Patents by Inventor Sean Roberts

Sean Roberts 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: 20230289953
    Abstract: A system for inspecting a stator stack includes a rotary table, an imaging device configured to take a plurality of images of a portion of the stator stack including a stator slot, an illuminator configured to apply illumination through the stator slot, and an alignment and monitoring system configured to monitor and orient the stator slot relative to the imaging axis. The alignment and monitoring system includes a tilting system configured to move the stator slot between a plurality of orientations relative to an imaging axis, the imaging device configured to take a respective image at each of the plurality of orientations, a controller configured to control the tilting system based on one or more measurements of each image, and a processor configured to analyze each image and select an orientation of the stator slot as an optimal orientation for inspection of the stator slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: John S. Agapiou, Sean Robert Wagner
  • Patent number: 11736777
    Abstract: A method for displaying rich media content through a user interface of a communication device. A first user interaction with the user interface is detected and it is determined, based partly upon detection of the first user interaction, that a first Activity of a plurality of Activities is finishing. An Overlay containing the media content is then rendered on the device display. The Overlay is associated with a backing Activity, the device operating system delaying execution of the backing Activity during a delay period initiated in response to the first user interaction. The method further includes inhibiting Activity-supported functionality of the Overlay facilitated by the backing Activity. A context object associated with the Overlay is created to contain an Activity context associated with a state of the Overlay during the delay period. The Activity context is transferred to the backing Activity and Activity-supported functionality of the Overlay enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: IQzone, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Aaron Feadler, James Alex Wolfinger, Sean Robert Wagner
  • Patent number: 11736776
    Abstract: A communication device configured to unobtrusively display media content. The processor receives an indication of a state transition of a first Activity and detects a first user interaction with the user interface, which may be done by inspecting a first operating system method called in relation to the first Activity. Upon determining the first Activity is finishing, the processor displays the media content. A backing Activity is then invoked behind the media content on a z-axis of the display wherein the operating system delays execution of the backing Activity for a predefined delay period subsequent to the selection of the user interface element. A second user interaction with the user interface is detected by inspecting a second operating system method called in relation to the backing Activity. The display of the media content is terminated upon the detection of the occurrence of the second user interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: IQzone, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Aaron Feadler, James Alex Wolfinger, Sean Robert Wagner
  • Publication number: 20230251212
    Abstract: A system for evaluating a battery cell includes an imaging device configured to take an image of at least part of the battery cell, and a processor. The processor is configured to perform: determining a region of interest in the acquired image, reducing a sharpness of the acquired image to generate a reference image, comparing the acquired image and the reference image, and identifying a discontinuity of the battery cell based on a difference between the acquired image and the reference image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Sean Robert Wagner, Megan E. McGovern, Dmitriy Bruder, Ratandeep Singh Kukreja, Michael P. Balogh, Ryan Curtis Sekol
  • Publication number: 20230154581
    Abstract: A schema is generated to establish a connection between user devices and one or more patient record servers. Generating a schema can include receiving configuration information associated with a patient record gateway, wherein the patient record gateway is associated with one or more patient record servers configured for storing electronic health records for a plurality of patients. Generating a schema can include defining, based at least in part on the configuration information, a schema configured to enable user devices to retrieve, via the patient record gateway, electronic health records from the one or more patient record servers. A schema can be requested by a user device. The schema can be sent to a user device to establish a connection with the one or more patient record servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Meghan Tushar Raul, Sangeeth Sridharan, Jorge Fernando Pozas Trevino, Pablo Antonio Gonzalez Cervantes, Mohan Singh Randhava, Sean Robert Moore, Todd D. Power, Dongsheng Zhang, Eric K. Kimn, Pascal B. Pfiffner
  • Publication number: 20230104508
    Abstract: Radiometer systems and methods that mitigate flicker (1/f) noise are provided. A microwave radiometer system with accuracy impacted by 1/f noise comprises active components which, between measurements, are powered off and on. By powering the active components off and on, 1/f noise is mitigated. Disclosed systems and methods include performing a first measurement with a sensor of a radiometer, after performing the first measurement, switching power to one or more active components of the radiometer off, the active components comprising one or more of an amplifier, a square law detector, and an A/D converter, after switching the power to the one or more active components off, switching the power to the one or more active components on, and after switching the power to the one or more active components on, performing a second measurement with the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Stephen Hersman, Sean Robert Geiger
  • Patent number: 11619012
    Abstract: A cold planer can include a frame; an operator station coupled to the frame and including a monitor; a cutting rotor coupled to the frame, the cutting rotor configured to be lowered a selected distance into a surface to define a depth of cut; a conveyor to receive material from the cutting rotor; and a cutting rotor location indication system including: a camera coupled to the frame and oriented to show an area on a side of the frame; and a visual indicator system configured to receive a first image from the camera and display on the monitor a visual image of a location of a leading edge and a trailing edge of the cutting rotor relative to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Jason R. Bjorge, Sean Robert Laclef, Eric S. Engelmann
  • Patent number: 11599907
    Abstract: A method of displaying media content on a display screen of a communication device including a processor and a memory including program code, an application program, and a user application. The application program includes a plurality of activities associated with a plurality of display windows rendered by the display screen. The method includes receiving, at a monitoring process, status callbacks provided by an operating system of the device wherein the status callbacks relate to memory state. Values of at least one of the status callbacks are inspected wherein the at least one of the status callbacks includes a user interface (UI) state value. Based at least in part upon inspection of the UI state value, it is determined that a first activity is finishing. Media content is then displayed upon the display screen upon further determining that a predetermined condition associated with the communication device exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: IQzone, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Aaron Feadler, James Alex Wolfinger, Sean Robert Wagner
  • Patent number: 11581072
    Abstract: A patient record gateway of an electronic health record system can be validated using a conformance statement that defines capabilities and characteristics of patient record servers associated with the gateway. Part of validating the patient record gateway includes performing a configuration test of the patient record gateway using the conformance statement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Meghan Tushar Raul, Sangeeth Sridharan, Jorge Fernando Pozas Trevino, Pablo Antonio Gonzalez Cervantes, Mohan Singh Randhava, Sean Robert Moore, Todd D. Power, Dongsheng Zhang, Eric K. Kimn, Pascal B. Pfiffner
  • Publication number: 20220409717
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to improved virus-like particle (VLP) compositions and vaccines for use in inducing an immune response and/or protective immunity against a Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection in a subject, e.g., by inducing a neutralizing antibody response against CHIKV in a subject within 7 days after administration of a single dose of the composition or vaccine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Emergent Travel Health Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery L. ALEXANDER, Sean Robert BENNETT, Jonathan Fowler SMITH
  • Publication number: 20220404186
    Abstract: A quality control system analyzes the quality of a battery cell, with the battery cell defining a gas pouch configured to expand from a deflated configuration to an inflated configuration when filled with a gas formed during a cell formation process. The system comprises a computational system comprising a processor and a memory and a measurement instrument in electronic communication with the computational system. The measurement instrument is arranged to measure a distance defined by the gas pouch and transmit a signal to the computational system corresponding to the distance. The computational system is arranged to analyze the distance with the processor and determine a volumetric measurement of the gas within the gas pouch and compare the volumetric measurement to a threshold in the memory to assess a quality score for the battery cell. A corresponding method analyzes the quality of the battery cell with the quality control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Dmitriy Bruder, James R. Salvador, Raffaello Ardanese, Ryan C. Sekol, Thomas A. Yersak, Sean Robert Wagner, Ronald M. Lesperance
  • Publication number: 20220366452
    Abstract: An activity-based overlay technique for displaying media on portable devices. The method includes painting, by a processor of a mobile device, a View container with media content to provide a View of the media content on a display of a mobile device. The processor invokes a backing activity behind the View on a z-axis of the display, the backing activity being configured to perform a monitoring function. An operating system of the mobile device causes the processor to delay execution of the backing activity, but not the painting of the View, subsequent to activation of a predefined button of a user interface of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew Aaron Feadler, James Alex Wolfinger, Sean Robert Wagner
  • Patent number: 11492913
    Abstract: An inspection system includes a thermographic sensor configured to capture thermographic data of a component having holes as a fluid is pulsed toward the holes, and one or more processors configured to temporally process the thermographic data to calculate temporal scores and spatial scores for the corresponding holes. The scores can be used to obtain a reference dataset and a test dataset. A performance score can be assigned to the component based on the difference between the datasets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Guanghua Wang, Bryon Edward Knight, Andrew Lee Trimmer, Jason Edward Dees, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Sean Robert Farrell
  • Patent number: 11441884
    Abstract: A milling machine can include a frame; a milling assembly coupled to the frame and including a drum housing and a cutting rotor located within the drum housing; a plurality of load detection sensors extending along a width of the cutting rotor; and a controller operatively coupled to each of the plurality of load detector sensors and configured to determine an active cut width of the cutting rotor based on load information received from the plurality of load detector sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Eric S. Engelmann, Sean Robert Laclef
  • Publication number: 20220219242
    Abstract: A metal powder-based manufacturing system is provided and comprises: a sealed vessel defining a manufacturing chamber; a metal transformation/conversion unit contained in the manufacturing chamber and configured to heat a metal-based feedstock for transformation/conversion; an inert gas source in gas communication with the manufacturing chamber to supply inert gas therein, the inert gas source being operatively connected to the manufacturing chamber through an inert gas line; and at least one gas purifying unit in gas communication with the manufacturing chamber to purify the inert gas to obtain a purified inert gas having an oxygen partial pressure below about 100 ppb. A process for transforming/converting metal in a purified inert gas atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Martin John CONLON, Jonathan PHILLIPS, Sean Robert DOUTRE, Kamran AZARI DORCHEH, Abdullah Mohammad Khalid HAFIZ, James BASTIEN, Kenneth Gerald JOHNSON
  • Patent number: 11375289
    Abstract: A method of displaying media content through a display of a communication device including a processor, a memory having program code, and an operating system. A broadcast receiver configured to receive system broadcasts is registered with the operating system. A first system broadcast is generated by the operating system and is received. The first system broadcast indicates a first user interface element has been selected. A View container created in the memory includes the media content. The View container is painted on the display to thereby render the media content on the display. A second system broadcast is generated by the operating system is received. The second system broadcast indicates the first user interface element has been again selected. The View container is then removed from the memory, thereby terminating rendering of the media content on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: IQzone, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Aaron Feadler, James Alex Wolfinger, Sean Robert Wagner
  • Publication number: 20220187052
    Abstract: A milling machine can include a frame; a milling assembly coupled to the frame and including a drum housing and a cutting rotor located within the drum housing; a plurality of load detection sensors extending along a width of the cutting rotor; and a controller operatively coupled to each of the plurality of load detector sensors and configured to determine an active cut width of the cutting rotor based on load information received from the plurality of load detector sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Eric S. Engelmann, Sean Robert Laclef
  • Patent number: 11345065
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a system for forming a flexible mat having an open mesh embedded in and interconnecting a plurality of blocks of a hardened paste includes a rotating drum having a plurality of mold cavities about an outer periphery thereof that receive a hardenable paste; a sheet of the open mesh that is fed over the mold cavities so that the mesh is embedded in the hardenable paste deposited in the mold cavities; and a flexible sheet that is placed against the outer periphery of the drum over the mold cavities containing the hardenable paste and the sheet of open mesh of the rotating drum to retain the hardenable paste within the mold cavities and retain the open mesh embedded in the hardenable paste as the hardenable paste solidifies to form the flexible mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Motz Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew James Motz, Sean Robert Stallo
  • Publication number: 20220109321
    Abstract: Various modular systems including a power unit are shown. In one example, a power unit includes a solar panel, a power storage device and one or more power outlet interfaces. One of the surfaces of the power unit includes a coupling mechanism that permits that power unit to couple with modular storage units. In one embodiment, the modular system includes a frame and wheels coupled to the frame to permit the power unit to be more easily transported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Donald J. Truettner, Kyle C. Fassbender, Joseph Marco, Timothy Nowak, Sean Roberts, Steven Zipparro, Samuel Feldner, Caleb Nathaniel Hille
  • Patent number: 11272513
    Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling dynamic spectrum access (DSA) for the purposes of wirelessly communicating or exchanging data within a network environment are disclosed. Methods may include detecting, via at least one asset included in a wireless device network, at least one candidate asset attempting to enter the wireless device network from an external network, and constructing a spectrum profile for the wireless device network based on metadata for transactions between assets in the wireless device network. The method may also include applying an access policy including the spectrum profile to the at least one candidate asset within the wireless device network, and admitting the at least one candidate asset to the wireless device network in response to applying the access policy to the at least one candidate asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: ANDRO COMPUTATIONAL SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Louis Drozd, Joseph Robert McCoy, Christopher Dean Maracchion, Timothy Otis Woods, John James Hrabik, Jr., Sean Robert Furman