Patents by Inventor Robert Andrews

Robert Andrews 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: 11529273
    Abstract: The embodiments described and claimed herein are a restraint system for securing a wheeled mobility device and its occupant in a vehicle. In one embodiment, occupant restraints and an anchor point are provided. The occupant restraints are connected directly to the anchor point, while the anchor point is on a frame of the wheeled mobility device and is adapted for connection to the vehicle for securing the wheeled mobility device and its occupant to the vehicle. With this configuration, occupant loads during an accident will bypass the gurney and occupant head excursions can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: VALEDA COMPANY
    Inventors: Patrick Girardin, Paul Edward Slevinsky, Mark Easton, Gareth Holloway, Robert Andrew Cumming
  • Publication number: 20220399102
    Abstract: A communication system for operation of respiratory pressure therapy devices for treating respiratory disorders of a plurality of patients includes one or more servers configured to communicate with the plurality of respiratory pressure therapy devices. The server(s) are configured to receive communications relating to respiratory therapy delivered to a patient via at least one respiratory pressure therapy device of the plurality of respiratory pressure therapy devices. The server(s) are configured to transmit one or more responsive communications for control of the at least one respiratory pressure device according to a selected action to improve the respiratory therapy. The selected action includes transmitting, from the server(s), a control command to the at least one respiratory pressure therapy device. The responsive communication(s) are generated in response to a compliance prediction that is a score indicating a probability that the patient will be compliant with a predetermined compliance rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: ResMed Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Andrew LEVINGS, Mark David BUCKLEY, Michael Waclaw COLEFAX, Susan Robyn LYNCH, Rajwant SODHI
  • Patent number: 11514105
    Abstract: A first connection state may be entered on a computing device. While the computing device is in the first connection state, actions taken on a playlist on the computing device may be applied to the playlist and not applied to a playback queue associated with a zone. An input may be received via the computing device, indicating a selection of the zone. In response to receiving the input, a second connection state may be entered. Entering the second connection state may comprise establishing a connected state between the computing device and the one or more playback devices. While the connected state is established, one or more actions taken on the playlist on the computing device may be applied to the playlist and transmitted, in a message to the zone over a network. The one or more actions may be one or more corresponding actions applied to the playback queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek Kumar, Andrew Schulert, Robert Andrew Lambourne, Arthur L. Coburn, IV
  • Patent number: 11514888
    Abstract: A method includes receiving an input text utterance to be synthesized into expressive speech having an intended prosody and a target voice and generating, using a first text-to-speech (TTS) model, an intermediate synthesized speech representation tor the input text utterance. The intermediate synthesized speech representation possesses the intended prosody. The method also includes providing the intermediate synthesized speech representation to a second TTS model that includes an encoder portion and a decoder portion. The encoder portion is configured to encode the intermediate synthesized speech representation into an utterance embedding that specifies the intended prosody. The decoder portion is configured to process the input text utterance and the utterance embedding to generate an output audio signal of expressive speech that has the intended prosody specified by the utterance embedding and speaker characteristics of the target voice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Lev Finkelstein, Chun-An Chan, Byungha Chun, Ye Jia, Yu Zhang, Robert Andrew James Clark, Vincent Wan
  • Patent number: 11514106
    Abstract: A network device is configured to (i) play back a media item indicated by a remote playback queue provided by a cloud-based computing system, (ii) receive an indication that a playback device is available for playback, (iii) display a now playing screen including (a) information identifying the media item, and (b) an icon that indicates that the network device is not in a connected state with any other network device, (iv) receive a first input selecting the icon, (v) in response to the first input, display a list of one or more available network devices including the playback device, (vi) receive a second input selecting the playback device from the list (vii) after receiving the second input, update the list to indicate that the playback device is selected for playback of the remote playback queue, and (viii) transfer playback of the remote playback queue from the network device to the playback device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek Kumar, Andrew Schulert, Robert Andrew Lambourne, Arthur L. Coburn, IV
  • Publication number: 20220373363
    Abstract: An optical microcavity device (10), an alignment structure for an optical device, and a method for aligning an optical device are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ben James Ash, Robert Andrew Nyman, Jason Michael Smith, Aurélien André Paul Trichet
  • Patent number: 11507921
    Abstract: A system and method for assigning a medical device to a patient is disclosed. A method includes determining, responsive to determining that a wireless connection is formed between a first wireless communication device of a medical device and a second wireless communication device inside a medical treatment area currently associated with a patient of a medical facility, that the medical device moved into the medical treatment area currently associated with the patient, automatically, responsive to detecting that the medical device moved into to the medical treatment area associated with the patient, obtaining device identity information from the medical device, and updating, based on the obtained device identity information, a patient record of the patient currently associated with the treatment area to reflect that the medical device has been assigned to the patient currently associated with the treatment area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Andrew Sobie
  • Publication number: 20220366322
    Abstract: Methods and Systems implement patient management. In some cases, a patient management system may include one or more respiratory pressure therapy devices to deliver respiratory pressure therapy to patients, and generate therapy data relating to a therapy session for a patient. The patient management system may include a data server communicating with the therapy device(s). The data server may compute, from therapy data, therapy summary data for the session, the summary data may include one or more statistics summarising therapy data. The patient management system may include a therapy management server communicating with the data server. The therapy management server may apply one or more rules to the summary data, update or generate one or more workflow groups of patients, each workflow group corresponding to a rule, depending on results of the respective rule applications; and/or serve a graphical layout representing one or more workflow groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: ResMed Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Andrew LEVINGS, Ryan Eric BELBIN, Mark David BUCKLEY, Michael Waclaw COLEFAX, Jason CONNELL, Cheryl KAZIMER, Colin Bradley KENNEDY, Susan Robyn LYNCH, Rehana NATHWANI, Timothy SEMEN, Rajwant SODHI
  • Patent number: 11497573
    Abstract: A surgical draping system includes an under-draping, an over-draping, and a connecting draping connected between the under-draping and the over-draping. The surgical draping system is used to establish and maintain a surgical corridor to a surgical site or sites on a patient supported by a surgical table. The surgical draping system can accommodate rotation of the patient on the surgical table, such that the sterile surgical corridor is maintained even during such rotation. The sterile surgical corridor extends through an aperture formed in the over-draping, through an enclosed passageway formed through the connecting draping, and through an aperture formed in the under-draping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Beale, Robert Andrew Fields, Richard Hynes, Matthew Morrison
  • Publication number: 20220357272
    Abstract: A sensor is disclosed, comprising: a first optical reflector provided on a first support element; a second optical reflector provided on a second support element and arranged opposed to the first optical reflector along an optical axis, the opposed first and second optical reflectors being spaced from each other forming a sample space for containing a sample between the first and second optical reflectors; wherein the second optical reflector comprises a recess to provide an optical cavity with stable resonance in at least one mode and having an optical cavity length of at most 50 ?m and/or an optical mode volume of 100 ?m3 or less; at least one electromagnetic (EM) radiation source configured to illuminate the optical cavity with EM radiation; and a detector configured to detect EM radiation from the optical cavity; wherein the first support element and the second support element are bonded to each other and form a unitary structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Matteo Contino, Dean James, Robert Andrew Nyman, Jason Michael Smith, Aurélien André Paul Trichet, Claire Vallance
  • Patent number: 11494695
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training a machine learning model to generate embeddings of inputs to the machine learning model, the machine learning model having an encoder that generates the embeddings from the inputs and a decoder that generates outputs from the generated embeddings, wherein the embedding is partitioned into a sequence of embedding partitions that each includes one or more dimensions of the embedding, the operations comprising: for a first embedding partition in the sequence of embedding partitions: performing initial training to train the encoder and a decoder replica corresponding to the first embedding partition; for each particular embedding partition that is after the first embedding partition in the sequence of embedding partitions: performing incremental training to train the encoder and a decoder replica corresponding to the particular partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Robert Andrew James Clark, Chun-an Chan, Vincent Ping Leung Wan
  • Publication number: 20220348593
    Abstract: Tricyclic PI3k inhibitor compounds of Formula I with anti-cancer activity, anti-inflammatory activity, or immunoregulatory properties, and more specifically with PI3 kinase modulating or inhibitory activity are described. Methods are described for using the tricyclic PI3K inhibitor compounds of Formula I for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis or treatment of mammalian cells, organisms, or associated pathological conditions. Formula I compounds include stereoisomers, geometric isomers, tautomers, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The dashed lines indicate an optional double bond, and at least one dashed line is a double bond. The substituents are as described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Jennafer Dotson, Robert Andrew Heald, Timothy Heffron, Graham Elgin Jones, Sussie Lerche Krintel, Neville James McLean, Chudi Ndubaku, Alan G. Olivero, Laurent Salphati, Lan Wang, BinQing Wei
  • Publication number: 20220351172
    Abstract: A self-checkout (SCO) terminal in a retail store controls banks of lights to communicate context information to a customer in order to better inform them about various events. The context information may be related to a predetermined event, such as a self-checkout process or an emergency event, and is enhanced using the personal preferences of the customer using the SCO terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Brad M. Johnson, Robert Andrew Myers, Scott Graham, William Laird Dungan, Timothy W. Crockett
  • Patent number: 11486926
    Abstract: Examples described herein provide a wearout card and a method for using the wearout card. The wearout card generally includes a first set of connectors configured to connect the testing apparatus to a testing controller, and a second set of connectors configured to connect the testing apparatus to a device under test (DUT). The wearout card can also include a memory configured to store identifying information of the testing apparatus and a use counter indicating a number of times different DUTs have been connected to the second set of connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: XILINX, INC.
    Inventor: Robert Andrew Daniels
  • Patent number: 11481436
    Abstract: A network device is configured to (i) play back a media item indicated by a remote playback queue provided by a cloud-based computing system, (ii) receive an indication that a playback device is available for playback, (iii) display a now playing screen including (a) information identifying the media item, and (b) an icon that indicates that the network device is not in a connected state with any other network device, (iv) receive a first input selecting the icon, (v) in response to the first input, display a list of one or more available network devices including the playback device, (vi) receive a second input selecting the playback device from the list (vii) after receiving the second input, update the list to indicate that the playback device is selected for playback of the remote playback queue, and (viii) transfer playback of the remote playback queue from the network device to the playback device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek Kumar, Andrew Schulert, Robert Andrew Lambourne, Arthur L. Coburn, IV
  • Patent number: 11481435
    Abstract: A first connection state may be entered on a computing device. While the computing device is in the first connection state, actions taken on a playlist on the computing device may be applied to the playlist and not applied to a playback queue associated with a zone. An input may be received via the computing device, indicating a selection of the zone. In response to receiving the input, a second connection state may be entered. Entering the second connection state may comprise establishing a connected state between the computing device and the one or more playback devices. While the connected state is established, one or more actions taken on the playlist on the computing device may be applied to the playlist and transmitted, in a message to the zone over a network. The one or more actions may be one or more corresponding actions applied to the playback queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek Kumar, Andrew Schulert, Robert Andrew Lambourne, Arthur L. Coburn, IV
  • Publication number: 20220330984
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel personal care product and method of assembling the product including an upper product end and a lower product end, a housing at the upper product end, the housing having a housing wall and one or more windows in the housing wall, a frame member including one or more tabs, the one or more tabs coupled to the one or more windows. The number of tabs can equal the number of windows. The housing may also include notches within which the tabs are disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Andrew Kearney, Mark Peterson, Paul Lesile Warrick
  • Publication number: 20220330675
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a personal care product including a treatment sheet having a lower surface, a housing including a floor surface and a plurality of columns, and a cavity formed by a volume extending from the lower surface to the floor surface. The volume extends from an inner column wall of the housing. The plurality of columns is formed in a side wall of the housing. The cavity has a height of at least one-fifteenth of a height of the personal care product and/or a height of at least about a height of one of the columns. The columns extend upward from the floor surface of the housing or to a lower ledge of a carrier of the housing. The floor surface is flat or shaped (e.g., a dome or a cone shape). Fluid flows within the cavity, into and out of windows between the columns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Andrew Kearney, Paul Leslie Warrick
  • Publication number: 20220330674
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel personal care product including an upper product end, a housing at the upper product end, the housing having a top opening and an outer wall, a treatment sheet disposed over the top opening of the housing; and one or more windows disposed in the outer wall of the housing. Fluid flows through the windows or through a plurality of apertures in the treatment sheet or both. The fluid flow removes debris from a lower surface of the treatment sheet, a cavity of said housing, or both. The fluid flows in a direction parallel to the treatment sheet into and/or out of the one or more windows. The windows can be a polygonal or round shape and can have rounded corners. The windows may oppose each other. The outer wall is along an outer surface of the upper end of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Andrew Kearney, Paul Leslie Warrick
  • Publication number: 20220330985
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel personal care product having a treatment sheet includes a first material and a plurality of first apertures, and at least one support sheet includes a second material and a plurality of second apertures, the at least one support sheet disposed beneath the treatment sheet and desirably joined to the treatment sheet. The first apertures of the treatment sheet include cutting edges generally formed on at least a portion of an inner perimeter of the first apertures while the support sheet does not include cutting apertures. The first and second apertures are aligned such that from a top view of the product, the apertures of the support sheet are not visible, providing ease of rinsing. The support sheet assists in reducing damage to the treatment sheet (e.g., if the personal care product is dropped).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Andrew Kearney, Matthias Gester, Mark Peterson