Patents by Inventor Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson 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).

  • IONIZED AIR DELIVERY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190061480
    Abstract: An ionized air delivery system, such as a vehicle ionized air delivery system, includes an outlet body that is situated within a duct of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The outlet body delivers ions to air flow in the duct of the HVAC system. The outlet body has an outer surface that is generally spherical at a region of the outer surface that confronts the air flow in the duct. Further, the outlet body has an outlet passage with a primary axis that is directed away from an exit of the duct of the HVAC system. Air flow in the duct passes across an exit opening of the outlet body and draws ions out of the outlet passage to mix with the air flow in the duct of the HVAC system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Richard Johnson, Isabel COPE
  • Modular automated inventory sorting and retrieving
    Patent number: 10217074
    Abstract: A modular sorting station includes a frame defining an inbound bay and an outbound bay, each of the inbound and outbound bays being sized to receive an inventory holder containing inventory thereon. A robotic grasper is mounted to the frame and positioned above one of the inbound and outbound bays and operable to transfer inventory items from the inbound bay to the outbound bay, and a sensor mounted to one of the frame or robotic grasper and operable to identify inventory at the inbound bay when the inventory holder is present in the inbound bay. The frame is sized and arranged to align with a material handling grid and permit drive units to transport inventory holders into and out of the inbound bay and/or outbound bays while moving along the material handling grid; and the frame is portable such that the modular sorting station can be moved as a modular unit for rapid deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Stallman, Tye Michael Brady, Michael Robert Bocamazo, Mafalda Ghira Borges, Harris Scott Davidson, Anders Richard Johnson, Abigail Phyllis Rodrigues, Mindy Tieu
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INCREASING BONE DENSITY IN THE MOUTH
    Publication number: 20180360565
    Abstract: A method of growing bone or maintaining orthodontic tooth movement provides a dental device which includes a mouthpiece configured to sit against occlusal surfaces of a patient's teeth and a motor connected to the mouthpiece. The motor is configured to vibrate at a predetermined frequency or acceleration. The method focuses on detecting and measuring the frequency or acceleration at or near the patient's teeth and adjusting the vibration to match the predetermined frequency or acceleration in a feedback loop mechanism mediated by the dental device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Advanced Orthodontics and Education Association, LLC
    Inventors: Bryce A. WAY, Christopher U. PHAN, Dana Leigh GELMAN KEILES, Richard JOHNSON, Phillip ABATELLI, Amin Hadi MIRZAAGHAEIAN
  • SURVEY INSIGHT REPORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20180357579
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention can be a method of displaying survey results. The method can include, for each of a plurality of survey items, receiving survey responses from survey respondents, wherein each response is chosen from response options, the response options corresponding to an ordinal scale; each respondent is associated with a collection of respondent segments; and each response to each item by each survey respondent corresponds with a response score. The method can further include, for each item and respondent segment, determining a composite score based on the response score. Further, response groupings can be displayed according to a noteworthiness ranking that is based on at least two of the composite score, a change in the composite score, and a sum of weights for each respondent segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Richard Johnson Joi, Zachary Jordan Leaman, Douglas John Claffey, Ethan Salk, Kinsey Smith
  • Method and system for sender-controlled messaging and content sharing
    Patent number: 10135767
    Abstract: An access-control device that controls access to encrypted messages. During operation, the access-control device can receive an access key for a corrupted message, and can receive a cover message digest associated with the corrupted message. The access-control device stores the access key in association with the cover message digest, and stores the cover message digest in a block chain. A respective block of the block chain includes at least one cover message digest, and a hash value of a previous block of the block chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Private Giant
    Inventors: Shaun Murphy, Charles Murphy, Richard Johnson
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EASY SWITCHING BETWEEN WIRED AND WIRELESS HEADSET WITH CONVENIENT CHARGING
    Publication number: 20180302507
    Abstract: An apparatus for easy switching between wired and wireless modes of a headset with convenient charging. The apparatus may include a headset configured with a port that allows for electrically and communicatively connecting to a mobile device via a wire plugged into the port. A processor configured within the headset of the apparatus may receive a signal indicating the headset being connected to the mobile device through the wire. In response to receiving the signal indicating the wire connection, the apparatus may turn off a Bluetooth signal transmitted by the apparatus. The apparatus also charge a battery in the apparatus using power received through an electrical connection of the wire, and establish audio communication with the mobile device through a communication connection of the wire. Embodiments also include a wire with swappable portions to facilitate the transfer of power and data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Private Giant
    Inventors: Richard Johnson, Shaun Murphy, Charles Murphy
  • Method and device for increasing bone density in the mouth
    Patent number: 10085822
    Abstract: A dental device includes a mouthpiece configured to sit against occlusal surfaces of a patient's teeth and a motor connected to the mouthpiece. The motor is configured to vibrate the mouthpiece at a frequency between 60 and 120 Hz and an acceleration between 0.03 G and 0.06 G such that the mouthpiece places an axial vibratory force on the occlusal surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: ADVANCED ORTHODONTICS AND EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, LLC
    Inventors: Bryce A. Way, Christopher U. Phan, Dana Leigh Gelman Keiles, Richard Johnson, Phillip Abatelli, Amin Hadi Mirzaaghaeian
  • Method and apparatus for creating a dynamically reconfigurable energy storage device
    Patent number: 10074997
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of creating a dynamically reconfigurable energy source comprised of individual, isolated, controllable energy modules, supported by software to measure and manage the energy modules and facilitate the reconfiguration, where the platform consisting of hardware, based upon an inverted H-Bridge circuitry, in combination with software which allows for real-time management, control, and configuration of the modules and uses a combination of software algorithms and localized electronic switches, to achieve a performance and functionality of the invention matching, or exceeding, traditional large, heavy, and expensive power electronics-based products used for charging, energy storage management, power inverting, and motor or load control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: GLX Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Vo, Richard Johnson, Zachary Killburn, Kent Kristensen
  • Printhead position control
    Patent number: 10071549
    Abstract: Systems and methods for printhead position control. The system comprises a controller that identifies a target distance for moving a printhead in a lateral direction to compensate for lateral shifts in a web of print media as the web travels in a continuous-forms printer in a conveyance direction. The controller also identifies a maximum distance for moving the printhead in the lateral direction based on an allowable print error in a color plane of the printer and one or more previous positions of the printhead. The control further moves the printhead for a distance that is a lesser of the maximum distance and the target distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Scott Richard Johnson
  • System for Aggregation and Prioritization of IT Asset Field Values from Real-Time Event Logs and Method thereof
    Publication number: 20180253434
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and a method of identifying and managing IT assets that aggregates fields and their associated values from multiple event log data sources that share one or more common IT asset identifiers and leverages a prioritization approach to determine the most appropriate values for each of the fields. The system utilizes two inputs, namely event log data source inputs and prioritization inputs. Through aggregation of data from different input data sources, the system pieces together a more comprehensive record of field values for a given IT asset, to generate in real-time the updated asset inventory output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventor: Paul Richard Johnson
  • Concentric arrangement of web conditioning modules in a dryer of a print system
    Patent number: 10065433
    Abstract: Systems and methods for concentric arrangement of web conditioning modules in a dryer of a printing system. In one embodiment a dryer includes a drum, first rollers positioned in an arc around the drum to define a web path between an entrance of the dryer and the drum, and second rollers positioned along the arc between the first rollers and the drum that reverse the web path between the drum and an exit of the dryer. The dryer further includes first web conditioners positioned along the arc and beyond the first rollers from the drum that direct energy toward a portion of the web path that is between the entrance of the dryer and the drum. The dryer further includes second web conditioners positioned along the arc between the second rollers and the drum that direct energy toward a portion of the web path that wraps around the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Stuart James Boland, Dilan Nirushan Fernando, Scott Richard Johnson
  • Wall mounted battery-powered wireless device
    Patent number: 10066820
    Abstract: A battery-powered wireless electronic device includes a housing defining an interior space including a battery compartment in which one or more batteries are removably mounted. A wireless transmitter is positioned within the interior space of the housing and is electrically connected to obtain power from the one or more batteries for transmitting a wireless signal. A connector is disposed on the housing for releasably connecting the battery-powered wireless electronic device to a wall mount that is fixedly mounted at least partially inside of the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventor: John Richard Johnson
  • CONCENTRIC ARRANGEMENT OF WEB CONDITIONING MODULES IN A DRYER OF A PRINT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180244079
    Abstract: Systems and methods for concentric arrangement of web conditioning modules in a dryer of a printing system. In one embodiment a dryer includes a drum, first rollers positioned in an arc around the drum to define a web path between an entrance of the dryer and the drum, and second rollers positioned along the arc between the first rollers and the drum that reverse the web path between the drum and an exit of the dryer. The dryer further includes first web conditioners positioned along the arc and beyond the first rollers from the drum that direct energy toward a portion of the web path that is between the entrance of the dryer and the drum. The dryer further includes second web conditioners positioned along the arc between the second rollers and the drum that direct energy toward a portion of the web path that wraps around the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Stuart James Boland, Dilan Nirushan Fernando, Scott Richard Johnson
  • CONCENTRIC DUCT SYSTEM FOR A DRYER OF A PRINTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180244077
    Abstract: Systems and methods for concentric duct system for a dryer of a printing system. One embodiment includes a dryer of a printing system and a duct system. The dryer includes web conditioners sources to condition a web of print media, intake ports to supply air for the web conditioners, and outlet ports to remove air for the web conditioners. The duct system includes a supply hub and a return hub. The supply hub includes a tubular body with a lower portion and an upper portion, and supply nodes around the lower portion. The return hub includes a body around the upper portion of the supply hub, and return nodes around the body. The duct system further includes supply ducts to connect the supply nodes and the intake ports, and return ducts to connect the return nodes and the outlet ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Stuart James Boland, Scott Richard Johnson
  • Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits
    Publication number: 20180245095
    Abstract: This invention provides recombinant DNA constructs, transgenic plant nuclei and cells with such recombinant DNA construct for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Scott Abad, Jeffrey E. Ahrens, Alice Clara Augustine, Erin Bell, Robert J. Bensen, Srikanth Venkatachalayya, Paolo Castiglioni, Richard Eric Cerny, Jaishree M. Chittoor-Vijayanath, Maureen Daley, Jill Deikman, Molian Deng, Todd DeZwaan, Stephen Duff, Michael D. Edgerton, Bradon J. Fabbri, Jason Fenner, Karen Gabbert, Garrett J. Lee, Barry S. Goldman, Deborah J. Hawkins, Steve He, Xianfeng Chen, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Paul Loida, Savitha Madappa, Robert J. Meister, Ming Peng, Donald E. Nelson, Anand Pandravada, Obed Patty, Marie Petracek, Rajani Monnanda Somaiah, Monica P. Ravanello, Richard Johnson, Thomas G. Ruff, Rick A. Sanders, Beth Savidge, Steven H. Schwarts, Shobha Char, Padmini Sudarshana, Jindong Sun, Rebecca L. Thompson-Mize, Virginia Ursin, Dale L. Val, Tymagondlu V. Venkatesh, Kammaradi Vidya, K. Vijayalakshmi, Todd C. Weber, Jingrui Wu, Wei Zheng, Zhidong Xie, Dhanalaksmi Ramachandra
  • Method for increasing the speed of speculative execution
    Patent number: 10061582
    Abstract: A method for increasing the speed of execution by a processor including the steps of selecting a sequence of instructions to optimize, optimizing the sequence of instructions, creating a duplicate of instructions from the sequence of instructions which has been selected to optimize, executing the optimized sequence of instructions, and responding to an error during the execution of the optimized sequence of instructions by rolling back to the duplicate of instructions from the sequence of instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES HOLDING 81 LLC
    Inventors: Richard Johnson, Guillermo Rozas
  • Survey insight reporting system and method
    Patent number: 10055701
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention can be a method of displaying survey results. The method can include, for each of a plurality of survey items, receiving survey responses from survey respondents, wherein each response is chosen from response options, the response options corresponding to an ordinal scale; and each respondent is associated with a collection of respondent segments. The method can further include, for each response to each item by each survey respondent, determining a calibrated score, the calibrated score based on a probability that a person having the collection of respondent segments associated with the survey respondent would provide the response to the item or any of the response options to the item that are lower on the ordinal scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Energage, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Johnson Joi, Zachary Jordan Leaman, Douglas John Claffey, Ethan Salk, Kinsey Smith
  • INFRARED-HEATED AIR KNIVES FOR DRYERS
    Publication number: 20180222178
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for enhanced dryers for printing systems. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes a dryer for a continuous-forms printing system. The dryer includes heating elements located within an interior of the dryer that radiate infrared energy onto a web of printed media as the web travels through the interior, and an air knife that is interposed between the heating elements. The air knife includes a shell that directly absorbs infrared energy from the heating elements and also defines a passage for air to travel through the air knife onto the web. The shell directly absorbs infrared energy from each heating element that would otherwise overlap on the web with infrared energy from another heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Stuart James Boland, Graham James Carson, Scott Richard Johnson
  • SURVEY INSIGHT REPORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20180225602
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention can be a method of displaying survey results. The method can include, for each of a plurality of survey items, receiving survey responses from survey respondents, wherein each response is chosen from response options, the response options corresponding to an ordinal scale; and each respondent is associated with a collection of respondent segments. The method can further include, for each response to each item by each survey respondent, determining a calibrated score, the calibrated score based on a probability that a person having the collection of respondent segments associated with the survey respondent would provide the response to the item or any of the response options to the item that are lower on the ordinal scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Richard Johnson Joi, Zachary Jordan Leaman, Douglas John Claffey, Ethan Salk, Kinsey Smith
  • FCC units, separation apparatuses, and methods for separating regenerated catalyst
    Patent number: 10040045
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for separating regenerated catalyst are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus for separating regenerated catalyst includes a regeneration vessel including a catalyst bed section. The apparatus includes a catalyst settler physically separated from the catalyst bed section by a wall extending within the regeneration vessel. The catalyst overflowing the catalyst bed section flows over the wall and enters the catalyst settler. The apparatus further includes a pipe in fluid communication with the catalyst settler and configured to deliver regenerated catalyst from the regeneration vessel to another vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Miladin Crnkovic, Paolo Palmas, Richard A. Johnson, II, Thomas William Lorsbach