Patents by Inventor Scott Johnson

Scott Johnson 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: 20230049844
    Abstract: In an embodiment a pixel arrangement includes at least one photodiode configured to convert electromagnetic radiation into a respective charge signal, a transfer gate between the photodiode and a capacitance for transferring the respective charge signal to the capacitance, a reset gate electrically coupled to the capacitance, the reset gate configured to reset the capacitance, an amplifier electrically connected to the capacitance and configured to generate, based on the respective charge signal and on a sensitivity mode, a respective amplified signal being a low sensitivity signal or a high sensitivity signal, respectively, wherein the low sensitivity signal and the high sensitivity signal are based on a common noise level, a first capacitor configured to store the high sensitivity signal, a second capacitor configured to store the low sensitivity signal, a first switch between an output terminal of the amplifier and the first capacitor and a second switch between the output terminal of the amplifier and the
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Denver Lloyd, Adi Xhakoni, Scott Johnson
  • Patent number: 11578487
    Abstract: A wood or engineered wood structural panel, such as, but not limited to, OSB (“oriented strand board”) or plywood, that is both fire-resistant and water resistant. The panel is factory-coated with a product that provides fire resistance. The treatment gives it a Fire-Resistant (FR) performance (for use in a one- or two-hour rated assembly). The panel also is overlaid or coated in a factory setting with a weather/water resistive barrier (WRB). The structural panel thus combines a fire-resistant structural sheathing and WRB product in one integrated panel produced at a factory prior for installation at a job site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Scott Johnson, Brian St. Germain
  • Patent number: 11578999
    Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to systems and apparatuses for tracking usage of an item. For example, an apparatus may be provided for tracking use of a packetized item. The apparatus may include a microprocessor, a power source, and a structural layer to which the microprocessor and power source are coupled. The structural layer may include a container that is configured to hold various items. The container may also include an opening that allows access to the items. The apparatus may further include a cover layer that is configured to cover the opening of the container. The cover layer may include at least one bendable sensor placed over the opening of the container. The microprocessor may be configured to determine, using detected movements in the bendable sensor, whether the container has been opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Counted, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Osborne Isom, Duane Michael Scott Johnson, Lance Squire, Joseph Arthur Harris, David Brewster Beck
  • Patent number: 11578873
    Abstract: An oven appliance may include a cabinet, a plurality of chamber walls, a cooking surface, a top heating element, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The cooking surface may be defined in a cooking chamber. The top heating element may be mounted above the cooking surface to heat the cooking chamber. The temperature sensor may be disposed within the cabinet. The controller may be configured to initiate a cooking operation that includes initiating preheat activation of the top heating element, receiving temperature signals from the temperature sensor during the preheat activation, determining a preheat threshold is met based on the received temperature signals, and initiating cooking activation of the top heating element based on a cooking cycle having a predetermined time interval subsequent to determining the preheat threshold is met. Initiating cooking activation may include directing the top heating element based on the cooking cycle for the predetermined time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Scott Johnson
  • Patent number: 11577024
    Abstract: A dual lumen IV administration set includes a first lumen having an inner diameter of a first value. A second lumen is paired with the first lumen, and the second lumen has an inner diameter of a second value that is greater than the first value. A flow merger merges flow output from a distal end of the first lumen and flow output from a distal end of the second lumen to form a single flow output in an exit lumen. An injection port intersects the first lumen, thereby providing injection access to flow therethrough, prior to merging with the flow output of the second lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Bohnas Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Casey Johnson, Doran Thomas, Scott Johnson
  • Patent number: 11531794
    Abstract: Methods, systems and media for simulating or analyzing voltage drops in a power distribution network can use an iterative approach to define a portion of a design around a victim to capture a sufficient collection of aggressors that cause appreciable voltage drop on the victim. This approach can be both computationally efficient and accurate and can limit the size of the data used in simulating dynamic voltage drops in the power distribution network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: ANSYS, INC.
    Inventors: Altan Odabasi, Emrah Acar, Sudarsana Reddy Mallu, Tinu Thomas, Mirza Milan, Scott Johnson, Joao Geada, Youlin Liao
  • Patent number: 11523979
    Abstract: The present invention is direct to a hair care composition comprising from about 8 to about 17% of one or more surfactants; from about 0.1-0.25% of salicylate salts or acids; from about 0.1-0.25% of benzoate salts or acids wherein there is a weight ratio of about 1:1 to 2.5:1 for the salicylate salts or acids to sodium benzoate salts or acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Debora W. Chang, Eric Scott Johnson, Matthew Francis Kuhar, Beth Anne Muir
  • Patent number: 11522844
    Abstract: A key master service capable of operating on a service provider in a network enables is disclosed. The key master enables authorized parties to securely exchange client information without compromising client security. One feature of the key master service is the generation of a unique key for each client. All parties in an authorized universe access, exchange and modify client information by referencing the universal key, rather than using known client identifiers. Client information is further secured by advantageously applying an obfuscation function to the data. Obfuscated client information is stored together with the universal key as keyed client data at the client and/or server, where it may be directly accessed by the service provider or third parties. Because client information is stored and exchanged without the ability to discern either the client identity or the nature of the information, such information is secured against malicious third-party interception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Yoches, Christopher Vito Covalucci, Scott Johnson
  • Patent number: 11519610
    Abstract: A temperature sensor assembly for a cooktop appliance can include a plate with a cylindrically-shaped boss, one or more seals located in one or more grooves of the plate, a grommet disk engaged with the bottom surface of the plate, and a cylindrically-shaped grommet in which a cap for a temperature sensor is positioned and is slidable therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Scott Johnson, Kyle Andrew Kozinski
  • Patent number: 11510411
    Abstract: An oven appliance may include a cabinet, a plurality of chamber walls, a cooking surface, a top heating element, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The cooking surface may be defined in a cooking chamber. The top heating element may be mounted above the cooking surface to heat the cooking chamber. The temperature sensor may be disposed within the cabinet. The controller may be configured to initiate a cooking operation that includes initiating preheat activation of the top heating element, receiving temperature signals from the temperature sensor during the preheat activation, determining a preheat threshold is met based on the received temperature signals, and initiating cooking activation of the top heating element based on a cooking cycle having a predetermined time interval subsequent to determining the preheat threshold is met. Initiating cooking activation may include directing the top heating element based on the cooking cycle for the predetermined time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans Juergen Paller, Rebekah Tyler, Eric Scott Johnson
  • Publication number: 20220373189
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a chamber, a fan assembly operable to cause air to flow in the chamber, and a first heating element adjacent to a bottom wall of the oven appliance. The oven appliance further includes a removable heating element cover configured for defining a duct in fluid communication with the fan assembly and the first heating element for directing airflow in the chamber to the fan assembly and across the first heating element to heat a food item. The oven appliance also includes a sensing device for detecting a presence of the heating element cover and a controller having a processor configured to receive an indication from the sensing device confirming whether the heating element cover is engaged with the sensing device and control operation of the oven appliance based on the indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Scott Johnson, Hans Juergen Paller, Rebekah Leigh Tyler
  • Publication number: 20220372749
    Abstract: A multi-layer fire-resistance treatment (FRT) panel for use as structural sheathing. The wood structural panel may be OSB or plywood, coated or treated during the manufacturing process with a product that provides fire resistance. The treatment may be integrated with the material forming the wood structural panel, or may be a coating layer applied to the mat or mat layer. A burn-through layer also may be applied. A protective layer comprising a resin-impregnated paper overlay may be applied on one or both sides of the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: JIANWEN NI, BRIAN ST. GERMAIN, SCOTT JOHNSON, JEFFREY YELLE
  • Patent number: 11506397
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a cooking chamber for receipt of a food for cooking and an air exhaust channel having an air inlet and an air outlet. The air inlet is for directing air flowing adjacent to the cooking chamber into the air exhaust channel, whereas the air outlet is for directing the air out of the air exhaust channel. The oven appliance also includes a fan configured for causing air to flow from the cooking chamber and through the air exhaust channel. Further, the oven appliance includes a debris diverter component arranged with the air exhaust channel for preventing debris or liquid from contacting the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Scott Johnson
  • Patent number: 11509843
    Abstract: An image sensor may include a shared pixel circuit having multiple photodiodes coupled to a common floating diffusion node via respective charge transfer gates. First, the pixel circuit may be reset, and a sample-and-hold reset (SHR) value may be read out. Charge from a first of the photodiodes may be transferred to the floating diffusion node, and a first sample-and-hold signal (SHS) value may be read out. A first correlated double sampling (CDS) value is obtained by computing the difference between the SHR value and the first SHS value. Without resetting again, charge from a second of the photodiodes may be transferred to the floating diffusion node, and a second SHS value may be read out. A second CDS value is obtained by computing the difference between the first and second SHS values. Reading out the shared pixel circuit in this way substantially reduces power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Scott Johnson, Debashree Guruaribam
  • Publication number: 20220361948
    Abstract: The present invention relates to comprehensive systems and methods for delivering energy to tissue for a wide variety of applications, including medical procedures (e.g., tissue ablation, resection, cautery, vascular thrombosis, treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and dysrhythmias, electrosurgery, tissue harvest, etc.). In certain embodiments, systems and methods are provided for identifying and treating a target tissue region adjusting for ablation-related anatomical changes (e.g., tissue contraction).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Scott Johnson, Patrick Moran, David Anderson, Richard W. Schefelker, Christopher L. Brace
  • Publication number: 20220367360
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including four transistors. Gates of first and third transistors extend longitudinally as part of a first linear strip. Gates of second and fourth transistors extend longitudinally as part of a second linear strip parallel to and spaced apart from first linear strip. Aligned first and second gate cut isolations separate gates of first and second transistor from gates of third transistor and fourth transistor respectively. First and second CB layers connect to the gate of first transistor and second transistor respectively. CA layer extends longitudinally between first end and second end of CA layer connects to CB layers. CB layers are electrically connected to gates of first transistor adjacent first end of CA layer and second transistor adjacent second end of CA layer respectively. CA layer extends substantially parallel to first and second linear strips and is substantially perpendicular to first and second CB layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Mahbub Rashed, Irene Y. Lin, Steven Soss, Jeff Kim, Chinh Nguyen, Marc Tarabbia, Scott Johnson, Subramani Kengeri, Suresh Venkatesan
  • Publication number: 20220360728
    Abstract: A high dynamic range imaging pixel may include a photodiode that generates charge in response to incident light. When the generated charge exceeds a first charge level, the charge may overflow through a first transistor to a first storage capacitor. When the generated charge exceeds a second charge level that is higher than the first charge level, the charge may overflow through a second transistor. The charge that overflows through the second transistor may alternately be coupled to a voltage supply and drained or transferred to a second storage capacitor for subsequent readout. Diverting more overflow charge to the voltage supply may increase the dynamic range of the pixel. The amount of charge diverted to the voltage supply may therefore be updated to control the dynamic range of the imaging pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Scott JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20220351836
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cardiac radioablation treatment planning are disclosed. In some examples, a computing device receives an image volume and a dose matrix data. The computing device generates a first mesh of organ substructures for the organ based on substructure contours for the organ. Further, the computing device generates a second mesh of an isodose volume based on the dose matrix data. The computing device displays the first mesh of the organ substructures and the second mesh of the isodose volume within a same scene. In some examples, the computing device samples a plurality of dosage values, determines representative dosage values for each of a plurality of points along surfaces of a dose matrix, and generates an image for display based on the representative dosage values. In some examples, a segmentation model is generated for display based on the representative dosage values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Leigh Scott JOHNSON, Patrik Niklaus KUNZ, Andrea MORGAN, Francesca ATTANASI, Stefan Georg SCHEIB, Jonas HONEGGER
  • Patent number: 11480343
    Abstract: An oven appliance is provided. In one aspect, the oven appliance includes a cabinet with a cooking chamber for receipt of food for cooking. The oven appliance further includes multiple fans disposed within a fan enclosure defined by a cover. A divider is positioned between the fans to separate the fan enclosure into a top region and a bottom region. A shroud defines a fan opening in which one of the fans is positioned and separates the top region into a suction region and an exhaust region. The fans generate an airflow pattern within the cooking chamber based on a selected convection cooking mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Scott Johnson, Yoel Tanquero
  • Publication number: 20220328167
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cardiac radioablation treatment planning are disclosed. In some examples, a computing device receives a first signal identifying a first event within a first workspace from a second computing device. The computing device determines a first action to apply to a first image displayed within a second workspace based on the first signal. The computing device generates a second image based on applying the first action to the first image within the second workspace, and displays the second image within the second workspace. In some examples, the first workspace is a radiation oncologist workspace and the second workspace is an electrophysiologist workspace. In some examples, the first workspace is an electrophysiologist oncologist workspace and the second workspace is a radiation oncologist workspace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Leigh Scott JOHNSON, Jonas Michael HONEGGER, Patrik Niklaus KUNZ, Stefan Georg SCHEIB, Francesca ATTANASI, Andrea MORGAN