Patents Assigned to Service
  • LANE DETECTION
    Publication number: 20160350603
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to lane detection, and more particularly to method and systems for lane detection. In one embodiment, a method for lane detection is includes generating an edge image including inbound edges of lane-markings corresponding to a road image. Based on an adaptive thresholding of intensity of lane-markings from image strips selected from the image, a plurality of lane masks are extracted. A plurality of valid lane masks are selected from the plurality of lane masks based on a structure and intensity information of the plurality of valid lane masks in the image strips. An overlap between the inbound edges and the valid lane masks is determined to identify a plurality of edge segments of the pair of inbound edges belonging to the lane-markings. A set of valid edge segments of the pair of inbound edges are obtained based on the curvature information of the edge segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Tata Consultancy Services Limited
    Inventors: Upendra SUDDAMALLA, Apurba DAS, Saikat KUNDU, Sameer Narendra FARKADE
  • E-VAPOR DEVICE INCLUDING A COMPOUND HEATER STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20160345632
    Abstract: An e-vapor device may include a pre-vapor sector and a heater structure arranged in thermal contact with the pre-vapor sector. The pre-vapor sector includes a reservoir and a dispensing interface. The pre-vapor sector is configured to hold and dispense a pre-vapor formulation. The heater structure is configured to vaporize the pre-vapor formulation to generate a vapor. The heater structure includes a base wire and a heater wire coiled around the base wire. The base wire is insulated from the heater wire. As a result of the heater design, the heater structure is stiffer and more robust than other related heaters in the art, thus allowing more options for its implementation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventor: Peter LIPOWICZ
  • MOLD ASSEMBLY CAPS USED IN FABRICATING INFILTRATED DOWNHOLE TOOLS
    Publication number: 20160346833
    Abstract: An example mold assembly system includes a mold assembly including a mold forming a bottom of the mold assembly, a funnel operatively coupled to the mold, and an infiltration chamber defined at least partially by the mold and the funnel, the infiltration chamber being used for forming an infiltrated downhole tool. A mold assembly cap is positionable on the mold assembly and including a sidewall extendable about an outer periphery of the mold assembly at least partially along a height of the mold assembly. The sidewall exhibits a horizontal cross-sectional shape that accommodates a shape of the mold assembly and the sidewall is made of a thermal material that promotes directional solidification of the infiltrated downhole tool during fabrication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton A. Ownby, Jeffrey G. Thomas, Grant O. Cook, III, Garrett T. Olsen
  • LEAK LOCALIZATION IN WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20160349141
    Abstract: Described herein, are methods and systems for locating a leak in a water distribution network. According to an implementation, a leak situation in the water distribution network is detected based on a flow difference value between an actual flow value and a predicted flow value of an inlet flow meter of the water distribution network at at least one time interval. Leak signature values of demand nodes in the water distribution network at the at least one time interval are determined. A leak signature value of a respective demand node at a respective time interval is determined based on centrality metrics, the predicted flow value at the respective time interval, and static physical properties related to the water distribution network. At least one possible leak node is identified based on the flow difference value and the leak signature values of the demand nodes at the at least one time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Tata Consultancy Services Limited
    Inventors: Venkatesh Sarangan, Iyswarya Narayanan, Arunchandar Vasan, Anand Sivasubramaniam
  • AZA-EPOXY-GUAIANE DERIVATIVES AND TREATMENT OF CANCER
    Publication number: 20160347764
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound of formula (I) or formula (II): (Formulas should be inserted here) wherein R1-R6 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound and a method of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal in need thereof, comprising administering to the mammal a compound of formula (I) or formula (II).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicants: The United State of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Service, University of Hawaii
    Inventors: William J. Chain, John A. Beutler, David Fash, William D. Figg, Zhenwu Li, Cody John Peer, Joe William Ramos, Florian J. Sulzmaier
  • CLAY STABILIZATION WITH CONTROL OF MIGRATION OF CLAYS AND FINES
    Publication number: 20160347983
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed related to methods of treating subterranean formations as well as compositions and systems for performing the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation that includes obtaining or providing a composition including a compound including at least one silylating group and at least one ammonium group. The method also includes placing the composition in a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mallikarjuna Shroff Rama, Sumit Ramesh Songire, Lalit Pandurang Salgaonkar
  • System and method for improved cuttings measurements
    Patent number: 9506337
    Abstract: A method and system for improving cuttings measurements in drilling operations includes rotating a helical screw in a trough at a first speed, measuring a first weight of a cuttings mixture within the trough, measuring a first torque required to maintain rotation of the helical screw at the first speed through the cuttings mixture, and calculating a difference between the first torque and a second torque required to maintain rotation of the helical screw at the first speed through a second weight of natural cuttings equal to the first weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Adrian E. Smith
  • Engineered biological pacemakers
    Patent number: 9506032
    Abstract: Biological pacemakers engineered to intrinsically generate rhythmic excitations are disclosed. In addition, methods of producing the biological pacemakers are disclosed. Methods of treating or preventing arrhythmia and heart disease associated with a defective pacemakers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, University of Pittsburgh—of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Victor Maltsev, Edward G. Lakatta, Ihor Zahanich, Syevda Sirenko, Maxim Mikheev, Yoram Vodovotz
  • Device for measuring the amount of free fluid in a colloid in a horizontal position
    Patent number: 9506904
    Abstract: A device for testing the amount of free fluid in a colloid comprises: a first container, wherein the first container has a central axis that spans the length of the first container, wherein the length of the first container is greater than the width and height of the first container, and wherein the central axis of the first container is oriented in a substantially horizontal position during the testing. Methods of using the device include: optically determining the height of free fluid in the container after the period of time has elapsed and using a formula to determine the volume of the free fluid; or removing a plug from a plug tube that is operationally connected to the container; and draining the free fluid from the container into a measurement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Schwartz, Dennis Gray, Benjamin J. Iverson
  • Quantifying curvature of biological structures from imaging data
    Patent number: 9508140
    Abstract: A method and system are proposed to obtain quantitative data about the shape of a biological structure, and especially a heart ventricle. A set of three-dimensional input meshes are generated from MRI data. They represent the shape of a ventricle at successive times. The input meshes are used to generate a set of three-dimensional morphed meshes which have the same number of vertices as each other, and have respective shapes which are the shapes of corresponding ones of the input meshes. Then, for each of the times, shape analysis is performed to obtain a curvedness value at each of a plurality of corresponding locations in the morphed meshes. The curvedness value may be used to obtain a curvedness rate at each of the locations, indicative of the rate of change of curvedness with time at each of the locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignees: Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Yi Su, Chi Wan Calvin Lim, Ru San Tan, Liang Zhong
  • Mill blade torque support
    Patent number: 9506308
    Abstract: An example whipstock assembly includes a whipstock providing a ramped surface and a longitudinal groove defined in the ramped surface. A lead mill is coupled to the whipstock with a shear bolt and having a slot defined therein, and a torque key is movable between an extended position, where the torque key is partially positioned within both the slot and the longitudinal groove, and a retracted position, where the torque key retracts into the slot. When the torque key is in the extended position, the torque key prevents the lead mill from rotating with respect to the whipstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Srinivasa Prasanna Vemuri
  • Slide and pour container
    Patent number: 9505520
    Abstract: A slide and pour container blank and method of assembly. The initially assembled slide and pour container can be in a sealed state with no access to the interior of the container. A detachable cover can include a tear strip that is removed to provide access to a slidable door. The slidable door can be detached from its guide track and can slide within its guide track. The slidable door can open and block a passageway providing access to the interior of the container, such as to dispense contents of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: WestRock Shared Services, LLC
    Inventor: Michael A. Baker
  • Efficient startup and logon
    Patent number: 9509676
    Abstract: Methods and systems for receiving a detection of a physical presence of a user and, in response, initiating a start-up process on an enterprise device according to a profile associated with the user are described. Thereafter, the system receives authentication credentials at the enterprise device and the user is granted access to the enterprise device after the authentication credentials are verified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Zakery Layne Johnson, John Shelton, Debra Randall Casillas, Thomas Bret Buckingham, Gabriel Carlos Fernandez, Sudarshan Rangarajan, Maland Keith Mortensen
  • Antiangiogenic small molecules and methods of use
    Patent number: 9504729
    Abstract: Methods of inhibiting undesired angiogenesis are provided, which methods include administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one of the compounds described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Enrique Zudaire, Marta Aparicio, Frank Cuttitta
  • Modeling passage of a tool through a well
    Patent number: 9507754
    Abstract: In modeling passage of an elongate well tool through an interval of a well an adaptive machine learning model executed on a computing system receives a first set of inputs representing a plurality of characteristics of the well tool and a second set of inputs representing a plurality of characteristics of the well. The adaptive machine learning model also receives historical data representing a plurality of other well tools passed through a plurality of other wells and a plurality of characteristics of the other well tools and the other wells. The adaptive machine learning model matches the historical data with at least a portion of the first and second sets of inputs, and determines, based on the matching whether the well tool can pass through the interval of the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Edmund Fox, Ronnie Kennedy, Ben Gary, Dominic Anh Tran, Josiah Wood
  • Coupling for a cement head
    Patent number: 9506311
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved coupling for cement heads. One exemplary cement head includes a first module comprising a first end, a first outer surface, and a plurality of first protrusions extending radially outward from the first outer surface, each of the plurality of first protrusions comprising a first profile in which (i) a first engagement surface faces axially away from the first end and (ii) a first support surface forms a first oblique angle relative to an axis; and a bridge configured to engage the plurality of first protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Joe A. Beisel, Nicolas Rogozinski
  • Delivery of packaged RNA to mammalian cells
    Patent number: 9506041
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions relating to alphavirus-based virus-like particles (VLPs) and methods for making and using the described VLPs. The described compositions include VLPs and vectors and cells used to produce the VLPs. Also included are related methods to produce the VLPs, to transduce cells using the VLPs, and to produce a protein or polynucleotide of interest in a target cell using the VLPs. Also described are alphavirus-based replicons that allow for expression of proteins or polynucleotides of interest in a target cell without a cytopathic effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Stanislaw J Kaczmarczyk, Deb K. Chatterjee
  • System and method of constant depth of cut control of drilling tools
    Patent number: 9506294
    Abstract: A method of configuring a depth of cut controller (DOCC) of a drill bit includes determining a first desired depth of cut for a first radial swath associated with a bit face of a drill bit. The first radial swath is associated with a first area of the bit face. The method further includes identifying a first plurality of cutting elements located on the bit face that each include at least a portion located within the first radial swath. The method additionally includes configuring a first depth of cut controller (DOCC) for placement on the bit face within the first radial swath. The first depth of cut controller is configured based on the first desired depth of cut for the first radial swath and each portion of the first plurality of cutting elements located within the first radial swath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Shilin Chen, James R. Ashby, Robert W. Arfele
  • Method and system for wireless device communication
    Patent number: 9510147
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for wireless device communication. A wireless device may be engaged in a wireless data communication session within a local geographic region. The wireless device may be tracked within the local geographic region. The targeted information may be provided to the wireless device regarding the local geographic region based on the tracking of the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: John C. Hopkins, III
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D772902
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Net Entertainment Malta Services Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Lundkvist, Hedvig Häggman-Sund, Henning Alfredsson, Jay Sopp, Carl Hansson