Patents Examined by R A Smith
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Patent number: 11800189Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for performing operations comprising receiving, with a messaging application, user input to access a graphical image modification feature of the messaging application; in response to receiving, causing display of a video; accessing a first configuration rule of a plurality of configuration rules that associates a first device property rule with the graphical image modification feature of the messaging application; determining that the first configuration rule is satisfied by a first property of the client device; and in response to determining that the first configuration rule is satisfied by the first property of the client device, causing display of a first plurality of graphical image modification options each associated with performing a different modification to the video.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Michael Ronald Cieslak, Jiayao Yu, Kai Chen, Farnaz Azmoodeh, Michael David Marr, Jun Huang, Zahra Ferdowsi
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Patent number: 11794281Abstract: A method of laser processing including generating a laser beam having, at different longitudinal positions in a propagation direction, first and second transverse beam profiles of energy density. The first transverse beam profile is different to the second transverse beam profile and is non-Gaussian. The method includes carrying out a scan of the laser beam across a working surface, wherein, during the scan, the laser beam and/or working surface is adjusted such that, for a first part of the scan, the first transverse beam profile is located at the working surface and, for a second part of the scan, the second transverse beam profile is located at the working surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: RENISHAW PLCInventor: Ian James Thomson
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Patent number: 11794251Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) metal object manufacturing apparatus is equipped with a removable vessel to reduce the time required for start-up procedures after the printer is serviced. The removable vessel is filled with solid metal that is heated to its melting temperature before the bulk wire is inserted into the vessel to commence printing operations. The melting of the solid metal in the removable vessel requires less time that the melting of an length of bulk wire adequate to produce a volume of melted metal suitable for printer operation. The solid metal in the removable vessel can be metal pellets, metal powder, or a solid metal insert.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jason M. LeFevre, Joseph C. Sheflin, Paul J. McConville, Joshua Hilton
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Patent number: 11792501Abstract: A device, method and system for installing video analytics parameters at a video analytics engine is provided. An example device determines that a classification of a first camera is one or more of similar to, and same as, a respective classification of at least one second camera. The example device retrieves, from a memory, video analytics parameters associated with the at least one second camera, the video analytics parameters stored at the memory in association with the respective classification. The example device causes installing of the video analytics parameters at a video analytics engine associated with the first camera.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Peter L. Venetianer, Thomas Christopher Hansen, Qifan Liang, Ryan Lee
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Patent number: 11789454Abstract: A movable carrier auxiliary system includes an environmental detecting device, a control device, a state detecting device, and an automatically parking device. The environmental detecting device includes an image capturing module and an operation module. A parking controlling method thereof includes capture an environmental image around a movable carrier with the image capturing module; analyze whether the environmental image has a parking space with the operation module; detect a movement state of the movable carrier with the state detecting device; control the control device with the automatically parking device based on an analysis result of the operation module and the movement state of the movable carrier, thereby to move the movable carrier to the parking space, improving a convenience and a safety when parking the movable carrier.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRO NICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Patent number: 11790660Abstract: An object recognition device is configured to: classify, under a state in which not all object data in a detection data group have been received and a part of the object data have been received by a current processing time, the part of the object data into pieces regarded as ready for association determination and pieces not regarded as ready for the association determination, to thereby associate the object data regarded as ready for the association determination and the prediction data individually with each other and set, as pending object data, the object data not regarded as ready for the association determination; and associate, under a state in which the remaining object data in the detection data group have been received by the next processing time after the current processing time, the remaining object data and the pending object data individually with the prediction data.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masanori Mori, Noriyoshi Yamashina, Koji Iida, Shinichi Tateiwa
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Patent number: 11783865Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for displaying a video playback page, an electronic device, and a medium. A specific implementation of the method includes: displaying the video playback page, where the video playback page includes a video playback view and a progress adjustment control for adjusting video playback progress; and updating a progress displayed in the progress adjustment control based on a playback progress of a currently played video in the video playback view at intervals of a target duration, where the target duration is determined based on a size of a screen of a video playback device and a total duration of the currently played video. This implementation realizes differentiation of callback duration for videos of different durations, thereby avoiding a video freeze caused by setting a fixed callback duration.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Junpeng Xiao, Huijun Yu
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Patent number: 11780433Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving alert activation for rear collision avoidance. In one embodiment, a method includes, responsive to detecting a target object that is located behind a subject vehicle, determining, by the subject vehicle, characteristics about the target object. The method includes modifying a collision threshold for activating an alert directed to the target object according to the characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Ryo Takaki
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Patent number: 11780186Abstract: Methods for fabricating inflatable devices made from air- or gas-holding fabrics. Specific embodiments relate to seam tapes, films, structural components or accessories welded to one or more fabric panels. Specifically disclosed is a fabrication system and method that reduces potential damage due to overheating seam areas. This disclosure has been found particularly useful with improved lightweight fabrics that would otherwise be susceptible to damage during welding processes.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: AIR CRUISERS COMPANY, LLCInventors: Thomas W. Swierkocki, Christian W. Thomson, Stanley J. Pawlowski, Jr, Sean M. Blazick
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Patent number: 11772496Abstract: A regenerative braking system of an automobile is disclosed. The system also includes an alternator, a plurality of supercapacitors and a power converter subsystem. The system also includes an automobile status sensing subsystem, which identifies a real time motion status of the automobile via one of an accelerometer and a pulse signal measurement. The power converter subsystem is operatively coupled to electrical system and the plurality of supercapacitors. The power converter subsystem transfers generated energy from the alternator and store the generated energy in the plurality of supercapacitors in an event of the braking of the automobile. The stored energy, which is stored in the supercapacitors, is slowly returned to the electrical systems of the automobile during idling, accelerating or running conditions.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Inventor: Anusheel Nahar
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Patent number: 11775570Abstract: High definition maps for autonomous vehicles are very high resolution and detailed, and hence require storage of a great deal of data. A vehicle computing system provides multi-layered caching makes this data usable in a system that requires very low latency on every operation. The system determines which routes are most likely to be driven in the near future by the car, and ensures that the route is cached on the vehicle before beginning the route. The system provides efficient formats for moving map data from server to car and for managing the on-car disk. The system further provides real-time accessibility of nearby map data as the car moves, while providing data access at optimal speeds.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATIONInventor: Mark Damon Wheeler
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Patent number: 11769929Abstract: A separator that includes a porous polymer substrate, a first porous coating layer and a second porous coating layer. First inorganic particles contained in the first porous coating layer have a lower hardness as compared to the second inorganic particles contained in the second porous coating layer. Since the separator is provided with at least two porous coating layers including inorganic particles having a different hardnesses, it is possible to increase the dielectric breakdown voltage, and thus to provide a battery with improved safety. It is also possible to reduce deformation of the separator caused by heat or pressure.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Dong-Wook Sung, Hyun-Kyung Shin, Jong-Yoon Lee, Dae-Sung Jang
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Patent number: 11764441Abstract: A separator for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the separator, the separator including a porous substrate, and a coating layer on at least one surface of the porous substrate, wherein the coating layer includes a heat resistant binder including a (meth)acryl copolymer including a first structural unit and a second structural unit, the first structural unit being a structural unit of a (meth)acrylamide and the second structural unit being a structural unit of a (meth)acrylic acid, a (meth)acrylate, a (meth)acrylonitrile, a (meth)acrylamido sulfonic acid, a (meth)acrylamido sulfonate salt, or a combination thereof; polyethylene particles; and first inorganic particles, and an average particle size (D50) of the first inorganic particles is larger than an average particle size (D50) of the polyethylene particles.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyeonsun Choi, Yongkyoung Kim, Jungyoon Lee, Yangseob Kim
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Patent number: 11760059Abstract: A method of bonding includes using a bonding layer having a fluorinated oxide. Fluorine may be introduced into the bonding layer by exposure to a fluorine-containing solution, vapor or gas or by implantation. The bonding layer may also be formed using a method where fluorine is introduced into the layer during its formation. The surface of the bonding layer is terminated with a desired species, preferably an NH2 species. This may be accomplished by exposing the bonding layer to an NH4OH solution. High bonding strength is obtained at room temperature. The method may also include bonding two bonding layers together and creating a fluorine distribution having a peak in the vicinity of the interface between the bonding layers. One of the bonding layers may include two oxide layers formed on each other. The fluorine concentration may also have a second peak at the interface between the two oxide layers.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR BONDING TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventor: Qin-Yi Tong
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Patent number: 11760006Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a three-dimensional component by an electron-beam, laser-sintering or laser-melting process, in which the component is created by successively solidifying predetermined portions of individual layers of building material that can be solidified by being exposed to the effect of an electron-beam or laser-beam source (2) by melting on the building material, wherein thermographic data records are recorded during the production of the layers, respectively characterizing a temperature profile of at least certain portions of the respective layer, and the irradiation of the layers takes place by means of an electron beam or laser beam (3), which is controlled on the basis of the recorded thermographic data records in such a way that a largely homogeneous temperature profile is produced, wherein, to irradiate an upper layer, a focal point (4) of the electron beam or laser beam (3) is guided along a scanning path (17), which is chosen on the basis of the data record characType: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Concept Laser GmbHInventor: Frank Herzog
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Patent number: 11757158Abstract: An all-solid-state lithium battery is disclosed, including a substrate; and a plurality of layers of lithium battery units stacked on the substrate. Each layer of lithium battery unit of the plurality of layers of lithium battery units includes at least two electrode collector layers, a first electrode layer, an electrolyte layer and a second electrode layer. Two neighboring layers of lithium battery units share one of the electrode collector layers. A method for fabricating an all-solid-state lithium battery is further disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Quanguo Zhou, Lijia Zhou, Rongjian Yan, Zhidong Wang, Jiuyang Cheng, Ronghua Lan, Yancheng Lu, Qingguo Yang
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Patent number: 11752574Abstract: A laser beam irradiation unit of a laser processing apparatus includes a laser oscillator, a condenser lens that condenses a laser beam emitted from the laser oscillator, and a phase modulation element arranged between the laser oscillator and the condenser lens. Individual differences of the condenser lens are prevented by applying, to the phase modulation element, voltages corresponding to a combined pattern of a shape correction pattern which is configured to correct differences between an actual shape and design values of the condenser lens, and an adjustment pattern which is configured to adjust optical characteristics of the laser beam at each processing point.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: DISCO CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Ueki, Nobuyuki Kimura
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Systems and methods for facilitating setting of television program series recording priority ranking
Patent number: 11758219Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating setting of television program series recording priority ranking include functionality that monitors television series program viewing habits of a user for a plurality of different television program series. The system then changes television program series recording priority rankings to resolve recording conflicts based on the monitoring of the television series program viewing habits. In some embodiments, the system first sends a notification to the user of an option to upgrade a recording priority ranking. Additionally, the system may record television program episodes whose recordings were skipped due to them having a lower recording priority ranking. The system may record such skipped television program episodes during the next time slot in which a skipped episode is rebroadcast and does not conflict with a higher priority broadcast.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: DISH NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITEDInventor: Deepak Sharma -
Patent number: 11754409Abstract: An autonomous vehicle including a vehicle propulsion system, a braking system, a steering system, and a computing system. The computing system includes a processor and memory that stores computer-executable instructions that cause the processor to select a route for a passenger of the autonomous vehicle for a trip to a destination. The route for the passenger is selected from a plurality of potential routes. The route for the passenger is selected based on a preference of the passenger and aggregate ride quality feedback from passengers of autonomous vehicles in a fleet at locations along the potential routes to the destination. The processor is further configured to control at least one of the vehicle propulsion system, the braking system, or the steering system to move the autonomous vehicle along the route as selected for the trip to the destination.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Stephanie Olivia Engle, Bradley David Ryan, Kathryn Alexis Tuason
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Patent number: 11755024Abstract: A navigation system may include at least one processor programmed to receive, from a camera, one or more images representative of an environment of a host vehicle; receive a first directional indicator representative of a first target trajectory direction for the host vehicle; and receive a first distance estimate associated with the first target trajectory direction. The processor may analyze the one or more images in view of the received first directional indicator and the received first distance estimate to identify in the one or more images a representation of a first road segment consistent with the first target trajectory direction and the first distance estimate; and generate a planned trajectory for the host vehicle, based at least in part on the first target trajectory direction and the first distance estimate. The planned trajectory may be made to extend along at least a portion of the first road segment.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.Inventors: Doron Weiser, Tomer Eshet, Ori Shachar