Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Publication number: 20210123702
    Abstract: A hand carryable, non-lethal personal protection device using compressed gas for operation. In some embodiments the device uses the compressed gas to create and shoot a vortex of air at the target. In other embodiments, the compressed gas can be used to shoot a burst of atomized water at the attacker. In still other embodiments the device uses the compressed gas to shoot ammunition, such as a ring airfoil, O-ring, bean bag, or other non-lethal blunt trauma munitions at the target. In still further embodiments, the device is modular in its construction, and can be used to apply the compressed gas to various different attachments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Scarr Research and Development Co., LLC
    Inventor: Kimball Rustin Scarr
  • Publication number: 20210123132
    Abstract: An exemplary method of depositing a layer of a material on an interior substrate surface of a complex geometry component includes the steps of providing the complex geometry component having an aperture defining an edge of the interior substrate surface of the complex geometry component, at least a portion of the interior substrate surface defining a first area not visible from the aperture, providing a heating element adjacent to the first area of the complex geometry component, energizing the heating element to raise a surface temperature of the first area and establish a thermal gradient between the first area and an adjacent area, and providing a vapor deposition apparatus configured to deposit the layer of material on the interior substrate surface corresponding to the first area of the complex geometry component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Su Jung Han, Julie A. Swartz, Grant W. Brady
  • Publication number: 20210123221
    Abstract: An electronic faucet that has a controller module cartridge that is detachably connected to a spout assembly by an adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: MAC Faucets, LLC
    Inventors: Fadi SHAKKOUR, Roaa Nabeel NACY
  • Publication number: 20210124352
    Abstract: The technology relates to navigating aerial vehicles using deep reinforcement learning techniques to generate flight policies. An operational system for controlling flight of an aerial vehicle may include a computing system configured to process an input vector representing a state of the aerial vehicle and output an action, an operation-ready policies server configured to store a trained neural network encoding a learned flight policy, and a controller configured to control the aerial vehicle. The input vector may be processed using the trained neural network encoding the learned flight policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: LOON LLC
    Inventors: Salvatore J. Candido, Jun Gong, Marc Gendron-Bellemare
  • Publication number: 20210123309
    Abstract: An adaptable anchor including a frame; an arm articulated to the frame; a pad connected to the arm at a distance from the articulation with the frame; a wedge movably mounted to the frame and in wedging contact with the arm; a biasing member disposed to selectively apply a biasing energy between the frame and the wedge; and a degradable retainer preventing application of the biasing energy until degraded. An embodiment of a borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation; a tubular member disposed in the borehole; and an adaptable anchor as in any prior embodiment in operable contact with the tubular member. An embodiment of a method for anchoring a tool in a borehole including running the adaptable anchor as in any prior embodiment; degrading the degradable retainer; urging the wedge into contact with the arm with the biasing member; and displacing the pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Zhi Yong He, Yuh Loh, Jason Harper
  • Publication number: 20210126578
    Abstract: A solar energy system for use with tufted geosynthetics on a substantially flat surface having a racking structure with bases and attachments for frictional seating to a tufted geosynthetic ground cover system, a bifacial solar panel mounted to the racking system and electrically connected to a connection box for communicating electrical current to an electricity power conditioner of an electrical current grid generated upon exposure of the solar panel to ambient light. A method of using a solar energy system with tufted geosynthetics cover system is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Watershed Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Jose Urrutia, Michael R Ayers, Michael Lucini, Gregory Lucini
  • Publication number: 20210124532
    Abstract: An aspect includes implementing capacity reduction in a storage system includes for each of a candidate page and a target page in the storage system, identifying a subset of sectors having identical data or a minimum amount of non-identical data, performing a bit-wise exclusive OR (XOR) operation on sectors of the candidate page and the target page, determining entropy from results of the XOR operation. Upon determining the entropy is less than or equal to a threshold value, an aspect includes building a reference page from an XOR sector containing results of the bit-wise XOR operation, and performing a compression operation on the reference page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Uri Shabi, Anton Kucherov
  • Publication number: 20210124562
    Abstract: One disclosed example provides a computing system configured to receive input defining a machine conversation dialog flow, display in an editing user interface a first representation of the machine conversation dialog flow in the form of a symbolic representation, receive input requesting display of a second representation of the machine conversation dialog flow, and in response to the request display in the editing user interface the machine conversation dialog flow in the character-based representation. The computing system is further configured to, based upon the machine conversation dialog flow, update a machine conversation schema template to form an updated machine conversation schema, and form an agent definition file based upon the updated machine conversation schema for use in executing the machine conversation dialog flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing,LLC
    Inventors: Vishwac Sena KANNAN, Kristoffer SCHULTZ, Vikram BAPAT, Rob CHAMBERS, Aleksandar UZELAC, Khuram SHAHID, Adina Magdalena TRUFINESCU
  • Publication number: 20210124806
    Abstract: A computer, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to simulate behavior of a vehicle suspension component based on sampling a geometry space including vehicle suspension component hard-points using Gaussian process modeling and determine one or more vehicle suspension component geometries including vehicle suspension component hard-points based on first kinematic curves corresponding to behavior of the vehicle suspension component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Punarjay Chakravarty, Mohsen Lakehal-ayat, Matthew Blaschko, Sinnu Susan Thomas, Jacopo Palandri, Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim
  • Publication number: 20210124978
    Abstract: In some implementations, a method includes: receiving, from the camera, a sample image that includes a fingerprint and a mensuration reference device, where the sample image is associated with a resolution; identifying (i) a plurality of edge candidate groups within the sample image, and (ii) a set of regularity characteristics associated with each of the plurality of edge candidate groups; determining that the associated set of regularity characteristics indicates the mensuration reference device; identifying a ruler candidate group, from each of the plurality of edge candidate groups, based at least on determining that the associated set of regularity characteristics indicates the mensuration reference device; computing a scale associated with the sample image based at least on extracting a set of ruler marks from the identified ruler candidate group; and generating, based at least on the scale associated with the sample image, a scaled image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: MORPHOTRAK, LLC
    Inventors: Darrell Hougen, Peter Zhen-Ping Lo
  • Publication number: 20210120996
    Abstract: A device for cooking food may include a steam-generating chamber, which may provide steam to a cooking chamber at a regulated steam temperature, that may comprise a liquid-heating element and an atomizer. The liquid-heating element may heat a liquid to a regulated liquid temperature, which may be less than a boiling temperature of the liquid. The regulated steam temperature may be based on the regulated liquid temperature. The cooking chamber may include an air-heating element, which may heat the air within the cooking chamber. The air-heating element may be heated to a regulated heater temperature less than the boiling temperature of the liquid. The cooking chamber may receive the steam, and maintain the air within the cooking chamber at a regulated air temperature based on the regulated heater temperature of the air-heating element and the regulated steam temperature of the steam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Viking Range, LLC
    Inventor: Jemsheer Thayyullathil
  • Publication number: 20210126971
    Abstract: A method of automatically mating a gateway device with an energy measurement device in a usage area via a user computing device including steps of providing a gateway device for an energy measurement device in the usage area, connecting the gateway device to a local network for the usage area, installing a user application on the user computing device, searching for the gateway device with the user application for a predetermined time period, detecting the gateway device within the predetermined time period by establishing communication between the gateway device and the user computing device, and passing information between the gateway device and the user application on the user computing device to allow the gateway device to connect to the energy meter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Insight Energy Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew P. Tilchen, Kevin M. Foreman
  • Publication number: 20210126920
    Abstract: A method comprises creating template limited-administration ontologies, the template limited-administration ontologies each identifying a plurality of different managers, each of the different managers having distinct and limited system access privileges. A request is received for a limited-administration server system, the request being associated with a client entity. A particular template limited-administration ontology of the template limited-administration ontologies is selected based on the request. A deployment ontology is generated based on the particular template limited-administration ontology and the request. A limited-administration server system deployment package is generated based on the deployment ontology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: One-Simple U.S., LLC
    Inventor: Louisa H. Zezza
  • Publication number: 20210124417
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating computing devices, including providing point-click, drag and drop, pan and zoom, and text entry operations, without using physical computer mouse and keyboard are provided. Multiple types of sensors on a wristband may be used to detect different hand/finger gestures for calibration, activation, performance of mouse or text entry functionalities, and/or termination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Interlake Research, LLC
    Inventor: Yanjun MA
  • Publication number: 20210122234
    Abstract: A close-out assembly includes a housing and an inlet. The housing includes a wall that surrounds an opening. The wall includes an outer edge adjacent to the face plate and an inner edge. The inlet is coupled to the wall, and the inlet is accessible through the opening. The assembly includes a door coupled to the housing that is movable relative to the housing. The assembly includes a seal formed to the wall at the outer edge of the wall and the inner edge of the wall. The door engages one part of the seal when the door is in a closed position, and the inlet engages another part of the seal regardless of the position of the door. A method of manufacturing the assembly includes positioning a housing relative to a mold, and molding an elastomeric material to the housing using the mold to form a seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Matthew M. Stack, Omair Mustafa
  • Publication number: 20210122237
    Abstract: Ride-on equipment includes a pair of front wheels, a pair of rear wheels, a main frame, a subframe pivotally coupled to the main frame about a pivot axis, a power source, and a transaxle assembly. The power source is coupled to and supported by the main frame and includes a drive pulley. The transaxle assembly is configured to pivot with respect to the power source, is operably coupled to the pair of rear drive wheels, and includes at least one driven pulley. The drive pulley and the at least one driven pulley are operably coupled by a belt such that the at least one driven pulley of the transaxle assembly is configured to be driven by the drive pulley of the source via the belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Briggs & Stratton, LLC
    Inventors: Mark J. Melone, James F. Marshall, Richard Smith, Mark Lynch, Travis Rasch, Erik Slegelis, Steven J. Weber, Denis Oswald
  • Publication number: 20210121835
    Abstract: Methods and devices for formulating scented nanoemulsions and dispersing one or more scents is disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes providing a first mixture including water and a water surfactant, providing a second mixture including a fragrance material and an fragrance surfactant, mixing the first and second mixtures to create a temporary emulsion, and performing one or more high-energy homogenizations to the temporary emulsion until one or more desired physical properties of a resulting nanoemulsion are obtained. In some embodiments, the one or more high-energy homogenizations includes microfludization, sonication, and high-shear mixing. In some embodiments, the resulting nanoemulsion may thereafter be dispersed as a scent via an aerosolizing device. In some embodiments, the aerosolizing device may disburse scents in response to actions and/or events experienced in an AV/AR system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: OVR Tech, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Wisniewski, Sarah Socia, Matthew Flego, Samuel Wisniewski, Erik Cooper
  • Publication number: 20210124414
    Abstract: Image editing on a wearable device includes a system which obtains sensor data via the wearable device. The sensor data includes a representation of hand movement, head movement or voice command associated with a user. The system executes an application for editing an image based on the obtained sensor data. The system provides for display a list of image adjustment types associated with the application. The system selects an image adjustment type based on one or more of the hand movement, the head movement or the voice command. The system provides for display a prompt having options to adjust a property of the selected image adjustment type. The system selects one of the options included in the prompt. The system modifies an image based on the selected option. The system then provides the modified image for storage in a data structure of a memory unit in the wearable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Binder, Ronald Frank Wotzlaw
  • Publication number: 20210124739
    Abstract: The description relates to executing an inference query relative to a database management system, such as a relational database management system. In one example a trained machine learning model can be stored within the database management system. An inference query can be received that applies the trained machine learning model on data local to the database management system. Analysis can be performed on the inference query and the trained machine learning model to generate a unified intermediate representation of the inference query and the trained model. Cross optimization can be performed on the unified intermediate representation. Based upon the cross-optimization, a first portion of the unified intermediate representation to be executed by a database engine of the database management system can be determined, and, a second portion of the unified intermediate representation to be executed by a machine learning runtime can be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Konstantinos KARANASOS, Matteo INTERLANDI, Fotios PSALLIDAS, Rathijit SEN, Kwanghyun PARK, Ivan POPIVANOV, Subramaniam VENKATRAMAN KRISHNAN, Markus WEIMER, Yuan YU, Raghunath RAMAKRISHNAN, Carlo Aldo CURINO, Doris Suiyi XIN, Karla Jean SAUR
  • Publication number: 20210121430
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for treating dry eye and improving the quality of the meibum composition of inflamed or dysfunctional meibomian glands of a mammal, comprising the steps of administering a composition consisting essentially of an effective amount of omega-3 fatty acids on a daily dosage basis to the mammal having inflamed or dysfunctional meibomian glands, wherein the effective amount of omega-3 fatty acids comprises eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) in an amount greater than 600 mg and in the re-esterified triglyceride form, and wherein the composition administered does not include any additional omega-6 fatty acids beyond the range normally found in the source material of the omega-3 fatty acids. The composition administered may facilitate an increase in levels of anti-inflammatory omega-3?s in the meibum composition of the treated meibomian glands of the mammal and a decrease in the levels of inflammatory omega-6?s in the meibum composition of the treated meibomian glands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: PRN Physician Recommended Nutriceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: S. Gregory Smith, Michael B. Gross, Olav E. Sandnes