Patents by Inventor Robert Michaels

Robert Michaels 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: 20250259840
    Abstract: A method for making a semiconductor device may include, in an epitaxial deposition tool, performing an anneal on a semiconductor on insulator (SOI) substrate including a first semiconductor layer, an insulating layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer on the insulating layer, the second semiconductor layer having a first thickness. The method may also include, in the epitaxial deposition tool, performing an in-situ etch to reduce the second semiconductor layer to a second thickness less than the first thickness, and forming a superlattice layer on the second semiconductor layer. The superlattice layer may include a plurality of stacked groups of layers, each group of layers comprising a plurality of stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion, and at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: NYLES WYNN CODY, KEITH DORAN WEEKS, ROBERT MICHAEL VYNE, ROBERT J. STEPHENSON
  • Publication number: 20250246023
    Abstract: An interactive portrait system includes a camera configured to capture imagery of an environment and a controller. The controller is configured to analyze the imagery to identify a guest in the environment, instruct an output device to provide an initial output to attempt to interact with the guest, and analyze the imagery to identify a behavior of the guest during the initial output, after the initial output, or both. The controller is also configured to evaluate the behavior of the guest using one or more artificial intelligence algorithms to determine whether the guest responded to the initial output. The controller is further configured to, in response to determining that the guest responded to the initial output, instruct the output device to provide an additional output to continue to attempt to interact with the guest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Robert Michael Jordan, Anthony Melo, Angelo Pagliuca, Brandon David Burnette, John Adams, Jacob David Allinson, Eric To Chan, Mark James Traynor
  • Patent number: 12364527
    Abstract: A device includes a first arm and a second arm. The first arm includes a first arm body that extends from a first end to a second end and a guide. The guide is rotatably coupled to the second end of the first arm body and is configured to be coupled to a first bone. The second arm includes a second arm body extending from a first end to a second end and is coupled to the first arm body such that it is rotatable with respect to the first arm body. The second arm is configured to engage a second bone. In use, rotation of the second arm body with respect to the first arm body changes the distance between the first bone and the second bone and rotation of the guide with respect to the first arm body rotates the first bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: George Matthew Awtrey, Robert Michael Carlo, Zachary Korman
  • Patent number: 12357182
    Abstract: Methods for improved imaging of internal tissue structures, such as lesions in the peritoneum, are disclosed employing color-weighted Polarization Enhanced Light (mPEL) imaging. A target tissue can be Illuminated with light of defined polarization at a plurality of wavelengths or wavelength bands. Scattered light from the tissue is collected and its polarization states analyzed and detected either via a polarization sensitive camera or a combination or polarizing filters and a standard camera. Light detected at distinct polarization states and colors is weighted by a factor and combined to yield an image that results in optimized visualization of lesions and/or discrimination of malignant from benign lesions. The factors may be identified based on a combination of Monte Carlo simulations and regression analysis to yield enhanced sensitivity to the tissue scattering power. Alternatively, the factors may be identified through machine learning based optimization algorithms to optimize tissue classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignees: Trustees of Tufts College, Lahey Clinic, Inc.
    Inventors: Irene Georgakoudi, Einstein Gnanatheepam, Robert Michael Trout, Thomas Schnelldorfer
  • Patent number: 12353764
    Abstract: A memory array includes a plurality of memory devices, each of which includes a memory configured to store packet data and a request arbiter configured to interface with other memory devices of the memory array. The request arbiter filters invalid requests from a plurality of requestors, and determines a bitvector representing a sequence of the plurality of requestors, the bitvector indicating whether each of the plurality of requestors has a valid request. The request arbiter outputs an indication of a first request to be serviced by the memory device, and shifts the bitvector to determine a second request to be serviced by the memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
    Inventor: Robert Michael Bunce
  • Patent number: 12354044
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for vessel risk assessment. This includes determining a risk assessment associated with a vessel, including receiving vessel data from at least one source, generating at least one vessel profile based on the vessel data, wherein each vessel profile provides indication of expected behavior events for one vessel and abnormal behavior events for one vessel, determining at least one abnormal behavior event of the vessel based on the at least one vessel profile, each event in the at least one abnormal behavior event having a time of occurrence, determining at least one frequency of occurrence of abnormal behavior events of the vessel based on the time of occurrence of each event, using at least one model to determine a risk assessment associated with the vessel based on the at least one frequency of occurrence of abnormal behavior events of the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Global Spatial Technology Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Renata Queiroz Dividino, Ana Luisa Alfaro Suzan, Dhivya Jayaraman, Benjamin Kurtis Friedrich, Robert Michael Marshy
  • Patent number: 12348835
    Abstract: A system and method enabling the automated installation and configuration of satellite system premises device. The system and method utilize stored information indicative of the types of viable interfaces that a premises device should be adapted to mate with, to intelligently recognize a particular subset of satellite system signals, and then responsively configure and install a premises device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Paul Richard Pratt, Robert Michael Payne
  • Patent number: 12347089
    Abstract: A head-mounted display testing system may include a ride motion simulator to simulate a movement of an amusement ride and a head-mounted display mounted on the ride motion simulator that displays a virtual image. The ride motion simulator includes one or more outward facing cameras configured to capture the virtual image and a physical marker when the head-mounted display is on the ride motion simulator. The controller is configured to receive the footage of the head-mounted display screen captured by the one or more cameras and to generate an indication of head-mounted display quality based on deviations from an expected display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Patrick John Goergen, Robert Michael Jordan, Eric To Chan
  • Publication number: 20250206219
    Abstract: Boat centering kits, boat centering systems, and methods of the like are described. An example boat centering kit has a first support member, a first pivot, a first alignment member, a second alignment member, a second support member, a second pivot, a third alignment member, and a fourth alignment member. The first pivot is attachable to the first support member and the second pivot is attachable to the second support member. The first alignment member and the second alignment member are attachable to the first support member. The third alignment member and the fourth alignment member are attachable to the second support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2024
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: BoatHugger LLC
    Inventor: Robert Michael Reiss
  • Patent number: 12339557
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, apparatuses, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media related to a display construct coupled to a structure (e.g., a vision window such as a tintable window). The structure can be a supportive structure such as a fixture. The display construct is configured to facilitate media display and is at least partially transparent. An interactive installation software tool and process aligns a digital configuration of the display construct and/or touch screen functionality of the display construct, with its physical configuration in a matrix of display constructs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Michael Martinson, Chee Yung Chan, Nitesh Trikha, Vinh N. Nguyen, Matthew Burton Sheffield, Anthony Young, Todd Daniel Antes, Sridhar Karthik Kailasam
  • Patent number: 12337189
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a head-worn apparatus, comprising: a frame adapted to be mounted to a head of a user; a light emitting system positioned within the frame to provide light to an eye of the user; a sound system adapted to provide audio to the user; a haptic system positioned within the frame to provide haptic feedback to the user; and a processor adapted to control the lighting system, audio system and haptic system in a coordinated pattern of light, sound and haptics that causes a mental-health therapeutic stimulus provided to the user, whereby the user experiences an improvement in mental performance based on the coordinated pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventors: Ralph F. Osterhout, Ed Riehle, Robert Michael Lohse
  • Publication number: 20250196941
    Abstract: A truck cap may have a sub-frame. The sub-frame may have at least one side bracket. The side bracket may have an angled upright portion and an upper flange. A side module may be located between two side brackets. The side module may have channel members that receive a portion of a side door therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Mark Anthoney Henry, JR., Robert Michael Butcher, Joshua Michael Gerez, Joshua James Parker, Kyle Jeffery Lakatos, Joshua Merle Rogers
  • Publication number: 20250199647
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to user interface control of a head-worn computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Nicholas Benjamin PELIS, Sean Tomas Mostajo O'HARA, Robert Michael LOHSE, Andrew Carl HEISEY
  • Publication number: 20250200399
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for generative question answering for construction project document. The method comprises: receiving a question from a user via a message interface, wherein the question is related to information from a plurality of construction project documents; identifying, using one or more large language models, one or more relevant documents from the plurality of construction project documents and one or more chunks relevant to the question, and generating an answer based at least in part on the one or more relevant documents and one or more chunks; and providing the answer and one or more links to the one or more relevant documents in a text message in the message interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Moritz Pascal Stephan, Robert Michael Balousek, Sarah Buchner, Christopher James Belsole
  • Publication number: 20250198267
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards a lift system for extracting a fluid from a well. The system may include a production tube and at least one bladder located inside a pump barrel which is connected to the production tube. The bladder may include a top connector configured to receive a concentric tubing. The lift system may further include a compression system connected to the concentric tubing. The compression system may be configured to provide a compressed gas through the concentric tubing to the at least one bladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Charles R. Tompkins, Mathew A. Eagleston, Robert Michael Taylor, John Whitsitt, Jody Ray McGlothen
  • Patent number: 12333640
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a virtual reality ride system includes a display to present virtual reality image content to a first rider, an audio sensor to capture audio data associated with a second rider, and an image sensor to capture image data associated with the second rider. The virtual reality ride system also includes at least one processor communicatively coupled to the display and configured to (i) receive the audio data, the image data, or both, (ii) generate a virtual avatar corresponding to the second rider, wherein the virtual avatar includes a set of facial features, (iii) update the set of facial features based on the audio data, the image data, or both, and (iv) instruct the display to present the virtual reality image content including the virtual avatar and the updated set of facial features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Robert Michael Jordan, Mark James Traynor, Patrick John Goergen
  • Patent number: 12333809
    Abstract: A delivery system may include one or more processors and memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to identify one or more attributes of a user in one or more images and associate the one or more attributes of the user with an order placed by the user. The delivery system may also track the one or more attributes of the user in the one or more images over time to identify movement of the user within an environment and in response to the one or more attributes of the user in the one or more images remaining at a location for more than a threshold time, create an association between the one or more attributes of the user and the location. The delivery system may then provide an instruction to deliver items in the order to the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Seth Scheinberg, Thomas Michael Boessel, Robert Michael Jordan, Thomas Owen Williams, Modesto Alcala
  • Patent number: 12329393
    Abstract: Disclosed are bone screw drill targeting guides and methods for using such targeting guides that are useful in surgical procedures for correcting hallux valgus deformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Michael Carlo, George Matthew Awtrey
  • Patent number: D1084960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Adrian Steel Company
    Inventors: Mark Anthoney Henry, Jr., Robert Michael Butcher
  • Patent number: D1085758
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Adrian Steel Company
    Inventors: Joshua Michael Gerez, Joshua Merle Rogers, Mark Anthoney Henry, Jr., Robert Michael Butcher, Peter Francis Rowlson