Patents by Inventor Stephen West

Stephen West 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: 20230276029
    Abstract: A method at a server for container location verification within a container yard, the method including requesting image data from at least one image sensor apparatus affixed to a container within the container yard; receiving the image data; and processing the image data to identify a location of a target container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Conrad Delbert SEAMAN, Stephen WEST, Derek John KUHN
  • Patent number: 11689700
    Abstract: A method at a server for container location verification within a container yard, the method including requesting image data from at least one image sensor apparatus affixed to a container within the container yard; receiving the image data; and processing the image data to identify a location of a target container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Conrad Delbert Seaman, Stephen West, Derek John Kuhn
  • Publication number: 20220339179
    Abstract: This invention relates to the finding that homologous recombination (HR) deficient cells are sensitised to PARP inhibition by either (i) catalytic inhibition or genetic ablation of 2?-deoxynucleoside 5?-phosphate N-hydrolase 1 (DNPH1) or (ii) administration of a substrate of DNPH1, such as 5-hydroxymethyl-deoxyuridine (hmdU). The invention also relates to the finding that catalytic inhibition or genetic ablation of DNPH1 combined with administration of hmdU causes synthetic lethality in HR deficient cells in the absence of PARP inhibition. Methods and compounds for use in the treatment of HR deficient cancer are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Kasper Fugger, Stephen West
  • Publication number: 20220061640
    Abstract: An endoscopic tissue grasper device includes a flexible tubular member, a flexible shaft extending through the tubular member, a proximal handle for moving the shaft and tubular member relative to each other, and a distal helical coil having a sharpened end for engaging tissue. The tissue grasper is advanced through a working channel of an endoscope, engaged relative to tissue, and retracted to pull tissue into a path of a movable needle coupled at a distal end of the endoscope so that the needle can be passed through the tissue. The needle is preferably provided with a suture so that as the needle is passed through the tissue a stitch is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Apollo Endosurgery US, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen West, David Miller, Vladimir Mitelberg, Donald K. Jones
  • Patent number: 11212493
    Abstract: A method at an image capture apparatus, the method including receiving, at the image capture apparatus, a trigger to begin image capture; based on the trigger, starting image capture for a fixed duration; and providing image capture data to a processing service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Conrad Delbert Seaman, Ryan Michael Parker, Stephen West
  • Patent number: 11151807
    Abstract: A method at a computing device for calculating a distance travelled, the method including receiving a plurality of discrete position fixes; determining a first distance travelled over the plurality of discrete position fixes by using a first calculation technique between successive discrete position fixes; determining a second distance travelled over the plurality of discrete position fixes by using a second calculation technique between successive discrete position fixes; applying a first weight to the first distance travelled and a second weight to the second distance travelled; and determining the distance travelled using a weighted average of the first distance travelled and the second distance travelled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Conrad Delbert Seaman, Stephen West, Derek John Kuhn
  • Patent number: 11083364
    Abstract: An endoscopic tissue grasper device includes a flexible tubular member, a flexible shaft extending through the tubular member, a proximal handle for moving the shaft and tubular member relative to each other, and a distal helical coil having a sharpened end for engaging tissue. The tissue grasper is advanced through a working channel of an endoscope, engaged relative to tissue, and retracted to pull tissue into a path of a movable needle coupled at a distal end of the endoscope so that the needle can be passed through the tissue. The needle is preferably provided with a suture so that as the needle is passed through the tissue a stitch is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Apollo Endosurgery US, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen West, David Miller, Vladimir Mitelberg, Donald K. Jones
  • Patent number: 11001230
    Abstract: In some examples, a system receives sensor data from a sensor of a transport chassis configured to carry a cargo transportation unit (CTU), and determines, based on the sensor data and a profile learned based on past data, whether the transport chassis is loaded with a CTU or cargo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Conrad Delbert Seaman, Stephen West, Christopher Scott Travers
  • Patent number: 10949680
    Abstract: A method for identifying a loading bay at a facility to which a vehicle is reversing, the method including determining, at a sensor apparatus connected with the vehicle, that the vehicle is reversing; capturing an image of the loading bay; and determining, from the image, the loading bay at the facility to which the vehicle is reversing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Conrad Delbert Seaman, Derek John Kuhn, Stephen West
  • Patent number: 10937254
    Abstract: In some examples, a controller detects a compromised condition of a component of a cargo transportation unit (CTU), determines a time of performing a next maintenance of the CTU, and controls adjustment of the component in response to detecting the compromised condition and based on the time of performing the next maintenance of the CTU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Conrad Delbert Seaman, Stephen West, Prabhul Dev
  • Patent number: 10906845
    Abstract: The present invention relates to microbial inoculants, fertiliser compositions, growth mediums and methods for enhancing plant growth. In one aspect, the invention relates to a method of increasing plant growth, plant productivity, seed germination or soil quality for a dicotyledonous plant or a monocotyledonous plant, the method comprising the step of: applying to the plant a treatment agent comprising at least one plant-beneficial Burkholderia-like species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sustainable Organic Solutions Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Stephen West, Evgeny Sagulenko, Nikolai Kinaev
  • Patent number: 10906545
    Abstract: In some examples, a controller includes at least one processor configured to receive information regarding a condition associated with a cargo transportation unit (CTU), the received information regarding the condition including information of an environment around the CTU at a location of the CTU, and adjust an adjustable mechanical element of the CTU in response to the received information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Conrad Delbert Seaman, Stephen West, Kristian Neil Spriggs
  • Publication number: 20210006754
    Abstract: A method at an image capture apparatus, the method including receiving, at the image capture apparatus, a trigger to begin image capture; based on the trigger, starting image capture for a fixed duration; and providing image capture data to a processing service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Conrad Delbert SEAMAN, Ryan Michael PARKER, Stephen WEST
  • Patent number: 10785458
    Abstract: A method at an image capture apparatus, the method including receiving, at the image capture apparatus, a trigger to begin image capture; based on the trigger, starting image capture for a fixed duration; and providing image capture data to a processing service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Conrad Delbert Seaman, Ryan Michael Parker, Stephen West
  • Publication number: 20200160553
    Abstract: A method at a server for container location verification within a container yard, the method including requesting image data from at least one image sensor apparatus affixed to a container within the container yard; receiving the image data; and processing the image data to identify a location of a target container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Conrad Delbert SEAMAN, Stephen WEST, Derek John KUHN
  • Patent number: 10628782
    Abstract: In some examples, a vehicle includes a controller configured to receive information of a characteristic relating to transport of a cargo transportation unit (CTU), the information sent by the CTU, and determine, based on the received information, whether the vehicle is able to transfer the CTU to a destination of the CTU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Conrad Delbert Seaman, Kristian Neil Spriggs, Stephen West
  • Patent number: 10618517
    Abstract: A system and method for minimizing shift cycling for low speed engine operation with a vehicle cruise control. A vehicle control system operating in a cruise control mode determines a deficiency in vehicle speed between a measured vehicle speed and a cruise set speed. The deficiency is determined by comparing the vehicle speed to the cruise set speed, and includes using the compared value to find a cruise speed margin, which is continuously updated. While the cruise control system is active, the control system logic determines the time at which a transmission upshift occurs based on the cruise speed margin. The vehicle speed, at which the upshift is made, is determined as a function of the updated cruise speed margin. An upshift is not made, if a likely drop in vehicle speed would result in the event a downshift would occur once the upshift is made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: ALLISON TRANSMISSION, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen West
  • Patent number: 10598760
    Abstract: In some examples, a system includes at least one processor configured to receive, over a network, position data acquired by a position sensor, receive, over the network, an image of a first cargo transportation unit (CTU) acquired by a camera, and determine a location of the first CTU or a second CTU based on the position data and information in the image of the first CTU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Conrad Delbert Seaman, Stephen West, Derek John Kuhn
  • Publication number: 20200051344
    Abstract: In some examples, a controller detects a compromised condition of a component of a cargo transportation unit (CTU), determines a time of performing a next maintenance of the CTU, and controls adjustment of the component in response to detecting the compromised condition and based on the time of performing the next maintenance of the CTU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Conrad Delbert Seaman, Stephen West, Prabhul Dev
  • Patent number: 10559139
    Abstract: In some examples, a system receives information transmitted by a vehicle, the information acquired by a sensor of the vehicle. In response to the received information, an action is performed by the system with respect to the vehicle or content transported by the vehicle, the action comprising one or more of directing the vehicle to a location, selecting the vehicle for inspection from a plurality of vehicles, performing inspection of the vehicle or the content at a border of a jurisdiction, and loading or unloading of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Conrad Delbert Seaman, Stephen West, Kristian Neil Spriggs, Jason Wayne Jantzi, Mahendra Fuleshwar Prasad, Scott Leonard Dill