Patents by Inventor Alan AN

Alan AN 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: 20160052382
    Abstract: A powertrain is provided that has an engine with a rotatable crankshaft. The powertrain has a transmission with a transmission input member and a transmission output member. A final drive is operatively connected to the transmission output member and includes a drive axle. An engine clutch has an engaged state that operatively connects the engine crankshaft with the transmission input member, and has a disengaged state that operatively disconnects the engine crankshaft from the transmission input member. A motor/generator is provided and a first torque-transmitting device has a selectively engaged state in which the first torque-transmitting device transmits torque between the motor/generator and the transmission output member independent of the engine, the crankshaft, and the engine clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Roger A. Clark, Alan G. Holmes
  • Publication number: 20160054026
    Abstract: A thermostat is described that includes a rechargeable battery, a graphical user interface and a wireless network communication capabilities. During installation, in cases where the rechargeable battery is below a first threshold, the installation procedure is limited so as to avoid energy intensive installation steps which may not be supported by the low battery level. An example of an installation step that is avoided due to low battery level is set up of wireless communication. According to some embodiments, if the battery level is very low during initial installation, the installation process is halted while the battery is charged. An indication such as a flashing LED may be displayed so as to indicate to the user that the battery is being charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: DANIEL ADAM WARREN, HUGO FIENNES, JONATHAN ALAN DUTRA, DAVID BELL, ANTHONY MICHAEL FADELL, MATTHEW LEE ROGERS, IAN C. SMITH, EDWIN H. SATTERTHWAITE, JR., JOSEPH E. PALMER, GRANT M. ERICKSON, ANDREA MUCIGNAT, DAVID SLOO
  • Publication number: 20160051515
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, compositions, and kits containing phentolamine for improving visual performance. In particular, the invention provides improvement in visual performance, such as improvement in visual acuity, by daily ophthalmic administration of a phentolamine solution to an eye of a patient at or near the bedtime of the patient for an extended duration while minimizing the occurrence of adverse side effects, such as eye redness during the patient's waking hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventor: Alan Meyer
  • Publication number: 20160056136
    Abstract: An electronics package includes a first dielectric substrate having a first plurality of vias formed through a thickness thereof, a metalized contact layer coupled to a top surface of the first dielectric substrate, and a first die positioned within a first die opening formed through the thickness of the first dielectric substrate. Metalized interconnects are formed on a bottom surface of the first dielectric substrate and extend through the first plurality of vias to contact the metalized contact layer. A second dielectric substrate is coupled to the first dielectric substrate and has a second plurality of vias formed through a thickness thereof. Metalized interconnects extend through the second plurality of vias to contact the first plurality of metalized interconnects and contact pads of the first die. A first conductive element electrically couples the first die to the metalized contact layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Alan McConnelee, Arun Virupaksha Gowda
  • Publication number: 20160056787
    Abstract: Equalizer controller and controlling method are disclosed. In one embodiment, an equalizer controller includes an audio classifier for identifying the audio type of an audio signal in real time; and an adjusting unit for adjusting an equalizer in a continuous manner based on the confidence value of the audio type as identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lie LU, Jun WANG, Alan SEEFELDT, Mingqing HU
  • Publication number: 20160052208
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for producing a multicomponent feedstock being delivered through a print head of a 3D printer. Multiple component lengths are produced from separate feedstocks and are aligned to form the multicomponent feedstock which is fed into the print head for extrusion. The method includes providing at least two sources of feedstock of different material, feeding a distal end of a first feedstock along a feed path, cutting the first feedstock at a pre-determined length to provide a length of first feedstock having a proximal end. The method includes feeding a distal end of a second feedstock along the feed path and aligning the distal end of the second feedstock with the proximal end of the length of the first feedstock. The second feedstock is cut at a pre-determined length to provide a length of the second feedstock serially aligned with the length of first feedstock, to form a length of multicomponent feedstock. The length of multicomponent feedstock is fed into the print head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Mitchell Oliver Debora, Daniel Lloyd, Derek Alan Vogt
  • Publication number: 20160051914
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fly ring adapted to be used in a rotary drum filtering apparatus, and a method of forming such a fly ring. The fly ring comprises a plurality of ring segments, each ring segment being laser cut. Each ring segment has a first end which overlaps a second end of an adjacent ring segment, forming a lapped joint. Each ring segment first and second end has at least two spaced apart through holes, the through holes of the first end being aligned with the through holes of the second end. A custom fastener extends through the first end and second end aligned through holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Joel Kimmett Clement, Michael Alan Tardie, Frank John Merchel, III
  • Publication number: 20160052940
    Abstract: The present invention provides for compounds of Formula I-I and embodiments and salts thereof for the treatment of diseases (e.g., neurodegenerative diseases). R1, R2, R3, X1, X2, A and Cy variable in Formula I-I all have the meaning as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: ANTHONY ESTRADA, LITING DONG, KEVIN X. CHEN, PAUL GIBBONS, MALCOLM HUESTIS, TERRY KELLAR, WEN LIU, CHANGYOU MA, JOSEPH LYSSIKATOS, ALAN OLIVERO, SNAHEL PATEL, DANIEL SHORE, MICHAEL SIU
  • Publication number: 20160057809
    Abstract: A WiFi access point (AP) includes a receive radio frequency (RF) front end and a baseband processor that controls operation of the receive RF front end. The RF front end captures signals over a wide spectrum that includes a plurality of WiFi frequency bands (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) and channelizes one or more WiFi channels from the captured signals. The baseband processor combines a plurality of blocks of WiFi channels to create one or more aggregated WiFi channels. The receive RF front end may be integrated on a first integrated circuit and the baseband processor may be integrated on a second integrated circuit. The first and second integrated circuits may be integrated on a single package. The RF front end and the baseband processor may be integrated on a single integrated circuit. The WiFi access point comprises a routing module that is communicatively coupled to the baseband processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy Gallagher, Curtis Ling, Alan Trerise, Kishore Seendripu
  • Publication number: 20160057856
    Abstract: A multi-layered electronic system has: a support substrate which supports at least a primary conductive track and a conductive shorting element, which are electrical isolated from one another. A security layer has at least a conductive security connection and a flexible switch element providing an electrical interruption to the conductive security track. The conductive security connection electrically engages the primary conductive track. The flexible switch element is coplanar with the conductive security connection. A dielectric substrate, to which the security layer is affixed, is secured to the support substrate. The electrical interruption of the conductive security connection is bridged by the switch element contacting the conductive shorting element under an actuation force provided from the direction of the dielectric substrate, the switch element being biased away from the conductive shorting element in the absence of the actuation force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Anthony Neil Woodford, Martin Wallace Edmonds, Alan Roger Morey
  • Publication number: 20160054838
    Abstract: A gaming system is provided. The gaming system allows users to access applications via gaming communication devices coupled to a communication network. At least a portion of the network may be wireless. The gaming applications include gambling, financial, entertainment service, and other types of transactions. The system may include a user location determination feature to prevent users from conducting transactions from unauthorized areas. The gaming system may incorporate a user profile feature according to which certain information regarding users of the system may be maintained. Such information can include, without limitation, information relating to preferences, finances, activities participated in by the users, and trends and habits of the users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Lee M. Amaitis, Joseph M. Asher, Robert E. Bahrampour, Darrin M. Mylet, Alan B. Wilkins, Howard W. Lutnick
  • Publication number: 20160053437
    Abstract: A method for preparing an aqueous suspension may include providing a fibrous substrate comprising cellulose having a Canadian Standard freeness equal to or less than 700 cm3, and microfibrillating the fibrous substrate in an aqueous environment by grinding in the presence of a grinding medium which is to be removed after completion of grinding. The grinding may be carried out in the absence of grindable inorganic particulate material, wherein the grinding medium is present in an amount of at least about 10% by volume of the aqueous environment, and wherein the microfibrillated cellulose has a fibre steepness of from about 20 to about 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: IMERYS MINERALS, LIMITED
    Inventors: JOHN CLAUDE HUSBAND, PER SVENDING, DAVID ROBERT SKUSE, TAFADZWA MOTSI, MIKKO LIKITALO, ALAN COLES
  • Publication number: 20160050891
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for processing eggs based upon a characteristic such as gender are provided. Material is extracted from each of a plurality of live eggs, the extracted material is assayed to identify eggs having the characteristic, and then eggs identified as having the characteristic are processed accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Patricia V. Phelps, B. Alan Chalker, II, William Hayes Ferrell, III, John H. Hebrank, Benjamin Charles McDow, Edward Atkinson Pomeroy, III, Jonathan Robertson, Johnny Mark Townsend
  • Publication number: 20160057028
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for monitoring network performance in respect of a digital communications network comprising a user-network (1) having at least one user-device (11, 12, 13) therein that is able to submit requests for data to and receive data from one or more remote servers (16) via an intermediate control module (10), and an access network (5) via which data may be delivered to the user-network (1) via the control module (10). In particular, methods and apparatus are disclosed that allow a network service provider providing network services via an access network to its customers' home networks to have visibility on the performance of its customers' home networks and/or on the performance of one or more networked devices within those customers' home networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Alan SMITH, Trevor BURBRIDGE
  • Publication number: 20160055521
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for review content traffic are provided. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, a method, implemented on a processor, for reviewing advertisement placement on webpages is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: David Brett Hahn, Alan Murray
  • Publication number: 20160055211
    Abstract: A user query or analytic user is received. The user query or analytic requires one or more portions of time series data from a plurality of transient memories. The time series data is linked together across the transient memories devices. A location of one or more portions of the time series data is identified at the plurality of transient memories. One or more portions of the time series data is automatically retrieved from the transient memories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Scott COURTNEY, Kareem Sherif AGGOUR, Ward Linnscott BOWMAN, John Alan INTERRANTE, Sunil MATHUR, Justin DeSpenza MCHUGH, Jenny Marie Weisenberg WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20160054771
    Abstract: A system for configuring outlet groups on an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is provided. The system includes a computer system connected via a communication link to the UPS. The computer system includes a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The at least one processor is configured to receive data pertaining to at least one device, receive data pertaining to a plurality of outlet groups associated with the UPS, determine one configuration profile for the at least one device, the one configuration profile being included in a plurality of configuration profiles, determine one outlet group of the plurality of outlet groups, the one outlet group being configured for the one configuration profile, associate the one configuration profile with the one outlet group and provide an instruction for a user to connect the at least one device in an outlet included in the one outlet group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Raymond M. Fallon, Alan Dean Smith, Orla Conroy
  • Publication number: 20160055268
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for processing three-dimensional (3D) data are presented. Captured three-dimensional (3D) data associated with a 3D model of an architectural environment is received and at least a portion of the captured 3D data associated with a flat surface is identified. Furthermore, missing data associated with the portion of the captured 3D data is identified and additional 3D data for the missing data is generated based on other data associated with the portion of the captured 3D data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew Tschudy Bell, David Alan Gausebeck, Daniel Ford, Gregory William Coombe
  • Publication number: 20160055455
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for connecting authenticated persons, willing to pay for crowd-sourced answers to technical problems, to authenticated subject matter experts willing to sell answers to these problems in return for a variety of items of value; the system comprising a secure repository for questions posed by users and answers from other users, an innovation engine for selecting subject matter experts and facilitating collaborative solutions, a project governance engine configured to optimize the development path, a pricing engine to determine the market value of the answers, a marketplace engine for exchanging items and services of value, and means for users to communicate with other users or groups of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Bryan Alan Hill, John Stephan McCarty
  • Publication number: 20160054057
    Abstract: Microwave drying of ceramic honeycomb logs using a customizable cover that can take the form of a flexible wrap or a rigid cover is disclosed. The cover can be in the form of a wrap disposed directly in contact with the leading edge of the log surface. The cover can also be a rigid cover disposed adjacent but not in contact with the leading edge of the log surface. At least a portion of the trailing edge of the log can remain uncovered either by having windows in the wrap or by the rigid cover only covering the leading edge of the log surface. The customizable cover can be configured to compensate for log shape deformities as well as or in addition to the adverse effect on log shape cause by the drying differential created by passing a log through a microwave drying station leading-edge first.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Colby William Audinwood, Brett Alan Terwilliger, David Robertson Treacy, JR., Chauncey James Watches