Patents by Inventor Thomas Frederick

Thomas Frederick 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: 11688072
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine a landscape video to be presented in a vertical orientation through a display screen of a computing device. Frames of the landscape video can be cropped to allow for full screen presentation of the landscape video in the vertical orientation. The cropped frames of the landscape video can be provided for presentation through the display screen of the computing device in the vertical orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Dimson, Ian McIntyre Silber, Ryan Keenan Olson
  • Patent number: 11634000
    Abstract: Example illustrations are directed to a suspension system for a vehicle, which includes a controller configured to determine a roughness of a ground surface associated with the vehicle. The controller may be further configured to determine a height adjustment parameter for the suspension system based on the roughness determined, and to facilitate modification of the suspension system based on the determined height adjustment parameter. Example methods are provided, which may include determining, using a controller, a roughness of a ground surface associated with a vehicle, the roughness determined based on ride height. The method may also include determining, using the controller, a height adjustment parameter for a suspension system of the vehicle based on the roughness determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: RIVIAN IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Abdallah, Mark George Milne, Jay Dixit, Derrick Michael Tan
  • Publication number: 20230092901
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various medical device components, including components that can be incorporated into robotic and/or in vivo medical devices. Also disclosed are various medical devices for in vivo medical procedures. Included herein, for example, is a surgical robotic device having an elongate device body, a right robotic arm coupled to a right shoulder assembly, and a left robotic arm coupled to a left shoulder assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jack Mondry, Shane Farritor, Eric Markvicka, Thomas Frederick, Joe Bartels
  • Patent number: 11604821
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure include a character management system that determines and utilizes contextual meaning with regard to standardized image characters. In particular, the character management system determines contextual meaning with regard to standardized characters based on the manner in which the standardized characters are utilized in a repository of electronic documents. Moreover, the character management system can utilize the contextual meaning to search, recommend, analyze, and translate with regard to the use of standardized image characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Dimson, Bogdan State, Shankar Kalyanaraman, Hamdan Azhar
  • Patent number: 11588821
    Abstract: A filter for performing access control list (ACL) filtering may be used in place of highly-complex and resource-intensive TCAMs for access control. In this regard, the filter may be configured to compare packet header information to action-priority pairs stored in ACL tables. Each action-priority pair indicates at least one action to be performed for implementing a desired rule and a priority for that action. An access control action from an action-priority pair matching the header information may be performed in order to implement a desired access control rule for the received packet. If multiple action-priority pairs from the same table match the header information, then the priorities of the matching action-priority pairs may be compared to resolve the conflict. The circuitry of the filter is arranged such that exact-match searching can be performed on the ACL tables to reduce the complexity and cost of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ADTRAN, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Detwiler, Cory Z. Zywno, Darrin L. Gieger, Spencer R. Gass, Miriam Angela Nunnally
  • Publication number: 20230045560
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a vehicle suspension system. In some example methods, a height change request is received for a vehicle suspension having a displacement control for implementing height change requests. A displacement of at least one spring of the vehicle suspension may be determined, as well as whether the displacement satisfies a displacement control criteria. The height of the vehicle suspension may be changed using an air mass control in response to determining the displacement control criteria is not satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Abdallah, Mark George Milne, Jay Dixit, Derrick Michael Tan
  • Publication number: 20230040600
    Abstract: Example illustrations are directed to a suspension system for a vehicle and methods. In some examples, a controller of a suspension system is configured to determine the vehicle is in a service environment, and to set a height precision mode for the suspension system based on the determination the vehicle is in the service environment. In some examples, the controller is configured to detect a suspension operating condition of the vehicle, and to change a setting associated with the suspension system based on the suspension operating condition. An example method comprises detecting, using a controller, a suspension operating condition of a suspension system of a vehicle. The method may further include changing, using the controller, a setting associated with the suspension system based upon the suspension operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Abdallah, Mark George Milne, Jay Dixit, Derrick Michael Tan
  • Publication number: 20230043104
    Abstract: Example illustrations are directed to a suspension system for a vehicle, which includes a controller configured to determine a roughness of a ground surface associated with the vehicle. The controller may be further configured to determine a height adjustment parameter for the suspension system based on the roughness determined, and to facilitate modification of the suspension system based on the determined height adjustment parameter. Example methods are provided, which may include determining, using a controller, a roughness of a ground surface associated with a vehicle, the roughness determined based on ride height. The method may also include determining, using the controller, a height adjustment parameter for a suspension system of the vehicle based on the roughness determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Abdallah, Mark George Milne, Jay Dixit, Derrick Michael Tan
  • Publication number: 20230035505
    Abstract: An intelligent peer-to-peer fundraising campaign platform is provided for managing charitable and for profit campaigns. The platform includes capabilities for creating and managing campaigns by supporters, retrieving person data for supporters and leads for the campaign, relationship data and other attributes including affinity data, donation history data, potential and financial data and storing such data in the form of social graph. The campaign platform also helps supporters of a campaign to identify leads, send personalized communication to the leads for enlisting support to the campaign, determine donor outcomes with respect to each personalized communication sent to the lead; and updating or reinforcing a donor prediction model based on the donor outcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: boodle, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Nathan Olds, Matthew Dale Hicks, Eric James Okimoto, James Earl Douglas, Francis Quang Hoang, Riley White, Neil A. Kothari, Thomas Frederick Davids, Jason Crabtree, Andrew Sellers, Bridget Parke
  • Patent number: 11529201
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various medical device components, including components that can be incorporated into robotic and/or in vivo medical devices. Also disclosed are various medical devices for in vivo medical procedures. Included herein, for example, is a surgical robotic device having an elongate device body, a right robotic arm coupled to a right shoulder assembly, and a left robotic arm coupled to a left shoulder assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
    Inventors: Jack Mondry, Shane Farritor, Eric Markvicka, Thomas Frederick, Joe Bartels
  • Publication number: 20220385582
    Abstract: A traffic shaping circuit regulates packets transferred by a transmission resource into a network (e.g., a network on a chip) on behalf of a client. The packet transfers are selectively enabled or disabled based on a current budget value. The budget value is modified based on a packet-transfer cost in response to transferring a packet into the network. The rate of packet transfers into the network is monitored. A cost-adjustment signal is generated based on the rate of packet transfers. The packet-transfer cost is modified in response to the cost-adjustment signal for accounting for a subsequent-packet transfer into the network. The cost-adjustment signal may indicate an increase or decrease of the packet-transfer cost and/or a budget limit, both of which are read from a cost table comprising records ordered based on respective packet-transfer cost values. The packet-transfer cost and/or a budget limit are configurable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Detwiler, Thomas Abner Basnight, Suraj Balasubramanian
  • Patent number: 11487560
    Abstract: A system and method for sharing information amongst user display devices, such as cell phones, smart phones, tablet computers, or other devices with an electronically controllable screen or display, in a peer to peer (P2P) network, to display one image or video across the totality of all of the display devices, regardless of where the display devices are positioned or how they are oriented relative to each other, and a system and method for identifying the exact position and orientation of each display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas Frederick Utsch
  • Patent number: 11478680
    Abstract: A system for measuring vertical jump is disclosed, in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure. The system may include a vane assembly comprising a plurality of vanes movably coupled to an extendable member at a plurality of heights relative to a ground level, each being vane displaceable from an original position to a displaced position in response to contact from a user. The system may also include a measurement device configured to obtain at least one of: a baseline height from a first vane of the plurality of vanes to the ground level; a user height; a user reach; or a displacement height, wherein the displacement height is the height of the uppermost vane in a displaced position relative to the ground level. The system may also include a controller communicatively coupled to the measurement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Dashr, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick, Chase Pfeifer
  • Publication number: 20220233432
    Abstract: A simple, self-propelling particle system is disclosed that can deliver a cargo through flowing aqueous solutions. This disclosure provides a non-aqueous composition comprising: (i) particles formed of a carbonate salt and having an average diameter of about 100 ?m or less; and (ii) an acid in solid form. The particles may be associated with a cargo molecule or particle. In mouse models of severe hemorrhage, the propelled particles are able to deliver a procoagulant enzyme and halt bleeding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicants: The University of British Columbia, The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Kastrup, Ju Hun Yeon, James Baylis, Thomas Frederick Burke
  • Publication number: 20220219340
    Abstract: The various embodiments herein relate to a coupling apparatus for a medical device having a coupler body, a cavity defined in the coupler body, a rotatable drive component disposed within the cavity and having at least two pin-receiving openings, and an actuable locking ring disposed around the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Shane Farritor, Thomas Frederick
  • Publication number: 20220147543
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can acquire a set of labels associated with a set of content items. Each label in the set of labels can be associated with at least one content item in the set of content items. It can be determined that at least two labels, out of the set of labels, are related. The at least two labels can be determined to be related based on at least one of a co-occurrence metric associated with the at least two labels or a topic similarity metric associated with the at least two labels. One label can be selected, out of the at least two labels, as being representative of the at least two labels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Ehud Weinsberg, Bogdan State, AmaƧ Herdagdelen, Thomas Frederick Dimson, Bai Xiao, Danilo Torres de Sa Resende
  • Publication number: 20220107673
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine a video being accessed from a content provider. A first viewing mode of a display screen of the computing device can be determined. A first content stream associated with the video can be accessed based at least in part on the first viewing mode of the display screen, wherein the first content stream is encoded for presentation of the video in the first viewing mode of the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Ian McIntyre Silber, Thomas Frederick Dimson, Ryan Keenan Olson
  • Publication number: 20220101615
    Abstract: A computer system calibrates an image from digital motion video, which originated from a camera that has a view of a scene from a period of time, with an image rendered from a three-dimensional model of the scene for a view based on a location (position and orientation) of the camera in the scene. The calibrated image from the digital motion video can be overlaid on the rendered image in a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface can allow a user to modify opacity of the overlay of the calibrated image from the digital motion video on the rendered image. The overlaid image can be used as a guide by the user to provide inputs with respect to the three-dimensional model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventor: Andrew Thomas Fredericks
  • Publication number: 20220083356
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a system and method for recording information and/or sharing information amongst user display devices in a peer to peer (P2P) network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas Frederick Utsch
  • Patent number: 11266596
    Abstract: A simple, self-propelling particle system is disclosed that can deliver a cargo through flowing aqueous solutions. This disclosure provides a non-aqueous composition comprising: (i) particles formed of a carbonate salt and having an average diameter of about 100 ?m or less; and (ii) an acid in solid form. The particles may be associated with a cargo molecule or particle. In mouse models of severe hemorrhage, the propelled particles are able to deliver a procoagulant enzyme and halt bleeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: The University of British Columbia, The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Kastrup, Ju Hun Yeon, James Baylis, Thomas Frederick Burke