Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11107342
    Abstract: A system for sending medical emergency alerts including a device body adapted to be attached to a user, an accelerometer connected to the device body, a wireless communications module, a user interface, a processor in communication with the accelerometer, the wireless communications module, and the user interface, a memory in communication with the processor, the memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive acceleration data from the accelerometer, analyze the acceleration data to determine if a fall condition is present, and when the fall condition is present, communicate, via the wireless communication module, an alert to a caregiver mobile device, wherein the alert is adapted to indicate that the user wearing the device body has fallen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Better Alerts, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Hopkins, Shareif Hall, Robert J McNeill
  • Patent number: 11106982
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a warm-start training solution is used to dramatically reduce the computational resources needed to train when retraining a generalized additive mixed-effect (GAME) model. The problem of retraining time is particularly applicable to GAME models, since these models take much longer to train as the data grows. In the past, the strategy to reduce computational resources during retraining was to use less training data, but this affects the model quality, especially for GAME models, which rely on fine-grained sub-models at, for example, member or item levels. The present solution addresses the computational resources issues without sacrificing GAME model accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Yiming Ma, Alex Shelkovnykov, Josh Fleming, Bee-Chung Chen, Bo Long
  • Patent number: 11108894
    Abstract: A masked packet checksum is utilized to provide error detection and/or error correction for only discrete portions of a packet, to the exclusion of other portions, thereby avoiding retransmission if transmission errors appear only in portions excluded by the masked packet checksum. A bitmask identifies packet portions whose data is to be protected with error detection and/or error correction schemes, packet portions whose data is to be excluded from such error detection and/or error correction schemes, or combinations thereof. A bitmask can be a per-packet specification, incorporated into one or more fields of individual packets, or a single bitmask can apply equally to multiple packets, which can be delineated in numerous ways, and can be separately transmitted or derived. Bitmasks can be generated at higher layers with lower layer mechanisms deactivated, or can be generated lower layers based upon data passed down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Adrian Michael Caulfield, Michael Konstantinos Papamichael
  • Patent number: 11107516
    Abstract: A ferroelectric memory device includes a two-dimensional electron gas channel, a gate electrode, and a ferroelectric element located between the gate electrode and the two-dimensional electron gas channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Peter Rabkin, Masaaki Higashitani
  • Patent number: 11106309
    Abstract: A smartwatch includes a multiresolution touch interface, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The transparent conductive screen includes a first electrode, a display layer, and an array of IR sensors. The display layer of the transparent conductive screen includes a plurality of display pixels, and is positioned beneath a bottom surface of the transparent conductive screen. The array of IR sensors of the transparent conductive screen is configured to detect infrared light transmitted through the transparent conductive screen. The second electrode is communicatively coupled to the first electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode together are configured to measure a bioimpedance of a user of the smartwatch. The third electrode is coupled to a bottom portion of the smartwatch, and is configured to contact an extremity of the user. The first electrode and the third electrode together are configured to measure ECG data associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ANEXA LABS LLC
    Inventor: Ana Trapero Martin
  • Patent number: 11104854
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to additives comprising modified cationic starches that may be applied to a production fluid at high temperatures, such as temperatures ranging from about 80° C. to about 300° C., for separating water from an emulsion in the production fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Christabel Tomla, Wojciech Jakubowski, Jason J. Thomas
  • Patent number: 11104090
    Abstract: A method of controlling operation of a tire filling mixing machine, by: (a) mixing a rubber/polyurethane and a catalyst in a first mixer to form a virgin polyurethane; (b) grinding cured polyurethane core bits in a grinder; (c) mixing the virgin material and the ground material in a second mixer thereby forming a mixed flatproofing material; (d) injecting the mixed flatproofing material into a tire; (e) measuring the ratio of ground material to virgin material in the mixed flatproofing material; (f) comparing the measured ratio of ground material to virgin material to a pre-stored preferred ratio of ground material to virgin material; and (g) increasing or decreasing the relative percentages of virgin material and ground material entering the second mixer by an amount that is a fraction of the difference between the measured ratio and the pre-stored preferred ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: CARLISLE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Little, John Bishop
  • Patent number: 11104340
    Abstract: A host vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger in fluid communication with the internal combustion engine, a communication system configured to transmit and receive a traffic-related message, and a controller in communication with the turbocharger and the communication system. The controller is programmed to: receive the traffic-related message via the communication system; and command the internal combustion engine to increase a power output to spool up the turbocharger in response to receiving the traffic-related message. The controller is programmed to determine a number of relevant vehicles. The number of relevant vehicles is a number of vehicles that are in front of the host vehicle and behind a traffic light and affect a movement of the host vehicle toward the traffic light. The traffic-related message is a one of a vehicle message from another vehicle and/or a traffic-light message from the traffic light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Naserian, Allan K. Lewis, Donald K. Grimm, Yiran Hu
  • Patent number: 11105982
    Abstract: An imaging waveguide for a visual display includes a substrate for guiding image light therein by total internal reflection (TIR). An input grating is supported by the substrate for coupling the image light into the imaging waveguide. An output grating is supported by the substrate and spaced apart from the input grating for coupling the image light guided in the substrate out of the imaging waveguide for observation by a user. A gap filling overcoat is formed on and within the output grating, but not on or within the input grating. The material is characterized by a refractive index between 1.40 and 1.80 at 500 nm, absorption between 0% and 1% in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum, and % haze between 0% and 0.2% in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Ankit Vora
  • Patent number: 11106544
    Abstract: A remote agent for providing data protection services includes persistent storage and a backup manager. The persistent storage stores lifecycle policies. The backup manager updates an asset catalog using an asset map associated with a virtual machine; generates a lifecycle policy of the lifecycle policies using the asset catalog; and generates a backup for the virtual machine using the lifecycle policy. The lifecycle policy prioritizes generating the backup for the virtual machine over generating a second backup for a second virtual machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Shelesh Chopra, Manish Sharma, Sunil Yadav, Amit Jain, Aaditya Rakesh Bansal, Sneha Yadav, Jayashree B. Radha
  • Patent number: 11103395
    Abstract: A technique for capturing a three-dimensional digital image of a customized shape for a wheelchair seat and back and subsequently producing a seat and back from the image. The captured image may include one or more datum points therein to provide a reference plane for the seat and back. The datum points may be in a color-coded layer located relative to the bottom edge of the seat. The color code may indicate the size of the user and seat at a coarse level. The customized shape may be captured from a shape capture bag or bags that capture one or both of the shape of the user's back and bottom. The shape capture bag used to capture the shape of the user's bottom, for use in manufacturing the seat, may be enhanced by a pre-formed layer that contains a contour or one or more components that together form a contour that biases the shape capture bag toward the shape of the user's bottom when gravity is acting upon the user to sink into a cushioned seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Aspen Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas R. Hetzel, Joseph S. Bieganek, Joshua A. Middel, Steve Maurus, Edward J. Gillman
  • Patent number: 11104804
    Abstract: In accordance with at least selected embodiments or aspects, the present invention is directed to improved, unique, and/or high performance ISS lead acid battery separators, such as improved ISS flooded lead acid battery separators, ISS batteries including such separators, methods of production, and/or methods of use. The preferred ISS separator may include negative cross ribs and/or PIMS minerals. In accordance with more particular embodiments or examples, a PIMS mineral (preferably fish meal, a bio-mineral) is provided as at least a partial substitution for the silica filler component in a silica filled lead acid battery separator (preferably a polyethylene/silica separator formulation). In accordance with at least selected embodiments, the present invention is directed to new or improved batteries, separators, components, and/or compositions having heavy metal removal capabilities and/or methods of manufacture and/or methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Daramic, LLC
    Inventors: J. Kevin Whear, John R. Timmons, Jeffrey K. Chambers, Tejas R. Shah
  • Patent number: 11106437
    Abstract: A programming language and a compiler are disclosed that optimize the use of look-up tables (LUTs) on a synchronous digital circuit (SDC) such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA) that has been programmed. LUTs are optimized by merging multiple computational operations into the same LUT. A compiler parses source code into an intermediate representation (IR). Each node of the IR that represents an operator (e.g. ‘&’, ‘+’) is mapped to a LUT that implements that operator. The compiler iteratively traverses the IR, merging adjacent LUTs into a LUT that performs both operations and performing input removal optimizations. Additional operators may be merged into a merged LUT until all the LUT's inputs are assigned. Pipeline stages are then generated based on merged LUTs, and an SDC is programmed based on the pipeline and the merged LUT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Blake D. Pelton, Adrian Michael Caulfield
  • Patent number: 11103848
    Abstract: The present development is a reactor system for the production of nanostructures. The reactor system comprises a conical reactor body designed to maintain an upwardly directed vertical plasma flame and hydrocarbon flame. The reactor system further includes a metal powder feed that feeds into the plasma flame, a cyclone and a dust removal unit. The system is designed to produce up to 100 grams of metal oxide nanomaterials per minute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced Energy Materials, LLC
    Inventors: Mahendra Sunkara, Tu Quang Nguyen, Lukus Guhy, William Paxton
  • Patent number: 11103942
    Abstract: A saw system capable of cutting through a workpiece in one stroke is provided. The saw system includes a base, a turntable mounted on the base for rotation about a vertical axis, a support structure defining a cutting axis and fixedly attached to the turntable, and an elongated blade including a cutting edge. The turntable has a substantially planar support surface for supporting a workpiece. The support structure includes a pair of parallel sliding members, wherein the sliding members are disposed in a direction substantially parallel to the cutting axis. The elongated blade is spaced apart from the sliding members and is movable along the sliding members. The cutting edge includes a proximal end and a distal end, wherein an angle between an imaginary line connecting the distal end of the cutting edge to the proximal end thereof and its projection onto the turntable is an acute angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Clean Cutters LLC
    Inventors: Dmitry Prusakov, Igor Klimchuk
  • Patent number: 11108954
    Abstract: Generating panoramic video viewable at a third-party video management system includes receiving image data captured by at least one camera. The received image data may be captured at a plurality of angles (e.g., stop positions) arranged about a single axis (e.g., about which the camera rotates). The received image data may optionally be analyzed. Based on the received image data (and any optional analysis thereof), panoramic video derived from the captured image data (e.g., still images) may then be generated. A single video stream including the generated panoramic video may then be generated. The single generated video stream may then be sent to a third-party video management system (VMS). The video stream may be usable by the video management system for displaying the generated panoramic video. Various other views or other information may also be included in the single video stream sent to the VMS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: THERMAL IMAGING RADAR, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence Richard Jones, Dana Rees, David T. Kay
  • Patent number: 11105226
    Abstract: A rocker arm assembly having a rocker arm including a pair of sidewalls, each sidewall defining a support aperture, a rocker arm support including a pair of opposed bearing support arms, each bearing support arm being disposed within a corresponding support aperture of the rocker arm and defining a lubrication groove extending along an outer surface thereof, and a pair of radial roller bearings, each including an inner cup, an outer cup, and a plurality of rollers disposed therebetween, wherein each radial roller bearing is disposed both on a corresponding bearing support arm and within a corresponding support aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Koyo Bearings North America LLC
    Inventor: Anthony Copper
  • Patent number: 11106083
    Abstract: A directional illumination apparatus comprises a catadioptric micro-optic array comprising a reflective surface comprising light reflecting facets and an output transmissive surface comprising refractive structures. An array of micro-LEDs is arranged between the reflective surface and output transmissive surface and arranged to illuminate the reflective surface. The light reflecting facets and refractive structures cooperate to provide a uniform output illumination across the output aperture of the array with collimated output. A thin and efficient illumination apparatus may be used for switching display backlighting or environmental illumination applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: RealD Spark, LLC
    Inventors: Graham J. Woodgate, Jonathan Harrold, Michael G. Robinson
  • Patent number: 11103272
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided to facilitate the minimally invasive removal of tissue and to facilitate the direct approach to anesthetizing a body wall of a patient. A pull-type cutting device also is disclosed to introduce an opening into the body wall to provide access for intra-chest surgical interventions, for example a minimally invasive biopsy technique as also described for excising target tissue from within a patient, including a nodule from within the patient's lung.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: PRECISION THORACIC, LLC
    Inventors: Edward M. Boyle, Jr., Kenneth Allan Beres, Richard Fischel
  • Patent number: 11103983
    Abstract: An anti-slip torque tool that utilizes a plurality of grooves to prevent slippage and facilitate torque transfer to a fastener. The tool includes a wrench torque-tool body and an at least one engagement element. The wrench torque-tool body includes a plurality of internal sidewalls, a first base, and a second base. Further, each of the internal sidewalls includes a bracing surface. The engagement element includes a first pair of grooves and a second pair of grooves, wherein each further includes a primary cavity and a secondary cavity. The engagement element is laterally integrated into a specific sidewall to provide additional gripping action. The first pair of grooves and the second pair of grooves are positioned offset from each other, along the bracing surface of the specific sidewall. The primary cavity and the secondary cavity each traverse normal and into the bracing surface from the first base to the second base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: GRIP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka