Patents Assigned to LLC
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Patent number: 11644537Abstract: A LIDAR system is provided. In one example, the LIDAR system can include an emitter configured to emit a light signal through one or more transmit lenses positioned along a transmit path to provide transmit signals to a surrounding environment. The LIDAR system can include a receiver spaced apart from the emitter. The receiver configured to detect return signals corresponding to reflected transmit signals from the surrounding environment. The return signals can be received via one or more receive lenses positioned along a receive path. The LIDAR system can include an actuator coupled to the one or more transmit lenses. The actuator can be operable to impart a motion to the one or more transmit lenses to provide for steering of the transmit signals in the surrounding environment.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: UATC, LLCInventors: Martin Millischer, Gaetan Pennecot
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Patent number: 11643006Abstract: A vehicle comprises a first lighting assembly disposed to the left of a longitudinal axis of the vehicle and comprising a first array of independently operable light emitting diodes and a first projection lens arranged to form a front left light beam for the vehicle from light output from the first array of light emitting diodes, a second lighting assembly disposed to the right of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and comprising a second array of independently operable light emitting diodes and a second projection lens arranged to form a front right light beam for the vehicle from the second array of light emitting diodes, and a controller configured to control activation of the light emitting diodes in the first array of light emitting diodes to adjust an angle between the front left light beam and the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and to control activation of the light emitting diodes in the second array of light emitting diodes to adjust an angle between the front right light beam and the longitudinaType: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Lumileds LLCInventors: Marten Sikkens, Marcel De Jong, Silvia Maria Booij, Martinus Petrus Creusen
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Patent number: 11644140Abstract: A flow dampener for dampening pulsation in a fluid flow includes a body shell, a flexible membrane, and two flow ports. The body shell has an interior surface and an elongate groove formed on the interior surface. The flexible membrane is sealed to the interior surface of the body shell and covers the elongate groove. In some embodiments, the flexible membrane is over-molded onto the body shell. The flexible membrane cooperates with the elongate groove to form an elongate flow path for the fluid flow. The flexible membrane has a thickness in a range from 0.5 mm to 6 mm. As the membrane is flexible, it vibrates as the fluid flows through the elongate flow path, absorbs kinetic energy in the fluid flow, and thereby dampens pulsation in the fluid flow.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: PIRANHA PLASTICS, LLCInventor: Charles A. Centofante
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Patent number: 11644948Abstract: A system for presenting slides during a live presentation is described. The system includes a processor configured to display a series of first thumbnails corresponding to a plurality of first slides of a main file and a series of second thumbnails corresponding to a plurality of second slides of an auxiliary file on a presenter view interface of a primary display device. The processor is configured to receive an input corresponding to a desired slide, indicate the desired slide on an indicative portion, and produce the desired slide on a viewing portion. One or more slides disposed in succession to the desired slide is sequentially producible on the viewing portion. Each slide of the one or more slides disposed in succession to a slide produced on the viewing portion is configured to be indicated on the indicative portion prior to being produced on the viewing portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: BOLT-ON IP SOLUTIONS, LLCInventor: William Craig Kenney
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Patent number: 11643164Abstract: Example bicycle disc brake rotors are described herein. An example disc brake rotor described herein includes a core having a brake surface core portion and a single-piece brake track coupled to the brake surface core portion. The brake track is constructed of stainless steel. The brake track includes a first track on a first side of the brake surface core portion, a second track on a second side of the brake surface core portion, and a connecting portion extending over a peripheral edge of the brake surface core portion between the first and second tracks.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SRAM, LLCInventors: Charles Dunlap, III, Brian Jordan
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Patent number: 11644349Abstract: A probe assembly for inserting a probe into a flexible or semi-rigid object is provided. The probe assembly includes an aseptic connector for coupling to the object, a probe sheath that extends longitudinally from the aseptic connector, and an actuator for deploying the probe within the object. The probe sheath has a plurality of concentric sheath elements and an inner longitudinal volume that is configured to permit longitudinal movement of the probe within the probe sheath. The actuator moves the probe longitudinally within the probe sheath by telescoping a first sheath element of the plurality within another sheath element of the plurality such that the probe is moved to a position sufficient to measure at least one parameter within the object.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS USA LLCInventors: Richard L. Damren, Colin R. Tuohey, Thomas Erdenberger, Michael Fisher, Jonathan A. Kenney, Parrish M. Galliher, Joseph D. Crowell
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Patent number: 11642270Abstract: Examples of a module for housing unrelated electronic and electromechanical equipment for use during surgery. The module can include a lower section and a tower-like upper section. The lower section can house unrelated electronic and electromechanical equipment. The tower-like upper section can be located on top of the lower section. A water-resistant cowling can enclose at least a portion of the lower section and the tower-like upper section. A cartridge containing one or more ultraviolet-C producing lights can be protectively housed within the tower-like upper section. The cartridge containing one or more ultraviolet-C producing lights can be configured to emerge upward from a top of the tower-like upper section to substantially seat itself on the top of the tower-like upper section when activated allowing the ultraviolet-C light to disinfect the patient and staff-contacting upper surfaces of the equipment in the operating room.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Augustine Biomedical + Design, LLCInventors: Scott D. Augustine, Susan D. Augustine, Garrett J. Augustine, Brent M. Augustine, Ryan S. Augustine, Randall C. Arnold
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Patent number: 11647223Abstract: Dynamic motion vector referencing is used to predict motion within video blocks. A motion trajectory is determined for a current frame including a video block to encode or decode based on a reference motion vector used for encoding or decoding one or more reference frames of the current frame. One or more temporal motion vector candidates are then determined for predicting motion within the video block based on the motion trajectory. A motion vector is selected from a motion vector candidate list including the one or more temporal motion vector candidates and used to generate a prediction block. The prediction block is then used to encode or decode the video block. The motion trajectory is based on an order of video frames indicated by frame offset values encoded to a bitstream. The motion vector candidate list may include one or more spatial motion vector candidates.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Jingning Han, James Bankoski, Yaowu Xu
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Patent number: 11645894Abstract: A doorbell chime bypass circuit includes a first node, a second node, and a bi-directional FET switch in series with the first node and the second current node. The bi-directional FET switch includes a first FET and a second FET in series, and is configured to cease conducting current between the first and second nodes when gate voltages of the first and second FETs are below a cut-off threshold. The bypass circuit further includes a sensing circuit configured to determine a level of current flowing through the bi-directional FET switch, and a switch controller configured to set the gate voltages of the first and second FETs to a level below the cut-off threshold when the sensing circuit senses that the level of current meets a doorbell press current threshold, causing the bi-directional FET switch to cease conducting current between the first and second nodes.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Daniel Adam Warren, Eric Marschalkowski, Brian Conner
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Patent number: 11646744Abstract: A high resolution analog to digital converter (ADC) with improved bandwidth senses an analog signal (e.g., a load current) to generate a digital signal. The ADC operates based on a load voltage produced based on charging of an element (e.g., a capacitor) by a load current and a digital to analog converter (DAC) output current (e.g., from a N-bit DAC). The ADC generates a digital output signal representative of a difference between the load voltage and a reference voltage. This digital output signal is used directly, or after digital signal processing, to operate an N-bit DAC to generate a DAC output current that tracks the load current. In addition, quantization noise is subtracted from the digital output signal thereby extending the operational bandwidth of the ADC. In certain examples, the operational bandwidth of the ADC extends up to 100s of kHz (e.g., 200-300 kHz), or even higher.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventor: Phuong Huynh
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Patent number: 11645038Abstract: An augmented reality head up display system includes an audio microphone array, a driver position tracking device, and an augmented reality head up display. The augmented reality head up display system also includes a controller in electronic communication with the audio microphone array, the driver position tracking device, and the augmented reality head up display, where the controller is programmed to: receive audio data from the audio microphone array corresponding to audio detected by the audio microphone array, classify the audio data as corresponding to an audio event occurring in an environment surrounding the vehicle, and display a graphic corresponding to the audio event on the windscreen of the vehicle using the augmented reality head up display and input from the driver position tracking device.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Jacob Alan Bond, Joseph F. Szczerba, Hannah Elizabeth Wagner, Kai-Han Chang, Thomas A. Seder
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Patent number: 11645725Abstract: An activity management system is configured to allow users to access multimedia content where the multimedia content is divided into segments. While a user is viewing or interacting with the multimedia content, the user can submit one or more activities (e.g., comments, questions, replies, or reactions) using an interface. The system is operable to electronically link the activity provided by the user with the particular segment of multimedia content in which the activity was captured by the system. The system is also configured to throttle the number of activities that are displayed to a user for any given segment based on (1) viewers linked to the user (e.g., groups, social media groups, etc.), (2) viewers that influence the user, (3) viewers selected by the user, (4) viewers that cause the user to be engaged with the multimedia content, and (5) a threshold number of activities set by the viewer or the system.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Rali Solutions, LLCInventors: Steve Benfield, Ahmad Aslami, Taylor Jones, Jonathan Cutrell, Taylor Dolan, Andrew Kimball, Chad Mills
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Patent number: 11646081Abstract: Technology is provided for extending the useful life of a block of memory cells by changing an operating parameter in a physical region of the block that is more susceptible to wear than other regions. Changing the operating parameter in the physical region extends the life of that region, which extends the life of the block. The operating parameter may be, for example, a program voltage step size or a storage capacity of the memory cells. For example, using a smaller program voltage step size in a sub-block that is more susceptible to wear extends the life of that sub-block, which extends the life of the block. For example, programming memory cells to fewer bits per cell in the region of the block (e.g., sub-block, word line) that is more susceptible to wear extends the useful life of that region, which extends the life of the block.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLCInventors: Xiang Yang, Peter Rabkin, Henry Chin, Ken Oowada, Dengtao Zhao, Gerrit Jan Hemink
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Patent number: 11643115Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods for controlling a vehicle having an autonomous driving mode. For instance, sensor data may be received from one or more sensors of the perception system of the vehicle, the sensor data identifying characteristics of an object perceived by the perception system. When it is determined that the object is no longer being perceived by the one or more sensors of the perception system, predicted characteristics for the object may be generated based on one or more of the identified characteristics. The predicted characteristics of the object may be used to control the vehicle in the autonomous driving mode such that the vehicle is able to respond to the object when it is determined that the object is no longer being perceived by the one or more sensors of the perception system.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Luis Torres, Brandon Luders
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Patent number: 11646019Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable storage media, for speech recognition using attention-based sequence-to-sequence models. In some implementations, audio data indicating acoustic characteristics of an utterance is received. A sequence of feature vectors indicative of the acoustic characteristics of the utterance is generated. The sequence of feature vectors is processed using a speech recognition model that has been trained using a loss function that uses N-best lists of decoded hypotheses, the speech recognition model including an encoder, an attention module, and a decoder. The encoder and decoder each include one or more recurrent neural network layers. A sequence of output vectors representing distributions over a predetermined set of linguistic units is obtained. A transcription for the utterance is obtained based on the sequence of output vectors. Data indicating the transcription of the utterance is provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Rohit Prakash Prabhavalkar, Tara N. Sainath, Yonghui Wu, Patrick An Phu Nguyen, Zhifeng Chen, Chung-Cheng Chiu, Anjuli Patricia Kannan
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Patent number: 11641961Abstract: A pillow is provided having an elongated main body having a first end and a second end and a length from the first end to the second end. The pillow may further have a first notch at a top edge of the elongated main body adjacent the first end and a second notch at the top edge of the elongated main body adjacent the second end. The pillow may then have a first pocket at an inner surface of the elongated main body between the first notch and a bottom edge of the elongated main body and a second pocket at the inner surface between the second notch and the bottom edge.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: PROTEKTIT PILLOW LLCInventors: Rita Zylberman, Debbie Friedman
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Patent number: D985499Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Ravikanth Desai, Narayan Mithun, Kalidindi Ramesh Raju, Debashis Sarkar, Rahul Bhaskar, Gang Nie
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Patent number: D985590Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Maria Moon, Matthew Corey Hall, Peter Crandall
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Patent number: D985602Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: MUSICSKETCH, LLCInventors: John Lawrence Walecka, John Edward Walecka, Aleksey Novicov, Michael Dewey Burks, Pablo Castellanos Macin
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Patent number: D985605Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Maria Moon, Matthew Corey Hall, Peter Crandall