Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 10998766
    Abstract: A computer including a processor is programmed to determine that an object including ferrous material is in a charging field of an inductive charger, actuate the inductive charger, and determine a temperature of the object. The processor is further programmed to determine, based on the temperature, whether the inductive charger is operational.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Aed M. Dudar
  • Patent number: 10994838
    Abstract: The disclosure generally pertains to a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft comprising a fuselage and at least one fixed wing. The aircraft may include at least two powered rotors located generally along a longitudinal axis of the fuselage. The rotor units may be coupled to the fuselage via a rotating chassis, which allows the rotors to provide directed thrust by movement of the rotor units about at least one axis. The VTOL aircraft may include instructions to perform a degraded rotor landing protocol. The degraded rotor landing protocol may include adjusting a power to an operable rotor unit to control a rate of descent and/or slow a rate of acceleration toward a landing surface. The VTOL aircraft may be configured to impact the landing surface from a substantially vertical configuration, and adjust a thrust vector to cause the aircraft to come to rest in a generally upright configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: DeLorean Aerospace, LLC
    Inventor: Paul J. DeLorean
  • Patent number: 10997203
    Abstract: Synchronous content sharing of media assets via an object data model propagated through a star network or a mesh network. Each user device updates a local object data model including information on the status of the media asset delivery, to achieve synchronization with the source data. Updates to the local object data model may be the result of direct connection between a user device and an application server via a network, or the result of indirect connections through peers in mesh networks, where the local object data model is shared through hops between peers in the mesh network if the direct connection is unavailable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: NOTEAFFECT, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Allen, David Dekker, Christopher McCormack
  • Patent number: 10997799
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method at a service facility for capturing vehicle state and service information (VSSI) is provided. The method includes: detecting the arrival of a vehicle at the service facility; initiating, by a processor at the service facility, the establishment of a secure communication link with the vehicle via an in-vehicle wi-fi hotspot; wirelessly retrieving, by the processor at the service facility from the vehicle, a subset of VSSI via the wi-fi hotspot, wherein the retrieved VSSI includes the subset of the VSSI that has changed since the last update of the VSSI to a cloud-based server and wherein the subset of the VSSI includes some, but not all of the VSSI; and scheduling a vehicle service based on service indications derived from the VSSI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Fan Bai, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, John Sergakis, Matthew Alan Schroeder, Kathleen S. McMahon, Xi Ju
  • Patent number: 10999354
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for opening files via local applications. A first application on a local device receives a request to open a document specified by a user via a user interface associated with the first application, the document having a document identifier and associated with a first file stored on a server. The first application communicates the request to open the document associated with the first file to a second application on the local device, and receives, from the second application, information identifying one of the plurality of document processing applications that are on the local device and are capable of opening a second file that is stored on the local device and has the same document identifier as the document specified by the user, the second file being a local copy of the first file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jessie Lynne Newman, Frank Pape, III, Ali Akhavan Bitaghsir, Brian Schneider, James Michael McCollum, Eric Huayu Zhang, Rachel Werner Barton, Marc Miller, Rishi Sharma
  • Patent number: 10993530
    Abstract: There is disclosed a portably suspended retractable shelf for storing furniture-side items that includes a horizontal platform having an inner portion and an outer portion. In various embodiments, the inner portion is adapted to be slidably captured between an upper cushion and a lower supporting structure. At least one of a projector insert rotationally adjustable to a plurality of orientations and the following upward-facing compartments is disposed on the outer portion of the horizontal platform and is accessible to a user on the furniture: a collapsible basin, a hanging flexible pocket, and a foldable box. A cutout hole is configured to hold the projector insert or the compartments in a suspended configuration through the shelf. A downward-facing sliding drawer compartment is mounted and/or supported underneath the outer portion of the shelf. A storage container extends from a leading surface of the portable suspended retractable shelf. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: DCONNECT GROUP LLC
    Inventor: Dan Cass
  • Patent number: 10996679
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system generates a plurality of trajectory candidates for an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) from a starting point to an end point of a particular driving scenario. The system generates a reference trajectory corresponding to the driving scenario based on a current state of the ADV associated with the starting point and an end state of the ADV associated with the end point, where the reference trajectory is associated with an objective. For each of the trajectory candidates, the system compares the trajectory candidate with the reference trajectory to generate an objective cost representing a similarity between the trajectory candidate and the reference trajectory. The system selects one of the trajectory candidates as a target trajectory for driving the ADV based on objective costs of the trajectory candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventors: Yajia Zhang, Kecheng Xu
  • Patent number: 10999578
    Abstract: Systems and methods for transcoding media content are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes obtaining a transcoded media content that is transcoded from an uploaded media content. The method includes determining a plurality of degradation metric values corresponding to the transcoded media content based on the uploaded media content and the transcoded media content, each degradation metric value corresponding to a different degradation metric type. The method includes mapping each degradation metric value to a respective calibrated score to obtain a plurality of calibrated scores. The method includes determining an aggregated quality score of the transcoded media content based on the plurality of calibrated scores and an exponential weighting function. The exponential weighting function exponentiates each of the calibrated scores by a respective weighting exponent and aggregates the exponentiated calibrated scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Chao Chen, Balineedu Adsumilli, Shawn Singh, Yilin Wang
  • Patent number: 10998473
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a plurality of light emitting devices, each light emitting device having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and at least one side surface connecting the top surface and the bottom surface. A wavelength converting layer is disposed in direct contact with the top surface and one side surface of each of the plurality of light emitting devices to mechanically connect each of the plurality of light emitting devices together. The wavelength converting layer is made up of a wavelength converting material, an adhesive material, and a transparent material that has a thermal conductivity of at least 0.2 W/mK. The adhesive material and the transparent material have indices of refraction that vary less than ten percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Grigoriy Basin, Jing Liu, Joseph Chungchih Juan, R B Syivaram Balakrishnan, Thierry Maurice Francois De Smet
  • Patent number: 10997312
    Abstract: The described implementations relate to an access control framework for a database system. One implementation can receive, from a user, a request for data that identifies a resource, such as a view that obtains data from a database. The implementation can check the identity of the user to identify user roles associated with the user. The implementation can identify an access policy that is associated with the resource, and a rule that is associated with the access policy and applies to the user roles associated with the user. The rule can be applied to the request for data using attributes of the access policy. For example, if the request for data is a query on a view, the query can be rewritten to apply the rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Yi Miao, Mahmood G. Qadir, Pritvinath Obla, Pierre N. Martin, Anubhuti Manohar, Sizheng Chen, Vishal Mishra
  • Patent number: 10997501
    Abstract: In some embodiments, noise data may be used to train a neural network (or other prediction model). In some embodiments, input noise data may be obtained and provided to a prediction model to obtain an output related to the input noise data (e.g., the output being a prediction related to the input noise data). One or more target output indications may be provided as reference feedback to the prediction model to update one or more portions of the prediction model, wherein the one or more portions of the prediction model are updated based on the related output and the target indications. Subsequent to the portions of the prediction model being updated, a data item may be provided to the prediction model to obtain a prediction related to the data item (e.g., a different version of the data item, a location of an aspect in the data item, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Aivitae LLC
    Inventors: Bob Sueh-chien Hu, Joseph Yitang Cheng
  • Patent number: 10997606
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for autonomously determining and resolving a customer's perceived discrepancy during a customer service interaction. The method can include receiving an incoming communication from a customer; extracting, by a Natural Language Processing (NLP) device, a perceived state and an expected state of a product or service based on the incoming communication; determining by a discrepancy determination device, a discrepancy between the perceived and expected state of the product or service; verifying, by a rule-based platform, the discrepancy; generating a response based on the discrepancy, the response comprising one or more of: a fact pattern response related to the perceived discrepancy and a confirmation or correction of a verified discrepancy; and outputting, for presentation to the customer, the response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Alexandra Coman, Erik Mueller
  • Publication number: 20210122548
    Abstract: A packaging assembly for displaying a product, the packaging assembly comprising: a first rectangular board a second rectangular board; a first transparent clamshell blister having a first 3-dimensional shape; a second transparent clamshell blister having a second 3-dimensional shape; wherein, the first clamshell blister extends through the first board and the second clamshell blister extends through the second board; wherein the first rectangular board is positioned adjacent the second rectangular board. The first transparent clamshell blister and the second transparent clamshell blister form a single transparent cavity wherein, from at least one view, the single cavity defines a symmetrical shape having an axis of symmetry, and wherein, the axis of symmetry is set off by an angle of between 20 degrees and 30 degrees from a plane containing the first rectangular board and the second rectangular board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Alltrade Tools, LLC
    Inventors: Hector R. Hernandez, JR., Greg Livingston, Eric Hennings
  • Patent number: D917832
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Noble Sands, LLC
    Inventor: Julie D Habelmann
  • Patent number: D917892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SPECTRUM DIVERSIFIED DESIGNS, LLC
    Inventor: Jan Pawluskiewicz
  • Patent number: D918006
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: North Atlantic Imports, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher L. Hanks
  • Patent number: D918033
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
    Inventors: Margaret N. Stewart, Maxine J. Roman, Michael D. Putnam
  • Patent number: D918142
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Smith Flow Dynamics, LLC
    Inventors: Perry D. Smith, Jacob B. Smith, Robert J. Kosmicki
  • Patent number: D918235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Argus Elevator LLC
    Inventor: Omar Gil-Arias
  • Patent number: D918288
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: 100% Speedlab, LLC
    Inventors: Ludovic Francis Boinnard, Marc Guy Blanchard, Jerome Jacques Marie Mage