Dallas Invents is a weekly look at U.S. patents granted with a connection to the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. Listings include patents granted to local assignees and/or those with a North Texas inventor. Patent activity can be an indicator of future economic growth, as well as the development of emerging markets and talent attraction. By tracking both inventors and assignees in the region, we aim to provide a broader view of the region’s inventive activity. Listings are organized by Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC).

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of Sept. 19, 2023 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

136 patents granted
Ranked No. 11 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 9
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 9
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 3
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 8
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 6
G: PHYSICS 46
H: ELECTRICITY 44
DESIGN: 11

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 24
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 8
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, VA) 5
United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio) 5
Air Distribution Technologies IP LLC (Milwaukee, WI) 3
Citibank N.A. (New York, NY) 3
Enseo LLC (Plano) 3
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 3
Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, ID) 3
UNASSIGNED 11

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Vanessa Ogle (Fairview) 3
William C. Fang (Plano) 3
Brian Francisco Shipley (Plano) 2
Chao He (Allen) 2
Keith Klausman (Irving) 2
Malcolm Muir Smith (Richardson) 2
Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound) 2
Thomas Purcell (Irving) 2
Thomas R. Miller (Plano) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

H U M A N N E C E S S I T I E S

Medium dpf and total denier cellulose acetate tow
Patent No. 11758939

Inventor(s): Austin Banks (Blacksburg, VA), Christophe Loix (Gelik, , BE), Christopher M. Bundren (Blacksburg, VA), Philip Caenen (Lanaken, , BE), William Sanderson (Blacksburg, VA)
Assignee(s): ACETATE INTERNATIONAL LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17211431 on 03/24/2021 (909 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are cellulose acetate tows, bales, and filter rods having from greater than 9 to less than 12.5 denier per filament and from 20,000 to 40,000 total denier, for use in smoking devices, including aerosol-generating devices such as an electrically heated cigarette.

[A24D] CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES

Medical systems, devices, and related methods
Patent No. 11759218

Inventor(s): Jeff Franco (Plano, TX), Michael Calhoun (Lighthouse Point, FL), Robert Vidlund (Forest Lake, MN)
Assignee(s): J.D. FRANCO CO., LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16938175 on 07/24/2020 (1152 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include delivering a first catheter to a location within an arterial vasculature of a subject. The location may include at least one of an internal carotid artery of the subject or a junction between an ophthalmic artery of the subject and the internal carotid artery of the subject. The method also may include moving a second catheter relative to the first catheter so as to reorient a direction of a distal opening of the second catheter, the second catheter being connected to the first catheter at a joint.

[A61M] DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D 7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F 13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J 1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L; magnetotherapy using magnetic elements placed within the body A61N 2/10); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR [5]

MIS multi-level compressor / distractor
Patent No. 11759239

Inventor(s): Joel Gambrell (Carlsbad, CA), Keith Klausman (Carlsbad, CA), Thomas Purcell (Carlsbad, CA)
Assignee(s): ASTURA MEDICAL INC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16581727 on 09/24/2019 (1456 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-level compressor/distractor instrument that provides both linear and lordotic/kyphotic induced compression and distraction.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Stylet screw driver
Patent No. 11759246

Inventor(s): Anthony Valkoun (Irving, TX), Keith Klausman (Irving, TX), Thomas Purcell (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): ASTURA MEDICAL INC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17883511 on 08/08/2022 (407 days app to issue)

Abstract: A stylet screw driver assembly having a screw driver/ratcheting handle assembly which houses a stylet, pre-assembled to a set length based on the screw length in use, fixed in place by a spring loaded button mechanism located on the proximal end of the ratcheting handle. The spring loaded button mates with the stylet assembly, providing various stylet protrusion lengths.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Height and lordosis adjustable spacer
Patent No. 11759334

Inventor(s): Keith Klausman (Irving, TX), Thomas Purcell (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): ASTURA MEDICAL INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17832545 on 06/03/2022 (473 days app to issue)

Abstract: An expandable interbody spacer that is delivered in the anterior approach with adjustable height and end plate angulation (lordosis). The expandable interbody spacer is configured to have an initial collapsed state having a first height suitable for being inserted into an intervertebral space defined by a pair of adjacent vertebrae, and an expanded state having a second height that is greater than the first height. The expandable interbody spacer may be expanded from the initial collapsed state to the expanded state in-situ. The expanded state increases the distance between the adjacent vertebrae and provides support to the adjacent vertebrae while bone fusion occurs and also provides rigid support between the adjacent vertebrae that withstands compressive forces. By inserting the expandable interbody spacer into the intervertebral space in the initial collapsed state, it is possible to perform the surgery percutaneously with minimal disruption to tissues surrounding the surgical site and intervening soft tissue structures.

[A61F] FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) [2006.01]

Method and system for adjusting a neurostimulation therapy
Patent No. 11759643

Inventor(s): Filippo Agnesi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: THE SMALL PATENT LAW GROUP LLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17008869 on 09/01/2020 (1113 days app to issue)

Abstract: The systems and methods described herein generally relate to adjusting a neurostimulation (NS) therapy based on drug pharmacokinetics of a patient. The systems and methods deliver an NS therapy to a portion of electrodes of a lead positioned proximate to neural tissue of interest, which is associated with a target region. The NS therapy is defined by stimulation parameters. The systems and methods determine a trigger event indicative of a drug being administered to a patient. The drug is configured to affect at least one of the neural tissue of interest or the target region. The systems and methods adjust one or more of the stimulation parameters based on the PS profile.

[A61N] ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B 18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infra-red radiators for heating H05B) [6]

Golf club head or other ball striking device having impact-influencing body features
Patent No. 11759682

Inventor(s): Joshua M. Boggs (Aledo, TX), Robert M. Boyd (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Karsten Manufacturing Corporation (Phoenix, AZ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17144019 on 01/07/2021 (985 days app to issue)

Abstract: A golf club head having a metal portion adhered to a non-metal portion to define a closed internal volume therebetween, and an elongated channel extending across a portion of the sole. The channel may be recessed from adjacent surfaces of the sole, wherein the channel comprises a center portion extending across a center of the sole, a heel portion extending from a heel end of the center portion toward the heel, and a toe portion extending from a toe end of the center portion toward the toe, wherein the width of the center portion of the channel is substantially constant, and wherein the width of the channel increases from the heel end of the center portion to the heel and from the toe end of the center portion to the toe.

[A63B] APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

System and method for an edible piata
Patent No. 11759721

Inventor(s): Richard Lee Roberts, Jr. (Coppell, TX), Ronald Wilfredo Vasquez-Zelaya (Fairfax, VA), Scott Christopher Lodal (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Julio Sons Company (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16168433 on 10/23/2018 (1792 days app to issue)

Abstract: An edible piata system may have an edible piata including edible upper and lower shells, a hanging rod for attaching the edible piata to a hanging assembly, a support plate for supporting the edible piata and edible contents, and the hanging assembly for supporting the edible piata, hanging rod, and support plate to suspend the edible piata for consumption. The edible piata system may be made by a method for producing an edible piata.

[A63H] TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS, BUILDING BLOCKS

Leptin antibodies
Patent No. 11760799

Inventor(s): Ningyan Zhang (Dallas, TX), Philipp E. Scherer (Dallas, TX), Shangang Zhao (Dallas, TX), Zhiqiang An (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17124481 on 12/16/2020 (1007 days app to issue)

Abstract: Antibody antigen binding domains which specifically binds human leptin comprises V[subscript]H [/subscript]or V[subscript]L [/subscript]CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences of an hLept antibody. The antibody antigen binding domains and antibodies thereof are useful to treat obesity and diabetes.

[A61K] PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J 3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D)

O P E R A T I O N S & T R A N S P O R T

Aerial firefighting dump gate system
Patent No. 11759664

Inventor(s): Victor D. Trotter (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Dan Brown Law Office (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17386721 on 07/28/2021 (783 days app to issue)

Abstract: A dump gate system for a fluid hopper in a firefighting aircraft. A gate sealably engages a gate opening in the hopper at a closed position. The gate is hingedly connected about the gate opening, and a drive shaft is supported within the hopper. A crank arm is fixed to the drive shaft and is further coupled to the gate by a connecting link. The crank arm and the connecting link define an over-center geometry while the gate is at the closed position, such that weight of the fluid on the gate induces torque on the drive shaft in a gate-closing direction. An electric motor is selectively coupled to rotate the drive shaft in a gate-opening direction to thereby enable control of the fluid flow from the hopper according to an angular position of the drive shaft.

[B64D] EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT

Adhesive for PC-MOF application
Patent No. 11760047

Inventor(s): Elliot French (Dallas, TX), Peiqi Jiang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, , FR)
Law Firm: NIXON VANDERHYE (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17054813 on 05/13/2019 (1590 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are methods ([b]100[/b]) for preparing a laminate incorporable to a surface of an optical lens and methods ([b]500[/b]) for incorporating the laminate on the surface of the optical lens. The laminate is prepared by laminating an optical film ([b]202[/b][i]a, [/i][b]202[/b][i]b[/i]), such as a polycarbonate film, on each side of a functional film using an adhesive that is capable of preventing optical defects in the laminates during a thermoforming process and an injection molding process. The adhesive has optimal thermomechanical properties that include that the optical film ([b]202[/b][i]a, [/i][b]202[/b][i]b[/i]) coated with said adhesive has a modulus by compression greater than 610[superscript]6 [/superscript]Pa, and preferably greater than 210[superscript]8 [/superscript]Pa at a temperature from about 130 C. to 150 C. The laminate is incorporated on the optical lens via thermoforming followed by injection molding with overmolding technology.

[B29D] PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE (making granules B29B 9/00; making preforms B29B 11/00) [4]

Engine drive air compressor with frame storage tank
Patent No. 11760141

Inventor(s): Paxton S. Williams (Milan, MI), Stuart Roger Wuerthele (Saline, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER HAMPTON LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16680271 on 11/11/2019 (1408 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing a tire pressure enhancing device for increasing the air pressure of tires mounted on a vehicle. For example, an air compressor may be coupled to an engine of a vehicle to compress air. The compressed air is then stored in the frame of the vehicle. The compressed air may be transferred to each tire through a hose via an access point in the frame.

[B60C] VEHICLE TYRES (manufacture, repairing B29); TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES (testing of tyres G01M 17/02) [5]

Foldable attendant step
Patent No. 11760245

Inventor(s): Baris Uygun (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Safran Seats USA LLC (Gainesville, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17462782 on 08/31/2021 (749 days app to issue)

Abstract: An armrest assembly for a passenger seat may include an armrest and an attendant step assembly. The armrest may include a top side and a bottom side, and the attendant step assembly may be connected to the bottom of the armrest. The attendant step assembly is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position relative to the bottom side of the armrest.

[B60N] VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (furniture construction A47)

Sound based powertrain control system
Patent No. 11760358

Inventor(s): Thomas S. Hawley (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SNELL WILMER LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17224994 on 04/07/2021 (895 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for controlling operation of a vehicle. The system includes a microphone located in a passenger cabin of the vehicle and configured to detect sound data indicating noise in the passenger cabin. The system also includes a powertrain of the vehicle including an engine/motor for propelling the vehicle and a transmission of the vehicle having a plurality of gears. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle coupled to the microphone and the transmission. The ECU is configured to determine a powertrain torque limit based on the sound data, determine whether a torque output of the powertrain exceeds the powertrain torque limit, and instruct the transmission to downshift when the torque output of the powertrain exceeds the powertrain torque limit.

[B60W] CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT [2006.01]

Rotorcraft lockout during transport
Patent No. 11760470

Inventor(s): Alvin Jones (Arlington, TX), Kevin Knott (Arlington, TX), Mark Adam Wiinikka (Hurst, TX), Scott David Poster (Arlington, TX), Steven Paul Pape (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17306303 on 05/03/2021 (869 days app to issue)

Abstract: An exemplary rotorcraft lockout system includes a main rotor lockout comprising a base operable to be attached to a bottom surface of a fuselage and a first and a second tension arm operable to be connected to the base and a main rotor hub, and a tail rotor lockout including a clamp operable to connect to a horizontal stabilizer, a rotor arm connector operable to connect to a tail rotor hub, and a tail rotor tension arm operable to interconnect the clamp and the rotor arm connector in tension.

[B64F] GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Articulated tiltrotor
Patent No. 11760475

Inventor(s): Berlin B. Benfield (Grapevine, TX), Brent C. Ross (Flower Mound, TX), Steven R. Ivans (Ponder, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Akona IP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17558263 on 12/21/2021 (637 days app to issue)

Abstract: There is disclosed in one example a tiltrotor system for a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, including: a rotor pylon, wherein the rotor pylon is rotatable, via a rotation maneuver, between a substantially horizontal orientation and a substantially vertical orientation; a linear actuator disposed to actuate the rotation maneuver; and a mechanical guide disposed to maintain a center of gravity along a substantially linear axis throughout the rotation maneuver.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

Augmented reality system for pilot and passengers
Patent No. 11760503

Inventor(s): James R. Williamson (Southlake, TX), Jeremy Robert Chavez (Colleyville, TX), Levi Bilbrey (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: WHITAKER CHALK SWINDLE SCHWARTZ PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17039081 on 09/30/2020 (1084 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aircraft having an augmented reality flight control system integrated with and operable from the pilot seat and an associated pilot headgear unit, wherein the flight control system is supplemented by flight-assisting artificial intelligence and geo-location systems is presented. The present disclosure includes an augmented reality flight control system incorporating real-world objects with virtual elements to provide relevant data to a pilot during aircraft flight. A translucent substrate is disposed in the pilot”s field of view such that the pilot can see therethrough, and observe virtual elements displayed on the substrate. The system includes a headgear that is worn by the pilot. A flight assistance module is configured to receive data related to the aircraft and provide predictive assistance to the pilot during flight based on the received data based in part on a pilot profile having preferences related to the pilot.

[B64D] EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT

Unmanned aerial vehicle transport devices
Patent No. 11760511

Inventor(s): Christopher Anthony Smith (Carrollton, TX), Johnnie Donnell Singletary (Fort Worth, TX), Michael Lavway (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): The ADT Security Corporation (Boca Raton, FL)
Law Firm: Christopher Weisberg, P.A. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18088351 on 12/23/2022 (270 days app to issue)

Abstract: A transport device for transporting an unmanned aerial vehicle and methods for using the transport device are described herein. An example embodiment of the transport device includes: a carriage configured to engage the unmanned aerial vehicle; a plurality of engagement arms movably attached to the carriage and movable between a first locking position and a second locking position, each of the plurality of engagement arms, and configured to maintain engagement of the unmanned aerial vehicle by the carriage when in the first locking position; and a handle adapter having a first end configured for attachment to the carriage and a second end configured to receive an extension member. NULL

C H E M I S T R Y & M E T A L L U R G Y

Injection fluids comprising a non-ionic surfactant for treating unconventional formations
Patent No. 11760921

Inventor(s): Dustin L. Walker (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. (San Ramon, CA)
Law Firm: Meunier Carlin Curfman LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16635904 on 07/31/2018 (1876 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include compositions and methods that stabilize a injection fluid when exposed to reservoir conditions, reducing formation damage and increasing the amount of hydrocarbon recovered. Specifically, the formulation is a single-phase liquid surfactant package which comprises a non-ionic surfactant and optionally one or more secondary surfactants.

[C09K] MATERIALS FOR APPLICATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Proppant with enhanced interparticle bonding
Patent No. 11760924

Inventor(s): Spyridon Monastiriotis (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Preferred Technology, LLC (Radnor, PA)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17371974 on 07/09/2021 (802 days app to issue)

Abstract: Polymer-coated proppants for hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells have an outer layer portion that comprises an organofunctional coupling agent, preferably an organofunctional silane coupling agent. The use of an organofunctional silane coupling agent in the outer layer portion of the proppant coating is preferably chosen to expose functionalities that will be reactive towards similar functionalities of adjacent and similarly coated proppants so that, when introduced downhole, these proppants form interparticle bonds at the temperatures and crack closure pressures found downhole in fractured strata. Such enhanced interparticle bonding helps keep the proppant in the fracture and maintains conductivity with reduced flowback. The invention also helps proppants designed for low temperature well to bond more firmly and allows proppants designed for high temperature wells to bond well even at lower downhole temperatures, thereby extending their useful range.

[C09K] MATERIALS FOR APPLICATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Inorganic precursors for ionic conductors
Patent No. 11764398

Inventor(s): Nikhilendra Singh (Ann Arbor, MI), Ryuta Sugiura (Ann Arbor, MI), Shingo Ota (Ann Arbor, MI), Timothy S. Arthur (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: DARROW MUSTAFA PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17732964 on 04/29/2022 (508 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of synthesizing an inorganic precursor for an ionic conductor includes mixing at least one oxide of M with at least one halide of M, heating the mixture of the at least one oxide of M and the at least one halide of M and forming an MOX inorganic oxyhalide compound, and injecting defects in the MOX inorganic oxyhalide compound and forming a defect doped (MOX) precursor for an ionic conductor. The element or component M is selected from at least one of Fe, Al, La, and Y, the at least one halide of M is selected from at least one of a fluoride of M, a chloride of M, a bromide of M, and an iodide of M, and the element or component X is at least one of F, Cl, Br, and I.

[C01F] COMPOUNDS OF THE METALS BERYLLIUM, MAGNESIUM, ALUMINIUM, CALCIUM, STRONTIUM, BARIUM, RADIUM, THORIUM, OR OF THE RARE-EARTH METALS (metal hydrides C01B 6/00; salts of oxyacids of halogens C01B 11/00; peroxides, salts of peroxyacids C01B 15/00; sulfides or polysulfides of magnesium, calcium, strontium, or barium C01B 17/42; thiosulfates, dithionites, polythionates C01B 17/64; compounds containing selenium or tellurium C01B 19/00; binary compounds of nitrogen with metals C01B 21/06; azides C01B 21/08; metal amides C01B 21/092; nitrites C01B 21/50; phosphides C01B 25/08; salts of oxyacids of phosphorus C01B 25/16; carbides C01B 32/90; compounds containing silicon C01B 33/00; compounds containing boron C01B 35/00; compounds having molecular sieve properties but not having base-exchange properties C01B 37/00; compounds having molecular sieve and base-exchange properties, e.g. crystalline zeolites, C01B 39/00; cyanides C01C 3/08; salts of cyanic acid C01C 3/14; salts of cyanamide C01C 3/16; thiocyanates C01C 3/20; fermentation or enzyme-using processes for the preparation of elements or inorganic compounds except carbon dioxide C12P 3/00; obtaining metal compounds from mixtures, e.g. ores, which are intermediate compounds in a metallurgical process for obtaining a free metal C22B; production of non-metallic elements or inorganic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25B)

F I X E D C O N S T R U C T I O N S

Automatic depth control system
Patent No. 11761167

Inventor(s): Benjamin Ryan Travers (Argyle, TX)
Assignee(s): The Charles Machine Works, Inc. (Perry, OK)
Law Firm: Tomlinson McKinstry, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17037970 on 09/30/2020 (1084 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for uncovering a desired and pre-planned trench. A trenching machine is equipped with sensors, including visual imaging sensors. The sensors detect the inclination of the ground and movement of the trenching machine, as well as the angle of a trenching boom. Using this information, and a pre-determined preferred trench grade, a processor commands the trenching boom to adjust its angle to maintain the preferred trench grade. Surface irregularities may therefore be accounted for along the length of the trench to maintain a constant grade at the trench bottom.

[E02F] DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C 49/00)

Coatings for roofing materials and related methods
Patent No. 11761209

Inventor(s): Carl Stipe (Grapevine, TX), Denis M. Tibah (Waxahachie, TX), Jarod L. Krajca (Ennis, TX), Kevin Carr (Dallas, TX), Ramil Marcelo L. Mercado (Waxahachie, TX)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17860942 on 07/08/2022 (438 days app to issue)

Abstract: A roofing material may include a substrate and a coating on the substrate. The coating may include a polymer blend and at least one filler. The polymer blend may include at least one hydrocarbon oil, at least one resin, at least one polymer, or any combination thereof. The at least one hydrocarbon oil, the at least one resin, the at least one polymer, or any combination thereof may be present in an amount or in amounts sufficient to result in the polymer blend or the coating having a select softening point, a select viscosity, or any combination thereof.

[E04D] ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F 13/00)

Emergency evacuation container and service for protection of valuables
Patent No. 11761257

Inventor(s): Brian Francisco Shipley (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17822917 on 08/29/2022 (386 days app to issue)

Abstract: A container for the storage of valuables and a service to retrieve the container is disclosed. The container is designed to contain valuables and important documents, and protect these contents during an emergency evacuation situation. The container is waterproof and can float in water. The container can also be made of a flame-resistant material. The container can emit a homing signal to facilitate the retrieval of the container in the event of an emergency situation. A container retrieval service can initiate a retrieval of the container in response to a determination that a disaster is likely to occur in the region where the container is located.

[E05G] SAFES OR STRONG-ROOMS FOR VALUABLES; BANK PROTECTION DEVICES; SAFETY TRANSACTION PARTITIONS (alarm arrangements per se G08B) [2]

Reactive metal sealing elements for a liner hanger
Patent No. 11761290

Inventor(s): Abdolreza Gharesi (Southlake, TX), Emile Edmund Sevadjian (Carrollton, TX), Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Stephen Michael Greci (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg, LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16718727 on 12/18/2019 (1371 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for treating a wellbore. An example method includes positioning a conduit in the wellbore. The conduit is a liner hanger or a tie-back liner. The conduit includes a conduit body and a reactive metal sealing element disposed on the conduit body. The reactive metal sealing element includes a reactive metal having a first volume. The method further includes contacting the reactive metal with a fluid that reacts with the reactive metal to produce a reaction product having a second volume greater than the first volume. The method further includes contacting a surface adjacent to the reactive metal sealing element with the reaction product.

[E21B] EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS [5]

Swellable packer assemblies, downhole packer systems, and methods to seal a wellbore
Patent No. 11761293

Inventor(s): Michael L. Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Stephen M. Greci (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg, LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17121448 on 12/14/2020 (1009 days app to issue)

Abstract: Swellable packer assemblies, downhole packer systems, and methods to seal a wellbore are presented. A swellable packer assembly includes a mandrel and a sealing material disposed about a portion of the mandrel, where the sealing material is formed from a material that radially expands from the mandrel in response to fluid exposure. The swellable packer assembly also includes a cover that is initially disposed about a portion of an outer surface of the sealing material, where the cover prevents the sealing material from being exposed to fluid while the cover is positioned about the portion of the outer surface of the sealing material, and a pressure-actuated piston configured to shift from a first position about the mandrel to a second position about the mandrel, where the sealing material is exposed to fluid after the pressure-actuated piston shifts from the first position towards the second position.

One-click contact detonator for perforating gun system
Patent No. 11761313

Inventor(s): Jarrod Henry Pearson (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): GEODYNAMICS, INC. (Millsap, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17467544 on 09/07/2021 (742 days app to issue)

Abstract: A detonator for initiating a firing of a shaped charge in a gun is configured to include a housing having first and third conducting portions and a second insulating portion, which is sandwiched between the first and third conducting portions; an initiator located fully inside the first conducting portion or the third conducting portion; a first electrical line electrically connecting the initiator to an internal wall of the third conducting portion; and a second electrical line electrically extending from the initiator to the first conducting portion, through the entire second insulating portion.

Fracturing of a deep or wet well utilizing an air/fuel mixture and multiple stage restriction orifice assembly
Patent No. 11761319

Inventor(s): Edwin E. Wilson (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Twin Disc, Inc. (Racine, WI)
Law Firm: Boyle Fredrickson S.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17826968 on 05/27/2022 (480 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of producing subterranean fractures in geologic formations having a significant amount of water present (a wet well) and/or at deep locations (1.5-2 miles or more) for the extraction of hydrocarbons therefrom includes flowing an explosive hydrophobic emulsion mixture to protect the air and fuel mixture subsequently flowed into a well hole. The build-up of pressure using a multiple plate restriction orifice assembly eventually causes auto-ignition of the air and fuel mixture which fractures the formation for recovery of the hyrdrocarbons.

Sliding electrical connector for multilateral well
Patent No. 11764509

Inventor(s): David Joe Steele (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17535387 on 11/24/2021 (664 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed allowing relative movement between downhole tools while remaining in electrical communication. In one example, a first tool comprising a first connector body is configured for connecting to a second connector body of a second tool. A sliding connector housing has an electrical strip axially arranged along the connector housing, wherein the first or second connector body is moveably secured to the connector housing in sliding electrical contact with the electrical strip. The first and second connector bodies are releasably connectable to each other, thereby allowing relative movement between the first and second tools via the connector housing while maintaining electrical and fluid communication between the first and second tools.

M E C H A N I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G
LIGHTING | HEATING | WEAPONS | BLASTING

Air diffuser for localized climate control
Patent No. 11761642

Inventor(s): Brian J. Graham (Grand Prairie, TX), Gary A. Minor (Flower Mound, TX), Kazim C. Demirhan (Garland, TX), Ryan M. Perkinson (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Air Distribution Technologies IP, LLC (Milwaukee, WI)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17892936 on 08/22/2022 (393 days app to issue)

Abstract: An air diffuser of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a mixing chamber having a circulation inlet and a mixing region, a room air intake fluidly coupled with the circulation inlet and separated from the mixing region by a blank-off plate, and a nozzle. The nozzle is disposed adjacent to the circulation inlet and configured to accelerate a conditioned air flow into the mixing region such that unconditioned room air is induced by the conditioned air flow to enter the mixing region through the circulation inlet and from the room air intake.

[F24F] AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B 15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F 17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L 17/02)

Parallel fan powered terminal unit
Patent No. 11761670

Inventor(s): Brandon H. Helms (Garland, TX), Brian S. Redford (Lewisville, TX), Justin E. Anderson (Garland, TX), Steven J. Purdie (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Air Distribution Technologies IP, LLC (Milwaukee, WI)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16522311 on 07/25/2019 (1517 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include a primary air chamber configured to receive primary air, an induced air chamber configured to receive secondary air, a heating coil disposed in the induced air chamber, wherein the heating coil is removable from the induced air chamber without disassembling at least a portion of the induced air chamber, and the heating coil does not receive the primary air, a fan disposed in the induced air chamber, wherein the fan is configured to blow the secondary air received via the induced air chamber toward the heating coil and the heating coil heats the secondary air.

Compact diffuser
Patent No. 11761671

Inventor(s): John M. Pinkston (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): AIR DISTRIBUTION TECHNOLOGIES IP, LLC (Milwaukee, WI)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16703545 on 12/04/2019 (1385 days app to issue)

Abstract: A diffuser assembly includes a housing that defines an internal chamber having an open end, a return air outlet, and a supply air inlet; a cover sized to cover the open end, wherein the cover defines a return air inlet and a supply air outlet; and an internal return air duct longitudinally extending within the internal chamber and connecting the return air inlet and the return air outlet, wherein the internal return air duct includes an inner duct surface that defines a return air chamber within the internal return air duct and an outer duct surface that defines a supply air chamber between the housing and the outer duct surface, wherein the supply air chamber defines a supply air path between the supply air inlet and the supply air outlet.

Heat pump systems with gas bypass and methods thereof
Patent No. 11761693

Inventor(s): Yang Zou (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17977675 on 10/31/2022 (323 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments include heat pump systems with gas bypasses and related methods. In one embodiment, a system may include a gas bypass tank having a bypass inlet, a liquid outlet, and a vapor outlet, and a first splitting valve having a first splitter outlet in fluid communication with the bypass inlet, a first splitter inlet in fluid communication with the liquid outlet, and a first switching path configured to switch between a first conduit path in fluid communication with a first coil system and a second conduit path in fluid communication with a second coil system.

[F25B] REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS, OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS (heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K 5/00; pumps, compressors F04; use of heat pumps for domestic or space-heating or for domestic hot-water supply F24D; air-conditioning, air-humidification F24F; fluid heaters using heat pumps F24H)

Adjustable magazine well
Patent No. 11761722

Inventor(s): Michael Derek Benedict (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17868665 on 07/19/2022 (427 days app to issue)

Abstract: A rifle includes a magazine well, a barrel, an exo-bolt, and a rear magazine support. The barrel is detachably coupled to the magazine well. The barrel includes a forward barrel portion on an end of the barrel opposite the magazine well. The exo-bolt is configured to travel along an exterior of the barrel. The rear magazine support is coupled to the magazine well and opposite the barrel. The rear magazine support is configured to come forward toward the barrel and be secured in a plurality of distances from the barrel to adjust a length of the magazine well.

[F41A] FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE [5]

Methods and apparatus for protecting starter generator systems during a fault condition
Patent No. 11764664

Inventor(s): Luis Eduardo Ossa (Plano, TX), Michael Edwin Butenhoff (Minnesota City, MN), Shyamsunder Balasubramanian (Plano, TX), Toshio Yamanaka (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17368360 on 07/06/2021 (805 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes a level shifter having a first supply input, a gate driver having a second supply input coupled to the first supply input and adapted to be coupled to a cathode of a diode, the gate driver having an output adapted to be coupled to a control terminal of a switch, and a current source circuit having an input and an output, the input adapted to be coupled to a power supply and the output adapted to be coupled to the first supply input, the second supply input and to a capacitor.

[F02N] STARTING OF COMBUSTION ENGINES (starting of free-piston combustion-engines F02B 71/02; starting of gas-turbine plants F02C 7/26); STARTING AIDS FOR SUCH ENGINES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

P H Y S I C S

Apparatus and method of monitoring product placement within a shopping facility
Patent No. 11761160

Inventor(s): Shuvro Chakrobartty (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Walmart Apollo, LLC (Bentonville, AR)
Law Firm: Fitch, Even, Tabin, Flannery LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17321290 on 05/14/2021 (858 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for use in monitoring product placement within a shopping facility. Some embodiments provide an apparatus configured to determine product placement conditions within a shopping facility, comprising: a transceiver configured to wirelessly receive communications; a product monitoring control circuit coupled with the transceiver; a memory coupled with the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to: obtain a composite three-dimensional (3D) scan mapping corresponding to at least a select area of the shopping facility and based on a series of 3D scan data; evaluate the 3D scan mapping to identify multiple product depth distances; and identify, from the evaluation of the 3D scan mapping, when one or more of the multiple product depth distances is greater than a predefined depth distance threshold from the reference offset distance of the product support structure.

[G01C] MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)

Optical sensor arrangement including a dummy photodiode with a well that surrounds a well of a photodiode
Patent No. 11761817

Inventor(s): Gonggui Xu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): AMS INTERNATIONAL AG (Rapperswil, , CH)
Law Firm: MH2 TECHNOLOGY LAW GROUP LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16321578 on 08/01/2017 (2240 days app to issue)

Abstract: An optical sensor arrangement includes a photodiode, a dummy photodiode, an analog-to-digital converter, a first switch which couples the photodiode to an input of the analog-to-digital converter, and a second switch which couples the dummy photodiode to the input of the analog-to-digital converter.

[G01J] MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED, VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY [2]

Systems and methods for water detection
Patent No. 11761840

Inventor(s): Matthew T. Flachsbart (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16255506 on 01/23/2019 (1700 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for detecting water in an environment includes a first sensor configured to provide first feedback indicative of a temperature of the environment, a second sensor configured to provide second feedback indicative of a humidity of the environment, and an electronic circuit having a processor configured to execute one or more instructions stored on a memory of the electronic circuit. The one or more instructions are configured to receive the first feedback from the first sensor, receive the second feedback from the second sensor, generate a risk score by comparing the first feedback and the second feedback to baseline data stored on the memory of the electronic circuit, and provide an indication of a water detection event when the risk score is equal to or exceeds a threshold value.

[G01M] TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

3D TAP and scan port architectures
Patent No. 11762014

Inventor(s): Lee D. Whetsel (Parker, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18094522 on 01/09/2023 (253 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure describes die test architectures that can be implemented in a first, middle and last die of a die stack. The die test architectures are mainly the same, but for the exceptions mentioned in this disclosure.

[G01R] MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J 3/12)

Multi-mode multi-sensor calibration
Patent No. 11762071

Inventor(s): Do-Kyoung Kwon (Allen, TX), Muhammad Zubair Ikram (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16689647 on 11/20/2019 (1399 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for multi-sensor calibration includes imaging a calibration target with a first sensor using a first modality to obtain a first set of data and a second sensor using a second modality that is different from the first modality to obtain a second set of data. A border of the calibration target is identified based on the first set of data. A first centroid location of the calibration target is identified based on the border of the calibration target. A border of a pattern disposed on the calibration target is identified based on the second set of data. A second centroid location of the calibration target is identified based on the border of the pattern. Calibration data for the first sensor and the second sensor is generated based on the first centroid location and the second centroid location.

[G01S] RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

Heat management systems for enclosures for power and optical fiber networks
Patent No. 11762162

Inventor(s): Willis F. James (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18159346 on 01/25/2023 (237 days app to issue)

Abstract: A thermal management system for a power and fiber splice enclosure that includes a housing including electrical components is provided. The thermal management system includes a solar shield disposed external to the housing and covering at least a major portion of the housing. The thermal management system includes a vent disposed in the housing for venting hot air from the enclosure. The thermal management system includes a condenser thermally coupled to a heat conducting component of the enclosure for cooling at least the heat conducting component.

[G02B] OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes precedence; optical elements specially adapted for use in lighting devices or systems thereof F21V 1/00-F21V 13/00; measuring-instruments, see the relevant subclass of class G01, e.g. optical rangefinders G01C; testing of optical elements, systems, or apparatus G01M 11/00; spectacles G02C; apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B; sound lenses G10K 11/30; electron and ion “optics” H01J; X-ray “optics” H01J, H05G 1/00; optical elements structurally combined with electric discharge tubes H01J 5/16, H01J 29/89, H01J 37/22; microwave “optics” H01Q; combination of optical elements with television receivers H04N 5/72; optical systems or arrangements in colour television systems H04N 9/00; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B 3/84) [7]

Power combiner and balancer
Patent No. 11762405

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Anthony Morroni (Highlands Ranch, CO)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17380114 on 07/20/2021 (791 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power combining technique includes receiving a first voltage at a first input and a second voltage at a second input. The power combining technique further includes combining, with at least two power converters, power received from the first and second inputs into a single power rail. A power balancing technique further includes controlling the at least two power converters such that a first one of the power converters outputs an amount of current to the single power rail that is proportional to and/or equal to the amount of current output by another of the power converters.

[G05F] SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES (regulating the timing or recurrence frequency of pulses in radar or radio navigation systems G01S; regulation of current or voltage, specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces G04G 19/02; closed-loop systems for regulating non-electric variables by electric means G05D; regulating power supply of digital computers G06F 1/26; for obtaining desired operating characteristics of electromagnets with armatures H01F 7/18; regulating electric power distribution networks H02J; regulating the charging of batteries H02J 7/00; regulating of the output of static converters, e.g. switching regulators, H02M; regulation of the output of electric generators H02N, H02P 9/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils H02P 13/00; regulating frequency response, gain, maximum output, amplitude or bandwidth of amplifiers H03G; regulating tuning of resonant circuits H03J; controlling generators of electronic oscillations or pulses H03L; regulating characteristics of transmission lines H04B; controlling electric light sources H05B 37/02, H05B 39/04, H05B 41/36; electric control of X-ray apparatus H05G 1/30) [5]

Methods and apparatus to reduce inrush current in Universal Serial Bus circuits and systems
Patent No. 11762441

Inventor(s): Gregory A. Watkins (Plano, TX), Michael J. Mills (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16263668 on 01/31/2019 (1692 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed including a capacitor, located in a universal serial bus schematic. The methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture include a controller, include a controller including a state machine and a control signal generator, wherein the controller is configured to be coupled to a connector and to a power supply, the state machine is configured to determine a state of the connector, and the control signal generator is configured to, in response to an indication of a device not connected to the connector, generate a signal to indicate to the power supply to charge a capacitor to a threshold voltage, and wherein the control signal generator is further configured to generate the signal until a second state.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Systems and methods for seamlessly integrating multiple products by using a common visual modeler
Patent No. 11762634

Inventor(s): Narayanaswamy Viswanathan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ASG Technologies Group, Inc. (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: Carr Ferrell LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16456599 on 06/28/2019 (1544 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for enabling seamless integration between multiple products as a common layer by using a common visual modeler. An example system may include an application server and a common visual modeler. The common visual modeler may include a visual modeling environment for building an application by an end user. The visual modeling environment may include a modeler for creating the application, wherein the modeler comprises at least one component from at least one enterprise software product, the at least one component comprising at least one UI-based modeling tool for creating at least one artifact and a configuration module for managing settings of the at least one component. The common visual modeler may also include a server runtime environment for executing the application, the server runtime environment comprising at least one runtime engine for the at least one artifact created by the modeler.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Systems and methods of coordinating application versions among connected vehicles
Patent No. 11762648

Inventor(s): Chang-Heng Wang (Mountain View, CA), Onur Altintas (Mountain View, CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA), Takamasa Higuchi (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17204427 on 03/17/2021 (916 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include determining whether a plurality of vehicles, each having an application installed are expected to be present within a predetermined distance of a location of an event. The method may further include comparing versions of the applications among the plurality of vehicles and, in response to determining that the plurality of vehicles are expected to be present within the predetermined distance of the location and determining that the versions of the applications among the plurality of vehicles are different, adjusting a version of the application installed in one or more of the plurality of vehicles.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Counter for preventing completion of a thread including a non-blocking external device call with no-return indication
Patent No. 11762661

Inventor(s): Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17386985 on 07/28/2021 (783 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices and techniques for non-blocking external device calls are described herein. Specifically, when a processor receives an instruction with a no-return indication from a thread for a device, the processor can increase a counter corresponding to the thread based on the no-return indication. The processor can then continue execution of the thread without waiting for a return value from the device. When a return value is received for the instruction, the processor can decrement the counter. While the counter is not zero, the processor prevents the thread from completing (exiting).

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Merging data for write allocate
Patent No. 11762683

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Ashok Chachad (Plano, TX), David Matthew Thompson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17542573 on 12/06/2021 (652 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a level two (L2) controller, a write request for an address that is not allocated as a cache line in a L2 cache. The write request specifies write data. The method also includes generating, by the L2 controller, a read request for the address; reserving, by the L2 controller, an entry in a register file for read data returned in response to the read request; updating, by the L2 controller, a data field of the entry with the write data; updating, by the L2 controller, an enable field of the entry associated with the write data; and receiving, by the L2 controller, the read data and merging the read data into the data field of the entry.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Write merging on stores with different tags
Patent No. 11762780

Inventor(s): Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Pete Hippleheuser (Murphy, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17744810 on 05/16/2022 (491 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for caching data are provided that include receiving, by a caching system, a write memory command for a memory address, the write memory command associated with a first color tag, determining, by a first sub-cache of the caching system, that the memory address is not cached in the first sub-cache, determining, by second sub-cache of the caching system, that the memory address is not cached in the second sub-cache, storing first data associated with the first write memory command in a cache line of the second sub-cache, storing the first color tag in the second sub-cache, receiving a second write memory command for the cache line, the write memory command associated with a second color tag, merging the second color tag with the first color tag, storing the merged color tag, and evicting the cache line based on the merged color tag.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Low power area efficient divided clock shifter scheme for high latency designs
Patent No. 11762786

Inventor(s): Vijayakrishna J. Vankayala (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17410623 on 08/24/2021 (756 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory device including memory cells operating according to a first clock signal having a first clock frequency and accessed based on a data access time. The memory device may include a clock shifter circuit for delaying the access commands based on the data access time. The clock shifter circuitry include a shift register circuit and a phase correction circuit. The shift register circuit delays the access commands using a second clock signal having a fraction of the first clock frequency. The phase correction circuit receives the access commands from the shift register circuitry using the fraction of the first clock frequency, delays the access commands based on phase information of the access commands, and outputs the access commands to the memory cells based on the data access time using the first clock frequency.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Detection of DISPLAYPORT alternate mode communication and connector plug orientation without use of a power distribution controller
Patent No. 11762801

Inventor(s): Hassan Omar Ali (Murphy, TX), Mark Edward Wentroble (Plano, TX), Suzanne Mary Vining (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17530669 on 11/19/2021 (669 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to USB TYPE-C, and, in particular, DISPLAYPORT Alternate Mode communication in a USB TYPE-C environment. In one embodiment, a device determines a DISPLAYPORT mode and determines an orientation of a USB TYPE-C connector plug. A multiplexer multiplexes a DISPLAYPORT transmission based in part on the determined orientation of the USB TYPE-C connector plug.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Time sequence data management
Patent No. 11762817

Inventor(s): Nisha Talagala (Livermore, CA), Sriram Subramanian (Santa Clara, CA), Swaminathan Sundararaman (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Kunzler Bean Adamson (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16394926 on 04/25/2019 (1608 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for snapshots of a non-volatile device. A method includes writing data in a sequential log structure for a non-volatile device. A method includes marking a point, in a sequential log structure, for a snapshot of data. A method includes preserving a logical-to-physical mapping for a snapshot based on a marked point and a temporal order for data in a sequential log structure.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Real-time processing of event based streaming with NOSQL databases
Patent No. 11762862

Inventor(s): Jingjie Zhao (Allen, TX), Nathan E. Gloier (Frisco, TX), Rajesh Sathraboina (Irving, TX), Raveender Kommera (Flower Mound, TX), Vairavelu Sathish Kumaran (McKinney, TX), Venu Meda (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17661809 on 05/03/2022 (504 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for real-time processing of event-based streaming with NoSQL databases are provided. For example, disclosed embodiments may include receiving an event associated with an update to an entry in a first database. Also, disclose embodiments may include identifying, based on the event, relevant data in the first database associated with the update. Further, disclose embodiments may include generating a plurality of queries to the first database to request the identified relevant data. Disclose embodiments may also include receiving, in response to the plurality of queries, raw data from the first database. Additionally, disclose embodiments may include processing the raw data to be compatible with a second database. Disclose embodiments may also include storing the processed raw data in the second database. And, disclosed embodiments may include receiving data requests for the second database to distribute the processed data to at least one computer terminal.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Onboarding of monitoring tools
Patent No. 11762962

Inventor(s): Mohamed Seck (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17362403 on 06/29/2021 (812 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, process, and computer-readable medium for configuring agents for monitoring deployed applications is described. A system, process, and computer-readable medium for configuring monitoring user interfaces, e.g., monitoring dashboards, that use information made available from the agents is also described. Through using application data available during creation of the agents, the agents may be configured using the user interface as modified by selections and displaying subsequent choices from the received application data. Using knowledge of the generated agents, monitoring dashboards may be generated via developers interacting with a user interface providing a list of available metrics accessible by the generated agents. Using the one or more user interfaces, developers may generate agents and/or monitoring dashboards with greater efficiency.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Comparative real-time end-to-end security vulnerabilities determination and visualization
Patent No. 11763006

Inventor(s): Prithvi Narayana Rao (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Citibank, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18114194 on 02/24/2023 (207 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining and displaying comparative platform-specific security vulnerabilities with respect to cloud-based computing platforms are disclosed. To compare platform-specific security vulnerabilities of cloud-based computing platforms, the system detects a user interaction at a webpage for a network operation. The system then determines a first set of computing aspects associated with a set of cloud-based computing platforms using response data received from a processing of the network operation. The system then identifies a second set of computing aspects associated with a comparative cloud-based computing system platform and determines an overall-computing aspect impact level for associated computing aspects of the second set of computing aspects. The system then generates for display at a graphical user interface (GUI), a graphical layout indicating a graphical representation of each determined overall-computing aspect impact level for the respective cloud-based computing system platforms.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Systems and methods for performing vulnerability assessment on partially functional applications
Patent No. 11763007

Inventor(s): Dathathreya Chary Yaswada (Irving, TX), Pranita Santosh Patil (The Colony, TX), Suryaprakash Nalluri (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Citibank, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18303545 on 04/19/2023 (153 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for performing vulnerability assessment on partially functional software applications (e.g., software applications currently at a phase in the development cycle prior to a user acceptance testing phase). By doing so, the system may detect vulnerabilities, if any, more easily based on the fewer functional components of the application. Additionally or alternatively, curing any vulnerabilities will require fewer modifications to the application”s software, architecture, and/or intended functionality (as these characteristics are also earlier in their development cycle).

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Systems and methods for data security and fraud prevention in collaborative editing environments
Patent No. 11763031

Inventor(s): Andrew Ricchuiti (Dallas, TX), Mark Morrison (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17175325 on 02/12/2021 (949 days app to issue)

Abstract: A data security and fraud prevention system is configured to transmit a web form to a first device, receive through the web form first data including first user private data associated with a first user, receive a request to share the web form with a second user, create a cache storage and an unique identifier associated with the web form, and mask the first user private data to prevent access to the first user private data by the second user. The data security and fraud prevention system is further configured to encrypt the unique identifier, generate a share session between the first device and a second device associated with the second user, receive through the web form second data including second user private data associated with the second user, mask the second user private data to prevent access to the second user private data by the first user, and aggregate the first data and the second data to complete the web form.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

State dependent and path dependent power estimation
Patent No. 11763051

Inventor(s): Amit Singh Yadav (San Jose, CA), Gopi Shastry (Pleasanton, CA), Neeraj Joshi (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17461665 on 08/30/2021 (750 days app to issue)

Abstract: This application discloses a computing system implementing a power estimator can read in waveform data generated during functional verification of a circuit design describing an electronic device, detect toggles in the signals of the waveform data, correlate the detected toggles in the signals to arcs associated with logic gates in the circuit design, and track a number of times each of the arcs has been correlated to the detected toggles. After the waveform data has been read, the power estimator can look-up power values for each arc having been correlated to a detected signal toggle, multiple the power values by the tracked number of times each of the arcs been correlated to the detected toggles to compute power estimates, and generate an estimate of power consumption for the circuit design during the functional verification by accumulating the power estimates for the arcs associated with the logic gates.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Systems and methods for tool integration using cross channel digital forms
Patent No. 11763074

Inventor(s): Mansoor Zafar (Frisco, TX), Saurabh Khanna (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17540900 on 12/02/2021 (656 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for digital form integration and presentation. The method includes extracting one or more data input fields from a form and generating one or more user prompts to be presented to a user in order to complete at least one of the one or more entries of the one or more data input fields. The method further includes causing the transmission of at least one of the one or more user prompts to the user and receiving a prompt response from the user. The method also includes determining whether the prompt response meets one or more form requirements for a given entry and updating the form upon determination that the prompt response meets one or more form requirements for a given entry. The method further includes displaying to the user the form in an appropriate channel format.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

System and method for programming wireless sensor tags in food service operations
Patent No. 11763122

Inventor(s): Dennis Jump (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): METRC LLC (Lakeland, FL)
Law Firm: SALIWANCHIK, LLOYD EISENSCHENK (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17699682 on 03/21/2022 (547 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and system for programming wireless sensor tags, and such programmed wireless sensor tags. Embodiments of the method and apparatus can be utilized in food service operations, without utilizing a computing device or smartphone for programming the wireless sensor tag. Embodiments relate to a method and system for programming wireless temperature sensor tags, and such programmed wireless temperature sensor tags. Embodiments of the subject method use NFC-enabled cards with Near Field Communications (NFC) technology to quickly and simply program a wireless temperature sensor tag to read, collect, and report the temperature of a food item or ingredient. The use of this method enables food service operators, such as: quick-serve restaurants (QSRs), school cafeterias, and food service departments within supermarkets, to simplify the collection of temperature data within the retail space, as well as throughout the supply chain of products. The present invention also uses a display and at least one button on the wireless sensor tag for programming the wireless sensor tag.

[G06K] RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (printing per se B41J)

Predictive scheduling and execution of data analytics applications based on machine learning techniques
Patent No. 11763178

Inventor(s): Chanakya Kaspa (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16887742 on 05/29/2020 (1208 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for predictive scheduling and execution of data analytics applications based on machine learning techniques. An apparatus may operate by determining a first prediction entry in a predicted execution schedule based at least on a current timestamp. The apparatus may also operate by determining that a first confidence score of the first prediction entry is greater than or equal to a confidence score threshold and determining that an execution prediction of the first prediction entry is greater than or equal to an execution threshold. The apparatus may further operate by transmitting a first data analytics application execution request configured to request a first instance of execution of the data analytics application.

[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]

Abstracted interface for gamification of machine learning algorithms
Patent No. 11763190

Inventor(s): Corey Clark (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Balanced Media Technology, LLC (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16365647 on 03/26/2019 (1638 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for interactive machine learning. The method includes iteratively performing a process including steps of identifying a solution to a given problem; processing, based on determining that the identified solution is a possible solution to the given problem, the possible solution by running a machine learning application using the possible solution; selecting a processed solution based on a plurality of processed solutions at least a portion of which are from different iterations of the process; and determining whether to exit the process with the selected solution for the given problem based on an exit condition. Performing the process includes receiving, via a user interface for an interactive application, inputs into the interactive application to use in performing at least part of one of the steps.

[G06K] RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (printing per se B41J)

Virtual measurement system for baggage management
Patent No. 11763209

Inventor(s): Jayaraman Solavaram Srinivasan (Flower Mound, TX), Krishnan Subramanian (Frisco, TX), Rawnda Draper (Arlington, TX), Surendra Babu Badugu (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16809978 on 03/05/2020 (1293 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system that includes a depth perception camera to estimate or otherwise measure the dimensions of a proposed carry-on item to determine whether the proposed carry-on item complies with limitations associated with a user. The system is configured to enable checking the proposed carry-on item and receiving payment for the checked item when the item exceeds the limitations associated with the user. Displayed to the user are dimension lines associated with the maximum dimensions of the limitations and/or the captured dimensions of the proposed carry-on item.

[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01]

Method of providing client service
Patent No. 11763218

Inventor(s): Steve Davis (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16703477 on 12/04/2019 (1385 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the management of service suppliers for customers or clients of an apartment or condo association. The system utilizes a software system to select the most appropriate service provider and provides automated lock management access control.

Systems and methods for synchronizing processing statement deployment across diverse computer networks using a three-tiered artificial intelligence architecture
Patent No. 11763236

Inventor(s): Adar Kiran Danait (Flower Mound, TX), Ashima Gupta (Coppell, TX), Maneet Sharma (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Citibank, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18190602 on 03/27/2023 (176 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for a three-tiered artificial intelligence architecture that synchronizes processing statement deployment across diverse computer networks. The system may receive, at a user interface, a first request for a first recommendation. The first recommendation includes a set of standardized processing statements for implementing on a function. The system may input the first request into a first network component. The first network component includes first, second, and third models. The first model is trained to generate a library of standardized processing statements. The second model is trained to generate a plurality of standardized processing characteristic values for each standardized processing statement in the library. The third model is trained to generate recommendations of sets of standardized processing statements to functions. The system receives an output from the first network component and generates for display the first recommendation based on the output.

Systems and methods for using tokenized and dynamic physical checks
Patent No. 11763272

Inventor(s): Bradly Jay Billman (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17243239 on 04/28/2021 (874 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments are described herein for systems and methods for authenticating tokenized and/or dynamic physical checks, and authorizing transfers of funds in response to the authentication. In particular, in certain embodiments, a method includes identifying, using at least one processor, a dynamic authentication code of a physical check. The method also includes automatically authenticating, using the at least one processor, the physical check based at least in part on the identified dynamic authentication code. The method further includes automatically authorizing, using the at least one processor, a transfer of funds in response to the authentication of the physical check.

Systems and methods for issuer-specified domain controls on a payment instrument
Patent No. 11763313

Inventor(s): Tuan Dao (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP (19 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18055277 on 11/14/2022 (309 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for issuer-specified domain control on a payment instrument are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for issuer-specified domain controls on a payment instrument may include: (1) receiving, from an issuer of a financial instrument, an identification of a domain control or restriction on a payment token for the financial instrument, the domain control or restriction to be applied by the issuer; (2) requesting generation of the payment token with a pass-through indicator from a token service provider; (3) receiving, from the token service provider, the payment token; and (4) storing an association of the domain control or restriction and the payment token.

Dynamic binding of video content
Patent No. 11763348

Inventor(s): Christian Briggs (Austin, TX), Robert K. Spitz (Amherst, NH), Todd Downing (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): AiBUY, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: COOLEY LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16727521 on 12/26/2019 (1363 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of dynamically binding supplemental content to video content includes receiving the video content at a device and identifying at least one value related to one or more products or services, where the at least one value is associated with the video content. The method also includes obtaining the supplemental content based on the at least one value, where the supplemental content provides additional information about the one or more products or services. In addition, the method includes dynamically binding the supplemental content to the video content and positioning the supplemental content in association with the video content using a supplemental interactive display.

Wafer bin map based root cause analysis
Patent No. 11763446

Inventor(s): Qing Zhu (Rowlett, TX), Richard Burch (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): PDF Solutions, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Dergosits Noah LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17246397 on 04/30/2021 (872 days app to issue)

Abstract: A template for assigning the most probable root causes for wafer defects. The bin map data for a subject wafer can be compared with bin map data for prior wafers to find wafers with similar issues. A probability can be determined as to whether the same root cause should be applied to the subject wafer, and if so, the wafer can be labeled with that root cause accordingly. NULL

Microbubble and nanobubble expansion using perfluorocarbon nanodroplets for enhanced ultrasound imaging and therapy
Patent No. 11763451

Inventor(s): Carlos J. Brambila (Dallas, TX), Caroline De Gracia Lux (Dallas, TX), Jacques Lux (Dallas, TX), Robert F. Mattrey (Dallas, TX), Zhenghong Gao (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17744423 on 05/13/2022 (494 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure describes imaging and therapy techniques comprising nanodroplets. More particularly, aspects of the disclosure relate to the use of nanodroplets to modify nanobubbles or microbubbles to provide improved imaging and/or therapeutic techniques and compositions.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

Systems and methods for locating objects
Patent No. 11763480

Inventor(s): Michael Saied Saniei (Fort Worth, TX), Siva Prasad Vysyaraju (Keller, TX), Xiaoyan Si (Kirkland, WA)
Assignee(s): BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle Schwartz PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17364660 on 06/30/2021 (811 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an image generated by a camera associated with a vehicle. The image includes a point of interest (POI) associated with a physical object. The method also includes determining a number of pixels from the POI of the image to an edge of the image. The edge of the image represents a location of the camera. The method further includes determining an offset distance from the POI to a Global Positioning System (GPS) unit associated with the vehicle using the number of pixels.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

Methods and systems for generating simulated datasets for fisheye camera applications
Patent No. 11763497

Inventor(s): Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Xuewei Qi (Mountain View, CA), Yongkang Liu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17505344 on 10/19/2021 (700 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for generating a dataset is provided. The method includes generating, within a simulated environment, a simulated image including one or more distortions, the simulated image includes a plurality of vehicles, generating vehicle image patches and ground truth from the simulated image, performing, using a style transfer module, a style-transfer operation on the vehicle image patches, combining the vehicle image patches, on which the style-transfer operation is performed, with a background image of a real-world location, and generating a dataset based on the ground truth and the combination of the vehicle image patches and the background image.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

DGPU assist using DSP pre-processor system and method
Patent No. 11763513

Inventor(s): Ajay Jayaraj (Sugar Land, TX), Anand Balagopalakrishnan (Bangalore, , IN), Hemant Hariyani (Plano, TX), Jason Jones (Richmond, TX), Manoj Koul (Allen, TX), Mihir Mody (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17028389 on 09/22/2020 (1092 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system for dynamically transferring graphical image processing operations from a graphical processing unit (GPU) to a digital signal processor (DSP). The method includes estimating the number of operations needed for the processing a set of image data; determining the operational limits of a GPU and compare with estimated number of operations and if the operational limits are exceeded; transfer the processing operations to the DSP from the GPU. The transfer can include transferring a portion of executable code for performing the processing operations, and generating a replacement code for the GPU. The DSP can then process a portion of the image data before sending it to the GPU for further processing.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

Multizone quadrilateral mesh generator for high mesh quality and isotropy
Patent No. 11763526

Inventor(s): Nilanjan Mukherjee (Cincinnati, OH)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17270185 on 09/21/2018 (1824 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for CAD operations and corresponding systems ([b]2100[/b]) and computer-readable mediums ([b]2126[/b]) are disclosed herein. A method ([b]2000[/b]) includes receiving model data ([b]2002[/b]) of a surface ([b]210[/b]) of a part ([b]200[/b]) to be manufactured. The method includes performing a loop-paving process ([b]2004[/b]) for a first portion of the surface ([b]210[/b]) to produce a first set of elements ([b]302, 304, 306[/b]). The method includes performing a Cartesian meshing process ([b]2010[/b]) for a second portion of the surface ([b]210[/b]) to produce a second set of elements ([b]704[/b]). The method includes performing a subdivision meshing process ([b]2016[/b]) for a third portion of the surface ([b]210[/b]) to produce a third set of elements ([b]1002[/b]). The method includes combining ([b]2020[/b]) the first set of elements ([b]302, 304, 306[/b]), the second set of elements ([b]704[/b]), and the third set of elements ([b]1002[/b]) to produce a final mesh ([b]1202[/b]) for the surface ([b]210[/b]) of the part ([b]200[/b]) to be manufactured.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

Ground plane estimation in a computer vision system
Patent No. 11763568

Inventor(s): Deepak Kumar Poddar (Bangalore, , IN), Manu Mathew (Bangalore, , IN), Poorna Kumar (Bangalore, , IN), Prashanth Ramanathpur Viswanath (Bangalore, , IN), Soyeb Nagori (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17115079 on 12/08/2020 (1015 days app to issue)

Abstract: Estimation of the ground plane of a three dimensional (3D) point cloud based modifications to the random sample consensus (RANSAC) algorithm is provided. The modifications may include applying roll and pitch constraints to the selection of random planes in the 3D point cloud, using a cost function based on the number of inliers in the random plane and the number of 3D points below the random plane in the 3D point cloud, and computing a distance threshold for the 3D point cloud that is used in determining whether or not a 3D point in the 3D point cloud is an inlier of a random plane. NULL

Object detection for distorted images
Patent No. 11763575

Inventor(s): Debapriya Maji (Bengaluru, , IN), Deepak Poddar (Bengaluru, , IN), Manu Mathew (Bengaluru, , IN), Soyeb Nagori (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17678411 on 02/23/2022 (573 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques including receiving a distorted image from a camera disposed about a vehicle, detecting, in the distorted image, corner points associated with a target object, mapping the corner points to a distortion corrected domain based on one or more camera parameters, mapping the corner points and lines between the corner points back to a distorted domain based on the camera parameters, interpolating one or more intermediate points to generate lines between the corner points in the distortion corrected domain mapping the corner points and the lines between the corner points back to a distorted domain based on the camera parameters, and adjusting a direction of travel of the vehicle based on the located target object.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

Detection of blanks in documents
Patent No. 11763589

Inventor(s): Deepankar Mohapatra (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Intuit Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18104257 on 01/31/2023 (231 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of blank detection involves receiving a document from a user, where the document includes derived text; applying a trained blank detection model to the document to make a first prediction, where the first prediction indicates whether at least one field in the document is blank; comparing the first prediction with a second prediction, where the second prediction is made by an extraction model; and extracting the at least one field using the extraction model. NULL

Emergency signaling system
Patent No. 11763644

Abstract: An emergency signaling system is disclosed. The system includes a receptacle and a painting device. The painting device is covered in a paint material and stored in the receptacle. The receptacle can be used to launch the painting device onto a surface, such as a roof, in the event that a user needs to signal a search and rescue team or anyone near their present location. The painting device, upon contact with a surface, creates a painted signal. The painted signal can have different shapes according to the shape of the painting device. The painting device can include weight members or flexible frame members to facilitate opening the painting device from a closed or folded configuration to a fully open configuration once the painting device has been launched from the receptacle.

[G08B] SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS

Methods and systems for controlling occupation of geographic spaces using software applications
Patent No. 11763673

Inventor(s): Masashi Nakagawa (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17174885 on 02/12/2021 (949 days app to issue)

Abstract: Device and methods for controlling occupation of geographic spaces. The method includes identifying, via a software application, an object for performing an action for the vehicle, the action relating to occupying a space for the vehicle, transmitting a targeted request to the object for the performing the action, receiving a notification that the space is occupied by the object in response to the transmitting the targeted request, and determining that the action is completed upon arriving at the space.

[G08G] TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems or lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S 13/91, G01S 15/88, G01S 17/88; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems or lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S 13/93, G01S 15/93, G01S 17/93; control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, not being specific to a traffic environment G05D 1/00) [2]

Reverse VT-state operation and optimized BiCS device structure
Patent No. 11763907

Inventor(s): Kiyohiko Sakakibara (Mie, , JP)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17894028 on 08/23/2022 (392 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for improving the reliability of non-volatile memory by reducing the number of memory cell transistors that experience excessive hole injection are described. The excessive hole injection may occur when the threshold voltage for a memory cell transistor is being set below a particular negative threshold voltage. To reduce the number of memory cell transistors with threshold voltages less than the particular negative threshold voltage, the programmed data states of the memory cell transistors may be reversed such that the erased state comprises the highest data state corresponding with the highest threshold voltage distribution. To facilitate programming of the memory cell transistors with reversed programmed data states, a non-volatile memory device structure may be used in which the bit line connections to NAND strings comprise direct poly-channel contact to P+ silicon and the source line connections to the NAND strings comprise direct poly-channel contact to N+ silicon.

[G11C] STATIC STORES (information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B; semiconductor devices for storage H01L, e.g. H01L 27/108-H01L 27/11597; pulse technique in general H03K, e.g. electronic switches H03K 17/00)

Systems and methods for localized information provision using wireless communication
Patent No. 11765546

Inventor(s): April Ryan Hilton (Carrollton, TX), Darwin Wayne Belt (Plano, TX), Jeffrey D. Hilton (Carrollton, TX), Jessica B. Hipp (Temple, NH)
Assignee(s): BLIND INSITES, LLC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: CALDWELL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17555653 on 12/20/2021 (638 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for localized information provision using wireless communication, includes a computing device designed and configured to receive, from a wireless signal generator located in a navigable space, a location identifier, input at least a user-entered datum associated with the location identifier, instantiate a display data structure as a function of the at least a user-entered datum, wherein, the display data structure includes a plurality of data signals including the at least a user-entered datum, each display signal of the plurality of display signals includes a subset of a plurality of categories of data, and the display data structure includes a display order for the plurality of data signals, record at least an element of contextual data, and generate a localized data record, wherein the localized data record include display data structure, location identifier, and an association of the contextual data with the display order.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Providing configuration updates to wireless telecommunication networks
Patent No. 11765604

Inventor(s): Anand Injeti (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17553682 on 12/16/2021 (642 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed system obtains an indication of a configuration update to perform on a component of a network and an indication of the component associated with the network. The configuration update is performed in multiple stages, including a pre-check stage, a configuration stage, and a verification stage. In the pre-check stage, the system obtains a parameter and an expected value of the parameter associated with the component. The system determines whether the component satisfies the expected value of the parameter by obtaining a value of the parameter associated with the component and comparing the obtained value to the expected value. Upon determining that the component satisfies the expected value of the parameter, the system performs the configuration stage. Upon performing the configuration update, the system performs the verification stage by testing whether the component is functioning. Upon determining that the component is functioning, the system provides the configuration update to UEs.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Need-based energy sharing
Patent No. 11760223

Inventor(s): Norman Lu (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16909494 on 06/23/2020 (1183 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a charging station, a first amount of energy required by a transport for a full charge, determining, by the charging station, a second amount of energy that the transport will provide back to the charging station at a later time, and charging, by the charging station, the transport to a charge level equal to a difference between the first amount of energy and the second amount of energy.

[H02J] CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY (power supply circuits for apparatus for measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation or cosmic radiation G01T 1/175; electric power supply circuits specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/00; for digital computers G06F 1/18; for discharge tubes H01J 37/248; circuits or apparatus for the conversion of electric power, arrangements for control or regulation of such circuits or apparatus H02M; interrelated control of several motors, control of a prime-mover/generator combination H02P; control of high-frequency power H03L; additional use of power line or power network for transmission of information H04B)

Gated ring oscillator linearization
Patent No. 11762340

Inventor(s): Bijit Patel (Allen, TX), Marius Moe (Fetsund, , NO), Tarjei Aaberge (Nesya, , NO)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17390291 on 07/30/2021 (781 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for an apparatus comprising a time-to-digital converter (TDC) and a processor coupled to the TDC. In some examples, the TDC may be configured to receive a signal and generate a measurement result indicating a time between start and stop events of the signal. The processor may be configured to receive the measurement result, compare the measurement result to a target value, and determine a non-linearity model configured to correct a variance of the measurement result from the target value.

[H03M] CODING, DECODING OR CODE CONVERSION, IN GENERAL (using fluidic means F15C 4/00; optical analogue/digital converters G02F 7/00; coding, decoding or code conversion, specially adapted for particular applications, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. G01D, G01R, G06F, G06T, G09G, G10L, G11B, G11C, H04B, H04L, H04M, H04N; ciphering or deciphering for cryptography or other purposes involving the need for secrecy G09C) [4]

Signal processing apparatus and control method
Patent No. 11762407

Inventor(s): Gangqiang Zhang (Plano, TX), Wenchao Qu (Plano, TX), Zhao Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Halo Microelectronics International (Campbell, CA)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17814375 on 07/22/2022 (424 days app to issue)

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus includes a signal processing circuit configured to process a signal obtained from a voltage bus, a high voltage circuit configured to withstand a voltage stress when a high voltage is applied to the voltage bus, and a bypass circuit configured to bypass the high voltage circuit when a low voltage is applied to the voltage bus.

[H03K] PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D 3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) [4]

Augmented reality vehicle search assistance
Patent No. 11763375

Inventor(s): Avid Ghamsari (Carrollton, TX), Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Jason Hoover (Grapevine, TX), Micah Price (The Colony, TX), Qiaochu Tang (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17539713 on 12/01/2021 (657 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects described herein may allow for auto-locating a user in a parking lot and/or automatically directing a user to recommended inventory. For example, a customer may capture an image of a vehicle, or a marker associated with a vehicle, in a parking lot. The image may be processed locally or at a server. A vehicle may be identified based on analysis of the image. Further, information regarding the user may be processed to determine another vehicle appropriate for a recommendation. For example, a prompt on a mobile device may suggest a popular model similar to the vehicle being viewed. The system may then provide directions (e.g., augmented reality directions) to the user to direct the user to the vehicle.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Integrated magnetic assemblies and methods of assembling same
Patent No. 11763976

Inventor(s): Ke Dai (Shanghai, , CN), Lanlan Yin (Shanghai, , CN), Tom Sun (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): ABB Power Electronics Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16000492 on 06/05/2018 (1932 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated magnetic core is provided. The integrated magnetic core includes a first plate and a second plate. The first plate includes a plurality of legs extending outwardly from a first surface of the first plate. The plurality of legs includes first and second oppositely disposed legs and third and fourth oppositely disposed legs. The second plate is coupled to at least the third and fourth legs of the first plate.

[H01F] MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES [2]

Wafer transport assembly with integrated buffers
Patent No. 11764086

Inventor(s): Richard H. Gould (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION (Fremont, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17860736 on 07/08/2022 (438 days app to issue)

Abstract: A substrate processing system configured to process substrates includes a substrate transport assembly that encloses a controlled environment defined within a continuous transport volume and at least two process modules coupled to the substrate transport assembly. The substrate transport assembly is configured to transport substrates to and from the at least two process modules through the continuous transport volume. At least two gas boxes are configured to deliver gas mixtures to the at least two process modules. An exhaust duct configured to selectively evacuate the at least two process modules through the at least two gas boxes. Surfaces of the at least two gas boxes include perforations configured to allow gases to flow from the at least two gas boxes into the exhaust duct.

[H01L] SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (use of semiconductor devices for measuring G01; resistors in general H01C; magnets, inductors, transformers H01F; capacitors in general H01G; electrolytic devices H01G 9/00; batteries, accumulators H01M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H01P; line connectors, current collectors H01R; stimulated-emission devices H01S; electromechanical resonators H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; electric light sources in general H05B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H05K; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application) [2]

Reducing cross-wafer variability for minimum width resistors
Patent No. 11764111

Inventor(s): Mahalingam Nandakumar (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16662967 on 10/24/2019 (1426 days app to issue)

Abstract: Fabrication of an integrated circuit includes forming a photoresist layer over a substrate. Target regions defined on the substrate are exposed using a reticle that defines a first exposure window for a first doped structure of a first type; the first exposure window has a first plurality of openings and a first plurality of dopant blocking regions. A respective exposure dose for aeach of the target regions is determined by an exposure map and provides controlled variations in the size of the first plurality of openings across the plurality of target regions. Subsequent to the exposure and to developing the photoresist, a dopant is implanted into the substrate through the first plurality of openings.

Semiconductor apparatus and method having a lead frame with floating leads
Patent No. 11764142

Inventor(s): Makoto Shibuya (Beppu, , JP)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17568625 on 01/04/2022 (623 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, a packaged semiconductor device includes a frame, a pre-fabricated interposer, and an integrated circuit die. The frame includes multiple conductive frame leads and multiple conductive connection points, as well as a hole in the frame surrounded by the frame leads and the conductive connection points. The pre-molded interposer has an external perimeter including multiple conductive interposer leads, and is for insertion into the hole. At least one of the interposer leads does not extend to the external perimeter of the interposer. The die is electrically coupled to selected ones of the frame leads and of the interposer leads. The interposer is inserted into the hole and coupled to the frame, and the frame, interposer, and die are together encapsulated by encapsulation material.

Electrostatic discharge guard ring with snapback protection
Patent No. 11764208

Inventor(s): David LaFonteese (Redwood City, CA), Sameer Pendharkar (Allen, TX), Seetharaman Sridhar (Richardson, TX), Sunglyong Kim (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17123413 on 12/16/2020 (1007 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection structure that provides snapback protections to one or more high voltage circuit components. The ESD protection structure can be integrated along a peripheral region of a high voltage circuit, such as a high side gate driver of a driver circuit. The ESD protection structure includes a bipolar transistor structure interfacing with a PN junction of a high voltage device, which is configured to discharge the ESD current during an ESD event. The bipolar transistor structure has a collector region overlapping the PN junction, a base region embedded with sufficient pinch resistance to launch the snapback protection, and an emitter region for discharging the ESD current.

Functional blocks implemented by integrated circuit
Patent No. 11764212

Inventor(s): Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig (27 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17089162 on 11/04/2020 (1049 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional stacked integrated circuit (3D SIC) having a non-volatile memory die having an array of non-volatile memory partitions, a volatile memory die having an array of volatile memory partitions, and a processing logic die having an array of processing logic partitions. The non-volatile memory die, the volatile memory die, and the processing logic die are stacked. The non-volatile memory die, the volatile memory die, and the processing logic die can be arranged to form an array of functional blocks, and at least two functional blocks can each include a different data processing function that reduces the computation load of a controller.

Modular low profile raceway to provide power and/or data connectivity
Patent No. 11764556

Inventor(s): Clinton Strong (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): LEGRAND CONNECTRAC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17306700 on 05/03/2021 (869 days app to issue)

Abstract: In various implementations, a raceway may be provided that is capable of providing power and/or data connectivity to items (e.g., devices, articles of furniture, etc.) coupled to the raceway. The raceway may be low profile. The raceway may be disposed on floor and/or under floor. The raceway may include an integrated power housing. The raceway may include segments that are selected, as desired for an application configuration, and that are coupleable to each other or other components of the raceway (e.g., nodes, joints, etc.). The housing of component(s) of the raceway may include a base and wall(s) with at least curved section and at least one straight section.

[H02G] INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES (insulated conductors or cables with arrangements for facilitating mounting or securing H01B 7/40; distribution points incorporating switches H02B; guiding telephone cords H04M 1/15; cable ducts or mountings for telephone or telegraph exchange installations H04Q 1/06)

Signal boosting in serial interfaces
Patent No. 11764672

Inventor(s): Chi Wa Lo (Hong Kong, , HK), Sin Luen Cheung (Hong Kong, , HK), Yiu Ting Chou (Manchester, , GB)
Assignee(s): Diodes Incorporated (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Weaver Austin Villeneuve Sampson LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17809377 on 06/28/2022 (448 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for signal boosting in serial interfaces are provided. In some implementations, a system for boosting signals comprises boosting circuitry. The boosting circuitry may comprise at least one boosting capacitor configured to be operatively coupled to a voltage supply during a charging phase and configured to be operatively coupled to the at least one line of a signal transmission line during a discharging phase, wherein, during the discharging phase, the at least one boosting capacitor boosts a voltage of the one or more signals transmitted on the at least one line. The boosting circuitry may comprise switching circuitry configured to switch the at least one boosting capacitor between from being operatively coupled to the voltage supply to being operatively coupled to the at least one line of the signal transmission line.

[H02M] APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (conversion of current or voltage specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/02; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables in general, e.g. using transformers, reactors or choke coils, combination of such systems with static converters G05F; for digital computers G06F 1/00; transformers H01F; connection or control of one converter with regard to conjoint operation with a similar or other source of supply H02J; dynamo-electric converters H02K 47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P; pulse generators H03K) [5]

Power converter control with snooze mode
Patent No. 11764690

Inventor(s): Andres Arturo Blanco (Garland, TX), Ming Luo (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17713107 on 04/04/2022 (533 days app to issue)

Abstract: A control signal generator includes an error amplifier, a first comparator, a second comparator, a logic circuit and a pulse generator. The error amplifier has a first output, a first input, a second input and a first snooze input. The first comparator has a second output, a third input and a fourth input. The third input is coupled to the first output. The second comparator has a third output, a fifth input, a sixth input and a second snooze input. The fifth input is coupled to the third input. The logic circuit has a fourth output and logic circuit inputs, including a first logic circuit input coupled to the second output. The pulse generator has a fifth output and a seventh input. The seventh input is coupled to the fourth output. A snooze mode controller has a sixth output coupled to the first snooze input and the second snooze input.

Automatic transition of motor controller from open-loop control to closed-loop control
Patent No. 11764710

Inventor(s): Ganapathi Hegde (Bengaluru, , IN), Prasad Kulkarni (Bengaluru, , IN), Venkata Pavan Mahankali (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17364540 on 06/30/2021 (811 days app to issue)

Abstract: A motor controller integrated circuit (IC) includes a storage device containing software, and a processor core. The processor core has an output adapted to be coupled to a motor. The processor core is configured to execute the software to operate the motor in an open-loop control, calculate first and second orthogonal components of a back electromotive force (BEMF), calculate a total BEMF value, and determine that the first orthogonal component is within a threshold of the total BEMF value. The processor core is further configured to, responsive to the first orthogonal component being within the threshold of the total BEMF value, operate the motor in a closed-loop control.

[H02P] CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS [4]

Control of base currents for output driver transistors in amplifiers
Patent No. 11764740

Inventor(s): Bharath Karthik Vasan (Tucson, AZ), Joel Martin Halbert (Tucson, AZ), Tyler James Archer (Tucson, AZ)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17462930 on 08/31/2021 (749 days app to issue)

Abstract: Examples of amplifiers accurately generate control currents for control terminals of output drivers using current-replication transistors and current mirrors. An input terminal of a first current mirror is coupled to the control terminal of a first current-replication transistor, and an input terminal of a second current mirror is coupled to the control terminal of a second current-replication transistor. The output terminals of the first and second current mirrors are coupled to the control terminals of first and second output drivers, respectively. First and second intermediate currents indicative of first and second currents flowing to the first and second output driver elements, respectively, are generated. Using the first and second current mirrors, first and second control currents are generated to control the first and second output driver elements, respectively, by scaling the first and second intermediate currents according to the gain factors of the current mirrors.

[H03F] AMPLIFIERS (measuring, testing G01R; optical parametric amplifiers G02F; circuit arrangements with secondary emission tubes H01J 43/30; masers, lasers H01S; dynamo-electric amplifiers H02K; control of amplification H03G; coupling arrangements independent of the nature of the amplifier, voltage dividers H03H; amplifiers capable only of dealing with pulses H03K; repeater circuits in transmission lines H04B 3/36, H04B 3/58; application of speech amplifiers in telephonic communication H04M 1/60, H04M 3/40)

Operating mode transition options for boost converter
Patent No. 11764767

Inventor(s): Chuansong Pang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18145525 on 12/22/2022 (271 days app to issue)

Abstract: A controller includes a ramp circuit and control logic. The ramp circuit includes: ramp generation circuitry having a first control input and a first current output; ramp adjustment circuitry having a second control input and a second current output; current scaling circuitry having a first current input, a current sense output and an offset current output, the first current input coupled to the first and second current outputs; and ramp completion circuitry having a current sense input and a completion output, the current sense input coupled to the current sense output. The control logic has a third control input and first and second control outputs. The third control input is coupled to the completion output. The first control output is coupled to the first control input. The second control output is coupled to the second control input.

Level shifter circuit
Patent No. 11764785

Inventor(s): Abhijit Das (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17901377 on 09/01/2022 (383 days app to issue)

Abstract: A level shifter circuit is provided. In some examples, the level shifter circuit includes a first set of transistors and a second set of transistors coupled between first and second power supply nodes. The control terminals of the first and second lower transistors are coupled to an input node. The level shifter circuit also includes a third set of transistors and a fourth set of transistors coupled between first and third power supply nodes. A control terminal of a third lower transistor is coupled to a second intermediate node, and a control terminal of a fourth lower transistor is coupled to a first intermediate node. Control terminals of the first upper transistor and the fourth upper transistor are coupled to a third intermediate node. Control terminals of the second upper transistor and the third upper transistor are coupled to a fourth intermediate node.

Magnetoelectric majority gate device
Patent No. 11764786

Inventor(s): Andrew Marshall (Dallas, TX), Nishtha Sharma Gaul (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA (Lincoln, NE), BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX), INTEL CORPORATION (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Talem IP Law, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17827744 on 05/29/2022 (478 days app to issue)

Abstract: A magneto-electric (ME) majority gate device includes a conducting device and a plurality of ME transistors coupled to the conducting device. In one implementation, the plurality of ME transistors include a ME AND gate device with downward interface polarization, a ME-transmission gate device with downward interface polarization, and a ME-XNOR gate device. In another implementation, the plurality of ME transistors is five single-input ME-FETs.

Software-defined filtering in a repeater
Patent No. 11764859

Inventor(s): Dale Robert Anderson (Colleyville, TX), Ilesh V. Patel (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Wilson Electronics, LLC (St. George, UT)
Law Firm: Thorpe North Western LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17372030 on 07/09/2021 (802 days app to issue)

Abstract: Technology for a repeater is disclosed. The repeater can include a first antenna port and a second antenna port. The repeater can include a first uplink analog signal amplification and filtering path and a second uplink analog signal amplification and filtering path. The repeater can include a first downlink analog signal amplification and filtering path and a second downlink analog signal amplification and filtering path. The repeater can include an uplink software-defined filtering (SDF) module and a downlink SDF module.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Systems and methods for detecting and connecting to a device in a vehicle
Patent No. 11764884

Inventor(s): Brian F. Shipley (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17674591 on 02/17/2022 (579 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system may include a processor. The processor may perform operations including receiving multiple light patterns from multiple wireless devices. The operations may also include determining a location for each of the multiple wireless devices based at least in part on the multiple light patterns. Moreover, the operations may include pairing a first wireless device of the multiple wireless devices to the processor based at least in part on the location for each of the multiple wireless devices.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus for configuration of resource sensing in NR V2X resource allocation
Patent No. 11764909

Inventor(s): Chao He (Allen, TX), Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17575553 on 01/13/2022 (614 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) to provide hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information includes transmitting physical sidelink shared channels (PSSCHs), where each of the PSSCH transmissions provides a transport block (TB); receiving physical sidelink feedback channels (PSFCHs); and generating values for HARQ-ACK information bits from the PSFCH receptions. The PSFCH receptions correspond to the PSSCH transmissions and the values of the HARQ-ACK information bits correspond to the TBs in the PSSCH transmissions. The method further includes generating a HARQ-ACK codeword that includes the values of the HARQ-ACK information bits arranged in a predetermined order and transmitting the HARQ-ACK codeword in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Leader access point acknowledgment using shortened SIFS relative to follower access point in a WiFi network
Patent No. 11764912

Inventor(s): Malcolm Muir Smith (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: BEHMKE INNOVATION GROUP LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17331403 on 05/26/2021 (846 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises: classifying, by a controller device, a first access point device in a WLAN as a leader access point for a wireless client device, and at least a second access point device as a follower access point; and allocating, to the leader access point, a shortened medium access control layer timer (”timer”) that is shorter than a prescribed timer used by the follower access point, the shortened timer causing the leader access point to respond to reception of a wireless data packet from the wireless client device by transmitting an acknowledgment to the wireless client device upon expiration of the shortened timer; the prescribed timer causing the follower access point to defer to the leader access point based on the follower access point waiting for at least expiration of the prescribed timer before selectively transmitting a corresponding acknowledgment in response to receiving the wireless data packet.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Methods and apparatus for adding and/or providing stir/shaken diversion information
Patent No. 11764963

Inventor(s): Michael Stovenour (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc. (Westford, MA)
Law Firm: Straub Straub (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17960779 on 10/05/2022 (349 days app to issue)

Abstract: Communications methods and apparatus for providing and/or adding STIR/SHAKEN Diversion Information to requests. An exemplary method embodiment includes the steps of: receiving at a second communications network a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Invite request from a first communications network, the SIP Invite request being directed to a first SIP address corresponding to a first user equipment device located within the second communications network, the SIP Invite request including a SIP Identity shaken header and one or more SIP Identity div headers; determining at the second communications network whether or not the received SIP Invite request was previously diverted by the second communications network to another network; and when the SIP Invite request is determined to have been previously diverted by the second communications network to another network, processing the SIP Invite request at the second communications network as a previously received and diverted SIP Invite request.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Advanced switch node selection for power line communications network
Patent No. 11765040

Inventor(s): Kumaran Vijayasankar (Dallas, TX), Ramanuja Vedantham (Allen, TX), Xiaolin Lu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17521968 on 11/09/2021 (679 days app to issue)

Abstract: An algorithm for the promotion of terminal nodes to switch nodes in a PLC network reduces overall network overhead and collisions, while ensuring the appropriate selection of a switch node and minimizing the number of levels in a PLC network. It also ensures that the terminal nodes with appropriate signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) are promoted. It is desirable to have a network with fewer levels. The disclosed approach favors the nodes that are closer to the DC to promote them as switch nodes. This is achieved by waiting for a smaller number of PNPDUs for a node that is closer to the DC in comparison to a node that is farther away from the DC.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Wireless LAN (WLAN) public identity federation trust architecture
Patent No. 11765153

Inventor(s): Malcolm Muir Smith (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Polsinelli (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17571297 on 01/07/2022 (620 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a process of evaluating any number of different identity providers (IDPs) and their respective set of credentials that are used to authenticate corresponding users to assist with the onboarding of the different IDPs in connection with Wi-Fi identity federations. In particular, the process allows a person”s electronic identity and attributes (stored across one or more IDPs) to be determined once using a standard. Once trust has been established for the user, that trust can then be utilized across a number of different systems (e.g., Single-sign on). The same trust determination can be used without the need for the authenticity of the user identity to be re-evaluated with each new access request.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Monitoring security configurations of cloud-based services
Patent No. 11765171

Inventor(s): Kevin W. Nibler (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17369769 on 07/07/2021 (804 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cloud-based service monitoring device includes a criteria database and an exceptions database. The criteria database includes predefined configuration criteria corresponding to approved operating parameters of each cloud-based service being monitored. The exceptions database includes predefined configuration exceptions such that, for a given instance, each configuration exception corresponds to a different instance-specific criteria than the associated configuration criteria for the cloud-based service. The monitoring device extracts configuration settings from instances of the cloud-based service and compares the settings to the configuration criteria of the cloud-based service. If a suspect setting is identified that does not satisfy the configuration criteria at the service level, the monitoring device compares the suspect setting to instance-specific criteria. If the setting does not satisfy both the configuration criteria and the instance-specific criteria, an alert message may be transmitted to an administrator”s device.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Topical activity monitor and identity collector system
Patent No. 11765246

Inventor(s): Matthew S. Sommer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: The Langley Law Firm, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17116386 on 12/09/2020 (1014 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for identifying respective networked devices in a social communications network, which networked devices communicate messages relevant to an article. The messages may include posts, shares, likes, votes, ranks, and other comments. A server of the social communications network maintains a respective identity (e.g., user name or handle) for each connected networked device, respectively, of the social communications network. The server includes an API for requests. The method includes receiving a search item from a data communications network, collecting articles related to the search item from each of the at least one source of articles of the data communications network, storing in a database, for each respective one of the article from the step of collecting, a respective unique identifier representing the article, comparing the search item to each respective unique identifier, respectively, of the database, to determine similarity of the respective unique identifier to the search item, compiling a result set of each respective unique identifier determined similar to the search item in the step of comparing, communicatively detecting the share count of the messages of the social communications network related to the result set, deriving a score based collectively on all of the share counts from the step of communicatively detecting, the score represents topical activity of networked devices of the social communications network for the search item, calling the API of

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Replay agent for delivering charging event messages from a message broker in a mobile telecommunications network
Patent No. 11765278

Inventor(s): Michael Anthony Brown (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC (Redmond, WA)
Law Firm: RAY QUINNEY NEBEKER P.C (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17227161 on 04/09/2021 (893 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for preserving charging event messages in a mobile telecommunications network when a charging server is unavailable includes a message broker comprising persistent storage. The system also includes a network element that generates a charging event message, attempts to send the charging event message to a charging server, and writes the charging event message to the message broker in response to determining that the attempt to send the charging event message to the charging server has failed. The system also includes a replay agent that subscribes to the message broker for notifications associated with the charging server, receives a notification from the message broker about the charging event message, reads the charging event message from the message broker, and causes the charging event message to be sent to the charging server when the charging server is available.

[H04M] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

Digital display system and method
Patent No. 11765325

Inventor(s): Gregory Scott Pettitt (Sherman, TX), Jeffrey Matthew Kempf (Dallas, TX), Kristofer Scott Oberascher (Van Alstyne, TX), Michael Terry Davis (Richardson, TX), Xi Zhou (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17085483 on 10/30/2020 (1054 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system having a color filter having first and second segments. The first and second segments allow respective first and second wavelengths to pass through to a spatial light modulator. The first and second segments also reflect second and first wavelengths, respectively. The reflected first and second wavelengths are recycled and directed towards the color filter.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Method and apparatus for real-time SAO parameter estimation
Patent No. 11765359

Inventor(s): Hrushikesh Tukaram Garud (Maharashtra, , IN), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bangalore, , IN), Soyeb Nagori (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17212321 on 03/25/2021 (908 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure provides a sample adaptive offset (SAO) encoder. The SAO encoder includes a statistics collection (SC) block and a rate distortion optimization (RDO) block coupled to the SC block. The SC block receives a set of deblocked pixels and a set of original pixels. The SC block categorizes each deblocked pixel of the set of deblocked pixels in at least one of a plurality of band and edge categories. The SC block estimates an error in each category as difference between a deblocked pixel of the set of deblocked pixels and corresponding original pixel of the set of original pixels. The RDO block determines a set of candidate offsets associated with each category and selects a candidate offset with a minimum RD cost. The minimum RD cost is used by a SAO type block and a decision block to generate final offsets for the SAO encoder.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Gateway device and system and method for use of same
Patent No. 11765401

Inventor(s): Raymond S. Horton (McKinney, TX), Thomas R. Miller (Plano, TX), Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17699713 on 03/21/2022 (547 days app to issue)

Abstract: A gateway device and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, multiple wireless transceivers are located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes a processor and memory. To improve convenience, the gateway device may establish a pairing with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device having a display. Virtual remote control functionality for various amenities may then be provided. To improve safety, the gateway device may be incorporated into a geolocation and safety network.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Set-top box, system and method for providing awareness in a hospitality environment
Patent No. 11765402

Inventor(s): Thomas R. Miller (Plano, TX), Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17700970 on 03/22/2022 (546 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for providing awareness in a hospitality environment are presented. In one embodiment, a vertical and horizontal array of set-top boxes is provided and each set-top box includes an identification corresponding to the room in which the set-top box is placed. Each set-top box includes a wireless transceiver that periodically transmits an identification beacon that is received by a proximate wireless-enabled interactive device. The proximate wireless-enabled interactive device, in turn, broadcasts data packets including an indication of the strength of set-top box identification signals received. The broadcasts are received by a server via an array of wireless routers. The location of the proximate wireless-enabled interactive device is determined based on the signal strength information in the data packets.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Television and system and method for providing a remote control device
Patent No. 11765420

Inventor(s): Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18059905 on 11/29/2022 (294 days app to issue)

Abstract: A television and system and method for providing a remote control device are disclosed. In one embodiment of the television, the television includes a processor, a memory, a tuner, a panel, and an audio driver therein in an interconnected architecture. The television may establish a pairing with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device, such as a proximate wireless-enabled interactive handheld device having a touch screen display, whereby formatted parallel audiovisual experience instructions, including virtual buttons, may be transmitted to the proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device for display on the touch screen display to create an experience parallel to the experience on the television. The television receives and processes virtual remote control functionality input instructions from the proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device to control amenities associated with the television.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Streaming media data including an addressable resource index track
Patent No. 11765444

Inventor(s): Imed Bouazizi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): QUALCOMM Incorporated (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Shumaker Sieffert, P.A. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17362673 on 06/29/2021 (812 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example device for retrieving media data includes a memory configured to store media data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: retrieve data of an addressable resource information (ARI) track of a media presentation, the data of the ARI track describing addressable resources and subsets of a switching set of the media presentation, the switching set comprising a plurality of media tracks including the addressable resources, the ARI track being a single index track of the media presentation, the addressable resources comprising retrievable media data; determine durations and sizes of the addressable resources from the data of the ARI track; determine one or more of the addressable resources to retrieve using the data of the ARI track including the durations and sizes of the addressable resources; retrieve the determined addressable resources; and store the retrieved addressable resources in the memory.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Pixel arrangement, image sensor and method of operating a pixel arrangement
Patent No. 11765474

Inventor(s): Adi Xhakoni (Kessel Lo, , BE), Denver Lloyd (Boise, ID), Scott Johnson (Boise, ID)
Assignee(s): ams Sensors USA Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17818938 on 08/10/2022 (405 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment a pixel arrangement includes at least one photodiode configured to convert electromagnetic radiation into a respective charge signal, a transfer gate between the photodiode and a capacitance for transferring the respective charge signal to the capacitance, a reset gate electrically coupled to the capacitance, the reset gate configured to reset the capacitance, an amplifier electrically connected to the capacitance and configured to generate, based on the respective charge signal and on a sensitivity mode, a respective amplified signal being a low sensitivity signal or a high sensitivity signal, respectively, wherein the low sensitivity signal and the high sensitivity signal are based on a common noise level, a first capacitor configured to store the high sensitivity signal, a second capacitor configured to store the low sensitivity signal, a first switch between an output terminal of the amplifier and the first capacitor and a second switch between the output terminal of the amplifier and the second capacitor.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Method, system and apparatus for interacting with a digital work
Patent No. 11765552

Inventor(s): Federico Fraccaroli (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17532580 on 11/22/2021 (666 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method, a system, and an apparatus are presented for mediating ambiance outputs among a plurality of users located in a common area. In some implementations, said ambiance outputs can be adaptive or interactive shared digital works. In other implementations, said ambiance outputs can be shared mediated augmented reality. In other implementations, said ambiance outputs can be the result of hierarchical schemes and algorithms. In another embodiment a method, system, and apparatus is presented for extracting and/or storing previously tagged items from a digital work.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Methods and systems for providing wireless connectivity in exchange for warranty compliance monitoring using roaming anchor vehicles
Patent No. 11765561

Inventor(s): BaekGyu Kim (Mountain View, CA), Nejib Ammar (San Jose, CA), Prashant Tiwari (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17193687 on 03/05/2021 (928 days app to issue)

Abstract: An anchor vehicle includes a network device configured to access a network using dedicated wireless connectivity, and a processor. The processor is programmed to: receive a request for accessing the network using the dedicated wireless connectivity from a connected vehicle; determine whether the connected vehicle has consented to monitoring compliance with a warranty of the connected vehicle; and provide, to the connected vehicle, access to the dedicated wireless connectivity via the anchor vehicle in response to determining that the connected vehicle has consented to monitoring the compliance with the warranty of the connected vehicle.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for matching objects in collaborative perception messages
Patent No. 11765562

Inventor(s): Hansi Liu (New Brunswick, NJ), Hongsheng Lu (San Jose, CA), Rui Guo (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17498201 on 10/11/2021 (708 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of matching objects in collaborative perception messages is provided. The method includes obtaining a first collaborative perception message (CPM) message from a first node, obtaining a second CPM from a second node, calculating an adaptive threshold based on uncertainty of the first CPM and uncertainty of the second CPM, calculating scores for pairs of objects, each of the pairs of objects including one object in the first CPM and one object in the second CPM, filtering out one or more pairs whose score is greater than the adaptive threshold to obtain a filtered matrix; and implementing a fusion algorithm on the filtered matrix to obtain correspondence identification among objects.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Closed subscriber group setup of shared base stations based on public land mobile network configuration
Patent No. 11765649

Inventor(s): Don Nguyen (Grand Prairie, TX)
Assignee(s): Sprint Spectrum LLC (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert Berghoff LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17119005 on 12/11/2020 (1012 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system for a base station (BS) configured for sharing among a plurality of public land mobile networks (PLMNs), and for providing open radio access and/or closed subscriber group (CSG) radio access for user equipment devices (UEs) served. The BS may make a determination of which PLMNs have enabled CSG and which have not, and may transmit a request to a core network of each PLMN to set up an interface connection with each. Based on the determination, the request may either include information for configuring CSG radio access, or information for configuring only open radio access. For each PLMN having CSG enabled, the interface connection may be established for CSG radio access for UEs associated with PLMNs having CSG enabled. For each PLMN not having CSG enabled, the interface connection may be established for only open radio access for UEs associated with PLMNs without CSG enabled.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

LTE NR power control for EN-DC
Patent No. 11765668

Inventor(s): Yang Li (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Law Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16579544 on 09/23/2019 (1457 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing maximum transmit power control when utilizing multiple radio access technologies. For example, a wireless communication device comprising two cellular radios may intend to transmit on the first radio, while concurrently transmitting on the second radio. To ensure compliance with a maximum transmit power limitation, the device may determine an allowed transmit power level of the first radio, representing a difference between the maximum transmit power limitation and the current transmit power level being transmitted by the second radio. The device may also determine a threshold power level for a communication by the first radio. If the allowed transmit power level meets the threshold power level, then the device may transmit the first communication having a power level between the threshold power level and the allowed transmit power level. Otherwise, the device may forego transmission of the first communication.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

System and method for uplink resource reuse
Patent No. 11765692

Inventor(s): James Earl Womack (Bedford, TX), Yi Yu (Irving, TX), Zhijun Cai (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17465532 on 09/02/2021 (747 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed that allows for uplink resource reuse. A user device is provided an uplink resource for a first data type. If the user device does not have enough data of the first data type to fill the granted uplink resource, the user device fills the granted uplink resource with a second data type.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for NR V2X sidelink HARQ procedure
Patent No. 11765693

Inventor(s): Chao He (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17805448 on 06/03/2022 (473 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for obtaining and providing hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information. A method for providing HARQ-ACK information includes receiving a configuration for a slot offset value and receiving a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) over a number of sub-channels in a first slot. The PSSCH includes a transport block (TB). The method includes determining a second slot as an earliest slot with resources for transmission of a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) that is after the first slot by a number of slots equal to the slot offset value. The PSFCH includes the HARQ-ACK information that is in response to reception of the TB. The method further includes transmitting the PSFCH in the second slot.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Distributed transmission resource allocation
Patent No. 11765749

Inventor(s): Il Han Kim (Frisco, TX), Jianwei Zhou (Allen, TX), Wonsoo Kim (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17933245 on 09/19/2022 (365 days app to issue)

Abstract: A selected network element is arranged for distributed transmission resource allocation conflict reduction. The selected network element receives a transmission from one of a first other network element and a second other network element and identifies at least one transmission resource indicated by the received transmission as being reserved by the first other network element and the second other network element. The selected network element stores an indication of each of the at least one identified transmission resource. In response to reading the stored indications, the selected network element selects a different transmission resource that is different from the transmission resource indicated by the stored indications. The selected network element transmits a transmission from the selected network element using the selected different transmission resource.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Resistive device
Patent No. 11765831

Inventor(s): Abhijit Ghose (Grapevine, TX), Darrell Barabash (Grapevine, TX), Joseph Smetana (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18120638 on 03/13/2023 (190 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a printed circuit board-based resistive device. The resistive device comprises, arranged on a substrate of the printed circuit board of the printed circuit board: a first conductive pad; a second conductive pad; a resistive patch having a first longitudinal end connected to the first conductive pad and a second longitudinal end connected to the second conductive pad, wherein a width of the resistive patch varies along a length of the resistive patch and has a maximum at a point between the first and second longitudinal ends.

[H01C] RESISTORS

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Portable closet for small spaces
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Inventor(s): Frederick H. Johnson, Sr. (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29740879 on 07/08/2020 (1168 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display system
Patent No. D999001

Inventor(s): Thomas James McMullen (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29807766 on 09/14/2021 (735 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Trash bag with straps
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Inventor(s): Jasmine L. Pierce (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29818645 on 12/09/2021 (649 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Fender panel for a truck hood
Patent No. D999135

Inventor(s): Christian Elliott (Aubrey, TX), Louis Heilaneh (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: SEED IP LAW GROUP LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29802909 on 08/09/2021 (771 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Wheel rim
Patent No. D999139

Inventor(s): Naim Abderrazak (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Karich Associates (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29748778 on 09/01/2020 (1113 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

White noise sound machine
Patent No. D999187

Inventor(s): Brian P. Johnson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Perch Acquisition Co. 36, LLC (Boston, MA)
Law Firm: Wolf, Greenfield Sacks, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29783568 on 05/13/2021 (859 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Mountable chart
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Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Goldstein Law Offices, PC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29804625 on 08/21/2021 (759 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Mountable chart
Patent No. D999281

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Goldstein Law Offices P.C. (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29804696 on 08/23/2021 (757 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle assembly
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Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Jaime Felix Barajas (Dallas, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29730193 on 04/02/2020 (1265 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Reticle for an optical aiming device
Patent No. D999331

Inventor(s): Stephen Morgan (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): Sun Optics USA, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Wood Herron & Evans LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29719824 on 01/08/2020 (1350 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Chandelier
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Inventor(s): Kaylin Rowsell (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ARTERIORS HOME (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29827263 on 02/18/2022 (578 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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