Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11593617
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing a reservoir computing neural network. In one aspect there is provided a reservoir computing neural network comprising: (i) a brain emulation sub-network, and (ii) a prediction sub-network. The brain emulation sub-network is configured to process the network input in accordance with values of a plurality of brain emulation sub-network parameters to generate an alternative representation of the network input. The prediction sub-network is configured to process the alternative representation of the network input in accordance with values of a plurality of prediction sub-network parameters to generate the network output. The values of the brain emulation sub-network parameters are determined before the reservoir computing neural network is trained and are not adjusting during training of the reservoir computing neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Ann Laszlo, Philip Edwin Watson, Georgios Evangelopoulos
  • Patent number: 11592165
    Abstract: A modular light housing apparatus for removably holding a light assembly includes a light transmissible portion and a cover portion. The cover portion is releasably coupled to the light transmissible portion and the light transmissible portion has a mounting region and a light compartment configured for transmitting light from the apparatus. Wire passages are provided between the mounting region and the light compartment, which is defined by a frame. The frame has a plurality of wire conduits, each near one of the wire passages. The wire conduits each have a conduit opening opposite one of the wire passages. The cover portion has a light mount for holding the light source, and the wires travel through the wire passages, wire conduits, and conduit openings to engage a light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: B.C. Lighting LLC
    Inventor: Austin B. Sermon
  • Patent number: 11594147
    Abstract: An interactive system and method for development of the voice, preferably for singing. The system and methods provide and utilize an animated, interactive, preferably 3D, visual character for illustrating the various human physiological components involved in producing vocals, and how best to strengthen and train such components to prevent injury. The system and methods are designed to visually replicate how the human body, and more specifically the internal organs for voice, interact and synchronize muscular movements that are involved in abdominal support, release of air control, and neural stimulation, in unison with Larynx mobility and gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: VOIXTEK VR, LLC
    Inventors: Juan Felipe Perez, Ronald Warren Anderson
  • Patent number: 11592824
    Abstract: Controlling a vehicle according to a trained neural network model capable of being used to generate an output from which one or more vehicle operating variables can be estimated. The neural network model can be used to process, as input, aggregated data corresponding to operational and/or environmental characteristics experienced by the vehicle during at least a portion of a voyage. The aggregated data can include a range of values collected over a period of time when the vehicle is traversing the portion of the voyage. The output generated by the neural network model, based on processing the input, can be further processed in order to determine, for example, an estimated state of charge and/or an estimated remaining flight time for the vehicle. Such estimated values can thereafter be used by a controller of the vehicle to maintain course or maneuver to a charging station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: WING Aviation LLC
    Inventors: Kaiwen Gu, Matthew Nubbe
  • Patent number: 11594490
    Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, and memory stack structures vertically extending through the alternating stack. Each of the memory stack structures includes a respective vertical semiconductor channel and a respective vertical stack of memory elements located at levels of the electrically conductive layers. Each of the electrically conductive layers includes a respective conductive liner comprising molybdenum carbide or carbonitride, and a respective molybdenum metal fill material portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Rahul Sharangpani, Raghuveer S. Makala, Fei Zhou
  • Patent number: 11591872
    Abstract: A setting tool having a tool body, a chamber configured to contain a non-explosive fuel configured to generate gas and plasma, a cavity, a bleed sub located between the chamber and the cavity. The bleed sub is configured to bleed pressure from the chamber to the cavity after the non-explosive fuel has been initiated. The setting tool also includes a piston disposed within the cavity oriented to stroke in a first direction after the non-explosive fuel has been initiated. The piston may divide the cavity into an upper volume that may receive the pressure increase from the bleed sub and a lower volume. The setting tool may also include a shaft mechanically connected to the piston within the lower volume of the cavity. The shaft may include a dampening conduit configured to drain a fluid from the lower volume after the non-explosive fuel has been initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Robertson Intellectual Properties, LLC
    Inventors: Michael C. Robertson, Douglas J. Streibich, Antony F. Grattan, Roy L. Sparkman, Mark Lancaster
  • Patent number: 11589512
    Abstract: A header (102) for an agricultural harvester (100) comprising a frame (104), a cutter bar (106), a draper belt and a cutter bar support sub-assembly connected to the frame is disclosed. The cutter bar support sub-assembly generally includes a draper support sub-assembly (200A,200B) and a support arm subassembly. The draper support sub-assembly is pivotably connected to the support arm sub-assembly and pivotable about a longitudinal axis of the support arm sub-assembly. The draper support sub-assembly includes a first draper support (608) that includes a curved surface engaging the draper belt and a cutter bar mount (606) supporting the cutter bar. The support arm sub assembly includes a support member connected to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Herbert M. Farley, Benjamin Kemmerer, Blaine R. Noll, Brian L. Scheuring
  • Patent number: 11591129
    Abstract: Disclosed are preforms which incorporate improvements in the region of the neck and upper segment of the body to allow the production of lightweight containers, such as bottles suitable for containing water or other beverages. In accordance with certain embodiments, the improvements include a thinner neck finish area than conventional bottles, where the thinner area is extended into the upper segment of the body portion below the support ring. Reducing the thickness in these areas of the bottle allows for less resin to be used in forming the preform and bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Niagara Bottling, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Clarke Hanan, Abhishek Shukla
  • Patent number: 11593376
    Abstract: An apparatus, computer-readable medium, and computer-implemented method for data subsetting, including receiving a request comprising a criterion indicating a criterion table in a plurality of tables of a database, as schema of the database corresponding to an entity graph, the entity graph comprising a plurality of entities corresponding to the plurality of tables and a plurality of directed edges connecting the plurality of entities, determining directed edges in the plurality of directed edges that must be traversed in both directions in order to traverse all entities in the entity graph starting from a criterion entity corresponding to the criterion table, generating, an ordered list of edges for the entity graph based on the directed edges that must be traversed in both directions and topological ordering, and generating a subset of data from the plurality of tables based on the ordered list of edges for the entity graph and the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: INFORMATICA LLC
    Inventor: Chitresh Kakwani
  • Patent number: 11593396
    Abstract: A method is provided, comprising: receiving, from a host device, a request to create a token that represents one or more data items that are stored in a first volume, the first volume being stored in a source system; estimating an I/O latency limit for the first volume; estimating a token creation time for the token; comparing the token creation time to the I/O latency limit; when the token creation time matches the I/O latency limit: creating the token, creating a snapshot pair, mapping the token to the snapshot pair, and returning the token to the host device; when the token creation time does not match the I/O latency limit: creating the token, creating a first snapshot of the first volume at the source system, mapping the first snapshot to the token, and returning the token to the host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Xiangping Chen, David Meiri
  • Patent number: 11592831
    Abstract: An occlusion detection system for an autonomous vehicle is described herein, where a signal conversion system receives a three-dimensional sensor signal from a sensor system and projects the three-dimensional sensor signal into a two-dimensional range image having a plurality of pixel values that include distance information to objects captured in the range image. A localization system detects a first object in the range image, such as a traffic light, having first distance information and a second object in the range image, such as a foreground object, having second distance information. An occlusion polygon is defined around the second object and the range image is provided to an object perception system that excludes information within the occlusion polygon to determine a configuration of the first object. A directive is output by the object perception system to control the autonomous vehicle based upon occlusion detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Clement Creusot
  • Patent number: 11589725
    Abstract: A cleaning device and method of cleaning are provided. The cleaning device includes a power source and a pump in selective electrical communication with the power source. A storage container is provided. A valve assembly is disposed in the storage container and in fluid communication with the pump, the valve assembly being configured to selectively flow cleaning fluid from a first portion and a second portion of the storage container. A cleaning element having a spray nozzle is in fluid communication with the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: UNGER MARKETING INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph K. Patterson, Paul H. Adams, Stephen P. Huda, Christopher Joseph Carballo
  • Patent number: 11593752
    Abstract: Systems and methods which facilitate return shipment of items, such as to provide for the return of goods from a purchaser to a merchant, are shown. Embodiments provide shipping management functionality for managing return requests, processing of return requests, authorizing returns, tracking of the processing of a return request, and/or tracking of return shipments. A shipping management system of embodiments operates to make shipping functionality and/or information utilized with respect to return shipments, which may not otherwise be readily available to the return shipper, conveniently accessible for use by the return shipper. Embodiments provide for some or all return shipping fees to be borne by the merchant rather than the return shipper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Auctane, LLC
    Inventors: Byron J. Wier, John Roland Clem
  • Patent number: 11593415
    Abstract: The automated collection of online data is enhanced by generating and saving a context between a document and a related named entity, as well as a credibility level of the online source. The context, credibility level, and quality and quantity of collected data are used to enhance the use of the collected data in automated decision-making. Both the quality and the quantity may be continuously updated and honed through machine learning. Three new algorithms—DUPES, CORRAL, and ONTO—have been introduced to support the above, improving current state-of-the-art engineering practice by sharpening the strategy for named-entity searching, for ensuring that topic modeling produces relevant topic tags, and for handling sentiment which may be NEGATIVE, POSITIVE, and NEUTRAL (which includes MISSING and INCONCLUSIVE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: VALIDATE ME LLC
    Inventors: James Anderson, Thomas J. Saleh, Lawrence C. Rafsky
  • Patent number: 11595674
    Abstract: Reconstructing a second component signal relating to a second component of a multi-component picture from a spatially corresponding portion of a reconstructed first component signal and a correction signal derived from a data stream for the second component promises increased coding efficiency over a broader range of multi-component picture content. By including the spatially corresponding portion of the reconstructed first component signal into the reconstruction of the second component signal, any remaining inter-component redundancies/correlations present such as still present despite a possibly a priori performed component space transformation, or present because of having been introduced by such a priori performed component space transformation, for example, may readily be removed by way of the inter-component redundancy/correlation reduction of the second component signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: GE Video Compression, LLC
    Inventors: Tung Nguyen, Ali Atef Ibrahim Khairat Abdelhamid, Detlev Marpe
  • Patent number: 11593783
    Abstract: In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided to recognize retail products, comprising: a model training system configured to: identify a customer; access an associated customer profile; access and apply a set of filtering rules to a product database based on customer data; generate a listing of products specific to the customer; access and apply a model training set of rules to train a machine learning model based on the listing of products and corresponding image data for each of the products in the listing of products; and communicate the trained model to the portable user device associated with first customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Garner, Priyanka Paliwal
  • Patent number: 11594340
    Abstract: Methods for forming particulates that are highly consistent with regard to shape, size, and content are described. Particulates are suitable for use as reference materials. Methods can incorporate actinides and/or lanthanides, e.g., uranium, and can be used for forming certified reference materials for use in the nuclear industry. Methods include formation of an aerosol from an oxalate salt solution, in-line diagnostics, and collection of particles of the aerosol either in a liquid impinger or on a solid surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew S. Wellons, Michael A. Devore, II, Wendy W. Kuhne
  • Patent number: 11593215
    Abstract: In general, the invention relates to a method for performing backup operations. The method includes generating a backup on backup storage system, locking the backup for a retention span, generating a backup archive log image using archive log files for the backup, and locking the backup archive log image for a second retention span.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Navneet Upadhyay, Rejith Mohan M, Shraddha Chunekar, Amith Ramachandran, Shelesh Chopra, Reshmee Jawed
  • Patent number: D979394
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: PLASTICARD-LOCKTECH INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: Jayne Stegemiller, Mary Parks
  • Patent number: D979676
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: JFXD TRX ACQ LLC
    Inventor: Randal Hetrick