Patents Assigned to LLC
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Patent number: 11937310Abstract: A user device includes hardware configured to select a preamble or PRACH occasion associated with a first time span for the user device to transmit at least a data portion of a random-access procedure message to a base station, and to receive a message granting the user device an occasion to transmit uplink data on a PUSCH occasion that includes a second time span (412). The hardware also determines that the first and second time spans overlap (414), and only one of (i) transmits at least the data portion of the random-access procedure message to the base station during the first time span. or (ii) transmits the uplink data to the base station during the second time span, based on a transmission precedence of (i) at least the data portion of the random-access procedure message and (ii) the uplink data (440).Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventor: Shiangrung Ye
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Patent number: 11933317Abstract: Low-flow fluid delivery system. The system includes a pump assembly comprising a pump mechanism having an inlet side and an outlet side, wherein the inlet side is configured to fluidly couple to a fluid supply. The system further includes a pressure sensor operably coupled to the outlet side and configured to measure a fluid pressure at the outlet side. An actuator mechanically is coupled to the pump mechanism to drive the pump mechanism. A controller is coupled to the pressure sensor, wherein the controller is configured with a preselected set of fluid pressure set points and one or more preselected sets of fluid flow rates and wherein the controller is further configured to control the actuator to increase a fluid flow rate to a first flow rate in the preselected set of fluid flow rates when the fluid pressure at the outlet side falls to a lower one of corresponding fluid pressure set point in the preselected set of fluid pressure set points.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: GEYSER TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: Jonathan Ballesteros
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Patent number: 11935414Abstract: A system for determining when additional information is needed by a passenger with color deficient vision within a vehicle includes a plurality of perception sensors within the vehicle adapted to collect data related to a physical identity of a primary object and to communicate the data related to the physical identity of the primary object, via a communication bus, to a data processor within the vehicle, the data processor adapted to determine that the physical identity of the primary object may be unclear to a passenger with color deficient vision based on the data related to the physical identity of the primary object, and that assistance should be provided to the passenger with color deficient vision to aid the passenger with color deficient vision in identifying the primary object.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Jacob Alan Bond, Joseph F. Szczerba, John P. Weiss
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Patent number: 11931697Abstract: A process for separating hydrogen from a gas mixture having hydrogen and a larger gas molecule is comprised of flowing the gas mixture through a carbonized polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) copolymer membrane having a hydrogen permeance in combination with a hydrogen/methane selectivity, wherein the combination of hydrogen permeance and hydrogen/methane selectivity is (i) at least 30 GPU hydrogen permeance and at least 200 hydrogen/methane selectivity or (ii) at least 10 GPU hydrogen permeance and at least 700 hydrogen/methane selectivity. The carbonized PVDC copolymer may be made by heating and restraining a polyvinylidene chloride copolymer film or hollow fiber having a thickness of 1 micrometer to 250 micrometers to a pretreatment temperature of 100° C. to 180° C. to form a pretreated polyvinylidene chloride copolymer film and then heating and restraining the pretreated polyvinylidene chloride copolymer film to a maximum pyrolysis temperature from 350° C. to 750° C.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Junqiang Liu, Douglas E. Beyer, Janet M. Goss, Chan Han, Edward M. Calverley
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Patent number: 11932862Abstract: Polynucleotides comprising genetic regulatory elements, as well as constructs, host cells, and transgenic organisms comprising the same are described. The polynucleotides can control the expression of an operably linked gene in a host cell or organism, such as a plant cell or a plant. Methods of using the polynucleotide to control the expression of an operably linked gene of interest in a plant or plant cell are further provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Ian W. Davis, Tedd D. Elich
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Patent number: 11933511Abstract: A testing platform tests an electrical and mechanical system such as an HVAC unit according to an algorithm that reduces the total testing time of the components of the system, while ensuring the safety of the system during system-wide testing. The platform uses constraints that are checked both before and during the testing to ensure that HVAC operating conditions are acceptable for starting and maintaining component tests. Preferably, the platform uses finite-state machines for each device to organize the component tests, allowing for monitoring of constraints and starting, pausing, and stopping component tests. Preferably, total test execution time is reduced by running component tests in parallel, running component tests based on loads of the components, or combinations of both.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: NEXTRACKER LLCInventors: Bruce Christopher Wootton, Rory Joseph Timar, Colin Patrick Murphy, Francesco Borrelli, Allan Daly
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Patent number: 11935184Abstract: An ambient lighting engine and an ambient lighting method are disclosed. A base graphics component is transformed into an ambient-lit graphics component based on ambient color values determined along multiple axes in 3D space. The ambient color values can be calculated in real-time. Optionally, the calculated ambient color values can be associated with a location in 3D space and cached for usage at a later time for pixels at or near that same location.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: IMVU, LLCInventor: Llorenç Marti Garcia
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Patent number: 11931206Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system and method of ultrasound imaging. The method includes initiating a live ultrasound scanning session and saving a first sequence of images in a volatile memory. The method includes receiving a store command while in a retrospective image capture mode during the live ultrasound scanning session. The method includes detecting that the first sequence of images does not meet a length threshold and automatically continuing to acquire a second sequence of images. The method includes detecting that the combination of the first sequence of images and the second sequence of images meets or exceeds the length threshold and saving a third sequence of images as a cineloop in a non-volatile memory, the third sequence of images including both at least a portion of the first sequence of images and at least a portion of the second sequence of images.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLCInventors: Svein Arne Aase, Brian J. Lesniak, Carolina Bonilla Herrando
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Patent number: 11934534Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for analyzing a program to be executed on a computer to detect vulnerability for malicious attacks using the program. One method includes an operation for performing dynamic vulnerability detection of a driver when the driver is loaded in a computing system. The dynamic vulnerability detection comprises detecting at least one offset made available by the driver for access to the driver, and detecting application programming interface (API) calls made by the driver. Further, the method includes performing static vulnerability detection of the driver by analyzing binary code of the driver. The static vulnerability detection comprises determining the at least one offset available for access to the driver, and identifying vulnerable code paths to functions accessing kernel functionality.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Raghav Pande, Jordan Josef Geurten, Danut Antoche-Albisor
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Patent number: 11933186Abstract: Vibrational damping assemblies, turbomachine airfoils, and exhaust diffusers are provided. A vibrational damping assembly includes at least one pin coupled to the turbomachine component. The at least one pin has a pin body and a disk coupled to the pin body. The vibrational damping assembly further includes at least one plate disposed between the disk and the turbomachine component. The at least one plate is movable between the disk and the turbomachine component relative to the plurality of pins and relative to the turbomachine component to dampen vibrations experienced by the turbomachine component.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLCInventors: Karol Filip Leszczynski, Przemyslaw Michal Jakubczak
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Patent number: 11937089Abstract: A method for remotely bonding a companion device to an implanted medical device to achieve long-term encrypted and authenticated communication channel, that is resilient to companion device failure or compromise and hence mitigates the risk or need for unplanned, revision surgery and/or premature device explanation. Through use of a shared cryptographic key between the two systems, the companion device may request an encrypted challenge number from the implant. Completing the challenge via transmitting an encrypted validation number permits the implanted medical device to bond and perform a new long-term key exchange. The shared cryptographic key can be changed as well, in event of compromise or other adverse event, using a described device firmware update procedure.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: CraniUS LLCInventors: Conner Delahanty, Aayush Gandhi, Rahul Gangwani, Maximilian Zinkus, Simone Bliss, Tiger Gao, Owen Friesen, John Cai, Vivian Looi, Isaac Lefkovitz
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Patent number: 11931555Abstract: A power injector system having a power injector for enabling delivery of fluid in an injection procedure to be performed on a patient may include one or more processors; a first user interface; and a second user interface. The first user interface and the second user interface may be configured to accept a plurality of user inputs associated with control of a plurality of operations of the power injector system and display information associated with the plurality of operations. One of the first user interface and the second user interface may be proximate to the power injector and the other may be remote from the power injector. The one or more processors may be programmed and/or configured to independently control the first user interface and the second user interface based on a first user input and a next user input received from the first user interface and/or the second user interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: John Volkar, Corey Kemper, Samantha Parker, James Hoon Yoo, Leona Mulcahy, Michael Brooks, Richard Sokolov
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Patent number: 11931266Abstract: The biocompatible lattice structures and implants disclosed herein have an increased or optimized lucency, even when constructed from a metallic material. The lattice structures can also provide an increased or optimized lucency in a material that is not generally considered to be radiolucent. Lucency can include disparity, maximum variation in lucency properties across a structure, or dispersion, minimum variation in lucency properties across a structure. The implants and lattice structures disclosed herein may be optimized for disparity or dispersion in any desired direction. A desired direction with respect to lucency can include the anticipated x-ray viewing direction of an implant in the expected implantation orientation.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: NANOHIVE MEDICAL LLCInventors: Christopher Laine, Ian Helmar, Lucas Diehl, Jason Tinley, Kevin D. Chappuis, John F. Sullivan
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Patent number: 11933647Abstract: A system may include a first sensor of a first type and a second sensor of a second different type and having a detector. A field of view of the second sensor may be formed by a plurality of regions of interest (ROIs) defined by the detector. Control circuitry of the system may be configured to perform operations including obtaining, from the first sensor, first sensor data representing an environment, and determining, based on the first sensor data, information associated with a feature of interest within the environment. The operations may also include determining, based on the information, a particular ROI that corresponds to an expected position of the feature at a later time, obtaining a plurality of ROI sensor data from the particular ROI instead of obtaining full-resolution sensor data, and analyzing the plurality of ROI sensor data to determine one or more attributes of the feature.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Nirav Dharia, Giulia Guidi, Ralph Shepard, Vlad Cardei, Lucian Ion
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Patent number: 11931639Abstract: A shell assembly configured for holding one or more weighted articles includes an outer shell having an outer surface and an inner surface defining a cavity configured for receiving the article(s) therein, with an opening providing access to the cavity, a closure configured for selectively opening and closing the opening, and a securing structure configured for securing the article(s) within the cavity to limit movement of the article(s). The securing structure includes a plurality of adjustable straps each connected to the inner surface of the outer shell at a first securing point and a second securing point on opposite sides of the opening. Each of the straps is adjustable with respect to the outer shell to increase or decrease an effective length of the respective strap between the respective securing points, to increase or decrease a distance between the respective securing points and thereby constrict or expand the outer shell.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Coulter Ventures, LLC.Inventors: Laurie Ann Coughlan, William Henniger, Tyler McClure, Ahmik Jones, Anelia Perez
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Patent number: 11936923Abstract: A system for transcoding a media stream includes at least one network interface; at least one memory; and at least one processor each coupled to one or more of the at least one network interface and one or more of the at least one memory. The at least one processor is configured to publish, via a messaging bus, a segment transcode request in a segment transcode request queue, retrieve the segment transcode request by a transcode worker thread, wherein the first transcode worker thread monitors the segment transcode request queue, transcode by a second transcode worker thread a segment referenced by the segment transcode request, determine by the manifest processor whether the second transcode worker thread has completed transcoding the segment and is still operating, and, if not, transcode the segment by a third transcode worker thread, and store the transcoded segment.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: RESI MEDIA LLCInventors: Bradley Reitmeyer, Paul Martel, Christopher Joel Ribble
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Patent number: 11936960Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for interacting with content using a second screen device are provided. In some implementations, the method comprises: receiving, from a remote media streaming device, a request to present media content items; sending, over the Internet, interactive content to the media streaming device as a stream of video; causing the interactive content to be presented by the media streaming device; causing a notification to be sent to a computing device associated with the media streaming device indicating that the content being presented by the media streaming device is interactive content; receiving instructions from the computing device to control how an object depicted in the interactive content is presented; updating the interactive content based on the instructions; sending the updated interactive content to the media streaming device as a stream of video; and causing the updated interactive content to be presented by the media streaming device.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventor: Adam Champy
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Patent number: 11930743Abstract: Methods are provided for improving performance of a computing system used to model potential crop yield. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes generating a model of potential crop yield, as a function of planting date and relative maturity based, at least in part, on one or more relative maturity maps, one or more planting date maps, and one or more actual production history maps, and storing the model in a memory of the server computer system. The method also includes receiving, via an interface at a field manager computing device, a selection of a particular field and computing, from the model of potential crop yield, a potential yield for the particular field based, at least in part, on a planting date for the particular field, a relative maturity value, and values representing actual production history for the particular field.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: CLIMATE LLCInventors: Erik Andrejko, Ying Xu
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Patent number: 11936973Abstract: The invention describes an infrared imaging assembly (1) for capturing an infrared image (M0, M1) of a scene (S), comprising an infrared-sensitive image sensor (14); an irradiator (10) comprising an array of individually addressable infrared-emitting LEDs, wherein each infrared-emitting LED is arranged to illuminate a scene region (S1, . . . , S9); a driver (11) configured to actuate the infrared irradiator (10) by applying a switching pulse train (T1, . . . , T9) to each infrared-emitting LED; an image analysis module (13) configured to analyse a preliminary infrared image (M0) to determine the required exposure levels (130) for each of a plurality of image regions (R1, . . . , R9); and a pulse train adjusting unit (12) configured to adjust the duration (L1, . . . , L9) of a switching pulse train (T1, . . . , T9) according to the required exposure levels (130).Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Lumileds LLCInventors: Arjen Gerben Van der Sijde, Erno Fancsali, Nicola Bettina Pfeffer, Pieter Johannes Quintus van Voorst Vader
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Patent number: D1018064Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: EcoLife Innovations LLCInventor: Tilong Lu