Patents by Inventor William Mead
William Mead 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: 11957935Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to an image director of a patient monitoring system to obtain calibration images of a calibration sheet or other calibration object at various orientations and locations. The images are then stored and processed to calculate camera parameters defining the location and orientation of the image detector and identifying internal characteristics of the image detector, and the information are stored. The patient monitoring system can be re-calibrated by using the image detector to obtain an additional image of a calibration sheet or calibration object. The additional image and the stored camera parameters are then used to detect any apparent change in the internal characteristics of the image detector (10)(S6-4).Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: VISION RT LIMITEDInventors: Edward William Mead, Ivan Daniel Meir
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Publication number: 20230181933Abstract: A method of calibrating a monitoring system (10,14) is described in which a calibration phantom (70) is located with its center located approximately at the isocenter of a treatment room through which a treatment apparatus (16) is arranged to direct radiation, wherein the surface of the calibration phantom (70) closest to an image capture device (72) of the monitoring system (10,14) is inclined approximately 45° relative to the camera plane of an image capture device of the monitoring system. Images of the calibration phantom (70) are then captured using the image capture device (72) and the images are processed to generate a model of the imaged surface of the calibration phantom.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: VISION RT LIMITEDInventors: Edward William MEAD, Ivan Daniel MEIR
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Patent number: 11612766Abstract: A method of calibrating a monitoring system (10,14) is described in which a calibration phantom (70) is located with its center located approximately at the isocenter of a treatment room through which a treatment apparatus (16) is arranged to direct radiation, wherein the surface of the calibration phantom (70) closest to an image capture device (72) of the monitoring system (10,14) is inclined approximately 45° relative to the camera plane of an image capture device of the monitoring system. Images of the calibration phantom (70) are then captured using the image capture device (72) and the images are processed to generate a model of the imaged surface of the calibration phantom.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: VISION RT LIMITEDInventors: Edward William Mead, Ivan Daniel Meir
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Publication number: 20230041706Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to an image director of a patient monitoring system to obtain calibration images of a calibration sheet or other calibration object at various orientations and locations. The images are then stored and processed to calculate camera parameters defining the location and orientation of the image detector and identifying internal characteristics of the image detector, and the information are stored. The patient monitoring system can be re-calibrated by using the image detector to obtain an additional image of a calibration sheet or calibration object. The additional image and the stored camera parameters are then used to detect any apparent change in the internal characteristics of the image detector (10)(S6-4).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: VISION RT LIMITEDInventors: Edward William MEAD, Ivan Daniel MEIR
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Patent number: 11504552Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to an image director of a patient monitoring system to obtain calibration images of a calibration sheet or other calibration object at various orientations and locations. The images are then stored and processed to calculate camera parameters defining the location and orientation of the image detector and identifying internal characteristics of the image detector, and the information are stored. The patient monitoring system can be re-calibrated by using the image detector to obtain an additional image of a calibration sheet or calibration object. The additional image and the stored camera parameters are then used to detect any apparent change in the internal characteristics of the image detector (10)(S6-4).Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: VISION RT LIMITEDInventors: Edward William Mead, Ivan Daniel Meir
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Publication number: 20220096870Abstract: A method of calibrating a monitoring system (10,14) is described in which a calibration phantom (70) is located with its center located approximately at the isocenter of a treatment room through which a treatment apparatus (16) is arranged to direct radiation, wherein the surface of the calibration phantom (70) closest to an image capture device (72) of the monitoring system (10,14) is inclined approximately 45° relative to the camera plane of an image capture device of the monitoring system. Images of the calibration phantom (70) are then captured using the image capture device (72) and the images are processed to generate a model of the imaged surface of the calibration phantom.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: VISION RT LIMITEDInventors: Edward William MEAD, Ivan Daniel MEIR
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Patent number: 11224765Abstract: A method of calibrating a monitoring system (10,14) is described in which a calibration phantom (70) is located with its center located approximately at the isocenter of a treatment room through which a treatment apparatus (16) is arranged to direct radiation, wherein the surface of the calibration phantom (70) closest to an image capture device (72) of the monitoring system (10,14) is inclined approximately 45° relative to the camera plane of an image capture device of the monitoring system. Images of the calibration phantom (70) are then captured using the image capture device (72) and the images are processed to generate a model of the imaged surface of the calibration phantom.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: VISION RT LIMITEDInventors: Edward William Mead, Ivan Daniel Meir
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Publication number: 20210128951Abstract: A method of calibrating a monitoring system (10,14) is described in which a calibration phantom (70) is located with its center located approximately at the isocenter of a treatment room through which a treatment apparatus (16) is arranged to direct radiation, wherein the surface of the calibration phantom (70) closest to an image capture device (72) of the monitoring system (10,14) is inclined approximately 45° relative to the camera plane of an image capture device of the monitoring system. Images of the calibration phantom (70) are then captured using the image capture device (72) and the images are processed to generate a model of the imaged surface of the calibration phantom.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2018Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: VISION RT LIMITEDInventors: Edward William MEAD, Ivan Daniel MEIR
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Patent number: 10441818Abstract: A patient monitoring system for monitoring a patient undergoing radiotherapy comprising a projector operable to project a pattern of light onto a patient undergoing radiation treatment, a patient restraint operable to restrain the patient relative to a treatment apparatus, an image detector operable to obtain images of the patient, and a model generation module operable to process images of the patient obtained by the image detector to generate a model of the surface of a portion of the patient, wherein at least a portion of the patient restraint is colored and the model generation module is inhibited from generating a model of the colored portion of the patient restraint.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: VISION RT LIMITEDInventors: Michael James Tallhamer, Adrian Roger William Barrett, James Mathew Hughes, II, Edward William Mead, Ivan Daniel Meir
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Publication number: 20190247677Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to an image director of a patient monitoring system to obtain calibration images of a calibration sheet or other calibration object at various orientations and locations. The images are then stored and processed to calculate camera parameters defining the location and orientation of the image detector and identifying internal characteristics of the image detector, and the information are stored. The patient monitoring system can be re-calibrated by using the image detector to obtain an additional image of a calibration sheet or calibration object. The additional image and the stored camera parameters are then used to detect any apparent change in the internal characteristics of the image detector (10)(S6-4).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: VISION RT LIMITEDInventors: Edward William MEAD, Ivan Daniel MEIR
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Patent number: 10315054Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to an image director of a patient monitoring system to obtain calibration images of a calibration sheet or other calibration object at various orientations and locations. The images are then stored and processed to calculate camera parameters defining the location and orientation of the image detector and identifying internal characteristics of the image detector, and the information are stored. The patient monitoring system can be re-calibrated by using the image detector to obtain an additional image of a calibration sheet or calibration object. The additional image and the stored camera parameters are then used to detect any apparent change in the internal characteristics of the image detector (10) (S6-4).Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: VISION RT LIMITEDInventors: Edward William Mead, Ivan Daniel Meir
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Publication number: 20170368370Abstract: A patient monitoring system for monitoring a patient undergoing radiotherapy comprising a projector operable to project a pattern of light onto a patient undergoing radiation treatment, a patient restraint operable to restrain the patient relative to a treatment apparatus, an image detector operable to obtain images of the patient, and a model generation module operable to process images of the patient obtained by the image detector to generate a model of the surface of a portion of the patient, wherein at least a portion of the patient restraint is colored and the model generation module is inhibited from generating a model of the colored portion of the patient restraint.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Michael James TALLHAMER, Adrian Roger William BARRETT, James Mathew HUGHES, II, Edward William MEAD, Ivan Daniel MEIR
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Publication number: 20170319874Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to an image director of a patient monitoring system to obtain calibration images of a calibration sheet or other calibration object at various orientations and locations. The images are then stored and processed to calculate camera parameters defining the location and orientation of the image detector and identifying internal characteristics of the image detector, and the information are stored. The patient monitoring system can be re-calibrated by using the image detector to obtain an additional image of a calibration sheet or calibration object. The additional image and the stored camera parameters are then used to detect any apparent change in the internal characteristics of the image detector (10) (S6-4).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2015Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: Edward William MEAD, Ivan Daniel MEIR
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Publication number: 20170296845Abstract: A patient monitoring system for monitoring a patient undergoing radiotherapy comprising a projector operable to project a pattern of light onto a patient undergoing radiation treatment, a patient restraint operable to restrain the patient relative to a treatment apparatus, an image detector operable to obtain images of the patient, and a model generation module operable to process images of the patient obtained by the image detector to generate a model of the surface of a portion of the patient, wherein at least a portion of the patient restraint is colored and the model generation module is inhibited from generating a model of the colored portion of the patient restraint.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2016Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Michael James TALLHAMER, Adrian Roger William BARRETT, James Mathew HUGHES, II, Edward William MEAD, Ivan Daniel MEIR
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Patent number: 9789338Abstract: A patient monitoring system for monitoring a patient undergoing radiotherapy comprising a projector operable to project a pattern of light onto a patient undergoing radiation treatment, a patient restraint operable to restrain the patient relative to a treatment apparatus, an image detector operable to obtain images of the patient, and a model generation module operable to process images of the patient obtained by the image detector to generate a model of the surface of a portion of the patient, wherein at least a portion of the patient restraint is colored and the model generation module is inhibited from generating a model of the colored portion of the patient restraint.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: VISION RT LTD.Inventors: Michael James Tallhamer, Adrian Roger William Barrett, James Mathew Hughes, II, Edward William Mead, Ivan Daniel Meir
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Patent number: 8291839Abstract: A pallet according to one embodiment includes a deck and a plurality of columns extending downward from the deck. In order to increase the stability of the pallet on a fork, at least one alignment feature protrudes downward from the deck between the pair of columns. The alignment feature extends downwardly substantially less than the columns, such that the alignment feature does not contact the floor and does not significantly increase the weight of the pallet. In another feature, preformed foam inserts are inserted into the cavities of the columns and/or the alignment features.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Rehrig Pacific CompanyInventors: William P. Apps, Sean T. Ogburn, William Mead, Ryan C. Meers
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Patent number: 8009190Abstract: A film scanner of the type which uses diffuse illumination and an array sensor such as a line array or area array CCD includes an integrating optical element in the form of an integrating sphere to provide diffuse illumination to film. The diffuse illumination ensures that light is provided to film at a range of angles thereby improving the light level reaching the array sensor from film that has been scattered by defects such as scratches thereby reducing the visibility of such defects. A lens is provided at the exit aperture of the integrating sphere so as to define a particular area of the surface within the integrating sphere from which light that is not scattered by film is derived. The area has a lower reflectivity than the remainder of the integrating sphere thereby increasing the amount of light derived from scratches that reaches the sensor to further reduce the visibility of scratches.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2006Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Cintel International LimitedInventor: Terence William Mead
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Publication number: 20100043676Abstract: A pallet according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a deck and a plurality of columns extending downward from the deck. In order to increase the stability of the pallet on a fork, at least one alignment feature protrudes downward from the deck between the pair of columns. The alignment feature extends downwardly substantially less than the columns, such that the alignment feature does not contact the floor and does not significantly increase the weight of the pallet. In another feature of the present invention, preformed foam inserts are inserted into the cavities of the columns and/or the alignment features.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2008Publication date: February 25, 2010Inventors: William P. Apps, Sean T. Ogburn, William Mead, Ryan C. Meers
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Publication number: 20070044904Abstract: Methods of forming shaped adhesive fillets are disclosed. The adhesive fillets may be made by stacking multiple layers of adhesive sheets, consolidating the stacked layers, cutting strips from the consolidated layers, and forming the strips into adhesive fillets having desired cross sectional shapes. The fillets may be formed by feeding the strips through an apparatus comprising opposing rollers and a catcher, which facilitates release of the adhesive fillets from the rollers. The formed adhesive fillets are useful for applications such as stiffened panels for aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2006Publication date: March 1, 2007Applicant: Northrop Grumman CorporationInventors: William Mead, John Potter
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Patent number: 7177050Abstract: A film scanner, such as a telecine, includes a light source, collection optics and one or more light sensors to reduce image signals representative of an image on film. In addition, a reflector arrangement is provided which has an internally reflective cavity, such as an integrating sphere, to captor light which may have been scattered from the usual light path and provided to an additional sensor. Compensations can thus be made for light scattered in any direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2001Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Cintel International LimitedInventor: Terance William Mead