Patents Examined by M. Anderson
  • Patent number: 11970312
    Abstract: A cap for a container having a pair of side walls each with an inner wall surface. Each inner wall surface having a minimum of two pairs of ribs distributed thereon for retention of a liner. Each of the a minimum of two pairs of ribs has a concave arc with a concave radius of curvature forming a curved portion of the inner wall, and a convex arc. Each of the a minimum if two pairs of ribs has a different overall configuration that facilitates removal, and securing onto, of the cap from/to the container without damage of the ribs and the retention of the liner in the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HALEON US HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: Grace A. Behrend
  • Patent number: 11971536
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include systems, methods, and devices use a controllable matrix filter to selectively obscure regions of an image sensor's field of view. The controllable matrix filter is a physical component that may be placed in front of an image sensor and, in certain situations, one or more regions of the otherwise transparent matrix filter may be selectively configured to have an increased optical density such that the one or more regions become opaque thereby blocking out certain regions of the image sensor's field of view. In this way, the controllable matrix filter may be used to mask out certain regions in an image sensor's field of view that may present processing difficulties for downstream systems that utilize information from the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Gruver
  • Patent number: 11969395
    Abstract: The invention is a hollow nipple containing a side-entry tube and aperture that solves the problem of administering fluid medicines to infants or babies by combining the comfort of a common baby bottle, containing accustomed milk or formula, with the use of an industry common, over-the-counter oral medicine syringe by allowing for the syringe to be inserted into the side-entry tube and aperture so that the medicine can mix with the milk or formula and be quickly consumed while the care provider has the option of manually regulating the flow of the medicine into the nipple. The invention therefore avoids the need for administering such fluid medicine directly into the mouth, or even mixing it into the contents of the bottle where the medicine may not be fully or timely consumed. The invention has applications not only with human infants and babies but also in the field of animal care.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Lauren Nicole Hunter
  • Patent number: 11964817
    Abstract: An apparatus for the separate collection of rubbish includes a containing structure provided with an internal compartment in which there are a plurality of rubbish collection containers and at least a first and a second aperture for access to the internal compartment from the outside, in order to introduce the rubbish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: REPOD S.R.L.
    Inventor: Alberto Sanna
  • Patent number: 11964833
    Abstract: A bulk loading system for delivering bulk material to a storage compartment of a bulk transport vehicle through a hatch opening includes a movable positioner supporting an extendable loading spout assembly, a camera coupled to the positioner and a programmable logic controller communicatively coupled to the positioner, loading spout assembly and camera for automatically positioning the loading spout assembly over the hatch opening and filling the storage compartment of the vehicle with bulk material. The system provides accurate position information to a driver of the vehicle so that the vehicle and its storage compartments can be quickly positioned within a reach zone of the loading spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: DCL, Inc.
    Inventors: Reinhard Matye, Richard S. Anderson
  • Patent number: 11961254
    Abstract: A method includes identifying an image captured by an image capture device set at a first angle about an axis, the image corresponding to a time at which the image was captured, identifying within the image, a region of interest including an object to be used for calibration, determining, an image coordinate at which the object is displayed within the image, determining a camera angle corresponding to a position of the image capture system relative to the axis when the image was captured, identifying a bearing of the object relative to the reference direction, the bearing of the object determined using a geolocation of the image capture system and the time at which the image was captured, and determining, using the image coordinate, the camera angle, and the bearing of the object, an angular offset between the first angle and the reference direction to determine a second angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Pano AI, Inc.
    Inventors: Sonia Kastner, Seva Safris, Kira Greco
  • Patent number: 11952169
    Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure generally relate to a collapsible storage container with multiple sleeves. In some implementations a two-sleeve variant is described. In some implementations a three-sleeve variant is described. Both variants may be used to contain appropriately sized and shaped objects, for example bread, maps, posters, blueprints, plans, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: Stephen A. Smith
  • Patent number: 11950667
    Abstract: A purse with an integrated and removable phone case includes an attached, but removable, phone case suspended from a purse strap by a chain, cord, or similar mechanism. Cell phone users require immediate, unencumbered access to their phones. Currently available products require the phone user to remove his or her phone from a bag. Phone cases cannot hold many items without becoming too bulky. Small purses have limited storage space and personal devices can take up much of that space. Moreover, carrying a phone case with a strap in addition to a purse with a strap can cause tangling and limit ease of use. An externally available phone case suspended from a strap of a purse allows for immediate access to the cell phone without consuming space within the purse. The suspended phone case may be removed from the purse to allow for separate use of the phone or purse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Karis and Drake, LLC
    Inventor: Maggie Drake
  • Patent number: 11950719
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tray covering element essentially constituted of a first portion (2), which covers the upper surface of a tray (5), in the manner of a placemat, and a second portion (3), which creates an outer edge for the first portion and which is envisaged to cover the outer and upper edge (50) of the tray. The second portion (3) comprises a third portion (30) located laterally and protruding from the edge (50) and designed to bend downwards and fold around the edge of the tray (5) and cover the lower edge so that the user does not touch the tray when holding it, only the tray covering element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventors: Stefano Solci, Paolo Nicola Micheligritti
  • Patent number: 11949997
    Abstract: A device include a first camera, a second camera, and a shutter assembly. The shutter assembly includes a switch, a link coupled to the switch and having a first cover, and an arm coupled to the link and having a second cover. Actuating the switch to a first position disposes the first cover within a first field of view of the first camera and the second cover within a second field of view of the second camera. Actuating the switch to a second position disposes the first cover outside of the first field of view and the second cover outside of the second field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rahul Gupta, Oszkar Tiberius Bajko, Kristina Perez de Tagle, Hung-Bing Tan, Mona Mayeh, Martin Peter Aalund, Sudarshan Rangaraj, Arivazhagan Chandrashekaran, Pierre Della Nave
  • Patent number: 11949991
    Abstract: An image capture device may include a first spectral filter and a second spectral filter arranged so that a panoramic image capture operation captures light filtered by the first spectral filter and light filtered by the second spectral filter in a same region of a combined image and one or more processors to: capture a plurality of images based on the panoramic image capture operation; extract first information and second information from the plurality of images, wherein the first information is associated with the first spectral filter and the second information is associated with the second spectral filter; identify an association between the first information and the second information based on a feature captured in the plurality of images via the first spectral filter and the second spectral filter; and store or provide information based on the association between the first information and the second information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: VIAVI Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Saxe, William D. Houck
  • Patent number: 11937716
    Abstract: A spoutless training lid assembly of a sippy cup includes a collar and a valve. The collar is configured to couple to a vessel and has an outer wall, an inner wall, an upper portion configured to be located outside the vessel and including an upper peripheral rim and a lower portion configured to be located inside the vessel and including a lower peripheral edge. The collar includes a peripheral shelf located about the inner wall. The valve is inserted into the collar and includes a flexible gasket over-molded to a rigid baffle to form a single, separable component. The gasket extends from a plate of the baffle and terminates at an outer peripheral edge that engages with the rim of the collar. The baffle secures to the shelf and portions of a perimeter edge of the plate of the baffle abut the inner wall of the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaitlin N. Vang, Sarah N. Platner, I-Heng Pan, Yisheng Lin
  • Patent number: 11937749
    Abstract: A removable mop attachment module, including a frame; a reservoir positioned within the frame; at least one drainage aperture positioned at a bottom of the reservoir; at least one breathing aperture positioned on the reservoir; and a pressure actuated valve positioned at least partially on an inner surface of the reservoir, covering the at least one breathing aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: AI Incorporated
    Inventors: Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi, Soroush Mehrnia
  • Patent number: 11937674
    Abstract: A card holder that includes a body defining an inner cavity with a front opening and at least one back opening. The inner cavity is limited by an upper plate, a lower plate, and two side walls. The upper plate bifurcates towards the back opening into first and second subplates that are separated from one another along the two side walls by a gap shaped as a pocket which houses ends of the multiple slidable card actuators of the holder. Long arms of the actuators are rested on the upper surface of the second subplate, while short arms are disposed below the second subplate. The body is preferably monolithic, and in one case at least one support element may be permanently affixed to the second subplate and/or the lower plate. When such support element(s) is affixed to both, the misalignment of the elements of the body and/or breakage thereof is substantially eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ACM ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventor: James A. Tiscione
  • Patent number: 11931867
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a socket used in coordination with a wrench. The socket includes a socket main body which has a head portion and a body portion connected to the head portion. The head portion is adapted for being coupled with the wrench. The body portion has a polygonal hole for being coupled with a head portion of a bolt or a nut, so that the wrench is adapted for screwing on or off the bolt or nut through the socket main body. Besides, a pipe made of composite material is sleeved onto the external peripheral surface of the body portion. The pipe is freely detachable, and the external peripheral surface of the pipe can be provided with a print, pattern, color or character according to the practical demands, thereby attaining the effects of high variability in appearance, great durability and great recognizability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventor: Yu-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 11931857
    Abstract: A carrier head includes a housing, a support assembly having a support plate flexibly connected to the housing so as to be vertically movable, a plurality of fluid-impermeable barriers projecting from a bottom of the support plate to define a plurality of recesses that are open at bottom sides thereof, and pneumatic control lines. A volume between the support plate and the housing includes one or more independently pressurizable first chambers to apply pressure on a top surface of the support plate in one or more first zones. The barriers are positioned and configured such that when a planar substrate is loaded into the carrier head the barriers contact the substrate and divide a volume between the support plate and the substrate into a plurality of second chambers. The pneumatic control lines are coupled to the plurality of recesses to provide a plurality of independently pressurizable second zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Zuniga, Jay Gurusamy, Andrew J. Nagengast
  • Patent number: 11931862
    Abstract: Thin glass elements with improved edge strength are provided—from a sheet glass element that has two opposite parallel faces and an edge connecting the faces. The sheet glass element has a thickness of at most 700 ?m. At least a portion of the edge is defined by an edge surface portion that is convexly curved, so that at least one of the faces merges into the edge surface portion, wherein a curved arc of the edge surface portion has a length that is at least 1/30 of the thickness of the sheet glass element. In the region of the convex curvature, the edge surface portion has indentations in the form of furrows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Matthias Jotz, Markus Heiss-Chouquet, Hauke Esemann, Clemens Ottermann, Claudia Stolz
  • Patent number: 11935297
    Abstract: Methods and systems, including computer programs encoded on a storage medium, are described for implementing item monitoring using a doorbell camera. A system generates an input video stream that has image frames corresponding to detection of activity at a property. Timing information is generated for the video stream and includes a timestamp for each image frame of the stream. Using the timing information, the system processes a pre-event image frame that precedes detection of the activity and a post-event image frame that coincides with detection of the activity. An image score is computed with respect to placement of a candidate item at the property in response to processing the pre-event and post-event image frames. The image score is used to determine that a first item was delivered to the property or that a second item was removed after being delivered to the property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ObjectVideo Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Gang Qian, Allison Beach, Sima Taheri, Sravanthi Bondugula, Sung Chun Lee, Narayanan Ramanathan
  • Patent number: 11925290
    Abstract: A domed cooking lid with a handle, with a variable venting device in the middle of the dome. The venting device has a screen that is secured to the bottom of the domed lid, a ring on the top of the lid which sits on the lid just outside the hole that facilitates the variable venting device, a stationary disc with numerous holes on one side and a turntable disc which has a large opening of the disc, whereby turning the turntable disc over more or fewer holes, changes the variable venting rate of the domed lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventor: Tobias Wai Luk
  • Patent number: 11930180
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are configured for intra prediction coding of video data. An apparatus for decoding video data includes: a decoding unit which obtains, from a bitstream, information on a luma prediction mode and information on a chroma prediction mode of a current coding block; and an intra prediction unit which generates luma prediction samples and chroma prediction samples of the current coding block. The intra prediction unit derives a luma intra prediction type and a luma intra prediction mode of the current coding block on the basis of the information on the luma prediction mode, and determines a chroma intra prediction mode of the current coding block on the basis of the luma intra prediction type and the luma intra prediction mode of the current coding block, and the information on the chroma prediction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation
    Inventors: Dong Gyu Sim, Joo Hyung Byeon, Sea Nae Park, Jun Taek Park, Seung Wook Park, Wha Pyeong Lim