Patents by Inventor Ronald Alexander

Ronald Alexander 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: 20240105698
    Abstract: An example of a pixel module comprises a module substrate having light emitters disposed on a light-emitter surface and a controller disposed on a controller surface opposed to the light-emitter surface. At least one module electrode is electrically connected to the controller and at least one module electrode is electrically connected to each light emitter. An example of a pixel-module wafer comprises a module source wafer comprising sacrificial portions and module anchors, each sacrificial portion laterally separated from an adjacent sacrificial portion by a module anchor and a pixel module disposed entirely over each sacrificial portion. At least one module tether physically connects each of the pixel modules to at least one of the module anchors. An example of a pixel-module display comprises a display substrate, pixel modules disposed on the display substrate and display electrodes disposed on the display substrate, each display electrode electrically connected to a module electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Bower, Matthew Alexander Meitl, Ronald S. Cok, Salvatore Bonafede, Brook Raymond, Andrew Tyler Pearson, Erik Paul Vick
  • Publication number: 20240071801
    Abstract: A printable-component structure includes a carrier substrate, a bonding layer disposed on the carrier substrate, a solid weak-adhesion layer disposed on at least a portion of the bonding layer, at least a portion of a component disposed directly on and in contact with at least a portion of the weak-adhesion layer, and a release layer disposed in contact with at least a portion of the component. The component is adhered to the weak-adhesion layer with a force that is less than the adhesion between the component and a stamp, such as a PDMS stamp. The component can include a protruding post in sole contact with the weak-adhesion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Bower, Matthew Alexander Meitl, Nikhil Jain, Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 11916174
    Abstract: An interpolated flat-panel display comprises a display substrate, pixel controllers disposed in a controller array over the display substrate, and pixels disposed in a pixel array over the display substrate. Each pixel controller is connected to one or more control lines and is operable to output pixel information. Each pixel is operable to emit light in response to pixel information received from a pixel controller. The pixel array is larger than the controller array, each pixel is connected to at least one pixel controller, and at least some pixels are interpolated pixels connected to at least two pixel controllers and are operable to emit light in response to pixel information received from the at least two pixel controllers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Bower, Ronald S. Cok, Matthew Alexander Meitl
  • Publication number: 20230321548
    Abstract: Example monitored online experience systems and methods are described. In one implementation, techniques initiate an online gaming experience with a first user and associate a second user with the online gaming experience. The techniques receive audio data from a game server and receive a voice overlay from the second user. During the online gaming experience, the techniques play the audio data in a speaker proximate the first person and play the voice overlay in the speaker proximate the first person. Media data for a game session, such as video and chat data may be input to an LLM along with a prompt relating to a behavioral focus to identify fragments of the media data, which is then combined to generate a highlight reel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Henderika Vogel, Ronald Alexander Brockmann, Maarten Hoeben
  • Patent number: 11073969
    Abstract: The method of providing audiovisual content to a client device configured to be coupled to a display. The method detects a selection of a graphical element corresponding to a video content item. In response to detecting the selection of the graphical element, a transmission mode is determined. The transmission mode is a function of: (i) one or more decoding capabilities of the client device; (ii) a video encoding format of the video content item; (ii) whether the video content item should be displayed in a full screen or a partial screen format; and (iv) whether the client device is capable of overlaying image data into a video stream. Next, audiovisual data that includes the video content item is prepared for transmission according to the determined transmission mode. Finally, the prepared audiovisual data is transmitted from the server toward the client device, according to the determined transmission mode, for display on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Activevideo Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Alexander Brockmann, Anuj Dev, Gerrit Hiddink
  • Publication number: 20200275820
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning mop material for use with a bucket, said apparatus comprising a wringer and a scrubbing apparatus, said scrubbing apparatus comprising a first scrubbing member and a second scrubbing member, said first scrubbing member and said second scrubbing member arranged substantially opposite one another, said first scrubbing member resiliently biased towards said second scrubbing member, such that the distance between said first scrubbing member and said second scrubbing member is variable to engage mop material inserted between said first scrubbing member and said second scrubbing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventor: Ronald Alexander Young
  • Publication number: 20200253448
    Abstract: A head for a cleaning device comprising first and second head portions hingedly connected to one another, first and second support members for supporting cleaning material, said first support member hingedly connected to said first head portion and said second support member hingedly connected to said second head portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Ronald Alexander Young
  • Publication number: 20200022554
    Abstract: A Kentucky mop comprises a mop head (11) having an elongate tubular header (19) formed of fabric material from which a plurality of elongate co-extending members (18) of absorbent material extend. A handle assembly (10) of the mop comprises a mount (13) having a pivotable mounting bar 15 that can be inserted into the tubular header (19) and pivoted towards a body (14) of the mount. The header (19) is securely constrained by the bar (15) in a channel formed on the bottom wall of the mount body (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventor: Ronald Alexander (Scot) Young
  • Publication number: 20200004408
    Abstract: The method of providing audiovisual content to a client device configured to be coupled to a display. The method detects a selection of a graphical element corresponding to a video content item. In response to detecting the selection of the graphical element, a transmission mode is determined. The transmission mode is a function of: (i) one or more decoding capabilities of the client device; (ii) a video encoding format of the video content item; (ii) whether the video content item should be displayed in a full screen or a partial screen format; and (iv) whether the client device is capable of overlaying image data into a video stream. Next, audiovisual data that includes the video content item is prepared for transmission according to the determined transmission mode. Finally, the prepared audiovisual data is transmitted from the server toward the client device, according to the determined transmission mode, for display on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Ronald Alexander Brockmann, Anuj Dev, Gerrit Hiddink
  • Publication number: 20190359513
    Abstract: A product, including digestate, that has been pasteurized through thermal hydrolysis, thermal alkaline hydrolysis, or thermal carbonization is cured to enhance its marketability. Variations of this disclosure include embodiments where pasteurized material is inoculated to further enhance marketability where the inoculation is performed by injecting a fungicide, other means of inoculation by injecting beneficial microorganisms to produce characteristics in digestate that are anti-fungal or produce suitable enzyme cofactors or nutrients to stabilize digestate, injections of vitamins to enhance the ability of plants grown using select digestate to thrive in adverse conditions, injection of chemicals to enhance the ability of digestate to retain heat and prevent freezing during wintry conditions, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: William Brower, Christopher Peot, Ronald Alexander, Sudhir N. Murthy
  • Patent number: 10409445
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to user interfaces and systems and methods for generating a real-time “lean-back” user interface for use with a television or other display device and for reuse of encoded elements for forming a video frame of the user interface. An interactive session is established between a client device associated with a user's television and the platform for creating the user interface over a communication network, such as a cable television network. The user interface is automatically generated by the platform and is animated even without interactions by the user with an input device. The user interface includes a plurality of interactive animated assets. The animated assets are capable of changing over time (e.g. different images, full-motion video) and are also capable of being animated so as to change screen position, rotate, move etc. over time. A hash is maintained of cached encoded assets and cached elements that may be reused within a user session and between user sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: ActiveVideo Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Alexander Brockmann, Jesse Song Yi Tan, Henderika Vogel, Cornelis Meerveld
  • Patent number: 10275128
    Abstract: The method of providing audiovisual content to a client device configured to be coupled to a display. The method detects a selection of a graphical element corresponding to a video content item. In response to detecting the selection of the graphical element, a transmission mode is determined. The transmission mode is a function of: (i) one or more decoding capabilities of the client device; (ii) a video encoding format of the video content item; (ii) whether the video content item should be displayed in a full screen or a partial screen format; and (iv) whether the client device is capable of overlaying image data into a video stream. Next, audiovisual data that includes the video content item is prepared for transmission according to the determined transmission mode. Finally, the prepared audiovisual data is transmitted from the server toward the client device, according to the determined transmission mode, for display on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: ActiveVideo Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Alexander Brockmann, Anuj Dev, Gerrit Hiddink
  • Patent number: 10070768
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus including a mop and a cleaning device, wherein: the mop includes: a mop material carrying member for holding mop material; and a mop abutment member, the cleaning device is for cleaning mop material which freely depends from the mop material carrying member of the mop, the cleaning device includes: one or more cleaning arrangements for cleaning mop material; and a pair of abutment members located with respect to the one or more cleaning arrangements and at least partially defining an access aperture through which access to the one or more cleaning arrangements is provided, and the mop abutment member and the pair of abutment members of the cleaning device are configured for abutment in use to limit movement of the mop material carrying member through the access aperture towards the one or more cleaning arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Scot Young Research Limited
    Inventor: Ronald Alexander (Scot) Young
  • Publication number: 20180146842
    Abstract: An endoscopic device includes: a hollow tube with a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end and the distal end form a fluid communication therebetween. The proximal end is removably coupled with a distal tip of an endoscope and where coupled, forms a substantially airtight connection with the distal tip of the endoscope. The distal end removably contacts an object to be retrieved so as to deliver a suction force provided by the endoscope to facilitate removal of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: UNITED STATES ENDOSCOPY GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: RONALD ALEXANDER SAHATJIAN, NATHANIEL M. BEALE, CHRISTOPHER J. KAYE
  • Publication number: 20170347854
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus having a body, and a cleaning head, the body carrying a vibrating unit to cause vibratory motion of the cleaning head relative to the body, the cleaning apparatus including an attachment mechanism, the attachment mechanism being releasable to detach the cleaning head from the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Ronald Alexander (Scot) Young
  • Patent number: 9609994
    Abstract: A cleaning device (14) for cleaning mop material (33) which freely hangs from a holder (31,32), having an opening (15) in which the hanging mop material (33) is receivable, including a pair of bristle carrying parts (22, 24), each of the bristle carrying parts (22, 24) being rotatable about a respective axis (22a, 24a) by at least one motive device in opposite senses of direction such as to draw the hanging mop material (33) between the bristle carrying parts (22, 24), whereby bristles carried by the bristle carrying parts (22, 24) engage the mop material, and a method of cleaning mop material which freely hangs from a holder, using the cleaning device (14), the method including resisting the drawing-in of the mop material between the bristle carrying parts (22, 24), so that the bristles act on and brush the mop material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Inventor: Ronald Alexander (Scot) Young
  • Publication number: 20160219327
    Abstract: A system and method for utilizing data stored in an EPG database for modifying advertisement information. In this way, a service provider and/or an advertiser can transmit a single advertisement to all the television stations regardless of their geographic location and other user specific information, and need not re-transmit the advertisement even if there is a change in the show's program description. When the advertisement is displayed, the correct updated information is retrieved from the EPG database and inserted into the advertisement. In one aspect, the present invention describes a method for modifying an advertisement in an EPG comprising the steps of: storing television schedule information in a first database; storing advertisement information in a second database; incorporating a portion of the television schedule information into a portion of the advertisement information to form a modified advertisement; and displaying the modified advertisement on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Ronald Alexander, Stephen Dias, Kenneth S. Hancock, Elsie Y. Leung, Douglas B. Macrae, Arthur Y. Ng, Shawn P. O'Neil, P. Christopher Shoaff, Jonathon Sutton, Thomas E. Ward, Thomas E. Westberg, Henry C. Yuen
  • Patent number: 9294785
    Abstract: A system method and computer program product for creating a composited video frame sequence for an application. A current scene state for the application is compared to a previous scene state wherein each scene state includes a plurality of objects. A video construction engine determines if properties of one or more objects have changed based upon a comparison of the scene states. If properties of one or more objects have changed based upon the comparison, the delta between the object's states is determined and this information is used by a fragment encoding module if the fragment has not been encoded before. The information is used to define, for example, the motion vectors for use by the fragment encoding module in construction of the fragments to be used by the stitching module to build the composited video frame sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: ACTIVEVIDEO NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald Alexander Brockmann, Anuj Dev, Maarten Hoeben
  • Patent number: 9260889
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tilt prevention assembly for a series of drawers in a tool cabinet, comprising a frame which, when in use, is connected to the tool cabinet, as well as a securing member pivotably mounted to the frame, which securing member is pivotable between a securing position in which the securing member forms an obstruction for the movement of the closed drawers, and between a releasing position in which a drawer is moveable at least to an extended position. The tilt prevention assembly also comprises an actuator member that is arranged for pivoting the securing member under the influence of the movement of the drawers to the securing position or the releasing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Thomas Regout International B.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Petronella Maria Stijns, Ronald Alexander Cornelissen
  • Mop
    Patent number: D871005
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Scot Young Research Limited
    Inventor: Ronald Alexander (Scot) Young