Patents by Inventor Timothy A. Andrews

Timothy A. Andrews 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: 20250049381
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to motion analysis systems and methods of use thereof. In certain aspects, the system includes an image capture device, at least one accelerometer, and a central processing unit (CPU) with storage coupled thereto for storing instructions that when executed by the CPU cause the CPU to receive a first set of motion data from the image capture device related to at least one joint of a subject while the subject is performing a task and receive a second set of motion data from the accelerometer related to the at least one joint of the subject while the subject is performing the task. The CPU also calculates kinematic and/or kinetic information about the at least one joint of a subject from a combination of the first and second sets of motion data, and outputs the kinematic and/or kinetic information for purposes of assessing a movement disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Highland Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Andrew Wagner, Laura Dipietro, William Edelman, Seth Elkin-Frankston
  • Publication number: 20250055074
    Abstract: Thermal barrier blanket systems are provided for use within traction battery packs. Exemplary thermal barrier blanket systems may include a plurality of thermal barrier panels that are arranged in an overlapping configuration. The thermal barrier panels may be arranged such that, during a battery thermal event, battery vent gases and/or other effluents are forced over top of downstream thermal barrier panels, thereby slowing array-to-array propagation times and preserving the structural integrity of surrounding enclosure structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Ravi Jagdish Saripella, Steven F. Chorian, Mark Elio Parenti, Timothy Andrew Strand
  • Patent number: 12210016
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to diagnostic test devices that provide improved communication to a user of one or both of proper functioning of the test device and an analog test result that is provided by the test device. The diagnostic test devices particularly can include one or more sensors effective to indicate application of a sufficient volume of a test fluid and/or can include one or more light sources positioned to illuminate an analog test result for improved visibility and understanding of the analog test result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Snowden, Sujata Sundara Rajan, Christopher King, Jonathan Andrew Wharton
  • Patent number: 12206236
    Abstract: A power distribution panel for distributing power to a plurality of components. A modular frame may removably attach in an aperture of a side of a chassis. A first module may be removably attached in an opening of the modular frame. A second module, different from the first module, may be removably attached in the opening of the modular frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Amphenol Network Solutions
    Inventors: Steven Kyle Witkoe, Timothy Andrew Meyer, Timothy McBrien Turpin
  • Publication number: 20250016152
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for remote conference security control. The method includes monitoring an audio and/or a video input for participants at one or more remote locations of a remote conference meeting irrespective of sharing of the audio and/or the video input at the time of monitoring. The method compares an extraction of a detected voice and/or face input with a registered profile of the participant to detect non-registered participants. When detecting a non-registered participant, the method provides an output action to at least some of the participants of the remote conference meeting to the non-registered participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Timothy Andrew Moran, Caroline Sarah Courtenay McNamara, Abigail Rose Bettle-Shaffer, NATASHA Katherine MCKENZIE-KELLY, Robert Paterson, MELITA SAVILLE, BETHANY FAY SIMPSON
  • Publication number: 20250014443
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bridge device which allows for communication between two external devices (e.g. an initiating device and a control device) which use different first and second data encoding schemes, without the need to modify either of the devices. In particular, the bridge device has two communication interfaces which can communicate with the respective external devices, and a processor which can translate data from the first data encoding scheme to the second data encoding scheme, and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Faruk MEAH, Timothy Andrew JAMES, Steven BENNETT, Robert FELTHAM
  • Patent number: 12188612
    Abstract: A system for maintaining the operating condition of a machine is provided. The system includes a dispensing device having: an interchangeable control module, the interchangeable control module including control hardware that provides a central processing unit, a data storage memory, and communication modules. The dispensing device is configured to dispense lubricant in order to maintain the operating condition of the machine. The interchangeable control module is configured to interchangeably control and interchangeably reside in either a fixed or a portable dispensing device. The interchangeable control module communicates to an external or internal intermediary computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: SKF Canada Limited, Lincoln Industrial Corporation
    Inventors: Neila Ben Amar, Nathan Donovan, Shawn Gibson, Timothy Andrew Harris, Craig McFarland, Brian Mitchell, Lois Gayle Wride, Waheeduz Zaman
  • Patent number: 12177518
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for determining whether to authorize output of a first application to be interrupted by output of a second application. The media guidance application may provide output of a first application to a user and receive, from a second application, a request to provide second output from the second application to the user. In response to receiving the request, the media guidance application may determine whether the user is involved in physical activity and, in response to determining that the user is involved in physical activity, retrieve from a database information in a profile corresponding to the user. If the information indicates that the physical activity is routine, the media guidance application may deny the request and continue to provide the first output of the first application to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Adeia Guides Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Andrew Holmes, Michael McCarty, Glen E. Roe
  • Patent number: 12165063
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to the restoration of degraded images acquired via a behind-display camera. One example provides a method of training a machine learning model, the method comprising inputting training image pairs into the machine learning model, each training image pair comprising an undegraded image and a degraded image that represents an appearance of the undegraded image to a behind-display camera, and training the machine learning model using the training image pairs to generate frequency information that is missing from the degraded images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Yuqian Zhou, Timothy Andrew Large, Se Hoon Lim, Neil Emerton, Yonghuan David Ren
  • Patent number: 12147799
    Abstract: A method comprises: installing the target software version on a first node of the storage appliance; restarting the first node of the storage appliance while also running the current software version on other nodes of the storage system; subsequent to said installing the target software version and said restarting of the first node, determining if all hosts of the storage system have discovered paths to volumes on the first node; responsive to determining that all hosts of the storage system have discovered paths to volumes on the first node, permitting the CCU of the nodes to continue to upgrade one of the other nodes of the storage system from the current software version to the target software version; and responsive to determining that not all hosts of the storage system have discovered paths to volumes on the first node, preventing the CCU of the nodes from continuing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Warren Hawkins, Nicholas Michael O'Rourke, Dominic Tomkins, Timothy Andrew Moran
  • Patent number: 12142105
    Abstract: A dispensing device for maintaining the operating condition of a machine is provided. The dispensing device includes an interchangeable control module, the interchangeable control module including control hardware that provides at least one of a data storage memory, a central processing unit, interface hardware for condition monitoring sensors, an intermediary computing device, a display device, and communication modules. The dispensing device is configured to dispense lubricant in order to maintain the operating condition of the machine. The interchangeable control module is configured to interchangeably control and interchangeably reside in both a fixed and a portable dispensing device. Also, various related systems including the dispensing device are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SKF Canada Limited
    Inventors: Neila Ben Amar, Nathan Donovan, Shawn Gibson, Timothy Andrew Harris, Craig McFarland, Brian Mitchell, Lois Gayle Wride, Waheeduz Zaman
  • Patent number: 12131027
    Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and computer program product in which a storage volume is configured to be maintained in a replicated relationship between two storage systems. A reversing is performed of a switch of a direction of replication for a replicated storage volume, in response to determining that host activity does not sufficiently match a pre-switch host activity, where the host activity does not sufficiently match the pre-switch host activity if a predetermined set of criteria is not met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy Andrew Moran, Dominic Tomkins, Nicholas Michael O'Rourke, Warren Hawkins
  • Patent number: 12125179
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a display, an illumination source, a camera, and a logic system. The illumination source is configured to project structured illumination onto a subject. The camera is configured to image the subject through the display, which includes collecting the structured illumination as reflected by the subject. The logic system is configured to receive, from the camera, a digital image of the subject imaged through the display. The logic system is further configured to sharpen the digital image based on the spatially resolved intensity of the structured illumination as reflected by the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Yonghuan David Ren, Timothy Andrew Large, Neil Emerton, Yuqian Zhou
  • Patent number: 12106039
    Abstract: Systems and methods for publication and external interfacing for a unified document surface are disclosed. An example system may include a document serving circuit structured to access a document data, the document data including data for a unified document surface, and to provide at least a portion of the document data to a client serving circuit; the client serving circuit structured to implement a unified document surface interface in response to the at least a portion of the document data; the client serving circuit further structured to implement an extension creation interface, and to provide a pack implementation value to the document serving circuit in response to user interactions with the extension creation interface; and wherein the document serving circuit is further structured to determine a pack definition value in response to the pack implementation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Coda Project, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander W. DeNeui, Glenn Jaume, Hariharan Sivaramakrishnan, Helena G. Jaramillo, John Z. Li, Jonathan L. Goldman, Martin Charles, W. Michael Varney, Timothy Andrew James, Adam Ginzberg, Nathan Penner, Evan Brooks, Michael Hewitt, Punit Shah, Patrick Barry, Huayang Guo, Jason Peter Stowe, Christopher Leland Eck, Alicia Salvino, Alan Fang, Spencer Chang, Elizabeth Huang, Oleg Vaskevich
  • Patent number: 12102270
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for providing a sheet product dispenser with automated product level tracking functionality are provided herein. Various product level sensors are disclosed herein including a product level sensor configured to emit a signal toward an outer circumference of a sheet product roll on a spindle extending along a longitudinal axis and to receive a reflected signal. The product level sensor is positioned a radial distance away from the spindle and aimed to emit the signal in a direction that is not parallel and not perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The product level sensor detects a parameter of the reflected signal corresponding to the distance between the product level sensor and the sheet product roll. Other example embodiments include mechanical product level sensors. Various communication protocols may be employed to limit transmission of data to conserve battery life while still maintaining desired communication functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Inventors: David Warren Murphy, Timothy Andrew Robertson, Kevin Michael Swanson, Ryan Anthony Goltz
  • Patent number: 12099595
    Abstract: Technology for password entry security that monitors a text entry field that is not an appropriate text entry field for password entry, and, on condition that a user enters a first portion of a designated user password into the text entry field, then machine logic deletes and/or obscures at least the first portion of the password from the text entry field so that it cannot be espied or intercepted by unauthorized parties. IN some embodiments, an integer number N is designated to determine how many characters must be in the first portion entered by the user before the password text is deleted or obscured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sally L Howard, Timothy Andrew Moran, Emma Jane Dawson, Katherine Rose Farmer
  • Patent number: 12098728
    Abstract: An inducer and a submersible pump for pumping a slurry comprising solids and viscous fluids, the inducer mountable to the pump's drive shaft adjacent to and immediately upstream of an impeller mounted on said shaft. The inducer comprises a hub, two to four inducer blades extending outwardly from and wrapping helically around the hub, the hub and the inducer blades defining a plurality of channels A trailing edge of each inducer blade is positioned snugly adjacent to and in fluidical alignment with a leading edge of a corresponding impeller blade when the inducer is mounted on the drive shaft of the pump, such that a velocity curve of the slurry is smooth as the slurry travels from a leading edge of the inducer blades to the leading edge of the impeller blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Dajustco IP Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas James Guenther, Timothy Andrew Phillip Gjernes
  • Patent number: 12086273
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for dynamically generating linked security tests. The present invention may be configured to perform security tests on an application, generate, based on the results of the security tests, security test sequences that include at least one security test that the application failed, perform the security test sequences on the application, and, iteratively and until the application passes each security test sequence in an iteration, generate additional security test sequences. The present invention may be further configured to provide results of the security tests and security test sequences to one or more machine learning models to generate supplementary security test sequences and determine probabilities of the application failing the supplementary security test sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jack Lawson Bishop, III, Timothy Andrew Wright, Robert Riley Zink
  • Publication number: 20240296037
    Abstract: A method comprises: installing the target software version on a first node of the storage appliance; restarting the first node of the storage appliance while also running the current software version on other nodes of the storage system; subsequent to said installing the target software version and said restarting of the first node, determining if all hosts of the storage system have discovered paths to volumes on the first node; responsive to determining that all hosts of the storage system have discovered paths to volumes on the first node, permitting the CCU of the nodes to continue to upgrade one of the other nodes of the storage system from the current software version to the target software version; and responsive to determining that not all hosts of the storage system have discovered paths to volumes on the first node, preventing the CCU of the nodes from continuing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Warren Hawkins, Nicholas Michael O'Rourke, Dominic Tomkins, Timothy Andrew Moran
  • Publication number: 20240286231
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system including a support structure configured to provide support for various orbital welding components. The system also includes an orbital weld head body attached to the support structure. The orbital weld head body is made of a thermally conductive material and includes at least one cooling bar that spans at least a portion of the length of the orbital weld head body. The cooling bar includes various internal cooling channels to route coolant through the cooling bar of the orbital weld head body. The orbital weld head body also includes at least one pressurized fluid input line that attaches to the internal cooling channels of the cooling bar and conducts a fluid coolant to the internal cooling channels of the cooling bar. Other apparatuses and orbital welding machines are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Theodore John Jones, Michael Scott Guerrina, Timothy Andrew Tycz, Joshua G. Belke, Derek D. Wicklund