Patents Assigned to LLC
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Patent number: 11164347Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology acquires a viewing log of a content item including at least one of a moving image or a sound, acquires display data representing details of the content item at each time, and displays a chart representing a transition of a viewing state of the content item specified on the basis of the viewing log, and the display data representing details of the content item at each time in a time zone for which the transition of the viewing state is represented by the chart, on a screen that is one and the same. The present technology can be applied to a system used for monitoring the viewing state of the content item.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Akihiko Ito, Tsuyoshi Takagi
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Patent number: 11161442Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly is disclosed herein. The seating assembly includes a head restraint having a post. A seatback is configured to receive a portion of the post. The stop feature is coupled to the seatback and is movable between a disengaged position and an engaged position. In the engaged position, the stop feature is configured to generally prevent inward movement and allow outward movement of the post relative to the seatback.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Ranjit Nagi
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Patent number: 11166044Abstract: A method of controlling residual coding for decoding or encoding of a video sequence, is performed by at least one processor and includes determining whether a small transform size of a primary transform is to be used for the residual coding of a coded block of the video sequence. The method further includes based on the small transform size of the primary transform being determined to be used, identifying, as the primary transform, a first transform set including discrete sine transform (DST)-4 and discrete cosine transform (DCT)-4, based on the small transform size of the primary transform being determined to not be used, identifying, as the primary transform, a second transform set including DST-7 and DCT-8, and performing the residual coding of the coded block, using the identified primary transform.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Xin Zhao, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
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Patent number: 11161954Abstract: A seating device has a seating platform and at least one leg supporting it in its elevated position.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Cryovac, LLCInventors: Drew Speer, William Mahon, Sina Behtash, Kolawole Ayinuola, Xingwu Wang
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Patent number: 11160336Abstract: A flexible jewelry cable includes a plurality of helical links. Each link has a body that extends helically about a central axis of the link. Each link includes a protrusion extending from an inner surface of the body at or near ends of the body. Each protrusion defines a through hole that is coaxially aligned with the body. The body defines a female recess on the inner surface of the body, each recess corresponding to one protrusion. The recesses are at or near the ends of the body. One recess of a first one of the links is configured to receive one protrusion of a second one of the links and align the hole of the received protrusion with the hole of one protrusion of the first link. The cable includes a string extending through the aligned holes of the protrusions of the links.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: David Yurman IP LLCInventor: David M. Yurman
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Patent number: 11163464Abstract: Techniques for storage management involve: acquiring capacities of a plurality of disks configured to provide redundant storage; determining, based on the capacities of the plurality of disks, a first total capacity corresponding to a first candidate scheme of the redundant storage and a second total capacity corresponding to a second candidate scheme of the redundant storage, all of the plurality of disks being used in the first candidate scheme, and a part of the plurality of disks being used in the second candidate scheme; and determining a target scheme of the redundant storage from the first candidate scheme and the second candidate scheme based on the first total capacity and the second total capacity. Accordingly, an optimal disk configuration scheme can be selected to generate an optimal disk group, so as to improve storage capability and storage management efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLCInventors: Jian Gao, Rongrong Shang
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Patent number: 11165982Abstract: A photo sensor includes a plurality of pixel blocks, each including one or more anchor pixels and one or more non-anchor pixels. The anchor pixels produce first sensor signals and the non-anchor pixels produce second sensor signals. An amplifier circuit amplifies the first and second sensor signals. A variable bit-depth analog to digital converter (ADC) circuit quantizes amplified versions of the first sensor signals into first digitized sensor signals with a first bit-depth. The ADC circuit also quantizes amplified versions of the second sensor signals into second digitized sensor signals with a second bit-depth that is lower than the first bit depth. The second bit-depth may be selected based on anchor pixel statistics derived from the one or more first digitized sensor signals.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Xinqiao Liu, Jakob Julian Engel
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Patent number: 11165374Abstract: A sensor-less detection circuit includes a first voltage adjustment circuit providing a first output voltage at a first node using one of three input voltages. A second voltage adjustment circuit provides a second output voltage at a second node using all three, or only two, of the three input voltages. The second voltage adjustment circuit acts as an internal virtual neutral point for detecting a zero crossing event of the motor. A differential amplifier is coupled with the first and second nodes and outputs a third output voltage at a third node. A reference buffer has a reference voltage input and provides a fourth output voltage at a fourth node. A comparator is coupled with the third and fourth nodes and outputs a fifth output voltage at a fifth node, the fifth voltage indicating a zero cross event.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventor: Satoshi Yokoo
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Patent number: 11164177Abstract: A dynamic transaction card that includes a number of layers, each of which may be interconnected to one another. For example, a dynamic transaction card may include an outer layer, a potting layer, a touch sensor layer, a display layer (including, for example, LEDs, a dot matrix display, and the like), a microcontroller storing firmware, Java applets, Java applet integration, and the like, an EMV chip, an energy storage component, one or more antenna (e.g., Bluetooth antenna, NFC antenna, and the like), a power management component, a flexible printed circuit board (PCB), a chassis, and/or a card backing layer. The card includes a secure element to receive visual impairment settings and alert data. A microprocessor can convert the alert data into impairment data based on the visual impairment settings. A display is generated based on the impairment data.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLCInventors: James Zarakas, Theodore Markson, Adam Koeppel, Kevin P. Kelly, Brian Briggman, Saleem Sangi, David Wurmfeld, Tyler Locke, Karla M. Escalante
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Patent number: 11161043Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system of selective advertising includes a gaming server to receive a request to play a game of chance from a gaming device, transmit gaming data to the gaming device, the gaming data associated with the requested game of chance, and receive player data, the player data associated with the player's eye movement, gestures, or change in state. The server may also be configured to analyze the player data, determine a context associated with the player data; and initiate an action based on the determined context.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Nguyen Gaming LLCInventor: Binh T. Nguyen
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Patent number: 11163748Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes to optimize and manage fingerprint backward compatibility in deduplication backup computing systems. A new fingerprint is generated for a segment object stored in a data container based on a new fingerprinting process. A header file is modified by replacing an old fingerprint for the segment object based on an old fingerprinting process with the new fingerprint. An entry including information indicating an association between the old fingerprint and the new fingerprint is created in a fingerprint map file.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Veritas Technologies LLCInventors: Shuai Cheng, Xianbo Zhang, Cheng Shan, Chunzhong Zhang, Jinchang Zhang, Wen Feng Jiang, Dongxu Sun, Xinbao Jin
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Patent number: 11165561Abstract: A device may determine a price of a product based on first information concerning attributes of the product, and provide the price for display by a user device. The device may generate first hash values based on the first information, where a particular first hash value is associated with a particular attribute, and generate a first bit-string that includes the plurality of first hash values. The device may generate second hash values based on second information concerning the attributes of the product, where a particular second hash value is associated with the particular attribute. The device may generate a second bit-string that includes the second hash values, and determine a change to the particular attribute based on the first bit-string and the second bit-string. The device may determine a new price of the product based on the change, and provide the new price for display by the user device.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Qiaochu Tang, Micah Price, Stephen Wylie, Geoffrey Dagley, Jason Hoover
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Patent number: 11165586Abstract: Systems, methods, articles of manufacture, and computer-readable media. A server may receive a phone call and generate a uniform resource locator (URL) comprising a session identifier for an account. The server may transmit the URL to a client device. The server may receive, from a web browser, a request comprising the URL. The server may determine that the session identifier in the URL of the request matches the session identifier for the account, and transmit, to the web browser, a web page at the URL. The server may receive, from the web browser, a cryptogram read by the web page via a card reader of the client device and decrypt the cryptogram. The server may authenticate the identity of the caller for the call based on decrypting the cryptogram and the session identifier of the URL matching the session identifier of the account.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Rule, Rajko Ilincic
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Patent number: 11166003Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a system and a method for mitigating image distortion. In an example implementation, the system and the method can receive vehicle state data and vehicle inertial measurement data; generate an image distortion prediction indicative of image distortion within an image captured by the image capture assembly based on the vehicle state data and the vehicle inertial measurement data; and at least one of correct or mitigate the image distortion based on the image distortion prediction.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Michael Herman, Aaron Lesky, Ronald Beras
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Patent number: 11162336Abstract: A device for controlling fluid flow in a borehole includes a support structure including a fluid conduit, the fluid conduit defining a flow path having a longitudinal axis, and a valve seat connected to the support structure and disposed within the fluid conduit. The valve seat defines a first engagement surface and has an opening configured to permit fluid flow through the fluid conduit, the first engagement surface having an inclined shape, the inclined shape defining an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis. The device also includes a valve member disposed within the fluid conduit, the valve member configured to be actuated to move the valve member between an open position and a closed position, the valve member engaging the first engagement surface to restrict the fluid flow when in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventor: Juan Carlos Flores Perez
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Patent number: 11163602Abstract: A method is provided comprising: initializing a first thread based on a first work request; and executing the first thread to complete the first work request, wherein the first thread is initialized and executed by using an Application Programming Interface (API) that is arranged to emulate a work request queue by initializing a different respective thread for each work request that is submitted to the API for addition to the work request queue.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLCInventors: Vladimir Shveidel, Ronen Gazit, Bar David
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Patent number: 11162904Abstract: An inspection tester for testing a surface for suspected explosive substances includes a body unit, a breakable ampoule carried by the body unit, and an ionic explosive detecting reagent in the breakable ampoule wherein the body unit and the breakable ampoule are positioned to deliver the ionic explosive detecting reagent to the surface for testing the surface for the suspected explosive substances. The ionic explosive detecting reagent is a salt in a liquid state.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventors: John G. Reynolds, Lara D. Leininger, Thomas W. Myers
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Patent number: 11163165Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) includes an electronic display element, a microlens array, and an optics block. The electronic display element outputs image light via sub-pixels having different colors, the sub-pixels separated from each other by a dark space region. The sub-pixels have associated emission distributions that describe ranges of angles of light emitted from the plurality of sub-pixels. The microlens array includes microlenses that are each coupled to at least one corresponding sub-pixel, of the sub-pixels, where the microlenses concentrate the emission distributions and direct the emission distributions toward a target region. The optics block, which is located in the target region optically corrects the image light and directs the optically corrected image light from the microlens array to an exit pupil of the HMD corresponding to a location of an eye of a user of the HMD.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventor: Nicholas Daniel Trail
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Patent number: 11164198Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying market share and sales potential are provided. Data is retrieved from databases with sales revenue potential and forecasted sales revenue of a company. Retrieved data is categorized to reflect user input indicating a type of market share analysis to be performed. The categorized data is provided at a graphical representation comprising a bar for each category. A first portion of the bar reflects a total value of the potential sales revenue and a second portion of the bar reflects the forecasted sales revenue such that relative market share may be quickly assessed.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: ASK CHEMICALS LLCInventor: Charles Conley Hoertz
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Patent number: D935108Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Shaya, LLCInventor: Davina Farahi
