Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Distributed quantum entanglement cache
    Patent number: 11610147
    Abstract: An entangled quantum cache includes a quantum store that receives a plurality of quantum states and is configured to store and order the plurality of quantum states and to provide select ones of the stored and ordered plurality of quantum states to a quantum data output at a first desired time. A fidelity system is configured to determine a fidelity of at least some of the plurality of quantum states. A classical store is coupled to the fidelity system and configured to store classical data comprising the determined fidelity information and an index that associates particular ones of classical data with particular ones of the plurality of quantum states and to supply at least some of the classical data to a classical data output at a second desired time. A processor is connected to the classical store and determines the first time based on the index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Qubit Moving and Storage, LLC
    Inventors: Gary Vacon, Kristin A. Rauschenbach
  • Movement path detection for anomalies and patterns from sensors in a home or other environment
    Patent number: 11611451
    Abstract: A method for detecting a movement path in a monitored environment generates a first movement path record by collecting first node information for each of a first series of nodes including at least one of a sensor ID or a device ID, and a trigger time. The method further determines a first movement path total duration time from a difference between a time of the ending node and a time of the starting node of the first series of nodes. The method further stores the first movement path record and subsequently compares a second movement path record with the first movement path record by comparing the first node information with second node information for each of a second series of nodes of the second movement path record, and the first movement path total duration time with a second movement path total duration time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Marci Meingast, Adam Cutbill
  • Method and apparatus for point cloud coding
    Patent number: 11611775
    Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus for point cloud compression/decompression includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines a flag that indicates an enable/disable control for saving coding state in a largest coding unit (LCU) based coding of a point cloud. In some examples, the processing circuitry stores coding state information before a coding of a first LCU; and in response to the flag indicating an enable control, the processing circuitry restores, a coding state according to the stored coding state information before a coding of a second LCU. In some examples, in response to the flag indicating an enable control, the processing circuitry stores the coding state information before the coding of the first LCU. In some examples, in response to the flag indicating a disable control, the processing circuitry skip the storing/restoring of the coding state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Wen Gao, Xiang Zhang, Shan Liu
  • Compact transaction card with foldable magnetic stripe
    Patent number: 11610091
    Abstract: Provided are compact transaction cards. In some approaches, a body of the card includes first and second sections rotatably coupled together, wherein the first and second sections define a first main side opposite a second main side, an insertion end perimeter opposite a second end perimeter, and a first side perimeter opposite a second side perimeter. The body may include a chip along the first main side, the chip being located on the first section of the body. A magnetic stripe may be provided along the second main side of the body, wherein the magnetic stripe is located on the second section, wherein the magnetic stripe extends parallel to the insertion end perimeter when the first and second sections are in a first configuration, and wherein the magnetic stripe extends perpendicular to the insertion end perimeter when the first and second sections are in a second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Bryant Yee, Tyler Maiman, Viraj Chaudhary
  • Integrated systems and methods for passive authentication
    Patent number: 11611881
    Abstract: A passive authentication method includes, in response to receiving a requested action from a first user, obtaining a set of sensor data and categorizing first sensor data of the set of sensor data into a first modality of a set of modalities. The method includes, for the first modality of the set of modalities, determining a distance value by applying a first modality model to the first sensor data and comparing the distance value to a first verified value of the first user for the first modality. The method includes, based on the comparison, determining a first authentication decision of the distance value. The method includes, in response to the first authentication decision indicating the first sensor data corresponds to the first user, performing the requested action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Arun Ross, Anil K. Jain, Debayan Deb, Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Krishnaswamy Venkatesh Prasad
  • Dynamic and targeted allocation of resources for coaching service
    Patent number: 11610675
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for dynamically reallocating resources to users of a coaching service. The method can include initially allocating resources to users of the coaching service, receiving indications of activities of the users relative to their allocated resources, and comparing the activities relative to a reference value to produce an outcome including a likelihood that a target user will benefit from a target resource. Upon identifying the target user, a dynamic reallocation process deallocates the target resource from another user and reallocates the target resource to the target user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Haywood Stoertz, Nikhil Roy, David Wright, Peilun Shan, Katherine Nadell, Sarah Abramson, Jesse Elds
  • Speed control method and system for harvester
    Patent number: 11606901
    Abstract: A method of autonomously controlling the ground speed of a harvester, such as a self-propelled or towed wind rower, uses both the engine speed and the header speed as control parameters to increase or decrease the ground speed as necessary to maintain efficient harvester operation over varying terrain and crop conditions. A control system includes a controller which receives signals from sensors indicative of engine speed, header speed and harvester ground speed and uses actuators to control the header speed, engine speed and harvester ground speed. An operator interface permits an operator to engage or disengage the autonomous mode of control system operation, as well as to directly control the harvester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Madhu Pankaj, Robert L. Fackler, Steven C. Young
  • Seat assembly with deployable panel
    Patent number: 11607980
    Abstract: A seat assembly for a vehicle includes a seatback having a seat frame. The seat assembly includes a panel having an end slidably supported by the seat frame. The panel is bowable outwardly from the seat frame to a deployed position. The seat assembly includes an actuator supported by the seat frame and connected to the end of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zhenyan Gao, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Vehicle door pocket
    Patent number: 11608005
    Abstract: An apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a vehicle door panel, a removeable structure having a retention member fixed on the vehicle door panel, and a holding element associated with the retention member to provide a pocket that can be configured in different ways to accommodate a plurality of powered devices. A power interface in the vehicle door panel powers at least one of the plurality of powered devices. A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, providing the power interface in the vehicle door panel to power at least one of the plurality of powered devices, and providing a communications link between at least one of the plurality of powered devices and a vehicle touchscreen or control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Amy Lynn Marentic, David Brian Glickman, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Annette Lynn Huebner, Robert J. Gelardi
  • Spigot and spigot guard for an insulating container
    Patent number: 11608213
    Abstract: A gasket for an insulating container may include a stem, wherein the stem further includes a plurality of prongs, and wherein the prongs are configured to be inserted into a recess in an underside of an insulating container lid, a first side, wherein the first side is connected to the stem, and wherein the first side is positioned substantially perpendicular to the stem, a second side, wherein the second side is configured to extend from the first side at an angle of 30-60 degrees, and wherein the first side and the second side form a V-shaped extension, and at least one venting hole, wherein the venting hole extends from an outside edge of a gasket wall to an interior gasket wall, and wherein the venting hole provides a conduit to an interior void of the insulating container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, James William Sonntag, Christopher M. Keller, Steve Charles Nichols, David J. Bell, Matthew Bryson, Tom Goike
  • Modular electric vehicle battery pack frame having extruded aluminum structural members
    Patent number: 11607961
    Abstract: Electric vehicle battery pack frames constructed with extruded aluminum side and cross members. Such frames are significantly stronger than conventional cast aluminum frames, while also being much lighter than steel frames. Cross members may be affixed to side members with extruded aluminum brackets. Side members of differing lengths may be employed, to make battery pack frames of differing sizes in modular manner. Battery pack lids and bottom panels may be removably affixed to the frame such as with bolts, for improved serviceability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Vignesh Sekar, Kyle Butterfield, Tyler Collins, Nathaniel C. Wynn, Kyle O'Neil, Ehsan Baseri, Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan, Anish Shah
  • Vehicle systems and related power module health monitoring methods
    Patent number: 11609279
    Abstract: Vehicles and related systems and methods are provided for monitoring health of a power conversion module. A method involves operating the power conversion module to conduct a heating current until reaching a steady-state temperature, obtaining measurement data for an electrical characteristic associated with the power conversion module after reaching the steady-state temperature, determining a current thermal characterization curve for the power conversion module based on the measurement data and comparing the current thermal characterization curve to one or more reference thermal characterization curves for the power conversion module to identify a deviation associated with the current thermal characterization curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Jinming Xu
  • Devices and methods for fitting luxury vinyl plank floorcovering to interior stairs
    Patent number: 11608642
    Abstract: Systems and methods can include scoring a backing material of a luxury vinyl plank (“LVP”) to allow an otherwise rigid plank to flex within a scoring section. The scoring section can include multiple parallel grooves that reach a depth that partially scores the backing material. The LVP can be positioned on a stair tread such that the scoring section wraps around an edge of the tread nose. The LVP can be clamped on top and bottom of the stair tread nose to allow adhesives to take effect. A scoring device can include a blade assembly with multiple blades to create multiple scored grooves in one pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: LVP Stairs LLC
    Inventor: Michael S. Douglass
  • Music streaming, playlist creation and streaming architecture
    Patent number: 11609948
    Abstract: A system and method for making categorized music tracks available to end user applications. The tracks may be categorized based on computer-derived rhythm, texture and pitch (RTP) scores for tracks derived from high-level acoustic attributes, which is based on low level data extracted from the tracks. RTP scores are stored in a universal database common to all of the music publishers so that the same track, once RTP scored, does not need to be re-RTP scored by other music publishers. End user applications access an API server to import collections of tracks published by publishers, to create playlists and initiate music streaming. Each end user application is sponsored by a single music publisher so that only tracks capable of being streamed by the music publisher are available to the sponsored end user application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: APERTURE INVESTMENTS, LLC
    Inventors: Jacquelyn Fuzell-Casey, Skyler Fuzell-Casey, Timothy D. Casey, Donald Ryan
  • Filling empty pixels
    Patent number: 11610349
    Abstract: A method for rendering a computer image includes, for each pixel of a plurality of N×M pixels forming a tile, determining a plurality of masks for the pixel, wherein N and M denote integers larger than 1, and wherein each mask identifies a respective subset of the pixels that are equidistant from the pixel and located at a respective distance from the pixel. The method further includes: determining an active mask for the tile, the active mask identifying active pixels of the pixels, each of the active pixels being determined as having color information; based on the active mask, identifying an empty pixel of the pixels, the empty pixel lacking color information; and determining at least a first nearest active pixel that is nearest to the empty pixel. The determining includes comparing the active mask with at least one mask of the masks for the empty pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: DREAMWORKS ANIMATION LLC
    Inventor: Toshiaki Kato
  • System and method for pari-mutuel gaming
    Patent number: 11610455
    Abstract: An improved gaming system comprising at least one gaming machine and a central controller. The gaming machine may conduct wagering on an event or set of events for a player, conducting a wager including receiving a wager value and a predicted ranking from the player and transmitting the wager to the central controller. The central controller accessing a database to automatically retrieve data about one or more events that occurred in the past and included multiple participants for creating a plurality of binary scorecards. The central controller matching the predicted ranking to a scorecard and determining a reward value based on an award level of the scorecard and tier levels of a pari-mutuel pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: CASTLE HILL HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Dan Fulton, Josh Larson
  • Spallation drill head and associated methods
    Patent number: 11608688
    Abstract: A spallation drill head can include a drill head body having a primary face substantially oriented facing in a primary drilling direction along a longitudinal axis of the drill head body. A liquid inlet can be on the drill head body. The liquid inlet can be connected or connectable to a liquid supply line. An internal liquid connection can be oriented within the drill head body and fluidly connected to the liquid inlet. A plurality of liquid jets can be oriented on the primary face of the drill head. The liquid jets can be fed by the liquid inlet through the internal liquid connection. A mass flow controller can be associated with the liquid jets to control delivery of liquid by the liquid jet, and flowrates to at least two of the liquid jets can be independently controllable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Strabo Engineering, LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin Holtzman
  • Methods and systems for providing changes to a live voice stream
    Patent number: 11610577
    Abstract: Methods and Systems for providing a change to a voice interacting with a user are described. Information indicating a change that can be made to the voice can be received. The voice can be changed based on the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Anh Truong, Mark Watson, Jeremy Goodsitt, Vincent Pham, Fardin Abdi Taghi Abad, Kate Key, Austin Walters, Reza Farivar
  • Ride systems having dynamic ride vehicle movement
    Patent number: 11607620
    Abstract: A ride system includes ride vehicles. Each ride vehicle includes a rider support configured to carry a rider, a support actuator coupled to the rider support and a base of the ride vehicle and configured to move the rider support relative to the base, and a ride vehicle movement system integrated with the base and configured to move the ride vehicle relative to a ride area. The ride system also includes a controller configured to control the support actuator and the ride vehicle movement system of each ride vehicle individually based on a choreographed routine and an input received from a selected ride vehicle. The input is indicative of an adjustment to the support actuator, the ride vehicle movement system, or both, of each ride vehicle. The input is based on a correlative adjustment to the support actuator, the ride vehicle movement system, or both, of the selected ride vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Evan Bloomfield, Kevin B. Primm
  • Automotive panel hem stabilizing assembly and method
    Patent number: 11607933
    Abstract: An automotive panel assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes a first panel, a second panel, and a flange of the first panel folded over an edge region of the second panel to hem together the first and second panels. The flange of the first panel includes a textured geometry that interlocks with a textured geometry of the edge region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J Gardynik, Steven Frank, Kevin Joseph Favero, Michael Joseph Lee, Ronald Machin