Patents by Inventor Joel Richard

Joel Richard 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: 20240073046
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of network devices comprising a plurality of ports, a power bus connecting the network devices, wherein power is shared between the network devices over the power bus, and a controller for identifying available power and allocating power to the ports. The ports include a plurality of PSE (Power Sourcing Equipment) PoE (Power over Ethernet) ports each operable to transmit power to a device connected to one of the PSE PoE ports, a plurality of PD (Powered Device) PoE ports each operable to receive power from a device connected to one of the PD PoE ports, and a plurality of bi-directional PoE ports each configurable to operate as a PSE PoE port to transmit power to a device connected to one of the bi-directional PoE ports or as a PD PoE port to receive power from the connected device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Chad M. Jones, Charles Lacey Compton, III
  • Patent number: 11916374
    Abstract: A system is provided that includes a power transmitter configured to provide power to a current loop, a power receiver configured to receive the power from the current loop. The power receiver is configured to, on a periodic basis, disconnect from the current loop to stop pulling power from the current loop for a period of time to enable a safety check to be performed by the power transmitter. The power transmitter is configured to: monitor current on the current loop; determine whether a current level on the current loop passes the safety check within a predetermined time interval since a determination that the current level was not within a safe range; and control connectivity of the power to the current loop depending on whether the safety check has or has not passed within the predetermined time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Dewayne Potterf, Chad M. Jones, Joel Richard Goergen
  • Patent number: 11910568
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, an apparatus includes a substrate and die package, a thermal transfer plate positioned adjacent to the substrate and die package for cooling the substrate and die package, wherein at least one electrical path extends through the thermal transfer plate for transmitting power from a power module to the substrate and die package, and a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) module comprising a plurality of air movement cells for dissipating heat from the thermal transfer plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Joel Richard Goergen
  • Patent number: 11909320
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting multi-phase pulse power from power sourcing equipment to a powered device in a data center, wherein the multi-phase pulse power comprises multiple phases of power delivered in a sequence of pulses defined by alternating low direct current voltage states and high direct current voltage states, and synchronizing the pulses at the power sourcing equipment with the pulses at the powered device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Anthony O'Brien, Joel Richard Goergen, Chad M. Jones, Jason DeWayne Potterf, George Allan Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 11906799
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an upper cold plate and a lower cold plate, at least one of the upper cold plate or the lower cold plate comprising an electrical or optical path extending therethrough, a substrate and die package interposed between the upper cold plate or the lower cold plate, and a connector coupled to one of the upper cold plate or the lower cold plate for transmitting power or an optical signal through the electrical or optical path to the substrate and die package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Joel Richard Goergen
  • Patent number: 11899917
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to techniques for interacting with a hierarchical video segmentation using a video timeline. In some embodiments, the finest level of a hierarchical segmentation identifies the smallest interaction unit of a video—semantically defined video segments of unequal duration called clip atoms, and higher levels cluster the clip atoms into coarser sets of video segments. A presented video timeline is segmented based on one of the levels, and one or more segments are selected through interactions with the video timeline. For example, a click or tap on a video segment or a drag operation dragging along the timeline snaps selection boundaries to corresponding segment boundaries defined by the level. Navigating to a different level of the hierarchy transforms the selection into coarser or finer video segments defined by the level. Any operation can be performed on selected video segments, including playing back, trimming, or editing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventors: Seth Walker, Joy O Kim, Aseem Agarwala, Joel Richard Brandt, Jovan Popovic, Lubomira Dontcheva, Dingzeyu Li, Hijung Shin, Xue Bai
  • Patent number: 11890441
    Abstract: An automatic tattoo apparatus can be used to robotically apply tattoos. A customer can shop on an online tattoo marketplace to select designs created by various artists located anywhere. The online tattoo marketplace can process and manage payments, artist and/or customer profiles, bookings, tattoo design uploads, browsing and design selection, design changes, and/or perform other actions. The automatic tattoo device can apply tattoos precisely, quickly, and may with reduced pain. The tattoo apparatus can apply a wide range of different types of tattoos, including but not limited to micro tattoos, dotwork, blackwork tattoos, realism tattoos, fine-line tattoos, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Blackdot, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Azdoud, Joel Richard Pennington, Eric Nelson Watts, Deniz Ozturk, Anna Ailene Scott, Christopher Daniel Kelley
  • Patent number: 11894936
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a power adapter configured for direct connection to a Power Supply Unit (PSU) installed in a network device, the power adapter comprising a power input port for receiving power on an Ethernet cable, a power converter module for converting the power received at the power input port to a PSU input power, and a power output connector for connection with a PSU power input connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Chad M. Jones, Jessica Kiefer, Douglas Paul Arduini
  • Patent number: 11887371
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a thumbnail segmentation that defines the locations on a video timeline where thumbnails are displayed. Candidate thumbnail locations are determined from boundaries of feature ranges of the video indicating when instances of detected features are present in the video. In some embodiments, candidate thumbnail separations are penalized for being separated by less than a minimum duration corresponding to a minimum pixel separation (e.g., the width of a thumbnail) between consecutive thumbnail locations on a video timeline. The thumbnail segmentation is computed by solving a shortest path problem through a graph that models different thumbnail locations and separations. As such, a video timeline is displayed with thumbnails at locations on the timeline defined by the thumbnail segmentation, with each thumbnail depicting a portion of the video associated with the thumbnail location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Walker, Hijung Shin, Cristin Ailidh Fraser, Aseem Agarwala, Lubomira Dontcheva, Joel Richard Brandt, Jovan Popović, Joy Oakyung Kim, Justin Salamon, Jui-hsien Wang, Timothy Jeewun Ganter, Xue Bai, Dingzeyu Li
  • Patent number: 11887629
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to interactive tiles that represent video segments of a segmentation of a video. In some embodiments, each interactive tile represents a different video segment from a particular video segmentation (e.g., a default video segmentation). Each interactive tile includes a thumbnail (e.g., the first frame of the video segment represented by the tile), some transcript from the beginning of the video segment, a visualization of detected faces in the video segment, and one or more faceted timelines that visualize a category of detected features (e.g., a visualization of detected visual scenes, audio classifications, visual artifacts). In some embodiments, interacting with a particular interactive tile navigates to a corresponding portion of the video, adds a corresponding video segment to a selection, and/or scrubs through tile thumbnails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Walker, Hijung Shin, Cristin Ailidh Fraser, Aseem Agarwala, Lubomira Dontcheva, Joel Richard Brandt, Jovan Popović, Joy Oakyung Kim, Justin Salamon, Jui-hsien Wang, Timothy Jeewun Ganter, Xue Bai, Dingzeyu Li
  • Publication number: 20240022337
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving power delivered over a data fiber cable at an optical transceiver installed at a network communications device and transmitting data and the power from the optical transceiver to the network communications device. The network communications device is powered by the power received from the optical transceiver. An apparatus is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Charles Calvin Byers, Robert Gregory Twiss, D. Brice Achkir, Chad M. Jones
  • Patent number: 11858458
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first member, a second member configured for coupling with the first member, an authentication module integrated into one of the first or second member, and a locking device operable to lock the second member to the first member, and unlock the second member from the first member upon receiving input from the authentication module. The authentication module is operable to authenticate an unlock request received from an external source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Mary Kathryn Savage, Kameron Rose Hurst, Robert Gregory Twiss
  • Patent number: 11853138
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a power control block includes a power input for receiving pulse power from a power source, a power output coupled to a transmission line connector, a pulse power module operable to receive the pulse power and transmit the pulse power to the power output, a Power over Ethernet (PoE) module operable to receive the pulse power and transmit PoE to the power output, and a power controller for selecting the pulse power module to deliver the pulse power to the power output or the PoE module to deliver the PoE to the power output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Joel Richard Goergen
  • Patent number: 11848790
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting pulse power on two wire pairs, the pulse power comprising a plurality of high voltage pulses with the high voltage pulses on the wire pairs offset between the wire pairs to provide continuous power, performing low voltage fault detection on each of the wire pairs between the high voltage pulses, and transmitting data on at least one of the wire pairs during transmittal of the high voltage pulses. Data transmittal is suspended during the low voltage fault detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Chad M. Jones, Joel Richard Goergen, George Allan Zimmerman, Richard Anthony O'Brien, Douglas Paul Arduini, Jason DeWayne Potterf, Sung Kee Baek
  • Publication number: 20230401102
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a plurality of servers located in a plurality of electric vehicles, associating the servers with an electric vehicle based cloud data center, allocating resources to the servers in the electric vehicle based cloud data center to perform data center functions, and managing the servers in the electric vehicle based cloud data center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Kameron Rose Hurst
  • Publication number: 20230400902
    Abstract: A method is provided that includes grouping a plurality of ports at power sourcing equipment receiving pulse power and transmitting power from the group of ports at the power sourcing equipment to a power interface module operable to combine the power and provide an AC (alternating current) outlet configured to provide AC power to one or more devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Chad M. Jones, Dylan T. Walker
  • Patent number: 11839734
    Abstract: An automatic tattoo apparatus can be used to robotically apply tattoos. A customer can shop on an online tattoo marketplace to select designs created by various artists located anywhere. The online tattoo marketplace can process and manage payments, artist and/or customer profiles, bookings, tattoo design uploads, browsing and design selection, design changes, and/or perform other actions. The automatic tattoo device can apply tattoos precisely, quickly, and may with reduced pain. The tattoo apparatus can apply a wide range of different types of tattoos, including but not limited to micro tattoos, dotwork, blackwork tattoos, realism tattoos, fine-line tattoos, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Blackdot, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Azdoud, Joel Richard Pennington, Eric Nelson Watts, Deniz Ozturk, Anna Ailene Scott, Christopher Daniel Kelley
  • Patent number: 11838060
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving power delivered over a data fiber cable at an optical transceiver installed at a network communications device and transmitting data and the power from the optical transceiver to the network communications device. The network communications device is powered by the power received from the optical transceiver. An apparatus is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Charles Calvin Byers, Robert Gregory Twiss, D. Brice Achkir, Chad M. Jones
  • Patent number: 11831450
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of network devices comprising a plurality of ports, a power bus connecting the network devices, wherein power is shared between the network devices over the power bus, and a controller for identifying available power and allocating power to the ports. The ports include a plurality of PSE (Power Sourcing Equipment) PoE (Power over Ethernet) ports each operable to transmit power to a device connected to one of the PSE PoE ports, a plurality of PD (Powered Device) PoE ports each operable to receive power from a device connected to one of the PD PoE ports, and a plurality of bi-directional PoE ports each configurable to operate as a PSE PoE port to transmit power to a device connected to one of the bi-directional PoE ports or as a PD PoE port to receive power from the connected device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Chad M. Jones, Charles Lacey Compton, III
  • Patent number: 11831109
    Abstract: In one embodiment, and apparatus includes an electrical socket for connection with an electrical plug, a sensor for identifying a secure connection between the electrical socket and the electrical plug, and an electronic controller electrically coupled to the electrical socket and comprising a power input for receiving power. The electronic controller is operable to transmit power to the electrical socket upon receiving a signal from the sensor identifying the secure connection between the electrical socket and the electrical plug and shut off or turn on power to the electrical socket upon receiving an external input to the electronic controller. A method is also disclosed herein. The apparatus and method provide an electronic controlled power switch or circuit breaker safety device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas Paul Arduini, Sung Kee Baek, Joel Richard Goergen