Patents Assigned to LLC
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Patent number: 12320966Abstract: A method of performing imaging includes operating a light sheet projection module in a first state during a first measurement process and using a first primary objective for illumination of a specimen using a light sheet and detection of a first fluorescent emission. The method also includes operating the light sheet projection module in a second state during a second measurement process and using a second primary objective for illumination of the specimen using the light sheet and detection of a second fluorescent emission.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2023Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: CZ Biohub SF, LLCInventors: Bin Yang, Loic Royer
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Patent number: 12322155Abstract: Some embodiments provide retail inventory identification systems, comprising: a mobile product mapping system comprising: a transport system, a tower housing, and a cluster processing system comprising: a plurality of product identifying (PI) systems each in different orientations and directed along different fields of view, and a mobile control circuit; wherein the PI systems each comprise an image capture system, and a location determination system, wherein each of the plurality of PI systems is configured to: capture images of products supported on product support systems; and locally process the images comprising applying a plurality of different machine learning modeling techniques, to infer identification of multiple products and generate product identifying information in association with location information; and the mobile control circuit is configured to generate product identifying mapping of products as the product mapping system moves; and communicate the generated product identifying mapping toType: GrantFiled: July 19, 2022Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Monisha Elumalai, Jody P. Cook, Michael A. Garner, Francisco J. Rodriguez, Luis R. Rosario-Berrios, Christopher M. Overcash, Ravi Kumar Dalal, Daniel R. Bersak, Sandip Pandey, Ella Saar, Trenton J. Duke
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Patent number: 12321560Abstract: A fingerprint imaging device incorporating a first plurality of electrodes, a second plurality of electrodes and drive-sense circuitry. The first plurality of electrodes and the second plurality of electrodes are separated by a dielectric material and arranged in a crossing pattern in a sensing area. In an embodiment, each of the drive-sense circuits is configured to drive a sensor signal on an electrode of the first plurality or second plurality of electrodes, the sensor signal including a drive signal component and a receive signal component. Each of the drive-sense circuits is further configured to generate, based on the receive signal component, a sensed signal representative of at least a first impedance of the electrode. For at least some of the drive-sense circuits, the sensed signal further represents a second impedance of the electrode in accordance with a drive signal component from a differing electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2023Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Michael Shawn Gray, Patrick Troy Gray, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr.
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Patent number: 12320935Abstract: In some examples, a central hub receives, from a sensor node that is mounted to a wood item, a notification including sensor data comprising audio data captured by a microphone of the sensor node that is coupled to the wood item. The audio data is captured by the sensor node based at least in part on the sensor node determining that: an ambient temperature is greater than a temperature threshold, an ambient humidity is greater than a humidity threshold, and a moisture content of the wood item is greater than a moisture threshold. The hub performs an analysis of the sensor data using an artificial intelligence algorithm. Based on the analysis, the hub determines a presence of a pest in the wood item and sends a message, indicating the presence of the pest, to a computing device.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2025Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Katcher LLCInventors: Jace W. Files, Roger S. Hollander, John Trevor Morrison, Shivshanker S. Naimpally
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Patent number: 12322167Abstract: Disclosed frameworks for generating an image including a salient object and a staged background include extracting a salient object from a source image and applying a generative model to the salient object to generate the image. According to some embodiments, extracting a salient object from a source image involves using salient object detection method to identify the relevant portions of the source image corresponding to the salient object. In some embodiments, the generative model is a generative adversarial network trained using a domain relevant dataset.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: YAHOO AD TECH LLCInventors: Yueh-Ning Ku, Mikhail Kuznetsov, Shaunak Mishra, Paloma de Juan
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Patent number: 12318889Abstract: A radial grinding tool for a machining center utilizing through-spindle coolant is disclosed and includes a main body having a central longitudinal axis, a spindle extending along the central longitudinal axis, a disc-shaped wheel member located at an end of the spindle and including a working surface at a periphery of the wheel member, and a passageway extending through the main body configured to accommodate a flow of coolant. The tool includes an impeller attached at a lower side of the wheel member and having a plurality of blades that are configured to impart a force against the coolant to reshape the flow of coolant into a generally flat stream and redirect and drive the coolant radially outward from the central longitudinal axis to the working surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2022Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Moeller Mfg. Company, LLCInventor: Caleb Averill
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Patent number: 12323299Abstract: A server configuration tool is presented for autonomously configuring servers located in a network. The tool may autonomously configure multiple servers in parallel based on individual states of the servers, which may be periodically and simultaneously determined. For example, the tool may determine which action to take to begin or continue configuring the server based on the present state of each server. Server states (and corresponding actions) can be edited through a user interface to alter the server configuration process without code changes. At any one time, multiple servers may be in different states requiring different configuration operations to configure the servers to be ready for use. The present systems and methods can be used to move multiple servers iteratively through different configuration actions based on the individual state of each server and to perform non-conflicting configuration operations for multiple servers in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Kevin McBride, James Sutherland, Bryan Dreyer, Kristopher Dick
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Patent number: 12321169Abstract: A system may include a first neural network to detect the state of the rider through expert system-based processing of rider state indicative wearable sensor data of a plurality of wearable physiological condition sensors worn by the rider in the vehicle, the state indicative wearable sensor data indicative of at least one of a first state of the rider and a second state of the rider. A system may include a second neural network to optimize, for at least one of achieving and maintaining a first state of the rider, the operating parameter of the vehicle in response to the detected state of the rider, wherein the second neural network optimizes the operational parameter based on a correlation between a vehicle operating state and a rider state, wherein the optimized operational parameter of the vehicle is determined and adjusted to induce the first state in the rider.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2023Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: STRONG FORCE TP PORTFOLIO 2022, LLCInventor: Charles Howard Cella
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Patent number: 12319502Abstract: An order fulfillment system is disclosed including a multi-level tote storage structure, one or more autonomous mobile robots configured to pick, transport and place one or more tote; one or more workstations configured to accommodate a picker that transports one or more eaches from a tote on one of the autonomous mobile robots to a “put” location, wherein the autonomous mobile robots are configured to move from level to level in the order fulfillment apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Symbotic LLCInventors: John G. Lert, Jr., William J. Fosnight
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Patent number: 12319113Abstract: An environmental control system for thermally conditioning air within an enclosed space is provided. The system includes a refrigerant circuit having a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, an expansion device, and an outdoor heat exchanger. The system also includes an exhaust flowpath having a first inlet for receiving an exhaust flow of thermally conditioned air from the enclosed space and an outlet for discharging the exhaust flow to an external environment. A heat transfer section of the outdoor heat exchanger is located in the exhaust flowpath The exhaust flowpath is configured to direct the exhaust flow of thermally conditioned air through the heat transfer section of the outdoor heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: THERMO KING LLCInventors: Diego Cearra, Pavel Houdek, Petra Stavova, Martin Galansky, Michal Kolda
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Patent number: 12323347Abstract: Techniques for header encoding include encoding a plurality of bits using a forward error correction code, generating an FEC codeword comprising a plurality of encoded bits, and concatenating a first copy of the FEC codeword with a second copy of the FEC codeword, wherein the concatenating comprises cyclically shifting by two bits the second concatenated copy of the FEC codeword relative to the first concatenated copy of the FEC codeword, wherein the encoded bits of the first and second copies of the FEC codewords are modulated on at least one OFDM symbol. techniques for header decoding include receiving a plurality of encoded bits comprising at least two concatenated copies of an FEC codeword, decoding a first copy of the FEC codeword to generate a first plurality of decoded bits, and decoding a second copy of the FEC codeword to generate a second plurality of decoded bits.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: APPLIED TRANSFORM, LLCInventor: Joon Bae Kim
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Patent number: 12317926Abstract: A cartomizer of an electronic vaping device includes a heater circuit which is located adjacent an air passage thereof. The heater circuit includes an electrically resistive heater in electrical communication with a secondary coil. A wick extends across the air passage. The wick is configured to draw pre-vapor formulation from a reservoir toward the heater. The heater is configured to heat the pre-vapor formulation to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the pre-vapor formulation and form a vapor. The cartomizer is connectable to a power supply component which includes a power source in electrical communication with a primary coil. The power supply component is configured to induce sufficient voltage in the secondary coil of the heater circuit such that the secondary coil is configured to heat the heater and vaporize the pre-vapor formulation when the primary coil is powered by the power source.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Edmond J. Cadieux, Douglas A. Burton, Patrick J. Cobler, Barry S. Smith, Peter Lipowicz, Kai Cao
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Patent number: 12320284Abstract: An air handling transport includes a base frame, and an air housing mounted to the base frame. The air housing includes a combustion air plenum on a longitudinal side of the air handling transport, the combustion air plenum outputting filtered combustion air. The transport further includes an exhaust stack mounted to the base frame for releasing combustion exhaust air. The exhaust stack is rotatable between the longitudinal side in an operation mode and an end side in a transportation mode. The exhaust stack includes a stack base having an exhaust plenum and a stack extension. The stack extension is housed within the stack base in the transportation mode and extends vertically by a predetermined vertical distance in the operation mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2024Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Typhon Technology Solutions (U.S.), LLCInventors: Jeffrey G. Morris, Steve F. Ballinger, Matthew Michel, Thomas Wilson Robertson, Dave Routhier
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Patent number: 12322102Abstract: Targeted and individualized methods are provided herein for determining specific treatment sites based on an individual patient. Embodiments described herein may use functional and/or structural connections to create brain mapping of the patient and/or control groups having the same metrics as the patient, and combinations thereof in determining target locations for stimulation treatment.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2023Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Neurotherapeutix, LLCInventor: Marta Moreno
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Patent number: 12321527Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and processes for gesture detection. A method includes capturing a series of images. The method includes generating motion isolation information based on the series of images. The method includes generating a composite image based on the motion isolation information. The method includes determining a gesture based on the composite image. The processes described herein may include the use of convolutional neural networks on a series of time-related images to perform gesture detection on embedded systems or devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2024Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Reveal Innovations, LLCInventors: Diego Rodriguez Risco, Samir El Aouar, Alexander Joseph Ryan
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Patent number: 12317885Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a modular system for a decoy, and methods of making and using such a modular system, whereby the modular system includes an adapter configured to couple to the decoy, the adapter comprising a connector first portion which removably couples to a connector second portion to form a connection therebetween; a keel module configured to removably couple to the adapter, the keel module comprising the connector second portion; and a stand configured to removably couple to the adapter, the stand comprising the connector second portion. As to particular embodiments, the modular system can further include a stake configured to removably couple to the adapter, the stake comprising the connector second portion. The keel module, the stand, and/or the stake can be configured for easy, quick, and repeatable attachment to or removal from the adapter and accordingly, the decoy, facilitating use of one decoy in multiple environments.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2024Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Splash Landing LLCInventor: Shawn Leschinsky
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Patent number: 12322712Abstract: Systems, methods, circuits, and devices for providing and using transistors in a physically unclonable function (PUF) circuit. The transistors comprise a split source drain configuration including one or more inflection segments that increase process variations between the transistors such that each transistor generates a unique output signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2023Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLCInventors: Joshua Joseph Trujillo, Payman Zarkesh-Ha
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Patent number: 12322916Abstract: The disclosure relates to an apparatus for connecting an electronic component to a conductor. A housing includes at least one slot and defines at least one component chamber for carrying the electronic component. A liquid coolant can pass through the housing. A pair of conductive members extends from the housing through the at least one slot and can be releasably inserted into a channel defined in a support assembly. The support assembly facilitates an electrical connection between the conductive members and corresponding conductive contact members connected to a respective power supply or electrical load. The support assembly can provide an inward sealing force to a seal on the housing circumscribing the pair of conductive members.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLCInventors: Christopher James Kapusta, David Richard Esler, Arun Virupaksha Gowda, Brian Magann Rush, Liang Yin, Richard Anthony Eddins, Liqiang Yang, Judd Everett Swanson
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Patent number: 12321693Abstract: A method for training a machine learning model with parallel annotations of source instances and while facilitating security of the source instances can be performed by a system that generates a coupled machine learning model from (1) a first machine learning model trained on a first set of training data comprising unannotated natural language and (2) a second machine learning model trained on populated target templates which are populated with a plurality of vocabulary words. Once formed, the coupled machine learning model is configured to transform unannotated natural language into annotated machine-readable text.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2023Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Hany Mohamed Hassan Awadalla, Subhabrata Mukherjee, Ahmed Awadallah
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Patent number: D1077748Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2023Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: LITHIUMHUB TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: Martin Koebler