Patents by Inventor Robert Christians

Robert Christians 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: 11407092
    Abstract: An electric pulse tool performs a tightening operation in which torque is delivered in pulses to tighten a screw joint. The electric pulse tool includes an output shaft, a torque sensor to determine a torque value associated with tightening of the screw joint, and an angle sensor to determine an angular displacement of the screw joint. The tool provides low torque pulses of a torque value of less than 15 percent of an electric pulse tool max torque value on the output shaft until a low threshold torque value is reached. Next the tool starts measuring an angular displacement of an element of the screw joint and provides tightening torque pulses of a torque value of more than 15 percent of the electric pulse tool max torque value on the output shaft. The tool stops providing torque pulses on the output shaft when a target parameter is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventor: John Robert Christian Friberg
  • Publication number: 20220237472
    Abstract: Methods and systems for automating carbon footprinting are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods include a plurality of steps. In some embodiments, related to predetermined resources associated with an item from predetermined data sources is obtained. Then, estimated emission factors are calculated for each of the resources. Next, a contributory uncertainty of the data and of the emission factors is determined. Then, a user is guided based on a comparison of the respective contributory uncertainty of data related to the resources or emission factors. Next, both data related to the resources and the estimated emission factors of the resources are utilized to determine a carbon footprint of the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Christoph Johannes MEINRENKEN, Klaus S. LACKNER, David Joseph WALKER, Robert Christian KUILE
  • Patent number: 11397862
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a natural language processing (NLP) annotator, an input text that is to be annotated. The method further includes determining, by the NLP annotator, a user setting that indicates an aggressiveness level of annotation to be used to annotate the input text. The method further includes selecting, by the NLP annotator, from a plurality of dictionaries, a first dictionary based at least in part on the aggressiveness level. The method further includes generating, by the NLP annotator, annotated text of the input text based at least in part on the first dictionary. The method further includes outputting, by the NLP annotator, the annotated text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Christian Sizemore, David Blake Werts, Kristin E. McNeil, Sterling Richardson Smith
  • Patent number: 11389936
    Abstract: An electric pulse tool for performing tightening operations, where torque is delivered in pulses to tighten a screw joint, includes an output shaft, a sensor arranged to determine a parameter value associated with the tightening of the screw joint, a processor, and a memory containing instructions executable by the processor. The electrical pulse tool operates to provide torque pulses on the output shaft in a first direction until the determined parameter value associated with the tightening of the screw joint reaches within or above a predetermined first interval including a target parameter value. The electrical pulse tool also operates to provide at least one torque pulse on the output shaft in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction in case the determined parameter value exceeds the target parameter value within a predetermined second interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventors: John Robert Christian Friberg, Daniel Per Erik Asplund
  • Publication number: 20220194898
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of preparing a compound of Formula I, wherein R1 is C1-C4 alkyl; R2 is C1-C4 alkyl; and R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C6 alkyl, (aryl)alkyl, and (heteroaryl)alkyl in >95% chemical purity and >95% enantiomeric excess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: JON PHILIP LAWSON, ROBERT CHRISTIAN WILD, YIYANG SHAO, JINXIAO CHU, JINCHAO WENG, PAVEL MAJER
  • Publication number: 20220122044
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method comprising various procedures are provided for managing a transfer database. The method comprises creating in a memory, using a processor, a data object record in an object database. An asset is defined comprising an ownership transfer attribute comprising information identifying an original and transferee owner of the asset. The ownership transfer attribute also comprises a transfer condition attribute specifying a condition under which an ownership transfer of the asset is to occur, as well as a third-party benefit attribute comprising information identifying a third-party who is associated with the asset and a third-party value. The method facilitates engagement of the asset in a marketplace in which the asset may generate an asset revenue stream. The method further facilitates payment of a determined third-party amount of the asset revenue stream based on the third-party value to the third-party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Yi M. Zhuo, Lin-Tine David Li, Robert Christian Brantley, Chris Gerard Baker, H. Brock Kolls, Regina Timmons, James Albert Foulis, Tambra Nichols
  • Publication number: 20220117938
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides therapeutic methods of treating a cancer in a subject with isopropyl (S)-2-((S)-2-acetamido-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanamido)-6-diazo-5-oxohexanoate or isopropyl (S)-2-((S)-6-acetamido-2-((3S,5S,7S)-adamantane-1-carboxamido)hexanamido)-6-diazo-5-oxohexanoate, or (S)-2-((S)-2-acetamido-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanamido)-6-diazo-5-oxohexanoic acid, or DON and an immune checkpoint inhibitor. The present disclosure also provides intermittent dosing schedules for isopropyl (S)-2-((S)-2-acetamido-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanamido)-6-diazo-5-oxohexanoate or isopropyl (S)-2-((S)-6-acetamido-2-((3S,5S,7S)-adamantane-1-carboxamido)hexanamido)-6-diazo-5-oxohexanoate or (S)-2-((S)-2-acetamido-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanamido)-6-diazo-5-oxohexanoic acid for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: ROBERT CHRISTIAN WILD, THOMAS ESTOK
  • Publication number: 20220111298
    Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor that facilitates a performance of operations. The operations may include obtaining an identification of an action to monitor during a gameplay associated with a game, storing a representation of a sliding window of the gameplay in a first storage medium, monitoring, by the system, for the identification of the action during the gameplay, detecting the identification of the action during the gameplay responsive to the monitoring, and responsive to the detecting, storing the representation of the sliding window of the gameplay in a second storage medium that is different from the first storage medium. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: STEELSERIES ApS
    Inventors: Jeffrey Nicholas Mahlmeister, Thomas J. Panfil, Thane Kurt Woidan, Michael John Lelli, Joel Wood Hunsley, Jason Robert Christian, Tino Soelberg
  • Publication number: 20220089522
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of preparing a compound of Formula (1): wherein R1, R2, and R3 are as defined as set forth in the application. In one embodiment, a compound of Formula (1) is prepared in >95% chemical purity and >95% enantiomeric excess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: JON PHILIP LAWSON, ROBERT CHRISTIAN WILD, YIYANG SHAO, JINCHAO WENG, PAVEL MAJER, IVAN SNAJDER, MARTIN HADZIMA, LUKÁS TENORA, JINXIAO CHU
  • Patent number: 11238406
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and related method are provided for operating a digital inventory system. The method comprises receiving, from an imaging device, an image comprising an object and performing object recognition on the image to determine an object type of the object. The method further comprises determining when the object is to be added to an inventory database based on inventory rules stored in a memory of the digital inventory system. When these rules indicate that the object is to be added, the object is added to the inventory database. The method determines a value of the inventory object based on valuation information related to other objects of a same or similar object type. The value is associated with the inventory object. The inventory object is displayed along with its value on a computer display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A
    Inventors: Yi M. Zhuo, Lin-Tine David Li, Robert Christian Brantley, Chris Gerard Baker, H. Brock Kolls, Regina W. Timmons, James Albert Foulis, Tambra Nichols
  • Publication number: 20220027571
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a natural language processing (NLP) annotator, an input text that is to be annotated. The method further includes determining, by the NLP annotator, a user setting that indicates an aggressiveness level of annotation to be used to annotate the input text. The method further includes selecting, by the NLP annotator, from a plurality of dictionaries, a first dictionary based at least in part on the aggressiveness level. The method further includes generating, by the NLP annotator, annotated text of the input text based at least in part on the first dictionary. The method further includes outputting, by the NLP annotator, the annotated text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Christian Sizemore, David Blake Werts, Kristin E. McNeil, Sterling Richardson Smith
  • Publication number: 20220028543
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include receiving, by a processor, a procedure code for a patient, wherein the procedure code is associated with a medical device, obtaining, by the processor, patient medical data for the patient, analyzing the patient medical data to identify one or more patient medical conditions and one or more other procedure codes, determining a risk score for the procedure code based on the one or more patient medical conditions and the one or more other procedure codes, and enacting an action based at least in part on the risk score for the procedure code
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Christian Sizemore, David Blake Werts, Sterling Richardson Smith, Kristin E. McNeil
  • Patent number: 11185786
    Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor that facilitates a performance of operations. The operations may include obtaining an identification of an action to monitor during a gameplay associated with a game, storing a representation of a sliding window of the gameplay in a first storage medium, monitoring, by the system, for the identification of the action during the gameplay, detecting the identification of the action during the gameplay responsive to the monitoring, and responsive to the detecting, storing the representation of the sliding window of the gameplay in a second storage medium that is different from the first storage medium. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: STEELSERIES ApS
    Inventors: Jeffrey Nicholas Mahlmeister, Thomas J. Panfil, Thane Kurt Woidan, Michael John Lelli, Joel Wood Hunsley, Jason Robert Christian, Tino Soelberg
  • Publication number: 20210347020
    Abstract: An electric pulse tool performs a tightening operation in which torque is delivered in pulses to tighten a screw joint. The electric pulse tool includes an output shaft, a torque sensor to determine a torque value associated with tightening of the screw joint, and an angle sensor to determine an angular displacement of the screw joint. The tool provides low torque pulses of a torque value of less than 15 percent of an electric pulse tool max torque value on the output shaft until a low threshold torque value is reached. Next the tool starts measuring an angular displacement of an element of the screw joint and provides tightening torque pulses of a torque value of more than 15 percent of the electric pulse tool max torque value on the output shaft. The tool stops providing torque pulses on the output shaft when a target parameter is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventor: John Robert Christian FRIBERG
  • Publication number: 20210232935
    Abstract: Methods and systems for automating carbon footprinting are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods include a plurality of steps. In some embodiments, related to predetermined resources associated with an item from predetermined data sources is obtained. Then, estimated emission factors are calculated for each of the resources. Next, a contributory uncertainty of the data and of the emission factors is determined. Then, a user is guided based on a comparison of the respective contributory uncertainty of data related to the resources or emission factors. Next, both data related to the resources and the estimated emission factors of the resources are utilized to determine a carbon footprint of the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Christoph Johannes MEINRENKEN, Klaus S. LACKNER, David Joseph WALKER, Robert Christian KUILE
  • Publication number: 20210154809
    Abstract: A method and a device for detecting the oil level in a hydraulic pulse unit at an impulse type power wrench, wherein the pulse unit comprises an oil filled pulse chamber, a motor driven inertia drive member, and a kinetic energy receiving member connected to an output shaft and intermittently coupled to the inertia drive member via an oil cushion to receive kinetic energy from the inertia drive member during repeated energy transfer phases. The rotation speed of the inertia drive member is measured both at the start of a pulse generating phase and at the end of that phase, wherein the two measured speeds are compared to each other, and when the speed at the end of the pulse generating phase exceeds the speed at the end of that phase by a certain percentage a faulty signal is emitted indicating a too low oil level in the pulse unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventor: John Robert CHRISTIAN FRIBERG
  • Publication number: 20210107122
    Abstract: A hand held electric pulse tool performs tightening operations in which torque is delivered in pulses to tighten a screw joint. The tool includes an output shaft and a sensor to determine a parameter value associated with tightening of the screw joint. The tool is operative to provide torque pulses on the output shaft in a tightening direction until a first parameter value associated with the tightening of the screw joint is reached, then pause the tightening during a first time interval, and then provide torque pulses on the output shaft in a loosening direction until a second parameter value is reached. Next the electrical pulse tool is operative to pause the tightening during a second time interval and provide torque pulses on the output shaft in the tightening direction until a third parameter value is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventors: Daniel Per Erik ASPLUND, John Robert Christian FRIBERG
  • Publication number: 20210094012
    Abstract: System for processing material to generate syngas in a modular architecture may include a plurality of primary reactor chambers and a shared secondary reactor chamber. Each primary reactor chamber includes electrodes protruding into the chamber, the electrodes operable to generate an arc capable to generate first-stage gas from breakdown of the material when electricity is applied to the electrodes. The secondary reactor chamber is operable to receive the first-stage gas generated by the plurality of primary reactor chambers and to receive water vapour. The gas generated within the plurality of primary reactor chambers combine and interact with the water vapour to form second-stage gas. Turbulence can be generated within the secondary reactor chamber to improve mixing of the first-stage gas with the water vapour. Powering of each of the primary reactor chambers can be done with a different phase of power from a multi-phase input to ensure balanced power utilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: RESPONSIBLE ENERGY INC.
    Inventors: Gordon Gerald Donald FRASER, Graham Campbell Houze, Robert Christian Jensen
  • Publication number: 20210074392
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide a computer-implemented method that includes obtaining the medical condition of the individual based at least in part on a personal identifier associated with the individual, the medical condition being determined by performing natural language processing of medical information associated with the individual. The method further includes obtaining characteristics of the plurality of items. The method further includes comparing the characteristics of the plurality of items to a restriction associated with the medical condition of the individual. The method further includes, responsive to determining that at least one of the characteristics of the plurality of items violates the restriction associated with the medical condition of the individual, preventing the individual from obtaining the item of the plurality of items associated with the violation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kristin E. McNeil, Robert Christian Sizemore, Sterling Richardson Smith, David Blake Werts
  • Publication number: 20210043289
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods, system and computer program products for identifying adverse effects of medications. Aspects include obtaining a plurality of medical records for an individual, at least one of the plurality of medical records including a medication prescribed to the individual. Aspects also include creating annotations for each medical record by performing natural language processing on the medical record, wherein the annotations include a date associated with the medical record. Aspects further include grouping medications prescribed to the individual into two groups based on the annotations, the groups including a first group of medications that the individual is currently prescribed and the second group of medications that the individual does not have a current prescription for. Aspects also include identifying a known adverse interaction between one of the first group of medications and one of the second group of medications and notifying the individual of the known adverse interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: ROBERT CHRISTIAN SIZEMORE, STERLING RICHARDSON SMITH, KRISTIN E. MCNEIL, DAVID BLAKE WERTS