Patents by Inventor Nicholas Bantle Masson

Nicholas Bantle Masson 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: 10605633
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for calibrating a sensor of a distributed sensor system. More specifically, the described features generally relate to calibrating one sensor of such a system using information from one or more other sensors of the system. A calibration model may be determined based at least in part on a difference in geospatial location of the sensors. Further, in the case of one or both sensors being mobile, the difference in geospatial location of the sensors may vary over time such that different calibration models may apply to different portions of the sensed data. Also, the relative quality of the data sensed by the sensors may be taken into account for calibration (e.g., directionality of the calibration).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Aclima, Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas Bantle Masson
  • Publication number: 20170208493
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for managing a distributed sensor system. More specifically, the described features generally relate to managing such a system to maintain or improve quality of data obtained from the system. Such management may involve receiving sensed data from sensors of the system and determining an aggregated data quality of the system based on knowledge of the quality of data from individual sensors of the system and knowledge of the geographical locations of the individual sensors. In general, the management may be performed to improve the aggregated data quality of the system. For example, a sensor of the system may be identified to be calibrated. The system may be managed to facilitate calibration of the identified sensor by identifying one or more other sensors of the system to be relocated so that the identified sensor may be calibrated using information from the other sensor(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Qsense Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Bantle Masson, Matthew Stein
  • Publication number: 20170102251
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for calibrating a sensor of a distributed sensor system. More specifically, the described features generally relate to calibrating one sensor of such a system using information from one or more other sensors of the system. A calibration model may be determined based at least in part on a difference in geospatial location of the sensors. Further, in the case of one or both sensors being mobile, the difference in geospatial location of the sensors may vary over time such that different calibration models may apply to different portions of the sensed data. Also, the relative quality of the data sensed by the sensors may be taken into account for calibration (e.g., directionality of the calibration).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Nicholas Bantle Masson
  • Patent number: 8391440
    Abstract: A curtain assembly includes at least one curtain including at least one slat. The at least one curtain is configured to be rotatably coupled to a housing of a scanning system having a radiation source and a detector. The at least one curtain is further configured to facilitate drawing an object into the scanning system housing while substantially preventing radiation emitted from the radiation source from exiting the housing through the at least one curtain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Morpho Detection, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Leslie Hills, Nicholas Bantle Masson
  • Publication number: 20110142195
    Abstract: A curtain assembly includes at least one curtain including at least one slat. The at least one curtain is configured to be rotatably coupled to a housing of a scanning system having a radiation source and a detector. The at least one curtain is further configured to facilitate drawing an object into the scanning system housing while substantially preventing radiation emitted from the radiation source from exiting the housing through the at least one curtain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Steven Leslie Hills, Nicholas Bantle Masson