Patents Examined by Brian Ngo
  • Patent number: 11960808
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for deriving resistance, inductance, and capacitance (RLC) values of an RLC equivalent circuit model associated with a fireset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Ciarra Villa, Gabriel Soto
  • Patent number: 11960812
    Abstract: Pathways between reference locations in a physical system are generated based on a layout table. Nodes and edges of the directed graph are associated with cell locations of the layout table. The cell locations define features of the reference locations. Parameters of the nodes and edges are defined based on descriptors recalled from the cells associated with the nodes and edges. The nodes and edges are configured based on the descriptors. Path data regarding potential pathways is generated based on the defined nodes and edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Insight Direct USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Griffin
  • Patent number: 11958366
    Abstract: A device operates an electrical energy store for supplying components of an electrically operable motor vehicle, wherein operating limits are defined in each case for one or more characteristic variables of the energy store. A control unit prevents the operating limits from being exceeded during normal operation of the energy store. The device has an interface for receiving a user-side request message from an apparatus, the request message including change information about an intended shift in the operating limit of at least one of the characteristic variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Jan Philipp Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11960814
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a wafer searching method and device. The method includes: obtaining a target wafer and a reference wafer; determining a first specific area in the target wafer, and obtaining a first significant distribution feature of the first specific area; determining a second specific area in the reference wafer, and obtaining a second significant distribution feature of the second specific area; in response to determining that the first significant distribution feature corresponds to the second significant distribution feature, estimating a fail pattern similarity between the first specific area and the second specific area; in response to determining that the fail pattern similarity is greater than a threshold, providing the reference wafer as a search result corresponding to the target wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Jr-Rung Shiu, Ching-Ly Yueh, Pao-Ju Pao
  • Patent number: 11955612
    Abstract: A power storage system with excellent characteristics is provided. A power storage system with a high degree of safety is provided. A power storage system with less deterioration is provided. A storage battery with excellent characteristics is provided. The power storage system includes a neural network and a storage battery. The neural network includes an input layer, an output layer, and one or more hidden layers between the input layer and the output layer. The predetermined hidden layer is connected to the previous hidden layer or the previous input layer by a predetermined weight coefficient, and connected to the next hidden layer or the next output layer by a predetermined weight coefficient. In the storage battery, voltage and time at which the voltage is obtained are measured as one of sets of data. The sets of data measured at different times are input to the input layer and the operational condition of the storage battery is changed in accordance with a signal output from the output layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Kuriki, Ryota Tajima, Kouhei Toyotaka, Hideaki Shishido, Toshiyuki Isa
  • Patent number: 11949251
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a wearable device having a wireless power receiving system that may inductively receive or transmit power. The wireless power receiving system includes a receiver coil having a profile that follows a contour of a bottom cover of the wearable device. A transmitter coil from a wireless charging device has a complementary profile that mates with the profile defined by the receiver coil. In one example, the wireless power receiving system includes a shielding, and a receiver coil attached to the shielding. The receiver coil further includes an inner wall and an outer wall connected by a top surface of a coil body. The inner wall defines a center opening in the receiver coil, wherein the receiver coil is conical in shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Qi Tian, Liang Jia, Tressa Christie Scott, Srikanth Lakshmikanthan
  • Patent number: 11947390
    Abstract: A case for an eyewear device includes a body defining an opening leading to a storage chamber that is sized for retaining the eyewear device. A cover depends from the body and is movable between an open position, in which the opening is exposed, and a closed position, in which the opening is covered by the cover. A battery is mounted to the body for charging the eyewear device. A detector is positioned on either the body or the cover for detecting when the cover is in the open position or the closed position. A display displays a charge state of the battery when the cover is in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: John Bernard Ardisana, II, Emily Lauren Clopp, Teodor Dabov, Mathias Hintermann, Jinwoo Kim, Jun Lin, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
  • Patent number: 11941340
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include methods, systems, and computer program products for integrated circuit development using cross-hierarchy antenna condition verification. A method includes obtaining a design of a hierarchical macro distributed between multiple files for an integrated circuit and analyzing, by a design verification tool, a route between at least one child macro and at least one pin of the hierarchical macro as defined in the files. The method further includes determining, by the design verification tool, a plurality of connection characteristics of the at least one child macro and the at least one pin forming the route and calculating, by the design verification tool, an antenna condition for the route based on the connection characteristics. The design of the hierarchical macro is adjusted to remove a violation of an antenna rule based on determining that the antenna condition of the route violates the antenna rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Alexander Bowen, Gerald L Strevig, III, Amanda Christine Venton, Robert Mahlon Averill, III, Adam P. Matheny, David Wolpert, Mitchell R. DeHond
  • Patent number: 11942804
    Abstract: A system for wirelessly transmitting power between a mobile device and a locking device is provided. In one embodiment power is wirelessly transmitted from the locking device to the mobile device. In another embodiment power is wirelessly transmitted from the mobile device to the locking device. In both embodiments power is transmitted wirelessly when the storage of power is below a critical level in one of the devices (e.g., the mobile device or the locking device). When the power is at a critical level the device (e.g., mobile device or locking device) may not be able to complete a function (e.g., transmit an access credential or actuate a mechanical or electronic lock). As such, wirelessly transmitting power between the mobile device and the locking device may enable the function to be completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: Yuri Novozhenets
  • Patent number: 11940494
    Abstract: A system on chip includes a one-time programmable (OTP) memory configured to store secure data, an OTP controller including at least one shadow register configured to read the secure data from the OTP memory and to store the secure data, a power management unit configured to receive an operation mode signal from an external device and to output test mode information indicating whether an operation mode is a test mode according to the operation mode signal and a test valid signal corresponding to the secure data, and a test circuit configured to receive the test mode information from the power management unit, to receive test data from the external device, and to output a scan mode signal and a test mode signal according to the test data and a test deactivation signal, wherein the test deactivation signal corresponds to development state data indicating a chip development state in the secure data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woohyun Son, Kiseok Bae
  • Patent number: 11942803
    Abstract: A method of executing charge and discharge cycles with a battery cell where the discharge level is as low as zero detectable volts without substantial damage to the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HHeLi, LLC
    Inventor: Paige L. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11942809
    Abstract: A charger system comprising a charging station including a plurality of nests for chargers is described. Each of the plurality of nests is designed to partially eject the charger when instructed to do so, and further comprises a nest lock to lock in the charger into the nest when not ejecting. The charger system interacting with a user account, enabling a user to request the charger, wherein the charger is ejected from the nest for a valid request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Juize, Inc.
    Inventors: Mukhabbatov Nasim Khokimovich, Alex Freed, John Mark Sutton, Øivind Alexander Slaatto
  • Patent number: 11941484
    Abstract: A quantum contextual measurement is generated from a quantum device capable of performing continuous time evolution, by generating a first measurement result and a second measurement result and combining the first measurement result and the second measurement result to generate the quantum contextual measurement. The first measurement result may be generated by initializing the quantum device to a first initial quantum state, applying a first continuous time evolution to the first initial state to generate a first evolved state, and measuring the first evolved state to generate the first measurement result. A similar process may be applied to generate a second evolved state which is at least approximately equal to the first evolved state, and then applying another continuous time evolution to the second evolved state to generate a third evolved state, and measuring the third evolved state to generate the second measurement result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Zapata Computing, Inc.
    Inventors: Yudong Cao, Christopher J Savoie
  • Patent number: 11934759
    Abstract: A parameter candidate for a semiconductor element is provided. A data set of measurement data is provided to a parameter extraction portion, and a model parameter is extracted. A first netlist is provided to a circuit simulator, simulation is performed using the first netlist and the model parameter, and a first output result is output. A classification model learns the model parameter and the first output result and classifies the model parameter. A second netlist and a model parameter are provided to the circuit simulator. A variable to be adjusted is supplied to a neural network, an action value function is output, and the variable is updated. The circuit simulator performs simulation using the second netlist and the model parameter. When a second output result to be output does not satisfy conditions, a weight coefficient of the neural network is updated. When the second output result satisfies the conditions, the variable is judged to be the best candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Oguni, Takeshi Osada, Takahiro Fukutome
  • Patent number: 11932128
    Abstract: A charge/discharge device includes an electrical energy storage device, an electric power receiver, an electric power generator, electric power outputters, and a controller. The electric power receiver receives a charging power from a charger for charging an electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Inoue
  • Patent number: 11928500
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide for multi-threaded network routing of a circuit design based on partitioning networks of the circuit design, which can enable partitioning routing tasks for the circuit design. More particularly, some embodiments iteratively partition networks of a circuit design into groups of networks, which enable various embodiments to schedule routing tasks for those groups of networks to available threads such that no two networks of the circuit design with overlapping routing regions are routed at the same time, and such that idle time of each thread (e.g., time where thread has no work or is waiting for another thread to finish) can be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Wing-Kai Chow, Mehmet Can Yildiz
  • Patent number: 11927627
    Abstract: A system for data creation, storage, analysis, and training while margin testing includes a margin test generator coupled through an interface to a Device Under Test (DUT). The margin test generator is structured to modify test signals for testing the DUT during one or more testing states of a test session to create testing results. The testing results are stored in a data repository along with a DUT identifier of the DUT tested during the test session. A comparator determine whether any results of the DUT test results match a predictive outcome that is based from an analysis of previous DUT tests. If so, a message generator produces an indication that the tested DUT matched the predictive outcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel S. Froelich, Sam J. Strickling
  • Patent number: 11912147
    Abstract: A system may mitigate leakage currents in non-isolated charging stations for electric vehicles. The system may include a bank of one or more parallel capacitors per phase electrically coupled to an AC voltage source, wherein a neutral point of the one or more parallel capacitors is electrically coupled to a DC ground; a bank of one or more inductors per phase electrically coupled to the one or more parallel capacitors, wherein each inductor is in series with and downstream from one capacitor; a rectifier electrically coupled to and downstream from the one or more parallel inductors, wherein the rectifier converts the AC voltage source to a DC voltage for supply to a battery; a DC bus electrically coupled to the rectifier; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to mitigate leakage currents by controlling a voltage of at least one of the bank of one or more parallel capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Longmax Corporation LTD.
    Inventors: William-Michael Eull, Liwei Zhou, Weizhong Wang, Gangqi Cen, Matthias Preindl
  • Patent number: 11907635
    Abstract: A modeling circuit of a field effect transistor includes a first field effect transistor, a first bipolar transistor, a second bipolar transistor and a substrate resistor. The first bipolar transistor has a collector electrode connected to a first node corresponding to a first electrode of the first field effect transistor, an emitter electrode connected to a second node corresponding to a second electrode of the first field effect transistor, and a base electrode. The second bipolar transistor has a collector electrode connected to the second node, an emitter electrode connected to the first node, and a base electrode connected to the base electrode of the first bipolar transistor. The substrate resistor is connected between the base electrodes of the first and second bipolar transistors and a first surface of a semiconductor substrate on which the first field effect transistor is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seongjin Mun, Kiyoung Moon, Hyein Lee
  • Patent number: 11897350
    Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a vehicle-side charging contact assembly coupled to a battery, a steerable drive wheel defining a drive wheel track width W, and a pair of load wheels defining a load wheel gap G between the pair of load wheels that is larger than the drive wheel track width W. A charging station includes a pair of floor-side charging contacts configured to transfer charging current to the vehicle-side charging contact assembly. The pair of floor-side charging contacts define an inner contact spacing S1 that is larger than the drive wheel track width W, and an outer contact spacing S2 that is larger than the inner contact spacing S1 and smaller than the load wheel gap G to permit passage of the steerable drive wheel between the floor-side charging contacts, followed by passage of the pair of load wheels outside of the floor-side charging contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Florian Trautner, Robert Shearrer, Stefan Hannemann, Kevin Gilliland, Adam Wietholter