Patents Assigned to LLC
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Patent number: 11647192Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing maximum transform size control for decoding of a video sequence includes identifying, by a decoder, a high-level syntax element associated with the video sequence. A maximum transform size associated with the video sequence is determined based on identifying the high-level syntax element associated with the video sequence. The video sequence is decoded using the maximum transform size based on determining the maximum transform size associated with the video sequence. The video sequence is transmitted based on decoding the video sequence using the maximum transform size.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Xin Zhao, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
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Patent number: 11643875Abstract: A manually-operated window treatment system may include a roller tube, a covering material, and a semi-rigid chain assembly. The covering material may be attached to the roller tube and may be operable between a raised position and a lowered position via rotation of the roller tube. The semi-rigid chain assembly may be configured to be operated by a user to rotate the roller tube. The semi-rigid chain assembly may be configured to limit the size of a loop that can be formed by the semi-rigid chain assembly. The semi-rigid chain assembly may be operatively coupled to a drive pulley of the window treatment system. The semi-rigid chain assembly may include flexible outer housing and a stiffening rod. The flexible housing may surround and operate along the stiffening rod. The hollow chain may include multiple links that are connected together to form a continuous loop.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLCInventor: David A. Kirby
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Patent number: 11644134Abstract: A method of coupling two pipes includes fastening two coupling segments into an untightened configuration, the two coupling segments comprising a first segment and a second segment, the first segment comprising a first end and a second end distal to the first end, the second segment comprising a first end and a second end distal to the first end, wherein fastening the two coupling segments comprises: placing a pivot clip between the second end of the first segment and the first end of the second segment, the pivot clip configured to maintain a separation distance between the second end of the first segment and the first end of the second segment; and tightening a first tightening element to draw the second end of the first segment towards the first end of the second segment; and placing ends of the two pipes between the two coupling segments.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: ASC Engineered Solutions, LLCInventors: Jordan Cameron Belen, Jeffrey Brian Shaffer, Matthew William McNamara, Stephen Eric Scott
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Patent number: 11645635Abstract: A system and method for performing a financial transaction by determining a master account number associated with one or more accounts that a user may access, providing data to generate a user interface displaying a list of the accounts and an indicator associated with a financial transaction, receiving indicator information associating the indicator with one or more of the accounts, receiving terms for the financial transaction, and performing the financial transaction. The list of accounts may be expanded to view account information.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLCInventors: Elizabeth E. Cole, Julio Farach, Jill Sorg, Donald Jeffrey Smith, Hector Crespo, Lynn Jackson
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Patent number: 11643052Abstract: A sensor-cleaning apparatus includes an upper piece, a lower piece fixed to the upper piece, a plurality of inserts inserted into the upper piece, and a plurality of nozzles. The upper piece and the lower piece form a tubular segment that is elongated along an arc of a circle and encloses a chamber. Each nozzle is formed of the upper piece and one of the inserts. Each nozzle includes a deflection surface and a tunnel from the chamber to the deflection surface, and each tunnel is partially formed of the upper piece and partially formed of the respective insert.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Andre Sykula, Kunal Singh, Venkatesh Krishnan, Raghuraman Surineedi, Yoann Dolle, William Terrasse, Denis Thebault, Veeramanikandan Gopal, Gowtham Ilanthirayan, Michael Whitney
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Patent number: 11643583Abstract: The present invention pertains to systems, methods, and compositions for liquid phase change, including for active cloud point, e.g., critical solution temperature, adjustment and heating or cooling, e.g., refrigeration, cycles. In some embodiments heat is absorbed, released or both due to phase changes in a liquid system. Advantageously, the phase changes may be controlled by controlling the ingredients or amounts of certain components of the liquid system. Advantages may include lower capital expenditures, lower operating expenses, or both for a diverse and wide range of heating and cooling applications. Such applications include, for example, cooling of data centers, cooled transportation of goods, refrigeration, heat pumps, extractions, ocean thermal energy conversion, and de-icing of roads to name just a few.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SOLVCOR TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: Ethan J. Novek
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Patent number: 11643246Abstract: An apparatus is provided having an open configuration and a closed configuration. The apparatus includes, while in the closed configuration, a first panel, a second panel, a third panel, a fourth panel, a fifth panel, and a sixth panel that together create a box partially enclosing a void space. The first panel is rotatably coupled to the fifth panel and the sixth panel, the second panel is rotatably coupled to the fourth panel and the sixth panel, and the third panel is rotatably coupled to the fourth panel and the fifth panel. The apparatus opens from the closed configuration to present the contents therein through a single degree-of-freedom mechanism where the first, second, and third panels become perpendicular to the fourth, fifth, and sixth panels while the fourth, fifth, and sixth panels become aligned in a same plane.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: DEGREES OF FREEDOM LLCInventor: Brian Ignaut
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Patent number: 11645170Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to a method for generating backups of virtual machines. The method may include, in response to identifying a backup generation event associated with virtual machines: obtaining, by a backup agent, virtual machine metadata associated with the virtual machines; identifying groups of virtual machines based on the virtual machine metadata; provisioning resources to generate backups of the virtual machines based on the groups of virtual machines; and generating a backup of the virtual machines based on the groups of virtual machines using the provisioned resources associated with the groups of virtual machines.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLCInventors: Sunil Yadav, Manish Sharma, Aaditya Rakesh Bansal, Shelesh Chopra
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Patent number: 11646932Abstract: Beam failure recovery (BFR) procedures for wireless communications are described. When beam failures occur on secondary cells, wireless devices may trigger a BFR proceudre via an uplink resource for BFR. If a beam failure occurs for a secondary cell at a time that a wireless device does not have an uplink resource for BFR, the wireless device may perform one or more other actions for BFR of the secondary cell.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Ali Cagatay Cirik, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hua Zhou, Alireza Babaei, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Kyungmin Park, Kai Xu
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Patent number: 11644187Abstract: Disclosure herein are aerodynamic surgical lights and methods of manufacturing and use thereof. The aerodynamic surgical lights may include a light head made of one or more substantially toroidal light housings. The substantially toroidal light housings contain and protect a plurality of LED lights and their respective reflectors that aim a light beam toward the lower side of the substantially toroidal light housings. The substantially toroidal light housings are vertically elongate. The vertically elongated substantially toroidal light housings include upper sections that are aerodynamically curved or pointed to streamline airflow past the light housings. The upper sections of the substantially toroidal light housings are made of molded plastic resin reinforced with carbon fibers or glass fibers and the lower sections of the substantially toroidal light housings are made of a clear moldable plastic.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Augustine Biomedical + Design, LLCInventor: Scott D. Augustine
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Patent number: 11646483Abstract: A mount for an antenna includes: a base panel; a plurality of first spokes extending radially outwardly from the base panel, each of the first spokes being cantilevered and including a first slot; and a plurality of second spokes, each of the second spokes including a vertical member and a flange that is generally parallel with the base panel and generally perpendicular to the vertical member, each of the second spokes including a second slot, and each of the flanges including a third slot.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Firoz Ahmed, Michael S. McFall
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Patent number: 11644069Abstract: An improved adjuster for a clutch having an expanding friction disk. The improved adjuster allows desirable characteristics of a clutch pressure plate to be maintained while allowing an operator to bias the pressure plate into proper position to accommodate the function of the expanding friction disk.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Rekluse Racing, LLCInventors: Albert J. Youngwerth, Sean G. Brown, Karl E. Jensen, Logan P. Krueger, Gabe Sutherland, Sarah Haight, Dayne Konrad, Calvin Brown
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Patent number: 11647244Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products can provide visual guidance on presenting content on a media surface of a venue. These systems, methods, and computer program products can operate by mapping visual content onto a media surface of the venue and a key feature unique to the visual content and/or the media surface being extracted. Thereafter, these systems, methods, and computer program products can retrieve an experiment metric corresponding to the visual content and/or the media surface and can determine a viewer location metric and/or a media surface metric based on the experiment metric and the key feature. These systems, methods, and computer program products can utilize the viewer location metric and/or the media surface metric to provide a hint of the attribute to a user.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: MSG Entertainment Group, LLCInventors: David E. Rodriguez, Michael Romaszewicz, Evan Schectman, Michael Graae, Clay Budin, Mateusz Marcinowski
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Patent number: 11643810Abstract: The present disclosure relates to insulated building structures. In one aspect of the disclosure, an insulated building structure includes a longitudinally-extending cavity bound by a first lateral surface, a second lateral surface, a back surface and a front surface, the cavity having a cross-sectional area in a plane normal to a longitudinal axis of the cavity; one or more shelves extending into the cavity, each having an occluded area in the plane that is less than the cross-sectional area of the cavity; and loose-fill insulation disposed in the cavity, loose-fill insulation being positioned above and below each of the shelves.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: CertainTeed LLCInventors: Jonathan Wilson, Michael J. Lembo
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Patent number: 11644963Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically grouping data analysis content derived from a plurality of sensors. In one embodiment, a plurality of sensors can be disposed on a plurality of machine trains or one or more machines within the plurality of machine trains configured in an industrial environment. A communication circuit can be operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and configured to communicate data measured by the plurality of sensors, and a dynamic graphical user interface (GUI) can be provided on a touchscreen display and can be configured to dynamically generate one or more visualizations of the measured data. A processor can be configured to receive the measured data via the communication circuit, to generate a plurality of measurements based on the measured data, and to operatively control the dynamic GUI in response to a grouping mode selection.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLCInventors: Jacqueline Marie Tappan, Ryan Gregory Roaldson
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Patent number: 11643886Abstract: This invention relates generally to geotechnical rig systems and methods. In one embodiment, a cone penetration testing system includes, but is not limited to, a frame; at least one rotatable reel; at least one movable roller; and at least one sensor, wherein the at least one movable roller is configured to adjust a bend radius of at least one tube coiled about the at least one rotatable reel based at least partly on data received from the at least one sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Gregg Drilling LLCInventors: John Gregg, Matthew Schubert, Phillip Schubert
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Patent number: 11642372Abstract: Method and composition for treating or preventing a respiratory illness. The method includes administering at least one dose of a pharmaceutically acceptable fluid having a pH less than 3.0 into contact with at least one region of the respiratory tract present in a patient in need thereof. Respiratory illness that can be treated include COVID-19.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Tygrus, LLCInventors: Paul Bundschuh, Lawrence Carlson, Shawn Dolan, Andrew M. Yaksic
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Patent number: 11647079Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for the emulation of cloud computing service regions. An emulation system receives an API request including an indication of an endpoint associated with a target region of a cloud computing service from a system in a virtual private cloud. Attributes are extracted from the API request. A manipulated API request is generated from the extracted attributes of the API request. The manipulated API request includes an indication of an endpoint located in a standard region of the cloud computing service. The manipulated API request is transmitted to the endpoint located in the standard region of the cloud computing service.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: DIGITAL AGE EXPERTS, LLCInventor: Benjamin William Laibson
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Patent number: 11645629Abstract: Technologies for providing real-time visualizations of a behavior of an autonomous vehicle (AV) associated with a ride request. In some examples, a method for providing real-time visualizations of a behavior of an AV associated with a ride request can include receiving a user request for a ride from an AV, wherein the user request specifies a pick-up location associated with a user; receiving sensor data from one or more sensors associated with the AV; determining, based on the sensor data, a state and context of the AV while the AV is en route to the pick-up location; and presenting, at a display interface, a map depicting one or more visual indicators of the state and context of the AV, the state and context of the AV including a location of the AV and one or more AV operations.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC.Inventors: Jessica Leary, Jonathon Staff, John Logan Anderson, Max Meyers, Pratik Patel, Robin Yang, Bradley Ryan, Josh Berlin, Teresa Lin, Stanley Shiao, Michael Magnoli, Chau-Yan Wang, Christopher Fry
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Patent number: 11644510Abstract: A battery characterization system includes a drive-sense circuit (DSC), memory that stores operational instructions, and processing module(s) operably coupled to the DSC and the memory. Based on a reference signal, the DSC generates a charge signal, which includes an AC (alternating current) component, and provides the charge signal to a terminal of a battery via a single line and simultaneously to senses the charge signal via the single line to detect an electrical characteristic of the battery based on a response of the battery. The DSC generates a digital signal representative of the electrical characteristic of the battery. The processing module(s), based on the operational instructions, generate the reference signal to include a frequency sweep of the AC component of the charge signal (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Gerald Dale Morrison, Michael Frederick David Olley, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr.
