Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11150875
    Abstract: An editing tool is described which has a memory storing a neural network having been trained to compute a change representation from pairs, each pair comprising a representation of a first version of a content item and a second version of the content item, and for each of the change representations, predict an updated content item from the change representation and the first version of the content item. The editing tool has a processor configured to receive an input content item and to compute an updated version of the input content item according to a change representation, using the neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Manuel Johannes Brockschmidt, Miltiadis Allamanis, Alexander Lloyd Gaunt, Pengcheng Yin
  • Patent number: 11147381
    Abstract: An adjustable chair support system includes a first seat back support member spaced from a second seat back support member, and a seat back tensioning assembly extending between the first and second seat back support members, the seat back tensioning assembly includes a carrier, an adjustable tension member coupled to the carrier, and a cable, wherein the cable extends between the first and second seat back support members a plurality of times, and wherein the adjustable tension member is configured to adjust a tension of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: THE COMFORT COMPANIES, LLC
    Inventor: Steven DuFresne
  • Patent number: 11152539
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a III-nitride light emitting layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region, a III-nitride layer including a nanopipe defect, and a nanopipe terminating layer disposed between the III-nitride light emitting layer and the III-nitride layer comprising a nanopipe defect. The nanopipe terminates in the nanopipe terminating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: LUMILEDS LLC
    Inventors: Isaac Harshman Wildeson, Patrick Nolan Grillot, Tigran Nshanian, Parijat Pramil Deb
  • Patent number: 11147680
    Abstract: Disclosed is a medical device having a first implant portion having a proximal end, a second implant portion connected to the first implant portion, the second implant portion having a distal end, and a driver assembly removably connected to the distal end, the driver assembly comprising a drill connected to the distal end at a connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Tyber Medical LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Tyber, Rui Ferreira, Christopher Faresich, Donald Buss
  • Patent number: 11150492
    Abstract: An ophthalmic device includes an accommodating optic having adjustable optical power, an optical tap positioned within a vision of an eye when the ophthalmic device is mounted in or on the eye, an image sensor positioned outside of a foveal vision of the eye when the ophthalmic device is mounted in or on the eye, and a controller coupled to the accommodating optic and the image sensor. The optical tap redirects a portion of the vision light that passes through the accommodating optic as tapped light. The image sensor is aligned to receive the tapped light from the optical tap and adapted to generate image data indicative of a focus of the vision light in response to the tapped light. The controller is adapted to generate an accommodation control signal that manipulates the adjustable optical power of the accommodating optic based upon the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Georges Goetz, Eliezer Glik
  • Patent number: 11152764
    Abstract: An optical device is provided that includes a waveguide layer and at least one grating structure. A coupling coefficient of the at least one grating structure to a fundamental optical mode supported by the waveguide layer is greater than a coupling coefficient of the at least one grating structure to at least one higher order transverse optical mode supported by the waveguide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Freedom Photonics LLC
    Inventors: Gordon Barbour Morrison, Bob Benjamin Buckley
  • Patent number: 11148391
    Abstract: An abrasive wipe includes a spunbond layer that forms a first outer surface of the wipe, a meltblown layer positioned over the spunbond layer so as to form an inner layer of the wipe and an abrasive layer positioned over the meltblown layer so as to form a second outer surface of the wipe. The spunbond layer, the meltblown layer and the abrasive layer are bonded together in a single bonding step, and, in an exemplary embodiment, the abrasive wipe has an MD tensile strength of at least 700 g/cm and a CD tensile strength of at least 500 g/cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: PFNONWOVENS LLC
    Inventors: Paul DeNoia, Karthik Ramaratnam, Michael Kauschke, Peter Zajaczkowski
  • Patent number: 11153442
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing side-channel communications to supplement a shared communication channel are provided. Participant devices within a side-channel communication group are configured to receive a first audio stream associated with the shared communication channel and a second audio stream associated with the side-channel communication group. A host platform or a participant device may mix the first and second audio streams to produce a composite output audio stream that enables users to listen to both audio shared to shared communication channel and audio generated by other members of the side-channel communication group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: BANDE FITNESS LLC
    Inventors: Rebecca Balyasny, Dmitry Rakovitsky, Amaya Weddle, Sergei Selin
  • Patent number: 11152664
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a first printed circuit board (PCB) provided within the housing, a second PCB provided within the housing, and a battery. The second PCB is separate and distinct from the first PCB and is communicatively coupled to the first PCB. The battery is located in a space separating the first PCB and the second PCB. The battery is configured to provide power to the first PCB and the second PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: ANEXA LABS LLC
    Inventor: Alexey Reykhert
  • Patent number: 11153598
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and an apparatus for video coding. The apparatus includes processing circuitry that decodes coding information of a current block (CB) from a coded video bitstream. The coding information indicates that the CB is coded with a subblock-based affine motion model including affine parameters that are based on multiple control point motion vectors (MVs) for the CB. The processing circuitry determines, based on the coding information, whether to select a subblock characteristic for generating a prediction for a sample in an affine subblock of the CB based on a corresponding subblock MV. In response to selecting the subblock characteristic, the processing circuitry determines the subblock characteristic based on at least one of the affine parameters. The subblock characteristic indicates one of: (i) a subblock size used for generating the prediction for the sample and (ii) an interpolation filter type for the affine subblock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Guichun Li, Xiang Li, Xiaozhong Xu, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11151165
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for utilizing data flow analysis to perform data classification with respect to a source dataset and a generated derived dataset. A flow confidence for a field is calculated using an adaptive algorithm in accordance with the action performed and the derived dataset. An associated derived confidence for a particular tag is calculated in accordance with an associated confidence and the flow confidence. When the associated derived confidence is greater than or equal to a first threshold, the particular tag is copied to the derived dataset. In some embodiments, when the associated derived confidence is less than or equal to a second threshold, the particular tag is not copied to the derived dataset. Otherwise an action to be taken is identified. A response to the action is received and the adaptive algorithm is modified in accordance with the received response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Saikat Guha, Guoyu Hao, Steven Peter Herbert, Boris Asipov
  • Patent number: 11148628
    Abstract: One general aspect includes a system of restraint deployment regulation, the system includes: a memory configured to include a plurality of executable instructions and a processor configured to execute the executable instructions, where the executable instructions enable the processor to: (a) determine, based on a seat occupation sensor output, whether a non-adult occupant is occupying a vehicle seat; (b) determine, based on an in-cabin sensor output, whether a child restraint seat is mounted on the vehicle seat; and (c) based on steps (a) and (b), enable or suppress a deployment of an airbag module that corresponds with the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Scott D. Thomas
  • Patent number: 11148618
    Abstract: A vehicle seat wiring harness system includes a vehicle seat having a wiring bundle connected to at least an electrical motor energized to displace the vehicle seat and a first fixed point. A wire harness chain is positioned between the first fixed point and a second fixed point connected to a vehicle floor member. The wire harness chain includes multiple links individually including a first connecting wall oppositely positioned with respect to a second connecting wall. A longitudinal cavity is defined between the first connecting wall and the second connecting wall of successive ones of the multiple links. Multiple wires are loosely routed through the longitudinal cavity of the wire harness chain and connected to the wiring bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Rami Z. Sayed
  • Patent number: 11153956
    Abstract: A load control system may include control devices capable of being associated with each other at one or more locations for performing load control. Control devices may include control-source devices and/or control-target devices. A location beacon may be discovered and a unique identifier in the location beacon may be associated with a unique identifier of one or more control devices. Upon subsequent discovery of the location beacon, the associated load control devices may be controlled. The beacons may be communicated via radio frequency signals, visible light communication, and/or audio signals. The visible light communication may be used to communicate other types of information to devices in the load control system. The visible light communication may be used to identify link addresses for communicating with load control devices, load control instructions, load control configuration instructions, network communication information, and/or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Rhodes B. Baker, Kyle Thomas Barco, Bryan Robert Barnes, John H. Bull, Richard S. Camden, Jordan H. Crafts, David J. Dolan, Jason Groller, Sanjeev Kumar, Jonathan T. Lenz, Miguel Aguado Pelaez, Daniel L. Twaddell
  • Patent number: 11152847
    Abstract: In this invention we introduce the concept of energy injection in a resonant circuit with initial conditions which is part of almost all of the present topologies. The patent will present in details several methods of energy injection in a resonant circuit with initial conditions and how it is applies to different topologies. The patent presents also a simple and economical method of driving the clamp switch in a flyback topology operating in discontinuous mode and a bias circuit in a flyback topology wherein the output voltage varies over a large range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: RompowerTechnology Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Ionel Jitaru
  • Patent number: 11147701
    Abstract: Various implementations include a wearable foot garment that includes a forefoot portion, a midfoot portion, and an ankle portion. The midfoot portion includes two high compression zones and a reduced compression zone between the high compression zones. The first high compression zone is configured for providing compression in a radially inward direction toward the wearer's foot adjacent a proximal end of the wearer's plantar aponeurosis. The second high compression zone is configured for providing compression in a radially inward direction toward the wearer's foot adjacent distal ends of metatarsals of the wearer. The compressive strength in the high compression zones is greater than the compressive strength in the reduced compression zone. In some implementations, the ankle portion and midfoot portion define a heel opening, and the forefoot portion includes a plantar surface area on which an adhesive film is disposed for increasing the friction contact of the forefoot portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: APOLLA PERFORMANCE WEAR LLC
    Inventors: Kaycee Jones, Aiesha Ashby
  • Patent number: 11147671
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, implants and systems for treatment of mitral valve prolapse by subannular fixation of the prolapsed mitral valve. The disclosure relates generally to the field of heart valve repair devices, methods and kits and more specifically to trans catheter methods and devices for insertion of tethers and anchors to the mitral valve leaflets for reduction the prolapsed mitral valve and subannular fixation of the prolapsed leaflet to treat mitral valve regurgitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: CREATIVE HEART VALVE SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: Valavanur A. Subramanian, Nirav C. Patel
  • Patent number: 11149521
    Abstract: A delayed opening sliding sleeve system includes a first sleeve that prevents initiating the dissolution or erosion of a dissolvable or erodible retainer. The first sleeve is opened by a pressure cycle to expose or otherwise initiate the dissolution of a retainer. The retainer holds a second sleeve in place. The second sleeve is held closed against subsequent pressure cycles until such time as the retainer is dissolved or otherwise removed. With the retainer removed the second sleeve may be opened allowing fluid communication between the exterior and the interior of the sleeve system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Shale Oil Tools, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Kennedy
  • Patent number: 11153981
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a cable management device. In one example, the cable management device has a planar base with a plurality of mounting holes, a first wing framing a first slot positioned along a first side of the base, and a second wing framing a second slot along a second side of the base. The wings may flex from a first configuration to a second configuration in response to a contact force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Ross Christopher Stalter, William Zang, Del France
  • Patent number: 11148870
    Abstract: A method of forming a shipping container includes mixing paper fibers with a binder fiber to form a mixture; disposing the mixture onto a surface to form a layer of the mixture; applying heat to form a paper fiber batt from the mixture having a fixed width and fixed length; and inserting the paper fiber batt within an interior of a corrugated box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC
    Inventors: Alan B. Collison, Reid Borgman