Patents by Inventor Andrew Lee

Andrew Lee 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: 20250117902
    Abstract: In various examples, disclosed techniques use a banding detector neural network to identify the locations and sizes of banding artifacts in pixel regions of an input image. The neural network generates a band size map that identifies at least one banding artifact in the input image. The band size map can include a set of predicted band size values, each of which corresponds to a respective pixel of the input image and represents a distance between edges of a banding artifact. The band size map and the input image are provided as input to a stochastic bilateral blur filter, which generates a de-banded image by applying blurring effects to the input image at the band locations indicated by the band size map. An inverse tone mapping operation is then performed to convert the de-banded image to an image that does not have banding artifacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Donald Lee BRITTAIN, Andrew Ian RUSSELL, Anjul PATNEY, Yinghao XU, Shaveen KUMAR
  • Publication number: 20250115373
    Abstract: A lighting device for foreign object debris (FOD) detection is included. The lighting device includes a light source configured to emit light onto a surface, and a diffuser coupled to the light source and configured to cause the emitted light to impinge the surface in at least a partially planar pattern, so as to create a darkfield lighting effect with respect to the surface. The lighting device further includes a cylindrical rod including a first end portion and a second end portion, in which the first end portion is configured to couple to the light source and the diffuser and the second end portion is configured to be manually held by a user of the portable lighting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Virgil R. Watson, Christian David Gerhardt, David B. Tabak, Andrew J. Burke, Anthony Dicocco, William Grayson Richmond, Thomas Lee Merrill
  • Patent number: 12273309
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing permissions for accessing shared content collections. The program and method provide for receiving, from a first device associated with a first user, an indication of first user input to share a content collection between the first user and a second user selected by the first user, the content collection comprising at least one media content item, the second user corresponding to a contact of the first user within a messaging application; storing the content collection in association with the first user and the second user; providing the first user with a first set of permissions for accessing the content collection; and providing the second user with a second set of permissions for accessing the content collection, the second set of permissions being more restrictive than the first set of permissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Siqi Chen, Matthew Lee Cook, Andrew Grosvenor Cooper, Benedict Copping, Edward Koai, Tao Marvin Liu, Yiwen Zhan, Mian Zhang
  • Patent number: 12269586
    Abstract: A hover-capable aircraft includes a body including a tubular strut, a first rotor assembly rotatably coupled to the body and positioned about the strut, wherein the first rotor assembly includes a first plurality of circumferentially-spaced blades, a first actuation assembly including a first plurality of electronically controlled actuators coupled to a first swashplate and configured to control the movement of the first swashplate relative to the body, and a control system coupled to the body and configured to control the first plurality of actuators, wherein the control system includes a cable extending through a passage formed in the tubular strut and in signal communication with the first plurality of actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Moble Benedict, David Coleman, Atanu Halder, Bochan Lee, Andrew Riha, Farid Saemi, Carl Runco, Vishaal Subramanian, Eric Greenwood, Vinod Lakshminarayan
  • Patent number: 12273273
    Abstract: Mobile management method, system and client. The method includes receiving a DNS query for a host name from an application on a client; retrieving reputation data associated with the host name from a local cache on the client; determining a policy for the host name, which is associated with the host name and the reputation data associated with the host name; based on the determined policy for the host name, blocking attempted network flows to a host corresponding to the host name; sending at least attempted network flow metadata related to the blocked attempted network flows to a collector on the client; and transmitting the attempted network flow metadata in the collector to a VPN server pool via a VPN tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: MOBILE SONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph T. Savarese, Steven Heckt, Michael E. Bryant, Eric C. McNeill, Carter Smith, Elizabeth Kihslinger, Thomas Gunther Helms, Camilla Keenan-Koch, Joseph G. Souza, Paul Hoover, S. Aaron Stavens, Christian E. Hofstaedter, Jonathan Scott, Erik Olson, James Scott Simpkins, Stephen Gregory Fallin, John Harvey Hillock, Eivind Naess, Michael Lee Snyder, David Michael Mirly, Marius Lee, Glenn Patrick Aranas, Norman C. Hamer, Tridib Dutta, Andrew James Hoover, Thomas A. Sweet, Mark Anacker, An Phan
  • Publication number: 20250109371
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for organoid analysis, the device including a reader head having a plurality of probes, wherein each of the plurality of probes includes a shank with a plurality of recording sites, and a plate having a plurality of wells, wherein each well of the plurality of wells is configured to receive at least one organoid, wherein the reader head is configured to automatically probe the at least one organoid and to measure a property of the at least one organoid or to stimulate electrically active cells using the plurality of recording sites of the plurality of probes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: Diagnostic Biochips, Inc
    Inventors: Brian Glenn JAMIESON, Fan WU, Dongyoul LEE, Andrew S. DIRKS, Nicholas Talbot WATKINS
  • Publication number: 20250111851
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for coordinating interactions between a user device and a plurality of accessory devices. In one example, a user device receives information identifying one or more accessory devices in communication with the user device. The user device may implement accessory interaction instances for each of the identified accessories. A first accessory interaction instance can be associated with a first accessory among the identified accessories and receive a first audio input from the first accessory corresponding to a user request. The first accessory interaction instance can process a portion of the received audio input and receive a first response from a server computer. The user device may then transmit the first response to the first accessory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jared S. Grubb, Robert M. Stewart, Gabriel Sanchez, Anshul Jain, Zaka ur Rehman Ashraf, David J. Chandler, Andrew Byrne, Anumita Biswas, Minsub Lee, Mahesh Shanbhag
  • Patent number: 12265071
    Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to a gas detector test fixture that recycles test gas. A portable gas detector test fixture, comprises a test chamber, a processor, a docking connector communicatively coupled to the processor, an output device communicatively coupled to the processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and an application stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, is configured to conduct a bump test on a portable gas detector plugged into the docking connector and to output the bump test result to the output device. The test fixture further comprises an inflow line configured to connect to a test gas supply line of a test gas container, where the inflow line is coupled to the test chamber, and an outflow line configured to connect to a test gas return line of the test gas container, where the outflow line is coupled to the test chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Shane Lee McEwen, Jacob Thomas Spector, Andrew Nilsson, Chris Press
  • Patent number: 12267305
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for privacy preserving document analysis are described that derive insights pertaining to a digital document without communication of the content of the digital document. To do so, the privacy preserving document analysis techniques described herein capture visual or contextual features of the digital document and creates a stamp representation that represents these features without included the content of the digital document. The stamp representation is projected into a stamp embedding space based on a stamp encoding model generated through machine learning techniques capturing feature patterns and interaction in the stamp representations. The stamp encoding model exploits these feature interactions to define similarity of source documents based on location within the stamp embedding space. Accordingly, the techniques described herein can determine a similarity of documents without having access to the documents themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Nikolaos Barmpalios, Ruchi Rajiv Deshpande, Randy Lee Swineford, Nargol Rezvani, Andrew Marc Greene, Shawn Alan Gaither, Michael Kraley
  • Patent number: 12266159
    Abstract: A product description generating system dynamically generates a description of an item based on one or more images. The product description generating system includes an attribute machine learning system that receives images of the item and determines at least one attribute value and corresponding prediction confidence value based on the image data. The user review interface provides an interface for reviewing attribute values generated by the attribute machine learning system. If the prediction confidence value is outside a threshold, then the attribute value is reviewed by a user via the user review interface. If, on the other hand, the prediction confidence value is within a threshold, then the attribute value is used to generate the description without user review. The user review interface groups items to be reviewed by taxon and facilitates user review of many items at scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: The RealReal, Inc.
    Inventors: Hasan Cheema, Christopher Brossman, Matthew Charles Reed, Lucas Micol, Gaston Rodriguez, Agustin Azzinnari, Viknesh Salivahanan, Prasanth Bhaskaran, Terry Lee, Andrew Richard Tompkins
  • Publication number: 20250098813
    Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear comprises a midsole including a cavity having a first projection extending from a first surface within the cavity in a first direction and a second projection extending from a second surface within the cavity in a second direction toward the first projection and a cushion including a first recess provided on a first side of the cushion and a second recess provided on an opposite, second side of the cushion, the first recess receiving the first projection and the second recess receiving the second projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Caine, Stefan E. Guest, TaeYong Lee, Jacob M. Scannapieco, Todd A. Waatti
  • Patent number: 12258911
    Abstract: A method of monitoring a fuel system in a gas turbine engine. The method may comprise pumping fuel to a combustor from a fuel tank with a pump. The method may comprise controlling a flow of the fuel to the combustor with a metering valve disposed downstream of the pump and closing a spill valve disposed downstream of the pump, wherein the spill valve is closed in fixed increments and closing the spill valve increases a pressure in the fuel system. The method may comprise opening a pressure valve in response to the pressure in the fuel system being equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and capturing a degree of closing of the spill valve when the pressure valve opens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Lee, Mihir Desai, Govindaraj Kalyanasamy, Mark Collett
  • Patent number: 12252351
    Abstract: An exemplary method for monitoring a package on a conveyor may include emitting a plurality of infrared beams, detecting one or more of the emitted infrared beams, calculating a package height using the detected infrared beams, determining whether the package height exceeds a predetermined threshold, and when the package height meets or exceeds the predetermined threshold, sending a signal indicating a height of the package exceeds the predetermined threshold. A package size detector may include a transmitter including a plurality of light sources and positioned on a first side of a conveyor, and a receiver positioned on a second, opposite side of the conveyor, including a plurality of light sensors, each of the plurality of light sensors being configured to detect light emitted from the plurality of light sources. A controller may be configured to determine whether a package height exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: FMH Conveyors LLC
    Inventors: William Mark Hogan, Daniel Lee Bonsack, Andrew Young
  • Patent number: 12251212
    Abstract: A stadiometer includes a cap portion to be worn on a head of a user; a connecting portion having a first end coupled to the cap portion and a measuring portion coupled to a second end of the connecting portion. The measuring portion includes a plurality of sensors and a measuring rod. The stadiometer also includes a height measuring plate contactable by the plurality of sensors and the measuring rod. The sensors and measuring rod are configured such that the measuring rod is horizontal when the height measuring plate is contacted by the plurality of sensors simultaneously. The measuring rod is configured to contact the height measuring plate when the height measuring plate is contacted by the plurality of sensors simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Inventor: Andrew Lee
  • Patent number: 12251296
    Abstract: An injury contact prevention band includes an injury cover portion and a fastening portion. The injury cover portion covers a part of a body including an injury. The fastening portion fastens the injury cover portion to the body. A plurality of injury opening holes cutting through a thickness of the injury cover portion to expose the injury. The fastening portion includes a first fastening member, a second fastening member, and a connecting member. The first fastening member extends from an end of the injury cover portion and has flexibility. The second fastening member extends from an other end of the injury cover portion and has flexibility. The connecting member detachably connects an end of the first fastening member and an end of the second fastening member to each other. The plurality of injury opening holes is arranged along at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Inventor: Andrew Lee
  • Patent number: 12252719
    Abstract: Chimeric and other variant ?-glucuronidase enzymes with enhanced properties as compared to unmodified enzyme are provided. The enzymes of the invention advantageously exhibit enhanced enzymatic activity, enhanced substrate range, enhanced pH range, enhanced temperature range and/or enhanced enzyme stability. Methods of using the variant enzymes for hydrolysis of glucuronide substrates, including opiates and benzodiazepines, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: INTEGRATED MICRO-CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Caleb Reece Schlachter, John Tomashek, Lim Andrew Lee
  • Patent number: 12255858
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for displaying content feeds within a messaging system. The program and method provide for receiving, by a messaging application associated with a user, user input corresponding to a request for a first content feed, the first content feed comprising a first plurality of media content items provided by one or more friends of the user; providing for display of the first content feed; determining, by the messaging application, that display of the first content feed is complete; and providing, in response to determining that display of the first content feed is complete, for display of a second content feed, the second content feed comprising a second plurality of media content items provided by one or more content providers to which the user subscribes with respect to the messaging application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Alex Beltyukov, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Jacob Catalano, Wenbin Chen, Matthew Lee Cook, Andrew Grosvenor Cooper, Zuoyou Gu, Yue Hu, Timothy Kautz, Edward Koai, Jong-Hwi Lee, Chinmay Lonkar, Lu Lu, Zachary Lupei, Charles Melbye, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Chiung-Fu Shih, Brian Yee, Jiawen Zeng, Dongguang Zhao
  • Patent number: 12253008
    Abstract: An impeller includes a cylindrical portion defining a fluid inlet, the cylindrical portion coaxial with a rotational axis of the impeller, a hub, a shroud extending downward and radially away from the cylindrical portion and covering the hub, a first plurality of vanes extending between the shroud and the hub, and an extension portion disposed between the shroud and the hub and downstream of the first plurality of vanes. The extension portion includes an outer ring, and inner ring, and a second plurality of vanes extending between the outer ring and the inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Alden Lee Winn, Andrew W. Solomon
  • Publication number: 20250086525
    Abstract: A room scheduling device is disclosed that provides a dial or knob for turning to adjust time being reserved. The room scheduling device further includes a tactile button to activating the device and setting a reservation after a duration has been selected via the dial. The room scheduling device further includes a software application running on a personal electronic device such as a smartphone. The software application identifies the room scheduling device via an identifier and then displays information from an electronic calendar system as an augmented reality. The system can further include an identifier on an exterior wall of the room that allows the software application to identify the space from a greater distance to allow users to identify and reserve space from a distance away from the room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: James LUDWIG, Andrew GOODE, Justin Glen BEITZEL, Julia Andress OLSON, Morrison Lee CUNNINGHAM
  • Patent number: D1068791
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Lee, Jenny Fan, Adam Borochoff, Aditya Dahiya