Patents by Inventor Peter Michael

Peter Michael 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: 20180259657
    Abstract: The present approach relates to the use of reference pixels provided between the primary pixels of a detector panel. Coincidence circuitry or logic may be employed so that the measured signal arising from the same X-ray event may be properly, that is the signal measured at both a reference and primary pixel may be combined so as to provide an accurate estimate of the measured signal, at an appropriate location on the detector panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Geng Fu, Xue Rui, Yannan Jin, Jianjun Guo, Peter Michael Edic, Brian David Yanoff
  • Patent number: 10063054
    Abstract: An arrangement for power management in an energy distribution system, a method for power management in an energy distribution system and an arrangement for implementing the method for power management in the energy distribution system, wherein a feed/return unit and a control unit are provided, where the control unit is configured to sense a present actual system state and to take the sensed actual system state as a basis for prompting energy output or energy intake (energy out/intake, energy feed/return) by the feed/return unit in order to allow continuous correction and dynamic support of an energy distribution system or in an energy distribution system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Günter Heid, Peter Michael Holzapfel, Thomas Pflugfelder
  • Publication number: 20180234308
    Abstract: Examples of an apparatus and method for propagating a modification to a service graph are described herein. Relationships between services in the service graph are identified in response to a modification to a service. The relationship is a reference between pairs of services in the service graph. Based on the identified relationships, a modification is propagated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Peter Michael Bruun, Thomas Mortensen, Jens Vedel Markussen
  • Publication number: 20180233232
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for providing a representation of synchronicity of electrical activation of heart tissue. The method includes obtaining a three-dimensional model of electrical activation of the heart. The three-dimensional model includes a mesh with a plurality of nodes, each node having associated therewith a time delay between stimulation of the heart at a stimulation site and activation of the heart at that respective node. For each node a stimulus site is defined at the location of that node. For each node a modified three-dimensional model of electrical activation of the heart resulting from stimulation at that node is determined. For each node a measure for heart activation synchronicity for the heart based on stimulation at that node is determined A heart synchronicity map is determined representing a three-dimensional model of the heart, indicating at each node the respective measure for heart activation synchronicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Peacs B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Michael van Dam, Eelco Mattias van Dam
  • Publication number: 20180224564
    Abstract: The present approach relates to the use of energy-resolved, photon-counting detectors, such as CZT- or CdTe-based detectors, to acquire spectral information that is not available with conventional energy-integrating detectors. In certain embodiments, the present approach discussed reduces or eliminates spectral contamination incurred by transient signals in neighboring pixels in designs employing coincidence logic and shaping amplifiers with short shaping times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Geng Fu, Yannan Jin, Peter Michael Edic, Feng Chen
  • Publication number: 20180222503
    Abstract: The present disclosure teaches inter-vehicle communications for avoiding rear collision of rail vehicles on a railroad. For example, a collision avoidance system may comprise an end-of-train device and a V-aware unit located on different vehicles. The two devices may be configured to wirelessly communicate with each other, and then detect each other's presence by estimating a distance between them. Warnings may be issued to respective operators against a collision hazard when the distance drops to or below a pre-determined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Peter Michael Bartek
  • Patent number: 10034614
    Abstract: Approaches for assessing hemodynamic characteristics for an organ of interest are related. In one implementation, a fluid dynamics model may be provided with data derived from an anatomic imaging modality and blood flow information derived by ultrasound to derive the desired hemodynamic characteristics. In one such implementation, a fractional flow reserve is estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Peter Michael Edic, Robert Franklin Senzig, Kai Erik Thomenius, Steven James Gray, David Allen Langan, Prem Venugopal, Jeffrey Brian Fowlkes
  • Publication number: 20180192977
    Abstract: The present approaches relates to the use of silicon-based energy-discriminating, photon-counting detectors, such as for use in X-ray based imaging including computed tomography. The described approaches address the resolution and classification of X-ray photons affected by Compton scatter, which may be detected as having energy levels below their proper level due to collision or deflection events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Yannan Jin, Peter Michael Edic, Xue Rui, Geng Fu
  • Patent number: 10015250
    Abstract: Cache controller (120) for use in a system (180) comprising an image client (100) and an image server (140), the image client enabling a user to navigate through image data having at least three spatial dimensions by displaying views of the image data that are obtained from the image server in dependence on navigation requests of the user, and the cache controller comprising a processor (122) configured for obtaining content data indicative of a content shown in a current view of the image client (100), the current view representing a first viewpoint in the three spatial dimensions of the image data, the processor being further configured for predicting a view request of the image client in dependence on the content data, the view request corresponding to a view representing a second viewpoint in the three spatial dimensions of the image data, and a communication means (124) for obtaining the view from the image server in dependence on the view request, and for caching the view in a cache (130).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Fabian Wenzel, Thomas Netsch, Sebastian Peter Michael Dries
  • Publication number: 20180172070
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sleeve-like bearing receiving member for a plastics material sleeve, wherein the sleeve-like bearing receiving member may include a cylindrical sleeve wall that delimits the inner side of the sleeve-like bearing receiving member, wherein a plurality of apertures are formed in the cylindrical sleeve wall, wherein each aperture of the plurality of apertures is at least partially bordered by a collar that protrudes into the inner side of the sleeve-like bearing receiving member, and wherein the collar is configured to engage in the plastics material sleeve to retain the plastics material sleeve in the sleeve-like bearing receiving member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Martin Jech, Milan Satorie, Rostislav Zavacky, Peter Michael Stastny, Markus Kirsch
  • Patent number: 9994242
    Abstract: The present disclosure teaches inter-vehicle communications for avoiding rear collision of rail vehicles on a railroad. For example, a collision avoidance system may comprise an end-of-train device and a V-aware unit located on different vehicles. The two devices may be configured to wirelessly communicate with each other, and then detect each other's presence by estimating a distance between them. Warnings may be issued to respective operators against a collision hazard when the distance drops to or below a pre-determined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: HARSCO TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: Peter Michael Bartek
  • Patent number: 9994574
    Abstract: The invention relates to salt forms of (3R,4S)-1-((4-amino-5H-pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidin-7-yl)methyl)-4-(methyl-thiomethyl)pyrrolidin-3-ol, as well as polymorphic forms of the salts. The invention further relates to processes for preparing the salt forms and to the use of the salt forms in the treatment of diseases and disorders where it is desirable to inhibit 5?-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Victoria Link Limited
    Inventors: Gary Brian Evans, Peter Michael Kelly, Peter Charles Tyler
  • Publication number: 20180154947
    Abstract: A body connection and a method of manufacturing the body connection is disclosed. A body connecting sleeve is formed in two parts from a spacer sleeve arranged in an axle auxiliary frame and from a body connecting sleeve which is coupled only to the upper shell of the axle auxiliary frame and substantially corresponds to the length of the centering extension. The body connecting sleeve is coupled exclusively in a form-fitting manner to the upper shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Peter Michael STASTNY, Dieter FRIESEN, Reinhard JAEGER, Thomas HENKSMEIER
  • Publication number: 20180155737
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for modulating or inhibiting modulation of the root architecture of a plant employing a new class of root architecture regulator (RAR) peptides, nucleotides encoding same, receptors therefor, binding agents thereof or agonists or antagonists thereof. Such methods encompass methods for increasing nutrient uptake by plants, increasing root nodule formation, promoting lateral root growth and development of plants, as well as methods for inhibiting root architecture modification resulting from root knot nematode action on plant roots. Also provided are RAR peptides, polynucleotides encoding RAR peptides and vectors and host cells comprising same, and plants obtained by methods of the invention or comprising RAR-encoding trans genes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicants: The Australian National University, North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Michael DJORDJEVIC, Nijat IMIN, David McKenzie BIRD, Peter Michael DIGENNARO, Nadiatul Akmal Mohd RADZMAN
  • Patent number: 9977955
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying books located on a bookshelf. Photographs of the bookshelf are captured and processed to identify individual books. Processing involves segmenting the photograph into individual book spines and extracting and analyzing features of the book spines. Analysis may include database matching and/or optical character recognition. Book spines for which a match is not found are human labeled, and the label information is added to the database. User feedback is also used to update the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Rakuten Kobo, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Michael Bruce Hudson, Marius Constantin Muja, Andrew Cameron McNair, Sancho Juan Carlos Dean Rob Roy McCann
  • Publication number: 20180133139
    Abstract: A skin engaging member suitable for use in a hair removal device, said skin engaging member comprising ethyl vinyl acetate having a low level of vinyl acetate, a water soluble polymer, and a fragrance composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Xiandong Wang, Valerie Jean Bradford, Keesha Alicia Hayes, Michael John Moloney, Peter Michael Ries, Joia Kirin Spooner-Fleming, Virginia Tzung-Hwei Hutchins, Zerlina Guzdar Dubois
  • Publication number: 20180136475
    Abstract: A head-mounted device includes a central frame support and at least one removably connected optics arm. The at least one optics arm has first and second free ends that are removably connected to a second end of the central frame support at a point between the first and second free ends. The optics arm extends away from the central frame support and is configured to present information to the user via a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventor: Peter Michael Cazalet
  • Patent number: 9963698
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of modifying gene expression and to synthetic genes for modifying endogenous gene expression in a cell, tissue or organ of a transgenic organism, in particular a transgenic animal or plant. More particularly, the present invention utilizes recombinant DNA technology to post-transcriptionally modify or modulate the expression of a target gene in a cell, tissue organ or whole organism, thereby producing novel phenotypes. Novel synthetic genes and genetic constructs which are capable of repressing delaying or otherwise reducing the expression of an endogenous gene or target gene in an organism when introduced thereto are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
    Inventors: Michael Wayne Graham, Robert Norman Rice, Peter Michael Waterhouse
  • Patent number: 9963511
    Abstract: Herein is reported an expression vector comprising—an antibody light chain expression cassette, —an antibody heavy chain expression cassette, and—a selection marker expression cassette, wherein the expression cassettes are arranged unidirectional, and wherein the expression cassettes are arranged in the 5? to 3? sequence of antibody heavy chain expression cassette, antibody light chain expression cassette and selection marker expression cassette. Further are reported herein methods for the generation of antibody producing cells and the use of these cells for the recombinant production of antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Peter Michael Huelsmann, Hendrik Knoetgen
  • Patent number: D818969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Inventor: Peter Michael Weber