to perform a second pick and place task assigned to the second agent, at least in part by considering a swept volume associated with at least a remaining uncompleted portion of the second motion plan as an obstacle with which the first agent will not collide while implementing the first motion plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: Shitij Kumar, Michael Root, Varun Uday Nayak, Cuthbert Sun, Kunal Shah, Yuan Gao, Zhouwen Sun, Andrew Bylard, Diego Rodriguez, Samir Menon
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Patent number: 11745956Abstract: An autonomous tray handling robotic system is disclosed. In various embodiments, data indicating a set of output stacks to be assembled is stored, each output stack including an associated set of trays each of a corresponding tray type. Operation of one or more robots is controlled, each robot being configured to grasp, move, and place one or more trays at a time, according to a plan, to iteratively pick trays from source stacks of trays and assemble the set of output stacks, including by building each output stack by successively placing on the output stack trays picked from one or more corresponding source stacks. Each of the robots comprises a robotic arm and a tray handling end effector configured to grasp, move, and place one or more trays without assistance from another robot.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Dexterity, Inc.Inventors: Zhouwen Sun, Cyril Nader, Varun Uday Nayak, Alberto Leyva Arvayo, Michael Root, Andrew Lovett, Kevin Jose Chavez
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Publication number: 20220390648Abstract: A first device may receive data inputs from data sources corresponding to raw weather, non-weather, and/or environmental data. The first device may generate targeted alerts based on the data inputs and transmit the targeted alerts to a second device associated with a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Joel N. Myers, Scott Mackaro, Chris Patti, Guy Pearson, Jon Porter, Michael Root, Steve Smith, Michael Steinberg
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Publication number: 20220306402Abstract: An autonomous tray handling robotic system is disclosed. In various embodiments, data indicating a set of output stacks to be assembled is stored, each output stack including an associated set of trays each of a corresponding tray type. Operation of one or more robots is controlled, each robot being configured to grasp, move, and place one or more trays at a time, according to a plan, to iteratively pick trays from source stacks of trays and assemble the set of output stacks, including by building each output stack by successively placing on the output stack trays picked from one or more corresponding source stacks. Each of the robots comprises a robotic arm and a tray handling end effector configured to grasp, move, and place one or more trays without assistance from another robot.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2021Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Zhouwen Sun, Cyril Nader, Varun Uday Nayak, Alberto Leyva Arvayo, Michael Root, Andrew Lovett, Kevin Jose Chavez
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Publication number: 20220057542Abstract: A tropical cyclone analytics system that stores a plurality of ranges for each of a plurality of weather conditions, identifies a forecasted tropical cyclone, identifies a predicted path of the forecasted tropical cyclone, identifies each country or region along the predicted path of the forecasted tropical cyclone, and, for each country or region along the predicted path of the forecasted tropical cyclone, identifies forecasted weather conditions in the country or region attributable to the forecasted tropical cyclone, compares the forecasted weather conditions in the country or region to the plurality of ranges for each of the plurality of weather conditions, characterizes the forecasted tropical cyclone in the country or region based on the comparison of the forecasted weather conditions in the country or region to the plurality of ranges, and outputs the characterization for display to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: AccuWeather, Inc.Inventors: Joel N. MYERS, Marshall MOSS, Jonathan PORTER, MIchael ROOT
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Patent number: 10557562Abstract: An actuatable axial piston valve comprising a gear system to transform linear movement from an actuator to linear movement of the valve piston wherein said gear system comprises racks (2,3) and at least one idler pinion (1).Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: GOODWIN PLCInventors: Manfred Sattelberg, Matthew Stanley Goodwin, Timothy James Preston, Paul Michael Root
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Publication number: 20180283575Abstract: An actuatable axial piston valve comprising a gear system to transform linear movement from an actuator to linear movement of the valve piston wherein said gear system comprises racks (2,3) and at least one idler pinion (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: GOODWIN PLCInventors: Manfred SATTELBERG, Matthew Stanley GOODWIN, Timothy James PRESTON, Paul Michael ROOT
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Patent number: 9414821Abstract: This disclosure pertains to controllably bioabsorbable devices, particularly anchors for vascular closure plugs and to methods of use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2010Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Liliana Atanasoska, David J. Sogard, Robert W. Warner, Michael Root, Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Mourad Rahi, Scott R. Smith, Jan Weber, Eric Petersen
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Publication number: 20120022585Abstract: This disclosure pertains to controllably bioabsorbable devices, particularly anchors for vascular closure plugs and to methods of use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Liliana Atanasoska, David J. Sogard, Robert W. Warner, Michael Root, Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Mourad Rahi, Scott R. Smith, Jan Weber, Eric Petersen
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Patent number: 7859220Abstract: A rechargeable electrochemical cell charger is provided for charging electrochemical cells at high current rates. The charger provides a sufficient force between the charge contacts and the cell terminals to remove nonconductive contaminants when the cell is inserted into the charger, thereby increasing the conductivity at the point of contact. The charger can include an air moving system for the dissipation of heat from the electrochemical cell during charging, and a heat sensor to determine the cell temperature during charging.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2004Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Rovcal, Inc.Inventors: William C. Bushong, Paul Cheeseman, Michael Root, Viet H. Vu
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Patent number: 7778983Abstract: An application migration planning manager is provided for scanning and reporting compatibility information of stored application files, followed by conversion of selected files from a first application version format to a target application version format. A scanning module scans selected files to determine whether the scanned files are formatted according to application versions that may be incompatible with target application versions. A reporting module reports the compatibility data for the scanned files. If scanned files include multiple versions of a given document or data, the scanned files may be passed to a version extraction module for stripping the files of all but a single version of the given document or data. Each stripped version may be saved as a separate additional file. The version-stripped files and the saved additional files then may be reported back to the reporting module for further processing.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael Philip Jorden, Tristan Michael Root, Eric Fisk, Joseph Anthony East, Vladimir Tankovich
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Patent number: 7657578Abstract: A system for volume replication in a distributed block virtualization environment includes a first and a second set of one or more physical block devices, a first and a second volume server, one or more volume clients, and a replication manager. The first volume server may be configured to aggregate storage in the first set of one or more physical block devices into one or more logical volumes, and to make the one or more logical volumes accessible to the one or more volume clients. The replication manager may be configured to operate in cooperation with the first and second volume servers and the one or more volume clients to maintain a replica of at least a subset of the one or more logical volumes at the second set of one or more physical block devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2004Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Symantec Operating CorporationInventors: Ronald S. Karr, Niranjan Pendharkar, Anand A. Kekre, Angshuman Bezbaruah, Vikas Kailash Gupta, Ashish Agarwal, Raghu Krishnamurthy, Michael Root, Kati Rader, Kedar Karmarkar
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Patent number: 7610478Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving the boot sequence of a computer clone. The kernel within an operating system is designed to always access special devices within the computer's memory using a mount path that is hard coded into the kernel for each of the special devices. When the computer is cloned, the special devices are copied to a second computer without the need for subsequent alteration of the filesystem.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2004Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Symantec Operating CorporationInventor: Michael Root
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Patent number: 7557542Abstract: A rechargeable electrochemical cell charging system is provided having a thermistor that engages the negative cell terminal at a location remote from the negative charge contact. The thermistor outputs temperature data to a controller in the charger that determines the rate of cell temperature increase. When the increase reaches a predetermined rate, the charge to the cell is discontinued. The cell can also include an air moving system that circulates cool ambient air through battery compartment to cool the batteries being charged.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2008Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Rovcal, Inc.Inventors: William C. Bushong, Viet H. Vu, Michael Root
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Publication number: 20080222216Abstract: An application migration planning manager is provided for scanning and reporting compatibility information of stored application files, followed by conversion of selected files from a first application version format to a target application version format. A scanning module scans selected files to determine whether the scanned files are formatted according to application versions that may be incompatible with target application versions. A reporting module reports the compatibility data for the scanned files. If scanned files include multiple versions of a given document or data, the scanned files may be passed to a version extraction module for stripping the files of all but a single version of the given document or data. Each stripped version may be saved as a separate additional file. The version-stripped files and the saved additional files then may be reported back to the reporting module for further processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2007Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael Philip Jorden, Tristan Michael Root, Eric Fisk, Joseph Anthony East, Vladimir Tankovich
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Patent number: 7424592Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing volume sets in a storage system. According to a first embodiment, a system may include a volume server, a first and a second client computer system, and a plurality of physical block devices. The volume server may be configured to aggregate storage in the plurality of physical block devices into a plurality of logical volumes, wherein a given logical volume includes storage from at least two physical block devices, to distribute a first subset including at least two of the plurality of logical volumes to the first client computer system for input/output as a first volume set configured to be accessed as a single logical device, and to distribute a second subset including at least two of the plurality of logical volumes to the second client computer system for input/output as a second volume set configured to be accessed as a single logical device.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2004Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Assignee: Symantec Operating CorporationInventors: Ronald S. Karr, Randall Ko Shingai, Michael Root
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Publication number: 20080191661Abstract: A rechargeable electrochemical cell charging system is provided having a thermistor that engages the negative cell terminal at a location remote from the negative charge contact. The thermistor outputs temperature data to a controller in the charger that determines the rate of cell temperature increase. When the increase reaches a predetermined predetermined rate, the charge to the cell is discontinued. The cell can also include an air moving system that circulates cool ambient air through battery compartment to cool the batteries being charged.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2008Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: ROVCAL, INC.Inventors: William C. Bushong, Viet H. Vu, Michael Root
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Patent number: 7372237Abstract: A rechargeable electrochemical cell charging system is provided having a thermistor that engages the negative cell terminal at a location remote from the negative charge contact. The thermistor outputs temperature data to a controller in the charger that determines the rate of cell temperature increase. When the increase reaches a predetermined predetermined rate, the charge to the cell is discontinued. The cell can also include an air moving system that circulates cool ambient air through battery compartment to cool the batteries being charged.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2004Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Rovcal, Inc.Inventors: William C. Bushong, Viet H. Vu, Michael Root
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Patent number: 7293154Abstract: A system for optimizing storage operations by operating only on mapped blocks may include a first and a second set of one or more storage devices, a virtual device client and a virtual device server. The virtual device server may be configured to aggregate storage in the first set of one or more storage devices into a virtual storage device, and make the virtual device accessible to the virtual device server. In preparation for a synchronization operation, the virtual device server may obtain a map identifying one or more in-use regions of the virtual storage device from the virtual device client. The virtual device server may then perform the synchronization operation by copying the one or more in-use regions of the virtual storage device to the second set of one or more storage devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2004Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignee: Symantec Operating CorporationInventors: Ronald S. Karr, Michael Root, Charles H. Silvers, Deepak Tawri, Anurag Choudhary
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Patent number: 7288920Abstract: A rechargeable electrochemical cell is provided having a pressure-responsive apparatus for determining a charge termination point. In particular, a reversible pressure-responsive switch may be disposed in a cap at the open end of a rechargeable metal hydride cell. The reversible pressure-responsive switch may also contain a vent system for releasing the cell internal pressure. Alternatively, a rechargeable cell may include a strain gauge disposed in its outer surface whose resistance changes as the outer surface of the battery expands due to internal pressure accumulation during charging. Additionally, a rechargeable cell is used combination with a charging source that can supply constant voltage, constant current, alternating current, or voltage that varies between a minimum threshold and a maximum threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2005Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc. ( FKA Rayovac Corporation)Inventors: William C. Bushong, Paul Cheeseman, Thomas Kaufman, Michael Root, Aaron Rositch, Marc L. Syvertsen, Viet H. Vu