Patents Assigned to LLC
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Patent number: 11527910Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for a three-phase alternating current network, in particular a medium-voltage network, includes an energy storage system, a switch, an LC resonant circuit, which is a series circuit of an inductance and a capacitance, and a control unit for controlling the switch. The switch and the LC resonant circuit are connected in series, and the series circuit of the switch and the LC resonant is arranged between a network feed and the energy storage system which is connected to a load. There is also described a method for operating such a UPS and a corresponding computer program.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Fluence Energy, LLCInventors: Oliver Reimann, Johannes Reinschke
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Patent number: 11528330Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for upgrading a vehicle's functionality based on the manner in which the vehicle is operated. A predefined operating condition of the vehicle that can be assisted by a vehicle feature not presently provided by the vehicle is identified. Thereafter, a notification is communicated to a user interface that indicates availability of the vehicle feature. Subsequently, the vehicle is upgraded to provide the vehicle feature responsive to input to the user interface submitting a request to perform the upgrade.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Hamid M. Golgiri, Patrick Lawrence Jackson Van Hoecke, Danielle Rosenblatt, Anthony Melatti
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Patent number: 11526659Abstract: Systems and methods for converting text to digital ink. One system includes a memory configured to store instructions and an electronic processor coupled to the memory. The electronic processor, through execution of the instructions stored in the memory, is configured to generate an image of text, trace characters within the generated image to establish a plurality of ink points and a plurality of digital strokes, generate a digital ink instance based on the plurality of ink points and the plurality of digital strokes, and provide the digital ink instance within a user interface.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Aaron D. Cottle
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Patent number: 11524446Abstract: A method for monitoring a curing process of a cured-in-place pipe is disclosed. The method includes affixing a plurality of sensors to a resin layer of a liner, and determining a curing profile corresponding to at least the resin layer, the curing profile including a threshold curing value. The method further includes sensing, using the plurality of sensors, real-time data indicative of at least one curing parameter. Additionally, the method includes comparing the real-time data from each sensor to the threshold curing value, and outputting an alert upon the real-time data meeting or exceeding the threshold curing value.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Innovations Amplified, LLCInventor: Erik C. Morris
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Patent number: 11525033Abstract: The present invention generally relates a polymer-metal junction comprising PEEK-PEmEK copolymers compositions, in contact with a metal substrate, wherein the PEEK-PEmEK copolymer having RPEEK and RPEmEK repeat units in a molar ratio RPEEK/RPEmEK ranging from 95/5 to 45/55. The present invention also relates to shaped articles including the polymer-metal junction, and methods of making the polymer-metal junctions.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLCInventors: Chantal Louis, Mohammad Jamal El-Hibri
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Patent number: 11525444Abstract: A pump includes a first gear plate and a first pair of counter rotating gears positioned on a first side of the gear plate. The pair of counter rotating gears draws fluid from an inlet and transfers the fluid into an outlet of a common manifold. The gear plate has a cutout to increase the flow of fluid into the common manifold.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Mark R. Claywell, Sean M. McGowan, Chung Y. Wei
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Patent number: 11526566Abstract: Methods and systems for receiving docketing data are disclosed. The methods and systems perform operations comprising: obtaining, by a first party, a patent file wrapper from a publicly accessible database of patent records, the patent file wrapper including a plurality of patent documents; receiving, from the first party, user input that tags a patent document of the plurality of patent documents in the patent file wrapper, wherein the patent document that is tagged is associated with a patent activity that occurred within a threshold period of time; and transmitting, to a second party by the first party, a communication that includes the tagged patent document.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Black Hills IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Steven W. Lundberg, Thomas G. Marlow
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Patent number: 11527143Abstract: Example meters disclosed herein include a user interface to accept user input in response to activation of a prompting indicator. Disclosed example meters also include a controller to activate a light projector to project light onto a first projection area of a surface, the light projector activated in association with the activation of the prompting indicator. In some examples, the controller is also to control the light projector to project light onto a second projection area of the surface in response to expiration of a time period without receipt of any user input responsive the activation of the prompting indicator.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: James Joseph Vitt, Sachin Suresh Nilugal
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Patent number: 11527698Abstract: The subject matter of the present disclosure may be embodied in devices, such as flexible wiring, that include: an elongated flexible substrate; multiple electrically conductive traces arranged in an array on a first side of the elongated flexible substrate; and an electromagnetic shielding layer on a second side of the elongated flexible substrate, the second side being opposite the first side, in which the elongated flexible substrate includes a fold region between a first electronically conductive trace and a second electrically conductive trace such that the electromagnetic shielding layer provides electromagnetic shielding between the first electronically conductive trace and the second electrically conductive trace.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventor: John Martinis
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Patent number: 11527266Abstract: A method includes receiving video segments from a transcoder of a media device. The video segments are associated with multimedia content. The method further includes detecting, during a delay associated with the multimedia content and using an artificial intelligence (AI) technique, a particular representation in at least one of the video segments. The method further includes generating metadata associated with the particular representation and sending the metadata to a multimedia player to enable the multimedia player to modify playback of the multimedia content based on the metadata.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: WOWZA MEDIA SYSTEMS, LLCInventors: Scott Kellicker, Barry Owen, James S. Sherry, Ian Zenoni
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Patent number: 11525051Abstract: A composition comprising the following components: A) an ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated diene interpolymer; B) a peroxide; C) at least one multi-vinyl cyclic siloxane selected from Structure 1 below: Structure 1, wherein n is an integer greater than, or equal to, 1; and each R1 is independently selected from the following: a (C2-C4) alkenyl, or a H2C?C(R1a)—C(?O)—O—(CH2)m—, and wherein R1a is H or methyl, and m is an integer from 1 to 4; and each R2 is independently selected from the following: H, a (C1-C4) alkyl, a (C2-C4) alkenyl, a phenyl, or a H2C?C(R1b)—C(?O)—O—(CH2)m—, wherein R1b is H or methyl, and m is an integer from 1 to 4.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Yabin Sun, Bo Lyu, Hongyu Chen, Tao Han, Jianfeng Huang
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Patent number: 11526684Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for receiving a confirmation signal to unlock the security tag being detachably locked to a merchandise, wherein the confirmation signal includes a RFID device identifier associated with a RFID device of the security tag, and the RFID device is associated with a wireless device of the security tag, identifying the wireless device associated with the RFID device based on the RFID device identifier, transmitting a wireless signal to the wireless device to enable a controller to receive a release signal used to unlock the security tag from the merchandise, and transmitting the release signal to the controller to unlock the security tag from the merchandise.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics, LLCInventors: Adam S. Bergman, Manuel A. Soto, Steve E. Trivelpiece
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Patent number: 11524067Abstract: This invention relates to a method of treating a dog for canine diseases comprising administering to the dog therapeutically effective amounts of a vaccine, wherein the vaccine comprises viral antigens, a bacterin, or both, and wherein the vaccine is administered subcutaneously or orally according to the schedules provided herein.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Zoetis Services LLCInventors: Cassius McAllister Tucker, John David Haworth
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Patent number: 11524244Abstract: An interactive physical environment providing entertainment to a patron includes a room formed by modular walls coupled to one another, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag associated with the patron, and a control system. The room presents a game to a patron. The game includes a plurality of game components positionable in a first game configuration and a second game configuration. The first game configuration presenting a first challenge and the second game configuration presenting a second challenge. The second game configuration representing a solution to the first challenge. The control system receives patron identification information from the RFID tag associated with the patron. The control system selectively modifying the game presented by the room responsive to the received patron identification information.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Open World Entertainment LLCInventor: Matthew DuPlessie
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Patent number: 11525825Abstract: The present invention is directed to kits for improving assay specificity and performance in binding assays.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.Inventors: Anahit Aghvanyan, Eli N. Glezer, John Kenten, George Sigal, Martin Stengelin, David Routenberg
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Patent number: 11525915Abstract: At least one beam of an optical wave is transmitted along a transmission angle toward a target location from a send aperture of a transmitter. The optical wave comprises at least a first portion, and a second portion having a different characteristic from a characteristic of the first portion. Two or more receivers include at least one receiver comprising: a receive aperture arranged in proximity to at least one of the send aperture or a receive aperture of a different receiver, an optical phased array within the receive aperture, the optical phased array being configured to receive at least a portion of a collected optical wave arriving at the receive aperture along a respective collection angle, and a filter configured to filter the received portion of the collected optical wave according to the characteristic of the first portion of the optical wave.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Analog Photonics LLCInventors: Peter Nicholas Russo, Christopher Vincent Poulton, Matthew Byrd, Zhan Su, Ehsan Hosseini, Michael Robert Watts
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Patent number: 11527078Abstract: A system uses video of a vehicle to detect and classify the vehicle's pose. The system generates an image stack by scaling and shifting a set of digital image frames from the video to a fixed scale, yielding a sequence of images over a time period. The system processes the image stack with a classifier to determine the pose of the object. The system also may determine state and class of visible turn signals on the object, as well as predict the vehicle's direction of travel.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Argo AI, LLCInventors: Rotem Littman, Gilad Saban, Noam Presman, Dana Berman, Asaf Kagan
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Patent number: 11525999Abstract: In one aspect, a handheld lighting system is disclosed, which comprises a handheld housing extending from a proximal end to a distal end, and a light module disposed at least partially in the housing. The handheld lighting system further includes a removable and replaceable power module that is coupled to the housing (e.g., it is at least partially disposed within the housing) and is electrically coupled to the light module, e.g., through a pair of electrical leads, for providing electrical power thereto. Light intensity from the light module may be controlled from a knob on the power module. Various adapters can allow the lighting system to attach to a multitude of medical, industrial, dental or veterinary endoscopes or other instruments.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Acera LLCInventors: Thomas V. Root, Michael Cook, Thomas Davis, Michael S. Epstein, Carlton Jones, David Leo
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Patent number: 11527246Abstract: A first electronic device of a local group of connected electronic devices receives a first voice command including a request for a first operation, assigns a first target device from among a local group of connected electronic devices as an in-focus device for performing the first operation, causes the first operation to be performed by the first target device via operation of a server-implemented common network service, receives a second voice command including a request for a second operation, and based on a determination that the second voice command does not include an explicit designation of a second target device and a determination that the second operation can be performed by the first target device, assigning the first target device as the in-focus device for performing the second operation.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Kenneth Mixter, Tomer Shekel, Tuan Anh Nguyen
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Patent number: 11527899Abstract: A battery management system integrated in a battery pack configured for use in electric aircraft, the system comprising a first battery management component disposed on a first end of the battery pack, the first battery management component comprising a first sensor suite configured to measure a first plurality of battery pack data wherein the first sensor suite comprises a moisture sensor. The battery management system comprising a second battery management component disposed on a second end of the battery pack, the second battery management component comprising a second sensor suite configured to measure a second plurality of battery pack data wherein the second sensor suite comprises a moisture sensor. The battery management system comprising a data storage system configured to store the first plurality of battery pack data and the second plurality of battery pack data.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Braedon Andrew Lohe, Cullen Forrest Jemison, Andrew Joseph Giroux, Tom Michael Hughes