Patents by Inventor Steve Richards
Steve Richards 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).
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Systems and methods for simulating GNSS multipath and obscuration with networked autonomous vehicles
Patent number: 11960001Abstract: The disclosed technology teaches testing an autonomous vehicle: shielding a GNSS receiving antenna of the vehicle from ambient GNSS signals while the vehicle is under test and supplanting the ambient GNSS signals with simulated GNSS signals. Testing includes using a GNSS signal generating system: receiving the ambient GNSS signals using an antenna of the system and determining a location and acceleration of the vehicle from the GNSS signals, accessing a model of an augmented environment that includes multi-pathing and obscuration of the GNSS signals along a test path, based on the determined location—generating the simulated GNSS signals to feed to the vehicle, in real time—simulating at least one constellation of GNSS satellite sources modified according to the augmented environment, based on the determined location, and feeding the simulated signals to a receiver in the vehicle, thereby supplanting ambient GNSS as the autonomous vehicle travels along the test path.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Spirent Communications, plcInventors: Colin Richard Ford, Mark Geoffrey Holbrow, Steve Hickling, Mark Hunter, Guy Buesnel, Neil Bennett, Daniel Martin -
Patent number: 11931348Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or formulations thereof. Compounds of Formula I increase significantly low density lipoprotein receptor and are useful for preventing and treating of elevated cholesterol.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Montréal Heart InstituteInventors: Steve Poirier, Brent Richard Stranix, Gaétan Mayer
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Patent number: 11226242Abstract: An industrial process temperature transmitter for measuring a temperature of a process medium includes a temperature sensing unit, a compensation circuit, an output circuit and a housing. The temperature sensing unit includes a process temperature sensor and a secondary temperature sensor. A temperature signal that is indicative of the temperature of the process medium is produced based on a process temperature signal output from the process temperature sensor and a secondary temperature signal output from the secondary temperature sensor. The compensation circuit compensates the temperature signal for a response time of the temperature measurement to a change in the temperature of the process medium, and outputs a compensated temperature signal. The output circuit produces a temperature output as a function of the compensated temperature signal. The housing is attached to an exterior of the process vessel and contains the secondary temperature sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.Inventors: Jason Harold Rud, Steve Richard Trimble
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Patent number: 11208121Abstract: A modern scenic passenger railcar system is disclosed. The railcar system incorporates design and safety features of modern freightcars and modern passenger scenic railway cars. The railcar system incorporates a center beam with a square cross section as well as specialized crash posts with its frame. This results in enhanced safety and crashworthiness. The railcar system also incorporates cross members for absorbing and distributing shock and mechanical stress on the railcar system during use, by withstanding torsion and shear forces on the frame. This results in improved mechanical integrity of the frame and the railcar system overall.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Crossroads Railcar Services, IncInventor: Steve Richards
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Publication number: 20210122399Abstract: A modern scenic passenger railcar system is disclosed. The railcar system incorporates design and safety features of modern freightcars and modern passenger scenic railway cars. The railcar system incorporates a center beam with a square cross section as well as specialized crash posts with its frame. This results in enhanced safety and crashworthiness. The railcar system also incorporates cross members for absorbing and distributing shock and mechanical stress on the railcar system during use, by withstanding torsion and shear forces on the frame. This results in improved mechanical integrity of the frame and the railcar system overall.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2019Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: CROSSROADS RAILCAR SERVICES, INC.Inventor: Steve Richards
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Publication number: 20190293497Abstract: An industrial process temperature transmitter for measuring a temperature of a process medium includes a temperature sensing unit, a compensation circuit, an output circuit and a housing. The temperature sensing unit includes a process temperature sensor and a secondary temperature sensor. A temperature signal that is indicative of the temperature of the process medium is produced based on a process temperature signal output from the process temperature sensor and a secondary temperature signal output from the secondary temperature sensor. The compensation circuit compensates the temperature signal for a response time of the temperature measurement to a change in the temperature of the process medium, and outputs a compensated temperature signal. The output circuit produces a temperature output as a function of the compensated temperature signal. The housing is attached to an exterior of the process vessel and contains the secondary temperature sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Jason Harold Rud, Steve Richard Trimble
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Patent number: 10372396Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: receiving, from a wireless display device, one or more beacons using a receiver of an information handling device; using, at the information handling device, the one or more beacons to determine one or more wireless display device characteristics; initiating, at the information handling device, one of a plurality of wireless connection protocols determined based on the one or more wireless display device characteristics; establishing, using a communication module of the information handling device, a wireless connection with the wireless display device; and transmitting, with the communication module of the information handling device, data for display to the wireless display device. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Lenovo ( Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Steve Richard Perrin, Scott Edwards Kelso, Matthew Price Roper, Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch, Song Wang, Bradley Park Strazisar
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Patent number: 10288107Abstract: A fastener assembly for affixing insulation blankets to a substrate is provided. The fastener assembly includes an attachment member having a construction for affixing to a substrate as well as a first fastener member preferably in the form of a male threaded stud. The fastener assembly further includes a cap fastener. The cap fastener includes a cap member and a second fastener member preferably in the form of a female threaded extension for threadably affixing to the first fastener member. The cap member has an exterior side and an interior side. The cap member's exterior side preferably has a shape for rotation by a tool. Meanwhile, the cap member's interior side has a circular recess concentric with the cap fastener's female threaded extension. When assembled, the circular recess forms a circular insulating cavity between the cap member and an insulation blanket.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Inventors: Mark Anthony Balderrama, Steve Richard Duhamel
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Publication number: 20180263171Abstract: A method begins by agriculture equipment collecting current on-site gathered agriculture data regarding an agriculture region and sending at least a representation of the current on-site gathered agriculture data to a host device. The method continues with the host device processing one or more of the at least a representation of the current on-site gathered agriculture data, current off-site gathered agriculture data, historical on-site gathered agriculture data, historical off-site gathered agriculture data, and historical analysis of agriculture predictions regarding the agriculture region to produce a current agriculture prediction for the agriculture region. The method continues with the host device generating an agriculture prescription regarding at least a portion of the agriculture region based on the current agriculture prediction and sending the agriculture prescription to one or more of the agriculture equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Craig Eugene Rupp, A. Corbett S. Kull, Steve Richard Pitstick, Patrick Lee Dumstorff
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Publication number: 20180238741Abstract: An industrial process temperature transmitter for measuring a temperature of a process medium includes a temperature sensing unit, a compensation circuit, and an output circuit. The temperature sensing unit includes a process temperature sensor that is separated from the process medium by an isolation wall. The temperature sensing unit is configured to produce a temperature signal that is indicative of the temperature of the process medium based on a process temperature signal output from the process temperature sensor during a temperature measurement. The compensation circuit is configured to compensate the temperature signal for a response time of the temperature measurement to a change in the temperature of the process medium, and output a compensated temperature signal. The output circuit is configured to produce a temperature output as a function of the compensated temperature signal corresponding to the temperature of the process medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2017Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Jason Harold Rud, Steve Richard Trimble
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Patent number: 9974226Abstract: A method begins by agriculture equipment collecting current on-site gathered agriculture data regarding an agriculture region and sending at least a representation of the current on-site gathered agriculture data to a host device. The method continues with the host device processing one or more of the at least a representation of the current on-site gathered agriculture data, current off-site gathered agriculture data, historical on-site gathered agriculture data, historical off-site gathered agriculture data, and historical analysis of agriculture predictions regarding the agriculture region to produce a current agriculture prediction for the agriculture region. The method continues with the host device generating an agriculture prescription regarding at least a portion of the agriculture region based on the current agriculture prediction and sending the agriculture prescription to one or more of the agriculture equipment.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: The Climate CorporationInventors: Craig Eugene Rupp, A. Corbett S. Kull, Steve Richard Pitstick, Patrick Lee Dumstorff
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Publication number: 20170030397Abstract: A fastener assembly for affixing insulation blankets to a substrate is provided. The fastener assembly includes an attachment member having a construction for affixing to a substrate as well as a first fastener member preferably in the form of a male threaded stud. The fastener assembly further includes a cap fastener. The cap fastener includes a cap member and a second fastener member preferably in the form of a female threaded extension for threadably affixing to the first fastener member. The cap member has an exterior side and an interior side. The cap member's exterior side preferably has a shape for rotation by a tool. Meanwhile, the cap member's interior side has a circular recess concentric with the cap fastener's female threaded extension. When assembled, the circular recess forms a circular insulating cavity between the cap member and an insulation blanket.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: MARK ANTHONY BALDERRAMA, STEVE RICHARD DUHAMEL
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Patent number: 9470257Abstract: A fastener assembly for affixing insulation blankets to a substrate is provided. The fastener assembly includes an attachment member having a construction for affixing to a substrate as well as a first fastener member preferably in the form of a male threaded stud. The fastener assembly further includes a cap fastener. The cap fastener includes a cap member and a second fastener member preferably in the form of a female threaded extension for threadably affixing to the first fastener member. The cap member has an exterior side and an interior side. The cap member's exterior side preferably has a shape for rotation by a tool. Meanwhile, the cap member's interior side has a circular recess concentric with the cap fastener's female threaded extension. When assembled, the circular recess forms a circular insulating cavity between the cap member and an insulation blanket.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: NMC GROUP, INC.Inventors: Mark Anthony Balderrama, Steve Richard Duhamel
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Publication number: 20150302305Abstract: A method begins by agriculture equipment collecting current on-site gathered agriculture data regarding an agriculture region and sending at least a representation of the current on-site gathered agriculture data to a host device. The method continues with the host device processing one or more of the at least a representation of the current on-site gathered agriculture data, current off-site gathered agriculture data, historical on-site gathered agriculture data, historical off-site gathered agriculture data, and historical analysis of agriculture predictions regarding the agriculture region to produce a current agriculture prediction for the agriculture region. The method continues with the host device generating an agriculture prescription regarding at least a portion of the agriculture region based on the current agriculture prediction and sending the agriculture prescription to one or more of the agriculture equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: THE CLIMATE CORPORATIONInventors: Craig Eugene Rupp, A. Corbett S. Kull, Steve Richard Pitstick, Patrick Lee Dumstorff
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Publication number: 20150300396Abstract: A fastener assembly for affixing insulation blankets to a substrate is provided. The fastener assembly includes an attachment member having a construction for affixing to a substrate as well as a first fastener member preferably in the form of a male threaded stud. The fastener assembly further includes a cap fastener. The cap fastener includes a cap member and a second fastener member preferably in the form of a female threaded extension for threadably affixing to the first fastener member. The cap member has an exterior side and an interior side. The cap member's exterior side preferably has a shape for rotation by a tool. Meanwhile, the cap member's interior side has a circular recess concentric with the cap fastener's female threaded extension. When assembled, the circular recess forms a circular insulating cavity between the cap member and an insulation blanket.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: NMC GROUP, INC.Inventors: MARK ANTHONY BALDERRAMA, STEVE RICHARD DUHAMEL
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Patent number: 9058438Abstract: Techniques for automatically designing an application-requirement based configuration for a distributed computing system are provided. One or more application-level templates are obtained, wherein the one or more templates are representative of one or more requirements associated with one or more applications. Using the one or more application-level templates, one or more logical flows are created. The one or more logical flows are then used to generate one or more system-level configuration plans of the distributed computing system.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2007Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Dakshi Agrawal, Chatschik Bisdikian, Seraphin Bernard Calo, Murthy V. Devarakonda, David Alson George, Sandeep K. Gopisetty, Kang-Won Lee, Konstantinos Magoutis, Ramani Ranjan Routray, Gauri Shah, Chung-hao Tan, Norbert George Vogl, Kaladhar Voruganti, Steve Richard White
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Publication number: 20140232618Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: receiving, from a wireless display device, one or more beacons using a receiver of an information handling device; using, at the information handling device, the one or more beacons to determine one or more wireless display device characteristics; initiating, at the information handling device, one of a plurality of wireless connection protocols determined based on the one or more wireless display device characteristics; establishing, using a communication module of the information handling device, a wireless connection with the wireless display device; and transmitting, with the communication module of the information handling device, data for display to the wireless display device. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Steve Richard Perrin, Scott Edwards Kelso, Matthew Price Roper, Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch, Song Wang, Bradley Park Strazisar
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Patent number: 8434077Abstract: Upgrading a multi-tiered application is provided. In response to receiving a request to upgrade a multi-tiered application, wherein components of the multi-tiered application are deployed across a plurality of virtual machines, an appropriate integrated patch is selected for the upgrade. The selected integrated patch includes an integrated set of patches for the components of the multi-tiered application, state update data, and order constraints. The components of the multi-tiered application specified in the selected integrated patch are upgraded by using the integrated set of patches and order constraints. In addition, the state of the components of the multi-tiered application are updated by using the state update data. Then, the updated state of the multi-tiered application is saved to storage.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2007Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Michael Chess, Daniel Manuel Dias, James Edwin Hanson, Giovanni Pacifici, Hidayatullah Habeebullah Shaikh, Steve Richard White, Jian Yin
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Patent number: 8345559Abstract: A method, system and diagnostic tool for diagnosing a problem in CSPF and non-CSPF MPLS networks, including problems with LDP tunnels. This includes one or more of the following: hopping from network element to network element; determining whether an LSP between elements is operational; determining whether the hop was strict or loose; evaluating whether there is an existing path between the elements; finding and remembering an IGP link between the elements; recognizing whether the LSP is an FRR LSP; diagnosing a cause of the LSP between the elements being down; and altering a display of a topology map of the network to indicate the cause of the problem.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2007Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Steve Richard Morse, Attaullah Zabihi, Chuong Ngoc Ngo, Christopher Warren Murray
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Publication number: 20110174292Abstract: A foot activated grill opening apparatus and method for reducing the chance of user injury and eliminating awkwardness when opening and closing the cover of a grill. The apparatus allows a user to open the cover of a grill in a hands-free fashion. The present invention allows a user carrying utensils and plates in both hands to still open and close the cover of a grill. Additionally, the apparatus further reduces the chance of user injury from contact burns, radiant heat burns, grill flare-ups, and the like that may occur when a user reaches across and above a grill's heat source while opening and closing a grill cover in a conventional manner. The present invention further provides aid to elderly and weaker individuals incapable of either lifting the weight of the grill cover or generating the necessary shoulder/arm range of motion to open the grill cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Inventor: Steve Richards