Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for firearm muzzle brakes. In one example, a muzzle brake comprises: a body; a projectile entrance and a projectile exit; a gas-actuated valve biased toward the projectile entrance within an interior of the body; and a projectile opening of the gas-actuated valve arranged along a projectile path between the projectile entrance and the projectile exit.
Abstract: A tamper resistant element (TRE) in a device can operate a primary platform and support a “Smart Secure Platform”. The TRE may not keep time when electrical power is removed from the TRE. The device can receive (i) a certificate for an image delivery server (IDS) with a first timestamp and (ii) a signed second timestamp from a certificate authority, comprising a signature according to the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) with stapling. The device can forward the certificate and second timestamp to the TRE. The device can receive a ciphertext and an encrypted image from the IDS, where the ciphertext includes a third timestamp from a Time Stamp Authority (TSA), and forward the data to the TRE. The TRE can conduct a key exchange to decrypt the ciphertext. The TRE can compare the second and third timestamps to verify the certificate has not been revoked.
Abstract: A method for performing maintenance of a facility for use with a server, a plurality of communication sensors arranged throughout the facility, and a portable communication device, the method for use with a cleaning module, quality control module, and inspection module.
Abstract: A method of and system for utilizing an access token to authenticate a client device for accessing a resource server include generating a session key for a communication session between the device and a resource server, deriving a nonce from the session key, and transmitting a request to an identity platform for authenticating the device to access the resource server, where the request includes the nonce. Upon confirmation of authentication, the method and system may include receiving an access token from the identity platform, the access token including information that confirms authentication of the device, and transmitting the access token to the resource server to enable access to the resource server, where the access token includes the nonce.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 30, 2020
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventors:
Alan Thomas Gavin Jowett, Andrew Albert Hodgkinson, Lance Vernon Crandall, Jeffrey Scott Pinkston
Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011171. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011171, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011171 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011171.
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to modular expansion systems for use in head-worn computing systems. In an head-worn computer, an electrical connector is adapted to electrically connect with a modular expansion module, wherein the modular expansion module adds a capability to the head-worn computer and is removeably mounted to the head-worn computer, and a mount is adapted to physically secure the modular expansion module to the head-worn computer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 19, 2023
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
Inventors:
Ralph F Osterhout, Robert Michael Lohse
Abstract: Embodiments provide a lacrosse stick having a continuous juncture-handle portion and a flexible head portion molded to the juncture-handle portion, and a method for making the lacrosse stick. The juncture-handle portion may include first and second fork members extending from a throat member in a forward direction, a handle portion extending from the throat member in a rearward direction, and a first tab reinforcing member extending from the handle portion, through the throat member, and to the first fork member, and defining a first tab protruding beyond a distal forward end of the first fork member. The throat member, first and second fork members, and handle portion may be integrally formed of a first composite layup material, with the first tab reinforcing member formed of a stiffer second composite layup material. The head portion may include a first sidewall portion molded over the first tab reinforcing member.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 27, 2021
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
Wm. T. Burnett IP, LLC
Inventors:
Patrick Gowan, Thomas Acchione, Austin Scott Brown
Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating images. In one aspect, a method includes: receiving an input text prompt including a sequence of text tokens in a natural language; processing the input text prompt using a text encoder neural network to generate a set of contextual embeddings of the input text prompt; and processing the contextual embeddings through a sequence of generative neural networks to generate a final output image that depicts a scene that is described by the input text prompt.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 19, 2023
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
Google LLC
Inventors:
Chitwan Saharia, William Chan, Mohammad Norouzi, Saurabh Saxena, Yi Li, Jay Ha Whang, David James Fleet, Jonathan Ho
Abstract: A computer-implemented technique identifies terms in an original reference transcription and original ASR output results that are considered valid variants of each other, even though these terms have different textual forms. Based on this finding, the technique produces a normalized reference transcription and normalized ASR output results in which valid variants are assigned the same textual form. In some implementations, the technique uses the normalized text to develop a model for an ASR system. For example, the technique may generate a word error rate (WER) measure by comparing the normalized reference transcription with the normalized ASR output results, and use the WER measure as guidance in developing the model. Some aspects of the technique involve identifying occasions in which a term can be properly split into component parts. Other aspects can identify other ways in which two terms may vary in spelling, but nonetheless remain valid variants.
Abstract: Electric-powered, closed-loop, continuous-feed, endothermic energy-conversion systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, the presently disclosed energy-conversion system includes a shaftless auger. In another embodiment, the presently disclosed energy-conversion system includes a drag conveyor. In yet another embodiment, the presently disclosed energy-conversion system includes a distillation and/or fractionating stage. The endothermic energy-conversion systems and methods feature mechanisms for natural resource recovery, refining, and recycling, such as secondary recovery of metals, minerals, nutrients, and/or carbon char.
Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH010993. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH010993, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH010993 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH010993.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 22, 2021
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
Monsanto Technology LLC
Inventors:
Fufa H. Birru, Christian J. Buffard, Richard G. Stelpflug
Abstract: In device-assisted navigation, audio navigation cues are often presented at particular locations along a route (e.g., “in 200 meters, turn left” and “turn left here”). However, if the user stops, navigation cues also stop since the user's position is not changing. Additionally, the navigation instruction at the next navigation point may be conflated with the actual position of the next navigation point; e.g., an instruction to “turn left” may be confusing if the road takes a sharp right turn immediately before the next navigation point. Instead, the device may periodically compare the current position of the user and the next navigation point, and periodically present guidance audio cues that indicate the distance and heading offset to the next navigation point. Guidance audio cues may be integrated with and/or supplemented by audio navigation instructions to indicate both the location of the next navigation point and instructions to be followed there.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 3, 2021
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Inventors:
Felix Gerard Torquil Ifor Andrew, Geoffrey T. Ebersol
Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for fabricating a composite structure. In one example, the composite structure may include a honeycomb core sandwiched between face sheets. An edge of the honeycomb core may be abraded and a top face sheet may be perforated. As such, a likelihood of delamination of the composite structure during a curing step may be reduced.
Abstract: An assembly includes a housing. The assembly includes a sensor supported by the housing. The assembly includes a shell enclosing the sensor and rotatable relative to the housing in a first direction, the shell defining a window. The assembly includes a deflector extending radially outward from the shell at a leading edge of the window.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 8, 2021
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
Segundo Baldovino, Rashaun Phinisee, Michael Robertson, Jr., Vahan Kazandjian, Venkatesh Krishnan, Navvab Khajehosseini
Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for a systems and methods for intra-shot dynamic LIDAR detector gain. One example method my include receiving first image data associated with a first image of an object illuminated at a first wavelength and captured by a camera at the first wavelength, the first image data including first pixel data for a first pixel of the first image and second pixel data for a second pixel of the first image. The example method may also include calculating a first reflectance value for the first pixel using the first pixel data. The example method may also include calculating a second reflectance value for the second pixel using the second pixel data. The example method may also include generating, using first reflectance value and the second reflectance value, a first reflectance distribution of the object.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 9, 2022
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
Michael V. Morelli, Laurens M. Schouten-Evers, Minseok Oh
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing alerts to a user. The systems and methods may include a financial service provider including a memory device storing instructions. The financial service provider may also include at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a plurality of operations. The operations may include receiving data relating to an activity of a user. The operations may also include identifying a merchant based at least on the received data. The operations may also include accessing historical fraud or disputes data associated with at least one of the user and the merchant. The operations may also include determining whether the received data triggers an alert. The operations may further include sending an alert message to a user device associated with the user when the processor determines that the received data triggers the alert.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 18, 2023
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
Capital One Services, LLC
Inventors:
Lawrence Douglas, Robert D. Rowley, Philip Kim