Patents by Inventor Robert Nicholas

Robert Nicholas 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: 10460473
    Abstract: Techniques for calibrating a camera utilizing a calibration station. The camera calibration station may be configured to emit collimated light toward a camera housed in a cradle. The camera may capture images of the collimated light at pre-determined positions throughout a calibration sequence. A computing system associated with the camera calibration station may utilize reference locations determined based on the collimated light at the pre-determined positions compared to measured locations of the collimated light at the pre-determined positions to determine intrinsics of the camera (e.g., focal length of lens, optical center of lens, etc.) and an error associated therewith. Based at least in part on the error being less than a threshold error, the computing system may store the intrinsic parameters of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan McMichael, Till Kroeger, Robert Nicholas Moor, Maxwell Yaron
  • Publication number: 20190282876
    Abstract: A baseball swing training device has a base, a support member adjustably connected to the base, and a suction assembly disposed in the base that extends through and out of the support member to hold a ball in a stationary position. The suction assembly includes a coil vacuum hose disposed within the support member, and connected to a vacuum pump assembly, and an elongated hose connected to the coil vacuum hose at one end, and removeably connected to a suction nozzle at an opposite end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Nicholas Kibbe, Grant David Roepsch, Aaron Matthew Tjaden, Ryan Patrick McGuire
  • Publication number: 20190169114
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formulae: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the variables, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17, n, and m are defined herein. These compounds are useful for treating Gram-negative bacteria infections. Also disclosed are methods of making these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Pei Zhou, Eric J. Toone, Robert A. Nicholas, Ramesh Gopalaswamy, Xiaofei Liang, Frank Navas, III
  • Publication number: 20190144154
    Abstract: A labeling device for a syringe that includes a first labeling subsystem adapted to print a first label having machine readable information and a second labeling subsystem adapted to print a second label having human readable information is disclosed. The first labeling subsystem includes a label applicator adapted to automatically apply the first label to a portion of the syringe. The first labeling subsystem includes a syringe clamp assembly that securely holds the syringe while the label applicator automatically applies a first label to the syringe. The second labeling subsystem includes a removal device adapted to automatically remove a backing material from the second label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Austin Jason McKinnon, Scott William Gisler, Philip C. McNeill, Rahul Khurana, Drew Davidock, Robert Nicholas Graf, Kaushal Verma, Gary Stacey, Mark Rogers, Mark Ridley, David Stocks, Alistair Ward, Andrew Scholan, Keith Marshall
  • Publication number: 20190130779
    Abstract: A virtual-immersion computer that provides webpages to facilitate virtual immersion. The system uses a media-streamer computer processor for broadcasting media comprising a simulation-video stream, an audio stream, a radio-transmission-stream. The media is structured within a web frame of webpages by the processor and an audio frame, a picture frame, and/or a video with audio frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Across the Street Productions Inc.
    Inventors: John Nicholas Brunacini, Robert Nicholas Brunacini, Alan Vincent Brunacini
  • Patent number: 10266525
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel processes for preparing compounds of formula (IV) and salts thereof novel intermediates, and a novel salt and polymorph thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited
    Inventors: Robert Nicholas Bream, John David Hayler, Alan Geoffrey Ironmonger, Peter Szeto, Michael Robert Webb, Katherine Marie Penelope Wheelhouse, Robert David Willacy
  • Patent number: 10220974
    Abstract: A labeling device for a syringe that includes a first labeling subsystem adapted to print a first label having machine readable information and a second labeling subsystem adapted to print a second label having human readable information is disclosed. The first labeling subsystem includes a label applicator adapted to automatically apply the first label to a portion of the syringe. The first labeling subsystem includes a syringe clamp assembly that securely holds the syringe while the label applicator automatically applies a first label to the syringe. The second labeling subsystem includes a removal device adapted to automatically remove a backing material from the second label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Austin Jason McKinnon, Scott William Gisler, Philip C. McNeill, Rahul Khurana, Drew Davidock, Robert Nicholas Graf, Kaushal Verma, Gary Stacey, Mark Rogers, Mark Ridley, David Stocks, Alistair Ward, Andrew Scholan, Keith Marshall
  • Patent number: 10203911
    Abstract: A multi-processor system with a portion of content-addressable memory (CAM) configured as a tuple space to control data flow between processing element. A writing processor may write to a tuple space followed by a reading processor reading from the tuple space. However the system may control access to the tuple space so that no read operations may be performed for a particular tuple space before that space is written to. Further, no write operations may be performed to the tuple space prior to previous written data being read from the tuple space. A processor wishing to use the tuple space before being permitted to do so may be stalled, thus controlling data flow between operating processors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Friday Harbor LLC
    Inventors: Ricardo Jorge Lopez, Ramon Zuniga, Robert Nicholas Hilton
  • Patent number: 10189786
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formulae (I) and (II) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the variables, R, R1, R2, R3, Y, Z, X, R12, R17, R18, R19, Y1, Z1, X1, and X2 are defined herein. These compounds are useful for treating Gram-negative bacteria infections, such as Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacterial infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignees: DUKE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
    Inventors: Pei Zhou, Eric J. Toone, Robert A. Nicholas
  • Publication number: 20180155334
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel processes for preparing compounds of formula (IV) and salts thereof novel intermediates, and a novel salt and polymorph thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Nicholas BREAM, John David HAYLER, Alan Geoffrey IRONMONGER, Peter SZETO, Michael Robert WEBB, Katherine Marie Penelope WHEELHOUSE, Robert David WILLACY
  • Patent number: 9961090
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media configured to receive a search query and identify one or more messages matching at least a portion of the search query are provided. The identified one or more messages may be displayed, in some examples, and user input may be received identified at least one message of the identified one or more messages for further processing, such as quarantine. In some examples, the at least one message may be transmitted to an account search server which may search a plurality of user accounts, such as email accounts. The account search server may identify one or more occurrences of the at least one message in one or more accounts of the plurality of accounts and may remove the occurrence of the at least one message from the account and transfer the at least one message to a quarantine location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Nicholas D'Aveta, David John Wesley Gruver, Kenneth Aaron Kaye, Ronald Fong
  • Publication number: 20180088904
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip with a first processing element, a state machine, a first read first-in first-out (FIFO) memory component, and a second read FIFO memory component. The state machine receives a request from the first processing element for a first value from the first read FIFO memory component and a second value from the second read FIFO memory component. The first processing element may change from an active state to a second state after submitting the read request. The state machine may determine if the first and the second FIFO memory components have data. The first processing element changes back to the active state after the state machine transfers the first and second values to registers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: KNUEDGE, INC.
    Inventors: Ricardo Jorge Lopez, Ramon Zuniga, Robert Nicholas Hilton, Don Yokota
  • Patent number: 9908851
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formulae: (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the variables, R1, R2, Y, and Z are defined herein. These compounds are useful for treating Gram-negative bacteria infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: Duke University, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Pei Zhou, Eric J. Toone, Robert A. Nicholas
  • Patent number: 9875097
    Abstract: Implementations disclose applying configuration alignment in build projects is disclosed. A method of an implementation of the disclosure includes retrieving a build script (BS) file configuration from a BS file. The BS configuration includes a configuration to perform a build of a project The method also includes determining whether the BS configuration aligns with a target configuration. The method further includes aligning the BS configuration with the target configuration when it is determined that the BS configuration does not align with the target configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: John Dennis Casey, Paul Gier, Robert Nicholas Cross
  • Patent number: 9870785
    Abstract: Features that may be computed from a harmonic signal include a fractional chirp rate, a pitch, and amplitudes of the harmonics. A fractional chirp rate may be estimated, for example, by computing scores corresponding to different fractional chirp rates and selecting a highest score. A first pitch may be computed from a frequency representation that is computed using the estimated fractional chirp rate, for example, by using peak-to-peak distances in the frequency distribution. A second pitch may be computed using the first pitch, and a frequency representation of the signal, for example, by using correlations of portions of the frequency representation. Amplitudes of harmonics of the signal may be determined using the estimated fractional chirp rate and second pitch. Any of the estimated fractional chirp rate, second pitch, and harmonic amplitudes may be used for further processing, such as speech recognition, speaker verification, speaker identification, or signal reconstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: KnuEdge Incorporated
    Inventors: David Carlson Bradley, Yao Huang Morin, Massimo Mascaro, Janis I. Intoy, Sean Michael O'Connor, Ellisha Natalie Marongelli, Robert Nicholas Hilton
  • Publication number: 20170363479
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods are provided herein for alerting customers to product temperature compliance during delivery whereby a retail product intended to be maintained below one or more temperature threshold values through a supply chain delivery process is identified, a temperature threshold value of the retail product is determined, an irreversible thermochromic indicator having an activation temperature that corresponds to the temperature threshold value of the retail product is identified, the thermochromic indicator is affixed to the retail product prior to commencing the supply chain delivery process, and verification, via a user interface, is obtained from a customer receiving the retail product that the thermochromic indicator is in its inactivated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Robert Nicholas Harvey
  • Publication number: 20170361970
    Abstract: A labeling device for a syringe that includes a first labeling subsystem adapted to print a first label having machine readable information and a second labeling subsystem adapted to print a second label having human readable information is disclosed. The first labeling subsystem includes a label applicator adapted to automatically apply the first label to a portion of the syringe. The first labeling subsystem includes a syringe clamp assembly that securely holds the syringe while the label applicator automatically applies a first label to the syringe. The second labeling subsystem includes a removal device adapted to automatically remove a backing material from the second label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Austin Jason McKinnon, Scott William Gisler, Philip C. McNeill, Rahul Khurana, Drew Davidock, Robert Nicholas Graf, Kaushal Verma, Gary Stacey, Mark Rogers, Mark Ridley, David Stocks, Alistair Ward, Andrew Scholan, Keith Marshall
  • Publication number: 20170337295
    Abstract: A multi-processor system with a portion of content-addressable memory (CAM) configured as a tuple space to control data flow between processing element. A writing processor may write to a tuple space followed by a reading processor reading from the tuple space. However the system may control access to the tuple space so that no read operations may be performed for a particular tuple space before that space is written to. Further, no write operations may be performed to the tuple space prior to previous written data being read from the tuple space. A processor wishing to use the tuple space before being permitted to do so may be stalled, thus controlling data flow between operating processors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Ricardo Jorge Lopez, Ramon Zuniga, Robert Nicholas Hilton
  • Patent number: 9792681
    Abstract: Methods and systems for obtaining a probabilistic diagnosis based on medical images of a patient are disclosed. In exemplary embodiments, such methods include the steps of scanning some or all of a patient to obtain a medical image; evaluating the medical image for one or more designated key features; assigning discrete values to the one or more designated key features to form a patient scan key feature pattern; and transmitting the values of the one or more designated key features to a processor programmed to match the patient scan key feature pattern to one or more known disease-specific key feature patterns to create a probabilistic diagnosis and transmit the probabilistic diagnosis to a user. Associated systems include a medical imaging device that is capable of producing a medical image of some or all of a patient and a processor programmed to create a probabilistic diagnosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Robert Nicholas Bryan, Edward H. Herskovits
  • Patent number: 9790383
    Abstract: A marking system comprises a substrate having a surface coated with a color-triggering developer and a deactivating ink composition; and a marking composition comprising at least one color precursor. At least one “non-color developing portion” of the surface is coated with both the color-triggering developer and the deactivating ink composition, and at least one “color-developing portion” of the surface is coated with the color-triggering developer and is not coated with the deactivating ink composition. Color development occurs at the color-developing portion(s) and does not occur at the non-color developing portion(s) upon application of the marking composition to the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: CRAYOLA LLC
    Inventors: Luis Rodrigo Pineiro, Robert Nicholas Amabile