Patents by Inventor Brian Schmidt
Brian Schmidt 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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Publication number: 20240145837Abstract: A battery case assembly includes a first member and a second member. The first member has a bottom portion, an upright portion and a top portion. The bottom portion is rigidly and fixedly attached to a vehicle floor structure. The second member is attached to the first member thereby defining a hollow rectangular structure with an open forward end and an open rearward end. A battery fitted within the hollow rectangular structure such that forward end of the battery is exposed via the open forward end of the hollow rectangular structure and a rearward end of the battery is exposed via the open rearward end of the hollow rectangular structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Brian Christopher HAUPT, Kayla SCHMIDT, Huyduc DO, Daisuke IIDUKA
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Patent number: 11953031Abstract: A hydraulic control assembly includes means for holding pressure in a cylinder to inhibit boom or arm drop of a machine in the event that a hose between the cylinder and a main control valve (MCV) ruptures. The pressure holding means of the hydraulic control assembly include a hydraulic valve and a parts-in-body check assembly both configured for insertion into a valve cavity defined by a valve body. The hydraulic valve comprises a proportional piloted valve that controls pressure.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: HydraForce, Inc.Inventors: Travis Schmidt, Valeriy Kazak, Brian Del Bene
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Patent number: 11830042Abstract: System architecture and methods for enabling an online real-time auction (either server-side or client-side) of advertising inventory that works in conjunction with ad serving technologies. In some implementations, the system architecture facilitates multiple parallel requests from an end-user's browser client to multiple real-time bidders who respond with a bid and advertisement that are sent to an ad serving system to be compared with other statically priced advertisements and exchange demand to determine the winning advertisements that will be displayed to the end-user. Data is aggregated for each bid and price limits are set based on the aggregations. In other implementations, all the bids from the multiple bidders are passed to the publisher for selection of a bid by the publisher.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: OPENX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Qasim Saifee, Bin Shen, Brian Schmidt, Jarriett Robinson, David Tannenbaum, Vadim Telyatnikov, Miki Rapoport
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Patent number: 11812222Abstract: A hearing aid comprises a sensor configured for detecting a focus of an end user on a real sound source, a microphone assembly configured for converting sounds into electrical signals, a speaker configured for converting the electrical signals into sounds, and a control subsystem configured for modifying the direction and/or distance of a greatest sensitivity of the microphone assembly based on detected focus. A virtual image generation system comprises memory storing a three-dimensional scene, a sensor configured for detecting a focus of the end user on a sound source, a speaker configured for conveying sounds to the end user, and a control subsystem configured for causing the speaker to preferentially convey a sound originating from the sound source in response to detection of the focus, and for rendering image frames of the scene, and a display subsystem configured for sequentially displaying the image frames to the end user.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: George Alistair Sanger, Samuel A. Miller, Brian Schmidt, Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik
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Publication number: 20230275951Abstract: A method includes receiving user input indicating a selection of a subset of two or more of a plurality of audio layers for media content to be provided to a user, each of the subset of audio layers corresponding to one or more audio sources, receiving second user input indicating volume levels for the two or more audio layers of the plurality of audio layers, capturing, based on the first user input, the two or more audio layers of the plurality of audio layers for a media content item to be provided to the user, and enabling audio playback based on the two or more audio layers of the plurality of audio layers and without including other audio layers of the plurality of audio layers, the audio playback reflecting the volume levels indicated by the second user input. The method further includes causing the media content item to be provided to the user using the audio playback reflecting the indicated volume levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Brian Schmidt, George Leiming Xing, Matt Snider, Sunbir Gill
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Patent number: 11688254Abstract: A illusory tactile sensation generation system and method via which a moving illusory tactile sensation may be created between spaced apart points on a user's skin using as few as two points of contact by varying the intensity at each point.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Inventor: Brian Schmidt
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Patent number: 11683541Abstract: A method includes capturing video frames of a video item to be transmitted as a livestream and delivering the video frames to a queue for an encoder of a user device. The method further includes determining that a subset of the video frames have been discarded. The discarding indicates that the subset of the video frames did not enter the encoder. The method further includes determining a frequency of discarded video frames. Responsive to the frequency exceeding a threshold frequency, the method includes reducing quality of the video item transmitted as the livestream based on the frequency by reducing one or more of frame rate of the user device, resolution of the user device, or encoder bitrate of the encoder.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventor: Brian Schmidt
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Patent number: 11677801Abstract: A method includes receiving user input indicating a selection of a subset of two or more of a plurality of audio layers for media content to be provided to a user, each of the subset of audio layers corresponding to one or more audio sources, receiving second user input indicating volume levels for the two or more audio layers of the plurality of audio layers, capturing, based on the first user input, the two or more audio layers of the plurality of audio layers for a media content item to be provided to the user, and creating an output audio layer for the media content item by mixing the two or more audio layers of the plurality of audio layers without including other audio layers of the plurality of audio layers, the output audio layer reflecting the volume levels indicated by the second user input. The method further includes causing the media content item to be provided to the user using the output audio layer reflecting the indicated volume levels.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Brian Schmidt, George Leiming Xing, Matt Snider, Sunbir Gill
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Publication number: 20220369044Abstract: A hearing aid comprises a sensor configured for detecting a focus of an end user on a real sound source, a microphone assembly configured for converting sounds into electrical signals, a speaker configured for converting the electrical signals into sounds, and a control subsystem configured for modifying the direction and/or distance of a greatest sensitivity of the microphone assembly based on detected focus. A virtual image generation system comprises memory storing a three-dimensional scene, a sensor configured for detecting a focus of the end user on a sound source, a speaker configured for conveying sounds to the end user, and a control subsystem configured for causing the speaker to preferentially convey a sound originating from the sound source in response to detection of the focus, and for rendering image frames of the scene, and a display subsystem configured for sequentially displaying the image frames to the end user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.Inventors: George Alistair Sanger, Samuel A. Miller, Brian Schmidt, Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik
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Publication number: 20220308824Abstract: An electronic device determines that an application has been launched for which screencasting is available. In response, the device displays a screencast control panel. A user inputs an instruction to begin screencasting via the control panel. In response to this instruction, the electronic device screencasts media content including content created by the application. A rate of screencasting is determined by a Frame Rate Conversion (FRC) module.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Brian Schmidt, Frank Petterson, Jason Robert Sao Bento, Barbara Macdonald
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Patent number: 11445305Abstract: A hearing aid comprises a sensor configured for detecting a focus of an end user on a real sound source, a microphone assembly configured for converting sounds into electrical signals, a speaker configured for converting the electrical signals into sounds, and a control subsystem configured for modifying the direction and/or distance of a greatest sensitivity of the microphone assembly based on detected focus. A virtual image generation system comprises memory storing a three-dimensional scene, a sensor configured for detecting a focus of the end user on a sound source, a speaker configured for conveying sounds to the end user, and a control subsystem configured for causing the speaker to preferentially convey a sound originating from the sound source in response to detection of the focus, and for rendering image frames of the scene, and a display subsystem configured for sequentially displaying the image frames to the end user.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: George Alistair Sanger, Samuel A. Miller, Brian Schmidt, Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik
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Publication number: 20220279029Abstract: A method includes receiving user input indicating a selection of a subset of two or more of a plurality of audio layers for media content to be provided to a user, each of the subset of audio layers corresponding to one or more audio sources, receiving second user input indicating volume levels for the two or more audio layers of the plurality of audio layers, capturing, based on the first user input, the two or more audio layers of the plurality of audio layers for a media content item to be provided to the user, and creating an output audio layer for the media content item by mixing the two or more audio layers of the plurality of audio layers without including other audio layers of the plurality of audio layers, the output audio layer reflecting the volume levels indicated by the second user input. The method further includes causing the media content item to be provided to the user using the output audio layer reflecting the indicated volume levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Brian Schmidt, George Leiming Xing, Matt Snider, Sunbir Gill
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Publication number: 20220270139Abstract: System architecture and methods for enabling an online real-time auction (either server-side or client-side) of advertising inventory that works in conjunction with ad serving technologies. In some implementations, the system architecture facilitates multiple parallel requests from an end-user's browser client to multiple real-time bidders who respond with a bid and advertisement that are sent to an ad serving system to be compared with other statically priced advertisements and exchange demand to determine the winning advertisements that will be displayed to the end-user. Data is aggregated for each bid and price limits are set based on the aggregations. In other implementations, all the bids from the multiple bidders are passed to the publisher for selection of a bid by the publisher.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Qasim Saifee, Bin Shen, Brian Schmidt, Jarriett Robinson, David Tannenbaum, Vadim Telyatnikov, Miki Rapoport
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Patent number: 11366632Abstract: An electronic device determines that an application has been launched for which screencasting is available. In response, the device displays a screencast control panel. A user inputs an instruction to begin screencasting via the control panel. In response to this instruction, the electronic device screencasts media content including content created by the application.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Brian Schmidt, Frank Petterson, Jason Robert Sao Bento, Barbara Macdonald
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Patent number: 11336709Abstract: A method includes identifying a plurality of layers of audio content available on a local device, each of the plurality of layers corresponding to one or more audio sources, receiving user input indicating a selection of a subset of two or more of the plurality of layers, storing, based on the user input, data identifying the selected layers of the plurality of layers of the audio content available on a local device, capturing, based on the stored data, the selected layers of the audio content, creating an output layer by mixing the selected layers of the audio content without including any unselected layer of the plurality of layers, determining an output frame rate for the output layer, and transmitting the output layer at the determined output frame rate to a media hosting service for presentation at a remote device.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Brian Schmidt, George Leiming Xing, Matt Snider, Sunbir Gill
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Patent number: 11276088Abstract: System architecture and methods for enabling an online real-time auction (either server-side or client-side) of advertising inventory that works in conjunction with ad serving technologies. In some implementations, the system architecture facilitates multiple parallel requests from an end-user's browser client to multiple real-time bidders who respond with a bid and advertisement that are sent to an ad serving system to be compared with other statically priced advertisements and exchange demand to determine the winning advertisements that will be displayed to the end-user. Data is aggregated for each bid and price limits are set based on the aggregations. In other implementations, all the bids from the multiple bidders are passed to the publisher for selection of a bid by the publisher.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2016Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: OpenX Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Qasim Saifee, Bin Shen, Brian Schmidt, Jarriett Robinson, David Tannenbaum, Vadim Telyatnikov, Miki Rapoport
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Publication number: 20220047801Abstract: A pump interface tubing for use in a peristaltic pump includes a tubular core having an outer surface and a treatment on the outer surface. The treatment reduces static charge buildup on the tubular core during operation of the peristaltic pump, and thereby reduces the noise signal that might otherwise undesirably couple to a signal of interest. Treatments include nitrile layers, heat shrink layers, cotton fiber layers, and anti-static sprays.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Brian Schmidt, Coleman Leach, Michael Kloosterboer, Lawrence D. Swanson, Edward E. Parsonage
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Patent number: 11240622Abstract: A dual source spatialized audio system includes a general audio system and a personal audio system. The general system includes a general audio processor and general speakers to produce general sound. The personal system includes a frame to be worn on a head of a user and a plurality of personal speakers attached to the frame. The personal system also includes a head pose sensor to collect head pose data of the user. The personal system further includes a head pose processor to determine a head pose of the user from the head pose data. Moreover, the personal system includes a personal audio processor to generate personal audio data based on the head pose of the user. The personal speakers generate personal sound corresponding to the personal audio data. The personal processor receives timing information/metadata from the general audio processor to synchronize the personal sound with the general sound.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: David Thomas Roach, Samuel A. Miller, George Alistair Sanger, Brian Schmidt, Terry Micheal O'Gara, Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik, Jehangir Tajik
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Publication number: 20210318797Abstract: An electronic device determines that an application has been launched for which screencasting is available. In response, the device displays a screencast control panel. A user inputs an instruction to begin screencasting via the control panel. In response to this instruction, the electronic device screencasts media content including content created by the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Brian Schmidt, Frank Petterson, Jason Robert Sao Bento, Barbara Macdonald
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Publication number: 20210280023Abstract: A illusory tactile sensation generation system and method via which a moving illusory tactile sensation may be created between spaced apart points on a user's skin using as few as two points of contact by varying the intensity at each point.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventor: Brian Schmidt