Patents Examined by Khai M. Nguyen
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Patent number: 11770452Abstract: Methods and systems of monitoring and managing a facility including a plurality of end point devices. One system includes an end point device including an electronic processor, the electronic processor powered by an energy source local to the end point device. The electronic processor is configured to receive data from at least one electro-mechanical element of a fixture associated with the facility, the data related to an operation of the fixture. The electronic processor is also configured to convert the data pursuant to a networking protocol. The electronic processor is also configured to enable, over a network associated with the networking protocol, transmission of the converted data for virtual processing.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Arindam Chakraborty, Richard Ryer, Brandon Feil
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Patent number: 11765567Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an apparatus, such as a wireless electronic device, that includes a memory element configured to store electronic code, a processor operable to execute instructions associated with the electronic code, and at least one module. The at least one module is configured to receive first location information identifying a first location associated with an electronic device. The at least one module is further configured to receive first connection location information indicative of a second location of the electronic device at a time of connection with a first wireless device. The at least one module is further configured to evaluate for a presence of the first wireless device when the first location is within a predetermined distance of the second location.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventor: Praveen Thota
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Patent number: 11765261Abstract: Embodiments are directed to controlling an electronically-controlled appliance using a software application and providing a user interface for controlling an electronically-controlled appliance. In one scenario, a computer system receives an indication from a remote computing system indicating that an electronically-controlled appliance is communicably connected to the remote computing system. The computer system provides a notification in the software application indicating that the electronically-controlled appliance is available to receive instructions, and receives a user input at the software application indicating that certain functions are to be performed by the electronically-controlled appliance. The computer system further generates instructions configured to control the electronically-controlled appliance based on the functions specified in the received user input, and sends the generated instructions to the electronically-controlled appliance to perform the specified functions.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Traeger Pellet Grills, LLC.Inventor: Michael Virgil Colston
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Patent number: 11764805Abstract: A method of encoding input data includes receiving the input data that includes a plurality of input words including a first input word and a second input word, generating a plurality of converted words including a first converted word and a second converted word, the first converted word being based at least on the first input word, the second converted word being based on the first converted word and the second input word, identifying a key value based on the plurality of converted words, and generating a plurality of coded words based on the key value and the plurality of converted words.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Aliazam Abbasfar
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Patent number: 11763916Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using machine learning models for plant biotechnology. One of the methods includes obtaining a network input comprising an image depicting a plurality of plant cells or regions of plant tissue; processing the network input using a machine learning model to obtain an identification of one or more particular biotechnologically-modifiable plant cells or one or more particular biotechnologically-modifiable regions of the plant tissue; excising or delineating the one or more identified plant cells or the one or more identified regions of the plant tissue; and delivering exogenous material to the excised or delineated plant cells or regions of plant tissue.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: X Development LLCInventor: Bradley Michael Zamft
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Patent number: 11764799Abstract: Example embodiments relate to time-interleaved analog-to-digital converters and conversion methods thereof. One embodiment includes a slope analog-to-digital converter. The slope analog-to-digital converter includes a sample and hold stage configured to sample an analog input signal at a sampling frequency. The slope analog-to-digital converter also includes a comparator downstream to the sample and hold stage configured to compare the analog input signal to a slope signal. Further, the slope analog-to-digital converter includes a digital logic configured to receive a counter value corresponding to a voltage level of the slope signal and to sample the counter value based upon the comparison, thereby generating a digital representation of the analog input signal based upon the comparison. The slope signal is asynchronous to the sampling frequency.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: IMEC VZWInventors: Jan Craninckx, Ewout Martens
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Patent number: 11758599Abstract: A method for data transfer includes establishing a first wireless connection between a transceiver and a handheld device, the transceiver initially operating in an peripheral role and the handheld device operating in a central role; switching a role of both the transceiver and the handheld device in response to establishing the first wireless connection, the transceiver module switching from the peripheral role to the central role, and the handheld device from the central role to the peripheral role; and establishing a second wireless connection between the transceiver and the handheld device subsequent to the switching.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Adam Kuenzi, Michael Lang
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Patent number: 11754685Abstract: A system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute information for a point cloud and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute information. Attribute values for at least one starting point are included in a compressed attribute information file and attribute correction values are included in the compressed attribute information file. An order for the points is determined based on a space filling curve, wherein an encoder and a decoder determine a same order for the points based on the space filling curve. Levels of detail are determined by sampling the ordered points according to different sampling parameters, and attribute values are predicted for the points in the levels of detail using the determined order. The encoder determines attribute correction values based on a comparison of the predicted values to an original value prior to compression. The decoder corrects the predicted attribute values based on received attribute correction values.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Khaled Mammou, Alexandros Tourapis, Jungsun Kim
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Patent number: 11758366Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a computer-implemented method for displaying a heat map are provided. One of the methods includes: receiving heat data from a server, wherein the heat data comprises a color value associated with each of a plurality of regions and one or more geographic locations respectively corresponding to one or more boundary points of each of one or more heat regions among the plurality of regions; generating a first heat map comprising a plurality of pixels; obtaining a second heat map by adjusting the color value of each pixel in the first heat map; and providing the second heat map for display, wherein the second heat is superimposed on a digital map. This method addresses the issue of conventional techniques that service request information may be misrepresented due to abrupt changes in color values across neighboring heat regions.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Beijing DiDi Infinity Technology & Development Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wentao Zhang, Bo Zhang, Weijun Xie, Jiayi Shen
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Patent number: 11757463Abstract: A method for self-calibration of reference voltage drop in a Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) includes measuring each one of a plurality of thermometric weightages associated with a respective one of a plurality of thermometric bits, wherein the DAC includes a plurality of sub-binary bits and the plurality of thermometric bits. For each sequentially increasing combination of thermometric bit settings including at least two thermometric bits coupled to a high reference voltage and each sub-binary bit coupled to a low reference voltage, performing the steps of: determining a respective combined weightage correction; adding the combined weightage correction to the highest order bit of the combination of thermometric bit settings; and incrementing a number of bits of the combination of thermometric bit settings in response to the number of bits of the sequential combination being less than a total number of the plurality of thermometric bits.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.Inventors: Ronak Prakashchandra Trivedi, Hanqing Xing, See-Hoi Wong, Jean CauXuan Le, Ranga Seshu Paladugu
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Patent number: 11756436Abstract: Setting unit performs the setting of each of the operating modes of a plurality of aerial vehicles on the basis of communication quality information of the planned route of the plurality of aerial vehicles that fly in a group. Specifically, setting unit firstly specifies the planned positions and periods in which each aerial vehicle is to fly from the flight plan information of the plurality of aerial vehicles that fly in a group. Next, setting unit specifies a communication quality of first wireless communication unit of each aerial vehicle in each position and each period from the communication quality information that represents the communication quality in the specified positions and periods. Then, setting unit specifies an operating mode setting schedule of main unit mode and auxiliary unit mode, which sets an aerial vehicle having a specified communication quality, and sets the remaining aerial vehicles as auxiliary units.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Kaori Niihata, Tadao Takami, Koji Ishii, Hiroshi Kawakami, Yuichiro Segawa, Yasuhiro Kitamura
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Patent number: 11750208Abstract: There is provided a dual-slope analog-to-digital converter (ADC), comprising an input signal terminal, configured to provide an analog signal, and a reference signal terminal, configured to provide a predetermined reference signal. The ADC further comprises an integrator, that is operatively coupled to said input signal terminal and said reference signal terminal via a first switch unit, said first switch unit being configured to selectively connect and disconnect said integrator to and from any one of said input signal terminal and said reference signal terminal.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: PRAGMATIC PRINTING LTD.Inventors: Antony Sou, Adrian Bratt
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Patent number: 11750207Abstract: A multi-instance time-interleaving (TI) system and method of operation therefor. The system includes a plurality of TI devices, each with a plurality of clock generation units (CGUs) coupled to an interleaver network. Within each TI device, the plurality of CGUs provides a plurality of clock signals needed by the interleaver network. A phase detector device is coupled to the plurality of TI devices and configured to determine any phase differences between the clock signals of a designated reference TI device and the corresponding clock signals of each other TI device. To determine the phase differences, the phase detector can use a logic comparator configuration, a time-to-digital converter (TDC) configuration, or an auto-correlation configuration. The phases of the clock signals of each other TI device can be aligned to the reference TI device using internal phase control, retimers, delay cells, finite state machines, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte Ltd.Inventors: Ray Luan Nguyen, Geoffrey Hatcher
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Patent number: 11750213Abstract: A train-linking lossless data compressor examines a block of data and uses a same coder to generate a same code when all data values in the input block are identical. When the input data is not all the same value, then a Gaussian coder, a Laplace coder, and a delta coder are activated in parallel. The three compressed code lengths are compared and the smallest code length is output as the compressed code when it is smaller than a copy code length. The copy code is a tag followed by copying all the data in the input block. When the smallest of the three compressed code lengths is larger than the copy code length, the file is not compressible, and the copy code is output. No frequency table is required so latency is low. The delta coder subtracts data values from an average value of the last data block.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Inventors: Hailiang Li, Yan Huo, Tao Li
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Patent number: 11741638Abstract: Methods and devices for encoding a point cloud. A current node associated with a sub-volume is split into further sub-volumes, each further sub-volume corresponding to a child node of the current node, and, at the encoder, an occupancy pattern is determined for the current node based on occupancy status of the child nodes. A probability distribution is selected from among a plurality of probability distributions based on occupancy data for a plurality of nodes neighbouring the current node. The encoder entropy encodes the occupancy pattern based on the selected probability distribution to produce encoded data for the bitstream and updates the selected probability distribution. The decoder makes the same selection based on occupancy data for neighbouring nodes and entropy decodes the bitstream to reconstruct the occupancy pattern.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Malikie Innovations LimitedInventors: David Flynn, SĂ©bastien Lasserre
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Patent number: 11743793Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure relate to handover of a user equipment (UE) between a standalone mode of operation and a non-standalone mode of operation. For example, a UE may be handed-over from standalone to non-standalone, or vice versa. Moreover, this handover may be an inter-system handover (e.g., between an LTE core network and an NR core network).Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Xipeng Zhu, Tom Chin, Kuo-Chun Lee, Ajith Tom Payyappilly, Masato Kitazoe
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Patent number: 11742869Abstract: A transmitter including a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) to generate an analog output corresponding to a transmitted signal. The transmitter further includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the DAC. The ADC measures the analog output of the DAC to identify a set of digital samples. The ADC identifies, from the set of digital samples, a set of valid samples, wherein each valid sample has a voltage within a voltage range. The ADC extracts one or more signal properties from the set of valid samples.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Anthony Eugene Zortea, Hananel Faig, Boris Sharav, Mor Goren, Alik Gorshtein, Nir Sheffi
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Patent number: 11743690Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for implementing a publish and subscribe communication system are provided. A topic identifier comprising publisher and subscriber information and a topic data type of a topic may be generated. The topic identifier and communication address information associated with the topic may be maintained at an external broker. The communication information may be provided from the external broker to a requestor in response to an inquiry regarding the topic identifier. Access to data published to the topic may be provided such that a publisher of the topic directly transfers data of the topic to a subscriber of the topic.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Mourad B. Takla, Xiong Yang, Chokri Trabelsi
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Patent number: 11741386Abstract: This invention relates to a method of blocking or passing messages sent via a firewall, based on parsing, of symbols strings contained in said messages, among different keywords, assigning to said messages either a blocking class or a passing class, comprising: performing a dimensionality reduction step for said different classes on a training set of messages whose classes are known, and then classifying one or more unknown messages among said different classes with reduced dimensionality, said dimensionality reduction step being performed on said training set of messages by machine learning including processing, for several first matrices and for several second matrices, a parameter representative of a product of two first and second matrices to assess to which given class a given message belongs: first matrix representing a first array of keywords versus symbols strings contained in a first given message, second matrix representing the values of differences between said first array and a second array of keyType: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: BULL SASInventor: Alessandro Luongo
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Patent number: 11736118Abstract: A method for outputting a current includes performing a sorting operation on a plurality of current sources according to intensities of currents generated by the current sources, dividing the plurality of current sources into N current source sets according to a result of the sorting operation and a predetermined selection order, and enabling at least one current source set of the N current source sets to output the current according a target output value. The plurality of current sources have a same target current value. Each of the N current source sets includes at least one current source. In the N current source sets, a total quantity of current sources of the nth current source set is twice a total quantity of current sources of the (n?1)th current source set.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Juei Chin Shen, Liang Huan Lei, Chien Wen Chen