Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 10546518
    Abstract: A near-eye display system includes a display panel to display a near-eye lightfield frame comprising an array of elemental images and an eye tracking component to track a pose of a user's eye. The system further includes a rendering component to position the array of elemental images within the near-eye lightfield frame based on the pose of the user's eye. A method of operation of the near-eye display system includes determining, using the eye tracking component, a first pose of the user's eye and determining a shift vector for an array of elemental images forming a near-eye lightfield frame based on the first pose of the user's eye. The method further includes rendering the array of elemental images at a position within the near-eye lightfield frame that is based on the shift vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: John D. Perreault, Patrick Llull
  • Patent number: 10546382
    Abstract: Continuing a sequence of lensless light-field imaging camera patents beginning 1999, the present invention adds light-use efficiency, predictive-model design, distance-parameterized interpolation, computational efficiency, arbitrary shaped surface-of-focus, angular diversity/redundancy, distributed image sensing, plasmon surface propagation, and other fundamentally enabling features. Embodiments can be fabricated entirely by printing, transparent/semi-transparent, layered, of arbitrary size/curvature, flexible/bendable, emit light, focus and self-illuminate at zero-separation distance between (planar or curved) sensing and observed surfaces, robust against damage/occultation, implement color sensing without use of filters or diffraction, overlay on provided surfaces, provided color and enhanced multi-wavelength color sensing, wavelength-selective imaging of near-infrared/near-ultraviolet, and comprise many other fundamentally enabling features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Lester F. Ludwig
  • Patent number: 10547046
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method includes forming a nickel oxide/hydroxide active film onto a substrate from a solution including a nickelous salt and an electrolyte, where the nickel oxide/hydroxide active film has a physical characteristic of maintaining greater than about 80% charge over greater than 500 charge/discharge cycles, and wherein the nickel oxide/hydroxide active film has a physical characteristic of storing electrons at greater than about 0.5 electron per nickel atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Merrill, Michael Stadermann
  • Patent number: 10544268
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to rubber compositions comprising at least one rubber, at least one reinforcing carbon black filler, and a whey protein component. The whey protein component is in an amount sufficient to provide about 0.1 to about 10 phr whey protein. The present disclosure is also directed to methods of preparing such rubber compositions and to tire components containing the rubber compositions disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin C. Galizio, Amy M. Randall, Melissa M. Clark
  • Patent number: 10544726
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a ducted fuel injector. In one example, a method may include adjusting a temperature of combustion chamber gases in a combustion chamber and/or adjusting a fuel rail pressure in response to an amount of light sensed by a photodiode of the duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Eric Matthew Kurtz
  • Patent number: 10546139
    Abstract: In methods, systems, and computing devices configured to implement methods of conveying a data file from a first computing device to a second computing device. A referential complex dataset (RCD) is stored in memory of a first computing device and a second computing device. The first computing device may compare bit strings within a data file to bit strings within the RCD to identify a matching bit string in the RCD, generate a set of rules for locating the matched bit string in the RCD, and transmit the rule set to the second computing device. The second computing device may receive the rule set, sequentially use each rule in the rule set to identify corresponding bit strings in the RCD in memory, and copy the identified bit strings into a memory to replicate the data file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: NTROPY LLC
    Inventors: John Ellingson, Robert M. Hansen
  • Patent number: 10543949
    Abstract: A foldable crate system, associated methods, and an associated apparatus are provided. The foldable crate system includes a continuous piece of paperboard having machined fold lines therein. The machined fold lines allow for highly precise folds of the paperboard to form the same into a packaging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Dura-Fibre, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth K. Niemuth
  • Patent number: 10545276
    Abstract: A luminaire module including a plurality of light-emitting elements (LEEs) arranged to emit light in a forward direction; a light guide comprising a pair of opposing side surfaces extending from a receiving end of the light guide to an opposing end of the light guide, the light guide configured to guide light received at the receiving end from the LEEs in the forward direction to the opposing end, wherein the light guide is elongated along a transverse direction orthogonal to the forward direction; and an optical extractor elongated along the transverse direction and located at the opposing end of the light guide to receive the guided light, the optical extractor comprising a redirecting surface and an output surface, wherein the received light undergoes two reflections off the redirecting surface prior to being output through the output surface in an ambient environment as output light in a backward angular range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Quarkstar LLC
    Inventors: Victor E. Isbrucker, Ingo Speier
  • Patent number: 10544631
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a coupling system for a top drive and a tool includes a housing of the top drive having a bore therethrough, an adapter of the tool, a latch member at least partially disposed within the housing and radially movable between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein the latch member is configured to longitudinally couple the housing to the adapter, and a lock member at least partially disposed within the housing and longitudinally movable relative to the housing, wherein the lock member is configured to move the latch member between the extended and the retracted positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Reinecke
  • Patent number: 10547706
    Abstract: A method and apparatus determine a multimedia representation for a multimedia asset. The method includes receiving a multimedia asset request for a multimedia asset at a multimedia representation broker. The multimedia asset request is received from a specific client device. The multimedia asset request includes client device information about the specific client device. The method determines, at the multimedia representation broker, a multimedia representation for user in providing the multimedia asset to the specific client device based on the client device information and based on media representations appropriate for a client device context of the specific client device. The method outputs multimedia representation information corresponding to the multimedia asset for the specific client device based on the determined multimedia representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Anthony J. Braskich, Stephen P. Emeott, Alfonso Martinez Smith
  • Patent number: 10545833
    Abstract: Various systems and methods can perform block-level deduplication. For example, one method involves sending a chunk of data to a deduplication server for storage in a deduplicated data store. The chunk of data includes multiple blocks. Subsequent to sending the chunk of data to the deduplication server, the method detects that at least one of the blocks has been modified. In response, the method sends associated information as well as the modified blocks, which include at least one but fewer than all of the blocks in the chunk, to the deduplication server. The associated information identifies a location of the included blocks within the chunk of data. The method can be performed by a computing device implementing a deduplication client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Veritas Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Trimbak Somnathappa Bardale
  • Patent number: 10547491
    Abstract: A method includes, with a computing system, receiving a plurality of packets for transcoding, the plurality of packets comprising a first set of packets having data in a first format and a second set of packets having data in a second format, with the computing system, placing the first set of packets in a first queue, the first queue comprising packets from more than one communication session, with the computing system, placing the second set of packets in a second queue, the second queue having packets from more than one communication session, with the computing system, processing packets of the first queue with a graphics processing unit, and with the computing system, after processing the packets of the first queue with the graphics processing unit, processing packets of the second queue with the graphics processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: GENBAND US LLC
    Inventor: Francois Caron
  • Patent number: 10547621
    Abstract: A computing system is configured to provide access to electronic content. The computing system includes a processor, a data store, an access control system, and a user interface component. The data store is coupled to the processor and is configured to store the electronic content. The access control system control system is configured to selectively allow a requestor to access the electronic content based on a stored metadata setting that is associated with the link. The user interface component is configured to receive a setting change related to a share associated with the link and to persist metadata associated with the setting change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSIFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene S. Lin, Robert G. Hawking, Hui Huang, Rafael Lopez-Uricoechea, Sean L. G. Livingston
  • Patent number: 10546122
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for interactive visualization of a risk assessment for an entity on a graphical user interface of a computer system includes receiving, by the computer system, unstructured risk data associated with an entity, parsing, by the computer system, the unstructured risk data to produce risk information elements during a time period, combining, by the computer system, the risk information elements that comprise a single event, categorizing, by the computer system, each event in a category, generating, by a computer processor, a risk assessment for the entity from the categorized events for each time period, and displaying, on the graphical user interface, the risk assessments for each time period on a risk timeline that includes a timeline and a numerical risk scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: ENDERA SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Raj Ananthanpillai, Aaron Kilinski
  • Patent number: 10542930
    Abstract: A computer system for assessing sound to analyze a user's sleep includes a processor configured to perform operations including: (i) storing sample sound data associated with a plurality of sample sleep events, the sample sound data including a plurality of sample characteristics each respectively associated with at least one sample sleep event of the plurality of sample sleep events; (ii) receiving, from a client device, subject sound data collected during a sleep interval; (iii) analyzing, using a machine learning algorithm, the subject sound data collected during the sleep interval; (iv) identifying, based upon the analyzing, a subject characteristic associated with the subject sound data; (v) comparing the subject characteristic with the plurality of sample characteristics; and (vi) determining, based upon the comparing, whether the subject characteristic substantially matches at least one sample characteristic to identify one or more subject sleep events occurring during the sleep interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: BLUEOWL, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Jason Sanchez, Vinay Kumar
  • Patent number: 10543475
    Abstract: Producing C5 olefins from steam cracker C5 feeds may include reacting a mixed hydrocarbon stream comprising cyclopentadiene, C5 olefins, and C6+ hydrocarbons in a dimerization reactor where cyclopentadiene is dimerized to dicyclopentadiene. The dimerization reactor effluent may be separated into a fraction comprising the C6+ hydrocarbons and dicyclopentadiene and a second fraction comprising C5 olefins and C5 dienes. The second fraction, a saturated hydrocarbon diluent stream, and hydrogen may be fed to a catalytic distillation reactor system for concurrently separating linear C5 olefins from saturated hydrocarbon diluent, cyclic C5 olefins, and C5 dienes contained in the second fraction and selectively hydrogenating C5 dienes. An overhead distillate including the linear C5 olefins and a bottoms product including cyclic C5 olefins are recovered from the catalytic distillation reactor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Yongqiang Xu, Peter Loezos, Willibrord A. Groten, Romain Lemoine
  • Patent number: 10544379
    Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for creating a fire in normal and adverse conditions using fire starting tinder housed in lightweight containers and multipurpose cords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Live Fire Gear, LLC
    Inventors: Roger J. Fandrich, Dayna Fandrich, Adam B. Francis
  • Patent number: 10544912
    Abstract: A loadable cassette holds a planar light source, such as a flat OLED panel, along with a companion driver board in a manner that allows both the light source and driver board to be operatively and replaceably connected to a luminaire or lighting system. The cassette maintains an air gap between the light source and driver board so as to prevent heat produced by the driver board from damaging the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding, LLC
    Inventors: Min-Hao Michael Lu, Jonathon Wickus
  • Patent number: 10546308
    Abstract: The disclosure includes use of a feature-aware propagation model to identify one or more features of a product and one or more person(s), or members of a social network, to target, or user, for marketing the product having the identified features. The one or more person(s) identified using the model may be the person(s), or member(s), of a social network determined to have a maximum capability, relative to other members of the social network, for influencing the members of the social network in adopting, e.g., purchasing, a product having the identified features. In addition, parameters of the model may be determined using information about the social network, user preferences, and the products and features of the products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: EXCALIBUR IP, LLC
    Inventors: Nicola Barbieri, Francesco Bonchi
  • Patent number: 10546341
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for managing operations, for instance making orders and fulfilling orders, using one or more computing devices. In accordance with an example embodiment, an operations management system can include a self-order system, a self-payment system, and an order-fulfillment system. The self-order system, the self-payment system, and the order-fulfillment system can communicate with each other via a communication system that connects the systems, such as a wireless network for example. Using the operation management system, orders can be placed and fulfilled efficiently and with minimal personal interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Flo Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Eric J. Blatstein, Albert C. Lee, Michael Palamara, John Saya, Neville Kadwa, Nicholas Haurus, Matthew Quirk