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).

  • Patent number: 11782181
    Abstract: A downhole multi-modality inspection system includes a first imaging device operable to generate first imaging data and a second imaging device operable to generate second imaging data. The first imaging device includes a first source operable to emit energy of a first modality, and a first detector operable to detect returning energy induced by the emitted energy of the first modality. The second imaging device includes a second source operable to emit energy of a second modality, and a second detector operable to detect returning energy induced by the emitted energy of the second modality. The system further includes a processor configured to receive the first imaging data and the second imaging data, and integrate the first imaging data with the second imaging data into an enhanced data stream. The processor correlates the first imaging data and the second imaging data to provide enhanced data for detecting potential wellbore anomalies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ansas Matthias Kasten, Yuri Plotnikov, Sudeep Mandal, Sarah Lillian Katz, Frederick Wheeler, William Robert Ross, John Scott Price
  • Patent number: 11779094
    Abstract: An adjustable applicator head with protrusion elements and a dispensing orifice in fluidic communication with a formulation reservoir operably coupled to a sliding length-adjustment element configured to adjust an exposed protrusion length of the protrusion elements along a direction parallel to a central axis of the length-adjustment element. The applicator can be refilled and re-used and is adjustable for different lengths of hair and hair styles. The tines or bristles can be replaced with foam applicators, sponges, or other surfaces for various applications, such as skincare, makeup or makeup removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: William Robert Bickford, Jason Fyfe, Andrea Saverino, Oliver Sha
  • Publication number: 20230315171
    Abstract: Package lids with carveouts configured for processor connection and alignment are described. Lid carveouts are configured to align and mechanically secure a cooling device to the package lid by receiving protrusions of the cooling device. Because the lid carveouts ensure precise alignment and orientation of a cooling device relative to a package lid, the lid design enables targeted cooling of discrete portions of the lid. Lid carveouts are further configured to expose one or more connectors disposed on a surface that supports package internal components. When contacted by corresponding connectors of a cooling device, the lid carveouts enable direct connections between the package and the attached cooling device. By creating a direct connection between package components and an attached cooling device, the lid carveouts enable a high-speed connection for proactive and on-demand cooling actuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Anton Ahrens, William Robert Alverson, Amitabh Mehra, Grant Evan Ley, Anil Harwani, Joshua Taylor Knight
  • Publication number: 20230312387
    Abstract: A process for producing a glass body, the process including flowing oxygen gas from a burner in a furnace at a flow rate of greater than 12.0 standard liters per minute and flowing a precursor gas mixture from the burner. The process further including oxidizing the precursor gas mixture with the oxygen gas to form glass particles and depositing the glass particles on a collection cup to form the glass body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: William Robert Angell, IV, John Edward Maxon, Jeffrey Lee Sunderland
  • Publication number: 20230315191
    Abstract: Core activation and deactivation for a multi-core processor is described. In accordance with the described techniques, a processor having multiple cores operates using a first core configuration. A request to switch from the first core configuration to a second core configuration is received. Responsive to the request, a switch from the first core configuration to the second core configuration occurs by adjusting a number of active cores of the processor without rebooting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: William Robert Alverson, Amitabh Mehra, Jerry Anton Ahrens, Grant Evan Ley, Anil Harwani, Joshua Taylor Knight
  • Patent number: 11771198
    Abstract: A pulverizing device that include a pulverizing or grinding component for generating powder from the solid product. The pulverizing or grinding component also constrains and/or supports the solid product. The pulverizing or grinding component moves somewhat linearly with respect to the solid product in order to pulverize the solid product. The pulverizing or grinding component includes a spiral spring or a helical spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: William Robert Bickford
  • Patent number: 11778056
    Abstract: A batch of CRUD operations can be coupled with the resource discovery operation and directly conducted on the matched resources, without initiating new CRUD requests. New functionality at the Originator and Receiver can differentiate the resources for which criteria matching is applied from the resources included in the discovery/filtering results. Enhanced functionality at the Originator and Receiver can combine discovery with RESTful operations targeting a resource set different than but related the discovered resources. Other enhancements may be used to request discovery of resources in a specified relationship to those matching a filter, or to request group formation based on the result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Qing Li, Rocco Di Girolamo, Chonggang Wang, William Robert Flynn, IV, Hongkun Li, Xu Li
  • Publication number: 20230293143
    Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system configured to capture a plurality of ultrasound images and determine one or more optimal ultrasound images from the plurality of ultrasound images. The ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound probe having an ultrasound array configured to capture a plurality of ultrasound images of a target vessel and other anatomical targets within a target area. The ultrasound imaging system further includes a console in communication with the ultrasound array, the console configured to detect one or more vessel characteristics of the target vessel, determine one or more vessel characteristic values from the one or more vessel characteristics, and compare each vessel characteristic value with one or more vessel characteristic thresholds to determine one or more optimal ultrasound images from the plurality of ultrasound images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Steffan Sowards, William Robert McLaughlin, Anthony K. Misener
  • Publication number: 20230292997
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are medical systems and devices that include an elongate probe configured for insertion into a patient, where the elongate probe includes an atraumatic tip and where the atraumatic tip includes one or more of a loop, a curl, coil, a flexible distal tip section, a steerable distal tip section, a distal tip section configured to transition away from a first shape toward a second shape upon insertion of the elongate probe within the patient. The optical fiber includes sensing core fibers configured to facilitate a determination of a physical state of the elongate probe. The elongate probe is also configured to project illuminating light away from a distal end and receive imaging light at the distal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Steffan Sowards, William Robert McLaughlin, Anthony K. Misener
  • Publication number: 20230299369
    Abstract: Responsive to data indicative of a temperature of a contactor connecting a battery and motor exceeding a threshold, a controller decreases power output from the battery to the motor. The data include parameters indicative of a temperature of the battery, a resistance of an electrical component between the battery and motor, and a thermal resistivity of one or more components other than the battery and motor in a vicinity of the contactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Monty J. ANDERSON, William Robert BROWN, Zachary MARCH, Justin BARSANO, Elaine Y. CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230300199
    Abstract: Internet of Things (IoT) configurable event and action sequencing mechanisms for interconnecting various IoT events together to achieve an event and action sequencing process that may efficiently enable complex uses of the data available in IoT systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Quang Ly, Dale N. Seed, Zhuo Chen, William Robert Flynn, IV, Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Rocco Di Girolamo, Shoshana Loeb, Hongkun Li
  • Publication number: 20230293243
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are medical systems and devices that include an elongate probe configured for insertion into a patient, where a multi-core optical fiber extends along the elongate probe. The optical fiber can include sensing core fibers that extend distally along the probe. The optical fiber can further include illumining core fibers to facilitate projection of light away from the distal end in various illumination patterns. The system includes a console having processors and logic stored in memory. The logic can facilitate singly projecting the illumination light in the various pattens. The logic can also extract an image from returning light and compare wavelengths between the illuminating light and the returning light to determine a motion of body elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Steffan Sowards, Anthony K. Misener, William Robert McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 11765586
    Abstract: An Authorization Verification Service (AVS) is disclosed that may be provided by an IoT/M2M service layer to registrants of the service layer for Dynamic Context Aware Authorization. The AVS may allow the IoT/M2M service layer entities to define dynamic limits for authorizing access to services or data. The limits may be set, for example, in terms of the number of allowed accesses. When an IoT/M2M registrant makes a request for data or services for which it has dynamic context aware authorization, the AVS may maintain records of the remaining accesses available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: William Robert Flynn, IV, Dale N. Seed, Zhuo Chen, Quang Ly, Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Rocco Di Girolamo
  • Patent number: 11759268
    Abstract: Systems and methods for navigation and positioning a central venous catheter within a patient. The system may include a first pole and a second pole designed to generate an electric field sufficient to obtain a plurality of field measurements. The system may include a stylet inserted into a medical device. The stylet may include a magnetic assembly configured to produce a magnetic field positioned along a distal portion of the stylet, and a stylet electrode positioned distal of the magnetic assembly. The stylet electrode may be designed to function as both an interior excitation electrode and an interior detection electrode. Advancement of the medical device in the patient may include using a conductance curve generated from the plurality of field measurements to identify an obstruction or malposition in the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony K. Misener, Paul D. Morgan, William Robert McLaughlin, Ghassan S. Kassab, William Combs, Mark Svendsen, H. Toby Markowitz
  • Publication number: 20230287271
    Abstract: Provided is a class of functional soil amendment a C:N ratio that does require a cascading effect to produce solid organic matter and improve porosity. This results in superior carbon capture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Prairiechar, Inc.
    Inventors: Trish Lyn Jackson, Robert K. Herrington, Griffin William Roberts, Alain Charles Briancon
  • Publication number: 20230285085
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are medical systems and devices that include an elongate probe configured for insertion into a patient, where a multi-core optical fiber extends along the elongate probe. The optical fiber includes sensing core fibers that extend distally along a flexible distal tip section having a bending flexibility that exceeds a flexibility of a main probe section. The optical fiber may further include illumining core fibers, imaging core fibers, and an electrical conductor. An electrode at the distal end provides for detection of an ECG signal. The distal tip section may also be steerable. The system includes a console having processors and logic stored in memory. The logic facilitates portraying of a shape of the elongate probe, an ECG waveform and/or an image of an interior of the patient. The elongate probe further includes a shape memory material defining a transition temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Anthony K. Misener, Steffan Sowards, William Robert McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 11757181
    Abstract: An antenna includes a folding mechanism for configuring the antenna into at least one of a first configuration and a second configuration. When in the first configuration, the antenna is configured for operational use. When in the second configuration, the antenna is configured for shipping in a package. A locking apparatus secures the antenna in either configuration. The folding mechanism and the locking mechanism configure the antenna into the first configuration. A method for preparing for shipment an antenna having a reflector with a width, a height, and depth, a backing structure coupled to the reflector, a first swivel plate, coupled to the backing structure, a feed arm bracket coupled to the first swivel plate, and a feed arm coupled to the feed arm bracket. The first swivel plate facilitates yaw rotations of the feed arm bracket, relative to the backing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: William Roberts, Matthew Bailey
  • Patent number: 11757824
    Abstract: Techniques described herein are used to support cross platform data sharing, access, and management between a communication process flow management platform and a communication platform. Specifically, techniques described herein support a communication process flow management platform detecting an event associated with a communication process flow that control electronic communications between a tenant and a set of users. The platform may generate a data object corresponding to the event. The data object may include metadata associated with the event. The platform may transmit, to a communication platform, a request that includes the data object. The request may be configured to cause an entry associated with the event to be posted into the communication platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Popelka, William Robert Jennings, II, Andrew Short, Pranavkumar Janakbhair Parekh
  • Publication number: 20230283585
    Abstract: A method for data processing that includes receiving, from a service that manages communications between a communication process flow management service and a communication platform, a request indicating metadata from the communication platform, information associated with a tenant of a multi-tenant system, a user identifier, or a combination thereof. The method may further include performing, based on the request, one or more actions on a communication process flow that controls electronic communications between the tenant and a set of users corresponding to the tenant. The method may further include generating a data object related to the communication process flow based on performing the one or more actions. The method may further include transmitting, to the communication platform, a message that is configured to cause posting of the data object into a communication channel of the communication platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Aaron Popelka, William Robert Jennings, II, Andrew Short
  • Publication number: 20230277154
    Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system configured to assess a blood flow rate through a target vessel. The ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound probe having an ultrasound array configured to capture ultrasound image of the target vessel and a doppler array configured to detect the fluid flow through a region of interest of the target vessel. Logic operations of a console of the system and methods include determining a region of interest of the ultrasound image, calculating a percentage of the blood vessel occupied by the vascular access device, utilizing a data training set to predict a blood flow rate after placement of the vascular access device based on a blood flow rate prior to placement of the vascular device, and utilizing a data training set to predict a blood flow rate downstream of the vascular access device based on a blood flow rate upstream of the vascular device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Steffan Sowards, William Robert McLaughlin, Anthony K. Misener