Patents by Inventor Patrick An Nguyen
Patrick An Nguyen 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: 20240128785Abstract: A portable power pack having a housing, a rechargeable lithium battery positioned in the housing, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a wireless charging coil, a light emitting diode (LED) flash light, a universal serial bus (USB) port, a direct current (DC) port, and a power management circuit. The LCD can be positioned on the housing and configured to display a status of the portable power pack. The wireless charging coil can be positioned in or on the housing and configured to wirelessly couple with an external wireless charging coil of an external device through electromagnetic induction in accordance with, for example, the Qi wireless power transfer standard. The USB port supplies a charging current to charge a portable electronic device, while the DC port supplies a starting current to jump start an engine of a vehicle that is electrically coupled with an external battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Brian F. Butler, Linh Nguyen, Patrick Clarke, Shenzhong Zhu, Xiao Ping Chen
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Patent number: 11931041Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for treating vascular defects are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, includes an occlusive device comprising a mesh having a low-profile state for intravascular delivery to the aneurysm and a deployed state, the mesh comprising a first end portion, a second end portion, and a length extending between the first and second end portions, and a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, and a width extending between the first and second lateral edges. The mesh may have a predetermined shape in the deployed state in which (a) the mesh is curved along its width, (b) the mesh is curved along its length, and (c) the mesh has an undulating contour across at least a portion of one or both of its length or its width. The mesh is configured to be positioned within the aneurysm in the deployed state such that the mesh extends over the neck of the aneurysm.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Gregory Hamel, Patrick Quinn, Arturo Rosqueta, Stephen Sosnowski, Christopher Andrews, Hieu Dang, Dinh Nguyen, Robert Pecor, Minh Q. Dinh, Ahramahzd Tatavoosian
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Publication number: 20240082044Abstract: A portable urine collection system (200) may include a urine collection device, a conduit (217) in fluid communication with the urine collection device (212), a urine collection container (214) having an interior region, a pump (216), and a container support (202). The pump is in fluid communication with the urine collection container and is configured to pull a vacuum on the interior region of the urine collection container effective to draw urine from the urine collection device through the conduit into the urine collection container. The container support is configured to detachably secure to a wheelchair and support at least the urine collection container.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Hoang Nguyen, Charles Shermer, Katherine Van Orden, Camie L. Meller, Eric Alan Fallows, Eric Portante, Hersh Patel, Melody Kuroda, Melissa Young Joyner, Dana Ahmad Abdelal, Vinayaka Kulkarni, Audrey Earnshaw, Patrick Hudson Chancy
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Publication number: 20240066513Abstract: A method of forming a batch of porous catalytic carrier filaments may include providing a precursor mixture, forcing the precursor mixture at a fixed rate through an orifice and then through a multiplicity of perforations in a belt, where the belt moves across and in tight registry with said orifice to form a batch of precursor catalytic carrier filaments, drying the batch of precursor porous catalytic carrier filaments to form the batch of porous catalytic carrier filaments, and firing (i.e. calcining) the batch of greenware porous catalytic carrier filaments to form the batch of porous catalytic carrier filaments. The batch of porous catalytic carrier filaments may have an average pore volume of at least about 0.1 cm3/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: James August MCCARTHY, Jingyu SHI, Stephen DAHAR, Patrick NGUYEN VAN NUOI
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Publication number: 20230271158Abstract: A product based on a metal-organic framework (MOF) and the method for producing same, the product containing particles bound by a binder, the binder including boehmite, the particles being essentially MOF particles and, optionally, particles of a ceramic material other than boehmite.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Patrick NGUYEN VAN NUOI, Guillaume COMTE, Giovanni MASSASSO
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Patent number: 11666885Abstract: A method of forming a batch of shaped adsorbent particles may include applying a precursor mixture into a shaping assembly within an application zone to form a batch of precursor shaped adsorbent particles, drying the batch of precursor shaped adsorbent particles within the shaping assembly to form the batch of shaped adsorbent particles, and ejecting the batch of shaped adsorbent particles from the shaping assembly. The batch of shaped adsorbent particles may have a moisture content of at least about 20 wt. %.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.Inventors: Samuel Noel Patrice Marlin, Samuel Morse Koch, Jingyu Shi, Patrick Nguyen Van Nuoi, James A. McCarthy, Stephen L. Dahar
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Patent number: 11488575Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for speech synthesis. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining an audio representation of speech of a target speaker, obtaining input text for which speech is to be synthesized in a voice of the target speaker, generating a speaker vector by providing the audio representation to a speaker encoder engine that is trained to distinguish speakers from one another, generating an audio representation of the input text spoken in the voice of the target speaker by providing the input text and the speaker vector to a spectrogram generation engine that is trained using voices of reference speakers to generate audio representations, and providing the audio representation of the input text spoken in the voice of the target speaker for output.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Ye Jia, Zhifeng Chen, Yonghui Wu, Jonathan Shen, Ruoming Pang, Ron J. Weiss, Ignacio Lopez Moreno, Fei Ren, Yu Zhang, Quan Wang, Patrick Nguyen
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Patent number: 11335333Abstract: A method includes obtaining audio data for a long-form utterance and segmenting the audio data for the long-form utterance into a plurality of overlapping segments. The method also includes, for each overlapping segment of the plurality of overlapping segments: providing features indicative of acoustic characteristics of the long-form utterance represented by the corresponding overlapping segment as input to an encoder neural network; processing an output of the encoder neural network using an attender neural network to generate a context vector; and generating word elements using the context vector and a decoder neural network. The method also includes generating a transcription for the long-form utterance by merging the word elements from the plurality of overlapping segments and providing the transcription as an output of the automated speech recognition system.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Wei Han, Chung-Cheng Chiu, Yu Zhang, Yonghui Wu, Patrick Nguyen, Sergey Kishchenko
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Publication number: 20210217404Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for speech synthesis. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining an audio representation of speech of a target speaker, obtaining input text for which speech is to be synthesized in a voice of the target speaker, generating a speaker vector by providing the audio representation to a speaker encoder engine that is trained to distinguish speakers from one another, generating an audio representation of the input text spoken in the voice of the target speaker by providing the input text and the speaker vector to a spectrogram generation engine that is trained using voices of reference speakers to generate audio representations, and providing the audio representation of the input text spoken in the voice of the target speaker for output.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2019Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Ye Jia, Zhifeng Chen, Yonghui Wu, Jonathan Shen, Ruoming Pang, Ron J. Weiss, Ignacio Lopez Moreno, Fei Ren, Yu Zhang, Quan Wang, Patrick Nguyen
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Publication number: 20210080262Abstract: A self-seating system is described. The self-seating system includes a guest interface for communicating with an arriving guest information relating to a seating assignment and a processing device communicating with the guest interface. The self-seating system also includes more than one directional display providing guidance to the guest as to the location of their seating assignment. The directional displays is selectively activated and deactivated through communication and signaling by the processing device. The self-seating system further includes a seating sensor communicating with the processing device as to when a guest is seated at a particular location.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Terrance J O'Shea, Patrick Nguyen, Tom E Pearson
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Publication number: 20200356910Abstract: A table management system is described. The table management system includes a host display device for displaying table placements within a room. The host display device includes more than one staff identifier device coupled to staff personnel and more than one table sensor including a communication device. The table management system also includes a server running a table management system algorithm and an aggregator device in communication with the server and in communication with the more than one table sensor. The aggregator device receives presence information and staff information from the more than one table sensor and communicating that information to the server. The server runs a software algorithm for managing table assignments and communicates table assignment information to the host display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2019Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: Buzz4it LLCInventors: Patrick Nguyen, Terrance J. O'Shea
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Publication number: 20200338525Abstract: A method of forming a batch of shaped adsorbent particles may include applying a precursor mixture into a shaping assembly within an application zone to form a batch of precursor shaped adsorbent particles, drying the batch of precursor shaped adsorbent particles within the shaping assembly to form the batch of shaped adsorbent particles, and ejecting the batch of shaped adsorbent particles from the shaping assembly, The batch of shaped adsorbent particles may have a moisture content of at least about 20 wt. %.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Samuel Noel Patrice Marlin, Samuel Morse Koch, Jingyu Shi, Patrick Nguyen Van Nuoi, James A. McCarthy, Stephen L. Dahar
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Publication number: 20200126538Abstract: A method includes obtaining audio data for a long-form utterance and segmenting the audio data for the long-form utterance into a plurality of overlapping segments. The method also includes, for each overlapping segment of the plurality of overlapping segments: providing features indicative of acoustic characteristics of the long-form utterance represented by the corresponding overlapping segment as input to an encoder neural network; processing an output of the encoder neural network using an attender neural network to generate a context vector; and generating word elements using the context vector and a decoder neural network. The method also includes generating a transcription for the long-form utterance by merging the word elements from the plurality of overlapping segments and providing the transcription as an output of the automated speech recognition system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Wei Han, Chung-Cheng Chiu, Yu Zhang, Yonghui Wu, Patrick Nguyen, Sergey Kishchenko
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Patent number: 10257353Abstract: A customer support system diverts a customer to an integrated support service to serve the customer better in situations where the use of a single mode of interaction is insufficient. Embodiments of the invention find use where an email or SMS is sent to a customer's smart devices with a link to visual content which helps customer better understand the information.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: [24]7.ai, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Nguyen, Matthew Oshry, Michael Bodell
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Publication number: 20190023114Abstract: An auxiliary power system and methods for providing auxiliary power in relation to a vehicle, the system comprising: an auxiliary power unit comprising a compact turbine engine, a generator coupled with the compact turbine engine, and a rectifier unit coupled with the generator, the auxiliary power unit configurable to provide one of an AC output and a DC output; and at least one ancillary component for adapting the auxiliary power unit with an electric drive motor in relation to the vehicleType: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventor: Patrick Nguyen Huu
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Patent number: 9980016Abstract: Embodiments of a computer-implemented advertisement display system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a speech recognition component that processes a video clip and produces a corresponding collection of speech recognition data indicative of an audio portion of the video clip. The system also includes a collection of advertising material. An advertisement selection component selects an advertisement from the collection of advertising material based on the corresponding collection of speech recognition data. The system also includes a display. An advertisement presentation component displays an indication of the selected advertisement on the display during a simultaneous display of the video clip.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2012Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Arungunram C. Surendran, Patrick Nguyen, Milind V. Mahajan
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Publication number: 20180078214Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates to methods of determining whether a canine animal is predisposed to being overweight in adulthood, and methods of preventing a canine animal from being overweight in adulthood. The present application also provides a diet or a dietary regime for use in preventing a canine animal from being overweight in adulthood.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: MARS, INCORPORATEDInventors: John Flanagan, Marie Anne Hours, Patrick Nguyen, Chantal Thorin, Lucie Leclerc
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Publication number: 20180077287Abstract: A customer support system diverts a customer to an integrated support service to serve the customer better in situations where the use of a single mode of interaction is insufficient. Embodiments of the invention find use where an email or SMS is sent to a customer's smart devices with a link to visual content which helps customer better understand the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Patrick Nguyen, Matthew Oshry, Michael Bodell
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Patent number: 9871921Abstract: A customer support system diverts a customer to an integrated support service to serve the customer better in situations where the use of a single mode of interaction is insufficient. Embodiments of the invention find use where an email or SMS is sent to a customer's smart devices with a link to visual content which helps customer better understand the information.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: 24/7 CUSTOMER, INC.Inventors: Patrick Nguyen, Matthew Oshry, Michael Bodell
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Patent number: 9710495Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for creating, updating, and deleting business rules with ease by use of a rule manager. Business rules are represented as tables that map a set of inputs to a set of outputs. Inputs are represented as enumerations with predefined allowable values. All possible unique combinations of values for a given set of inputs are automatically generated, and a business user can then set the outputs for each desired input value combination.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: 24/7 CUSTOMER, INC.Inventor: Patrick Nguyen