Patents by Inventor An Tran

An Tran 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).

  • Patent number: 12252560
    Abstract: Processes to prepare aqueous polymer dispersions are provided, as well as compositions thereof, which have high solids content (e.g., 50%) with low viscosity. The process uses a selective hydrophilic macro-RAFT agent of formula (I), and is substantially free of surfactants. This process can be used to make latex polymers with good stability, which can be used widely in coatings (e.g., architectural paints, stone paints, industrial coatings, wood coatings, etc.), adhesives, sealants and mastic compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SPECIALTY OPERATIONS FRANCE
    Inventors: Lichang Zhou, DongCheel Lee, Tiffany Chen, Fabio Trezzi, Shailesh Majmudar, Homayoun Jamasbi, An Tran, Pierre-Emmanuel Dufils, Laurianne Timbart, David James Wilson, Changheon Kang
  • Publication number: 20250052591
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a system for detecting information about a road relating to digital geographical map data is provided. The system comprises an input device configured to obtain remotely captured geographical image data; and a processor configured to generate ground truth image data from the digital geographical map data, and generate binary image data of the road segments from the remotely captured geographical image data using a semantic segmentation task. The processor is further configured to: skeletonize the binary image data to generate skeletonized binary image data including a center line of each road segment of the road segments, detect a road segment missing from the digital geographical map data using the skeletonized binary image data, detect a road width from the binary image data and the center line of each road segment of the road segments; and detect number of lanes from the detected road width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Lam An TRAN, Seyed Ali MAJID ZONOOZI, Jagannadan VARADARAJAN, Wenmiao HU, Hannes Martin KRUPPA
  • Patent number: 12055177
    Abstract: A captive fastener is disclosed having a longitudinal slot along the shank for receiving a hold-out clip, and a chamber that houses a retractable push out pin. The push out pin is spring actuated to extend out of the shank and can be retracted into the cavity against the bias of the spring to pass through a primary panel and subpanel. The push out pin is shaped to bear against a counterbore and secure the fastener within a panel while other components are affixed to the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Fastener Technology Corporporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Phan, Simon Ly, An Tran, Patrick Tran, Yuriy Bern, Larisa Zilber, Jeffrey Hang, Dennis Suedkamp
  • Publication number: 20240257352
    Abstract: Computer-implemented training method of training a map segmenter including a deep neural network, including: providing a training dataset including training image data including training pairs of map images of a geographical area acquired by one or more image acquisition apparatuses and corresponding segmentation masks, wherein the training image data may be stored a computer memory; generating synthetic map images by a computer-implemented generation method including creating synthetic map images by applying a generative adversarial network onto segmentation masks, wherein the segmentation masks may include the corresponding segmentation masks and additional segmentation masks; storing the synthetic map images and the corresponding additional segmentation masks as additional training data pairs in the training dataset in the computer memory; and training the map segmenter with the training dataset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Wenmiao HU, Yifang YIN, An TRAN, Hannes Martin KRUPPA, Roger ZIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 12035854
    Abstract: A soap container includes: a first housing member having an inner side and an outer side; and a second housing member having an inner side and an outer side; wherein the first housing member and the second housing member are releasably couplable to each other to form a housing of the soap container, and wherein the soap container is adapted to have a soap held between the inside of the first housing member and the inside of the second housing member; wherein the first housing member comprises a spacer member extending from the inside of the first housing member toward the inside of the soap container in the closed state of the soap container; and wherein the spacer member comprises a retaining member having a first magnetic property. Additionally, a coupling member has a second magnetic property, the coupling member being adapted to be mechanically coupled to the soap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Tran & Tran Holding GmbH
    Inventor: Phuc-An Tran
  • Patent number: 12016500
    Abstract: A soap holder device includes a holder having a first magnetic element and a second magnetic member adapted to be pressed into a soap. The holder includes a first region in which a conically shaped lip forms a suction cup, and a second portion located radially inward of the first portion and axially spaced from the first portion. The second portion is adapted to hold the first magnetic member in a radial direction by means of a wall portion and in an axial direction by means of a roof portion in a direction opposite to the first portion. The tapered lip of the first portion decreases in diameter toward the second portion. In use, the second magnetic member is detachably disposed on the roof portion of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: TRAN & TRAN HOLDING GMBH
    Inventor: Phuc-An Tran
  • Publication number: 20240110102
    Abstract: Disclosed are ethylenically unsaturated salts of allyl (poly)ether sulfates utilized as reactive surfactants or emulsifiers during emulsion polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Lichang Zhou, Adnan Siddiqui, Dongcheel Lee, Derek Pakenham, Eugene J. Anderson, Shailesh Majmudar, Eunyong Kim, Homayoun Jamasbi, An Tran, Peng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11938738
    Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus can include a syringe body including an electrical interface at a side surface of the syringe body, an interface at an end of the syringe body including an output at a distal surface of the syringe body, a print material particles reservoir located in the syringe body, and a structure to adapt a volume of the print material particles reservoir to move print material particles out of the print material particles reservoir through the output, where in response to the volume adapting structure moving from a first position to a second position, a signal is transmitted by the electrical interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew P. Chick, Kenneth K. Smith, Jiwon Moon, Minul Lee, Matthew James Storey, An Tran, Bennett Alexander Nadeau, Zackary Thomas Hickman
  • Publication number: 20240077331
    Abstract: A method of predicting one or more road segment attributes corresponding to a road segment in a geographical area, the method including: providing trajectory data and satellite image of the geographical area; calculating one or more image channels based on the trajectory data; and using at least one processor, classi-fying the road segment based on the one or more image channels and the satellite image using a trained classifier into prediction probabil-ities of the road attributes A data processing system including one or more processors configured to carry out a the method of predicting road attributes. A computer executable code including instructions for predicting one or more road segment attributes according to the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Yifang YIN, Jagannadan VARADARAJAN, Roger ZIMMERMANN, Wenmiao HU, An TRAN, Guanfeng WANG
  • Patent number: 11884867
    Abstract: Disclosed are ethylenically unsaturated salts of allyl (poly)ether sulfates utilized as reactive surfactants or emulsifiers during emulsion polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Lichang Zhou, Adnan Siddiqui, Dongcheel Lee, Derek Pakenham, Eugene J. Anderson, Shailesh Majmudar, Eunyong Kim, Homayoun Jamasbi, An Tran, Peng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11865845
    Abstract: An example print material replenishment device includes a container to contain print material, a dispensing end to engage a fill port of a printing device, the dispensing end including an opening that is offset from a center axis of the container, and a rotatable cover coupled to the dispensing end, the rotatable cover to expose the opening of the dispensing end based on a rotation of the print material replenishment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew P. Chick, Kenneth K. Smith, Matthew James Storey, Pratik Shah, Luke Kim, Sean Daniel Fitzgerald, Mathew Lavigne, Jeffrey H. Luke, Jiwon Moon, Minchul Lee, Corbett Benjamin Schoenfelt, Bennett Alexander Nadeau, Zackary Thomas Hickman, Jefferson Blake West, Muriel Hale Shields, An Tran
  • Patent number: 11828620
    Abstract: A method of predicting one or more road segment attributes corresponding to a road segment in a geographical area, the method including: providing trajectory data and satellite image of the geographical area; calculating one or more image channels based on the trajectory data; and using at least one processor, classifying the road segment based on the one or more image channels and the satellite image using a trained classifier into prediction probabilities of the road attributes A data processing system including one or more processors configured to carry out a the method of predicting road attributes. A computer executable code including instructions for predicting one or more road segment attributes according to the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: GRABTAXI HOLDINGS PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Yifang Yin, Jagannadan Varadarajan, Roger Zimmermann, Wenmiao Hu, An Tran, Guanfeng Wang
  • Patent number: 11803133
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a print particle refill device consistent with the disclosure. For instance, a print particle refill device may comprise a cap disk to form a barrier between the print particle refill device and a receptacle, a first liner adjacent to the cap disk to seal print particles in the print particle refill device, and an actuating liner to wipe print particles, when present, from the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mathew Lavigne, Jeffrey H. Luke, Matthew James Storey, Jefferson Blake West, Bennett Alexander Nadeau, Zackary Thomas Hickman, An Tran
  • Publication number: 20230266144
    Abstract: A method of predicting one or more road segment attributes corresponding to a road segment in a geographical area, the method including: providing trajectory data and satellite image of the geographical area; calculating one or more image channels based on the trajectory data; and using at least one processor, classifying the road segment based on the one or more image channels and the satellite image using a trained classifier into prediction probabilities of the road attributes A data processing system including one or more processors configured to carry out a the method of predicting road attributes. A computer executable code including instructions for predicting one or more road segment attributes according to the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Yifang YIN, Jagannadan VARADARAJAN, Roger ZIMMERMANN, Wenmiao HU, An TRAN, Guanfeng WANG
  • Patent number: 11662609
    Abstract: Various aspects include wearable audio devices with through-hinge wiring configurations. In particular aspects, a wearable audio device includes a hinge coupling a first section and one additional section; and a cable extending through the hinge. In various implementations, the hinge is overmolded on the cable and includes: a body defining a cavity accommodating the cable with a first opening to a pathway in the first section, and a second opening to an additional pathway in the one additional section; an insert within the body and adjacent the first opening, the insert defining a minimum radius of a bend in the cable within the cavity; a hinge mechanism contained within the body; and a cable management feature contained within the body, wherein the hinge mechanism, cable management feature and cable are all located in a common plane that is radially oriented relative to the primary axis of the hinge mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: An Tran, Bennett Alexander Nadeau, Keith L. Davidson, Brandon Leo Hicks, Annu Kuriakose, Edgardo Alicea, Dallas Robert Tharrett
  • Publication number: 20230140245
    Abstract: A communication system for controlling and varying medical instrument monitoring of patients and switching between synchronous and asynchronous monitoring is provided comprising a data analytics system and a dongle including a microcontroller and an antenna in communication with the microcontroller. The dongle is configured to receive data from a medical instrument, and the data includes one more metrics being measured by the medical instrument. The dongle is configured to send periodic signals of a first frequency to the medical instrument. When one or more of the metrics exceeds a pre-determined boundary parameter or one or more aggregated metrics generate a high patient risk score, the dongle increases the frequency of the periodic signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Subramanian Shastri, Anthony Shao, Colby Bishop, An Tran
  • Publication number: 20230017982
    Abstract: An example print material replenishment device includes a container to contain print material, a dispensing end to engage a fill port of a printing device, the dispensing end including an opening that is offset from a center axis of the container, and a rotatable cover coupled to the dispensing end, the rotatable cover to expose the opening of the dispensing end based on a rotation of the print material replenishment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew P. CHICK, Kenneth K. SMITH, Matthew James STOREY, Pratik SHAH, Luke KIM, Sean Daniel FITZGERALD, Mathew LAVIGNE, Jeffrey H. LUKE, Jiwon MOON, Minchul LEE, Corbett Benjamin SCHOENFELT, Bennett Alexander NADEAU, Zackary Thomas HICKMAN, Jefferson Blake WEST, Muriel Hale SHIELDS, An TRAN
  • Patent number: 11500227
    Abstract: A modular audio system which includes an acoustic module configured to be removably engaged with a head-worn peripheral device. In some examples, the head-worn peripheral device is a pair of eyeglass frames and the acoustic module is configured to removably secure to a socket arranged on the inside face of the temples of the eyeglasses. The acoustic module can slidingly, pivotably, and/or magnetically engage with the socket such that, when secured, the acoustic module is configured to generate acoustic energy in the form of audible sound proximate a user's ear while the user is wearing the head-worn peripheral device. In other examples, the temples of the head-worn peripheral device are configured to slidingly engage with a sleeve, where the sleeve includes a pocket configured to slidingly engage with the acoustic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: An Tran, Craig Curtis, Sarah Wolfe, Caitlin Hanson, Jeremy Heaston, Kyle DeCubellis, Zachary Provost, Thomas Chambers, Matthew James Storey, Bennett Alexander Nadeau
  • Patent number: 11496826
    Abstract: An audio system and methods for detecting proximity between or engagement between a removable open-ear acoustic module and a host device. Upon detection of proximity or engagement, the audio system may adjust at least one device setting of the devices in the system. In some examples, the devices of the audio system are capable of obtaining specific identifying information about the other devices, and can be configured to adjust the at least one device setting based on device identity. For example, adjusting the device settings can include an adjustment to power state of the open-ear acoustic module, an audio equalization (EQ) setting, a volume setting, a bass level setting, a treble level setting, an Active Noise Reduction (ANR) setting, a user profile setting, selection of an algorithm of a plurality of algorithms related to data collection, a sensor calibration setting, and a user interface control setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Curtis, An Tran, Bennett Alexander Nadeau, Matthew James Storey, Du Lo
  • Patent number: D1070405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Inventor: Phuc-An Tran