Patents by Inventor Paul Gray

Paul Gray 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: 12159208
    Abstract: An agricultural data collection framework is provided in a system and method for tracking and managing livestock, and for analyzing animal conditions such as health, growth, nutrition, and behavior. The framework uses ultra-high frequency interrogation of RFID tags to collect individual animal data across multiple geographical locations, and incorporates artificial intelligence techniques to develop machine learning base models for statistical process controls around each animal for evaluating the animal condition. The framework provides a determination of normality at an individual animal basis or for a specific location, and generates alerts, predictions, and a targeted processing or application schedule for prioritizing and delivering resources when intervention is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: ROMANCE LIVESTOCK ANALYTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Dane T. Kuper, Dustin C. Balsley, Paul Gray, William Justin Sexten
  • Publication number: 20240197532
    Abstract: A method implemented in an ophthalmic surgical laser system that employs a resonant scanner, scan line rotator, and XY- and Z-scanners, for forming a corneal flap in a patient's eye with improved bubble management during each step of the flap creation process. A pocket cut is formed first below bed level, followed by the bed connected to the pocket cut, then by a side cut extending from the bed to the anterior corneal surface. The pocket cut includes a pocket region located below the bed level and a ramp region connecting the pocket region to the bed. The bed is formed by a bed cut, including multiple overlapping parallel raster scan passes, and a ring cut. The side cut is formed by multiple side-cut layers at different depths which are joined together. All cuts are formed by scanning a laser scan line generated by the resonant scanner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Voorhees, Hong Fu, James Hill, Mohammad Saidur Rahaman, Wenzhi Gao, Brian Schwam, Paul Gray, Cynthia Villanueva, Deepali Mehta-Hurt, Jesse Nelson, Michal Laron
  • Patent number: 11890231
    Abstract: An ophthalmic surgical laser system includes a laser beam delivery system having multiple moving components for scanning a laser focal spot in a target eye tissue, where the motors that actuate some of the moving components are equipped with respective digital encoders that measure actual motor positions. A controller controls the laser beam delivery system to perform a treatment scan, while recording the actual motor positions from the encoders. Using the actual motor positions and a calibration relationship between actual motor positions and delivered laser focal spot positions in a target tissue, a laser cutting pattern is digitally reconstructed, which represents the incisions actually achieved by the treatment scan. The reconstructed laser cutting pattern may be visually inspected and further analyzed, e.g. to compare it to the intended laser cutting pattern used to execute the treatment scan, to calculate the achieved refractive correction, or to simulate tissue resetting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: AMO Development, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Gray, Guangming Dai, Alireza Malek Tabrizi, Hong Fu
  • Patent number: 11763205
    Abstract: An agricultural data collection framework is provided in a system and method for tracking and managing livestock, and for analyzing animal conditions such as health, growth, nutrition, and behavior. The framework uses ultra-high frequency interrogation of RFID tags to collect individual animal data across multiple geographical locations, and incorporates artificial intelligence techniques to develop machine learning base models for statistical process controls around each animal for evaluating the animal condition. The framework provides a determination of normality at an individual animal basis or for a specific location, and generates alerts, predictions, and a targeted processing or application schedule for prioritizing and delivering resources when intervention is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: PERFORMANCE LIVESTOCK ANAYLTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Dane T. Kuper, Dustin C. Balsley, Paul Gray, William Justin Sexton
  • Patent number: 11574251
    Abstract: An agricultural data collection framework is provided in a system and method for tracking and managing livestock, and for analyzing animal conditions such as health, growth, nutrition, and behavior. The framework uses ultra-high frequency interrogation of RFID tags to collect individual animal data across multiple geographical locations, and incorporates artificial intelligence techniques to develop machine learning base models for statistical process controls around each animal for evaluating the animal condition. The framework provides a determination of normality at an individual animal basis or for a specific location, and generates alerts, predictions, and a targeted processing or application schedule for prioritizing and delivering resources when intervention is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: PERFORMANCE LIVESTOCK ANALYTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Dane T. Kuper, Dustin C. Balsley, Paul Gray, William Justin Sexten
  • Patent number: 11563291
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a differential signal pair. A portion of each terminal is disposed in an insulative housing and an electrically conductive shield extends around at least a portion of the terminals and a least a portion of the housing. The housing may have a lower surface and a projection extending downward from the lower surface between a portion of a vertical section of each of the terminals. The terminals may have an angled section including a vertical portion having a first width, an angled portion narrower than the vertical portion, and a horizontal portion narrower than the angled portion. The housing may have a housing mating component spaced from a housing body component and aligned with but spaced from the terminals. The terminals may have a planar termination section with a first portion wider than a second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: David Gilkey, Paul A. Reisdorf, Paul Gray, Michael J. Demore, Sungjong Yoo, Ali Javed
  • Patent number: 11228680
    Abstract: In order to confirm that a telephone call received by a network termination on a first connection is from a trusted party, the called party connects over a second, independent, connection 7 to a server associated with the trusted party and shares a code with the server. That code is then transmitted over the first connection and, if the connection is genuine, it is intercepted by the server which generates a message over the second connection confirming that the code has been matched. This gives the called party assurance that the call is from a party associated with the trusted server. If a rogue caller attempts to call the termination, the called party's transmission of the shared code will be routed over the caller's connection, which is not associated with the trusted server, so no match will be identified by the server and no confirmation is returned over the second connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventor: Paul Gray
  • Patent number: 11070658
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method comprises automatically uploading device information from a first network device in a first operating state to a second network device in response to an event, such as an initial power up. The second network device is part of the cloud, and thus, providing cloud-based services. Subsequent to the uploading of the device information, the first network device receives information controlling the operation of the first network device based on the device information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Gordon Paul Gray, Anthony Burke, David Munro, Yan Liu
  • Patent number: 11055633
    Abstract: An agricultural data collection framework is provided in a system and method for tracking and managing livestock, and for analyzing animal conditions such as health, growth, nutrition, and behavior. The framework uses ultra-high frequency interrogation of RFID tags to collect individual animal data across multiple geographical locations, and incorporates artificial intelligence techniques to develop machine learning base models for statistical process controls around each animal for evaluating the animal condition. The framework provides a determination of normality at an individual animal basis or for a specific location, and generates alerts, predictions, and a targeted processing or application schedule for prioritizing and delivering resources when intervention is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: PERFORMANCE LIVESTOCK ANALYTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Dane T. Kuper, Dustin C. Balsley, Paul Gray, William Justin Sexten
  • Publication number: 20210196518
    Abstract: An ophthalmic surgical laser system includes a laser beam delivery system having multiple moving components for scanning a laser focal spot in a target eye tissue, where the motors that actuate some of the moving components are equipped with respective digital encoders that measure actual motor positions. A controller controls the laser beam delivery system to perform a treatment scan, while recording the actual motor positions from the encoders. Using the actual motor positions and a calibration relationship between actual motor positions and delivered laser focal spot positions in a target tissue, a laser cutting pattern is digitally reconstructed, which represents the incisions actually achieved by the treatment scan. The reconstructed laser cutting pattern may be visually inspected and further analyzed, e.g. to compare it to the intended laser cutting pattern used to execute the treatment scan, to calculate the achieved refractive correction, or to simulate tissue resetting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Paul Gray, Guangming Dai, Alireza Malek Tabrizi, Hong Fu
  • Publication number: 20210202062
    Abstract: A motor position compensation method for an ophthalmic surgical laser system employs a deep artificial neural network to characterize motor following errors of the motors of the system. The artificial neural network is trained using a large number of commanded motor positions and corresponding measured actual motor positions (measured by encoders associated with the motors) as training data, to obtain a trained artificial neural network that can predict the actual motor position for any commanded motor position. Before executing a treatment scan, the original commanded motor positions calculated from the intended scan pattern are inputted to the trained artificial neural network to predict the actual motor positions, and the predicted actual motor positions are used to adjust the original commanded motor positions. The adjusted commanded motor positions are then used to perform the treatment scan, which produces an actual scan pattern that more closely match the intended scan pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Paul Gray, Cynthia Villanueva, Guangming Dai
  • Patent number: 10890165
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a pump having a swash plate tiltable about a swashplate tilt axis, wherein rotation of the swashplate changes the title angle and effects a change in volumetric displacement of the pump. A controller is operatively coupled to the swashplate to effect rotation of the swashplate, the controller including a processor and memory, and logic stored in the memory and executable by the processor, the logic configured to automatically control at least one vehicle characteristic independent of a user input command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: David Mark Heathcoat, Kirk Ayres Lola, Roger Paul Gray, II, Kerry Brock, Michael T. Crosby
  • Patent number: 10855829
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method comprises automatically uploading device information from a first network device in a first operating state to a second network device in response to an event, such as an initial power up. The second network device is part of the cloud, and thus, providing cloud-based services. Subsequent to the uploading of the device information, the first network device receives information controlling the operation of the first network device based on the device information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Gordon Paul Gray, Anthony Burke, David Munro, Yan Liu
  • Patent number: 10628756
    Abstract: An agricultural data collection framework is provided in a system and method for tracking and managing livestock, and for analyzing animal conditions such as health, growth, nutrition, and behavior. The framework uses ultra-high frequency interrogation of RFID tags to collect individual animal data across multiple geographical locations, and incorporates artificial intelligence techniques to develop machine learning base models for statistical process controls around each animal for evaluating the animal condition. The framework provides a determination of normality at an individual animal basis or for a specific location, and generates alerts, predictions, and a targeted processing or application schedule for prioritizing and delivering resources when intervention is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: PERFORMANCE LIVESTOCK ANALYTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Dane T. Kuper, Dustin C. Balsley, Paul Gray, William Justin Sexten
  • Patent number: 9938966
    Abstract: A zero turn mower vehicle 10 includes left and right hydrostatic transmissions 11a, 11b driving wheels 15a, 15b. The transmissions 11a, 11b each include a swashplate type axial piston hydraulic pump 17 having a swashplate 22. A system 12 and method controls each pump 17. A controller 31 receives input signals and provides output signals to electric motors 33a, 33b to control each swashplate 22. Operator interface input devices 30a, 30b provide inputs to controller 31. Angle sensors 35a, 35b provide additional inputs to controller 31. Displacement amplifiers 36a, 36b amplify displacement of each swashplate 22, and torque amplifiers 34a, 34b amplify torque of electric motors 33a, 33b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: David Mark Heathcoat, Jr., Jason Lee Emmette, Roger Paul Gray, Somer Renee Malone, Kirk Ayres Lola, Kerry Todd Brock, Eli Cutshall
  • Patent number: 9908756
    Abstract: A constant pulling force winch control system includes a sensor that senses a degree of winding of a winch cable around a winch drum, and a control system configured to control a winch motor to achieve a constant pulling force on the winch cable based on the degree of winding sensed by the sensor. The sensor may be a position sensor that measures a position of the winch cable relative to a centerline of the winch drum as the degree of winding. The position sensor may sense an angular position of a tension plate relative to a tensioner shaft to measure the degree of winding. The winch motor may be a hydraulic winch motor or an electric motor, and the control system is configured to control the power applied to the hydraulic winch motor to achieve the constant pulling force based on the degree of winding sensed by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: Parker-Hannifin Corporation, Warn Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver Heravi, Randy C. Karambelas, Roger Paul Gray, II, Alexander Milanese, Ronald P. Middendorf, Anthony J. Wroblewski, Kirk A. Lola, Mark D. Schuster, Thomas J. Larson
  • Patent number: 9771988
    Abstract: A braking mechanism is provided for a hydraulic motor driven wheel utilizing a two-piece design of a hub that rotates by means of a drive shaft. A hydraulic chamber is created on the hub in which a piston resides. The piston is grounded (i.e., non-rotatable relative to the motor housing) in the sealed chamber. The piston face inside of the chamber has a radial set of face teeth. These face teeth are similar to the face teeth inside of the hydraulic chamber. When the chamber is pressurized, the piston face teeth are pushed away from the hub face teeth allowing the hub to freely rotate. When pressure is released from the chamber, a spring, or a number of springs, push the piston into the hub causing it to stop rotating relative to the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignees: Parker-Hannifin Corporation, Warn Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Feusse, Roger Paul Gray
  • Publication number: 20170021083
    Abstract: A therapeutic apheresis system including a tube set and a panel is presented. The tube set includes an in-line pressure sensor in fluid connection with tubing. The panel includes apertures that are aligned with electrical connectors through which a rigid plug portion of an in-line pressure sensors extends and makes electrical connection with at least one electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Paul Gray, Michael Collinson
  • Publication number: 20160241442
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method comprises automatically uploading device information from a first network device in a first operating state to a second network device in response to an event, such as an initial power up. The second network device is part of the cloud, and thus, providing cloud-based services. Subsequent to the uploading of the device information, the first network device receives information controlling the operation of the first network device based on the device information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Gordon Paul Gray, Anthony Burke, David Munro, Yan Liu
  • Patent number: D919937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: HUUUD APPAREL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Gray, Lina Maggio