Patents by Inventor Simon Guest

Simon Guest 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: 11946428
    Abstract: A controller for an aftertreatment system coupled to an engine is configured to: in response to receiving an engine shutdown signal, determine an estimated amount of ammonia stored on a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst included in the aftertreatment system; in response to determining that the estimated amount of ammonia stored in the SCR catalyst is less than an ammonia storage threshold, cause flow of a heated gas towards the SCR catalyst; cause insertion of reductant into an exhaust gas flowing through the aftertreatment system; and in response to determining that the estimated amount of ammonia stored in the SCR catalyst is equal to or greater than the ammonia storage threshold, cause shutdown of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew K. Volmerding, Simon Guest
  • Publication number: 20230383707
    Abstract: A controller for an aftertreatment system coupled to an engine is configured to: in response to receiving an engine shutdown signal, determine an estimated amount of ammonia stored on a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst included in the aftertreatment system; in response to determining that the estimated amount of ammonia stored in the SCR catalyst is less than an ammonia storage threshold, cause flow of a heated gas towards the SCR catalyst; cause insertion of a reductant into an exhaust gas flowing through the aftertreatment system; and in response to determining that the estimated amount of ammonia stored in the SCR catalyst is equal to or greater than the ammonia storage threshold, cause shutdown of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew K. Volmerding, Simon Guest
  • Patent number: 11546141
    Abstract: Techniques for cryptographically protecting personally identifiable information in images and videos are described herein. An image may be obtained. One or more regions in the image may be detected based on an object detection algorithm. Pixels for each region of the one or more regions may be encrypted using a symmetric encryption technique and an initialization vector. The encrypted pixels for each region of the one or more regions may be written back into the image. A symmetric key of the symmetric encryption technique and the initialization vector may be encrypted using an asymmetric encryption technique. Metadata of the image may be updated to store the encrypted symmetric key and the encrypted initialization vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Guest, Amit Adam
  • Publication number: 20220412278
    Abstract: A controller for an aftertreatment system coupled to an engine is configured to: in response to receiving an engine shutdown signal, determine an estimated amount of ammonia stored on a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst included in the aftertreatment system; in response to determining that the estimated amount of ammonia stored in the SCR catalyst is less than an ammonia storage threshold, cause flow of a heated gas towards the SCR catalyst; cause insertion of reductant into an exhaust gas flowing through the aftertreatment system; and in response to determining that the estimated amount of ammonia stored in the SCR catalyst is equal to or greater than the ammonia storage threshold, cause shutdown of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew K. Volmerding, Simon Guest
  • Publication number: 20060200522
    Abstract: The present invention provides Web Services over a mail transport. In particular, the present invention sends Web Service messages using MAPI (Messaging Application Program Interface) mail applications in order to support offline communications and extended processing time of service requests without creating additional infrastructure for such message exchanges. A custom layer transport is configured to: identify that a Web Service message is to be sent across a mail transport; use the MAPI application to generate a mail message; and include the Web Service message and other identifiers within the mail message. The message is then sent to the outgoing mailbox of the MAPI application for subsequent delivery to an endpoint. Upon receiving the mail message, the endpoint can extract the Web Service message and process it accordingly. Other example embodiments also provide for requesting NPDL (Network Protocol Description Language) data structures (e.g., WSDL documents) by a similar process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Simon Guest