Patents by Inventor William A. Thomas

William A. Thomas 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: 11265980
    Abstract: A device includes a plurality of first LEDs, a plurality of second LEDs, at least one controllable current source that is configured to generate at least one bias current for driving the plurality of first LEDs and the plurality of second LEDs, and a plurality of measurement circuits, each of which is configured to measure a current-voltage (I-V) performance characteristic of at least one of the plurality of first LEDs. A property of a first bias current of the at least one bias current is determined as a function of at least two measurements of the I-V performance characteristic of the at least one of the plurality of first LEDs, and the at least two measurements of the I-V performance characteristic are acquired while the first bias current is applied to the at least one of the plurality of first LEDs and the plurality of second LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Yee, Ramakrishna Chilukuri, William Thomas Blank, Ilias Pappas
  • Patent number: 11257407
    Abstract: In one example, an apparatus comprises a backplane to attach an array of light emitting diodes (LED), the backplane comprising an array of display driver circuits, each display driver circuit of the array of display driver circuits corresponding to an LED of the array of LEDs and comprising: a current driver circuit configured to supply to a current to the corresponding LED; a control signal generator circuit configured to supply a driver control signal to the current driver circuit to control the current; and one or more monitor circuits controllable to provide access to at least one of: the current, or an internal voltage of at least one of the current driver circuit or the control signal generator circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ilias Pappas, Michael Yee, Ramakrishna Chilukuri, William Thomas Blank
  • Publication number: 20220053174
    Abstract: A “Concurrent Projector-Camera” uses an image projection device in combination with one or more cameras to enable various techniques that provide visually flicker-free projection of images or video, while real-time image or video capture is occurring in that same space. The Concurrent Projector-Camera provides this projection in a manner that eliminates video feedback into the real-time image or video capture. More specifically, the Concurrent Projector-Camera dynamically synchronizes a combination of projector lighting (or light-control points) on-state temporal compression in combination with on-state temporal shifting during each image frame projection to open a “capture time slot” for image capture during which no image is being projected. This capture time slot represents a tradeoff between image capture time and decreased brightness of the projected image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sasa Junuzovic, William Thomas Blank, Steven Bathiche, Anoop Gupta, Andrew D. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20220051548
    Abstract: A disclosed method includes: receiving an alarm notification; determining that there is a verification for the alarm notification such that the alarm notification is not a false alarm; and pushing the alarm notification to an emergency network entity along with an indication that the alarm has been verified in response to determining that there is a verification. Another disclosed method includes monitoring an emergency queue at an emergency network entity for incoming queue entries from an emergency data manager; determining correlations for the incoming queue entries based on data associated with each incoming queue entry; and generating a link for each correlated queue entry linking each correlated queue entry to a primary queue entry in response to determining correlations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Riccardo Pellegrini, Nicholas Edward Horelik, William Thomas Guthrie, Michael John Martin, John Alan Pirrie, Krishnakumar Unnikrishnan, Andrew Lindstrom Gillespie
  • Patent number: 11246403
    Abstract: A toothbrush apparatus and system and associated method. The apparatus includes a sensing module that performs at least one of the following: detect at least one time period associated with use of the toothbrush apparatus, detect one or more movements of the toothbrush apparatus, and any combination thereof. The apparatus's one or more processors communicatively coupled to the sensing module determine one or more measurements based on at least one of: the detected time periods, the detected movements, and any combination thereof, and store the determined measurements in one or more memory locations communicatively coupled to the processors. The apparatus also includes one or more feedback modules that receive the stored measurements and encode the measurements into corresponding feedback signals. One or more data transfer modules transmit the feedback signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: QUIP NYC INC.
    Inventors: William Thomas May, Simon Enever, William M. Sakran
  • Patent number: 11247393
    Abstract: Methods and systems for fabricating a component by consolidating a particulate include a build platform configured to receive a particulate, a particulate dispenser configured to deposit the particulate on the build platform, and at least one print head including at least one jet. The at least one print head is configured to dispense a binder through the at least one jet onto the particulate to consolidate at least a portion of the particulate and form a component. The methods and systems also include at least one actuator assembly configured to rotate at least one of the at least one print head and the build platform about a rotation axis extending through the build platform and move at least one of the at least one print head and the build platform in a build direction perpendicular to the build platform as part of a helical build process for the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Juan Pablo Cilia, John Paul Davis, William Thomas Carter, Jared Micheal Iverson, Michael Robert Tucker, Michael Evans Graham, Edward James Nieters
  • Publication number: 20220042017
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates methods and compositions useful for prevention of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSv) in animals, including animals of the species Sus scrofa. The present teachings relate to swine wherein at least one allele of a CD163 gene has been inactivated, and to specific methods and nucleic acid sequences used in gene editing to inactivate the CD163 gene. Swine wherein both alleles of the CD163 gene are inactivated are resistant to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSv).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Genus PLC
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Cigan, Jonathan Edward Lightner, Matthew Scott Culbertson, William Thomas Christianson, Benjamin Beaton, Brian Burger, Dylan Barnes, Matthew Campbell
  • Patent number: 11235909
    Abstract: A display container for displaying an aromatic botanical specimen includes: (a) a container body for enclosing the botanical specimen and scented air having a scent of the botanical specimen; (b) at least one scent discharge port in the container body; and (c) an air pump coupled to the container body and operable to discharge the scented air from within the container body to the environment through the scent discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: ALL PLASTIC, INC.
    Inventors: William Thomas Smith, Cheryl Ann Smith
  • Patent number: 11232502
    Abstract: An augmented reality-based lighting design method includes displaying, by an augmented reality device, a real-time image of a target physical area on a display screen. The method further includes displaying, by the augmented reality device, a lighting fixture 3-D model on the display screen in response to a user input, where the lighting fixture 3-D model is overlaid on the real-time image of the target physical area. The method also includes generating, by the augmented reality device, a bill of materials (BOM) that includes a lighting fixture corresponding to the lighting fixture 3-D model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Nam Chin Cho, Parth Joshi, William Thomas Cook, Christopher Lee Bohler
  • Publication number: 20220017467
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions that can modulate mitochondrial function in neuronal cells are provided herein, as are methods for using the compounds and compositions to treat or prevent conditions such as Alzheimer's disease. For example, compounds of Formula I, compositions containing the compounds, and methods for using the compounds and compositions are provided herein: wherein X is absent, CH2, or C(O); R1 is H, OH, CN, NO2, halo, C1-3 alkyl, C1-3 haloalkyl, C1-3 alkoxy, C1-3 haloalkoxy, C3-7 cycloalkyl, amino, C1-3 alkylamino, or di(C1-3 alkyl)amino; R2 is H or C1-6 alkyl; R3 is H, C1-6 alkyl, —C(O)(C1-3 alkyl), or —C(O)O(C1-3 alkyl); R4 is C3-10 cycloalkyl, C6-10 aryl, 5-10 membered heteroaryl, or 5-10 membered heterocycloalkyl, each optionally substituted by 1, 2, 3, or 4 independently selected R5 groups; and R5 is OH, CN, NO2, halo, C1-3 alkyl, C1-3 haloalkyl, C1-3 alkoxy, C1-3 haloalkoxy, C3-7 cycloalkyl, amino, C1-3 alkylamino, or di(C1-3 alkyl)amino.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Eugenia Trushina, Robert Greenhouse, Kevin Greenman, William Thomas
  • Patent number: 11224940
    Abstract: A powder bed containment system for use with a rotating direct metal laser melting (DMLM) system includes an annular build plate, which includes an inner wall, an outer wall concentric with the inner wall and spaced radially apart from the inner wall, and a substantially planar build surface extending between the inner wall and the outer wall, where the substantially planar build surface is arranged to receive a weldable powder for manufacture of an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William Thomas Carter, Zhen Liu, Younkoo Jeong, Michael Robert Tucker
  • Publication number: 20220014895
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, methods, and media for emergency spatiotemporal analysis. One or more emergency response resources may be returned, transmitted and displayed. In some embodiments, emergency metrics may be determined and displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Nicholas Edward Horelik, Gabriel Mahoney, Lucas Richard Eager Leavitt, William Thomas Guthrie, Nicole Leonard, Andrew Lindstrom Gillespie, Martín Andrés Minnoni
  • Patent number: 11219205
    Abstract: An animal decoy device is presented. The animal decoy device comprises a panel or panels with a realistic representation of a turkey tail fan imprinted thereon and a plurality of pockets located on a central area substantially on a lower portion of the decoy, wherein each pocket is configured to retain a quill of a feather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Flint Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Carroll J. Davis, Jerry McPherson, William Thomas Wiley
  • Publication number: 20220006987
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a headset display device includes a central processor and multiple projector integrated circuits each coupled to the central processor and configured to process image data. Each projector integrated circuit includes multiple first integrated circuits, each including a light emitter array. Each projector integrated circuit includes a second integrated circuit coupled to the multiple first integrated circuits. The second integrated circuit includes a graphics processor configured to generate transformed image data correcting for geometrical or brightness distortions and (2) is configured to provide the transformed image data to the multiple first integrated circuits for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Larry Seiler, William Thomas Blank, Warren Andrew Hunt, Michael Yee
  • Patent number: 11213975
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for making prepregs are disclosed. A method may include depositing a resin material onto a surface of a fiber bed and forming a number of discrete resin regions thereon. A distance between the resin regions may be measured to provide desired exposed portions of the surface to facilitate permeation of air through the exposed portions of the surface in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the fiber bed during a curing process of the prepreg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: University of Southern California
    Inventors: Steven Nutt, Lessa Grunenfelder, Timotei Centea, Mark Anders, William Thomas Edwards, Sarah Grace Katz Schechter
  • Publication number: 20210403225
    Abstract: A device for dispensing consumables includes a housing, a drawer, a cap, a latch, and a tooth. The housing may define a volume. The drawer defines a cavity and may be disposed in the volume. The cap may be along the housing. The latch may be securable to hold the cap in a closed position enclosing the volume. In response to a force exceeding a threshold force on the latch, the cap may be movable from the closed position to an open position exposing the volume. The tooth may be mechanically coupled to the latch and, in response to the force exceeding the threshold force on the latch, the tooth may movable in the cavity in a direction directing a consumable unit out of the volume with the cap in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Paul Koh, William Thomas May, Simon Enever, James Krause, Adrian Candela, Jonathan Fratti
  • Patent number: 11207039
    Abstract: A radiation shield assembly is described, configured to block radiation emanating from a radiation source from reaching a user. Two shields are supported by a support arm, and are configured to rotate and translate relative to one another about the support arm's longitudinal axis. This allows the shield to be easily configured and reconfigured as necessary to visualize various parts of a patients body via radiography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Intervention for Life, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Evans Foster, Lloyd Guyton Bowers Cooper, William Thomas Livingston, Foster D Phillips
  • Patent number: 11208659
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates methods and compositions useful for prevention of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSv) in animals, including animals of the species Sus scrofa. The present teachings relate to swine wherein at least one allele of a CD163 gene has been inactivated, and to specific methods and nucleic acid sequences used in gene editing to inactivate the CD163 gene. Swine wherein both alleles of the CD163 gene are inactivated are resistant to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSv). Elite lines comprising homozygous CD163 edited genes retain their superior properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Genus PLC
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Cigan, Jonathan Edward Lightner, Matthew Scott Culbertson, William Thomas Christianson, Benjamin Beaton, Brian Burger, Dylan Barnes, Matthew Campbell
  • Publication number: 20210397331
    Abstract: In some aspects, a method of authoring an interactive presentation includes defining a sequence of two or more primary content items within a presentation, and associating a link to additional content with a primary content item of the sequence in a non-transitory computer-readable medium. In additional aspects, a method of delivering an interactive presentation includes accessing the sequence of two or more primary content items, delivering the primary content items to a presentation device, and delivering, to applications operating on mobile devices of audience members, the primary content items with the additional content and/or one or more links thereto. In further aspects, a method of interacting with an interactive presentation includes receiving, by a mobile device of an audience member, a sequence of primary content items with additional content and/or one or more links thereto, and displaying the received primary content items and the additional content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Callie Thomas, William Thomas
  • Patent number: D943514
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Quip NYC Inc.
    Inventors: William Thomas May, Simon Enever, Jonathan Fratti, James Krause, Paul Koh, Maxwell Wood-Lee