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 indicate 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 01/07/25 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

156 patents granted
Ranked No. 10 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 17
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 16
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 2
E: Fixed Constructions 4
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 8
G: Physics 52
H: Electricity 52

Design: 5

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 20
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 8
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.) 6
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea) 6
Toyota Motor North America Inc. (Plano) 6
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, N.J.) 5
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 4
Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas) 4
BMIC LLC (Dallas) 3

Unassigned 5

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney) 3
Christopher J. Macpherson (Plano) 3
Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett) 3
Simon P. Roberts (Celina) 3
Yang Ding (Montreal, Canada) 3
Christian Gratton (Eaton Rapids, Mich.) 2
Cory M. Frank (Frisco) 2
Damien Patton (Plano) 2
Gang Xu (Allen) 2
Jessica May (Danbury) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Surgical suite integration and optimization
Patent No. 12186036

Inventor(s): Paul R Hallen (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18480047 on 10/03/2023 (462 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for integrating and optimizing a surgical suite. An ophthalmic suite can include a surgical console, a heads-up display communicatively coupled with a surgical camera for capturing a three-dimensional image of an eye, and a surgical suite optimization engine. The surgical suite optimization engine can performs a wide variety of actions in response to action codes received from the other components in the surgical suite. The surgical suite optimization engine can be integrated within another component of the surgical suite, can be a stand-alone module, and can be a cloud-based tool.

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

Transducer interface system and method
Patent No. 12186061

Inventor(s): Phillip Douglas Purdy (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Endophys Holdings, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 14554546 on 11/26/2014 (3695 days app to issue)

Abstract: A transducer interface system/method allowing conversion from an analog sensor input to a standardized analog output interface is disclosed. In some preferred embodiments the system/method permits a fiber optic pressure sensor to be interfaced to a standard patient care monitor (PCM) system using standardized Wheatstone Bridge analog interface inputs. Within this context the Wheatstone Bridge sensed output is defined by stimulus from the PCM and modulation of bridge element values by the conditioned output of an analog pressure sensor. The use of analog-to-digital-to-analog conversion in this transducer interface permits retrofitting of PCM devices having analog Wheatstone Bridge inputs with advanced patient monitoring sensors without the need for specialized modifications to the baseline PCM data collection framework. Methods disclosed herein include techniques to connect arbitrary types/numbers of analog sensors to traditional PCM systems without the need for PCM system hardware/software modifications.

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

Computerized oral prescription administration with refillable medication dispensing devices and associated systems and methods
Patent No. 12186096

Inventor(s): Carlton Chow (Dallas, TX), Christy Corey (Fishers, IN), James Lynch (Dallas, TX), Larry Bischoff (Dallas, TX), Michael Quinn (Dallas, TX), Michael Turi (Dallas, TX), Richard Cronenberg (Dallas, TX), Robert Boyer (Dall
Assignee(s): Berkshire Biomedical, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17888327 on 08/15/2022 (876 days app to issue)

Abstract: A substance dispensing apparatus comprises a housing for handheld use and a mouthpiece coupled to the housing. The housing comprises a biometric sensor and a cavity sized to receive a reservoir. The mouthpiece comprises a recess and a capacitive sensor array. The apparatus further comprises a pump coupled to the mouthpiece and couplable to the reservoir and comprises a processor in communication with the biometric sensor, capacitive sensor array, and pump. The processor is configured to cause the pump to automatically dispense a substance from the reservoir to a mouth of an intended user via the mouthpiece in response to determining that: a unique biometric attribute of the intended user is detected by the biometric sensor based on biometric data from the biometric sensor; and a unique dentition of the intended user is positioned within the recess of the mouthpiece based on dentition data from the capacitive sensor array.

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

Systems and methods for scene-adaptive image quality in surgical video
Patent No. 12186139

Inventor(s): Nishant Verma (Burlingame, CA), Ryan Robertson (Sunnyvale, CA), Thomas Teisseyre (Montara, CA)
Assignee(s): VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17663034 on 05/12/2022 (971 days app to issue)

Abstract: One example method for scene-adaptive image quality in surgical video includes receiving a first video frame from an endoscope, the first video frame generated from a first raw image captured by an image sensor of the endoscope and processed by an image signal processing (‘’ISP’’) pipeline having a plurality of ISP parameters; recognizing, using a trained machine learning (‘’ML’’) model, a first scene type or a first scene feature type based on the first video frame; determining a first set of ISP parameters based on the first scene type or the first scene feature type; applying the first set of ISP parameters to the ISP pipeline; and receiving a second video frame from the endoscope, the second video frame generated from a second raw image captured by the image sensor and processed by the ISP pipeline using the first set of ISP parameters.

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

Oral appliance
Patent No. 12186231

Inventor(s): W. Keith Thornton (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): AirWay Technologies, LLC (Farmers Branch, TX)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18181655 on 03/10/2023 (669 days app to issue)

Abstract: An oral appliance includes an upper arch and a seal. The upper arch may be positioned proximate a maxillary dentition of a user. The upper arch includes a first tab and a second tab positioned on opposite sides of a plane substantially bisecting the upper arch. The seal defines a first receptacle and a second receptacle that may receive the first and second tabs to couple the seal to the upper arch and to inhibit breathing through a mouth of the user.

[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]

Adjustable stiffener for surgical instruments
Patent No. 12186236

Inventor(s): Paul R. Hallen (Colleyville, TX), Russell Finlay (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17807778 on 06/20/2022 (932 days app to issue)

Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a base unit, a probe, a stiffener, and an actuation mechanism. The stiffener is formed of a hollow tubular member substantially surrounding at least a portion of a length of the probe. The actuation mechanism is configured to actuate the stiffener along the length of the probe and adjust the stiffness of the probe, thus providing a user better control of the surgical instrument. The actuation mechanism includes a stiffener biasing device configured to apply a first biasing force against the stiffener in the distal direction and, in some embodiments, a control member configured to lock the stiffener in a position along the length of the probe.

Orthopaedic external fixation system with removable rails or skates
Patent No. 12186258

Inventor(s): Alexander M. Cherkashin (Flower Mound, TX), Andrea Ottoboni (Giacciano con Baruchella, , IT), Daniele Venturini (Povegliano Veronese, , IT), John D. Ross (Ovilla, TX), Karen D. Standefer (Flower Mound, TX), Mario Donnici (Bussole
Assignee(s): Orthofix SRL (Bussolengo, , IT), Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17103052 on 11/24/2020 (1505 days app to issue)

Abstract: An improved orthopaedic external fixation system with removable rails or skates and may include: at least a distal foot fixation element; at least a pair of rails or skates removably connected to the foot fixation element; at least a load sensor associated to at least one of the rails or skates; an electronic apparatus coupled to the load sensor and receiving an electric signal from the load sensor; an electronic controller coupled to the apparatus and issuing at least a flag signal upon detection of a threshold pressure force on said at least one of said rails or skates. This electronic controller may be mounted on the orthopaedic system or may be a structurally independent host device including a controller that is in signal communication with the load sensors.

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

Ophthalmic compositions containing a nitric oxide releasing prostamide
Patent No. 12186295

Inventor(s): Alan L. Weiner (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): NICOX S.A. (Valbonne, , FR)
Law Firm: ArentFox Schiff LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17146057 on 01/11/2021 (1457 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention provides aqueous ophthalmic compositions in the form of solution comprising hexanoic acid, 6-(nitrooxy)-, (1S,2E)-3-[(1R,2R,3S,5R)-2-[(2Z)-7-(ethylamino)-7-oxo-2-hepten-1-yl]-3,5-dihydroxycyclopentyl]-1-(2-phenylethyl)-2-propen-1-yl ester and macrogol 15 hydroxystearate as the only solubilizing agent, and a method for their preparation.

[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)

Compositions comprising kakadu plum extract or acai berry extract
Patent No. 12186357

Inventor(s): Brian Jones (Flower Mound, TX), David Gan (Southlake, TX), Javier Aravena (Dallas, TX), Michelle Hines (Hickory Creek, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17902440 on 09/02/2022 (858 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of treating skin is disclosed. The method includes topically applying to the skin a composition comprising 0.0001 wt. % to 5 wt. % of a kakadu plum fruit extract, and 0.0001 wt. % to 5 wt. % of an acai berry fruit extract.

Dendritic cell ASGPR targeting immunotherapeutics for multiple sclerosis
Patent No. 12186379

Inventor(s): Gerard Zurawski (Midlothian, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17447607 on 09/14/2021 (1211 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating multiple sclerosis using dendritic cell anti-ASGPR antibodies fused to myelin basic protein or myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein are provided.

Brightening booster technology and brightening ampule
Patent No. 12186423

Inventor(s): David Gan (Addison, TX), Geetha Kalahasti (Addison, TX), Tiffany Carle (Addison, TX), Wanli Zhao (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17302623 on 05/07/2021 (1341 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods of use and compositions useful to reduce the appearance of uneven skin tone, reduce the appearance of skin discoloration, reduce visible skin discoloration, improve the appearance of uneven skin tone, improve the brightness of skin, prevent the production of discoloration, limit uneven skin tone from appearing on skin, increase moisture levels, attract water, brighten, renew the skin, increase skin radiance, soothe the skin, increase skin smoothness, hydrate skin, smooth skin, brighten skin, reduce signs of aging in skin, and/or increase the efficacy of cosmetic products to brighten, renew the skin, increase skin radiance, sooth the skin, increase skin smoothness, hydrate skin, smooth skin, brighten skin, and/or reduce signs of aging in skin. The composition includes a combination of niacinamide, vegetable amino acids, and ferulic acid.

Probe tip and infusion sleeve for use in ophthalmological surgery
Patent No. 12186511

Inventor(s): Wesley K. Herman (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17176800 on 02/16/2021 (1421 days app to issue)

Abstract: A phacoemulsification probe for use with eye surgery comprises a probe tip defining a channel there in the probe tip defining an opening having a first diameter for aspirating material from a surgical area long a first vector. The probe tip further defining a channel therein the channel having a second diameter greater than the first diameter of the opening. A flexible sleeve surrounding a body of the probe tip. A first end of the flexible sleeve forming a seal between the probe tip and the flexible sleeve. A remainder of the flexible sleeve defines a second channel between the body of the probe tip and the flexible sleeve. The flexible sleeve further defines an opening for injecting a fluid from the second channel into the surgical area along a second vector.

[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]

Branched proximal connectors for high density neural interfaces
Patent No. 12186570

Inventor(s): Bo Lu (South San Francisco, CA), Kedar Shah (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17847457 on 06/23/2022 (929 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to branched proximal connectors for high density neural interfaces and methods of microfabricating the branched proximal connectors. Particularly, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a branched connector that includes a main body having a base portion of a supporting structure and a plurality of conductive traces formed on the base portion, and a plurality of plugs extending from the main body. Each plug of the plurality of plugs include an end portion of the supporting structure comprised of the one or more layers of dielectric material, and a subset of conductive traces from the plurality of conductive traces. Each trace from the subset of conductive traces terminates at a bond pad exposed on a surface of the end portion of the supporting structure.

[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]

High dose rate radiotherapy treatment planning, system and method
Patent No. 12186587

Inventor(s): Michael Folkerts (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS INTERNATIONAL AG (Steinhausen, , CH), VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS PARTICLE THERAPY GMBH CO. KG (Troisdorf, , DE), VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: Harness, Dickey Pierce, P.L.C. (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17709060 on 03/30/2022 (1014 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of planning radiation treatment for a patient includes identifying a region of interest of the patient to be treated with radiation and determining a simulated treatment plan for the region of interest based on a statistical analysis between one or more metrics of the identified region of interest and a previously determined predictive dynamics database that includes information regarding the one or more metrics for corresponding regions of interest for a population of patients. The method further includes characterizing the simulated treatment plan with a FLASH Index that compares an ideal FLASH radiation treatment plan to the simulated treatment plan.

Radiotherapy dose analysis methods and systems
Patent No. 12186592

Inventor(s): Michael Folkerts (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS PARTICLE THERAPY GMBH CO. KG (Troisdorf, , DE)
Law Firm: Harness, Dickey Pierce, P.L.C. (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17563882 on 12/28/2021 (1106 days app to issue)

Abstract: Dose analysis radiotherapy systems and methods for determine delivered radiotherapy dose, dose rate, irradiation time and position information and planned radiotherapy dose, dose rate, irradiation time and position information. The dose analysis systems and methods further compare the as delivered dose, dose rate, irradiation time and position information to the planned dose, dose rate, irradiation time and position information to generate a graphical representation of one or more of the delivered dose, dose rate, irradiation time and position information versus planned dose, dose rate, irradiation time and position information.

Motorized pilates reformer
Patent No. 12186628

Inventor(s): Peter Neuhaus (Pensacola Beach, FL)
Assignee(s): OxeFit, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17495575 on 10/06/2021 (1189 days app to issue)

Abstract: A reformer includes a base having a longitudinal direction, a carriage coupled to the base and moveable relative to the base in the longitudinal direction, and an actuator coupled to the carriage and the base such that the actuator is arranged to exert a force between the carriage and the base. The force moves the carriage relative to the base in the longitudinal direction or resists movement of the carriage relative to the base in the longitudinal direction.

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

Recombinant adeno-associated viral vector for gene delivery
Patent No. 12188039

Inventor(s): Qinglan Ling (Dallas, TX), Steven J Gray (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: DLA Piper LLP US (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17092239 on 11/07/2020 (1522 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for the treatment of diseases and genetic disorders linked to SURF1 loss and/or misfunction. The methods and compositions of the present disclosure comprise rAAV vectors and rAAV viral vectors comprising transgene nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding for a SURF1 polypeptide.

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

Adhesive splitter systems and methods of using the same
Patent No. 12186764

Inventor(s): Felipe Giannazzo (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Dal-Tile, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17641457 on 09/15/2020 (1575 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are adhesive splitter systems and methods for using the same. The adhesive splitter systems comprise a multi-nozzle adapter configured to dispense multiple streams of adhesive onto a substrate. The splitter system can also include an attached adhesive dispenser for providing adhesive to the multi-nozzle adapter.

[B05B] SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F 5/20; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D) [2]

Method of manufacturing a heat-shrink elastomeric element
Patent No. 12186974

Inventor(s): Benjamin Lund (Wylie, TX), Kejia Yang (Dallas, TX), Michael L. Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Radu Reit (Plano, TX), Walter Voit (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX), Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg, LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17356124 on 06/23/2021 (1294 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for manufacturing and using heat-shrink elastomeric. An example method of manufacturing a heat-shrink elastomeric element comprises providing a thermoplastic elastomeric element having a first shape; modifying the thermoplastic elastomeric element to produce a thermoset elastomeric element having the first shape; heating the thermoset elastomeric element to a temperature of at least the glass transition temperature of the thermoset elastomeric element; adjusting the first shape of the thermoset elastomeric element to produce a second shape with at least one dimension greater than that of the first shape; and cooling the thermoset elastomeric element to a temperature below that of the glass transition temperature of the thermoset elastomeric element to produce the heat-shrink elastomeric element.

[B29C] SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B 11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B 37/00-B32B 41/00) [4]

Autofill overfill protection temperature sensing air conditioning coolant recharge
Patent No. 12187099

Inventor(s): Alexander M. Kuo (Dallas, TX), Bruce Riggs (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): Pacific Link, L.L.C. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Leber IP Law (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18320651 on 05/19/2023 (599 days app to issue)

Abstract: Air conditioning temperature measurement device for use with a valve actuated refrigerant recharge assembly operates in conjunction with a pressurized refrigerant bottle and a-remote temperature sensor enabled by radio frequency (RF) wireless communication. Sampled temperatures at an output vent of an air-conditioned cabin and rate of temperature change at the inlet modulate recharge of refrigerant into low pressure side of a phase change A/C control system. Automated sensing of the rate of temperature change in an air conditioner outlet vent, and modulation of refrigerant refill rate, ensure sufficient refrigerant is introduced to improve cooling efficiency while overfill is prevented by refrigerant valve control as rate of temperature change approaches a parabolic minimum. System controls for insufficient change in absolute temperature and inverted relationship in rate of temperature change to prevent recharge of unstable air conditioning system, thereby limiting the discharge of gases that contribute to greenhouse gas accumulation in the upper atmosphere.

[B60H] ARRANGEMENTS OR ADAPTATIONS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING, OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES

Powertrain architecture for a vehicle utilizing an on-board charger
Patent No. 12187146

Inventor(s): Hui Tan (Sugar Land, TX), Manish Bhardwaj (Poughkeepsie, NY), Sangmin Kevin Chon (Houston, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17853292 on 06/29/2022 (923 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques related to powertrain architectures for vehicles (such as hybrid electric vehicle/electric vehicles) utilizing an on-board charger are disclosed. The techniques include a device for power regulation, the device comprising a direct current (DC)-to-DC voltage converter configurable to convert a first DC voltage from an alternating current (AC)-to-DC converter to generate a first converted DC voltage to charge a battery, and convert a second DC voltage from the battery to a second converted DC voltage for a DC-to-AC inverter. The inverter couples to a motor. A control circuit is configured to direct an operating mode of the voltage converter.

[B60L] PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K 1/00, B60K 6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K 17/12, B60K 17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C 15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D 1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H 1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES [4]

Seat track stud with roll freedom
Patent No. 12187168

Inventor(s): Lakshminarayana Chittineni (Little Elm, TX), Shreyas Krishna (Frisco, TX), Yogesh Khankal (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): Safran Seats USA LLC (Gainesville, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18029634 on 10/05/2020 (1555 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described is a seat track stud for attaching a passenger seat to a seat track having a first stud member, a second stud member, and a pin. The first stud member includes a base portion with at least one flanged edge, a first securing portion extending from the base portion and defining a first securing portion opening; and a second securing portion extending from the base portion at a location opposite the first securing portion and defining a second securing portion opening. The second stud member includes a connecting portion that defines a connecting portion opening and that is sized to fit between the first securing portion and the second securing portion. The pin extends through the first securing portion opening, the connecting portion opening, and the second securing portion opening.

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

Truck tailgate replacements with adjustable sliders and trucks including the tailgate replacements
Patent No. 12187177

Inventor(s): Ryan C. Harris (Saline, MI), Scott L. Frederick (Brighton, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: DINSMORE SHOHL LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17835450 on 06/08/2022 (944 days app to issue)

Abstract: A truck includes a passenger cabin and a truck bed located rearward of the passenger cabin in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The truck bed includes a bed deck and a pair of spaced apart sidewalls. A tailgate replacement extends across a rear opening to the truck bed and between the sidewalls. The tailgate replacement includes vertically-extending support rails and vertically spaced-apart, laterally-extending support rails that extend between the vertically-extending support rails. A slider is connected to the laterally-extending support rails. The slider includes a first connecting portion that slidably engages a first one of the laterally-extending support rails and a second connecting portion that slidably engages a second one of the laterally-extending support rails.

[B60P] VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G 3/00)

Infant observation mirror assembly with temperature display attachable to automobile seat
Patent No. 12187196

Inventor(s): Kareem Karmous (Raleigh, NC), Maged Atia (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Thermomirror LLC (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: NK Patent Law (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18203694 on 05/31/2023 (587 days app to issue)

Abstract: Infant observation mirror assembly with temperature display for attachment to a top portion of a rear vehicle seat includes a main panel having opposed front and rear surfaces and a mirror embedded in the front surface thereof. The mirror assembly further includes a temperature display section defined on the front surface of the main panel. A positioning base is coupled to the rear surface of the main panel. The main panel is pivotably attached to the positioning base for allowing rotation about a horizontal axis and a vertical axis. A mounting harness attaches to the positioning base. The mounting harness removably attaches to the top portion of the rear vehicle seat to hold the mirror assembly in a selected lateral and vertical position on the rear vehicle seat.

[B60R] VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for vehicles A62C 3/07)

Optical sense-compute solution for real-time navigation involving multiple vehicles
Patent No. 12187269

Inventor(s): Ercan M. Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Paul D. Schmalenberg (Ann Arbor, MI), Sean P. Rodrigues (Ann Arbor, 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: 17039914 on 09/30/2020 (1560 days app to issue)

Abstract: A real-time machine perception system and vehicles with real-time perception systems can be adapted for navigation in conflict zone environments and include an optical sensor and an optical processing component coupled to the optical sensor. The optical processing component can be configured to solve a non-linear control problem comprising solving a multi-vehicle merging or multi-vehicle synchronization problem. The optical processing component can perform optical processing on a signal from the optical sensor according to a deep learning algorithm having weights determined by solving the non-linear control problem.

[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]

Object measurement system for a vehicle
Patent No. 12187275

Inventor(s): Allison McGowan (Ann Arbor, MI), Geoffrey David Gaither (Ann Arbor, MI), Nathan Westover (New Hudson, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Jordan IP Law, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17846414 on 06/22/2022 (930 days app to issue)

Abstract: Vehicle systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to enhance the situational competency and/or the safe operation of a vehicle by automatically controlling the vehicle in response to executing measurable attribute data analysis that includes a comparison of the relative height of a detected road infrastructure element with a predetermined threshold height value.

Method and system for personalized car following with transformers and RNNs
Patent No. 12187279

Inventor(s): Kyungtae Han (Palo Alto, CA), Rohit Gupta (Santa Clara, CA), Ziran Wang (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: 17936655 on 09/29/2022 (831 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include receiving training data comprising a time series of gaps between an ego vehicle and one or more lead vehicles at a plurality of time steps, embedding the training data into a fixed-length sequence, inputting the fixed-length sequence into a Transformer-RNN model comprising a Transformer component and an RNN component, wherein the transformer component applies attention to each data point of the fixed-length sequence based on a fixed number of previous inputs, and training the Transformer-RNN model, using the training data, to output a predicted gap at a future time step based on an input sequence of gaps.

Variable density airship lift chamber system
Patent No. 12187404

Inventor(s): David Munson, Jr. (Dallas, TX), David Shawn Flatt (Forney, TX)
Assignee(s): FOI Group, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18111232 on 02/17/2023 (690 days app to issue)

Abstract: A variable density airship lift chamber system for airships provides more efficient lift control. The airship lift chamber system includes at least one lift chamber filled with lift gas and configured to provide lifting force, a heat exchanger configured to heat the lift gas in the at least one lift chamber, a compressor unit configured to withdraw the lift gas from the lift chamber and to compress the withdrawn lift gas, a pressure tank configured to store the withdrawn compressed lift gas from the compressor unit, a refrigeration orifice formed in the lift chamber, and a valve that connects the pressure tank to lift chamber through the refrigeration orifice. The airship lift chamber system controls density of the lift gas in the lift chamber by heating the gas while removing the gas from the lift chamber and by supplying gas into the lift chamber.

[B64B] LIGHTER-THAN-AIR AIRCRAFT (ground installations for aircraft in general B64F)

Lightweight low-profile vent systems for aircraft fluid dispersion tanks
Patent No. 12187433

Inventor(s): Victor D. Trotter (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: bobharter.com (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17520021 on 11/05/2021 (1159 days app to issue)

Abstract: In the field of agriculture and aerial firefighting, some example vent systems for aircraft fluid dispersion tanks include a vent-well recessed below the top of the tank. When a gate valve assembly below the tank opens to release fluid for dispersion along the aircraft’’s trailing flight path, the vent system prevents a detrimental vacuum from developing within the tank. In some examples, a recessed vent exploits the Coanda effect to direct air into the tank without obstructing the pilot’’s view. In some examples, a low profile scoop above the vent further promotes airflow with minimal visual obstruction. In addition or alternatively, some example vent systems include a lightweight cable connecting the gate valve assembly to a spring-loaded vent. The cable pulls the vent open in response to the gate opening to release fluid. When the gate closes, the cable becomes slack, which allows the spring to close the vent.

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

Water-soluble packets
Patent No. 12187512

Inventor(s): Lee K. Yeung (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): MONOSOL, LLC (Merrillville, IN)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17248108 on 01/08/2021 (1460 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure provides a water soluble pouch including at least two sealed compartments, the pouch including outer walls including water soluble film including a water soluble resin, and an inner wall including water soluble film including a water soluble resin, the outer wall films being sealed to the inner wall film, the outer wall films being characterized by: a dissolution time of 300 seconds or less, the water soluble resin of the outer wall films having a viscosity in a range of 14.5 cP to 25 cP, and a pouch strength of at least 200 N, and the inner wall film being characterized by: a dissolution time of 300 seconds or less, the water soluble resin of the inner film having viscosity in a range of 12 cP to 14.5 cP, and a tackiness value of at least 1500 g/s.

[B65D] CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

Reduction of ringing and intermodulation distortion in a MEMS device
Patent No. 12187599

Inventor(s): Adam Joseph Fruehling (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17491416 on 09/30/2021 (1195 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described embodiments include a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) array comprising a first MEMS device that includes a first movable electrostatic plate elastically connected to a first structure, the first movable electrostatic plate having a first mass, a first fixed electrostatic plate, and a first drive circuit having a first drive output coupled to the first fixed electrostatic plate. There is a second MEMS device that includes a second movable electrostatic plate elastically connected to a second structure, the second movable electrostatic plate having a second mass that is different than the first mass, a second fixed electrostatic plate, and a second drive circuit having a second drive output coupled to the second fixed electrostatic plate.

[B81B] MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS, e.g. MICROMECHANICAL DEVICES (piezo-electric, electrostrictive or magnetostrictive elements per se H01L 41/00) [7]

Biodegradable elastic hydrogels for bioprinting
Patent No. 12187834

Inventor(s): Cancan Xu (Arlington, TX), Yi Hong (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX), NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY (Boston, MA)
Law Firm: Meunier Carlin Curfman LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18538187 on 12/13/2023 (391 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are hydrogel compositions comprising a triblock copolymer having a formula A-B-A, wherein A is a polycaprolactone (PCL) block or a polyvalerolactone (PVL) block and B is a polyethylene glycol (PEG) block. Also disclosed are methods of making a hydrogel comprising providing a photoinitiator and a triblock copolymer having a formula A-B-A, wherein the triblock copolymer comprises one or more ethylenically unsaturated moieties; and photocrosslinking the triblock copolymer, thereby forming a hydrogel. Also disclosed are methods of printing a three-dimensional (3D) article comprising extruding a printing composition from a deposition nozzle moving relative to a substrate, the printing composition comprising a photoinitiator and any herein disclosed triblock copolymer, wherein the triblock copolymer comprises one or more ethylenically unsaturated moieties; depositing one or more layers comprising the printing composition on the substrate; and photocrosslinking the triblock copolymer to form the printed 3D article.

Calculating a recidivism probability score for compliance-based ignition interlock device removal
Patent No. 12190399

Inventor(s): Matt Strausz (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): 1A Smart Start LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17215497 on 03/29/2021 (1380 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments provide probation officers with a recidivism probability score that is to be considered in conjunction with, or as a component of, compliance-based removal decisions. The recidivism score is computed based on a weighted combination of evidence-based factors that have been shown, through machine learning and other statistical analytics, to have a strong correlation with long-term recidivism rates. Examples of such evidence-based factors include the offender’’s Projected Date of IID Removal, Date of IID Install, Date of last Calibration, Violation Hour, Low BAC Non-Violation, BAC Violations, IID Violations, IID Service Lockout, IID Early Morning Violations, Violation Lockouts, and Circumvention Attempts Skipped Tests.

[B60R] VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for vehicles A62C 3/07)

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

Receptors providing targeted costimulation for adoptive cell therapy
Patent No. 12187778

Inventor(s): Ruben Rodriguez (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): INSTIL BIO (UK) LIMITED (Manchester, , GB)
Law Firm: KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON BEAR LLP (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17823223 on 08/30/2022 (861 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chimeric costimulatory antigen receptor (CoStAR) useful in adoptive cell therapy (ACT), and cells comprising the CoStAR. The CoStAR can act as a modulator of cellular activity enhancing responses to defined antigens. The present invention also provides CoStAR proteins, nucleic acids encoding the CoStAR and therapeutic uses thereof.

[C07K] PEPTIDES (peptides containing ﬂ-lactam rings C07D; cyclic dipeptides not having in their molecule any other peptide link than those which form their ring, e.g. piperazine-2,5-diones, C07D; ergot alkaloids of the cyclic peptide type C07D 519/02; single cell proteins, enzymes C12N; genetic engineering processes for obtaining peptides C12N 15/00) [4]

Compatibilizer precursor, methods, systems, and uses thereof, and formulations including the same
Patent No. 12187896

Inventor(s): Denis Muki Tibah (Waxahachie, TX)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Venable LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18186398 on 03/20/2023 (659 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method comprising mixing at least one compatibilizer precursor with at least one polymer, so as to result in a polymer concentrate and mixing the polymer concentrate with asphalt, so as to result in a polymer modified asphalt (‘’PMA’’). Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to formulations comprising a compatibilizer precursor, a polymer concentrate, PMA, or any combination thereof.

[C08L] COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (compositions based on polymerisable monomers C08F, C08G; artificial filaments or fibres D01F; textile treating compositions D06) [2]

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

Roofing accessories with radiofrequency radiation shielding capabilities and methods of making and use thereof
Patent No. 12188233

Inventor(s): Xavier Riley (San Jose, CA), Zachary Richard Campau (Novato, CA)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18411751 on 01/12/2024 (361 days app to issue)

Abstract: At least some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a roofing accessory that includes a radiofrequency radiation shielding non-woven fiber composite material. The radiofrequency shielding non-woven fiber composite material includes a first fiber type that includes a conductive material, where the radiofrequency shielding non-woven fiber composite material has a sufficient amount of the first fiber type so as to result, when the radiofrequency shielding non-woven fiber composite material is positioned on a roof structure, in the radiofrequency shielding non-woven fiber composite material allowing for shielding a predetermined percentage of electromagnetic radiation passing through the roof structure. The radiofrequency shielding non-woven fiber composite material includes a second fiber type that includes a non-conductive material. The first fiber type and the second fiber type are randomly dispersed within the radiofrequency shielding non-woven fiber composite.

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

Isolation plugs, ratchet systems, and methods to set a packing element
Patent No. 12188314

Inventor(s): Evan Blott (Carrollton, TX), Matthew Dexter (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18234363 on 08/15/2023 (511 days app to issue)

Abstract: An isolation plug includes a ratchet wedge having a set of threads formed along an interior surface of the ratchet wedge, where the set of threads are configured to permit movement in a first direction and restrict movement in a second direction. The isolation plug also includes a ratchet shoe configured to shift in the first direction to ratchet into the ratchet wedge to engage the ratchet wedge, where the ratchet shoe has a corresponding set of threads that are configured to engage the set of threads of the ratchet wedge to permit the ratchet shoe to shift in the first direction, and restrict movement in the second direction. The isolation plug further includes a packing element positioned in between the ratchet shoe and the ratchet wedge, the packing element configured to expand radially as the ratchet shoe is shifted in the first direction.

[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]

Selective use downhole magnet for debris collection
Patent No. 12188331

Inventor(s): Brittany Morgan Emerson (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18232971 on 08/11/2023 (515 days app to issue)

Abstract: A magnetic wellbore cleaning tool with one or more rows of magnets located in corresponding grooves on the tool mandrel. A window sleeve rotationally coupled to the mandrel with one or more windows configured to be selectively positioned in a closed or open configuration. The window sleeve can block the magnet flux of the one or more rows of magnets on the mandrel in the closed configuration. The one or more windows can align with corresponding magnets to gather debris from the wellbore in the open configuration. A signal from surface can activate a sleeve actuator to selectively position the one or more longitudinal windows in a closed position or an open position.

Spacer window sleeve
Patent No. 12188333

Inventor(s): David Joe Steele (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17833699 on 06/06/2022 (946 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a frac window system, a well system, and a method. The frac window system, in at least one aspect, includes an elongated tubular having a first end and a second end with an opening defined in a wall of the elongated tubular between the first end and the second end, the wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the opening in the wall is configured to align with a window of a first wellbore casing, and a spacer window sleeve positioned within the elongated tubular, the spacer window sleeve including a tubular having a first tubular end and a second tubular end with a second opening defined in a second wall of the tubular between the first tubular end and the second tubular end, the second wall having a second inner surface and a second outer surface, wherein the second opening in the second wall is configured to at least partially align with the opening in the wall of the elongated tubular.

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

Oil quality monitoring
Patent No. 12188387

Inventor(s): William Daryl Cammack (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Oblon, McClelland, Maier Neustadt, L.L.P. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16704605 on 12/05/2019 (1860 days app to issue)

Abstract: To monitor oil quality of an automotive vehicle, a sensor generates a signal indicative of a characteristic of the oil. A processor is configured to determine the oil quality from the signal. A communication component transmits an indication of whether the determined oil quality meets an unacceptability criterion to an external device.

[F01M] LUBRICATING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; LUBRICATING INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; CRANKCASE VENTILATING [2]

Plasma engine with leptonic energy source
Patent No. 12188456

Inventor(s): Luke Alexander Uribarri (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION (Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17941078 on 09/09/2022 (851 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein are various leptonic power sources, leptonic control systems, and leptonic-powered engines. An apparatus includes a leptonic source configured to emit beam electrons to ionize a material into a plasma according to a selectable ionization degree and deposit charge onto a plurality of cathodes in a progressively more negatively charged arrangement to establish an electric field of a selectable intensity in the plasma.

[F03H] PRODUCING A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (from combustion products F02K)

Lubricant system for a compressor
Patent No. 12188471

Inventor(s): Firas Gassan Asfoor (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Tyco Fire Security GmbH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, , CH)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17787004 on 12/16/2020 (1483 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a compressor housing having an intake portion and a discharge portion and a rotor disposed in the compressor housing and configured to compress a fluid flowing from the intake portion toward the discharge portion. The rotor includes a body portion and an internal passageway formed within the body portion extending along an axial length of the rotor. The internal passageway is configured to direct a lubricant between the intake portion and the discharge portion of the compressor housing.

[F04C] ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS (engines driven by liquids F03C); ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M)

Flexdrive
Patent No. 12188547

Inventor(s): Caleb Ho (Dallas, TX), Carlos A. Hoefken (Dallas, TX), Harrison Phillips (Frisco, TX), Nicolas Olivarez (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): Motus Labs, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18205848 on 06/05/2023 (582 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is a flex drive with an input configured to be coupled to a motor or drive. The input can have multiple engagement devices removably coupled to the input. The flex drive can have a drive gear portion that is engaged with the engagement devices. A static gear can be partially engaged by the drive gear based on the engagement devices. A first laminate removably coupled to the drive gear, a flex cup removably coupled to the first laminate, and a second laminate removably coupled to the flex cup can allow for the flexibility desired for a flexgear. An output can be removably coupled to the second laminate.

[F16H] GEARING

Integrated gearbox lockout device
Patent No. 12188548

Inventor(s): Matthew M. Wilcox (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Frost Brown Todd LLP (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18392942 on 12/21/2023 (383 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for a gearbox lockout device. It may be desirable in certain vehicles to lock a drive shaft within a gearbox for a period of time. Lockout embodiments under the present disclosure include a shaft configured to selectively engage the drive shaft via teeth. An inner and outer collar surrounding the shaft can be manipulated to restrict the movement of the shaft once the shaft’’s teeth are engaged with the teeth of the drive shaft. The system can be torqued up and locked in place. This can allow for more safe transporting of the vehicle, easier maintenance, or other advantages.

[F16H] GEARING

Fire pit system
Patent No. 12188660

Inventor(s): Jeffrey H. Jan (Keller, TX), Spencer H. Jan (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): SOLO BRANDS, LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18585756 on 02/23/2024 (319 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present fire pit system includes a fire pit stand including a plurality of openings, wherein a fire pit body can rest upon the fire pit stand. The fire pit stand protects below surfaces (e.g., floor, ground, etc.) from high heat. The openings in the fire pit stand increase airflow.

[F24B] DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES FOR SOLID FUELS; IMPLEMENTS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH STOVES OR RANGES [6]

GeoHeat harvesting enhancement
Patent No. 12188691

Inventor(s): Poodipeddi V. Suryanarayana (Plano, TX), Sharat Vishwanath Chandrasekhar (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): XGS Energy, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: Umberg Zipser LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17970892 on 10/21/2022 (809 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for improved geoheat harvesting enhancements are presented in which a wellbore contains a closed loop geoheat harvesting system that is thermally coupled to a hot and dry rock formation via thermal reach enhancement structures that extend from the wellbore into the formation and that are filled with a thermally conductive filler. Preferred configurations and/or operational parameters are determined by a model that calculates heat flow in a three-dimensional system considering time changes and the influence of the thermal reach enhanced intrinsic thermal conductivity of the rock. NULL

Systems and methods for thermal management using matrix coldplates
Patent No. 12188731

Inventor(s): Evan Cosentino (Richardson, TX), Pedro Angel Fernandez (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): AcLeap Power Inc. (Taipei, , TW)
Law Firm: McCarter English, LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17031963 on 09/25/2020 (1565 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for thermal management using matrix coldplates are disclosed. One illustrative method may comprise directing a flow of coolant through a coldplate comprising a plurality of parallel passages by selectively connecting portions of the parallel passages to one another to create one or more regions of parallel flow, serial flow, or blocked flow in the coldplate. Selectively connecting portions of the parallel passages may comprise machining a plurality of transverse passages into the cold plate such that each of the transverse passages intersects at least some of the parallel passages. Valves may be installed to interact between the parallel and transverse passages to create and modify the different flow regions.

[F28F] DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE OR HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION (heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials C09K 5/00; water or air traps, air venting F16)

P H Y S I C S

Stationary vehicle on a shoulder of a road notification
Patent No. 12187309

Inventor(s): Brian A Mulrooney (Ann Arbor, MI), John-Michael McNew (Ann Arbor, MI), Yu Liu (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: 18104613 on 02/01/2023 (706 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to assisting vehicles approaching a target vehicle that is stationary on a shoulder of a road. In one embodiment, a method includes determining one or more characteristics of the target vehicle that is a stationary vehicle on the shoulder of the road, predicting how much time the target vehicle will be on the shoulder based on at least the one or more characteristics of the target vehicle, and determining whether to generate a notification associated with the target vehicle based on at least a prediction of how much time the target vehicle will be on the shoulder.

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

Roll effect correction for optical sensor
Patent No. 12188957

Inventor(s): Nikhil Patel (Prosper, TX), Prithvi Kambhampati (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Harman International Industries, Incorporated (Stamford, CT)
Law Firm: Artegis Law Group, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17361149 on 06/28/2021 (1289 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure set forth techniques for compensating for a roll effect for an optical sensor. The techniques include receiving sensor data from at least one sensor associated with the vehicle, detecting an amount of a roll of the vehicle based on the sensor data, generating a command based on the detected amount of roll, and controlling an orientation of the optical sensor based on the command.

[G01P] MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF MOVEMENT; INDICATING DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT (measuring angular rate using gyroscopic effects G01C 19/00; combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement G01C 23/00; measuring velocity of sound G01H 5/00; measuring velocity of light G01J 7/00; determining direction or velocity of solid objects by reflection or reradiation of radio or other waves and based on propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time or direction of propagation, G01S; measuring speed of nuclear radiation G01T)

Test access port with address and command capability
Patent No. 12188980

Inventor(s): Lee D. Whetsel (Parker, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18211353 on 06/19/2023 (568 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure provides a novel method and apparatus for inputting addresses to devices to select the device TAP for access. Further, the disclosure provides a novel method and apparatus for inputting addresses for selecting device TAPs and for inputting commands for commanding circuitry within the device. The inputting of addresses or the inputting of addresses and commands is initiated by a control bit input on TDI that is recognized during the Run Test/Idle, Pause-DR or Pause-IR TAP states.

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

System and method for providing hearing aid rechargeable battery state of charge estimation for rapid user feedback and charge management
Patent No. 12188987

Inventor(s): Christopher Adam Roth (Lombard, IL)
Assignee(s): Team IP Holdings, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: McAndrews, Held Malloy, Ltd. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17690700 on 03/09/2022 (1035 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for estimating a state of charge of a hearing aid rechargeable battery for rapid user feedback and charge management are provided. The method includes detecting a rechargeable battery of a hearing aid received at a battery charger. The method includes retrieving a last state of charge (SoC) of the rechargeable battery and a time in use of the rechargeable battery. The time in use is a time the hearing aid is out of the battery charger. The method includes estimating a current state of charge (SoC) of the rechargeable battery based on the last SoC and the time in use of the rechargeable battery. The method includes causing a display of the battery charger to present the estimated current SoC.

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

Five-layer thin film structures comprising a metallic iron absorber
Patent No. 12189146

Inventor(s): Debasish Banerjee (Ann Arbor, MI), Hidetaka Asano (Nisshin, , JP), Songtao Wu (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: DINSMORE SHOHL LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17161860 on 01/29/2021 (1439 days app to issue)

Abstract: A five-layer thin film structure including a reflector, a high refractive index layer on or encapsulating the reflector, and a metallic iron absorber layer on or encapsulating the high refractive index layer. The reflector has a thickness from 10 nm to 5000 nm, the high refractive index layer has a thickness from 5 nm to 500 nm; and the metallic iron absorber layer has a thickness from greater than 0 nm to 50 nm.

[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]

System and method of efficient, continuous, and safe learning using first principles and constraints
Patent No. 12189349

Inventor(s): Jian Li (Plano, TX), Jun Zhang (Plano, TX), Xiaotian Yin (Plano, TX), Yingxuan Zhu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17319442 on 05/13/2021 (1335 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer implemented method for self-learning of a control system. The method includes creating an initial knowledge base. The method learns first principles using the knowledge base. The method creates initial control commands derived from the knowledge base. The method generates constraints for the control commands. The method performs constrained reinforcement learning by executing the control commands with the constraints and observing feedback to improve the control commands. The method enriches the knowledge base based on the feedback.

[G05B] CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (fluid-pressure actuators or systems acting by means of fluids in general F15B; valves per se F16K; characterised by mechanical features only G05G; sensitive elements, see the appropriate subclasses, e.g. G12B, subclasses of G01, H01; correcting units, see the appropriate subclasses, e.g. H02K)

Method and system for controlling movement of a device
Patent No. 12189393

Inventor(s): David E. Hygh (Henderson, NV), James William Konish (Amherst, NH), Ting Cao (Highlands Ranch, CO)
Assignee(s): SPHERO, INC. (Greenville, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18057723 on 11/21/2022 (778 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for controlling device movement based on a movement command. Issues on accurately controlling movement of a device such as a programmable robot and rover are addressed by first determining a command type of the movement command, followed by determining specific types of controllers for a high-level controller and a low-level controller based on the determined command type. When the command type is a linear movement, a Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller is used at the high-level controller and a Proportional/Proportional-Integral (PPI) controller is used at the low-level controller to accurately control a target distance. When the command type is an angular movement, the PPI controller is used at the high-level controller and the PID controller is used at the low-level controller to accurate control the end-heading of the device.

Bandgap reference with input amplifier for noise reduction
Patent No. 12189411

Inventor(s): Akshay Yashwant Jadhav (Pune, , IN), Sandeep Shylaja Krishnan (Kozhikode, , IN), Tallam Vishwanath (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18423948 on 01/26/2024 (347 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bandgap reference circuit includes first through fourth bipolar junction transistors (BJTs). The base and collector of the first BJT are shorted together. The second BJT is coupled to the first BJT via a first resistor. The base of the third BJT is coupled to the base of the first BJT. The base and collector of the fourth BJT are coupled together and also are coupled to the base of the second BJT. A second resistor is coupled to the fourth emitter of the fourth BJT. A third resistor is coupled to the second resistor and to the emitter of the second BJT. An operational amplifier has a first input coupled to the first resistor and the collector of the second BJT, a second input coupled to the emitter of the third BJT and the collector of the fourth BJT, and an output coupled to the collectors of the first and third BJTs.

[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]

Memory device clock swapping
Patent No. 12189414

Inventor(s): Kallol Mazumder (Dallas, TX), Navya Sri Sreeram (McKinney, TX), Scott E. Smith (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17897957 on 08/29/2022 (862 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example memory apparatus includes clock circuitry. The clock circuitry can generate first and second clock signals based on a system clock signal, with the first and second clock signals being mutually out of phase. The apparatus can include detection circuitry to provide a detection result indicating whether an initial operation of a self-refresh exit operation coincides with a rising edge of the first clock signal or a rising edge of the second clock signal. The apparatus can include processing circuitry to provide an odd clock signal and an even clock signal based first and second clock signals and the detection result. The processing circuitry can provide the odd clock signal and the even clock signal out of phase or in phase with the first clock signal and the second clock signal depending on the detection result.

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

Data integrity verification in direct memory access (DMA) transfer
Patent No. 12189471

Inventor(s): Anand Kumar G (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18381320 on 10/18/2023 (447 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a method includes copying data between a source device and a destination device to form first copied data. The method also includes, responsive to completion of the copying, performing a verify-read operation. The verify-read operation includes determining a first checksum of the first copied data, copying the data between the source device and the destination device to form second copied data, determining a second checksum of the second copied data, comparing the first checksum to the second checksum to determine a comparison result, and determining a data integrity validation result based on the comparison result.

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

Centralized data backup platform supporting multiple data environments
Patent No. 12189491

Inventor(s): Vishwanath Prasad Karra (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18594180 on 03/04/2024 (309 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for consolidating backup status data associated with backup operations performed at a specialty backup service platform into a centralized backup service platform may be provided. The method may include receiving data feeds associated with each backup operation, each data feed comprising backup status data associated with a backup operation performed at the specialty backup service platform. The method may also include extracting the backup status data from each data feed and following the extracting, conforming the backup status data at the centralized backup service platform to be consistent with the standardized format. The method may also include for each data feed received from the specialty backup service platform, running a performance-scan on the backup status data within the data feed for determining whether the backup operation was a success or a failure.

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

Event-driven system failover and failback
Patent No. 12189502

Inventor(s): Sunil Kaitha (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18299110 on 04/12/2023 (636 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system determines that a primary event processor, included in a primary data center, is associated with a failure. The primary event processor is included in the primary data center and configured to process first events stored in a main event store of the primary data center. The system identifies a secondary event processor, in a secondary data center, that is to process one or more first events based on the failure. The primary event processor and the secondary event processor are configured to process a same type of event. The system causes, based on a configuration associated with the primary or secondary event processor, the one or more first events to be retrieved from one of the main event store or a replica event store. The replica event store is included in the secondary data center and mirrors the main event store of the primary data center.

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

Fully pipelined read-modify-write support
Patent No. 12189540

Inventor(s): Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Pete Michael Hippleheuser (Murphy, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18456619 on 08/28/2023 (498 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate fully pipelined read-modify-write support in level 1 data cache using store queue and data forwarding. An example apparatus includes a first storage, a second storage, a store queue coupled to the first storage and the second storage, the store queue operable to receive a first memory operation specifying a first set of data, process the first memory operation for storing the first set of data in at least one of the first storage and the second storage, receive a second memory operation, and prior to storing the first set of data in the at least one of the first storage and the second storage, feedback the first set of data for use in the second memory operation.

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

Variable reference clock signal for data transmission between PHY layer and MAC layer
Patent No. 12189549

Inventor(s): Geet Govind Modi (Cupertino, CA), Subhashish Mukherjee (Bangalore, , IN), Sumantra Seth (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18126602 on 03/27/2023 (652 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for data transmission includes a physical (PHY) layer which has a rate detection module which determines an adopted clock rate. The rate detection module provides a rate detection signal indicative of the adopted clock rate. The PHY layer includes a reference clock generator which has an input coupled to receive the rate detection signal and an output to provide a reference clock output. The PHY layer includes a PHY interface which has a first input coupled to receive the reference clock output, a data input and a data output. The PHY interface receives data from a MAC interface at the data input and transmits data to the MAC interface through the data output responsive to the reference clock output.

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

Transmit and receive circuits with multiple interfaces
Patent No. 12189553

Inventor(s): Chunhua Hu (Plano, TX), Sanand Prasad (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18473391 on 09/25/2023 (470 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes transmitting first data with a first priority through a first dedicated interface on a transmit side of a PCIe system. The method also includes transmitting second data with a second priority through a second dedicated interface on the transmit side of the PCIe system. The method includes transmitting the first data and the second data to a receive side of the PCIe system using two or more virtual channels over a PCIe link, where the first data uses a first virtual channel and the second data uses a second virtual channel.

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

Protocol buffer trie packing and streaming updates
Patent No. 12189612

Inventor(s): Siddarth Wardhan (Bangalore, , IN), Smera George (Kerala, , IN), Vikram Kulkarni (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): o9 Solutions, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18486584 on 10/13/2023 (452 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and techniques for protocol buffer trie packing and streaming updates are described herein. Data entities are identified in a received update query. An index value is assigned to each unique data entity to generate an index of unique data entities. A frequency of occurrence value is determined for each unique data entity. The index of unique data entities is sorted by data entity type in descending order by the frequency of occurrence value of each unique data entity. A trie is generated with a root node assigned as a first unique data entity from the index of unique data entities that has a frequency of occurrence value with the largest numerical value. An update payload is created for the trie by conversion of the trie into a protocol buffer format through serialization of the trie into a binary string.

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

Generating responses to structured queries using relevant data extracted from databases
Patent No. 12189638

Inventor(s): Demetrius Rowland (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Goldman Sachs Co. LLC (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Fenwick West LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18645990 on 04/25/2024 (257 days app to issue)

Abstract: The described system provides a dual-model framework for data retrieval from complex data environments such as webpages on the internet. It combines a traditional similarity model that identifies relevant data from vast amounts of data and a large language model that delves deeper into the relevant data to uncover specifics. The models, in conjunction, provide a method for providing responses to structured queries about an entity. A source investigator receives a request for information about an entity alongside a set of keywords. A source datastore is identified for the entity and a similarity model is applied to the datastore to determine relevancy scores for data within. Data and/or nodes above a relevancy threshold are stored as relevant data. Then, using the large language model, the investigator generates responses to the structured queries based on the relevant data and provides responses to the user system.

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

Methods and systems for generating recommendations in cloud-based data warehousing system
Patent No. 12189645

Inventor(s): Naga Venkata Sriram Vadakattu (Frisco, TX), Naveen Kumar Kilaru (Little Elm, TX), Nicole Ann Luo (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17964215 on 10/12/2022 (818 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media used by a cloud data management system for collecting data from accounts hosted by a cloud-based data warehousing system on different cloud platforms or in different cloud regions of a cloud platform. Collection of data in the multi-cloud platform and/or multi-cloud region environments may be facilitated by the on-demand creation of one or more data collection accounts. Based on the collected data, one or more recommendations, notifications, or alerts associated with usage of the data warehousing system may be generated.

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

Apparatus and method for managing storage of a primary database and a replica database
Patent No. 12189657

Inventor(s): Guogen Zhang (San Jose, CA), Qingqing Zhou (Santa Clara, CA), Yang Sun (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17836105 on 06/09/2022 (943 days app to issue)

Abstract: System and method embodiments are provided for using different storage formats for a primary database and its replicas in a database managed replication (DMR) system. As such, the advantages of both formats can be combined with suitable design complexity and implementation. In an embodiment, data is arranged in a sequence of rows and stored in a first storage format at the primary database. The data arranged in the sequence of rows is also stored in a second storage format at the replica database. The sequence of rows is determined according to the first storage format or the second storage format. The first storage format is a row store (RS) and the second storage format is a column store (CS), or vice versa. In an embodiment, the sequence of rows is determined to improve compression efficiency at the CS.

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

Systems and methods for a multi-hierarchy physical storage architecture for managing program and outcome data
Patent No. 12189659

Inventor(s): Andreas Buchmann (Stuttgart, , DE), Derek Howard (Columbia, MO), Krista Galyen (Columbia, MO), Ned Stone (Dallas, TX), Paxton Riter (Dallas, TX), Sam Foster (Dallas, TX), Whitney Kilgore (Valley View, TX)
Assignee(s): iDesignEDU, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18495639 on 10/26/2023 (439 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for data storage and retrieval from a computer memory. A computing device may store a first hierarchical data structure having a first sequence of sub-data structures and a second hierarchical data structure having a second sequence of sub-data structures in memory. The computing device may link the first hierarchical data structure and the second hierarchical data structure together. The computing device may link the first hierarchical data structure and the second hierarchical data structure by inserting an identifier of a sub-data structure of the second sequence in the first sequence.

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

In-cabin occupant detection
Patent No. 12189724

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Macpherson (Plano, TX), Cory M. Frank (Frisco, TX), Jessica May (Danbury, TX), Matthew J. Everett (Norton Shores, MI), Michael R. Kushnerik (The Colony, TX), Naohiro J. Matsumura (Dallas, TX), Sergei I. Gag
Assignee(s): TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX), TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Aichi-Ken, , JP), TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17827884 on 05/30/2022 (953 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of detecting a movement of an object in a vehicle when the vehicle is in motion, and determining that the object is an inanimate object, based on a vertical and horizontal distance of the detected movement.

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

Audio token-based authentication method and system
Patent No. 12189732

Inventor(s): William Daniel Farmer (Carrollton, 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: 17199022 on 03/11/2021 (1398 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sound-based method and system of performing an authentication of a person in order to permit access to a secured resource is disclosed. The system and method are configured to transmit an audio signal to a remotely located smart device. When the smart device produces the audio signal, a nearby computing device captures the audio signal and provides the captured audio data to an authentication platform. The audio data is compared to the transmitted audio signal. The system can determine whether there is a match between the captured audio data and the transmitted audio data. If there is a match, the system verifies an identity of the person and can further be configured to automatically grant the person access to one or more services, features, or information for which he or she is authorized.

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

Security analytics system for performing a risk analysis operation taking into account social behavior peer grouping
Patent No. 12189783

Inventor(s): Peter Lochlan Stewart (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): Forcepoint Federal Holdings LLC (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Terrile, Cannatti Chambers, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17991022 on 11/21/2022 (778 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing entity interaction risk analysis operation. The entity interaction risk analysis operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; identifying an interaction between the entity and another entity based upon the monitoring; analyzing the interaction between the entity and the another entity; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the interaction.

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

Automated test replay with sensitive information obfuscation
Patent No. 12189816

Inventor(s): Bo Tian (Shanghai, , CN), Chu Jun Dong (Shanghai, , CN), Er-Xin Shang (Shanghai, , CN), Hua-Ming Zhai (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): Micro Focus LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Sheridan Ross P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17617810 on 07/10/2019 (2008 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor that may identify sensitive information in a recording of an automated test script that is replayed to automatically test a graphical user interface (GUI) of an application under test (AUT). The apparatus may identify the sensitive information during the recording such that sensitive information is identified as the automated test is recorded or afterward based on an analysis of the recording. as based on user input that identifies the sensitive information (or areas containing the sensitive information), automated text analysis, or automated image analysis such as machine-learning based object detection. Once sensitive information (or area) is identified, the apparatus may generate and apply a mosaic to obscure the sensitive information (or area).

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

Systems and methods for generating real-time dynamic conversational responses during conversational interactions using machine learning models
Patent No. 12190068

Inventor(s): Md Arafat Hossain Khan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17850282 on 06/27/2022 (925 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for generating real-time dynamic conversational responses during conversational interactions using machine learning models based on historic intents for a plurality of users and user-specific interactions. The machine learning models comprise a neural network trained to select a first intent from a plurality of intents based on historic data accumulated prior to the conversational interaction and a neural network trained to select a first interaction-specific intent from a plurality of interaction-specific intents based on interaction-specific data for a user.

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

Robust over the air reprogramming
Patent No. 12190099

Inventor(s): Edward Allen Cain, Jr. (Plano, TX), Ismail Thanickel (Frisco, TX), Russell K. Barker (Plano, TX), Ryan N. Wilson (Melissa, TX), Satyajit P. Patne (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18534678 on 12/10/2023 (394 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of downloading an update of a non-volatile electrically erasable memory storage of a vehicle, determining whether the memory storage is arranged in one of a block of bytes of memory and an individual byte of memory, selecting a programming protocol based on the memory storage arrangement and writing the memory storage based on the selected programming protocol.

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

Methods and systems for identifying control flow patterns in software code to detect software anomalies
Patent No. 12190128

Inventor(s): Chris O’’Ferrell (Burleson, TX)
Assignee(s): Affirm Logic Corporation (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: COOLEY LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18498999 on 10/31/2023 (434 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a processor, (1) machine-readable binary code to be executed at a target processor and (2) a machine-readable control flow pattern that includes one or more library function calls. The method also includes identifying, via the processor, an indication of an execution path in the machine-readable binary code based on the machine-readable control flow pattern. The method also includes transmitting, via the processor, a signal that indicates that the machine-readable binary code includes the one or more library function calls included in the machine-readable control flow pattern.

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

Method and system of predicting maintenance events using machine learning model(s) and a training data set
Patent No. 12190253

Inventor(s): Jose Antonio Ramirez-Hernandez (Mansfield, TX), Mei Zhang (Lewisville, TX), Ning Xu (Euless, TX), Ou Bai (Euless, TX), Steven James Oakley (Euless, TX), Supreet Reddy Mandala (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18345041 on 06/30/2023 (557 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system according to which a network of physical sensors are configured to detect and track the performance of aircraft engines. The physical sensors are placed in specific locations to detect an exhaust gas temperature, vibration, speed, oil pressure, and fuel flow for each aircraft engine. The performance of each aircraft engine is then viewed in combination with oil consumption associated with that aircraft engine and the routine maintenance program associated with that aircraft engine to route the aircraft and move the aircraft, in accordance with the routing, to a specific location. The sensors efficiently track the performance and physical condition of the engines. Moreover, a listing of identified ‘’at-risk’’ engines is displayed on a screen of a GUI in a manner that allows for easy navigation and display. Data point(s) that triggered the identification of each ‘’at-risk’’ engine are easily accessible and viewable.

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

Systems and methods for gating a step count
Patent No. 12190257

Inventor(s): Ali Shoeb (San Rafael, CA), Fuad Al-Amin (Milpitas, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18516258 on 11/21/2023 (413 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to activity monitoring systems and methods for gating whether or not steps should be counted in an observation window based on whether a decision tree concludes there are consecutive step activities (versus no activity or other activities) in the observation window. Particularly, certain aspects are directed to a method that includes obtaining acceleration data for an observation window of an accelerometer, inputting two or more characteristics of the acceleration data into a decision tree to determine activity occurring within the observation window, assigning a first class to the observation window when the determined activity is associated with consecutive steps, assigning a second class to the observation window when the determined activity is not associated with consecutive steps, and when the first class is assigned to the observation window, determining a step count for the observation window using frequency analysis.

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

Method, apparatus and computer program product for reservations, inventory control, shopping, and booking with attribute based pricing
Patent No. 12190259

Inventor(s): Ben Vinod (Grapevine, TX), David Hobt (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): SABRE GLBL INC. (Southlake, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18339530 on 06/22/2023 (565 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is provided for booking a hotel room that improves the satisfaction level for a consumer and increases revenue for the hotelier. Consumers may benefit from being able to select property-specific and room-specific attributes for which they perceive enhanced value, while property-specific and room-specific attributes that a consumer does not particularly value may be avoided in an effort for the consumer to spend on features they desire. Further, hoteliers may benefit from being able to offer room-specific attributes and add-on features that create additional revenue streams for the hotel. Additionally, the transparency afforded the consumer of the room-specific attributes available versus those selected provides the consumer with a level of expectation that is more aligned with the hotel and the specific room they selected, thereby improving customer satisfaction.

[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]

Virtual measurement system for baggage management
Patent No. 12190260

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: 18469025 on 09/18/2023 (477 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.

Methods and systems for association rule mining
Patent No. 12190269

Inventor(s): Anshul Kumar (Glen Allen, VA), Duy Tran (Saint Paul, MN), Jacob Hookom (Chaska, MN)
Assignee(s): McKesson Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Ballard Spahr LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18317390 on 05/15/2023 (603 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided are methods, systems, and apparatuses for improving supply chain management interfaces and functionality. A frequency of occurrence for each unique combination of a use attribute and a product attribute for various supplies may be determined. A frequency table containing each unique combination may be generated as well as one or more association rules. A level of confidence and a level of lift may be determined for each of the one or more association rules, both of which may be used to generate a score for each unique combination that may be used to rank each unique combination. The ranked unique combinations may then be provided to a supply chain management interface and a database.

Integrated roofing accessories for unmanned vehicle navigation and methods and systems including the same
Patent No. 12190275

Inventor(s): Rich Robinson (Round Rock, TX), Xavier Riley (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17550619 on 12/14/2021 (1120 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides systems and methods enabling unmanned vehicle navigation and delivery including an integrated roofing accessory integrated into a roof, the integrated roofing accessory including at least one antenna and a computing module in communication with the at least one antenna, where the computing module, when software is executed, is configured to transmit, via the at least one antenna: electronic operating instructions to at least one unmanned vehicle, and network messages related to the at least one unmanned vehicle to at least one additional integrated roofing accessory. A landing member is on the roof and the electronic operating instructions comprise: at least one landing instruction configured to cause the at least one unmanned vehicle to land on the landing member, and at least one take-off instruction configured to cause the at least one unmanned vehicle to take off from the landing member.

System and method for data selection and extraction based on historical user behavior
Patent No. 12190282

Inventor(s): Michael Davis Niessner (Jacksonville, FL), Michael James Mangino (Cincinnati, OH)
Assignee(s): TBK BANK, SSB (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18519829 on 11/27/2023 (407 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system determines that a first data element in a first message is linked to a first data field in a first mapped dataset. The system receives a request to determine to which data field in a second mapped dataset a second data element in a second message should be mapped. The system extracts a first set of features from the first message. The system determines that the first data element is located on a first location within the first message. The system extracts a second set of features from the second message. The system determines that the second data element is location on a second location within the second message. The system determines a difference between the first location and the second location. If the difference is less than a threshold distance, the system associates the second data element to the first data element in the second mapped dataset.

Automated systems for reducing computational loads in the mass execution of analytical models using scale-out computing
Patent No. 12190288

Inventor(s): Ajmal Karuthakantakath (Flower Mound, TX), Chandra Dhandapani (Dallas, TX), Fredrick Crable (Allen, TX), Gurmeet Singh (Irving, TX), Nicholas Dolle (McKinney, TX), Raman Bajaj (Frisco, TX), Sanjiv Yajnik (Dallas, 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: 18196598 on 05/12/2023 (606 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide systems and techniques for mass execution of analytical models across multiple dimensions of client, collateral, deal structure, third party, and other data relevant to predicting optimal decisions in real-time. In some embodiments, disclosed systems and techniques increase decisioning speed through the reduction of computational loads on disclosed decisioning systems. Further disclosed systems and techniques may scale-out analytical modeling computations through, among other technological solutions, advanced execution environments that are asynchronous and non-blocking in nature so as to allow the execution of a plurality of analytical models in parallel and optimizing the results.

Methods and systems for determining variance between criteria
Patent No. 12190365

Inventor(s): Christian Young (Dallas, TX), Erika Gaffney (Frisco, TX), Jeffrey Whalen (Frisco, TX), Mani Afsari (McKinney, TX), Nick Norcross (Frisco, TX), Poojitha Ponugoti (Allen, TX), Sebastian Lewis (Dallas, TX), Surbhi O’’Hau
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17456062 on 11/22/2021 (1142 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include causing a customer device to display a user portal; receiving the input customer criteria; determining that a merchant possesses a corresponding item; updating the user portal with a selectable indication of the merchant; facilitating secure information sharing by: generating an access communication unique to the customer and without any customer information; transmitting the communication to a merchant device; and providing a merchant portal with further interactive objects; receiving, a transmission based on the access communication; securely providing the customer information to the merchant device via the merchant portal; receiving merchant criteria entered by the merchant; and automatically: determining a variance between the customer criteria and the merchant criteria; and updating at least one of the merchant or user portal to include at least one of the variance or the merchant criteria.

Multi-computer system for fail-safe event processing
Patent No. 12190373

Inventor(s): Vishwanath Prasad Karra (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of American Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18076710 on 12/07/2022 (762 days app to issue)

Abstract: Arrangements for providing fail-safe event processing functions are provided. In some aspects, an account may be generated and a first account number associated with a payment device of the account may be generated. The first account number may be transmitted or sent to the user. A second account number, different from the first account number, may be generated and stored by the enterprise organization in an inactive state. A user may request recurring payments with one or more vendors and may provide the first account number for use in processing the payments. An issue may be detected with the first account number or associated payment device. If a creditworthiness score meets or exceeds a threshold, the second account number may be activated and used (e.g., by the enterprise organization) to process recurring payments that may otherwise have lapsed due to the compromise of the first account number or payment device.

Data retrieval and validation for asset onboarding
Patent No. 12190384

Inventor(s): Christian Gratton (Eaton Rapids, MI), Damien Patton (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TRETE Inc. (Prosper, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18616149 on 03/25/2024 (288 days app to issue)

Abstract: In certain aspects of the disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes collecting, via an artificial intelligence module, a first set of data associated with an asset and creating identifiers associated with the first set of data. The method includes collecting a second set of data associated with the asset based on the identifiers and comparing the first set of data and the second set of data based on the identifiers. The method includes determining validation of the first set of data based on the comparison and generating a result of approval or rejection based on the comparison.

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

Real asset fractionalization algorithm
Patent No. 12190386

Abstract: In certain aspects of the disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes receiving information regarding characteristics of an asset. The method includes tokenizing at least one digital asset representing fractional shares in the asset. The method includes determining the initial share price. The method includes updating a capitalization table based on the number shares and share price. The method includes performing a transaction based on share price. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.

Systems and methods for aiding tax compliance
Patent No. 12190394

Inventor(s): Jon West (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH (Zug, , CH)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18519708 on 11/27/2023 (407 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for aiding compliance with tax collection and reporting obligations. Distributed ledgers may assist with the verified calculation of taxes owed through the use of identity wallets and cryptocurrency transactions may be employed to effectuate payment to sellers as well as payment of taxes owed to the appropriate tax authorities. Verification of identity sources and of tax calculation and transmission engines may reduce compliance obligations on the part of sellers.

Methods and systems for scalable compression of point cloud data
Patent No. 12190547

Inventor(s): Vidhya Seran (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17537948 on 11/30/2021 (1134 days app to issue)

Abstract: An illustrative point cloud compression system accesses an input point cloud dataset representative of a point cloud comprising a plurality of points. The point cloud compression system identifies a first attribute dataset and a second attribute dataset within the input point cloud dataset. Based on an application of a transform algorithm to the first and second attribute datasets, respectively, the point cloud compression system generates 1) a first low-frequency component and a first high-frequency component of the first attribute dataset, and 2) a second low-frequency component and a second high-frequency component of the second attribute dataset. The point cloud compression system then generates an output point cloud dataset that prioritizes both the first and second low-frequency components above both the first and second high-frequency components. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

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

Homography error correction using sensor locations
Patent No. 12190589

Inventor(s): Kyle Dalal (Coppell, TX), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17650639 on 02/10/2022 (1062 days app to issue)

Abstract: An object tracking system that includes a first sensor and a second sensor that are each configured to capture frames of at least a portion of a global plane for a space. The system is configured to identify a pixel location for a marker within a frame from the first sensor and to determine an (x,y) coordinate for the marker using a first homography. The system is further configured to identify a pixel location for a different marker in a frame from the second sensor and to determine an (x,y) coordinate for the marker using a second homography. The system is further configured to determine a distance difference between the computed distance between the (x,y) coordinates and an actual distance. The system is further configured to recompute the first homography and/or the second homography in response to determining that the distance difference exceeds a difference threshold level.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Application for the identification of vehicle features
Patent No. 12190610

Inventor(s): Bryan Else Yamasaki (Frisco, TX), Jackson Zhu (Belleville, MI), Justin K Shen (Canton, MI), Prince R Remegio (McKinney, TX), Roger Akira Kyle (Aubrey, TX), Timothy Wang (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Toyota, , JP), TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER HAMPTON LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17903362 on 09/06/2022 (854 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining features in a vehicle. The interior of the vehicle can be scanned with a camera of a mobile device to locate one or more symbols or shapes within the interior. The one or more symbols or shapes can be processed using one or more machine learning models to obtain data associated with the one or more symbols or shapes. The data associated with the one or more symbols or shapes can be displayed to a driver of the vehicle.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

System for transportation and shipping related data extraction
Patent No. 12190619

Inventor(s): Ashutosh Prasad (Dallas, TX), Vivek Prasad (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): KoiReader Technologies, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18636719 on 04/16/2024 (266 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system is discussed herein that is configured for extracting data from documents. In particular, the system may be utilized for automating and computerized checking of transit and shipping related documents. For example, the documents may include various data, such delivery dates, prices, inventory identification, personnel identification, container identification, customs documents, transport documents, a combination thereof, and the like.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Vehicle data sharing with interested parties
Patent No. 12190650

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Risberg (Flower Mound, TX), Felipe G. Salles (Garland, TX), Jaya Bharath R. Goluguri (McKinney, TX), Joshua C. Batie (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18206071 on 06/05/2023 (582 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation may include providing a value to a transport based on sensor data associated the transport.

[G07C] TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE (identification of persons A61B 5/117; indicating or recording apparatus for measuring in general, analogous apparatus but in which the input is not a variable to be measured, e.g. a hand operation, G01D; clocks, clock mechanisms G04B, G04C; time-interval measuring G04F; counting mechanisms per se G06M)

Message construction based on potential for collision
Patent No. 12190733

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Macpherson (Plano, TX), Daniel Warren Reaser (Oak Point, TX), Derek A. Thompson (Dallas, TX), Keaton Khonsari (Plano, TX), Sergei Gage (Redford, MI), Simon P. Roberts (Celina, TX), Yang Ding (Montreal, ,
Assignee(s): TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX), TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17400232 on 08/12/2021 (1244 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a level of risk of a collision of a transport, wherein the level of risk is related to an occupant of the transport and an environment of the transport, accumulating an amount of data based on the level of risk, preparing the accumulated data for sending to one or more recipients when the level of risk exceeds a risk threshold, and sending the prepared data to the one or more recipients when the collision occurs.

[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]

Plane level dedicated starting program voltage to reduce program time for multi-plane concurrent program operation
Patent No. 12190969

Inventor(s): Ke Zhang (Shanghai, , CN), Liang Li (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17895625 on 08/25/2022 (866 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory apparatus and operating method are provided. The apparatus includes memory cells connected to word lines and disposed in memory holes and configured to retain a threshold voltage. The memory holes are organized in rows grouped in strings and the strings comprise a plurality of blocks which comprise planes. A control means is configured to program the memory cells connected to one of the word lines and associated with one of the strings in each of the plurality of planes and acquire a smart verify programming voltage individually for each of the planes in a smart verify operation. The control means concurrently programs at least some of the memory cells connected to each of the word lines in each of the planes in a program operation using the smart verify programming voltage individually acquired for each of the planes in the smart verify operation.

[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)

Method for configuring multiple input-output channels
Patent No. 12190987

Inventor(s): Dean E. Walker (Allen, TX), Tony 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: 17962253 on 10/07/2022 (823 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes setting an order of input-output channels of a column of a first chiplet of multiple chiplets of a chiplet-based system, wherein one or more of the multiple chiplets include field-configurable input-output channels arranged at a periphery of the chiplets; and programming a second chiplet of the multiple chiplets to change an order of input-output channels of a column of the second chiplet to match the order of input-output channels of the column of the first chiplet.

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

Systems and methods for monitoring medical adherence and compliance
Patent No. 12191015

Inventor(s): Brian Marc Pepin (San Francisco, CA), James Etzkorn (Mountain View, CA), Robert Francis Wiser (San Francisco, CA), Todd Whitehurst (Belmont, CA)
Assignee(s): VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16947420 on 07/31/2020 (1621 days app to issue)

Abstract: A medication packet bundle includes one or more beacons. Each beacon may transmit a signal representing an event related to patient compliance with a medication regimen, such as removal of a packet of medication from a bundle or opening of a packet. The transmitted beacon signals can be monitored and processed to track patient compliance and adherence.

[G16H] HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

Wellness program navigation engine
Patent No. 12191022

Inventor(s): Jack McCallum (Benbrook, TX), Ken Grifno (The Colony, TX), Scott Roloff (Arlington, TX), William McCallum (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Integer Health Technologies, LLC (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17855694 on 06/30/2022 (922 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and/or system that is a navigation engine with a visual interface that evaluates wellness programs based on their effect on the participants’’ healthcare costs and absences from work, and then calculates the programs’’ ROIs (Returns on Investment). The engine can also generate a list of employees and/or other individuals who could benefit from a wellness program but who are not participating, and the impact on the healthcare costs, medically-related absence costs and ROI if they did. In addition, the engine can recommend wellness and safety programs that have not been implemented, but should be, along with the impact such programs could have on the medical and pharmacy claims and medically-related absences.

[G16H] HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

Method for analyzing a retinal image of an eye
Patent No. 12191038

Inventor(s): Alan Andrew Norman (Fort Worth, TX), Eric Alan Packwood (Keller, TX), Michael Griffin Hunt (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Fulton Jeang, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17948115 on 09/19/2022 (841 days app to issue)

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method for analyzing a retinal image of an eye for retinal disease includes conforming a contact portion of a patient interface to the surface of the eye. A camera stem is received by a sleeve of the patient interface. Light from the camera stem is directed by the sleeve towards the interior of the eye, and light reflected from the interior of the eye is directed by the sleeve towards the camera. Image data generated by the camera is output to a computer. Options representing actions that facilitate analysis of the retinal image are displayed at the computer. The retinal image is displayed at the computer according to the image data. A selection of an option is received by the computer. The action represented by the option is performed by the computer to facilitate analysis of the retinal image.

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

Method and apparatus for using nonstop controller with local area network (LAN) for local cloud
Patent No. 12192277

Inventor(s): Paul Spencer Dawkins (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): TENCENT AMERICA LLC (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: Sughrue Mion, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17976325 on 10/28/2022 (802 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is performed by a network node connected to one or more additional network nodes via a local area network (LAN). The network node and the one or more additional network nodes form a cloud. The method includes setting a first timer to a first value, the first timer being associated with determining whether one of the one or more additional network nodes is an active controller in the cloud. The method includes starting the first timer. The method includes determining, before the first timer expires, whether a first message that indicates the one of the one or more additional network nodes is the active controller is received. Based on determining the first message is received before the first timer expires, the method includes synchronizing with the one of the one or more additional network nodes that is the active controller, and restarting the first timer.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Multiple sign bit hiding within a transform unit
Patent No. 12186395

Inventor(s): Dake He (Waterloo, , CA), Jing Wang (Waterloo, , CA), Xiang Yu (Kitchener, , CA)
Assignee(s): Velos Media, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18201171 on 05/23/2023 (595 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are described for encoding or decoding coefficients for a transform unit. In particular, the sign bits for the non-zero coefficients are encoded using sign bit hiding. Two or more sets of coefficients are defined for the transform unit and a sign bit may be hidden for each set, subject to satisfaction of a threshold test. The sets may correspond to coefficient groups that are otherwise used in multi-level significance map encoding and decoding.

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

Electronic sensors with sensor die in package structure cavity
Patent No. 12187601

Inventor(s): Barry Jon Male (West Granby, CT), Benjamin Cook (Addison, TX), Robert Alan Neidorff (Bedford, NH), Steve Kummerl (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16247118 on 01/14/2019 (2185 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described examples include sensor apparatus and integrated circuits having a package structure with an internal cavity and an opening that connects of the cavity with an ambient condition of an exterior of the package structure, and an electronic sensor structure mechanically supported by wires in the cavity and including a sensing surface exposed to the cavity to sense the ambient condition of an exterior of the package structure.

[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]

Remote wireless printer system
Patent No. 12189433

Inventor(s): Casey Sudduth (Addison, TX), Dustin Parkinson (McKinney, TX), Merrylle Martinez (Frisco, TX), Victor Tang (Flower Mound, TX), William An (Waxahachie, TX)
Assignee(s): Copart, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17968213 on 10/18/2022 (812 days app to issue)

Abstract: A self-contained printing system includes a weatherproof housing defining an interior for containing the self-contained printing system components. A printer located within the weatherproof housing prints documents responsive to a print command. The printer is powered by a battery located within the weatherproof housing. A charging system charges the battery located within the weatherproof housing responsive a charging signal. At least one solar panel located on an exterior of the weatherproof housing provides the charging signal. Wireless communications circuitry enables the receipt of the print commands from an external device located outside of the weatherproof housing via a wireless communications link and communications with at least one remote server via the wireless communications link. A system processor monitors wireless communications link and generates status messages responsive thereto. At least one display located on the exterior of the weatherproof housing displays the status messages.

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

Method of forming engineered wafers
Patent No. 12191192

Inventor(s): Bing Hu (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16201821 on 11/27/2018 (2233 days app to issue)

Abstract: Ions are implanted into a first wafer through a top side, generating an ion damaged layer underneath the substrate film of the first wafer. A stress inducing layer is applied on a surface on the top side of the first wafer on one of the ion implanted side and the opposite side. The substrate film is separated from the first wafer at the ion damaged layer. the separated substrate film is bonded to a second wafer at a surface on one of a first side and a second side that this opposite of the first side of the second wafer to form an engineered wafer.

Semiconductor fuse with multi-bond wire
Patent No. 12191252

Inventor(s): Enis Tuncer (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17546383 on 12/09/2021 (1125 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device has a fuse circuit including a semiconductor die and first and second bond wires, the semiconductor die having a bond pad and a fuse, the fuse having first and second portions, the bond pad coupled to the first portion of the fuse, and the second portion of the fuse coupled to a protected circuit, the first bond wire having a first end coupled to the bond pad and a second end coupled to a conductive terminal, and the second bond wire having a first end coupled to the second end of the first bond wire and a second end coupled to the conductive terminal.

Multi-channel gate driver package with grounded shield metal
Patent No. 12191259

Inventor(s): Jie Chen (Plano, TX), Rajen Murugan (Dallas, TX), Yiqi Tang (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17569724 on 01/06/2022 (1097 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-channel gate driver package includes a leadframe including a first, second, and third die pad. A transmitter die includes first and second transmitter signal bond pads, a first receiver die including a second signal bond pad, and a second receiver die including a third signal bond pad. A bond wire is between the first transmitter signal bond pad and the second signal bond pad, and between the second transmitter signal bond pad and third signal bond pad. A ring shield is around the respective signal bond pads. A downbond is from the second ring shield to the second die pad, and from the third ring shield to the third die pad. A connection connects the first and second transmitter ring shield to at least one ground pin of the package. The second and third die pad each include a direct integral connection to the ground pin.

Integrated circuit packages having stress-relieving features
Patent No. 12191268

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Ghoshal (Plano, TX), David A. Grant (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Apogee Semiconductor, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18778322 on 07/19/2024 (172 days app to issue)

Abstract: Expansion compensating structures are formed in redistribution layers of a wafer-level chip-scale integrated circuit package (WLCSP) or other IC package having a low-expansion substrate. The structures include micromechanical actuators designed and oriented to move solder bumps attached to them in the same direction and distance as a function of temperature as do pads to which they may be connected on a higher-expansion substrate such as a printed circuit board. Expansion compensated IC packages incorporating these expansion compensating structures are provided, as well as expansion compensated assemblies containing one or more of these IC packages. Methods of fabricating expansion compensated IC packages requiring minimal changes to existing commercial WLCSP fabrication processes are also provided. These devices and methods result in assemblies having improved board-level reliability during thermal cycling, and allow the use of larger IC die sizes in WLCSP technology.

Pre-molded leadframes in semiconductor devices
Patent No. 12191273

Inventor(s): Sreenivasan K. Koduri (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17210380 on 03/23/2021 (1386 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one instance, a semiconductor package includes a metal leadframe having a first plurality of openings extending partially into the leadframe from the first side and a second plurality of openings extending partially into the leadframe from the second side together forming a plurality of leads. A pre-mold compound is positioned in the second plurality of openings that at least partially supports the plurality of leads. The semiconductor package has a plurality of bumps extending from the landing sites to a semiconductor die and a molding compounding at least partially covering the plurality of bumps and the metal leadframe. Other packages and methods are disclosed.

Acoustic waveguide with diffraction grating
Patent No. 12191554

Inventor(s): Benjamin Stassen Cook (Los Gatos, CA), Bichoy Bahr (Allen, TX), Scott R. Summerfelt (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17347365 on 06/14/2021 (1303 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a package comprises a semiconductor die having a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, the semiconductor die including circuitry formed in the first surface. The package includes an acoustic waveguide in the semiconductor die, the acoustic waveguide including an array of capacitors. The array of capacitors includes a transducer portion and a diffraction grating portion. The transducer portion is configured to convert signals between electrical signals and acoustic waves, and the diffraction grating portion is configured to direct the acoustic waves toward and receive the acoustic waves from the second surface.

[H01P] WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE (operating at optical frequencies G02B)

Radar end-fire antenna array with expanded detection field
Patent No. 12191562

Inventor(s): Jae Seung Lee (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: 16778666 on 01/31/2020 (1803 days app to issue)

Abstract: A radar device can be configured to provide an expanded detection field. The radar device can include a plurality of end-fire antennas. The plurality of end-fire antennas can be arranged in a fan-shaped array such that the plurality of end-fire antennas extending radially outward from a central region. Each end-fire antenna can have a transmission end oriented in a different direction than the other end-fire antennas. The plurality of end-fire antennas creating a collective detection field, which is larger than the detection field provided by any individual end-fire antenna. The radar device can be carried on a vehicle, such as an aircraft or a watercraft. For instance, the radar device can be used in connection with a helicopter, particularly when landing.

[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6/72)

Transmit-receive isolation for a dual-polarized MIMO antenna array
Patent No. 12191564

Inventor(s): Gang Xu (Allen, TX), Jiantong Li (Plano, TX), Khurram Muhammad (Southlake, TX), Xinguang Xu (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17815908 on 07/28/2022 (894 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a substrate, a first antenna panel, a second antenna panel, and an antenna isolator. The first antenna panel is coupled on the substrate and includes an array of first antenna elements. The second antenna panel is coupled on the substrate and includes an array of second antenna elements. The antenna isolator is coupled on the substrate and including a plurality of walls extending outwardly from the substrate along a length of the substrate between the first antenna panel and the second antenna panel. The antenna isolator reduces reduce wave propagation between the array of first antenna elements and the array of second antenna elements.

[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6/72)

High-energy laser apparatus for thin film temperture sensing
Patent No. 12191622

Inventor(s): Jason R. Lavine (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: CANTOR COLBURN LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17320074 on 05/13/2021 (1335 days app to issue)

Abstract: A high-energy laser (HEL) element is provided and includes a non-conductive substrate layer assembly, a reflector layer assembly and a thermally conductive carbon layer. The thermally conductive carbon layer is at least partially interposed between the non-conductive substrate layer assembly and the reflector layer assembly.

[H01S] DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION

Switch controller having a dynamic scaling circuit
Patent No. 12191755

Inventor(s): Robert Allan Neidorff (Bedford, NH)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18174645 on 02/26/2023 (681 days app to issue)

Abstract: A dynamic scaling circuit includes: a damping control circuit; a sampling circuit; and a controller. The damping control circuit has a first input, a second input, a third input, an output, and a ground terminal. The sampling circuit has a first input, a second input, an output, and a ground terminal. The first input of the sampling circuit is coupled to the output of the damping control circuit. The controller has an input, a first output, a second output, and a third output. The first output of the controller is coupled to the second input of the damping control circuit. The second output of the controller is coupled to the third input of the damping control circuit. The third output of the controller is coupled to the second input of the sampling circuit.

[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]

Pulse width modulation circuit
Patent No. 12191760

Inventor(s): Huihuang Chen (Shenzhen, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18046966 on 10/17/2022 (813 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pulse width modulation (PWM) system includes a PWM circuit and a controller. The PWM circuit includes a counter, a period register, and a duty cycle register. The controller is coupled to the PWM circuit. The controller is configured to calculate a period value and a duty cycle value. The controller is also configured to load the duty cycle value into the duty cycle register responsive to a count value of the counter being equal to a value of the duty cycle register and the duty cycle value being less than the period value.

[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]

Bidirectional power conversion system and control method
Patent No. 12191782

Inventor(s): Dianbo Fu (Frisco, TX), Heping Dai (Plano, TX), Liming Ye (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17643471 on 12/09/2021 (1125 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bidirectional power conversion system includes an isolated power converter having a first input connected to an output of a diode rectifier and a second input connected to an output of a power factor correction device. The power conversion system further comprises a plurality of switches and a plurality of diodes configured such that the plurality of switches and the plurality of diodes form the diode rectifier and the power factor correction device when the system is configured to deliver power from an AC power source to a DC load and the plurality of switches forms an inverter when the system is configured to deliver power from a DC power source to an AC load.

Dynamic control of output driver in a switching amplifier
Patent No. 12191825

Inventor(s): Dharma R. Kadam (Plano, TX), Rohit Arora (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): DIODES INCORPORATED (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17836880 on 06/09/2022 (943 days app to issue)

Abstract: An output driver with slew rate control includes an output transistor that includes a control terminal coupled to a switching input signal, a drain node coupled to the output node for coupling to a load device, and a source node coupled to a reference voltage. The output driver also has a slew control circuit including a current source coupled in series at a connection node with parallelly connected first switch transistor and second switch transistor. The connection node is coupled to the control terminal of the output transistor. The first switch transistor has a control terminal coupled to the switching input signal. The second switch transistor has a control terminal that is coupled to either the switching input signal or a dynamically modulated switching input signal, depending on a current direction at the output node.

[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)

PPA improvement for voltage mode driver and on-die termination (ODT)
Patent No. 12191854

Inventor(s): Nirav Natwarbhai Patel (Bangalore, , IN), Sai Ravi Teja Konakalla (Bangalore, , IN), Shiv Harit Mathur (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER HAMPTON LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17949990 on 09/21/2022 (839 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for improving the power, performance, and area (PPA) for a voltage mode driver and on die termination (ODT). A voltage mode driver having first and second circuits in a pulldown design. The first circuit has a plurality of nMOS devices in parallel, the plurality of nMOS devices being common to a first resistor. The second circuit is in parallel with the first circuit and has an nMOS device in series with a second resistor. The second circuit is configured to be enabled when the pulldown impedance of the first circuit, with the second circuit disabled and all of the nMOS devices of the first circuit turned on, is greater than a desired pulldown impedance. The voltage mode driver may also be a pullup design, or have both pulldown and pullup stages.

Delay correction for on-time generator circuitry
Patent No. 12191861

Inventor(s): Nilanjan Pal (Dallas, TX), Saurav Bandyopadhyay (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18169138 on 02/14/2023 (693 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a comparator having first and second comparator inputs and a comparator output. A discharge switch is coupled between the first comparator input and a ground terminal. A capacitor has first and second capacitor terminals, in which the first capacitor terminal is coupled to the first comparator input. A delay correction circuit includes a sample-hold circuit coupled to the first capacitor terminal and the second capacitor terminal. An amplifier has a first amplifier input coupled to a hold output of the sample-hold circuit and a second amplifier input coupled to the second comparator input. A variable resistor is coupled between the second capacitor terminal and the ground terminal, and has a control input coupled to the amplifier output.

Multi-bit voltage-to-delay conversion in data converter circuitry
Patent No. 12191877

Inventor(s): Nithin Gopinath (Bangalore, , IN), Rishi Soundararajan (Bangalore, , IN), Sai Aditya Nurani (Bengaluru, , IN), Shagun Dusad (Bangalore, , IN), Visvesvaraya Pentakota (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17898844 on 08/30/2022 (861 days app to issue)

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter circuit incorporating includes a multi-bit input buffer having a differential input and configured to generate, at a plurality of differential outputs, a plurality of residues of a differential input sample relative to a corresponding plurality of zero-crossing references. Chopping stages chop the residues, for example with a pseudo-random binary sequence. The circuit further includes zero-crossing comparators, each with differential inputs coupled to receive one of the chopped residues. The zero-crossing comparators are in an ordered sequence of zone thresholds within the input range of the circuit. Folding logic circuitry has inputs coupled to outputs of the comparators, and outputs a delay domain signal indicating a magnitude of the one of the residues relative to a nearest zone threshold. Digital stage circuitry generates a digital output word representing the received input sample responsive to the comparator outputs and the delay domain signal.

[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]

Network anomaly detection based on customer light level signals
Patent No. 12191906

Inventor(s): Arman Ghasemi (Weatogue, CT), Milad Mostavi (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18664542 on 05/15/2024 (237 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for detecting an anomaly in a PON include generating an optical profile for the PON based on characteristics of network light level signals, collected over a first time period, delivered over the PON, and generating an optical profile for a customer based on characteristics of customer light level signals, collected over the first time period, delivered over the PON to or from an ONT for the customer. The techniques also include obtaining customer light level signals collected over a second time period, and detecting an anomaly in the PON for the customer in response to determining that the customer light level signals collected over the second time period deviate from the optical profile for the customer or the optical profile for the PON by more than a threshold amount.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus for antenna port switching in near field LoS MIMO
Patent No. 12191949

Inventor(s): Gang Xu (Allen, TX), Sandy Saab (Plano, TX), Shadi Abu-Surra (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17676707 on 02/21/2022 (1051 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for an efficient port switching technique for line-of-sight multiple-input multiple-output communications by a base station is provided. The base station includes an antenna array comprising a first number of antenna ports. The base station also includes a transceiver configured to communicate in a wireless communication medium. The base station further includes a processor. The processor is configured to determine, based on the wireless communication medium, one or more parameters of the base station or a receive base station. The processor also is configured to select, based on the one or more first parameters and one or more second parameters, a second number of antenna ports to perform a communication with the receive base station.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus for CSI reporting
Patent No. 12191952

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17580544 on 01/20/2022 (1083 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information about a channel state information (CSI) report, the configuration information including information about a number M denoting a number of frequency domain basis vectors; identifying a value of M; determining, based on the value of M, a frequency granularity of the CSI report from wideband (WB) and subband (SB); determining the CSI report according to the frequency granularity; and transmitting the CSI report.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Device/UE-oriented beam recovery and maintenance mechanisms
Patent No. 12191969

Inventor(s): Bin Liu (San Diego, CA), Nathan Edward Tenny (San Diego, CA), Pengfei Xia (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17453757 on 11/05/2021 (1159 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure provide techniques for detecting and recovering from beam-failure events. In some embodiments, motion sensor information generated by motion sensors on a UE is used to detect, predict, and/or recover from a beam failure event that results, or would otherwise result, from movement of the UE. The motion sensor information may be used to adjust a current beam direction used by the UE to transmit or receive a signal, or to determine a recommendation for adjusting a current beam direction of the base station. The motion sensor information may be generated by any sensor that detects a movement of the UE, such as a gyroscope, an accelerometer, a magnetometer, a global positioning system (GPS) sensor, a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) sensor, or any other device that detects a change in position/orientation of the UE.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus for handling LCP restriction and HARQ process number
Patent No. 12192013

Inventor(s): Chia-Hung Wei (Taipei, , TW), Chie-Ming Chou (Taipei, , TW), Hsin-Hsi Tsai (Taipei, , TW)
Assignee(s): Hannibal IP LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Cole Schotz, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17942882 on 09/12/2022 (848 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes: receiving, from a base station (BS), a radio resource control (RRC) message that includes a first configuration indicating a first parameter associated with a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second configuration indicating a second parameter associated with a second BWP; receiving, from the BS, downlink control information (DCI) having a DCI format, the DCI indicating either a data reception or a data transmission on a BWP, and the DCI including a field indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number to be applied by the UE for the data reception or the data transmission; determining whether a bit length of the field is fixed or variable according to the DCI format; and in a case that the bit length of the field is variable, determining the bit length of the field according to one of the first parameter and the second parameter that is associated with the BWP.

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

System and method for distance measurement using UWB radar
Patent No. 12192034

Inventor(s): Hoang Viet Nguyen (Plano, TX), Yuming Zhu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18160873 on 01/27/2023 (711 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes obtaining a channel impulse response (CIR) based on multiple ultrawide band (UWB) measurements between a mobile device and a target object. The method also includes estimating a first distance between the mobile device and the target object based on an energy of the CIR. The method also includes estimating a second distance between the mobile device and the target object based on a phase of the CIR. The method also includes obtaining an estimated distance between the mobile device and the target object based on at least one of the first distance and the second distance.

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

Method and system for hybrid network slicing
Patent No. 12192064

Inventor(s): Kalyani Bogineni (Irving, TX), Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18393886 on 12/22/2023 (382 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a network device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in relation to a hybrid network slicing service. The hybrid network slicing service may enable the initial configuration of a network slice according to network slice requests that may include customized and user-specified network performance criteria. The hybrid network slicing service may enable network slice requests to specify selection of network resources and use/availability based on entity-based criteria including end device and/or application specific associations. The hybrid network slicing service may optimize network slice configurations and generate network slice templates.

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

Notification of discarded PDCP SDUs in a wireless network apparatus
Patent No. 12192111

Inventor(s): Kenneth McClure (Midlothian, TX)
Assignee(s): AerKodo, LLC (Midlothian, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18805503 on 08/14/2024 (146 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprising receiving, by a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity, a plurality of PDCP SDUs for transmission, discarding at least one PDCP SDU from the plurality of PDCP SDUs for transmission, and transmitting a discard notification, the discard notification indicating the discarding of the PDCP SDU is disclosed.

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

Method and device for SRS transmission, network device and UE
Patent No. 12192132

Inventor(s): Li Guo (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD. (Guangdong, , CN)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17453320 on 11/02/2021 (1162 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and device for SRS transmission, a network device and a UE are provided. The method includes: a serving cell transmits, to a UE, a first configuration for positioning, the first configuration is configuration of a first SRS resource or configuration of a first SRS resource set; and the serving cell receives a first location information request from a location server, the first location information request is used for requesting the serving cell to measure the SRS transmission from the UE; here, a second location information request is transmitted to a neighbor cell by the location server, the second location information request is used for requesting the neighbor cell to measure the SRS transmission from the UE.

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

System and method for SRS switching, transmission, and enhancements
Patent No. 12192135

Inventor(s): Brian Classon (Beijing, , CN), Jialing Liu (Palatine, IL), Murali Narasimha (Lake Oswego, OR), Qian Cheng (Naperville, IL), Weimin Xiao (Hoffman Estates, IL)
Assignee(s): FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17967651 on 10/17/2022 (813 days app to issue)

Abstract: User Equipments (UEs) may be assigned a set of aggregated component carriers for downlink carrier aggregation and/or carrier selection. Some UEs may be incapable of transmitting uplink signals over all component carriers in their assigned set of aggregated component carriers. In such scenarios, a UE may need to perform SRS switching in order to transmit SRS symbols over all of the component carriers. Embodiments of this disclosure provide various techniques for facilitating SRS switching. For example, a radio resource control (RRC) message may be used to signal a periodic SRS configuration parameter. As another example, a downlink control indication (DCI) message may be used to signal an aperiodic SRS configuration parameter. Many other examples are also provided.

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

Aggregating permissions across multiple platforms with co-signers
Patent No. 12192187

Inventor(s): Alexis Pritchard (Dallas, TX), Arielle Mcmahon (Plano, TX), Brad Norcross (Richardson, TX), Bryan Parker (Richardson, TX), Camille Gaelle Gupta (Frisco, TX), Mia Frederick (The Colony, TX), Mitchell Mays (Little Elm, TX,
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17661839 on 05/03/2022 (980 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, process, and computer-readable medium for securely transferring user personal identification information (PII) across platforms, based on specific permissions, are described. One or more aspects provide greater control, to a user, of when that user’’s PII may be released from a secure storage in a first platform and securely provided to a second platform. The timing of those releases of the PII may be controlled by specific authorizations from the user via one or more processes. Also, in addition to improving the security associated with the PII transferred between platforms, one or more aspects improve users’’ experiences by permitting controlled reuse of users’’ PII to simplify how users provide their PII to separate processes being performed on separate platforms.

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

Security analytics system for performing a non-sanctioned entity interaction analysis operation when determining entity risk
Patent No. 12192225

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing entity interaction risk analysis operation. The entity interaction risk analysis operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; identifying an interaction between the entity and another entity based upon the monitoring; analyzing the interaction between the entity and the another entity; determining whether the interaction between the entity and the another entity is non-sanctioned; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the interaction and the determining whether the interaction is non-sanctioned.

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

Adaptive vulnerability management based on diverse vulnerability information
Patent No. 12192228

Inventor(s): Yanbing Su (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18332529 on 06/09/2023 (578 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments include a method for vulnerability management of a computer system. The method includes collecting vulnerability information over a network from a publishing source. The vulnerability information includes a known vulnerability of a first computer asset, where at least some of the vulnerability information is a set of cybersecurity vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) published online. Further, at least some of the CVEs is in a human-readable format. The method further includes collecting system information of the computer system subject to the vulnerability management, where the system information includes information about a second computer asset of the computer system. The method further includes processing the collected vulnerability information and the collected system information by interpreting the human-readable CVEs and correlating the interpreted CVEs with the collected system information. A potential vulnerability of the second computer asset is identified based on the correlation between the interpreted CVEs and the collected system information.

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

Systems and methods for cloud topology management during deployment of virtual applications
Patent No. 12192271

Inventor(s): Ravi Potluri (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18315494 on 05/10/2023 (608 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive application information of an application to be deployed in a cloud computing environment. The application information may include requirement information including information defining a compute requirement of the application, a storage requirement of the application, and a network connectivity requirement of the application, and first capability information identifying requested capabilities of the first set of devices. The device may receive second capability information identifying actual capabilities of the second set of devices. The device may compare the first capability information and the second capability information to determine a measure of similarity between the first capability information and the second capability information. The device may generate deployment information for deploying the application on a device, of the second set of devices, based on the measure of similarity.

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

Proactive indication of network session disruption
Patent No. 12192288

Inventor(s): Vaibhav Lade (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17490154 on 09/30/2021 (1195 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques are described for providing a proactive indication of a disruption of a network session. In one example, a network session is established between a first endpoint and a second endpoint based on a connection-oriented protocol. One or more network attributes associated with the network session are stored in a persistent storage. The one or more network attributes may be obtained from the persistent storage when the network session is disrupted. A proactive indication that the network session has been disrupted may be provided to the second endpoint based on the one or more network attributes.

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

Database exclusion (DBX) for multi-party access (MPA) to sensitive personal information (SPI)
Patent No. 12192334

Inventor(s): Jeff J. Stapleton (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18244650 on 09/11/2023 (484 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for protecting Sensitive Personal Information (SPI) from Multi-Party Access (MPA), including receiving a request for access to a data record, the request comprising an encrypted device identifier identifying the client device, encrypting the data record using a random symmetric key to generate an encrypted data record, encrypting the data record using a second symmetric key to generate a second encrypted data record, the second symmetric key being different from the random symmetric key, encrypting the random symmetric key to generate an encrypted symmetric key by using a public key associated with the client device or a key encryption key associated with the one or more processors, and transmitting a message comprising the encrypted symmetric key and the encrypted device identifier. The message causing the client device to access the data record using a database, the encrypted device identifier, and the encrypted symmetric key.

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

Device and location authentication for secure patient monitoring
Patent No. 12192357

Inventor(s): Michael James Reiman (Plano, TX), Roy William Henke (Allen, TX), Scott D. Constien (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Anelto, Inc. (The Colony, TX)
Law Firm: Honigman LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17740776 on 05/10/2022 (973 days app to issue)

Abstract: A local hub maintains a secure and isolated connection with a device management server for reporting clinical data received from connected medical devices. Only authorized medical devices can communicate with the local hub and a list of allowed medical devices is managed by using a clinical application. A wearable device may be utilized to ensure that the user is within an acceptable range of the local hub.

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

Relationship graphs for telecommunication network fraud detection
Patent No. 12192400

Inventor(s): Elijah Hall (Plano, TX), Prince Paulraj (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17566905 on 12/31/2021 (1103 days app to issue)

Abstract: A processing system may maintain a relationship graph that includes nodes and edges representing phone numbers and device identifiers having associations with the phone numbers. The processing system may obtain an identification of a first phone number or a first device identifier for a fraud evaluation and extract features from the relationship graph associated with at least one of the first phone number or the first device identifier. The plurality of features may include one or more device identifiers associated with the first phone number, or one or more phone numbers associated with the first device identifier. The processing system may then apply the features to a prediction model that is implemented by the processing system and that is configured to output a fraud risk value of the first phone number or the first device identifier and implement at least one remedial action in response to the fraud risk value.

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

Providing additional information to called parties
Patent No. 12192404

Inventor(s): James N. White (Dallas, TX), Monica Rose Martino (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): FIRST ORION CORP. (North Little Rock, AR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17408463 on 08/22/2021 (1234 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for providing additional information to called parties comprises receiving a call from a calling party, performing a lookup of information associated with the calling party in a database, receiving the information from the database, and forwarding the information to a called party. The system comprises at least one device for receiving a call from a calling party, and at least one database for storing information associated with the calling party, wherein the at least one device is operable to perform a lookup of information associated with the calling party in a database, receive the information from the database, and forward the information to a called party.

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

Sub-picture based raster scanning coding order
Patent No. 12192465

Inventor(s): Minhua Zhou (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18382132 on 10/20/2023 (445 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for sub-picture based raster scanning coding order. The method includes dividing an image into even sub-pictures, and encoding parallel sub-pictures on multi-cores in raster scanning order within sub-pictures, wherein from core to core, coding of the sub-picture is independent around sub-picture boundaries, and wherein within a core, coding of a sub-picture is at least one of dependent or independent around sub-picture boundaries.

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

In-line chromatic aberration correction in wide dynamic range (WDR) image processing pipeline
Patent No. 12192653

Inventor(s): Gang Hua (Katy, TX), Mayank Mangla (Allen, TX), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bengaluru, , IN), Niraj Nandan (Plano, TX), Pandy Kalimuthu (Plano, TX), Rajasekhar Reddy Allu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18343018 on 06/28/2023 (559 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS), RAW sensor image processing for a machine vision (MV) application is important. Due to different color, e.g., red/green/blue (RGB), color components, being focused by the lens at different locations in image plane, the lateral chromatic aberration phenomenon may sometimes be observed, which causes false color around edges in the final image output, especially for high contrast edges, which can impede MV applications. Disclosed herein are low-latency, efficient, optimized designs for chromatic aberration correction (CAC) components. An in-pipeline CAC design may be used to perform on-the-fly CAC without any out-of-pipeline memory traffic; enable use of wide dynamic range (WDR) sensors; uses bicubic interpolation; support vertical and horizontal chromatic aberration color channel offsets, reduce CAC line memory requirements, and support flexible look-up table (LUT) down-sampling factors to improve the spatial precision of correction and accommodate popular image sensor resolutions.

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

Accurate optical flow interpolation optimizing bi-directional consistency and temporal smoothness
Patent No. 12192673

Inventor(s): Hamid R. Sheikh (Allen, TX), John Seokjun Lee (Allen, TX), Michael O. Polley (Garland, TX), Yingmao Li (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17591350 on 02/02/2022 (1070 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes obtaining multiple video frames. The method also includes determining whether a bi-directional optical flow between the multiple video frames satisfies an image quality criterion for bi-directional consistency. The method further includes identifying a non-linear curve based on pixel coordinate values from at least two of the video frames. The at least two video frames include first and second video frames. The method also includes generating interpolated video frames between the first and second video frames by applying non-linear interpolation based on the non-linear curve. In addition, the method includes outputting the interpolated video frames for presentation.

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

Systems and methods for obtaining consent for user data sharing by a network
Patent No. 12192755

Inventor(s): Mahesh Chapalamadugu (Plano, TX), Raghuram Parvataneni (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17658754 on 04/11/2022 (1002 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive a consent address from a user device accessing an application that requires application data associated with consent of a user of the user device, and may provide, to the user device, a consent form associated with the consent address. The device may receive, from the user device, user authentication data provided via the consent form and via a first option or a second option, and may provide, to an application server device associated with the application, a notification indicating that the user authentication data was received. The device may provide, to a cloud service provider web services device, an authorization code and an authorization token based on providing the notification. The cloud service provider web services device may cause the application data to be provided to the application server device based on receiving the authorization code and the authorization token.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Management of user equipment security capabilities in communication system
Patent No. 12192765

Inventor(s): Jennifer Liu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Ryan, Mason Lewis, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17430690 on 01/29/2020 (1805 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for security management in communication systems are provided. For example, a method includes receiving, from user equipment, a request indicating one or more security capabilities of the user equipment. The method also includes determining whether the indicated one or more security capabilities meet one or more designated criteria of a communication network, and rejecting the request by the user equipment responsive to determining that the indicated one or more security capabilities do not meet the one or more designated criteria of the communication network. For example, the request is rejected when it is determined that the user equipment does not support any encryption and/or integrity algorithms, or fails to support mandatory encryption and/or integrity algorithms. This serves to prevent malicious user equipment from gaining access to the communication network.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Predictive modeling of energy consumption in a cellular network
Patent No. 12192806

Inventor(s): Harish Arunachalam (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17531847 on 11/22/2021 (1142 days app to issue)

Abstract: A predictive modeling approach to managing cellular network infrastructure is disclosed. In an embodiment, a method can include receiving raw data from a plurality of data sources populated while operating a cellular network. The method can then generate per-logical cell site data by normalizing the raw data based on a set of LCSs in the cellular network to generate per-LCS data. The method can then generate an example from the per-LCS data and generate a predicted energy consumption value for the given LCS by inputting the example into a predictive model (e.g., a decision tree-based model, such as an XGBoost model). From this output, the method can determine if the predicted energy consumption value is higher than an expected energy consumption value (e.g., a historical range of consumption). If so, the method can then label the given LCS as an outlier.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for dynamic maximum transmission unit adjustment in a wireless network
Patent No. 12192827

Inventor(s): Anthony Clay Reynolds (Rhome, TX), Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17653327 on 03/03/2022 (1041 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system described herein may identify a requested communication session between a UE and a network, such as a core of a wireless network. The system may identify Quality of Service (‘’QoS’’) information associated with the UE and/or the requested communication session. The QoS information may include or may be based on a network slice identifier, a QoS value, a Service Level Agreement (‘’SLA’’), one or more models associated with UE attributes, or other suitable information. The system may determine a maximum transmission unit (‘’MTU’’) configuration for the UE based on the identified QoS information and/or models that associate UE attributes to MTU configurations. The system may implement the determined MTU configuration, including providing the MTU configuration to one or more gateways or endpoints of the network and/or to the UE. The UE and the network may accordingly use the MTU configuration when communicating via the requested communication session.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Wireless dynamic file exchange
Patent No. 12192889

Inventor(s): Malcolm Muir Smith (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18770384 on 07/11/2024 (180 days app to issue)

Abstract: Wireless dynamic file exchange is provided by, in response to a triggering network condition occurring, initiating an exchange of a parameter file including non-layer two content via a 802.11 message, such as a Generic Advertisement Service (GAS) message between an access point (AP) and a station (STA) connected to the AP; and in response to determining that the exchange was unsuccessful, terminating a connection between the AP and the STA. The parameter file may be sent over several messages and update the parameters for a new session or an existing session. Devices that do not conform to the updated parameters may be disassociated from the AP and re-connect to receive and implement the updated parameters.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and device in UE and base station used for wireless communication
Patent No. 12192970

Inventor(s): Lin Yang (Shanghai, , CN), Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): Dido Wireless Innovations LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Cole Schotz, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18203310 on 05/30/2023 (588 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station for wireless communication. The UE receives a first signaling, the first signaling being used to determine a first time-frequency resource; receives a second signaling, the second signaling being used to determine a second time-frequency resource; and transmits a first bit block in the first time-frequency resource, or, transmits a first bit block in the second time-frequency resource. Time domain resource occupied by the first time-frequency resource and time domain resource occupied by the second time-frequency resource are non-orthogonal; the first signaling carries a first identifier or a second identifier; whether the first signaling carries the first identifier or the second identifier is used to determine whether the first bit block is transmitted in the first time-frequency resource or transmitted in the second time-frequency resource.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Resource selection for 5G NR V2X communications
Patent No. 12193044

Inventor(s): Chang-Heng Wang (Mountain View, CA), Hongsheng Lu (Mountain View, CA), Isfar Tariq (Mountain View, CA), John Kenney (Mountain View, CA), Takayuki Shimizu (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17681104 on 02/25/2022 (1047 days app to issue)

Abstract: One example embodiment provides one or more of: measuring, via a user equipment (UE), sidelink received signal strength indicator (SL-RSSI) values and sidelink reference signal power received (SL-RSRP) values from a current window of a communication channel shared among a plurality of UEs, measuring, via the UE, the SL-RSRP values from a frequency-domain and a time-domain of a current window of a communication channel shared among the plurality of UEs, excluding a first subset of communication resources from a next window of the communication channel based on the RSSI values in the current window, excluding a first subset of communication resources from a next window of the communication channel based on the SL-RSRP values from a time-domain, excluding a second subset of communication resources from the next window of the communication channel based on the RSRP values, excluding a second subset of communication resources from the next window of the communication channel based on the SL-RSRP values from a frequency-domain, and selecting and reserving resource(s) remaining in the next window of the communication channel after exclusion of the first and second subsets of communication resources from the next window.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Power efficient tunneled direct link setup apparatus, systems and methods
Patent No. 12193082

Inventor(s): Ariton Xhafa (Plano, TX), Leonardo William Estevez (Rockwall, TX), Ramanuja Vedantham (Allen, TX), Yanjun Sun (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18198913 on 05/18/2023 (600 days app to issue)

Abstract: An emulated wireless access point (AP) at a first PMC device (PMC[b]1[/b]) establishes a first tunneled direct link setup (TDLS) session between a first station module (STA[b]1[/b]) incorporated into the PMC[b]1[/b] and a second station module (STA[b]2[/b]) incorporated into a second PMC device (PMC[b]2[/b]). Following establishment of the TDLS session, the wireless AP is allowed to sleep; and most infrastructure management duties are handled by the STA[b]1[/b] during the session. PMC device battery charge may be conserved as a result. The emulated wireless AP may also establish a second TDLS link to a third station module (STA[b]3[/b]) incorporated into a third PMC device (PMC[b]3[/b]). The STA[b]1[/b] may then bridge data traffic flow between the STA[b]2[/b] and the STA[b]3[/b]. Such bridging operation may enable communication between two PMC devices otherwise unable to decode data received from the other.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for power savings at a user equipment
Patent No. 12193104

Inventor(s): Chao He (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17654228 on 03/09/2022 (1035 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) apparatus to reduce power consumption in response to an outcome of a signal reception. The outcome can indicate whether or not the UE needs to be active at a next discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle. The signal can also provide configurations of parameters for transmissions or receptions during the next DRX cycle and be used by the UE for measurements and to obtain channel state information.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Uninterruptible power and cooling for critical power applications
Patent No. 12193195

Inventor(s): Brandon McDaniel (Flower Mound, TX), John A. Musilli, Jr. (San Diego, CA), Matthew Douglas Koerner (Ashburn, VA)
Assignee(s): Caeli, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17450272 on 10/07/2021 (1188 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a metering device to receive first electrical energy from a power source and provide at least a portion of the first electrical energy to a data center during a first time period. The system also includes an electrical-to-mechanical energy conversion device to convert air to a compressed or liquified state using at least the portion of the first electrical energy. The system also includes a storage container to receive the air and store the air in the compressed or liquified state. The system also includes a mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion device to: receive the air from the storage container in a gaseous, compressed state; generate second electrical energy for powering the data center; and exhaust cooled air for providing to the data center to cool the electronic devices.

[H05K] PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS (details of instruments or comparable details of other apparatus not otherwise provided for G12B; thin-film or thick-film circuits H01L 27/01, H01L 27/13; non-printed means for electric connections to or between printed circuits H01R; casings for, or constructional details of, particular types of apparatus, see the relevant subclasses; processes involving only a single technical art, e.g. heating, spraying, for which provision exists elsewhere, see the relevant classes)

Three-dimensional NAND memory device with reduced reverse dipole effect and method for forming the same
Patent No. 12193228

Inventor(s): Noriyuki Nagahata (Yokkaichi, , JP), Ryousuke Itou (Yokkaichi, , JP), Takashi Yuda (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17064834 on 10/07/2020 (1553 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, a memory opening vertically extending through the alternating stack, and a memory opening fill structure located in the memory opening. The memory opening fill structure includes a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel. The memory film includes a tunneling dielectric layer, a charge storage layer that laterally surrounds the tunneling dielectric layer, a dielectric metal oxide blocking dielectric layer that laterally surrounds the charge storage layer and contacts the vertical semiconductor channel, and a silicon oxide blocking dielectric layer that laterally surrounds the dielectric metal oxide blocking dielectric layer and contacts the vertical semiconductor channel.

[H10B] ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES

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Soil reinforcing stabilizer
Patent No. D1056650

Inventor(s): Thomas P. Taylor (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): THE TAYLOR IP GROUP LLC (Colleyville, TX)
Law Firm: NOLTE LACKENBACH SIEGEL (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29806399 on 09/02/2021 (1223 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Patent No. D1056945

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Macpherson (Plano, TX), Cory M. Frank (Frisco, TX), Jessica May (Danbury, TX), Matthew J. Everett (Norton Shores, MI), Michael R. Kushnerik (The Colony, TX), Naohiro J. Matsumura (Dallas, TX), Sergei I. Gag
Assignee(s): TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX), TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Aichi-ken, , JP), TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29840520 on 05/30/2022 (953 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle transmission cover
Patent No. D1056979

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Casey Christen Jens Christensen (McKinney, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Skylar Hagler (Anna, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29886309 on 03/07/2023 (672 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle body
Patent No. D1057042

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Caleb Hix (McKinney, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Ross Martin (Roanoke, TX), Trent Collins (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29898037 on 07/21/2023 (536 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle light bar
Patent No. D1057234

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Trent Collins (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29892598 on 05/19/2023 (599 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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