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

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of Feb. 27, 2024 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 19
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 12
D: TEXTILES; PAPER 1
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 3
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 4
G: PHYSICS 59
H: ELECTRICITY

DESIGN: 22

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas) 24
Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA) 6
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 6
Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID) 5
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR) 5
BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth) 3
CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, NC) 3
Mary Kay Inc. (Addison) 3
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 3

UNASSIGNED 33

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound) 16
Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney) 3
Hongbo Si (Plano) 3
Jason Hoover (Grapevine) 3
Qiaochu Tang (The Colony) 3
David Gan (Southlake) 2
John Jungwoo Ha (Frisco) 2
Jonathan Scott Wood (Campbell, CA) 2
Kent Poteet (Lucas) 2
Micah Price (Plano) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Apparatus for preparing and cooking coated food articles impaled upon a stick
Patent No. 11910800

Inventor(s): Robert Walser (Waxahachie, TX)
Assignee(s): AUTOMATED FOOD SYSTEMS, INC. (Waxahachie, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16405704 on 05/07/2019 (1757 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for preparing a food article ([b]300[/b]) such as a corn dog. The apparatus includes a frame ([b]10[/b]) mounting a loading station ([b]50[/b]), a dipping station ([b]162[/b]), a frying station ([b]190[/b]) and an unloading station ([b]220[/b]). The loading station ([b]50[/b]) inserts one end ([b]306[/b]) of a stick ([b]302[/b]) into the food article ([b]300[/b]) and the other end ([b]304[/b]) into an aperture ([b]40[/b]) in a stick bar ([b]38[/b]). The stick ([b]302[/b]) and food article ([b]300[/b]) are held in the aperture ([b]40[/b]) by a spring loaded plunger ([b]310[/b]) extending into the aperture ([b]40[/b]). The spring loaded plunger ([b]310[/b]) holds the stick ([b]302[/b]) and food article ([b]300[/b]) on the stick bar ([b]38[/b]) while the food article ([b]300[/b]) is dipped in batter at the dipping station ([b]162[/b]) and fried at the frying station ([b]190[/b]). The cooked food article ([b]300[/b]) and stick ([b]302[/b]) are removed from the stick bar ([b]38[/b]) at the unloading station ([b]220[/b]) for shipment to the customer. NULL

Activewear garment
Patent No. 11910848

Inventor(s): Zana Nachawati (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17840425 on 06/14/2022 (623 days app to issue)

Abstract: An activewear garment having facial opening formed on an anterior side of an upper head portion of the garment. An elastic securing band is attached to the upper head portion. The elastic band includes a top portion and a bottom portion, each portion having a first end and a second end. There are first and second gaps between the respective ends of the top portion and bottom portion of the elastic band to facilitate the insertion and removal of items intended for insertion in or on a user”s ears such as, for example, ear pods and athletic glasses.

[A41D] OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES (eye or ear protectors A61F 9/00, A61F 11/00; sweating suits A61H 36/00)

Surgical personal protection apparatus
Patent No. 11910861

Inventor(s): Marshall Proulx (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Stryker Corporation (Kalamazoo, MI)
Law Firm: Howard Howard Attorneys PLLC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18199577 on 05/19/2023 (284 days app to issue)

Abstract: A surgical protection system to define a barrier between the user and the external environment. The surgical protection system comprising a helmet assembly, a hood and a transparent face shield. The helmet including a shell, a face frame coupled to the shell, a static tab, a first fastener disposed on the face frame; and a fan mounted to the shell and configured to circulate air about the user. The hood may include a first material defining an opening. The shield may be formed from flexible material and disposed within the opening of the hood. The shield may further include a tab extending from a top portion of the shield and define an opening configured to receive the static tab of the helmet to align the shield to the helmet. The first fastener disposed on the face frame may be configured to facilitate removable attachment of the shield to the helmet.

[A42B] HATS; HEAD COVERINGS (headbands, head-scarves A41D 20/00, A41D 23/00)

Customizable pressure relieving device
Patent No. 11910877

Inventor(s): Amitkumar Dharia (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17333991 on 05/28/2021 (1005 days app to issue)

Abstract: The pressure relieving device is intended to provide users with a stress relieving support surface that is customizable. To that end, the device includes a sleeve with one or more compartments that may be individually filled and refilled with a deformable media. The deformable media further includes a mixture of both non-rigid deformable and rigid non-deformable particles that enable the device to conform to any shape when acted upon by a pressure and recover back when pressure is removed. The device may act as a footwear component for use as a shoe insole insert which may be customized by the user to relieve pain in the areas of foot where most required. Accordingly, the footwear component adapts to the user”s foot pattern while standing or moving. Furthermore, the device is durable, washable and reusable, and may be used with open shoes, closed shoes or even without any shoes.

[A43B] CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR

Motion chair
Patent No. 11910932

Inventor(s): Anders Larsen (Dallas, TX), Douglas L. Gasal (Dallas, TX), Jared Hurd (Dallas, TX), Jeff Weber (Minneapolis, MN), Kevin Nguyen (Carrollton, TX), Robert B. Duncan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): American Leather Operations, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18108760 on 02/13/2023 (379 days app to issue)

Abstract: A motion seat is described that includes a chassis, a seat frame, a seat cushion, a backrest, and a resilient hinge. The seat frame is attached to the chassis and the seat cushion and the backrest are each attached to the seat frame. The resilient hinge formed as a unitary body and may be formed from a resilient polymer. The seat cushion and/or the backrest is pivotably attached to the seat frame with the resilient hinge.

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

Cup with storage compartment
Patent No. 11910942

Inventor(s): Libby Watkins (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17197273 on 03/10/2021 (1084 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a cup having an open top, an interior bottom and an exterior bottom, a compartment coupled to the exterior bottom of the cup, and a removable film coupled to the compartment. The cup may be operable to hold a liquid. The compartment may be operable to hold an item, and the removable film may be operable to expose the item.

[A47G] HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B 65/00; knives B26B)

Top flat sheet and bottom fitted sheet combination
Patent No. 11910945

Inventor(s): Michael Connolly (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17079573 on 10/26/2020 (1219 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bed linen combination for use on a mattress. The combination includes a bottom fitted sheet having a first side, an opposing second side, a top edge and a foot-end which is sized and shaped to fit over the mattress. The combination also includes a top flat sheet attached to the bottom fitted sheet at the foot-end and a portion of the first and second sides of the bottom fitted sheet at first and second side attachment segments. Tags may also be affixed at the ends of the side attachment segments to the top flat sheet and bottom fitted sheet. In another embodiment of the present invention, a blanket may be magnetically held in place at the foot-end of the top flat sheet and bottom fitted sheet.

[A47G] HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B 65/00; knives B26B)

Deep brain sensing and stimulation probe
Patent No. 11911170

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Rourk (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Jackson Walker LLP (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18018404 on 09/13/2022 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electrode for neural sensing and stimulation comprising a first electrode disposed on a probe and a second electrode disposed on the probe, wherein a voltage or impedance is sensed using the first electrode and second electrode.

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

Dental aligner apparatus
Patent No. 11911237

Inventor(s): Carlos F. Navarro (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: The Watson IP Group, PLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17482401 on 09/22/2021 (888 days app to issue)

Abstract: A dental aligner apparatus is comprised of a bar, a rotatable end member, a slidable end member, and a spring member. The bar includes a first end member and a second end member. The rotatable end member is disposed at a first end of the bar and coupled to the first end member. The slidable end member is disposed at a second end of the bar and coupled to the second end member. The spring member is disposed between the rotatable end member and the slidable end member and coupled to the first and second end members.

[A61C] DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE (non-driven toothbrushes A46B; preparations for dentistry A61K 6/00; preparations for cleaning the teeth or mouth A61K 8/00, A61Q 11/00)

Ratchet drive delivery for surgical implants
Patent No. 11911262

Inventor(s): R. Mitchell Sherry (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17648896 on 01/25/2022 (763 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for delivering an implant to an eye using a ratchet drive. Some embodiments of an apparatus for delivering an implant to an eye may comprise a gear rack configured to be coupled to the implant, a forward gearwheel, an input gearwheel meshed with the forward gearwheel, an idler gearwheel meshed with the input gearwheel, and a reverse gearwheel meshed with the idler gearwheel. An actuation lever may be configured to rotate the input gearwheel. Some embodiments may additionally comprise a pivot arm that may be operable to selectively engage the forward gearwheel and the reverse gearwheel to the gear rack.

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

Packaging-assisted actuation for an intraocular lens cartridge
Patent No. 11911263

Inventor(s): Douglas Brent Wensrich (Bedford, TX), Sudarshan B. Singh (Euless, TX), Todd Taber (Keller, TX), Yinghui Wu (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16999480 on 08/21/2020 (1285 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for storing and/or shipping an intraocular lens (IOL) cartridge are provided. A system comprises a packaging comprising a passage. The IOL cartridge is removably disposed within the passage. The IOL cartridge comprises a nozzle and a compartment configured to receive an IOL. The nozzle is in fluid communication with the compartment. The IOL cartridge further comprises a dial configured to rotate upon withdrawal of the IOL cartridge from the passage, wherein an inner surface of the dial is exposed to the compartment. The dial is configured to fold the IOL and release the IOL cartridge from the packaging upon rotation of the dial.

Polymer coatings containing drug powder of controlled morphology
Patent No. 11911301

Inventor(s): James P. DeYoung (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Micell Medtech Inc. (Pine Plains, NY)
Law Firm: Lerner David LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17157115 on 01/25/2021 (1128 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for depositing a coating comprising a polymer and pharmaceutical agent on a substrate, comprising the following steps: discharging at least one pharmaceutical agent in a therapeutically desirable morphology in dry powder form through a first orifice; discharging at least one polymer in dry powder form through a second orifice; depositing the polymer and/or pharmaceutical particles onto said substrate, wherein an electrical potential is maintained between the substrate and the pharmaceutical and/or polymer particles, thereby forming said coating; and sintering said coating under conditions that do not substantially modify the morphology of said pharmaceutical agent.

Methods of treating obesity using antioxidant inflammation modulators
Patent No. 11911395

Inventor(s): Colin J. Meyer (Southlake, TX), Warren Huff (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): REATA PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Highlander PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16130242 on 09/13/2018 (1993 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating and/or preventing obesity comprising the administration of antioxidant inflammation modulators described herein, including for example bardoxolone methyl.

[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)

Methods and compositions for treating striae distensae
Patent No. 11911429

Inventor(s): David Gan (Southlake, TX), Geetha Kalahasti (Plano, TX), Shona Burkes (Dallas, TX), Tiffany Carle (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17733370 on 04/29/2022 (669 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of treating fine lines or wrinkles in a person”s skin or treating a person”s sagging or loose skin is disclosed. The method can include topically applying to the fine line or wrinkle or to sagging or loose skin an effective amount of a topical composition comprising a [i]Myrciaria dubia [/i]fruit extract, a [i]Peucedanum graveolens [/i]extract, and tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, wherein the combination reduces the appearance of the fine line or wrinkle, increases skin elasticity, or increases skin firmness.

Topical skin compositions for treating wrinkles
Patent No. 11911494

Inventor(s): David Gan (Southlake, TX), Michelle Hines (Hickory Creek, TX), Tiffany Florence (Dallas, TX), Wanli Zhao (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17965483 on 10/13/2022 (502 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of treating a fine line or wrinkle in a person”s skin, the method comprising topically applying to the fine line or wrinkle a composition comprising an effective amount of [i]Commiphora mukul [/i]resin or an extract thereof that includes oleo gum resin, glycerin, water, and hyaluronic acid or a salt form thereof, wherein topical application of the composition to the fine line or wrinkle reduces the appearance of the fine line or wrinkle.

Method and apparatus for assisting a heart
Patent No. 11911602

Inventor(s): Aleksandra Borisovna Gruslova (San Antonio, TX), Anil Kottam (Cedar Park, TX), Clay Heighten (Dallas, TX), Drew R. Nolen (San Antonio, TX), John Porterfield (Austin, TX), Jonathan W. Valvano (Austin, TX), Marc David Feldm
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX), Cardio Vol, I.LC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17238181 on 04/22/2021 (1041 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for a heart of a patient having a cardiac assist device adapted to be implanted into the patient to assist the heart with pumping blood. The apparatus has a sensor adapted to be implanted into the patient. The sensor in communication with the cardiac assist device and the heart which measures native volume of the heart. Alternatively, the sensor monitors the heart based on admittance while the cardiac assist device. Alternatively, the sensor monitors the heart based on impedance.

[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]

Topical skin formulations
Patent No. 11911635

Inventor(s): Bob Foley (Addison, TX), Geetha Kalahasti (Addison, TX), Julia Collier (Addison, TX), Tiffany Carle (Addison, TX), Wanli Zhao (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18097834 on 01/17/2023 (406 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of treating skin is disclosed. The method can include topically applying to a person”s skin a composition comprising 0.0001% to 5% w/w of a hydrolyzed algae extract comprising exopolysaccharides from [i]Halymenia durvillei[/i], and 0.0001% to 5% w/w of a saccharide isomerate comprising an exopolysaccharide synthesized by [i]Vibrio alginolyticus[/i], wherein at least one of skin permeability is decreased, filaggrin production is increased, skin moisture is increased, occludin production is increased, or TNF production is inhibited in the skin.

[A61Q] SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILET PREPARATIONS [2006.01]

Golf swing training device
Patent No. 11911658

Inventor(s): James R. Paulk, Jr. (Dallas, TX), Steven J. Iseberg (Schaumburg, IL), Sumitrajit Dhar (Wilmette, IL)
Assignee(s): PD Golf LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18319862 on 05/18/2023 (285 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of a golf training system. In one non-limiting example, a system includes a feedback device, a sensor, and a computing device. The computing device is configured to at least receive sensor data from the sensor during the golf swing of the user and identify a plurality of body movements in which each respective body movement corresponds to a stage of a golf swing sequence based at least in part on the sensor data. The computing device can also be configured to activate a plurality of feedback indicators according to the golf swing sequence for feedback to the user during the golf swing.

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

Body mounting system for a model vehicle
Patent No. 11911708

Inventor(s): Casey Christen Jens Christensen (McKinney, TX), Jonathan Scott Wood (Campbell, CA), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Skylar Hagler (Anna, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17552987 on 12/16/2021 (803 days app to issue)

Abstract: A body mounting assembly, model vehicle, and method for engaging a model vehicle body to a model vehicle chassis are provided. The body mounting assembly includes a latch assembly. The latch assembly further includes a latch member with a latch engagement surface. The body mounting assembly also includes a retainer assembly. The retainer assembly further includes a retainer engagement surface. The latch assembly is releasably engaged to the retainer assembly when the latch engagement surface and the retainer engagement surface are interlock together. The latch engagement surface and the retainer engagement surface comprise negative engagement angles. A body mount able to be coupled to a model vehicle body includes one of the latch assembly or the retainer assembly and a chassis mount able to be coupled to the model vehicle chassis includes the other corresponding retainer assembly or the latch assembly corresponding to the body mount.

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

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

Chrome flush valve installation tool
Patent No. 11911879

Inventor(s): Ector Cantu Gomez (Crowley, TX), Thomas Stephens (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16601373 on 10/14/2019 (1597 days app to issue)

Abstract: A flush valve installation tool and associated method is used to install and uninstall chrome flush valves. The installation tool is capable of installing and uninstalling nuts of a variety of sizes without causing damage to the surfaces of the nuts. The flush valve installation tool has opposing first and second members coupled together by a pin or bolt. The first and second members each have two or more smooth jaw faces configured to engage 4 or 5 surfaces of a nut to be installed or uninstalled. The flush valve installation tool can be adjusted to select the distance between opposing jaw faces to accommodate different sized nuts.

[B25B] TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING

Using occluding fluids to augment additive manufacturing processes
Patent No. 11911956

Inventor(s): Benjamin Robert Lund (Dallas, TX), Caleb Lund (Dallas, TX), Xun Han (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Adaptive 3D Technologies (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17295218 on 11/21/2019 (1559 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use of occluding fluids, such as a high-density fluid (a ”z-fluid”) or a low-density fluid (an ”a-fluid”), to displace resin within a vat during 3D printing. Further, an a-fluid may act as a protective boundary for a 3D printing resin wherein the a-fluid sits on top of the printing resin. Another embodiment of the disclosure provides a process of assessing which regions of a computer-aided design (CAD) model take advantage of a buoying force supplied by the occluding fluid, such that fewer support structures are needed for printing a final CAD model compared to printing the CAD model without the occluding fluid.

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

Light weight composite of steel and aramid with fully penetrated reinforcement
Patent No. 11911995

Inventor(s): Michael Paul Rowe (Pinckney, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17006986 on 08/31/2020 (1275 days app to issue)

Abstract: Composite materials include a steel matrix with structural aramid formed of individual fibers penetrating into the matrix at substantial depth. The fibers typically have defined diameters and large ratios of penetration depth to fiber diameter. Specified methods for forming the composite materials have a unique ability to achieve the large ratios of penetration depth to fiber diameter.

[B32B] LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM

Composite structured laminate and method of manufacture
Patent No. 11912007

Inventor(s): Fred Arthur Simmons (Southlake, TX), Samuel D Shannon (Hardin, TX)
Assignee(s): HORTON WORLD SOLUTIONS, LLC (Southlake, TX)
Law Firm: BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17301147 on 03/26/2021 (1068 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for producing a composite structural laminate comprising fabric, polymer, and fiber layers. During production, the laminate base is heated and compressed several times to improve adhesion of the layers which results in improved laminate strength.

[B32B] LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM

Method of producing decorative articles using snap fasteners
Patent No. 11912060

Inventor(s): Dony Dawson (Keller, TX), Stephen Hilton Savoie (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt and Eldredge Law Firm (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18215043 on 06/27/2023 (245 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of producing a decorative article using snap fasteners is disclosed. The Method includes selecting a desired sheet of flexible material and a desired substrate; cutting the sheet based on a predetermined template; securing a plurality of snap fasteners to the sheet and to the substrate; folding the cut sheet into a desired three-dimensional shape; securing the desired three-dimensional shaped sheet in place via the plurality of snap fasteners; and coupling the secured three-dimensional shaped sheet to the substrate via the plurality of snap fasteners.

[B44C] PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS (processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general B05D; shaping of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29C; printing processes to produce transfer pictures B41M 3/12; thermographic duplication or marking methods B41M 5/00); MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK (imitation of mosaic or tarsia-work patterns B44F 11/04); PAPERHANGING [2]

Bulk metallic glass load cell
Patent No. 11912319

Inventor(s): Bharanikumar Ramasundaram (Flower Mound, TX), Caleb N. Nehls (Tyler, TX), Calvin C. Schlau (Winona, TX), James W. Talley, Jr. (Frisco, TX), Michael D. Rainone (Palestine, TX)
Assignee(s): FREIGHTLUCID, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16999651 on 08/21/2020 (1285 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a load cell for determining a weight of a large object comprises a base plate comprising at least one recessed opening, a bulk metallic glass plug disposed in the at least one recessed opening of the base plate, and a top plate positioned above the base plate. A portion of the top plate is supported by the bulk metallic glass plug. The load cell further comprises a micro strain sensor coupled to the bulk metallic glass plug. The micro strain sensor is operable to determine a change in micro strain on the bulk metallic glass plug. The bulk metallic glass plug extends to a height where the top plate does not contact the base plate.

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

Pitch link centering tool
Patent No. 11912403

Inventor(s): Kevin Knott (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17306610 on 05/03/2021 (1030 days app to issue)

Abstract: An exemplary pitch link centering tool includes a rod having a longitudinal axis, a front face, a rear face, a first rod end and a second rod end, the first rod end having a first aperture with a first rotational axis, the second rod end having a second aperture with a second rotational axis, a first connector coupled to the first rod end, the first connector having a first slot extending in a first radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis and a second connector coupled to the second rod end, the second connector having a second slot extending in a second radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis different from the first radial direction.

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

Unmanned vehicle morphing
Patent No. 11912407

Inventor(s): Kade Scott (The Colony, TX), Matthew Flachsbart (Grapevine, TX), Richard Daniel Graham (Plano, TX), Snehal Desai (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: BakerHostetler (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17840132 on 06/14/2022 (623 days app to issue)

Abstract: Unmanned vehicles may be terrestrial, aerial, nautical, or multi-mode. Unmanned vehicles may accomplish tasks by breaking out into sub-drones, re-grouping itself, changing form, or re-orienting its sensors.

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

Method of forming polymeric bags
Patent No. 11912496

Inventor(s): Brad A. Cobler (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Poly-America, L.P. (Grand Prairie, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18163409 on 02/02/2023 (390 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements for the manufacturing of a wave-cut bag of polymeric film, more specifically a wave-cut bag with a body having improved shock, tear and puncture resistance. The polymeric film has an embossed pattern of a plurality of embossed regions that are comprised of a plurality of parallel, linear embosses. Further disclosed is a process for intermittently applying the embossed pattern to a collapsed tube of a blown film extrusion process. The collapsed tube with the intermittently applied embossed pattern is particularly well suited for constructing wave-cut trash bags with the embossed pattern applied to a central body of the wave-cut bags.

Apparatus and method for a free-spinning wire dispensing reel
Patent No. 11912527

Inventor(s): John L. Rhoads (Lewisville, TX), William T. Bigbee, Jr. (Melissa, TX)
Assignee(s): Encore Wire Corporation (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: Warren Rhoades LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17407988 on 08/20/2021 (921 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus and method for dispensing wire or cable from a reel assembly. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises an inner flange assembly and an outer flange assembly. The inner flange assembly is capable of freely rotating relative to the outer flange assembly for dispensing wire from any surface. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes an inner flange assembly, an outer flange assembly, and an external bay. The inner flange assembly is capable of freely rotating relative to the outer flange assembly and the external bay. The external bay is capable of freely rotation relative to the outer flange assembly and the inner flange assembly. In another embodiment, wire is dispensed from a reel assembly comprising an inner flange assembly and an outer flange assembly. In yet another embodiment, wire is dispensed from a reel assembly comprising an inner flange assembly, an outer flange assembly, and an external bay.

[B65H] HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

Apparatuses and systems for the automated retrieval, transport, and processing of articles
Patent No. 11912554

Inventor(s): Jason Warner (Downingtown, PA), Rich Herrschaft (West Chester, PA)
Assignee(s): MCKESSON CORPORTATION (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Ballard Spahr LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16832007 on 03/27/2020 (1432 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for dispensing and retrieving products is provided. A system may include: a grasping head; first and second grasping members, each grasping member comprising: a top member; a post member; and first and second grasping fingers, where the first and second grasping fingers extend from the post member and are spaced apart from the top member by a predetermined distance, where the first and second grasping members are connected to the grasping head, where at least one of the first and second grasping members is movably connected to the grasping head, where the at least one of the first and second grasping members is movable relative to the other of the first and second grasping members.

[B65B] MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C 1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B 25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B 1/00-B67B 6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C 7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C 9/00)

Drilling machine for angled drilling
Patent No. 11913288

Inventor(s): James Benson (Rowlett, TX), Keith Daniel Aug (Rockwall, TX), Nathan Lundry (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Epiroc Drilling Solutions, LLC (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: Harper Bates LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17147857 on 01/13/2021 (1140 days app to issue)

Abstract: A drilling machine for angled drilling has a platform having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis. The drilling machine includes a tower for holding a drill string and a tower interface assembly connected to the platform, so that the tower interface assembly moveably supports the tower. The tower interface assembly is selectively moveable to tilt the tower in either a plane parallel with the longitudinal axis of the platform, or to tilt the tower in a plane parallel with the transverse axis of the platform, so that the tilted drill string can perform angled drilling in either position. Further, the tower interface assembly is selectively moveable to simultaneously tilt the tower in the plane parallel with the longitudinal axis of the platform, and the plane parallel with the transverse axis of the platform.

[B66C] CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES (rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms, braking or detent devices therefor B66D; specially adapted for nuclear reactors G21) HEADER D PAPER

Nanofiber yarn spinning system
Patent No. 11913142

Inventor(s): BaeKyun Kim (Frisco, TX), Julia Bykova (Richardson, TX), Luis Plata (Allen, TX), Mrcio D. Lima (Richardson, TX), Yang Yang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): LINTEC OF AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBLUM BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17126510 on 12/18/2020 (1166 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems for fabricating nanofiber yarn at rates of at least 30 m/min (1.8 kilometers (km)/hour (hr)) using a ”false twist” nanofiber yarn spinner and a false twist spinning technique are disclosed. In a false twist spinning technique, a twist is introduced to nanofibers in a strand by twisting the nanofibers at points between ends of the strand. This is in contrast to the ”true twist” technique where one end of a strand is fixed and the opposing end of the strand is rotated to introduce the twist to intervening portions of yarn.

[D01H] SPINNING OR TWISTING (unwinding, paying-out, forwarding, winding, or coiling filamentary material, not intimately associated with spinning or twisting, B65H; cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled or wound material, e.g. bobbins, B65H; twisting oakum D01G 35/00; crimping or curling of fibres, filaments, or yarns D02G 1/00; making chenille D03D, D04D 3/00; testing yarns, rovings, slivers, fibres, or fibre webs G01)

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

Secure video visitation booth
Patent No. 11913221

Inventor(s): Maxwell Edward McGough (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): TATE ACCESS FLOORS, INC. (Jessup, MD)
Law Firm: Oliff PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17869378 on 07/20/2022 (587 days app to issue)

Abstract: A secure video visitation booth configured for individual use. The booth includes a plurality of wall assemblies joined at edges to form the walls of the booth, a mesh ceiling panel supported by the wall assemblies, a bench, an A/V module in one of the wall assemblies, a door in a door opening in another of the wall assemblies and a window in yet another of the wall assemblies. Each of the wall assemblies is of a spaced double wall construction, with an acoustic insulation material between the two walls.

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

Ball cage insert with reduced wear, reduced pressure drop, and enhanced performance characteristics
Patent No. 11913306

Inventor(s): Juan Felipe Correa Pugliese (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Ravdos Holdings Inc. (Missouri City, TX)
Law Firm: McAughan Deaver PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18053933 on 11/09/2022 (475 days app to issue)

Abstract: A ball valve cage insert that includes: (1) a first section including an inlet ring having a radial wall thickness varies along the longitudinal axis of the cage; (2) a second section including side ribs that define a plurality of side openings, where the width of each opening varies from a first width at a first radial distance from the longitudinal axis to a second width at a second radial distance and (3) a third section including closure ribs extending from a first point at a first radial distance from the longitudinal axis to a second point where, as measured at a given radial distance from the longitudinal axis, the width of each closure rib varies from a first circumferential width at a first point on the longitudinal axis to a second width at a second point on the longitudinal axis.

[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]

Flow control shuttle
Patent No. 11913311

Inventor(s): Bryan Samuel Fitzhugh (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): ADVANCED OIL TOOLS, LLC (Brady, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17362067 on 06/29/2021 (973 days app to issue)

Abstract: A flow control shuttle to provide the ability to block flow in either direction initially, while allowing a high-pressure differential capacity in one direction and does not produce free floating pieces of the plug in the flow stream after actuation. The mechanism is actuated by a pressure differential opposite the high-pressure direction, in which the actuation pressure can be set independently of the pressure rating of the high-pressure direction. Upon actuation the flow path opens allowing flow in either direction by moving a shuttle plug from a sealed to an unsealed configuration. The direction of high pressure and actuation pressure can be chosen by direction of installation on based what is required for the application. This mechanism can be incorporated into an existing tool or a new tool design, or can be provided as a standalone tool.

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

Valve component
Patent No. 11913447

Inventor(s): Troy Edward Wiegand (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): GD Energy Products, LLC (Tulsa, OK)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17897429 on 08/29/2022 (547 days app to issue)

Abstract: A valve component utilized in a fluid end assembly of a reciprocating pump may contain a multi-piece construction. The valve component may include a valve body portion, a leg assembly portion, a sealing element, and an insert at least partially captured between the valve body portion and the leg assembly portion. The insert may be constructed from a carbide or a ceramic material, and, when the valve component is fully assembled, may be compressed between the valve body portion and the leg assembly portion. The insert may at least partially form the strike surface of the valve component. The valve body portion and the leg assembly portion may both be constructed from a metallic material, and the valve body portion may define a sealing seat. The sealing element may be constructed from an elastomeric material that may be pre-formed and then compression molded onto the seat of the valve body.

[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)

Elastomeric bearing having carbon-fiber reinforced laminae
Patent No. 11913496

Inventor(s): Daniel P. Sottiaux (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, , SE)
Law Firm: J-TEK LAW PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16162822 on 10/17/2018 (1959 days app to issue)

Abstract: An elastomeric bearing includes a first race having an axis of rotation, a second race coaxially arranged relative to the first race and spaced from the first race by a gap and a bearing body in the gap connecting the first race to the second race. The bearing body is formed from a first plurality of elastomeric laminae coaxial with the first race and a second plurality of carbon fiber laminae coaxial with the first race, and the elastomeric laminae and the carbon fiber laminae alternate in a direction from the first race to the second race. The carbon fiber laminae may each include multiple sheets of carbon fibers embedded in a thermoplastic such as polyether ether ketone (PEEK).

[F16C] SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; MECHANICAL MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING MOVEMENT IN A FLEXIBLE SHEATHING; ELEMENTS OF CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; PIVOTS; PIVOTAL CONNECTIONS; ROTARY ENGINEERING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN GEARING, COUPLING, CLUTCH OR BRAKE ELEMENTS; BEARINGS [5]

Shaped bottle with attachment feature
Patent No. 11913600

Inventor(s): Khurram Raza (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Brennan, Manna Diamond, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17337807 on 06/03/2021 (999 days app to issue)

Abstract: This present invention relates to a bottle for storing a fluid. The bottle has a geometric shape and features two fastening elements for attaching the bottle to a surface. A first fastening element is present on a side surface and a second fastening element is present on the bottom surface of the bottle. The bottle also features a circular cap with an internal storage to store medication, vitamins, workout supplements, and other similar items. A triangular lid dispenses fluid from a reservoir for a user.

[F16M] FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS OR SUPPORTS

Method and system for utilizing a bypass humidifier for dehumidification during cooling
Patent No. 11913673

Inventor(s): Eric Berg (The Colony, TX), Rakesh Goel (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17751768 on 05/24/2022 (644 days app to issue)

Abstract: An HVAC system includes an indoor heat-exchange coil disposed between a supply air duct and a return air duct. A damper is disposed in a re-circulation duct and is moveable between an open position and a closed position. A controller is configured to determine if the HVAC system is operating in a heating mode or an air-conditioning mode. Responsive to a determination that the HVAC system is operating in the air-conditioning mode, the controller is configured to determine if the variable-speed indoor circulation fan is operating at a minimum speed and if the relative humidity measured by the humidity sensor is above a pre-determined threshold. Responsive to a determination that the variable-speed indoor circulation fan is operating at the minimum speed and the relative humidity of the enclosed space is above the pre-determined threshold, the controller signals the damper to move to the open position.

[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)

P H Y S I C S

Method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for controlling a patrolling robot
Patent No. 11911906

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: 17326467 on 05/21/2021 (1012 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for controlling a patrolling robot is provided. The method includes the steps of: acquiring, as first situation information on the patrolling robot, at least one of weight information on a support coupled to the patrolling robot and image information on the support and information on a location of the patrolling robot in a patrolling place; and determining a task and a travel route of the patrolling robot on the basis of the first situation information.

[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)

Method for determining, predicting and correcting breakout friction errors influencing aircraft telescopic landing gear strut pressures
Patent No. 11913823

Inventor(s): C. Kirk Nance (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Decker Jones, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17086344 on 10/31/2020 (1214 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aircraft landing gear strut breakout friction values are used to correct measured strut pressure as related to the amount of weight supported; with the ability to generate and refine the breakout friction value database, and ability to predict a future breakout friction correction value by trending historical measurements, as compared to recent measurements, as further compared to real-time breakout friction values. The system is used in monitoring, measuring, computing and displaying the weight and center of gravity for aircraft utilizing telescopic oleo landing gear struts. Pressure sensors, temperature sensors, humidity sensors, axle deflection sensors, accelerometers, inclinometers are mounted in relation to each of the landing gear struts to monitor, measure and record strut pressure as related to strut telescopic movement, rates of strut telescopic movement, axle deflection, current temperature, current relative humidity, vertical acceleration; experienced by landing gear struts, as the aircraft proceeds through typical ground and flight operations.

[G01G] WEIGHING

Highly specific tissue imaging
Patent No. 11913883

Inventor(s): Baohong Yuan (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Maynard Nexsen PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16977959 on 03/05/2019 (1820 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of imaging comprises disposing a population of first targeting ultrasound-switchable fluorophores and a population of second non-targeting ultrasound-switchable fluorophores in an environment; detecting a first photoluminescence signal emitted by the population of first targeting fluorophores, and a second photoluminescence signal emitted by the population of second non-targeting fluorophores; determining a photoluminescence property of the population of second non-targeting fluorophores from the second photoluminescence signal; and using the determined photoluminescence property of the population of second non-targeting fluorophores to deconvolute the first photoluminescence signal into the population of first targeting fluorophores bound and unbound to a first target binding element in the environment.

[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)

Enhanced fingerprint positioning
Patent No. 11914059

Inventor(s): Lei Niu (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Nokia Technologies Oy (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18257115 on 12/15/2020 (1169 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to fingerprint positioning in a wireless communication network. A method for establishing a positioning model comprises: obtaining, at a first device, a set of training data comprising historical measurements and historical regions, a historical measurement being associated with a second device, the second device being within one of the historical regions when the historical measurement is obtained; and training the positioning model by using the historical measurements as input of the positioning model and the historical regions as output of the positioning model to obtain parameter sets of Gaussian distributions of the positioning model, the Gaussian distributions indicating probabilities that a third device is positioned in the historical regions, and the parameter sets corresponding to respective non-light of sight levels of the historical regions. In this way, the positioning accuracy of fingerprint positioning method can be greatly improved.

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

Integrated connector cable
Patent No. 11914211

Inventor(s): David Zhi Chen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Go!Foton Holdings, Inc. (Somerset, NJ)
Law Firm: Lerner David LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17396211 on 08/06/2021 (935 days app to issue)

Abstract: An optical connector assembly includes an optical component assembly, inner and outer optical fibers, a componentry cover, and a connector. The optical component assembly includes an optical unit. The inner and the outer optical fibers are on opposing sides of the optical unit such that the optical unit receives a first optical signal from the inner optical fiber and the outer optical fiber receives a second optical signal from the optical unit or such that the optical unit receives the second optical signal from the outer optical fiber and the inner optical fiber receives the first optical signal from the optical unit. The componentry cover encapsulates an entirety of the optical unit and portions of the inner and the outer optical fibers. The connector includes a portion of first outer optical fiber that is exposed to route the second optical 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]

Controlling porosity of an interference lithography process by fine tuning exposure time
Patent No. 11914304

Inventor(s): Danny J. Lohan (Ann Arbor, MI), Gaurav Singhal (Champaign, IL), Kai-Wei Lan (Champaign, IL), Paul Vannest Braun (Champaign, IL), Shailesh N. Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17394926 on 08/05/2021 (936 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method to control the density of a three-dimensional photonic crystal template involves changing the irradiation time from at least four laser beams to yield a periodic percolating matrix of mass and voids free of condensed matter from a photoresist composition. The photoresist composition includes a photoinitiator at a concentration where the dose or irradiation is controlled by the irradiation time and is less than the irradiation time that would convert all photoinitiator to initiating species such that the density of the three-dimensional photonic crystal template differs for different irradiation times. A deposition of reflecting or absorbing particles can be patterned on the surface of the photoresist composition to form a template with varying densities above different areas of the substrate.

[G03F] PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR (phototypographic composing devices B41B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; electrography, sensitive layers or processes G03G)

Navigation system with camera assist
Patent No. 11914362

Inventor(s): Aaron M. Hitchcock (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS, INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Akona IP PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18311662 on 05/03/2023 (300 days app to issue)

Abstract: One embodiment is a navigation system for an aircraft including a positioning system to generate information related to a position of the aircraft, a group of cameras mounted to a body of the aircraft, each camera of the group of cameras to simultaneously capture images of a portion of an environment that surrounds the aircraft, and a processing component coupled to the positioning system and the group of cameras, the processing component to determine a current position of the aircraft based on the information related to the position of the aircraft and the images.

Method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for controlling a robot
Patent No. 11914398

Abstract: A method for controlling a robot is provided. The method includes the steps of: 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.

Accuracy trim architecture for high precision voltage reference
Patent No. 11914410

Inventor(s): Rajat Chauhan (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17682335 on 02/28/2022 (729 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described embodiments include a circuit for controlling a voltage drop. The circuit includes a resistor coupled between an output voltage terminal and a reference voltage terminal. First, second and third switches each have respective first, second and third switch terminals. The respective second switch terminals are connected together and are coupled to the output voltage terminal. The respective third switch terminals are connected together and are coupled to the reference voltage terminal. A first transistor is coupled between a supply voltage terminal and the first switch. A second transistor is coupled between the supply voltage terminal and the second switch. A third transistor is coupled between the supply voltage terminal and the third switch. Control terminals of the first, second and third transistors are coupled to a gate control terminal.

[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]

Bandgap reference with input amplifier for noise reduction
Patent No. 11914411

Inventor(s): Akshay Yashwant Jadhav (Pune, , IN), Sandeep Shylaja Krishnan (Kozhikode, , IN), Tallam Vishwanath (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17314637 on 05/07/2021 (1026 days app to issue)

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

Low noise bandgap reference architecture
Patent No. 11914412

Inventor(s): Sanjeev Praphulla Chandra Nyshadham (Bangalore, , IN), Subrato Roy (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17850600 on 06/27/2022 (610 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, a circuit includes a first current mirror circuit. The first current mirror circuit is coupled to a power input terminal. A first stage is coupled to the first current mirror circuit, and a second stage is coupled to the first stage and to the first current mirror circuit. An amplifier is coupled to the first and second stages. The amplifier has first and second input terminals. The first input terminal is coupled to the first stage, and the second input terminal is coupled to the second stage. A second current mirror circuit is coupled to the first stage, the second stage and the amplifier.

Apparatuses and methods for providing internal power voltages
Patent No. 11914451

Inventor(s): Ki-Jun Nam (Plano, TX), Younghoon Oh (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17893946 on 08/23/2022 (553 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for providing internal power voltages are described. An example apparatus includes a first, second, and third clamp circuits, and a clamp control circuit. The first clamp circuit is configured to receive a first external power voltage and provide a first voltage drop to provide a first internal power voltage. The second clamp circuit is configured to receive the first external power voltage and provide a second voltage drop to provide a second internal power voltage, wherein the first voltage drop is greater than the second voltage drop. The third clamp circuit is configured to receive a second external power voltage and provide the second external power voltage as the second internal power voltage when the second external power voltage is activated. The clamp control circuit is configured to activate the third clamp circuit when the second external power voltage reaches a trigger voltage level.

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

Metadata-based recovery classification management
Patent No. 11914483

Inventor(s): Koushik Biswas (Argyle, TX)
Assignee(s): Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17457392 on 12/02/2021 (817 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for using an algorithm and data structure for efficient and accurate classification of data items into recovery classes. When a target recovery time (TRT) is specified for a data set, a system may obtain version metadata regarding data items in the data set. The metadata may be obtained in reverse chronological order such that the latest record representing a version or other storage operation is first, followed by the second latest record, and so on. The system may use a bidirectional doubly linked list to efficiently store version data for a particular data item in memory. As version metadata records are read and added to the data structure in reverse chronological order, classification determinations may be triggered when certain conditions are met.

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

Memory side cache request handling
Patent No. 11914516

Inventor(s): Dean E. Walker (Allen, TX), Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17823323 on 08/30/2022 (546 days app to issue)

Abstract: System and techniques for memory side cache request handling are described herein. When a memory request is received, a cache set for the memory request is determined. Here, the cache set has multiple ways and each way corresponds to a cache line. It can be detected that a way of the multiple ways is not ready for the memory request. In this case, a representation of the memory request is stored in a queue of multiple queues based on an interface upon which the memory request was received and the present ways of the cache set. Entries from the multiple queues can be dequeued in a defined order to determine a next memory request to process. The defined order gives priority to memory requests for a present way and then for external over internal requests.

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

Nonvolatile logic memory for computing module reconfiguration
Patent No. 11914545

Inventor(s): Andreas Waechter (Bavaria, , DE), Mark Jung (Bavaria, , DE), Steven Craig Bartling (Plano, TX), Sudhanshu Khanna (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17564487 on 12/29/2021 (790 days app to issue)

Abstract: Configuration states for a computing device and/or associated peripherals (”profiles”) are stored in one or more non-volatile logic (”NVL”) arrays. Using the non-volatile sub-system for the computing device, triggers for reconfiguration of the respective device or peripherals are provided to an NVL array controller, which controls provision of the new profile(s) for the respective device or peripherals over a dedicated bus to a configuration register that stores the active profiles for the device and associated peripherals.

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

Generic data staging and loading using enhanced metadata and associated method
Patent No. 11914607

Inventor(s): Rubesh Mehta (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Blue Yonder Group, Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ)
Law Firm: Spencer Fane LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16544323 on 08/19/2019 (1653 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for providing data staging and loading through a master data management (MDM) system coupled with one or more business entities. The system is operable to invoke batch data loading of data associated with one or more source systems associated with the one or more business entities, into an input staging area. The system is further operable to load the data from the input staging area into a master repository and subsequently load the data from the master repository into an output staging area.

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

System and method for data pruning via dynamic partition management
Patent No. 11914618

Inventor(s): Robert McKinley Collins, Jr. (Argyle, TX)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17937453 on 10/02/2022 (513 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for managing data lifecycles that can provide an adaptable data management system configured to optimize the lifecycles of data and the reliability of databases. The system can provide data management systems with the ability to attach, detach, and drop segments of data based on key partitions of the data objects to optimize database utilization. By including the key partitions to the data objects, the database including the data objects can now perform data management operations based on the key partitions. The system, based on the key partitions, can identify a location of the data object to attach row entries, detach row entries from the existing tables, and delete the detached row entries from the database altogether. The system can operate on any relational database management system.

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

System and method for data pruning via dynamic partition management
Patent No. 11914619

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

Access control for processor registers based on execution domains
Patent No. 11914726

Inventor(s): Steven Jeffrey Wallach (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig (27 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16520290 on 07/23/2019 (1680 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to a processor having configurable permission data for controlling access to a register of the processor from instructions running in different domains are described. Instructions can be used in predefined execution domains, such as hypervisor, operating system, application, etc. Different permission bits can be set for instructions running in different domains. In response to an instruction executed in the processor generates a request to access the register, the processor is configured to determine whether to accept or reject the request based on a permission bit provided in the permission data corresponding to an execution domain in which the instruction is running.

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

Data protection in computer processors
Patent No. 11914756

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to a computer system having a processor and a main memory storing scrambled data are described. The processor may have a cache, a register, an execution unit, and an unscrambler. The processor can load the scrambled data into the cache; and the unscrambler may convert the scrambled data into unscrambled data just in time for the register or the execution unit during instruction execution. The unscrambled data can be an instruction, an address, or an operand of an instruction. Unscrambling can be performed just before loading the data item in a scrambled form from the cache into the register in an unscrambled form, or after the data item leaves the register in the scrambled form as input to the execution unit in the unscrambled form. The unscrambled data and the scrambled data may have the same set of bits arranged in different orders.

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

Active region adaptations for design domains in topology optimizations
Patent No. 11914934

Inventor(s): Lucia Mirabella (Plainsboro, NJ), Suraj Ravi Musuvathy (Princeton Junction, NJ), Yu-Chin Chan (Evanston, IL)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17273587 on 07/30/2019 (1673 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computing system may include an initial design space engine and an active region adaptation engine. The initial design space engine may be configured to identify a design domain for which to optimize a topology based on an objective function and determine an active region. The active region adaptation engine may be configured to iteratively adapt the active region until an optimization ending criterion is satisfied. Iterative adaptation of the active region may include expanding the design domain to include branch design elements, performing finite element analysis (FEA) on the expanded design domain, and determining an adapted active region by activating some of the branch design elements based on an active sensitivity threshold and deactivating some of the active design element based on design variable value changes.

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

Unusual score generators for a neuro-linguistic behavioral recognition system
Patent No. 11914956

Inventor(s): Gang Xu (Katy, TX), Ming-Jung Seow (The Woodlands, TX), Tao Yang (Katy, TX), Wesley Kenneth Cobb (The Woodlands, TX)
Assignee(s): Intellective Ai, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: COOLEY LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18088189 on 12/23/2022 (431 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for generating anomaly scores for a neuro-linguistic model of input data obtained from one or more sources. According to one embodiment, generating anomaly scores includes receiving a stream of symbols generated from an ordered stream of normalized vectors generated from input data received from one or more sensor devices during a first time period. Upon receiving the stream of symbols, generating a set of words based on an occurrence of groups of symbols from the stream of symbols, determining a number of previous occurrences of a first word of the set of words, determining a number of previous occurrences of words of a same length as the first word, and determining a first anomaly score based on the number of previous occurrences of the first word and the number of previous occurrences of words of the same length as the first word.

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

Question answering models in closed domains
Patent No. 11914967

Inventor(s): Christine Nezda (Richardson, TX), Robert D. Stell (Sachse, TX), Steven D. Werner (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Tewksbury, MA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16913365 on 06/26/2020 (1341 days app to issue)

Abstract: Discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for determining an answer to a natural language question. A method can include receiving a question and a passage to be used to answer the question and executing (i) a first trained ML model, based on the passage and the question and in response to determining that the question, passage, or a combination thereof includes more than a first threshold number of out of vocabulary (OOV) words, relative to a general purpose language ML model, to generate a first answer to the question or (ii) executing a second trained ML model, based on the passage and the question and in response to determining the question, passage, or a combination thereof includes less than the first threshold number of out of vocabulary (OOV) words, relative to the general purpose language ML model, to generate a second answer to the question.

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

Computational partition for a multi-threaded, self-scheduling reconfigurable computing fabric
Patent No. 11915057

Inventor(s): Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Gamburd Law Group LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18100135 on 01/23/2023 (400 days app to issue)

Abstract: Representative apparatus, method, and system embodiments are disclosed for configurable computing. A representative system includes an asynchronous packet network; a plurality of configurable circuits arranged in an array, each configurable circuit coupled to the asynchronous packet network and adapted to perform a plurality of computations; and a dispatch interface circuit adapted to partition the plurality of configurable circuits into one or more separate partitions of configurable circuits and to load one or more computation kernels into each partition of configurable circuits. The dispatch interface circuit may load balance across the partitions of configurable circuits by starting threads for execution in the partition having the highest number of available thread identifiers. The dispatch interface may also assert a partition enable signal to merge the one or more separate partitions and assert a stop signal to all configurable circuits of the one or more separate partitions of configurable circuits.

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

Apparatus for controlling the printing on cable
Patent No. 11915069

Inventor(s): Clifton S. Thompson (Lucas, TX), Ferrin E. Gomez (Van Alstyne, TX), Tony Ornelas, III (Frisco, TX), William T. Bigbee, Jr. (Melissa, TX)
Assignee(s): Encore Wire Corporation (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: Warren Rhoades LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17717013 on 04/08/2022 (690 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the printing on wire or cable. The apparatus including a processor, a bus connected to the processor, a user input connected to the bus, a display screen connected to the user input and the bus, a first storage system connected to the bus, data stored in the first storage system and displayable on the display screen, wherein the data includes manufacturing and print information, a printer connected to the bus, wherein the printer prints the data on the wire or cable, a communication device connected to the bus, and an identification device connected to the bus, wherein identification device receives information from a user.

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

Flexible radio beacons and flexible delivery structures and system and method for using
Patent No. 11915081

Inventor(s): Michael E. Haslam (Arlington, TX), Salman Farooqui (Fort Worth, TX), Tim Garcia (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Apptricity Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Hemingway Hansen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17634057 on 10/20/2020 (1225 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are Flexible Radio Beacons and Flexible Delivery Structures for asset and inventory identification and management. The Flexible Radio Beacon is dormant until activated at time of use. The Flexible Radio Beacon has optional activation means and can be activated physically or electronically. The Flexible Radio Beacon and Flexible Delivery Structures make a flexible radio frequency (RF) tag useful for asset tracking. Disclosed herein is a method for using Flexible Radio Beacons and Flexible Delivery Structures in flexible RF tags for asset and inventory identification and management. Disclosed herein is a system for asset and inventory identification and management using Flexible Radio Beacons and Flexible Delivery Structures in flexible RF tags.

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

Reduced complexity convolution for convolutional neural networks
Patent No. 11915117

Inventor(s): Kumar Desappan (Bangalore, , IN), Manu Mathew (Bangalore, , IN), Pramod Kumar Swami (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17327988 on 05/24/2021 (1009 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for convolution in a convolutional neural network (CNN) is provided that includes accessing a coefficient value of a filter corresponding to an input feature map of a convolution layer of the CNN, and performing a block multiply accumulation operation on a block of data elements of the input feature map, the block of data elements corresponding to the coefficient value, wherein, for each data element of the block of data elements, a value of the data element is multiplied by the coefficient value and a result of the multiply is added to a corresponding data element in a corresponding output block of data elements comprised in an output feature map.

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

System and method for allocating manufactured products to sellers using profitable order promising
Patent No. 11915175

Inventor(s): Arvindh Murugan (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Blue Yonder Group, Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ)
Law Firm: Spencer Fane LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16940126 on 07/27/2020 (1310 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for allocating products to one or more sellers. The system includes a database operable to store data associated with one or more enterprises. The system further includes an order promising system coupled with the database and operable to model the flow of the products through the one or more enterprises and allocate resources to the one or more sellers based on the modeled flow of the products.

[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]

Cascading notification system
Patent No. 11915178

Inventor(s): Christine Koski (Dallas, TX), Ryan Heaton (Castle Rock, CO), Tom Carpenter (Aliso Viejo, CA), William Turley (Newport Beach, CA)
Assignee(s): nMetric, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 14861531 on 09/22/2015 (3080 days app to issue)

Abstract: The inventive subject matter herein is directed toward improved scheduling and planning system that detects a problematic event in a workflow. When the event is detected, the system automatically notifies a set of contacts from a hierarchical contact list. The system then automatically notifies other sets of contacts depending upon the response from the first set of contacts. A cascade of different types of notifications could be triggered from a single detected event as each contact responds and provides information that could be used to trigger additional notifications.

Systems, devices, and methods for scanning a shopping space
Patent No. 11915192

Inventor(s): Lingyu Lyu (Dallas, TX), Monisha Elumalai (Dallas, TX), Ravi Kumar Dalal (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Walmart Apollo, LLC (Bentonville, AR)
Law Firm: Foley IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16991885 on 08/12/2020 (1294 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for scanning a shopping space. The system pace comprises a locomotion system of a motorized unit, a camera system, and a central computer system. The central computer system is configured to receive motorized unit location information from the locomotion system, the motorized unit location information comprises a plurality of sets of coordinates each associated with a timestamp, receive item identifier instances from the camera system, wherein each item identifier instance is associated with a timestamp, and determine a location for each item identifier instance based on the timestamps associated of the item identifier instances and the timestamps associated with the plurality of sets of coordinates of the motorized unit location information.

Self-service lender portal
Patent No. 11915196

Inventor(s): Alex Baird (Carrollton, TX), Dinesh Sundaram (Plano, TX), Jacques Morel (Colleyville, TX), Rajaboopathy Vijayaraghavan (Carrollton, TX), Raman Bajaj (Frisco, TX), Sanjiv Yajnik (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16881860 on 05/22/2020 (1376 days app to issue)

Abstract: A self-service lender portal provides lenders with a suite of tools for interacting with a multi-lender architecture configured to provide loan applicants with automated pre-qualification and eligibility evaluation for multiple candidate lenders. The lender portal provides lenders with an interface for uploading rule sets defining lending and eligibility criteria, downloading operational data generated from processing loan applicant information, generating and managing security keys for encryption and decryption of sensitive data, and managing access policies for providing single sign-on by interfacing with the lender”s own identity management systems.

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

Remote meeting and calendar support for the in-vehicle infotainment unit
Patent No. 11915202

Inventor(s): Katsumi Nagata (Foster City, CA), Makoto Tanaka (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SNELL WILMER LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17165786 on 02/02/2021 (1120 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for an in-vehicle infotainment platform for a vehicle. The in-vehicle infotainment platform includes a memory and an electronic control unit. The memory is configured to store meeting information including video conferencing information or audio conferencing information. The electronic control unit is coupled to the memory. The electronic control unit is configured to automatically connect to a video conference using the video conferencing information or automatically connect to an audio conference using the audio conferencing information.

Visualizing vehicle part replacement information using extended reality
Patent No. 11915204

Inventor(s): Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Jason Hoover (Grapevine, TX), Micah Price (Anna, TX), Olalekan Awoyemi (Prosper, TX), Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX), Stephen Wylie (Carrollton, TX), Sunil Vasisht (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17455695 on 11/19/2021 (830 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device having extended reality capabilities receives a video feed including one or more video frames depicting an object. The device provides the one or more video frames to a first machine learning model that identifies the object and one or more parts of the object that are depicted in the one or more video frames, and obtains positional tracking information that represents a position and an orientation associated with the object depicted in the one or more video frames relative to a coordinate space. The device identifies a plurality of parts from the one or more parts of the object that are depicted in the one or more video frames and determines, using one or more second machine learning models, information regarding the plurality of parts and information regarding one or more replacement parts.

Validation using key pairs and interprocess communications
Patent No. 11915226

Inventor(s): Gurmeet Singh (Irving, TX), Maninder Singh Suri (Irving, TX), Nishanth Mandaara (The Colony, TX), Tarang Swadeshkumar Sethia (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17226433 on 04/09/2021 (1054 days app to issue)

Abstract: A validation terminal located at a registered location comprises a barcode reader, a memory, and a processor. The memory stores a public key that is paired with a private key linked with the registered location of the validation terminal. The processor is operably coupled to the barcode reader and the memory, and is configured to detect an encrypted barcode that was scanned by the barcode reader from a mobile device that is located at the registered location of the validation terminal. The encrypted barcode is based at least in part upon transaction information associated with products in a digital cart, and the encrypted barcode is encrypted using the private key. The processor is further configured to decrypt the encrypted barcode using the stored public key, and to indicate the transaction is valid in response to decrypting the encrypted barcode using the public key.

Systems and methods for contextual spending correlation
Patent No. 11915255

Inventor(s): Richard Daniel Graham (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: BakerHostetler (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16820070 on 03/16/2020 (1443 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods receive contextual data related to spending as well as spending data. Correlations are determined to explain variables that influence spending amounts or rates. Systems and methods can collect user spending context data associated with a user, generate spending correlations between variables of the user spending context data, determine a next event based on at least one of the location data and the relationship data, and generate a next event value for the next event having at least a subset of the variables.

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

System and method for dynamic creation of product links from a web browser application
Patent No. 11915274

Inventor(s): Alexei Stoliartchouk (Kensington, CA), Baxter Box (Dallas, TX), Forrest Jordan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): rewardStyle, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18156718 on 01/19/2023 (404 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system is provided for facilitating affiliate link generation using a web browser application. A publisher enables the system by identifying a webpage on an affiliate web site. The system performs an initial assessment of the page to extract webpage information, which is compared to information stored in a database. If the extracted information matches stored information, a record of the webpage is displayed and an affiliate link is dynamically generated for immediate use. If the extracted information does not match stored information, a new record of the webpage is created. If the webpage contains product-specific data, a product-specific record is stored. If the webpage does not contain product-specific data, a non-product record is stored. An affiliate link is then dynamically created. The new record of the product and dynamically created affiliate link is added to the database for immediate use.

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

Systems and methods for estimating asset resale value
Patent No. 11915275

Inventor(s): Chih-Hsiang Chow (Plano, TX), Elizabeth Furlan (Plano, TX), Steven Dang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17112815 on 12/04/2020 (1180 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method that includes receiving a request for a target vehicle including input data associated with an operator, a geographic location, and the target vehicle. The method includes determining a depreciation rate based on third-party transaction data retrieved from databases in accordance with the input data associated with the target vehicle, and a decommission rate based on third-party ownership data retrieved from databases in accordance with the input data associated with the target vehicle. The method includes determining a deterioration rate based on local environmental data retrieved from databases in accordance with the input data associated with the geographic location, and generating a regression model configured to compute an estimated value of the target vehicle during a lifetime of the target vehicle using the input data, depreciation rate, decommission rate, and deterioration rate. The method includes determining an output in response to the request for the target vehicle.

Systems and methods for determining and leveraging geography-dependent relative desirability of products
Patent No. 11915290

Inventor(s): Avid Ghamsari (Frisco, TX), Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Jason Hoover (Grapevine, TX), Micah Price (Plano, TX), Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16853126 on 04/20/2020 (1408 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to certain aspects of the disclosure, a computer-implemented method may be used for regulating vehicle stock. The method may include receiving one or more queries indicative of one or more characteristics of a vehicle for purchase by a user and determining based on the one or more queries indicative of the one or more characteristics of the vehicle, at least one vehicle available for purchase at a location of a merchant. The method may also include determining a quantity of the at least one vehicle purchased and assigning a value to the at least one vehicle based on the quantity of the at least one vehicle purchased and a quantity of received queries about the vehicle. The method may also include transmitting the value to the user, with a recommendation regarding the at least one vehicle available for purchase based on the value.

Methods and systems for determining variance between criteria
Patent No. 11915291

Inventor(s): Erika Gaffney (Frisco, TX), Jeffrey Whalen (Frisco, TX), Mani Afsari (McKinney, TX), Nick Norcross (Frisco, TX), Vijayalakshmi Narasimha Raju Kalidindi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17453975 on 11/08/2021 (841 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include receiving a customer submission for a vehicle from a customer device, the customer submission including a plurality of customer criteria; receiving a request from the customer device to provide the customer submission to a merchant device; and receiving a reply from the merchant device, the reply including a plurality of merchant criteria. The computer-implemented method also may include determining a variance between the customer criteria and the merchant criteria, and transmitting, to the merchant device, at least one of the variance or the customer criteria.

Offering automobile recommendations from generic features learned from natural language inputs
Patent No. 11915293

Inventor(s): Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Habeeb Hooshmand (McKinney, TX), Jason Hoover (Grapevine, TX), Micah Price (Plano, TX), Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX), Stephen Wylie (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: KDW Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17094088 on 11/10/2020 (1204 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques to provide specific vehicle recommendations to generic user requests. A method for providing the specific vehicle recommendation includes: receiving a generic automobile request from a user, applying a machine learning model (MLM) trained by a corpus of reviews to the received request, and generating, by the MLM, a recommendation for at least one specific automobile feature based on the generic automobile request.

System and method for managing a product exchange
Patent No. 11915299

Inventor(s): Christian Briggs (Austin, TX), Robert K. Spitz (Nashua, NH), Todd Downing (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): AiBUY Holdco, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: COOLEY LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17902493 on 09/02/2022 (543 days app to issue)

Abstract: An embodiment of this disclosure provides an apparatus. The apparatus includes a memory element configured to store a plurality of products and services and a processor. The processor is configured to receive profile information for a user accessing a plurality of video content. The processor is also configured to receive video content information for each of the plurality of video content being accessed by the user in a smart viewer. The video content information identifies at least one category associated with each of the plurality of video content. The processor is also configured to identify one or more of the plurality of products or services based on the profile information and the at least one category of the video content information. The processor is also configured to send the one or more of the plurality of products or services to the smart viewer.

Systems and methods for enhanced personal property replacement
Patent No. 11915322

Inventor(s): Greg Maurer (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Bloomington, IL)
Law Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18176272 on 02/28/2023 (364 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer system for enhanced personal property replacement may be provided. The computer system may include at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The at least one processor may programmed to receive a plurality of user preferences transmitted from a user computer device associated with a user, receive a request from the user to cover a claim, determine a first plurality of items for the user based upon the claim and the plurality of user preferences, and/or transmit, to a retailer computer device associated with a retailer, an order for the determined first plurality of items with the retailer to be delivered to the user at an address associated with the user.

Mobile check-in and user verification for access to secured areas such as lounges
Patent No. 11915333

Inventor(s): Alyson Jones (Fort Worth, TX), Basil Higgins (Fort Worth, TX), John Praveen Caleb Francis (Fort Worth, TX), Krishna Reddy Jeereddy (Flower Mound, TX), Paul Pacheco (Euless, TX), Phillip Easter (Colorado Springs, CO), Venk
Assignee(s): AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18054360 on 11/10/2022 (474 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of verifying that a user is authorized to access a secured area via an entry point includes receiving at a first computer and from a user device associated with the user, check-in request information that includes: a membership number associated with the user and a travel event; and a lounge location. The method also includes generating a time stamp for the receipt of the check-in request; verifying that the membership number is a valid membership number; and verifying that the time stamp is within a predetermined window of time. The method also includes sending, in response to the verification, instructions from the first computer to a second computer positioned near the entry point to display a window that includes user information associated with the user.

System and method for ridesharing
Patent No. 11915335

Inventor(s): Kolapo Malik Akande (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18116241 on 03/01/2023 (363 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computing system including a processor configured to receive, from a device, ride information associated with scheduling a ride to pick up a rideshare rider at a scheduled time; with or without user intervention, start to look, at a predetermined time prior to the scheduled time, for a candidate ride to pick up the rideshare rider at the scheduled time; without user intervention, book the candidate ride to pick up the rideshare rider upon determining that the candidate ride can pick up the rideshare rider at the scheduled time; determine occurrence of a potential failure associated with the candidate ride picking up the rideshare rider at the scheduled time; and without user intervention, book a replacement ride to pick up the rideshare rider upon determining that the replacement ride can pick up the rideshare rider at the scheduled time is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.

On-board thermal track misalignment detection system and method therefor
Patent No. 11915404

Inventor(s): Asim Ghanchi (Southlake, TX), Coleman Barkley (Azle, TX), Michael Saied Saniei (Fort Worth, TX), Nicholas Dryer (North Barrington, IL)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18185923 on 03/17/2023 (347 days app to issue)

Abstract: An on-board thermal track misalignment detection system method therefor is presented. The system can use on-board locomotive sensors attached to an end-of-train device to detect (on the edge), signs and symptoms of thermal misalignments of the track. Once detected an alert can be transmitted to prevent potential derailments. The system can also include a forward-facing and rearward-facing imaging sensors (e.g., camera, LiDAR sensor, etc). The system can wirelessly communicate (e.g., via radio) with a leading locomotive to ensure proper air pressure and location. The system can be powered by an on-board battery and/or air pressure device. Advantageously, the system can calculate whether any rail deviation is significant (e.g., via one or more threshold values). The system can also leverage image processing functionality, executed by one or more processors) to find the centerline and the distance between the tracks.

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

Feature point identification in sparse optical flow based tracking in a computer vision system
Patent No. 11915431

Inventor(s): Anshu Jain (Bangalore, , IN), Deepak Kumar Poddar (Bangalore, , IN), Desappan Kumar (Bangalore, , IN), Pramod Kumar Swami (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16532658 on 08/06/2019 (1666 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for sparse optical flow based tracking in a computer vision system is provided that includes detecting feature points in a frame captured by a monocular camera in the computer vision system to generate a plurality of detected feature points, generating a binary image indicating locations of the detected feature points with a bit value of one, wherein all other locations in the binary image have a bit value of zero, generating another binary image indicating neighborhoods of currently tracked points, wherein locations of the neighborhoods in the binary image have a bit value of zero and all other locations in the binary image have a bit value of one, and performing a binary AND of the two binary images to generate another binary image, wherein locations in the binary image having a bit value of one indicate new feature points detected in the frame.

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

Resampled image cross-correlation
Patent No. 11915435

Inventor(s): Grant B. Boroughs (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Tewksbury, MA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17378113 on 07/16/2021 (956 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method of image cross-correlation improves the sub-pixel accuracy of the correlation surface and subsequent processing thereof. One or both of the template or search windows are resampled using the fractional portions of the correlation offsets X and Y produced by the initial image cross-correlation. The resampled window is then correlated with the other original window to produce a resampled cross-correlation surface. Removing the fractional or sub-pixel offsets between the template and search windows improves the ”sameness” of the represented imagery thereby improving the quality and accuracy of the correlation surface, which in turn improves the quality and accuracy of the FOM or other processing of the correlation surface. The process may be iterated to improve accuracy or modified to generate resampled cross-correlation surfaces for multiple possible offsets and to accept the one with the most certainty.

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

Method and apparatus for arbitrary output shape processing of an image
Patent No. 11915442

Inventor(s): Brian Okchon Chae (Johns Creek, GA), Gang Hua (Katy, TX), Hetul Sanghvi (Richardson, TX), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bangalore, , IN), Niraj Nandan (Plano, TX), Rajasekhar Reddy Allu (Plano, TX), Shashank Dabral (Allen, TX),
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17474489 on 09/14/2021 (896 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus and method for geometrically correcting an arbitrary shaped input frame and generating an undistorted output frame. The method includes capturing arbitrary shaped input images with multiple optical devices and processing the images, identifying redundant blocks and valid blocks in each of the images, allocating an output frame with an output frame size and dividing the output frame into regions shaped as a rectangle, programming the apparatus and disabling processing for invalid blocks in each of the regions, fetching data corresponding to each of the valid blocks and storing in an internal memory, interpolating data for each of the regions with stitching and composing the valid blocks for the output frame and displaying the output frame on a display module.

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

System and method for correlating electronic device identifiers and vehicle information
Patent No. 11915485

Inventor(s): William Holloway Petrey, Jr. (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17688340 on 03/07/2022 (722 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for monitoring vehicle traffic may include a camera positioned to capture images within a license plate detection zone, the images may represent license plates of vehicles. The system may include an electronic device identification sensor that detects and stores electronic device identifiers of electronic devices located within an electronic device detection zone, and a computing system that detects, using the images, a license plate ID of a vehicle, compare the license plate ID of the vehicle to a database of trusted vehicle license plate IDs, identifies the vehicle as a suspicious vehicle, the identification based at least in part on the comparison of the license plate ID of the vehicle to the database of trusted vehicle license plate IDs, and correlates the license plate ID of the vehicle with at least one of the plurality of stored electronic device identifiers.

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

Resonance enhancing device for tremolo styled electric guitars
Patent No. 11915673

Inventor(s): Dennis Scott Rayfield (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17583153 on 01/24/2022 (764 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tremolo block suitable for installation into in a Fender Stratocaster that includes a raised ridge across the width of the tremolo block approximately halfway down from the top wherein the ridge abuts the body side of the tremolo cavity. It is intended that the ridge will be located at the spot where it presses most firmly against the wood of the guitar body while still as close to neutral or standard location as possible so that the player feels comfortable with the guitar because the guitar feels just as familiar as prior to the installation.

[G10D] STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (non-musical aspects of musical toy instruments A63H 5/00; organs, harmoniums or like musical instruments with associated blowing apparatus G10B; pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with one or more keyboards G10C; automatic musical instruments G10F; electrophonic musical instruments G10H; instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means or electronic generators, or in which the tones are synthesised from a data store G10H)

Semi-sorted batching with variable length input for efficient training
Patent No. 11915685

Inventor(s): Zhenhao Ge (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo, , JP)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18189145 on 03/23/2023 (341 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques are described for training neural networks on variable length datasets. The numeric representation of the length of each training sample is randomly perturbed to yield a pseudo-length, and the samples sorted by pseudo-length to achieve lower zero padding rate (ZPR) than completely randomized batching (thus saving computation time) yet higher randomness than strictly sorted batching (thus achieving better model performance than strictly sorted batching).

[G10L] SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING [4]

Apparatus with refresh management mechanism
Patent No. 11915737

Inventor(s): David R. Brown (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Holland Hart LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17882894 on 08/08/2022 (568 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to managing operations performed in response to refresh management (RFM) commands A controller generates the RFM command for coordinating a refresh management operation targeted for implementation at an apparatus. The apparatus tracks refresh target set that includes refresh management target locations within the apparatus. According to the tracked refresh management target set, the apparatus selectively implements the targeted refresh management operation and/or a response operation in addition to or as a replacement for the targeted refresh management operation.

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

Non-volatile memory with isolation latch shared between data latch groups
Patent No. 11915769

Inventor(s): Iris Lu (Fremont, CA), Kei Kitamura (Chigasaki, , JP), Tai-Yuan Tseng (Milpitas, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17745120 on 05/16/2022 (652 days app to issue)

Abstract: A non-volatile memory device includes a control circuit configured to connect to a bit line that is connected to one or more non-volatile memory cells. The control circuit includes a first plurality of data latches connected to a first local data bus to store first program-verify pass/fail bits and a second plurality of data latches connected to a second local data bus to store second program-verify pass/fail bits for second non-volatile memory cells. The non-volatile memory device further includes a shared isolation latch and one or more interface circuits connected to the first local data bus and the second local data bus. The one or more interface circuits are configured to selectively block the first program-verify pass/fail bits from the first plurality of latches and the second program-verify pass/fail bits from the second plurality of latches according to an indicator bit stored in the shared isolation latch.

System and method for transmitting prescription to pharmacy using self-diagnostic test and telemedicine
Patent No. 11915810

Inventor(s): Jovan Hutton Pulitzer (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): RELIANT IMMUNE DIAGNOSTICS, INC. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15842746 on 12/14/2017 (2266 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for initiating a telemedicine conference on a mobile device is provided. The method comprises receiving diagnostic test results in response to a diagnostic test, determining if the diagnostic test results include a positive result, storing the diagnostic test results on a server disposed on a network, presenting, if the diagnostic test results are positive, a telemedicine initiation option on a screen of the mobile device, determining whether the telemedicine initiation option is selected, sending the diagnostic test results from the server to the telemedicine provider, sending additional medical history information to the telemedicine provider, and initiating a telemedicine conference with the telemedicine provider. Some of these aspects also provide healthcare providers the ability to electronically send prescriptions and provide users the ability to use a mobile application to send prescriptions to pharmacies to be filled. NULL

Region-based power grid generation through modification of an initial power grid based on timing analysis
Patent No. 11916384

Inventor(s): James Leland (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Cantor Colburn LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17479246 on 09/20/2021 (890 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments for power generation include defining a power tile within a power distribution network having a grid of power rails, the power tile having logic gates, and applying an initial power grid pattern from a plurality of power grid patterns for the power tile such that initial power grid pattern relates to timing characteristics of the logic gates of the power tile. The power grid patterns each have a different number of connectors connecting one power rail to another power rail in the grid of power rails. A subsequent power grid pattern is selected from the power grid patterns for the power tile such that the subsequent power grid pattern meets a threshold condition for the timing characteristics of the logic gates of the power tile. The timing characteristics for the logic gates are determined based on a voltage drop associated with the subsequent power grid pattern.

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

Computerized method and system for network usage analysis and forecasting
Patent No. 11916748

Inventor(s): Rajat Sharma (Southlake, TX), Senthil Muthusamy (Frisco, TX), Sheikbharith Liakathali (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17858111 on 07/06/2022 (601 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for network usage analysis and forecasting are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computerized method is disclosed comprising obtaining network access data identifying network access of a plurality of users, obtaining user data for the plurality of users, analyzing the obtained network access data, the analyzing comprising determining a network usage pattern for each user, determining a plurality of feature sets corresponding to the plurality of users, a feature set determined for a respective user comprising network usage features and user features determined using the user data obtained for the respective user, determining a number of clusters formed using the plurality of feature sets, each cluster grouping a number of users, of the plurality of users, having similar feature sets, and communicating information about at least one cluster in response to a network analysis request.

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

String processing of clickstream data
Patent No. 11917028

Inventor(s): Kenneth Edward Angel (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): CHARLES SCHWAB CO., INC. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Harness, Dickey Pierce, P.L.C. (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17872444 on 07/25/2022 (582 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes assigning unique symbols to pages of a website, respectively. The method includes obtaining page symbol sequences of browsing sessions, respectively. Each browsing session corresponds to a visitor of the website. For each browsing session, the page symbol sequence of the browsing session is a sequence of symbols that corresponds, respectively, to a sequence of pages of the website visited during the browsing session by the corresponding visitor. The method includes generating a master string including the page symbol sequences, generating a suffix array corresponding to the master string, and generating a longest common prefix (LCP) array corresponding to the suffix array. The method includes, based on the suffix array and LCP array, determining one or more most common n-step subsequences of pages (n is an integer greater than 1).

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

Split rendering for lightfield/immersive media using edge-cloud architecture and peer-to-peer streaming
Patent No. 11917283

Inventor(s): Paul Spencer Dawkins (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): TENCENT AMERICA LLC (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: Sughrue Mion, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17962122 on 10/07/2022 (508 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method of split rendering for lightfield or immersive media by using an edge-cloud and peer-to-peer based architecture. The system and method include the use of a combination of cloud-based devices and edge-devices to provide distributed processing in connection with the streaming of media, and in particular lightfield or immersive media, to an end user device. The system and method further include the use of multiple cloud and edge devices to provide parallel streaming of a given media package to an end user device.

[G09G] ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F 3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F 9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H01L, H05B 33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N 1/00) [5]

Driver device layouts
Patent No. 11917734

Inventor(s): Bin Hu (Shanghai, , CN), Huibo Zhong (Shanghai, , CN), Shang Ding (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18125931 on 03/24/2023 (340 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example circuit includes a substrate having a plurality of scan lines substantially orthogonal to a virtual centerline of the substrate. The circuit also includes a first driver integrated circuit (IC) on the substrate, the first driver IC including: a set of line switches coupled to a first set of the plurality of scan lines along a side of the first driver IC nearest the virtual centerline; a data output and a register. The circuit also includes a second driver IC on the substrate, the second driver IC including: a set of line switches coupled to a second set of the plurality of scan lines along a side of the second IC nearest the virtual centerline; and a data input coupled to the data output of the first driver IC.

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Ceramic semiconductor device package with copper tungsten conductive layers
Patent No. 11915986

Inventor(s): Hector Torres (Lucas, TX), Ramlah Binte Abdul Razak (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17683308 on 02/28/2022 (729 days app to issue)

Abstract: A described example includes: a ceramic package having a board side surface and an opposite top side surface; a heat slug mounted to the board side surface of the ceramic package, forming a bottom surface in a die cavity; leads mounted to conductive lands on the ceramic package; sidewall metallization extending from the conductive lands and covering a portion of one of the sides of the ceramic package; copper tungsten alloy conductor layers formed in the ceramic package and spaced by dielectric layers; bond fingers formed of a conductor layer and extending to the die cavity; a semiconductor device mounted over the heat slug, and having bond pads on a device side surface facing away from a surface of the heat slug; electrical connections between bond pads on the semiconductor device and the bond fingers; and a lid mounted to the top side surface of the ceramic package.

[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]

Transient triggered active FET with surge immunity
Patent No. 11916062

Inventor(s): Rajkumar Sankaralingam (Plano, TX), Xianzhi Dai (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16724129 on 12/20/2019 (1530 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microelectronic device has a protected line and a reference line, and an active field effect transistor (FET) coupled between the protected line and the reference line. The microelectronic device includes an electrostatic discharge (ESD) trigger circuit coupled to the gate of the active FET, to turn on the active FET when an ESD event occurs on the protected line. The microelectronic device further includes a transient detection circuit having a high bandwidth detector, an ESD detector, and an output driver. The ESD detector is configured to provide a CLEAR signal to the output driver when an ESD event occurs on the protected line. The output driver is configured to turn off the active FET when a voltage surge, which can damage the active FET, occurs on the protected line, but enable operation of the active FET by the ESD trigger circuit during an ESD event.

[H02H] EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS (indicating or signalling undesired working conditions G01R, e.g. G01R 31/00, G08B; locating faults along lines G01R 31/08; emergency protective devices H01H)

High reliability polysilicon components
Patent No. 11916067

Inventor(s): Henry Litzmann Edwards (Garland, TX), Jonathan Philip Davis (Allen, TX), Li Wang (Plano, TX), Robert M. Higgins (Plano, TX), Shariq Arshad (Allen, TX), Tathagata Chatterjee (Allen, TX), Xiaoju Wu (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17684774 on 03/02/2022 (727 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure introduces, among other things, an electronic device, e.g. an integrated circuit (IC). The IC includes a semiconductor substrate comprising a first doped layer of a first conductivity type. A second doped layer of the first conductivity type is located within the first doped layer. The second doped layer has first and second layer portions with a greater dopant concentration than the first doped layer, with the first layer portion being spaced apart from the second layer portion laterally with respect to a surface of the substrate. The IC further includes a lightly doped portion of the first doped layer, the lightly doped portion being located between the first and second layer portions. A dielectric isolation structure is located between the first and second layer portions, and directly contacts the lightly doped portion.

Semiconductor Schottky rectifier device
Patent No. 11916117

Inventor(s): John Huang (New Taipei, , TW), Kolins Chao (Zhubei, , TW)
Assignee(s): DIODES INCORPORATED (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17985046 on 11/10/2022 (474 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor Schottky rectifier built in an epitaxial semiconductor layer over a substrate has an anode structure and a cathode structure extending from the surface of the epitaxial layer. The cathode contact structure has a trench structure near the epi-layer and a vertical sidewall surface covered with a gate oxide layer. The cathode structure further comprises a polysilicon element adjacent to the gate oxide layer.

finFET with lateral charge balance at the drain drift region
Patent No. 11916142

Inventor(s): Ming-Yeh Chuang (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17409078 on 08/23/2021 (918 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an extended drain finFET. The drain drift region of the finFET extends between a drain contact region and a body of the finFET. The drain drift region includes an enhanced portion of the drain drift region between the drain contact region and the body. The drain drift region also includes a first charge balance region and a second charge balance region laterally adjacent to, and on opposite sides of, the enhanced portion of the drain drift region. The enhanced portion of the drain drift region and the drain contact region have a first conductivity type; the body, the first charge balance region, and the second charge balance region have a second, opposite, conductivity type. The drain drift region is wider than the body.

Segmented Schottky diode
Patent No. 11916152

Inventor(s): Zachary K. Lee (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17137590 on 12/30/2020 (1154 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a Schottky diode on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. The Schottky diode includes a guard ring with a first guard ring segment contacting a barrier region on a first lateral side of the barrier region, and a second guard ring segment contacting the barrier region on a second, opposite, lateral side of the barrier region. The first and second guard ring segments extend deeper in the semiconductor layer than the barrier region. The Schottky diode further includes a drift region contacting the barrier region, and may include a buried layer having the same conductivity type as the barrier region, extending at least partway under the drift region. The barrier region is isolated from the substrate dielectric layer of the SOI substrate by an isolation region having the same conductivity type as the guard ring. A metal containing layer is formed on the barrier region.

Duplexer radio frequency assembly
Patent No. 11916275

Inventor(s): Mark Lawrence Danon (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Northcomm Technologies Group, Ltd. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Scheef Stone, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18228315 on 07/31/2023 (211 days app to issue)

Abstract: A duplexer includes a cavity resonator defining an opening covered by an RF plate. The RF plate defines an opening through which a pass-band tuning pipe extends and is secured thereto. A collar is attached to one end of the pipe, and at least one steel set screw extends into the interior of the collar, the at least one end having a soft (e.g., brass) tip. A tuning plunger is slidingly positioned within the pass-band tuning pipe. A rod is attached to a first end of the tuning plunger and extends through the collar, the rod being fabricated from a material harder than the tip of the at least one set screw. The at least one set screw is configured for tightening down on the rod to secure the rod and tuning plunger in place. A trimmer capacitor is positioned in the RF plate.

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

Assemblies for reducing passive intermodulation in telecommunications structures
Patent No. 11916278

Inventor(s): Jacob Adams (The Colony, TX), Matthew Severin (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17473079 on 09/13/2021 (897 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a telecommunications structure. The telecommunications structure includes an antenna frame including a plurality of horizontal members and a plurality of vertical members mounted on the horizontal members, wherein one or more of the vertical members are formed of a fiber-reinforced polymer and at least one piece of telecommunications equipment mounted on one of the fiber-reinforced polymer vertical members. Assemblies including passive intermodulation reducing mechanical connections are also described herein.

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

Small cell antenna assembly and module for same
Patent No. 11916284

Inventor(s): Julian R. Colapietro (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17935205 on 09/26/2022 (519 days app to issue)

Abstract: An antenna assembly includes: a plurality of antenna-radio units, each of the antenna-radio units comprising an antenna and a radio transceiver in an integrated unit, each antenna having an external face; and a mounting assembly comprising a foundation, a cap and a spine, the foundation being mounted to a lower end of the spine and the cap mounted to an upper end of the spine. The antenna-radio units are mounted at circumferentially equally spaced locations between the foundation and the cap, with their respective external faces facing radially outwardly. The assembly also includes a plurality of spacers, each spacer located between two adjacent antenna-radio units, and each antenna-radio unit between located between two adjacent spacers, each of the spacers including an arcuate external surface. The external faces of the antennas and the external surfaces of the spacers generally define a cylinder.

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

Brackets for mounting antenna cables
Patent No. 11916366

Inventor(s): Raphael J. de La Soujeole (Irving, TX), Robert J. Campbell (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18191349 on 03/28/2023 (336 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a cable mounting bracket, The bracket includes a pair of clamping members configured to be secured to a mounting structure, a pair of rods extending outwardly from the pair of clamping members, and a main panel comprising a plurality of apertures, each aperture being configured to receive and secure a cable hanger to the main panel. The pair of rods couples the main panel with the pair of clamping members and positions the main panel a distance from the mounting structure.

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

Integrated battery charge regulation circuit based on power FET conductivity modulation
Patent No. 11916426

Inventor(s): Hakan Oner (San Jose, CA), Kevin Scoones (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17114081 on 12/07/2020 (1177 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes: a switching converter circuit adapted to be coupled between an input voltage source and a load; and an integrated circuit adapted to be coupled between the input voltage source and a battery and configured to charge the battery. The integrated circuit has: a monitoring circuitry adapted to be coupled to the battery and configured to detect a transient fault condition of the integrated circuit; a power stage adapted to be coupled between the input voltage source and the battery, the power stage having a power switch; and a control circuit coupled between the monitoring circuitry and the power stage, the control circuit configured to provide a control signal to adjust a conductivity of the power switch responsive to a detected transient fault condition.

Switching converter with analog on-time extension control
Patent No. 11916479

Inventor(s): Songming Zhou (Shanghai, , CN), Yu Wang (Shanghai, , CN), Zejing Wang (Shanghai, , CN), Zhujun Li (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18082274 on 12/15/2022 (439 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes: 1) a battery configured to provide an input voltage (VIN); 2) switching converter circuitry coupled to the battery, wherein the switching converter circuitry includes a power switch; 3) a load coupled to an output of the switching converter circuitry; and 4) a control circuit coupled to the power switch. The control circuit includes: 1) a switch driver circuit coupled to the power switch; 2) a summing comparator circuit configured to output a first control signal that indicates when to turn the power switch on; and 3) an analog on-time extension circuit configured to extend an on-time of the power switch by gating a second control signal with the first control signal, wherein the second control signal indicates when to turn the power switch off.

[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]

Type-2 compensation with reduced quiescent current
Patent No. 11916486

Inventor(s): Anmol Sharma (Milpitas, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17460804 on 08/30/2021 (911 days app to issue)

Abstract: A compensation circuit includes a tail current source, an error amplifier; a compensation resistor, and a voltage-to-current converter circuit. The tail current source is configured to generate a tail current. The error amplifier is coupled to the tail current source and biased by the tail current. The compensation resistor is coupled to the error amplifier. The voltage-to-current converter circuit is coupled to the error amplifier. The compensation resistor is configured to vary in resistance responsive to a change in the tail current, or the voltage-to-current converter circuit is configured to vary in transconductance responsive to the change in the tail current.

Adaptive zero voltage switching (ZVS) loss detection for power converters
Patent No. 11916495

Inventor(s): Hrishikesh Ratnakar Nene (Katy, TX), Salil Chellappan (Chellappan, , IN), Zhong Ye (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17194436 on 03/08/2021 (1086 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device is configured to detect a zero voltage switching (ZVS) circuit output that includes a hard switching signal. The hard switching signal includes a false signal and a spike signal. Thereafter, the device generates digital pulse signals that correspond to the false signal and the spike signal. Accordingly, the device filters the generated digital pulse signal that corresponds to the false signal, and uses the digital pulse signal that corresponds to the spike signal for adjusting a timing of a pulse width modulation (PWM) switching cycle.

Motor controller and a method for controlling a motor
Patent No. 11916496

Inventor(s): Prasad Kulkarni (Bengaluru, , IN), Venkata Pavan Mahankali (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17363571 on 06/30/2021 (972 days app to issue)

Abstract: A motor controller is operable to control a motor. The motor has a first terminal and the motor controller includes an angular velocity transmission path having an input and an output. A current generator includes a velocity-torque input, an angular position input, and a motor drive output. The velocity-torque input is coupled to the output of the angular velocity transmission path. An angular velocity feedback path is coupled between a first terminal and a first location on the angular velocity transmission path. The first location is between the input and the output of the angular velocity transmission path. A current feedback path is coupled between the first terminal and a second location on the angular velocity transmission path. The second location is disposed between the first location on the angular velocity transmission path and the velocity-torque input of the current generator.

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

Low power operational amplifier trim offset circuitry
Patent No. 11916516

Inventor(s): Kunal Karanjkar (Bangalore, , IN), Nitin Agarwal (Bangalore, , IN), Venkata Ramanan (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18155261 on 01/17/2023 (406 days app to issue)

Abstract: Enhanced operational amplifier trim circuitry and techniques are presented herein. In one implementation, a circuit includes a reference circuit configured to produce a set of reference voltages, and a digital-to-analog conversion (DAC) circuit. The DAC circuit comprises a plurality of transistor pairs, where each pair among the plurality of transistor pairs is configured to provide portions of adjustment currents for an operational amplifier based at least on the set of reference voltages and sizing among transistors of each pair. The circuit also includes drain switching elements coupled to drain terminals of the transistors of each pair and configured to selectively couple one or more of the portions of the adjustment currents to the operational amplifier in accordance with digital trim codes.

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

Two-stage high speed level shifter
Patent No. 11916549

Inventor(s): Sai Ravi Teja Konakalla (Bangalore, , IN), Shiv Harit Mathur (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER HAMPTON LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17898263 on 08/29/2022 (547 days app to issue)

Abstract: Improved voltage level shifters are disclosed capable of achieving substantially higher data transfer speeds with reduced static current than existing cross-coupled voltage level shifters. The voltage level shifters disclosed herein include first stage that translates input voltage signals received from a core circuitry in a first voltage domain to intermediate output voltage signals an intermediate voltage domain, and second stage circuitry that translates the intermediate output voltage signals received from the first stage circuitry in the intermediate voltage domain to output voltage signals in a second voltage domain. The disclosed voltage level shifters are scalable to support various logic voltage levels in the second voltage domain.

[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]

Flip-flop with internal circuit for generating inflated low and high pulse width signals
Patent No. 11916555

Inventor(s): Arnab Khawas (Bangalore, , IN), Badarish Subbannavar (Bangalore, , IN), Gokul Sabada (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17490241 on 09/30/2021 (880 days app to issue)

Abstract: Example flip-flops comprise a circuit that receives a primary clock signal, generates a clock buffer signal having a series of pulses, each delayed by a set amount of time relative to a corresponding pulse of the primary clock signal, generates an intermediate clock signal based on the primary clock signal and the clock buffer signal, generates inflated low pulse width clock signals, each having a low pulse width that is greater than a low pulse width of the primary clock signal. Latch stages within example flip-flops include one or more components that are controlled by the inflated low pulse width clock signals. Example flip-flops include high-speed flip-flops and standard flip-flops. Larger circuits, such as a clock divider circuits, may incorporate multiple example high-speed flip-flops to improve performance.

Current-based track and hold circuit
Patent No. 11916567

Inventor(s): Joseph Palackal Mathew (Podimattom, , IN), Prasanth K (Ottapalam, , IN), Sai Aditya Krishnaswamy Nurani (Hyderabad, , IN), Shagun Dusad (Bengaluru, , IN), Visvesvaraya Appala Pentakota (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17570658 on 01/07/2022 (781 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example sample-and-hold circuit includes a first and second input resistors, each having first and second terminals; first and second transistors coupled in series between the second terminals of the first and second input resistors; and third and fourth input resistors, each having first and second terminals; and third and fourth transistors coupled in series between the second terminals of the third and fourth input resistors. A first capacitor is coupled between the first and second transistors and a second capacitor is coupled between the third and fourth transistors. The control terminals of the first and third transistors are coupled together, and the control terminals of the second and fourth transistors are coupled together.

[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]

Codeword format for data storage
Patent No. 11916570

Inventor(s): Annabelle Arnold (Zolling, , DE), Dominik Stefan Gerl (Buch am Erlbach, , DE)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17985361 on 11/11/2022 (473 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a codeword format for data storage and to methods and circuits for generating a codeword based on data to be written in memory and extracting data from a codeword read from memory. In an example, an integrated circuit includes a memory system and a controller circuit. The controller circuit is communicatively coupled to the memory system and is configured to: receive multi-bit data; generate a codeword based on the multi-bit data; and transmit to the memory system the codeword for writing to memory. The codeword has a format that includes first bit positions for the multi-bit data, second bit positions for a bitwise inversion of the multi-bit data, a third bit position for an odd parity value, and a fourth bit position for an even parity value. The odd and even parity values indicate an odd and even parity, respectively, of the multi-bit data.

RF chain offset estimation and reduction
Patent No. 11916586

Inventor(s): Mehdi Alijan (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18122418 on 03/16/2023 (348 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprises capturing a first signal from a first radio chain, and dividing samples of the first signal into a first set of sub-vectors. A second signal is captured from a second radio chain. Samples of the second signal are divided into a second set of sub-vectors according to the determined mapping pattern. A gain difference and phase difference between each sub-vector of the first set and a sub-vector of the second set are estimated, acquiring gain differences and phase differences of the first signal and the second signal. The sub-vector level gain differences are combined to acquire a gain difference between the first signal and the second signal. The sub-vector-level phase differences are combined to acquire a phase difference between the first signal and the second signal. One of the first radio chain and the second radio chain are configured to reduce the gain difference and phase difference.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Systems and methods for sensing fiber optic cables of access networks
Patent No. 11916588

Inventor(s): Glenn A. Wellbrock (Wylie, TX), Tiejun J. Xia (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17222157 on 04/05/2021 (1058 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a device may transmit communication data to a transceiver via an access fiber optic cable. The device may determine that fiber sensing is to be performed for the access fiber optic cable. The device may cease transmission of the communication data for a predetermined time period. The device may generate an optical pulse after ceasing transmission of the communication data. The device may transmit the optical pulse to the transceiver via the access fiber optic cable. The device may receive, prior to expiration of the predetermined time period, a reflected signal from the access fiber optic cable based on the optical pulse. The device may analyze the reflected signal to generate sensing results. The device may perform one or more actions based on the sensing results.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Network signaling for network-assisted interference cancellation and suppression
Patent No. 11916657

Inventor(s): Anthony Edet Ekpenyong (Houston, TX), Eko N. Onggosanusi (Allen, TX), Ralf Matthias Bendlin (Plano, TX), Runhua Chen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17493199 on 10/04/2021 (876 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a cellular communication network that can determine whether communications between one base station-UE pair may interfere with another UE that is in the same cell or a different cell. The network identifies interference parameters associated with interference signals that may be received by a UE. The interference signals may be generated by the base station itself, such as communications with other UEs, or by a neighboring base station. The base station transmits the interference parameters to the UE. The UE receives the one or more parameters comprising information about signals expected to cause intra-cell or inter-cell interference. The UE then processes received signals using the one or more parameters to suppress the intra-cell or inter-cell interference.

[H04J] MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L 5/00; systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal H04N 7/08; in exchanges H04Q 11/00)

Error sampler circuit
Patent No. 11916703

Inventor(s): Abishek Manian (San Jose, CA), Nithin Sathisan Poduval (Sunnyvale, CA), Roland Nii Ofei Ribeiro (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18066027 on 12/14/2022 (440 days app to issue)

Abstract: An error sampler circuit includes a differential input voltage input, a differential reference voltage input, a master latch circuit, and a slave latch circuit. The master latch circuit includes a slicer circuit. The slicer circuit includes a first input, a second input, and a differential output. The first input is coupled to the differential input voltage input. The second input is coupled to the differential reference voltage input. The slave latch includes a differential input coupled to the differential output of the slicer circuit.

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

Network performance spread service
Patent No. 11916750

Inventor(s): Luis R. Rosario (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18060687 on 12/01/2022 (453 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a network performance spread service is provided. The service may include generating a dependency graph representative of a network and identifying current or prospective poor performance spread of network elements based on correlations between the network elements and performance data. The service may also include providing remedial services that address the poor performance spread in the network.

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

Flexible service based architecture for advanced communication networks
Patent No. 11916762

Inventor(s): Hongyan Lei (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17661961 on 05/04/2022 (664 days app to issue)

Abstract: A flexible service-based architecture (SBA) for next generation communication networks is described. In an embodiment, a method performed by a system comprising a processor comprises receiving a service request for provision of a data communication service to a communication device via a communication network comprising a plurality of different network resources defined by resource components and sub-components of the resource components. In response to receiving the service request, accessing network resource abstraction information that identifies the resource components, and the sub-components respectively associated with the resource components, and selecting a subset of the different network resources for the provision of the data communication service to the communication device based a service criterion associated with the data communication service. The method further comprises facilitating, by the system, the provision of the data communication service to the communication device via the communication network using the subset of the different network resources.

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

Autonomous operation of edge-based deployments
Patent No. 11916809

Inventor(s): Michael Anthony Brown (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC (Redmond, WA)
Law Firm: Newport IP, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17733745 on 04/29/2022 (669 days app to issue)

Abstract: Computing resources are managed in a computing network comprising a computing service provider and an edge computing network. The edge computing network receives an indication of a disconnection of communications between the computing service provider and the edge computing network. In response to the indication, the edge computing network initiates an autonomous mode at the edge computing network. The edge computing network is configured to continue providing computing and network services at the edge computing network while the edge computing network is operating in the autonomous mode.

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

Method and apparatus for uplink control information transmission and reception
Patent No. 11916845

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18161718 on 01/30/2023 (393 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from at least one base station (BS) of a group of (N) BSs, channel state information (CSI) configuration information including a number of uplink control information (UCI) parts for a CSI reporting; identifying the number of UCI parts for the CSI reporting; determining a CSI report based on the identified number of UCI parts; identifying one or more BSs in the group of (N) BSs to transmit the determined CSI report; and transmitting, to the one or more identified BSs, via an uplink channel, a UCI including the determined CSI report, wherein the UCI includes the identified number of UCI parts each of which includes a part of the determined CSI report.

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

Full duplex expander in a full duplex network
Patent No. 11916850

Inventor(s): Ayham Al-Banna (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): ARRIS Enterprises LLC (Suwanee, GA)
Law Firm: Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung Stenzel, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18119728 on 03/09/2023 (355 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method receives a downstream signal and an upstream signal in a same frequency band. The downstream signal and the upstream signal are separated into a first path and a second path. The downstream signal using the first path and the upstream signal using the second path are amplified in an analog domain. The method isolates the downstream signal and the upstream signal from one another and sends the downstream signal downstream to a subscriber device and sends the upstream signal towards a full duplex node.

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

Signaling of scene description for multimedia conferencing
Patent No. 11916980

Inventor(s): Imed Bouazizi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): QUALCOMM INCORPORATED (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17813973 on 07/21/2022 (586 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various embodiments include systems and methods for providing an immersive three-dimensional group session. Various embodiments include methods and devices for signaling a description of a scene with media components potentially coming from different parties. In various aspects, a scene graph may be signaled through a session description protocol (SDP) during a session initiation protocol (SIP) session setup. In various embodiments, the scene graph may include respective graphical output nodes assigned to be controlled by each of the plurality of participant computing devices in an immersive three-dimensional group session.

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

System and method for enhanced outbound campaign management
Patent No. 11917104

Inventor(s): Ashish Koul (San Jose, CA), Ashok Raj Susairaju (Chennai, , IN)
Assignee(s): ACQUEON TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Galvin Patent Law LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18173707 on 02/23/2023 (369 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for enhanced outbound campaign management, comprising a campaign management console, a data services engine, a traffic shaper, an agent desktop, Control agent desktop, an autodialer, and a simple dialer which allows enterprises to conduct unified communications campaigns without differentiating between prior expressed written consent consumers, and those who have not provided prior expressed written consent, to being autodialed or receiving artificial or pre-recorded voice messages, allowing for compliance with regulations regarding such consent without splitting or bifurcating or otherwise hampering communications campaigns for the enterprise customers.

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

Systems and methods for controlling powerstage supply modulation via audio interface
Patent No. 11917378

Inventor(s): Brian Gregory Rush (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: North Weber Baugh LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17712815 on 04/04/2022 (694 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods increase power efficiency in communication systems by examining a digital signal to determine whether a threshold corresponding to an increase in a power requirement is likely to be exceeded. The signal is encoded with information indicating the likely change and communicated to a driver that, upon extracting the information, uses it to cause instruct an amplifier to increase a power output to accommodate the increase in power requirement. Once the threshold is no longer exceeded, the driver circuit, advantageously, decreases the power output to conserve energy. In various embodiments, an amplifier may increase power efficiency by switching from a low-power circuit configuration to a high-circuit configuration.

[H04R] LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) [6]

Connected vehicle services privacy and protection
Patent No. 11917395

Inventor(s): Edward Allen Cain, Jr. (Plano, TX), Ryan N. Wilson (Melissa, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17399269 on 08/11/2021 (930 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a request into a transport network comprising at least one transport for a proposed use of personal data associated with the at least one transport prior to the at least one transport entering an area; receiving into the transport network a deletion time of the personal data, prior to the at least one transport entering the area; providing, from the transport network an acknowledgement of the deletion time; and providing, from the transport network, the personal data when the at least one transport is in the area based on the received acknowledgement. This enables an occupant of a transport to share personal data relating to the transport with confidence that the data will be deleted by an agreed time.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Secure provisioning for wireless local area network technologies
Patent No. 11917400

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Martin Bartlett (Dallas, TX), Robert Holden (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), ATT MOBILITY II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17453360 on 11/03/2021 (846 days app to issue)

Abstract: Cellular connections can be used to provision non-cellular devices such as internet-of-things (IoT) devices. For example, IoT devices can comprise Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and cellular capabilities. However, the cellular capability can be used to provision the IoT devices using non-internet protocol data delivery to prevent security vulnerabilities. Data can be transmitted to the IoT device using core elements without using an IP stack. Thus, IoT device configurations and the keys can be provisioned over-the-air without the use of internet protocol data.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Carrier aggregation configuration in fifth generation (5G) networks or other next generation networks
Patent No. 11917421

Inventor(s): Shomik Pathak (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Mobility II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17186290 on 02/26/2021 (1096 days app to issue)

Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to configuring carrier aggregation zones based on transmission information in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include identifying, by carrier aggregation equipment including a processor, carrier transmission information corresponding to a first carrier signal and a second carrier signal. The method can further include analyzing, by the carrier aggregation equipment, the carrier transmission information to determine first overlap zone information representative of a first carrier overlap zone for the first carrier signal and the second carrier signal. Further, based on the first overlap zone information, the method includes facilitating configuring transmission parameter information representative of a transmission parameter applicable to transmission of the first carrier signal, to enable carrier aggregation by network equipment within the first carrier overlap zone.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Multi-beam base station antennas having wideband radiating elements
Patent No. 11917427

Inventor(s): Joy Huang (Plano, TX), Xiangyang Ai (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18101166 on 01/25/2023 (398 days app to issue)

Abstract: A twin beam base station antenna includes a first array that has a plurality of columns of first frequency band radiating elements, the first array configured to form a first antenna beam that provides coverage throughout a first sub-sector of a three-sector base station. The radiating elements in a first of the columns in the first array have a first azimuth boresight pointing direction and the radiating elements in a second of the columns in the first array have a second azimuth boresight pointing direction that is offset from the first azimuth boresight pointing direction by at least 10. The radiating elements in the second of the columns in the first array are electrically steered.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods of application mapping for network slicing using group segmentation
Patent No. 11917456

Inventor(s): Kalyani Bogineni (Irving, TX), Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17736407 on 05/04/2022 (664 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein use group segmentation of applications (referred to herein as ”slicing classes”), based on common service requirements, to allow carriers to assign UE traffic to network slices. A UE stores slicing class definitions for use with UE Route Selection Policies (URSP). Each of the slicing class definitions include network quality of service (QoS) characteristics that are applicable to network traffic for multiple software applications. The UE maps the software applications to corresponding slicing class identifiers associated with the slicing class definitions. The UE also stores URSP rules for associating a slicing class identifier with a network slice identifier. A UE operating system sends, to a modem, one of the slicing class identifiers for an application that is requesting attachment to a wireless network. The modem sends a registration request with a selected network slice identifier based on the received slicing class identifier and the URSP rules.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

5G NR efficient FR1/FR2 operation
Patent No. 11917464

Inventor(s): Muhammad Saad (Sachse, TX), Syed A Rahim (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Law Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17331331 on 05/26/2021 (1007 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for RACH procedures to avoid excessive handover/secondary cell group failures. A base station may declare a handover and/or secondary cell group (SCG) failure and may determine that a failure threshold has been met. The base station may perform a remedial action in response to meeting the failure threshold. The failure threshold may be multi-dimensional, where a first dimension is associated with a number of handover/SCG failures and where a second dimension is associated with a time period in which the number of handover/SCG failures occurred. Further, a third dimension may be associated with a UE mobility state and a fourth dimension may be associated with whether the UE is using FR1 or FR2. The remedial action in response to meeting the failure threshold may include the base station suspending transmission of measurement object configurations for a specified period of time.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Handover reliability enhancement in wireless communication
Patent No. 11917466

Inventor(s): Kyeongin Jeong (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17450550 on 10/11/2021 (869 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for user equipment (UE) service handover from the serving cell to a target cell includes information regarding a handover timer and an associated handover execution condition. For scheduled handover to be performed upon expiration of the handover timer, the associated handover execution condition comprises one or more abort conditions for aborting the scheduled handover. For two-stage triggered handover to be performed upon receipt of a subsequent triggering message, the handover timer is a handover validity timer and the associated handover execution condition comprises receipt of the handover triggering message prior to expiration of the handover validity timer.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Network architecture and methods for location services
Patent No. 11917493

Inventor(s): David Goodwin Shaw (Dallas, TX), Felix Markhovsky (Dallas, TX), Russ Markhovsky (Dallas, TX), Truman Prevatt (Dallas, TX), Tyler Matthew Smith (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): QUALCOMM Technologies, Inc. (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17837944 on 06/10/2022 (627 days app to issue)

Abstract: UE location determined by collecting and preprocessing signal data at a detector and sending extracted data to a remote locate server. The detector buffers samples from signals provided by receive channels, detects known reference signals from receive channels based on reference signal parameters, isolates symbols carrying the reference signal from frames, extracts data from symbols, and sends extracted data to locate server. The locate server receives the extracted data, estimates locate observables based on the extracted data and calculates the UE location based on the estimated locate observables, the reference signal parameters and the extracted data. The detector and/or the server may also generate correlation coefficients between reference signals carrying spectrum received from a serving cell and utilize the correlation coefficients to cancel a serving cell signal in symbols that include known in advance reference signals from the serving cell and one or more neighboring cells of the wireless system.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

SMS via NAS carried by non-cellular access
Patent No. 11917503

Inventor(s): Devaki Chandramouli (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17884806 on 08/10/2022 (566 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for services, such as SMS, location services, and/or the like over the NAS through a non-cellular access. In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method that includes receiving, via a non-access stratum connection through a wireless local area network, a notification message; sending a service request message to request, via the non-access stratum connection through the wireless local area network, delivery of downlink data for a service; and receiving, via the non-access stratum connection through the wireless local area network, the downlink data for the service. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for unique identification of individual users in the radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller
Patent No. 11917521

Inventor(s): Kuntal Chowdhury (Andover, MA), Peter McCann (Bridgewater, NJ), Rajarajan Sivaraj (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Mavenir Systems, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Ruggiero, McAllister McMahon LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17576072 on 01/14/2022 (774 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of uniquely identifying a user equipment (UE) connected to a radio access network (RAN) includes: providing a radio access network intelligent controller (RIC) component associated with the RAN; configuring, by a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a default data radio bearer (DRB) for the UE to maintain Internet Protocol (I) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) connectivity with the RAN; and using, by the RIC, one of NG uplink (UL) user plane (UP) Transport Layer Information or S1 UL UP Transport Layer Information of the default DRB for uniquely identifying the UE for the entire time the UE is connected to the RAN. The unique identification for the UE is retained across at least one of i) multiple connectivity sessions for the UE, ii) multiple mobility sessions for the UE, and iii) multiple context sessions for the UE.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and system for network slice usage subscription
Patent No. 11917533

Inventor(s): Parry Cornell Booker (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17568775 on 01/05/2022 (783 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a network slice usage subscription service is provided. The network slice usage subscription service may allow a network device to obtain network slice usage information and event notifications. The event notification may indicate when an end device is using a network slice and when the end device is no longer the network slice. The network device may include an application function (AF) device. The network device may use the event notification to perform an operation relating to the network slice and/or the end device.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Network edge controller and remote field service system
Patent No. 11917535

Inventor(s): Ralph McCoy (Irving, TX), Tim Garcia (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Apptricity Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Hemingway Hansen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17953729 on 09/27/2022 (518 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is machine-to-machine (M2M) mobile platform that has a controller that can communicate with RFID tags and receives RFID information into a mobile vehicle foreign network with an all-in-one mobile solution and also communicates with a home network having a computer server. The present invention provides an integrated command and communication platform to support communications by cell phone, WiFi, GPS, RFID controller, vehicle information controller, and real-time integration to optimize performance of the remote tracking network. With the use of the present invention, fleet services, mobile inventory, and asset tracking can be efficiently organized and conducted across a fleet of vehicles, a multitude of remote tracking devices, and geographically around the world.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for power saving signal design in NR
Patent No. 11917545

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17583009 on 01/24/2022 (764 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) for power saving is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a serving cell, a set of configurations, receiving a power saving signal (PoSS) from a first downlink channel based on the received set of configurations, acquiring a first part of information for power saving from the PoSS, receiving, based on the received set of configurations, a second downlink channel that is a control channel, and acquiring a second part of information for the power saving from the received second downlink channel.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for NR sidelink SS/PBCH block
Patent No. 11917568

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX), Li Guo (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17663172 on 05/12/2022 (656 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of a first UE comprises: determining a sidelink synchronization identity (SL-SID) and a set of resources; generating at least one sidelink synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel (S-SSB) based on the SL-SID and the set of resources, wherein each S-SSB of the at least one S-SSB includes first two symbols for a sidelink primary synchronization signal (S-PSS) and second two symbols for a sidelink secondary synchronization signal (S-SSS); generating a first sequence corresponding to the S-PSS, wherein the first sequence is determined based on a binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulated M-sequence with a 127 of sequence length and a low cross-correlation with a PSS; generating a second sequence corresponding to the S-SSS, wherein the second sequence is determined based on a BPSK modulated Gold-sequence with a 127 of sequence length; and transmitting, the at least one S-SSB over sidelink channels established with the second UE.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for channel measurement and reporting in CORESET basis
Patent No. 11917662

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17664303 on 05/20/2022 (648 days app to issue)

Abstract: A UE includes a receiver configured to receive a first configuration for a first CORESET, a second configuration for a reception of a first CSI-RS, and the first CSI-RS. The first configuration includes a first TCI state. The TCI state for a CORESET indicates a set of quasi co-location properties for a PDCCH reception in the CORESET. A PDCCH includes a DCI format. The second configuration includes a first set of REs and the first TCI state. The UE also includes a processor operably connected to the receiver. The processor is configured to compute a first CQI value, based on the first CSI-RS, for a first PDCCH reception in the first CORESET and at least one CQI value based on the first CQI value. The UE further includes a transmitter operably connected to the processor, the transmitter configured to transmit a channel that includes the at least one CQI value.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for predictive location determination of a user equipment in a wireless network
Patent No. 11917719

Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for the predictive determination of regions, such as registration areas associated with a wireless network, with respect to a User Equipment (”UE”) that registers with the wireless network. Such registration areas may be associated with different services, Quality of Service (”QoS”) parameters, network slices, or the like. When registering with the wireless network, the UE may receive an indication of a registration area that includes multiple tracking areas, which include a tracking area in which the UE is currently located and one or more other tracking areas in which the UE is likely to enter, as predicted based on one or more artificial intelligence/machine learning (”AI/ML”) models. The prediction may be based on the current location of the UE, UE attributes or parameters, and/or historical location information associated with the UE and/or other UEs.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Low cost panel AESA with thermal management
Patent No. 11917746

Inventor(s): Brandon W. Pillans (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: DALY, CROWLEY, MOFFORD DURKEE LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17660261 on 04/22/2022 (676 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of forming a heat spreader on a printed circuit board (PCB), having a power dissipating component operably coupled thereto, includes attaching a thermally and electrically conductive structure, to a first side of the PCB to define a first PCB region that includes the component and a second PCB region without. The underside of the component is underfilled to electrically insulate its solder contacts. A first protective layer is applied to the second region of the PCB. A conductive plating membrane is deposited to the first region, the second region, and to the structure. A second protective layer is applied over a portion of the conductive plating membrane that overlays the second region, leaving exposed the rest of the conductive plating membrane. An electrically and thermally conductive layer is electroplated over the exposed areas of the conductive plating membrane, to form a heat exchanger within the first region.

[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)

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Shrouded storage unit
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Inventor(s): Alexander K. Maghsadi (Lewisville, TX), Jeffrey R. Weilert (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): SOLO BRANDS, LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
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