Patents by Inventor Timothy Bradley
Timothy Bradley 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: 20240083192Abstract: The instant disclosure is directed to a heterogeneous fiber fluid reservoir for holding and delivering fluid. A reservoir may comprise a rod having a core component and a surrounding component. Each of the core component and the surrounding component may comprise fibers. The core component may have a first property, and the surrounding component may have a second property different from the first property, or the core component and the surrounding component may each have a different value or range of values for the same property. Alternatively, a reservoir may comprise a rod that includes fibers and has a cross-sectional diameter. At least one property of the rod may vary in value along the cross-sectional diameter of the rod. The property may include, for example, fiber bulk density, fiber diameter, fiber material, fiber morphology, fiber surface tension, capillary force, fluid absorption capacity, color, or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Porex Technologies CorporationInventors: David Bradley HARRIS, Kevin SPORRER, Janie WIERZBICKI, Ronald Eugene BILLUPS, Yelena ROGOVA, Thomas E. HARRIS, Qiang ZHOU, Timothy Allen MARTIN, Xingguo LI, Guoqiang MAO
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Publication number: 20240080635Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to ear-worn devices with swappable, rechargeable battery cartridges and charger cases for the ear-worn devices. In an embodiment, a hearing assistance system is included having a first ear-worn device can include a first cartridge having a rechargeable battery and a first cartridge charging structure, and a charger case can include a first case charging structure, where the first ear-worn device is configured to be positioned within the charger case so that the first cartridge charging structure of the first ear-worn device is adjacent to the first case charging structure within the charger case. The first cartridge is configured to be removed from the first ear-worn device and positioned within the charger case so that the first cartridge charging structure is adjacent to the first case charging structure within the charger case, without the ear-worn device being positioned in the charger case.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Ganesh Borra, Nathan Alan Arachikavitz, Timothy M. Werts, John Bradley Etherington
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Patent number: 11878250Abstract: A content modification system comprising a content receiving unit operable to receive content comprising a virtual environment and one or more active elements, an input receiving unit operable to receive inputs from one or more users, an element addition unit operable to generate one or more virtual elements within the virtual environment in response to the received inputs, the virtual elements being unable to be interacted with by the one or more active elements, and a content generation unit operable to generate modified content comprising the virtual environment, the one or more active elements, and the one or more generated virtual elements.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Maria Chiara Monti, Fabio Cappello, Matthew Sanders, Timothy Bradley, Oliver Hume, Jason Craig Millson
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Patent number: 11717755Abstract: A content generation system, the system comprising an input obtaining unit operable to obtain one or more samples of input text and/or audio relating to a first content, an input analysis unit operable to generate n-grams representing one or more elements of the obtained inputs, a representation generating unit operable to generate a visual representation of one or more of the generated n-grams, and a display generation unit operable to generate second content comprising one or more elements of the visual representation in association with the first content.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Fabio Cappello, Maria Chiara Monti, Matthew Sanders, Timothy Bradley, Oliver Hume, Jason Craig Millson
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Patent number: 11568893Abstract: A method of capturing free viewpoint content at a location includes recording video on each of a plurality of portable video recording devices at the location; each portable video recording device detecting a wireless synchronisation signal transmitted at the location; and each portable video recording device periodically adding a timestamp to its respective recorded video; where the timestamp is responsive to the detected wireless synchronisation signal, thereby enabling synchronisation of a plurality of recorded videos responsive to the timestamps.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Patrick John Connor, Timothy Bradley, Andrew William Walker
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Publication number: 20230023980Abstract: A method of controlling at least a first non-player object within a virtual environment of an application includes: selecting a template non-player object behavioural AI model, the AI model being previously trained separately to the application using reinforcement learning to characterise behaviour of a respective non-player object type, from among a plurality of template AI models, associating one or more non-player objects of the application with the selected template AI model, and for the or each associated non-player object, inputting application state information to an input interface of the template AI model for receiving state information relevant to the associated non-player object's type, and receiving from an output interface of the template AI model non-player object state information, and then updating the state of the respective non-player object for the virtual environment of the application responsive to the received non-player object state information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Guy Moss, Timothy Bradley, Maria Chiara Monti
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Publication number: 20220303514Abstract: An image processing system for modifying one or more images of a user to change a cardiovascular activity that is measurable from the one or more images, the system comprising: an image receiving section configured to receive image data comprising a plurality of image frames; a region selection section configured to select one or more regions where the colour of the skin of the user changes temporally in the image data, wherein the colour changes are indicative of the cardiovascular activity of the user; and a modifying section configured to modify the colour change of the one or more selected regions in one or more image frames to create modified image data, as described elsewhere herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Oliver Hume, Fabio Cappello, Timothy Bradley
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Publication number: 20220062771Abstract: A content modification system comprising a content receiving unit operable to receive content comprising a virtual environment and one or more active elements, an input receiving unit operable to receive inputs from one or more users, an element addition unit operable to generate one or more virtual elements within the virtual environment in response to the received inputs, the virtual elements being unable to be interacted with by the one or more active elements, and a content generation unit operable to generate modified content comprising the virtual environment, the one or more active elements, and the one or more generated virtual elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Maria Chiara Monti, Fabio Cappello, Matthew Sanders, Timothy Bradley, Oliver Hume, Jason Craig Millson
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Publication number: 20220062770Abstract: A content generation system, the system comprising an input obtaining unit operable to obtain one or more samples of input text and/or audio relating to a first content, an input analysis unit operable to generate n-grams representing one or more elements of the obtained inputs, a representation generating unit operable to generate a visual representation of one or more of the generated n-grams, and a display generation unit operable to generate second content comprising one or more elements of the visual representation in association with the first content.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Fabio Cappello, Maria Chiara Monti, Matthew Sanders, Timothy Bradley, Oliver Hume, Jason Craig Millson
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Patent number: 11250618Abstract: A method of obtaining real world scale information for a scene includes obtaining at least one image of a plurality of objects in a scene; detecting at least some of the objects in the at least one image as corresponding to pre-determined objects; generating a 3D reconstruction of the scene based on the image content of the at least one image; determining a relative size of each object in the 3D reconstruction of the scene in at least one dimension, the relative size being defined in dimensions of the generated 3D reconstruction; where the relative size of each object is determined based on a distance between at least two points corresponding to that object as transformed into 3D space; obtaining a size probability distribution function for each object detected in the at least one image, each size probability distribution function defining a range of sizes in at least one dimension that a corresponding object is likely to possess in real world units; resealing the size probability distribution function for eaType: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Timothy Bradley, Fabio Cappello
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Publication number: 20210125398Abstract: A method of obtaining real world scale information for a scene comprises includes obtaining at least one image of a plurality of objects in a scene; detecting at least some of the objects in the at least one image as corresponding to pre-determined objects; generating a 3D reconstruction of the scene based on the image content of the at least one image; determining a relative size of each object in the 3D reconstruction of the scene in at least one dimension, the relative size being defined in dimensions of the generated 3D reconstruction; wherein where the relative size of each object is determined based on a distance between at least two points corresponding to that object as transformed into 3D space; obtaining a size probability distribution function for each object detected in the at least one image, each size probability distribution function defining a range of sizes in at least one dimension that a corresponding object is likely to possess in real world units; resealing the size probability distributiType: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Timothy Bradley, Fabio Cappello
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Patent number: 10940814Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispenser module for converting preexisting analog systems into a customizable digital system. According to an illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure, a user can utilize preexisting analog equipment to operate and control a dispenser module. A squib is electrically connected to a logic circuit such that the normal “firing” of the original payload at that location will cause a change in the state of the electrical circuit. Because there are multiple payload allocations within one module, this allows electrical communication with individual/select payload devices by an operator. Payloads in the module can be quickly swapped in and out without making any changes to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Marshall Andrew Mullins, Charles Robert Upton, Mark Alan Anderson, Timothy Bradley, Eric Alan Hillenbrand
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Publication number: 20210001216Abstract: A method of generating video frames for a cloud-based video game includes obtaining, via a communications network, a plurality of frames of a video game rendered at a cloud device; obtaining a player input received at an input device, the input device being used to play the video game, the player input being received in response to the display of at least one of the obtained video frames; inputting at least one of the obtained video frames and the player input to a prediction model; and synthesizing, based on the output of the prediction model, a subsequent frame for output at a display, and outputting the synthesized video frame at the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Matthew William Sanders, Fabio Cappello, Timothy Bradley, Jessica Rose Grant, Maurizio Cerrato
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Patent number: 10880035Abstract: A system is disclosed to identify authorized EO devices and unauthorized EO devices within a scene. The system responds with a variety of response actions including sending warning messages of the unauthorized EO devices, recording images and position of the unauthorized EO device. The system can further be configured to hamper the operation of the unauthorized EO devices detected within the scene.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Timothy Bradley
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Publication number: 20200372933Abstract: A method of capturing free viewpoint content at a location includes recording video on each of a plurality of portable video recording devices at the location; each portable video recording device detecting a wireless synchronisation signal transmitted at the location; and each portable video recording device periodically adding a timestamp to its respective recorded video; where the timestamp is responsive to the detected wireless synchronisation signal, thereby enabling synchronisation of a plurality of recorded videos responsive to the timestamps.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Patrick John Connor, Timothy Bradley, Andrew William Walker
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Publication number: 20200148140Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispenser module for converting preexisting analog systems into a customizable digital system. According to an illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure, a user can utilize preexisting analog equipment to operate and control a dispenser module. A squib is electrically connected to a logic circuit such that the normal “firing” of the original payload at that location will cause a change in the state of the electrical circuit. Because there are multiple payload allocations within one module, this allows electrical communication with individual/select payload devices by an operator. Payloads in the module can be quickly swapped in and out without making any changes to the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Marshall Mullins, Charlie Upton, Mark Anderson, Timothy Bradley, Eric Hillenbrand
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Patent number: 10403001Abstract: An example method of generating three-dimensional objects based on two-dimensional images of at least part of the object may include: receiving, from a mobile computing device, a notification indicating that a plurality of images depicting an object have been uploaded to a first storage location; transmitting, to a rendering application, a rendering request specifying the first storage location; receiving, from the rendering application, a rendering response indicating that a polygonal mesh representing the images of the object has been stored at a second storage location; transmitting, to an interactive video gaming device, a notification of comprising an identifier of the third second storage location; and making a file comprising the polygonal mesh available for download by the interactive video gaming device.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc.Inventors: David Auclair, Gianvito Serra, Caleb Howard, Robert Jay Reynolds, Gerald Phaneuf, Aaron Jeromin, Michael Frederich Polak, Jerome Timothy Bradley, Edmond Lo, Thomas Ince, Ray Shannon, Timothy King
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Publication number: 20170301110Abstract: An example method of generating three-dimensional objects based on two-dimensional images of at least part of the object may include: receiving, from a mobile computing device, a notification indicating that a plurality of images depicting an object have been uploaded to a first storage location; transmitting, to a rendering application, a rendering request specifying the first storage location; receiving, from the rendering application, a rendering response indicating that a polygonal mesh representing the images of the object has been stored at a second storage location; transmitting, to an interactive video gaming device, a notification of comprising an identifier of the third second storage location; and making a file comprising the polygonal mesh available for download by the interactive video gaming device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: David Auclair, Gianvito Serra, Caleb Howard, Robert Jay Reynolds, Gerald Phaneuf, Aaron Jeromin, Michael Frederich Polak, Jerome Timothy Bradley, Edmond Lo, Thomas Ince, Ray Shannon, Timothy King
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Patent number: 9734594Abstract: An example method of generating three-dimensional objects based on two-dimensional images of at least part of the object may include receiving a rendering transaction request. The method may further include transmitting, to the requestor, a rendering transaction response identifying a first storage location. The method may further include receiving, from the requestor, a notification indicating that images depicting an object have been uploaded to the first storage location. The method may further include transmitting, to a rendering application, a rendering request. The method may further include receiving, from the rendering application, a rendering response indicating that a polygonal mesh representing the images has been stored at a second storage location. The method may further include producing, using the polygonal mesh, a preview image and storing the preview image at a third storage location.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Electronics Arts Inc.Inventors: David Auclair, Gianvito Serra, Caleb Howard, Robert Jay Reynolds, Gerald Phaneuf, Aaron Jeromin, Michael Frederich Polak, Jerome Timothy Bradley, Edmond Lo, Thomas Ince, Ray Shannon, Timothy King
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Publication number: 20170061685Abstract: An example method of generating three-dimensional objects based on two-dimensional images of at least part of the object may include receiving a rendering transaction request. The method may further include transmitting, to the requestor, a rendering transaction response identifying a first storage location. The method may further include receiving, from the requestor, a notification indicating that images depicting an object have been uploaded to the first storage location. The method may further include transmitting, to a rendering application, a rendering request. The method may further include receiving, from the rendering application, a rendering response indicating that a polygonal mesh representing the images has been stored at a second storage location. The method may further include producing, using the polygonal mesh, a preview image and storing the preview image at a third storage location.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: David Auclair, Gianvito Serra, Caleb Howard, Robert Jay Reynolds, Gerald Phaneuf, Aaron Jeromin, Michael Frederich Polak, Jerome Timothy Bradley, Edmond Lo, Thomas Ince, Ray Shannon, Timothy King