Patents Examined by T. Nguyen
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Patent number: 11975728Abstract: A vehicle system for recommending driving automation based on occupant behavior and emotion includes one or more input devices. The input devices generate an input signal associated with sensor data indicative of a current emotion and a current driving pattern of an occupant. The vehicle system further includes a computer having a processor and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium (CRM). The CRM stores multiple occupant behavior profiles, with each occupant behavior profile including a unique occupant identification and multiple historical driving patterns. Each driving pattern has an associated historical emotion for the unique occupant identification. The processor is programmed to determine a deviation of the current driving pattern from the historical driving patterns, compare the deviation to a threshold, and generate a notification signal. The notification device provides the notification to recommend that the occupant actuate the vehicle system.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Arun Adiththan, Aravind Gangumalla, Vikramaditya Nimmagadda
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Patent number: 11975396Abstract: An electrostatic discharge machining fixture includes a fixture body, two or more electrically conductive face contacts seated in the fixture body, and two or more electrically resistive point contacts seated in the fixture body. The electrically conductive face contacts and the electrically resistive point contacts define a 3-2-1 alignment system to locate an additively manufactured article relative to the fixture body during an electrostatic discharge machining operation. Electrostatic discharge machining arrangements and methods of supporting additively manufactured workpieces during electrostatic discharge machining operations are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Collins Engine Nozzles, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Samo, Lukas Shea, Thomas J. Ocken
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Patent number: 11975734Abstract: A method includes monitoring environmental conditions surrounding a moving vehicle, using an on-board sensor of the moving vehicle, detecting that at least one of the environmental conditions surrounding the moving vehicle is likely to impair visibility for a driver of the moving vehicle, based on an output of the on-board sensor, acquiring static map data for a location surrounding the moving vehicle, acquiring real time sensor data for the location surrounding the moving vehicle, where the real time sensor data comprises outputs of a plurality of on-board sensors of a plurality of other vehicles, generating an augmented reality view of the location surrounding the moving vehicle, using the static map data, the real time sensor data, and the output of the on-board sensor, and displaying the augmented reality view of the location surrounding the moving vehicle on a display within the moving vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Iftekhar Alam, Wasib Khallil, Jonathan Chang, Bhumit Patel
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Patent number: 11979289Abstract: It is provided a method, comprising monitoring if a generic objective for a network is received; translating the generic objective into specific objectives based on a behavioral matrix if the generic objective is received, wherein each of the specific objectives is specific for a respective network element; requesting, for each of the specific objectives, an automation function of the respective network element to achieve the specific objective, identifying, for each of the specific objectives, based on a stored association table, a distributed control function controlling the automation function of the respective network element; informing, for each of the specific objectives, the identified distributed control function on the specific objective for the respective network element; supervising if a feedback is received from one of the distributed control functions, wherein the feedback indicates to which degree one of the specific objectives is achieved; adapting the behavioral matrix based on the feedback.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Stephen Mwanje, Janne Tapio Ali-Tolppa
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Patent number: 11975562Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a double-sided bead board, comprising: a base; a first pattern of recessed designs on a first side of the base; and a second pattern of recessed designs on a second side of the base.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Inventor: Cam West
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Patent number: 11979152Abstract: An integrated circuit may include integrated memory that is formed from a chain of memory blocks. Each memory block may have configurable input and output circuits. The configurable input and output circuits may be interposed between memory circuitry such as a memory array from circuitry external to the memory circuitry. The configurable input and output circuits may have upstream and downstream memory block connection ports. In such a way, configurable input and output circuits in a first memory block may pass control and address signals and data to configurable input and output circuits in a second memory block. By using the configurable input and output circuits, the integrated memory in the integrated circuit may operate to accommodate large bandwidth flows without using the general routing fabric of the integrated circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Chang Kian Tan, Chee Hak Teh
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Patent number: 11977039Abstract: There is provided systems and methods for determining variability of cryo-EM protein structures from a set of cryo-electron microscope images. The method includes: performing iterative optimization, each optimization iteration including: determining the updated variability coordinates for individual images from the set of images using a current value of the variability components; determining the updated variability components for multiple images of the set of images, using the updated value of the variability coordinates, by solving a set of linear equations, the linear equations comprising a sum of weighted compositions of projection and back-projection operators, the equations are solved by arranging the equations into a block-diagonal matrix form.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Inventor: Ali Punjani
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Patent number: 11979403Abstract: Embodiments herein describe disconnecting, by an access node, a first device having a first media access control (MAC) address due to a network violation and receiving, by the access node, information about a second device having a second MAC address different from the first MAC address. In one embodiment, the information is generated by a certificate server based on a token generated by the second device. Further, when the access node determines, based on the information, that the second device is the first device, the access node denies a connection request from the second device.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Carlos M. Pignataro, Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Jerome Henry, Robert E. Barton, Bart A. Brinckman
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Patent number: 11977307Abstract: The cholesteric liquid crystal display (CLCD) device includes first and second cholesteric liquid crystal panels that reflect light within different wavelength ranges. Both panels have gate lines that extend from one side to the other. A gate driver is electrically connected to the first panel's gate lines. Additionally, a flexible printed circuit is electrically connected to both the first and second panels' gate lines.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventor: Han Wen Huang
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Patent number: 11978618Abstract: A component of an ion optical device is manufactured. The component comprises aligned first and second electrode sets. A first material is machined to provide a part-machined first electrode set that comprises the first electrode set attached to a frame part of the first material. A second material is machined to provide a part-machined second electrode set that comprises the second electrode set attached to a frame part of the second material. The component of the ion optical device is assembled by aligning the part-machined first and second electrode sets. Subsequent to aligning the part-machined first and second electrode sets, the part-machined first electrode set is further machined to separate the first electrode set from the frame part of the first material and the part-machined second electrode set is further machined to separate the second electrode set from the frame part of the second material.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbHInventor: Wilko Balschun
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Patent number: 11977731Abstract: The disclosed embodiments are directed to a media capture lock affordance for a graphical user interface displayed by a media capture device. The media capture lock affordance allows a user to lock and unlock a capture state of the media capture device using a simple and intuitive touch gesture that can be applied by the user's finger (e.g., the user's thumb) while holding the media capture device in one hand.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Anton M. Davydov, Jane E. Koo, Johnnie B. Manzari, Grant R. Paul, William A. Sorrentino, III, Andre Souza Dos Santos, Daniel J. Wiersema
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Patent number: 11978634Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes performing a first implantation process on a semiconductor substrate to form a deep p-well region, performing a second implantation process on the semiconductor substrate with a diffusion-retarding element to form a co-implantation region, and performing a third implantation process on the semiconductor substrate to form a shallow p-well region over the deep p-well region. The co-implantation region is spaced apart from a top surface of the semiconductor substrate by a portion of the shallow p-well region, and the dee p-well region and the shallow p-well region are joined with each other. An n-type Fin Field-Effect Transistor (FinFET) is formed, with the deep p-well region and the shallow p-well region acting as a well region of the n-type FinFET.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Sih-Jie Liu, Chun-Feng Nieh, Huicheng Chang
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Patent number: 11977917Abstract: An apparatus for data processing for simultaneously performing artificial intelligence (AI) function processing and data collection and a method thereof are provided. The method of simultaneously performing AI function processing and data collection includes: receiving, by a data receiver, data; transferring, by the data receiver, the received data to a disk handler; accessing, by the disk handler, a disk in an idle state among a plurality of disks and performing writing of a file; after the writing of the file is completed, notifying, by the disk handler, a scheduler that the writing of the file is completed; transmitting, by the scheduler, job information about a job, for which the file writing is completed together with a job execution command to an AI module handler; and accessing, by the AI module handler, an AI module in an idle state among a plurality of AI modules and executing an AI function.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Konan Technology Inc.Inventors: Hyungjae Son, Hansang Cho
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Patent number: 11979964Abstract: Provided is a system for controlling heating of a workpiece that includes an interface to receive a target temperature (TT) for the workpiece. A processor is configured to determine, based on monitoring outputs of temperature sensor(s), a current highest temperature (TH) for the workpiece and set a control temperature (TC) based on the received target temperature and the current highest temperature. A control system is configured to heat the workpiece to substantially the control temperature (TC) by turning on a heating device, and turning off the heating device when the workpiece reaches substantially the control temperature (TC). The processor is further configured to characterize a temperature ramp rate based on a measured temperature overshoot at the workpiece after turning off the heating device, and the control system is configured to heat the workpiece to the received target temperature (TT) by controlling the heating device based on the temperature ramp rate.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventor: Dylan Anderson
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Patent number: 11977960Abstract: In various embodiments, a workflow application generates and evaluates designs that reflect stylistic preferences. In operation, the workflow application determines a target style based on input received via a graphical user interface (GUI). Notably, the target style characterizes a first set of designs. The workflow application then generates stylized design(s) based on stylization algorithm(s) associated with the target style. Subsequently, the workflow application, displays a subset of the stylized design(s) via the GUI. A stylized design included in the subset of stylized design(s) is ultimately selected for production via the GUI. Advantageously, because the workflow application can substantially increase the number of designs that can be generated and evaluated based on the target style in a given amount of time, relative to more manual prior art techniques, the overall quality of the stylized design selected for production can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: Hooman Shayani, Mark Thomas Davis
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Patent number: 11979309Abstract: A method includes computing a diffusion vector starting with a seed, querying nodes for connections, reweighting diffusion vector based on the degrees, sorting nodes based upon magnitude in the reweighted diffusion vector which is obtained through wave relaxation solution of a time-dependent initial value problem, detecting a community through a sweep over the nodes according to their rank, and selecting a prefix that minimizes or maximizes an objective function.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Haim Avron, Lior Horesh, Raya Horesh, Omer Tripp
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Patent number: 11978609Abstract: An electron gun EG in which mixing of secondary electrons is suppressed is provided. The electron gun EG has an electron source 1, an extraction electrode 2 for extracting an electron beam E1 from the electron source 1, and an acceleration electrode for accelerating the extracted electron beam E1. The extraction electrode 2 includes a diaphragm 4 for allowing a part of the electron beam E1 to pass through, a shield 5 positioned above the diaphragm 4 apart from the diaphragm 4, and a shield 6 positioned below the diaphragm 4 apart from the diaphragm 4. The diaphragm 4 has an opening OP4 having an opening diameter D4, the shield 5 has an opening OP5 having an opening diameter D5 which is greater than the opening diameter D4, and the shield 6 has an opening OP6 having an opening diameter D6 which is greater than the opening diameter D4.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech CorporationInventor: Minoru Kaneda
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Patent number: 11978617Abstract: A detection device for detecting charges particles. The active area of the detector extends along a principal direction over several centimeters and up to 1 meter or more. This allows for its use as a focal plane detector for a mass spectrometer device, allowing to record all mass-to-charge ratios provided by the spectrometer in parallel and within a reduced acquisition time.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (LIST)Inventors: Hung Quang Hoang, Tom Wirtz
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Patent number: 11980046Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a display device that includes a first reflector electrode and a second reflector electrode that is separated from the first reflector electrode. The display device further includes an isolation structure that overlies the first and second reflector electrodes. The isolation structure includes a first and second portion. The first portion overlies the first reflector electrode and has a first thickness. The second portion overlies the second reflector electrode, has a second thickness greater than the first thickness, and is separated from the first portion of the isolation structure. The display device also includes a first optical emitter structure and a second optical emitter structure that respectively overlie the first portion and the second portion of the isolation structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yung-Chang Chang, Ming Chyi Liu
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Patent number: D1025563Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: TYR Sport, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Vito DiLorenzo, Sunki Jeon, Yang Wang, Corey Berger, Aaron Horschig