Patents by Inventor Steven Todd

Steven Todd 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: 10888932
    Abstract: An assembly and method for drilling micro holes in a tube including an outer wall having opposing open ends and forming an inner channel. The method includes the steps of submerging the tube in water so the water fills the inner channel, retaining the water in the inner channel, freezing the water in the inner channel so as to form an ice backing in the inner channel, and drilling through the outer wall such that the ice backing supports the outer wall and prevents the outer wall from deforming or distorting near the hole location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Todd LaPlant, Dillon James McCullough, Suzanne Christina Varughese, Mark Alexander Stich
  • Patent number: 10878815
    Abstract: A system that is capable of controlling multiple entertainment systems and/or speakers using voice commands. The system receives voice commands and may determine audio sources and speakers indicated by the voice commands. The system may generate audio data from the audio sources and may send the audio data to the speakers using multiple interfaces. For example, the system may send the audio data directly to the speakers using a network address, may send the audio data to the speakers via a voice-enabled device or may send the audio data to the speakers via a speaker controller. The system may generate output zones including multiple speakers and may associate input devices with speakers within the output zones. For example, the system may receive a voice command from an input device in an output zone and may reduce output audio generated by speakers in the output zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Williams, Steven Todd Rabuchin, Gregory Michael Hart
  • Patent number: 10876737
    Abstract: A glide rack assembly removably installable within a cooking chamber. The assembly includes a support rack, an engagement member extending downward therefrom and being translatable between a fully retracted position and an extended position, and a locking arm. The locking arm is configured such that when the support rack is in the fully retracted position, the engagement member deflects said locking arm into an unlocked position wherein the locking arm does not cooperate with an embossment on a side wall of the cooking chamber. Further, when the support rack is translated from the fully retracted position, the engagement member does not deflect the locking arm such that the locking arm pivots to a locked position wherein the locking arm cooperates with the embossment such that the assembly is inhibited from being removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammad Hussam Kubtan, Steven Todd Brooks
  • Publication number: 20200398349
    Abstract: An assembly and method for drilling micro holes in a tube including an outer wall having opposing open ends and forming an inner channel. The method includes the steps of submerging the tube in water so the water fills the inner channel, retaining the water in the inner channel, freezing the water in the inner channel so as to form an ice backing in the inner channel, and drilling through the outer wall such that the ice backing supports the outer wall and prevents the outer wall from deforming or distorting near the hole location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Todd LaPlant, Dillon James McCullough, Suzanne Christina Varughese, Mark Alexander Stich
  • Patent number: 10813842
    Abstract: In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for monitoring a patient's medication adherence. In one example, an apparatus includes a set of contact pins to electrically engage a conductive trace circuit of a unit dose packaging and to generate a signal in response to a break in the conductive trace circuit, a processor comprising a plurality of analog channels to detect and record the signal, a cellular modem to send, via a data network to which the apparatus is connected, information about the signal to a medication adherence monitoring service, a housing containing the set of contact pins, the processor, and the cellular modem, wherein the housing is configured for removable insertion of the unit dose packaging, and a lock to reversibly lock the unit dose packaging in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Elmahdy, Shaoda Yu, Nadia Morris, Duane Michael Scott Johnson, Michael Osborne Isom, Steven Todd Barth
  • Publication number: 20200254505
    Abstract: A retainer assembly includes a retaining member assembly and a motion assembly. The retaining member assembly is structured to selectively retain at least one shell in a transfer belt assembly belt recess. The retaining member assembly includes a retaining member. The motion assembly is structured to move the retaining member between a first position, wherein the retaining member is spaced from the transfer belt assembly transfer belt, and, a second position, wherein the retaining member is disposed a retaining distance from the transfer belt assembly transfer belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Todd Albright, Robert Joseph Will, Dennis Comelius Stammen
  • Publication number: 20200186786
    Abstract: Technology is described to adjust for eye location variations of a user when using an augmented reality (AR) headset. The method can include registering a position and size of an optical code using a visual camera and the AR headset. An alignment marker may be projected through the AR headset to be aligned with the optical code for a right eye and left eye of a user of the AR headset. Right eye and left eye adjustments to the alignment marker may be received independently to align the alignment marker with a portion of the optical code as viewed by either the right eye or left eye of the user. The left eye adjustments and right eye adjustments may be applied to virtual images displayed through the AR headset in order to improve the accuracy of alignment between objects in the physical view and the virtual images displayed using the AR headset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Wendell Arlen Gibby, Steven Todd Cvetko, Eric Boothe
  • Publication number: 20200166221
    Abstract: A glide rack assembly removably installable within a cooking chamber. The assembly includes a support rack, an engagement member extending downward therefrom and being translatable between a fully retracted position and an extended position, and a locking arm. The locking arm is configured such that when the support rack is in the fully retracted position, the engagement member deflects said locking arm into an unlocked position wherein the locking arm does not cooperate with an embossment on a side wall of the cooking chamber. Further, when the support rack is translated from the fully retracted position, the engagement member does not deflect the locking arm such that the locking arm pivots to a locked position wherein the locking arm cooperates with the embossment such that the assembly is inhibited from being removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Muhammad Hussam Kubtan, Steven Todd Brooks
  • Publication number: 20200159313
    Abstract: A technology is described for using a medical implement or a fluoroscopic image with reference to an image data set and a body of a person. A method may include detecting visual image data of a body of a patient and a medical implement. The optical codes on the body of the patient and on the medical implement may be identified. One operation is aligning the image data set with the body of the person using one or more optical codes on the body of the person and the fixed position of an image visible marker with respect to the optical code. A position of the medical implement with respect to the body of the person may be determined using one or more optical codes on the medical implement and the body of the person to reference the medical implement to the image data set and the body of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Wendell Arlen Gibby, Steven Todd Cvetko
  • Publication number: 20200155416
    Abstract: In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for monitoring a patient's medication adherence. In one example, an apparatus includes a set of contact pins to electrically engage a conductive trace circuit of a unit dose packaging and to generate a signal in response to a break in the conductive trace circuit, a processor comprising a plurality of analog channels to detect and record the signal, a cellular modem to send, via a data network to which the apparatus is connected, information about the signal to a medication adherence monitoring service, a housing containing the set of contact pins, the processor, and the cellular modem, wherein the housing is configured for removable insertion of the unit dose packaging, and a lock to reversibly lock the unit dose packaging in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Elmahdy, Shaoda Yu, Nadia Morris, Duane Michael Scott Johnson, Michael Osborne Isom, Steven Todd Barth
  • Patent number: 10567528
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for exchanging a history of user activity information are provided. A history of user activity of a target user conducted through a device is collected and stored at a server over a network. A key corresponding to the history of user activity is generated and transmitted to the device. The key is received from a different device. The history of user activity is retrieved based on the received key and transmitted to the different device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Steven Todd, Randall Stephen Hansen
  • Publication number: 20200013397
    Abstract: A system that is capable of controlling multiple entertainment systems and/or speakers using voice commands. The system receives voice commands and may determine audio sources and speakers indicated by the voice commands. The system may generate audio data from the audio sources and may send the audio data to the speakers using multiple interfaces. For example, the system may send the audio data directly to the speakers using a network address, may send the audio data to the speakers via a voice-enabled device or may send the audio data to the speakers via a speaker controller. The system may generate output zones including multiple speakers and may associate input devices with speakers within the output zones. For example, the system may receive a voice command from an input device in an output zone and may reduce output audio generated by speakers in the output zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Williams, Steven Todd Rabuchin, Gregory Michael Hart
  • Publication number: 20190365498
    Abstract: Technology is described for augmenting medical imaging for use in a medical procedure. The method can include the operation of receiving an image of patient anatomy captured by a visual image camera during the medical procedure. An acquired medical image associated with the patient anatomy can then be retrieved. Another operation can be associating the acquired medical image to the patient anatomy. An augmentation tag associated with a location in one layer of the acquired medical image can be retrieved. A further operation can be projecting the acquired medical image and the augmentation tag using an augmented reality headset to form a single graphical view as an overlay to the patient anatomy in either 2D, 3D or holographic form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Wendell Arlen Gibby, Steven Todd Cvetko
  • Publication number: 20190351473
    Abstract: A shell includes a body with a center panel, a countersink, a chuck wall, and a draw-stretched outer portion. The countersink has a base thickness. The outer portion has a reduced thickness. The shell countersink has substantially the same thickness as the sheet material prior to forming. In this configuration, the shell maintains the buckle resistance of a standard shell but uses less material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Cornelius Stammen, Steven Todd Albright, Patrick Kevin McCarty, Edward Eugene Donaldson
  • Patent number: 10482376
    Abstract: The computing device generates a classification model providing prediction data indicating predicted users in a target population who will respond to a target stimulus according to a predefined user response category. The computing device displays in GUI a graphical representation of a generated classification model and a plurality of options each specifying one of different objectives for determining a proportion of users in the target population to expose to the target stimulus. The computing device predicts proportion data indicating the proportion of users in the target population to expose to the target stimulus based on the determined location of the cut-off. The computing device issues one or more indications as to whether to use the classification model as a basis for exposing the proportion of users in the target population to the target stimulus according to the proportion data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Amrut Shantaram Vaze, Michael Ryan Chipley, Leigh Anne Ward, Ashish Mishra, Steven Todd Barlow, Suchitra Balaso Chikhalkar, Sameer Waman Tatke
  • Patent number: 10463574
    Abstract: In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for monitoring a patient's medication adherence. In one example, an apparatus includes a set of contact pins to electrically engage a conductive trace circuit of a unit dose packaging and to generate a signal in response to a break in the conductive trace circuit, a processor comprising a plurality of analog channels to detect and record the signal, a cellular modem to send, via a data network to which the apparatus is connected, information about the signal to a medication adherence monitoring service, a housing containing the set of contact pins, the processor, and the cellular modem, wherein the housing is configured for removable insertion of the unit dose packaging, and a lock to reversibly lock the unit dose packaging in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Elmahdy, Shaoda Yu, Nadia Morris, Duane Michael Scott Johnson, Michael Osborne Isom, Steven Todd Barth
  • Publication number: 20190291914
    Abstract: A can end includes a center panel, an annular portion disposed about the center panel, a chuck wall disposed about the annular portion, a curl extending radially outwardly from the chuck wall, the annular portion including a subsurface step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Todd Albright, Dennis Cornelius Stammen
  • Patent number: 10366843
    Abstract: A structural capacitor and method for manufacturing the structural capacitor. A first layer of nonconductive fiber glass may be formed into a desired shape of the structural capacitor, and then a conductive layer made of carbon fiber pre-impregnated material may be placed on the fiber glass layer. A dielectric layer of parylene may then be coated onto the conductive layer using a conformal vapor deposition process. More conductive and dielectric layers may be added in alternating succession until desired structural and/or electrical properties are achieved. A final layer of fiber glass may then be applied and the resulting structural capacitor may be cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Todd LaPlant, Daniel John Salzman
  • Patent number: 10303516
    Abstract: One exemplary system can determine datasets to be transmitted to client devices for eliciting performance of a computing-task. The datasets include a first dataset and a second dataset. The system can then generate sets of data-curves for each of the datasets based on test data. The system can also generate a new client-device (NCD) projection based on the test data. The system can generate a new client-device task-completion (NCDTC) projection using (i) the NCD projection, and (ii) a particular set of data-curves for the first dataset. The system can determine a first value based at least in part on the NCDTC projection. The system can also determine a second value via series of steps. The system can determine an impact value by subtracting the second value from the first value. The system may allocate computing resources based on the first value, the second value, or the impact value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Leigh Anne Ward, Caroline Ana Collins, Sherman Bruce Gibbons, Steven Todd Barlow
  • Patent number: 10262657
    Abstract: A system that is capable of controlling multiple entertainment systems and/or speakers using voice commands. The system receives voice commands and may determine audio sources and speakers indicated by the voice commands. The system may generate audio data from the audio sources and may send the audio data to the speakers using multiple interfaces. For example, the system may send the audio data directly to the speakers using a network address, may send the audio data to the speakers via a voice-enabled device or may send the audio data to the speakers via a speaker controller. The system may generate output zones including multiple speakers and may associate input devices with speakers within the output zones. For example, the system may receive a voice command from an input device in an output zone and may reduce output audio generated by speakers in the output zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Williams, Steven Todd Rabuchin, Gregory Michael Hart