Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Mapping temperatures across a surface
    Patent number: 11841280
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to mapping a plurality of temperatures across an area. One example provides a temperature sensing device including a flexible support and a temperature sensing structure having a plurality of individually readable temperature sensing junctions. The temperature sensing structure includes a line of a first conductive material extending across an area of the support, and a plurality of lines of a second conductive material each intersecting the line of the first junction material at a corresponding sensing junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Sullivan, Siyuan Ma, James David Holbery, Collin Alexander Ladd, Kelly Marie Bogan
  • Methods and apparatus to model consumer choice sourcing
    Patent number: 11842358
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to model consumer choices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Nielsen Consumer LLC
    Inventor: John G Wagner
  • Methods and magnetic imaging devices to inventory human brain cortical function
    Patent number: 11839475
    Abstract: Techniques are described for determining cognitive impairment, an example of which includes accessing a set of epochs of magnetoencephalography (MEG) data of responses of a brain of a test patient to a plurality of auditory stimulus events; processing the set of epochs to identify parameter values one or more of which is based on information from the individual epochs without averaging or otherwise collapsing the epoch data. The parameter values are input into a model that is trained based on the parameters to determine whether the test patient is cognitively impaired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Brain F.I.T. Imaging, LLC
    Inventors: John P. Ford, Gustavo P. Sudre
  • System and method for determining beam power level along an additive deposition path
    Patent number: 11839915
    Abstract: A laser power control method for additive manufacturing includes a pre-processing component and an intra-processing component. The pre-processing component creates in the system controller a machine code expressed additive-path-with-geometry-metadata that includes a path description. The path description represents the path of the beam source on the build and includes a geometry index for the build. The intra-processing component calculates required power for the beam at intervals and events on the beam path based upon the additive-path-with-geometry-metadata and calculations of the energy balance at the melt pool and the total energy for each point P(s) on the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Product Innovation and Engineering LLC
    Inventor: Todd Eugene Sparks
  • System and method for sub-wavelength detection for jetting-based additive manufacturing using a split ring resonator probe
    Patent number: 11841220
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for detecting and analyzing droplets of feedstock material being ejected from an additive manufacturing device. The system makes use of a split ring resonator (SRR) probe including a ring element having a gap, with the gap being positioned adjacent a path of travel of the droplets of feedstock material. An excitation signal source is used for supplying an excitation signal to the SRR probe. An analyzer analyzes signals generated by the SRR probe in response to perturbations in an electric field generated by the SRR probe as the droplets of feedstock material pass the ring element. The signals are indicative of dimensions of the droplets of feedstock material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Saptarshi Mukherjee, Tammy Chang
  • Automatically resolving, with reduced user inputs, a set of activity instances for a group of users
    Patent number: 11843655
    Abstract: Automatically determining, with reduced (or no) input from the users of a group, a set of activity instances that the group of users has interest in performing. A representation of the set of activity instances can be rendered for consideration by a group, and the set of activity instances can be determined even when only limited criteria are specified. Optionally, in response to affirmative user interface input(s) directed to a rendered representation of the set of activity instances, one or more of the activity instances of the set can be confirmed through limited input(s) of one or more users of the group. Further, the automatic determination of the set of activity instances is optionally performed using one or more trained machine learning models that are trained to optimize a likelihood that the users of the group will find the set satisfactory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Marcos Calvo Lance, Philip Koonce
  • Aerosol-generating system including a heated gel container
    Patent number: 11839706
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system may include an electrical power supply, an electrical heater connected to the electrical power supply, and a substrate container. The substrate container may define a blind cavity containing an aerosol-forming substrate in the form of a gel that is a solid at room temperature. The electrical heater is external to the substrate container and configured to heat the substrate container to generate a vapor without contacting the aerosol-forming substrate. As result, the possibility of unwanted materials building up on the electrical heater can be reduced, thereby providing a more reliable and consistent performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Gerard Zuber, Jean-Yves Vollmer
  • Data structure queries to manage loading time in multimedia content
    Patent number: 11841894
    Abstract: Systems and methods data structures queries to manage loading time of multimedia content are provided. A system receives an input audio signal from a computing device and identifies a request. The system identifies a quantized day value and a quantized time value. The system retrieves, via a lookup in a multi-dimensional matrix data structure with the quantized day value and quantized time value, signals for the quantized day value and the quantized time value. The system generates a query with the signals, and applies the query to a multimedia content data structure to identify a plurality of multimedia content items that match the plurality of signals. The system provides an indication of the plurality of multimedia content items that match the signals for the quantized day value and the quantized time value retrieved from the multi-dimensional matrix data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Jian Wei Leong
  • Electrolyte balancing strategies for flow batteries
    Patent number: 11843147
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a redox flow battery comprising at least one electrochemical cell in fluid communication with a balancing cell, said balancing cell comprising: a first and second half-cell chamber, wherein the first half-cell chamber comprises a first electrode in contact with a first aqueous electrolyte of the redox flow battery; and wherein the second half-cell chamber comprises a second electrode comprising a catalyst for the generation of O2; and wherein the second half-cell chamber does not contain an aqueous electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Y. Reece, Paravastu Badrinarayanan, Nitin Tyagi, Timothy B. Grejtak
  • Systems and methods for adjusting light emitted from a display
    Patent number: 11842707
    Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting light emitted from a display of a device are provided. The adjusting includes obtaining, from light of an environment detected by at least one sensor, a measured color of light of the environment, and obtaining, from light of the environment detected by at least one sensor, a measured brightness of light of the environment. In response to the obtaining the measured color and the measured brightness of light, a color of light emitted from the display is adjusted from an initial color prior to the adjusting to a target color that matches the measured color. Further, a brightness of light emitted from the display is adjusted from an initial brightness emitted by the display prior to the adjusting to a target brightness that matches the measured brightness of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Fergus Simpson, Ying Zhang, Tuan Nguyen, Ryan Ki Sing Chung, Christopher Joseph Findeisen, Chintan Trehan, Rajat Kumar Paharia
  • Apparatus and a method for an indicating system for ground support equipment for an electric aircraft
    Patent number: 11840360
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for an indicating system for ground support equipment for an electric aircraft is disclosed. The apparatus may include ground support equipment, wherein the ground support equipment may include at least a ground support module, wherein the at least a ground support module may be configured to support an operation of an electric aircraft, one or more housings, wherein the one or more housings may be configured to house the at least a ground support module, a cable module, wherein the cable module may be configured to connect the at least a ground support module and the electric aircraft, an indicator configured to indicate informatic communication of the at least ground support module and the cable module and a controller communicatively connected to the at least a ground support module and the cable module and configured to control the indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Williams, Jake Pill, Richard Donnelly, Edward Hall, Michael Kuss
  • Flexible hose with compact storage configuration and a cleaning apparatus using the same
    Patent number: 11839347
    Abstract: A flexible hose for use with surface cleaning devices is disclosed that includes a support structure that allows a user to collapse and lock the same into a storage configuration, and then easily unlock the same using a relatively minor amount of force, e.g., a user-applied pulling force or mechanical force. Thus, in a general sense, a hose consistent with the present disclosure may include two relatively stable/steady-state configurations, namely a storage configuration and an in-use configuration. Thus, the hose allows a user to collapse and lock the hose when not in use, and to transition the hose to an in-use configuration to target various types of surfaces to clean including, for instance, floors, walls and ceilings which may be many feet (e.g., up to 5 feet or more) from the surface cleaning apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Jason B. Thorne, Andre D. Brown, Daniel Innes, Lee M. Cottrell, Adam Udy, Daniel Tonderys, David Clare, Kai Xu
  • Quiver for bowfishing arrows and accessories
    Patent number: 11841206
    Abstract: A bow has an arrow quiver further attached to a bowfishing bow or reel. The arrow quiver provides a clip that advantageously holds at least one arrow shaft along the bowfishing riser without interference with the line during use and may further hold one or more replacement tips and tools commonly used during the course of bowfishing. The replacement tips are stored to be easily accessible with the sharp points of the tips directed away from the user to avoid injury. Further, small hand tools, such as Allen wrenches or hex keys, are stored on the quiver in a manner which improves flexibility of the arrow clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: AMS, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Braun, Tim Morines
  • Automatically requesting vehicles
    Patent number: 11841236
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle for maneuvering a passenger to a destination autonomously. The vehicle includes one or more computing devices that receive a request for a vehicle from a client computing device. The request identifies a first location. The one or more computing devices also determine whether the first location is within a threshold outside of a service area of the vehicle. When the location is within the threshold distance outside of the service area of the vehicle, the one or more computing devices identify a second location within the service area of the vehicle where the vehicle is able to stop for a passenger and based on the first location. The one or more computing devices then provide a map and a marker identifying the position of the second location on the map for display on the client computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Anne Kristina Aula, Brian Douglas Cullinane, Daniel Jules Switkin, Jennifer Arden, Renaud-Roland Hubert
  • Bone plate trial
    Patent number: 11839556
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a reversible bone plate template and a method for using the same to size an implant. The bone plate template may include first and second portions. The second portion may be wider than the first portion and asymmetrical about a longitudinal axis. A section between the first and second portions may allow the second portion to be moved between first and second positions such that either a first or a second surface may be a bone contacting surface. A method for sizing an implant with a bone plate template may include determining whether a first or second surface is to be placed on bone, moving a portion of the bone plate template, placing it on bone and selecting an implant based upon the bone plate template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Denis Digeser, Nina Kozic, Ulrich Spaelter
  • Closure systems and insulating devices having closure systems
    Patent number: 11839278
    Abstract: A closure having a first flange with first engagement mechanism and a second with a second engagement mechanism disposed between the first end and the second end. The first engagement mechanism configured to engage the second engagement mechanism. A slider configured to selectively engage the first engagement mechanism and the second mechanism when moved in a first direction and disengage the first engagement mechanism from the second engagement mechanism when moved in a second direction. The closure is substantially watertight in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Steven Larson, Derek G. Sullivan, Karl Fritzsche, Christopher M. Keller, Alex Baires, Scott Barbieri, Bryan Seon
  • Techniques for rapid detection and quantitation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using breath samples
    Patent number: 11841372
    Abstract: An exemplary breath analysis system may include a sampling chamber having a molecule collector disposed therein. The molecule collector may be configured such that volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in a breath sample introduced to the sampling chamber adhere to the molecule collector. A heating element may introduce heat within the sampling chamber, causing release of at least a portion of the VOCs adhered to the molecule collector. An analysis device (e.g., a mass spectrometer or Terahertz (THz) spectrometer) may identify one or more target VOCs from among at least the portion of the VOCs released from the molecule collector and generate an output representative of the identified one or more target VOCs. The output may include information that quantitates a concentration of the one or more target VOCs with respect to a source of the breath sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: InspectIR Systems, LLC, University of North Texas
    Inventors: Guido Fridolin Verbeck, IV, John Redmond, Tim C. Wing, Luke Keiser
  • Method and apparatus for route scheduling
    Patent number: 11842305
    Abstract: A system and method for assigning trip requests to schedules for a fleet of one or more available vehicles in a manner that allows for the comparison of the various possible schedules against a number of global factors. Trip requests are combined into packets and one or more packets that can serve as a root packet or a first packet to be serviced by a partial shift are determined. Schedules are determined for each of the one or more possible root packets. The schedules are ranked according to one or more global factors to select a schedule for the partial shift. By generating combinations of packets that can be assigned to partial shifts, the problem of combinatorial explosion is reduced such that alternative schedules can be compared against one or more quality metrics for the schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Waye, LLC
    Inventor: William P. C. Ho
  • Aircraft galley
    Patent number: D1007395
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: RH US, LLC
    Inventor: Gary Friedman
  • Keypad
    Patent number: D1007442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Jason C. Killo, Matthew Philip McDonald, Sean Tucker