Patents Examined by Yingchuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 12383822
    Abstract: A control device used for holding an electronic device having a display is provided. The control device includes two control handles, a connection structure, a support structure, a moving mechanism, and a movable module. The two control handles are connected to each other through the connection structure. The support structure is connected to the connection structure. The moving mechanism is connected to the support structure. The movable module includes a carrier platform and two holding assemblies. The carrier platform is connected to the support structure through the moving mechanism. The two holding assemblies are connected to the carrier platform, and the two holding assemblies are configured to cooperatively hold the electronic device that is disposed on the carrier platform. The carrier platform can be operated to move forward or backward relative to the two control handles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: DEXIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ho-Lung Lu, Hung-Yi Fan
  • Patent number: 12361791
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine includes a display, a credit input mechanism, and a processor configured to perform operations comprising: (i) initiating a free play bonus game; (ii) awarding, during the free play bonus game, a plurality of free spins of a plurality of reels; (iii) displaying, on the display, a plurality of numerical indicia, the plurality of numerical indicia displayed one at a time and increasing from an initial numerical indicium associated with an initial free spin to a final numerical indicium associated with a final free spin; and (iv) providing a game award in conjunction with the final free spin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: David Marsh, Karl Roelofs, Michael P. Casey
  • Patent number: 12343624
    Abstract: A multiplayer game implementing a method for generating a plurality of training virtual areas; generating at least one GUI to display a list of the plurality of training virtual areas; using the at least one GUI, enabling a player to choose one of the plurality of training virtual areas, wherein said one of the plurality of training virtual areas is associated with at least one attribute; allowing the player to navigate a virtual character to said one of the plurality of training virtual areas; monitoring an activity of the virtual character in said one of the plurality of training virtual areas; determining a value of the at least one attribute based on the monitored activity; and updating a first attributes profile of the virtual character to a second attributes profile based on the determined value of the at least one attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Activision Publishing, Inc.
    Inventor: Omer Salik
  • Patent number: 12330054
    Abstract: A directional pad for a controller can comprise a shell, a suspension system, and a haptic actuator. The shell can include a top that has opposing upper and lower surfaces. The suspension system can be coupled to the shell and include three or more elastic arms. Each of the arms can extend between a first end that is coupled to the shell and a second end that is disposed lower than the shell and the first end of the arm. The haptic actuator can be configured to vibrate the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jason Scott Morrison, Yi-Ming Chou
  • Patent number: 12330072
    Abstract: A roulette wheel reading apparatus is provided for triangulating a roulette ball position in a pocket of a roulette wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: TCS JOHN HUXLEY EUROPE LIMITED
    Inventor: Nicholas Richard Baker French
  • Patent number: 12280312
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling virtual units in a virtual scene at a computing device. The method includes, in response to receiving a first user input, displaying, on a display device, a first user interface (UI) that includes a plurality of command elements, the plurality of command elements comprising a union set of virtual unit actions performable by each user controllable virtual unit available to a user in the virtual scene. The method also includes receiving a second user input indicating a selection of a command element among the plurality of command elements in the first UI. The method further includes controlling one or more virtual units in the virtual scene to execute an action corresponding to the selected command element, the one or more virtual units being selected according to the first user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Taeyeon Kim, Stefan Haines
  • Patent number: 12268958
    Abstract: One exemplary aspect relates to normalizing latency in a networking environment to reduce the chances of creating an unfair advantage. While an exemplary aspect will be discussed in relation to a gaming environment, it is to be appreciated that the techniques disclosed herein can be applied to other environments where latency normalization or the ability to maintain latency between various endpoints is desired. For example, other environments include eSporting, on-line betting, fantasy esports, streaming services, etc. Some more specific examples include World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, H1Z1®, PUBG®, Fortnite®, Realm Royale®, Planet Side 2®, real-time strategy games, slot machines, electronic poker tournaments, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Nant Holdings IP, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Soon-Shiong, John Wiacek, Nicholas J. Witchey
  • Patent number: 12251628
    Abstract: This application discloses an object display method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining, by using a client of a game application, first target movement information of a first member object participating in a current game event, the first member object being different from a target object, the target object being an object controlled by the client of the game application in the current game event, and the first target movement information comprising at least a moving direction of the first member object; and displaying, in the client of the game application, a first movement direction marker of the first member object according to the moving direction of the first member object on a minimap corresponding to the current game event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Yiran Wang
  • Patent number: 12254126
    Abstract: An electronic device determines information about a target and provides the information to another electronic device that has an obstructed view of the target. The other electronic device displays an image of the target with an orientation and a location of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Robert Louis Lyren
  • Patent number: 12239911
    Abstract: Non-players can vote and comment on uploaded video clips or livestreams of video games played by video game players. The video game players that upload the clips or do the livestreaming and that then receive the most votes can be awarded digital awards. The non-players providing the best comments can also be awarded digital awards. This incentivizes these behaviors, providing ample training data in the process so that the votes and comments can be used to train a model to make inferences related to video game video. For instance, the model may be trained to provide auto-generated comments in real time as a second video game is played, where the comments are in video game domain-specific language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Chen Yao
  • Patent number: 12226647
    Abstract: A source of light energy such as a source of violet light energy is coupled to a structure configured to contact the eye. The light source and structure are arranged to provide therapeutic amounts of violet light energy to the eye in order to inhibit the progression of refractive error such as myopia. The light source can be configured in many ways and may comprise a radioisotope and a phosphorescent material. The structure configured to contact the eye may comprise a contact lens or an implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Ryo Kubota, Amitava Gupta
  • Patent number: 12226644
    Abstract: An example medical device includes a plurality of electrodes, therapy delivery circuitry, and processing circuitry configured to control the therapy delivery circuitry to deliver electrical stimulation to an intercostal nerve of a patient via at least two of the plurality of electrodes, wherein the electrical stimulation is delivered with stimulation parameters configured to suppress ventricular tachyarrhythmia of the patient, wherein the stimulation parameters comprise a stimulation frequency less than or equal to 40 hertz (Hz).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan G. Kracker, Lilian Kornet, Michelle M. Galarneau, Matthew D. Bonner, Johan Maas, Berthold Stegemann, Paulus C. van Venrooij, Vasiliki Spyropoulou, Victor Peter Jozef Duijsens, Markus J. C. Lazeroms
  • Patent number: 12207906
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including a ventricular assist device that includes a tube configured to traverse a subject's aortic valve. The tube defines a generally-cylindrical central portion, and a proximal conical portion that narrows from a proximal end of the central portion to a proximal end of the tube. The tube defines one or more blood inlet openings in a vicinity of a distal end of the tube, and one or more blood outlet openings that extend axially from the central portion of the tube at least partially into the proximal conical portion of the tube. A blood pump pumps blood into the tube from the subject's left ventricle through the one or more blood inlet openings, and from the tube into the aorta through the one or more blood outlet openings. Other applications are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Magenta Medical Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosi Tuval, Zev Sohn, Ehud Schwammenthal, Gad Lubinsky
  • Patent number: 12201837
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for setting a therapeutic dose of a neuromodulator implanted into a patient. The therapeutic dose typically includes a therapeutic dose duration including a ramp-up time to reach a peak modulation voltage and a sustained peak modulation time during which the voltage is sustained at the peak modulation voltage. The methods and apparatuses may use a testing ramp to identify a peak modulation voltage that is patient-specific and provides a maximized therapeutic effect while remaining comfortably tolerable by the patient during the application of energy by the neuromodulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Neuros Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Nemath Syed Shah, Zi-Ping Fang
  • Patent number: 12201442
    Abstract: Approaches described herein can capture an audio signal using at least one microphone while a user of an electronic device is determined to be asleep. At least one audio frame can be determined from the audio signal. The at least one audio frame represents a spectrum of frequencies detected by the at least one microphone over some period of time. One or more sounds associated with the at least one audio frame can be determined. Sleep-related information can be generated. The information identifies the one or more sounds as potential sources of sleep disruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: FITBIT, INC
    Inventors: Hao-Wei Su, Logan Alexander Niehaus, Conor Joseph Heneghan, Jonathan David Charlesworth, Subramaniam Venkatraman, Shelten Gee Jao Yuen
  • Patent number: 12186577
    Abstract: A system to couple light to tissue includes a first light source configured to emit first light of a first wavelength lambda ?1 and a second light source configured to emit second light of a second wavelength ?2. The system also includes a retro-modulator configured to receive the first light and the second light. The retro-modulator is configured to modulate the first light of the first wavelength ?1 based at least in part on an intensity of the second light of the second wavelength ?2. The retro-modulator is also configured to reflect the modulated first light for use in generation of a guide-star within the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventor: Hooman Mohseni
  • Patent number: 12178590
    Abstract: A muscle control device includes an electromyography (EMG) electrode unit including a plurality of electrodes, and that senses an EMG signal, an EMG circuit unit that generates channel data, based on electrode signals, a control unit that receives the channel data, extracts a volitional electromyography signal, based on the channel data, and determines FES (Functional Electrical Stimulation) stimulation parameters, based on the volitional electromyography signal, an FES electrode unit that outputs a functional electrical stimulation, based on the FES stimulation parameters, and an FES circuit unit that receives the FES stimulation parameters, generates the functional electrical stimulation, based on the FES stimulation parameters, and transmits the functional electrical stimulation to the FES electrode unit, and the control unit recognizes a direction and an intensity of a motion from the volitional electromyography signal, based on the volitional electromyography signal and adjusts an intensity of the functi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Dong Woo Lee, Jabeom Gu, Baesun Kim, Yong Ki Son, Joonyoung Jung, Hyung Cheol Shin
  • Patent number: 12179091
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to apparatus, systems, and methods to allow a user to create virtual and real-world game content to provide players with physically engaging virtual content that is anchored to real-world locations. A content creator is provided a set of “drag-n-drop” modular assets (e.g., encounter tiles, content tiles, creatures, chests, rooms, vehicles, etc.) that can be aggregated together to form a complete content set (e.g., a dungeon, level, puzzle, etc.) through which a player is able to engage the game via the real-world. Each individual modular asset may include a set of in-game challenge criteria that must be satisfied to complete an in-game challenge associated with the asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Inventors: Shawn Semler Anderson, Matthew Wayne Geer, Jesse William Snyder, Michael E. Madden, III, John Wiacek, Jake Tyler Fyfe, Nicholas James Witchey
  • Patent number: 12183178
    Abstract: A vitals monitoring handcuff apparatus comprising a housing structure that is adapted to be coupled with a set of handcuffs and to contain a plurality of modules and units; a first module that is located within the housing structure and adapted to measure a wearer's heartrate via a sensor; a second module that is located within the housing structure and is adapted to measure the wearer's respiration rate via a sensor; a controller unit that is located within the housing structure, is configured to relay instructional programs to the modules and units which causes the modules and units to operate, and the controller unit receives data from the modules and inputs that data into associated algorithms that produce corresponding output signals; a communication unit that is located within the housing structure and receives the output signals from the controller unit and is adapted to relay the output signals to a user; and a rechargeable power unit located within the housing structure that is accessed by a port on
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Inventor: Zachary Owen Rebro
  • Patent number: 12178604
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems, and methods for determining the dipole densities on a cardiac surface using a plurality of electrodes, including electrodes positioned on a torso of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: ACUTUS MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Randell L. Werneth, Graydon E. Beatty, Christoph Scharf, Gunter Scharf, J. Christopher Flaherty