Beyond Toyota, other notable patents this week include:

7-Eleven’s item identification using digital image processing
Amazon Technologies’ container unloading systems
Applied Concepts’ speed enforcement data collection and mapping
Bank of America’s concept mapping for chat agent complaint processing
Bear Robotics’ systeme and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for controlling a robot
Capital One Services’ systems for curating online vehicle reservations to avoid electric vehicle battery depletion
DreamHammer’s geospatial asset management
Intuit’s system for determining a structured representation of a form document utilizing multiple machine learning models
Linear Labs’ system for an electrical motor with a segmented rotor and segmented stator
Microsoft Technology Licensing’s global intent-based configuration to local intent targets
Spark Biomedical’s wearable auricular neurostimulator
Toyota’s water purifier and supply in a vehicle
USAA’s crowd sourcing roadside assistance

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

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of 6/24/2025 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

151 patents granted
Ranked No. 8 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 15
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 13
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 3
E: Fixed Constructions 9
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 6
G: Physics 53
H: Electricity 41

DESIGN: 11

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 22
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 7
Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland) 5
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.) 5
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 5
Toyota Motor North America Inc. (Plano) 3
Traxxas L.P. (McKinney) 3
United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio) 3
Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle) 2

Unassigned 7

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney) 3
Kent Poteet (Lucas) 3
Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett) 3
Ross Martin (Roanoke) 3
Todd Martin (Aubrey) 3
Daniel E. Boss (Morris Township, N.J.) 2
John Alfred Campin (Southlake) 2
Joseph Zbiciak (San Jose, Calif.) 2
Masoud Vaziri (Richardson) 2
Micheal Cole Thomas (Azle) 2

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

Abstract: A scoop device designed to allow the user to easily segregate urine clump or balls and feces, lift, discard, and wash the device for further use, is disclosed. The scoop device comprises a filter basket, a narrowed wall which includes raised ribs, a beveled scraper, and a handle. The filter basket and beveled scraper, are coated by a non-stick material. The filter basket is a spatula shaped end, positioned between the handle and the beveled scraper end in the scoop device. The filter basket is further extended towards to form the flat beveled scraper configuration in the scoop device. The filter basket and the beveled scraper comprises one or more openings that prevent the scoop device from capturing loose litter material. Further, the scraper of the scoop device is beveled and sharpened to allow loosening of the material such as urine clump or feces, inadvertently adhering to the sides of the litter box.

[A01K] ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

Water dispenser
Patent No. 12336517

Inventor(s): Michael Harper (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18109662 on 02/14/2023 (861 days app to issue)

Abstract: A water dispenser includes a bottle support area, a bowl and a channel. The bottle support area has a nozzle receiving portion defined by a circular sidewall that is configured to abut a nozzle of a water bottle. The bowl is fluidly connected to the bottle support area. The channel has a pair of first and second sidewalls extending from the nozzle receiving portion to the bowl to fluidly connect the nozzle receiving portion and the bowl. The channel has a maximum diameter that is less than a maximum diameter of the nozzle receiving portion. The channel further includes a pair of first and second protrusions extending from the first and second sidewalls of the channel towards each other. The first and second protrusions define a minimum diameter of the channel.

[A01K] ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

Spring actuated weedless fishing lure
Patent No. 12336518

Inventor(s): Jake Fletcher (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Flyvanse, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Scheef Stone, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18142705 on 05/03/2023 (783 days app to issue)

Abstract: A spring actuated weedless fishing lure increases the chances of successfully catching a fish without entangling a hook on plant material. A weedless guard system prevents the hook from catching on weeds and compresses a spring to hold the spring and hook in a retracted position. When a fish strikes, the weedless guard system is released allowing the spring to expand and push the hook in a longitudinal direction to an expanded position away from other parts of the lure. This expanded position provides a greater area for the fish”s mouth to engage with the hook without interference from other parts of the lure. The expanded position also allows the hooks to embed closer to the front of a fish”s mouth and reduces the risk of the fish swallowing the whole lure.

[A01K] ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

Adjustable face pillow apparatus
Patent No. 12336633

Inventor(s): Bobby Don Broyles (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Law Office of Bill Naifeh (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18513726 on 11/20/2023 (582 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a bedside face pillow configured to provide adjustable face/head rest support.

[A47C] CHAIRS (seats specially adapted for vehicles B60N 2/00); SOFAS; BEDS (upholstery in general B68G)

Soap dish for outdoor faucet
Patent No. 12336674

Inventor(s): Daniel Choat (Granbury, TX), Tommy Lavene (Granbury, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18112562 on 02/22/2023 (853 days app to issue)

Abstract: A soap dish apparatus for hanging soap from an outside faucet or pipe includes a container with a base wall and a perimeter wall. The perimeter wall extends upwardly from the base wall. The base wall and the perimeter wall define a cavity in the container for retaining soap. The perimeter wall has an open top and a rim surrounding the open top. The base wall has an aperture extending through the base wall into the container. A wire is coupled to the container for hanging the container on a faucet. The wire is coupled to the container at a back portion of the perimeter wall.

[A61J] CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE

Imaging tool to support eye surgery
Patent No. 12336690

Inventor(s): Paul R. Hallen (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: PATTERSON + SHERIDAN, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17451346 on 10/19/2021 (1344 days app to issue)

Abstract: An imaging tool with a tubular implement of minimal diameter for locating in a patient”s eye and to extend an image capturing platform therefrom. The platform is uniquely sized for storage within the lumen or inner diameter of the implement, such as a thin film image sensor. However, a microchip package having a bulk footprint too large for the inner diameter of the implement may be displaced to another location of the tool such as within the adjacent, more sizeable handpiece or housing. Further, the platform may be expanded upon being exposed to the interior of the eye by the extending thereinto. Thus, an increased surface and pixel count may be provided for the imaging.

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

Steerable suture retriever
Patent No. 12336703

Inventor(s): Joshua Silver Redstone (Dallas, TX), Sumant Gopal Krishnan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Composite Surgical, LLC (Coral Gables, FL)
Law Firm: Levine Bagade Han LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17351800 on 06/18/2021 (1467 days app to issue)

Abstract: A positioning and retrieval device manipulated by carrying element coupled to a handle and driven by an actuator that allows for axial movement and rotational movement of a capturing portion on the carrying element.

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

Method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging thermometry
Patent No. 12336748

Inventor(s): Andrew Wald (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Medtronic Navigation, Inc. (Louisville, CO)
Law Firm: Harness, Dickey Pierce, P.L.C. (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18438361 on 02/09/2024 (501 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method to analyze image data. The image data may be used to assist in determine the presence of a feature in the image. The feature may include a bubble.

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

Selection of intraocular lens based on a predicted subjective outcome score
Patent No. 12336759

Inventor(s): Brant Gillen (Southlake, TX), George Hunter Pettit (Fort Worth, TX), John Alfred Campin (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): ALCON INC. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17330327 on 05/25/2021 (1491 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for selecting an intraocular lens, for implantation into an eye, includes a controller having a processor and a tangible, non-transitory memory on which instructions are recorded. The controller is configured to selectively execute a machine learning model trained with a training dataset. Execution of the instructions by the processor causes the controller to obtain pre-operative objective data for the patient, including one or more anatomic eye measurements. The controller is configured to obtain pre-operative questionnaire data for the patient, including at least one personality trait. The pre-operative objective data and the pre-operative questionnaire data are entered as respective inputs to the machine learning model. A predicted subjective outcome score for the patient is generated as an output of the machine learning model. The intraocular lens is selected based in part on the predicted subjective outcome score.

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

Compositions and methods of modulating short-chain dehydrogenase activity
Patent No. 12336982

Inventor(s): Monika Antczak (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, TX), Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH), Rodeo Therapeutics Corporation (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Law Firm: BARNES THORNBURG LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17296055 on 11/21/2019 (2042 days app to issue)

Abstract: Compounds and methods of modulating 15-PGDH activity, modulating tissue prostaglandin levels, treating disease, diseases disorders, or conditions in which it is desired to modulate 15-PGDH activity and/or prostaglandin levels include 15-PGDH inhibitors described herein.

[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 compositions and methods
Patent No. 12337056

Inventor(s): Edward Chadwick (Addison, TX), Michael Frushour (Addison, TX), Tiffany Carle (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16425646 on 05/29/2019 (2218 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods of use and compositions useful for reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, moisturizing skin, promoting hydration, strengthening and repairing skin, reducing inflammation and redness, reducing oxidizing agents, protecting against pollution, reducing skin desquamation, reducing skin roughness, increasing skin lubricity, improving skin barrier function, and firming and conditioning skin. The composition includes a combination of one or more of saccharide isomerate, sodium carrageenan, sea salt, and sodium hyaluronate.

Medicament delivery device
Patent No. 12337144

Inventor(s): Andrew Nelson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Sanofi (Paris, , FR)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18638166 on 04/17/2024 (433 days app to issue)

Abstract: A medicament delivery device includes a device housing for placing on skin of a patient, the device housing including a needle aperture; a needle for injecting 5 a medicament, the needle arranged to pass through the needle aperture; and sensors configured to provide a signal when the device housing is placed on the skin of the patient. The sensors are arranged around the needle aperture.

[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]

Wearable auricular neurostimulator and methods of use
Patent No. 12337167

Inventor(s): Alejandro Covalin (Los Angeles, CA), Christopher J. Czura (Oyster Bay, NY), Jared Wettenstein (League City, TX), Navid Khodaparast (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): SPARK BIOMEDICAL, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Finch Maloney PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18675492 on 05/28/2024 (392 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, a wearable auricular stimulator includes a flexible body adapted to be worn at least partially around an auricle of a wearer, including an exterior for positioning in contact with a wearer”s skin, and an interior for supporting a three-dimensional (3D) circuitry layout, including traces deposited on surfaces of the interior of the flexible body, electrodes for delivering electrical stimulation therapy to the wearer via a skin-facing side of the flexible body, and electronic component(s) electrically connected with the electrodes and the traces, the electronic components including a processing circuitry element for delivering electrical stimulation treatment(s) via the electrodes.

[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]

System and method for obtaining profile of eye lens capsule
Patent No. 12340532

Inventor(s): Paul J. Missel (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18315591 on 05/11/2023 (775 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a controller with at least one processor and at least one non-transitory, tangible memory on which instructions are recorded for executing a method for obtaining a profile of a lens capsule of an eye. The profile is represented by respective central surfaces and respective equatorial surfaces separated at respective transition points. The controller is configured to obtain imaging data for a portion of the lens capsule visible through a pupil of the eye. The imaging data is transformed to an adjusted frame of reference and fitted to the respective central surfaces in a predefined central region of the lens capsule. The profile is obtained based on a set of fitting parameters for the respective central and equatorial surfaces. The respective central surfaces and respective equatorial surfaces may be represented as elliptical cones and skewed parabolas, respectively.

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

Systems and methods for controlling a medical light via a software configurable handle assembly
Patent No. 12342438

Inventor(s): Amber Hildebrand (North Richland Hills, TX), Paul Nguyen (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Stryker Corporation (Portage, MI)
Law Firm: Morrison Foerster LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17656639 on 03/25/2022 (1187 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for controlling a medical light by a handle assembly removably mounted to the medical light includes storing configuration data at a controller of the handle assembly that defines a mapping of handle assembly user inputs to medical light property adjustments; detecting a first user input to the handle assembly; and sending a control signal to the medical light to vary a property of light provided by the medical light according to the first user input and the configuration data.

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

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

Apparatus, systems, and methods for engine dowel installation
Patent No. 12337397

Inventor(s): Larry C. Valentine (Berryton, KS), Mike E. Teaford (Topeka, KS), Ryan L. Kimberlin (Meriden, KS)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PPLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18365579 on 08/04/2023 (690 days app to issue)

Abstract: A drill jig apparatus configured to be coupled to a locomotive bedplate is presented. The apparatus can include a first member and a second member. The first member can be configured to attach a drill to provide stability while drilling, and the second member can be operably coupled to a locomotive, such as to an engine and bedplate of a locomotive. An engine dowel drilling system is also presented, which can include a drill jig member and a bushing member, and the members can be operably coupled with one another. A method of drilling holes in a locomotive bedplate can include using a drill jig and a bushing to facilitate drilling, and the drill jig can be a conductor-side jig or an engineer-side jig. A kit is also presented for engine dowel installation that can standardize dowels and dowel holes.

[B23B] TURNING; BORING (using an electrode which takes the place of a tool B23H, e.g. making holes B23H 9/14; working by laser beam B23K 26/00; arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q)

Air purification device for vehicle ventilation systems
Patent No. 12337663

Inventor(s): Andrew Eide (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): DBG GROUP INVESTMENTS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: WORKMAN NYDEGGER (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17155007 on 01/21/2021 (1615 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a photocatalytic oxidation device configured for integration within a vehicle ventilation system. The device includes a frame, an ultraviolet lamp, and a cell coated with a photocatalytic material. The lamp, when activated, causes the generation of oxidizers at the cell panel. Air is passable through apertures of the cell panel and thus may be moved through the device. The device is structurally configured and dimensionally optimized to provide effective photocatalytic activity within the vehicle ventilation system without overly restricting airflow.

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

Methods for controlling a sequence of vehicle actions using a non-fungible token
Patent No. 12337686

Inventor(s): Charan S. Lota (Frisco, TX), David Tsai (Irvine, CA), Will Hargis (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18304846 on 04/21/2023 (795 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for generating a non-fungible token for controlling a physical vehicle and methods of controlling a physical vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of generating a non-fungible token for controlling a physical vehicle includes generating a virtual vehicle within a virtual environment, wherein the virtual vehicle corresponds to the physical vehicle, receiving, within the virtual environment, requests corresponding to a sequence of actions for one or more virtual vehicle components, controlling the virtual vehicle such that the virtual vehicle performs the sequence of actions, generating instructions for performing the sequence of actions by the physical vehicle, and generating the non-fungible token, wherein the non-fungible token comprises the instructions for performing the sequence of actions by the physical vehicle such that the non-fungible token is configured to control one or more physical vehicle components of the physical vehicle to perform the sequence of actions.

[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]

Transport-based energy allocation
Patent No. 12337714

Inventor(s): Norman Lu (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18206072 on 06/05/2023 (750 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, via a transport, a state of charge of a storage unit of the transport, determining, via the transport, an environment at a location, determining, via the transport, a status of a charging station at the location including at least one of a location energy cost and a location power level and providing, via the transport, a needed amount of energy to the charging station at the location based on the status of the charging station.

[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]

Method and system for automatically detecting a vehicle accident
Patent No. 12337845

Inventor(s): Christopher Russell (The Colony, TX), Subhalakshmi Selvam (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Potomac Law Group, PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17560489 on 12/23/2021 (1279 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems described herein are directed to automatedly detecting a vehicle accident occurrence based on a generated accident suspicion. An accident detection system can retrieve a myriad of information as data relating to a driver or a vehicle of the driver. The retrieved information can be assessed to determine assignment of a suspicion of a vehicle accident occurrence. The suspicion assignment can be based on, with respect to historical insurance data, predetermined thresholds and/or machine learning for the retrieved information. The retrieved information can be verified by auxiliary data remote from the driver or the vehicle of the driver. The accident detection system can verify the suspicion by dispatching one or more notifications to the driver, and in the absence of response, determine whether the suspicion is true via the collection of information for a suspected location of the accident or from individuals associated with the driver.

[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]

Systems and methods to manage drivers under abnormal driving
Patent No. 12337846

Inventor(s): Emrah Akin Sisbot (Mountain View, CA), Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA), Tomohiro Matsuda (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER HAMPTON LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17959866 on 10/04/2022 (994 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for detecting when a vehicle engages in anomalous driving behavior and managing nearby vehicles to mitigate risk to the nearby vehicles due to the anomalous driving behavior. According to some embodiments, the methods and systems comprise receiving an indication that an anomalous driving behavior of a first vehicle is detected, and identifying a plurality of vehicles within a geographic area of the first vehicle based on receiving the indication. The methods and systems further include generating an arrangement for the plurality of vehicles based on the detected anomalous driving behavior, determining a target speed for each of the plurality of vehicles based on the determined arrangement and a current speed of each of the plurality of vehicles, and communicating control messages to each of the plurality of vehicles. The control messages comprising the target speed to distribute the plurality of vehicles into the determined arrangement.

Transport value exchange management
Patent No. 12337849

Inventor(s): Bryan Else Yamasaki (Ypsilanti, MI), Roger Akira Kyle (Frisco, TX), Timothy Wang (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17666669 on 02/08/2022 (1232 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a transport, an opportunity to perform an action, where the opportunity provides an additional result to the transport and responsive to performing the action, receiving, by the transport, the additional result, where the additional result is proportional to a level of the action performed.

Personalized speed limiter
Patent No. 12337859

Inventor(s): Kyungtae Han (Palo Alto, CA), Rohit Gupta (Santa Clara, CA), Runjia Du (West Lafayette, IN), Ziran Wang (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: 18085868 on 12/21/2022 (916 days app to issue)

Abstract: A speed limiter for a vehicle can be personalized. The speed limiter can be caused to be activated. A user can provide a user input on a user interface. The user input can include a speed limiter personalization setting. In response to the user input, the speed limiter personalization setting can be caused to be implemented.

Systems and methods for communication-aware federated learning
Patent No. 12337867

Inventor(s): Dawei Chen (Mountain View, CA), Haoxin Wang (Mountain View, CA), Kyungtae Han (Mountain View, CA), Yitao Chen (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17994850 on 11/28/2022 (939 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for communication-aware federated learning includes a server and edge nodes. Each of the edge nodes trains a machine learning model using first local data obtained by sensors of corresponding edge node. Each of the edge nodes obtains network bandwidth for a channel between corresponding edge node and the server. One or more of the edge nodes determines a level of compression based on the bandwidth for the channel, compresses the trained machine leaning model based on the determined level of compression, and transmits the compressed trained machine learning model to the server. The server decompresses the compressed trained machine learning models and aggregates the decompressed trained machine learning models to obtain the aggregated machine learning model, and transmits the aggregated machine learning model to each of the edge nodes. Each of the edge nodes receives the aggregated machine learning model from the server.

System and method for monitoring clutch wear
Patent No. 12337956

Inventor(s): Eric S. Olson (Fort Worth, TX), Ron L. Woods (Weatherford, TX), Trenton A. Hamm (Cleburne, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18172859 on 02/22/2023 (853 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes measuring a first rotational speed of a first element of a sprag clutch of a rotorcraft, measuring a second rotational speed of a second element of the sprag clutch, determining if the sprag clutch is in an overrunning condition, wherein the determining is based on the first rotational speed and the second rotational speed, generating an estimation of an instantaneous wear rate of the sprag clutch, wherein the estimation of the instantaneous wear rate is generated based on the first rotational speed and the second rotational speed, and displaying an indication of the estimation of the instantaneous wear rate of the sprag clutch. The method includes generating an estimation of an accumulated wear of the sprag clutch, wherein the estimation of the accumulated wear is based on the estimation of the instantaneous wear rate, and displaying an indication of the estimation of the accumulated wear.

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

Telescoping tail assemblies for use on aircraft
Patent No. 12337960

Inventor(s): Steven Ryan Schafer (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18140528 on 04/27/2023 (789 days app to issue)

Abstract: A telescoping tail assembly for use on an aircraft that has a fore-aft length. The telescoping tail assembly includes a housing extending in an aftward direction and a tailboom slidable along the housing into various positions including an extended position and a retracted position. A jackscrew is coupled to the tailboom. An actuator is coupled to the jackscrew and is configured to selectively rotate the jackscrew to translate the tailboom between the plurality of positions. The tailboom has one or more control surfaces coupled thereto. The tailboom increases the fore-aft length of the aircraft in the extended position and decreases the fore-aft length of the aircraft in the retracted position.

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

Strap-reinforced waste bag system
Patent No. 12338063

Inventor(s): Jasmine L. Pierce (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18136061 on 04/18/2023 (798 days app to issue)

Abstract: A strap-reinforced waste bag system incorporates a support strap assembly connected between the drawstrings of the waste bag and a base support connected to the bottom of the bag to transfer lifting force from the drawstrings to the bag bottom, facilitating ease of removal of the waste bad from a waste receptacle when filled.

[B65F] GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE (disinfecting refuse A61L; refuse disintegrators B02C; sorting refuse B03B, B07B; handcarts for transporting refuse receptacles B62B; sack holders B65B 67/00; converting refuse into fertilisers C05F; converting refuse into solid fuels C10L; sewers, cesspools E03F; arrangements in buildings for the disposal of refuse E04F 17/10; refuse-consuming furnaces F23G)

Container unloading systems for various container types
Patent No. 12338086

Inventor(s): Ashwini Kotraiah Davangere (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Law Firm: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17694118 on 03/14/2022 (1198 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for unloading containers of various container types. In one embodiment, an example container unloading system may include a container support platform configured to rotate a container from an upright position to an angled position, a centering guide configured to guide the container onto the container support platform, a hydraulic device configured to actuate the container support platform, and a controller configured to determine presence of the container on the container support platform, and cause the container support platform to rotate the container via actuation of the side-mounted hydraulic device.

[B65G] TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable or mobile lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F 9/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C 9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)

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

Water purifier and supply in a vehicle
Patent No. 12338138

Inventor(s): Paxton S. Williams (Milan, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER HAMPTON LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17721256 on 04/14/2022 (1167 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a water purifier and supply in a vehicle. In particular, the water purifier and supply system may filter or purify collected precipitation for vehicle occupants to consume inside the vehicle cabin. Certain embodiments of the water purifier and supply system may include a water management system operated by an electronic control unit that detects the level of water in the water management system, determines a preferred level of water in the water management system, compares the detected level of water to the preferred level of water, and adjusts features of the water management system to increase the stored supply of purified or filtered water for vehicle occupant hydration.

[C02F] TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE (processes for making harmful chemical substances harmless, or less harmful, by effecting a chemical change in the substances A62D 3/00; separation, settling tanks or filter devices B01D; special arrangements on waterborne vessels of installations for treating water, waste water or sewage, e.g. for producing fresh water, B63J; adding materials to water to prevent corrosion C23F; treating radioactively-contaminated liquids G21F 9/04) [3]

Method for manufacturing a decorative element comprising an engineered stone and a decorative element comprising an engineered stone
Patent No. 12338188

Inventor(s): Claudio Caselli (Dallas, TX), Eladio Pinero Gonzalez (Dallas, TX), Rahul Patki (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Dal-Tile, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17983036 on 11/08/2022 (959 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a decorative element comprising a substrate and a top layer wherein the substrate is made of an engineered stone and wherein the top layer comprises a decorative pattern, comprising the steps of: providing a mixture comprising at least an inorganic filler and a binder; compacting the mixture; and curing the binder to obtain the substrate; wherein the method comprises the step of inkjet printing a first decorative pattern on at least a top surface of the substrate, and wherein the method comprises the step of providing a protective coating above the printed pattern, wherein the protective coating comprises a base coat that is applied immediately on top of the printed pattern and a top-coat that is provided above the base coat, between the application of the base-coat and the application of the top coat the method comprises the step of sanding the base coat.

[C04B] LIME; MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDING MATERIALS; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS (devitrified glass-ceramics C03C 10/00); REFRACTORIES (alloys based on refractory metals C22C); TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE [4]

Method and system for liquid encapsulated growth of cadmium zinc telluride crystals
Patent No. 12338549

Inventor(s): Fred Raymel Harris (Duncanville, TX), Kathryn O”Brien (Dallas, TX), Lance Robertson (Rockwall, TX), Luigi Colombo (Dallas, TX), Tim Svoboda (Grand Prairie, TX), Victor Perez-Rubio (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): DRS Network Imaging Systems, LLC (Melbourne, FL)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18214981 on 06/27/2023 (728 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for growing a CdZnTe crystal includes a crucible operable to contain a solid CdZnTe source and a heating element operable to melt an upper surface to the solid CdZnTe source and form a tellurium rich melt floating on the solid CdZnTe source. The crucible is operable to contain an encapsulating layer above the tellurium rich melt. The system also includes a rod operable to mechanically support a CdZnTe seed crystal.

[C30B] SINGLE-CRYSTAL GROWTH (by using ultra-high pressure, e.g. for the formation of diamonds B01J 3/06); UNIDIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF EUTECTIC MATERIAL OR UNIDIRECTIONAL DEMIXING OF EUTECTOID MATERIAL; REFINING BY ZONE-MELTING OF MATERIAL (zone-refining of metals or alloys C22B); PRODUCTION OF A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE (casting of metals, casting of other substances by the same processes or devices B22D; working of plastics B29; modifying the physical structure of metals or alloys C21D, C22F); SINGLE CRYSTALS OR HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; AFTER-TREATMENT OF SINGLE CRYSTALS OR A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE (for producing semiconductor devices or parts thereof H01L); APPARATUS THEREFOR [3]

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

Roofing system and associated roofing shingle
Patent No. 12338628

Inventor(s): Chris Searcy (Tuscaloosa, AL), Daniel E. Boss (Morris Township, NJ), James Svec (Kearny, NJ), Ming-Liang Shiao (Basking Ridge, NJ), Nicholas Thurston (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18668763 on 05/20/2024 (400 days app to issue)

Abstract: Roofing shingles are disclosed that are capable of self-adhering to a roof deck or underlayment and/or other roofing shingles and that require few or no mechanical fasteners to remain attached to the roof. By appropriate positioning of sealant lines on the shingle, direct adhesion between the shingle and the roof deck or underlayment and/or other roofing shingles can be achieved. If the shingle is laminated, the layers may be mechanically attached with indentations in the common bond area. The nail zone of the shingle may be visually indicated with fines and/or one or more paint lines. A roofing system comprising a plurality of courses of the shingles is also disclosed.

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

Roofing structures and related methods
Patent No. 12338632

Inventor(s): Daniel E. Boss (Morris Township, NJ), David Scott (Grove City, OH), Eric R. Anderson (Montclair, NJ), Li-Ying Yang (Whippany, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18093952 on 01/06/2023 (900 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a roofing structure. The roofing structure comprises a plurality of roofing membranes positioned on a roofing substrate. Each of the plurality of roofing membranes comprises an edge portion that abuts or overlaps with, or is adjacent to, an edge portion of another roofing membrane, so as to define a plurality of seams between adjacent roofing membranes. The roofing structure further comprises a plurality of standing seam structures positioned over the plurality of seams so as to conceal the plurality of seams.

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

Powered trailer systems
Patent No. 12338672

Inventor(s): Daryl Day (Frisco, TX), L. Blake Whitley (Arlington, TX), Richard K. Hoofard (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ASSA ABLOY ENTRANCE SYSTEMS AB (Landskrona, , SE)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17853729 on 06/29/2022 (1091 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed generally to powered trailer systems and, more particularly, to powered trailer systems for opening and closing trailer doors at, e.g., a vehicle loading dock, and to vehicle and/or trailer power delivery and charging systems. A powered trailer door operating system can include a guide track having a lower guide track portion and an upper guide track portion; a drive support coupled to the upper guide track portion having a drive shaft positioned within a central cavity; and a carriage slidingly coupled to the drive support and operably coupled to the trailer door. The carriage can be operably engaged with the drive shaft through the slot such that rotation of the drive shaft causes the carriage to translate along the drive support, thereby moving the trailer door between the open and closed positions.

[E05F] DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING

Downhole wet-mate systems and methods using wet-mate deployment carrier
Patent No. 12338689

Inventor(s): Jason P. Witte (McKinney, TX), Tyson H. Eiman (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18473364 on 09/25/2023 (638 days app to issue)

Abstract: A completion system for use in a wellbore includes an upper completion assembly including a stinger sub and a first portion wet-mate connector. The system also includes a lower completion assembly including a shift sleeve, a wet-mate deployment carrier, and a second portion wet-mate connector connectable with the first portion wet-mate connector. Axial movement of the shift sleeve in a first direction moves the wet-mate deployment carrier and the second portion wet-mate connector from a radially outward position to a radially inward position such that the second portion wet-mate connector is positioned to connect with the first portion wet-mate connector.

[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]

Swivel sub with biasing member
Patent No. 12338692

Inventor(s): Nick Strohla (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18204307 on 05/31/2023 (755 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus may include a connector sub rigidly securable to a conveyance for running the connector sub along a wellbore and a spool mandrel coupled to a downhole end of the connector sub. The spool mandrel is rotatable with respect to the connector sub. Further, the apparatus may include a control line extending between the connector sub and the spool mandrel. The control line is displaceable to permit rotation of the spool mandrel with respect to the connector sub. Additionally, the apparatus may include at least one biasing member for biasing the spool mandrel to a neutral position with respect to the connector sub.

Methods and systems associated with wireline pressure control
Patent No. 12338698

Inventor(s): Chris Reed (Canton, TX), Gary Shearer (Flint, TX)
Assignee(s): Greenwell Engineering, LLC (Weatherford, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18736810 on 06/07/2024 (382 days app to issue)

Abstract: A lubricator vent sub is placed at a lowest point in a greasehead with maximum volume to relieve trapped air, wherein the lubricator vent sub creates a secondary flow path for the trapped air.

Expandable metal displacement plug
Patent No. 12338705

Inventor(s): Brandon Thomas Least (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17395870 on 08/06/2021 (1418 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided, in at least one aspect, is a displacement plug for us in a wellbore tubular, a method for entering a well system, and a related well system. The displacement plug, in one aspect, includes a plug body for landing in a wellbore tubular, wherein at least a portion of the plug body comprises a metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis to seal against the wellbore tubular. The displacement plug, in one or more aspects, additionally includes one or more displacement features engaged with the plug body for displacing the plug body downhole.

Flow control system for use in a subterranean well
Patent No. 12338719

Inventor(s): Ryan W. McChesney (Prosper, TX), Stephen Michael Greci (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18340063 on 06/23/2023 (732 days app to issue)

Abstract: A flow control system for use in controlling flow of a fluid composition in a subterranean well is disclosed. The flow control system includes a flow chamber that includes an inlet and an outlet oriented such that the fluid composition flows circuitously through the chamber, forming a vortex at least at the outlet. The flow control system further comprises at least one flow control structure shaped and positioned in the flow chamber such that a velocity of the circuitous flow is reduced and the vortex is eliminated or substantially reduced.

Low emission multi-zone hydrocarbon reservoir testing
Patent No. 12338734

Inventor(s): Paul D. Ringgenberg (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18394613 on 12/22/2023 (550 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure relates to tool string embodiments, system embodiments, and method embodiments for testing and/or sampling a formation in an open hole hydrocarbon well, for example in order to determine whether the well merits production. Disclosed embodiments can be concerned with minimizing hydrocarbon emissions during testing, for example to provide a greener testing approach. Thus, improvements to reservoir testing a hydrocarbon well are disclosed.

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

Liquid cooled plunger system
Patent No. 12338813

Inventor(s): Micheal Cole Thomas (Azle, TX)
Assignee(s): Kerr Machine Co. (Sulphur, OK)
Law Firm: Tomlinson McKinstry, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18905240 on 10/03/2024 (264 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for cooling plungers which operate in high pressure pumps. The system uses a plunger having a blind bore formed therein. The blind bore may receive a number of different objects, some of which are fixed to the plunger. A heat exchanger may be installed within the blind bore. The heat exchanger may have internal passages or openings which allow for the circulation of fluid within the blind bore, thus cooling the plunger. The heat exchanger may be formed of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than the material used to form the plunger. This allows the heat exchanger to cool the plunger more effectively than if the plunger were solid or filled with an empty air space. The heat exchanger may be sealed within the bore of the plunger, or exposed.

[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)

Fluid end
Patent No. 12338815

Abstract: A fluid end made of a plurality of fluid end sections positioned in a side-by-side relationship. Each fluid end section is made of a housing having a discharge bore and an intake bore formed therein. A fluid routing plug is installed within each housing and is configured to route fluid throughout the housing and between the discharge and intake bores. The fluid routing plug carries seals that engage sealing surfaces formed within the housing. A number of features, including the location of seals within bore walls and carbide inserts within valve guides, aid in reducing or transferring wear within each housing.

Side projector light
Patent No. 12338975

Inventor(s): Cheng-Chun Zhang (Shenzhen, , CN)
Assignee(s): Gemmy Industries Corporation (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Mueting Raasch Group (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18813406 on 08/23/2024 (305 days app to issue)

Abstract: A side projector light has a bottom lid, an upper lid, and a side hollowed-out plate. The bottom lid has multiple first holes and multiple second holes, and the first holes and the second holes are formed on the bottom lid. The upper lid has multiple third holes and multiple first columns, and the third holes and the first columns are formed on the upper lid. The side hollowed-out plate is mounted between the upper lid and the bottom lid and has multiple second columns. The second columns extend toward the upper lid and the bottom lid. The first columns are connected to the first holes, so that the upper lid is capable of connecting the bottom lid. The second columns connect the second holes and the third holes, so that the side hollowed-out plate is capable of connecting the upper lid and the bottom lid.

[F21V] FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [7]

HVAC system operated with adaptive discharge air temperature setpoint
Patent No. 12339027

Inventor(s): Juan Antonio Contreras Lafaire (Frisco, TX), Rakesh Goel (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18544112 on 12/18/2023 (554 days app to issue)

Abstract: An HVAC system includes a blower, a variable-speed compressor, an indoor air temperature sensor that measures an indoor air temperature (IAT) of an enclosed space, and a controller. The controller stores an indoor temperature setpoint and a default discharge air temperature setpoint. The controller receives the IAT. The controller determines that the IAT is not within a threshold range of the indoor temperature setpoint. The controller then determines an adaptive discharge air temperature setpoint. The controller determines a compressor speed at which to operate the variable-speed compressor based on the adaptive discharge air temperature setpoint. The controller causes the variable-speed compressor to operate at the determined compressor speed.

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

Bi-functional thermal cooling systems and methods thereof
Patent No. 12339075

Inventor(s): Hideo Iizuka (Nagakute, , JP), Taehwa Lee (Ann Arbor, MI), Xiaopeng Li (Ann Arbor, MI), Ziqi Yu (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: 17961285 on 10/06/2022 (992 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a bi-functional thermal cooling system. The bi-functional thermal cooling system includes a first body, a second body, and a third body. The second body has a first plurality of Weyl semimetal nanostructures. The second body is spaced apart from the first body. The third body has a second plurality of Weyl semimetal nanostructures. The third body is spaced apart from the second body. The second body and the third body are each configured to independently rotate with respect to the first body to change an optical property of the first plurality of Weyl semimetal nanostructures of the second body and an optical property of the second plurality of Weyl semimetal nanostructures of the third body.

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

Arrow rest with decoupled launch assembly
Patent No. 12339092

Inventor(s): Damon Coalson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Good Sportsman Marketing, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Cabello Hall Zinda, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18204935 on 06/01/2023 (754 days app to issue)

Abstract: An arrow rest with a decoupled launch assembly comprises a rest rotatably mounted to a shaft and coupled to the shaft via a biasing device. An actuator connects the shaft to a portion of a bow allowing movement of the bow to actuate the decoupled launch assembly between a raised state and dropped state by rotation of the shaft. The biasing device flexibly couples movement of the rest and shaft permitting the shaft to further rotate after a dropped state has been achieved.

[F41B] WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (projectiles for fishing, e.g. fish-spears, A01K 81/00; sports implements for throwing A63B 65/00, e.g. boomerangs A63B 65/08; stationary apparatus for projecting sports balls, e.g. tennis balls, A63B 69/40; throwing or slinging toys A63H 33/18; knives, axes B26B; projectiles or missiles other than those incorporating springs as projecting means F42B 6/00)

P H Y S I C S

Method and apparatus for a compact and high resolution mind-view communicator
Patent No. 12336782

Inventor(s): Masoud Vaziri (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): OPTICS INNOVATION LLC (Portland, ME)
Law Firm: Nixon Peabody LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18431800 on 02/02/2024 (508 days app to issue)

Abstract: An embodiment of a mind-view communication apparatus includes a first portable unit and a second portable unit. The first portable unit includes an eyeglass frame, at least one first optical unit disposed on the eyeglass frame for capturing at least one scene image corresponding to a field of view of a user, and at least one second optical unit disposed on the eyeglass frame for capturing at least one eye image corresponding to at least a portion of at least one eye of the user. The second portable unit is in communication with the first portable unit and includes at least one processor configured for receiving the at least one scene image and the at least one eye image, determining a direction within the field of view to which the at least one eye is directed based upon the at least one eye image, and generating a subset of the at least one scene image based on the determined direction.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Mag sense tool
Patent No. 12339140

Inventor(s): Phillip R. Phelps (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): OIL STATES ENERGY SERVICES, L.L.C. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17893301 on 08/23/2022 (1036 days app to issue)

Abstract: A magnetic sensing tool (”MST”) uses differentials in induced voltage to detect the approximate location of a ferric target tool within surface pressure control equipment associated with a wellhead. The MST comprises a transmitter coil and two receiver coils configured such that a voltage generated in the transmitter coil induces a baseline voltage, and a baseline voltage differential, in the receiver coils when no target tool is present. A target tool passing axially through the MST will disrupt the magnetic fields inducing the voltages, such that variations in the voltage differential can be used to detect the approximate location of the target tool. The MST can be deployed alone or in series depending on the requirements of detection of the target tool.

[G01D] MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED BY A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; TRANSFERRING OR TRANSDUCING ARRANGEMENTS NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Method and apparatus for engine oil dilution analysis
Patent No. 12339271

Inventor(s): Mark A. Bachicha (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17657700 on 04/01/2022 (1180 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system is presented for analyzing lubricant composition of a vehicle engine. The system includes the vehicle engine; sensors; a controller in communication with the sensors; and a lubrication sampling apparatus coupled to the controller and the engine”s lubrication system. The sampling apparatus is configured to: transfer a first sample of the lubricant into a first sample container and a second sample of the lubricant a second sample container. The controller is configured to: receive first sensor readings over a time period of the first sample and second sensor readings over a time period of the second sample; receive a composition analysis of the first sample and a composition analysis of the second sample; and generate a report comprising: the first composition analyses, the first sensor readings, the second composition analysis, and the second sensor readings.

[G01N] INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q)

Genetic marker and/or biomarkers for traumatic brain injury, and ultrasensitive assays for biomarkers of traumatic brain injury
Patent No. 12339275

Inventor(s): Joshua Gatson (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Georgetown University (Washington, DC), Meso Scale Technologies, LLC. (Rockville, MD), The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Scully, Scott, Murphy Presser, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16978464 on 03/08/2019 (2300 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to assays, methods, and kits to assess traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a subject. The present invention also relates to ultrasensitive assays for GFAP, tau, CKBB, IL-1, IL-2, IL-6, IL-10, IL-22, IP-10, TNF, TSLP, NFL, and/or NFH.

Inductance detection for power converters
Patent No. 12339303

Inventor(s): Bhaskar Ramachandran (Bangalore, , IN), Bo Wang (Easton, PA), Dattatreya Baragur Suryanarayana (Bangalore, , IN), Evan Reutzel (Center Valley, PA), Preetam Tadeparthy (Bangalore, , IN), Rengang Chen (Bethlehem, PA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17899110 on 08/30/2022 (1029 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a circuit includes an emulated current generator configured to provide an emulated current signal responsive to a charge current and a discharge current. The emulated current signal can be representative of an emulated current through an output inductor. A comparator is configured to provide a comparator signal responsive to the emulated current signal and sensed current signal representative of a measure of current through the output inductor. An inductor code counter is configured to adjust an inductor code count value responsive to the comparator signal. A slope of the emulated current signal can be adjusted responsive to the inductor code count value.

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

Bias voltage adjustment for a phase light modulator
Patent No. 12339437

Inventor(s): James Norman Hall (Parker, TX), Patrick Ian Oden (McKinney, TX), William C. McDonald (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17120687 on 12/14/2020 (1653 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes an electrode voltage controller, a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) structure, and a bias voltage generator. The MEMS structure has a first electrode, a conductive plate, and a reflective layer on the conductive plate. The first electrode is coupled to the electrode voltage controller, and the conductive plate is configured to move vertically with respect to the first electrode responsive to a voltage generated by the electrode voltage controller and applied to the first electrode. The bias voltage generator is coupled to the conductive plate. The bias voltage generator has an input configured to receive a bias control signal. The bias voltage generator is configured to apply a non-zero bias voltage to the conductive plate responsive to the bias control signal.

[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]

Natural physio-optical user interface for intraocular microdisplay
Patent No. 12339444

Inventor(s): Dimitri Azar (Chicago, IL), Shungneng Lee (Sunnyvale, CA), Supriyo Sinha (Menlo Park, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18542155 on 12/15/2023 (557 days app to issue)

Abstract: An intraocular micro-display (IOMD) system includes an auxiliary head unit. The auxiliary head unit includes a frame for mounting to a head of a user, a scene camera module mounted in or on the frame in a forward-facing orientation, a gaze tracking module disposed in or on the frame and configured to monitor an eye of the user, and an auxiliary controller. The auxiliary controller includes for: acquiring a scene image with the scene camera module, determining a gazing direction of the eye based upon gaze direction data from the gaze tracking module, identifying a sub-portion of the scene image based upon the gazing direction, and wirelessly relaying the sub-portion of the scene image to an IOMD implant within the eye for displaying to a retina of the eye.

Ophthalmic lens with phase-shift structure and method
Patent No. 12339525

Inventor(s): Xin Hong (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: PATTERSON + SHERIDAN, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17496093 on 10/07/2021 (1356 days app to issue)

Abstract: An ophthalmic lens includes an optic with a first surface, a second surface, and a phase-shift structure having one or more phase-shift regions. A method for fabricating an ophthalmic lens includes designing an optic with a first surface, a second surface, and a phase-shift structure having one or more phase-shift regions. The phase-shift regions may be adapted to generate respective chromatic focal shifts such that an incident radiation in a respective wavelength range at least partially converges towards a respective selected wavelength. The method includes determining a chromatic aberration target for the optic and determining the quantity of the phase-shift regions meeting the chromatic aberration target. The optic is formed with the phase-shift regions having respective optimal heights obtained based in part on an overall interaction effect. The phase-shift structure may be adapted to increase a depth-of-focus of the optic in the direction of extension.

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

Method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for controlling a robot
Patent No. 12339676

Inventor(s): John Jungwoo Ha (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Bear Robotics, Inc. (Redwood City, CA)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18422280 on 01/25/2024 (516 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for controlling a robot is provided. The method includes acquiring information on status of communication connections between a plurality of robots located in a serving place, wherein the status of communication connections between the plurality of robots is specified with respect to at least one relay robot among the plurality of robots, and determining a communication scheme to be used between the plurality of robots, with reference to the information on the status of communication connections between the plurality of robots. In the acquiring step, the at least one relay robot is determined with reference to first assessment information on status of communication connections specified with respect to a first robot among the plurality of robots, and second assessment information on status of communication connections specified with respect to a second robot among the plurality of robots.

[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)

Circuit and system for actively discharging a power stage input node during power supply turn-on
Patent No. 12339693

Inventor(s): Ferdinand Stettner (Dachau, , DE), Manuel Wiersch (Freising, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18171006 on 02/17/2023 (858 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit for controlling a discharge transistor for a power stage includes a current mirror, a first diode, and a second diode. The current mirror includes first, second, third and fourth field-effect transistors (FETs) configured to provide a fast startup signal and a startup discharge signal. The startup discharge signal is provided to a gate of the discharge transistor. The first diode is configured to limit the fast startup signal to a first maximum voltage less than the supply voltage, and the second diode is configured to limit the startup discharge signal to a second maximum voltage less than the supply voltage.

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

Automated regional failover
Patent No. 12339753

Inventor(s): Ateet Kumar Awasthi (Mckinney, TX), Chris Fields (Roanoke, TX), Matt Howarth (Garland, TX), Saral Jain (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox, P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18626826 on 04/04/2024 (446 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for automatically failing over all services operating on a primary region to a secondary region upon detection or notification of a fault in the primary region. When a fault exists on the primary region, the method traverses each cluster containing services operating on the primary region and prepares an input file including a list of service names identifying each service operating on the primary region. Referencing the input file, the method fails over each service from the primary region to the secondary region by modifying a service weight corresponding to each service. This failover process of services may be done simultaneously with failing over any databases corresponding to the failed-over services from the primary region to the secondary region. The method may also introduce a sleep time after modifying each service weight to avoid any potential throttling issues.

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

Streaming engine with separately selectable element and group duplication
Patent No. 12339782

Inventor(s): Joseph Zbiciak (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18401824 on 01/02/2024 (539 days app to issue)

Abstract: A streaming engine employed in a digital data processor specifies a fixed read only data stream defined by plural nested loops. An address generator produces address of data elements. A steam head register stores data elements next to be supplied to functional units for use as operands. An element duplication unit optionally duplicates data element an instruction specified number of times. A vector masking unit limits data elements received from the element duplication unit to least significant bits within an instruction specified vector length. If the vector length is less than a stream head register size, the vector masking unit stores all 0”s in excess lanes of the stream head register (group duplication disabled) or stores duplicate copies of the least significant bits in excess lanes of the stream head register.

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

Circuit device with multiple parallel data paths
Patent No. 12339795

Inventor(s): Brian Jason Karguth (Van Alstyne, TX), Charles Lance Fuoco (Allen, TX), Michael Anthony Denio (Allen, TX), Samuel Paul Visalli (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18581522 on 02/20/2024 (490 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) includes first and second memory devices and a bridge. The IC also includes a first interconnect segment coupled between the first memory device and the bridge. The IC further includes a second interconnect segment coupled between the first and second memory devices, and a third interconnect segment coupled between the bridge and the second memory device. The IC includes a first DMA circuit coupled to the first interconnect segment, and a second DMA circuit coupled to the second interconnect segment. A fourth interconnect segment is coupled between the first and second DMA circuits.

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

Package and integrated circuit with interface detection
Patent No. 12339800

Inventor(s): Thomas Vermeer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Infineon Technologies Canada Inc. (Ottawa, , CA)
Law Firm: WORKMAN NYDEGGER (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18326938 on 05/31/2023 (755 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit that is capable of bidirectional communication with an external host device via various communication protocols. In order to determine which communication protocols the incoming signal is using, the integrated circuit further includes an interface detector. When the interface detector determines that the incoming signal represents a portion of a transaction that uses a first communication protocol, the integrated circuit permits the first communication protocol engine to communicate in the transaction. Likewise, when the interface detector determines that the incoming signal represents a portion of a transaction that uses the second communication protocol, the integrated circuit permits the second communication protocol engine to communicate in the transaction. This allows the integrated circuit to detect the protocol regardless of whether one or two package terminals are used in the protocol.

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

Methods, systems, and devices for automatically generating, sorting, and storing fueling station data
Patent No. 12339809

Inventor(s): Lauren E. Denomme (Torrance, CA), William A. Fanelli (New York, NY)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18740222 on 06/11/2024 (378 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for generating, sorting and/or storing fueling station data. A method may include storing a fueling data file in a temporary location on a memory. The method may include parsing a filename of the fueling data file to obtain a file number and scanning one or more rows of a table for the obtained file number. The method may include extracting one or more strings from a row of the one or more rows that includes the obtained file number. The method may include determining one or more directory names based on the extracted one or more strings and one or more lookup tables. The method may include generating a directory path based on the determined one or more directory names, and moving and storing the fueling data file from the temporary location to a destination location based on the determined directory path.

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

Concept mapping for chat agent complaint processing
Patent No. 12339837

Inventor(s): Ravisha Andar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18369301 on 09/18/2023 (645 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for autocomplete-enabled complaint processing are provided. Methods may receive documents and extract terms from the documents. The documents may relate to previously stored complaints. Methods may map the terms to concepts. Methods may index the documents and mapped concepts within a search platform. Methods may receive and verify a request. Upon verification, methods may extract concepts from the request. Upon concept extraction, methods may generate a query. The query may include the one or more extracted concepts and/or any other suitable data from the request. The query may be transmitted to the search platform. The search platform may identify documents that match the request. The matched documents may be transmitted to a response generator. The response generator may utilize the extracted concepts and the identified documents to generate a response to the query. The response may be transmitted to the requestor.

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

System and method for implementing a regulatory and statutory reporting generic multi-disclosure processor
Patent No. 12339865

Inventor(s): Bala Manivannan (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: GREENBLUM BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18241472 on 09/01/2023 (662 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various methods and processes, apparatuses/systems, and media for processing of multiple files having different formats and structures are disclosed. The method includes identifying a plurality of data files each having a predefined file format and structure and viewing corresponding file status. The plurality of data files being received from various data sources. The method implements a generic single ETL processor for front loading of ETL in a manner such that user input is received to configure the plurality of files and transmit to multiple downstream systems for further processing via UI mapping. Data file configuration screen can be used to search list of files configured under any report masters along with its status. This configuration screen can be also used to configure new external source files or edit an existing one thereby providing, among others, user controlled data loads, reducing tech dependency, providing reusability and scalability, and eliminating manual overrides.

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

Querying data using specialized and generalized artificial intelligence models
Patent No. 12339886

Inventor(s): Julisia Jackson (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Citibank, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19061848 on 02/24/2025 (120 days app to issue)

Abstract: The systems and methods disclosed herein relate to querying data using artificial intelligence models. A generalized model receives an output generation request and partitions it into segments mapped to specific domains, where each domain indicates associated databases and guidelines. The segments are routed to domain-specific models trained on domain-specific data, which generate query fragments by comparing performance metrics and system resource usage metrics. The query fragments are aggregated into an overall query that satisfies guidelines across domains. The systems and methods can include a feedback loop to adjust the domain-specific models using user interactions and performance metrics to dynamically adapt to a skill level or experience of the user.

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

Transport sound profile
Patent No. 12339901

Inventor(s): Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr. (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18224051 on 07/19/2023 (706 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of associating a vehicle with an impact, saving media captured before and after the impact as a media segment, transmitting, by a computing device associated with the vehicle, the media segment to another computing device, and building a sound profile from the media segment.

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

Systems and methods for machine learning-based data extraction
Patent No. 12339908

Inventor(s): Ankit Kumar Sinha (Dallas, TX), Bhargava Reddy Karumuri (Dallas, TX), Hasan Kohadawala (Chennai, , IN), Kishorekumar Torangallu (Dallas, TX), SaiNikitha Cheruku (Begaluru, , IN), Saravanan Annamalai (Chennai, , IN)
Assignee(s): Nationstar Mortgage LLC (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Pierson Ferdinand LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17488108 on 09/28/2021 (1365 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for machine learning-based data extraction using multiple string searching models. String extraction logic may differ depending on the type of document received. For documents identified to contain line item structures, broader searching models are applied to the document to account for the increased variability of data in the document inherent in data organized in line item structures. For documents identifier to contain non-line item structures, stricter searching models are applied to the document to account for predictable data in the document associated with data organized in non-line item structures.

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

Managing grouped student devices with timed locks
Patent No. 12339938

Inventor(s): Bill DeWeese (Haltom City, TX), Kevin McKeithan (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Omnissa, LLC (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: Kim Stewart LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17192444 on 03/04/2021 (1573 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein can allow a teacher to manage student devices in a classroom setting by grouping student devices on a graphical user interface and using the interface to set locks with respect to the groups of student devices. Lock requests can be received and managed by a server, which can issue file locks, web locks, and application locks. These locks can restrict file access, website access, and application access, respectively, on the students” personal mobile devices. Additionally, the teacher device can allow the teacher to provide timing information in conjunction with the lock requests, which can control when to lock and/or unlock the student devices.

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

Artificial reality encryption and decryption
Patent No. 12339942

Inventor(s): Huihui Wu (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Potomac Law Group, PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18599669 on 03/08/2024 (473 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments described herein disclose methods and systems for encryption and decryption of data. In some implementations, an encryption and decryption system can protect private information of a user in documents with an artificial reality device. The encryption and decryption system can determine the portion of a document containing private information and encrypt that portion of the document. In some implementations, the encryption and decryption system can receive a document and identify the protected (e.g., encrypted) portion of the document. In some cases, the protected portion of the document can contain a security token that the encryption and decryption system can extract. The system can compare the security token to an authentication token associated with the user and determine whether the security and authentication token match. If the tokens match, the system can decrypt the protected portion of the document and display the decrypted data as a virtual object.

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

System and method for providing limited utilization run time application control as a service in microcontrollers
Patent No. 12339985

Inventor(s): Jonathan William Nafziger (Dallas, TX), Veeramanikandan Raju (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18047439 on 10/18/2022 (980 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory device and a microcontroller device integrated with the memory device. The microcontroller device is adapted to be communicatively coupled to a processor device and is configured to manage access by the processor device to data stored on the memory device. Managing access by the processor device to the data stored on the memory device includes setting an access permission for controlled data stored by the memory device based on authorization data stored in the memory device. Managing access by the processor device further includes receiving, from the processor device, a request to access the controlled data. Managing access by the processor device further includes determining whether to initiate access to the controlled data by the processor device based on the access permission.

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

Method and system for secure communication
Patent No. 12340004

Inventor(s): Prithvi Narayana Rao (Allen, TX), Stephen Lindor Reid (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15279389 on 09/28/2016 (3191 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for secure communication between an initiator and a recipient is provided that includes sending to the recipient by the initiator a command packet, the command packet including a randomly generated time offset designating a time window in which the initiator expects to receive a response packet from the recipient, and receiving by the initiator in response to the command packet a response packet from the recipient, the response packet including a randomly generated time offset designating a time window in which the recipient expects to receive a subsequent command packet from the initiator.

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

Geospatial asset management
Patent No. 12340066

Inventor(s): Michael B. Leahy, Jr. (San Diego, CA), Nelson Paez (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): DreamHammer Corporation (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17862908 on 07/12/2022 (1078 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described are methods, systems, and techniques to implement an improved map interface that displays updatable geographic information and that enables users to request one or more data products for a geospatial asset corresponding to a region of a geographic area. In some embodiments, a GIS application can be configured to interface with third party geospatial data suppliers that provide different types of data products displayable in the map interface. One or more of these data products can be requested by the user and may be associated with a recurring time interval to provide the user with expanded display views that are up to date and complete.

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

Graphical user interface to adjust image selection based on classification information
Patent No. 12340074

Inventor(s): Kirk M. Lewis, II (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Citigroup Inc. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18951484 on 11/18/2024 (218 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system or technique can provide a graphical user interface (GUI) with input elements, each associated with different attributes of an individual to be depicted in a computer-implemented presentation. The system receives input data based on user interaction with a GUI input element and queries a database containing image metadata linked to a set of images. These images are collected based on metrics from prior presentations, and the metadata includes classification information provided by the individuals depicted. The system locates data in the metadata corresponding to the user input, identifies additional relevant data, and renders a second GUI input element based on this data. It then locates and retrieves an image from the set of images using the metadata, displaying the image in the GUI.

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

Read replacement via data reconstruction based on access patterns
Patent No. 12340125

Inventor(s): Patrick Estep (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Brooks, Cameron Huebsch, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18531267 on 12/06/2023 (566 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to data reconstruction based on queue depth comparison are described. To avoid accessing the ”congested” channel, a read command to access the ”congested” channel can be executed by accessing the other relatively ”idle” channels and utilize data read from the ”idle” channels to reconstruct data corresponding to the read command.

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

Conversation dialogue orchestration in virtual assistant communication sessions
Patent No. 12340181

Inventor(s): Tieyi Guo (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): FMR LLC (Boston, MA)
Law Firm: Cesari and McKenna, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18933483 on 10/31/2024 (236 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for conversation dialogue orchestration in virtual assistant communication sessions include a server that establishes a chat session between a virtual assistant (VA) application and a client device. The VA application captures an utterance generated by a user and processes the utterance to instantiate a dialogue behavior tree comprising workflow agents each associated with executable code for completing a corresponding workflow action. The VA application traverses the behavior tree to generate a response to the utterance, including evaluating one or more conditions associated with a workflow agent to determine whether to execute the code in the workflow agent, and when the conditions associated with the workflow agent are met, executing the code to complete the workflow action and storing a sub-response in a dialogue memory. The VA application coalesces the sub-responses to generate a final response and transmits the final response to the client device.

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

Systems and methods for integrating mobile application plug-ins
Patent No. 12340232

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: 17091458 on 11/06/2020 (1691 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to integrating mobile application plug-ins. For example, a method may include: at run-time of a host application, initializing, by the host application, a plurality of plug-ins; in response to initializing the plurality of plug-ins, establishing a set of supported services provided between a plurality of components comprising a native component of the host application and the plurality of plug-ins; detecting a request for a service from a first component of the plurality of components; and in response to determining that the requested service is one of the supported services, routing the requested service to a second component of the plurality of components, the second component being different than the first component.

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

Managing distributed devices using unique codes
Patent No. 12340270

Inventor(s): Mathews Thomas (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Zilka-Kotab, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18640996 on 04/19/2024 (431 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, according to one approach, includes: receiving, from a remote location, a request to generate a unique equipment code identifying a device. Identifying characteristics of the device are determined, and a unique equipment code is generated. The unique equipment code is generated by applying policy based rules summarized in one or more predetermined information dependency graphs while combining at least some of the determined identifying characteristics in a specific order. Moreover, the combined identifying characteristics are converted into a corresponding alphanumeric string. The unique equipment code is assigned to the device and the unique equipment code is also transmitted to the remote location.

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

System and method for determining a structured representation of a form document utilizing multiple machine learning models
Patent No. 12340319

Inventor(s): Andrew Van Cao (Plano, TX), Karpaga Ganesh Patchirajan (Plano, TX), Stephanie Broyles (Plano, TX), Stephen A. Eubanks (Plano, TX), William R. Georgen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Intuit Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: DLA PIPER LLP US (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18147482 on 12/28/2022 (909 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods may be used to generate and use a structured form representation and structured metadata. The structured form representation and structured metadata may include information relevant to a particular context and may be used to update document templates, import new documents and update document versions into software, automate data entry for document completion, update records to include new and or updated information, and provide other functionality of an information service.

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

Systems and methods for curating online vehicle reservations to avoid electric vehicle battery depletion
Patent No. 12340323

Inventor(s): Joshua Edwards (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (Mclean, VA)
Law Firm: TROUTMAN PEPPER LOCKE LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18151660 on 01/09/2023 (897 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments may include a system for curating online vehicle reservations. The system may determine, from received vehicle data including first timing data and indicating a selected vehicle, that the selected vehicle is electric. The system may receive accommodation data including second timing data and indicating a selected accommodation. The system may determine, from comparing the first timing data to the second timing data, that the selected vehicle will likely require charging at the selected accommodation. The system may determine whether the accommodation data includes an indication of electric vehicle charging facilities. Responsive to determining that the selected accommodation does not provide the indication of electric vehicle charging facilities, the system may generate a first graphical user interface warning that no charging station is available for the selected vehicle at the selected accommodation and transmit the first graphical user interface to a user device for display.

[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]

Systems for supply chain event management
Patent No. 12340327

Inventor(s): Hanns-Christian Leemon Hanebeck (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TRUCKL LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MARSHALL GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17262305 on 07/23/2019 (2163 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems for supply chain management are provided. The systems perform capturing, formatting, processing, analysis, storage, and sharing of supply chain event data. The systems store the supply chain event data relating to an execution of a supply chain process therein and on a distributed ledger.

Crowd sourcing roadside assistance
Patent No. 12340328

Inventor(s): Zachery C. Lake (Aubrey, 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: 17874065 on 07/26/2022 (1064 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a roadside assistance system that may utilize crowdsourcing to collect and monitor user data, such as user input and user behavior, to build a machine learning model. In response to receiving a request for roadside assistance from a driver, the roadside assistance system may utilize the machine learning model to identify a suitable user who may provide the requested roadside assistance within a suitable time, and guide the identified suitable user to a location of the requesting driver to perform the requested roadside service. Furthermore, the roadside assistance system may direct suitable user to supply locations to pick up certain supplies for the requested roadside service. Additionally, the roadside assistance system may utilize crowdsourcing to provide rental vehicles to users.

Combined in-motion facial recognition for mass spectator event entry and item fulfillment system and method
Patent No. 12340338

Inventor(s): Todd Martin (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18244241 on 09/09/2023 (654 days app to issue)

Abstract: A contactless system and method for mass attendee event venue entry and item delivery system for facilitating expeditious and controlled entry of an influx of people to the event without overwhelming event venue employees or resources. A digital entry image of a person is taken by a camera ([b]106[/b]) as the person moves through a photo zone ([b]124[/b]). The digital entry image is compared using facial recognition technology with a stored profile image of the person to identify the person and confirm authorized entry into the event without the need for the person to present a ticket or pass for the particular event. Procurement and delivery of any item pre-selected by the person directly to the person”s allocated seating may be confirmed using the same facial recognition image comparison used to confirm authorized entry of the person into the event venue.

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

Interactive and dynamic digital event program
Patent No. 12340350

Inventor(s): Cameron Fowler (Fort Worth, TX), Matthew Sullivan (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): Digital Seat Media, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Vos-IP, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18481754 on 10/05/2023 (628 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for distributing an interactive digital event program to a plurality of user devices comprising: receiving a request for an interactive digital event program from a first user device, the request received in response to scanning a first tag having a machine-readable code with the first user device; determining that the first tag belongs to a first group of tags to which a first version of the interactive digital event program is to be distributed; providing the first user device with the first version of the interactive digital event program, the first version of the interactive digital event program to include at least one dynamic content element that is capable of being updated while an event is in progress; and updating the at least one dynamic content element in the first version of the interactive digital event program in response to a predefined trigger.

Agreement document execution based on document model in a document management system
Patent No. 12340433

Inventor(s): Peter Geoffrey Lerato Hunn (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Docusign, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Shumaker Sieffert, P.A. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17683143 on 02/28/2022 (1212 days app to issue)

Abstract: A document management system utilizes document models for querying, validating, and customizing electronic agreement documents. Document models can be a data structure including document attributes that represent an agreement document. Examples of document attributes include customizable data values, conditions related to the operation of the agreement document and satisfiable by certain values of the customized data values, and rendering parameters for the appearance of the electronic agreement document. The document management system enables a user to create custom document models for generating electronic agreement documents that can be queried, validated, and customized through querying, validating, and customizing the corresponding document models.

Learning based discrete cosine noise filter
Patent No. 12340487

Inventor(s): Hamid R. Sheikh (Allen, TX), John W. Glotzbach (Allen, TX), Zeeshan Nadir (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17665294 on 02/04/2022 (1236 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes filtering an input image through a discrete cosine transform based noise filter (DCT-NF). The DCT-NF converts the input image from an original space into a perceptual space, applying gamma correction. The DCT-NF separates luminance channels of the input image from chroma channels of the input image. The DCT-NF divides the input image into overlapping patches and computes DCT transform of the patches. Each patch is a different partial portion of the input image. The DCT-NF suppresses patches that include an input DCT coefficient within a threshold range. The DCT-NF applies an inverse discrete cosine transform (IDCT) to the suppressed patches and remaining overlapping patches that include an input DCT coefficient outside the threshold range. The DCT-NF re-combines luminance and chroma channels of the IDCT-transformed patches. The DCT-NF generates a DCT noise-filtered output image by re-converting the IDCT-transformed patches to the original space by applying inverse gamma correction.

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

Item identification using digital image processing
Patent No. 12340537

Inventor(s): Crystal Maung (Dallas, TX), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Shantanu Yadunath Thakurdesai (Denton, TX), Sumedh Vilas Datar (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18757415 on 06/27/2024 (362 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device configured to detect a triggering event at a platform and to capture a depth image of items on the platform using a three-dimensional (3D) sensor. The device is further configured to determine an object pose for each item on the platform and to identify one or more cameras from among a plurality of cameras based on the object pose for each item on the platform. The device is further configured to capture one or more images of the items on the platform using the identified cameras and to identify items within the one or more images based on features of the items. The device is further configured to identify a user associated with the identified items on the platform, to identify an account that is associated with the user, and to associate the identified items with the account of the user.

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

Systems and methods for enhancing real-time image recognition
Patent No. 12340578

Inventor(s): Aamer Charania (Flower Mound, TX), Chi-san Ho (Allen, TX), Micah Price (Plano, TX), Sunil Vasisht (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18452057 on 08/18/2023 (676 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for enhancing a vehicle identification with preprocessing. The system may comprise memory and processor devices to execute instructions for receiving an image depicting a vehicle. The image may be analyzed and first predicted identity and first confidence value may be determined. The first confidence value may be compared to a predetermined threshold. The processors may further select a processing technique for modifying the image and further analyze the modified image determining a second predicted identity of the vehicle. And a second confidence value may be determined. And the system may further compare the second confidence value to the predetermined threshold to select the first or second predicted identity for transmission to a user.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

System and method for facially identifying a person for a sporting event
Patent No. 12340581

Inventor(s): Todd Martin (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18121828 on 03/15/2023 (832 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for identifying a person for a sporting event. The person is identified using pass-through facial recognition technology in which one or more images of the person are taken while the person is in motion. The person is identified by comparing one of the images taken while the person is in motion with a profile image of the person.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Method and apparatus for a wearable computer
Patent No. 12340590

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a display device and a camera configured to generate image data reproducible as a series of images of a scene. Each of the series of images has a maximum field of view. A processor is configured to receive the image data, display at least a portion of the series of images, analyze the image data to determine if an object is recognized in each of the series of images, and generate a history of the series of images. The history is indicative of whether each of the series of images includes the object. Based at least in part on the history, the processor is configured to cause the display of the at least a portion of the series of images to be modified to: zoom in on the object, pan within the maximum field of view, zoom out on the scene, or any combination thereof.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Providing toll service for a vehicle including an on-board unit
Patent No. 12340632

Inventor(s): Sarath K. Balachandran (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): AMERICAN TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS CONSOLIDATED, L.L.C. (Mesa, AZ)
Law Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17804370 on 05/27/2022 (1124 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for toll service activation using an on-board unit in a third party transport comprises, a third party entity, a toll rental entity, and an on-board unit communicably coupled to the third party entity and to the toll rental entity, wherein the on-board unit, receives a position signal, initiates a toll service request, converts the position signal to a toll usage, and stores the position signal, the toll service request and the toll usage.

Mitigating effects caused by fast moving objects in a scene
Patent No. 12340667

Inventor(s): Shannon Scott (White Rock, NM), Steven Schramm (Valley, WA)
Assignee(s): Evolon Technology Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Schultz Associates, P.C. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17479351 on 09/20/2021 (1373 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present application describes a system and method for mitigating false alarms caused by fast moving objects in a scene.

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

Security camera device for vehicles
Patent No. 12340668

Inventor(s): Venkatesh Viswanathan (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Law Firm: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17955281 on 09/28/2022 (1000 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a first housing and a second housing pivotably coupled to the first housing. The second housing has a first camera disposed on a first side of the first housing and a second camera disposed on a second side of the first housing. The first camera has a first field of view (FoV) that is adjustable via pivoting the second housing, and the second camera has a second FoV that is adjustable via pivoting the second housing. The second FoV is different than the first FoV. A privacy cover is coupled to the second housing and is configured to transition between a first position in which the first camera is unobstructed and a second position in which the first camera is obstructed.

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

Speed enforcement data collection and mapping
Patent No. 12340688

Inventor(s): John Miller (Lewisville, TX), Russell D. Kautz (The Colony, TX), Sanford Damasco (McKinney, TX), Stanley A. Walker (Flower Mound, TX), Steven F. Hocker (Gardner, KS)
Assignee(s): APPLIED CONCEPTS, INC. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Jackson Walker LLP (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18787186 on 07/29/2024 (330 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for processing vehicle speed data is disclosed that includes a plurality of speed data systems operating on one or more electronic devices, each speed data system configured to detect vehicle speeds, to generate vehicle speed data for each vehicle and to transmit the vehicle speed data to a central data processing system. The central data processing system operating on one or more electronic devices and configured to receive the vehicle speed data, to transmit user interface control data to a remote device, and to process the vehicle speed data as a function of user-entered data from the remote device to generate a display that incorporates the processed speed data.

[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]

Flight training device
Patent No. 12340713

Inventor(s): Bruce Gary Wilder (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Epoch Flight Systems LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18945101 on 11/12/2024 (224 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a navigation training device includes a base having an aperture through a center point of the base. The base includes a plurality of first markings equidistantly spaced along an outer edge of the base. The navigation training device also includes a first layer having an aperture through a center point of the first layer. The first layer includes a plurality of second markings including a directional marking and section markings visually dividing a top surface of the first layer into three sections. The navigation training device also includes a connecting pin passing through the apertures of the base and the first layer.

[G09B] EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS

Artificial neural network models for prediction of de novo sequencing of chains of amino acids
Patent No. 12340874

Inventor(s): Krishnan Palaniappan (San Francisco, CA), Peter Cimermancic (Mountain View, CA), Roie Levy (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16170158 on 10/25/2018 (2434 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to proteomics, and techniques for predicting de novo sequencing of chains of amino acids, such as peptides, proteins, or combinations thereof. Particularly, aspects of the present invention are directed to a computer implemented method that includes obtaining a digital representation of a mass spectrum, the digital representation including a plurality of container elements, encoding, using an encoder portion of a bidirectional recurrent neural network of long short term memory cells and gated recurrent unit cells, each container element as an encoded vector, decoding, using a decoder portion of the bidirectional recurrent neural network, each of the encoded vectors into a sequence of amino acids; and recording the sequence of amino acids as a multi-dimensional data set of amino acids types and a probability of each of the amino acid types in each position of the complete amino acid sequence.

[G16B] BIOINFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR GENETIC OR PROTEIN-RELATED DATA PROCESSING IN COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Methods and systems for converting unstructured data into an encoded, structured representation
Patent No. 12340878

Inventor(s): Entela Duka (Irving, TX), Era Prakash (Irving, TX), Steven Sutters (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): McKesson Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Ballard Spahr LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17554714 on 12/17/2021 (1285 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for computationally converting unstructured data into an encoded, structured representation. Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for patient recruitment for clinical trials.

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

System and method for providing a trainer with live training data of an individual as the individual is performing a training workout
Patent No. 12340891

Inventor(s): Todd Martin (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Finish Time Network LLC (Aubrey, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18593969 on 03/03/2024 (478 days app to issue)

Abstract: An athlete tracking system and method for tracking an athlete during training sessions. The system includes a mobile tracking device wearable around a portion of the athlete, and a training log server for maintaining an athlete profile that includes a training record updatable by the athlete device and a training plan supplied by a coach.

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

Methods and systems for maximizing ophthalmic medical device uptime via predictive health monitoring and proactive preventative maintenance
Patent No. 12340900

Inventor(s): John Alfred Campin (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: PATTERSON + SHERIDAN, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17507668 on 10/21/2021 (1342 days app to issue)

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for predicting a likelihood of future failure of components in an ophthalmic medical device and performing preventative maintenance on the ophthalmic medical device. An example method generally includes receiving, from an ophthalmic medical device, measurements of one or more operational parameters associated with the ophthalmic medical device. Using one or more models, a future failure of the ophthalmic medical is predicted. The predictions are generated based, at least in part, on the received measurements of the one or more operational parameters. One or more actions are taken to perform preventative maintenance on the ophthalmic medical device based on the predicted future failure of the ophthalmic medical device.

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

Utilizing machine learning with self-support actions
Patent No. 12341668

Inventor(s): Carrie Norman (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18435972 on 02/07/2024 (503 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some embodiments, a queue may be monitored to perform an automated adjustment related to a data item in the queue. In some embodiments, the data item may be associated with a product or service and include a code related to an access to the product or service. Based on the code, configuration information related to the product or service may be obtained. Based on a detected change related to the product or service, an indication of a set of self-support actions may be sent to a user device. One or more self-support actions (performed via the user device) may be determined, and an adjustment related to the access to the product or service may be performed based on the determined self-support actions. In some embodiments, the adjustment may include modifying a configuration of the access to the product or service based on the determined self-support actions.

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

Central notification management
Patent No. 12341740

Inventor(s): Sung Hyun Cho (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): Google LLC (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: Shumaker Sieffert, P.A. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18550660 on 03/15/2022 (1197 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computing device is described that receives a notification generated by a notification source. The computing device selects, based at least in part on one or more notification routing rules, one or more computing devices that are to output one or more indications of the notification out of a plurality of computing devices communicably coupled to the computing device. The computing device routes the notification to the one or more computing devices for outputting the one or more indications of the notification by each of the one or more computing devices.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Symmetric air-core planar transformer with partial electromagnetic interference shielding
Patent No. 12340939

Inventor(s): Nicola Bertoni (Freising, , DE), Raul Blecic (Freising, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17515391 on 10/29/2021 (1334 days app to issue)

Abstract: A laminate transformer includes a multilayer substrate having at least first, second, third, and fourth metal layers. The second metal layer and the third metal layer are separated by a voltage barrier having a thickness. A first multiloop coil has at least a first loop on the first metal layer and at least a second loop on the second metal layer. A second multiloop coil has at least a third loop on the third metal layer and at least a fourth loop on the fourth metal layer. A partial EMI shield for the first multiloop coil is on the second metal layer. A partial EMI shield for the second multiloop coil is on the third metal layer.

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

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using multiple CMP processes
Patent No. 12341023

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: 17837934 on 06/10/2022 (1110 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes performing one or more grinding processes on a backside surface of a device wafer to thin the device wafer from a first thickness to a second thickness. A first chemical mechanical polish (CMP) process is performed on the backside surface of the device wafer to thin the device wafer from the second thickness to a third thickness. A second CMP process is performed on the backside surface of the device wafer to selectively remove device wafer material that is disposed over an active device area of the semiconductor device, where a removal rate of the device wafer material is a function of depth.

[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]

Automated OCAP interfacing system and method
Patent No. 12341041

Inventor(s): Chui Yee Ou (Melaka, , MY), Tian Oon Goh (Melaka, , MY), Yew Ming Lim (Melaka, , MY)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18088269 on 12/23/2022 (914 days app to issue)

Abstract: An IC manufacturing system including a manufacturing tool having a non-standard communication interface and/or protocol capability, wherein a computer platform of the manufacturing tool is configured with a capture engine operable to monitor operator interactions with the manufacturing tool for facilitating an automated electronic out-of-control action plan (eOCAP) scheme in conjunction with a network-hosted server platform.

Bump to package substrate solder joint
Patent No. 12341126

Inventor(s): Allen Dee (Baguio, , PH), Dolores Milo (Baguio, , PH), Michael Milo (Baguio, , PH)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17730670 on 04/27/2022 (1154 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of assembling a flipchip semiconductor package, includes placing a semiconductor die having circuitry electrically coupled to bond pads with bumps having solder paste thereon onto bonding features of a package substrate. Arc welding is used using an arc welding apparatus including a biased electrode having a tip spaced apart from the solder paste, wherein electrical current generated by the arc welding melts the solder paste to provide a solder connection.

Coated single crystalline metal oxide materials and method for producing the same
Patent No. 12341190

Inventor(s): Benjamin Cape Jacobs (Dallas, TX), Jin-Myoung Lim (Coppell, TX), Jose Emilio Frausto-Lopez (Springtown, TX), Rodney Dwagne C. Alvarez (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Action Battery Technologies, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18500262 on 11/02/2023 (600 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for making a coated single crystalline cathode active material. The continuous hydrothermal manufacturing process may include several steps: a) preheating a metal solution, a lithium solution, and a coating solution; b) generating a first mixture by mixing the metal solution and the lithium solution at below a critical point of the first mixture; c) generating a second mixture by mixing the first mixture and the coating solution above a critical point of the second mixture to synthesize the coated single crystalline cathode active material; and d) filtering out the coated single crystalline cathode active material.

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

Full duplex using OAM
Patent No. 12341267

Inventor(s): Solyman Ashrafi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NxGen Partners IP, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18504219 on 11/08/2023 (594 days app to issue)

Abstract: A transceiver for providing full-duplex communications includes a multilevel patch antenna array having a first patch antenna array for transmitting the first carrier signal on the first channel including a first plurality of patch antennas thereon and a second patch antenna array for receiving the second carrier signal on the second channel including a second plurality of patch antennas thereon. Transmitter circuitry associated with the first patch antenna array transmits first signals having a first orthogonal function applied thereto on a first channel on a first frequency band. Receiver circuitry associated with the second patch antenna array receives remotely transmitted second signals on a second channel on the first frequency band having a second orthogonal function applied thereto and the first signals transmitted from the first patch antenna array having the first orthogonal function applied thereto on the first channel on the first frequency band at a same time on the first frequency band. The receiver circuitry only processes received signals including the second orthogonal function. The first orthogonal function applied to the first signals transmitted from the first antenna array and the second orthogonal function applied to the second signals prevents interference between the first signals and the second signals that are being simultaneously transmitted and received on the first frequency band at the multilevel patch antenna array.

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

Apparatus and method for drill motor racking of switchgear
Patent No. 12341323

Inventor(s): Finley Lee Ledbetter (Argyle, TX), Paul Blake (Saint Albans, WV), Russell R. Safreed, III (Saint Albans, WV)
Assignee(s): CBS ArcSafe, Inc. (Denton, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17579412 on 01/19/2022 (1252 days app to issue)

Abstract: A drill motor racking apparatus for remote operation of a circuit breaker is disclosed. The drill motor racking apparatus comprises: a racking adapter, wherein the racking adapter is adapted to be engaged by and secured in a racking mechanism of a circuit breaker; a gearbox having an input and an output; a flexible shaft cable having a first end and a second end, wherein the racking adapter is connected to the first end of the flexible shaft cable and wherein the gearbox is incorporated between the flexible shaft cable and the racking adapter to provide a torque multiplication required to rack the circuit breaker; and a drill adapter adapted to be engaged by and secured in a drill, wherein the drill adapter is attached to the second end of the flexible shaft cable. A method of using the drill motor racking apparatus is also disclosed.

[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)

System for an electrical motor with a segmented rotor and a segmented stator
Patent No. 12341393

Inventor(s): Cessar Aguirre (Granbury, TX), Erik Hatch (Frisco, TX), Fred Eugene Hunstable (Granbury, TX)
Assignee(s): Linear Labs, Inc. (Granbury, TX)
Law Firm: Run8 Patent Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18949817 on 11/15/2024 (221 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes: a segmented rotor assembly; magnetic elements; and a stator. The segmented rotor assembly includes a set of pole pieces arranged radially about an axis. Each pole piece defines: a rim extending about a periphery of the pole piece; a first recess arranged on a first side of the pole piece; and a second recess arranged on a second side, opposite the first side, of the pole piece. Each pair of adjacent pole pieces, in the segmented rotor assembly, defines a pair of linearly-offset and angularly-offset rims that cooperate to define a tapered annular interstice in a radial array of tapered annular interstices. Each magnetic element is nested within a tapered annular interstice in the radial array of tapered annular interstices. The stator: encompasses the segmented rotor assembly; and includes windings configured to inductively couple to the magnetic elements to rotate the segmented rotor assembly about the axis.

[H02K] DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H 53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power H02M 9/00)

Low noise gate driver circuits
Patent No. 12341415

Inventor(s): Stefan Herzer (Marzling, , DE), Syed Wasif Mehdi (Freising, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18050220 on 10/27/2022 (971 days app to issue)

Abstract: A gate driver circuit includes a charge pump circuit, a gate pull-up transistor, a resistor, and a capacitor. The charge pump circuit includes an output. The gate pull-up transistor includes a first current terminal, a second current terminal, and a control terminal. The first current terminal is coupled to the output of the charge pump circuit. The second current terminal is coupled to a gate drive output terminal. The resistor is coupled between the power input terminal and the control terminal. The capacitor is coupled between the control terminal and a ground 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]

DC-DC converter topology with switching overcurrent protection
Patent No. 12341422

Inventor(s): Florian Neveu (Freising, , BY), Joerg Kirchner (Mauern, , DE), Stefan Schimonsky (Munich, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18309001 on 04/28/2023 (788 days app to issue)

Abstract: The techniques and circuits, described herein, include solutions for pass-through operation including overcurrent protection in buck-boost converters. In some aspects, first and second switches selectively couple inputs of a peak current comparator to inputs of an error amplifier during pass-through operation. As part of peak current control scheme, one of the peak current comparator inputs is coupled to a current sensor that senses a current through an inductor of the buck-boost converter. As a result, an output of the error amplifier tracks the inductor current during pass-through mode, which may be utilized to implement inductor overcurrent protection in the pass-through mode.

Power converter control with programmable blanking time
Patent No. 12341425

Inventor(s): Mayank Jain (Ambala Catt, , IN), Muthusubramanian Venkateswaran (Bangalore, , IN), Naman Bafna (Balaghat, , IN), Pamidi Ramasiddaiah (Bengaluru, , IN), Preetam Charan Anand Tadeparthy (Bangalore, , IN), Vikas Lakhanpal (Bengaluru, ,
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18376230 on 10/03/2023 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a circuit includes a state machine. The state machine is configured to operate in a first state in which the state machine gates a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal provided for control of a power converter according to a first signal provided by a voltage control loop. The state machine is configured to operate in a second state in which the state machine gates the PWM signal according to a second signal provided by a current limit comparator. The state machine is configured to transition from the first state to the second state responsive to the second signal being asserted after the first signal is asserted in a switching cycle of the power converter. The state machine is configured to transition from the current state to the first state responsive to the first signal being asserted after the second signal in a switching cycle of the power converter.

Skip clamp circuit for DC-DC power converters
Patent No. 12341427

Inventor(s): Hongcheng Xu (Freising, , DE), Konrad Wagensohner (Mauern, , DE), Michael Schlenker (Marzling, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18170085 on 02/16/2023 (859 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described embodiments include a circuit with a first amplifier having first and second amplifier inputs and a first amplifier output. The first amplifier input is coupled to a reference voltage terminal. The second amplifier input is coupled to a voltage feedback terminal. A second amplifier has third and fourth amplifier inputs and second and third amplifier outputs. The third amplifier input is coupled to the first amplifier output. A first switch has first and second switch terminals. The second switch terminal is coupled to the fourth amplifier input. A third amplifier has fifth and sixth amplifier inputs and a fourth amplifier output. The fifth amplifier input is coupled to the second amplifier output. The sixth amplifier input is coupled to the third amplifier output. A second switch has a third switch terminal coupled to the fourth amplifier output, and a fourth switch terminal coupled to the first amplifier output.

Switching regulator with configurable snubber
Patent No. 12341429

Inventor(s): Henry L. Edwards (Garland, TX), Joseph Maurice Khayat (Bedford, NH), Stephen Brink (Manchester, NH), Wei Da (Manchester, NH)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18678510 on 05/30/2024 (390 days app to issue)

Abstract: A switching regulator includes a low-side switching transistor, a snubber transistor, a first pull-down transistor, and a second pull-down transistor. The low-side switching transistor includes a first current terminal and a second current terminal. The first current terminal is coupled to a switching node. The second current terminal is coupled to a ground terminal. The snubber transistor includes a first current terminal, a second current terminal, and a control terminal. The first current terminal is coupled to the switching node. The second current terminal is coupled to the ground terminal. The first pull-down transistor is coupled between the control terminal of the snubber transistor and the ground terminal. The second pull-down transistor is coupled between the control terminal of the snubber transistor and the ground terminal.

High-side transistor partitioning and control
Patent No. 12341506

Inventor(s): Indumini W Ranmuthu (Plano, 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: 18326613 on 05/31/2023 (755 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a transistor, a first driver, a second driver, and a delay circuit. The transistor includes an array of transistor cells partitioned into a first switch and a second switch. The first driver is configured to control the first switch. The second driver is configured to control the second switch. The delay circuit is coupled between the first driver and the second driver. The delay circuit is configured to delay closure of the second switch until the first switch is closed and a voltage across the first switch is less than a predetermined voltage.

[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]

Controlling and powering multiple chips
Patent No. 12341514

Inventor(s): David Carlson (Haslet, TX)
Assignee(s): Auradine, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19035308 on 01/23/2025 (152 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic circuit includes: an event detector logic circuit; a computing device; and a plurality of integrated circuit (IC) chips that are electrically connected in parallel between at least one control bus configured to provide input signals and the event detector logic circuit. The event detector logic circuit is configured to: receive a plurality of output signals from the plurality of IC chips, generate a data output signal that includes data obtained from a first output signal of the plurality of output signals, and transmit the data output signal to the computing device.

Glitch reduction in high-speed differential receivers
Patent No. 12341520

Inventor(s): Jitender Kapil (Bangalore, , IN), Srikanth Vellore Avadhanam Ramamurthy (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18326418 on 05/31/2023 (755 days app to issue)

Abstract: A differential transceiver including a driver circuit and a receiver circuit, and a serial communications network including the transceiver. The receiver circuit includes an input resistor attenuator, having first and second attenuator inputs coupled to the first and second terminals, respectively, a differential comparator having first and second comparator inputs, and an output buffer having an input coupled to the output of the comparator. The receiver circuit further includes a first switch coupling the first attenuator output to the first comparator input, a second switch coupling the second attenuator output to the second comparator input, and a fail-safe circuit including first and second current sources coupled to the first and second comparator inputs, respectively, and third and fourth switches coupled in series between the first and second current sources.

Configurable frequency-locked loop/phase-locked loop oscillator
Patent No. 12341525

Inventor(s): Chienyu Huang (Plano, TX), Peng Cao (Allen, TX), Vishnu Ravinuthula (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18326245 on 05/31/2023 (755 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) includes an oscillator circuit having a control input. A control circuit has a control output coupled to the control input. The control circuit is configured to generate a control signal to the control input of the oscillator circuit to cause: the oscillator circuit to be configured as a frequency-locked loop in response to the control signal being in a first state; and the oscillator circuit to be configured as a phase-locked loop in response to the control signal being in a second state.

[H03L] AUTOMATIC CONTROL, STARTING, SYNCHRONISATION, OR STABILISATION OF GENERATORS OF ELECTRONIC OSCILLATIONS OR PULSES (of dynamo-electric generators H02P) [3]

Butterfly network on load data return
Patent No. 12341534

Inventor(s): Dheera Balasubramanian (Richardson, TX), Duc Quang Bui (Grand Prairie, TX), Joseph Zbiciak (San Jose, CA), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18498196 on 10/31/2023 (602 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method, and device are shown that are operable to transform and align a plurality of fields from an input to an output data stream using a multilayer butterfly or inverse butterfly network by selectably switching bit positions of the input data stream. In some examples, a device includes a first circuit configured to selectably switch bit positions of a first subset of the data stream with a second subset of the data stream and a second circuit configured to: selectably switch bit positions of a first subset of the first subset of the data stream with a second subset of the first subset of the data stream, and selectably switch bit positions of a first subset of the second subset of the data stream with a second subset of the second subset of the data stream.

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

Frame exchange method for beamforming
Patent No. 12341581

Inventor(s): Heejung Yu (Daejeon, , KR), Jaeyoung Ryu (Irvine, CA), Jong-ee Oh (Irvine, CA), Yujin Noh (Irvine, CA)
Assignee(s): Avalon Technology Solutions LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Nutter McClennen Fish LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18582157 on 02/20/2024 (490 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is performed by a wireless device functioning as a beamformer station (STA) in a wireless network to perform a sounding procedure. The method includes wirelessly transmitting a null data packet (NDP) announcement frame in a first frequency band, the NDP announcement frame including a sounding dialog token field where bits B[b]0[/b] and B[b]1[/b] of the sounding dialog token field are set to binary 1 to indicate the NDP announcement frame should be processed as an extremely high throughput (EHT) NDP announcement frame, and wirelessly transmitting an NDP frame in a second frequency band.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Communication network gateways and associated methods
Patent No. 12341630

Inventor(s): Dennis Alan Brown (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (Louisville, CO)
Law Firm: PdZ Patent Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18412756 on 01/15/2024 (526 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method operable by a communication network gateway for providing communication services includes (a) supporting respective communication links with a plurality of communication service providers, (b) supporting a plurality of virtual local area networks (VLANs), (c) associating each virtual local area network (VLAN) with a respective communication service provider of the plurality of communication service providers, and (d) routing data between each VLAN and the respective communication link of the respective communication service provider associated with the VLAN.

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

Systems and methods for prioritizing alerts
Patent No. 12341645

Inventor(s): Kevin Nguyen (Grand Prairie, TX), Milind Patel (Frisco, TX), Nikitha Kondapally (Frisco, TX), Yar Savchenko (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: TROUTMAN PEPPER LOCKE LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17404375 on 08/17/2021 (1407 days app to issue)

Abstract: The system may include one or more processors and memory that may store instructions that are configured to cause the system to perform a method. For example, the system may receive a first alert from a first application and determine, using a machine learning model, whether the first alert is similar to a previous alert. The determination may be based on the second alert satisfying a predetermined similarity threshold. When the first alert is similar to the previous alert, the system may associate a previous rating label with the first alert, the previous rating label being asssociated with the previous alert and transmit the first alert with the previous rating label to one or more user devices for display.

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

Global intent-based configuration to local intent targets
Patent No. 12341658

Inventor(s): Michael Anthony Brown (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC (Redmond, WA)
Law Firm: ArentFox Schiff LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17727411 on 04/22/2022 (1159 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described are examples for providing intent based network configuration with a two-tiered reconciliation model for adapting a global intent to a plurality of local intent declarations for respective regions. A system for network configuration may include a global reconciliation engine configured to: receive a global intent including requirements, goals, and constraints for a network; generate a plurality of local intent declarations from the global intent, each respective local intent declaration being for a respective region that hosts network functions; and reconcile a plurality of the local configurations with the global intent. The system may include a plurality of local reconciliation engines configured to reconcile a local configuration of the network functions hosted in the respective region with the respective local intent declaration.

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

Cellular network health monitoring in a cloud- computing environment
Patent No. 12341681

Inventor(s): Kenneth William Weber, Jr. (Van Alstyne, TX)
Assignee(s): DISH Wireless L.L.C. (Littleton, CO)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17722179 on 04/15/2022 (1166 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various arrangements for performing health monitoring of cellular network functions in a cloud-computing environment are presented. A cloud computing region may be input for analysis. A 5G cellular network core may be implemented on a cloud computing platform. Input of a cellular core function for analysis may also be received. Instantiations of the cellular core function and pods of the cellular core function executed within the cloud computing region can be identified. A customized test query can be performed based on the input of the cellular core function. A status of the cellular core function can be output based on the customized test query.

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

Systems and methods for monitoring network devices based on predictive analysis
Patent No. 12341699

Inventor(s): Shanthala Kuravangi-Thammaiah (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17931248 on 09/12/2022 (1016 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive network data for network devices of an IMS network, and may determine that the network devices are active. The device may identify a set of network devices associated with the network data satisfying an upper threshold, and may determine that the network data of the set of network devices indicates healthy redundant network devices and satisfies a lower redundancy threshold. The device may determine that network data of the healthy redundant network devices satisfies an upper redundancy threshold, and may calculate a variance for the network data of the set of network devices. The device may analyze the network data of the set of network devices based on the variance satisfying a variance threshold, and may identify a first increase or a second increase in traffic for a particular network device. The device may perform actions based on identifying the first increase or the second increase.

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

Registration of a management controller with a message broker
Patent No. 12341764

Inventor(s): Luis Antonio Valencia Reyes (Waxahachie, TX), Mohit Arora (Frisco, TX), Rajaravi Chandra Kollarapu (Allen, TX), Vinodkumar Vasudev Ottar (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18498329 on 10/31/2023 (602 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for registering a management controller of a data processing system with a new message broker are disclosed. The management controller may be previously registered with an existing message broker. A server may provide a certificate for the data processing system to the new message broker and the server may notify the management controller that the registration process has been initiated. In response, hardware resources of the management controller may provide a registration request to the new message broker. The new message broker may provide a challenge to the management controller via an out of band communication channel and the management controller may provide a challenge response also via the out of band communication channel. Doing so may complete the registration of the management controller with the new message broker. The server may then un-enroll the management controller from the existing message broker.

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

Secure access via a remote client
Patent No. 12341782

Inventor(s): Rama Raju Indukuri (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): SONET.IO, INC. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Invoke (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18786884 on 07/29/2024 (330 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed that prevent users from exchanging unauthorized content with a remote server via a client application. A system receives media instructions from a client application for rendering a user interface for the remote server on a user”s device. Using the media instructions, the system determines permissions for accessing content to be presented in the user interface. Based on the permissions, the system generates modified media instructions and transmits the modified media instructions to a browser of the user device.

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

Controlling access to secured data via timed filtering of data
Patent No. 12341784

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: 18048320 on 10/20/2022 (978 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to certain implementations, an access control system controls access to secured data that is stored on a secured source. A requestor system may request information representing the secured data. The access control system receives the secured data from the secured source, and selects a portion of the secured data based on a lens including a filter criteria or a modification instruction. Adjusted data may be generated based on a modification of the selected portion of data, where the modification is based on the lens. The access control system provides the adjusted data to the requestor system via an access interface. In some cases, upon completion of a time period, the access control system prevents the requestor system from accessing the adjusted data, by disabling the access interface used to access the adjusted data. The adjusted data may be deleted from the access control system.

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

Testing network communication within a zero trust security model
Patent No. 12341817

Inventor(s): Serge Manning (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Overland Park, KS)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17836987 on 06/09/2022 (1111 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of testing a communication system implementing a zero trust architecture. The method comprises sending a request by a test equipment platform to access a microsegment to a policy enforcement point (PEP); sending an authorization request by the PEP to a policy decision point (PDP); authorizing access of the test equipment platform to the microsegment by the PDP; sending authorization of access of the test equipment platform to the microsegment by the PDP to the PEP; establishing a secure tunnel by the PEP between the test equipment platform and the microsegment; sending a command to provide test data by the test equipment platform via the secure tunnel to a probe in the microsegment; analyzing the test data by the test equipment platform; and producing a test result by the test equipment platform based on analyzing the test data.

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

Multi-level significance maps for encoding and decoding
Patent No. 12341962

Inventor(s): Dake He (Waterloo, , CA), Nguyen Nguyen (Seattle, WA), Tianying Ji (Albany, CA)
Assignee(s): Velos Media, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17888377 on 08/15/2022 (1044 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are described in which multi-level significance maps are used in the encoding and decoding processes. The significant-coefficient flags that form the significance map are grouped into contiguous groups, and a significant-coefficient-group flag signifies for each group whether that group contains no non-zero significant-coefficient flags. If there are no non-zero significant-coefficient flags in the group, then the significant-coefficient-group flag is set to zero. The set of significant-coefficient-group flags is encoded in the bitstream. Any significant-coefficient flags that fall within a group that has a significant-coefficient-group flag that is non-zero are encoded in the bitstream, whereas significant-coefficient flags that fall within a group that has a significant-coefficient-group flag that is zero are not encoded in the bitstream.

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

Sample-based angular intra-prediction in video coding
Patent No. 12341979

Inventor(s): Minhua Zhou (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18381709 on 10/19/2023 (614 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for processing a prediction unit (PU) to generate predicted samples is provided that includes computing predicted samples for samples of the PU using sample-based angular intra-prediction (SAP) when lossless coding is enabled for the PU, and computing predicted samples for the samples of the PU using block-based angular intra-prediction when lossless coding is not enabled for the PU. Computation of the predicted using SAP includes determining an intra-prediction angle for the PU, and computing a predicted sample for each sample of the samples in the PU based on linear interpolation of two reference samples adjacent to the sample, wherein the two reference samples are selected according to the intra-prediction angle.

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

Methods and systems for hybrid and concurrent video distribution for healthcare campuses
Patent No. 12342013

Inventor(s): Sean Victor Hastings (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Stryker Corporation (Portage, MI)
Law Firm: Morrison Foerster LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18623931 on 04/01/2024 (449 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems that can transmit medical imaging data. These methods and systems can include generating a first video stream based on imaging data generated by an imaging device, wherein the first video stream comprises a first bitrate; generating a second video stream based on the imaging data, wherein the second video stream comprises a second bitrate lower than the first bitrate; transmitting the first video stream for consumption by a first device; and concurrently transmitting the second video stream for consumption by a second device.

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

Analytics-driven summary views for surveillance networks
Patent No. 12342105

Inventor(s): Darnell Janssen Moore (Allen, TX), Goksel Dedeoglu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17487380 on 09/28/2021 (1365 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of displaying surveillance video streams is provided that includes receiving surveillance video streams generated by a plurality of video cameras, and displaying a selected subset of the surveillance video streams in a summary view on at least one display device, wherein, for each surveillance video stream in the summary view, only a relevant portion of each frame in the surveillance video stream is displayed, and wherein a relevant portion is a subset of a frame for at least some of the surveillance video streams in the summary view.

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

Cellular network indoor traffic auto-detection
Patent No. 12342189

Inventor(s): Eugene Gomes (Plano, TX), Mahmood Osorio (Rockwall, TX), Xin Li (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Nicholson De Vos Webster Elliott LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17904713 on 01/15/2021 (1621 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, system and network node for detecting indoor traffic of a wireless communications network by obtaining data associated with an operation of a cell of the wireless communication network and determining a quality grading and coverage grading for the cell from the obtained data. The combined quality and coverage grading results are assessed to determine an approximate value corresponding to an amount of cell traffic assessed as being indoor traffic and generating an output indicating the amount of cell traffic as being indoor traffic.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for positioning system with multiple radio access technologies
Patent No. 12342250

Inventor(s): Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Jianzhong Zhang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17652892 on 02/28/2022 (1212 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for an indoor position localization of a target device is provided. A network comprising a server and a plurality of anchors is configured to fuse two radio technologies to estimate a location of the target device within an indoor facility. The method includes obtaining, via a first radio technology, a first candidate location of a target device. The method also includes obtaining, via a second radio technology, a plurality of second candidate locations of the target device. The method further includes selecting one of the second candidate locations as an estimated position of the target device based on a proximity of each of the second candidate locations to the first candidate location.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and system for asynchronous reporting of emergency incidents
Patent No. 12342256

Inventor(s): Ioannis Kolaxis (Athens, , GR)
Assignee(s): ATOS Public Safety, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: MEAGHER EMANUEL LAKS GOLDBERG LIAO, LLO (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17888622 on 08/16/2022 (1043 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method and corresponding system that can allow an eyewitness of an emergency incident to instantly report it to the emergency services by sending data such as a photo of the emergency scene, without having to wait for a call-taker or agent to answer a call. This data is processed by an emergency service platform, which automatically dispatches the required resources to the emergency scene, thus managing to significantly reduce the response time of emergency services.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for network slice modification by policy control function in a wireless network
Patent No. 12342269

Inventor(s): Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17816522 on 08/01/2022 (1058 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for a policy and/or rules element of a core network, such as a Policy Control Function (”PCF”), to identify a first network slice with which a communication session between a User Equipment (”UE”) and a core network, such as a protocol data unit (”PDU”) session, is associated. The policy and/or rules element may identify a second network slice with which the communication session should be associated, such as based on traffic monitoring, network congestion monitoring, or other criteria, and may output an indication, indicating a second network slice, to a session control element, such as an Session Management Function (”SMF”). The session control element may cause the communication session to be moved from the first network slice to the second network slice based on receiving the indication.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for manually selecting a network
Patent No. 12342273

Inventor(s): Sung Hwan Won (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: ALSTON BIRD LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18089647 on 12/28/2022 (909 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprising: determining, by a user equipment, that a non-closed access group cell is available to the user equipment in a public land mobile network, wherein the public land mobile network is identified by a public land mobile network identity and the user equipment is only allowed to access the public land mobile network via one or more closed access group cells; displaying the public land mobile network identity to a user; receiving user input selecting the public land mobile network identity; and transmitting a registration request to the public land mobile network identified by the public land mobile network identity.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Modifying mobile device conditions or states systems and methods
Patent No. 12342423

Inventor(s): Veeraseshamamba Venigalla (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17861163 on 07/08/2022 (1082 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for taking actions in response to a condition or state of a mobile device are disclosed. The system receives interactions between agents and subscribers of a telecommunications service provider relating to use of the mobile device to access a network. The system accesses subscriber data for the subscriber based on the interactions, the subscriber data including a coverage map. The system determines a usage pattern characterizing the use of the mobile device to access the network. And the system uses the interactions, the subscriber data, and the usage pattern to recommend an action to respond to a condition or state associated with the mobile device. The action can include updating the mobile device, changing a device state, or replacing the mobile device. In some implementations, the system trains and uses a machine learning model to recommend the action and/or to identify and access the subscriber data.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Electronics enclosure with extendable equipment mounts
Patent No. 12342495

Inventor(s): Guilibaldo Ruiz (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17234886 on 04/20/2021 (1526 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronics enclosure includes: a housing having a floor, a ceiling, a rear wall, a pair of side walls, and a door mounted to one of the side walls that define an internal cavity; a first generally vertically-disposed mounting blade; first electronic equipment mounted on the first mounting blade; and a first sliding mechanism mounted to the housing and to the first mounting blade, the sliding mechanism configured to permit the first mounting blade and the first electronic equipment to move between a retracted position, in which the first mounting blade is positioned in the internal cavity, and an extended position, in which the first mounting blade is positioned forwardly of the internal cavity to facilitate access to the first electronic equipment.

[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)

Modular cold plate for electronic control module
Patent No. 12342497

Inventor(s): Juan Aguayo (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, MI)
Law Firm: Brooks Kushman P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18095890 on 01/11/2023 (895 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments for a control module cooling system. For example, the control module is provided with a chassis and a circuit board assembly that is mounted to the chassis and includes electronics that generate heat during operation. A cold plate is mounted to the chassis and adjacent to the circuit board assembly and defines an opening. A cold block is coupled to the cold plate and comprises: a base disposed within the opening and coupled to the electronics; a plurality of fins extending from the base and spaced apart from each other to form channels; and a plate that is spaced apart from the base to form a cavity. The plate defines an inlet that is arranged over a central portion of the plurality of fins to receive a liquid therethrough to facilitate impinging flow of the liquid through the channels to transfer heat from the electronics.

Embedded thermoelectric cooler using thermally anisotropic mesas for power device heat generating source temperature reduction
Patent No. 12342719

Inventor(s): Archana Venugopal (Mountain View, CA), Jingjing Chen (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17836731 on 06/09/2022 (1111 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microelectronic device including a substrate having a semiconductor material containing an embedded thermoelectric cooler with thermally anisotropic mesas between the cold terminal and the hot terminal of the embedded thermoelectric cooler adjacent to a heat source; the adjacent embedded thermoelectric cooler providing a temperature reduction for the heat source resulting in increased safe operating area (SOA) for the microelectronic device. The thermally anisotropic mesas are formed in parallel with deep trenches used as isolation in the microelectronic device.

[H10N] ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

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Sanitizer dispenser
Patent No. D1080247

Inventor(s): Jamie Moore (Arlington, TX), Robert F. Johnson (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: LEAVITT ELDREDGE (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29804529 on 08/20/2021 (1404 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Folding knife
Patent No. D1080350

Inventor(s): Dillon Douglas (Henderson, NV), Thomas Rucci (Henderson, NV)
Assignee(s): GOOD SPORTSMAN MARKETING, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Cabello Hall Zinda, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29893722 on 06/01/2023 (754 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Beverage container
Patent No. D1080384

Inventor(s): Merrilee Kick (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): BUZZBALLZ, LLC (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29985447 on 01/16/2025 (159 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Soccer ball bottle
Patent No. D1080397

Inventor(s): Antoine Hood, II (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): Iondration, LLC (Rockwall, TX)
Law Firm: Sheri Higgins Law, PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29878062 on 06/15/2023 (740 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle bumper
Patent No. D1080756

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Caleb Hix (McKinney, TX), Jaime Felix Barajas (Dallas, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Ross Martin (Roanoke, TX), Trent Collins (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29852471 on 09/07/2022 (1021 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle steering bellcrank
Patent No. D1080757

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Ross Martin (Roanoke, TX), Terry Soward (Van Alstyne, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29886317 on 03/07/2023 (840 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle steering bellcrank
Patent No. D1080758

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Ingredient manifold
Patent No. D1080808

Inventor(s): Jeffrey D. Resnick (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Forte Supply LLC (Loveland, CO)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29852409 on 09/07/2022 (1021 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Bathtub enclosure
Patent No. D1080818

Inventor(s): Christophe Bucher (Hillsborough, NJ)
Assignee(s): Project Soak, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29772696 on 03/03/2021 (1574 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Fixed track for a retractable screen system
Patent No. D1080921

Inventor(s): Ryan Fitzgerald (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Defender Screens International, LLC (Sarasota, FL)
Law Firm: BrownWinick Law Firm (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29845411 on 07/07/2022 (1083 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Track retainer for a retractable screen system
Patent No. D1080922

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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