Patents by Inventor Robert A. Scott

Robert A. Scott 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).

  • DRY CHAMBER LASER VAPORIZER
    Publication number: 20200390155
    Abstract: A laser heater assembly for a vaporizer includes a power source, a laser source, a lens, and a reaction chamber. The lens is disposed within the optical path. During operation, the laser source emits light, the light propagating along an optical path during operation of the light source. The lens receives the emitted light from the laser source, and outputs a modified light having an energy profile that is substantially spatially uniform. The modified light traverses at least a portion of an opening of the reaction chamber and vaporizes a vaporization substance (e.g., a dry plant material) received within the reaction chamber. The emitted light can be collimated light, and the modified light can be a homogeneous line profile beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventor: Robert Scott SCHNEIDER
  • Input method editor application platform
    Patent number: 10867131
    Abstract: An input method editor (IME) provides a distributed platform architecture that enables associating multiple applications with the IME to provide extended functionalities. The presentations of the applications, such as skins, may be different from each other and that of the IME. The applications may be represented in a manifest file that is human-readable and editable. The IME collects multiple parameters relating to a user input into a host application including a query input by the user and a scenario of the host application, and selects one or more applications to provide candidates based on a score or ranking of the applications under the collected multiple parameters. Machine-learning may be used to improve the score or ranking. The candidates may include text candidates, rich candidates, and informative candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Robert Scott, Huihua Hou, Xi Chen, Weipeng Liu, Rongfeng Lai, Xi Chen, Yonghong Shi
  • Automatic brightness control on a gaming machine
    Patent number: 10867465
    Abstract: A display control system for a gaming machine is described. The display control system allows a gaming machine controller to directly control attributes of one or more video displays coupled to a gaming machine. Display attributes can be adjusted to account for different machine states which can occur when the gaming machine is operating in an attract mode, game play mode and tilt mode. A few examples of display attributes which can be controlled include but are not limited to power on or off, input source selection, contrast control, brightness control and color temp control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: AGS LLC
    Inventor: Ian Robert Scott
  • ACRYLIC ACID PURIFICATION VIA DIVIDING WALL COLUMNS
    Publication number: 20200385329
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for producing high-purity acrylic acid using a dividing wall distillation column and in some instances using water as an entrainer and azeotroping agent. This disclosure provides a process for separating acrylic acid from recovered feed streams which comprise saturated organic acids including propionic acid. The resulting acrylic acid product is of sufficient purity to produce acrylate esters and high molecular weight acrylic acid polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Craig Alan Hoyme, Robert Scott Huss, Joseph Jerome Puhr
  • Electronic gaming device with call tower functionality
    Patent number: 10854038
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a gaming device including a memory, a processor, a display, and a call tower including a first plate, a second plate, a third plate, and a call tower display screen and/or a plurality of external lights located at an outer area of a front surface of the gaming device, forming a u-shape with a left side, a right side, and a bottom each comprising a light column. The gaming device includes a processor which presents a game via the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: AGS LLC
    Inventors: Rachel Calhoun Lewis, Ian Robert Scott, Karl Frederick Zedell, Jr., Daniel Kendall Harden
  • Beverages containing rare sugars
    Patent number: 10849339
    Abstract: Beverages comprising rare sugars and sweetness enhancers are provided herein, wherein the sweetness enhancers are present at or below the sweetness recognition threshold concentration. Also provided are methods for improving the sweetness of a beverage comprising rare sugars by adding a sweetness enhancer in a concentration at or below its sweetness recognition threshold. Beverages comprising natural high potency sweeteners and rare sugars with sugar-like characteristics are also provided, wherein the natural high potency sweetener and rare sugars are present in particular weight ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Indra Prakash, Juvenal Higiro, Robert Scott, Gil Ma
  • TRANSIENT NETWORK COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20200374790
    Abstract: A user interface transient communication apparatus, method, and system. A user interface selects a communication path with a gateway without experiencing repeated failure. The user interface includes a network communication device for communicating with a remote device and a processor coupled to the network communication device. The processor includes instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive a system notification of a local area network on which the network communication device is communicating, communicate with a target gateway on the local area network through the network communication device if the target gateway is communicating on the local area network, and communicate with the target gateway through a wide area network through the network communication device if the target gateway is not communicating on the local area network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: California Eastern Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Scott Carson, David Paul Peterson
  • Orthopedic thumb splint and method for stabilizing the trapeziometacarpal joint of a user
    Patent number: 10842661
    Abstract: An orthopedic thumb splint is adapted for stabilizing a carpometacarpal joint of a user. The exemplary thumb splint includes a flexible fabric splint body having a wrist portion and a generally funnel-shaped thumb portion. The thumb portion defines a narrowed opening for receiving a thumb of the user. A thumb-abducting flexible X-strap is secured to the splint body adjacent the narrowed opening of the thumb portion. The X-strap has first and second diverging distal ends having respective inside surfaces. The inside surface of each distal end includes touch fasteners designed to releasably mate with complementary touch fasteners located on an outside surface of the splint body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Medical Specialties, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Lee Gaylord, Robert Scott Gaylord
  • Characterizing a mixed fuel flow period
    Patent number: 10837374
    Abstract: A method of characterizing a mixed fuel flow period is provided. The method includes flowing a mixed fuel, the mixed fuel being comprised of at least a first fuel type and a second fuel type, the mixed fuel flow period being determined where the fuel is switched from the first fuel type to the second fuel type, determining a density of the first fuel type and a density of the second fuel type, and determining a total flow, the total flow being determined from the density of the first fuel type and the density of the second fuel type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Micro Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick John Zimmer, Taylor Robert Scott
  • Compressed network for product recognition
    Patent number: 10839452
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure include technologies to detect unpackaged, unlabeled, or mislabeled products based on product images. Leveraging from improved machine learning techniques, the disclosed technical solution can reduce a full product space for product search to a partial product space. Accordingly, a limited number of product candidates in the partial product space may be visually presented for user evaluation. Sometimes, a product candidate is to be comparatively presented with a live image of the product via a uniquely designed graphic user interface, which further improves the confidence of the user and the accuracy of the underlying transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Inventors: Sheng Guo, Haozhi Zhang, Weilin Huang, Tiangang Zhang, Yu Gao, Le Yin, Matthew Robert Scott
  • Thermally integrated distillation systems and processes using the same
    Patent number: 10835837
    Abstract: Processes and systems for separating a mixture of three or more chemical components into multiple product streams each enriched in one of the components are provided herein. In some aspects, the present invention relates to processes for the separation of a chemical mixture including at least a heavy key component, an intermediate key component, and a light key component to form a product stream enriched in the light key component, a product stream enriched in the intermediate key component, and a product stream enriched in the heavy key component. Systems described herein may include one or more thermally coupled distillation columns including, for example, a dividing wall column, or a plurality of distillation columns arranged in a thermally integrated configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Craig Alan Hoyme, Robert Scott Huss
  • Compressed Network for Product Recognition
    Publication number: 20200357045
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure include technologies to detect unpackaged, unlabeled, or mislabeled products based on product images. Leveraging from improved machine learning techniques, the disclosed technical solution can reduce a full product space for product search to a partial product space. Accordingly, a limited number of product candidates in the partial product space may be visually presented for user evaluation. Sometimes, a product candidate is to be comparatively presented with a live image of the product via a uniquely designed graphic user interface, which further improves the confidence of the user and the accuracy of the underlying transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: SHENG GUO, HAOZHI ZHANG, WEILIN HUANG, TIANGANG ZHANG, YU GAO, LE YIN, MATTHEW ROBERT SCOTT
  • Decoupling Category-Wise Independence and Relevance with Self-Attention for Multi-Label Image Classification
    Publication number: 20200356842
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating a multi-label classification system. The multi-label classification system can use a multi-label classification neural network system to identify one or more labels for an image. The multi-label classification system can explicitly take into account the relationship between classes in identifying labels. A relevance sub-network of the multi-label classification neural network system can capture relevance information between the classes. Such a relevance sub-network can decouple independence between classes to focus learning on relevance between the classes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Sheng Guo, Weilin Huang, Matthew Robert Scott, Luchen Liu
  • Systems and method for dynamic content unlock and adaptive control
    Patent number: 10828572
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamic modification of an amusement ride are disclosed herein. The system can include a simulation vehicle including a plurality of controls and at least one interface, which simulation vehicle can transit at least one passenger through a ride experience from a starting position to a terminating position. The system can include a content presentation system, and a processor. The processor can: provide content to the at least one passenger; identify a user skill level based on a plurality of user inputs received by at least some of the plurality of controls of the simulation vehicle; identify a modification to a difficulty of the ride experience based in part on the identified user skill level; and modify the difficulty of the ride experience according to the identified modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Asa K. Kalama, Robert Scott Trowbridge, Jacqueline E. King, Robert E. Huebner, Peter Stepniewicz
  • Patient interface device
    Patent number: 10828449
    Abstract: A patient interface device (8) that includes a cushion (12) structured to receive a flow of treatment gas, a frame (14) having a central portion (17) structured to couple with the cushion and a strap (18a, 18b) extending from the central portion, a headgear component (28) including at least one of a top portion (30) adapted to fit on top of a patient's head and a rear portion (32) adapted to fit behind the patient's head, and a coupling mechanism (34a, 34b) structured to couple the strap to the headgear component, wherein an end portion of the strap is structured to pass through an opening in the coupling mechanism, fold back in a direction toward the central portion of the frame, and releasably attach to the strap, such that pulling the end portion of the strap toward the central portion of the frame tightens the patient interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Eric Alan Higgins, Kevin Daniel Himes, Robert Scott Dulabon, Elizabeth Eury, Jeffry Huth
  • Combined use of GDF traps and erythropoietin receptor activators to increase red blood cell levels
    Patent number: 10829533
    Abstract: In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing red blood cell and/or hemoglobin levels in vertebrates, including rodents and primates, and particularly in humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: ACCELERON PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Jasbir Seehra, Robert Scott Pearsall, Ravindra Kumar
  • Combined use of gdf traps and erythropoietin receptor activators to increase red blood cell levels
    Patent number: 10829532
    Abstract: In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing red blood cell and/or hemoglobin levels in vertebrates, including rodents and primates, and particularly in humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: ACCELERON PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Jasbir Seehra, Robert Scott Pearsall, Ravindra Kumar
  • NUT LOCKING COUPLING FOR ACTUATED VALVE
    Publication number: 20200347944
    Abstract: An actuated valve assembly includes a valve, an actuator, and a nut retention sleeve. The nut retention sleeve has a first bore portion sized to closely receive and rotate with a portion of a coupling member extending from the actuator and a second bore portion sized to closely receive and rotate with at least a portion of a stem nut assembled with a valve stem of the valve. The nut retention sleeve is slideable between a nut retaining position in which the second bore portion engages the stem nut to rotationally fix the stem nut with the coupling member, and a nut adjusting position in which the second bore portion is disengaged from the stem nut to permit rotation of the stem nut on the valve stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Vyatseslav Lozitsky, Robert Scott Headings
  • COVER FOR AN EATING UTENSIL
    Publication number: 20200345183
    Abstract: A cover and a method for covering an eating utensil having a head opposite a handle. The cover has a sleeve with a closed end and an open end for receiving the head of the eating utensil. A tab extends from the open end of the sleeve. The tab may have an adhesive on an inner side for adhering the tab to a portion of the handle when the head is positioned in the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventor: Robert Scott Boyd
  • GIMBALED MONOCLAMPS
    Publication number: 20200346886
    Abstract: In some examples, a gimbaled monoclamp can include a housing including a first opening, a second opening, and a pivot point, a clamp disposed at least partially in the housing and including a first pad and a second pad to extend through the first opening and the second opening, respectively, and a pin extending through an opening in the clamp into the pivot point to couple the clamp to the housing in a gimbaled manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Scott Beale, Robert Yraceburu, Elliott Downing, Matthew Douglas Reier