Patents by Inventor Thomas Alexander

Thomas Alexander 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: 20230418350
    Abstract: An information handling system receives a request to switch a processor to a first frequency, and determines a coefficient to be used as a bias against the first frequency. The system also applies the coefficient to the first frequency resulting in a second frequency, and switches the processor to the second frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas Alexander Shows
  • Patent number: 11855853
    Abstract: An information technology (IT) network includes configuration items (CIs) that may constantly change, where the CIs describe hardware components or software components that are configured to operate on the IT network. Machine learning techniques can be employed determine whether a CI has been changed (e.g., added, updated, or removed) in the IT network. For example, a software code or a log message associated with a CI can be analyzed to determine whether the CI is a newly added or updated within the IT network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
    Inventors: Donald Nelson Berg, David Owens, James Austin Adams, Thomas Alexander Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20230400689
    Abstract: An optical arrangement of data smartglasses includes a first laser device configured to emit a projection light beam, a second laser device configured to emit a measuring light beam, a first scanner, a second scanner, and a beam combiner configured to bundle the projection light beam and the measuring light beam into a common light beam, wherein the first scanner is configured to deflect the projection light beam emitted by the first laser device in a first axis, and wherein the second scanner is configured to deflect the common light beam focused by the beam combiner in a second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas PETERSEN, Thomas Alexander SCHLEBUSCH, Hans SPRUIT, Jochen HELLMIG
  • Publication number: 20230397705
    Abstract: A haircare appliance has a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet, and a heater for heating the airflow. The haircare appliance has an airflow temperature module for obtaining a value indicative of a temperature of the airflow at the air outlet, a distance sensor for sensing a distance to hair within a flow path from the air outlet and a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of the hair. The haircare appliance has a moisture estimation module configured to estimate, based on received output values from the airflow temperature module, the distance sensor and the temperature sensor, a moisture content of the hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander CARLYLE, David James GRAHAM, Nathan Haruna Waters IMHASLY, Robert Lawrence TWEEDIE
  • Patent number: 11829216
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may determine a temperature value associated with a discrete graphics processing unit (dGPU); if the temperature value is below a threshold temperature value: configure an information handling system (IHS) to utilize the dGPU for processing graphics workloads of the IHS; disable an integrated graphics processing unit (iGPU) from processing any of the graphics workloads; and provide an amount of power utilized by the iGPU to a processor of the IHS; and if the temperature value is not below the threshold temperature value: determine that the iGPU is disabled; configure the IHS to utilize the iGPU for processing a portion of the graphics workloads; and enable the iGPU to process the portion of the graphics workloads; and remove the amount of power utilized by the iGPU from the at least one processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander Shows, Yi-Ting Wang
  • Publication number: 20230369954
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods used to produce linear and rotational motion, acceleration, and actuation by the use of mobile ferromagnetic or permanent magnets subjected to asymmetric electromagnetic field distributions are disclosed herein. A variety of exemplary embodiments and applications are described, involving different coil and actuator geometries to include and allow for both stationary and moving magnets, electric fields, and magnetic fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas Alexander Johnson
  • Publication number: 20230332746
    Abstract: The present invention provides a portable refueler for storing a quantity of gaseous fuel, optionally hydrogen, for refueling an end-user vehicle, comprising: a plurality of storage tanks, each storage tank comprising at least one cylinder which is horizontally arranged within an enclosure, wherein the enclosure is configured to be carried by a vehicle, and, a refueling nozzle for discharging a quantity of the gaseous fuel to the end-user vehicle during refueling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: JCB Research
    Inventors: Robert Womersley, Mark James Albert Richards, Thomas Alexander Beamish, Noel Johnson, Chris Peter Owen, Harry Francis Clarke
  • Publication number: 20230333383
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a waveguide assembly includes first and second waveguide slabs. The first waveguide slab is to receive image-bearing light and enlarge a pupil size of the light parallel to a first axis. The first waveguide slab includes a first input-coupling device to couple image-bearing light into the first waveguide slab under total internal reflection (TIR), and a first out-coupling region to decouple image-bearing light out of the first waveguide slab by reflection. The second waveguide slab is to couple at least a portion of the out-coupled image-bearing light from the first waveguide slab into the second waveguide slab and enlarge the pupil size parallel to a second axis, which is substantially orthogonal to the first axis. The second waveguide slab includes a diffractive in-coupling region and a transmissive diffractive out-coupling region, through which a user can view real world imagery and the out-coupled image-bearing light simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Ian Thomas Macken, Rory Thomas Alexander Mills
  • Publication number: 20230324687
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosed subject-matter include a wearable optics device including an adjustment mechanism supportable on a frame adapted to be worn by a user; one or more waveguides in a pre-aligned position relative to the adjustment mechanism; and an optical element moveably attached to the adjustment mechanism to enable the optical element to be moved based on a user preference and to provide an exit pupil for the wearable optics device In various embodiments, the waveguide output is oversized relative to the input region of the optical element. Other devices and apparatuses are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Rory Thomas Alexander Mills, Ian Thomas Macken
  • Patent number: 11777801
    Abstract: An information technology (IT) network includes configuration items (CIs) that may constantly change, where the CIs describe hardware components or software components that are configured to operate on the IT network. A system comprising a server can determine a change associated with a CI, send, to a configuration management database (CMDB), a message that updates the CMDB based on the determined change associated with the CI, determine, for the CI, a monitor configuration that describes one or more variables and corresponding one or more parameters with which the CI is to be monitored, and send the CI with the monitor configuration to a plurality of monitoring software tools operating on a plurality of servers, where each monitoring software tool is configured to monitor the CI based on the monitor configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Donald Nelson Berg, David Owens, James Austin Adams, Thomas Alexander Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20230296812
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the disclosed subject-matter includes an optical waveguide for a look-through display is disclosed. The optical waveguide includes a light guiding layer and an anti-contaminant layer. The anti-contaminant layer has substantially no impact on the total internal reflection of light at an interface of the light guiding layer. Other devices and apparatuses are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan Paul Freeman, Rory Thomas Alexander Mills
  • Publication number: 20230277399
    Abstract: A transfer device includes an extendable transfer platform. The transfer platform includes a fixed plate, a moveable plate, and at least one platform actuator configured to selectively move the moveable plate relative to the fixed plate between a retracted position and an extended position in which a leading edge of the moveable plate is located distally from a leading edge of the fixed plate. The transfer platform also includes a transfer belt having a first end secured to a first driven roller, and a second end secured to a second driven roller. The transfer device also includes a platform support structure secured to the transfer platform for supporting the transfer platform above a floor surface. The platform support structure includes at least one support actuator configured to selectively move the transfer platform relative to the floor surface between a lowered position and a raised position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Jayiesh SINGH, Philip CHANG, Thomas Alexander MEDAL, Simon CHANG, Aditya NARAYANAN, Ngoc Phuong BUI
  • Patent number: 11750076
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods used to produce linear and rotational motion, acceleration, and actuation by the use of mobile ferromagnetic or permanent magnets subjected to asymmetric electromagnetic field distributions are disclosed herein. A variety of exemplary embodiments and applications are described, involving different coil and actuator geometries to include and allow for both stationary and moving magnets, electric fields, and magnetic fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas Alexander Johnson
  • Patent number: 11740901
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for centralized control of execution of a quantum program. In some embodiments, a system can include a processor that executes computer-executable components stored in memory. The computer-executable components include a synchronization component that causes multiple controller devices remotely located relative to the system to be synchronized with one another and the system. The computer-executable components also include an ingestion component that accesses measurement data resulting from one or more measurements at respective qubit devices. The computer-executable components further include a composition component that generates, using the measurement data, one or more control messages for respective second controller devices of the multiple controller devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott Willenborg, Andrew Wack, Thomas Alexander, Jeffrey Joseph Ruedinger, Blake Johnson, Juergen Saalmueller, Kent H. Haselhorst
  • Publication number: 20230263407
    Abstract: A system includes a monitoring device including a housing having a top surface and a bottom surface, the monitoring device having a processor and a memory and being configured and arranged to measure cardiac data, the monitoring device having a plurality of receivers configured to accept at least one of a plurality of single-use skin electrode patches or an adapter having integrated contact electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicants: SR-Medizinelektronik, Dextronix
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander Jacob, Hartmut Richter, Scott Lewis Zellmer
  • Patent number: 11733774
    Abstract: The invention relates to an eye tracking arrangement that includes a camera configured to capture images of an eye at a first scanning rate, a laser velocimeter configured to capture an eye velocity of a movement of the eye by laser Doppler velocimetry at a second scanning rate and a control device configured to determine an absolute eye position based on the images, and track a gaze direction of the eye based on the absolute eye position and the eye velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, TRUMPF PHOTONIC COMPONENTS GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Petersen, Thomas Alexander Schlebusch, Hans Spruit, Jochen Hellmig
  • Publication number: 20230251708
    Abstract: A method for a user activity recognition for data glasses. The data glasses include at least one integrated sensor unit. An activity of a user of the data glasses is recognized, via an evaluation of data that are detected by the integrated sensor unit, in at least one user activity recognition step carried out by a classifying unit. It is provided that when the user activity recognition step is carried out, the classifying unit takes into account information that has been ascertained in a (preferably) user-specific training step chronologically preceding the user activity recognition step, by training the classifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Johannes Meyer, Thomas Alexander Schlebusch
  • Patent number: 11707072
    Abstract: Food products and systems and methods for their production involve microfiltration (“MF”) of fluid skim to form a MF retentate, combining the MF retentate with cream and subjecting the combination to ultrafiltration (“UF”) to form a UF retentate. Prior to UF, the composition is formed of non-acidified components. Following UF, the UF retentate is acidified and forms a food product including a high solids content. The solids content may be further increased using evaporation. The resulting cheese or cheese base contains a lower whey protein ratio in a fat:casein:whey protein ratio compared to systems and methods that do not employ MF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Land O'Lakes, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander Glenn, III, Clint Garoutte, Kang Hu, Jason Thompson, Orlando Maldonado
  • Publication number: 20230218227
    Abstract: A sensor arrangement for attachment to a head of a user. The sensor arrangement includes at least one first electrical sensor and/or at least one second optical sensor. The sensor arrangement further comprises a support structure designed to support the first sensor and/or second sensor on the head of the user such that the first sensor and/or second sensor is arranged in an area of the ear. The sensor arrangement further includes at least one connecting element made of an elastic material for the purpose of at least indirect connection between the first sensor and/or second sensor and the scalp of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Johannes Meyer, Thomas Alexander Schlebusch
  • Patent number: D995318
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Smith, Thomas Alexander Groves