Structural Design Patents (Class 703/1)
  • Patent number: 11828848
    Abstract: A method of operating a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system is provided that includes performing a scene measurement using a LiDAR sensor capable of measuring Doppler per point. The method also includes estimating a velocity of the LiDAR sensor with respect to static points within the scene based on the scene measurement. The method may also include compensating for the velocity of the LiDAR sensor and compensating for a Doppler velocity of the LiDAR sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Aeva, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruno Hexsel, Mina Rezk
  • Patent number: 11830198
    Abstract: A surgical instrument navigation system and method of use is provided that visually simulates a virtual volumetric scene of a body cavity of a patient from a point of view of a surgical instrument residing in the cavity of the patient, wherein the surgical instrument, as provided, may be a steerable surgical catheter with a biopsy device and/or a surgical catheter with a side-exiting medical instrument, among others. Additionally, systems, methods and devices are provided for forming a respiratory-gated point cloud of a patient's respiratory system and for placing a localization element in an organ of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Veran Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy L. Holsing, Mark Hunter
  • Patent number: 11829686
    Abstract: A network system can optimize 3D models for 3D printing. A smoothing operation can be performed for a 3D model that comprises a plurality of voxels by identifying exterior voxels of the 3D model. For a first exterior voxel of the 3D model, an exterior surface orientation can be determined and a smoothing operation can be performed based on the determined exterior surface orientation. The smoothing operation can include performing a triangulation operation based on the determined exterior surface orientation of the first exterior voxel. Furthermore, in response to determining that a dimension of a set of voxels is below a threshold limit, one or more voxels can be added to the set of voxels to satisfy the threshold limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: INTEGRAL REALITY LABS, INC.
    Inventors: Baha'Aldeen Abunojaim, Muhannad Taslaq, Hasan Aadab Alhimish
  • Patent number: 11830137
    Abstract: Automated three-dimensional (3D) building model estimation is disclosed. In an embodiment, a method comprises: obtaining, using one or more processors, an aerial image of a building based on an input address; obtaining, using the one or more processors, three-dimensional (3D) data containing the building based on the input address; pre-processing the aerial image and 3D data; reconstructing, using the one or more processors, a 3D building model from the pre-processed image and 3D data, the reconstructing including: predicting, using instance segmentation, a mask for each roof face; converting each roof face into a two-dimensional (2D) polygon; and projecting each 2D polygon into a 3D polygon representing the 3D building model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Aurora Solar Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew John Stevens, Ganesh Nunnagoppula, Maxwell Siegelman, Adriel Anhao Luo
  • Patent number: 11822866
    Abstract: A computer-assisted method for determining a microfluidic circuit configured to reproduce a neuron circuit, and comprising including the following steps: —obtaining a description of the neuron circuit, the description of the neuron circuit comprising a plurality of neuron populations and at least one neuron connection; —determining at least one first parameter for each node of a plurality of nodes of the microfluidic circuit, each node being associated with and configured to receive one neuron population among the plurality of neuron populations of the neuron circuit; —determining at least one second parameter for at least one connection of the microfluidic circuit, each connection being associated with and configured to receive a neuron connection of the at least one neuron connection of the neuron circuit; —determining the positioning of each node of the plurality of nodes and of each connection of the at least one connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: NETRI
    Inventors: Thibault Honegger, Florian Larramendy
  • Patent number: 11823414
    Abstract: The information processing device includes: a first input unit for generating a three-dimensional model of an object to be recognized; a template generation unit that generates, on the basis of the three-dimensional model information, a two-dimensional template which shows the shape of the upper edge of the object to be recognized; a coordinate relationship identification unit that generates coordinate relationship information indicating the relationship between three-dimensional coordinates of the three-dimensional model and two-dimensional coordinates when the three-dimensional model is imaged; a second input unit that receives the input of the captured image; a matching unit that matches the captured image and the two-dimensional template; and a recognition unit that recognizes the three-dimensional position and posture of the object to be recognized by referencing the coordinate relationship information, which is detected according to the results of the two-dimensional matching by the matching unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinori Konishi
  • Patent number: 11816399
    Abstract: Introduced here computer programs and associated computer-implemented techniques for modeling interior spaces based on an analysis of digital images of those interior spaces. These computer programs can be trained to accomplish this without using extensive sets of labeled data. Instead, these computer programs are able to effectively supplement labeled data with unlabeled data to accurately model interior spaces in settings where limited labeled data is available. Such an approach allows these computer programs to establish the layouts of interior spaces without extensive knowledge of those interior spaces and without users, who are responsible for generating the digital images, interacting with the surroundings in a meaningful way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Flyreel, Inc.
    Inventor: Phi Tran
  • Patent number: 11816398
    Abstract: A plugin can allow for tracking objects within a computer-aided design (“CAD”) application. In one example, the user can select an object or family of objects to track. The plugin can set a parameter of the tracker to match that of the selected object(s). The tracker can be joined to the selected object to form a new assembly, such as by embedding the tracker within the object. A user can define areas, such as rooms or floors, within the layout. The plugin can poll the trackers, which report which areas the corresponding object is within. The plugin can compile this information and display quantities of object types per area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: EVOLVE MEP, LLC
    Inventor: Adam Heon
  • Patent number: 11810207
    Abstract: Systems for volume manufacturing of items are provided. In some embodiments, a fabrication system is configured to retrieve a fabrication data package including manufacturing data. The system can verify the manufacturing data of the fabrication data package, and transmit the fabrication data package to at least one fabrication terminal configured to perform at least one fabrication process in accordance with the manufacturing data of the fabrication data package. If a predefined fabrication processing time period has not expired, the system can determine a process load associated with at least one additional fabrication data package, and repeating the above processes for the at least one additional fabrication data package, if the process load of the at least one additional fabrication data package is less than a predetermined process load of the fabrication system. If the predefined fabrication processing time period has expired, the system can generate a status report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Artem Borovinskih, Qinghui Lu, Maneesh Dhagat, Shiva P. Sambu, Evgeny Timofeyev, Dmitry Sultanov, Anton Spiridonov, Ivan Ionov, Sergey Nikolskiy, Vasily Ivanov, Alexey Vishnevskiy
  • Patent number: 11809786
    Abstract: An initial building model is read in and a creator indication about the creator thereof is extracted therefrom. The creator indication is taken as a basis for loading a creator-specific object pattern library in which a respective object pattern has an assigned building element data record. The respective object pattern is correlated with objects of the initial building model by a pattern recognition method. At the same time, an object correlating with the respective object pattern is assigned the building element data record assigned to this object pattern as an annotation. The initial building model and the assigned annotations are then taken as a basis for generating and outputting an annotated digital building model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Christian Frey, Wolfram Klein, Hermann Georg Mayer
  • Patent number: 11803671
    Abstract: A computing device includes: a memory storing sensor placement rules; a processor connected with the memory, the processor configured to: obtain a floor plan representing a facility, the floor plan including contextual data representing spatial and structural features of the facility; define, based on the contextual data of the floor plan, one or more sensor placement regions within the facility; for each sensor placement region: generate a sensor layout within the sensor placement region based on the sensor placement rules; generate, based on a correspondence between the sensor placement region and the floor plan, a list of sensor devices and corresponding coordinates for each sensor device; and output the list of sensor devices and the corresponding coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: David Bellows, Aslam Mohammed
  • Patent number: 11797721
    Abstract: A computer system obtains a computer-aided design (CAD) file of the warehouse, and the CAD file describes a floor plan of the warehouse with a plurality of patterns in a plurality of layers. A storage space and a plurality of guard objects are identified on the floor plan of the warehouse. The computer system further obtains inventory information of a plurality of product packages to be stored in the warehouse. Based on the inventory information, a plurality of storage types is identified, and a storage area is determined for a subset of product packages associated with each storage type. In accordance with the storage area needed for each storage type, the storage space is divided into a plurality of storage regions for the plurality of product packages, and each storage region is uniquely associated with a respective one of the storage types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INC.
    Inventor: Lingrui Cai
  • Patent number: 11797733
    Abstract: Artificial Intelligence systems receive two dimensional design plans (e.g., physical, or electronic documents) that are processed to mimic the perception, learning, problem-solving, and decision-making formerly performed by human workers assessing the design plans for compliance with an applicable code. AI analysis converts vector images into patterns that are conducive to machine learning and generates a dynamic interface that allows a user to interact with the AI findings. The AI assesses whether a building described in the design plans complies with a relevant code set forth by an authority having jurisdiction. Codes may include, for example, codes enforcing fire safety and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOGAL.AI INC
    Inventors: Patrick E Murphy, Johnny Maghzal, Patrick Hughes, Emilia Keller
  • Patent number: 11799791
    Abstract: A method including determining, by a first device communicating meshnet data via a meshnet connection with a second device in a mesh network, occurrence of a downgrade triggering event indicating that the first device and the second device are to communicate the meshnet data via a relay connection; transmitting, by the first device to the second device based on determining the occurrence of the downgrade triggering event, a downgrade message; determining, by the first device communicating the meshnet data via the relay connection, occurrence of an upgrade triggering event indicating that the first device and the second device are to communicate the meshnet data via a new meshnet connection; and transmitting, by the first device to the second device based on determining the occurrence of the upgrade triggering event, an upgrade message is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: UAB 360 IT
    Inventor: Rytis Karpu{hacek over (s)}ka
  • Patent number: 11799418
    Abstract: This application discloses a method, an apparatus, and a system for obtaining electronic layout applied to photovoltaic array in the field of equipment installation management. According to the method, the electronic device identifies each first area in a target picture to obtain position information and a module identifier of at least one photovoltaic module in each first area, and may directly obtain an electronic layout based on the position information and the module identifier of each photovoltaic module. In this way, a product identifier of each converter does not need to be manually obtained, and a photovoltaic module does not need to be manually added to the electronic layout. This reduces labor time consumption and improves efficiency of obtaining the electronic layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guilei Gu
  • Patent number: 11797722
    Abstract: The present invention is a system for optimizing the shipping of floor joists, comprising: analyzing a building model, wherein a set of floor joists are isolated; processing a first set of data associated each of the set of floor joists, wherein the first set of data is related to members of the floor joist and the interface between these members; grouping a first group of the set of floor joists into a bundle, wherein the first group of floor joists is based on the processed first set of data; analyzing the bundle relative to the volume of a shipping vessel, wherein it is determined if the shipping vessel can container the vessel; manipulating, by at least one processor the bundle of floor joists based on limitations of the shipping vessel; and generating a graphical representation of the bundle and the position of the bundle within the shipping vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Maharaj Jalla
  • Patent number: 11797728
    Abstract: Systems and methods for deriving material coefficient values from physical measurements of physical objects are described. These physical measurements can provide material test data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ANSYS, INC.
    Inventors: Vinay Kumar Carpenter, Prem Andrade, Ravindra Lahu Masal
  • Patent number: 11798109
    Abstract: An example system is configured for displaying enhancement options and financial analysis. The system may include a server, third party data sources and an augmented reality computing device that includes a processing unit and system memory. The augmented reality computing device is configured to obtain user input regarding a property enhancement option; render the property enhancement options in augmented reality; obtain financial data from the server and the third party data sources; responsive to the obtained user input, automatically generate a financial analysis of the property enhancement option, wherein the financial analysis is based on the obtained financial data; and render the financial analysis with the obtained property enhancement option in augmented reality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Ankush Bhatia, Ricky Alan Brame, Wesley Damon Brown, Jan M. Emter, Paul Ferguson, Scott Curtis Grengs, Dan R. Grizzle, Dale Steven Howard, Basil F. Nimry, Suhas Dattatreya Sankolli
  • Patent number: 11790421
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, software made in accordance with the present invention generates a request for quote (RFQ) based on user-provided information, presents a user interface allowing a user to customize the RFQ, generates an e-mail including the RFQ, and sends the e-mail to one or more suppliers. Various corresponding and related systems, methods, and software are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Desprez, LLC
    Inventors: James L. Jacobs, II, Steven M. Lynch
  • Patent number: 11789434
    Abstract: A control system for a technical plant includes an operator station server and one operator station client, wherein a data model is implemented on the operator station server and the operator station client has display and control units, where the operator station server transmits visualization information representing the data model to the display unit that generates a graphical presentation of the received visualization information for an operator of the control system, receives commands relating to the data model from the operator and forwards them to the control unit, and where the control unit receives the commands, generates revised visualization information and transmits this information directly to the display unit to adjust the graphical presentation of the display unit, generates adjustment commands from the received commands and transmits them directly to the data model on the operator station server to adjust the data model in response to the operator commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Harald Rosskopf
  • Patent number: 11789854
    Abstract: A user interface testing system, method, and device for a vehicle under test (“VUT”). A test system is communicatively coupled to the VUT. A test system records outputs of at least one human-machine-interface (“HMI”) responsive to a first set of test cases and then scores the recorded HMI outputs responsive to the first set of test cases. The test system generates a second set of test cases and scoring criteria for the second set of test cases based on the received first set of test cases and the recorded HMI outputs responsive to the first set of test cases. The test system performs the second set of test cases on the HMI and records HMI outputs responsive to the second set of test cases. The test system assigns scores for the recorded HMI outputs responsive to the second set of test cases using the generated scoring criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, AUDI AG, DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Benedict A. Recktenwald
  • Patent number: 11790744
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for intrusion movement prediction is provided. The embodiment may include receiving environmental sensor data corresponding to a monitored space as captured by a plurality of sensors affixed to an airflow component. The embodiment may also include generating a three-dimensional model of the monitored space using the received environmental data. The method may further include, in response to determining a disturbance is present in the three-dimensional model, performing a security action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Doga Tav, Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo, Richard James McCarty
  • Patent number: 11783100
    Abstract: Integrated process-structure-property modeling framework and method for design optimization and/or performance prediction of a material system are provided. The Integrated process-structure-property modeling framework includes a powder spreading model using a discrete element method to generate a powder bed; a thermal-fluid flow model of the powder melting process to predict voids and temperature profile; a cellular automaton model to simulate grain growth based on the temperature profile; and a reduced-order micromechanics model to predict mechanical properties and fatigue resistance of resultant structures by resolving the voids and grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wing Kam Liu, Jiaying Gao, Cheng Yu, Orion L. Kafka
  • Patent number: 11785477
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to providing a 3-D visualization of a Wi-Fi signal propagation pattern based on telemetry data. The present technology can receive telemetry data for a Wi-Fi access point located at a location of a building plan in a Wi-Fi visualization system, store the telemetry data with a timestamp, determine a change in a Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi access point based on the telemetry data, and present a visualization illustrating the change in the Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi access point. The present technology can further present an animation of the change in the Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi access point based on the stored telemetry data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Salvatore Valenza, Samer Salam, Taha Hajar, Nikodin Ristanovic, Arun G. Khanna, Matthew Aaron Silverman
  • Patent number: 11783816
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for providing a graphical user interface for configuring presentations of content and controlling distribution of content, for example, through in conjunction with a management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
  • Patent number: 11776666
    Abstract: Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for predicting molecular electronic structural information. According to one embodiment, quantum simulation results are generated for a molecule based on a quantum simulation of an electronic structure of the molecule. The quantum simulation of the electronic structure of the molecule is performed with quantum processing units. An input vector comprising data field values derived from the quantum simulation results for the molecule is created. An electronic structural information prediction model is applied to generate, based at least in part on the input vector, predicted electronic structural information for the molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Florian Neukart, Michael Streif, David Von Dollen, Tanja Graf, Thomas Schladt, Arne-Christian Voigt, Jonathan Edward Mueller
  • Patent number: 11774930
    Abstract: A building management system includes one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a publication by an agent on an agent communication channel, the publication comprising timeseries data, identify, based on the publication, an object entity of an entity database associated with the agent, wherein the entity database includes one or more object entities and relationships between the one or more object entities and one or more data entities, identify a data entity related to the object entity based on a relationship of the relationships relating the object entity and the data entity, and ingest the timeseries data into the data entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati, Kelsey C. Schuster
  • Patent number: 11776245
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system provide the ability to determine and provide a safety risk analysis for construction. Construction related data is obtained and includes textual data and a visual artifact for the construction project. A construction safety context is identified based on the construction related data. Based on the construction safety context, a safety participant risk score that assigns a numerical safety risk participant value to any entity involved in the construction project is determined. Based on the safety risk participant score, a safety project score that assigns a risk level on a per-project basis is determined. The safety risk analysis is presented based on the safety participant risk score and safety project score, via a graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Shubham Goel, Charis Kaskiris, Patricia Keaney, Anand Rajagopal, Maryam Rezvani, Manu Venugopal, Xin Xu, Brad Lee Bitler
  • Patent number: 11775545
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for a cloud-based database for spatial data lifecycle management. A spatial database receives elements of spatial data from a plurality of clients of the distributed spatial database. An individual element of the spatial data comprises one or more location values or one or more spatial objects. The spatial database stores the plurality of elements of spatial data using a plurality of storage resources. The spatial database receives a query. The spatial database determines one or more elements of spatial data matching the query from the plurality of elements of spatial data that were stored using the plurality of storage resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Fritz, Omer Ahmed Zaki, Yannis Papakonstantinou
  • Patent number: 11775697
    Abstract: Systems, methods, logic, and devices may support shoe design through 2.5-dimensional (2.5D) shoe models. In some examples, a system may include a 2D shoe shell pattern engine configured to access a 2D shoe shell pattern, the 2D shoe shell pattern generated for shoe design. The system may also include a 2.5D shoe model engine configured to generate a 2.5D shoe model by placing shoe design elements provided by a user onto the 2D shoe shell pattern of the shoe, including by adding 2.5D layering data for each shoe design element placed on the 2D shoe shell pattern to form the 2.5D shoe model, and wrap the 2.5D shoe model into a 3D shoe model for construction of a physical shoe from the 3D shoe model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Industry Software Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Bernardon, Kelvin Juarbe
  • Patent number: 11763050
    Abstract: Embodiments include herein are directed towards a method for use in an electronic design environment is provided. Embodiments may include receiving, at a client electronic device, work instructions corresponding to an electronic circuit. Embodiments may further include displaying a graphical representation of the electronic circuit at a display screen associated with the client electronic device and displaying at least one instruction at the display screen, wherein displaying includes highlighting a component of the electronic circuit at the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Claude Warren, Matthew Noseworthy, Liam Cadigan, Darryl Frank Day, Mihir Milan Shah
  • Patent number: 11760482
    Abstract: A system may include a receiver configured to receive sensor data from one or more aerial vehicles, the sensor data including map data including sensed data related to an aerial view from one or more aerial vehicles of terrain and objects on the terrain. The system may also include a map updating processor in communication with the receiver. The map updating processor may receive the map data and identify a geographic location and/or an orientation associated with the map data. The map updating processor may also align, based at least in part on the geographic location and/or the orientation, the map data with a virtual aerial map providing an aerial view of terrain and objects on the terrain. The map updating processor may also incorporate at least a portion of the map data into the virtual aerial map and generate an updated virtual aerial map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jean-Guillaume Dominique Durand
  • Patent number: 11759291
    Abstract: Provided herein are orthodontic systems and methods for automatically segmenting a person's teeth. Systems, methods and processes are provided to properly segment the teeth of a person's teeth from an image of the person's face showing at least some of the person's teeth (e.g., dental arch). Methods and systems are provided to automatically detect dental edges after a dental scan. Also described herein are methods and systems for generating a simulated image of the person's face from the final segmentation of the person's teeth in which the segmented teeth have been moved from their original position, including a new position based on an orthodontic treatment plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chao Shi, Yingjie Li, Vladislav Andreevich Miryaha, Boris Aleksandrovich Vysokanov, Andrey Bushev
  • Patent number: 11762456
    Abstract: Head movements can be detected by various sensors. The head movements are tracked over time, and the data is stored in a knowledgebase. User actions are also detected and tracked in the knowledgebase. Therefore, associations between head movements and user actions can be learned and predicted. Upon detecting a head movement associated with a user action, the user action can be executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Clement Decrop, Martin G. Keen, John M. Ganci, Jr., Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 11763407
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating a product packaging model for a product offering of a set of product items associated with a merchant account. At an e-commerce platform, a trigger event is detected and, in response, two or more product items are automatically selected to form a kit that makes up the product offering. Model data for the two or more product items and packaging parameters are used to automatically select a packaging option and to build a product packaging model that is sent to the merchant account. The product packaging model may be a three-dimensional computer model of the kit containing the two or more product items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Shopify Inc.
    Inventors: Bryon Leonel Delgado, Daniel Beauchamp, Brian Crowder
  • Patent number: 11762349
    Abstract: A system for controlling building equipment determines a degradation factor for a first asset of the building equipment by comparing a design curve for the first asset and operational data for the first asset. The design curve includes a plurality of data points that define an operation of the first asset. The system generates an operational curve for the first asset by derating the design curve based on the degradation factor and operates the building equipment based on the operational curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Ryan A. Baumgartner, Ryan C. Beaty, Shawn A. Schlagenhaft, Homero L. Noboa, Matthew J. Asmus
  • Patent number: 11751068
    Abstract: Tools and methods for optimizing the selection and placement of wireless radio devices in a wireless network within a geographic region using a remote database that includes a geographic mapping of existing wireless devices within the network and/or adjacent networks, device characteristics for the wireless devices within the network and/or adjacent networks, and radio frequency spectral information across times for a plurality of regions (e.g., corresponding to locations of existing wireless devices). A tool may include a local user interface, a remote database, and a processor that communicates with the user interface and remote database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ubiquiti Inc.
    Inventors: Vish Ponnampalam, Sriram Dayanandan
  • Patent number: 11748526
    Abstract: A method to reinforce a structural frame, the method comprising: receiving a model of a building, wherein the model is comprised of a frame and the frame is comprised of a series of assemblies which are connected and each of the series of assemblies are comprised of a set of members; processing the frame to a predetermined stress model, wherein a set of alterations to the frame are identified; identifying sections of the frame to be altered based on the determined alterations, wherein the alterations are reinforcements to produce a frame which is able to pass the stress model analysis; modifying the sections of the frame; generating a set of casts based on each section of the frame to be reinforced, and manipulating the frame with the set of casts; and producing a set of instructions and visual depictions of the reinforcement of the sections of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Maharaj Jalla
  • Patent number: 11734471
    Abstract: Design process that performs geometry synthesis on a 3D model of a product based on a design problem statement and manufacturing constraints associated with a manufacturing machine intended to manufacture the product. The manufacturing constraints may include dimensions for a tool bit, dimensions for a tool head, a set of machining directions of the manufacturing machine, or any combination thereof. For a 5-axis manufacturing machine, the set of machining directions may be determined by a “NormalSearch” algorithm and/or a “HeatSearch” algorithm. The geometry synthesis produces a design solution comprising a final 3D model of the product, whereby each point on the boundary of the final 3D model is determined to be accessible by a tool bit and/or tool head in at least one machining direction of the manufacturing machine. Thus, the design solution for the product is more easily and directly manufacturable by the manufacturing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Nigel Morris, Adrian Butscher, Francesco Iorio
  • Patent number: 11734469
    Abstract: A method for generating an online landscape design for a property includes first entering an address for a property and then importing satellite view data of the property and a street where the property is located from global mapping databases. Next, calculating property size, topography and house size from the satellite view data using a calculator engine. Next, performing scene segmentations and analyzing existing conditions via a landscape design engine, then applying custom vision classifiers for specific landscape elements via the landscape design engine, and then analyzing foliage conditions from the satellite view data. Next, determining property landscape improvements via a scoring engine and then determining materials lists, and calculating quantities, and costs for fulfilling the property landscape improvements via the calculator engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: HOME OUTSIDE, INC
    Inventors: Julie Moir Messervy, David Rose, Kyle Scharpf
  • Patent number: 11734519
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing slot-relation extraction for a task-oriented dialogue system that includes implementing dialogue intent classification machine learning models that predict a category of dialogue of a single utterance based on an input of utterance data relating to the single utterance, wherein the category of dialogue informs a selection of slot-filling machine learning models; implementing the slot-filling machine learning models that predict slot classification labels for each of a plurality of slots within the utterance based on the input of the utterance data; implementing a slot relation extraction machine learning model that predicts semantic relationship classifications between two or more distinct slots of tokens of the utterance; and generating a response to the single utterance or performing actions in response to the single utterance based on the semantic relationship classifications between the distinct pairings of the two or more distinct slots of the single utterance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Clinc, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Lee, Zhenguo Chen, Jonathan K. Kummerfeld
  • Patent number: 11734467
    Abstract: A method of automatically generating AutoCAD drawings includes: receiving, by a receiving unit, a data sheet generated only with input data necessary for drawing a column from strength calculation data for the column provided by a strength calculation program; loading, by a loading unit, the input data; and generating AutoCAD drawings of the column by activating an automatic AutoCAD drawing generation interface by a user's selection after the input data is loaded, the automatic AutoCAD drawing generation interface being activatable only after the input data is loaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gyun Ho Ha, Kang Gook Park, Sung Jin Moon, Byung Do Yoon, Geun Yong Choi, Sung Won Jang, Ji Yoon Hyun, Ho Jin Yang
  • Patent number: 11734628
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems, methods, and user interfaces for optimizing resource allocation for an organization. More particularly, embodiments of the present disclosure utilize multiple data sets to enable organizations to make intuitive business decisions and plan resources accordingly. To do so, various data is collected at a resource engine that utilizes the data to determine resource utilization, occupancy density, and a recommendation. In various embodiments, the resource utilization, occupancy density, and a recommendation may be provided to a user as an alert, a report, or a user interface. The user interface may additionally enable the user to apply the recommendation. In some embodiments, the recommendation may be automatically applied or the user may be directed to perform the recommendation. The alert, report, or user interface may additionally inform the user of the impact of performing or not performing the recommendation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Pravat Santra, Chirag Bharatia, Akkaladevi Vijay Krishna, Neeraj Kumar, Ravishankar Nagesh, Nese Manjunatha
  • Patent number: 11726759
    Abstract: In some implementations, a device may determine that a computing environment is to be deployed. The computing environment may be associated with an infrastructure configuration. The device may obtain, from a repository, one or more definition files for the infrastructure configuration. The repository may include definition files associated with multiple infrastructure configurations. The device may cause deployment of the computing environment based on the one or more definition files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: John Mahoney, Raymond Hoagland, Kristen Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 11723749
    Abstract: The current document is directed to methods and systems for monitoring a dental patient's progress during a course of treatment. A three-dimensional model of the expected positions of the patient's teeth can be projected, in time, from a three-dimensional model of the patient's teeth prepared prior to beginning the treatment. A digital camera is used to take one or more two-dimensional photographs of the patient's teeth, which are input to a monitoring system. The monitoring system determines virtual-camera parameters for each two-dimensional input image with respect to the time-projected three-dimensional model, uses the determined virtual-camera parameters to generate two-dimensional images from the three-dimensional model, and then compares each input photograph to the corresponding generated two-dimensional image in order to determine how closely the three-dimensional arrangement of the patient's teeth corresponds to the time-projected three-dimensional arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Artem Borovinskih, Mitra Derakhshan, Carina Morik, Eric Meyer, Ekaterina Tolstaya, Yury Brailov
  • Patent number: 11727633
    Abstract: A system for providing a 3D representation of a desired structure on a selected property. A processing arrangement receives a property indication of the selected property. At least one converter converts the property indication to a format representing a 3D graphical representation of the selected property. A mapper maps the selected property to a largest available polygon that will fit on the selected property. The system determines a resultant polygon from the largest available polygon based on local restrictions for the selected property. A user selects the desired structure from available structures and orients the desired structure on the resultant polygon at a permissible orientation. A renderer renders the desired structure on the selected property in 3D graphical form. As a result, users can observe the house at different angles around the property, configure the structure with desired external design features, and view the result on the selected property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Plant Prefab, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Glenn, Matt Langton, Kranti Deshmukh, Deep Bhattacharya, Nick Giancola
  • Patent number: 11720721
    Abstract: An aircraft assembly system as described herein includes an input module, a database, and a processing unit. The input module is adapted for inputting customer-specific data and, in particular, parameters which relate to the expected time of delivery, the number of personnel working in the aircraft assembly system or an apparatus of the system which cannot be used. By applying description logics, the processing unit generates a manufacturing plan in accordance with a set of rules and the input parameters. In order to improve the manufacturing plan, input parameters may be changed by the system in an iterative process. This may provide for an efficient use of resources available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventors: Johannes Gonnsen, Irene Bueno-Moreno
  • Patent number: 11715295
    Abstract: A construction field management apparatus is wirelessly connected to a remote control vehicle with a surveying device for positioning the vehicle itself, a travel route is specified based on the position information in the coordinate system set in the work field, and a travel instruction based on the travel route, an instruction of performance of a predetermined function with the traveling, and are transmitted to the remote control vehicle, and the apparatus receives data based on the execution of the predetermined function from the remote control vehicle, and the construction field is managed by the construction field management apparatus for managing based on the received data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TOTALMASTERS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinao Tamazato
  • Patent number: 11715169
    Abstract: A system comprising; analyzing a building model, wherein a set of floor joists are isolated from other assemblies; processing a first set of data associated with the coordinates of the floor joists; processing a second set of data associated with the assembly of the floor joists; creating a set of data associated with the assembly of the floor joist and the coordinates of a set of floor joist members; formulating an assembly of the floor joist, wherein the assembly is a predetermined organization of the floor joists based on the first set of data and the second set of data; calculating the assembly based on a set of limitations, wherein the limitations are based on the shipping vessel; manipulating the assembly, wherein the manipulated assembly is within the limitations of the shipping vessel; and generating a graphical representation of the manipulated assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventor: Maharaj Jalla
  • Patent number: 11715170
    Abstract: A system comprising; analyzing a building model, wherein a set of roof trusses are isolated from other assemblies; processing a first set of data associated with the coordinates of the roof trusses; processing a second set of data associated with the assembly of the roof trusses; creating a set of data associated with the assembly of the roof truss and the coordinates of a set of roof truss members; formulating an assembly of the roof truss, wherein the assembly is a predetermined organization of the roof trusses based on the first set of data and the second set of data; calculating the assembly based on a set of limitations, wherein the limitations are based on the shipping vessel; manipulating the assembly, wherein the manipulated assembly is within the limitations of the shipping vessel; and generating a graphical representation of the manipulated assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventor: Maharaj Jalla