Patents by Inventor Robert Newberry
Robert Newberry 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).
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Patent number: 11675434Abstract: A photoplethysmography (PPG) circuit obtains PPG signals at one or more wavelengths. The PPG signal is processed to identify motion artifacts. The motion artifacts are correlated with predetermined PPG signal patterns associated with movement of a body part or a control command for a user device. The PPG signals may thus be used to detect movement of the body part or determine a control command. A user device may be controlled in response to the determined control command.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: TRILINEAR BIOVENTURES, LLCInventor: Robert Newberry
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Patent number: 10672298Abstract: A blood flow simulator generates a compression and expansion in a test fluid that emulates the pressure waveform created by a heartbeat in blood flow. The blood flow simulator stores a plurality of pressure waveform files that include actual data recorded from a heartbeat, arterial pressure waveform, or venous pressure waveform. One or more of the pressure waveform files may be selected and the pressure waveform file is used by the blood flow simulator 100 to generate a pressure waveform in pressurized fluid. The pressurized fluid flows through a test site, such as a surrogate body part or an optical window or other component with material having similar properties to human tissue. Various target substances may also be added to the fluid in known concentrations for testing and configuration of medical devices at the test site.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: SANMINA CORPORATIONInventors: Robert Newberry, Matthew Rodencal, Nate Roth
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Publication number: 20200004336Abstract: A photoplethysmography (PPG) circuit obtains PPG signals at one or more wavelengths. The PPG signal is processed to identify motion artifacts. The motion artifacts are correlated with predetermined PPG signal patterns associated with movement of a body part or a control command for a user device. The PPG signals may thus be used to detect movement of the body part or determine a control command. A user device may be controlled in response to the determined control command.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventor: Robert Newberry
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Patent number: 10466783Abstract: A photoplethysmography (PPG) circuit obtains PPG signals at one or more wavelengths. The PPG signal is processed to identify motion artifacts. The motion artifacts are correlated with predetermined PPG signal patterns associated with a movement of a body part. The PPG signals may thus be used to detect movement of the body part. A user device may be controlled in response to the detected movement of the body part.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: SANMINA CORPORATIONInventor: Robert Newberry
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Publication number: 20190286233Abstract: A photoplethysmography (PPG) circuit obtains PPG signals at one or more wavelengths. The PPG signal is processed to identify motion artifacts. The motion artifacts are correlated with predetermined PPG signal patterns associated with a movement of a body part. The PPG signals may thus be used to detect movement of the body part. A user device may be controlled in response to the detected movement of the body part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2018Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventor: Robert Newberry
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Patent number: 10345878Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, apparatus and methods for restarting an electronic device configured to receive power from a main power supply and an auxiliary power supply. The electronic device includes a reset circuit a reset circuit configured to provide a first signal indicative of an electronic device failure, and an isolation circuit configured to isolate the main power supply from the auxiliary power supply in response to the first signal so that power is supplied to the reset circuit by the auxiliary power supply. The reset circuit can be configured to generate a reset signal for restarting the electronic device with the power supplied by the auxiliary power supply.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLCInventors: Jianing Zhou, Peng Zhu, William Robert Newberry, Shuyuan Shao
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Patent number: 10318394Abstract: A port controller includes an advertise block configured to determine a cable assembly coupled to the port controller is not compliant with a standard used by the port controller, a comparator configured to determine a current drawn from a power converter coupled to the cable assembly exceeds a capability of the power converter based on comparing a bus voltage to a threshold voltage, and a protection block configured to, in response to determining the current drawn from the power converter exceeds the capability of the power converter, cause the current drawn from the power converter to be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor CorporationInventor: William Robert Newberry
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Publication number: 20180108275Abstract: A blood flow simulator generates a compression and expansion in a test fluid that emulates the pressure waveform created by a heartbeat in blood flow. The blood flow simulator stores a plurality of pressure waveform files that include actual data recorded from a heartbeat, arterial pressure waveform, or venous pressure waveform. One or more of the pressure waveform files may be selected and the pressure waveform file is used by the blood flow simulator 100 to generate a pressure waveform in pressurized fluid. The pressurized fluid flows through a test site, such as a surrogate body part or an optical window or other component with material having similar properties to human tissue. Various target substances may also be added to the fluid in known concentrations for testing and configuration of medical devices at the test site.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Robert Newberry, Matthew Rodencal, Nate Roth
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Publication number: 20180060201Abstract: A port controller includes an advertise block configured to determine a cable assembly coupled to the port controller is not compliant with a standard used by the port controller, a comparator configured to determine a current drawn from a power converter coupled to the cable assembly exceeds a capability of the power converter based on comparing a bus voltage to a threshold voltage, and a protection block configured to, in response to determining the current drawn from the power converter exceeds the capability of the power converter, cause the current drawn from the power converter to be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATIONInventor: William Robert NEWBERRY
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Publication number: 20170235351Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, apparatus and methods for restarting an electronic device configured to receive power from a main power supply and an auxiliary power supply. The electronic device includes a reset circuit a reset circuit configured to provide a first signal indicative of an electronic device failure, and an isolation circuit configured to isolate the main power supply from the auxiliary power supply in response to the first signal so that power is supplied to the reset circuit by the auxiliary power supply. The reset circuit can be configured to generate a reset signal for restarting the electronic device with the power supplied by the auxiliary power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2017Publication date: August 17, 2017Applicant: Fairchild Semiconductor (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jianing ZHOU, Peng ZHU, William Robert Newberry, Shuyuan SHAO
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Patent number: 9224566Abstract: Fuse driver circuits, fuse driver testing circuitry, and methods for testing the fuse driver circuits using the testing circuitry are described. In some embodiments, the fuse driver circuit can be made using a fuse, a NMOS transistor, and a PMOS transistor. The drain of the NMOS transistor can be connected to the negative end of the fuse. The source of the NMOS transistor can be connected to ground. The drain of the PMOS transistor can be connected to a positive end of the fuse. The NMOS and PMOS transistors provide enhanced robustness to the fuse driver circuit in both undervoltage and overvoltage conditions. Other embodiments are also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2010Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor CoporationInventors: Kenneth P. Snowdon, William Robert Newberry, James Hall, Roy Yarbrough
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Patent number: 8125977Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for synchronizing a system clock of a computer via a local gateway are described herein. In one embodiment, a local clock of a gateway device is periodically synchronized with a remote time service facility over an external network. The synchronized local clock of the gateway device is then used to synchronize a system clock of one or more clients over a local network without having the clients individually to access the remote time service facility. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Stephen C. Fenwick, James Woodyatt, Robert Newberry, Sandeep Parikh
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Publication number: 20110140713Abstract: Fuse driver circuits, fuse driver testing circuitry, and methods for testing the fuse driver circuits using the testing circuitry are described. In some embodiments, the fuse driver circuit can be made using a fuse, a NMOS transistor, and a PMOS transistor. The drain of the NMOS transistor can be connected to the negative end of the fuse. The source of the NMOS transistor can be connected to ground. The drain of the PMOS transistor can be connected to a positive end of the fuse. The NMOS and PMOS transistors provide enhanced robustness to the fuse driver circuit in both undervoltage and overvoltage conditions. Other embodiments are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Inventors: Kenneth P. Snowdon, James Hall, William Robert Newberry, Roy Yarborough
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Publication number: 20110110360Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for synchronizing a system clock of a computer via a local gateway are described herein. In one embodiment, a local clock of a gateway device is periodically synchronized with a remote time service facility over an external network. The synchronized local clock of the gateway device is then used to synchronize a system clock of one or more clients over a local network without having the clients individually to access the remote time service facility. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: May 12, 2011Inventors: Stephen C. Fenwick, James Woodyatt, Robert Newberry, Sandeep Parikh
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Patent number: 7873024Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for synchronizing a system clock of a computer via a local gateway are described herein. In one embodiment, a local clock of a gateway device is periodically synchronized with a remote time service facility over an external network. The synchronized local clock of the gateway device is then used to synchronize a system clock of one or more clients over a local network without having the clients individually to access the remote time service facility. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2004Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Stephen C. Fenwick, James Woodyatt, Robert Newberry, Sandeep Parikh
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Publication number: 20070250761Abstract: A network media delivery system includes client devices and a host device. Each client device has a network interface, an engine for processing media data, and a media interface. The host device, which can be a computer, establishes network communication links with the client devices, which can be networked media stations, and sends media data to the client devices. The media data can be sent wirelessly as packets of media data transmitted at intervals to each client device. In one embodiment, the host device controls processing of media data such that processed media is delivered in a synchronized manner at each of the client devices. In another embodiment, the host device controls processing of media data such that processed media is delivered in a synchronized manner at the host device and at least one client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2007Publication date: October 25, 2007Inventors: Bob Bradley, Robert Newberry
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Patent number: 7257472Abstract: A data protocol converter has two interfaces, one of which can be connected to a standard vehicle diagnostic interface, and the other permitting wireless message transfer using a diagnostic handset. A data protocol translator converts the messages from the standard vehicle diagnostic interface into messages having a wireless data format, so that they can be received in the diagnostic handset using the latter's wireless interface. The data protocol converter has a further interface so that it can be connected to a second standard diagnostic interface according to a different standard. The data protocol translator can convert the messages from the second standard vehicle diagnostic interface into messages having a wireless data format.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2004Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AGInventors: Wolfgang Hauer, Robert Newberry
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Publication number: 20070110074Abstract: A network media delivery system includes client devices and a host device. Each client device has a network interface, an engine for processing media data, and a media interface. The host device, which can be a computer, establishes network communication links with the client devices, which can be networked media stations, and sends media data to the client devices. The media data can be sent wirelessly as packets of media data transmitted at intervals to each client device. In one embodiment, the host device controls processing of media data such that processed media is delivered in a synchronized manner at each of the client devices. In another embodiment, the host device controls processing of media data such that processed media is delivered in a synchronized manner at the host device and at least one client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2006Publication date: May 17, 2007Inventors: Bob Bradley, Robert Newberry
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Patent number: 7103429Abstract: A universal computer for a vehicle, comprising a microprocessor for the processing of control programs, a storage unit, for the data thus calculated and an interface which permits a connection of the computer to a databus in the vehicle. The computer comprises control programs for controlling device provided in the vehicle, whereby the control commands are transmitted to the device to be controlled via device interfaces. The computer also comprises reconfigurable hardware, which permits a retroactive reconfiguration of peripheral components or an interface in the assembled state of the computer. A transmission of an algorithm for reconfiguration of the hardware is provided to the storage unit on the vehicle, so that a process for reconfiguration of the hardware associated with the peripheral components or the interface may be carried out.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2002Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AGInventor: Robert Newberry
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Patent number: RE43619Abstract: A universal computer for a vehicle, comprising a microprocessor for the processing of control programs, a storage unit, for the data thus calculated and an interface which permits a connection of the computer to a databus in the vehicle. The computer comprises control programs for controlling device provided in the vehicle, whereby the control commands are transmitted to the device to be controlled via device interfaces. The computer also comprises reconfigurable hardware, which permits a retroactive reconfiguration of peripheral components or an interface in the assembled state of the computer. A transmission of an algorithm for reconfiguration of the hardware is provided to the storage unit on the vehicle, so that a process for reconfiguration of the hardware associated with the peripheral components or the interface may be carried out.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2002Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Ramsle Technology Group GmbH, LLCInventor: Robert Newberry