Patents by Inventor Thomas Daniel

Thomas Daniel 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: 20230219471
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for a system that includes a seat mounted in a vehicle. The seat includes a base, a back support, a hinge, and a seat belt integrated into the seat. The back support is capable of rotating relative to the base and thereby reclining. The hinge is between the base and the back support and is configured to lock the back support in positions in relation to the base. The seat belt has a shoulder portion and a lap portion and is attached to the seat at a shoulder anchor in the back support and a base anchor in the base. When a generated torque, created from a forward force applied by the shoulder portion of the seat belt, exceeds a threshold amount of torque, the hinge is configured to unlock and back support is configured to rotate forward from a reclined position towards an upright position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Daniel, Daniel Lynn Larner
  • Publication number: 20230213379
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, for a stray-light testing station. In one aspect, the stray-light testing station includes an illumination assembly including a spatially extended light source and one or more optical elements arranged to direct a beam of light from the spatially extended light source along an optical path to an optical receiver assembly including a lens receptacle configured to receive a lens module and position the lens module in the optical path downstream from the parabolic mirror so that the lens module focuses the beam of light from the spatially extended light source to an image plane, and a moveable frame supporting the optical receiver assembly including one or more adjustable alignment stages to position the optical receiver assembly relative to the illumination assembly such that the optical path of the illumination assembly is within a field of view of the optical receiver assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Chen David Lu, Matthew Thomas Daniel Rinehart, Joshua Chia Fong Wang, Michael Shagam
  • Publication number: 20230206537
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for updating and optimizing task scheduling policies are disclosed. A new policy is obtained and updated at runtime by a client based on a server analyzing a wide spectrum of telemetry data on a relatively long time scale. Instead of only looking at the telemetry data from the client's execution of tasks for the previous frame, the server analyzes the execution times of tasks for multiple previous frames so as to determine a more optimal policy for subsequent frames. This mechanism enables making a more informed task scheduling policy decision as well as customizing the policy per application, game, and user without requiring a driver update. Also, this mechanism facilitates improved load balancing across the various processing engines, each of which has their own task queues. The improved load balancing is achieved by analyzing the telemetry data including resource utilization statistics for the different processing engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Daniel Perry, Steven John Tovey, Mehdi Saeedi
  • Publication number: 20230186421
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for methods, apparatus and computer readable media related to screen-capture communication based on invisible watermark. An aspect of the disclosure provides for a method including inserting one or more templates into one or more frames of a video for correcting frame perspective of the one or more frames captured by a device. The method further includes writing a message into the one or more frames of the video and displaying the video. According to a second aspect, a second method is provided. The second method includes capturing one or more frames of a video displayed on a device comprising a hidden message. The method further includes locating one or more templates and correcting frame perspective of the captured frames based on the templates. The method further includes extracting the message from the one or more frames of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Thomas Daniel WALLACE, Parth BHATT, Mustafa MOHAMAD, Ahmed ABDELKHALEK
  • Publication number: 20230183593
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an overbased alkaline earth metal hydrocarbyl-substituted salicylate detergent comprising both carbonate and borate moieties and exhibiting the following characteristics: a basicity index of at least 3.8; a ratio of soap content to mass % boron is greater than 55 mmol/kg; a soap content of at least 330 mmol/kg; a TBN, measured according to ASTM D2896, of at least 220 mg KOH/g; and a mass ratio of borate to carbonate from 0.75 to 6.0, wherein the alkaline earth metal comprises calcium and/or magnesium, and the hydrocarbyl substitution comprises 9 to 30 carbon atoms. Methods of making the boron-containing salicylate detergent, specifically to be package-stable, are also disclosed, as well as package-stable lubricant additive package concentrates and lubricating oil compositions containing same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Infineum International Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Daniel Wilkinson, Oliver Delamore, Alexander Coxon, Marcus Popwicz, Ara Samonte, Mallika Rana
  • Publication number: 20230173216
    Abstract: A portable device for treatment of migraine having a desktop unit defining an airpath through a desiccant, a heat sink, an air mover and an air outlet, and a tubeset including a tube having one end for connecting to the desktop air outlet and a second end connected to a handheld unit, the handheld unit including a water compartment, and a nebulizer/transducer for introducing water droplets into the air stream. A nasal pillow is provided at the end of the handheld unit for placing against a user's nose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Harikrishna Tandri, William DeMore, Krystian Zimowski, Brian Lipford, Steven Schaefer, Benjamin R. Lane, Edward R. Prescott, Jonathan H. Green, Kun Li, Thomas Daniel James, Kayleigh E. Boyle, Colby Johnson, Michael Damiani
  • Publication number: 20230154100
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and techniques utilize reinforcement learning to efficiently schedule a sequence of jobs for execution by one or more processing threads. A first sequence of execution jobs associated with rendering a target frame of a sequence of frames is received. One or more reward metrics related to rendering the target frame are selected. A modified sequence of execution jobs for rendering the target frame is generated, such as by reordering the first sequence of execution jobs. The modified sequence is evaluated with respect to the selected reward metric(s); and rendering the target frame is initiated based at least in part on the evaluating of the modified sequence with respect to the one or more selected reward metric(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Daniel Perry, Steven Tovey, Mehdi Saeedi, Andrej Zdravkovic, Zhuo Chen
  • Patent number: 11639122
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for a system that includes a seat mounted in a vehicle. The seat includes a base, a back support, a hinge, and a seat belt integrated into the seat. The back support is capable of rotating relative to the base and thereby reclining. The hinge is between the base and the back support and is configured to lock the back support in positions in relation to the base. The seat belt has a shoulder portion and a lap portion and is attached to the seat at a shoulder anchor in the back support and a base anchor in the base. When a generated torque, created from a forward force applied by the shoulder portion of the seat belt, exceeds a threshold amount of torque, the hinge is configured to unlock and back support is configured to rotate forward from a reclined position towards an upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Daniel, Daniel Lynn Larner
  • Publication number: 20230127389
    Abstract: The user can respond to a media segment wherein the media segment may be associated with a schedulable event. Software on the device can then schedule the event into an electronic calendar system, and/or may use data associated with the media segment. At the appropriate time, the electronic calendar system may notify the user of the scheduled broadcast and/or event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Kelly M. Christensen, John Phillip Hansen, Thomas Daniel Mock
  • Patent number: 11635326
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, for a stray-light testing station. In one aspect, the stray-light testing station includes an illumination assembly including a spatially extended light source and one or more optical elements arranged to direct a beam of light from the spatially extended light source along an optical path to an optical receiver assembly including a lens receptacle configured to receive a lens module and position the lens module in the optical path downstream from the parabolic mirror so that the lens module focuses the beam of light from the spatially extended light source to an image plane, and a moveable frame supporting the optical receiver assembly including one or more adjustable alignment stages to position the optical receiver assembly relative to the illumination assembly such that the optical path of the illumination assembly is within a field of view of the optical receiver assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Chen David Lu, Matthew Thomas Daniel Rinehart, Joshua Chia Fong Wang, Michael Shagam
  • Publication number: 20230110832
    Abstract: The user can respond to a media segment wherein the media segment may be associated with a schedulable event. Software on the device can then schedule the event into an electronic calendar system, and/or may use data associated with the media segment. At the appropriate time, the electronic calendar system may notify the user of the scheduled broadcast and/or event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Kelly M. Christensen, John Phillip Hansen, Thomas Daniel Mock
  • Publication number: 20230100300
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for object modeling. In one implementation, input imagery of a real-world object is obtained at an object modeling system. The input imagery is captured using an imaging system from a designated viewing angle. A 3D model of the real-world object is generated based on the input imagery using the object modeling system. The 3D model is generated based on a plurality of stages corresponding to a sequence of polygons stacked in a direction corresponding to the designated viewing angle. The 3D model is output for presentation using a presentation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Geopipe, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryant J. Curto, Thomas Daniel Dickerson, Daniel Christopher Ritchie
  • Patent number: 11591424
    Abstract: A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles by suspension polymerization and thermal surface postcrosslinking, wherein the base polymer obtained by suspension polymerization has a centrifuge retention capacity of at least 37 g/g and the thermal surface postcrosslinking is conducted at 100 to 190° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stephan Bauer, Tina Mark, Lydia König, Yvonne Hagen, Thomas Daniel
  • Publication number: 20230047296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aryl analogs, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as NRF2 regulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey K. KERNS, James Callahan, Hongxing Yan, Thomas Daniel Heightman, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Tindy Li, Ami Lakdawala Shah, Roderick S. Davis, David Norton, Jeffrey Charles Boehm, Paris L. Hamilton, Nicole Cathleen Goodwin, Yun Jin
  • Patent number: 11572993
    Abstract: A light module for a motor vehicle headlamp comprising at least one pixelated light source, a plurality of electroluminescent emitters distributed into a plurality of pixels and capable of emitting light rays, a projection optic arranged to directly image, toward the outside of the light module, a light beam formed by said light rays emitted by said at least one light source. The light module is characterized by a mask arranged between the at least one light source and the projection optic in order to completely or partially prevent light rays originating from the light source from being reflected by regions arranged outside the plurality of electroluminescent emitters of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Pierre Albou, Thomas Daniel, Sophie Clade, Sebastien Roels
  • Publication number: 20230019032
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (0): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, N-oxide or tautomer thereof; wherein: n is 1 or 2; X is CH or N; Y is selected from CH and C—F; Z is selected from C—Rz and N; R1 is selected from: -(Alk1)t-Cyc1; wherein t is 0 or 1; Optionally substituted C1-6 acyclic hydrocarbon groups R2 is selected from hydrogen; halogen; and C1-3 hydrocarbon groups optionally substituted with one or more fluorine atoms; R3 is hydrogen or a group L1-R7; R4 is selected from hydrogen; methoxy; and optionally substituted C1-3 alkyl; and R4a is selected from hydrogen and a C1-3 alkyl group; wherein Rz, Alk1, Cyc1, L1 and R7 are defined herein; provided that the compound is other than 6-benzyl-3-{2-[(2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)amino]pyridin-4-yl}-7,8-dihydro-1,6-naphthyridin-5(6H)-one and 3-{2-[(2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)amino]pyridin-4-yl}-7,8-dihydro-1,6-naphthyridin-5(6H)-one and salts and tautomers thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Valerio BERDINI, Ildiko Maria BUCK, James Edward Harvey DAY, Charlotte Mary GRIFFITHS-JONES, Thomas Daniel HEIGHTMAN, Steven HOWARD, Christopher William MURRAY, David NORTON, Marc O'REILLY, Alison Jo-Anne WOOLFORD, Michael Liam COOKE, David COUSIN, Stuart Thomas ONIONS, Jonathan Martin SHANNON, John Paul WATTS
  • Publication number: 20230017881
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle light unit with a primary light device including a primary light module arranged in a primary housing, a secondary light device including a secondary light module arranged in a secondary housing, a primary part with a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being transparent, a secondary part with a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being transparent, and a logo. One of the primary part or secondary part includes an indexing device to position the primary part or secondary part relative to the other part with one of the primary part or secondary part partially overlapping the other part. The light unit further including a mounting surface for the logo with the mounting surface including an attachment device for attachment to one of the primary part or secondary part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Thomas DANIEL
  • Publication number: 20230005650
    Abstract: A propulsion system, comprising: a fan blade housing; a plurality of fan blades within the fan blade housing; one or more rows of permanent magnets, affixed to the outside of the fan blade housing; one or more fan blade bearings; one or more magnetic field generators affixed to the one or more fan blade bearings and corresponding to the one or more rows of permanent magnets, the magnetic field generators configured to cause the permanent magnets to be propelled forward in the same direction, thereby causing the fan blade housing to which they are attached, and the fan blades within, to spin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas A. DANIEL, Larry G. STAMBAUGH
  • Patent number: 11524608
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for a system. The system may include a rotational control system configured to rotate a seat of a vehicle, and one or more computing devices. The one or more computing devices may have one or more processors that are configured to determine that an impact is imminent at a location on the vehicle along a collision axis. A most favorable orientation may be determined by the one or more processors based on the determined location and collision axis. Using the rotational control system, the one or more processors may rotate the seat of the vehicle to the most favorable orientation in order to reduce risks of serious injury to a passenger in the seat caused by the imminent impact. A translational control system may be used by the one or more processors to translate the seat of the vehicle to a position relative to the determined location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Lynn Larner, Courtney McCool, Thomas Daniel, Atul Gupta, Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, Peter Craig Lombrozo
  • Publication number: 20220388964
    Abstract: The invention provides (aza)indazolyl-aryl sulfonamide and related compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and their use in the treatment of medical conditions, such as cancer, and in inhibiting GCN2 activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Savithri Ramurthy, Mark J. Mulvihill, Bradley Sherborne, Eric Talbot, Chris Thomson, Thomas Daniel Aicher, Fernando Padilla, Clarke B. Taylor, Peter L. Toogood