Patents by Inventor William A. Burgess
William A. Burgess 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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Patent number: 11966737Abstract: Systems and methods for an efficient and robust multiprocessor-coprocessor interface that may be used between a streaming multiprocessor and an acceleration coprocessor in a GPU are provided. According to an example implementation, in order to perform an acceleration of a particular operation using the coprocessor, the multiprocessor: issues a series of write instructions to write input data for the operation into coprocessor-accessible storage locations, issues an operation instruction to cause the coprocessor to execute the particular operation; and then issues a series of read instructions to read result data of the operation from coprocessor-accessible storage locations to multiprocessor-accessible storage locations.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATIONInventors: Ronald Charles Babich, Jr., John Burgess, Jack Choquette, Tero Karras, Samuli Laine, Ignacio Llamas, Gregory Muthler, William Parsons Newhall, Jr.
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Publication number: 20240104826Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for improving the throughput of ray intersection or visibility queries performed by a ray tracing hardware accelerator. Throughput is improved, for example, by releasing allocated resources before ray visibility query results are reported by the hardware accelerator. The allocated resources are released when the ray visibility query results can be stored in a compressed format outside of the allocated resources. When reporting the ray visibility query results, the results are reconstructed based on the results stored in the compressed format. The compressed format storage can be used for ray visibility queries that return no intersections or terminate on any hit ray visibility query. One or more individual components of allocated resources can also be independently deallocated based on the type of data to be returned and/or results of the ray visibility query.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Gregory MUTHLER, John BURGESS, Ronald Charles BABICH, JR., William Parsons Newhall, JR.
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Patent number: 11928772Abstract: In a ray tracer, to prevent any long-running query from hanging the graphics processing unit, a traversal coprocessor provides a preemption mechanism that will allow rays to stop processing or time out early. The example non-limiting implementations described herein provide such a preemption mechanism, including a forward progress guarantee, and additional programmable timeout options that can be time or cycle based. Those programmable options provide a means for quality of service timing guarantees for applications such as virtual reality (VR) that have strict timing requirements.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: NVIDIA CorporationInventors: Greg Muthler, Ronald Charles Babich, Jr., William Parsons Newhall, Jr., Peter Nelson, James Robertson, John Burgess
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Patent number: 11918748Abstract: A respiratory assistance apparatus has a gases inlet configured to receive a supply of gases, a blower unit configured to generate a pressurised gases stream from the supply of gases; a humidification unit configured to heat and humidify the pressurised gases stream; and a gases outlet for the heated and humidified gases stream. A flow path for the gases stream extends through the respiratory device from the gases inlet through the blower unit and humidification unit to the gases outlet. A sensor assembly is provided in the flow path before the humidification unit. The sensor assembly has an ultrasound gas composition sensor system for sensing one or more gas concentrations within the gases stream.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Dean Antony Barker, Mikael Douglas Stewart, Peter Geoffrey Hawkins, Kevin Peter O'Donnell, Russel William Burgess
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Publication number: 20230412885Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for automatically identifying video series. A first video may be input into a machine learning model. The machine learning model may be trained to identify content that is any part of a connected series. It may be determined whether there is at least a second video in a series with the first video using the machine learning model. The series of videos may comprise the first video and the at least a second video. The series of videos may be uploaded by a same creator. Information indicative of a connection among the series of videos comprising the first video and the at least a second video may be stored.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: He Wang, James William Burgess, Robert Roozbeh Maleki, Stephen Niel Boyle, Karthikeyan Venkatraman
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Publication number: 20230381436Abstract: A respiratory flow therapy apparatus including a sensing chamber which measures a flow of gases provided to a patient. The sensing chamber can be located after a blower and/or mixer. The sensing chamber can include an ultrasonic transducer, a temperature sensor, a heated temperature sensing element, and/or a gas concentration sensor. A flow path of gases used in conjunction with the sensor system prevents unwanted vorticity in the flow of gases that can create anomalies in measuring flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Russel William Burgess, Jess Edward Donnelly, Dean Antony Barker, Philip John Dickinson, Andre Van Schalkwyk, Joel Michael Lawson
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Publication number: 20230241336Abstract: According to this disclosure there is provided a respiratory support apparatus configured to provide a gases flow to a patient, the respiratory support apparatus comprising: a flow generator configured to generate the gases flow; a humidifier configured to humidify the gases flow; and a controller. The apparatus is controlled by the controller to function in at least two modes, being a normal mode and a high-temperature mode. In the high-temperature mode the temperature of gases delivered to the patient is higher than the temperature of gases delivered to the patient when in the normal mode. In the high-temperature mode, the controller controls one or more parameters of the gases flow to be different to that in the normal mode, whilst providing higher temperatures. The apparatus is also operative in a cool-down mode in which one or more parameters of the gases flow are controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2021Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventor: Russel William Burgess
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Publication number: 20230181865Abstract: A respiratory therapy system can have a flow generator adapted to provide gases to a patient. A gas passageway can be located in-line with the flow generator. The gas passageway can have a first portion adapted to receive a first gas and a second portion adapted to receive a second gas. The gas passageway can have a static mixer downstream of the first and second portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Dean Antony Barker, Russel William Burgess, Peter Geoffrey Hawkins, Maurice Wen-Bin Chai
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Patent number: 11666720Abstract: A respiratory flow therapy apparatus including a sensing chamber which measures a flow of gases provided to a patient. The sensing chamber can be located after a blower and/or mixer. The sensing chamber can include an ultrasonic transducer, a temperature sensor, a heated temperature sensing element, and/or a gas concentration sensor. A flow path of gases used in conjunction with the sensor system prevents unwanted vorticity in the flow of gases that can create anomalies in measuring flow.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Russel William Burgess, Jess Edward Donnelly, Dean Antony Barker, Philip John Dickinson, Andre Van Schalkwyk, Joel Michael Lawson
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Publication number: 20230166065Abstract: A respiratory flow therapy apparatus including a sensor module can measure a flow rate of gases or gases concentration provided to a patient. The sensor module can be located after a blower and/or mixer. The sensor module can include at least an ultrasonic transmitter, a receiver, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a humidity sensor and/or a flow rate sensor. The receivers can be immersed in the gases flow path. The receivers can cancel delays in the transmitters and improve accuracy of measurements of characteristics of the gases flow. The receivers can allow for detection of a fault condition in a blower motor of the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Russel William Burgess, Dean Antony Barker
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Patent number: 11571539Abstract: A respiratory therapy system can have a flow generator adapted to provide gases to a patient. A gas passageway can be located in-line with the flow generator. The gas passageway can have a first portion adapted to receive a first gas and a second portion adapted to receive a second gas. The gas passageway can have a static mixer downstream of the first and second portions.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Dean Antony Barker, Russel William Burgess, Peter Geoffrey Hawkins, Maurice Wen-Bin Chai
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Patent number: 11541194Abstract: A respiratory flow therapy apparatus including a sensor module can measure a flow rate of gases or gases concentration provided to a patient. The sensor module can be located after a blower and/or mixer. The sensor module can include at least an ultrasonic transmitter, a receiver, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a humidity sensor and/or a flow rate sensor. The receivers can be immersed in the gases flow path. The receivers can cancel delays in the transmitters and improve accuracy of measurements of characteristics of the gases flow. The receivers can allow for detection of a fault condition in a blower motor of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Russel William Burgess, Dean Antony Barker
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Publication number: 20220331548Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a control system for a flow therapy apparatus. The control system can control delivery of a fraction of delivered oxygen (FdO2) to a patient. The control system can maintain the FdO2 at a target level during a therapy session. The control system can automatically control an oxygen inlet valve in order to control the flow of oxygen to the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Anton Kim GULLEY, Russel William BURGESS, Bryn Alan EDWARDS, Christopher Malcolm CRONE
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Patent number: 11415381Abstract: Heat exchangers and methods for assembling a heat exchanger are described, such as for example a round tube heat exchanger, which may be a fin and tube heat exchanger, and which may be used for example in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system (HVAC) system and/or unit thereof. The heat exchanger includes aluminum tubes mechanically rolled into an aluminum tube support and the tubes are fluidically sealed with the tube support. The aluminum tube support including the aluminum tubes rolled therein is assembled to a fluid manifold configured to allow fluid flow through the heat exchanger and into and/or out of the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: William Burgess Fox, Jacob Levi Gregg, Corey Michael Gilbertson, Sean Andrews Smith, Jeffery Carl Gill, Robert John Larrinaga
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Publication number: 20220235660Abstract: An autonomous roof bolter includes a material handling system having a storage pod with a plurality of spaced, fixed holders, each receiving at least one of a plurality of roof bolts. A guidance system may automatically guide the roof bolter to a location for installing a roof bolt, such as by using a manipulator for retrieving the roof bolt from the storage pod and delivering it to a drill mast. The guidance provided by the guidance system may be distance or direction. Related methods are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: William Garnet Kendall, Timothy D. Burgess, Robert D. Burgess, William A. Burgess
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Patent number: 11391153Abstract: An autonomous roof bolter includes a material handling system having a storage pod with a plurality of spaced, fixed holders, each receiving at least one of a plurality of roof bolts. A guidance system may automatically guide the roof bolter to a location for installing a roof bolt, such as by using a manipulator for retrieving the roof bolt from the storage pod and delivering it to a drill mast. The guidance provided by the guidance system may be distance or direction. Related methods are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: J.H. Fletcher & Co.Inventors: William Garnet Kendall, Timothy D. Burgess, Robert D. Burgess, William A. Burgess
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Publication number: 20220184329Abstract: Systems and method for conducting respiratory therapy in a respiratory system can adjust a flow of respiratory gases to a patient based upon a detected patient breath cycle. The respiratory system can include a non-sealed patient interface. The respiratory system can be configured to deliver a high flow therapy. A patient breath cycle may be determined using one or more measured parameters, such as a flow rate, a blower motor speed, and/or a system pressure. A flow source may be adjusted to have a phase matching that of the patient's breath cycle, such that flow in increased in response to the patient inhaling, and decreased in response to the patient exhaling.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Russel William Burgess, Dean Antony Barker, Kevin Peter O'Donnell
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Publication number: 20220160987Abstract: A respiratory assistance apparatus (4) is provided, adapted to deliver gases to a user or patient (1). The apparatus (4) comprises a housing (10) provided with a chamber (5) and a heater (25), the chamber (5) comprising at least one gas port (15) connected to, or arranged to be connected to, at least one intermediate passageway (12). The apparatus (4) is operative according to a disinfection mode of predetermined profile in which the heater (25) heats liquid in the chamber (5) to produce vapour at or above a target dewpoint temperature and/or humidity level. The apparatus (4) is arranged such that the vapour is delivered to the intermediate passageway (12) to disinfect the intermediate passageway (12) with moist heat throughout a predetermined duration of the disinfection mode. Associated attachments and methods are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Dean Antony Barker, Russel William Burgess, Peter Geoffrey Hawkins
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Publication number: 20220134029Abstract: A gases flow rate sensing system may be configured to operate in at least two different target temperature modes, based upon a measured temperature of the gases flow. In some embodiments, the gases flow sensing system may have a voltage divider containing a thermistor. The gases flow rate may be determined based upon a voltage output indicating an amount of power needed to maintain the thermistor at a target temperature as specified by the target temperature mode, and a measured temperature of the gases flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Russel William Burgess, Houde Huang
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Patent number: 11285290Abstract: A respiratory assistance apparatus (4) is provided, adapted to deliver gases to a user or patient (1). The apparatus (4) comprises a housing (10) provided with a chamber (5) and a heater (25), the chamber (5) comprising at least one gas port (15) connected to, or arranged to be connected to, at least one intermediate passageway (12). The apparatus (4) is operative according to a disinfection mode of predetermined profile in which the heater (25) heats liquid in the chamber (5) to produce vapour at or above a target dewpoint temperature and/or humidity level. The apparatus (4) is arranged such that the vapour is delivered to the intermediate passageway (12) to disinfect the intermediate passageway (12) with moist heat throughout a predetermined duration of the disinfection mode. Associated attachments and methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Dean Antony Barker, Russel William Burgess, Peter Geoffrey Hawkins