Abstract: Described herein is a smart presentation system and method. Information identifying participant(s) associated with an electronic presentation document and information regarding a topic of the presentation is received. Participant profile information associated with at the participant(s) is retrieved using the received identification information. An audience profile relative to the topic of the presentation is determined using the retrieved participant profile information and received information regarding the topic of the presentation. A suggestion for the presentation is identified using an algorithm employing stored historical data, the determined audience profile and received information regarding the topic of the presentation. Further described herein is a presentation adaptation system and method. While presenting a presentation to participant(s), a cognitive expression of participant(s) is detected.
Abstract: A method and apparatus for maintaining the rate of flow of hydraulic or lubricating fluid through a particle contamination sensor or monitor at an acceptable level is disclosed. The rate of flow may be a specific value or lie within a desired range of values. Regardless, maintaining the rate of flow at an acceptable level improves the accuracy of information produced by the contamination sensor or monitor. A display for displaying the particle information created by a particle contamination sensor or monitor in a manner more easily understood by maintenance personnel and a method of creating such a display is also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 15, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 13, 2021
Assignee:
Fluidmatics, LLC
Inventors:
Nickolas Bernheart Nesland, Sr., Mark Allen Conover
Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide systems and methods related to updating creatives generation models. The system may include at least one memory unit for storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 4, 2020
Date of Patent:
April 13, 2021
Assignee:
CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
Inventors:
Kirankumar Kulkarni, Savio Joseph Darivemula, Anil Konduru, Gunjan Patel, Jie Shen, Kelly L. Birch, Patrick James Manion
Abstract: A multi-axis imaging system comprising an imaging gantry with an imaging axis extending through a bore of the imaging gantry, a support column that supports the imaging gantry on one side of the gantry in a cantilevered manner, and a base that supports the imaging gantry and the support column. The imaging system including a first drive mechanism that translates the gantry in a vertical direction relative to the support column and the base, a second drive mechanism that rotates the gantry with respect to the support column between a first orientation where the imaging axis of the imaging gantry extends in a vertical direction parallel to the support column and a second orientation where the imaging axis of the gantry extends in a horizontal direction parallel with the base, and a third drive mechanism that translates the support column and the gantry in a horizontal direction along the base.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 13, 2020
Date of Patent:
April 13, 2021
Assignee:
Mobius Imaging LLC
Inventors:
Eugene A. Gregerson, Russell Stanton, Michael Connor, Paul Sebring
Abstract: There are provided systems, apparatuses, and methods for controlling power delivery from an auxiliary power supply. For example, there is provided a method that includes generating a first random number to define a timeout period. During the timeout period, the method may detect whether a voltage is present at an output of an auxiliary power supply, may disable the auxiliary power supply when the voltage is detected at the output, and may enable the auxiliary power supply when the voltage is not detected at the output.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 3, 2018
Date of Patent:
April 13, 2021
Assignee:
Current Lighting Solutions, LLC
Inventors:
Jessica Lynn Burk, David Joseph Tracy, Nina Rose Scheidegger, Matthew Heida, Tamas Istvan Vegh
Abstract: A privacy display comprises a polarised output spatial light modulator, reflective polariser, plural polar control retarders and a polariser. In a privacy mode of operation, on-axis light from the spatial light modulator is directed without loss, whereas off-axis light has reduced luminance. Further, display reflectivity is reduced for on-axis reflections of ambient light, while reflectivity is increased for off-axis light. The visibility of the display to off-axis snoopers is reduced by means of luminance reduction and increased frontal reflectivity to ambient light. In a public mode of operation, the liquid crystal retardance is adjusted so that off-axis luminance and reflectivity are unmodified.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 24, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 13, 2021
Assignee:
RealD Spark, LLC
Inventors:
Michael G. Robinson, Graham J. Woodgate, Jonathan Harrold, Robert A. Ramsey
Abstract: Various embodiments provide an ability to synchronize notifications with media playback. In one or more embodiments, when a user is consuming content, such as music, television, a game, an audible notification can be synchronized with the user's content consumption experience. For example, various embodiments can detect what type of content the user is consuming and changes in the content. For example, when the content is music, various embodiments can detect when the music changes or stops, and can then provide audible notifications to the user. Audible notifications can pertain to notifications associated with incoming messages, calls, and other information such as passive assistance notifications.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 10, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 13, 2021
Assignee:
Motorola Mobility LLC
Inventors:
Amit Kumar Agrawal, Andre Luiz Silva Bazante, Olivier David Meirhaeghe
Abstract: Apparatuses and techniques are provided for programming memory cells while reducing widening of a threshold voltage distribution due to changes in the temperature between the time of programming and the time of a subsequent read operation. One technique is based on a correlation between program speed and temperature coefficient (Tco). A different verify test is used for different memory cells which have a common assigned data state according to the program loop number and the temperature. Another technique is based on sensing the memory cells to measure their subthreshold slope and classifying the memory cells into groups. The sensing can occur as a separate operation before programming or as part of the programming of user data. The subsequent programming of the memory cells involves adjusting the verify test of each memory cell based on its group and the temperature.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 14, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 13, 2021
Assignee:
SanDisk Technologies LLC
Inventors:
Biswajit Ray, Peter Rabkin, Mohan Dunga, Gerrit Jan Hemink, Changyuan Chen
Abstract: A pyrolyzed MOF catalyst for in the carbon dioxide reduction reaction and methods of making the catalyst. The catalysts are composed of highly porous transition metal organic frameworks exhibiting large pores with regular distribution of transition metals within the structure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 29, 2017
Date of Patent:
April 13, 2021
Assignees:
UChicago Argonne, LLC, Board or Trustees of Northern Illinois University
Abstract: A technique versions a configuration of data storage equipment. The technique involves receiving, while the data storage equipment operates in accordance with a first version of the configuration of the data storage equipment, a configuration change command to change the configuration of the data storage equipment. The technique further involves changing the first version of the configuration of the data storage equipment to a second version of the configuration of the data storage equipment in response to the configuration change command. The technique further involves, while the data storage equipment operates in accordance with the second version of the configuration of the data storage equipment, concurrently maintaining access to the first version of the configuration of the data storage equipment and the second version of the configuration of the data storage equipment.
Abstract: One example embodiment includes a pre-cut strip of kinesiology tape. The pre-cut strip of kinesiology tape includes a fabric. The fabric includes a weave of fibers, where the fibers include an elastic fiber covered by a covering material. The fabric also includes a first end and a second end, where the second end is opposite the first end. The fabric further includes one or more rounded corners. The pre-cut strip of kinesiology tape also includes a longitudinal cut in the fabric. The longitudinal cut passes through at least a portion of the fabric and extends from the first end to a pre-determined distance from the second end. The pre-cut strip of kinesiology tape also includes adhesive on a first surface of the fabric, where the adhesive is configured to adhere the fabric to a human body.
Abstract: A portable drinking device capable of fitting over a typical pressurized beverage can to direct the flow of fluid from the can to a recipient's mouth. The portable drinking device may be positioned over the open top of the can and the can and portable drinking device are slightly tilted sideways. After the can has been punctured on its side, the entire assembly is positioned so that the portable drinking device directs a rapid and steady stream of fluid from the punctured can through the tube of the portable drinking device into a recipient's mouth.