Patents Examined by Ryan
  • Patent number: 11989348
    Abstract: Method for generating haptic feedback responses using haptic augmentations starts with processor receiving a media content item from a first client device and receiving from the first client device a selection of a haptic overlay associated with a haptic feedback response to be applied to the media content item. The processor generates a modified media content item by overlaying the haptic overlay on the media content item. The processor receives from the first client device a selection of a second user associated with the second user and causes the modified media content item to be displayed by a second user interface of the second client device. The processor detects a selection of the haptic overlay from the second client device, and in response to detecting the selection of the haptic overlay, causing the second user interface to generate the haptic feedback response. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander P. Powell, Mark Thomas
  • Patent number: 11988926
    Abstract: A display apparatus having an excellent boosting function is provided. The display apparatus is provided with a pixel having a function of adding data (a boosting function). A capacitor for boosting voltage is provided in the pixel, and data is added by capacitive coupling to be supplied to a display device. The capacitor for boosting voltage and a capacitor for retaining data are placed on top of each other, whereby the capacitance value of the capacitor for boosting voltage can be increased. Thus, the pixel can have an excellent boosting function, without significantly losing the aperture ratio or definition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Naoto Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 11987124
    Abstract: To provide a capacitive input device that enables the user to feel that the input operation has been done. A capacitive input device includes a surface sheet, a soft member, and a sensor sheet configured to detect a change in capacitance. The surface sheet includes an operation area on which a touching operation is to be performed. The soft member is provided between the operation area and the sensor sheet. The sensor sheet includes a sensor electrode located at a position corresponding to the operation area. When the operation area is pressed in a touching operation, the surface sheet and the soft member are displaced toward the sensor sheet and the sensor electrode detects the capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI POLYMATECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanae Miyanaga, Shinya Tateda, Yohei Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11989824
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media are disclosed for generating enriched light sources by utilizing surface-centric representations of three-dimensional surfaces. Specifically, the disclosed system utilizes a surface-centric re-parameterization that combines geometric and algebraic components of a sphere to model different light source types in a continuous range of lighting configurations. The disclosed systems utilize a set of intuitive parameters to determine a shape and emission parameters for generating an enriched light source. Additionally, the disclosed system provides a set of interactive light source controls to modify a position, orientation, shape, emittance, and lighting attenuation over distance of a light source within a three-dimensional environment. The disclosed system determines the light source controls based on sets of three-dimensional interaction primitives to control one or more parameters of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Christophe Lino, Tamy Boubekeur, Anthony Salvi, Sébastien Deguy
  • Patent number: 11987243
    Abstract: A control mode of speed control includes a first control mode in which an actual speed is caused to follow a target speed through active use of a brake and a second control mode in which the actual speed is caused to follow the target speed while use of the brake is suppressed. An autonomous driving system changes a threshold value to a value larger than a value in the first control mode when the control mode is switched from the first control mode to the second control mode, and changes the threshold value to a value smaller than a value in the second control mode when the control mode is switched from the second control mode to the first control mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomotaka Asano, Hiroki Shizuhata, Yutaka Aoki, Satoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11989635
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a processing resource configured to receive a feature vector of a data stream. The feature vector includes a set of feature values. The processing resource is further configured to calculate a set of feature labels based at least in part on the set of feature values to generate a label vector, provide the label vector to another processing resource, and receive a plurality of classifications corresponding to each feature label of the label vector from the other processing resource. The plurality of classifications are generated based at least in part on a respective range of feature values of the set of feature values. The processing resource is configured to then combine the plurality of classifications to generate a final classification of the data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yao Fu, Paul Glendenning, Tommy Tracy, II, Eric Jonas
  • Patent number: 11989649
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training a neural network used to generate a ranking score for a network input. One of the methods includes generating training data and training the neural network on the training data. The training data includes a plurality of training pairs. The generating comprising: obtaining data indicating that a plurality of training network inputs were displayed in a user interface according to a presentation order, obtaining data indicating that a first training network input of the plurality of training network inputs has a positive label, determining that a second training network input of the plurality of training network inputs (i) has a negative label and (ii) is higher than the first training network input in the presentation order, and generating a training pair that includes the first training network input and the second training network input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: DeepMind Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Xiaohong Gong, Arturo Bajuelos Castillo, Sanjeev Jagannatha Rao, Xueliang Lu, Amogh S. Asgekar, Anton Alexandrov, Carsten Miklos Steinebach
  • Patent number: 11989422
    Abstract: A memory device, an electronic device, and a method of operating the memory device are provided. The memory device includes: a volatile memory including a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines, and configured to provide output data stored in target memory cells, among the plurality of memory cells, based on a first read command and an address received from a host; a recovery logic circuit configured to provide hint data indicating first bit lines to which defective cells are connected, and second bit lines to which normal cells are connected, among the plurality of bit lines; and an Error Correction Circuit (ECC) configured to generate corrected data by correcting an error in the output data based on the output data and the hint data, and to provide the corrected data to the host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changjun Lee, Youngmin Lee, Eunkak Kim, Jeongmin Seo
  • Patent number: 11986153
    Abstract: An insertion assist device for an endoscope includes a grip, an operation portion, a liquid storage, and a tubular member. The grip includes a channel through an inside of which an insertion portion of the endoscope is inserted. The operation portion is configured to advance the insertion section by moving forward relative to the grip. The liquid storage is provided on an interior portion of the grip and configured to store a liquid. The tubular member is provided on an interior portion or an exterior portion of the insertion portion of the endoscope, is connected to the liquid storage at one end of the tubular member, and is configured to guide the liquid toward another end of the tubular member opposite to said one end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Sakai, Tetsuhide Takeyama
  • Patent number: 11989049
    Abstract: An oscillator and a clock circuit are disclosed. In an oscillator (100), a tail inductor connected to a cross-coupled transistor includes at least two inductors connected in parallel. Therefore, an inductance of the tail inductor is less than an inductance of any one of the inductors. This can address a design difficulty that a tail inductor with a smaller inductance needs to be used as an operating frequency of a VCO increases. The oscillator (100) includes a first cross-coupled transistor (121) and a first tail inductor (111). The first tail inductor (111) includes at least two inductors connected in parallel. The first tail inductor (111) is coupled to a source of the first cross-coupled transistor (121). The source of the first cross-coupled transistor (121) is coupled to a power supply or a ground through the first tail inductor (111).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jichao Huang, Qing Min, Lei Lu
  • Patent number: 11986983
    Abstract: A fish model to replace the use of live fish in hydroelectric studies is provided. The fish model is cast from ballistic gel to include the density, dimensions, and weight distribution of a selected species of living fish. The fish model is formed by additively manufacturing a mold based on a three-dimensional scan of an actual fish. The mold is then used to mass produce fish models for force measurement testing at various blade speeds, thickness, and impact angles. Each fish model includes a surrogate skin and an internal sensor for strike force measurements. Optional additional sensors include strain gauges, temperature probes, pressure probes, and load sensors, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Mark S. Bevelhimer, Ryan Saylor
  • Patent number: 11989809
    Abstract: A system and method for presentation of computer vision (e.g., augmented reality, virtual reality) using user data and a user code is disclosed. A client device can detect an image feature (e.g., scannable code) in one or more images. The image feature is determined to be linked to a user account. User data from the user account can then be used to generate one or more augmented reality display elements that can be anchored to the image feature in the one or more images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Ebony James Charlton, Omer Cansizoglu, Kirk Ouimet, Nathan Kenneth Boyd
  • Patent number: 11987005
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing machine includes an energy beam system situated in a fixed position relative to a reference plane coinciding with an expected location of a build plane, an energy beam system with an irradiation device configured to generate an energy beam and to direct the energy beam upon the build plane, and a position measurement system configured to determine a position of the build plane. A position measurement assembly includes one or more position sensors, and one or more mounting brackets configured to attach the one or more position sensors to an energy beam system of an additive manufacturing machine. The position measurement assembly is configured to determine a position of a build plane with the energy beam system situated in a fixed position relative to a reference plane coinciding with an expected location of the build plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: Concept Laser GmbH, General Electric Company
    Inventors: Fabian Zeulner, Rachel Wyn Levine, Mackenzie Ryan Redding
  • Patent number: 11989810
    Abstract: A digital human interactive platform can determine a contextual response to a user input and generate a digital human. The digital human can convey the contextual response to the user in real time. The digital human can be configured to convey the contextual response with a predetermined behavior corresponding to the contextual response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Abhijit Z. Bendale, Pranav K. Mistry, Bola Yoo, Kijeong Kwon, Simon Gibbs, Anil Unnikrishnan, Link Huang
  • Patent number: 11988410
    Abstract: An air circulation system for vocal music and band ensembles provides a downdraft through a riser structure to remove aerosols from around performers in the riser structure. The riser structure includes platforms and an air intake disposed within a vertical space between the platforms. The aerosols are drawn through the riser structure, cleaned and filtered and exhausted away from the performers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventor: Jeff Martin
  • Patent number: 11989490
    Abstract: A platform for design of a lighting installation generally includes an automated search engine for retrieving and storing a plurality of lighting objects in a lighting object library and a lighting design environment providing a visual representation of a lighting space containing lighting space objects and lighting objects. The visual representation is based on properties of the lighting space objects and lighting objects obtained from the lighting object library. A plurality of aesthetic filters is configured to permit a designer in a design environment to adjust parameters of the plurality of lighting objects handled in the design environment to provide a desired collective lighting effect using the plurality of lighting objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Korrus, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin James Harrison, Shruti Koparkar, Mark Reynoso, Paul Pickard, Raghuram L. V. Petluri, Gary Vick, Andrew Villegas
  • Patent number: D1027746
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Jinho Seo
  • Patent number: D1027755
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: ASTON MARTIN LAGONDA LIMITED
    Inventor: Thomas Gilbert
  • Patent number: D1027767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Zhiqing Huang
  • Patent number: D1028102
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventor: Yipeng Tang