Patents by Inventor A. Shapiro

A. Shapiro has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250113698
    Abstract: A light engine with distinct light sources sharing at least one optic may employ scattering particles to change the illuminance line profiles of one or more of the light sources so that they are more uniformly mixed in the far-field. The scattering particles may be integrated into phosphor layers of specific light sources or may be disposed in a separate layer. The scattering particles may be tunable based on the particular characteristics of the light source, such as their spectral characteristics or their chemical mixing characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Matthew ROZIN, Noad Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20250108227
    Abstract: Alternating electric fields (e.g., Tumor Treating Fields or TTFields) can be applied to a subject's body using an apparatus (e.g., a transducer array) that includes a first PCB that has metal pads for coupling an AC signal into the subject's body at high currents, and a second, less expensive PCB that can only handle lower currents. The first PCB is located at a central portion of the apparatus, and the second PCB is located at a peripheral portion of the apparatus. Temperature sensors (e.g., thermistors) are electrically connected to the second PCB. In some embodiments, the second PCB is significantly larger than the first PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: Novocure GmbH
    Inventors: Yoram WASSERMAN, Stas Obuchovsky, David Shapiro, Inbar Schlachet Drukerman
  • Publication number: 20250108217
    Abstract: Alternating electric fields (e.g., tumor treating fields or TTFields) can be applied to a subject's body using electrode assemblies that are made from two discrete subassemblies, which are removably and adhesively connectable to each other. As long as the two subassemblies remain in intimate contact (which can be determined, e.g., by measuring an electrical resistance or an optical reflectance), the system applies an AC voltage to the electrode assemblies. But if (a) the subassemblies within any given electrode assembly become separated (or even begin to separate), or (b) the subassemblies within any given electrode assembly are not aligned correctly, then the system will turn off the AC voltage to that electrode assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: Novocure GmbH
    Inventors: Yoram WASSERMAN, Stas OBUCHOVSKY, David SHAPIRO, Inbar SCHLACHET DRUKERMAN
  • Patent number: 12267086
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for decoding information bits obtained from storage, including obtaining a frame corresponding to a codeword from the storage device, performing a first decoding operation on the frame, based on the first decoding operation indicating that a number of errors is greater than a predetermined number, selecting at least one potential error bit, and perform a second decoding operation based on the at least one potential error bit, based on the second decoding operation indicating that the number of errors is not equal to the predetermined number plus one, determining that the frame is not correctable by the first decoding operation and the second decoding operation, and based on the second decoding operation indicating that the number of errors is equal to the predetermined number plus one, correcting the frame based on a result of the second decoding operation to obtain a corrected frame, and obtaining information bits corresponding to the codeword based on the corrected frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Amit Berman, Dikla Shapiro, Idan Dekel
  • Publication number: 20250104861
    Abstract: The subject technology provides for large-scale training of foundation models for physiological signals from wearable electronic devices. An apparatus receives receive input data having a plurality of physiological signal information segments associated with a user. The apparatus applies one or more augmentation functions to the plurality of physiological signal information segments to generate an augmented version of the plurality of physiological signal information segments. The apparatus trains a neural network to produce a trained machine learning model by generating, via an encoder, an embedding of the augmented version having a first number of dimensions in an embedding space. The apparatus maps, via a multilayer perceptron projection, the embedding into a representation having a second number of dimensions. The apparatus determines mutual information between a pair of representations of the augmented version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Hamidreza ABBASPOURAZAD, Udhyakumar NALLASAMY, Oussama ELACHQAR, Saba EMRANI, Andrew MILLER, Ian R. SHAPIRO
  • Publication number: 20250100985
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit p38? MAPK protein, and methods of using the same, are provided for treating or preventing diseases such as cancer or inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Paul S. SHAPIRO, Alexander D. MACKERELL, Jr., Jeffrey D. HASDAY, Steven FLETCHER
  • Patent number: 12260781
    Abstract: The technology relates generally to an interactive avatar training system. The interactive avatar training system utilizes an interactive platform that allows at least two users, such as a trainer and a trainee, to be in interactive communication in a training program. The interactive avatar training system may assist generating a processed answer or response from the trainer to the trainee so that the answer presented to the trainee has high level of accuracy. Thus, the training efficiency and accuracy may be enhanced and improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Interactive Video Images, Inc.
    Inventors: David Patrick Carmichael, Roger Nelson, John J. Maley, Jeffrey Shapiro
  • Patent number: 12258947
    Abstract: An offshore power generation structure comprising a submerged portion having a first deck portion comprising an integral multi-stage evaporator system, a second deck portion comprising an integral multi-stage condensing system, a third deck portion housing power generation equipment, cold water pipe; and a cold water pipe connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: The Abell Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry R. Cole, Jonathan M. Ross, Andrew Rekret, Henry Sibenaller, William Schulz, Russ Krull, Laurence Jay Shapiro
  • Patent number: 12260417
    Abstract: A system and related methods are disclosed for managing, evaluating and improving identity governance and administration. The system is configured to execute a method, which includes receiving, by a computing system, data associated with the identity governance and administration, classifying, by a computing system, the data associated with the identity governance and administration according to one or more rules, generating, by a computing system, a three-dimensional model using the classified data associated with the identity governance and administration, performing, by a computing system, a statistical analysis, and optionally displaying, by a computing system, the three-dimensional model or results of the statistical analysis, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Costidity, Inc.
    Inventor: Vladislav Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20250094923
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for obtaining data annotations from a crowdsourced group of individuals. The individuals can be provided with a set of data describing damage to an item and a variety of annotations can be applied to the data. In a variety of embodiments, multiple individuals can review the same claim and a final claim outcome can be determined based on the multiple reviews. In many embodiments, machine classifiers can process the set of data to identify particular features within the data. Scoring data can be generated, based on annotations provided by other individuals and/or machine classifiers that reflects the adjuster's skill at identifying features within the data and annotating the data. Claims can be assigned to individuals based on the score assigned to the individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventor: Glenn Shapiro
  • Patent number: 12255588
    Abstract: Bias circuits and methods for silicon-based amplifier architectures that are tolerant of supply and bias voltage variations, bias current variations, and transistor stack height, and compensate for poor output resistance characteristics. Embodiments include power amplifiers and low-noise amplifiers that utilize a cascode reference circuit to bias the final stages of a cascode amplifier under the control of a closed loop bias control circuit. The closed loop bias control circuit ensures that the current in the cascode reference circuit is approximately equal to a selected multiple of a known current value by adjusting the gate bias voltage to the final stage of the cascode amplifier. The final current through the cascode amplifier is a multiple of the current in the cascode reference circuit, based on a device scaling factor representing the relative sizes of the transistor devices in the cascode amplifier and in the cascode reference circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: pSemi Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan James Klaren, David Kovac, Eric S. Shapiro, Christopher C. Murphy, Robert Mark Englekirk, Keith Bargroff, Tero Tapio Ranta
  • Publication number: 20250086912
    Abstract: A system for providing vehicle demos and conversations with product experts. The system activates an expert user chat in an expert user interface and activates a customer user chat in a customer user interface. The system further renders a three-dimensional (3D) model of a vehicle in the expert user interface and in the customer user interface. The system further renders controls in the expert user interface that enable an expert user to manipulate the 3D model in the expert user interface, and renders controls in the customer user interface that enable a customer user to manipulate the 3D model in the customer user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Garrett GONZALES, Caitlyn MOWRY, Irfan ALAM, Denis SHAPIRO, Yangjun LI
  • Publication number: 20250082952
    Abstract: A method for treating a patient includes providing a delivery device capable of generating a magnetic field, placing the device above or below the skin, and directing the agent into the patient's skin via the device. The therapeutic agent is directed to a treatment site through the skin. Systems for directing agents are also included herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventor: Benjamin Shapiro
  • Patent number: 12250428
    Abstract: A system may selectively deliver interactive portions of a piece of content, based for example on a recipient user's historical tendency to use interactive portions of prior content. Multiple levels of interactivity may be defined for a given piece of content, such as an advertisement, and different users may receive different levels of interactivity based on how much they use interactive features. Some users may receive no interactive features at all, while others may receive the interactive features, and despite the fact that all of the users' devices may be perfectly capable of processing the interactive features for the user. The omission from transmission may conserve bandwidth and transmission resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Ariantaj, Igor Shapiro, Vilas Veeraraghavan, Stephen Wiebe, Mark Thomas
  • Patent number: 12239427
    Abstract: An example technique may include tracking motion of a user wearing the wearable device using at least first sensors of one or more sensors of the wearable device. The technique may also include tracking a physical state of the user using at least second sensors of the one or more sensors of the wearable device. The technique may also include determining whether an application of the wearable device has been launched. The technique may also include determining an action category of the user based at least in part on at least one of the motion of the user, the physical state of the user, or whether the application has been launched. The technique may also include collecting heartrate data of the user. The technique may also include categorizing the heartrate data based at least in part on the determined action category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Schroeder, Divya Padmanabhan, Erno H. Klaassen, Evan R. Doll, Ian R. Shapiro, Jay Kriz Blahnik, Roxanne B. Brittain, Stephen J. Waydo, Joefrey S. Kibuule, Alexa VanHattum
  • Patent number: 12241069
    Abstract: Provided herein are genetically engineered gas vesicle expression systems (GVES) that are configured to express gas vesicles (GVs) in a mammalian cell, related gas vesicle polynucleotide constructs, gas vesicle reporting genetic circuits, vectors, genetically engineered mammalian cells, non-human mammalian hosts, compositions, methods and systems, which in several embodiments can be used together with contrast-enhanced imaging techniques to detect and report biological events in an imaging target site comprising a mammalian cell and/or organism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Arash Farhadi, Gabrielle H Ho, Daniel P Sawyer, Mikhail Shapiro, Robert C. Hurt, Mengtong Duan
  • Publication number: 20250065092
    Abstract: A device and method for directing an agent that is magnetic or magnetizable having a magnetic configuration in which a first magnet has a first magnetization that is opposite to a second magnetization of the second magnet. The first magnet and the second magnet define a minimal convex set and the push node is outside the convex set. The first magnetic field and the second magnetic create a combined field and a pushing force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Otomagnetics, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin SHAPIRO
  • Patent number: 12227520
    Abstract: Compounds for use in treating or preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are disclosed. The compounds have the following formula (I): including stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, L, W1, W2, X, Y, and Z are as defined herein. Methods associated with the preparation and use of such compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Hang Chu, Ana Z. Gonzalez Buenrostro, Hongyan Guo, Xiaochun Han, Lan Jiang, Jiayao Li, Michael L. Mitchell, Hyung-Jung Pyun, Scott D. Schroeder, Gregg M. Schwarzwalder, Nathan D. Shapiro, Devleena M. Shivakumar, Qiaoyin Wu, Hong Yang, Jennifer R. Zhang
  • Patent number: D1062957
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventors: Rob Shapiro, Chad DeHart, Jose Miraflor, III
  • Patent number: D1066508
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Inventors: Bradley Berman, Chad Shapiro, Ryan Strand