Patents by Inventor Murray A. Smith

Murray A. Smith 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).

  • Publication number: 20240079816
    Abstract: Apparatus for opposed terminals of an electrical device includes magnetic material carried by a cover formed of an electrically insulative material and concurrently covering the terminals, and a magnetic attraction between the magnetic material and the terminals magnetically coupling the cover to the terminals. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes covers formed of an electrically insulative material and connected by hinges to the electrical device for movement between open positions away from the terminals and closed positions covering the respective terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Richard A. Murray, III, Bradley S. Smith
  • Publication number: 20240006593
    Abstract: The invention relates to coated paper where a base paper is coated at least on one side and where the coating comprises at least 5 wt. % carbon material and at least 5 wt. % of an open-framework material and at least 1 wt. % binder, a process for the manufacture of the means, a composition for coating paper, coated paper, a process for the manufacture of the coated paper, a means for storing electricity, use of the coated paper as well as a method for storing electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Ludger ZERWES, Juha EBELING, Robert MURRAY-SMITH
  • Patent number: 11826140
    Abstract: A system and method for human motion detection and tracking are disclosed. In one embodiment, a smart device having an optical sensing instrument monitors a stage. Memory is accessible to a processor and communicatively coupled to the optical sensing instrument. The system captures an image frame from the optical sensing instrument. The image frame is then converted into a designated image frame format, which is provided to a pose estimator. A two-dimensional dataset is received from the pose estimator. The system then converts, using inverse kinematics, the two-dimensional dataset into a three-dimensional dataset, which includes time-independent static joint positions, and then calculates, using the three-dimensional dataset, the position of each of the respective plurality of body parts in the image frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Physmodo, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael Lloyd Gingrich, Gregory Murray Smith
  • Publication number: 20230142202
    Abstract: A system and method for human motion detection and tracking are disclosed. In one embodiment, a smart device having an optical sensing instrument monitors a stage. Memory is accessible to a processor and communicatively coupled to the optical sensing instrument. The system captures an image frame from the optical sensing instrument. The image frame is then converted into a designated image frame format, which is provided to a pose estimator. A two-dimensional dataset is received from the pose estimator. The system then converts, using inverse kinematics, the two-dimensional dataset into a three-dimensional dataset, which includes time-independent static joint positions, and then calculates, using the three-dimensional dataset, the position of each of the respective plurality of body parts in the image frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Nathanael Lloyd Gingrich, Gregory Murray Smith
  • Patent number: 11547324
    Abstract: A system and method for human motion detection and tracking are disclosed. In one embodiment, a smart device having an optical sensing instrument monitors a stage. Memory is accessible to a processor and communicatively coupled to the optical sensing instrument. The system captures an image frame from the optical sensing instrument. The image frame is then converted into a designated image frame format, which is provided to a pose estimator. A two-dimensional dataset is received from the pose estimator. The system then converts, using inverse kinematics, the two-dimensional dataset into a three-dimensional dataset, which includes time-independent static joint positions, and then calculates, using the three-dimensional dataset, the position of each of the respective plurality of body parts in the image frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Physmodo, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael Lloyd Gingrich, Gregory Murray Smith
  • Publication number: 20220387544
    Abstract: The invention relates to Pol? inhibitors for use in the treatment of a cancer associated with a Shieldin deficiency and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said Pol? inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Artios Pharma Limited
    Inventors: Helen Marie Ruth ROBINSON, Graeme Cameron Murray SMITH, Christopher James LORD, Diana ZATREANU
  • Publication number: 20220273194
    Abstract: A system and method for human motion detection and tracking are disclosed. In one embodiment, a smart device having an optical sensing instrument monitors a stage. Memory is accessible to a processor and communicatively coupled to the optical sensing instrument. The system captures an image frame from the optical sensing instrument. The image frame is then converted into a designated image frame format, which is provided to a pose estimator. A two-dimensional dataset is received from the pose estimator. The system then converts, using inverse kinematics, the two-dimensional dataset into a three-dimensional dataset, which includes time-independent static joint positions, and then calculates, using the three-dimensional dataset, the position of each of the respective plurality of body parts in the image frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Nathanael Lloyd Gingrich, Gregory Murray Smith
  • Patent number: 11331006
    Abstract: A system and method for human motion detection and tracking are disclosed. In one embodiment, a smart device having an optical sensing instrument monitors a stage. Memory is accessible to a processor and communicatively coupled to the optical sensing instrument. The system captures an image frame from the optical sensing instrument. The image frame is then converted into a designated image frame format, which is provided to a pose estimator. A two-dimensional dataset is received from the pose estimator. The system then converts, using inverse kinematics, the two-dimensional dataset into a three-dimensional dataset, which includes time-independent static joint positions, and then calculates, using the three-dimensional dataset, the position of each of the respective plurality of body parts in the image frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Physmodo, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael Lloyd Gingrich, Gregory Murray Smith
  • Publication number: 20210338110
    Abstract: A system and method for human motion detection and tracking are disclosed. In one embodiment, a smart device having an optical sensing instrument monitors a stage. Memory is accessible to a processor and communicatively coupled to the optical sensing instrument. The system captures an image frame from the optical sensing instrument. The image frame is then converted into a designated image frame format, which is provided to a pose estimator. A two-dimensional dataset is received from the pose estimator. The system then converts, using inverse kinematics, the two-dimensional dataset into a three-dimensional dataset, which includes time-independent static joint positions, and then calculates, using the three-dimensional dataset, the position of each of the respective plurality of body parts in the image frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Nathanael Lloyd Gingrich, Gregory Murray Smith
  • Publication number: 20210244706
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the recognition that inhibition of the base excision repair pathway is selectively lethal in cells which are deficient in HR dependent DNA DSB repair. Methods and means relating to the treatment of cancers which are deficient in HR dependent DNA DSB repair using inhibitors which target base excision repair components, such as PARP, is provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Alan Ashworth, Stephen Jackson, Niall Martin, Graeme Cameron Murray Smith
  • Patent number: 10794075
    Abstract: A swimming pool skimmer comprises a buoyant skimmer body. The swimming pool skimmer further comprises an electrical power supply including a solar cell mounted to a topside of the skimmer body. A set of proximity sensors are operatively connected to the electrical power supply, and are mounted at a forward end of the skimmer body. The set of proximity sensors are configured to generate a signal in response to detecting an obstruction. A set of pump jets are operatively connected to both the electrical power supply and the set of proximity sensors. The set of pump jets are configured to activate in response to the signal from the set of proximity sensors, thereby rotating the swimming pool skimmer away from the obstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Inventor: J. Murray Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10787831
    Abstract: A swimming pool skimmer comprises a buoyant skimmer body. The swimming pool skimmer further comprises an electrical power supply including a solar cell mounted to a topside of the skimmer body. A set of proximity sensors are operatively connected to the electrical power supply, and are mounted at a forward end of the skimmer body. The set of proximity sensors are configured to generate a signal in response to detecting an obstruction. A set of pump jets are operatively connected to both the electrical power supply and the set of proximity sensors. The set of pump jets are configured to activate in response to the signal from the set of proximity sensors, thereby rotating the swimming pool skimmer away from the obstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Inventor: J. Murray Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10627021
    Abstract: A modular pipe and a method of installing the pipe uses a first pipe section positioned in end to end relation with a second pipe section, the first and second pipe sections being precast from a cement-based material, wherein each pipe section has an outer surface, a flow passage, a first end, and a second end. Each end has a connection profile, an axis, and an end face that is perpendicular to the axis. A collar surrounds and secures the connection between adjacent ends. The collar is constructed from a plurality of collar elements. Each collar element overlaps the pipe connection and engages the connection profile along a portion of the perimeter of each of the first end of the second pipe section and the second end of the first pipe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Murray Smith
  • Publication number: 20200048846
    Abstract: There is provided a multi-sided culvert having a base section, a first side body, and a second side body. The first and second side bodies are engaged at the top of the culvert by a top engagement and supported by the base section. The base section engages the first side body by a first bottom engagement and the second side body by a second bottom engagement. The first part of the first bottom engagement has a first guide section and a first interlocking section, and the second part of the first bottom engagement has a second guide section and a second interlocking section. During installation the first and second guide sections guide the first and second interlocking sections into engagement, the first and second interlocking sections having tapered surfaces that, when engaged, permit upward and outward movement of the second part relative to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventor: Murray SMITH
  • Publication number: 20190301188
    Abstract: A swimming pool skimmer comprises a buoyant skimmer body. The swimming pool skimmer further comprises an electrical power supply including a solar cell mounted to a topside of the skimmer body. A set of proximity sensors are operatively connected to the electrical power supply, and are mounted at a forward end of the skimmer body. The set of proximity sensors are configured to generate a signal in response to detecting an obstruction. A set of pump jets are operatively connected to both the electrical power supply and the set of proximity sensors. The set of pump jets are configured to activate in response to the signal from the set of proximity sensors, thereby rotating the swimming pool skimmer away from the obstruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: J. Murray Smith, JR.
  • Publication number: 20190301187
    Abstract: A swimming pool skimmer comprises a buoyant skimmer body. The swimming pool skimmer further comprises an electrical power supply including a solar cell mounted to a topside of the skimmer body. A set of proximity sensors are operatively connected to the electrical power supply, and are mounted at a forward end of the skimmer body. The set of proximity sensors are configured to generate a signal in response to detecting an obstruction. A set of pump jets are operatively connected to both the electrical power supply and the set of proximity sensors. The set of pump jets are configured to activate in response to the signal from the set of proximity sensors, thereby rotating the swimming pool skimmer away from the obstruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: J. Murray Smith, JR.
  • Publication number: 20190301186
    Abstract: A swimming pool skimmer comprises a buoyant skimmer body. The swimming pool skimmer further comprises an electrical power supply including a solar cell mounted to a topside of the skimmer body. A set of proximity sensors are operatively connected to the electrical power supply, and are mounted at a forward end of the skimmer body. The set of proximity sensors are configured to generate a signal in response to detecting an obstruction. A set of pump jets are operatively connected to both the electrical power supply and the set of proximity sensors. The set of pump jets are configured to activate in response to the signal from the set of proximity sensors, thereby rotating the swimming pool skimmer away from the obstruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: J. Murray Smith, Jr.
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    Patent number: D857112
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Keycraft Ltd.
    Inventors: Doug Cowie, Greg Cowie, Darren James, Dale Alexander, Murray Smith
  • Patent number: D887658
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Inventor: J. Murray Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: D939870
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Keycraft Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuchao Yang, Ramune Tolenyte, Murray Smith, Doug Cowie, Darren James