Nicholas G Johnson

7859276, Dec 28, 2010

Dec 2, 2008

12/326224

Rick C. Stevens - Apple Valley MN, US
Nicholas K. Johnson - Minneapolis MN, US
Andrew T. Fried - St. Paul MN, US

Lockheed Martin Corporation - Bethesda MD

G01R 31/302
G01R 31/26

324752, 324765

A process for performing non-destructive monitoring of a semiconductor device that permits detection of additional circuitry that is not part of the original, intended design. This permits verification that additional circuitry, for example malicious circuitry, has not been added to the semiconductor device. In one embodiment, the monitoring is performed at the die level before the die is packaged into a complete semiconductor device. The monitoring is non-destructive so that the semiconductor die is not destroyed during the monitoring process.

D685406, Jul 2, 2013

Mar 23, 2012

29/416577

Paul J. Cobian - Woodbury MN, US
Steven G. Lucht - Woodbury MN, US
Thomas G. Skulley - St. Paul MN, US
Nicholas A. Johnson - Burnsville MN, US

3M Innovative Properties - Saint Paul MN

1602

D16221, D16225

20140063353, Mar 6, 2014

Sep 5, 2012

13/603680

John C. Schultz - Afton MN, US
Quinn D. Sanford - Ellsworth WI, US
Nicholas A. Johnson - Burnsville MN, US

G03B 21/56
H04N 9/31
G09G 5/10

348744, 359460, 345690, 348E09025

A system for projecting content onto a shaped screen and highlighting particular portions of the content. The system includes a projector configured for projecting content having a particular shape and a rear projection screen for receiving and displaying the projected content. The rear projection screen has a shape substantially conforming to the particular shape of the content. The system is configured to increase or maximize an illumination of the projected content in a particular portion of the rear projection screen compared with the projected content in other portions of the screen. The increased illumination can be used to highlight the projected content in the particular portion for digital merchandising or other uses.

20220349156, Nov 3, 2022

Apr 30, 2021

17/302331

- Brooklyn Park MN, US
Nicholas B. JOHNSON - Dayton MN, US

Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. - Brooklyn Park MN

E02F 9/28
E02F 3/24

In some implementations, an ejection paddle may include a paddle body having an ejection surface and a mounting surface opposite the ejection surface, and a wear region projecting from the ejection surface and extending along a top edge of the paddle body and at least a portion of a first side edge and a second side edge of the paddle body. The paddle body may be recessed relative to the wear region.

20220221624, Jul 14, 2022

Jun 11, 2020

17/596301

- St. Paul MN, US
Owen M. Anderson - Minneapolis MN, US
Kevin W. Gotrik - Hudson WI, US
Nicholas A. Johnson - Burnsville MN, US
Kenneth A. P. Meyer - Eagan MN, US
Caleb T. Nelson - Woodbury MN, US
Daniel J. Schmidt - Woodbury MN, US

G02B 5/00
G02B 5/30

Light control films comprise a light input surface and alight output surface opposite the light input surface and alternating transmissive regions and absorptive regions disposed between the light input surface and the light output surface. The absorptive regions have an aspect ratio of at least 30 and are canted in the same direction. The alternating transmissive regions and absorbing regions have a maximum relative transmission at a viewing angle other than 0 degrees.

20220187774, Jun 16, 2022

Sep 11, 2019

17/438096

- St. Paul MN, US
Gilles J. Benoit - Minneapolis MN, US
Peter O. Olson - Andover MN, US
Tyler W. Olson - Woodbury MN, US
Himanshu Nayar - St. Paul MN, US
Frederick J. Arsenault - Stillwater MN, US
Nicholas A. Johnson - Burnsville MN, US

G05B 13/04
G05B 13/02

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining causal models for controlling environments. One of the methods includes obtaining data specifying baseline probability distributions for each of a plurality of controllable elements; maintaining a causal model; repeatedly performing the following: selecting control settings for the environment based on the causal model and values for a particular internal parameter of the control system that are sampled from a range of possible values; selecting control settings for the environment based on the baseline probability distributions; monitoring environment responses to the control settings selected based on the causal model and the control settings selected based on the baseline probability distributions; determining, for each of the possible values, a measure of a difference between a current system performance and a baseline system performance; and updating how frequently each of the possible values is sampled.

20220189632, Jun 16, 2022

Oct 3, 2019

17/436743

- St. Paul MN, US
Gilles J. Benoit - Minneapolis MN, US
Peter O. Olson - Andover MN, US
Tyler W. Olson - Woodbury MN, US
Himanshu Nayar - St. Paul MN, US
Frederick J. Arsenault - Stillwater MN, US
Nicholas A. Johnson - Burnsville MN, US
Susan L. Woulfe - Woodbury MN, US
Mark A. Tomai - Hudson WI, US

G16H 50/20
G16H 50/50
G16H 20/10
A61B 5/00
A61B 5/0205
A61B 5/021
A61B 5/024
A61B 5/145
A61M 16/00

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting settings for a treatment of a patient. In one aspect, the method comprises repeatedly performing the following: i) selecting a configuration of input settings for providing a treatment to a patient based on a causal model that measures current causal relationships between input settings and effects of treatments on the patient; ii) receiving a measure of an effect of the treatment on the patient; and iii) adjusting, based on the measure of the effect of the treatment on the patient, the causal model.

20220176968, Jun 9, 2022

Sep 11, 2019

17/436751

- St. Paul MN, US
Gilles J. Benoit - Minneapolis MN, US
Peter O. Olson - Andover MN, US
Tyler W. Olson - Woodbury MN, US
Himanshu Nayar - St. Paul MN, US
Frederick J. Arsenault - Stillwater MN, US
Nicholas A. Johnson - Burnsville MN, US
John A. Wheatley - Stillwater MN, US

B60W 40/064
B60W 40/08
B60W 40/105
G05B 13/02

A method of optimizing a plurality of control signals used in operating a vehicle is described. The operation has a plurality of associated measurable parameters. The method includes: for each control signal, selecting a plurality of potential optimum values from a predetermined set; operating the vehicle in at least a first sequence of operation iterations, where for each pair of sequential first and second operation iterations in the first sequence of operation iterations, the potential optimum value of one control signal in the first operation iteration is replaced in the second operation iteration with a next potential optimum value of the control signal, while the potential optimum values of the remaining control signals are maintained; for each operation iteration, measuring each parameter in the plurality of measurable parameters; and generating confidence intervals for the control signals to determine causal relationships between the control signals and the measurable parameters.