Patents by Inventor Steve Wells
Steve Wells 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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Patent number: 12097053Abstract: To obtain functional information 110 energising a first set of x-ray emitters of the panel over a first period of time and directing the x-rays at the first object; using the detector to detect the x-rays 35 after passing through the first object; processing the detected x-rays to create a first set of images to obtain tomosynthesis data 100; energising a second set of x-ray emitters of the panel over a second period of time and directing the x-rays at the first object; using the detector to detect the x-rays after passing through the first object; processing the detected x-rays to create a second set of images to obtain tomosynthesis data, wherein the number of emitters used in the second period of time is less than used in the first period of time; and comparing at least some images from each set of images to provide functional information.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: ADAPTIX LTDInventors: Steve Wells, Gil Travish, Mark Evans, Kristin Schmiedehausen
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Patent number: 11966295Abstract: Various implementations described herein relate to systems and methods for a Solid State Drive (SSD) to manage data in response to a power loss event, including writing data received from a host to a volatile storage of the SSD, detecting the power loss event before the data is written to a non-volatile storage of the SSD, storing the write commands to a non-volatile storage of the SSD, marking at least one storage location of the SSD associated with the write commands as uncorrectable, for example, after the power is restored.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATIONInventors: Nigel Horspool, Steve Wells
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Publication number: 20230305745Abstract: Various implementations described herein relate to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for managing write commands to superblocks, including receiving, by a storage device from a host, a write command and a write data. The write command indicates that the write data is to be written to a first superblock of the storage device. The storage device determines the first superblock lacks sufficient capacity to store the write data. In response to determining that the first superblock lacks the sufficient capacity to store the write data, the storage device programs the write data to at least one of a reserved capacity of the first superblock or a second superblock.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Nigel Horspool, Steve Wells, Neil Buxton
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Publication number: 20220343568Abstract: The present invention seeks to reduce the burden of producing high-resolution tomograms by using an initial scan on a predetermined grid 10 to obtain a minimal set of images, and then regions of interest 20 are identified for further scanning. The further scanning locations 40 are determined by image entropy or gradient found in the previous iteration; such regions are indicative of edges, cracks or complex structure within the region. After each iteration, the level of information (e.g. image entropy or gradient) will decrease relative to the pixel/voxel size. In this way, a more efficient way to scan is achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Gil Travish, Steve Wells, Martin Holden, Ian Mitchell
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Publication number: 20220291997Abstract: Various implementations described herein relate to systems and methods for a Solid State Drive (SSD) to manage data in response to a power loss event, including writing data received from a host to a volatile storage of the SSD, detecting the power loss event before the data is written to a non-volatile storage of the SSD, storing the write commands to a non-volatile storage of the SSD, marking at least one storage location of the SSD associated with the write commands as uncorrectable, for example, after the power is restored.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Nigel HORSPOOL, Steve WELLS
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Publication number: 20220192618Abstract: Alignment of tomosynthesis systems requires operator skill, particularly where regions of interest are internal structures with limited surface features. Reconstruction of an entire 3D tomosynthesis image may require seconds to minutes, and it can take this long before operators realize that subsequent scans are required. In this time, the patient may have moved and a second scan could also potentially miss the region of interest, requiring a third scan, etc. Multiple exposures are time-consuming and increase patient radiation dose. A digital x-ray tomosynthesis system comprises a static array of x-ray emitters and an x-ray detector and involves selecting a sub-set of x-ray emitters so no x-ray detector part is exposed to x-rays from more than nine of the sub-set and generating a composite image from non-overlapping portions of each respective image produced on the x-ray detector. A two-dimensional image of a subject may be produced using minimal radiation dose.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Steve Wells, Kristin Schmiedehausen
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Patent number: 11347593Abstract: Various implementations described herein relate to systems and methods for a Solid State Drive (SSD) to manage data in response to a power loss event, including writing data received from a host to a volatile storage of the SSD, detecting the power loss event before the data is written to a non-volatile storage of the SSD, storing the write commands to a non-volatile storage of the SSD, marking at least one storage location of the SSD associated with the write commands as uncorrectable, for example, after the power is restored.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATIONInventors: Nigel Horspool, Steve Wells
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Publication number: 20220133245Abstract: To obtain functional information 110 energising a first set of x-ray emitters of the panel over a first period of time and directing the x-rays at the first object; using the detector to detect the x-rays 35 after passing through the first object; processing the detected x-rays to create a first set of images to obtain tomosynthesis data 100; energising a second set of x-ray emitters of the panel over a second period of time and directing the x-rays at the first object; using the detector to detect the x-rays after passing through the first object; processing the detected x-rays to create a second set of images to obtain tomosynthesis data, wherein the number of emitters used in the second period of time is less than used in the first period of time; and comparing at least some images from each set of images to provide functional information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Steve Wells, Gil Travish, Mark Evans, Kristin Schmiedehausen
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Patent number: 11234669Abstract: An x-ray imaging device (10) comprising at least two substantially planar panels (20, 21), each panel comprising a plurality of x-ray emitters housed in a vacuum enclosure, wherein the at least two panels each have a central panel axis (28) and are arranged such that their central panel axes are non-parallel to one another, the device further comprising a panel retaining means and arranged such that the panel retaining means retains the at least two panels stationary in relation to an object during x-raying of the object.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Adaptix LtdInventors: Wes McKean, Steve Wells, Gil Travish
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Publication number: 20210011809Abstract: Various implementations described herein relate to systems and methods for a Solid State Drive (SSD) to manage data in response to a power loss event, including writing data received from a host to a volatile storage of the SSD, detecting the power loss event before the data is written to a non-volatile storage of the SSD, storing the write commands to a non-volatile storage of the SSD, marking at least one storage location of the SSD associated with the write commands as uncorrectable, for example, after the power is restored.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: Toshiba Memory CorporationInventors: Nigel HORSPOOL, Steve WELLS
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Publication number: 20200383656Abstract: An x-ray imaging device (10) comprising at least two substantially planar panels (20, 21), each panel comprising a plurality of x-ray emitters housed in a vacuum enclosure, wherein the at least two panels each have a central panel axis (28) and are arranged such that their central panel axes are non-parallel to one another, the device further comprising a panel retaining means and arranged such that the panel retaining means retains the at least two panels stationary in relation to an object during x-raying of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: Adaptix LtdInventors: Wes McKean, Steve Wells, Gil Travish
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Patent number: 10789130Abstract: Various implementations described herein relate to systems and methods for a Solid State Drive (SSD) to manage data in response to a power loss event, including writing data received from a host to a volatile storage of the SSD, detecting the power loss event before the data is written to a non-volatile storage of the SSD, storing the write commands to a non-volatile storage of the SSD, marking at least one storage location of the SSD associated with the write commands as uncorrectable, for example, after the power is restored.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventors: Nigel Horspool, Steve Wells
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Patent number: 9469949Abstract: A wire rope road safety barrier including at least one wire rope, a plurality of posts configured to be supported in the ground along a roadside or central reservation, the posts including a cut-out provided in respective ones of the posts, and a retainer. The retainer includes an arm for embracing at least half of a circumference of the post whereby the retainer can be held on the post at a position along its length, the arm defining a plane, and a tab extending perpendicularly from the plane of the arm for retaining the at least one wire rope against the post, the tab being configured to yield at a break point at which the tab is attached to the arm when subjected to a lateral force by the at least one wire rope that exceeds a predetermined amount to permit separation of the rope from the barrier within a predetermined impact zone.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Hill & Smith LimitedInventors: Mark Tonks, Matthew Harriman, Steve Wells
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Publication number: 20160083917Abstract: A retainer (10a, 10b, 10c) for a wire rope road safety barrier, comprising a plurality of posts (14), is provided for supporting one or more wire ropes (12) above the ground. The retainer comprises an arm (16a, 16b) for embracing at least half of a circumference of the post whereby the retainer can be held on the post at a position along its length. The retainer also comprises a frangible or yieldable tab (18) extending from the arm for retaining the wire rope against the post.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicant: Hill & Smith LimitedInventors: Mark Tonks, Matthew Harriman, Steve Wells
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Patent number: 9234324Abstract: A retainer (10a, 10b, 10c) for a wire rope road safety barrier, includes a plurality of posts (14), for supporting one or more wire ropes (12) above the ground. The retainer includes an arm (16a, 16b) for embracing at least half of a circumference of the post whereby the retainer can be held on the post at a position along its length. The retainer also includes a frangible or yieldable tab (18) extending from the arm for retaining the wire rope against the post.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Hill & Smith LimitedInventors: Mark Tonks, Matthew Harriman, Steve Wells
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Publication number: 20130207060Abstract: A retainer (10a, 10b, 10c) for a wire rope road safety barrier, comprising a plurality of posts (14), is provided for supporting one or more wire ropes (12) above the ground. The retainer comprises an arm (16a, 16b) for embracing at least half of a circumference of the post whereby the retainer can be held on the post at a position along its length. The retainer also comprises a frangible or yieldable tab (18) extending from the arm for retaining the wire rope against the post.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: HILL & SMITH LIMITEDInventors: Mark Tonks, Matthew Harriman, Steve Wells
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Publication number: 20090049977Abstract: What is disclosed is a musical instrument that may be a single holed flute that has the tonal characteristics of a flute, but offers an infinite scale of available notes and pitch modification between the high and low limits of the single holed flute's tone production.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventor: STEVE WELLS
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Publication number: 20080154991Abstract: Embodiments and implementations of non-volatile storage system monitoring of a file system are described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Kirk Davis, Dipak Patel, Pramod R. Pesara, Daniel Post, Kris R. Murray, Richard J. Durante, Steve Wells, Jack Chen, Meenakshi Pannala
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Patent number: 6567763Abstract: A temperature measurement device includes at least one constant current generator to provide a first current and a second current to a temperature sensor, and a signal processing element to provide an analog output signal corresponding to a temperature of the temperature sensor based on a difference between a first voltage of the temperature sensor at the first current and a second voltage of the temperature sensor at the second current.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1999Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Jahanshir J. Javanifard, Steve Wells, Hari Giduturi, Dave Ward
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Publication number: 20020108045Abstract: An apparatus and method for preventing unauthorized updates to a non-volatile memory. A sequence of encoded values is received in a non-volatile memory device and decoded by a decoding circuit in the non-volatile memory device to generate a sequence of decoded values. The sequence of decoded values is stored in the non-volatile memory device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2002Publication date: August 8, 2002Inventor: Steve Wells