Patents by Inventor William A. Roberts

William A. Roberts 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: 20230179208
    Abstract: One or more examples relate to an apparatus includes an error detector, an oscillator, an analog proportional path, and a digital integral path. The oscillator includes an analog proportional input, a digital integral input, and an analog integral input. The analog proportional path to provide a control signal for the analog proportional input of the oscillator. The digital integral path to provide a control for the digital integral input and the analog integral input of the oscillator. A first signal path of an interface includes a direct coupling between the digital phase detector and integrator and the digital integral input of the oscillator. A second signal path of the interface includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) with a filtered delta-sigma modulator (DSM) input between the digital phase detector and integrator and the analog integral input of the oscillator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Waleed El-halwagy, William Roberts, Mehran Aliahmad
  • Patent number: 11671306
    Abstract: Enhancements to the device management functionality within service layer architecture of a Gateway node are described. The SL application registration procedure can be enhanced for devices in support of device management. Functionality can be added to the service layer to initiate automated request notification for DM purposes. Lightweight SL Transport Protocol bindings can support sending multiple DM commands called DM Action Scripts with a specific focus on the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) Protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Quang Ly, Dale N. Seed, Michael F. Starsinic, Chonggang Wang, Rocco Di Girolamo, Vinod Kumar Choyi, William Robert Flynn, IV, Zhuo Chen, Shamim Akbar Rahman, Yogendra C. Shah, Xu Li, Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Lijun Dong
  • Patent number: 11667862
    Abstract: An system for processing biomass comprising a stator, a rotor having an axis of rotation, the rotor being disposed inside the stator and configured to rotate about the axis of rotation therein, a processing chamber defined between the rotor and the stator, an inlet in fluid communication with the processing chamber which is designed to introduce unprocessed biomass into the processing chamber, an outlet in fluid communication with the processing chamber which is designed to carry out processed biomass from the processing chamber and a pump operationally associated with the inlet and the outlet, wherein the pump is configured to pump the unprocessed biomass through the processing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventors: Griffin William Roberts, Robert K. Herrington, Curtis S. Crawford
  • Publication number: 20230168485
    Abstract: A microscope for examining a specimen configured to receive a first light source or a second light source. The first light source being configured to emit a first output light through a first pupil, and the second light source being configured to emit a second output light through a second pupil that is different than the first pupil. The microscope comprises a frame, a source objective, and first and second optical assemblies. The first and second optical assemblies are removably connectable to the frame. The first optical assembly comprises a first set of optical elements that are configured to pass the first output light to an imaging pupil of the source objective, and the second optical assembly comprises a second set of optical elements configured to pass the second output light to the imaging pupil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Yan Min, Joseph A. Cleary, William Robert Keefe
  • Publication number: 20230160155
    Abstract: A concrete finishing system may include a surface sensor, a depiction generator for generating a depiction of a profile of the concrete surface, and a display for displaying the depiction. The system may be used to perform a method of finishing concrete including arranging a surface sensor such that a work area for placement of the concrete is within a field of view of the surface sensor, capturing surface profile data of a surface of the concrete during placement or finishing of the concrete, generating a surface profile depiction based on the surface profile data, displaying the surface profile depiction, and informing personnel regarding a variation in height based on the depiction. The concrete slab formed with this process may include a floor flatness value above 35 and a surface free of ground areas and free of filled areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventor: William Robert Clyne
  • Patent number: 11659305
    Abstract: A system for serial communication may include a first device and a plurality of devices on a series connection. The first device may have a master circuit and the plurality devices may have a slave circuit. The master circuit may enable the first device to communicate with the plurality devices having the slave circuit on the series connection. The master circuit may enable the first device to send a command frame on the series connection. The command frame may include an execution mode command and a plurality of commands. The second devices may execute the commands within the command frame at or after the end of the command frame based on the execution mode command indicating a synchronous mode of command execution; and may execute the commands within the command frame at the ends of individual ones of the commands based on the execution mode command indicating a non-synchronous mode of command execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Kinetic Technologies International Holdings LP
    Inventors: William Robert Pelletier, Brian B. North, Jan Nilsson
  • Patent number: 11659063
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices may be used to support freshness-based processing of requests. Freshness-based processing may involve the service layer examining the age of stored content (e.g., resource representation) that it hosts and determining whether it is fresh enough to satisfy a retrieve or discovery request with a specified freshness requirement. If not fresh, the service layer can contact an application to refresh the content. In addition, freshness-based processing can also involve the service layer examining the semantic state of a command oriented update request to determine whether its state is fresh or not with respect to prior commands processed by the service layer. For example, the service layer may compare stored content associated with controlling a particular application (e.g. door is locked) and against the semantic content of an update request (e.g., unlock door) to determine whether it is the same (e.g., stale) or not (e.g., fresh).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Dale N. Seed, Gregory S. Sternberg, Quang Ly, Rocco Di Girolamo, Shamim Akbar Rahman, William Robert Flynn, IV, Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Zhuo Chen
  • Patent number: 11658908
    Abstract: Methods, system, and apparatuses may support end-to-end (E2E) quality of service (QoS) through the use of service layer (SL) sessions. For example, an application can communicate with a targeted device based on application specified schedule, latency, jitter, error rate, throughput, level of security, and cost requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Dale N. Seed, Michael F. Starsinic, Vinod Kumar Choyi, Quang Ly, Yogendra C. Shah, William Robert Flynn, IV, Shamim Akbar Rahman, Zhuo Chen
  • Publication number: 20230148872
    Abstract: A medical system that includes a temperature scanning device configured to identify and locate blood vessels by obtaining a thermal image from a skin surface where blood flowing within blood vessels beneath the skin surface has been altered to define temperature variations of the skin. The system includes a console configured to communicate with the temperature scanning device, the console including processors and logic that, when executed by the processors, causes operations including defining the thermal image. The system may further include a camera, and/or an ultrasound probe. The thermal image may be portrayed on various forms of a display include augmented reality glasses. The thermal image may be overlayed onto a camera image and/or an ultrasound image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Steffan Sowards, William Robert McLaughlin, Anthony K. Misener
  • Publication number: 20230148993
    Abstract: An ultrasound-imaging system includes an ultrasound probe and a console. The ultrasound probe includes (i) an array of ultrasonic transducers, activated ultrasonic transducers of the array of ultrasonic transducers configured to emit generated ultrasound signals into a patient, receive reflected ultrasound signals from the patient, and convert the reflected ultrasound signals into corresponding electrical signals of the ultrasound signals for processing into an ultrasound image, and (ii) a secondary data collection module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Steffan Sowards, William Robert McLaughlin, Anthony K. Misener
  • Publication number: 20230147164
    Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system including an ultrasound probe having an array of ultrasonic transducers configured to emit generated ultrasound signals into a patient, receive reflected ultrasound signals from the patient, and convert the reflected ultrasound signals into corresponding electrical signals of the ultrasound signals for processing into ultrasound images. The system includes a console having a processor to execute logic that, when executed, causes operations including capturing first and second ultrasound images of a target insertion area of a patient at a first time, generating and causing rendering of a notification indicating results of a comparison of the first ultrasound image and the second ultrasound image. The operations can also include determining, via a machine learning model, whether the second ultrasound image corresponds to the second ultrasound image by at least a threshold amount, and providing a visual indication of a result of applying the trained machine learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Steffan Sowards, William Robert McLaughlin, Anthony K. Misener
  • Publication number: 20230143079
    Abstract: Analytical methods and systems applied to sequential event data are disclosed. An exemplary system and method analyzes datasets containing events in a plurality of journeys. The methods and systems described analyze and quantify the relative importance of events and sequences leading to outcomes where the data is complex and interconnected. In some embodiments, a graphical user interface illustrates the quantification of these datasets. In some embodiments, the graphical user interface maps the journey paths to show the relative importance of each journey path. In some embodiments, the maps of journey paths are interactive, allowing selection of paths of interest for detailed analysis. In some embodiments, the methods and systems calculate paths similar to a journey path of interest. An exemplary method and system also provides detailed recommendations for changing events within a sequence to either increase or decrease the likelihood of achieving a selected outcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Ignite Enterprise Software Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: William Robert Bagley, Kyle Rattet, Joshua Templeton, David Holiday, Michael Herman, Christopher Andrew Clarke, Pedro Quinones, Andrew McGouirk, Jason Hodges, Jon B. Wisda, Philip Cunnell, Adam Rubin, Stefanie Tuder
  • Publication number: 20230138970
    Abstract: An ultrasound-imaging system includes an ultrasound probe coupled with a console. Operations of the system can include detecting one or more blood vessels within the ultrasound image and identifying each blood vessel as a vein, an artery or other anatomic element using doppler ultrasound functionality of the ultrasound probe. Operations can also include determining a confidence for the blood vessel identification, and defining a window for doppler ultrasound operation. Operations can further include assessing a blood flow rate within blood vessels, and superimposing notifications atop the ultrasound image pertaining to the identity of the blood vessel including a confidence for the identity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Steffan Sowards, Anthony K. Misener, William Robert McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20230137180
    Abstract: A machine-learning-based method for analyzing, negotiating, and drafting contracts that provides the user with information regarding market terms for particular industries and geographic locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: William Robert Moriarty, Gina Pak, Andrew Wells, Scott Tamura
  • Publication number: 20230136455
    Abstract: A superconducting memory circuit for applying and propagating superconducting signals through a plurality of superconducting wires in the memory circuit is provided. The memory circuit includes multiple passive cells arranged in a plurality of sets. Each set of passive cells has associated therewith at least one common superconducting wire interconnecting a subset of the passive cells in the set of passive cells. The memory circuit further including at least one power-signal propagation circuit, an input of the power-signal propagation circuit being coupled with a preceding set of passive cells via a first superconducting wire, and an output of the power-signal propagation circuit being coupled with a subsequent set of passive cells via a second superconducting wire. Upon application of a first superconducting signal to the first superconducting wire, the power-signal propagation circuit applies a second superconducting signal to the second superconducting wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventor: William Robert Reohr
  • Publication number: 20230135562
    Abstract: An ultrasound-imaging system can include an ultrasound probe, a console, and a display screen. The ultrasound probe includes an array of ultrasonic transducers that, when activated, emit generated ultrasound signals into a patient, receive reflected ultrasound signals from the patient, and convert the reflected ultrasound signals into corresponding electrical signals for processing into ultrasound images. Operations of the system can include detecting one or more black holes within the ultrasound image and identifying each black hole as a vein, an artery or other anatomic element using doppler ultrasound functionality of the ultrasound probe. Operations can also include defining a window for doppler ultrasound operation, and assessing a blood flow rate within blood vessels. Operations can also include rendering notifications atop the ultrasound image pertaining to the identity of the black hole without obstructing the image of black hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Anthony K. Misener, Steffan Sowards, William Robert McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20230132148
    Abstract: Dynamically adjusting ultrasound-imaging systems include an ultrasound probe, a console, and a display screen. The ultrasound probe includes an array of ultrasonic transducers that, when activated, emit generated ultrasound signals into a patient, receive reflected ultrasound signals from the patient, and convert the reflected ultrasound signals into corresponding electrical signals for processing into ultrasound images. The console is configured to execute instructions for defining an orientation of an image plane with respect to a blood vessel based on a shape a blood image and further with respect to a direction of blood flow within the blood vessel via doppler ultrasound. The orientation of image plane may be defined by a comparison of an ultrasound image with corresponding ultrasound images stored in memory. The system may automatically reorient the image plane to align with the blood vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Steffan Sowards, Anthony K. Misener, William Robert McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20230126813
    Abstract: A system and method directed to detecting placement of a medical device within a patient body, the system including a medical device including an optical fiber having core fibers. Each of the one or more core fibers can include a plurality of sensors each configured to reflect a light signal having an altered characteristic due to strain experienced by the optical fiber. The system can further include logic configured to determine a 3D shape of the medical device in accordance with the strain of the optical fiber. The logic can be configured to define a reference plane for the 3D shape and render an image of the 3D shape on a display of the system in accordance with the reference plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Steffan Sowards, Anthony K. Misener, William Robert McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20230121370
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system that includes an ultrasound imaging probe having a first optical fiber integrated therein and a console optically coupled with the ultrasound imaging probe via a first elongate member. The console includes one or more processors and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon logic, that when executed by the one or more processors, causes operations that can include providing an incident light signal to the first optical fiber via the first elongate member, receiving reflected light signals of different spectral widths of the incident light from the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber, processing the reflected light signals to determine a first three-dimensional (3D) shape extending along a length including at least portions of the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber, and causing rendering of an image of the first 3D shape on a display of the medical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Steffan Sowards, William Robert McLaughlin, Anthony K. Misener
  • Publication number: 20230122452
    Abstract: Profile based services and content can assist with the backward and forward compatibility of conventional service layers or the like. Using a profile to manage content and access to services offered may reduce the overhead or processing associated with providing those value added services by service layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: William Robert Flynn, IV, Dale N. Seed, Quang Ly, Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Zhuo Chen, Rocco Di Girolamo, Shamim Akbar Rahman