Robert Brian Calder

US Patent:

20130114853, May 9, 2013

Filed:

Sep 7, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/606820

Inventors:

Kuntal Sengupta - Winchester MA, US
Robert Calder - Burlington MA, US

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

382103

Abstract:

A face is detected within a camera's field despite inadequate illumination. In various embodiments, multiple images of the inadequately illuminated field of view are obtained and summed into a composite image. The composite image is tone-mapped based on a facial lighting model, and a bounded group of pixels in the tone-mapped image having a lighting distribution indicative of a face is identified. Facial features are resolved within the bounded group of pixels.

US Patent:

20210211435, Jul 8, 2021

Filed:

Jan 7, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/143390

Inventors:

Pieter-Jan Boone - Bedford MA, US
Lou Bergandi - Oceanside CA, US
Feroz Gora - Boston MA, US
David Kashtan - Santa Cruz CA, US
David M. T. Ting - Sudbury MA, US
Michael Michlin - Newton MA, US
Robert Calder - Burlington MA, US
Alain Slak - Bedford MA, US
Taras Lushney - Lviv, UA

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
G06F 8/65
G06F 21/57
G06F 8/654
G06F 8/71
H04L 29/08

Abstract:

Firmware updates for, e.g., thin client devices may be achieved in a seamless, non-disruptive manner using a two-stage firmware loader, including a base loader pre-installed on the device and a caching loader downloaded, by the base loader, from a firmware server and thereafter responsible for downloading and updating other firmware application packages.

US Patent:

20190190923, Jun 20, 2019

Filed:

Dec 12, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/217855

Inventors:

Pieter-Jan Boone - Bedford MA, US
Lou Bergandi - Oceanside CA, US
Feroz Gora - Boston MA, US
David Kashtan - Santa Cruz CA, US
David M. T. Ting - Sudbury MA, US
Michael Michlin - Newton MA, US
Robert Calder - Burlington MA, US
Alain Slak - Bedford MA, US
Taras Lushney - Lviv, UA

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
H04L 29/08
G06F 8/65
G06F 21/57
G06F 8/654
G06F 8/71

Abstract:

Firmware updates for, e.g., thin client devices may be achieved in a seamless, non-disruptive manner using a two-stage firmware loader, including a base loader pre-installed on the device and a caching loader downloaded, by the base loader, from a firmware server and thereafter responsible for downloading and updating other firmware application packages.

US Patent:

20170374080, Dec 28, 2017

Filed:

Jul 17, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/651071

Inventors:

Pieter-Jan Boone - Bedford MA, US
Lou Bergandi - Oceanside CA, US
Feroz Gora - Boston MA, US
David Kashtan - Santa Cruz CA, US
David M. T. Ting - Sudbury MA, US
Michael Michlin - Newton MA, US
Robert Calder - Burlington MA, US
Alain Slak - Bedford MA, US
Taras Lushney - Lviv, UA

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
G06F 21/57
G06F 9/44
H04L 29/08
G06F 9/445

Abstract:

Firmware updates for, e.g., thin client devices may be achieved in a seamless, non-disruptive manner using a two-stage firmware loader, including a base loader pre-installed on the device and a caching loader downloaded, by the base loader, from a firmware server and thereafter responsible for downloading and updating other firmware application packages.

US Patent:

20160140302, May 19, 2016

Filed:

Nov 19, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/945632

Inventors:

Michael S. Saulnier - Acton MA, US
Robert Calder - Burlington MA, US

International Classification:

G06F 19/00
H04W 60/04
H04W 4/04

Abstract:

The locations of electronic devices in an institutional facility are determined based on interaction with the wireless mobile devices of users who roam though the facility and interact with (or are detected by) the devices.

US Patent:

20160044046, Feb 11, 2016

Filed:

Oct 19, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/886462

Inventors:

Pieter-Jan Boone - Bedford MA, US
Lou Bergandi - Oceanside CA, US
Feroz Gora - Boston MA, US
David Kashtan - Santa Cruz CA, US
David M. T. Ting - Sudbury MA, US
Michael Michlin - Newton MA, US
Robert Calder - Burlington MA, US
Alain Slak - Bedford MA, US
Taras Lushney - Lviv, UA

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
G06F 9/445
G06F 9/44
H04L 29/08

Abstract:

Firmware updates for, e.g., thin client devices may be achieved in a seamless, non-disruptive manner using a two-stage firmware loader, including a base loader pre-installed on the device and a caching loader downloaded, by the base loader, from a firmware server and thereafter responsible for downloading and updating other firmware application packages.

US Patent:

20140109076, Apr 17, 2014

Filed:

Oct 16, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/055527

Inventors:

Pieter-Jan Boone - Bedford MA, US
Lou Bergandi - Oceanside CA, US
Feroz Gora - Boston MA, US
David Kashtan - Santa Cruz CA, US
David M. T. Ting - Sudbury MA, US
Michael Michlin - Newton MA, US
Robert Calder - Burlington MA, US
Alain Slak - Bedford MA, US
Taras Lushney - Lviv, UA

International Classification:

G06F 9/445

US Classification:

717170

Abstract:

Firmware updates for, e.g., thin client devices may be achieved in a seamless, non-disruptive manner using a two-stage firmware loader, including a base loader pre-installed on the device and a caching loader downloaded, by the base loader, from a firmware server and thereafter responsible for downloading and updating other firmware application packages.