Patents Examined by A. Chang
  • Patent number: 11986225
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for bone stabilization, especially ulna head stabilization. The stabilization system may include a bone plate having an elongated portion extending along a longitudinal axis between a proximal end and a distal end. The bone plate defines a plurality of through holes extending through the elongated portion. A plurality of fasteners are configured to extend through one or more of the plurality of through holes in the bone plate and configured to secure the bone plate to the bone. The proximal end of the elongate portion has an arcuate configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Gabrielle Zingalis, Peter Evans, Evan Langdale, Joseph DePaul, Barclay Davis, Andrew Davison, Michelle Gray, David Laird, Jr., Stephanie Wolfe
  • Patent number: 11989656
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include systems and methods to obtain meta features of a dataset for training in a deep learning application. A method includes selecting an initial search space that defines a type of deep learning architecture representation that specifies hyperparameters for two or more neural network architectures. The method also includes applying a search strategy to the initial search space. One of the two or more neural network architectures are selected based on a result of an evaluation according to the search strategy. A new search space is generated with new hyperparameters using an evolutionary algorithm and a mutation type that defines one or more changes in the hyperparameters specified by the initial search space, and, based on the mutation type, the new hyperparameters are applied to the one of the two or more neural networks or the search strategy is applied to the new search space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chao Xue, Yonggang Hu, Lin Dong, Ke Wei Sun
  • Patent number: 11989326
    Abstract: A compute instance may be configured to extract a feature of a data instance accessed by the compute instance, generate an anonymized feature value for the feature of the data instance, include the anonymized feature value in a feature vector corresponding to the data instance, and transmit the feature vector to a server-based computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Sophos Limited
    Inventors: Joseph H. Levy, Kenneth D. Ray, Joshua Daniel Saxe
  • Patent number: 11990367
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a structure including an upper insulating material overlying a lower insulating material, a conductive element underlying the lower insulating material, and a conductive material comprising a metal line and a contact. The conductive material extends from an upper surface of the upper insulating material to an upper surface of the conductive element. The structure also comprises a liner material adjacent the metal line. A width of an uppermost surface of the conductive material of the metal line external to the contact is relatively less than a width of an uppermost surface of the conductive material of the contact. Related methods, memory devices, and electronic systems are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaosong Zhang, Yongjun J. Hu, David A. Kewley, Md Zahid Hossain, Michael J. Irwin, Daniel Billingsley, Suresh Ramarajan, Robert J. Hanson, Biow Hiem Ong, Keen Wah Chow
  • Patent number: 11991037
    Abstract: A device may receive alarm data identifying alarms associated with an occurrence of an event, and may identify, from the alarm data, a set of alarms that include false positives. The device may perform feature engineering on the set of alarms to extract features from a feature store and may train a model with the features to generate a trained model. The device may process the alarm data, with the trained model, to determine rules for reducing a quantity of future alarms that include the false positives, and may identify, from the rules for reducing the quantity of future alarms, a set of rules that satisfy a threshold for reducing the quantity of future alarms. The device may perform one or more actions based on the set of rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Bharatwaaj Shankar, Srinivasarao Valluru, Ria V. Sijo
  • Patent number: 11990815
    Abstract: A canned rotodynamic flow machine (1) configured for operating with a working fluid such as molten salt of a molten salt nuclear reactor. The stator windings are formed by one or more electrically conductive solid bars (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Copenhagen Atomics A/S
    Inventors: Aslak Stubsgaard, Thomas Jam Pedersen, Thomas Steenberg
  • Patent number: 11986544
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to previously identified inhibitors of cAMP efflux (ICE) and their use in treating/masking body odor, inhibiting, reducing and/or eliminating hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating), tanning skin or protecting skin before and/or after exposure to the sun as well as for treating certain skin conditions, in one embodiment, the invention provides a method for inhibiting body odor, a condition that is characterized by an unpleasant odor from the products of the microbial sweat degradation. By inhibiting the efflux of the precursor compounds that are degraded, novel compounds are capable of preventing unwanted odors. Deodorant compositions that employ this new approach for the control of bodily odor are provided, ICE compounds can also be used as components, of cosmetic formulations including tanning and after-sun formulations, formulations for skin conditions as described herein and other cosmetic formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS
    Inventors: Dominique Renee Perez, Larry A. Sklar, Alexandre Chigaev
  • Patent number: 11987855
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for determining the steel-tapping quantity of a converter, which consider that the working environment of the steel-making process of the converter is severe, the measurement is difficult and the interference of other factors is large, and provide a data-driven prediction model based on data, combine a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) with a RBF neural network, find the relation and the internal relation among variables by carrying out mathematical analysis on the related internal structure of the original variables, can quickly and accurately realize the prediction of the steel-tapping quantity of the converter, improve the component hit rate and the product stability in the steel-making process of the converter, are beneficial to realizing the control of narrow regions of steel-making components, save the alloying cost and have good application prospects in the field of ferrous metallurgy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING
    Inventors: Yanping Bao, Ruixuan Zheng, Lihua Zhao
  • Patent number: 11989626
    Abstract: A technique for generating a performance prediction of a machine learning model with uncertainty intervals includes obtaining a first model configured to perform a task and a production dataset. At least one metric predicting a performance of the first model at performing the task on the production dataset is generated using a second model. The second model is a meta-model associated with the first model. At least one value predicting an uncertainty of the at least one metric predicting the performance of the first model at performing the task on the production dataset is generated using a third model. The third model is a meta-meta-model associated with the second model. An indication of the at least one metric and the at least one value is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Richard Arnold, Benjamin Tyler Elder, Jiri Navratil, Ganesh Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 11991342
    Abstract: A method for training a depth estimation model and methods for use thereof are described. Images are acquired and input into a depth model to extract a depth map for each of the plurality of images based on parameters of the depth model. The method includes inputting the images into a pose decoder to extract a pose for each image. The method includes generating a plurality of synthetic frames based on the depth map and the pose for each image. The method includes calculating a loss value with an input scale occlusion and motion aware loss function based on a comparison of the synthetic frames and the images. The method includes adjusting the plurality of parameters of the depth model based on the loss value. The trained model can receive an image of a scene and generate a depth map of the scene according to the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: NIANTIC, INC.
    Inventors: Clément Godard, Oisin MacAodha, Michael Firman, Gabriel J. Brostow
  • Patent number: 11991798
    Abstract: Disclosed are a temperature sampling device and method, a temperature protection device and method, and a lighting system. The temperature sampling device comprises: a temperature measurement unit and a signal processing unit, the temperature measurement unit having a measurement end and configured to change its own resistance under the influence of an ambient temperature change of a circuit to be protected, and the signal processing unit being coupled to the measurement end and configured to limit a measurement signal in the temperature measurement unit that is influenced by a resistance change so as to output a temperature sampling signal corresponding to the resistance change, wherein the temperature sampling signal is generated under the condition that the measurement signal is limited. The temperature sampling device and method, the temperature protection device and method, and the lighting system have simple structure and low costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lin Zhou, Aiming Xiong
  • Patent number: 11990914
    Abstract: In described examples, a first clock generator generates an output clock signal in response to an input reference signal and in response to a feedback signal that is generated in response to the output clock signal. A code generator generates a code in response to the input reference signal. A loss detector generates an indication of a loss of the input reference signal in response to the feedback signal and at least two codes generated by the code generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shailesh Ganapat Ghotgalkar, Wei Fu, Venkatseema Das
  • Patent number: 11990573
    Abstract: A light emitting device including a fluorescent material with reduced hue, and a method of manufacturing the light emitting device are provided. A light emitting device 100 includes: a light emitting element 1; a first light-transmissive member 3 covering the light emitting element 1; and a light diffusing member 5 contained in the first light-transmissive member 3. The light diffusing member 5 includes hollow particles. The surface of the first light-transmissive member 3 has irregular shapes attributed to the light diffusing member 5. The first light-transmissive member 3 is covered with a second light-transmissive member 4. The second light-transmissive member 4 has a convex structure in which the center is the uppermost point. The irregular shapes attributed to the light diffusing member 5 are covered with the second light-transmissive member 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoichi Kashihara, Masanobu Sato
  • Patent number: 11990953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light trunking system, comprising: at least one trunking rail (6) for fastening components (7 . . . 13) of the light trunking system (1) to the trunking rail (6); electrical lines (L3, L4), which run in the trunking rail (6) and can be contacted by the components (7 . . . 13) in order to supply power to the components (7 . . . 13); a data terminal (D1, D2) for receiving data; and a first adapter (16), which is connected to the electrical lines (L3, L4) and to the data terminal and is designed to transmit data received by the data terminal (D1, D2) to a second adapter (17) via the electrical lines (L3, L4) by means of a modulation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Zumtobel Lighting GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Machate, Gerald Ladstätter
  • Patent number: 11982863
    Abstract: A camera actuator comprises: a fixed-side member; a movable-side member provided so as to be displaced in relation to the fixed-side member, the movable-side member holding a lens unit; and a drive unit that generates drive force to displace the movable-side member within a plane including a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the drive unit generating as drive force a combined force obtained by combining a propulsion force that displaces the movable-side member in a specified direction that is either the first direction or the second direction, and a resistance force that resists an external force acting so as to cause the movable-side member to deviate from the specified direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Saito, Keiichi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11982590
    Abstract: An optimized method of monitoring a circuit breaker containing a gas with at least one gas characteristic providing a numerical value includes the steps of a) collecting a dataset referring to the at least one gas characteristic inside the circuit breaker, wherein the dataset contains the numerical value of the at least one gas characteristic during a specific condition or specific time of the day, b) calculation of a standard deviation of the at least one gas characteristic of the datasets of at least 3 days of the last 10 days, c) comparing the standard deviation of the gas pressure with a predefined threshold value, and d) triggering a first action in case the standard deviation exceeds the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Oscar Javier Rivera Claro
  • Patent number: 11983350
    Abstract: A display device comprises first and second pixels, a light-emitting layer, color conversion layers, and color filter layers, the light-emitting layer comprising first and second light-emitting elements in the first and second pixels, wherein the color conversion layers comprise first and second color conversion layers in the first and second pixels, the color filter layers comprise first and second color filter layers in the first and second pixels, the first and second light-emitting elements emit first light having a central wavelength range of a first wavelength, the first and second color conversion layers contain color conversion particles converting the first light into second light having a central wavelength range of a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength, the first color filter layer transmits the first light and blocks the second light, and the second color filter layer transmits the second light and blocks transmission of the first light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Hyuk Kang, Hyun Min Cho, Dae Hyun Kim, Hyun Deok Im
  • Patent number: 11982948
    Abstract: A method for determining a center of a radiation spot irradiated on a surface by a sensor, the sensor including a radiation source and a detector. The method includes: emitting, with the radiation source, a first emitted radiation beam onto the surface to create the radiation spot on the surface, wherein at least a part of a target arranged at the surface is irradiated by the radiation spot; receiving, with the detector, a first reflected radiation beam at least including radiation from the radiation spot reflected by the target; detecting the presence of the target based on the first reflected radiation beam; determining a first measured position of the target based on the first reflected radiation beam; and determining a center of the radiation spot as projected on the surface in at least a first direction based on the first measured position of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventor: Mihaita Popinciuc
  • Patent number: 11983281
    Abstract: One example method includes receiving, by a backup appliance, a request concerning a dataset, performing, by the backup appliance, an inquiry to determine if end-to-end encryption is enabled for a volume of a target storage array, receiving, by the backup appliance, confirmation from the storage array that end-to-end encryption is enabled for the volume, and based on the confirmation that end-to-end encryption is enabled for the volume, storing the dataset in the volume without performing encryption, compression, or deduplication, of the dataset prior to storage of the dataset in the volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Jehuda Shemer, Arieh Don, Krishna Deepak Nuthakki
  • Patent number: 11981711
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions, systems, kits, and methods for treating nervous system injuries caused by trauma or neurodegeneration or aging in a subject by administering a CSPG or SOCS3 reduction peptide (CRP and SRP respectively), or a nucleic acid sequence encoding the CRP or SRP, wherein both the CRP and SRP comprise a cell membrane penetrating domain, and a lysosome targeting domain, and the CRP further comprises a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG) binding domain, and the SRP further comprises a suppressor of cytokine signaling-3 (SOCS3) binding domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventors: Yu-Shang Lee, Ching-Yi Lin