Tony Melanson

Tony Melanson

Wexford, Pennsylvania, United States
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Story teller, innovator, problem solver and growth leader through product execution and…

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Experience

Education

  • University of New Hampshire Graphic

    University of New Hampshire

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    Activities and Societies: Resident Assistant (2 years) President APICS

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    Activities and Societies: Originally the Whittemore School of Business and Economics

Volunteer Experience

  • Producer, Director and Editor

    Documentary Producer

    - Present 2 years 1 month

    Produced award-winning documentary content for water polo clubs. End-to-end producer including videography, editing, and sound design.

    BECOMING TIGERS - TRAILER (Winner Best Documentary - SoCal Film Awards)
    https://youtu.be/fHmYvR6u8Ko

    LONG BEACH PROUD - TRAILER
    https://youtu.be/pTShxlgEf5k

  • Board Member

    North Allegheny Water Polo

    - 3 years 9 months

    Developed program to grow girls program to ensure its viability.

  • Youth Lacrosse Coach

    North Allegheny Lacrosse

    - 1 year 6 months

  • Youth Football Coach

    North Allegheny Tiger Pride

    - 1 year 4 months

    Youth football coach

  • Board Member

    North Allegheny Youth Lacrosse

    - 2 years 1 month

    Children

Publications

  • Key Note at Robobusiness 2016

    Robobusiness 2016 Conference

Patents

  • Autonomous Mobile Robot and System for Transportation and Delivery of Carts

    Issued US-20230150321-A1

    Patent disclosing a cart-towing robot and mechanisms in support thereof. I was contributor to IP disclosed, wrote the application, prepared the figures and worked with outside council to get the patent application submitted and ultimately issued.

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  • Adaptive Mobile Robot Behavior Based on Payload

    Issued US-20230150139-A1

    Patent describing methods of cart identification and robot behavior. Contributor to the IP and author of the patent application. Worked with outside council to submit and get patent issued.

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  • Autonomous Mobile Delivery Robot and Chain of Custody System

    Issued US-11634280-B2

    Broad patent covering secure delivery of items using an autonomous mobile robot. First inventor on patent with a significant IP contribution. I also wrote the application, prepared the figures and worked with outside council to get the patent application submitted and ultimately issued in the US and other markets globally.

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  • Digital Pathology System

    Issued US 8,463,741

    This patent is the most extensive digital pathology software system and workflow patent in the industry. It is very broad and is the basis of the Omnyx product.

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  • Methods and apparatus to perform multi-focal plane image acquisition and compression

    Issued US 8,300,965

    Example methods and apparatus to perform multi-focal plane image acquisition and compression are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes capturing a first image of a portion of an object at a first focal plane and at a first resolution, computing a contrast metric for the captured first image, comparing the contrast metric to a threshold to determine whether to capture a second image of the portion of the object at the first focal plane and at a second resolution, wherein the second…

    Example methods and apparatus to perform multi-focal plane image acquisition and compression are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes capturing a first image of a portion of an object at a first focal plane and at a first resolution, computing a contrast metric for the captured first image, comparing the contrast metric to a threshold to determine whether to capture a second image of the portion of the object at the first focal plane and at a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is different from the first resolution, capturing the second image of the portion of the object at the first focal plane and at the second resolution, and storing a first representation of the second image in a file, the file containing a second representation of the portion of the object at a second focal plane, wherein the second representation is at the first resolution.

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  • Control configuration for digital image system

    Issued US 8638295

    Systems, methods, and products are described that provide control configuration for a digital image system. One aspect provides for a system configured to identify one or more input control devices in communication with a digital image application operating on said system, the one or more input devices comprising one or more control elements; activating an input control device mode based on a number of identified input control devices; and mapping the one or more control elements of each input…

    Systems, methods, and products are described that provide control configuration for a digital image system. One aspect provides for a system configured to identify one or more input control devices in communication with a digital image application operating on said system, the one or more input devices comprising one or more control elements; activating an input control device mode based on a number of identified input control devices; and mapping the one or more control elements of each input control device to one or more digital image application functions based on a type of the input control device and the input control mode. Other aspects and embodiments are also described herein.

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  • Safety, Management and Tracking of Hospital Pharmacy Trays

    US 62175782

    Pertains to the configuration, tracking and replenishment of predefined kits and trays used by medical professionals

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