Patents by Inventor Allen Wood
Allen Wood has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11977206Abstract: A display article is described herein that includes: a substrate comprising a thickness and primary surface; a diffractive surface region defined by the primary surface; and an antireflective coating disposed on the diffractive surface region. The diffractive surface region comprises structural features that comprise different heights in a multimodal distribution. The substrate exhibits a sparkle of <4%, and a transmittance haze of <20%, each from an incident angle of 0°. The antireflection coating comprises a plurality of alternating high refractive index and low refractive index layers. Further, each of the low index layers comprises a refractive index of ?about 1.8, and each of the high index layers comprises a refractive index of >1.8. The article exhibits a first-surface average visible specular reflectance of less than 0.2% at an incident angle of 20°, and a maximum hardness of ?8 GPa in a Berkovich Indenter Hardness Test.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Shandon Dee Hart, Karl William Koch, III, Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams, Lin Lin, Wageesha Senaratne, William Allen Wood
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Publication number: 20240147243Abstract: An embodiment includes a method to increase the efficiency of security checkpoint operations. A security checkpoint kiosk serves as a Relying Party System (RPS). The RPS establishes a secure local connection between the RPS and a User Mobile-Identification-Credential Device (UMD). The RPS sends a user information request to the UMD, via the secure local connection, seeking release of user information associated with a Mobile Identification Credential (MIC). The RPS obtains authentication of the user information received in response to the user information request. The RPS retrieves user travel information based on the user information. The RPS determines that the user travel information matches the user information. When the user travel information matches the user information, the RPS approves the user to proceed past the security checkpoint kiosk.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Haya Iris VILLANUEVA GAVIOLA, Gianpaolo FASOLI, Vinay GANESH, Irene M. GRAFF, Martijn Theo HARING, Ahmer A. KHAN, Franck Farian RAKOTOMALALA, Gordon Y. SCOTT, Ho Cheung CHUNG, Antonio ALLEN, Mayura Dhananjaya DESHPANDE, Thomas John MILLER, Christopher SHARP, David W. SILVER, Policarpo B. WOOD, Ka YANG
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Patent number: 11971190Abstract: A damper assembly includes a frame having an inner surface and a protrusion extending inwardly relative to the inner surface, a damper blade coupled to the frame and configured to transition between an open position and a closed position, and a latch coupled to the inner surface of the frame. The latch is configured to deform to facilitate transition of the damper blade between the open position and the closed position and to expand to capture and retain the damper blade in the closed position, the latch includes a tab segment configured to move toward the protrusion during deformation of the latch and to move away from the protrusion during expansion of the latch, and a distal end of the tab segment overlaps with a thickness of the protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Air Distribution Technologies IP, LLCInventors: Cody Christopher Thompson, Brian Gerard Bellerive, Jeffrey Scott Beneke, Kent Steven Maune, Park Allen Wood
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Patent number: 11950101Abstract: An embodiment includes a method to increase the efficiency of security checkpoint operations. A security checkpoint kiosk serves as a Relying Party System (RPS). The RPS establishes a secure local connection between the RPS and a User Mobile-Identification-Credential Device (UMD). The RPS sends a user information request to the UMD, via the secure local connection, seeking release of user information associated with a Mobile Identification Credential (MIC). The RPS obtains authentication of the user information received in response to the user information request. The RPS retrieves user travel information based on the user information. The RPS determines that the user travel information matches the user information. When the user travel information matches the user information, the RPS approves the user to proceed past the security checkpoint kiosk.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Haya Iris Villanueva Gaviola, Gianpaolo Fasoli, Vinay Ganesh, Irene M. Graff, Martijn Theo Haring, Ahmer A. Khan, Franck Farian Rakotomalala, Gordon Y. Scott, Ho Cheung Chung, Antonio Allen, Mayura Dhananjaya Deshpande, Thomas John Miller, Christopher Sharp, David W. Silver, Policarpo B. Wood, Ka Yang
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Publication number: 20240107118Abstract: Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that facilitate control of playback of a live content item displayed in a playback user interface. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that facilitate display of key content corresponding to a live content item in a key content user interface. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that facilitate concurrently display of multiple content items in a Multiview user interface. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that facilitate display of insights corresponding to a content item displayed in a playback user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Christopher J. ELLINGFORD, Kevin M. SANDLOW, Lucio MORENO RUFO, Fredric R. VINNA, Policarpo B. WOOD, Antonio ALLEN, William D. CARPENTER, Anton M. DAVYDOV, Jonathan SILVIO, Brian K. SHIRAISHI, Gregory T. SCOTT
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Publication number: 20240104188Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to digital identification credential user interfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Haya Iris VILLANUEVA GAVIOLA, Antonio A. ALLEN, Mayura D. DESHPANDE, Thomas John MILLER, Policarpo Bonilla WOOD, JR., Ho Cheung CHUNG, Gianpaolo FASOLI, Vinay GANESH, Irene M. GRAFF, Martijn Theo HARING, Ahmer A. KHAN, Franck Farian RAKOTOMALALA, Gordon SCOTT, Christopher SHARP, David W. SILVER, Ka YANG
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Patent number: 11940593Abstract: A display article is described herein that includes: a substrate comprising a thickness and a primary surface; and the primary surface having defined thereon a diffractive surface region. The diffractive surface region comprises a plurality of structural features that comprises a plurality of different heights in a multimodal distribution. Further, the substrate exhibits a sparkle of less than 4%, as measured by pixel power deviation (PPD140) at an incident angle of 0° from normal, a distinctness of image (DOI) of less than 80% at an incident angle of 20° from normal, and a transmittance haze of less than 20% from an incident angle of 0° from normal.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Jiangwei Feng, Shandon Dee Hart, Karl William Koch, III, Cameron Robert Nelson, Wageesha Senaratne, William Allen Wood
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Patent number: 11822543Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes determining, by a computer device, composite view rules for combining first data from a first data record and second data from a second data record to create a composite view of an entity in a master data management system; receiving, by the computer device, the first data; receiving, by the computer device, the second data; creating, by the computer device, the composite view from the first data and the second data based on the composite view rules; physically materializing the composite view on a storage device; preserving, by the computer device, the first data record; and preserving, by the computer device, the second data record.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Martin Oberhofer, Jason Allen Woods, Rin Davis, Soma Shekar Naganna, Pankuj Chachra
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Publication number: 20230250994Abstract: A damper assembly includes a frame having an inner surface and a protrusion extending inwardly relative to the inner surface, a damper blade coupled to the frame and configured to transition between an open position and a closed position, and a latch coupled to the inner surface of the frame. The latch is configured to deform to facilitate transition of the damper blade between the open position and the closed position and to expand to capture and retain the damper blade in the closed position, the latch includes a tab segment configured to move toward the protrusion during deformation of the latch and to move away from the protrusion during expansion of the latch, and a distal end of the tab segment overlaps with a thickness of the protrusion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2022Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Cody Christopher Thompson, Brian Gerard Bellerive, Jeffrey Scott Beneke, Kent Steven Maune, Park Allen Wood
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Publication number: 20230032663Abstract: A sprinkler system for a temporary chute used for disposal of construction materials during a construction or renovation project. The sprinkler system is releasably engaged with the temporary chute and is used to control dust within the chute, wash down the chute, and extinguish fires. A housing of the sprinkler system is releasably engaged with an intake hopper of the chute, placing an interior chamber of the housing in fluid communication with the chutes' tunnel. First and second sprinkler heads are located within the interior chamber. The first sprinkler head is temperature sensitive and automatically actuated when a threshold temperature is crossed. The second sprinkler head is manually activated by an operator to spray liquid into the tunnel to control dust or wash the interior surfaces of the chute. The sprinkler system and temporary chute are disengaged from the building once the construction or renovation project is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: CHAZEM MANUFACTURING, LLCInventors: Hadi Camille BOUSTANI, Richard Allen WOOD
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Publication number: 20230028863Abstract: A substrate for a display article is described herein including (a) a primary surface; and (b) a textured region disposed at the primary surface, the textured region comprising: (i) one or more higher surfaces residing at a higher mean elevation parallel to a base-plane disposed below the textured region extending through the substrate; (ii) one or more lower surfaces residing at a lower mean elevation parallel to the base-plane; and (iii) surface features providing at a least a portion of either or both of (i) the one or more higher surfaces and (ii) the one or more lower surfaces. The surface features can include larger surface features and smaller surface features, either or both providing one or more surfaces of the substrate that reside at one or more intermediate mean elevations parallel to the base-plane between the higher mean elevation and the lower mean elevation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Jiangwei Feng, Corinne Elizabeth Isaac, Karl William Koch, III, Shenping Li, Wageesha Senaratne, William Allen Wood
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Patent number: 11500876Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention determines duplicates in a graph. The graph comprises nodes representing entities and edges representing relationships between the entities. The method comprises: identifying at least two nodes in the graph. A neighborhood subgraph may be determined for each of the two nodes. The neighborhood subgraph includes the respective node. The method further comprises determining whether the two nodes are duplicates with respect to each other, based on a result of a comparison between the two subgraphs.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Thuany Karoline Stuart, Basem Elasioty, Claudio Andrea Fanconi, Mike W. Grasselt, Hemanth Kumar Babu, Yannick Saillet, Robert Kern, Martin Oberhofer, Lars Bremer, Jonathan Roesner, Jason Allen Woods
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Publication number: 20220220715Abstract: a mounting dual showering system that allows two people to shower independent of each other and is easy to install/uninstall without any damage since no large tools are required. Mostly but not limited to renters that Connot remodel or change their bathrooms and anyone looking to have a better showering environment. This device can be adjusted to create but not limited to one or two zones within the shower/tube area that give users almost equal showering experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventor: Marcus Allen Wood
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Publication number: 20220188299Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes determining, by a computer device, composite view rules for combining first data from a first data record and second data from a second data record to create a composite view of an entity in a master data management system; receiving, by the computer device, the first data; receiving, by the computer device, the second data; creating, by the computer device, the composite view from the first data and the second data based on the composite view rules; physically materializing the composite view on a storage device; preserving, by the computer device, the first data record; and preserving, by the computer device, the second data record.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2022Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Martin OBERHOFER, Jason Allen WOODS, Rin DAVIS, Soma Shekar NAGANNA, Pankuj CHACHRA
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Patent number: 11280698Abstract: Non-contact methods of predicting an insertion loss of a test optical fiber connector are disclosed. Light is sent down the at least one optical fiber of the connector in the fundamental mode to emit an output light beam. The output-beam image is captured at different distances from the fiber end faces to define multiple output-beam images each associated with one of the multiple measurement positions. A Gaussian curve is then fitted to the multiple output-beam images to determine a mode field diameter, an offset, and a tilt of the output light beam. A Gaussian field model that incorporates the offset, the tilt, and the mode-field diameter is then used to predict the insertion loss when connecting to a reference optical fiber of a reference optical fiber connector.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Corning Research & Development CorporationInventors: Jinxin Huang, Dmitri Vladislavovich Kuksenkov, William James Miller, Nikolay Timofeyevich Timofeev, William Allen Wood
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Patent number: 11275727Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes determining, by a computer device, composite view rules for combining first data from a first data record and second data from a second data record to create a composite view of an entity in a master data management system; receiving, by the computer device, the first data; receiving, by the computer device, the second data; creating, by the computer device, the composite view from the first data and the second data based on the composite view rules; physically materializing the composite view on a storage device; preserving, by the computer device, the first data record; and preserving, by the computer device, the second data record.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Martin Oberhofer, Jason Allen Woods, Rin Davis, Soma Shekar Naganna, Pankuj Chachra
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Publication number: 20220009824Abstract: A substrate for a display article is described herein that includes (a) a primary surface; and (b) a textured region on at least a portion of the primary surface; the textured region comprising: (i) primary surface features, each comprising a perimeter parallel to a base-plane extending through the substrate disposed below the textured region, wherein the perimeter of each of the primary surface features comprises a longest dimension of at least 5 ?m; and (ii) one or more sections each comprising secondary surface features having a surface roughness (Ra) within a range of 5 nm to 100 nm. In some instances, an arrangement of the surface features reflect a random distribution. A method of forming the same is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Jiangwei Feng, Corinne Elizabeth Isaac, Shenping Li, Wageesha Senaratne, William Allen Wood
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Publication number: 20220011467Abstract: A display article is described herein that includes: a substrate comprising a thickness and a primary surface; and the primary surface having defined thereon a diffractive surface region. The diffractive surface region comprises a plurality of structural features that comprises a plurality of different heights in a multimodal distribution. Further, the substrate exhibits a sparkle of less than 4%, as measured by pixel power deviation (PPD140) at an incident angle of 0° from normal, a distinctness of image (DOI) of less than 80% at an incident angle of 20° from normal, and a transmittance haze of less than 20% from an incident angle of 0° from normal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Jiangwei Feng, Shandon Dee Hart, Karl William Koch, III, Cameron Robert Nelson, Wageesha Senaratne, William Allen Wood
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Publication number: 20220011466Abstract: A display article is described herein that includes: a substrate comprising a thickness and primary surface; a diffractive surface region defined by the primary surface; and an antireflective coating disposed on the diffractive surface region. The diffractive surface region comprises structural features that comprise different heights in a multimodal distribution. The substrate exhibits a sparkle of <4%, and a transmittance haze of <20%, each from an incident angle of 0°. The antireflection coating comprises a plurality of alternating high refractive index and low refractive index layers. Further, each of the low index layers comprises a refractive index of ?about 1.8, and each of the high index layers comprises a refractive index of >1.8. The article exhibits a first-surface average visible specular reflectance of less than 0.2% at an incident angle of 20°, and a maximum hardness of ?8 GPa in a Berkovich Indenter Hardness Test.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Shandon Dee Hart, Karl William Koch, III, Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams, Lin Lin, Wageesha Senaratne, William Allen Wood
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Publication number: 20220011478Abstract: A substrate for a display article includes: a primary surface; a textured region on at least a portion of the primary surface, the textured region comprising surface features that reflect a random distribution, each of the surface features comprising a perimeter that is parallel to a base-plane extending through a thickness of the substrate below the textured region, wherein the perimeter is elliptical. The textured region can further include (i) one or more higher surfaces residing at a higher mean elevation from the base-plane and (ii) one or more lower surfaces residing at a lower mean elevation from the base-plane that is closer to the base-plane than the higher mean elevation. The higher mean elevation can differ from the lower mean elevation by a distance within a range of 0.05 ?m to 0.70 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Jiangwei Feng, Corinne Elizabeth Isaac, Karl William Koch, III, Shenping Li, Wageesha Senaratne, William Allen Wood