Patents Examined by Jason Lin
  • Patent number: 12384224
    Abstract: A programmable controller stores operational data for a number of embedded functions in multiple vehicles from a known manufacturer and is programmable to operation in a selected vehicle among the multiple vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: RB Distribution, Inc.
    Inventors: John Peter Paul, Venkataramani Kumar
  • Patent number: 12377493
    Abstract: Laser cutting systems and methods are described herein. Systems may include a laser, an optical component, a fixture for holding a dental appliance, and a controller. A cut path for trimming excess material from the dental appliance may be derived from a virtual cut path in a virtual version of the dental appliance. The excess material may be trimmed from the dental appliance along the cut path with the laser while adjusting a laser energy applied to the dental appliance to reduce a brittleness at an edge of the cut path. Adjusting the applied laser energy may include adjusting one or more of: a power of the laser, an optical component of the laser to adjust a focal length of the laser, and a relative orientation of the laser with respect to the dental appliance in at least three axes of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Culp
  • Patent number: 12379708
    Abstract: Systems methods for computer-aided machining includes A) providing a material batch with an undetermined machinability to a machining tool, B) specifying a set of machining conditions having a machining speed, C) inserting a tool that has a predetermined type and a predetermined wear into the machining tool, D) machining the material batch with the machining tool, monitoring wear of the inserted tool during the machining, and determining a first tool life of the tool, E) repeating Steps B, C and D to determine a second tool life, while setting a different machining speed in Step B and inserting a tool of the same type in Step C, F) determining coefficients of a model associated with the material batch, based on the machining speed, the different machining speed, the first and the second tool life, and G) determining machinability of the material batch based on the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Benjamin Samuel Lutz
  • Patent number: 12377731
    Abstract: A system includes one or more sensors that generate sensor measurements representing a first parameter of one or more components of a power circuit. The system includes a control unit that obtains a reference rate of change value of the first parameter based at least in part on the sensor measurements over time. The control unit compares rates of change of monitored values of the sensor measurements over time to the reference rate of change value over time, and determines a deviation condition in response to the rate of change of a first monitored value of the sensor measurements differing from the reference rate of change value by more than a determined tolerance margin value. The control unit generates a control signal responsive to detecting the deviation condition to change an operating condition of at least one of the components of the power circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Pressman, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Jacob Kenneth Pedder
  • Patent number: 12372930
    Abstract: A recipe verifying method, a recipe verifying server, and a smart manufacturing controlling system using the same are provided. The recipe verifying method includes the following steps. An inputting recipe having a plurality of inputting parameters is intercepted. The inputting recipe is transmitted from one of the inspection apparatuses. A target best known method (BKM) recipe is searched out from a plurality of candidate BKM recipes according to the inputting recipe. A plurality of predetermined limitations are obtained according to the target BKM recipe. Whether the inputting parameters of the inputting recipe meet the predetermined limitations is determined. An error report is generated, if the inputting parameters of the inputting recipe do not meet the predetermined limitations. At least one error is heighted in the error report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Tzu-Chung Yang, Ping-Yao Chiang
  • Patent number: 12372935
    Abstract: A load control is provided which includes a wall-box housing, an electrical device to control electrical power to a load, a controller to control the electrical device, and a control interface. The controller is user-programmable and includes a saved settings data structure having multiple columns and rows of control settings. The control interface has first and second button switches to respectively select a column and row of the settings data structure in a settings mode of the controller. The button switches include respective electro-mechanical devices and are selectable by a user without disassembly of the load control. The control interface also includes one or more light indicators to signal the selected column of the settings data structure in the settings mode of the control, and to differently signal the selected row of the settings data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacting Co., Inc.
    Inventors: A. M. Sarwar Jahan, Abhishek D. Golwala, Ankit Milan Sanghvi, Abrar Quazi, Michael Ross
  • Patent number: 12372950
    Abstract: A method of operating a set of dispatchers for a manufacturing facility, wherein each dispatcher of the set of dispatchers is a software application that makes dispatch decisions for the manufacturing facility based on facility data related to the manufacturing facility, includes identifying a first dispatcher of the set of dispatchers, wherein the first dispatcher is a non-initialized dispatcher, selecting, as an initialization partner, a second dispatcher of the set of dispatchers, and causing the first dispatcher to initiate a data retrieval process with the second dispatcher to retrieve, from the second dispatcher, an initial set of facility data related to the manufacturing facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul D. Hoad, Shankar Chinnusamy, Prasath Palaniappan, Jayapradeep Mohan
  • Patent number: 12372939
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for manufacturing a workpiece using optical dimensioning. The apparatus comprises a tool configured to alter at least one feature of the workpiece. An imaging system is coupled to the tool and defines an optical axis. The imaging system is configured to capture a plurality of images of the at least one feature of the workpiece. A controller comprises one or more processors. The controller is configured to analyze the plurality of images to determine measured dimensions of the at least one feature of the workpiece. The controller is further configured to define a three-dimensional path for operating the tool by applying a predefined modification to the measured dimensions of the at least one feature of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dana Eugene Coots, Matthew Ellery Cornelius, Daniel Charles Loucks, Eric Daniel Treacy
  • Patent number: 12360517
    Abstract: A data processing method and system, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: acquiring target data, the target data including data from a plurality of analysis units (21); acquiring, from each of the analysis units, inspection data of a plurality of substrates to be inspected that contain defect points (22); superimposing the defect points in the plurality of substrates to be inspected to obtain a data set of the defect points (23); performing a clustering calculation on the data set of the defect points to obtain a first cluster set of the defect points (24); and generating, based on the first cluster set of the defect points, alarm information for a device contact position corresponding to the first cluster set (25). With the method, the substrates to be inspected in each analysis unit are analyzed, and a time interval between the process of production and the process of analysis of repeated defects is shortened, which is conducive to improving the data processing efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignees: Mianyang BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianfeng Zeng, Liandong Dou, Zihan Tang
  • Patent number: 12360506
    Abstract: Provided are a method for optimizing system energy efficiency and apparatus based on an integrated energy requirement, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes, in response to a received target integrated energy requirement, constructing the energy efficiency optimization function of a target system according to an integrated energy requirement parameter, the operating parameter of the target system, and the environment loss parameter of the target system; constructing a constraint condition for optimizing the energy efficiency of the target system based on the balance relationship between energy supply and energy consumption and a device operating requirement for transmitting energy; and based on the energy efficiency optimization function and the constraint condition, using a target algorithm, using operating parameters of multiple devices in the target system as population individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignees: ELECTRIC POWER SCIENCE & RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STATE GRID TIANJIN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, STATE GRID TIANJIN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA
    Inventors: Xianxu Huo, Jiancheng Yu, Chao Pang, Tao Liu, Yi Ding, Shiqian Ma, Jian Zhang, Chenyang Zhao, Zhishuang Wang
  • Patent number: 12353180
    Abstract: Systems and methods for use with a battery having an electronic system connected to a battery network configured to generate a state variable associated with the receiving, storing and/or outputting of electricity by the battery. The system includes a router connected to the battery network and the electronic system for monitoring the at least one detectable state variable, and based on such monitoring, selectively modifying the receiving, storing and/or outputting of electricity by the battery. The system also may include a second network and a controller connected to the second network and to the router via the battery network and configured to monitor the router, and based on the monitoring of the at least one router, selectively modify the router and the receiving, storing and/or outputting of electricity by the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: DD Dannar, LLC
    Inventors: Gary Don Dannar, Stephen T Hung
  • Patent number: 12353197
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for system contextualization. For example, a method can include obtaining information pertaining to (i) parts of a manufacturing plant and (ii) steps of a process executing on the manufacturing plant; generating one or more virtual representations associated with each of the parts and the steps of the process; receiving a query from a user, the query being in conformation with a format of a hierarchical template model; and generating a response to the query based on the one or more virtual representations of the manufacturing plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Neeraj Benjwal, Pramod Kumar Shrivastava, Roopa Shivani Dhananjaya, Samiksha Hariharan, Trilok Rangan
  • Patent number: 12347714
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer transfer device has a wafer positioning deskewing method via steps of initially setting parameters for the size of a wafer to be measured; collecting a motor rotational angle initialization settings for the size of the wafer to be measured; collecting motor angle data ?i and optical calibrator optical calibrator shading length data si; calculating the wafer turning angle ?i and the wafer edge to center of rotation distance data ?i. The distance between the edge of the wafer to be measured and the center of the rotating suction cup is determined to the center of the rotating suction cup is within the specified range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Inventors: Rongsheng Lyu, Han Zhang, Zhichun Guo, Zuojun Shen
  • Patent number: 12332638
    Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure relate to a virtual assistant factory that supports back office operations within a computing system. Various internal services (e.g., banking services, user management services, and the like) may be accessible to external application via an application programming interface. In some cases, a virtual assistant factory computing platform may expose services that call on and/or are tied to various back office computing operations. The virtual assistant factory platform may spin up and host robots, controls, and/or processes that may supplement computing operations and other associated back office operations. The application interface may call API functions that may cause the virtual assistant factory to spin up a virtual assistant to perform various functions and interact with both the user and the appropriate back office operations and/or third-party computing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventor: ChellaPrabhu Andrew Mariadoss
  • Patent number: 12311082
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a processor configured to: acquire reservation information, the reservation information being information about a reservation of a booth; and make a determination regarding an improvement of an air environment by an improvement mechanism that improves the air environment provided inside the booth, on a basis of the acquired reservation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shu Watanabe, Kunichi Yamashita, Kengo Tokuchi, Masamichi Kimura, Kota Nakayama, Akihide Kawamura
  • Patent number: 12310888
    Abstract: A method for tuning a phacoemulsification probe during a procedure for treating an eye. The method includes vibrating a piezoelectric actuator of the phacoemulsification probe, by applying to the piezoelectric actuator a tuning signal that (i) covers an operational bandwidth of the phacoemulsification probe and (ii) has an initial power level that is lower than a normal power level set for treating the eye. The tuning signal is measured during an initial signal tuning session. An operating frequency for the phacoemulsification probe is derived from the measured tuning signal. A driving signal, having the normal power level and the derived operating frequency, is applied to the piezoelectric actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
    Inventor: Amit Fuchs
  • Patent number: 12298733
    Abstract: A machining head with active correction of the type used in association with a robot to carry out fast high-precision machining tasks especially on parts for the aeronautical production industry that has localised position and angular sensors, and a machining motor or spindle provided with localised movement with respect to the head casing, independent of the robot's movement, this movement being preferably both displacement and rotation with respect to both, allowing active correction of the machining position is disclosed. The invention provides the main advantage of allowing errors by the robot or deformation of the part to be machined, in positioning for machining, to be corrected in a localised very fast and accurate way, without the need to re-position the robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: LOXIN 2002, S.L.
    Inventors: Ivan Ros Vega, Carlos Diaz De Rada, Carlos Ganchegui Iturria
  • Patent number: 12298791
    Abstract: An arc detection and intervention system for a solar energy system. One or more arc detectors are strategically located among strings of solar panels. In conjunction with local management units (LMUs), arcs can be isolated and affected panels disconnected from the solar energy system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Tigo Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Eizips, Shmuel Arditi
  • Patent number: 12290144
    Abstract: A footbed for use in footwear is provided. The footbed assembly includes a resilient, flexible material (e.g. EVA or PU foam) that extends the entire length of the footbed. a heel plate made from a material that is more rigid (plastic, carbon fiber) than the resilient foam attaches to the flexible material. The shape of the resilient footbed defines a geometry that provides support and comfort to the user by reducing peak pressures, improving cushioning, and enhancing foot support. The resilient foam and heel plate defines the shape of the midfoot R2 and rearfoot R1 of the footbed while the resilient flexible foam continues forward to define the shape of the forefoot R3 region of the footbed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: Matmarket, LLC, JRCM HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Von Maurice Homer, Charles Aaron Mutschler, Heath Jarett Reinhartz, Gregory Diharce, Kehlin Swain
  • Patent number: 12287615
    Abstract: The present invention is to allow for an automatic correction of an offset amount of a tool used in actual workpiece processing at an appropriate timing. The present invention provides a numerical control device for a machine tool including: an execution unit for executing a processing program; a storage unit for storing, for each tool used in each processing program, a wear amount of the each tool when executing the processing program, as a tool offset amount; a monitoring unit for monitoring the timing of the work processing end or work processing start; and a changing unit for changing, for each processing program, the present tool offset amount at the timing of the work processing end or work processing start monitored by the monitoring unit, on the basis of the tool offset amount of the processing program stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Naganuma, Kazuhiro Hirauchi