Patents by Inventor Richard Walker

Richard Walker 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: 20250147090
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method generally comprises monitoring real-time electrical data at Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) transmitting power over a cable to a Powered Device (PD), calculating thermal characteristics for the cable based on the monitored data, and periodically updating the thermal characteristics based on the monitored data. The power comprises multi-phase pulse power, the data comprises voltage and current measured for each phase of the multi-phase pulse power, and the voltage is greater than 60 volts at the PSE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Chad M. Jones, Christopher Daniel Bullock, Dylan T. Walker
  • Patent number: 12293763
    Abstract: Systems and processes for application integration with a digital assistant are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory, receiving a natural-language user input; identifying, with the one or more processors, an intent object of a set of intent objects and a parameter associated with the intent, where the intent object and the parameter are derived from the natural-language user input. The method further includes identifying a software application associated with the intent object of the set of intent objects; and providing the intent object and the parameter to the software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Walker, II, Brandon J. Newendorp, Rohit Dasari, Richard D. Giuli, Thomas R. Gruber, Carey E. Radebaugh, Ashish Garg, Vineet Khosla, Jonathan H. Russell, Corey Peterson
  • Publication number: 20250139610
    Abstract: One or more surface features (e.g., capacitive buttons, fingerprint sensor) may be exposed on a surface of a card (e.g., chi payment card). The card may store multiple applications/accounts of a user. The card receives a selection of one of the accounts by the user placing a finger on or pressing on a surface feature associated with the selected account. The card provides credentials associated with the selected account to a terminal. The multi-application card may disable credentials associated with the remaining accounts thereby appearing as a single-application card to the terminal during a transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Yuexi Chen, Simon Hurry, Pratap Gautam, Neil Dickson, Philippe Tignol, Jachin Hoban, Andrew Walker, Richard Wagstaff
  • Patent number: 12287261
    Abstract: A method for performing measurements includes providing relative movement between a receptacle and a cover over a measurement interval comprising multiple non-overlapping time periods. A distance between the receptacle and the cover changes along a first axis over at least a portion of each time period. An apparatus for performing measurements includes a receptacle comprising a substrate and a plurality of wells within the substrate, and a cover. The cover includes: (1) a device configured to engage with the receptacle, (2) a control subsystem configured to provide relative movement between the receptacle and the cover, and (3) a measurement subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Lucid Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Walker Inman, Richard Allen Bryan, Nicholas Quan, Daniel Bauen
  • Patent number: 12285961
    Abstract: The invention is directed towards a composition comprising: a near-infrared radiation absorbing compound; a colour-forming compound; and a heat transfer agent operable to facilitate heat transfer from the near-infrared radiation absorbing compound to the colour-forming compound; wherein the near-infrared radiation absorbing compound is present in an amount of 0.1-3.5 wt % of the total composition, and the heat transfer agent is present in an amount of 1-15 wt % of the total composition, and the heat transfer agent is present in the composition as solid particles. The invention further relates to substrates comprising the composition applied thereto, as well as methods of forming colour or an image on said substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: DataLase Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard Cook, Martin Walker
  • Publication number: 20250117479
    Abstract: The description relates to automated binary code summarization. In one example, a binary code summarization tool receives binary code and combines the received binary code with natural language in a prompt for a large language model (LLM). The binary code summarization tool receives a semantic summarization from the LLM relating to the received binary code and evaluates the new semantic summarization for malicious functionality in the received binary code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Weiwei YANG, Xin JIN, Jonathan Karl LARSON, Michael T. WALKER, Dustin Richard FRAZE
  • Patent number: 12259420
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a thermal modeling module, data from a Power Sourcing Equipment device (PSE) for cables extending from the PSE to Powered Devices (PDs), the cables configured to transmit power and data from the PSE to the PDs, calculating at the thermal modeling module, thermal characteristics for the cables based on the data, and identifying a thermal rise above a specified threshold at one of the cables. The data comprises real-time electrical data for the cables. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Chad M. Jones, Christopher Daniel Bullock, Dylan T. Walker
  • Patent number: 12180017
    Abstract: An automated system for de-stacking a plurality of stacked objects, the automated system comprising a lift assembly and a grabber assembly. The lift assembly comprises a tower, and a number of electric motors. The tower is configured to rotate about a vertically-extending axis. One of the electric motors is configured to rotate the tower. Another one of the electric motors is configured to raise and lower the grabber assembly. The grabber assembly is configured to move with the tower as the tower rotates and comprises a claw and an electric motor. The claw is configured to grasp the objects individually. The electric motor of the grabber assembly is configured to actuate the claw. The first, second, and third electric motors are configured to operate in a refrigerated environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: LCE Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Walker, Richard Walker, Solomon Plange, Chris Walker
  • Publication number: 20240428261
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for identifying various combinations of parcels of land with sufficient transmission, resources, market demand, and available land to build a construct a green hydrogen facility, synthetic natural gas facility and/or an ammonia production facility. Different criteria associated with each parcel of land include land characteristics, including size, ownership, transportation networks, power and water network prices, factories/plants, wells, and community-specific information, market characteristics including historical locational marginal pricing (LMPs). In one example, the present invention identifies clusters of land parcels that minimize the number of land owners, maximize buildable land, minimize transmission cost, maximize NCF, and maximize nodal LMPs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Keith J. HARDING, Alexander A.D. KIRSCH, Ian J. FISKE, Richard WALKER, JR., Sriharsha VEERAMACHANENI
  • Publication number: 20240390884
    Abstract: A carousel assembly is designed to fit into a universal access port of a conditioning enclosure and includes a frame and a panel. The panel is pivotable between a first position, in which a first specimen location is inside the conditioning space and a second specimen location is outside the conditioning space, and a second position, in which the second specimen location is inside the conditioning space and the first specimen location is outside the conditioning space. A sealing door is movable between an open position that permits rotation of the panel and a closed position that blocks rotation of the panel. Preferably, one of the first and second specimen locations is accessible from outside the conditioning enclosure when the sealing door is in the closed position. The carousel assembly can be used to perform a method of conducting environmental testing on a first test specimen and a second test specimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Veldt, Richard Walker
  • Publication number: 20240339965
    Abstract: Systems and methods for training a power production estimating system. A first and a second set of sensor data are collected from a first and a second solar array field, respectively, each having a number of solar cell segments. The first solar array field has a first set of sensors and an area greater than a first area, and the second solar array field has a second set of sensors and an area less than a second area with the first area more than three times the second area. A first and second training set are created from the first set and second set of sensor data, respectively. A prediction model based on the first training set is developed that estimates electrical output produced by the first solar array field and is refined based on modelling of the second solar array field using the second training set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Kristen BRADFORD, Brian TORBORG, Richard ARGENTIERI, Christopher NUNALEE, Richard WALKER, JR.
  • Publication number: 20230322067
    Abstract: An EV Trailer Auxiliary Rechargeable Battery storage system is designed to store energy via rechargeable batteries. The system is designed to be attached/secured to the undercarriage, frame, or chassis of any type of trailer. The rechargeable batteries intern provides the necessary energy required to increased overall mileage or distance of the electric EV towing vehicle, tractor or power unit when attached to the trailer in combination, as well assist in meeting the daily energy consumption of the electric EV towing vehicle, tractor, or power unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Jeremy Richard Walker
  • Publication number: 20230293517
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I shown below: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are each as defined in the application. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in the treatment of diseases or conditions in which adenosine A2a and/or A2b receptor activity is implicated, such as, for example, cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Clive McCarthy, Ben Moulton, Edward Richard Walker, Pearl Siobhan McMahon
  • Publication number: 20230203029
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) that function as inhibitors of MerTK activity, to processes for the preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and to their use in the treatment of proliferative disorders, such as cancer, as well as other diseases or conditions in which (MerTK) activity is implicated: wherein R1, X1, Ring A, Ring B and Ring C are each as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Edward Richard Walker, Timothy William Gorman, Boris Aillard, Clive McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20230017681
    Abstract: An automated system for de-stacking a plurality of stacked objects, the automated system comprising a lift assembly and a grabber assembly. The lift assembly comprises a tower, and a number of electric motors. The tower is configured to rotate about a vertically-extending axis. One of the electric motors is configured to rotate the tower. Another one of the electric motors is configured to raise and lower the grabber assembly. The grabber assembly is configured to move with the tower as the tower rotates and comprises a claw and an electric motor. The claw is configured to grasp the objects individually. The electric motor of the grabber assembly is configured to actuate the claw. The first, second, and third electric motors are configured to operate in a refrigerated environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: LCE Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Walker, Richard Walker, Solomon Plange, Chris Walker
  • Patent number: 11536199
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a motoring system for a gas turbine having the steps of: assembling a pinned mechanical fuse, the pinned mechanical fuse including at least one shear pin; forming an outer housing; installing a reduction gear train into the outer housing, the reduction gear train having an input and an output; operably connecting a motor to the input; operably connecting a clutch to the output using the pinned mechanical fuse, the clutch in operation engages and disengages the reduction gear train; operably connecting a starter to the clutch, the starter having an output shaft; and operably connecting an accessory gearbox to the output shaft of the starter. The clutch is operably connected to the accessory gearbox through the starter and the output shaft. The at least one shear pin in operation shears when torque on the pinned mechanical fuse is greater than or equal to a selected value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Allen Slayter, Richard Alan Davis, Paul F. Fox, Jeffrey Todd Roberts, Jeff A. Brown, James Vandung Nguyen, Benjamin T. Harder, Dwayne Leon Wilson, Brian McMasters, Daniel Richard Walker
  • Publication number: 20220395512
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5a, R5b X1, X2, Z and Y are as defined herein are positive modulators of the calcium-activated chloride channel (CaCC), TMEM16A. The compounds are useful for treating diseases and conditions affected by modulation of TMEM16A, particularly respiratory diseases and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Collingwood, Clive Mccarthy, Jonathan David Hargrave, Duncan Alexander Hay, Thomas Beauregard Schofield, Sarah Ellam, Craig Stephen Buxton, Matthew Habgood, Peter Neville Ingram, Chun Yan Ma, Spencer Charles Robert Napier, Abdul Kadar Shaikh, Matthew Raymond Smith, Christopher Charles Stimson, Edward Richard Walker
  • Patent number: 11460560
    Abstract: A sensor apparatus for photon sensing comprises a plurality of pixel devices, each pixel device comprising: a plurality of photon detectors arranged to produce photon detection signals in response to photon detection events; a processing resource configured to process photon detection signals to produce photon detection event signals, wherein each photon detection event signal comprises time data representative of a photon detection time at which a respective photon detection event occurred; a pixel memory; a further processing resource configured to process the photon detection event signals to obtain detection data representative of photon detection events over a detection period; a communication resource for transmitting the detection data from the pixel device, wherein the processing of the photon detection event signals is such that storing and/or transmission of the detection data uses less storage capacity and/or communication capacity than would be used by storage and/or transmission of the photon det
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
    Inventors: Ahmet Erdogan, Robert Henderson, Richard Walker
  • Patent number: 11364246
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5a, R* X1, X2, Z and Y are as defined herein are positive modulators of the calcium-activated chloride channel (CaCC), TMEM16A. The compounds are useful for treating diseases and conditions affected by modulation of TMEM16A, particularly respiratory diseases and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TMEM16A LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Collingwood, Clive Mccarthy, Jonathan David Hargrave, Duncan Alexander Hay, Thomas Beauregard Schofield, Sarah Ellam, Craig Stephen Buxton, Matthew Habgood, Peter Neville Ingram, Chun Yan Ma, Spencer Charles Robert Napier, Abdul Kadar Shaikh, Matthew Raymond Smith, Christopher Charles Stimson, Edward Richard Walker
  • Patent number: D953648
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Falcon Helmet Design & Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario R. Mercado, Jr., Richard Walker