Patents Assigned to IS Technologies, LLC
  • Systems And Methods For Enhanced Vehicle Valet Mode
    Publication number: 20220089123
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for an enhanced valet mode for vehicles. An example method may include receiving, by a vehicle, a request for a temporary valet passcode. The example method may also include determining, that a passive entry passive start (PEPS) key fob is not present inside the vehicle. The example method may also include presenting a request for a second passcode. The example method may also include determining that the second passcode has been input. The example method may also include determining that the second passcode matches a pre-established passcode that is stored in memory of the vehicle. The example method may also include generating, using an enhanced valet mode, a first temporary valet passcode based on the determination that the second passcode matches a pre-established passcode that is stored in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron DeLong, Eugene Karpinsky, Cameron Smyth, Timothy Thivierge, Daniel King, Kevin Hille, Farhan Ehsan, John Van Wiemeersch, Santosh Lalwani
  • INFORMATION INTERACTION METHOD AND INFORMATION INTERACTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220092889
    Abstract: An information interaction system for a vehicle is provided. The information interaction system comprises: an information processing device including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, that, when executed by the processor, cause the latter to perform steps comprising: providing a first customization option for a user to set a first trigger condition and a corresponding first customized content; detecting whether the first trigger condition is met by a vehicle computer; and when the first trigger condition is met, running the first customized content by the vehicle computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hailan Liu, Xiaojing Zhang, Sheena Meng
  • METHODS FOR PRODUCING C2 TO C5 PARAFFINS USING A HYBRID CATALYST COMPRISING GALLIUM METAL OXIDE
    Publication number: 20220088574
    Abstract: A method for preparing C2 to C5 paraffins includes introducing a feed stream including hydrogen gas and a carbon-containing gas selected from carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and mixtures thereof into a reaction zone of a reactor. Converting the feed stream into a product stream including C2 to C5 paraffins in the presence of a hybrid catalyst. The hybrid catalyst includes a microporous catalyst component; and a metal oxide catalyst component selected from (A) a bulk material consisting of gallium oxide, (B) gallium oxide present on a titanium dioxide support material, and (C) a mixture of gallium oxide and at least one promoter present on a support material selected from Group 4 of the IUPAC periodic table of elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Alexey Kirilin, Adam Chojecki, Glenn Pollefeyt, Davy L.S. Nieskens, Kyle C. Andrews, Vera P. Santos Castro, Joseph F. DeWilde, David F. Yancey, Andrzej Malek
  • VEHICLE SENSOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20220089129
    Abstract: An assembly includes a base. The assembly includes an object detection sensor. The assembly includes a deflector extending upward from the base in front of the object detection sensor. The deflector is configured to direct ram air away from the object detection sensor. The assembly includes a nozzle supported by the deflector and aimed at the object detection sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Venkatesh Krishnan, Rashaun Phinisee, Kunal Singh, Raghuraman Surineedi
  • META-FEATURE TRAINING MODELS FOR MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS
    Publication number: 20220092406
    Abstract: A system and method are described herein for training and evaluating machine learning models trained using large complex datasets in an efficient manner. The systems enable methods for training a first model and generating predictions using the first trained model. The predictions and a portion of the data may be used to train a second model and generate predictions as an output of the second model. The first model may be used on a third dataset to generate predictions, which are appended to the third dataset. The appended third dataset is then input into the second model for generation of additional outputs that are compared against the third dataset for accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Hassan Fayez Amad
  • Methods for Producing Corn Plants with Northern Leaf Blight Resistance and Compositions Thereof
    Publication number: 20220087187
    Abstract: The present disclosure is in the field of plant breeding and disease resistance. The disclosure provides methods for breeding corn plants having northern leaf blight (NLB) resistance using marker-assisted selection. The disclosure further provides corn germplasm resistant to NLB. The disclosure also provides markers associated with NLB resistance loci for introgressing these loci into elite germplasm in a breeding program, thus producing novel NLB resistant germplasm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: William J. BOURDONCLE, Franck J. CHOPIN, Romain FOUQUET, Marcelo P. GIOVANINI, Peter V. MALONEY, Yule PAN
  • Interference-aware autonomous vehicle routing among CBSDs
    Patent number: 11284272
    Abstract: A graph of devices is constructed, each network device serving an amount of bandwidth over the network, each vertex of the graph corresponding to a respective one of the network devices, each edge of the graph connecting network devices by interference weight, such that edges between connected network devices using different channels have an interference weight of zero, and edges between connected network devices using the same channel have an interference weight denoting an amount of interference between the connected network devices. A cell utilization of each of the network devices is determined according to an amount of traffic served by the respective network device compared to a total of the amounts of bandwidth for all network devices. A vehicle requesting bandwidth is assigned to the one of the network devices having a smallest product of cell utilization and maximum interference weight edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Nekoui, Navid Tafaghodi Khajavi, Hamed Asadi, Mohsen Bahrami, Amin Ariannezhad, Praveen Kumar Yalavarty
  • Armrest assembly moveable between raised and lowered positions
    Patent number: 11279269
    Abstract: A seat for a vehicle includes a seat back and a seat bottom extending from the seat back along a seat-bottom axis. A track is fixed relative to the seat bottom and is elongated along the seat-bottom axis. A slider is slidably engaged with the track along the seat-bottom axis. A link is pivotally engaged with the slider. An armrest is pivotally engaged with the link. A pyrotechnic actuator connected to the slider. In the event of a sensed vehicle impact, the pyrotechnic actuator pulls the slider to move the armrest to a raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
  • Systems and methods for tracking, evaluating and determining a response to emergency situations using unmanned airborne vehicles
    Patent number: 11279481
    Abstract: Various embodiments of systems, apparatus, and/or methods are described for enhanced responsiveness in responding to an emergency situation using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones). Drones are fully autonomous in that they are operated without human intervention from a pilot, an operator, or other personnel. The disclosed drone utilizes movable access doors to provide the capability of vertically takeoff and landing. The drone also includes an emergency recovery system including a mechanism to deploy a parachute in an event of a failure of the on-board autopilot. Also disclosed herein is a drone port that provides an IR-based docking mechanism for precision landing of the drone, with a very low margin of error. Additionally, the drone port includes pads that provide automatic charge to the drone's batteries by contact-based charging via the drone's landing gear legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: PHIRST TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Philip E. Burks, James Nipp, Jerry Daniel Claridge, Paul Miller
  • Managing a computing cluster using replicated task results
    Patent number: 11281693
    Abstract: A method for processing tasks in a distributed data processing system includes processing sets of tasks. The method includes maintaining, at a first processing node a number of counters including a working counter indicating a current time interval of the number of time intervals in the distributed data processing system, and a replication counter indicating a time interval of the number of time intervals for which at least one of (1) all tasks associated with that time interval, or (2) all corresponding results associated with that time interval, are replicated at multiple processing nodes of the number of processing nodes. The method includes providing messages from the first processing node to the other processing nodes of the number of processing nodes, the messages including the working counter and the replication counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ab Initio Technology LLC
    Inventors: Craig W. Stanfill, Joseph Skeffington Wholey, III
  • Automatic alignment reattempt in automatic hitch operation
    Patent number: 11279187
    Abstract: A hitch assist system for a vehicle is provided herein. The hitch assist system includes a sensing system configured to detect a hitch assembly and a coupler. A controller is configured to determine an offset between the hitch assembly and the coupler. The controller is further configured to generate a command for maneuvering the vehicle forward based on the offset exceeding an offset threshold. The controller is further configured to generate a command for subsequently maneuvering the vehicle rearward along an alignment path. The controller is configured to prompt termination of the forward maneuver of the vehicle based on a determination that alignment of the hitch assembly with the coupler is feasible via execution of the alignment path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Luke Niewiadomski, Roger Arnold Trombley, Kyle Simmons, Shannon Brooks-Lehnert
  • Three-dimensional memory device including ferroelectric-metal-insulator memory cells and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 11282848
    Abstract: A memory opening or a line trench is formed through an alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers. A memory opening fill structure or a memory stack assembly is formed, which includes a vertical stack of discrete intermediate metallic electrodes formed on sidewalls of the sacrificial material layers, a gate dielectric layer, and a vertical semiconductor channel. Backside recesses are formed by removing the sacrificial material layers selective to the insulating layers, and a combination of a ferroelectric dielectric layer and an electrically conductive layer within each of the backside recesses. The electrically conductive layer is laterally spaced from a respective one of the discrete intermediate metallic electrodes by the ferroelectric dielectric layer. Ferroelectric-metal-insulator memory elements are formed around the vertical semiconductor channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Raghuveer S. Makala, Yanli Zhang, Fei Zhou, Rahul Sharangpani, Adarsh Rajashekhar, Seung-Yeul Yang
  • Adaptive manufacturing systems, methods, and devices such as hard disk drives
    Patent number: 11281184
    Abstract: An apparatus such as a hard disk drive includes a base deck, which includes a base member and sidewalls extending from the base member. The base member and the sidewalls both include a non-metallic material and a metallic stiffening material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Riyan Alex Mendonsa, Brett R. Herdendorf, Anil J. Reddy, Iraj Jabbari
  • Wideband remote unit for distributed antenna system
    Patent number: 11283530
    Abstract: Certain aspects involve a wideband remote unit. The wideband remote unit can include one or more antennas and an analog-to-digital converter (“ADC”). The antenna can receive wideband signals. The wideband signals can include an uplink RF signal and a leaked downlink RF signal. The uplink RF signal can have an uplink signal power at or near a noise level. The leaked downlink RF signal can have a downlink signal power greater than the uplink signal power. The ADC can convert the received wideband signals to digital RF signals representing the uplink signal and the downlink signal. The wideband remote unit can transmit the digital RF signals to a unit of a DAS that is in communication with a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Goodman Ranson, Thomas Kummetz, Van E. Hanson, Keld Knut Lange
  • Mapping attributes of keyed entities
    Patent number: 11281596
    Abstract: One or more mappings each define a correspondence between one or more input attributes of an input entity and one or more output attributes of an output entity, where the input entity includes one or more key attributes identified as part of a unique key, and the output entity includes one or more key attributes identified as part of a unique key. Generating instances of the output entity includes: determining one or more mapped input attributes of the input entity that correspond to each of the key attributes of the output entity, based on the mappings; and comparing the mapped input attributes with the key attributes of the input entity to determine whether the mapped input attributes include: (1) all of the key attributes of the input entity, or (2) fewer than all of the key attributes of the input entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ab Initio Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jed Roberts, Craig W. Stanfill, Scott Studer
  • Sharing images based on face matching in a network
    Patent number: 11283937
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a first device to send a second device a face template of the user of the first device. When the second device captures an image, the second device may compare the face template to a second face template derived from the captured image. If a match is determined to exist, the second device may send the captured image to the first device. The face template may be transferred over a first communication interface, while the captured image may be sent over a second communication interface. The first communication interface may be Bluetooth and the second communication interface may be WIFI Direct. As such, the system may function in environments without cellular coverage and/or infrastructure WIFI networks. Additionally, the user of the first device does not need to be identified, only matched to the second face template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ikorongo Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Hugh B. Svendsen
  • Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011098
    Patent number: 11277991
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011098. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011098, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011098 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011098.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Christian J. Buffard, Jeffrey M. Sernett, Gary R. Stangland
  • Diagnostic method for pressure-less fuel tank
    Patent number: 11280287
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented herein for detecting a degradation condition in a variable volume device of a fuel tank of a vehicle. In one example, the issues described above may be addressed by a diagnostic method for a vehicle with a valve and a fuel tank having a variable volume device internal to the tank, comprising: operating the fuel tank over a diurnal cycle; and differentiating between degradation of the fuel tank and the variable volume device based on a fuel tank pressure at a plurality of different valve conditions; and indicating the differentiated degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aed Dudar, Dennis Yang, Daniel Frank Cragel, Russell Randall Pearce
  • Multi-layered substrates for waveguide displays
    Patent number: 11280956
    Abstract: A waveguide includes an input area, a multi-layered substrate, and an output area. The multi-layered substrate includes a plurality of layers of at least a substrate and at least one partially reflective layers. The input area in-couples light in a first band into the waveguide. The one or more partially reflective layers are partially reflective to light in the first band. Each of the one or more partially reflective layers are located between respective layers of the plurality of layers of the substrate. The output area out-couples light from the waveguide. The pupil replication density of the out-coupled light is based in part on a number of the one or more partially reflective layers and respective locations of the one or more partially reflective layers in the waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Maxwell Parsons, Giuseppe Calafiore, Wanli Chi
  • Multi-unit abutment short scan body
    Patent number: D946758
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: InstaRisa Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jose Arthur Mirelez, Jr., Jeffrey Bynum, Fernando Polanco, Chandeep Singh Purewal