Patents by Inventor Ralph Thomas

Ralph Thomas 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: 9538987
    Abstract: Embodiments presented herein describe a method, a system and a computer program product for ultrasound imaging. The method in one example includes receiving a plurality of ultrasound echo signals from a plurality of transducer elements in response to ultrasound transmit beams. The method computes beam sums of ultrasound echo signals originating from a point to be imaged, for the corresponding ultrasound transmit beams. The method generates a time record comprising a plurality of beam sums, wherein the time record includes beam sums corresponding to multiple instants of time in a time window. The method filters the time record based, at least in part, on a predetermined response function. Finally, the method reconstructs the point to be imaged based on one or more of the filtered time records corresponding to one or more of the plurality of ultrasound transmit beams. The method repeats this process for each point to be imaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ralph Thomas Hoctor, Larry Yiu Lau Mo
  • Patent number: 9523208
    Abstract: A portable shelter kit is usable for erecting a temporary or long term structural shelter. The portable shelter kit includes a two-part shipping container which comes apart into pieces which are usable as component parts of the shelter. A method of using the kit to construct a portable shelter is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Inventors: Al S. Athanasiou, Ralph Thomas Varney
  • Publication number: 20160337380
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for malware scanning and detection in a computing system. In one exemplary embodiment, the method includes launching, in a computing device of the computing system, a virtual machine, and launching, in the virtual machine of the computing device, an internet browser. The method also includes requesting, by the internet browser, data from a web page, and performing, using one or more analysis tools, analysis on the web page. In the method, performing analysis on the web page includes performing monitoring and recording of system application programming interface (API) calls, and creating software objects associated with the web page. The method also includes performing antivirus scanning of the software objects, de-obfuscating JavaScript associated with the software objects, and correlating data associated with the performed analysis to determine if the web page is a malicious web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Ralph Thomas, Michael Lapilla, Trevor Tonn, Gregory Sinclair, Blake Hartstein, Matthew Cote
  • Patent number: 9489107
    Abstract: A computing device runs multiple activities concurrently and provides at least two modes for interacting with the activities. The user may toggle between the modes as desired. In a full-screen mode, one activity occupies substantially an entire display screen. In a windowed mode, the activity is visible within a window, and a portion of at least one other window is also visible. In the windowed mode, the user can cause windows to move, thereby changing focus from one activity to another. For example, the window having focus can be moved off the screen, to be replaced by a new window that is then given focus. The windows are ordered in a sequence and move in concert with one another; pushing one window off one edge of the screen causes a new window to appear at the opposite edge. A persistent positional relationship can be established among windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Matias Gonzalo Duarte, Daniel Marc Gatan Shiplacoff, Jeremy Godfrey Lyon, Paul Mercer, Ralph Thomas
  • Patent number: 9439409
    Abstract: A fishing reel housing for attachment to a rod along a longitudinal rod axis. The housing has a shaft for accepting a central bore of a line dispensing spool and an adjustment mechanism for selectively adjusting the shaft in position transversely away from the rod axis while maintaining its position along the rod axis. The fishing reel housing includes an adjustable line retainer assembly which moves a line retainer radially outwardly from the shaft as the adjustment mechanism is selectively adjusted. A fishing reel comprises the adjustable line retainer and reel housing with a spool with a central bore mounted thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: 106941 AB LTD.
    Inventors: Stephen Maerz, Michael Thomas Sutherland, Lawrence Ralph Thomas, Watcharin Suttipisetchart
  • Publication number: 20160203999
    Abstract: Techniques and structures for protecting etched features during etch mask removal. In embodiments, a mask is patterned and a substrate layer etched to transfer the pattern. Subsequent to etching the substrate layer, features patterned into the substrate are covered with a sacrificial material backfilling the etch mask. At least a top portion of the mask is removed with the substrate features protected by the sacrificial material. The sacrificial material and any remaining portion of the mask are then removed. In further embodiments, a gate contact opening etched into a substrate layer is protected with a sacrificial material having the same composition as a first material layer of a multi-layered etch mask. A second material layer of the etch mask having a similar composition as the substrate layer is removed before subsequently removing the sacrificial material concurrently with the first mask material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: SHAKUNTALA SUNDARARAJAN, NADIA RAHHAL-ORABI, LEONARD P GULER, MICHAEL HARPER, RALPH THOMAS TROEGER
  • Patent number: 9366753
    Abstract: Systems and methods for ultrasound beamforming are provided. One method includes obtaining ultrasound data using receive line spacing that changes as a function of depth, determining a number of transmit events to combine at each of a plurality of points for use in combining the obtained ultrasound data, and aligning the ultrasound data with time delays computed from a probe geometry used to obtain the ultrasound data. The method also includes combining the aligned ultrasound data to generate an ultrasound image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ralph Thomas Hoctor, Daniel John Buckton, Srinivasan Jagannathan, Martin Paul Mienkina, Jing Jin
  • Publication number: 20160156658
    Abstract: A method of detecting malicious software (malware) includes receiving a file and storing a memory baseline for a system. The method also includes copying the file to the system, executing the file on the system, terminating operation of the system, and storing a post-execution memory map. The method further includes analyzing the memory baseline and the post-execution memory map and determining that the file includes malware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Ralph Thomas, Bruce Michael Ligh
  • Patent number: 9344446
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for malware scanning and detection in a computing system. In one exemplary embodiment, the method includes launching, in a computing device of the computing system, a virtual machine, and launching, in the virtual machine of the computing device, an internet browser. The method also includes requesting, by the internet browser, data from a web page, and performing, using one or more analysis tools, analysis on the web page. In the method, performing analysis on the web page includes performing monitoring and recording of system application programming interface (API) calls, and creating software objects associated with the web page. The method also includes performing antivirus scanning of the software objects, de-obfuscating JavaScript associated with the software objects, and correlating data associated with the performed analysis to determine if the web page is a malicious web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: VERISIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Ralph Thomas, Michael Lapilla, Trevor Tonn, Gregory Sinclair, Blake Hartstein, Matthew Cote
  • Publication number: 20160084966
    Abstract: A method and device for reading out X-ray image information stored in a storage phosphor layer with a stimulating light beam includes deflecting the stimulating light beam to alternately move it in a first direction and in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, across the storage phosphor layer. During the movements of the stimulating light beam in the first direction and the second direction, detection emission light emitted by the storage phosphor layer and converting them into corresponding first and second detector signals, respectively. The first and second detector signals are compared with each other. The first and/or second detector signals, which were obtained during the movements of the stimulating light beam across the storage phosphor layer in the first direction and second direction, respectively, are corrected dependent on the results of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: AGFA HEALTHCARE NV
    Inventors: Georg REISER, Stephan MAIR, Malte SCHULZ, Ralph THOMA
  • Publication number: 20160080310
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for presenting static and dynamic data corresponding to an entity within an application on a mobile device. An entity object is created as part of a data model within the application such that the entity object has a plurality of fields with the plurality of fields having static data corresponding to the entity. Based on the static data corresponding to the entity, dynamic data corresponding to the entity is received into the entity object from at least one of a plurality of applications executable within the mobile device. The static and dynamic data from the entity object corresponding to the entity is displayed simultaneously within a user interface of the application in a single presentation view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Paul MERCER, Ralph THOMAS, Srikiran PRASAD
  • Patent number: 9280255
    Abstract: Presentation descriptions are provided to an operating system of a computing device to present outputs associated with the applications in an organized and intuitive manner to the user. The presentation descriptions provide the operating system with information about the structure and meaning of the output element. The task of organizing at least part of the output elements associated with applications is delegated to the operating system. The operating system analyzes the presentation descriptions, and organizes the output elements associated with the applications at least partly based on the presentation descriptions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Matias G. Duarte, Daniel Marc G. Shiplacoff, Paul Mercer, Ralph Thomas, Jeremy G. Lyon
  • Publication number: 20160061965
    Abstract: A method and device for reading out X-ray image information stored in a storage phosphor layer with a stimulating light beam includes deflecting the stimulating light beam to alternately move it in a first direction and in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, across the storage phosphor layer. During movements of the stimulating light beam in the first and second directions emission light emitted by the storage phosphor layer is detected and converted into corresponding first and second detector signals, respectively. The first and/or second detector signals are corrected with regard to influences from the stimulating light beam being alternately moved in the first direction and in the second direction across the storage phosphor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Georg REISER, Stephan MAIR, Malte SCHULZ, Ralph THOMA
  • Patent number: 9245114
    Abstract: A method of detecting malicious software (malware) includes receiving a file and storing a memory baseline for a system. The method also includes copying the file to the system, executing the file on the system, terminating operation of the system, and storing a post-execution memory map. The method further includes analyzing the memory baseline and the post-execution memory map and determining that the file includes malware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: VERISIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Ralph Thomas, Michael Ligh
  • Publication number: 20150308135
    Abstract: A portable shelter kit is usable for erecting a temporary or long term structural shelter. The portable shelter kit includes a two-part shipping container which comes apart into pieces which are usable as component parts of the shelter. A method of using the kit to construct a portable shelter is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Al S. ATHANASIOU, Ralph Thomas VARNEY
  • Patent number: 9141725
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for presenting static and dynamic data corresponding to an entity within an application on a mobile device. An entity object is created as part of a data model within the application such that the entity object has a plurality of fields with the plurality of fields having static data corresponding to the entity. Based on the static data corresponding to the entity, dynamic data corresponding to the entity is received into the entity object from at least one of a plurality of applications executable within the mobile device. The static and dynamic data from the entity object corresponding to the entity is displayed simultaneously within a user interface of the application in a single presentation view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul Mercer, Ralph Thomas, Srikiran Prasad
  • Patent number: 9100307
    Abstract: Systems and methods for communicating ultrasound data are provided. One method includes monitoring over time estimates of bandwidth of a channel communicatively coupling an imaging location with another location remote from the imaging location and communicating the estimates to a system at the imaging location. The method also includes identifying at least one of a region-of-interest (ROI) mask or one or more transmission parameters for the channel and adjusting at least one of the ROI mask or the one or more transmission parameters based on the monitored estimates of the bandwidth for communicating the medical images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ralph Thomas Hoctor, Pierino Gianni Bonanni, Stephen Francis Bush, Michael Joseph Dell'Anno, Stanislava Soro, Michael James Hartman, John Erik Hershey
  • Patent number: D773774
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: ULTRA SPORT PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventor: Ralph Thomas Puett, III
  • Patent number: D773775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: ULTRA SPORT PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventor: Ralph Thomas Puett, III
  • Patent number: D773835
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: ULTRA SPORT PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventor: Ralph Thomas Puett, III