Patents by Inventor Paul R. Austin

Paul R. Austin 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: 9531906
    Abstract: A method of scanning a set of documents in a container such as a file folder or storage box where the container contains a unique label containing identification associated with the documents in the container. The label comprises both alphanumeric characters and color information where each character is associated with a particular color. By scanning the container and analyzing the image of the container the unique identification can be retrieved with increased reliability by using both the color and alphanumeric information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Nathaniel G. Martin, Paul R. Austin
  • Patent number: 9517180
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing and dispensing a medication, including: a cartridge including a cavity for storing a first orally-administered or injectable medication for a patient; and a module, including a specially-programmed computer. The specially-programmed computer: attached to the cartridge, and arranged to: automatically generate or modify a medication regimen, including designation of a measure for the first orally-administered or injectable medication, for the patient by using information regarding a second medication, different from the first medication, prescribed for the patient, or real time physiological data for the patient; and transmit instructions to a medication device to extract the first orally-administered or injectable medication from the cartridge and non-intravenously dispense, into a container, an amount of the first orally-administered or injectable medication equal to the designated measure or the modified designated measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Frank M. Goetz, Paul R. Austin
  • Patent number: 9507642
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for method and systems for sub-allocating computational resources. A first computing device receives information associated with a first set of computational resources from a cloud infrastructure. The first set of computational resources has been allocated to the first computing device by the cloud infrastructure. A first set of parameters associated with a workflow received by the first computing device is determined. The first set of parameters is indicative of a need of the first set of computational resources by the first computing device. One or more computational resources from the first set of computational resources are sub-allocated based on the determined first set of parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Wendell L Kibler, Paul R Austin, Arturo M Lorenzo, Gueyoung Jung
  • Patent number: 9475633
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing medications, including: a portable cassette including with a body portion including a plurality of cassette compartments and at least one lid displaceable with respect to the body portion to enable access to the cassette compartments in a predetermined sequence; and a pill-dispenser including at least one dispensing compartment arranged to store respective pills of at least one respective medication; a dispensing element configured to release the respective pills from the at least one dispensing compartment; and a cassette element arranged to receive the portable cassette and displace the portable cassette so that at least one of the in respective pills falls into each cassette compartment. After the at least one of the respective pills fall into said each cassette compartment: the portable cassette is removable from the pill-dispenser; and the lid is displaceable to control access to the cassette compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Linn C. Hoover, Paul R. Austin, Steven R. Moore
  • Patent number: 9377294
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a wireless cellular device capable of determining a volume of an object in an image captured by a camera of that apparatus. In one embodiment, the present wireless cellular device comprises an illuminator for projecting a pattern of structured light with known spatial characteristics, and a camera for capturing images of an object for which a volume is to be estimated. The camera is sensitive to a wavelength range of the projected pattern of structured light. A spatial distortion is introduced by a reflection of the projected pattern off a surface of the object. And processor executing machine readable program instructions for performing the method of: receiving an image of the object from the camera; processing the image to generate a depth map; and estimating a volume of the object from the depth map. A method for using the present wireless cellular device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Wencheng Wu, Edgar A. Bernal, Lalit Keshav Mestha, Paul R. Austin
  • Patent number: 9278053
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing medications, including: a dispensing device storing prescription information including: identification of each medication included in a first plurality of medications; a respective dosage for each medication; and a plurality of time spans, including respective points in time, for dispensing the first plurality of medications; a cassette installed in the dispensing device and including a plurality of sealed compartments, each compartment in the plurality of sealed compartments configured to store at least one respective pill for each medication in a second plurality of medications; and at least one dispensing port. The dispensing device is configured to, within each time span in the plurality of time spans and when the second plurality of medications is in compliance with the prescription information: access each compartment via the at least one dispensing port; and extract every at least one first pill from each compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Steven R. Moore, Paul R. Austin, Linn C. Hoover
  • Patent number: 9188785
    Abstract: A system is provided comprising: a light field emanating from a scene and a positive imaging lens focusing light from the light field onto a DMD array. A first collector lens directs the spatially modulated light to a first photodetector having a spectral sensitivity to a first spectral band. The first photodetector senses the directed light from the first pixel-wise multiplication and produces a signal representing a first inner product between the light incident on the DMD and the first basis function for the first spectral band. A second collector lens directs the spatially modulated light to a second photodetector having a spectral sensitivity to a second spectral band. The second photodetector senses the directed light from the first pixel-wise multiplication and produces a signal representing a first inner product between the light incident on the DMD and the first basis function for the second spectral band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Edgar A. Bernal, Lalit Keshav Mestha, Paul R. Austin, Robert Paul Loce
  • Publication number: 20150290083
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing and dispensing a medication, including: a cartridge including a cavity for storing a first orally-administered or injectable medication for a patient; and a module, including a specially-programmed computer. The specially-programmed computer: attached to the cartridge, and arranged to: automatically generate or modify a medication regimen, including designation of a measure for the first orally-administered or injectable medication, for the patient by using information regarding a second medication, different from the first medication, prescribed for the patient, or real time physiological data for the patient; and transmit instructions to a medication device to extract the first orally-administered or injectable medication from the cartridge and non-intravenously dispense, into a container, an amount of the first orally-administered or injectable medication equal to the designated measure or the modified designated measure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Frank M. Goetz, Paul R. Austin
  • Patent number: 9114063
    Abstract: A computer-based apparatus for dispensing a medication, including: at least one specially programmed computer; and, a medication device. The at least one specially programmed computer is arranged to calculate or modify, for a patient, a dosage for a first orally-administered or injectable medication and a constraint related to administration of the dosage by using a current point in time, a point in time at which a previous dosage of the first orally-administered or injectable medication was administered, information regarding a second medication prescribed for the patient, or real time physiological data for a patient. The medication device is arranged to: extract the first orally-administered or injectable medication from a medication storage element; and non-intravenously dispense the first orally-administered or injectable medication in accordance with the dosage and the constraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Paul R. Austin, Frank M. Goetz
  • Publication number: 20150232256
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing medications, including: a portable cassette including with a body portion including a plurality of cassette compartments and at least one lid displaceable with respect to the body portion to enable access to the cassette compartments in a predetermined sequence; and a pill-dispenser including at least one dispensing compartment arranged to store respective pills of at least one respective medication; a dispensing element configured to release the respective pills from the at least one dispensing compartment; and a cassette element arranged to receive the portable cassette and displace the portable cassette so that at least one of the in respective pills falls into each cassette compartment. After the at least one of the respective pills fall into said each cassette compartment: the portable cassette is removable from the pill-dispenser; and the lid is displaceable to control access to the cassette compartments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Linn C. Hoover, Paul R. Austin, Steven R. Moore
  • Publication number: 20150154378
    Abstract: A computer-based apparatus including: a cassette including a plurality of compartments for storing medications; and a dispenser including a processor and memory storing computer readable instructions and information for a plurality of medications, the information including dosages and schedules for the medications. The processor is configured to extract a medication from the plurality of medications from a compartment according to the information. The processor is configured to: receive, from a second computer remote from the apparatus, an input including a modification to the information; or create a modification to the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Linn C. Hoover, Paul R. Austin, Steven R. Moore, Wendell Lewis Kibler, Denise L. Fletcher, Naveen Sharma
  • Publication number: 20150134108
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing medications, including: a dispensing device storing prescription information including: identification of each medication included in a first plurality of medications; a respective dosage for each medication; and a plurality of time spans, including respective points in time, for dispensing the first plurality of medications; a cassette installed in the dispensing device and including a plurality of sealed compartments, each compartment in the plurality of sealed compartments configured to store at least one respective pill for each medication in a second plurality of medications; and at least one dispensing port. The dispensing device is configured to, within each time span in the plurality of time spans and when the second plurality of medications is in compliance with the prescription information: access each compartment via the at least one dispensing port; and extract every at least one first pill from each compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Steven R. Moore, Paul R. Austin, Linn C. Hoover
  • Patent number: 8995754
    Abstract: What is disclosed a system and method for estimating a position (or pose) of a camera relative to a surface upon which an object rests in an image captured by that camera such that a volume can be estimated for that object. In one embodiment, a matrix K is determined from parameters intrinsic to a camera used to capture image. An amount of a camera translation T is determined with respect to a set of real-world coordinates in (X,Y,Z). An amount of a camera rotation matrix R is determined from camera angles measured with respect to the real-world coordinates. A distance Zc of the camera at location (i,j) can then be estimated. A volume of the object in an image of that object can be estimated from the camera pose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Wencheng Wu, Edgar A. Bernal, Lalit Keshav Mestha, Paul R. Austin
  • Publication number: 20140368639
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a wireless cellular device capable of determining a volume of an object in an image captured by a camera of that apparatus. In one embodiment, the present wireless cellular device comprises an illuminator for projecting a pattern of structured light with known spatial characteristics, and a camera for capturing images of an object for which a volume is to be estimated. The camera is sensitive to a wavelength range of the projected pattern of structured light. A spatial distortion is introduced by a reflection of the projected pattern off a surface of the object. And processor executing machine readable program instructions for performing the method of: receiving an image of the object from the camera; processing the image to generate a depth map; and estimating a volume of the object from the depth map. A method for using the present wireless cellular device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Wencheng WU, Edgar A. BERNAL, Lalit Keshav MESTHA, Paul R. AUSTIN
  • Patent number: 8910825
    Abstract: A computer-based apparatus for dispensing a medication, including: at least one specially programmed computer; and a medication device. The at least one computer is arranged to automatically generate a medication regimen for a patient, the medication regimen including designation of a measure for an orally-administered or injectable medication; or automatically modify a medication regimen for a patient, by modifying a designation of a measure for an orally-administered or injectable medication. The medication device is arranged to: extract the orally-administered or injectable medication from a medication storage element; and non-intravenously dispense an amount of the orally-administered or injectable medication equal to the designated measure or the modified designated measure into a container. The at least one specially programmed computer is part of the medication device, is attached to the medication storage element, or is located remote from the medication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Paul R. Austin, Frank M. Goetz
  • Publication number: 20140355820
    Abstract: What is disclosed a system and method for estimating a position (or pose) of a camera relative to a surface upon which an object rests in an image captured by that camera such that a volume can be estimated for that object. In one embodiment, a matrix K is determined from parameters intrinsic to a camera used to capture image. An amount of a camera translation T is determined with respect to a set of real-world coordinates in (X,Y,Z). An amount of a camera rotation matrix R is determined from camera angles measured with respect to the real-world coordinates. A distance Zc of the camera at location (i,j) can then be estimated. A volume of the object in an image of that object can be estimated from the camera pose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Wencheng WU, Edgar A. BERNAL, Lalit Keshav MESTHA, Paul R. AUSTIN
  • Publication number: 20140343962
    Abstract: A computer-based method for presenting medical information, including: storing, in at least one memory element of at least one computer, computer readable instructions; and executing, using at least one processor for the at least one computer, the computer readable instructions to: receive an input selecting a medical condition; identify a portion of an electronic medical record (EMR) for the patient, specific to the patient, related to the medical condition; generate a video including at least one video segment with the portion of the EMR; designate at least one first level of access for the at least one video segment; and control access to the at least one video segment according to the at least one first level of access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Beilei Xu, Stuart Schweid, Michael P. Kehoe, Paul R. Austin
  • Publication number: 20140267881
    Abstract: A system is provided comprising: a light field emanating from a scene and a positive imaging lens focusing light from the light field onto a DMD array. A first collector lens directs the spatially modulated light to a first photodetector having a spectral sensitivity to a first spectral band. The first photodetector senses the directed light from the first pixel-wise multiplication and produces a signal representing a first inner product between the light incident on the DMD and the first basis function for the first spectral band. A second collector lens directs the spatially modulated light to a second photodetector having a spectral sensitivity to a second spectral band. The second photodetector senses the directed light from the first pixel-wise multiplication and produces a signal representing a first inner product between the light incident on the DMD and the first basis function for the second spectral band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Edgar A. Bernal, Lalit Keshav Mestha, Paul R. Austin, Robert Paul Loce
  • Publication number: 20140221845
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a system and method for processing a time-series signal generated by video images captured of a subject of interest in a non-contact, remote sensing environment such that the existence of a cardiac arrhythmia can be determined for that subject. In one embodiment, a time-series signal generated is received. The time-series signal was generated from video images captured of a region of exposed skin where photoplethysmographic (PPG) signals of a subject of interest can be registered. Signal separation is performed on the time-series signal to extract a photoplethysmographic signal for the subject. Peak-to-peak pulse points are detected in the PPG signal using an adaptive threshold technique with successive thresholds being based on variations detected in previous magnitudes of the pulse peaks. The pulse points are then analyzed to obtain peak-to-peak pulse dynamics. The existence of cardiac arrhythmias is determined for the subject based on the pulse dynamics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lalit Keshav MESTHA, Beilei XU, Paul R. AUSTIN
  • Patent number: 8768438
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a system and method for processing a time-series signal generated by video images captured of a subject of interest in a non-contact, remote sensing environment such that the existence of a cardiac arrhythmia can be determined for that subject. In one embodiment, a time-series signal generated is received. The time-series signal was generated from video images captured of a region of exposed skin where photoplethysmographic (PPG) signals of a subject of interest can be registered. Signal separation is performed on the time-series signal to extract a photoplethysmographic signal for the subject. Peak-to-peak pulse points are detected in the PPG signal using an adaptive threshold technique with successive thresholds being based on variations detected in previous magnitudes of the pulse peaks. The pulse points are then analyzed to obtain peak-to-peak pulse dynamics. The existence of cardiac arrhythmias is determined for the subject based on the pulse dynamics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Lalit Keshav Mestha, Beilei Xu, Paul R. Austin