Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 12147001
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for capturing images in visible light as well as other radiation wavelengths. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises: a diffraction coded imaging system including a plurality of apertures arranged in a diffraction coded array pattern with opaque material blocking array elements not containing apertures; and a light- or radiation-sensitive sensor coupled to the diffraction coded imaging system array and positioned at a specified distance behind the diffraction coded imaging system array, the radiation-sensitive sensor configured to sense light or radiation transmitted and diffracted through the apertures in the diffraction coded imaging system array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Rearden, LLC
    Inventor: Stephen G. Perlman
  • Patent number: 12148423
    Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a computer-implemented method for correcting words in transcribed text including receiving speech audio data from a microphone. The method further includes sending the speech audio data to a transcription system. The method further includes receiving a word lattice transcribed from the speech audio data by the transcription system. The method further includes presenting one or more transcribed words from the word lattice. The method further includes receiving a user selection of at least one of the presented transcribed words. The method further includes presenting one or more alternate words from the word lattice for the selected transcribed word. The method further includes receiving a user selection of at least one of the alternate words. The method further includes replacing the selected transcribed word in the presented transcribed words with the selected alternate word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Lebeau, William J. Byrne, John Nicholas Jitkoff, Brandon M. Ballinger, Trausti T. Kristjansson
  • Patent number: 12148538
    Abstract: Methods of placing sensors in structures may involve placing first particles including a first material of the structure on or above a support surface. Second particles including a second, different material may be dispersed among the first particles at least within a transition region of the structure proximate to a location where a sensor is to be supported by the structure. A sensor may be placed in the location. The first particles of the first material may be fused to one another and to the second particles of the second material to form the structure with the sensor supported by the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Isabella J. van Rooyen, Piyush Sabharwall
  • Patent number: 12147769
    Abstract: A method for aligning a text with a media material, an apparatus, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: determining a set of anchor points in the text; performing following operations i) to v) repeatedly until all anchor points are removed from the set of anchor points or all media materials are removed from a set of media materials: i) ranking the anchor points in the set of anchor points, ii) selecting a target anchor point from the set of anchor points based on the ranked anchor points in the set, iii) determining, from the set of media materials, a media material matching a text segment starting from the target anchor point, iv) removing the target anchor point, and v) removing the media material matching the text segment starting from the target anchor point; and aligning the text segments with respective media matching materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: BAIDU.COM TIMES TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventors: Yichen Hu, Xi Chen, Hao Tian
  • Patent number: 12149803
    Abstract: A camera module includes an image sensor die, high-density interconnect (HDI) tape, and a number of passive electronic components. The image sensor die has a first side and a second side. The first side includes a pixel array, and the second side is opposite the first side. The HDI tape is a flexible substrate coupled to the image sensor. The HDI tape is at least partially folded or bent around the image sensor to couple to the HDI tape to the first and second sides of the image sensor die. The passive electronic components are coupled to the second side of the HDI tape and provide rigidity to the camera module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Samuel Tam
  • Patent number: 12146110
    Abstract: A method for producing renewable diesel includes introducing a primary feedstock comprising biologically-derived triglycerides with catalyst poisons into a first reaction chamber and hydrolyzing the primary feedstock within the first reaction and liquid-liquid extraction chamber for at least an hour such that the reacted triglycerides are separated into an aqueous solution comprising glycerol and catalyst poisons, and an intermediate feedstock comprising free fatty acids and catalyst poisons. The method also includes distilling the intermediate feedstock to separate the intermediate feedstock into a purified intermediate stream and a lower volume bottom stream containing unreacted triglyceride, diglyceride, monoglyceride, FFA and catalyst poisons. The method also includes combining the purified intermediate feedstock with a hydrogen stream and converting, in a second reaction chamber comprising a metallic catalyst bed, the purified intermediate feedstock into a product comprising long-chain alkanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Green Carbon Development, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Bass, James Rolston, Terry Sparkman
  • Patent number: 12149290
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for transmitting information optically. For instance, a system may include an optical source configured to generate a beam of light. The system may include at least one modulator configured to encode data on the beam of light to produce an encoded beam of light/encoded plurality of pulses. The system may include a spectrally-equalizing amplifier configured to receive the encoded beam of light/encoded plurality of pulses from the at least one modulator and both amplify and filter the encoded beam of light/encoded plurality of pulses to produce a filtered beam of light/filtered plurality of pulses, thereby spectrally equalizing a gain applied to the encoded beam of light. In some cases, the system may slice the beam of slight, to ensure a detector has impulsive detection. In some cases, the system may include a temperature controller to shift a distribution curve of wavelengths of the optical source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Attochron, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas M. Chaffee, Wayne H. Knox
  • Patent number: 12149477
    Abstract: A wireless device receives an activation command indicating activation of a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state for a first control resource set (coreset) with a coreset pool index of a plurality of coreset pool indexes of a cell. The wireless device receives, via a second coreset with the coreset pool index, downlink control information (DCI) indicating transmission of an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) via the cell. In response to the receiving the DCI via the second coreset with the coreset pool index, the wireless device transmits the aperiodic SRS with a transmission parameter determined based on the TCI state associated with the coreset pool index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Cagatay Cirik, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Yunjung Yi, Hua Zhou, Jonghyun Park
  • Patent number: 12149441
    Abstract: A search engine queries a network model for behavior of the entire network, such as data flow, based on combinations of multiple network elements. The search engine provides the state information and/or predicted behavior of the network by searching network objects in a graph-based model or a network state database that satisfy constraints given in a search query. The search engine provides the state information and/or predicted behavior based on regular-expression or plain language search expressions that do not provide packet header information. The search engine parses such search expression into a sequence of atoms that encode forwarding paths of interest to the user. A flow path through the modeled network can be generated dynamically, within the context of the search queries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: VMware LLC
    Inventors: Wenxuan Zhou, Giri Prashanth Subramanian
  • Patent number: 12149970
    Abstract: Devices of a control system may communicate with each other via a network. The control devices may be configured to form the network by joining the network and each attempt to attach to another device on the network. Attachment may be performed using one or more link quality thresholds. For example, the control device may measure background values and the link quality threshold may represent an Nth percentile value of the recorded background values measured at the control device. During a router optimization mode, the control devices may measure and store a communication quality metrics that may be used to assign the role of router devices and/or the role of leader device to control devices on the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technoglogy Company LLC
    Inventor: Galen Edgar Knode
  • Patent number: 12147533
    Abstract: An access token broker is executed within a first iFrame, a fully trusted application is executed in a second iFrame within the first iFrame, and a partially trusted application is executed in a third iFrame within the second iFrame. The partially trusted application may identify the iFrame in which the access token broker is executing and request an access token from the access token broker. The access token broker determines whether the request for the access token is to be granted. If the request is to be granted, the access token broker requests the access token from a hosting application. The hosting application obtains the requested access token from an access token server and provides the access token to the access token broker. The access token broker receives the access token from the hosting application and provides the access token to the partially trusted application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Graham Lee Mcmynn, Patrick Carl Miller, Luca Bandinelli, John Giang Nguyen
  • Patent number: 12149370
    Abstract: There is provided a wireless end-user device configured to assign one of classifications to each of end-user applications to allow for a differential network access control of the end-user applications. The classifications include a background classification and a foreground classification. The differential network access control includes a service usage control policies applicable when a network service is available via a wireless modem, the service usage control policies including a first policy that allows data associated with a first end-user application of the end-user applications to be communicated via the wireless modem, and a second policy that defers the data associated with the first end-user application to be communicated via the wireless modem until a state change occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Headwater Research LLC
    Inventors: Gregory G. Raleigh, James Lavine, Alireza Raissinia
  • Patent number: 12148050
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for automatically obtaining tax documents. The system includes a taxpayer client device and a server configured to automatically identify tax return items associated with the taxpayer by analyzing a prior year tax return. The server is configured to generate a list of tax return items including the automatically identified tax return items. The server is configured to receive, from the taxpayer client device, authentication data for a third party database. The server is configured to access the third party database using the authentication data. The server is configured to receive a document from the third party database and automatically determine whether the document corresponds to a tax return item from the list of tax return items. The server is configured to automatically store the document when the document corresponds to one of the tax return items from the list of tax return items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: SurePrep, LLC
    Inventors: David Wyle, Sarika Arora
  • Patent number: 12144944
    Abstract: An insertion apparatus for inserting an object into a body comprising a housing, a piercing structure with a lumen, wherein the piercing structure extends distally from the housing, a vacuum chamber that communicates with the lumen of the piercing structure, a plunger configured to fit within the vacuum chamber, a guidewire, and a pressure monitoring channel communicating with the lumen, wherein the insertion apparatus is configured to be operated with a single hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Acantha Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Andres Ornelas Vargas, Brandon James Hudik, Jason Chin, Blake Thomson
  • Patent number: 12148433
    Abstract: This document generally describes systems, methods, devices, and other techniques related to speaker verification, including (i) training a neural network for a speaker verification model, (ii) enrolling users at a client device, and (iii) verifying identities of users based on characteristics of the users' voices. Some implementations include a computer-implemented method. The method can include receiving, at a computing device, data that characterizes an utterance of a user of the computing device. A speaker representation can be generated, at the computing device, for the utterance using a neural network on the computing device. The neural network can be trained based on a plurality of training samples that each: (i) include data that characterizes a first utterance and data that characterizes one or more second utterances, and (ii) are labeled as a matching speakers sample or a non-matching speakers sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Georg Heigold, Samuel Bengio, Ignacio Lopez Moreno
  • Publication number: 20240375548
    Abstract: A cooling system for a fuel cell electric vehicle includes a first circuit designed as a compact cooler unit with an indirect evaporator and indirect condenser. A low-temperature second circuit includes a first partial circuit cooling fuel cell electronic control components, a second partial circuit cooling the electric drive system electronic components, and a third partial circuit through the indirect condenser. A third circuit cools the traction battery. A fourth circuit (high-temperature) flows around the fuel cells. A control device controls operation of liquid coolant pumps in the circuits and of controllable valves for controlling the liquid flow in the secondary circuit. The second and third circuits are connected to one another via a first controllable valve, which is arranged as the only control valve in the second circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Hans Guenter QUIX, Jan MEHRING, Stefan QUIRING, Tobias EMIG
  • Publication number: 20240377870
    Abstract: Reset output with open drain configuration for functional safety (FUSA) applications. Example embodiments include methods of operating an output of an integrated circuit (IC) including determining an error condition in the IC; generating a reset signal based on the determining the error condition in the IC; selectively conducting, by a field-effect transistor (FET), a first current between an output terminal and a ground terminal of the IC to drive the output terminal to a low voltage state, and thereby signaling the error condition in the IC; conducting a second current between a signal terminal of the IC and a gate of the FET to drive the FET to a conductive state; and selectively driving, in response to the reset signal, the FET to a non-conductive state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Philippe QUARMEAU, Rastislav KOLENO, Zoltan RANDLISEK, Dieter Jozef JOOS
  • Publication number: 20240378399
    Abstract: A data processing system implements receiving a natural language query from a client device, the query including a textual description of one or more actions to be performed using an application on the client device, generating a prompt for a large language model (LLM) based on the natural language query; providing the prompt to the LLM to obtain program code, which when executed, causes the application to perform the one or more actions, the first program code being implemented in a domain specific language (DSL) designed to facilitate program synthesis via the LLM; analyzing a syntax of the first program code to identify syntax errors in the first program code; correcting the syntax errors in the program code to generate corrected program code; and causing the client device to execute the program code to perform the one or more actions in the application on the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Apurva Sandeep GANDHI, Thong Quang NGUYEN, Ameya Shyam BHATAWDEKAR, Huitian JIAO, Robert STEEN, Ajitesh KISHORE
  • Patent number: D1051654
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: The Steelstone Group LLC
    Inventor: Naphtali H. Biegeleisen
  • Patent number: D1051673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: ALASKA ALASKA LLC
    Inventors: Virgil Abloh, Tawanda Chiweshe, Francisco Gaspar, Or Gal