Mendonca, US
Aubrey F. Mendonca, Ames, IA US
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20160074543 | SANITIZED ANIMAL BEDDING MATERIAL AND PROCESS - The present invention provides compositions and methods for sanitization or sterilization of, or reduction or elimination of microbes from, PFR material, in particular material for use as an animal bedding. In another aspect, the invention provides sanitized or sterilized material, and especially animal bedding material, prepared using the described compositions and methods. | 03-17-2016 |
Denise Marie Mendonca, San Diego, CA US
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20090191527 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSISTING AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN RATING A CONSTITUENT - A higher education constituent relationship (CRM) system may provide an educational institution with a graphical display of a probability and desirability value for a person at a stage of a student life cycle. For example, the higher education CRM system may receive a history of interactions between the person and the institution. The higher education CRM system may use the history of interactions and information about the person to calculate the probability value, or measure of the likelihood that the person moves to another stage in the student life cycle, and the desirability value, or a measure of the appeal of the person to the educational institution at a stage of the student life cycle, for the person. The higher education CRM system may display the calculated values for the probability and desirability to a representative of the institution. | 07-30-2009 |
Eduardo Mendonca, Fremont, CA US
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20100229219 | DETECTING UNAUTHORIZED COMPUTER ACCESS - A machine executed method comprising at a first computer, receiving from a second computer a request to gain root-administrator access to an operating system (OS) of the first computer; the first computer, in response to receiving the request to gain root-administrator access, granting the root-administrator access and modifying stored access state data from a first state associated with the OS to a second state associated with the OS, wherein the second state is different than the first state and the second state indicates that root-administrator access to the OS was granted. | 09-09-2010 |
Evandro Mendonca, Redmond, WA US
John J. Mendonca, Redwood Shores, CA US
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20090037686 | Application inspection tool for determining a security partition - An embodiment of the invention provides an apparatus and method for determining a security partition in a computer for an application. The apparatus and method can determine required system resources, security requirements, and partition rules for an application, can determine allocated system resources, security characteristics, and partitions rules for each security partition in the computer, and can identify at least one proposed security partition for the application. | 02-05-2009 |
Pat Mendonca, Damascus, MD US
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20140055242 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION TO REMOTE USERS - The invention includes systems, methods, and software applications for centrally maintaining information and automatically distributing relevant portions of the information to remote users. In one embodiment, a central server stores the information, which is maintained on the central server. Periodically, or each time the server information is updated, the server identifies the portion of the information that is relevant to each user and downloads the relevant portion of information to each user, for example to a mobile device such as a Blackberry™. The invention may be used to maintain and timely distribute information related to emergency response procedures, sales or servicing schedules, and delivery schedules, among other things. | 02-27-2014 |
Paulo Mendonca, Clifton Park, NY US
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20100135564 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF SELECTING MATERIAL TRIPLETS FOR A MULTI-MATERIAL DECOMPOSITION - An imaging system includes an x-ray source configured to emit a beam of x-rays toward an object to be imaged, a detector configured to receive x-rays that are attenuated by the object, a data acquisition system (DAS) operably coupled to the detector, and a computer operably coupled to the DAS. The computer is programmed to obtain scan data with two or more incident energy spectra, identify one or more material triplet combinations based on data obtained prior to obtaining the scan data, decompose the obtained scan data into three or more basis materials based on the identified one or more material triplet combinations, and generate an image using the decomposed scan data. | 06-03-2010 |
20100135565 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF VISUALIZING MULTI-ENERGY IMAGING DATA - An imaging system includes an x-ray source configured to emit a beam of x-rays toward an object to be imaged, a detector configured to receive x-rays that are attenuated by the object, a data acquisition system (DAS) operably coupled to the detector, and a computer operably coupled to the DAS and programmed to obtain scan data with two or more incident energy spectra, decompose the obtained scan data into at least three basis materials, generate an image of one of the at least three basis materials using the decomposed scan data, and replace at least one pixel in the image using decomposed data of another of the at least three basis materials. | 06-03-2010 |
Paulo Ricardo Mendonca, Clifton Park, NY US
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20090037039 | Method for locomotive navigation and track identification using video - A system for determining a track location operates to acquire a current video frame via at least one video camera mounted on board a locomotive, determine a track location based on information extracted from the at least one video frame, and transmit the track location information to a navigation system to determine control parameters for the locomotive. | 02-05-2009 |
20090238432 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING DEFECTS IN RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DATA CORRESPONDING TO A SCANNED OBJECT - A method for identifying defects in radiographic image data corresponding to a scanned object is provided. The method includes acquiring radiographic image data corresponding to a scanned object. In one embodiment, the radiographic image data includes an inspection test image and a reference image corresponding to the scanned object. The method includes identifying one or more regions of interest in the reference image and aligning the inspection test image with the regions of interest identified in the reference image, to obtain a residual image. The method further includes identifying one or more defects in the inspection test image based upon the residual image and one or more defect probability values computed for one or more pixels in the residual image. | 09-24-2009 |
20090279772 | Method and System for Identifying Defects in NDT Image Data - An anomaly detection method includes acquiring image data corresponding to nondestructive testing (NDT) of a scanned object. The NDT image data comprises at least one inspection test image of the scanned object and multiple reference images for the scanned object. The anomaly detection method further includes generating an anomaly detection model based on a statistical analysis of one or more image features in the reference images for the scanned object and identifying one or more defects in the inspection test image, based on the anomaly detection model. | 11-12-2009 |
20100054563 | TISSUE CLASSIFICATION IN MEDICAL IMAGES - The present disclosure relates to the use of probabilistic models to classify elements of a medical image into different tissue types. The models may be based upon geometric abstractions of the different tissue types being classified. In addition, the present disclosure teaches the derivation and modification of models for tissue classification based upon the neighboring region of the voxels undergoing classification. | 03-04-2010 |
20110222754 | SEQUENTIAL APPROACH FOR AUTOMATIC DEFECT RECOGNITION - A method of automatic defect recognition includes receiving a initial set of inspection image data of a scanned object from a scanning machine; applying a first image analysis algorithm to this set of inspection image data; then removing from the set of inspection image data any defect-free image regions, so as to retain a set of analyzed inspection image data; applying an additional image analysis algorithm(s) to the set of analyzed inspection image data, wherein the additional algorithm(s) has a higher computational cost than the first image analysis algorithm; and based on the applying of the additional image analysis algorithm(s), removing from the first set of inspection image data a second set of defect-free image regions, thereby retaining a set of twice-analyzed inspection image data. | 09-15-2011 |
20110285842 | MOBILE DEVICE POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method that relates to mobile platform positioning through landmark recognition. The method includes receiving a captured image of a landmark, wherein the captured image was captured from an onboard camera system located on the mobile platform. A comparison of the captured image to a plurality of stored images, that are images of landmarks at known locations is made. The method recognizes the captured image based on the comparison and then determines the location of the mobile platform, based on the recognition. The method may be employed with a locomotive. A system and computer program product for mobile device positioning is also disclosed. | 11-24-2011 |
20130108007 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CT SINOGRAM EXTRAPOLATION | 05-02-2013 |
Paulo Ricardo Mendonca, Niskayuna, NY US
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20140364739 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING A VASCULAR STRUCTURE - System for analyzing a vascular structure. The system includes an initialization module that is configured to analyze a slice of a VOI that includes a main vessel of the vascular structure to position first and second luminal models in the lumen. Each of the first and second luminal models represents at least a portion of a cross-sectional shape of the lumen and has a location and a dimension in the slice. The system also includes a tracking module that is configured to determine the locations and the dimensions of the first and second luminal models in subsequent slices. For a designated slice, the locations and the dimensions of the first and second luminal models of the designated slice are based on the locations and the dimensions of the first and second luminal models, respectively, in a prior slice and also the image data of the designated slice. | 12-11-2014 |
20150254866 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PARAMETERS FOR IMAGE ANALYSIS - Systems and methods for determining parameters for image analysis are provided. One method includes obtaining ultrasound data of an object, generating an image of the object, and identifying a region of interest in the image. The method also includes determining a plurality of spatially varying parameters for image analysis of the region of interest using prior information for one or more objects of interest, including prior location information for the one or more objects of interest, and wherein the plurality of spatially varying parameters are determined for a plurality of sections of the region of interest and different for at least some of the plurality of sections. The method further includes using the plurality of spatially varying parameters for performing image analysis of the region of interest in the image to determine the location of the one or more objects of interest. | 09-10-2015 |
Rohan Mendonca, Pleasanton, CA US
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20110201593 | TRICYCLIC HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The invention provides novel compounds of formula I having the general formula: | 08-18-2011 |
20150152117 | PYRAZOLOPYRIMIDINE JAK INHIBITOR COMPOUNDS AND METHODS - A compound of Formula I, enantiomers, diasteriomers, tautomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R | 06-04-2015 |
20150336962 | 5-CHLORO-2-DIFLUOROMETHOXYPHENYL PYRAZOLOPYRIMIDINE COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Compounds of Formula (00A) and methods of use as Janus kinase inhibitors are described herein. | 11-26-2015 |
Rohan Mendonca, Pleasaton, CA US
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20120190665 | PYRAZOLOPYRIMIDINE JAK INHIBITOR COMPOUNDS AND METHODS - A compound of Formula I, enantiomers, diasteriomers, tautomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R | 07-26-2012 |
Roni Mendonca, New Rochelle, NY US
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20100069770 | END-TIDAL CO2 MONITORING TUBE HOLDER - Devices for attaching medical tubing to a nasal cannula are provided. Such devices may comprise a body having a distal end and a proximal end, a connector disposed on the body and adapted to releasably attach the body to the nasal canulla, and one of the following: at least one tube holding member extending along at least one surface of the body and adapted to accept the medical tubing, or at least one body channel extending through the body and having an outlet at the distal end of the body, and a tube connector attached to the proximal end of the body and adapted to fluidly connect the medical tubing the at least one channel. | 03-18-2010 |
20130102915 | END-TIDAL CO2 MONITORING TUBE HOLDER - Devices for attaching medical tubing to a nasal cannula are provided. Such devices may comprise a body having a distal end and a proximal end, a connector disposed on the body and adapted to releasably attach the body to the nasal cannula, and one of the following: at least one tube holding member extending along at least one surface of the body and adapted to accept the medical tubing, or at least one body channel extending through the body and having an outlet at the distal end of the body, and a tube connector attached to the proximal end of the body and adapted to fluidly connect the medical tubing the at least one channel. | 04-25-2013 |
Rouella J. Mendonca, Redmond, WA US
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20130067531 | Access Brokering Based on Declarations and Consent - Embodiments include processes, systems, and devices for brokering application access to capabilities, such as device capabilities. An access broker receives requests from applications to access capabilities. The access broker determines whether to grant access based at least in part on whether the application manifest declares the capability. The access broker also may cause a user interface element to be displayed requesting user consent to the access request. Also, an in-application user interface element is provided that displays capability access settings for a particular application. The in-application user interface element includes selectable options for changing those settings. Changes in those settings via the user interface update the settings in the access broker. | 03-14-2013 |
20140354550 | RECEIVING CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION FROM KEYBOARDS - Disclosed are techniques and systems for obtaining contextual information at least in part from a keyboard, to improve typing efficiencies and user experience. The contextual information may include keyboard attributes, typing metadata, user actions, and the like. The keyboard may be configured to detect an input event at the keyboard. A human interface device (HID) stack is configured to receive the contextual information, and a keyboard manager is configured to determine an output based at least in part on the input event and the contextual information. The output may be a most probable function (non-text-based output), or character or word (text-based output) that can be suggested or used to auto-correct application data. In some embodiments, the user action received in the contextual information may be translated to a gesture to manipulate application data. | 12-04-2014 |
20140368435 | Modifying Input Delivery to Applications - In some examples, input received from an input device, such as a keyboard, is modified by a component associated with an operating system before the input is delivered to an application. For instance, a component associated with the operating system may become registered for modifying input. In some situations, the input is modified based at least in part on metadata associated with the input device. For example, a location of a fingertip on a touch-sensitive display may be used to modify the input before delivery to an application. | 12-18-2014 |
Timothy Mendonca, Oldsmar, FL US
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20120222085 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRUSTED CONTEXTUAL COMMUNICATIONS - A method, system and apparatus for allowing media context sensitive SIP signaling exchange and call establishment while denying or challenging any other session description protocol extension dialogs which might not be desired by a user. User client media policy preferences are defined, the user media policy preferences establishing the parameters for evaluating a media session request received by a user client. The user client media policy preferences are provided to a policy enforcement point device, the policy enforcement point device evaluating the media session request received by the user client and applying the user client media policy preferences to the media session request. A user client portal is utilized to gain access to a media policy database, the media policy database providing storage for user client media policy preferences. | 08-30-2012 |