Patents by Inventor Robert To

Robert To 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).

  • IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO GLASSES WITH SELECTIVELY ADJUSTABLE OPTICAL POWER LENSES
    Publication number: 20200201069
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a lens element for an adjustable power lens of the kind comprising two lens elements that are slidable relative to one other in a direction transverse the optical axis of the lens and have respective lens surfaces that are shaped to act together to form a corrective lens, the power of which varies according to the relative disposition of the two lens elements, the method comprising the steps of forming a lens puck having two opposite faces, which are shaped to form opposite lens surfaces of one of the lens elements of the adjustable power lens, the puck having at least one alignment feature, and thereafter edging the puck to a desired eye shape with reference to the alignment feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicants: Adlens LTD, Adlens LTD
    Inventors: Robert Edward Stevens, Alex Edginton, Daniel Paul Rhodes, Martyn Francis Kenneally, Simon Peter Horrocks, Benjamin Ian Curnow
  • BI-MATERIAL SEALING ARRANGEMENT AND PATIENT INTERFACE DEVICE INCLUDING SAME
    Publication number: 20200197646
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for use in delivering a flow of breathing gas to an airway of a patient includes a base structure having a surface positioned to engage the face of the patient. The base structure defines an opening having a perimeter which is sized and configured to be disposed about one or more of the mouth and/or nares of the patient. The sealing arrangement further includes a secondary element coupled to the base structure. The secondary element is positioned and structured to contact the face of the patient when the base structure is disposed with the perimeter about the one or more of the mouth and/or nares of the patient. The base structure is formed from a first material, and the secondary element is formed from a second material different than the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: DANIEL STEED, DERRICK BLAKE ANDREWS, JAMES ROBERT MAIER, RICHARD ANDREW SOFRANKO
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CHARGE CURRENT IN A BATTERY PACK CONTAINING CELLS OF DISPARATE TYPES
    Publication number: 20200203961
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling charge current in a battery pack containing cells of disparate types are disclosed. The methods include receiving a charge current for charging a battery pack that includes one or more battery cells of a first cell type, and one or more battery cells of a second cell type. Each battery cell of the first cell type has a first impedance and a first charge current limit. Each battery cell of the second cell type has a second impedance greater than the first impedance and a second charge current limit greater than the first charge current limit. The methods include reducing, by a respective current control circuit associated with each battery cell of the first cell type, the amount of the received charge current through the battery cell of the first cell type to an amount less than the first charge current limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Donald L. Flowers, Ryan Baker, Robert L. Snyder
  • STENTS HAVING BIODEGRADABLE LAYERS
    Publication number: 20200197578
    Abstract: A method for preparing a laminate coronary stent comprising: providing a stent framework; and depositing a plurality of layers on said stent framework to form said laminate coronary stent; wherein at least one of said layers comprises a bioabsorbable polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Micell Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James B. McClain, Charles Douglas Taylor, Robert Rabiner
  • TRANSMISSION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED UNIDIRECTIONAL OR BIDIRECTIONAL DATA TRANSMISSION OVER TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK, POLARIZATION ATTRACTOR CIRCUIT, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20200204888
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention relates to a transmission method and system (100; 200) for improved unidirectional or bidirectional data transmission over a telecommunication network, a polarization attractor circuit (A1, A2; B1, B2), a computer program and a computer program product therefore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Robert CYBULSKI
  • METHOD FOR STRUCTURING A SUBSTRATE SURFACE
    Publication number: 20200198048
    Abstract: A method for generating a structured surface on a substrate includes analyzing a substrate surface of the substrate and selecting, as a function of a condition of the substrate surface, method parameters including focus diameter, pulse peak power, pulse energy, point spacing, pulse length, pulse spacing and/or pulse sequence. The method further includes generating, by partial ablation and partial deposition via treatment with an intensive pulsed laser beam, surface structures having dimensions in the sub-micrometer range such that a multi-scale surface structure in the sub-micrometer and micrometer range adapted to intrinsically inhomogeneous properties of the substrate surface in the sub-micrometer range is generated. The substrate is an inhomogeneous substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
    Inventors: Caren Sophia GATZEN, Daniel Emil MACK, Martin TANDLER, Robert VASSEN
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM OF REDUCING CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITE TIME
    Publication number: 20200201286
    Abstract: A method for exposing a pattern in an area on a surface using a charged particle beam lithography is disclosed and includes inputting an original set of exposure information for the area. A backscatter is calculated for the area of the pattern based on the exposure information. An artificial background dose is determined for the area. The artificial background dose comprises additional exposure information and is combined with the original set of exposure information creating a modified set of exposure information. A system for exposing a pattern in an area on a surface using a charged particle beam lithography is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: D2S, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Fujimura, Harold Robert Zable, Nagesh Shirali, William E. Guthrie, Ryan Pearman
  • CHAINSAW AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20200198031
    Abstract: Herein a chainsaw (1) is disclosed comprising a guide bar (3) and a chain (5) moveably arranged around the guide bar (3). The chainsaw (1) comprises an motor (9) comprising a motor shaft (11), wherein the motor (9) is configured to drive the chain (5) via the motor shaft (11). The chainsaw (1) further comprises a tension estimation arrangement (13) configured to sense a load on the motor shaft (11), and configured to estimate the tension of the chain (5) around the guide bar (3) on the basis of the sensed load on the motor shaft (11). The present disclosure further relates to a method of estimating tension of a chain (5) of a chainsaw (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Walter Schriever, E. Arnold Fie, Garrett Sherman, Victor Stramenga
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION
    Publication number: 20200197081
    Abstract: A method and system of providing therapy to a patient's uterus is provided, which can include any number of features. The method can include the steps of inserting a uterine device into the uterus and performing a uterine integrity test to determine that the uterus is intact and not perforated. If it is determined that the uterus is not perforated, a patency test can be performed to determine that the uterine device is not clogged or embedded in tissue. If the uterus is intact and the device is not clogged or embedded in tissue, the uterus can be treated with the uterine device, e.g., uterine ablation. Systems for performing these methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Uriel Hiram CHEE, Robert Bilgor PELIKS, Hugh Edward MAGEN, Donnell William GURSKIS, Steven Robert BACICH
  • SECURE ENGINE COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20200204374
    Abstract: A method of communication, within a processing system of a gas turbine engine, between a first electronic component and a second electronic component, comprising: generating by the first electronic component, a request, comprising a digital certificate, intern comprising a first host public key and a first client public key, signed with a first host private key, to initiate a trusted communication session with a second electronic component; encrypting at the first electronic component, at least a portion of the request with a first client private key; transmitting the request to the second electronic component; the first host private key and the first host public key defining a first asymmetric keypair and the first client private key and the first client public key defining a second asymmetric keypair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicants: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Skertic, John J. Costello, Robert T. Duge
  • METHODS AND DEVICES FOR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20200205062
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement includes a preprocessing circuit configured to obtain context information related to a user location, a learning circuit configured to determine a predicted user movement based on context information related to a user location to obtain a predicted route and to determine predicted radio conditions along the predicted route, and a decision circuit configured to, based on the predicted radio conditions, identify one or more first areas expected to have a first type of radio conditions and one or more second areas expected to have a second type of radio conditions different from the first type of radio conditions and to control radio activity while traveling on the predicted route according to the one or more first areas and the one or more second areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Shahrnaz Azizi, Biljana Badic, John Browne, Dave Cavalcanti, Hyung-Nam Choi, Thorsten Clevorn, Ajay Gupta, Maruti Gupta Hyde, Ralph Hasholzner, Nageen Himayat, Simon Hunt, Ingolf Karls, Thomas Kenney, Yiting Liao, Chris Macnamara, Marta Martinez Tarradell, Markus Dominik Mueck, Venkatesan Nallampatti Ekambaram, Niall Power, Bernhard Raaf, Reinhold Schneider, Ashish Singh, Sarabjot Singh, Srikathyayani Srikanteswara, Shilpa Talwar, Feng Xue, Zhibin Yu, Robert Zaus, Stefan Franz, Uwe Kliemann, Christian Drewes, Juergen Kreuchauf
  • Identification Device, System And Method
    Publication number: 20200204627
    Abstract: An identification system includes an identification device and a communication device. The identification device is attached to an article and including a sensor. The identification device is configured to operate in a plurality of modes and configured to switch between modes of the plurality of modes based on one or more conditions of a surrounding environment sensed by the sensor. The identification device is configured to send data to a server. The communication device of a user of the identification system is configured to receive data including location data of the identification device from the server using short message service protocols or messages through a signaling channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Global Locating Systems, LLC.
    Inventors: Michael Peter Wildon, Alexander Robert Daiziel Paterson
  • METHODS OF PREVENTING HIV INFECTIONS IN HUMANS
    Publication number: 20200197420
    Abstract: A process is provided for protecting a primate host from a self-replicating infection by an immunodeficiency retrovirus. Protection is achieved by administering to the primate host a combination of a pharmaceutically effective amount of a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor and a pharmaceutically effective amount of a nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor prior to exposure to the immunodeficiency retrovirus. The administration is effective if provided in a single dose within 24 hours of the exposure. A regime of regular daily doses is also effective in providing protection against an immunodeficiency retrovirus becoming self-replicating after infecting a primate host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Service
    Inventors: Walid Heneine, Thomas M. Folks, Robert Janssen, Ronald A. Otten, Jose Gerardo Garcia Lerma
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING MOTION OF AN ULTRASOUND PROBE
    Publication number: 20200196984
    Abstract: A method of determining a three-dimensional motion of a movable ultrasound probe (10) is described. The method is carried out during acquisition of an ultrasound image of a volume portion (2) by the ultrasound probe. The method comprises receiving a stream of ultrasound image data (20) from the ultrasound probe (10) while the ultrasound probe is moved along the volume portion (2); inputting at least a sub-set of the ultrasound image data (20, 40) representing a plurality of ultrasound image frames (22) into a machine-learning module (50), wherein the machine learning module (50) has been trained to determine the relative three-dimensional motion between ultrasound image frames (22); and determining, by the machine-learning module (50), a three-dimensional motion indicator (60) indicating the relative three-dimensional motion between the ultrasound image frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Julian SPRUNG, Robert BAUER, Raphael PREVOST, Wolfgang WEIN
  • CONTEXT PARAMETERS AND IDENTIFIERS FOR COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20200204646
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method related to communication. In addition, other method, system, and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and/or text forming a part of the present application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander J. Cohen, Edward K. Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud, William Henry Mangione-Smith, John D. Rinaldo, Clarence T. Tegreene
  • SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING VOICE RESPONSES USING A NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING ENGINE
    Publication number: 20200204679
    Abstract: A system for processing voice responses is disclosed. The system is configured to store a correlation table identifying relationships between self-service routines, tags, and corresponding actions. The system receives a call from a user and issues a query in response to the call. The system receives an utterance from the user in response to the user and determines whether the utterance matches a pre-defined response. If there is no match, the system analyzes the utterance with a pre-defined statistical language model and identifies a service tag for the utterance. The system then associates the utterance with the service tag and a self-service routine that is associated with the call. The system identifies an action from the correlation table that correlates to the service tag and the self-service routine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Kyle A. Tobin, Robert E. Lutzkow, JR., Robert S. Morse, Jitendra Kumar Padam, Scott Steven Randrup
  • System and Methods of Displaying Customer-Specific Digital Menu Boards
    Publication number: 20200202462
    Abstract: A system and methods for generating dynamic content for a digital content board that includes detecting, by a server, a mobile device within range of an establishment; connecting to a device application installed on the mobile device; retrieving, from the device application, information associated with a user of the mobile device; and identifying a content to display on the digital content board; and sending the content to the digital content board for display. The content is based upon the retrieved information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Robert Henry Muyskens
  • DETECTING MALWARE VIA SCANNING FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATED FUNCTION POINTERS IN MEMORY
    Publication number: 20200201998
    Abstract: Techniques for detecting malware via scanning for dynamically generated function pointers in memory are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for detecting malware via scanning for dynamically generated function pointers in memory includes monitoring changes in memory during execution of a malware sample in a computing environment; detecting a dynamically generated function pointer in memory based on an analysis of the monitored changes in memory during execution of the malware sample in the computing environment; and generating a signature based on detection of the dynamically generated function pointer in memory, wherein the malware sample was determined to be malicious.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Robert Jung
  • AUTOMATED WAREHOUSE FULFILLMENT OPERATIONS AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200198892
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of moving a picker on an automatically guided vehicle (AGV) along with a plurality of totes to a successive plurality of inventory stock bins to allow the picker to successively retrieve each of a plurality of stock items from the stock bins and place the respective items in a preselected one of the plurality of totes based on a customer order. In some embodiments, the picker is a human picker. In some embodiments, the totes are shipping containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Robert D. Ahmann, David L. Takes, Gregory H. Gasch, William D. Starnes, Neil D. Bultz
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DECHLORINATION OF DISCHARGE WATER
    Publication number: 20200198990
    Abstract: A system and method for conditioning water is provided. A fluid flow sensor senses a flow of untreated discharge water passing through a water discharge drain line. The sensor generates one of a first sensor signal indicating a flow of the untreated discharge water and a second sensor signal indicating an absence of the flow of the untreated discharge water. A water conditioning controller transmits a first actuation signal to a conditioning agent pump when the first sensor signal is received, wherein a portion of a conditioning agent residing in a conditioning agent reservoir is pumped into the water discharge drain line to mix with the flow of untreated discharge water, and transmits a second actuation signal to the conditioning agent pump when the second sensor signal is received so that the portion of the conditioning agent is not pumped from the conditioning agent reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Jason Robert Schallock