Patents Examined by A. Ortiz
  • Patent number: 11942788
    Abstract: Example embodiments of systems, devices, and methods are provided herein for energy systems having multiple modules arranged in cascaded fashion for storing power from one or more photovoltaic sources. Each module includes an energy source and converter circuitry that selectively couples the energy source to other modules in the system over an AC interface for generating AC power or for receiving and storing power from a charge source. Each module also includes a DC interface for receiving power from one or more photovoltaic sources. Each module can be controlled by control system to route power from the photovoltaic source to that modules energy source or to the AC interface. The energy systems can be arranged in single phase or multiphase topologies with multiple serial or interconnected arrays. The energy systems can be arranged such that each module receives power from the same single photovoltaic source, or multiple photovoltaic sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TAE Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikhail Slepchenkov, Roozbeh Naderi
  • Patent number: 11942084
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining that artificial commands, in excess of a threshold value, are detected by multiple voice activated electronic devices is described herein. In some embodiments, numerous voice activated electronic devices may send audio data representing a phrase to a backend system at a substantially same time. Text data representing the phrase, and counts for instances of that text data, may be generated. If the number of counts exceeds a predefined threshold, the backend system may cause any remaining response generation functionality that particular command that is in excess of the predefined threshold to be stopped, and those devices returned to a sleep state. In some embodiments, a sound profile unique to the phrase that caused the excess of the predefined threshold may be generated such that future instances of the same phrase may be recognized prior to text data being generated, conserving the backend system's resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Wills Wightman, Naresh Narayanan, Daniel Robert Rashid
  • Patent number: 11933214
    Abstract: Provided is a multi-chamber reservoir assembly. The assembly comprises a substantially torus-shaped housing defining an interior volume. The interior volume is subdivided with at least two sets of interior walls to define a plurality of fluid chambers. The plurality of fluid chambers are independent and separately operable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ABC TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Richard Allan
  • Patent number: 11932296
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for determining ancillary subdivision/districts may include obtaining track data associated with one or more railroads operating one or more subdivisions/districts over which the train may travel, determining an ancillary subdivision/district of the one or more subdivisions/districts that are not included in the track data by any of the one or more railroads, receiving track data for the railroad associated with the ancillary subdivision/district, and communicating with one or more wayside interface units in the ancillary subdivision/district based on the track data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ann K. Grimm, Rebecca W. Dreasher
  • Patent number: 11934987
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for incrementally adjusting a supply chain plan. The system includes a database operable to store data associated with one or more supply chain entities and a server system coupled with the database. The server system receives one or more perturbations in supply chain plan inputs from one or more of the supply chain entities, wherein the perturbations are received during a period of time separating a supply chain planning session from a subsequent supply chain planning session and accesses the data stored in the database associated with the one or more supply chain entities. The server system also incrementally and optimally adjusts the supply chain plan based on the one or more received perturbations and the data stored in the database and communicates the incrementally adjusted supply chain plan to the one or more supply chain entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Blue Yonder Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Anand Iyer
  • Patent number: 11935010
    Abstract: Systems and methods directed to formulating and suggesting a subject line based on content of an email message are provided. More specifically, content corresponding to one or more portions of an email may be received, where the content may be utilized to determine one or more email topics and at least one intent of the email. An intent of the email may correspond to whether an action is to be performed, whether a question is presented, whether a request for time is present, and/or any other request on the part of the recipient or the sender. Based on the intent of the email and the one or more topics, a subject line suggestion may be formulated and presented to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Kalyan Ayloo
  • Patent number: 11934371
    Abstract: A data processing method includes: generating a service serial number for a target service according to a preset naming rule; obtaining service data of the target service; obtaining a target data table from a plurality of pre-configured data tables, according to the service serial number; and storing the service data to the target data table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NETSUNION CLEARING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiang Lu, Jianjiang Xu, Yantao Gao, Wenbin Nie, Qin Huang, Yu Yang, Qiang Zhang, Lei Fan, Chao Zuo
  • Patent number: 11932450
    Abstract: A screw containment system is disclosed including a caddy, a first screw, an adhesive substance, and a cover. The caddy includes a plurality of recesses including a first recess extending from a first opening towards a second surface of the caddy. The first recess is sized to accept a screw therein and includes a counterbore at a distal end. The first screw is removably disposed in the first recess such that the screw head shoulder sits on an upper surface of the counterbore with the shank disposed in an inner recess of the counterbore. The adhesive substance is disposed within the drive of the first screw, the adhesive substance being configured to temporarily couple two objects together. The cover is removably coupled to the first surface of the caddy such that, while the cover is coupled to the first surface, the first screw held within the first recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventors: Bryan Barnes, Jaime Dodge
  • Patent number: 11935519
    Abstract: Implementations can receive, at a computing device, audio data corresponding to a spoken utterance of a user, process the audio data to generate, for one or more parts of the spoken utterance, a plurality of speech hypotheses, select a given one of the speech hypotheses, cause the given one of the speech hypotheses to be incorporated as a portion of a transcription associated with the software application, and store the plurality of speech hypotheses. In some implementations, the plurality of speech hypotheses can be loaded at an additional computing device when the transcription is accessed at the additional computing device. In additional or alternative implementations, the plurality of speech hypotheses can be loaded into memory of the computing device when the software application is reactivated and/or when a subsequent dialog session associated with the transcription is initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Victor Carbune
  • Patent number: 11935527
    Abstract: Implementations relate to generating a proficiency measure, and utilizing the proficiency measure to adapt one or more automated assistant functionalities. The generated proficiency measure is for a particular class of automated assistant actions, and is specific to an assistant device and/or is specific to a particular user. A generated proficiency measure for a class can reflect a degree of proficiency, of a user and/or of an assistant device, for that class. Various automated assistant functionalities can be adapted, for a particular class, responsive to determining the proficiency measure satisfies a threshold, or fails to satisfy the threshold (or an alternate threshold). The adaptation(s) can make automated assistant processing more efficient and/or improve (e.g., shorten the duration of) user-assistant interaction(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Victor Carbune
  • Patent number: 11925586
    Abstract: A surgical platform and trolley assembly and an interface of a robotic system are provided. The surgical platform and trolley assembly includes a trolley portion and a surgical platform portion. The trolley portion supports the surgical platform portion, and affords positioning and repositioning of the surgical platform portion relative to the interface of the robotic system. An end portion of the surgical platform portion is attachable relative to the robotic system via engagement to the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MAZOR ROBOTICS LTD.
    Inventors: Roy K. Lim, Arik A. Levy, Katharine E. Darling, Mark C. Dace, Yonatan Ushpizin
  • Patent number: 11926453
    Abstract: A sealed container for the storage of a plurality of articles comprising an open topped receptacle having a lip that defines an opening through which the articles may pass into and from said receptacle and closure means, including a cover that is hingedly connected to the receptacle and which is sealably connected to the receptacle, for closing the opening. The receptacle also includes a flap that is hingedly connected to the cover and wherein the flap in one position is adapted to overly the cover and wherein information relating to the contents of the container is displayed on the cover and on the flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: DAA IP Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Garry Boyd
  • Patent number: 11926466
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-lifting supply container that includes a movable tray, guides fastened to the movable tray, and container walls with tracks cut therethrough. The movable tray fits within the container walls allowing the movable tray to slide up and down the tracks. Elastic bands pass over pulleys that are secured to the container bottom and the guides. In operation, the weight of a supply material added to the movable tray causes the movable tray to descend into the container tower, tensioning the elastic bands and removing a portion of the supply material, reducing weight on the movable tray causes the movable tray to partially ascend the container tower keeping the supply material accessible to a user proximate to the container top regardless of the amount of the supply material remaining on the movable tray within the self-lifting supply container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventors: Justin Vida, Pamela Vida
  • Patent number: 11922389
    Abstract: A payment terminal includes a camera configured to capture an image, a card slot for inserting a contact type IC card, and a panel arrangement surface on which a touch panel is arranged. A lens of the camera, the card slot, and the panel arrangement surface are arranged in order in the height direction from a placement surface of the payment terminal. The panel arrangement surface is oriented obliquely upward toward a user positioned in front of the card slot. An optical axis direction of the lens is obliquely upward toward the user, and the lens is provided closer to the user than the card slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyohei Kida, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Yasuji Wakiyama, Takeyuki Sasaki, Kohei Takada
  • Patent number: 11918127
    Abstract: The safe bassinet includes a left support frame, a right support frame and a sleeping basket frame, where the top of the left support frame and the top of the right support frame are respectively provided with a left bending rod and a right bending rod; the sleeping basket frame is provided between the left bending rod and the right bending rod; the sleeping basket frame is covered with a cloth cover; a left end and a right end of the sleeping basket frame are respectively provided with a left slider and a right slider; a right end of the left bending rod and a left end of the right bending rod are respectively provided with a left fixed block and a right fixed block; the left slider and the right slider are respectively slidable up and down relative to the left fixed block and the right fixed block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: XIAMEN BABY PRETTY PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jianbo Yang
  • Patent number: 11923704
    Abstract: A computer implemented method includes accessing a first status of a first battery pack interface coupled to a load via a first load switch and accessing a second status of a second battery pack interface coupled to the load via a second load switch. The first status and the second status are compared and the first and second load switches are controlled based on the comparing to balance remaining capacities of the first and second battery packs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: James Chester Meador, Daniel Tsuteh Chian, Julian Arlo Binder, Meera Radhakrishnan
  • Patent number: 11919691
    Abstract: A thermoplastic flexible package includes a first non-shrinkable panel, an opposing second non-shrinkable panel, a first shrinkable panel and an opposing a second shrinkable panel. The panels are connected longitudinally with panel seals. The first non-shrinkable panel and the second non-shrinkable panel each forms a gusset. A first seal connects the first shrinkable panel and the second shrinkable panel in the transverse direction at or near the upper edges. A second seal that opposes the first seal connects the first and second non-shrinkable panels and the first and shrinkable panels in the transverse direction at or near the lower edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AMCOR FLEXIBLES NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Jamie L. Schuberth, Jay D. Hodson, Jeffrey J. Smits
  • Patent number: 11919662
    Abstract: A constellation of many satellites provide communication between devices such as user terminals (UTs) and ground stations that are connected to other networks, such as the Internet. A constellation management system (CMS) facilitates management and operation of the satellites in the constellation and facilitates information exchange with other authorized systems to provide for situationally aware operation. The CMS may ingest data such as satellite telemetry, space weather data, object ephemeris data about other orbital objects, and so forth. The CMS uses the ingested data to automatically operate satellites to perform routine activities such as station keeping maneuvers, maintenance activities, interference mitigation, and so forth. Confirmation from a human operator may be obtained before performing some activities. Activities may be planned and coordinated to minimize resource consumption for the individual satellite as well as the constellation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jason A. Rhoads, Darren Andrew Schumacher
  • Patent number: 11918517
    Abstract: A cover system for selectively blocking insertion of unauthorized objects through an aperture of a restraint mount of a patient support apparatus is provided. The cover system includes a cover and an instrument having an interface. The cover includes a brace and a restrictor coupled to the brace. The brace attaches to the patient support apparatus adjacent to the aperture and the restrictor operates in a restrict mode blocks access to the aperture and a permit mode where the restrictor permits access to the aperture. The cover also includes a lock mechanism, which includes a keeper movable between a locked state where movement of the restrictor is inhibited and an unlocked state where movement of the restrictor is permitted. The keeper moves from the locked state to the unlocked state in response to selective engagement between the interface of the instrument and a receiver of the lock mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Michael W. Graves, Matthew A. Cutler, Anish Paul, Christopher Ryan Sweeney
  • Patent number: 11919674
    Abstract: Multi-piece nestable basket sets are disclosed. In some embodiments, the basket sets comprise a handle component and a basket component. The present disclosure describes a system of shipping the components separately and assembling the components into a basket set prior to retail sale to customers. Exemplary basket components are configured to allow a first basket component to nest within a second basket component. In some embodiments, the basket sets herein can provide a centrally-located handle so that the set may be carried with one hand. A connecting mechanism is described wherein a handle component is connected to a basket component to create an integrated basket set that resists disassembly. Multiple embodiments of connecting mechanisms are described. One exemplary connecting mechanism comprises a handle component having two flanges that snap onto the base of a basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: American Accessories International LLC
    Inventor: David Zeanah