Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Structural solar arch
    Patent number: 11655643
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a vacuum stall canopy assembly for a car wash system having a first post assembly having a base leg permanently attached to the ground, a beam attached to the top of the first post assembly, a roof assembly disposed on an upper portion of the beam, a debris separator disposed on the beam, the debris separator having a first side and a second side, a main airline fluidly connected to the debris separator and configured to be connected to a source of vacuum suction, a first hose on the first side of the debris separator, and having a first nozzle on a distal end of the hose from the debris separator, and a second hose on the second side of the debris separator, and having a second nozzle on a distal end of the hose from the debris separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Vacuum Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John F. Tucker, Eldered Tom Tucker, Jesse G. Ford, Justin Taylor Heaps, Jared Leroy Meacham, Timothy Ray Koenig
  • Board game relating to the Covid-19 pandemic
    Patent number: 11654348
    Abstract: A board game which creates an entertaining playing and learning environment pertaining to the Covid-19 pandemic, comprises a game board with spaces thereon corresponding to geographical locations or places which have significance to the novel coronavirus pandemic, game pieces for each player to move around the board, dice to be rolled to advance game pieces along the board, currency, various learning elements including information cards and said locations or places, all working together to create a fun and learning environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Category Ten LLC
    Inventor: Shahan Islam
  • Mobile sterilization apparatus and method for using the same
    Patent number: 11654206
    Abstract: A sterilization cabinet, comprising a top panel, at least two side panels, and a floor panel forming a part of a chamber of the sterilization cabinet; at least one door connected to at least one of the at least two side panels of the sterilization cabinet; a vent formed in at least one of the two side panels; at least one first filter covering the vent and a filter cover configured to hold the first filter against the vent; a drain positioned in the floor panel, wherein the floor panel has a slope configured to cause condensate within the chamber to flow into the drain and wherein the drain is the only outlet for the condensate along the floor panel; and a second filter covering the drain such that condensate flowing into the drain passes through the second filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Progressive Sterilization, LLC
    Inventors: Michele Mauzerall, Maryellen Keenan
  • Decorticating device for fusing a sacroiliac joint
    Patent number: 11653935
    Abstract: A decorticating device for preparing a sacroiliac joint (“SI Joint”) to receive a graft implant. The decorticating device comprises an abrading head having abrading surfaces on a first pair of opposing sides, the abrading surfaces configured for decorticating the cortical bone of the SI Joint. The abrading head further comprises a second pair of opposing sides, each side of the second pair of opposing sides comprising a curved distal portion having a curved cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Pain TEQ, LLC
    Inventors: Sean LaNeve, Charles Girsch, Chris Girsch
  • External fixator deformity correction systems and methods
    Patent number: 11653978
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a synthetic (virtual) orthopedic treatment device (e.g. a virtual external fixator representing a physical fixator attachable to a patients anatomic structure) is displayed concurrently in two views (e.g. anterior-posterior and lateral) along corresponding digital medical images (e.g. X-rays), and rotation/translation user input received along one of the images is used to concurrently control both displays of the orthopedic treatment device to reflect the rotation/translation user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: STRYKER EUROPEAN OPERATIONS HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Haskell
  • Display non-uniformity correction
    Patent number: 11657474
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the system may determine an estimated distance of an eye of a user to a display plane of a display. The system may access, from a memory storage, a number of transmission maps characterizing non-uniform transmission characters of the display as measured from a number of pre-determined view positions within a measurement plane. The measurement plane may be separated from the display plane by a known distance. The system may generate a custom transmission map for the estimated distance of the eye based on the transmission maps using light field rendering. The system may determine a custom correction map based on the custom transmission map. The system may adjust an image to be displayed on the display using the custom correction map. The system may display the image adjusted using the custom correction map on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Buckley, Bennett Sampson Wilburn
  • System and method for storage tiering optimization
    Patent number: 11657008
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a plurality of input/output (IO) requests at a storage system. One or more IO properties may be extracted from the plurality of IO requests. The one or more IO properties may be processed, using one or more machine learning models, to define an access temperature value for one or more storage objects of the storage system. The one or more storage objects may be tiered between a plurality of storage tiers of the storage system, based upon, at least in part, the access temperature values defined for the one or more storage objects of the storage system and one or more tiering policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company, LLC
    Inventors: Vamsi K. Vankamamidi, Shaul Dar
  • Software simulation system for indoor EMC test
    Patent number: 11656262
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method of performing EMC testing of an ADV can be used According to some embodiments, a method of performing EMC testing of an ADV can be used to test how software and hardware components in the ADV are impacted in an indoor EMC testing environment. According to the method, the ADV can be positioned at a fixed spot in the indoor EMC testing environment, and can be driven in an autonomous driving mode for a predetermined period of time. One or more of the autonomous driving modules of the ADV are modified to accommodate the positioning of the ADV at the fixed spot and the indoor EMC testing environment. The ADV can determine if each of a plurality of performance parameters meets its performance metric during the predetermined period of time. If each performance parameters meets its performance metric, the ADV is considered to have passed the EMC testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventor: Fan Zhu
  • Methods and systems for providing an immersive virtual reality experience
    Patent number: 11656682
    Abstract: An immersive virtual reality experience is provided. A plurality of areas within a virtual environment are determined. The plurality of areas includes at least a first area and a second area. A plurality of videos associated with the virtual environment are presented. The plurality of videos include a first video associated with the first area and a second video associated with the second area. The first video has a first quality, and the second video has a second quality lower than the first quality. A three-dimensional model of a first object is overlaid in the virtual environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: The Salty Quilted Gentlemen, LLC
    Inventors: Cody David Roberts, Ellery Scott Connell
  • Vehicle lane-based control
    Patent number: 11654908
    Abstract: A current lane of vehicle operation is determined to be branched at a location into a through lane and a deceleration lane based on first sensor data indicating an increased width of the current lane exceeds a predetermined width at the location. Then the vehicle is determined to be operating in one of (a) the deceleration lane, or (b) the through lane, based on second sensor data. Then one of (a) an assist feature of the vehicle is activated to a disabled state based on determining the vehicle is in the deceleration lane, or (b) the assist feature is maintained in an enabled state based on determining the vehicle is in the through lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Shalabh Rakesh Bhatnagar, Nitendra Nath, Amey Yogesh Karnik, Jigarkumar Patel
  • Automated construction robot systems and methods
    Patent number: 11654561
    Abstract: An automated construction robot system includes: a mobile base assembly configured to be displaceable within the work area; a head assembly configured to process a work surface; an arm assembly configured to moveably-couple the head assembly and the mobile base assembly and controllably-displace the head assembly with respect to the work surface; a machine vision system configured to scan a target area and generate target area information; and a computational system configured to: process the target area information to identify a surface defect, generate one or more remedial instructions based, at least in part, upon the surface defect identified, and manipulate one or more of the mobile base assembly, the head assembly and the arm assembly based, at least in part, upon the one or more remedial instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Ascend Robotics LLC
    Inventors: David Askey, Shumei Yin, Daniel Posfai
  • Current based anti-chatter latch
    Patent number: 11654883
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a traction battery, an electric machine, a relay electrically between the traction battery and electric machine, and a controller. When closed, the relay completes an electrical circuit including the traction battery and electric machine. The controller selectively commands the relay to open based on a voltage across a coil of the relay and a current through the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Walker, Mateusz Zadrozny
  • Prosthetic capsular devices, systems, and methods
    Patent number: 11654016
    Abstract: A prosthetic capsular device configured to be inserted in an eye after removal of a lens, in some embodiments, can comprise a housing structure comprising capable of containing an intraocular device and an equiconvex refractive surface. The housing structure can comprise an anterior portion comprising an anterior opening, a posterior portion comprising a posterior opening, and a continuous lateral portion between the anterior portion and the posterior portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Omega Ophthalmics LLC
    Inventors: Gary N. Wortz, Rick William Ifland
  • Generating smart replies involving image files
    Patent number: 11658926
    Abstract: Techniques for generating smart replies involving image files are disclosed herein. In some example embodiments, a computer system detects that a first message comprising a first image file has been transmitted from a first computing device of a first user to a second computing device of a second user, and generates a first plurality of smart replies based on a first embedding vector of the first image file, where the first embedding vector of the first image file is based on at least one of first textual metadata of the first image file, first image data of the first image file, and a first set of query text used by a first set of users in a first set of searches that resulted in the first image file being included in a first set of transmitted messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey William Pasternack, Christopher Szeto, Arpit Dhariwal
  • Reward system for autonomous rideshare vehicles
    Patent number: 11657422
    Abstract: A fleet management system implements a rewards-based feedback system to receive feedback from users of a rideshare service that provides rides using autonomous vehicles (AVs). The fleet management system maintains user accounts associated with each user and provides reward points to each user account. When the user is riding in an AV, the user can access a user interface to select a portion of the reward points and reward them to the AV. The fleet management system may analyze the point rewards to identify individual user preferences, to identify preferences across users, or to identify AVs for maintenance or other types of modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Kyle Vogt, Mohamed Mostafa Elshenawy
  • Distributed generic cacheability analysis
    Patent number: 11656986
    Abstract: A technology for estimating one or more cache hit rates. An implementation includes receiving a request-response pair, calculating a fingerprint for the request-response pair, storing the fingerprint, and determining whether the fingerprint is a member of a bloom filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Nazif Cihan Tas
  • Developer voice actions system
    Patent number: 11657816
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, for defining and monitoring an event for a physical entity and the performance of an action in response to the occurrence of the event. A method includes receiving data indicating an event for a physical entity, the event specified in part by a physical environment feature for which the occurrence of the event is to be monitored by the data processing apparatus; receiving data indicating an action associated with the event and to be taken in response to the occurrence of the event; monitoring for the occurrence of the event for the physical entity; and in response to the occurrence of the event, causing the action associated with the event to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Bo Wang, Sunil Vemuri, Nitin Mangesh Shetti, Pravir Kumar Gupta, Scott B. Huffman, Javier Alejandro Rey, Jeffrey A. Boortz
  • Deterministic mapping and uniform routing of items to physical resources using hash values
    Patent number: 11659036
    Abstract: A string, identifying an item to be assigned to a physical resource, is hashed to obtain a numeric hash value. The numeric hash value is downscaled to obtain a bucket identifier that identifies a bucket that will hold the numeric hash value. The bucket is then deterministically mapped to a physical resource so that it can be retrieved without accessing a stored data structure representative of the mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Danilo Landucci Benzatti, Ahmed Hassan Mohamed
  • Pre-training with alignments for recurrent neural network transducer based end-to-end speech recognition
    Patent number: 11657799
    Abstract: Techniques performed by a data processing system for training a Recurrent Neural Network Transducer (RNN-T) herein include encoder pretraining by training a neural network-based token classification model using first token-aligned training data representing a plurality of utterances, where each utterance is associated with a plurality of frames of audio data and tokens representing each utterance are aligned with frame boundaries of the plurality of audio frames; obtaining first cross-entropy (CE) criterion from the token classification model, wherein the CE criterion represent a divergence between expected outputs and reference outputs of the model; pretraining an encoder of an RNN-T based on the first CE criterion; and training the RNN-T with second training data after pretraining the encoder of the RNN-T. These techniques also include whole-network pre-training of the RNN-T.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Rui Zhao, Jinyu Li, Liang Lu, Yifan Gong, Hu Hu
  • Animal treat composition for delivery of oral medication
    Patent number: 11654107
    Abstract: An animal treat composition for the oral administration of a medication to an animal is disclosed. The animal treat composition comprises an adhesive portion core and an outer portion. The adhesive portion adheres to oral medication inserted into the adhesive core of the treat for administration of the medication to an animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: JMN Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Levin, Joanne N. Levin