Patents by Inventor Robert Benjamin

Robert Benjamin 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: 20240135015
    Abstract: Systems and methods are directed to building annotated models based on eyes-off data. Specifically, a synthetic data generation model is trained and used to further train a target model. The synthetic data generation model is trained within an eyes-off environment using an anonymity technique on confidential data. The synthetic data generation model is then used to create synthetic data that closely represents the confidential data but without any specific details that can be linked back to the confidential data. The synthetic data is then annotated and used to train the target model within an eyes-on environment. Subsequently, the target model is deployed back within the eyes-off environment to classify the confidential data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: David Benjamin LEVITAN, Robert Alexander SIM, Julia S. MCANALLEN, Huseyin Atahan INAN, Girish KUMAR, Xiang YUE
  • Publication number: 20240122418
    Abstract: An improved toilet seat includes an upper body includes an upper sitting surface; a lower body coupled with the upper body, where the lower body includes a lower contact surface; and at least one slideable clamp positioned between the upper sitting surface and the lower contact surface, where the at least one slideable clamp includes a clamp arm and clamp paddle coupled to the clamp arm, and where the clamp arm is configured to move between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Beale Van Varick, Donald Samuel Strum, George Benjamin Wintner
  • Publication number: 20240115027
    Abstract: An attachment for a haircare appliance, the attachment including an air inlet, an air outlet, a hollow body defining a flow path between the air inlet and the air outlet, and a curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet, the curved surface extending outwardly from the hollow. A haircare appliance having an air inlet, an air outlet, and an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air outlet to the air outlet. The haircare appliance has a hollow body defining a flow path between the air inlet and the air outlet, and a curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet. The curved surface extends outwardly from the hollow body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Christopher PURNELL, Ayrton Lloyd Taylor PEEL, David Andrew TIBBETTS, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Robert Mark Brett COULTON
  • Patent number: 11952844
    Abstract: A well system includes a well platform including a rig floor, a first rig floor robot and a second rig floor robot positioned on the rig floor, wherein the first rig floor robot is configured to guide a lower end of a pipe stand towards a setback position on the rig floor and the second rig floor robot is configured to guide a first pipe joint of the pipe stand into a first mouse hole formed in the rig floor, a mast extending from the rig floor, a racking board coupled to the mast, the racking board configured to secure an upper end of the pipe stand between a pair of finger boards of the racking board, a racking board robot positioned on the racking board and configured to position the upper end of the pipe stand between the pair of finger boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Benjamin Donnally, Xilin Liu
  • Publication number: 20240108114
    Abstract: An attachment including a casing having an air inlet for receiving an airflow from a hair styling apparatus, a hair engaging member, supported by the casing, and adapted to move relative to the casing between a first position and a second position under the action of an over-centre mechanism. First and second airflow outlets are formed between the casing and the hair engaging member when the hair engaging member is in the first and second position, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Annmarie Rita NICOLSON, Emma Victoria CARSON, Robert Mark Brett COULTON, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY
  • Publication number: 20240108115
    Abstract: A haircare appliance having an air inlet, an air outlet, and an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet and an attachment for a haircare appliance, the attachment including an air inlet, an air outlet. A curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet. The haircare appliance or the attachment has a curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet. The haircare appliance or the attachment is configured such that airflow exiting the air outlet generates a first force to attract hair toward the curved surface, and a second force to push hair away from the curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Christopher PURNELL, Ayrton Lloyd Taylor PEEL, David Andrew TIBBETTS, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Robert Mark Brett COULTON
  • Patent number: 11945943
    Abstract: Methods of additive manufacturing, binder compositions for additive manufacturing, and articles produced by and/or associated with methods of additive manufacturing are generally described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Desktop Metal, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Benjamin Renner, Ilya L. Rushkin, Robert J. Nick, Emanuel M. Sachs
  • Publication number: 20240099441
    Abstract: A haircare appliance having an air inlet, an air outlet, and an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet and an attachment for a haircare appliance, the attachment including an air inlet, an air outlet. A curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet. The haircare appliance or the attachment has a curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet. The haircare appliance or the attachment is configured such that airflow exiting the air outlet generates a first force to attract hair toward the curved surface, and a second force to push hair away from the curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Christopher PURNELL, Ayrton Lloyd Taylor PEEL, David Andrew TIBBETTS, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Robert Mark Brett COULTON
  • Publication number: 20240103622
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to user interface control of a head-worn computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Benjamin PELIS, Preston Douglas BROWN, Sean Thomas Mostajo O'HARA, Robert Michael LOHSE, Andrew Carl HEISEY
  • Publication number: 20240098076
    Abstract: A third-party server, delegated by organizations to manage application environment, may maintain a plurality of guided workflow plans. At least one of the guided workflow plans may include one or more steps associated with setting up an interaction control policy. The third-party server may receive an interaction report associated with the organization. The interaction report may include metadata of one or more devices that interacted with other devices. The third-party server may identify a particular device to which existing interaction control policies of the organization are inapplicable. The third-party server may search for additional out-of-band information of the particular device using the metadata in the interaction report. The third-party server may select an applicable guided workflow plan for setting up an applicable interaction control policy for the particular device. A guided workflow may be presented via a graphical user interface according to the applicable guided workflow plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Seth Joshua Blank, Ashley Duane Wilson, Peter Martin Goldstein, Jack William Abbott, Robert Benjamin Barclay
  • Patent number: 11933471
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting assembly includes a primary lens and a light source on a first side of the primary lens. The light source is configured to emit light through the primary lens. A light blade is on an opposite, second side of the primary lens. A secondary lens covers a portion of the light blade. A vehicle lighting method includes emitting light from a light source, directing the light through a primary lens, directing the light from the primary lens through a light blade, and directing the light from the light blade through a secondary lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Omar Benjamin Lara Monarrez, Mark Kaski, Derek English, Dean Carbis, Robert Todd Laster, Brandon Schwandt, Linsheng Chen
  • Patent number: 11932294
    Abstract: An anti-collision system for railcars and locomotives provides a distance ranging and worker coupling protection system utilizing remote-sensing radar techniques for use with a locomotive and railcar. The anti-collision system may include an object detector device attached to a railcar or a locomotive that detects objects in a path of the railcar and the locomotive and a train display device electrically connected to the object detector device. The anti-collision system may also include an emergency action device which enables a crew member to stop the railcar or locomotive without communication to a locomotive operator when a hazard is recognized. The object detector device may include a remote sensor, a radio, and a microprocessor programmed to include data-logging to record and log all data from the anti-collision system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Railserve, Inc.
    Inventors: John Roberts, Timothy J. Benjamin, Peter M. Bartek
  • Publication number: 20240081506
    Abstract: A haircare appliance having an air inlet, an air outlet, and an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet and an attachment for a haircare appliance, the attachment including an air inlet, an air outlet. A curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet. The haircare appliance or the attachment has a curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet. The haircare appliance or the attachment is configured such that airflow exiting the air outlet generates a first force to attract hair toward the curved surface, and a second force to push hair away from the curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Christopher PURNELL, Ayrton Lloyd Taylor PEEL, David Andrew TIBBETTS, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Robert Mark Brett COULTON
  • Publication number: 20240081505
    Abstract: An attachment for a haircare appliance, the attachment including an air inlet, an air outlet for emitting the airflow. The attachment has a curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet, and a flat surface adjacent to and extending rearwardly from the air outlet. A haircare appliance having an air inlet, an air outlet, and an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet. The haircare appliance has a curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet, and a flat surface adjacent to and extending rearwardly from the air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Christopher PURNELL, Ayrton Lloyd Taylor PEEL, David Andrew TIBBETTS, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Robert Mark Brett COULTON
  • Publication number: 20240077678
    Abstract: A variable optical attenuator (VOA) may include an input collimator with an input fiber connected on one side and an output collimator with an output fiber connected on one side, where the collimators are on a same surface of a VOA enclosure. A retroreflector may receive a light beam from the input collimator and reflect the light beam to the output collimator. The VOA may include an attenuation element positioned between the input collimator and the retroreflector and/or another attenuation element positioned between the retroreflector and the output collimator to provide variable attenuation to the light beam. The attenuation elements may be moved to set an attenuation level by one or more adjustment elements such as a miniature motor. The attenuation element may include a gradient index (GRIN) element, a polarizer, a neutral density filter, or a wavelength tunable filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Driss TOUAHRI, Joshua Benjamin Julius Philipson, Christopher Russell Wagner, Luis Andre Neves Paiva Fernandes, Robert Matthew Adams
  • Publication number: 20240065407
    Abstract: A haircare appliance has an air inlet, an air outlet, and an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet. The haircare appliance has a fixed body defining the air outlet, and a rotatable member rotatable relative to the fixed body. The air outlet has a first aperture located on a first side of the fixed body, and a second aperture located on a second side of the fixed body opposite to the first side of the fixed body. The rotatable member is rotatable from a first configuration in which the rotatable member permits airflow through the first aperture and blocks airflow through the second aperture, to a second configuration in which the rotatable member permits airflow through the second aperture and blocks airflow through the first aperture. The rotatable member is located internally of the fixed member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ayrton Lloyd Taylor PEEL, Robert Mark Brett COULTON, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY
  • Publication number: 20240065411
    Abstract: A hair styling appliance is described that includes an airflow unit for generating an airflow, a heating unit for heating the airflow, and a control unit for controlling the airflow unit and the heating unit. The control unit receives user data relating to at least one of a desired style, a hair type and a previous styling by the appliance. The control unit controls the airflow unit and the heating unit in a sequence of modes to style the hair of a user, the airflow unit having a different flow rate and/or the heating unit having a different heat setting in different modes. The control unit uses the user data to define the sequence of modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander CARLYLE, Emma Victoria CARSON, Robert Lawrence TWEEDIE, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY
  • Publication number: 20240049693
    Abstract: The invention is an apparatus which houses and facilitate insect breeding, including but not limited to the breeding of black soldier flies (Hermetia Illucens). Embodiments of the invention house insects before, during, and after the mating process. Insects are inserted into the invention usually in a pre-sexually mature state (e.g. the larvae, prepupae, or pupae state). After a period of time, the insects become sexually mature and are able to mate. After mating, the insects are attracted to lay eggs (oviposit) onto egg collection substrates within the invention. Embodiments of the invention allow for the insect eggs to be collected periodically, and/or allows for the insect eggs to hatch in which case the newly emerged insects (e.g. larvae) are retrieved as frequently as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Solider Fly Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kristen Rebecca Cartier, Robert Benjamin Runyon
  • Patent number: 11898165
    Abstract: Provided herein are engineered host cells suitable for expression of functional T cell receptors (TCR) and methods of using these cells to identify TCRs that specifically bind to a desired peptide-major histocompatibility complex (MHC) complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MiNK Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Van Dijk, Volker Seibert, Robert Benjamin Stein
  • Publication number: 20240041609
    Abstract: A patient specific shoulder guide is provided that includes a hub and a plurality of peripheral members. Each of the peripheral members has a peripheral member height dimension between the patient specific contact surface and a side of the peripheral member opposite the patient specific contact surface. At least one of the peripheral members is a low profile peripheral member in which the peripheral height dimension is less than the peripheral height dimension of at least one other of the peripheral members or is less than the hub height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
    Inventors: Charles L. PENNINGER, Shawn M. GARGAC, Robert Benjamin RICE, Anne Marie SCHLAMB, George S. ATHWAL, Robert D. GRAHAM, Marine GODELU