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Brian Caird, Santa Barbara, CA US
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20150121755 | CONFIGURABLE SEGMENTED PLANT POTS - The present invention includes a system and method of aggregating different flowers or plants in a single container. Different plant types (species, colors, sizes, shapes, etc.) are grown in individual smaller pots having particular horizontal cross-sections. A plurality of the individual smaller pots are then closely fit into an outer plant pot to result in substantially no gaps between either the individual plant pots or between the individual plant pots and the outer plant pot. A method of retail marketing of the varieties of different types in the individual smaller pots includes permitting the consumer to mix and match the different types into outer plant pots. A cultivation method involves segregating the different types prior to becoming seedlings to facilitate their unique growing needs, and then providing the consumer access to the varieties at the retail level. | 05-07-2015 |
John Caird, San Francisco, CA US
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20120114008 | TRANSVERSE PUMPED LASER AMPLIFIER ARCHITECTURE - An optical gain architecture includes a pump source and a pump aperture. The architecture also includes a gain region including a gain element operable to amplify light at a laser wavelength. The gain region is characterized by a first side intersecting an optical path, a second side opposing the first side, a third side adjacent the first and second sides, and a fourth side opposing the third side. The architecture further includes a dichroic section disposed between the pump aperture and the first side of the gain region. The dichroic section is characterized by low reflectance at a pump wavelength and high reflectance at the laser wavelength. The architecture additionally includes a first cladding section proximate to the third side of the gain region and a second cladding section proximate to the fourth side of the gain region. | 05-10-2012 |
20130272336 | TRANSVERSE PUMPED LASER AMPLIFIER ARCHITECTURE - An optical gain architecture includes a pump source and a pump aperture. The architecture also includes a gain region including a gain element operable to amplify light at a laser wavelength. The gain region is characterized by a first side intersecting an optical path, a second side opposing the first side, a third side adjacent the first and second sides, and a fourth side opposing the third side. The architecture further includes a dichroic section disposed between the pump aperture and the first side of the gain region. The dichroic section is characterized by low reflectance at a pump wavelength and high reflectance at the laser wavelength. The architecture additionally includes a first cladding section proximate to the third side of the gain region and a second cladding section proximate to the fourth side of the gain region. | 10-17-2013 |
John A. Caird, San Francisco, CA US
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20120105931 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE WITH GAP-COUPLED ELECTRODE - An electro-optic device includes an electro-optic crystal having a predetermined thickness, a first face and a second face. The electro-optic device also includes a first electrode substrate disposed opposing the first face. The first electrode substrate includes a first substrate material having a first thickness and a first electrode coating coupled to the first substrate material. The electro-optic device further includes a second electrode substrate disposed opposing the second face. The second electrode substrate includes a second substrate material having a second thickness and a second electrode coating coupled to the second substrate material. The electro-optic device additionally includes a voltage source electrically coupled to the first electrode coating and the second electrode coating. | 05-03-2012 |
20120236882 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPRESSION OF STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING IN LASER MATERIALS - A composition of matter is provided having the general chemical formula K(H,D) | 09-20-2012 |
20140044140 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPRESSION OF STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING IN LASER MATERIALS - A composition of matter is provided having the general chemical formula K(H,D) | 02-13-2014 |
John Allyn Caird, San Francisco, CA US
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20110286709 | Method and System for Edge Cladding of Laser Gain Media - A gain medium operable to amplify light at a gain wavelength and having reduced transverse ASE includes an input surface and an output surface opposing the input surface. The gain medium also includes a central region including gain material and extending between the input surface and the output surface along a longitudinal optical axis of the gain medium. The gain medium further includes an edge cladding region surrounding the central region and extending between the input surface and the output surface along the longitudinal optical axis of the gain medium. The edge cladding region includes the gain material and a dopant operable to absorb light at the gain wavelength. | 11-24-2011 |
20120105948 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPACT EFFICIENT LASER ARCHITECTURE - A laser amplifier module having an enclosure includes an input window, a mirror optically coupled to the input window and disposed in a first plane, and a first amplifier head disposed along an optical amplification path adjacent a first end of the enclosure. The laser amplifier module also includes a second amplifier head disposed along the optical amplification path adjacent a second end of the enclosure and a cavity mirror disposed along the optical amplification path. | 05-03-2012 |
20120180527 | Method and System for Mitigation of Particulate Inclusions in Optical Materials - A method of fabricating an optical material includes providing input materials having a material softening temperature, melting the input materials, and flowing the melted input materials into a laser inclusion mitigation system. The melted input materials comprise one or more inclusions. The method also includes irradiating the input materials using a laser beam, fragmenting the one or more inclusions in response to the irradiating, and reducing a temperature of the input materials to less than the material softening temperature. The method further includes forming an optical material and annealing the optical material. | 07-19-2012 |
Kenneth Caird, Smyrna, GA US
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20130073483 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Protecting Power Transformers - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for protecting power transformers. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for protecting a power transformer from overload. The method can include receiving transformer power rating information; receiving load information from individual meters supplied by the power transformer; summing the received load information; comparing the summed load information to the received transformer power rating information; and determining spare load capacity associated with the power transformer based at least in part on the comparison. | 03-21-2013 |
Kenneth Caird, Atlanta, GA US
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20130046695 | Systems and Methods for Energy Management Between a Utility Provider and a Consumer - Embodiments of the invention can provide systems and methods for energy management between a utility provider and a consumer. According to one embodiment of the invention, a system can be provided. The system can include a computer processor. The system can also include a memory operable to store computer-executable instructions operable for receiving a readable code associated with a utility meter, and further receiving a unique identifier associated with a mobile device; verifying that the readable code is associated with the unique identifier; and authorizing a consumer associated with the mobile device to access account information associated with the at least one utility meter. | 02-21-2013 |
Kenneth J. Caird, Smyrna, GA US
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20100164473 | METER PHASE IDENTIFICATION - A multi-phase electrical power distribution network includes a substation; a signal generator for providing a different signal on each of a plurality of phases leaving the substation; and a signal discriminator for detecting each of the different signals at a consumer of the electrical power. | 07-01-2010 |
Kenneth James Caird, Calgary CA
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20150294037 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SUBSTATION DESIGN AND CONFIGURATION - A non-transitory computer-readable medium may include computer-executable code. In turn, the computer-executable code may include instructions to receive a system specification definition (SSD) file based on a proposed substation design (PSD) and determine a plurality of intelligent electronic devices (IED) in the PSD based on the SSD file. The computer-executable code may also include instructions to receive an IED configuration description (ICD) file for each of the plurality of IEDs in the PSD and to generate a system configuration description (SCD) file based on the SSD file and the ICD files. | 10-15-2015 |
Kenneth James Caird, Atlanta, GA US
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20130054144 | Distribution Feeder Outage Reduction - Systems and methods for distributed feeder outage reduction are usable to reduce power outages by tracking weather conditions and/or receiving weather condition information. Such systems and methods can be used to control protective relays and/or recloser breakers of utility systems to increase relay trip levels during storm conditions. Additionally, normal operating settings may be implemented when weather activity is not predicted to impact such components. | 02-28-2013 |
Ross Caird, Kanata CA
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20130028601 | VIDEO OVER ETHERNET BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZATION - Methods and apparatuses for controlling the flow of video over Ethernet (VoE) traffic in a network are disclosed. The method can include originating the VoE traffic from an add node in the network. A first control signal can be received from a first drop node in the network containing a drop port configured to receive the VoE traffic. The add node can determined if the first drop node contains the drop port based on the first control signal. | 01-31-2013 |
20130132789 | VIDEO TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OVER CARRIER ETHERNET - The present disclosure provides video transmission systems and methods with video data flows transmitted over a Carrier Ethernet Network at Layer 2 with redundancy in order to provide hitless protection switching and uninterrupted video service delivery, such as during periods of asymmetric congestion or hard network failures. In an exemplary embodiment, the video transmission systems and methods provide the redundancy in a manner similar to 1+1 linear protection with hit-less protection switching. In another exemplary embodiment, the video transmission systems and methods provide encapsulated video signals over Ethernet using standardized Carrier Ethernet frames with additional sequencing information. Optionally, the video transmission systems and methods may also include packet-based forward error correction information for additional resiliency. These video transmission systems and methods provide uninterrupted and error-free video during broadcast despite network events such as fiber breaks, equipment failures, congestion, etc. | 05-23-2013 |
Ross Caird, Ottawa CA
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20120092985 | TEN GIGABIT ETHERNET PORT PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present disclosure provides protection systems and methods for Ethernet ports. In particular, the present invention may provide a form of facility protection for any two facilities, located on any two cards. The facilities are provisioned as a protected pair and using automatic ITU-T Y.1731 control frames for control. In an exemplary embodiment, provisioning includes creation of an L2 protection service and associating it to a pair of facilities. One facility is identified as a working facility and the other as a protection facility. Under normal conditions (i.e., no facility fault), the working facility is in an active state and not conditioning while the protection facility is in a standby state and transmitting conditioning to subtending equipment. If a facility fault is detected at the working facility, then the working facility transmits condition Remote Fault (RF) and the protection facility removes it's transmit conditioning and becomes the active facility. | 04-19-2012 |