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

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of May 28, 2024 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

133 patents granted
Ranked No. 9 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 13
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 12
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 1
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 5
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 8
G: PHYSICS 43
H: ELECTRICITY 44

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas) 25
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 7
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR) 4
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 4
Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA) 3
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston) 3
Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC) 3
SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 3
7-Eleven, Inc. (Irving) 2

UNASSIGNED 10

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Feng Zhou (Ann Arbor, MI) 2
Madhukar Budagavi (Plano) 2
William Jeffery White (Plano) 2
Yanghe Liu (Ann Arbor, MI) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Dynamically adjustable crop planter wheel
Patent No. 11991948

Inventor(s): Brian G. Robertson (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Law Office of Sam Sokhansanj PLLC (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17459247 on 08/27/2021 (1005 days app to issue)

Abstract: A dynamically adjustable crop planter wheel or disc that can modify its outer configuration or tooth pattern to automatically adjust to any style, shape, size, or configuration depending on specific soil characteristics in real-time, thereby improving planting efficiency and throughput and further minimizing or eliminating any downtime, among other advantages. In particular, the adjustable crop planter wheel can include a first plurality of members projecting from a central hub, wherein the first plurality of members are disposed in a concentric configuration. The planter wheel can further include one or more actuators in communication with the first plurality of members, wherein the actuators are configured to move each of the first plurality of members, and a controller in communication with the one or more actuators.

[A01C] PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING (combined with general working of soil A01B 49/04; parts, details or accessories of agricultural machines or implements, in general A01B 51/00-A01B 75/00)

Furniture with organizational frame
Patent No. 11992117

Inventor(s): Richard Kassanoff (Dallas, TX), Robert Larry Stewart (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Paragon Furniture, Inc. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17120675 on 12/14/2020 (1261 days app to issue)

Abstract: In various implementations, furniture, such as a table (e.g., a desk) and/or free-standing board, may include an organizational frame to which other members (e.g., table top, white board, smart board, etc.) may be coupled. The frame may include legs and at least one organizational member disposed between two or more of the legs. The organizational member may include a plurality of openings. The opening(s) in the organizational member may be able to couple with one or more organization tools.

[A47B] TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (jointing of furniture F16B 12/00)

Tensionable and lockable micro suture anchors and anchor arrays for anatomical attachment of soft tissue to bone
Patent No. 11992203

Inventor(s): Howard W. Harris (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc. (Orono, MN)
Law Firm: Seager, Tufte Wickhem, LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17681462 on 02/25/2022 (823 days app to issue)

Abstract: A toggle-type suture anchor that incorporates individual suture tensioning and locking without knot tying. The anchor includes an elongate toggle body having a working suture pre-threaded into a first passage and back up and out a second passage with a length running longitudinally adjacent the side of the anchor. A locking suture loop is pre-threaded into a third passage between the first and second passage and includes a collapsible loop that encircles a portion of the length of suture running longitudinally adjacent the side of the anchor. With the loop open, the working suture can slide through the anchor, however, when the loop is closed the working suture is locked in position to retain tension on the working suture. The anchor can be utilized in a pre-strung connected array of anchors.

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

Diagnostic lab-on-a-chip device
Patent No. 11992318

Inventor(s): Celestin B. Bitjonck (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: PERKINS COIE LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17812327 on 07/13/2022 (685 days app to issue)

Abstract: A diagnostic hub located in a toilet receives a wireless signal from a mobile device of a user and determines that the user is proximate to the toilet based on the wireless signal. An identification of the user is determined based on the wireless signal. A geolocation of the diagnostic hub is determined. Sensor data generated by biometric sensors and environmental sensors is received. The diagnostic intakes a mixture of water and urine from the toilet into an intake chamber of the diagnostic hub through an inlet line or one or more openings in a housing of the diagnostic hub. A lab-on-a-chip of the diagnostic hub executes a biochemical assay on a fluid volume of the mixture using a reagent. Substance levels present in the urine are determined based on the biochemical assay. Results based on the substance levels are determined, indicating a diagnosis of one or more diseases or medical conditions.

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

Methods of designing high x-ray lucency lattice structures
Patent No. 11992408

Inventor(s): Jason Tinley (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): NANOHIVE MEDICAL LLC (Woburn, MA)
Law Firm: McDermott Will Emery LLP (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17674036 on 02/17/2022 (831 days app to issue)

Abstract: The biocompatible lattice structures disclosed herein with an increased or optimized lucency are prepared according to multiple methods of design disclosed herein. The methods allow for the design of a metallic material with sufficient strength for use in an implant and that remains radiolucent for x-ray imaging.

[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]

Compositions for and methods of treating acid-base disorders
Patent No. 11992501

Inventor(s): Eric F. Connor (Los Gatos, CA), Gerrit Klaerner (Hillsborough, CA), Jerry M. Buysse (Los Altos, CA), Kalpesh N. Biyani (Dublin, CA), Matthew J. Kade (Berkeley, CA), Michael J. Cope (Berkeley, CA), Paul H. Kierstead (Oakla
Assignee(s): Renosis, Inc. (Southlake, TX)
Law Firm: Culhane PLLC (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17485177 on 09/24/2021 (977 days app to issue)

Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions for and methods of treating an animal, including a human, and methods of preparing such compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions contain nonabsorbable compositions and may be used, for example, to treat diseases or other metabolic conditions in which removal of protons, the conjugate base of a strong acid and/or a strong acid from the gastrointestinal tract would provide physiological benefits such as normalizing serum bicarbonate concentrations and the blood pH in an animal, including a human.

[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)

Topical skin care formulations comprising plant extracts
Patent No. 11992550

Inventor(s): Michelle Hines (Hickory Creek, TX), Tiffany Florence (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17946765 on 09/16/2022 (620 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of topically applying a composition to skin. The method can include topically applying to skin the composition, where the composition comprises an extract from [i]Kunzea ericoides, Quassia undulata, Khaya senegalensis, Biophytum petersianum, Detarium microcarpum, Crossopteryx febrofiga, Allophylus africanus, Burkea Africana, Nauclea latifolia, Bombax costatum, Buchanania reticulata, Melanorrhoea laccifera, Machilus odoratissimus, Spondias pinnata, Canthium dicoccum, Parinari annamensis, Aporosa tetrapleura, Knema globularia, Garcinia gaudichaudii, Randia dasycarpa, Capparis micrantha[/i], or [i]Garcinia benthami. [/i]

Pens/pencils sanitizing machine
Patent No. 11992571

Inventor(s): Shashwat Singh (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17328017 on 05/24/2021 (1100 days app to issue)

Abstract: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. COVID-19 is affecting the whole world and it”s not only taking lives but also heavily penalizing the economy. This new invention Novel Pens/Pencils Sanitizing Machine helps in reducing the risks of getting COVID-19 and other common infectious diseases like Flu, common cold etc. through the use of common pens and pencils. Many facilities front desk like schools, doctor”s offices, Hospitals, private offices share the same pens or pencils with others or sanitizes the pens or pencils manually which is a time taking and tedious job. This machine sanitizes bunch of pens and pencils in one go in an automated way.

[A61L] METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agent employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toilet purposes A61K) [4]

Injection device
Patent No. 11992668

Inventor(s): Ahmet Tezel (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Allergan, Inc. (Irvine, CA)
Law Firm: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16358553 on 03/19/2019 (1897 days app to issue)

Abstract: A needle assembly for an injection device is provided to facilitate delivery of a dermal filler. The assembly includes a cannula and a hub. The hub can be coupled to a syringe. The hub includes an inner bore that has a proximal retention section, a stepped section, and a cannula retention section. The stepped section, the proximal retention section, and the cannula retention section are configured to reduce the dead space within the inner bore for preventing detachment of the hub from the syringe during an injection procedure.

[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]

System and method for controlling neurostimulation according to user activity and clinician rule-based scheduling of stimulation programs
Patent No. 11992682

Inventor(s): Christopher S. L. Crawford (Sunnyvale, TX)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17139965 on 12/31/2020 (1244 days app to issue)

Abstract: This application is generally related to systems and methods for providing a medical therapy to a patient by tracking patient activity and adjusting medical therapy based on occurrence of different types of activities performed by the patient according to clinician defined stimulation program scheduling rules.

[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]

Correlation of dose and dose rate information to volume for radiation treatment planning
Patent No. 11992703

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: 17323942 on 05/18/2021 (1106 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method used for planning radiation treatment accessing information that includes calculated doses and calculated dose rates for sub-volumes in a treatment target, and also accessing information that includes values of a measure of the sub-volumes as a function of the calculated doses and the calculated dose rates. A graphical user interface includes a rendering that is based on the calculated doses, the calculated doses rates, and the values of the measure.

Treaded traction device and system for model vehicles
Patent No. 11992781

Inventor(s): Jonathan Scott Wood (Frisco, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17217012 on 03/30/2021 (1155 days app to issue)

Abstract: A treaded traction device for model vehicles is provided. The treaded traction device includes a biasing assembly and a tensioning assembly. The biasing assembly includes a first bias support fixed relative to a vehicle hub and a second bias support fixed relative to a traction hub. The biasing assembly also includes a coil and a dampener attached to the first and second bias supports. The treaded traction device is biased to result in one end being lower than another end. The tensioning assembly includes an idler wheel and a first and second tension support. The tension supports may be rotated to move the idler wheel, releasing tension on a surrounding tread. When the tension is released, the surrounding tread may be removed or replaced.

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

Building system
Patent No. 11992785

Inventor(s): Nathaniel Ross Bernklau (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17232475 on 04/16/2021 (1138 days app to issue)

Abstract: A construction set includes one or more hubs and a plurality of tubular struts. Some of the hubs include a central aperture to receive a length of a tubular strut. Some of the hubs include one or more strut coupler prongs arranged radially about the central aperture. Some of the hubs include a central slot adapted to receive a portion of another hub such that the connected hubs are secured at right angles relative to one another.

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

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

Acoustic resonator device
Patent No. 11992839

Inventor(s): David Doerr (Plano, TX), Matthew Wasilik (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17749002 on 05/19/2022 (740 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods of fabricating a bulk acoustic wave resonator structure for a fluidic device. The methods can include a first step of disposing a first conductive material over a portion of a first surface of a substrate to form at least a portion of a first electrode, the substrate having a second surface opposite the first surface. Then, a piezoelectric material may be disposed over the first electrode. Next, a second conductive material can be disposed over the piezoelectric material to form at least a portion of a second electrode. The second conductive material extends substantially parallel to the first surface of the substrate and the second conductive material at least partially extends over the first conductive material. The overlapping region of the first conductive material, the piezoelectric material, and the second conductive material form a bulk acoustic wave resonator, the bulk acoustic wave resonator having a first side and an opposing second side. An acoustic energy management structure is then disposed over a first side of the bulk acoustic wave resonator. Next a third conductive material is disposed over a portion of the second conductive material that extends beyond the bulk acoustic wave resonator, wherein the third conductive material forms an interconnect extending above the acoustic energy management structure in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first surface of the substrate. Finally a portion of the second surface of the substrate is removed to

[B01L] CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE (apparatus for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A61; apparatus for industrial purposes or laboratory apparatus whose construction and performance are comparable to that of similar industrial apparatus, see the relevant classes for industrial apparatus, particularly subclasses of B01 and C12; separating or distilling apparatus B01D; mixing or stirring devices B01F; atomisers B05B; sieves B07B; corks, bungs B65D; handling liquids in general B67; vacuum pumps F04; siphons F04F 10/00; taps, stop-cocks F16K; tubes, tube joints F16L; apparatus specially adapted for investigating or analysing materials G01, particularly G01N; electrical or optical apparatus, see the relevant classes in sections G and H)

Method for fabricating shell-shaped dental appliance
Patent No. 11992998

Inventor(s): Jun Jia (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): ARTECHX TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch Birch, LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17474047 on 09/13/2021 (988 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one aspect, the present application provides a method for fabricating shell-shaped dental appliance, comprising: generating a first 3D digital model representing an assembly of a support and a shell-shaped dental appliance, where the support has a first surface that conforms to and clings to a second surface of the shell-shaped dental appliance; and using the first 3D digital model to control a device to discharge successive drops of at least one fluid phase and solidifiable appliance material and successive drops of at least one fluid phase and solidifiable support material to form the assembly slice by slice along a first direction.

[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]

Deformable user input systems
Patent No. 11993146

Inventor(s): John C. Rafferty (Dexter, 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: 17462568 on 08/31/2021 (1001 days app to issue)

Abstract: User input systems and vehicles having a user input system having a deformable material are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user input system includes a base, a deformable material, wherein at least the base and the deformable material define an enclosure, a sensor layer disposed on or within the deformable material, at least one actuator coupled to the base and disposed within the enclosure, and an input device coupled to the at least one actuator. The at least one actuator is configured to raise the input device to deform the deformable material at a location of a hand on the deformable material based at least in part on a signal provided by the sensor layer.

[B60K] ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES [2006.01]

External power assist systems for charging batteries onboard eVTOL aircraft
Patent No. 11993161

Inventor(s): Christopher M. Johnson (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17335603 on 06/01/2021 (1092 days app to issue)

Abstract: An external power assist system for an eVTOL aircraft having one or more onboard batteries includes a subsurface power source and a power transfer interface electrically coupled to the subsurface power source. The power transfer interface is movable between various positions including a deployed position and a stowed position. The power transfer interface is configured to transfer power to the onboard batteries of the eVTOL aircraft in the deployed position. The power transfer interface is moved at least partially subsurface in the stowed position.

[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]

Distance-based energy transfer from a transport
Patent No. 11993170

Inventor(s): Norman Lu (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18083417 on 12/16/2022 (529 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining an estimated arrival time of a first transport to a charging station, determining an estimated remaining stored transport energy at the estimated arrival time of the first transport, notifying the first transport to provide a portion of the determined remaining stored transport energy and when a next transport is delayed to the charging station, notifying the first transport to provide an additional portion of the determined remaining stored transport energy based on the delay.

System and method for performing graph imputation
Patent No. 11993283

Inventor(s): Hongsheng Lu (San Jose, CA), Prashant Tiwari (Santa Clara, CA), Rui Guo (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17462758 on 08/31/2021 (1001 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described are systems and methods for substituting missing graph information caused during the transmission of graph information from one entity to another. In one example, a system includes a processor and a memory with machine-readable instructions that cause the processor to receive an incoming graph stream comprising a plurality of graphs having detected object information and at least one missing graph, transform the plurality of graphs into incoming embedded vectors having values that represent detected object information of the incoming graph stream, provide the embedded vector that corresponds to the at least one missing graph with a missing graph value, and substitute the missing graph value with a substitute value using a recurrent neural network that interpolates the substitute value using the incoming embedded vectors that are not equal to the missing graph value.

[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]

Modular railcar underframe and top container
Patent No. 11993295

Inventor(s): Konstantin I. Khenokh (Plano, TX), Matthew Gabriel Westlake (Dallas, TX), Percy Hoshang Elavia (Plano, TX), Rajesh K. Gupta (Euless, TX), Suman Gachhadar (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TRINITY RAIL GROUP, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16965837 on 01/29/2019 (1946 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a modular railcar comprises: a pair of trucks disposed near each end of the modular railcar; an underframe coupled to the pair of trucks and supported by the pair of trucks. The underframe comprises a plurality of coupling apparatus. The plurality of coupling apparatus are configured to couple a modular top container to the underframe. According to some embodiments, a modular top container comprises: a floor panel configured to transport a lading; and a plurality of coupling apparatus coupled to the floor panel. The plurality of coupling apparatus are configured to couple the modular top container to a modular railcar. The floor panel is configured to support the weight of the lading when detached from the modular railcar.

[B61D] BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES (vehicles in general B60; adaptation of vehicles to special systems B61B; underframes B61F)

Vehicle brake control system and method
Patent No. 11993299

Inventor(s): Srivallidevi Muthusami (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Transportation IP Holdings, LLC (Norwalk, CT)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17370934 on 07/08/2021 (1055 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a controller disposed onboard a first vehicle system and comprising one or more processors. The controller is operably connected to a propulsion and braking subsystem of the first vehicle system. The controller is configured to analyze a notification message received from an off-board source as the first vehicle system travels on a route. The notification message identifies an unplanned brake application made by a second vehicle system. In response to the notification message, the controller is configured to control the propulsion and braking subsystem to modify movement of the first vehicle system based at least in part on a location of the second vehicle system to avoid the second vehicle system.

[B61L] GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC (brakes or auxiliary equipment B61H, B61K; point or crossing construction E01B)

Energy attenuating pod carrier system for vertical lift aircraft
Patent No. 11993360

Inventor(s): Daniel Bryan Robertson (Southlake, TX), Kirk Landon Groninga (Keller, TX), Matthew Edward Louis (Fort Worth, TX), Paul Charles Griffiths (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17094180 on 11/10/2020 (1295 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle has a pod carrier, a pod rotatably connected to the pod carrier, and an energy attenuating system (EAS) disposed between the pod and the pod carrier to attenuate forces associated with a deflection of the pod relative to the pod carrier. A method of operating an energy attenuating system (EAS) is provided for attenuating energy associated with movement between a pod and a pod carrier. The method includes providing a vehicle having a pod carrier and providing the pod carrier with an EAS configured in an undeflected state.

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

Dual-concentric control valve with direct drive control and failed motor protection
Patent No. 11993362

Inventor(s): Brady Garrett Atkins (Euless, TX), Carlos Alexander Fenny (Fort Worth, TX), Charles Eric Covington (Colleyville, TX), Robert Paul Reynolds (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17509048 on 10/24/2021 (947 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods include providing an aircraft with a direct drive dual-concentric valve (D3V) having a body, an outer secondary spool coaxially located within a bore of the body and linearly displaceable relative to the body, an inner primary spool coaxially located within a bore of the secondary spool and linearly displaceable relative to the secondary spool and the body. A plurality of piezo stacks is coupled to a first end of the primary spool, and applying a voltage to at least one of the piezo stacks causes an output stroke of the plurality of the piezo strokes for displacing the primary spool. The secondary spool is displaced together with the primary spool relative to the body if displacement of the primary spool relative to the secondary spool cannot occur.

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

Dispenser for pressurized canister
Patent No. 11993446

Inventor(s): Stephen William O”Brien (Fort Worth, TX), Todd Michael Coleman (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): AC AVALANCHE, LLC (Valley View, OH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17684918 on 03/02/2022 (818 days app to issue)

Abstract: A dispenser system for a pressurized canister including an actuator including components such as an external housing, a valve having a top stem connector for attachment to an output hose, support pins, and a one way ball check valve having a stem fitting with an extended valve stem for engaging the pressurized canister, a pivoting actuator control or trigger, having a trigger return spring, to bias the trigger out of engagement with the valve, unless a stop pin is removed and the trigger is pivoted into operating engagement under compression of the trigger and trigger return spring by a user. The sensor may communicate with a mobile device to indicate when to stop dispensing contents from the canister.

[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

Anomaly detection and controlling fuel dispensing operations using fuel volume determinations
Patent No. 11993507

Inventor(s): Boonchai Matthew Ragan (Lewisville, TX), Jake Ylli Hoxha (Farmers Branch, TX), Joshua Michael Rothenberg (Dallas, TX), Scott Albert (Dallas, TX), Sravan Kumar Ayyappa Akula (Aubrey, TX), Srikanth Gandra (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18357879 on 07/24/2023 (309 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system determines that a fuel dispensing operation may be anomalous. In response, the system accesses fuel inventory data that indicates fuel levels in a fuel tank within a threshold period. The system determines a measure amount of fuel that left the fuel tank based on the fuel inventory data. The system determines a calculated amount of dispensed fuel associated with one or more fuel dispensing operations within the threshold period. The system compares the measured amount of fuel that left the fuel tank with the calculated amount of dispensed fuel. The system determines that the measured amount of fuel that left the fuel tank is more than the calculated amount of dispensed fuel. In response, the system confirms that the fuel dispensing operation is anomalous and communicates an electronic signal to the fuel dispensing terminal that causes the fuel dispensing terminal to stop dispensing fuel.

[B67D] DISPENSING, DELIVERING, OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B 9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F) [5]

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

Pyrazole and imidazole compounds for inhibition of IL-17 and RORgamma
Patent No. 11993574

Inventor(s): Bradley Caprathe (Irving, TX), Brian Kornberg (Irving, TX), Chitase Lee (Irving, TX), Christopher F. Bender (Irving, TX), Gary Bolton (Irving, TX), Martha R. Hotema (Irving, TX), Melean Visnick (Irving, TX), Patrick O
Assignee(s): REATA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Highlander PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17251295 on 06/17/2019 (1807 days app to issue)

Abstract:

[C07D] HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08) [2]

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

Electrically conductive proppant and methods for detecting, locating and characterizing the electrically conductive proppant
Patent No. 11993749

Inventor(s): Terrence Palisch (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): National Technology Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17517503 on 11/02/2021 (938 days app to issue)

Abstract: Electrically conductive proppants and methods for detecting, locating, and characterizing same are provided. The electrically conductive proppant can include a substantially uniform coating of an electrically conductive material having a thickness of at least 500 nm. The method can include injecting a hydraulic fluid into a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation at a rate and pressure sufficient to open a fracture therein, injecting into the fracture a fluid containing the electrically conductive proppant, electrically energizing the earth at or near the fracture, and measuring three dimensional (x, y, and z) components of electric and magnetic field responses at a surface of the earth or in an adjacent wellbore.

[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]

Sealing louvers for roof structures
Patent No. 11993930

Inventor(s): David G. Weaver (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): ALUMAWOOD OUTDOOR LIVING LLC (Holbrook, NY)
Law Firm: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (Local + 11 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16908938 on 06/23/2020 (1435 days app to issue)

Abstract: Louvered roof systems are provided with one or more louvers. Such louvers can be combined in an assembly that is movable between an open condition and a closed condition. In the closed condition, louvers in the assembly engage one another. In such engagement, a leg extending generally transversely from one louver may include a wing that extends generally transversely to the leg and that abuts a surface of an adjacent louver. Additionally or alternatively, in such engagement, a leg extending transversely from one louver may be received in a notch in an adjacent louver. An end cap can include a downwardly extending flange that directs liquid flow from a louver”s top surface and past its bottom surface to form droplets or streams to fall from a lower part of the flange and prevent travel of the liquid flow along the bottom surface of the louver.

[E04B] GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of openings in walls, floors, or ceilings E06B 1/00)

Ball seat release apparatus
Patent No. 11994004

Inventor(s): Abdolreza Gharesi (Southlake, TX), Alan Tancel Jackson (Frisco, TX), Richard Paul Noffke (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18087092 on 12/22/2022 (523 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided, in one aspect, is a ball seat release apparatus. The ball seat release apparatus, according to this embodiment, includes a shear sleeve, and a ball seat body located at least partially within the shear sleeve, a shear feature releasably coupling the ball seat body to the shear sleeve. The ball seat release apparatus according to this aspect further includes a ball seat slidingly engaged within the ball seat body, the ball seat configured to move from a first linear position to a second linear position, and further wherein a locking dog releasably couples the ball seat with the ball seat body.

Isolation devices and flow control device to control fluid flow in wellbore for geothermal energy transfer
Patent No. 11994010

Inventor(s): David Joe Steele (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17489236 on 09/29/2021 (972 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system can include isolation devices, a flow control device, and an energy transfer device. The isolation devices can be positioned between a wall of a wellbore and a tubular positioned in the wellbore for carrying fluid for geothermal energy transfer. The flow control device can be positioned in the wellbore and between the isolation devices for controlling flow of the fluid between zones of the wellbore for transferring geothermal energy to a surface of the wellbore. The energy transfer device can be positioned at the surface of the wellbore for transferring the geothermal energy from the fluid into usable energy.

Perforation cluster design method and system based on a hybrid model to predict proppant distribution
Patent No. 11994019

Inventor(s): Alan C. Mueller (Seattle, WA), Jack J. Kolle (Seattle, WA)
Assignee(s): GEODYNAMICS, INC. (Millsap, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17500121 on 10/13/2021 (958 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for determining the distribution of a proppant and associated slurry exiting perforations made in a casing, which is placed in a well, includes receiving settling data describing the proppant settling in the casing; receiving a slip parameter describing a casing velocity of the proppant relative to a perforation velocity of the proppant; calculating with a computing device, based on a constant proppant concentration model, (1) initial flow rates Q(i) of the proppant through the perforations and (2) initial flow rates Q[subscript]case[/subscript](i) of the proppant through the casing, wherein i is the number of perforations; and calculating with the computing device, based on (1) a variable proppant concentration model, (2) the settling data, (3) the slip parameter, (4) the initial flow rates Q(i) of the proppant through the perforations, and (5) the initial flow rates Q[subscript]case[/subscript](i) of the proppant through the casing, normalized flow rates Q[subscript]s[/subscript](i) of the proppant through the perforations.

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

Valve stop and suction cover platformed assembly
Patent No. 11994125

Inventor(s): Adalberto Cortes (Fort Worth, TX), Jeff Myers (Fort Worth, TX), John Steven Marquez, Jr. (Saginaw, TX), Johnny E. DeLeon, II (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17442097 on 07/21/2020 (1407 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fluid end of a reciprocating pump assembly includes a cylinder, a cover, and a valve stop. The cylinder has a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and an access side wall comprising an access wall inner surface that defines an access opening. The access opening provides access to an inner area of the cylinder and has an access opening axis. The cover is positioned in the access opening and forms a seal with the access wall inner surface along the access opening. The cover includes a cover axis coaxial with the access opening axis. The valve stop is positioned partially in the fluid inlet and includes a spring retainer and a column portion. The column portion includes a flange positioned between the cover and the access wall inner surface. The flange is in the shape of an arc.

[F04B] POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F04C; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped F04F; crankshafts, crossheads, connecting-rods F16C; flywheels F16F; gearings for interconverting rotary motion and reciprocating motion in general F16H; pistons, piston-rods, cylinders, in general F16J; ion pumps H01J 41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K 44/02)

Removable passive airflow oscillation device and system
Patent No. 11994156

Inventor(s): Lawrence M. Corso (Keller, TX), William B. Wood (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations, Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18164560 on 02/03/2023 (480 days app to issue)

Abstract: A removable passive airflow oscillation device can be disposed within a pressurized wing structure utilized as a plenum. The passive airflow oscillation device can be a removable insert disposed into exterior vehicle surfaces with pressurization of a sealed chamber to provide the airflow. The device can include a cavity configured to receive the airflow from an ingress opening, direct the airflow therethrough to generate a predetermined oscillating airflow, and expel the oscillatory airflow from the egress opening. The removable passive airflow oscillation devices can provide quick and simple replacement and maintenance of damaged or clogged devices. The aft chamber of the flap seal can be sealed and pressurized to serve as a plenum providing the airflow to the actuators. The device can receive airflow, such as compressor air, and expel an oscillating airflow. Because each device is self-contained the number of devices and location thereof can vary by application.

[F15D] FLUID DYNAMICS, i.e. METHODS OR MEANS FOR INFLUENCING THE FLOW OF GASES OR LIQUIDS (fluid-circuit elements F15C)

Concentric electric-motor driveshaft system and method
Patent No. 11994200

Inventor(s): Grant Michael Beall (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17984610 on 11/10/2022 (565 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electric-motor system includes a forward electric-motor assembly, a rear electric-motor assembly arranged in series relative to the forward electric-motor assembly, a forward electric-motor driveshaft splined to the forward electric-motor assembly and comprising a forward electric-motor drive-shaft shear section, and a rear electric-motor driveshaft splined to the rear electric-motor assembly and comprising a rear electric-motor drive-shaft shear section, at least a portion of the rear electric-motor driveshaft arranged concentrically within the forward electric-motor driveshaft. The forward electric-motor driveshaft and the rear electric-motor driveshaft rotate about a common axis.

[F16H] GEARING

Integrated gear oil shroud and pump oil pickup
Patent No. 11994205

Inventor(s): Ryan D. Nelms (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC (Maumee, OH)
Law Firm: McCoy Russell LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18172195 on 02/21/2023 (462 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems are provided for an integrated oil shroud and pump oil pickup. In some examples, an assembly may include an oil shroud element configured to enclose a lower portion of at least one rotating gear of a gearbox, and an oil intake element with an oil filter and an oil outlet configured to couple to a pump of an oil recirculating circuit, where the oil intake element is in face-sharing contact with the oil shroud element.

[F16H] GEARING

Regulator with improved turndown
Patent No. 11994227

Inventor(s): Chun Lin (McKinney, TX), James Hawkins (Allen, TX), Tony A. Durant (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies, Inc. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: Quarles Brady LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17501289 on 10/14/2021 (957 days app to issue)

Abstract: A trim assembly for a regulator can include a cage and a plug assembly. The cage can include a peripheral wall defining an opening and a plurality of cage apertures formed in the peripheral wall. The plug assembly can include a plug and a sealing element and can be configured to be moveably received within the opening so that the sealing element contacts an inner surface of the cage to vary a flow area through the plurality of cage apertures depending on the position of the plug.

[F16K] VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING

Highly elastic metal seal
Patent No. 11994244

Inventor(s): Michael L. Mann (Houston, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas PC LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17625728 on 07/07/2020 (1421 days app to issue)

Abstract: A highly elastic annular seal assembly includes a metal stabilator having inner and outer spaced-apart and projecting annular plates coupled to a common base and forming a U-shaped geometry, and a metal seal ring having inner and outer spaced-apart and projecting annular plates coupled to a common base and having a U-shaped geometry with a central groove. The stabilator plates are configured to be disposed within the central groove between the seal ring plates, and the stabilator plates being configured to gradually urge the seal ring plates outward as the seal ring and stabilator are brought together until a portion of the first seal ring plate contacts and forms a seal against a mating body disposed within the first seal ring plate.

[F16J] PISTONS; CYLINDERS; PRESSURE VESSELS IN GENERAL; SEALINGS

Flexible wellhead connection systems and methods
Patent No. 11994245

Inventor(s): Steven Post (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): FORUM US, INC. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18098778 on 01/19/2023 (495 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to flexible wellhead connection systems, apparatus, methods, and associated components thereof. The aspects include a rotatable joint. In one example, the rotatable joint includes a swivel. In one example, the flexible wellhead connection systems, apparatus, and methods are used to connect wellheads to one or more of fluid sources and/or instrumentation skids.

[F16L] PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL

Portable stove with folding stand
Patent No. 11994298

Inventor(s): Alexander K. Maghsadi (Lewisville, TX), Jeffrey R. Weilert (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Solo Brands, LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18100790 on 01/24/2023 (490 days app to issue)

Abstract: A stand is provided for elevating a portable stove above a surface. The stand includes a central intersection and a plurality of legs. Each leg includes an inner link extending radially outward from the central intersection, and an outer link connected to the inner link by a hinge. The outer link is thus movable to a position extending radially outward from the inner link. Each leg also includes a foot coupled to, and extending transverse to, the outer link. Each foot includes a standoff extending transverse from the outer link in a first direction, and an interference arm extending transverse from the outer link in a second direction opposite the first direction.

[F24C] OTHER DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION (radiator stoves of the fluid-circulating type F24H)

P H Y S I C S

Steering wheel assemblies having tactile feedback devices
Patent No. 11993207

Inventor(s): Mikio David (Ypsilanti, 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: 17682784 on 02/28/2022 (820 days app to issue)

Abstract: A steering wheel assembly for a vehicle, the steering wheel assembly including a steering wheel frame and a tactile notification device coupled to the steering wheel frame. The tactile notification device includes a mounting frame, a first set of disks arranged around and coupled to the first mounting frame, and an actuator operatively coupled to the first set of disks. The actuator is configured to rotate the set of disks.

[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]

Smart placement of mobility as a service (MAAS) transit vehicles
Patent No. 11994398

Inventor(s): Shalini Keshavamurthy (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SNELL WILMER LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16449139 on 06/21/2019 (1803 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for automatic scheduling of vehicles includes a network access device configured to receive scheduling information corresponding to at least one travel request and including a user-selected starting location and a user-selected destination location. The system further includes a memory configured to store map information including road information and preselected vehicle stops. The system further includes a processor coupled to the network access device and the memory. The processor is designed to identify available vehicles to transport passengers. The processor is further designed to determine routes for the available vehicles to travel, the routes including vehicle stops and being determined based on the scheduling information, the road information, and the preselected vehicle stops. The processor is further designed to control the network access device to transmit the identified routes to the available vehicles.

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

Temperature indicator
Patent No. 11994434

Inventor(s): Anthony N. Fonk (Austin, TX), Johannes A. van Niekerk (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Shock Watch, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Dority Manning, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17148922 on 01/14/2021 (1230 days app to issue)

Abstract: A temperature indicator includes a housing having a temperature detection assembly, switch circuitry, and a radio-frequency identification (RFID) module coupled to the switch circuitry. Responsive to the temperature detection assembly being subjected to a temperature exceeding a threshold, the switch circuitry causes a change in a value output by the RFID module when activated.

[G01K] MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (radiation pyrometry G01J 5/00)

RF peak detector circuit
Patent No. 11994548

Inventor(s): Arnab Das (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17512552 on 10/27/2021 (944 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a transistor pair including a first metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) coupled to a second MOSFET. The first MOSFET includes a first gate terminal and a first drain terminal. The second MOSFET comprises a second gate terminal and a second drain terminal. The first gate terminal is configured to receive a first signal. The second gate terminal is configured to receive a second signal that is phase shifted with respect to the first signal. An output node is coupled to the first drain terminal and the second drain terminal and configured to output a third signal that is proportional to a power of the first signal and the second signal.

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

Tests for integrated circuit (IC) chips
Patent No. 11994559

Inventor(s): Kalyan Chakravarthi Chekuri (Bangalore, , IN), Lakshmanan Balasubramanian (Bangalore, , IN), Rubin Parekhji (Bangalore, , IN), Swathi G (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17871205 on 07/22/2022 (676 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for evaluating tests for fabricated integrated circuit (IC) chips includes providing, design for fault injection (DfFI) instances of an IC design that characterize activatable states of controllable elements in an IC chip based on the IC design. The method also includes fault simulating the IC design a corresponding identified test suite to determine a signature for faults and simulating the IC design with the DfFI instances activated to determine a signature for the DfFI instances. The method includes generating a DfFI-fault equivalence dictionary based on a comparison of the signature of the faults and DfFI instances and generating tests for a fabricated IC chip based on the IC design. The method includes receiving test result data characterizing the tests being applied against the fabricated IC chip with the DfFI instances activated and analyzing the test result data to determine an ability of the tests to detect the faults.

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

Relay monitoring for electrical systems
Patent No. 11994560

Inventor(s): Muhammad Mobeen Mahmood (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Rivian IP Holdings, LLC (Irvine, CA)
Law Firm: BAKERHOSTETLER (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18185279 on 03/16/2023 (439 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to relay monitoring for electrical systems. An electrical system may include one or more relays, such as steering relays, that switchably couple separate portions of the electrical system. By exercising the relay(s) and measuring voltages on opposite sides of the relay, it may be determined whether the relay is healthy.

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

Frequency modulated continuous wave radar system with interference mitigation
Patent No. 11994575

Inventor(s): Anand Dabak (Plano, TX), Sandeep Rao (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17478312 on 09/17/2021 (984 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for dithering radar frames includes determining at least one of a chirp period Tc for radar chirps in a radar frame and a chirp slope S for radar chirps in the radar frame. In response to determining the chirp period Tc, a maximum chirp dither c(max) is determined, and for the radar frame N, a random chirp dither c(N) between negative c(max) and positive c(max) is determined. In response to determining the chirp slope S, a maximum slope dither (max) is determined, and for the radar frame N, a random slope dither (N) between negative (max) and positive (max) is determined. A radar sensor circuit generates radar chirps in the radar frame N based on the at least one of (1) the chirp period Tc and the random chirp dither c(N) and (2) the chirp slope S and the random slope dither (N).

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

Inverse radar sensor model and evidential grid mapping processors
Patent No. 11994582

Inventor(s): Gunawath Dilshan Godaliyadda (Allen, TX), June Chul Roh (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17472809 on 09/13/2021 (988 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes an inverse radar sensor model processor and a grid mapping processor. The inverse radar sensor model processor receives radar sensor data for a time k from a radar sensor, generates object data based on the radar sensor data, and calculates instantaneous masses at the time k for each cell in a field of view (FOV) of the radar sensor based on the object data and a sensor characteristic. The inverse radar sensor model processor outputs the calculated instantaneous masses to the grid mapping processor, which also receives accumulated masses for each cell in the FOV for a time period 0:k1. An accumulated mass represents a combination of instantaneous masses for the cell at each time increment in the time period 0:k1. The grid mapping processor generates updated accumulated masses for a time period 0:k.

Phase-based ultrasonic ranging
Patent No. 11994584

Inventor(s): Charles Kasimer Sestok, IV (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17325395 on 05/20/2021 (1104 days app to issue)

Abstract: One example includes an ultrasonic ranging system. The system includes an ultrasonic transducer configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal and to receive reflected ultrasonic signal paths having been reflected from a plurality of target objects during a ranging operation. The system also includes a ranging processor configured to detect a location associated with the plurality of target objects based on monitoring phase information associated with the reflected ultrasonic signal paths.

Systems and methods for detecting a sitting duck scenario
Patent No. 11994643

Inventor(s): David Wagstaff (San Diego, CA), Jason Palmer (San Diego, CA), Samuel Thomas Kruse (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): SmartDrive Systems, Inc. (Westlake, TX)
Law Firm: Esplin Associates, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17175132 on 02/12/2021 (1201 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting a sitting duck scenario of a vehicle on or near a road are disclosed. The current location and speed of the vehicle are used for different comparisons and/or determinations, including a comparison to road-specific information to determine whether the vehicle is in a particular proximity of a highway, and a determination whether the vehicle has been stationary continuously for at least a specified duration. Additional comparisons and/or determinations may be used. If such an occurrence has been detected, one or more notifications are generated, and provided to one or more of the vehicle operator and/or a remote computing server.

[G01V] GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS (means for indicating the location of accidentally buried, e.g. snow-buried, persons A63B 29/02) [6]

Method and apparatus for formation tester data interpretation with diverse flow models
Patent No. 11994644

Inventor(s): Dingding Chen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17480986 on 09/21/2021 (980 days app to issue)

Abstract: Improved systematic inversion methodology applied to formation testing data interpretation with spherical, radial and/or cylindrical flow models is disclosed. A method of determining a parameter of a formation of interest at a desired location comprises directing a formation tester to the desired location in the formation of interest and obtaining data from the desired location in the formation of interest. The obtained data relates to a first parameter at the desired location of the formation of interest. The obtained data is regressed to determine a second parameter at the desired location of the formation of interest. Regressing the obtained data comprises using a method selected from a group consisting of a deterministic approach, a probabilistic approach, and an evolutionary approach.

[G01V] GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS (means for indicating the location of accidentally buried, e.g. snow-buried, persons A63B 29/02) [6]

Method for making a gradient color polar lens with a non-polar near vision zone
Patent No. 11994756

Inventor(s): Hao-Wen Chiu (Dallas, TX), Peiqi Jiang (Dallas, TX), Srinivasan Balasubramanian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, , FR)
Law Firm: NIXON VANDERHYE (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16973939 on 06/11/2019 (1813 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for preparing partially polarized optical articles. A polarizing element is used to cover at least a portion of the front surface of an optical article to form a polarizing zone and a non-polarizing zone on the optical article. The optical article is then tinted to produce a gradual color transition between the polarizing zone and non-polarizing zone of the optical article.

[G02C] SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES

Syncing operational data for heavy equipment
Patent No. 11994867

Inventor(s): Kevin Gregory (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: TechLaw Ventures, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17220826 on 04/01/2021 (1153 days app to issue)

Abstract: Communications between heavy equipment machines during tree felling operations. A method includes identifying a tree felling area to be cut in a tree felling operation and determining instructions for executing the tree felling operation with two or more heavy equipment machinery. The method includes receiving first sensor data from a first heavy equipment during execution of the tree felling operation and providing the first sensor data to a second heavy equipment during execution of the tree felling operation.

[G05D] SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES (for continuous casting of metals B22D 11/16; valves per se F16K; sensing non-electric variables, see the relevant subclasses of G01; for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F)

Streaming engine with error detection, correction and restart
Patent No. 11994949

Inventor(s): Joseph Zbiciak (San Jose, CA), Timothy Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17408561 on 08/23/2021 (1009 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a streaming engine employed in, for example, a digital signal processor. A fixed data stream sequence including plural nested loops is specified by a control register. The streaming engine includes an address generator producing addresses of data elements and a steam head register storing data elements next to be supplied as operands. The streaming engine fetches stream data ahead of use by the central processing unit core in a stream buffer. Parity bits are formed upon storage of data in the stream buffer which are stored with the corresponding data. Upon transfer to the stream head register a second parity is calculated and compared with the stored parity. The streaming engine signals a parity fault if the parities do not match. The streaming engine preferably restarts fetching the data stream at the data element generating a parity fault.

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

Method and system for performing root cause analysis associated with service impairments in a distributed multi-tiered computing environment
Patent No. 11994975

Inventor(s): William Jeffery White (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams, Aughtry (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17722093 on 04/15/2022 (774 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to a method for managing a distributed multi-tiered computing (DMC) environment. The method includes obtaining, by a local controller associated with a DMC domain, a set of correlated services associated with an anomaly; obtaining a service dependency graph associated with the set of correlated services; generating a causal variance for each service using the correlated services and the service dependency graph; generating a weighted rank order of causal services based on the causal variance associated with each service, and the weighted rank order of causal services includes a portion of the services associated with an application associated with the anomaly; and performing remediation based on the weighted rank order of the causal services.

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

Methods, systems, and media for a microservices orchestration engine
Patent No. 11994976

Inventor(s): Andrew Troy Hartwell (Prosper, 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: 17079763 on 10/26/2020 (1310 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods and media are directed to a microservices orchestration engine, which includes an engine framework and an orchestrator. The engine framework combines an input request with framework specifications to form a job stream and define communication between the orchestrator and microservice provision components that execute microservices to be executed in a non-production environment during a test of computer-executable code. The orchestrator receives the formed job stream and sends a plurality of tasks based on the formed job stream. The tasks are executed by respective microservice provision components that execute microservices, enabling the test of computer-executable code in the non-production environment.

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

Data management techniques using distributed policy agent
Patent No. 11995055

Inventor(s): William Jeffery White (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC (Hopkinton, MA)
Law Firm: Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams Aughtry (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17386359 on 07/27/2021 (1036 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to a method for distributed data management. The method may include making a first determination that data is written to a data structure of storage of a data host; obtaining, based on the first determination, data information associated with the data; making a second determination of intent corresponding to the data; generating a global name and metadata corresponding to the data, wherein the metadata comprises the intent; and publishing the global name and the metadata to a global name repository.

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

System and method for efficient transliteration of machine interpretable languages
Patent No. 11995075

Inventor(s): Elvis Nyamwange (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17557683 on 12/21/2021 (889 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to transliteration of machine interpretable languages. A computing platform may receive a query formatted in a first format for execution on a first database. The computing platform may translate the query to a second format for execution on a second database by: 1) extracting non-essential portions of the query from the query, and replacing the non-essential portions of the query with pointers to create a query key; 2) storing, along with their corresponding pointers, the non-essential portions of the query as query parameters; 3) executing a lookup function on a query library to identify a translated query corresponding to the query key and including the corresponding pointers; and 4) updating the translated query to include the query parameters based on the corresponding pointers to create an output query. The computing platform may execute the output query on the second database.

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

System, computing platform and method of integrating data from a plurality of data sources
Patent No. 11995076

Inventor(s): David Bukovec (McKinney, TX), Jayesh Thakkar (Dallas, TX), Saiganesh Ramani (Frisco, TX), Vaibhav Varshney (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Munich, , DE)
Law Firm: Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18029215 on 11/27/2020 (1278 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, a computing platform, and a method of integrating data from a plurality of data sources are disclosed herein. The method includes receiving datapoints from the plurality of data sources via one or more connectors in real-time. The datapoints are received in accordance with a data model represented at least in part by the one or more connectors. The method includes generating relationships between the datapoints based on at least a semantic mapping of the datapoints using a semantic model, and integrating the datapoints from the plurality of data sources in real-time based on at least one of the relationships and the data model.

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

Document management platform
Patent No. 11995131

Inventor(s): Abhinav Sharma (Flower Mound, TX), Balaraju Gujjari (Little Elm, TX), Dianhai Du (Plano, TX), John F. Grisamore (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17302711 on 05/11/2021 (1113 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a device may receive a request for a plurality of documents that are associated with an individual or entity. The device may perform a search for the plurality of documents in one or more document repositories. The device may store, based on a determination that a first document, of the plurality of documents, is available in a document repository, of the one or more document repositories, information indicating that the first document is available in the document repository. The device may determine, based on a determination that a second document, of the plurality of documents, is not available in the one or more document repositories, a procedure that is to be used for obtaining the second document. The device may perform the procedure for obtaining the second document based on determining the procedure that is to be used for obtaining the second document.

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

Unified forward and inverse transform architecture
Patent No. 11995147

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17460802 on 08/30/2021 (1002 days app to issue)

Abstract: Multiple transform sizes improve video coding efficiency, but also increase the implementation complexity. Furthermore, both forward and inverse transforms need to be supported in various consumer devices. Embodiments provide a unified forward and inverse transform architecture that supports computation of both forward and inverse transforms for multiple transforms sizes using shared hardware circuits. The unified architecture exploits the symmetry properties of forward and inverse transform matrices to achieve hardware sharing across different the transform sizes and also between forward and inverse transform computations.

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

Fine grained resource management for rollback memory operations
Patent No. 11995332

Inventor(s): Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17716250 on 04/08/2022 (781 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, computing devices, and machine-readable mediums in which the system maintains a list of resources available for each rollback session. In some examples, state data is kept that indicates available memory. If a write occurs for a particular session and the amount of available memory for a session has been used, a flag is set in metadata for the memory location and the write is not mirrored. In this manner, the technical problem of one undo logging session using too much memory and preventing other undo logging sessions from properly functioning is solved by the technical solution of setting resource limits for each undo logging session.

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

Secure resource management to prevent resource abuse
Patent No. 11995470

Inventor(s): Rajkumar Bondugula (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Equifax Inc. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17634825 on 09/03/2020 (1363 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for secure resource management are provided. A secure resource management system receives from a client computing system associated with a resource provider a query for classifying a resource user associated with the resource provider. The secure resource management system determining a set of resource abuser criteria for classifying the resource user as a resource abuser. The secure resource management system determines that the resource user is a resource abuser or a potential resource abuser based on the set of resource abuser criteria and a resource transaction history associated with the resource user. Based on determining that the resource user is a resource abuser or a potential resource abuser, the secure resource management system generates and transmits a response to the query to the client computing system. The response can be used to restrict or deny access to the resource by the resource user.

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

Memory sharing for machine learning processing
Patent No. 11995472

Inventor(s): David Smith (Allen, TX), Kedar Satish Chitnis (Bengaluru, , IN), Kumar Desappan (Bengaluru, , IN), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bengaluru, , IN), Pramod Kumar Swami (Bengaluru, , IN), Shyam Jagannathan (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17378841 on 07/19/2021 (1044 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for executing machine learning (ML) models including receiving an indication to run an ML model on a processing core; receiving a static memory allocation for running the ML model on the processing core; determining that a layer of the ML model uses more memory than the static memory allocated; transmitting, to a shared memory, a memory request for blocks of the shared memory; receiving an allocation of the requested blocks; running the layer of the ML model using the static memory and the range of memory addresses; and outputting results of running the layer of the ML model.

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

Method of providing client service
Patent No. 11995581

Inventor(s): Steve Davis (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Valet Living, LLC (Tampa, FL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18128811 on 03/30/2023 (425 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for providing access information to a service provider for a property comprising of an apartment or condo association and for a specific apartment within the apartment or condo association. The system utilizes a software system to schedule the access for the service provider and automated lock management access control to control the access to the property and the specific apartment.

[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]

System and method for processing requirements in ERP and HRIS
Patent No. 11995589

Inventor(s): Aly Boghani (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): Wolka Technologies, LLC (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: MUGHAL GAUDRY FRANKLIN PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18116887 on 03/03/2023 (452 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for processing requirements in an enterprise resource planning (ERP)/human resources information system (HRIS)/human capital management (HCM) are disclosed. The system comprises a computing device having a processor and a computer-readable medium to store a set of instructions executed by the processor, a database for storing a plurality of requirements from the documents or spreadsheets, and a user virtual machine device to perform different tasks across different modules of ERP/HRIS/HCM. The processor maps the configuration requirements to an ERP/HRIS/HCM instance and provides ability to configure, validate, compare against different environments/instances, and test at the speed, frequency, and precision provided the scale of complexity within configuration requirements and instances. Further, Robotic process automation (RPA) is configured to process the requirements in the ERP/HRIS/HCM systems for automation. The system also provides a complete blueprint of the overall ERP/HRIS/HCM landscape. The system eliminates human error by automating the coding/configuration.

Authentication in a virtual reality environment
Patent No. 11995620

Inventor(s): Adrian Borunda (Celina, TX), Cale Riley Spratt (Plano, TX), Jeffrey Joseph Szcinski (Frisco, TX), Jerry Allen Phelps (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: PERKINS COIE LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17869754 on 07/20/2022 (678 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure provides methods and systems for performing authentication in a virtual reality environment. In some implementations, the system receives a request for access to a virtual reality financial center requiring authentication from a user. The system can collect user identification information that identifies the user and verification information required to verify the user”s identity via a virtual reality platform.

Automatic detection and validation of transport service
Patent No. 11995663

Inventor(s): Satyajit P. Patne (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17072245 on 10/16/2020 (1320 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of performing, by a transport, validation of a service that is utilized at a first time, in response to the validation at the first time, transferring, by the transport, a portion of a value related to the service, performing, by the transport, at least one other validation of the service that is utilized at a second time, wherein the second time is later than the first time, and in response to the at least one other validation at the second time, transferring, by the transport, a second portion of the value related to the service.

Systems and methods for promoting improved operation of a vehicle
Patent No. 11995673

Inventor(s): Sayeef Rahim (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17955138 on 09/28/2022 (608 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include receiving, by a monitoring system from a software application configured to execute on a mobile device, a performance rating associated with an activity performed by an individual with respect to usage of a vehicle operated by the individual, determining, by the monitoring system, one or more rewards to allocate to the individual for use in a gaming platform, and updating, by the monitoring system, a user profile associated with the individual in the gaming platform, wherein the updated user profile is configured to access to the rewards.

System and method for populating a virtual shopping cart based on a verification of algorithmic determinations of items selected during a shopping session in a physical store
Patent No. 11995684

Inventor(s): Matthew Raymond Magee (Sanger, 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: 17839354 on 06/13/2022 (715 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a display and a processor. The processor displays a virtual shopping cart. The processor also receives information indicating that an algorithm determined that a physical item was selected by a person during a shopping session in a physical store, based on a set of inputs received from sensors located within the store. In response, the processor displays a virtual item, which includes a graphical representation of the physical item. The processor additionally displays a rack video captured during the shopping session by a rack camera located in the store. The rack camera is directed at a physical rack located in the store, which includes the physical item. In response to displaying the rack video, the processor receives information identifying the virtual item, where the rack video depicts that the person selected the physical item. The processor then stores the virtual item in the virtual shopping cart.

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

Customizable state machine and state aggregation technique for processing collaborative and transactional business objects
Patent No. 11995697

Inventor(s): Chethan Gorur (Garland, TX), Ramkartik Mulukutla (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Blue Yonder Group, Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ)
Law Firm: Spencer Fane LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17976362 on 10/28/2022 (578 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for aggregating state information associated with a composite business object representing at least one collaboration between business entities. The method includes retrieving the state information for the composite business object from a computer-readable medium and determining a state for the composite business object based on an assigned priority level for a state in a hierarchy of states associated with the composite business object, each state in the hierarchy of states having a corresponding assigned priority level.

Systems and methods for artificial intelligence-based personalized purchase recommendations
Patent No. 11995701

Inventor(s): Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Jason Hoover (Grapevine, TX), Micah Price (Plano, TX), Olalekan Awoyemi (Prosper, TX), Qiaochu Tang (Frisco, TX), Staevan Duckworth (The Colony, TX), Stephen Wylie (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17456776 on 11/29/2021 (911 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to certain aspects of the disclosure, a computer-implemented method may be used for determining one or more vehicle recommendations. The method may include receiving data pertaining to a user”s internet browsing activity. The received data may be indicative of the user”s automotive vehicle preferences. The method may include comparing the received data to a collection of stored vehicle qualities. The method also may include identifying, based on the received data and the comparison of the received data to the collection of stored vehicle qualities, a vehicle characteristic of interest to the user. Using the vehicle characteristic of interest, one or more vehicle recommendations may be determined. One or more vehicle recommendations may be communicated to the user.

Method and apparatus for dynamic block partition of an image
Patent No. 11995806

Inventor(s): Brian Okchon Chae (Johns Creek, GA), Gang Hua (Katy, TX), Hetul Sanghvi (Richardson, TX), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bangalore, , IN), Niraj Nandan (Plano, TX), Rajasekhar Reddy Allu (Plano, TX), Shashank Dabral (Allen, TX),
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17080884 on 10/27/2020 (1309 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for geometrically correcting a distorted input frame and generating an undistorted output frame includes capturing and storing an input frame in an external memory, allocating an output frame with an output frame size and dividing the output frame into output blocks, computing a size of the input blocks in the input image corresponding to each output blocks, checking if the size of the input blocks is less than the size of the internal memory and if not dividing until the required input block size of divided sub blocks is less than the size of the internal memory, programming an apparatus with input parameters, fetching the input blocks into an internal memory, processing each of the divided sub blocks sequentially and processing the next output block in step until all the output blocks are processed; and composing the output frame for each of the blocks in the output frame.

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

System for monitoring offender during correctional supervisory program
Patent No. 11995972

Inventor(s): Stephen Lee Hodge (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Global Tel*Link Corporation (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17379604 on 07/19/2021 (1044 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides details of a system for monitoring an offender during a correctional supervisory program. The system includes an offender communication device that transmit and receive communications via a communication and monitoring center. The offender communication device include a smart phone or tablet that obtains identity information including biometric information from an offender before a communication is transmitted or received. The offender communication device also stores data including metadata, metrics, or content of a communication and transmits the stored data to the communication and monitoring center. The communication and monitoring center transmits and receives communications from the offender communication device and another communication device. Further, the communication and monitoring center provides monitoring functionality to record a communication and determine that a location of an offender is in an authorized location based on rules and requirements of the correctional supervisory program.

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

Location-based message distribution
Patent No. 11995984

Inventor(s): Samantha Edwardson (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Miovision Technologies Incorporated (Kitchener, , CA)
Law Firm: Stratford Group Ltd. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17475491 on 09/15/2021 (986 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to the disclosed approaches, a first processor receives location messages from second processors. Each location message specifies published geographical coordinates that indicate a geographical location. The first processor accesses subscriptions to location topics in response to the location messages. The first processor determines whether or not the published geographical coordinates match any of the subscribed-to geographical coordinates. Matching location messages are transmitted to one or more third processors identified by the subscriptions.

Methods and systems for managing connected vehicles in mixed traffic
Patent No. 11995990

Inventor(s): Ahmed Hamdi Sakr (Mountain View, CA), Sergei S. Avedisov (Cupertino, 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: 17069133 on 10/13/2020 (1323 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes receiving, from connected vehicles, first locations of a first set of vehicles in an initial vehicle configuration; receiving, from a roadside unit, second locations of a second set of vehicles in the initial vehicle configuration; determining locations of connected vehicles and non-connected vehicles in the initial vehicle configuration based on the first locations and the second locations; determining an optimal vehicle configuration comprising desired locations of the connected vehicles and the non-connected vehicles based on the locations of the connected vehicles and the non-connected vehicles in the initial vehicle configuration, and predetermined optimization criteria; determining driving maneuvers to be performed by the connected vehicles to achieve the optimal vehicle configuration; and transmitting the determined driving maneuvers to the connected vehicles.

Access command delay using delay locked loop (DLL) circuitry
Patent No. 11996149

Inventor(s): Jason M. Brown (Allen, TX), Vijayakrishna J. Vankayala (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17853563 on 06/29/2022 (699 days app to issue)

Abstract: Memory devices may have a memory array and a delay locked loop (DLL) circuit that adjusts signals associated with operations to access of the memory array. The memory device may also include a controller that delays an access command to access the memory array by transmitting the access command through delay circuitry of the DLL circuit. This may cause the access command to be delayed by a first duration of time when output from the delay circuitry. Delay of the access command may align a data signal and the access command such that the access command and a system clock may cause latching of suitable data of the data signal.

[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)

Three-dimensional memory device with separated contact regions and methods for forming the same
Patent No. 11996153

Inventor(s): Hiroyuki Ogawa (Nagoya, , JP), Hisakazu Otoi (Yokkaichi, , JP), James Kai (Santa Clara, CA), Masaaki Higashitani (Cupertino, CA), Yuki Mizutani (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17556298 on 12/20/2021 (890 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory die includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers through which memory opening fill structures vertically extend. The memory die includes at least three memory array regions interlaced with at least two contact regions, or at least three contact regions interlaced with at least two memory array regions in the same memory plane. A logic die including at least two word line driver regions can be bonded to the memory die. The interlacing of the contact regions and the memory array regions can reduce lateral offset of boundaries of the word line driver regions from boundaries of the contact regions.

Synchronous input buffer enable for DFE operation
Patent No. 11996162

Inventor(s): William C. Waldrop (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17831251 on 06/02/2022 (726 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods that may enable alignment of a receiver enable signal with one or more clocking signals. By aligning the receiver operations with the one or more clocking signals, a likelihood of a false or incorrect data capture may be reduced, which may improve operation of a memory system. Reducing a likelihood of incorrect data capture may increase an accuracy of a distortion correction operation of a decision feedback equalizer (DFE).

Senior living engagement and care support platforms
Patent No. 11996194

Inventor(s): Nirav Patel (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Bloomington, IL)
Law Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18306871 on 04/25/2023 (399 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein is an engagement and care support platform (”ECSP”) computer system including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device for facilitating senior user engagement. The processor is programmed to: (i) register a user through an application, (ii) register a caregiver associated with the user through the application, (iii) generate a senior profile based upon user personal and scheduling data, (iv) build a daily interactive user interface that reflects the senior profile, (v) display the daily interactive user interface at a first client device associated with the user, (vi) cause the first client device to initiate a daily interaction prompt to the user, (vii) determine whether any user interaction was received in response to the daily interaction prompt, and (viii) transmit a daily update message to a second client device associated with the caregiver, including an indication of whether any user interaction was received.

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

Method, apparatus, and computer readable media for artificial intelligence-based treatment guidance for the neurologically impaired patient who may need neurosurgery
Patent No. 11996200

Inventor(s): Mohamed Anver Jameel (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18411519 on 01/12/2024 (137 days app to issue)

Abstract: Method, apparatus, and computer-readable media providing medical personnel artificial intelligence (AI)-derived data regarding a patient presenting neurological indications includes a guidance server. Preferably, the guidance server receives three or more of: (i) natural language input from medical personnel, (ii) real-time vital signs telemetry data, (iii) neurosurgical treatment database information, (iv) neurosurgical treatment guideline information, (v) clinical laboratory testing results, (vi) patient historical data, and (vii) patient imaging information. An imaging post-processor receives (i) patient imaging history information, (ii) and real-time patient imaging data, and provides to the guidance server the patient imaging information. The guidance server then provides one or more alerts (or other guidance) to the medical personnel.

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

Clock sync input dropout protection
Patent No. 11996686

Inventor(s): Ari Arie Levy (Frisco, TX), Chung San Roger Chan (Coppell, TX), John Mitchell Perry (McKinney, TX), Nghia Trong Tang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17538479 on 11/30/2021 (910 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a described example, a circuit includes a synchronization control circuit having a sync input and a sync control output, in which the sync input is coupled to a sync terminal configured to receive an external clock signal. An internal clock generator circuit has a control input and an output. The control input is coupled to the sync control output. An output circuit has first and second signal inputs, a mode control input and a clock output. The first signal input is coupled to the sync input, and the second signal input of the output circuit is coupled to the output of the internal clock generator circuit. The mode control input is coupled to the sync control output, and the clock output adapted to be coupled to a controller.

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

Spatial light modulators
Patent No. 11997430

Inventor(s): Harsh Dinesh Jhaveri (Wylie, TX), Noah Alan Robb (Plano, TX), Priyankar Mathuria (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17146363 on 01/11/2021 (1233 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a described example, a device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a memory array on the semiconductor substrate, the memory array comprising rows and columns of memory cells in a Manhattan pattern, the memory cells having a pitch in a direction along the columns; and an array of micromirrors in a diamond pattern over the memory cells, the micromirrors coupled to corresponding memory cells, the micromirrors having a diagonal pitch length in the direction along the columns that is between 1.8 times the pitch and 2.2 times the pitch.

[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]

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Clock data recovery circuit
Patent No. 11994901

Inventor(s): David Wayne Evans (Bentonville, AR), Joseph Pham (Plano, TX), Michael Ryan Hanschke (Wylie, TX), Pankaj Pandey (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17841255 on 06/15/2022 (713 days app to issue)

Abstract: A clock data recovery circuit includes a deglitch filter circuit and a timer circuit. The deglitch filter circuit is configured to remove pulses of less than a particular duration from a data signal to produce a deglitched data signal. The timer circuit is coupled to the deglitch filter, and is configured to compare a duration of a pulse of the deglitched data signal to a threshold duration, and identify the pulse as representing a logic one based on the duration of the pulse exceeding the threshold duration.

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

Active metal fuses for DC-EOS and surge protection
Patent No. 11996254

Inventor(s): Ujwal Radhakrishna (San Jose, CA), Vinod Kuniganahalli Rai (San Jose, CA), Yogesh K. Ramadass (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18346298 on 07/03/2023 (330 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprises: forming a first metallization layer on a semiconductor die, the first metallization layer including a metal fuse; and forming a second metallization layer on the first metallization layer, in which the second metallization layer includes a thermal conductor spaced from the metal fuse, and the first metallization layer is between the second metallization layer and the semiconductor die.

[H01H] ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B 7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G 9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K 17/00)

Selective etching process for SiGe and doped epitaxial silicon
Patent No. 11996318

Inventor(s): Ganesan Radhakrishnan (Plano, TX), Krishna Chetry (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, P.L.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17389977 on 07/30/2021 (1033 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fabricating procedure of a radio frequency device, in which a precursor wafer including active layers, SiGe layers, and a silicon handle substrate is firstly provided. Each active layer is formed from doped epitaxial silicon and underneath a corresponding SiGe layer. The silicon handle substrate is over each SiGe layer. Next, the silicon handle substrate is removed completely, and the SiGe layer is removed completely. An etch passivation film is then formed over each active layer. Herein, removing each SiGe layer and forming the etch passivation film over each active layer utilize a same reactive chemistry combination, which reacts differently to the SiGe layer and the active layer. The reactive chemistry combination is capable of producing a variable performance, which is an etching performance of the SiGe layer or a forming performance of the etch passivation film over the active layer.

[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]

Thermal routing trench by additive processing
Patent No. 11996343

Inventor(s): Archana Venugopal (Dallas, TX), Benjamin Stassen Cook (Addison, TX), Luigi Colombo (Dallas, TX), Robert Reid Doering (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17114219 on 12/07/2020 (1268 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit has a substrate that includes a semiconductor material, and an interconnect region disposed on the substrate. The integrated circuit includes a thermal routing trench in the substrate. The thermal routing trench includes a cohered nanoparticle film in which adjacent nanoparticles are cohered to each other. The thermal routing trench has a thermal conductivity higher than the semiconductor material contacting the thermal routing trench. The cohered nanoparticle film is formed by an additive process.

Ferroelectric field effect transistors having enhanced memory window and methods of making the same
Patent No. 11996462

Inventor(s): Adarsh Rajashekhar (Santa Clara, CA), Bhagwati Prasad (San Jose, CA), Joyeeta Nag (San Jose, CA), Raghuveer S. Makala (Campbell, CA), Seung-Yeul Yang (Pleasanton, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17097841 on 11/13/2020 (1292 days app to issue)

Abstract: A ferroelectric transistor includes a semiconductor channel comprising a semiconductor material, a strained and/or defect containing ferroelectric gate dielectric layer located on a surface of the semiconductor channel, a source region located on a first end portion of the semiconductor channel, and a drain region located on a second end portion of the semiconductor channel.

Antimicrobial switch panel system and method
Patent No. 11996680

Inventor(s): Ronney Wayne Johnson (Krum, TX), Thomas Michael Fox (Sanger, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17670439 on 02/12/2022 (836 days app to issue)

Abstract: An antimicrobial switch panel (ASP) system/method allowing for retrofit of existing switch panels with protective antimicrobial covers for toggle switch levers is disclosed. The disclosed system incorporates a toggle switch cover (TSC) formed from a plastic molded extrusion (PME) that is impregnated with an antimicrobial compound (AMC). The PME includes an outer tactile surface (OTS) and an inner capture recess (ICR). The ICR is configured to conform to the outer surface of a toggle switch (TSW) toggle switch lever (TSL) and includes one or surfaces more configured with protrusions and/or indentations that affect mechanical coupling between the TSL and the PME when the ICR is mated with the TSL. The OTS may be configured with a variety of tactile configurations that identify the function of the TSW and/or include a PME colorant that identifies the function of the TSW and/or provide for photoluminescent operation of the PME.

[H02B] BOARDS, SUBSTATIONS, OR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLY OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER (basic electric elements, their assembly, including the mounting in enclosures or on bases, or the mounting of covers thereon, see the subclasses for such elements, e.g. transformers H01F, switches, fuses H01H, line connectors H01R; installation of electric cables or lines, or of combined optical and electric cables or lines, or other conductors for supply or distribution H02G)

Battery charger
Patent No. 11996714

Inventor(s): Alejandro Vera (Wylie, TX), Mustapha El Markhi (Richardson, TX), Rohit Bhan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17558100 on 12/21/2021 (889 days app to issue)

Abstract: A battery charger includes a battery power regulator configured to set a charge signal provided to a battery based on a charge control signal and charge enable signal. The battery charger also includes a controller configured to provide the charge control signal to the battery power regulator. The controller is also configured to temporarily de-assert the charge enable signal for a predetermined amount of time in response to determining that a change is needed in the charge control signal. The controller is further configured to re-assert the charge enable signal after the predetermined amount of time.

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

Handling of battery loss event
Patent No. 11996715

Inventor(s): Naga Venkata Prasadu Mangina (Bangalore, , IN), Prajit Nandi (Kolkata, , IN), Vasishta Kidambi (Atlanta, GA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17513836 on 10/28/2021 (943 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a controller circuit comprises: a voltage subtractor circuit having a subtractor output and first and second subtractor inputs, in which the first subtractor input is adapted to be coupled to a first current terminal of a transistor, the second subtractor input is adapted to be coupled to a second current terminal of the transistor; a gate control circuit having a gate control input and a gate control output, the gate control input coupled to the subtractor output, the gate control output adapted to be coupled to a gate of the transistor; and a discharge circuit having a discharge circuit input and a discharge circuit output, the discharge circuit input coupled to the gate control circuit, the discharge circuit output adapted to be coupled to the first current terminal of the transistor.

Ferrite cold plate for electric vehicle wireless charging
Patent No. 11996717

Inventor(s): Ercan Mehmet Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Feng Zhou (Ann Arbor, MI), Yanghe 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: 17476764 on 09/16/2021 (985 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wireless charging pad includes a rectifier, a receiver coil, a heat spreader plate sandwich between the rectifier and the receiver coil, and a ferrite cold plate sandwiched between the receiver coil and the heat spreader plate. The ferrite cold plate has a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a fluid chamber in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The fluid chamber includes a primary cooling chamber and a secondary cooling chamber. Primary cooling fins extending from the heat spreader plate are disposed in the primary cooling chamber and secondary cooling fins extending from a base of the ferrite cooling plate are disposed in the secondary cooling chamber. The ferrite cooling plate cools the rectifier and inhibits or blocks electromagnetic leakage from the receiver coil from interfering with operation of rectifier.

[H01M] PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY [2]

Power converter with asymmetric switch levels
Patent No. 11996764

Inventor(s): Alvaro Aguilar (Irving, TX), Yutian Cui (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17588365 on 01/31/2022 (848 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described embodiments include a circuit for limiting power converter output ripple. A first transistor has a first current terminal receiving an input voltage, and a second current terminal coupled to a first capacitor. A second transistor has a third current terminal coupled to the first capacitor, and a fourth current terminal is coupled to a second capacitor. A third transistor has a fifth current terminal coupled to the second capacitor, and a sixth terminal coupled to a filter input. A fourth transistor has a seventh current terminal coupled to the second current terminal, and an eighth current terminal coupled to the sixth current terminal. A fifth transistor has a ninth current terminal coupled to the fourth current terminal, and a tenth current terminal coupled to the sixth current terminal.

[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]

Digital compensation system for a radio frequency power amplifier module
Patent No. 11996810

Inventor(s): Nikolaus Klemmer (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, P.L.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17245027 on 04/30/2021 (1124 days app to issue)

Abstract: A digital compensation system for a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier module is disclosed. The digital compensation system includes an RF power amplifier having a first input, a first output, and a first bias input, wherein the RF power amplifier is configured to receive an RF signal at the first input and generate an amplified version of the RF signal at the first output. The digital compensation system also includes compensation circuitry coupled between the first input and the first output and a bias output coupled to the RF power amplifier, wherein the compensation circuitry is configured, in response to the RF signal, to generate or adjust a bias signal at the first bias input to correct dynamic bias errors caused by amplification variations that have time constants.

[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)

Power switch reverse current protection systems
Patent No. 11996830

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Gopal Godbole (Bengaluru, , IN), Dilip Kumar Jain (Bengaluru, , IN), Kushal D. Murthy (Bengaluru, , IN), Subrato Roy (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17514968 on 10/29/2021 (942 days app to issue)

Abstract: One example described herein includes a power switch control system. The system includes a first monitoring terminal coupled to a first terminal of a power transistor and a second monitoring terminal coupled to a second terminal of the power transistor. The power transistor and the power switch control system can form an ideal diode between the first monitoring terminal arranged as an anode and the second monitoring terminal arranged as a cathode. The system further includes a reverse current controller coupled to the first monitoring terminal and the second monitoring terminal and is configured to control activation of the power transistor to conduct a reverse current from the second monitoring terminal to the first monitoring terminal in response to a reverse voltage arranged as a cathode voltage at the second monitoring terminal being greater than an anode voltage at the first monitoring terminal.

[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]

Redundant analog built-in self test
Patent No. 11996843

Inventor(s): Timothy Paul Duryea (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17567711 on 01/03/2022 (876 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described embodiments include a test system having first, second and third circuits having the same design and configured to receive a same input signal. A majority voter circuit has a first voter input coupled to a first circuit output, a second voter input coupled to a second circuit output, a third voter input coupled to a third circuit output, and a voter output. The output signal is equal to a signal present at least two of the voter inputs. A discrepancy detector circuit has first, second and third discrepancy inputs coupled to the first, second and third circuit outputs, respectively. A discrepancy output is configured to: provide a first logic signal responsive to the first, second and third circuit outputs having equal values; and provide a second logic signal responsive to the first, second and third circuit outputs having unequal values.

Power transistor adaptive clamp circuit
Patent No. 11996847

Inventor(s): Avadhut Junnarkar (McKinney, TX), Mustapha El-Markhi (Richardson, TX), Taisuke Kazama (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18059832 on 11/29/2022 (546 days app to issue)

Abstract: An adaptive clamp circuit includes a clamp circuit and a clamp control circuit. The clamp circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a variable resistor. The first transistor includes a first current terminal, a second current terminal, and a control terminal. The first current terminal is coupled to a switching terminal. The second current terminal is coupled to a ground terminal. The second transistor includes a first current terminal, a second current terminal, and a control terminal. The first current terminal of the second transistor is coupled to the control terminal of the first transistor. The second current terminal of the second transistor is coupled to the switching terminal. The variable resistor is coupled between the control terminal of the second transistor and the ground terminal. The clamp control circuit is coupled between the switching terminal and the variable resistor.

Comparator with reduced offset
Patent No. 11996850

Inventor(s): Abhijit Kumar Das (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17673224 on 02/16/2022 (832 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a first transistor (M[b]1[/b]) having a control terminal that is a first comparator input, a first terminal that can be coupled to a voltage source, and a second terminal that provides a first comparator output; a second transistor (M[b]2[/b]) having a control terminal that is a second comparator input, a first terminal that can be coupled to the voltage source, and a second terminal that provides a second comparator output; a third transistor (M[b]3[/b]) having a control terminal coupled to M[b]1[/b], and a first terminal coupled to ground; a fourth transistor (M[b]4[/b]) having a control terminal coupled to M[b]2[/b], and a first terminal coupled to ground; first switches that couple M[b]3[/b] second terminal to M[b]3[/b] control terminal, and M[b]4[/b] second terminal to M[b]4[/b] control terminal; and second switches that couple M[b]3[/b] second terminal to the M[b]2[/b] second terminal, and M[b]4[/b] second terminal to the M[b]1[/b] second terminal.

Composite beam generation using machine learning
Patent No. 11996919

Inventor(s): Ahmad AlAmmouri (Garland, TX), Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Jianhua Mo (Allen, TX), Vutha Va (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17816297 on 07/29/2022 (669 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer-readable media for a composite beam generation using machine learning. A method includes identifying a narrow beam for a transmission, identifying a composite beam including the narrow beam based on an association between one or more composite beams and one or more narrow beams, identifying one or more beamforming weights for transmitting the composite beam, and transmitting the composite beam using the one or more beamforming weights. The one or more beamforming weights are determined based on machine learning. In some embodiments, the method includes generating a composite beam codebook including information indicating sets of one or more beamforming weights corresponding to composite beam indexes, respectively. The sets of one or more beamforming weights are determined using respective parameters of a machine learning algorithm that are separately updated for coverage regions of composite beams corresponding to the composite beam indexes, respectively.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for survival time handling for time sensitive connections
Patent No. 11997000

Inventor(s): Abhishek Mishra (Bangalore, , IN), Rohit Gupta (Bangalore, , IN), Tamanna Jindal (McKinney, TX), Vipin Padlikar (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Mavenir Systems, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Ruggiero McAllister McMahon LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17731324 on 04/28/2022 (761 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for time sensitive network (TSN) operation includes: in the case of data traffic stoppage in a communication channel of TSN due to at least one of down time of a user plane (UP) connection and a reset of the UP connection, performing the following: generating, by a user plane function (UPF), an audit report about the at least one of the down time and the reset; sending, by the UPF, the audit report to a first element in control plane (CP), without waiting for communication from the CP; and determining, by one of the first element or a second element in the CP, survival time of the communication channel. The audit report is sent along with a report type indicating the down time of the UP connection due to connection fluctuation or a switch-over of the UP connection from a primary UPF to a back-up UPF.

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

Automated provisioning techniques for distributed applications with independent resource management at constituent services
Patent No. 11997021

Inventor(s): Ruhaab Markas (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Law Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18193502 on 03/30/2023 (425 days app to issue)

Abstract: Based on analysis of a workload associated with a throttling key of a client request directed to a first service, a scale-out requirement of the throttling key is obtained at respective resource managers of a plurality of other services which are utilized by the first service to respond to client requests. The resource managers initiate, asynchronously with respect to one another, resource provisioning tasks at each of the other services to fulfill the scale-out requirement. A throttling limit associated with the throttling key is updated to a second throttling key after the resource provisioning tasks are completed by the resource managers, and the updated limit is used to determine whether to accept another client request associated with the throttling key.

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

Method and apparatus for CSI-RS in RRC_idle/inactive state
Patent No. 11997038

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18192621 on 03/29/2023 (426 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) in RRC_IDLE/INACTIVE state. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a first configuration for CSI-RS/tracking reference signal (TRS) reception occasions for idle/inactive UEs. A CSI-RS/TRS reception occasion includes one or more CSI-RS resources, and each of the one or more CSI-RS resources is associated with a spatial reception parameter. The method further includes receiving a second configuration for a paging occasion (PO). The PO includes a number of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) reception occasions The method further includes receiving an availability indication for one or more CSI-RS/TRS reception occasions from the CSI-RS reception occasions, receiving the one or more CSI-RS/TRS reception occasions in time before the PO; and determining a time or frequency offset based on the one or more CSI-RS/TRS reception occasions.

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

Attribute-controlled malware detection
Patent No. 11997111

Inventor(s): Deepak Agarwal (Bangalore, , IN), Manju Radhakrishnan (San Jose, CA), Mumtaz Siddiqui (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): Musarubra US LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Rutan Tucker, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17063648 on 10/05/2020 (1331 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cloud-based system is design with multi-tenancy controls for conducting analytics performed on objects submitted by a subscriber. This system features an analysis monitoring service and an analysis selection services. The analysis monitoring service, operating as a first cloud service, includes logic that is configured to collect metadata associated with an operating state for each of a plurality of clusters and generate cluster selection information. The analysis selection service, operating as a second cloud service and communicatively coupled to the analysis monitoring service, is configured to select a cluster of the plurality of clusters to analyze the object for malware based, at least in part, on the cluster selection information provided from the analysis monitoring service.

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

Systems and methods for multiple custody using mobile devices or wearables
Patent No. 11997142

Inventor(s): Janice R. Powell (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: 17839359 on 06/13/2022 (715 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system including a network interface and a processing circuit is provided. The processing circuit includes one or more processors coupled to non-transitory memory. The processing circuit is structured to receive a request for a multiple custody linkage between user devices. The multiple custody linkage includes a digital connection between the user devices that allows shared access to a resource. The resource includes at least one of a physical object or information. The processing circuit is further structured to perform a validation process based on information in the request for the multiple custody linkage to determine if a violation of a security protocol exists. The security protocol is associated with security of the resource. The processing circuit is further structured to, in response to determining no violation of the security protocol exists, activate the multiple custody linkage between the user devices to allow the shared access to the resource.

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

Method and apparatus for secure private key storage on IoT device
Patent No. 11997202

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Daly (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Amera IoT Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18137778 on 04/21/2023 (403 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for storing a private key on an IoT device for encrypted communication with an external user device and includes a proximity-based communication interface, encryption circuitry and IoT functional circuitry. The encryption circuitry includes a memory having a dedicated memory location allocated for storage of encryption keys utilized in the encrypting/decrypting operations, an encryption engine for performing the encryption/decryption operation with at least one of the stored encryption keys in association with the operation of the IoT functional circuitry, an input/output interface for interfacing with the proximity-based communication interface to allow information to be exchanged with a user device in a dedicated private key transfer operation, an internal system interface for interfacing with the IoT functional circuitry for transfer of information therebetween, memory control circuitry for controlling storage of a received private key from the input/output interface for storage in the dedicated memory location in the memory, in a Write-only memory storage operation relative to the private key received from the input/output interface over the proximity-based communication interface, the memory control circuitry inhibiting any Read operation of the dedicated memory location in the memory through the input/output interface. The IoT functional circuitry includes a controller for controlling the operation of the input/output interface and the memory c

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

Methods and systems for encoding of multimedia pictures
Patent No. 11997287

Inventor(s): Anurag Mithalal Jain (Bengaluru, , IN), Arun Shankar Kudana (Bengaluru, , IN), Soyeb Nagori (Bengaluru, , IN), Uday Pudipeddi Kiran (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17035143 on 09/28/2020 (1338 days app to issue)

Abstract: Several methods and systems for encoding of multimedia pictures are disclosed. In an embodiment, an occupancy level of a coded picture buffer (CPB) associated with a hypothetical reference decoder (HRD) is estimated at an instant of removal of an access unit corresponding to a multimedia picture from the CPB for decoding the access unit. A number of bits for encoding the multimedia picture is allocated based on the estimated occupancy level of the CPB. The multimedia picture is encoded based on the allocated number of bits.

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

Perceptual three-dimensional (3D) video coding based on depth information
Patent No. 11997288

Inventor(s): Do-Kyoung Kwon (Allen, TX), Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX), Ming-Jun Chen (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18216702 on 06/30/2023 (333 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for encoding a multi-view frame in a video encoder is provided that includes computing a depth quality sensitivity measure for a multi-view coding block in the multi-view frame, computing a depth-based perceptual quantization scale for a 2D coding block of the multi-view coding block, wherein the depth-based perceptual quantization scale is based on the depth quality sensitive measure and a base quantization scale for the 2D frame including the 2D coding block, and encoding the 2D coding block using the depth-based perceptual quantization scale.

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

Flexible tiling improvements in video coding
Patent No. 11997291

Inventor(s): Maxim Borisovitch Sychev (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17357734 on 06/24/2021 (1069 days app to issue)

Abstract: A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes partitioning a picture into a plurality of first level tiles. A subset of the first level tiles is partitioned into a plurality of second level tiles. The first level tiles and the second level tiles are assigned into one or more tile groups such that all tiles in an assigned tile group containing the second level tiles are constrained to cover a rectangular region of the picture. The first level tiles and the second level tiles are encoded into a bitstream. The bitstream is stored for communication toward a decoder.

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

Systems and methods for mitigating radio-frequency latency wireless devices
Patent No. 11997343

Inventor(s): Kishore Tallapaneni (Flower Mound, TX), Maksym Shestirko (Addison, TX), Rammohan Somalraju (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): VIZIO, INC. (Irvine, CA)
Law Firm: POLSINELLI LLP (Local + 15 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17981209 on 11/04/2022 (571 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and method are provided for detecting latency in radio frequency connections. A computing device can detect, at a first time, light using an optical sensor and receive, at a second time, a first data packet over a connection with a first wireless device. The computing device may define a first signal latency value based on the first time and the second time. The computing device may then receive a media stream that includes a video component and an audio component and modify a presentation of the media stream by delaying the video component by a time interval based on the first signal latency value.

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

In-line diagnostic tool in passive optical networks
Patent No. 11997437

Inventor(s): John Valdez (Copper Canyon, TX)
Assignee(s): FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18140224 on 04/27/2023 (397 days app to issue)

Abstract: The techniques described herein are directed to an in-line diagnostic tool of a PON that optically couples a first component of the PON and a second component of the PON. The tool detects incoming optical signals (e.g., of different services) received from the first PON component and passes the optical signals through the tool to the second PON component. The in-line diagnostic tool is configured to detect one or more conditions of the incoming optical signals, the PON, and/or sub-components of the tool, perform one or more diagnostic and/or analytics routines, and generate and transmit a diagnostic signal including information indicative of the detected conditions and/or the results of the diagnostic and/or analytics routines to be transmitted via one or more output interfaces of the in-line diagnostic tool to recipient devices and/or applications.

[H04Q] SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04W) [2009.01]

SDR-based massive MIMO with v-RAN cloud architecture and SDN-based network slicing
Patent No. 11997500

Inventor(s): Solyman Ashrafi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NXGEN PARTNERS IP, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17953853 on 09/27/2022 (609 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for controlling data transmission within a telecommunications network involves providing interconnections to both a core network and to at least one user device via a base station. A configurable network is defined interconnecting the at least one core network and the base station. A first network slice is selected responsive to use of the configurable network by a first application. A second network slice is selected responsive to use of the configurable network by a second application. Data transmission are provided between the core network and the base station over the configurable network based on the selected first or second network slice.

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

Dynamic spectrum sharing reduced overhead operation
Patent No. 11997504

Inventor(s): Navin Hathiramani (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18084112 on 12/19/2022 (526 days app to issue)

Abstract: In dynamic spectrum sharing between a first radio access type and a second radio access type, information indicating indirectly whether a minimum resources are reserved for downlink reference transmissions of the first radio access type, is used to determine in devices rate matching scheme to be used, or to determine resources which can be used.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and system for application aware congestion management
Patent No. 11997532

Inventor(s): Kamakshi Sridhar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Amarok IP Inc. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17686563 on 03/04/2022 (816 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for congestion management on a network including: determining whether a cell on the network is congested; identifying at least one heavy user on the cell; determine traffic flow criteria of the at least one heavy user; and shape network traffic of the at least one heavy user based on the traffic flow criteria of the heavy user. A system for congestion management on a network including: a QoE module configured to determine whether a cell on the network is congested; an analysis module configured to identify at least one heavy user on the cell and determine traffic flow criteria of the at least one heavy user; and at least one shaper configured to shape network traffic of the at least one heavy user based on the traffic flow criteria of the heavy user.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Avoidance of collisions and connection loss in network device serving multiple networks
Patent No. 11997575

Inventor(s): Chen Loewy (Hertzliya, , IL), Dotan Ziv (Tel Aviv, , IL), Liran Brecher (Kfar Saba, , IL), Matan Ben-Shachar (Kibbutz Givat Haim Ihud, , IL), Omri Eshel (Kibbutz Harel, , IL), Yuval Jakira (Tel Aviv, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16901100 on 06/15/2020 (1443 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network device serving two or more networks using periodic times slots for transmission events is configured to determine that one of the periodic time slots on one of the networks has or soon will collide with one of the periodic time slots on the other network by processing time stamps for events on each network. Either of the periodic time slots may be occasionally shifted by a time shift amount to avoid a collision between the periodic time slots on each network. Shifting the periodic time slots may be performed by transmitting a Bluetooth connection parameter update packet.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Event clustering for BLE-Mesh devices
Patent No. 11997576

Inventor(s): Arvind Kandhalu Raghu (Plano, TX), Mehul Soman (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18152940 on 01/11/2023 (503 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of BLE-Mesh communications includes providing a dual-mode BLE-Mesh device including dual-mode RF driver, dual-mode manager, a BLE stack for BLE operations. and a mesh stack for mesh operations in a BLE-mesh network having a BLE relay device and a functional end BLE device. The BLE-mesh device has a periodic set of time indexed data slots common throughout the BLE-mesh network which provides a BLE event timeline for BLE connection events. The dual-mode BLE device implements an event clustering algorithm that delays or advances mesh events with respect to a timing the BLE connection events for clustering together their respective occurrences into continuous BLE/Mesh events to reduce a duty cycle by reducing a number of transitions from active mode to sleep mode and from sleep mode to active mode. The BLE-Mesh device communicates in the BLE-mesh network using the continuous BLE/Mesh events with at least one mesh device.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for indoor mapping and location services
Patent No. 11997578

Inventor(s): David Hildebrant (Frisco, TX), Mingwun Li (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), ATT Mobility II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17467956 on 09/07/2021 (994 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, over a network from a plurality of mobile devices via a plurality of installed SDKs, sensor data captured by one or more sensors of the plurality of mobile devices, where the sensor data includes geomagnetic data captured within a particular building; providing, over the network, the sensor data to a geomagnetic mapping server to enable generation of a geomagnetic footprint for the particular building that is aggregated with indoor mapping data for the particular building and stored as a map in a mapping repository; and providing, over the network, the map of the particular building to a communication device for presentation at the communication device along with real-time locations of first responders in the particular building, where the real-time locations are determined according to real-time sensor data including real-time geomagnetic data captured by sensors of the first responders. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

PLMN selection for mission critical devices
Patent No. 11997592

Inventor(s): Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Malikie Innovations Limited (Dublin, , IE)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17527061 on 11/15/2021 (925 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for selecting a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) at a user equipment (UE), comprising receiving, from a network entity, a list of PLMN identifiers, attempting to register the UE with a network using at least one PLMN identifier from the list of PLMN identifiers, and if the attempt to register with the network is successful, performing a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) registration to an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Sub-system (IMS) associated to the PLMN identifier.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Dynamic selection of an anchor node
Patent No. 11997594

Inventor(s): Sreekar Marupaduga (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Overland Park, KS)
Law Firm: Shook, Hardy Bacon L.L.P. (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18232987 on 08/11/2023 (291 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically selecting a dual connectivity anchor node for a user device. It is determined that the user device is located in an area having two or more nodes that are able to provide coverage to the user device in the area. From broadcast messages, it is determined whether each of the two or more nodes has a CDRX mode enabled or disabled. Then, a QCI is determined for the user device. Based on whether the each of the two or more nodes has the CDRX mode enabled and the QCI for the user device, one of the two or more nodes is selected as the dual connectivity anchor node for the user device.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method of monitoring physical downlink control channel for power saving signal and related device
Patent No. 11997597

Inventor(s): Chia-Hao Yu (Taipei, , TW), Chie-Ming Chou (Taiepei, , TW), Hsin-Hsi Tsai (Taipei, , TW), Yu-Hsin Cheng (Taipei, , TW)
Assignee(s): Hannibal IP LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Cole Schotz, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18136449 on 04/19/2023 (405 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for power saving signaling is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration from a base station (BS) to configure the UE to monitor a scheduling signal on the PDCCH within a DRX active time, and receiving a configuration from the BS to configure the UE to monitor the power saving signaling on the PDCCH and instructing the UE to wake up for monitoring the scheduling signal in the DRX active time, wherein the configuration includes a time in milliseconds prior to a start of a DRX on-duration time, and instructs the UE to start monitoring the PDCCH for the power saving signaling.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for beam recovery in next generation wireless systems
Patent No. 11997665

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Li Guo (Allen, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17446205 on 08/27/2021 (1005 days app to issue)

Abstract: A beam failure recovery procedure in a wireless communication system comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), at least one beam failure detection reference signal (RS) and at least one new candidate beam RS over a downlink channel; identifying a set of RS resources including an index for the at least one beam failure detection RS; identifying a set of RS resources including an index for the at least one new candidate beam RS; identifying a dedicated control-resource set (CORESET) received from the BS for a beam failure recovery request; transmitting, to the BS, the beam failure recovery request associated with a quality measurement of the at least one beam failure detection RS over a physical random access channel (PRACH); and receiving, from the BS, a beam failure response in response to the beam failure recovery request based on the dedicated CORESET indicated to the UE.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for dynamic uplink grant policy based on medium access control (”MAC”) protocol data unit (”PDU”) padding
Patent No. 11997702

Inventor(s): Jonathan Daniel Bahta (Dallas, TX), Scott Clapp (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17545689 on 12/08/2021 (902 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for maintaining and implementing a dynamic uplink grant policy for a User Equipment (”UE”) connected to a base station of a radio access network (”RAN”) of a wireless telecommunications network. The dynamic uplink grant policy may be based on historical utilization of radio frequency (”RF”) resources granted to the UE, which may be based on a historical amount of padding (e.g., versus user plane data) included in uplink transmissions from the UE to one or more base stations associated with the wireless telecommunications network. The dynamic uplink grant policy may indicate an amount by which resource grants for a UE should be reduced, compared to an amount of resources requested by the UE.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for sidelink DRX operations in a wireless communication system
Patent No. 11997744

Inventor(s): Kyeongin Jeong (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17367132 on 07/02/2021 (1061 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses in a wireless communication system. A method of a first UE comprises: receiving, from a second UE, a first PSCCH and a first PSSCH, wherein the first PSCCH and the first PSSCH include SCI comprising a source ID, a destination ID, and SL DRX time information indicating when the first UE monitors or skips at least one of a second PSCCH and a second PSSCH for the SL DRX operation; configuring SL DRX timers per pair of the source ID and the destination ID; configuring a value of at least one of the SL DRX timers based on information of the SCI; and receiving the at least one of the second PSCCH and the second PSSCH based on the SL DRX timers when the SL DRX operation is applied to a SL communication identified by the pair of the source ID and destination ID.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for unified data repositories and application programming interfaces for avoiding segmentation synchronization
Patent No. 11997755

Inventor(s): Shanthala Kuravangi-Thammaiah (Keller, 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: 17474369 on 09/14/2021 (987 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a Network Repository Function in a segment of a Fifth Generation (5G) network. The NRF is configured to receive a registration request from a Unified Data Repository (UDR). The request indicates that the UDR includes both UE-specific data and non-UE specific data. The NRF is further configured to: store registration information provided in the registration request; receive a request from a network function within the segment and send a response to the request based on the registration information.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Liquid cooled plasma arc torch
Patent No. 11997779

Inventor(s): Praveen K. Namburu (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC. (Santa Fe Springs, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17060203 on 10/01/2020 (1335 days app to issue)

Abstract: A plasma arc torch includes a cathode extending along an axis of the torch, a pilot arc conductor, and a nozzle body. A first fluid conduit and second fluid conduit extend parallel to the axis of the torch. A first offset fitting includes a first duct coupled to and in fluid communication with the first fluid conduit, and a second duct in fluid communication with the first duct and outwardly radially offset from the first duct and extending away from the first duct in a proximal direction. A second offset fitting includes a third duct coupled to and in fluid communication with the second fluid conduit, and a fourth duct in fluid communication with the third duct and outwardly radially offset from the third duct and extending away from the third duct in the proximal direction. A spring compression plug electrically connects the pilot arc conductor to the nozzle body.

[H05H] PLASMA TECHNIQUE (ion-beam tubes H01J 27/00; magnetohydrodynamic generators H02K 44/08; producing X-rays involving plasma generation H05G 2/00); PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY- CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS (obtaining neutrons from radioactive sources G21, e.g. G21B, G21C, G21G); PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS (atomic clocks G04F 5/14; devices using stimulated emission H01S; frequency regulation by comparison with a reference frequency determined by energy levels of molecules, atoms, or subatomic particles H03L 7/26)

Bellows for immersion cooling
Patent No. 11997825

Inventor(s): Jimil Shah (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): MTS IP Holdings Ltd (George Town, , KY)
Law Firm: Smith Baluch LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18318870 on 05/17/2023 (377 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bellows assembly and related methods are described. The bellows assembly can be used in a two-phase immersion cooling system to regulate pressure in a tank”s airspace above a coolant liquid. The bellows assembly can include a flexible container and pressure-release valves located to reduce emissions of coolant liquid vapor into an ambient environment.

[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)

Power device assemblies and methods of fabricating the same
Patent No. 11997838

Inventor(s): Feng Zhou (Ann Arbor, MI), Hiroshi Ukegawa (South Lyon, MI), Yanghe Liu (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: 17590232 on 02/01/2022 (847 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatus and methods for a power electronics assembly that includes a cold plate assembly and one or more power device assemblies. The cold plate assembly has a manifold having a heat sink cavity in a first surface and a heat sink that includes one or more substrate cavities. The heat sink is positioned in the heat sink cavity. The one or more power device assemblies are positioned within the one or more substrate cavities. Each power device assembly includes an S-cell, a power device, and a direct bonded metal substrate bonded to the S-Cell. The S-cell includes a base layer constructed at least of graphite or a graphite-composite, a conductive layer at least partially surrounding the base layer, and a power device cavity. The power device is positioned in the power device cavity and is electrically coupled to the conductive layer.

Three-dimensional memory device with staircase etch stop structures and methods for forming the same
Patent No. 11997850

Inventor(s): Kenichi Shimomura (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17411689 on 08/25/2021 (1007 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, and memory opening fill structures vertically extending through the alternating stack. An insulating liner overlies stepped surfaces of the alternating stack in a staircase region. A plurality of discrete dielectric plates can be formed over the insulating liner. In one embodiment, the plurality of discrete dielectric plates can function as etch stop structures for formation of contact via structures that contact underlying portions of the electrically conductive layers. In another embodiment, the plurality of discrete dielectric plates may be replaced with a metallic material that forms extensions of the electrically conductive layers, and can be employed as etch stop structures during formation of contact via structures.

[H10B] ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES

DESIGN PATENTS

Induction warmer
Patent No. D1028617

Inventor(s): Gabrielle Davis (Denton, TX), Mingwei Shan (Frisco, TX), Steven L. Yoder (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): COOKTEK INDUCTION SYSTEMS LLC (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Bames Thornburg LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29883126 on 01/24/2023 (490 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Edge beveler
Patent No. D1028669

Inventor(s): Janet Carr (Forth Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): TANDY LEATHER FACTORY, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29867156 on 10/12/2022 (594 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Load carrying holder
Patent No. D1028683

Inventor(s): Peter Jon Rubenzer (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Law Office of Sam Sokhansanj PLLC (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29829804 on 03/08/2022 (812 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Pizza container base
Patent No. D1028739

Inventor(s): Adam Torres (Aubrey, TX), Casper Chiang (Danville, CA), Jacob Patrick Flaherty (Scottsdale, AZ), Peter Graham (Lucas, TX), Rick Bontrager (Ventura, CA)
Assignee(s): Pizza Hut, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29708052 on 10/02/2019 (1700 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Memorial mask pendant
Patent No. D1028783

Inventor(s): Evan Yee (Brooklyn, NY)
Assignee(s): CURIOSITY GARDENS LLC (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: BEHMKE INNOVATION GROUP LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29817673 on 12/02/2021 (908 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen with a transitional graphical user interface
Patent No. D1029024

Inventor(s): Arun Kumar Ponnusamy (Frisco, TX), Arun Prasad Jaganathan (The Colony, TX), Ramesh Babu Periya Samy (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Joiint Inc. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Cole Schotz, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29780427 on 04/23/2021 (1131 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Patent No. D1029040

Inventor(s): Stephen Goldberg (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Salesforce, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29864393 on 05/25/2022 (734 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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