Patents by Inventor Thomas Carls
Thomas Carls 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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Publication number: 20230131665Abstract: Methods and systems for allowing for incremental updates to remote localized copies of disk images (e.g., virtual machine images) are described. In some implementations, the disk images are block-based. The incremental updates may be done in a bi-directional manner across different platforms such that an update to any platform may be prepared for any of the other platforms. Preparation of updates between platforms may be accomplished through one or more of combining disk images, differencing disk images, snapshotting disk images, and/or versioning disk images.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: John Victor Baboval, II, Thomas Carl Goetz
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Patent number: 11627435Abstract: A method in a first wireless communication device for displaying current location information representing a current location of a second wireless communication device. The method entails, from within a communication application executing on a processor of the first wireless communication device, receiving the current location information representing the current location of the second wireless communication device, performing a reverse look-up of the received current location of the second wireless communication device to determine address information, displaying a map from within the communication application, and identifying the received current location information on the displayed map with a name associated with the determined address information.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Thomas Carl Sanchez, Piotr Konrad Tysowski
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Publication number: 20230056904Abstract: A method facilitates the treatment of the spine of a patient by providing simultaneous access through at least a first opening and a second opening formed in the patient. For example, the method can include the acts of positioning the patient on a surgical table, providing the first opening into a posterior portion of the patient, providing the second opening into a lateral portion of the patient, inserting a first device through the first opening into the patient to contact the spine in a first direction that is transverse to the coronal plane of the patient, and inserting a second device through the second opening into the patient to contact the spine in a second direction that is transverse to the sagittal plane of the patient, where the first and second openings are accessible simultaneously, and, when the first and second devises are inserted into the patient, the position of the patient is stationary with respect to a portion of the table.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Jeffrey W. Beale, Thomas A. Carls, Richard A. Hynes, Matthew M. Morrison
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Publication number: 20230039658Abstract: This document discloses system, method, and computer program product embodiments for operating an autonomous vehicle (AV). For example, the method includes performing the following operations by a muxing tool when AV is deployed within a particular geographic area in a real-world environment: receiving perception data that is representative of at least one actual object which is perceived while AV is deployed within the particular geographic area in a real-world environment; receiving simulation data that represents a simulated object that could be perceived by AV in the real-world environment and that was generated using a simulation scenario which is selected from a plurality of simulation scenarios based on at least one of the particular geographic area in which AV is currently located and a current operational state of AV; and generating augmented perception data by combining the simulation data with the perception data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Arjuna Ariyaratne, Thomas Carl Ackenhausen, Patrick Michael Carmody
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Publication number: 20230030474Abstract: Method and systems for generating vehicle motion planning model simulation scenarios are disclosed. The method receives a base simulation scenario with features of a scene through which a vehicle may travel, defines an interaction zone in the scene, generates an augmentation element that includes an object and a behavior for the object, and adds the augmentation element to the base simulation scenario at the interaction zone to yield an augmented simulation scenario. The augmented simulation scenario is applied to a vehicle motion planning model to train the model.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Michael Nayhouse, Michael Pacilio, Thomas Carl Ackenhausen, Davide Corradi, Jad Nohra, Allen Edward Flick
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Publication number: 20230037142Abstract: Method and systems for generating vehicle motion planning model simulation scenarios are disclosed. The system receives a base simulation scenario with features of a scene through which a vehicle may travel. The system then generates an augmentation element with a simulated behavior for an object in the scene by: (i) accessing a data store in which behavior probabilities are mapped to object types to retrieve a set of behavior probabilities for the object; and (ii) applying a randomization function to the behavior probabilities to select the simulated behavior for the object. The system will add the augmentation element to the base simulation scenario at the interaction zone to yield an augmented simulation scenario. The system will then apply the augmented simulation scenario to an autonomous vehicle motion planning model to train the motion planning model.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Michael Nayhouse, Michael Pacilio, Thomas Carl Ackenhausen, Allen Edward Flick
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Patent number: 11564767Abstract: A spinal disorder diagnosis and treatment planning system is provided. The diagnosis and treatment planning system includes a mixed reality holographic display including at least one processor, at least one camera, at least one sensor, and being configured to acquire data points corresponding to a surface of a body adjacent to vertebral tissue. A computer database is configured to transmit imaging of the body including the vertebral tissue to the mixed reality holographic display. The mixed reality holographic display is configured to display a first holographic image of the vertebral tissue superimposed with a body image including the surface. Methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Jerald Redmond, Thomas A. Carls
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Publication number: 20220412112Abstract: A pool cover assembly includes a first encapsulation member defining a first side of a pool cover encapsulation, the first encapsulation member comprising a first mating feature. The pool cover assembly further includes a second encapsulation member defining a second side of the pool cover encapsulation, the second encapsulation member comprising a second mating feature. And the pool cover assembly further includes a corner endcap member comprising a third mating feature and a fourth mating feature. The first encapsulation member is coupleable to the corner endcap by the first mating feature and the third mating feature, and the second encapsulation member is coupleable to the corner endcap by the second mating feature and the fourth mating feature. The corner endcap member couples with the first encapsulation member and the second encapsulation member to form a corner of the pool cover encapsulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: John Thomas Carl Peterson, Mathew Dalton
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Patent number: 11504433Abstract: The present disclosure provides delivery constructs comprising a carrier coupled to a heterologous payload, wherein coupling of the carrier to the payload can result in transportation of the payload (e.g., a therapeutic payload) into and/or across intact polarized epithelial cells (e.g., epithelial cells of the gut of a mammal). The delivery construct can be part of a pharmaceutical composition that can be orally administered to a subject to provide for improved, effective therapies for treatment of, e.g., inflammatory diseases or autoimmune diseases.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Applied Molecular Transport Inc.Inventors: Thomas Carl Hunter, Randall J. Mrsny, Weijun Feng, Tahir Mahmood, Charles Olson, Sally Postlethwaite
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Patent number: 11490939Abstract: A method facilitates the treatment of the spine of a patient by providing simultaneous access through at least a first opening and a second opening formed in the patient. For example, the method can include the acts of positioning the patient on a surgical table, providing the first opening into a posterior portion of the patient, providing the second opening into a lateral portion of the patient, inserting a first device through the first opening into the patient to contact the spine in a first direction that is transverse to the coronal plane of the patient, and inserting a second device through the second opening into the patient to contact the spine in a second direction that is transverse to the sagittal plane of the patient, where the first and second openings are accessible simultaneously, and, when the first and second devises are inserted into the patient, the position of the patient is stationary with respect to a portion of the table.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey W. Beale, Thomas A. Carls, Richard A. Hynes, Matthew M. Morrison
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Patent number: 11486625Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet, a fresh food compartment disposed within the cabinet, a freezer compartment disposed within the cabinet, an ice compartment disposed within the cabinet, and an electronic control system associated with the refrigerator and adapted to monitor and control the fresh food compartment, the freezer compartment and the ice compartment. The control system provides for energy efficient control and operation through various means, including by monitoring state of an ice maker associated with the ice compartment and controlling temperature within compartments of the refrigerator based on the ice maker state. A damper controls air flow between the fresh food and freezer compartments. The control system can direct heat to the damper if the damper becomes frozen.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Robert L. Wetekamp, Kyle B. Van Meter, Alan G. Tarrant, Ryan D. Schuchart, Mauro M. Oliveira, Alvin V. Miller, Brent A. Koppenhaver, Carl J. Franken, Nelson J. Ferragut, II, Tim L. Coulter, Greg Berardi, Thomas Carl Anell
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Publication number: 20220340160Abstract: Systems and methods for map quality assurance and/or vehicle control. The methods comprise: generating, by the computing device, a plurality of simulation routes for a vehicle to traverse in a map; simulating, by the computing device, operations of the vehicle along each route of the plurality of simulation routes in the map; analyzing, by the computing device, results from the simulating to validate whether or not a quality of the map is validated; causing, by the computing device, the map to be used to control autonomous or semi-autonomous operations of the vehicle, when a determination is made that the quality of the map is validated; and performing a given operation other than said causing, when a determination is made that the quality of the map is not validated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Michael Nayhouse, Thomas Carl Ackenhausen, Patrick Michael Carmody
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Publication number: 20220323232Abstract: A spinal implant comprises an implant body extending between an anterior surface and a posterior surface and includes a first vertebral engaging surface and a second vertebral engaging surface. The implant body includes an inner surface that defines at least one cavity that is oriented to implant a fastener oblique relative to a lateral axis of a subject body and adjacent an intervertebral space of the subject body. At least one indicia is disposed with the implant body to facilitate orientation of the implant body with the subject body. Systems and methods are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic Inc.Inventors: Lindsey G. Waugh, Anthony J. Melkent, Jonathan E. Blackwell, Thomas E. Drochner, Carrie L. Gowan, Bret Matthew Wilfong, Thomas A. Carls, Richard A. Hynes, D. Hal Silcox, III, John A. Cowan, JR., Jean-Pierre Mobasser
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Patent number: 11454040Abstract: A pool cover assembly includes a first encapsulation member defining a first side of a pool cover encapsulation, the first encapsulation member comprising a first mating feature. The pool cover assembly further includes a second encapsulation member defining a second side of the pool cover encapsulation, the second encapsulation member comprising a second mating feature. And the pool cover assembly further includes a corner endcap member comprising a third mating feature and a fourth mating feature. The first encapsulation member is coupleable to the corner endcap by the first mating feature and the third mating feature, and the second encapsulation member is coupleable to the corner endcap by the second mating feature and the fourth mating feature. The corner endcap member couples with the first encapsulation member and the second encapsulation member to form a corner of the pool cover encapsulation.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Latham Pool Products, Inc.Inventors: John Thomas Carl Peterson, Mathew Dalton
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Patent number: 11446154Abstract: A spinal implant comprises an implant body extending between an anterior surface and a posterior surface and includes a first vertebral engaging surface and a second vertebral engaging surface. The implant body includes an inner surface that defines at least one cavity that is oriented to implant a fastener oblique relative to a lateral axis of a subject body and adjacent an intervertebral space of the subject body. At least one indicia is disposed with the implant body to facilitate orientation of the implant body with the subject body. Systems and methods are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Lindsey G. Waugh, Anthony J. Melkent, Jonathan E. Blackwell, Thomas E. Drochner, Carrie L. Gowan, Bret Matthew Wilfong, Thomas A. Carls, Richard A. Hynes, D. Hal Silcox, III, John A. Cowan, Jr., Jean-Pierre Mobasser
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Publication number: 20220275029Abstract: The present disclosure provides complexes and compositions comprising particles, microparticles or nanoparticles, for delivery of payloads into a cell or across a polarized epithelial cell. The compositions can comprise a payload in a pill or tablet for delivery of the payload into or across a polarized epithelial cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Randall J. MRSNY, Derek MACLEAN, Michael SEKAR, Kevin YIN, Tahir Mahmood, Thomas Carl Hunter, Keyi Liu
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Publication number: 20220273453Abstract: A spinal implant comprises an implant body extending between an anterior surface and a posterior surface and includes a first vertebral engaging surface and a second vertebral engaging surface. The implant body includes an inner surface that defines at least one cavity that is oriented to implant a fastener oblique relative to a lateral axis of a subject body and adjacent an intervertebral space of the subject body. At least one indicia is disposed with the implant body to facilitate orientation of the implant body with the subject body. Systems and methods are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.Inventors: Lindsey G. Waugh, Anthony J. Melkent, Jonathan E. Blackwell, Thomas E. Drochner, Carrie L. Gowan, Bret Matthew Wilfong, Thomas A. Carls, Richard A. Hynes, D. Hal Silcox, III, John A. Cowan, JR., Jean-Pierre Mobasser
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Patent number: 11429107Abstract: A system of creating a simulation to simulate behavior of an autonomous vehicle includes a simulation system having an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium having one or more programming instructions. When executed, the one or more programming instructions cause the electronic device to identify an event that is to be analyzed, receive from an autonomous vehicle system a first data stream that includes event information from one or more vehicle event log files that corresponds to the event, receive from a vehicle dynamics model a second data stream that includes synthetic event information that corresponds to the event, until a switch point is detected operate in a pure log execution stage, upon detection of the switch point operate in a play-forward execution stage, and cause the new simulation to be executed.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Argo AI, LLCInventors: Thomas Carl Ackenhausen, Patrick Michael Carmody, Albert Costa
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Patent number: 11426466Abstract: The present disclosure relates to isolated non-naturally occurring delivery constructs comprising a bacterial toxin-derived delivery construct coupled to a biologically active therapeutic cargo; wherein the delivery construct is capable of delivering the biologically active cargo via transcytosis transport across an epithelial cell; and wherein the delivery construct does not comprise a bacterial toxin-derived translocation domain or a bacterial toxin-derived catalytic (cytotoxic) domain.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Applied Molecular Transport Inc.Inventors: Keyi Liu, Julia Dawn Mackay, Weijun Feng, Thomas Carl Hunter, Randall J. Mrsny
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Publication number: 20220187151Abstract: A pressure gauge includes a housing, a helical tube, and a compensation member. The housing has an inlet. The helical tube is arranged within the housing and has a closed end and an open end, the open end of the helical tube in fluid communication with the inlet. The compensation member is arranged between the between the open end and the closed end of the helical tube, the compensation member fixed to the helical tube. The compensation member and the helical tube are formed from materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion to limit movement of the closed end of the helical tube due to temperature change of a compressed fluid in fluid communication with the helical tube. Pressure vessel assemblies and methods of displaying pressure in pressure vessels are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventor: Thomas Carl Kjellman