Patents Assigned to LLC
  • In-process, layer-by-layer non-destructive testing of additive manufactured components using linear and nonlinear vibrational resonance
    Patent number: 11226312
    Abstract: Provided is an additive manufacturing system capable of performing in-process, layer-by-layer non-destructive testing, the additive manufacturing system including: a plate for producing a part thereon; a transducer attached to the plate and configured to induce vibrations in the part; and a laser vibrometer configured to detect a vibrational response of the part to determine whether defect and/or anisotropy exists within the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
    Inventors: Marcel Remillieux, Carly M. Donahue, Marcie A. Stuber Geesey
  • Method, apparatus and computer program product for managing metadata migration
    Patent number: 11226778
    Abstract: Techniques manage metadata. Such techniques involve: in response to receiving a request for accessing metadata in a first page, determining, from a plurality of storage units including pages for storing metadata, a storage unit where the first page is located, the plurality of storage units including a first storage unit and a second storage unit, an access speed of the second storage unit exceeding an access speed of the first storage unit; accessing, from the determined storage unit, the first page for metadata; in response to the first page being accessed from the first storage unit, determining whether hotness of the first page exceeds a threshold level; and in response to the hotness of the first page exceeding the threshold level, transferring the first page from the first storage unit to the second storage unit. Accordingly, such techniques can improve the efficiency for accessing the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Zhenhua Zhao, Sihang Xia, Changyu Feng, Xinlei Xu
  • Determining a time-frequency resource using a system parameter
    Patent number: 11228965
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a time-frequency resource for transmitting and/or receiving using a system parameter. One apparatus (200) includes a receiver (212) that receives (702) system information on a time-frequency resource. The time-frequency resource is determined by a system parameter, and the system parameter includes a system operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Zhi Yan, Xiaodong Yu, Haipeng Lei, Lianhai Wu, Yingying Li
  • Analysis of network performance using deterministic decentralized scheduling across distributed test agents
    Patent number: 11228522
    Abstract: A method and system for testing of a communication network utilizing a plurality of test agents in the communication network using a deterministic decentralized scheduling of the plurality of test agents to test a single network service. Determining an optimal time period for executing a test of the single network service by each of the plurality of test agents without requiring global knowledge of the system and without requiring centralized coordination of individual agent test schedules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: NetScout Systems Texas, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Nelson, Robert Vogt
  • Slanted radomes
    Patent number: 11226397
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to slanted radomes for protecting radar units. An example radar system may include a radar unit that includes at least one antenna having a radiation pattern. The radar unit is configured to transmit a radar signal based on the radiation pattern and receive radar signals. In addition, the radar system further includes a radome located in a direction of transmission of the radiation pattern. Particularly, the radome is aligned at an angle relative to a plane of the at least one antenna such that reflections of the transmitted radar signal caused by the radome are directed towards at least one of a null of the radiation pattern and an absorption component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Chen, Adam Brown, Philip Ma, Matthew Markel
  • In-toilet urinalysis system with capillary dispenser
    Patent number: 11224370
    Abstract: We disclose an in-toilet urinalysis system which includes a system for collection urine and applying the urine to a urine test strip. The system may include an orifice within a toilet bowl which leads into a channel. The channel may be connected to a capillary which has an orifice at each end. Urine may pass through the orifice, into the channel, then may be moved by capillary action through the capillary. A urine test strip dispenser may move reaction pads on a urine test strip to the distal end of the capillary to load the reaction pads with urine. The reaction pads may absorb the urine from the most distal orifice of the capillary. A measurable chemical reaction may occur in the reaction pads in response to urine analytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Hall Labs LLC
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Dan Allen
  • Flexible store fulfillment
    Patent number: 11227244
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to a flexible order fulfillment management system that utilizes predefined fulfillment workflows including common business processes. By utilizing predefined workflows including common business processes, the order fulfillment management system is able to drive store-based fulfillment programs efficiently as multiple fulfillment workflows may utilize the same common business processes and a single fulfillment management system may operate workflows in parallel. In addition, such an order fulfillment management system may also be more easily adapted for different retail store environments as the system allows a designer to easily create or modify a fulfillment workflow by selecting predefined common business processes or creating any additional custom business processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Vadim Grabovski, Larry Christopher Venable, John Kevin Collier
  • Illuminated shade or screen assembly
    Patent number: 11226089
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has a sheet member, a support assembly including a movable, elongated member that is attached to a first end portion of the sheet member, an end assembly attached to a second end portion of the sheet member, and a plurality of lighting devices attached to the sheet member. The plurality of lighting devices is a plurality of flat panel lighting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: National Christmas Products LLC
    Inventor: Michael M. McRae
  • Digital screening platform with open-ended association questions and precision threshold adjustment
    Patent number: 11227298
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tuning a digital screen to provide high quality data are provided. Methods include determining a target level of participant data quality associated with accurate completion of an online survey, determining a participant screening threshold based on the target level of participant data quality, and adjusting a survey screen based on the participant screening threshold. Methods may achieve high data quality without sacrificing participant diversity. Methods may also include transmitting the survey screen to a computing device associated with a participant, and receiving a response of the participant to the survey screen on the computing device. When the response fails to achieve a predetermined threshold response, methods may include rejecting the participant from the survey.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Prime Research Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Leonid Litman, Jonathan Robinson, Raphael Joseph Abberbock, Cheskie Rosenzweig
  • Polymer compositions including a poly(ether sulfone) blend and articles made therefrom
    Patent number: 11225574
    Abstract: Described herein are polymer compositions having a poly(ether sulfone) polymer and (i) a polysulfone polymer or (ii) a poly(phenyl sulfone) polymer. In some embodiments, the polymer compositions can optionally include one or more additives. It has been surprisingly found that the aforementioned polymer compositions have outstanding anti-stick properties with respect to proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLC
    Inventor: Maryam Momtaz
  • Determining vanishing points based on lane lines
    Patent number: 11227167
    Abstract: In some implementations, a method is provided. The method includes obtaining an image depicting an environment where an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) may be located. The image comprises a plurality of line indicators. The plurality of line indicators represent one or more lanes in the environment. The image is part of training data for a neural network. The method also includes determining a plurality of line segments based on the plurality of line indicators. The method further includes determining a vanishing point within the image based on the plurality of line segments. The method further includes updating one or more of the image or metadata associated with the image to indicate a location of the vanishing point within the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventors: Yuliang Guo, Tae Eun Choe, Ka Wai Tsoi, Guang Chen, Weide Zhang
  • Virtual hoist stop for mobile drilling machine
    Patent number: 11225862
    Abstract: A virtual hoist stop system for a mobile drilling machine may include a sensor assembly configured to monitor a full/empty status of a plurality of pipe storage slots, a drill string status, and a height of a rotary head, an operator interface configured to receive hoisting input, and a control module. The control module may be configured to receive signals from the sensor assembly, determine a target height based on the signals, receive hoisting input from the operator interface, and automatically stop the rotary head from hoisting beyond the target height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Gobal Mining Equipment LLC
    Inventors: Carl J. Moberg, Stephen M. Hancock
  • Systems and methods for webpage personalization
    Patent number: 11228660
    Abstract: A system can include one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform receiving, from an electronic device, a search query from a user of a plurality of users; processing first data; and facilitating displaying a set of items. Processing the first data can comprise determining one or more keywords by capturing the one or more keywords during a time window; creating a feature set of second data associated with at least a portion of the plurality of users; determining a set of items of the item set as being based at least in part on an item vector representation and a keyword vector representation; determining a respective purchase probability associated with each item of the set of items of the item set; ranking the set of items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Venkata Syam Prakash Rapaka, Kannan Achan, Kaushiki Nag, Sushant Kumar
  • Methods and systems for application control in a hinged electronic device
    Patent number: 11228671
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first device housing coupled to a second device housing by a hinge such that the first device housing is pivotable about the hinge between an axially displaced open position and a closed position. An exterior display is coupled to the electronic device and is exposed when the electronic device is in the closed position. At least one interior display is coupled to electronic device and is concealed when the electronic device is in the axially displaced open position. One or more processors detect user input interacting with two or more notifications presented on the exterior display. When the electronic device transitions to the axially displaced open position, the one or more processors present two or more interactive application portals of two or more predefined applications associated with the two or more notifications on the at least one interior display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal, Luciano Bevilacqua Pereira da Silva, Toni Pereira, Caio Luiz Leal Chagas do Nascimento
  • Method for output layer set mode in multilayered video stream
    Patent number: 11228776
    Abstract: A method of decoding may comprise: receiving a bitstream comprising compressed video/image data; parsing or deriving, from the bitstream, an output layer set mode indicator in a video parameter set (VPS); identifying output layer set signaling based on the output layer set mode indicator; identifying one or more picture output layers based on the identified output layer set signaling; and decoding the identified one or more picture output layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Byeongdoo Choi, Shan Liu, Stephan Wenger
  • Method of manufacturing an LED carrier assembly having an embedded alignment magnet
    Patent number: 11227853
    Abstract: The invention describes a method of manufacturing an LED carrier assembly, which method comprises the steps of providing a carrier comprising a mounting surface with mounting pads arranged to receive a number of LED dies; embedding an alignment magnet in the carrier; providing a number of LED dies, wherein an LED die comprises a number of magnetic die pads; and aligning the magnetic die pads to the mounting pads by arranging the LED dies over the mounting surface of the carrier within magnetic range of the alignment magnet. The invention also describes an LED carrier assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Casey Israel, Florent Monestier, Benno Spinger
  • Systems, apparatuses, interfaces and implementing methods for displaying and manipulating temporal or sequential objects
    Patent number: 11226714
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, interfaces, and methods for visualizing time progressions in VR/AR/MR/XR environments, wherein the systems include a processing unit or a processor, a display device, and at least one VR/AR/MR/XR input device, wherein the systems, apparatuses, interfaces, and methods display projects or structures that have tasks, goals, targets, and/or events that have or will occur in a given time sequence along a time line, wherein the systems and methods also display a selection and control object and a temporal direction and speed control object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: QUANTUM INTERFACE, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Josephson, Robert W. Strozier
  • Composite data creation with refinement suggestions
    Patent number: 11227104
    Abstract: A data profiling module receives user selection of spreadsheets, and the data from the selected spreadsheets is profiled. At least one matching column is identified among the spreadsheets selected. The data profiling module calculates a match metric for the at least one matching column, and unifies the spreadsheets into a single composite spreadsheet using the at least one identified matching column. A preview view of a composite spreadsheet is generated, visually indicating the at least one matching column, any non-matching columns between the spreadsheets, and the match metric for the matching columns. An action history module identifies spreadsheets for use in the procedure, and stores any action applied to the spreadsheets as a procedure template that can be applied to a plurality of other spreadsheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: INFORMATICA LLC
    Inventors: Mohan Sankaran, Andrew Comstock, Kiran Bagepalli, Gautam H. Mudunuri, Akin Dirik, Frank Beier, Mohini Wettasinghe, Ivan Chong
  • Systems, methods, and storage media for detecting a security intrusion of a network device
    Patent number: 11228404
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and storage media for detecting a security intrusion of a network device are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may include a method involving, in the network device including a processor, monitor a light signal associated with a security enabled port of the network device; and in response to detecting a change in the light signal, initiate a security alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Steven E. Drake, Morgan M. Pofahl
  • Dynamic scaling for consistent video quality in multi-frame size encoding
    Patent number: 11228766
    Abstract: Videos may be characterized by objective metrics that quantify video quality. Embodiments are directed to target bitrate prediction methods in which one or more objective metrics may serve as inputs into a model that predicts a mean opinion score (MOS), a measure of perceptual quality, as a function of metric values. The model may be derived by generating training data through conducting subjective tests on a set of video encodings, obtaining MOS data from the subjective tests, and correlating the MOS data with metric measurements on the training data. The MOS predictions may be extended to predict the target (encoding) bitrate that achieves a desired MOS value. The target bitrate prediction methods may be applied to segments of a video. The methods may be made computationally faster by applying temporal subsampling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: EUCLID DISCOVERIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dane P. Kottke, Katherine H. Cornog, John J. Guo, Myo Tun, Jeyun Lee, Nigel Lee