Patents Assigned to LLC
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Patent number: 11599577Abstract: Features are detected from a sensor signal via a deep-learning network or other feature engineering methods in an edge processing node. Machine-learned metadata is created that describes the features, and a hash is created with the machine-learned metadata. The sensor signal is stored as a content object at the edge processing node, the object being keyed with the hash at, the edge processing node.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Seagate Technology LLCInventors: Lijuan Zhong, Krishnan Subramanian, Mehmet Fatih Erden, Jon D. Trantham
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Patent number: 11598605Abstract: In some embodiments, a grip for a shooting device comprises a first body portion configured for attachment to the shooting device and a second body portion engaged with the first body portion. The second body portion is moveable with respect to the first body portion between first and second positions. A biasing member is arranged to bias the second body portion to the first position. In some embodiments, the second body portion comprises a guard defining a guard cavity and at least a portion of the first body portion is oriented in the guard cavity.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: MCP IP, LLCInventors: Mathew A. McPherson, Jeffrey A. Ozanne
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Patent number: 11596805Abstract: In one aspect, a luminaire is provided for illumination, in which the luminaire has a normalized spectral power distribution (SPD) curve for promoting human wellness, the normalized SPD curve having the following percentage areas for the following wavelength domains, the normalized SPD curve including spectral energy in a 620 nm to 640 nm region of the SPD curve ranging from 9.5% to 10.5% of a total of an area for a normalized SPD curve; spectral energy in a 640 nm to 660 nm region of the SPD curve ranging from 7.25% to 9.8% of the total of the area of the normalized SPD curve; spectral energy in a 660 nm to 680 nm region of the SPD curve ranging from 4.8% to 7.8% of the total of the area for the normalized SPD curve; spectral energy in a 680 nm to 700 nm region of the SPD curve ranging from 2.75% to 5.5% of the total of the area for the normalized SPD curve; and a remainder of spectral energy of the total normalized SPD curve is in a 400 nm to 620 nm region area of the SPD curve.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: LEDVANCE LLCInventor: Arunava Dutta
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Patent number: 11598397Abstract: A continuously variable gear is described having an input shaft, a plurality of traction balls distributed radially around the axis, each traction ball is mounted on an axle passing there through, the axles are tiltable in the radial grooves in the housing and support plate. To control the position of the traction balls, the axles are guided in curved slots of a turnable iris plate. To control the axial placement of the traction balls, there is a rotatable input disc positioned adjacent to the traction balls, a rotatable output disc positioned adjacent to the traction balls opposite the input disc, and a pre-spanning ring around the traction balls such that each of the traction balls is making three-point contact with the input disc, the output disc and the pre-spanning ring, the contact surface of the pre-spanning ring having a specific curvature larger than the radius of the traction balls.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLCInventor: Anders Kolstrup
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Publication number: 20230060833Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a solenoid valve including a first coil, a second coil coupled to the first coil, a banjo fitting coupled to the second coil, a spool housing coupled to the banjo fitting so that the first coil and the second coil are selectively rotatable about the spool housing, a spool received within the spool housing, and an armature received within the first coil and the second coil and including a spool actuator coupled to the spool.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Ayoub Maher, Jerry Brinkley, Michelle Sterrett
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Publication number: 20230069529Abstract: Multi-part mud flap adapters include a mounting bracket and a shaped cowling that integrates with and continues styling lines of the vehicles fenders, flares and trim to allow replaceable mud flaps to be secured to wheel wells, with the front face of the mud flap approximately tangent to the curve of the wheel well so that the mud flap does not reduce tire clearance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Duraflap LLCInventor: William Dennis PERRY
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Publication number: 20230063575Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus for mesh coding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives a bitstream carrying encoded information of a mesh that is partitioned into patches. The bitstream includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion includes patch information, the second portion includes patch boundary information that indicates at least a first edge of a first patch and a second edge of a second patch are a pair of edge mates. The processing circuitry decodes the first portion to obtain the patch information, and decodes the second portion to obtain the patch boundary information. The processing circuitry generates a reconstructed mesh based on the patch information and the patch boundary information, the first edge and the second edge are mapped into a same edge in the reconstructed mesh to connect the first patch with the second patch.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Tencent America LLCInventors: Chao HUANG, Xiang ZHANG, Jun TIAN, Xiaozhong XU, Shan LIU
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Publication number: 20230065690Abstract: A probe for penetrating and measuring electrical properties of a soil comprises a probe tip connected, via a coaxial cable, to electrical circuitry. The probe tip is convex and includes first and second electrodes with an electrode insulator therebetween. The first electrode is tubular and includes an interior surface defining a central opening extending through the first electrode. The second electrode includes a convex section extending away from the first electrode, and the convex section is configured for insertion into soil. The one end of the coaxial cable is disposed within the central opening of the first electrode, and the inner conductive core of one end of the coaxial cable connected to the second electrode, and the conductive shield of the one end of the coaxial cable connected to the first electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Landscan, LLCInventors: Stephen P. Farrington, Rocky Hull, Daniel James Rooney, Gregory Anderson
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Publication number: 20230065058Abstract: A butt retrieval system having a butt retrieval receptacle supported outside the main footprint of an extrusion press such that maintenance and/or repair of the system is simplified. The butt retrieval system includes a butt retrieval receptacle moveable between a butt retrieving position and a butt unloading position. The butt retrieval receptable has a cantilevered arm extending from a base portion of the butt retrieval receptacle in a direction towards the centerline of the associated extrusion press.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Brilex Technical Solutions, LLCInventors: James Allen Cunningham, Kenneth James Platt, Joseph Vasalani
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Publication number: 20230064505Abstract: A method for displaying digitized documents in a non-proportional manner that retains the overall context while emphasizing high value information is provided. The method includes determining useful increment for scaling objects of digital content as a function of their value and their prominence and proximity to other objects. The font size of high-value text elements for containers may be increased and the container themselves may be vertically scaled and shifted in a non-proportional manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: IT Cadre, LLCInventors: Michael Morrisroe, Robert James Whyley, Charles Scott Coffey
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Publication number: 20230062166Abstract: An accessory mounting system is easily coupled to an inner portion of a pick-up bed, thus allowing a user to easily mount and hold equipment. The mounting system includes a number of panels which can be mounted to existing structures within the pick-up box, and which have a pattern of openings to accommodate straps, brackets, tie-downs, and other holding mechanisms.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: BuiltRight Industries LLCInventor: Matt Beenen
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Publication number: 20230065914Abstract: A data packet generator transmits data packets using radio frequency signals. The data packets are included, in some embodiments, in a network name. The network name can be detected by a computing device, which receives the data packet. The data packet can then be used for a variety of purposes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: WherePro, LLCInventors: Mark R. Daigle, Amy L. Bogott
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Publication number: 20230066433Abstract: A system for charging an electric aircraft. The system includes an electric aircraft port, at least a current conductor, a power supply circuit and a controller. The electric aircraft port is configured to mate with a charging connector. At least a portion of the at least a current conductor is at the electric aircraft port. The at least a current conductor is configured to conduct a charging current to at least an energy source of the electric aircraft. The power supply circuit is electrically connected to the at least a current conductor. The power supply circuit is configured to regulate the charging current supplied to the at least an energy source. The controller is communicatively connected to the power supply circuit. The controller is configured to control operation of the power supply circuit as a function of a power threshold. A method for charging an electric aircraft is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: BETA AIR, LLCInventor: Herman Wiegman
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Publication number: 20230062941Abstract: A system and methods are provided to provide visual indications of a relative compliance level of a business associated with a user of the first user device and to a second user device. The system may include a server computer including a payments processor server and an automated data processor, a first user device having a portal connected to the server computer. The system may also include a second user device having a portal connected to the server computer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Solvent Herba, LLCInventors: Matt Ozvat, Adam Gifford, Ryan Hentz, Robert Hanson
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Publication number: 20230062143Abstract: An assembly includes a vehicle frame having a middle section, a front-section vehicle-forward of the middle section, and a rear section vehicle-rearward of the middle section. The middle section has frame rails spaced from each other and cross-beams extending from one frame rail toward the other frame rail. The frame rails each having a vehicle-forward end and a vehicle-rearward end. The assembly includes one or more electric-vehicle batteries. At least one of the batteries is in one of the cross-beams. The assembly includes two front nodes between and directly connected to the middle section and the front section and two rear nodes between and directly connected to the middle section and the rear section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Paul Zandbergen, Rainer Souschek
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Publication number: 20230064450Abstract: First objects are detected in an infrared image from an infrared camera and second objects are detected in a color image from a color camera. The first objects are compared with the second objects to determine pairs of matching first objects and second objects. For each matching pair, a respective region of an output image is colorized by setting colors of pixels in the region based on colors of the pixels of the second object in the matching pair. The pixels in the region have locations corresponding to the locations of the pixels in the first object of the matching pair. When the colorizing is complete, pixels not in the colorized regions have intensities of the infrared image. The output image is a version of the infrared image with a region colorized according to the color image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Hiskens, Collin Hurley, Mark Gehrke, Jonathan Diedrich
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Publication number: 20230068035Abstract: A method of video decoding includes receiving a syntax element associated with a current coding block that is partitioned into a first part and a second part along a partition edge for prediction in a geometric partitioning mode. The method further includes determining a weight index at a sample position of the current coding block, and determining a stored motion vector type for a first motion storage unit in a motion field of the current coding block based on a motion index of the first motion storage unit. The method further includes storing the motion field of the current coding block based on the stored motion vector type determined for the first motion storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Tencent America LLCInventors: Lien-Fei CHEN, Xiang LI, Guichun LI, Shan LIU
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Publication number: 20230064221Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods for electronically propagating content to downstream users. A content management system is configured to manage storage of a collection of content blocks. Each collection includes multiple layers of content blocks including at least one authoring layer customizable by one or more authors. A content authoring tool enables authors to perform one or more modifications to add, hide, remove or edit content blocks and automatically propagates the author modifications downstream to lower levels accessed by users of the content management system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Weld North Education LLCInventors: Ian Michael Lotinsky, Ian Phelan Lukens
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Publication number: 20230065807Abstract: A system includes a base. The system includes a buckle movable from a retracted position away from the base to an extended position. The system includes an actuator supported by the base and operatively coupled to the buckle to move the buckle to the extended position. The system includes a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to actuate the actuator to move the buckle to the extended position in response to determining that tension of a seatbelt webbing is above a predetermined threshold and that a vehicle impact has not been detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
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Publication number: 20230060851Abstract: A water monitoring system comprising a hydrogen peroxide sensor configured to determine a concentration of hydrogen peroxide in water in a conduit. The hydrogen peroxide sensor further comprises an ultraviolet light sensor configured to determine an ultraviolet light absorbance level of the water in the conduit. The ultraviolet light absorbance level is used to determine the concentration of hydrogen peroxide. The hydrogen peroxide sensor may further comprise a visible light sensor configured to determine a turbidity level of the water in the conduit. The turbidity level also is used to determine the concentration of hydrogen peroxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: CardioQuip, LLCInventors: John DEAN, William STEWART, Douglas PLATT, Jon Lowrey GARDNER