Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Curved display of content in mixed reality
    Patent number: 11119334
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to efficiently viewing data items in a three-dimensional (3D) space. The 3D space includes a curved surface that is concave with respect to a user-controlled viewpoint in the 3D space. The viewpoint is for controlling the direction and location of a rendered view of the 3D space. The data items have respective values associated therewith. The data items are arranged on the surface according to their values so that a user's ease of viewing the data items varies with their values; data items with some values may be arranged to be easier to view by manipulating the view direction than others (e.g., those with lower values). Ease of viewing can stem from how the surface is oriented relative to the viewpoint, the orientation of the curvature of the surface, the orientation of a controlling reference orientation, alignment of the data items on the surface, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Youngstrom, John P. Falcone, Craig Hoffman, Hein Thu Htat, Scott Borton, Ram Bracha, Felix GTI Andrew
  • Gap period configuration
    Patent number: 11122646
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for gap period (524, 528, 532, 536) configuration. One apparatus (200) includes a receiver (212) that receives (602) a configuration message. The configuration message includes information that configures one or more gap periods within a transmission period. The apparatus (212) also includes a transmitter (210) that transmits (604) data in the transmission period. The receiver (212) receives (606) a control indication message in the one or more gap periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Zhi Yan, Xiaodong Yu, Haipeng Lei, Chenxi Zhu
  • Devices and methods for soft tissue and endovascular material removal
    Patent number: 11116535
    Abstract: A soft tissue biopsy or material collection device may comprise a work element consisting of an outer tube with external sheath and formed from a tapered helical structure over an internal tube structure configured to open and close its distal end to perform penetration, coring, capturing, parting off and transporting multiple material samples in a single or multiple insertion procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: TransMed7 LLC
    Inventors: Eugene H Vetter, James W Vetter
  • Catcher's mitt and related methods of use
    Patent number: 11117041
    Abstract: In various aspects, the catcher's mitt disclosed herein may include a catching side defining a thumb edge and a finger edge and a rear side opposed in spaced relation to the catching side with opposing edges of the catching side and rear side interconnected to form a thumb edge, a finger edge, a heel, and a tip. A hand cavity is formed within that comprises a palm cavity, a thumb cavity, and a finger cavity, with the thumb cavity extends generally along the thumb edge and the finger cavity extends along the finger edge, in various aspects. The hand cavity opens at the heel for insertion of at least portions of a hand therein, in various aspects. In various aspects, webbing extends between portions of the thumb edge and the finger edge proximate the tip, and a pocket is formed in the catching side and extending from adjacent the heel toward the tip and overlying at least portions of the palm cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: WETSU SPORTS LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Douglas Lopez, Jason Ryan Jett
  • Devices and methods to program a memory cell
    Patent number: 11120873
    Abstract: Subject matter disclosed herein relates to memory devices and, more particularly, to programming a memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: OVONYX MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Umberto Di Vincenzo, Carlo Lisi
  • Vehicle frame assembly
    Patent number: 11117619
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a pair of frame rails elongated along a longitudinal axis, each of the frame rails having a downward deformation zone, the frame rails bendable at the downward deformation zones from a first position to a second position beneath the first position. The vehicle includes a tire supported between the pair of frame rails at the downward deformation zones. The vehicle includes a spare tire retention member supported between the pair of frame rails forward of the downward deformation zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jamil M. Alwan, Djamal Eddine Midoun, Sean Timothy Ryan, Hassan Najib Dubaisi, Harish Honnavalli Dutt, Peyman Aghssa, Zakareia H. Hussain
  • Optical waveguide beam splitter with polarization volume gratings for display
    Patent number: 11119343
    Abstract: An optical device for providing illumination light includes an optical waveguide and a plurality of polarization selective elements. The plurality of polarization selective elements is disposed adjacent to the optical waveguide so that a respective polarization selective element receives light in a first direction, and redirects a first portion of the light in a second direction. A second portion, distinct from the first portion, of the light undergoes total internal reflection, thereby continuing to propagate inside the optical waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ying Geng, Jacques Gollier, Babak Amirsolaimani
  • Forming virtual microphone arrays using dual omnidirectional microphone array (DOMA)
    Patent number: 11122357
    Abstract: A dual omnidirectional microphone array noise suppression is described. Compared to conventional arrays and algorithms, which seek to reduce noise by nulling out noise sources, the array of an embodiment is used to form two distinct virtual directional microphones which are configured to have very similar noise responses and very dissimilar speech responses. The only null formed is one used to remove the speech of the user from V2. The two virtual microphones may be paired with an adaptive filter algorithm and VAD algorithm to significantly reduce the noise without distorting the speech, significantly improving the SNR of the desired speech over conventional noise suppression systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Jawbone Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Gregory C. Burnett
  • Separation of a target substance from a fluid or mixture using encapsulated sorbents
    Patent number: 11117091
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for separating a target substance from a fluid or mixture. Capsules having a coating and stripping solvents encapsulated in the capsules are provided. The coating is permeable to the target substance. The capsules having a coating and stripping solvents encapsulated in the capsules are exposed to the fluid or mixture. The target substance migrates through the coating and is taken up by the stripping solvents. The target substance is separated from the fluid or mixture by driving off the target substance from the capsules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Roger D. Aines, Christopher M. Spadaccini, Joshuah K. Stolaroff, William L. Bourcier, Jennifer A. Lewis, Eric B. Duoss, John J. Vericella
  • Tamper resistant adjustment valve for a charge forming device
    Patent number: 11118536
    Abstract: In at least some implementations, a valve for a charge forming device, includes a needle having a first end and a second end, and a valve body. The valve body has an axis extending between a first end and a second end, and a cavity open to the second end and in which part of the needle is received with the second end of the needle extending out of the second end of the valve body. The valve body also has a projection extending axially from the first end of the valve body to a free end of the projection, and the valve body has at least one drive surface axially spaced from the free end, the drive surface extends axially and radially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Walbro LLC
    Inventors: Eric L. King, George M. Pattullo
  • Method and system for sending vehicle health report
    Patent number: 11120650
    Abstract: Vehicle bus data is collected from an electronic control unit. User input is received to initiate creation of a vehicle health report for describing a vehicle diagnostic event. A voice message descriptive of a context of the diagnostic event is recorded. The telematics controller sends, to a sever, the vehicle health report including the voice message and a subset of the vehicle bus data including a time of the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Bednar, Erik J. Christen
  • Electrical differential locker with eddy current sensor
    Patent number: 11118665
    Abstract: An actuator assembly including a housing. The housing having an actuator component, an armature, and at least a portion of a sensor disposed therein. The armature is selectively positionable between a first position and a second position. The sensor includes at least one sensing element disposed within the housing adjacent to the armature. The sensing element has a physical property which varies based upon a position of the armature within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Z. Creech, Justin S. Davis, Robert D. Keller, Terry W. McGraner, Timothy R. Zuehlke
  • Balanced light detector
    Patent number: 11118964
    Abstract: A system and method with AC coupling that reserves photodiode bandwidth in a biased configuration, allows optimal transimpedance amplifier performance, retains DC signal measurement capability, and does not introduce noise into the balanced detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventor: Brian P. Williams
  • Splice-on fiber optic connector
    Patent number: 11119277
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a splice-on connector configuration having connector body defining a forward fiber buckling region and a rearward splice encapsulation region. The splice encapsulation region can be filled with curable adhesive. The splice encapsulation region can also function to anchor a fiber optic cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ponharith Nhep, Yu Lu
  • Method and apparatus to perform a function level reset in a memory controller
    Patent number: 11119691
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to perform a function level reset in a memory controller, in accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, an apparatus may comprise a storage controller circuit configured to receive a function reset indicator from a host device, the function reset indicator identifying a selected storage controller function executing at a storage controller of the apparatus. The circuit may abort each command associated with the selected function and pending at the apparatus based on the function reset indicator, verify that no commands associated with the selected function remain pending at the apparatus, and clear registers associated with the selected function based on the determination that no commands associated with the selected function remain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Shashank Nemawarkar, Balakrishnan Sundararaman, Chris Randall Stone, Charles Edward Peet, Allen Vestal, Siddharth Krishna Kumar
  • Data processing systems for data testing to confirm data deletion and related methods
    Patent number: 11120162
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, a Personal Data Deletion System is configured to: (1) at least partially automatically identify and delete personal data that an entity is required to erase under one or more of the conditions discussed above; and (2) perform one or more data tests after the deletion to confirm that the system has, in fact, deleted any personal data associated with the data subject. The system may, for example, be configured to test to ensure the data has been deleted by: (1) submitting a unique token of data through a form to a system; (2) in response to passage of an expected data retention time, test the system by calling into the system after the passage of the data retention time to search for the unique token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: OneTrust, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Blake Brannon, Kevin Jones, Dylan D. Patton-Kuhl, Bryan Patrick Kveen, Nicholas Ian Pavlichek, Eliza Rose Crawford
  • Bolometric sensor for a heat-assisted magnetic recording device
    Patent number: 11120824
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a slider configured for heat-assisted magnetic recording comprising an air bearing surface (ABS). The slider comprises a write pole at or near the ABS, and a near-field transducer (NFT) at or near the ABS and proximate the write pole. A main waveguide is configured to receive light from a laser source and communicate the light to the NFT. An optical power sensor comprises a tap waveguide optically coupled to the main waveguide and comprising a first end and an opposing second end. The optical power sensor also comprises a bolometer optically coupled to the tap waveguide and configured to receive a portion of the light extracted from the main waveguide by the tap waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Chubing Peng, Vivek Krishnamurthy, Nils Jan Gokemeijer
  • Multi-purpose tool
    Patent number: D930454
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Boat Gadget, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy Viens
  • Display screen with transitional graphical user interface
    Patent number: D930679
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Yameng Lee Thorp, Miguel Ramirez
  • Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface
    Patent number: D930689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: ECU TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventor: John David Bleazard