David Roberts
David Roberts, Kennett Square, PA US
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20100222665 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE NON-INVASIVE IMAGING OF ANATOMIC TISSUE STRUCTURES - A method for the non-invasive imaging of an anatomic tissue structure in isolation from surrounding tissues, including: receiving from an input device magnetic imaging data from a patient of the anatomic tissue structure and surrounding tissues; segmenting the imaging data to isolate the anatomic tissue structure imaging data from the imaging data for the surrounding tissues; separating the anatomic tissue structure imaging data into data populations corresponding to tissue microstructures; constructing an image from the imaging data for at least one of the tissue microstructures; and storing or displaying the image. An apparatus embodying the disclosed method is also described, as well as a method for the quantitative measurement of a nerve tissue suspected of demyelination. | 09-02-2010 |
David Roberts, Atlanta, GA US
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20100163731 | ENCLOSURE DOOR STATUS DETECTION - Enclosure door status may be detected. Light may be transmitted from a first component. The light may be received at a second component when a door is in a substantially closed position. The door may be mounted on a structure wherein an angle of incidence between the light transmitted from the first component and the second component increases proportionally to an angle of incidence between the door and the structure. The door may be determined to be in an open position when a light intensity received at the second component is less than a predetermined light intensity value that corresponds to a predetermined angle of incidence between the door and the structure. The first component may comprise a low divergence light emitting diode (LED) transmitter that may be configured to transmit light at a wavelength of approximately 950 nm. The second component may comprise a low profile silicon photodiode. | 07-01-2010 |
David Roberts, Lowell, FL US
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20100146913 | Equine Training device - An equine training apparatus used in conjunction with: 1) a bridle supporting a bit, 2) a noseband, 3) riding reins connected to the bit, and 4) a breastplate, the apparatus comprising a head communication assembly comprising a cord member having a first end attached to a first O-ring, a second end attached to a second O-ring and noseband connection means between said first end and said second end and dividing said cord member into a first fork and a second fork; a sliding member in slidable engagement with said first fork and said second fork; and fork-body connection means for anchoring said sliding member to any of a breast plate, neckstrap, girth, cinch or the like. The sliding member acts as a pulley about which at least one fork is disposed and, when anchored to body tack via fork-body connection means provides a pivot point about which each fork may act; the sliding member effectively divides force applied through the reins into a mouth force component and a nose force component. | 06-17-2010 |
David Roberts, Greensboro, NC US
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20100107839 | BLIND AND SHADE CUTTING CENTER FOR CUTTING TWO DIFFERENT WINDOW COVERING PRODUCTS - A sizing center for and a method of sizing different styles of window coverings includes at least two sizing mechanisms disposed on a sizing center in which each sizing mechanism is adapted to size a different style of window covering. Each window covering includes a color marking. At least two measuring scales are disposed on the sizing center, each measuring scale being associated with a sizing mechanism and having a different color, and each color associated with a sizing center being associated with a color marking of a window covering. | 05-06-2010 |
David Roberts, Lewisport CA
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20100096342 | Removal of Contaminants from Water and Gas by Filtration - The invention relates to compositions and methods for separating oil and other contaminants (particularly oleophilic compounds) from water, gas and other carriers. The invention is useful for separating oil, including emulsified oil, from water and other oleophilic compounds from bilgewater and other wastewater. The compositions comprise a hydrocarbon resin and a drying oil, which may be combined in an organic solvent. For example, hydrocarbon resin and tung oil are optionally combined into a naphtha solvent. The invention is also useful for removing a variety of contaminants from an air stream, such as exhaust from internal combustion engines, burners, and other sources. | 04-22-2010 |
David Roberts, Aptos, CA US
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20100018983 | Cold Chain Packaging - A cold chain package including a plurality of panels surrounded by an overwrap, each of the panels including a plurality of layers of dissimilar materials, and a hinge formed between adjacent panels of the plurality of panels for facilitating folding of the panels to fit in a shipping container. | 01-28-2010 |
20130031874 | COLD CHAIN PACKAGING - A method of making a cold chain package, includes, providing corresponding rolls of dissimilar insulating packaging material; forming separate panels from sheets of dissimilar insulating packaging material provided by the corresponding rolls; enclosing the panels in a membrane, the membrane defining a hinge between the panels that are adjacent to each other; and folding the panels along each hinge to form a box-shaped chamber. | 02-07-2013 |
David Roberts, Andover, MN US
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20090324328 | MANHOLE COVER SECURITY AND REMOVAL - A manhole cover includes a security device, preferably located beneath an upper surface thereof. A cover removing apparatus includes a magnetic element to hold the cover, when a pin of the apparatus is engaged with the security device of the cover. A push force, which may be applied through a port in the upper surface of the cover, for example, by the pin member, can deform, and thereby unlock, a spring-loaded locking member of the security device. The security device may further include at least one elongate member, which is caused to move from a first position to a second position, by the push force, in order to disengage the cover from a manhole, so that the cover may be removed from the manhole. | 12-31-2009 |
David Roberts, Redmond, WA US
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20090300241 | VIRTUAL MEDIA DEVICE - A system, device, and method for virtually connecting a media device to a computing device are disclosed. One embodiment comprises a method to operate a virtual media device in a computing device, wherein the virtual media device that is controlled by a remote media device. In this manner, a computing device may stream media data to and from the remote media device. | 12-03-2009 |
20090319649 | NETWORK DEVICE INSTALLATION - The disclosure relates to a system and method of processing device settings of a device. In a particular embodiment, the method includes requesting the device to provide the device settings. The device settings include wide area network (WAN) and local area network (LAN) network settings. The method further includes storing the device settings in a device independent format. After the device settings have been stored in the device independent format, the device settings may be subsequently retrieved and used for replacement of the network device in a computer network. In a particular embodiment, the device settings are stored in the device independent format in a second device, such as at a server or a personal computer. | 12-24-2009 |
20090320098 | HOSTED NETWORK DEVICE USER INTERFACE - A system and method of hosting a user interface of a network device are provided. A particular method includes receiving a request at a server to display a user interface of the network device, authenticating an end user device to validate an identity of a user, and communicating display information of the user interface of the network device to the end user device for display. The server hosted user interface permits monitoring and interactions with the network device by a user of the end user device. | 12-24-2009 |
20090320113 | HOME NETWORKING WEB-BASED SERVICE PORTAL - A web-based service portal provides a user interface to configure and/or access device(s) of a home network. The service portal can communicate with device(s) through application program interfaces (APIs). The service portal can provide a standardized user interface for specific feature(s) of a device. | 12-24-2009 |
20130061297 | HOME NETWORKING WEB-BASED SERVICE PORTAL - A web-based service portal provides a user interface to configure and/or access device(s) of a home network. The service portal can communicate with device(s) through application program interfaces (APIs). The service portal can provide a standardized user interface for specific feature(s) of a device. | 03-07-2013 |
20140108629 | Network Device Installation - The disclosure relates to a system and method of processing device settings of a device. In a particular embodiment, the method includes requesting the device to provide the device settings. The device settings include wide area network (WAN) and local area network (LAN) network settings. The method further includes storing the device settings in a device independent format. After the device settings have been stored in the device independent format, the device settings may be subsequently retrieved and used for replacement of the network device in a computer network. In a particular embodiment, the device settings are stored in the device independent format in a second device, such as at a server or a personal computer. | 04-17-2014 |
David Roberts, Hillsboro, WI US
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20090267246 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING LENTICULAR PLASTICS BY CASTING - A method and apparatus for producing a lenticular plastic sheet from a material resin having a first surface and an opposite second surface employs a patterned chill roller having an outer surface defining a lenticular pattern thereon disposed adjacent and parallel to a nip roller so as to define a nip therebetween. A material resin is extruded onto the chill roller while in a molten state and begins to cool forming a sheet. Thereafter, the sheet passes into the nip so that the first surface of the sheet is in contact with the lenticular pattern of the chill roller. The lenticular pattern of the chill roller is subsequently transferred to the sheet. | 10-29-2009 |
David Roberts, Sheffield GB
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20090007127 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING DATA ANALYSIS - There is provided an adaptive semi-synchronous parallel processing system and method, which may be adapted to various data analysis applications such as flow cytometry systems. By identifying the relationship and memory dependencies between tasks that are necessary to complete an analysis, it is possible to significantly reduce the analysis processing time by selectively executing tasks after careful assignment of tasks to one or more processor queues, where the queue assignment is based on an optimal execution strategy. Further strategies are disclosed to address optimal processing once a task undergoes computation by a computational element in a multiprocessor system. Also disclosed is a technique to perform fluorescence compensation to correct spectral overlap between different detectors in a flow cytometry system due to emission characteristics of various fluorescent dyes. | 01-01-2009 |
David Roberts, Sudbury CA
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20110266066 | DRY DRILLING AND CORE ACQUISITION SYSTEM - A rotary dry drilling system comprises a surface mounted drill having a drill bit and a drill bit driver rotationally connected by a hollow drill string. There is included core sample capture means adapted to travel from the head of the drill string to the tail of the drill string. The system also comprises an auger for removing cuttings from a comminution zone and cuttings fluidization means to facilitate transport of cuttings from the comminution zone to the auger. Once the cuttings are removed by the auger they are collected and transported to the surface for disposal. | 11-03-2011 |
David Roberts, Smyrna, GA US
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20120112076 | REMOTE DETECTION OF RADIATION - Various embodiments of the present invention provide a method of detecting inaccessible radiation sources by measuring corresponding ions and excited molecules created by radiation, using LIDAR technology. The LIDAR system of the present invention employs a pulsed laser transmitter, a telescope receiver, and associated control and acquisition systems. Light propagates out from the laser transmitted and is directed into the volume surrounding the radioactive source, or the “ion cloud.” The ion cloud absorbs the transmitted light, which induces the non-fluorescing ions to fluoresce. Light from the ion cloud is then backscattered and the telescope receiver subsequently collects the photons from the backscattered light. The intensity of the fluorescence (determined by the photon count) is measured, which provides an indication of the number density of the ionized atoms. Algorithms can then be used to relate the measured ionization rates to the source activity. | 05-10-2012 |
David Roberts, Ann Arbor, MI US
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20120254507 | WRITE-ABSORBING BUFFER FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY - A write-absorbing, volatile memory buffer for use with a processor module and a non-volatile memory is disclosed. The write-absorbing buffer operates as a dirty cache that can be used to look up both read and write requests, although allocating new blocks only for write requests and not read requests. The blocks are small sized, and a write-only least-recently used cache replacement policy is used to transfer data in the blocks to the non-volatile memory. The write-absorbing buffer can be used to store copy-on-write pages for at least one virtual machine associated with the processor module and reduce write overhead to the non-volatile memory. | 10-04-2012 |
20140156948 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PRE-FETCHING AND WRITE-BACK FOR A SEGMENTED CACHE MEMORY - Apparatuses and methods for a cache memory are described. In an example method, a transaction history associated with a cache block is referenced, and requested information is read from memory. Additional information is read from memory based on the transaction history, wherein the requested information and the additional information are read together from memory. The requested information is cached in a segment of a cache line of the cache block and the additional information in cached another segment of the cache line. In another example, the transaction history is also updated to reflect the caching of the requested information and the additional information. In another example, read masks associated with the cache tag are referenced for the transaction history, the read masks identifying segments of a cache line previously accessed. | 06-05-2014 |
David Roberts, Ashton CA
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20120257585 | COGNITIVE WIFI RADIO NETWORK - The invention relates to a cognitive radio (CR) WiFi network which includes a plurality of radio environment aware WiFi terminals, which collect local WiFi interference information and send this information to a CR network management system (NMS). The CR NMS includes a database for storing historical records of the interference information obtained from the terminals, and cognitive engines for analyzing the stored historical interference records and determining terminal-specific transmission and reception parameters. In one embodiment the network implements a deterministic NMS-directed networks-wide TDD/TDM scheduling of WiFi communications for optimal channel re-use and interference avoidance, and a novel terminal synchronization mechanism. | 10-11-2012 |
David Roberts, Hamilton, OH US
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20130180082 | GRIP PADS FOR PACKAGING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS - Packaging systems can include grip pads having large surface areas to assist in handling and holding of bags. In some instances, the grip pads can be retrofitted to existing packaging systems. | 07-18-2013 |
David Roberts, Evans, GA US
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20140212917 | COMPENSATION OF MOTION-RELATED ERROR IN A STREAM OF MOVING MICRO-ENTITIES - Apparatus and methods for detecting, characterizing, and compensating motion-related error of moving micro-entities are described. Motion-related error may occur in streams of moving micro-entities, and may represent a deviation in and expected arrival time or an uncertainty in position of a micro-entity within the stream. Motion-related error of micro-entities is observed in a flow cytometer, e.g., as pulse jitter, and is found to have a functional dependence on a parameter of the system. The pulse jitter can be compensated, according to one embodiment, by adjusting data acquisition observation windows. For the flow cytometer, a reduction of pulse jitter can improve measurement accuracy, resolution of doublets, system throughput, and enable an increase in an interrogation region for probing the micro-entities. | 07-31-2014 |
20140220621 | CHARACTERIZATION OF MOTION-RELATED ERROR IN A STREAM OF MOVING MICRO-ENTITIES - Apparatus and methods for detecting and characterizing motion-related error of moving micro-entities are described. Motion-related error may occur in streams of moving micro-entities, and may represent a deviation in and expected arrival time or an uncertainty in position of a micro-entity. Motion-related error of micro-entities is observed in a flow cytometer, e.g., as pulse jitter, and is found to have a functional dependence on a parameter related to a system clock. The motion-related error may be characterized by correlating measurements of micro-entities moving within a fluid stream. | 08-07-2014 |
David Roberts, Austin, TX US
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20140201017 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING REPEATED USE OF COMPUTING RESOURCES - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can provide access to a first-level computing resource via a service catalog. In some instances, the first-level computing resource can be created by a first entity. Moreover, a second-level computing resource can be received. In some cases, the second-level computing resource can be created by a second entity based, at least in part, on the first-level computing resource. Access to the second-level computing resource can be provided via the service catalog. Relational information associated with the first-level computing resource and the second-level computing resource can be tracked. | 07-17-2014 |
20140280977 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING COMPUTING RESOURCES - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive information about requested resources from a computational resource consumer. The information about the requested resources can be analyzed to generate a first multi-dimensional array including a first set of name-value pairs associated with the requested resources. Information about offered resources can be received from a computational resource provider. The information about the offered resources can be analyzed to generate a second multi-dimensional array including a second set of name-value pairs associated with the offered resources. The first multi-dimensional array and the second multi-dimensional array can be evaluated based on an evaluation algorithm. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280978 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING COMPUTING RESOURCES - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive information about requested resources from a computational resource consumer. The information about the requested resources can be analyzed to generate a first multi-dimensional array including a first set of name-value pairs associated with the requested resources. Information about offered resources can be received from a computational resource provider. The information about the offered resources can be analyzed to generate a second multi-dimensional array including a second set of name-value pairs associated with the offered resources. The first multi-dimensional array and the second multi-dimensional array can be evaluated based on an evaluation algorithm. | 09-18-2014 |
David Roberts, Cary, NC US
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20140189669 | DYNAMIC TIMEOUT DETERMINATION FOR MICROCONTROLLER MANAGEMENT OF FIRMWARE UPDATES - Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for dynamic time out determination during a microcontroller driven firmware update. In an embodiment, the method includes selecting by a processor of a server a firmware update to be applied by a microcontroller to firmware of the server and computing a timeout value according to a function based upon a date of production of the server. The method also includes transmitting a request to the microcontroller to apply the selected firmware update to the firmware. Finally, the method includes determining a failure state responsive to detecting a lapse in time from the request beyond the timeout value without response by the microcontroller. | 07-03-2014 |
David Roberts, Appleton GB
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20140263625 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS - A contactless card reader system comprises the a contactless card reader for short range wireless communication with a payment device using a contactless card protocol. The reader also comprises a terminal for exchanging data with the payment device and with a remote server to perform a contactless card transaction. The terminal is comprised in a personal computing device. The remote server may provide functionality to the terminal in performance of the transaction. A method of performing a transaction is also described. | 09-18-2014 |
David Roberts, Sheboygan, WI US
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20150259523 | TIN-FREE CATALYSTS FOR CROSS-LINKED POLYETHYLENE PIPE AND WIRE - A composition includes an first anhydride-grafted polyethylene; and a cross-linking agent that includes a second anhydride; and a first material including minoxidil, melatonin; pentaerythritol tetrakis(3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate); or a (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl derivative, where the composition is a master batch configured to cross-link a silane-grafted polyethylene material; and the composition is tin-free. | 09-17-2015 |