Patents Examined by Toan Vu
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Patent number: 10080107Abstract: The present invention comprises a computer apparatus for displaying the topology of a timely organized ad hoc network, the apparatus including a processor, a memory, a computer-readable medium, an input device coupled to the processor, a radio frequency transceiver coupled to the processor; a communications interface coupled to the memory, a display coupled to the processor, and software copied from the computer-readable medium into the memory by the processor that, when executed, causes the processor to obtain a diagram of the network location from the input device or computer readable medium, obtain the identities of the devices comprising the network from the input device or computer readable medium, determine the communication links between the network devices, and graphically represent on the display the devices and the connection links on the diagram.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: INTECH 21, INC.Inventors: Marat Kats, Igor Tchibirev, Victor Zelmanovich, George Bilenko, Helena Zelmanovich
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Patent number: 10053034Abstract: A power supply system comprises an electricity storage device provided at a vehicle's front portion, a front relay device provided at the vehicle's front portion and distributing power to a first electric load including electric loads arranged at the vehicle's front portion, a central relay device provided in a vehicle compartment and distributing power to a second electric load including electric loads arranged in the vehicle compartment, a rear relay device provided at a rear portion of the vehicle and distributing power to a third electric load including electric loads arranged at the vehicle's rear portion, a first power line connecting the electricity storage device and the front relay device, a second power line connecting the front relay device and the central relay device, and a third power line connecting the front relay device and the rear relay device.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2015Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichiro Tokumaru, Masaaki Shimizu, Osamu Michihira, Kenji Okada
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Patent number: 10042538Abstract: A method and system are provided. The method includes cataloging a plurality of user interface elements belonging to a plurality of user interfaces on a plurality of devices included in an ambient computing environment. The method further includes estimating a current cognitive state of a user. The method also includes modifying at least one of the plurality of interface elements to align current cognitive demands of the ambient computing environment on the user with the current cognitive state of the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Rick A. Hamilton, II, James R. Kozloski
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Patent number: 10044220Abstract: When the power is normally supplied from the commercial power supply, the storage battery is charged by reducing the DC voltage by the charge/discharge chopper. The switching unit is provided in the previous stage of the converter. When the commercial power supply is in an abnormal state, the three-phase AC converter is operated as three discharge choppers connected in parallel by supplying the power of the storage battery to the converter and boosting the power by the switching element included in the converter. The power of the storage battery is boosted by the charge/discharge chopper, and a part of the discharging power is supplied. One three-phase AC reactor is provided in the previous stage of the converter, and the three-phase AC reactor has three coils, magnetic leg iron cores having the coils winding around them, and one leg without a coil winding around it connected in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yuichiro Konishi, Atsuo Nishihara, Keisuke Horiuchi
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Patent number: 10030917Abstract: Systems according to the present disclosure provide one or more surfaces that function as heat or power radiating surfaces for which at least a portion of the radiating surface includes or is composed of “fractal cells” placed sufficiently closed close together to one another so that a surface (plasmonic) wave causes near replication of current present in one fractal cell in an adjacent fractal cell. A fractal of such a fractal cell can be of any suitable fractal shape and may have two or more iterations. The fractal cells may lie on a flat or curved sheet or layer and be composed in layers for wide bandwidth or multibandwidth transmission. The area of a surface and its number of fractals determines the gain relative to a single fractal cell. The boundary edges of the surface may be terminated resistively so as to not degrade the cell performance at the edges.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc.Inventor: Nathan Cohen
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Patent number: 10032203Abstract: A computing system comprises, in one example, a display system configured to generate user interface displays and a property surfacing system configured to detect a request to access properties corresponding to a selected unit and to access a unit-property association store that stores one or more association entities. Each association entity associates a property entity with the selected unit. The property surfacing system obtains the properties based on the associated property entity. The computing system comprises a display system controller configured to control the display system to generate a user interface property display with a representation of the properties.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Shaleen Sharma, Prabhat Kumar Pandey, Ashish Kothari, Anirban Saha, Hemant Raj, Kartheek Reddy Naini, Ashwinderjit Kaur
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Patent number: 10033183Abstract: Diffraction of a noise may be reduced in an inexpensive manner without reducing power generation efficiency. A power generation control apparatus (10) includes a plurality of combinations of DC input terminals (101) and (102) for inputting DC power and a noise filter (11) connected to the DC input terminals (101) and (102), wherein each of the plurality of combinations has a different extreme value of frequency characteristics of the noise filter (11).Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2013Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Tetsuya Takenaka
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Patent number: 10027124Abstract: A controller has a predicting section which computes a predicted electric energy predicted to be supplied from a power distribution grid to the load during an assessment period which is a predetermined period. The controller has a supply electric energy computing section which computes a supply electric power based on the predicted electric energy, the supply electric energy being an electric energy to be supplied to the load from the electric power converter during the assessment period. The controller has a time computing section which computes a discharge time by dividing the supply electric energy by a rated power of the electric power converter. The controller has a control section which controls the electric power converter so that an electric power corresponding to the rated power is supplied to the load only for the discharge time within the assessment period.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Akira Ito
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Patent number: 10027113Abstract: A high-voltage DC voltage unit with a first DC voltage apparatus providing a first high-voltage DC voltage between a first output connection and a second output connection of the DC voltage apparatus or can be fed with a first high-voltage DC voltage. A second DC voltage apparatus provides a second high-voltage DC voltage or can be fed with a second high-voltage DC voltage. A first DC voltage connection is coupled with the first output connection of the first DC voltage apparatus. A second DC voltage connection is coupled with the second output connection of the second DC voltage apparatus. A reference potential connection is coupled with the second output connection of the first DC voltage apparatus, with the first output connection of the second DC voltage apparatus and with an earth potential, the first and second high-voltage DC voltages realizing a bipolar power supply.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2014Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignees: Airbus Operations GmbH, Airbus Defence and Space GmbHInventors: Joerg Wangemann, Jens Schult
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Patent number: 10014687Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a grid-tied photovoltaic power generation system, and particularly, to a grid-tied photovoltaic power generation system including a power maintaining unit configured to maintain power of a controller during an corresponding operation time of a photovoltaic system when power supply is stopped due to a fault generated in a grid, whereby power may be stably supplied to the controller and power of the controller may be maintained, designing of the photovoltaic system and setting of a connection to the grid may be simply and easily performed, a corresponding operation of the photovoltaic system may be controlled regarding the fault generated in the grid, and the fault generated in the grid may be accurately, appropriately, and effectively handled.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Kwangsoo Koh
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Patent number: 9997291Abstract: A wireless power supply apparatus includes a power reception coil, an actual load and an auxiliary load. The power reception coil functions as a repeater for receiving electric power in a non-contact manner by magnetic resonance with a power transmission coil to which electric power is supplied from a power supply unit and relaying transfer of the electric power from the power transmission coil. The actual load is connected to the power reception coil and is powered by the electric power received by the power reception coil. The auxiliary load is inserted parallel to the power reception coil and the actual load and forms a closed circuit with the power reception coil when supply of the electric power to the actual load is interrupted to be in an open state.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignees: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masayoshi Sugino, Katsumi Yuasa, Keisuke Hamasaki, Hiroshi Kondoh, Shigeru Takeda, Yasuyuki Haseo
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Patent number: 9994173Abstract: A driver assistance system of a vehicle includes: at least one ultrasonic sensor for ascertaining the distance of the vehicle from an obstacle, the sensor being supplied with electrical energy by an onboard electrical system of the vehicle; and an undervoltage detector for detecting an undervoltage in the onboard electrical system, in the event of which the power requirement of the ultrasonic sensor is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2013Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Peter Rapps, Michael Hering, Albrecht Klotz
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Patent number: 9996239Abstract: A method and system are provided. The method includes cataloging a plurality of user interface elements belonging to a plurality of user interfaces on a plurality of devices included in an ambient computing environment. The method further includes estimating a current cognitive state of a user. The method also includes modifying at least one of the plurality of interface elements to align current cognitive demands of the ambient computing environment on the user with the current cognitive state of the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Rick A. Hamilton, II, James R. Kozloski
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Patent number: 9977595Abstract: A computing device is described that includes a presence-sensitive display component, at least one processor, and a memory. The memory stores instructions that when executed cause the at least one processor to output, for display, a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of keys and a search element, and determine, based at least in part on a selection of one or more keys from the plurality of keys, a query suggestion. The instructions, when executed, further cause the at least one processor to receive an indication of input selecting the search element, and responsive to receiving the indication of input, output, for display, an updated graphical keyboard that includes a selectable link associated with the query suggestion.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventor: Min-sang Choi
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Patent number: 9971492Abstract: Systems, interfaces, and methods for implementing the systems and interfaces include a dynamic environment generation subsystem that changes objects and subobjects based on locations of the motion sensors and/or the nature, time and/or location of sensed motion and include selection attractive movement as the selection protocol, where a selection object is used to discriminate between selectable objects and attract a target object toward the selection objects, where the direction and speed of the motion controls, discriminates, attracts, and activates the selected objects.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Quantum Interface, LLCInventors: Damon Chandler, Jonathan Josephson
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Patent number: 9972434Abstract: An apparatus, a system and a method for wireless power transfer are disclosed. A method of forming a physical core of a wireless power transfer device includes positioning two or more electromagnetically permeable members adjacent to one another and applying longitudinal pressure to an end of the electromagnetically permeable members, the electromagnetically permeable members at least partially encapsulated in retaining compound. A wireless power transfer device includes a casing in which is housed an induction coil, a plurality of electromagnetically permeable members arranged in a line and a retaining compound.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Nicholas Athol Keeling, Edward Van Boheemen, Michael Le Gallais Kissin, Jonathan Beaver
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Patent number: 9965013Abstract: A power distribution system that distributes power to electrical loads includes a switchgear apparatus that selectively routes power from one of two or more feeds to downstream portions of the system based upon commands received from a separate external switchgear controller device that receives data from various portions of the power distribution system. The switchgear controller device can operate in one or more separate operating modes, where commands to the switchgear apparatus are generated based upon user inputs or determinations made by an internal switchgear control module based at least in part upon the selected operating mode of the switchgear controller device. The operating mode can be set based upon user interaction with an operating mode interface. The switchgear control module may generate switchgear operation commands based at least in part upon data received from the switchgear apparatus and various portions of the power distribution system.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2014Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Nigel Martin McGee, Martin John O'Grady, Patrick Hughes
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Patent number: 9952751Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for combining user communications are described herein. In some embodiments, indicators corresponding to online participants accessing an online event are provided on a user interface. An input selecting one of the indicators may be detected from an online participant, and a merged display of the selected indicator and the indicator of the online participant who made the selection may be presented on the user interface. In response to the input, a communications link between the online participants of the merged display may be created. The communication link may allow transmission of reception of prioritized communication between the online participants of the merged display.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: SHINDIG, INC.Inventor: Steven M. Gottlieb
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Patent number: 9946230Abstract: A system for controlling electrical loads in a house, apartment, office or any other living environment, comprising the following units: Smart load control unit (LCU), Remote control unit (RCU), Sensors unit (SU), Computer interface unit (CIU), Infrared control unit (IRU) and Keypad unit (KU). Each LCU is so devised as to replace a wall switch or other electrical load power control device and comprises means for controlling an electric power delivered to the load responsive to a user's commands. Each RCU comprises means for activating LCU units, and each SU comprises sensor means. Each unit further includes means for connecting by wireless to the other units to exchange data or commands therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2011Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Inventors: Ronen Apelker, Allon Apelker
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Patent number: 9941690Abstract: A disconnector for high voltage, including columnar supporting elements which are electrically isolating and are adapted to support electromechanical elements of opening and closing a circuit or an electrical line. At least one columnar supporting element, which is tubular, supports an optical current transformer, the optical fiber of which, surrounded by protection elements, extends inside the tubular columnar supporting element.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2012Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD.Inventors: Francesco Rosin, Vincenzo Girlando