Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Method of replacing cesium trap and cesium trap assembly thereof
    Patent number: 11152127
    Abstract: A method for replacing a cesium trap includes freezing the cesium trap which partially contains cesium and is located within a shielded cell and. The cesium trap is then decoupled and removed from the shielded cell. A second cesium trap is inserted into the shielded cell and attached to the shielded cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TerraPower LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. Corbin, John E. Truax
  • Lighting estimation using an input image and depth map
    Patent number: 11151780
    Abstract: In accordance with implementations of the subject matter described herein, there is provided a solution of lighting estimation. In the solution, an input image about a real object and a depth map corresponding to the input image are obtained. A geometric structure of the scene in the input image is determined based on the depth map. Shading and shadow information on the real object caused by a light source in the scene is determined based on the determined geometric structure of the scene. Then, a lighting condition in the scene caused by the light source is determined based on the input image and the shading and shadow information. The virtual object rendered using the lighting condition obtained according to the solution can exhibit a realistic effect consistent with the real object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Yue Dong, Guojun Chen, Xin Tong
  • Magnetic switch with toggle and de-bounce functionality
    Patent number: 11152938
    Abstract: A magnetic switch sensor is provided having a magnetic field sensing element configured to generate a magnetic field signal in response to a magnetic field indicative of a distance or angle between the magnetic field sensing element and a target, a first circuit coupled to receive the magnetic field signal and having an output to provide a comparison signal, and a debounce circuit coupled to receive the comparison signal and having an output to provide a debounced signal. The sensor can include a second circuit having an input coupled to receive the debounced signal and an output at which is provided a toggle signal that transitions between first and second levels every other time the magnetic field signal crosses a threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph James Judkins, III, Ryan J. Metivier
  • Two dimensional shift array for image processor
    Patent number: 11153464
    Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes an execution lane array coupled to a two dimensional shift register array structure. Locations in the execution lane array are coupled to same locations in the two-dimensional shift register array structure such that different execution lanes have different dedicated registers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ofer Shacham, Jason Rupert Redgrave, Albert Meixner, Qiuling Zhu, Daniel Frederic Finchelstein, David Patterson, Donald Stark
  • Adaptive spare block usage in solid state drives
    Patent number: 11150825
    Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for partitioning dies based on spare blocks and workload expectations are provided. Data from non-volatile storage media may be received. The data may comprise information identifying each of a plurality of dies included in the non-volatile storage media and a number of blocks included in each of the plurality of dies. A number of spare blocks included in each of the plurality of dies may be determined. First and second sets of the plurality of dies may be identified, wherein the first set has a higher number of spare blocks than the second set. A first workload may be assigned to the first set of dies, the first workload being classified as write-intensive. A second workload may be assigned to the second set of dies, the second workload being classified as read-intensive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Abhilash Ravi Kashyap, Monish Shantilal Shah
  • Method and apparatus for testing a code file
    Patent number: 11151018
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and an apparatus for testing a code file. A preferred embodiment of the method comprises: compiling a to-be-tested code file to obtain an intermediate code file; instrumenting a code block identifier of each code block in the intermediate code file to the intermediate code file; determining an identifier of a jump relationship between two code blocks that have the jump relationship in the intermediate code file; performing dynamic testing to the instrumented intermediate code file based on respective code block identifiers and respective identifiers of jump relationships. This embodiment enhances bug detection capabilities for testing a code file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventors: Peng Li, Yaohui Chen, Tao Wei
  • Cluster gateway to multiple filesystems
    Patent number: 11151094
    Abstract: A system for a cluster gateway to multiple filesystems comprises a cluster interface, a target filesystem, a command tailor, and a filesystem interface. The cluster interface is for receiving a filesystem command from a cluster. The target filesystem determiner is for determining a target filesystem of a set of filesystems based at least in part on the filesystem command. The command tailor is for determining a tailored command of the filesystem command for the target filesystem. The filesystem interface is for providing the tailored command to the target filesystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company, LLC
    Inventors: Yunfeng Yang, Vijayaraghavan Srinivasaraghavan, David Reuteler, Lei Chen
  • Detergent bars
    Patent number: 11149237
    Abstract: A detergent bar comprising from 0.01 to 1 wt % polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of at least 100,000 and at least one of: (a) from 0.01 to 5 wt % polyacrylic acid having a molecular weight from 1,000 to 20,000; (b) from 0.01 to 1 wt % hydroxypropyl methylcellulose; and (c) from 0.01 to 1 wt % hydroxyethyl cellulose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Saugata Nad, Ravi Rao, Robert Krasnansky
  • Electronic briefcases for inmate documents
    Patent number: 11151278
    Abstract: Some implementations disclosed herein provide systems and methods that use an inmate-accessible electronic briefcase to facilitate an inmate's organization of significant content. Electronic documents are created and stored in an organized document storage area that may be accessed while the inmates are incarcerated and after the inmates are released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: CONFINEMENT TELEPHONY TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: John Vincent Townsend, III, Timothy Edwin Pabon, Rick Allen Lubbehusen, Eugene B. Joswick, III
  • Gate driver circuit for half bridge MOSFET switches providing protection of the switch devices
    Patent number: 11152857
    Abstract: A gate driver circuit which may include an input; high-side and low-side outputs; a signal conversion circuit configured to generate a high-side drive signal at the high-side output such that a delay time separates a transition of the high-side drive signal and a transition of a low-side drive signal at the low-side output; and a monitoring circuit configured to monitor a voltage at an output of a half-bridge and to pull the low-side output to a level for turning off a low-side switching device of the half-bridge on a condition that the voltage exceeds a voltage threshold. The monitoring circuit may control the low-side drive signal such that the delay time is a minimum delay necessary to prevent shoot-through of the half-bridge. The signal conversion circuit may generate the high-side drive signal such that the delay time is a minimum delay necessary to prevent shoot-through of the half-bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLC
    Inventor: Hyeong Han
  • Scheduling and coordination in a wireless network
    Patent number: 11153893
    Abstract: A network device may schedule orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmissions. The network device may determine frequency resources and streams to send to a user equipment (UE) based on the received first assistance information and channel quality associated with the UE. The network device may send to the first network device, second assistance information to facilitate the first network device to schedule OFDM transmissions. Scheduled OFDM transmissions from the network device may partially overlap in time with OFDM transmissions from the first network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas William Anderson
  • Systems and methods for an internet of things computing shell
    Patent number: 11153376
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques for an IoT shell are provided. A system includes a plurality of IoT resources including one or more sensors, a data lake comprising a collection of data streams from the one or more sensors, and an IoT device in communication with the plurality of IoT resources and coupled to the one or more sensors. The IoT device may configured to provide an IoT shell interfacing with a system kernel, the IoT shell configured to accept a set of one or more shell commands. The IoT device may further be configured to receive one or more shell commands, and determine at least one of an argument of the shell command, and an attribute of the argument. The IoT device may then perform a shell command of the one or more shell commands on one or more of the plurality of IoT resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventor: Tom Funk
  • Subscription and notification service
    Patent number: 11153398
    Abstract: Mechanisms for subscription and notification may include dynamically changing notification behavior based on notification target status or support access to notification history information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Chonggang Wang, Gregory S. Sternberg, Shamim Akbar Rahman, Xu Li, Quang Ly, Catalina Mihaela Mladin
  • Magnetic earphones holder
    Patent number: 11153671
    Abstract: One or more sensors are configured to contextualize a series of user generated movements to control one or more electronic devices. For example, a set of earphones comprises one or more sensors for sensing a location of the earphones. The one or more sensors enable earphones such as a pair of bluetooth or earphones wirelessly coupled to a bluetooth enabled electronic device, the capability to understand the configuration of use of the earphones. Based on a location and use or non-use of the earphones, one or more contextual responses is able to be applied for a given action. In addition, a garment comprises one or more sensors for sensing a motion of a user as the garment is being used. The one or more sensors allow the user to control one or more electronic devices through a series of user generated movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Snik LLC
    Inventor: Rob Honeycutt
  • Polarization sensitive beam splitter
    Patent number: 11150473
    Abstract: An optical device includes a first polarization selective reflector; a second polarization selective reflector positioned relative to the first polarization selective reflector so that the first polarization selective reflector directs first light having a first nonplanar polarization toward the second polarization selective reflector and the second polarization selective reflector directs at least a portion of the first light toward the first polarization selective reflector as second light. The optical device includes a first reflector positioned relative to the first polarization selective reflector so that the first polarization selective reflector directs at least a portion of the second light having a second nonplanar polarization toward the first reflector as third light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew John Ouderkirk, Tanya Malhotra, Weichuan Gao, Ying Geng, Babak Amirsolaimani
  • Biocompatible porous materials and methods of manufacture and use
    Patent number: 11149127
    Abstract: Methods and materials used for production of constructs having a porous open or semi-open celled structure. Constructs may include a porous matrix as a base and a biocompatible conformal coating thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Poragen LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Manesis, Dylan B. Hollrigel
  • Electric strike with selectable channel location
    Patent number: 11149469
    Abstract: An electric strike system including a housing, a keeper, an actuator, and a plurality of ramp members. The keeper is pivotally mounted to the housing, and is pivotable about a longitudinal axis between a closed position and an open position. The actuator is operable to selectively retain the keeper in the closed position. Each ramp member is operable to be mounted to the housing and includes a corresponding and respective channel. The plurality of ramp members includes a first ramp member and a second ramp member. With the first ramp member mounted to the housing, the channel of the first ramp member has a first longitudinal position relative to the housing. With the second ramp member mounted to the housing, the channel of the second ramp member has a second longitudinal position relative to the housing. The second longitudinal position is different from the first longitudinal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Paul R. Arlinghaus
  • Secure distributed storage of encryption keys
    Patent number: 11153085
    Abstract: Techniques are presented for (a) securely maintaining, by a computing device, a set of correspondences between encryption keys and key identifiers, (b) receiving, by the computing device, a cryptographic request from a remote device received across the network, the cryptographic request including credentials, data to be cryptographically processed, and a key identifier to be used for cryptographic processing, and (c) in response to successfully authenticating the cryptographic request: (1) obtaining, by the computing device with reference to the set of correspondences, an encryption key corresponding to the key identifier, (2) cryptographically processing, by the computing device, the received data using the obtained encryption key to generate cryptographically-processed data, and (3) sending the cryptographically-processed data from the computing device across the network to the remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Sridhar Villapakkam, Ajit Bhagwat, Frank S. Caccavale
  • Multifactor authentication for internet-of-things devices
    Patent number: 11153309
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for multifactor authentication for Internet-of-things devices. An access request can be received from an Internet-of-things device. The access request can include identifying information associated with the Internet-of-things device and a certificate. The certificate can be validated and a stored version of the identifying information can be obtained. If the stored version of the identifying information is determined to match the identifying information included with the access request, access to a resource can be allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: AT&T Mobility II LLC, AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Russell Vegh, Senthil Ramakrishnan, Roger Mahler
  • Ergonomic assessment garment
    Patent number: 11151857
    Abstract: Systems and methods of determining an ergonomic assessment for a user are provided. For instance, sensor data can be received from one or more sensors implemented with an ergonomic assessment garment worn by a user. Corporeal data associated with at least one body segment of the user can be determined based at least in part on the sensor data. The corporeal data is associated with a bend angle associated with the at least one body segment. An ergonomic assessment associated with the user can be determined based at least in part on the corporeal data. The ergonomic assessment can include an indication of one or more ergonomic zones associated with the user, the one or more ergonomic zones being determined based at least in part on the bend angle associated with the at least one body segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ivan Poupyrev, Antonio Xavier Cerruto, Mustafa Emre Karagozler, David Scott Allmon, Munehiko Sato, Susan Jane Wilhite, Shiho Fukuhara