Patents by Inventor Charles Stephens

Charles Stephens 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).

  • Publication number: 20240165634
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for in-process adjustment to crushing systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Ray Jr. Anthony Nagatani, Allen Richard Zhao, Antonio Raymond Papania-Davis, Weishi Yan, Brian Howell, Jeffrey Bush, Charles Stephen Spirakis
  • Publication number: 20240169030
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for characterization of aggregate particles. A method includes obtaining, from a set of low fidelity sensors, first sensor data of a first portion of particles; obtaining, from a set of high fidelity sensors, second sensor data of the first portion of particles, the second sensor data comprising a higher fidelity representation of characteristics of the first portion of particles than the first sensor data; training a characterization model using the first sensor data and the second sensor data, the training comprising: providing, as training data to the characterization model, the second sensor data; and processing the second sensor data with the characterization model to correlate the first sensor data with the second sensor data. The first sensor data can indicate shape characteristics of each particle; and the second sensor data indicates a surface area of each particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Ray Jr. Anthony Nagatani, Allen Richard Zhao, Antonio Raymond Papania-Davis, Weishi Yan, Jeffrey Bush, Charles Stephen Spirakis, Brian Howell
  • Publication number: 20240155364
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for providing remote evaluation of a placement of an access point relative to one or more wireless devices in communication with the access point in a wireless network. The access point may determine directions, relative to the access point, of signals associated with wireless communications received by the access point from the one or more wireless devices. An indication of whether to move access point may be provided. An indication of whether to install range extending computing devices may be determined based on evaluating a variety of wireless conditions associated with the wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Charles Stephens Moreman, Vamsi Potluru
  • Patent number: 11965799
    Abstract: An electromagnetic signal detector includes a photonic crystal substrate, an antenna disposed on the substrate and having an active feed region and a ground region spaced apart from one another by a gap, a photonic crystal disposed on the substrate at the gap, and an electro optic polymer disposed on the photonic crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Eleanya Onuma, Manohar Deshpande, Mark Stephen, Fabrizio Gambini, Charles Turner
  • Patent number: 11944611
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (Ia) and (Ib): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which are useful in the treatment of an HIV infection in heavily treatment-experienced patients with multidrug resistant HIV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Elizabeth Bauer, Anna Chiu, Eric M. Gorman, Andrew Stephen Mulato, Martin Sunkwang Rhee, Charles William Rowe, Scott P. Sellers, Dimitrios Stefanidis, Winston C. Tse, Stephen R. Yant, Dana J. Levine
  • Publication number: 20240047020
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for developing recipes for concrete mixtures are disclosed. A method includes obtaining second input data including a second recipe for combining the plurality of ingredients; mixing the plurality of ingredients according to the second recipe to produce a second mixture; obtaining sensor data representing one or more qualities of the second mixture; evaluating the second mixture using the sensor data to obtain performance measures of the concrete mixture; processing the input data with the mixture prediction model to obtain a corresponding output of the mixture prediction model, the corresponding output including predicted performance measures for the second mixture; and adjusting parameters of the mixture prediction model based on comparing the output of the mixture prediction model to the performance measures of the second mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Ray Jr. Anthony Nagatani, Brian Howell, Antonio Raymond Papania-Davis, Weishi Yan, Charles Stephen Spirakis, Shijian Jin
  • Patent number: 11867942
    Abstract: The disclosure refers to an encapsulated illuminated glazing in which a cavity is first formed in the encapsulation and then, after completion of the encapsulation, the light strip is slid into and installed in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: AGP Worldwide Operations GMBH
    Inventors: Nils Herrmann, Henry Mariano, Andres Fernando Sarmiento Santos, Roshan Jha, Fernando Garcia Chavez, Gonzalo Rafael Vizcarra Mendoza, Ian Jam Riofrio VĂ©liz, Charles Stephen Voeltzel, Gino Lozada
  • Patent number: 11787278
    Abstract: A vehicle battery tray includes a floor assembly that has elongated tray sections that attach together at lateral edge portions of adjacent tray sections to form a floor structure that supports vehicle batteries contained in the vehicle battery tray. The elongated tray sections each have a substantially consistent cross-sectional shape that extends longitudinally along a length of the respective tray section. A first tray section includes a first attachment feature at the lateral edge portion thereof and a second tray section includes a second attachment feature at the lateral edge portion thereof that corresponds with the first attachment feature. The first and second attachment features engage together at a longitudinal seam between the lateral edge portions of the first and second tray sections, such as to align upper surfaces of the first and second tray sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Shape Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph Robert Matecki, Mark Charles Stephens, Helen Weykamp
  • Patent number: 11743738
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for providing remote evaluation of a placement of an access point relative to one or more wireless devices in communication with the access point in a wireless network. The access point may determine directions, relative to the access point, of signals associated with wireless communications received by the access point from the one or more wireless devices. An indication of whether to move access point may be provided. An indication of whether to install range extending computing devices may be determined based on evaluating a variety of wireless conditions associated with the wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Stephens Moreman, Vamsi Potluru
  • Patent number: 11718072
    Abstract: The use of camera based safety systems is growing at a rapid rate in modern automobiles. As the industry moves towards vehicles with full autonomous capability, the number of cameras required and the resolution of the cameras are both increasing. At the same time, windshields, where many of the cameras are mounted, are becoming larger and more complex in shape. This presents problems in the area of camera optics. Variations in the thickness of the glass and the plastic layer, surface mismatch, surface texture and the design curvature of the glass in conjunction with the often low installation angle, can reduce the optical clarity of the camera optics. These optical aberrations are further exacerbated during the lamination process when the layers are bonded together under pressure. The laminate of the invention utilizes a cutout in the plastic bonding layer in side of the laminate, preferable in the camera field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventors: Mario Arturo Mannheim Astete, Charles Stephen Voeltzel, Andres Fernando Sarmiento Santos, Pierre Mezeix, Jean-Marie Le Ny
  • Patent number: 11691493
    Abstract: A battery tray for an electric vehicle includes a tub component that has a floor portion and a perimeter wall portion that integrally extends upward around a peripheral edge of the floor portion to border a battery containment area of the tub component. The tub component may include a plurality of cross member portions that integrally interconnect with the floor portion and the perimeter wall portion so as to span laterally across the battery containment area to divide the battery containment area into separate compartments. A support structure of the battery tray may have an elongated member coupled at an exterior side of each of opposing longitudinal sections of the perimeter wall portion of the tub component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Shape Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Charles Stephens, Joseph Robert Matecki, Bob Brady, Matthew Kuipers, Paul Michael Roehm
  • Patent number: 11688910
    Abstract: A battery tray for an electric vehicle includes a tub component that has a floor portion and a perimeter wall portion that integrally extends upward around a peripheral edge of the floor portion to border a battery containment area of the tub component. The tub component may include a plurality of cross member portions that integrally interconnect with the floor portion and the perimeter wall portion so as to span laterally across the battery containment area to divide the battery containment area into separate compartments. A support structure of the battery tray may have an elongated member coupled at an exterior side of each of opposing longitudinal sections of the perimeter wall portion of the tub component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Shape Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Charles Stephens, Joseph Robert Matecki, Bob Brady, Matthew Kuipers, Paul Michael Roehm
  • Publication number: 20230155835
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, method, and computer program product for generating and using stored shards of passwords on multiple native biometric sensors is disclosed. This invention takes each password, encrypts the password using a key from a biometric sensor, converts the encrypted key, and splits it into a user-definable number of parts, or shards. Shards can then distribute to multiple devices and then only unlock the password (or other form of a secret) if many shards are present. The invention changes a password manager from a potential security threat to a convenience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventor: Charles Stephen Edge
  • Publication number: 20230116649
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for determining locations for range-extending devices. Signal strength between devices within an area may be measured one or more times over a time period. Based on the measurements, signal loss over fronthaul links and backhaul links may be determined for each range-extending device in the area. A predicted improvement in signal quality may be determined. A direction and distance to move each range-extending device may be determined based on a comparison with the fronthaul and backhaul signal qualities and the predicted improvement in signal quality. The direction, improvement in signal quality, and/or user preferences for devices may be used to determine an improvement associated with moving one or more range-extending devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Stephens Moreman, Jon Cave
  • Patent number: 11618507
    Abstract: The laminated glass panoramic roof is a popular although expensive option offered on a growing number of automobiles. Much of its appeal comes from the sleek modern appearance that it gives to the vehicle. The opaque laminated vehicle roof, by removing vision and optical requirements can be produced at a lower cost. The opaque laminated roof, by retaining a glass outer surface, maintains the same exterior appearance, aesthetic and much of the appeal of a conventional laminated glass panoramic roof. The opaque laminated vehicle roof also allows for the use of alternate materials which can further reduce cost and weight while adding additional features such as installation hardware, fasteners, lighting, antennas and solar cells to the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: AGP America S.A.
    Inventors: Mario Arturo Mannheim Astete, Charles Stephen Voeltzel, Juan Pablo Suarez
  • Patent number: 11572024
    Abstract: The use of camera based safety systems is growing at a rapid rate in modern automobiles. As the industry moves for full autonomous capability, the number of cameras required is increasing. At the same time, windshields, where many of the cameras are mounted are becoming larger and more complex in shape. This presents problems in the area of camera optics. For one, the camera is looking out through at least two layers of bent glass bonded together by a third layer of plastic. Mismatches in the refractive index can result in a double image. The curvature of the glass turns the window into a lens and, in conjunction with the often low installation angle, can reduce the optical clarity of the camera field of view. The laminate of the invention has a cutout in the area of the camera(s) on the interior glass layer where the cameras are mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AGP America S.A.
    Inventors: Mario Arturo Mannheim Astete, Charles Stephen Voeltzel, Juan Pablo Suarez, Philip Denton Gordon, Andres Fernando Sarmiento Santos
  • Patent number: 11541650
    Abstract: Laminated glazings with embedded wire circuits, have many uses. But, due to the higher cost of manufacture, they are not widely used. This invention provides a process to reduce the cost of production for embedded wire laminated glazing. Rather than embedding the wire one interlayer at a time, several circuits are produced on the same sheet, cut out and then inserted into the interlayer of each separate laminate during assembly, reducing the direct labor and capital investment required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: AGP America S.A.
    Inventors: Mario Arturo Mannheim Astete, Charles Stephen Voeltzel
  • Patent number: 11420424
    Abstract: The price and performance of LED lighting have reached the point where LEDs are displacing more traditional lighting. Even though LED lifetimes are as high as 50,000 hours, they are still being designed as replaceable bulbs rather than being integrated as a permanent part of the lighting assembly. The invention provides for a means of economically producing laminated glass with integrated LED lighting designed to last the life of the vehicle. This is done by embedding the LED die into the plastic layer used to bond the glass layers of a laminate together, forming an embedded wire circuit from thin high tensile strength Tungsten wire to power the LEDs and by utilizing machine tool technology originally developed to produce integrated circuit assemblies such as RFID ID cards, tickets and passports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: AGP America S.A.
    Inventors: Mario Arturo Mannheim Astete, Gonzalo Rafael Vizcarra Mendoza, Diego Alonso Vargas Duharte, Charles Stephen Voeltzel
  • Patent number: 11375449
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for determining locations for range-extending devices. Signal strength between devices within an area may be measured one or more times over a time period. Based on the measurements, signal loss over fronthaul links and backhaul links may be determined for each range-extending device in the area. A predicted improvement in signal quality may be determined. A direction and distance to move each range-extending device may be determined based on a comparison with the fronthaul and backhaul signal qualities and the predicted improvement in signal quality. The direction, improvement in signal quality, and/or user preferences for devices may be used to determine an improvement associated with moving one or more range-extending devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Stephens Moreman, Jon Cave
  • Patent number: D1016520
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventors: Charles Allen Lafferty, Jr., Chad Stephen Mason, Marinus James Oostdyk