Abstract: An occupant support for a vehicle includes a seat bottom arranged to overlie a floor of the vehicle, a seat back coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend upwardly away from the floor, and a seat mode-change system that allows the rear occupant support to adjust the seat bottom and the seat back to provide a storage space.
Abstract: A conferencing system terminal device includes a display, an audio output, a user interface, a communication device, and one or more processors. The one or more processors present an audio difficulties user actuation target upon the display during an audio or video conference occurring across a network and concurrently with a presentation of conference content. Actuation of the audio difficulties user actuation target indicates that audio content associated with the audio or video conference being delivered by the audio output is impaired.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 15, 2023
Date of Patent:
October 29, 2024
Assignee:
Motorola Mobility LLC
Inventors:
Alexandre Novaes Olivieri, Amit Kumar Agrawal
Abstract: The present invention relates to a dehydration composition and method of use thereof for drying gas streams, in particular natural gas streams, wherein the dehydration composition comprises a (a) glycol and (b) an additive selected so as to increase the viscosity, surface tension, and/or specific gravity of the dehydration composition. Said dehydration composition and method results in the reduction of solvent loss during the dehydration step in a gas dehydration unit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 24, 2018
Date of Patent:
October 29, 2024
Assignee:
Dow Global Technologies LLC
Inventors:
Christophe R. Laroche, John R. Dowdle, Eric J. Klinker
Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for predicting risk of prostate cancer and/or prostate gland volume are provided. More particularly, this disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for providing the models and employing the models for predicting risk of prostate cancer and/or predicting prostate gland volume. The methods and apparatuses for predicting risk of prostate cancer and/or prostate gland volume are provided using, at least in part, information from a panel of kallikrein markers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 27, 2017
Date of Patent:
October 29, 2024
Assignees:
OPKO Diagnostics, LLC, Oy Arctic Partners Ab
Inventors:
Andrew J. Vickers, Peter T. Scardino, Hans Lilja, Vincent Linder, David Steinmiller
Abstract: In the present invention, an inter-prediction mode based image processing method and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. Specifically, the inter-prediction based image processing method may comprise the steps of: deriving movement information of a control point for specifying a reference block of a current block; dividing the current block into sub-blocks; deriving movement information of the sub-blocks using the movement information of the control point; and generating a prediction block for each sub-block using the movement information of the sub-blocks.
Abstract: A sink system that has a sink assembly comprising a plurality of side wall plates and a bottom wall connected to the plurality of side wall plates. One or more of the sink side wall plates can comprise a first material. The first material can be an engineered stone composition. The sink system can comprise a countertop body. The countertop body can be formed of the first material. The sink system can comprise a plurality of sink columns cooperating with the plurality of sink side wall plates and bottom wall to form a sink basin.
Abstract: A lift assembly including a lifting structure, a lifting arm, a yoke structure fixed to the lifting structure, a pin pivotally coupling the lifting arm with the yoke structure, and an integrated anti-rotational assembly associated with both the yoke structure and the pin. The lifting structure can actuate relative to the ground between a lowered position and a raised position. The lifting arm is configured to actuate with the lifting structure between the lowered position and the raised position. The integrated anti-rotational assembly can inhibit rotation of the pin relative to the yoke structure about the longitudinal axis of the pin.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 11, 2023
Date of Patent:
October 29, 2024
Assignee:
Vehicle Service Group, LLC
Inventors:
Zack Denzik, Ron Schneider, Kyle Smith, Scott Tucker
Abstract: A chassis control system of a vehicle includes: a first torque source providing torque to a first axle of the vehicle; a second torque source providing torque to a second axle of the vehicle independently of the first torque source; and a vehicle control module controlling the first and second torque sources to transition between a torque redistribution and torque limit control modes based on a wheel torque redistribution threshold, a wheel torque limit of the first axle and/or second axle, and a torque limit of one of the first and second torque sources. The torque redistribution mode refers to when torque is being selectively provided to the first axle by the first torque source and to the second axle by the second torque source. The torque limit control mode refers to when torque to at least one of first axle and the second axle is limited.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 19, 2023
Date of Patent:
October 29, 2024
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventors:
Saurabh Kapoor, SeyedAlireza Kasaiezadeh Mahabadi, Jason D. Fahland, Michael A. Ryba, Cody Wayne Bulkley
Abstract: A method for formulating a cleaning composition contains the step of coating a granular absorbent material with a coating agent to produce a coated absorbent material and mixing the coated absorbent material with a sanitation agent, wherein the coated absorbent material absorbs the sanitation agent to form the cleaning composition. The resulting cleaning composition may be used for cleaning up pathogens or hazardous materials. The cleaning composition may also functions as a liquefiable dry cleaning powder for public areas in response to bodily fluid incidents. A coating method of a non-toxic bio static film on a high surface area solid is disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 27, 2022
Date of Patent:
October 29, 2024
Assignees:
Morehouse School of Medicine DevMar Products LLC, Innovative Environmental Companies
Inventors:
Walter Hawkins, Sharon W. Reynolds, James W. Lillard, Jr.
Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing name-based routing through networks. In various embodiments, a broker manager in each of a plurality of networks may receive a subscription request for a network device from a client device, each device being locally accessible or disposed in an upstream or downstream network. The broker manager uses its client broker to communicate with a locally accessible client device, and uses its mediator broker (and, sometimes, an intermediate device(s)) to communicate with a locally accessible network device. The broker manager otherwise uses its messaging brokers to communicate with control channels of one or more networks. Once subscription with the network device has been established, any commands and responses between the client device and the network device may be routed over pub/sub channels via the broker managers and their brokers using name-based routing, without routing based on IP address of the network device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 7, 2022
Date of Patent:
October 29, 2024
Assignee:
Level 3 Communications, LLC
Inventors:
David Sutton, Steve Toms, Shelley Goldner, Shelli L Hurd
Abstract: In some embodiments, storing mutable user data in a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) may be facilitated. In some embodiments, user specific information for a user may be received. The user specific information may comprise data for a plurality of data fields. A status parameter for each data field of the plurality of data fields may be generated, where the status parameter is related to the accuracy of data for a respective data field. The system may generate, via a blockchain platform service, an NFT comprising the plurality of data fields and the status parameters. The system may then determine whether data associated with a first data field is (i) current based on a first status parameter and (ii) mutable. In response to determining that the data associated with the first data field is (i) not current and (ii) mutable, a first action may be performed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 2, 2022
Date of Patent:
October 29, 2024
Assignee:
Capital One Services, LLC
Inventors:
Joshua McGarity, Lea Cody, Clayton Johnson, Ruby Rue Roman Estremera
Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for segmenting and annotating videos for analysis are disclosed. A user identifies specific moments of the video that provide a teachable moment. A pre-context and a post-context portion of the video surrounding the identified moment are used to create a tile video. One or more tile videos are compiled in a user-defined order to generate a weave video with a specific focus or theme. The generated weave video is shared with one or more users and can be annotated to facilitate teaching and/or discussion.
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for point cloud compression. An apparatus includes processing circuitry that encodes information associated with a current point of a plurality of points of a point cloud. The plurality of points is partitioned into multiple bounding boxes. The processing circuitry determines whether a first size of a hash table is greater than or equal to a predetermined maximum size of the hash table. The processing circuitry removes information associated with non-boundary points in the multiple bounding boxes from the hash table based on the first size of the hash table being greater than or equal to the predetermined maximum size of the hash table. The processing circuitry stores the encoded information associated with the current point into the hash table.
Abstract: The construction of a medical device having a disposable element is disclosed. Detachable elements comprising a body having a retention feature, an electrical contactor, and sensors are also disclosed. Further disclosed are detachable elements comprising a body having a hole and a retention pocket, an electrical contactor, and a printed circuit board assembly (PCB) in contact with the innermost surface of the body that forms the retention pocket. Further disclosed are detachable elements comprising a body having an opening and a printed film comprising conductive elements, where the conductive elements comprise a sensor configured to be aligned with the opening to expose the sensor. Further disclosed are reusable components having matching retention features.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 10, 2023
Date of Patent:
October 29, 2024
Assignee:
Bruin Biometrics, LLC
Inventors:
Martin F. Burns, Bill Campbell, David M. Giuntoli, Mark Raptis, Graham O. Ross
Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide novel methods for performing services on data messages passing through a network connecting one or more datacenters, such as software defined datacenters (SDDCs). The method of some embodiments uses service containers executing on host computers to perform different chains (e.g., ordered sequences) of services on different data message flows. For a data message of a particular data message flow that is received or generated at a host computer, the method in some embodiments uses a service classifier executing on the host computer to identify a service chain that specifies several services to perform on the data message. For each service in the identified service chain, the service classifier identifies a service container for performing the service. The service classifier then forwards the data message to a service forwarding element to forward the data message through the service containers identified for the identified service chain.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 7, 2023
Date of Patent:
October 29, 2024
Assignee:
VMware LLC
Inventors:
Jeremy Tidemann, Constantine Polychronopoulos, Marc-Andre Bordeleau, Edward Choh, Ojas Gupta, Robert Kidd, Raja Kommula, Georgios Oikonomou, Mingjie Zhao