Patents Assigned to Solutions
  • Vanadium aluminium nitride (VAlN) micro alloyed with Ti and/or Si
    Patent number: 11821073
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high-temperature stable ceramic coating structure including a microalloy comprising the elements Al, V and N producible by a gas phase deposition process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon
    Inventor: Siva Phani Kumar Yalamanchili
  • Optically pumped, radio-frequency atomic magnetometry with feedback stabilization
    Patent number: 11821966
    Abstract: An optically pumped, atomic magnetometer incorporates a feedback system for stabilizing the magnetic bias field and suppressing unwanted background fields. The magnetic bias field is applied to a vapor cell containing host atoms of two different species, each of which resonates at a different Larmor frequency when both are subjected to the same magnetic bias field. One species provides the feedback for stabilizing the bias field, thereby creating a stabilizing magnetometer portion that nulls out the unwanted background fields. The other species provides magnetic field detection or signal reception on a radio communication frequency of interest, thereby creating a signal magnetometer portion that permits detection of the signal at the radio communication frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Peter D. D. Schwindt, Neil Claussen, Jonathan Edward Bainbridge
  • Method, system and apparatus for multicast session management in 5G communication network
    Patent number: 11825385
    Abstract: An apparatus in a network function comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to: determine that a protocol data unit session for a user equipment is to be updated to add or modify multicast information; and provide multicast context information associated with said user equipment which causes said user equipment to receive multicast data associated with said multicast context information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: David Navratil, Pekka Korja, Athul Prasad, Mikko Säily
  • Fault diagnosis method in a dehumidifier appliance
    Patent number: 11821641
    Abstract: A dehumidifier appliance may include a cabinet, a refrigeration assembly, an air handler, and a condensate collection tray. A controller is configured to initiate a dehumidification cycle, determine that the dehumidification cycle has failed, prompt a user to confirm that all external sources of humidity are blocked, receive user confirmation that all external sources of humidity are blocked, determine that the dehumidification cycle is still failing after receiving the user confirmation, and identify a fault with the dehumidifier appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Myunggeon Chung, Youngmin Han
  • Communication system and method
    Patent number: 11823584
    Abstract: A communication system and method are provided to assist a user in conveying and/or exchanging a communication. The present communication system and method provide a low tech platform that enables a user to utilize an icon exchange communication system and method while allowing the integration of core vocabulary instructional concepts and techniques. The present communication system and method allows for seamless presentation of core vocabulary while also providing access to fringe vocabulary words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Core Vocabulary Exchange System Solution, Inc.
    Inventors: Megan Brazas, Bruce Brazas
  • Toner cartridge
    Patent number: 11822266
    Abstract: A toner cartridge comprises a toner container which contains toner, a driving member which rotationally drives a conveying member, an agitating member which agitates a toner in the toner container while being rotated, a driven member which rotates in association with the driving member which is for rotationally driving the agitating member, and a rotational body which rotates according to rotation of the driven member, has a plurality of slits in rotational circumference for identifying a type of the toner cartridge, and has 1/K or more of the slits when a ratio of a rotational speed R1 (rad/s) of the driving member and a rotational speed R2 (rad/s) of the driven member is K=R2/R1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Sato
  • System and method for decentralized vehicle software management
    Patent number: 11822955
    Abstract: A method for dynamic software management includes receiving, at a source processor, an idle time and at least one task execution characteristic of corresponding to respective processors of one or more other processors. The method also includes identifying a target processor of the one or more other processors capable of executing a task associated with the source processor based on the idle time and the at least one task execution characteristic of the target processor. The method also includes communicating, to the target processor, a task request requesting the target processor execute the task associated with the source processor. The method also includes, in response to receiving a communication from the target processor indicating acceptance of the task, communicating, to the target processor, instructions for executing the task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Michael R. Story, Keyur R. Patel
  • Automatic self clean cycle start using artificial intelligence in a laundry appliance
    Patent number: 11821126
    Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a basket rotatably mounted within a cabinet and defining a chamber configured for receiving a load of clothes, a door pivotally mounted to the cabinet for providing selective access to the chamber, and a camera assembly mounted within the cabinet in view of the chamber. A controller is configured to initiate an automatic self-clean cycle, the method comprising determining that the door is closed, obtaining one or more images of the chamber using the camera assembly, determining that there is no load in the chamber based at least in part on the one or more images, determining that a self-clean condition is satisfied, and commencing the self-clean cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Je Kwon Yoon, Seung-Yeong Park, Jaehyo Lee
  • In-band data recognition and synchronization system
    Patent number: 11825144
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for recognizing and synchronizing to in-band data at a multimedia device is provided. A content stream includes in-band data. The in-band data is processed and in-band data pattern data associated with the content stream are created. Metadata are attached to the event identification data. The event identification data are provided to multimedia devices which receive broadcasted multimedia content streams containing video programs with in-band data. The in-band data are processed and compared to the event identification data. If a match occurs, the multimedia device uses the metadata to perform specified actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TiVo Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin P. Smith, Paul Stevens, Adam Feder, James Barton
  • Three-dimensional (3D) model generation from computer-aided design (CAD) data
    Patent number: 11823328
    Abstract: The model generation system may generate a 3D object model based on computer aided design (CAD) data describing an object. The CAD data received by the CAD conversion module 160 may contain a set of surfaces for the object. Each surface may be described by a surface equation that describes the shape of the surface in a 3D space. The model generation system may extract those surface equations from the CAD data and generate field lines and equipotential lines. The field lines may be lines that are tangent to the gradient vector field of the surface, and the equipotential lines may be lines along the surface that designate points that have the same potential within the gradient field vector. The model generation system may use the field lines and the equipotential lines to generate quadrangular tessellations for a 3D object model for the object described by the CAD data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: NexTech AR Solutions Corp.
    Inventors: Nima Sarshar, Max Hwang
  • Online and offline selection of extended long term reference picture retention
    Patent number: 11825075
    Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry configured to receive a video, determine a plurality of long-term reference frames, determine a long-term reference retention time, and encode the video into a bitstream including the determined plurality of long-term reference fames and the determined retention time. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: OP Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Borivoje Furht, Hari Kalva, Velibor Adzic
  • Infinite steering mode
    Patent number: 11820448
    Abstract: A method for providing steering mode control includes identifying a set of steering characteristic values corresponding to respective steering characteristics for a current steering mode. The method also includes setting the respective steering characteristics to corresponding steering characteristic values of the set of steering characteristic values and receiving at least one steering characteristics input indicating a selected steering characteristic value for a corresponding steering characteristic. The method also includes selectively setting the steering characteristic value of the corresponding steering characteristic to the selected steering characteristic value indicated by the at least one steering characteristics input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Deane M. Wichelt, Andrew P. Ritchie
  • Systems and methods related to configuring devices in a module
    Patent number: 11822368
    Abstract: Configuration devices in a module. In some embodiments a radio-frequency module includes a serial bus including a first serial data line and a second serial data line. The radio-frequency module also includes a control component coupled to the serial bus and the first switch, the control component configured to determine whether first data is detected on the first serial data line, determine whether second data is detected on the second serial data line, and decode a command based on the first data and second data when the first data is detected on the first serial data line and when the second data is detected on the second serial data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Raymond Chen, Lui Lam, James Henry Ross, Bryan J. Roll, William Gerard Vaillancourt
  • Recording apparatus capable of printing elastic medium
    Patent number: 11820127
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a printing portion, a first conveying portion, and a second conveying portion. The printing portion ejects liquid to print a medium having elasticity. The first conveying portion is disposed upstream of the printing portion in a conveying direction along which the medium is conveyed to the printing portion, and conveys the medium while stretching the medium in the conveying direction and in a width direction orthogonal to the conveying direction. The second conveying portion conveys the medium conveyed by the first conveying portion while keeping the medium facing the printing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Mashio Takezawa
  • Early pattern detection in data for improved enterprise operations
    Patent number: 11823019
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include receiving a goal, providing a problem-specific knowledge graph that is responsive to at least a portion of the goal, determining a set of events from the problem-specific knowledge graph, processing data representative of events in the set of events through a first machine learning (ML) model to provide a set of event scores, each event score in the set of event scores being associated with a respective event in the set of events, determining a sub-set of events based on the set of event scores, for each event in the sub-set of events, determining at least one action by processing a sequence of actions through a second ML model, and outputting the sub-set of events and a set of actions for execution of at least one action in the set of actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Lan Guan, Guanglei Xiong, Wenxian Zhang, Sukryool Kang, Anwitha Paruchuri, Jing Su Brewer, Ivan A. Wong, Christopher Yen-Chu Chan, Danielle Moffat, Jayashree Subrahmonia, Louise Noreen Barrere
  • Systems and methods for single-axis tracking via sky imaging and machine leanring comprising a neural network to determine an angular position of a photovoltaic power system
    Patent number: 11823409
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for solar tracking and controlling an angular position of a photovoltaic power system. The solar tracking system includes an imaging device for capturing images of the sky; a solar position data generating module; and a control system comprising a neural network. The neural network has multiple convolutional layers to generate a first output associated with the images, and a solar position data module. A first dense layer module receives the solar position data and generates a second output. A second dense layer module receives the first output and the second output and generates a concatenated data sequence. A processor is programmed to generate a multi-planar irradiance signal (MPIS) in response to the concatenated data sequence, and determine an angular position of the PV power system and adjust the angular position in response to an angle of maximum irradiance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Stein, Jennifer Lee Braid, Benjamin Garrett Pierce, Daniel Riley
  • Virtual agent conducting interactive testing
    Patent number: 11823592
    Abstract: The disclosed system and method focus on automatically generating questions from input of written text and/or audio transcripts (e.g., learning materials) to aid in teaching people through testing their knowledge about information they have previously been presented with. These questions may be presented to an end user via a conversational system (e.g., virtual agent or chatbot). The user can iterate through each question, provide feedback for the question, attempt to answer the question, and/or get an answer score for each answer. The disclosed system and method can generate questions tailored to a particular subject by using teaching materials as input. The disclosed system and method can further curate the questions based on various conditions to ensure that the questions are automatically selected and arranged in an order that best suits the subject taught and the learner answering the questions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Roshni Ramesh Ramnani, Shubhashis Sengupta, Saurabh Agrawal
  • Access agnostic delivery of broadcast, multicast, or unicast content
    Patent number: 11825384
    Abstract: A user equipment transmits a request to configure a first network to transmit complementary content associated with multicast or broadcast content received at the user equipment from a second network. In some cases, the request is transmitted in response to the user equipment detecting that a quality of a signal received from the second network is below a threshold. In response to receiving the request, the first network is configured to transmit the complementary content. The complementary content is transmitted from the first network concurrently with transmitting the multicast or broadcast content from the second network. The user equipment combines the complementary content received from the first network with the multicast or broadcast content received from the second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventor: Athul Prasad
  • Patient imaging bed
    Patent number: D1005492
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Ansgar Graw
  • Grow light
    Patent number: D1005554
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Lighting Solutions Group LLC
    Inventors: Gerald Lauck, Ricky Nathans