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).

  • Displaying content feeds within a messaging system
    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
  • Integrated two-stage impeller
    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
  • Chimeric and other variant ?-glucuronidase enzymes with enhanced properties
    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
  • Band for preventing contact of injury
    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
  • Cap-shaped portable stadiometer
    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
  • Systems and methods for package size detection
    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
  • DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR GENERATING CUSTOMIZED BEVERAGES
    Publication number: 20250083943
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for generating customized beverages. In a method of creating a prepared beverage, the method comprises the steps of receiving a beverage order from an individual via software instruction, instructing the creation of a prepared beverage using a drink creation system based upon the beverage order, the drink creation system comprising a first cart having a plurality of beverage receptacles therein, a beverage dispenser coupled to the plurality of beverage receptacles, and a dispenser controller in communication with the beverage dispenser, selecting a beverage cup based upon the software instruction, dispensing the prepared beverage using the beverage dispenser, and delivering the prepared beverage to a location based upon the software instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: rBAR, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Lee
  • ROOM SCHEDULING SYSTEM
    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
  • INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION OF HEALTH INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20250087332
    Abstract: A system for providing an interactive visualization of health resources comprises one or more databases and one or more controllers. The one or more databases may be configured to store geographic data associated with block groups, including geographic coordinates, resources, and population data. The one or more controllers may be configured to (i) receive user selections for simulating the placement of at least one new resource of a given capacity and type on a geographic region-of-interest of a geographic map, and (ii) determine the predicted health outcomes on block group populations affected by the placement of the new resource as well as the predicted costs v. benefit for the new resource at the selected location. The system may be configured to provide real-time simulation results by avoiding recalculation of all of the block groups and resources within the block groups in the United States.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Trent Tyrone Haywood, Carlos Ricardo Villarreal, Theodore Andrew Lee, Jocelyn R. Wilder, Denise Guzzetta Schofield, Ashmit Pyakurel, Brian Bettenhausen
  • Visual inertial odometry localization using sparse sensors
    Patent number: 12249092
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system accesses a set of 3D locations associated with features in an environment previously captured by a camera from a previous camera pose. The computing system determines a predicted camera pose using the previous camera pose and motion measurements generated using a motion sensor associated with the camera. The computing system projects the set of 3D locations toward the predicted camera pose and onto a 2D image plane associated with the camera. The computing system generates, based on the projected set of 3D locations on the 2D image plane, an activation map specifying a subset of the pixel sensors of the camera that are to be activated. The computing system instructs, using the activation map, the camera to activate the subset of pixel sensors to capture a new image of the environment. The computing system reads pixel values of the new image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Amr Suleiman, Anastasios Mourikis, Armin Alaghi, Andrew Samuel Berkovich, Shlomo Alkalay, Muzaffer Kal, Vincent Lee, Richard Andrew Newcombe
  • Techniques for communication between hub device and multiple endpoints
    Patent number: 12249328
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: 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
  • LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL (LLM)-ENHANCED VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS
    Publication number: 20250077798
    Abstract: One example method includes receiving, by a virtual assistant, a task from a remote client device; transmitting a first prompt to a large language model (“LLM”), the first prompt comprising the task and a request to process the task; receiving, from the LLM in response to the first prompt, a plurality of sub-tasks and an ordering of the plurality of sub-tasks; obtaining descriptions of a plurality of available services; for each sub-task: transmitting a second prompt to the LLM, the second prompt comprising a description of the respective sub-task and the descriptions of the available services; receiving, from the LLM in response to the respective second prompt, an identification of one or more available services; and initiating, for the respective sub-task, the one or more identified available services; and after completion of the plurality of sub-tasks, generating and providing a response to the task to the remote client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Kent Carluccio, Wei Dai, Bilung Lee, Vijay Venkataswamy Parthasarathy, Haoming Zhong
  • System and method for detecting fluid type in tubing for fluid injector apparatus
    Patent number: 12239818
    Abstract: A fluid injector system includes at least one injector for pressurizing and delivering at least one fluid from at least one fluid reservoir, at least one fluid path section providing fluid communication between a bulk fluid reservoir and a syringe connected to the at least one injector, and at least one sensor arranged along the at least one fluid path section. The at least one sensor includes an emitter configured to emit light through the at least one fluid path section, and a detector configured to receive the light emitted through the at least one fluid path section and generate an electrical signal based on at least one property of the received light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Richard Morton, Christopher Scutt, Michael Spohn, Randy Lee, Mikayla Ferchaw, Kevin Cowan, Patrick Campbell, Andrew Naples, William Barone, Christopher Capone, Curtis Pastor, Charles Lang, Michael Swantner
  • Communication resilience in a network
    Patent number: 12244486
    Abstract: Methods and systems for resilient network communication are provided. In one aspect, a network includes multiple edge network elements, core network elements, and off-network network elements. Each network element has multiple ports. Communication paths exist between edge network elements, traversing core network elements. A maintenance domain maintains communication resiliency in the network through maintenance domain entities that detect network communication faults. Maintenance domain entities are associated with ports of edge network elements. VLAN service provision to subscribers occurs over the network by mapping services to VLAN tags such that the service VLAN includes information about the resilient network. VLAN service assignment to maintenance domains is balanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: ADTRAN, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Lee Goodson, Darrin L. Gieger, Andrew T. Ruble, Brent Priddy
  • Uncommanded or Uncontrollable High Thrust Detection and Mitigation
    Publication number: 20250067223
    Abstract: A method of mitigating uncommanded or uncontrollable high thrust in a gas turbine engine is provided. The method may comprise pumping fuel to a combustor from a fuel tank, controlling a flow rate of the fuel to the combustor with a metering valve, spilling a portion of the fuel pumped by the pump with a primary spill valve, controlling a pressure of the fuel flowing to the combustor via a pressure valve, detecting a pressure differential across the pressure valve with a pressure transducer, determining the flow rate of the fuel based on the detected pressure differential and the positional feedback of the pressure valve opening, comparing the determined flow rate with a demand flow rate, and opening a secondary spill valve when the determined flow rate exceeds the demand flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Govindaraj Kalyanasamy, Mihir Desai, Andrew Lee, Mark Collett
  • Controlling Duty Cycle Distortion
    Publication number: 20250070768
    Abstract: A method controls the duty cycle distortion of clock signals. An electronic device obtains an input clock signal and generates a first output voltage and a second output voltage from the input clock signal. The first output voltage has a first direct current (DC) voltage level indicating, in real time, a first duty cycle length of high voltage duty cycles of the input clock signal. The second output voltage has a second DC voltage level indicating, in real time, a second duty cycle length of low voltage duty cycles of the input clock signal. The difference between the first and second DC voltage levels corresponds to the duty cycle distortion level of the input clock signal. A duty cycle control signal is generated based on the difference between the first and second DC voltage levels to control the high voltage duty cycles of the input clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: YingFan LEE, Zhih-Ling LU, Andrew LEE, Xin JIN
  • NON-CONTACT, AUTOGENOUS MATERIAL ASSESSMENT
    Publication number: 20250067645
    Abstract: A non-contact material assessment system and method are provided. In embodiments, a system includes: a radiation source generating a pattern of diffracted elements; a detector configured to: capture a first image of a first diffracted element when a sample is in an initial state, and a second image when the sample is in a second state; and capture a first image of a second diffracted element when the sample is in the initial state, and a second image when the sample is in the second state; and a controller to: determine a displacement of the first diffracted element based on the first and second images of the first diffracted element; determine a displacement of the second diffracted element based on the first and second images of the second diffracted element; and determine a characteristic of the sample over based on the displacement of the first and second diffracted elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Andrew J. Birnbaum, John C. Steuben, Anna Lee Kofer Rawlings, Benjamin D. Graber, Athanasios Iliopoulos, John G. Michopoulos, Heonjune Ryou
  • Fuel Unit Health Monitoring System
    Publication number: 20250067222
    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: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew LEE, Mihir DESAI, Govindaraj KALYANASAMY, Mark COLLETT
  • Scalable, robust, and secure multi-tenant edge architecture for mission-critical applications
    Patent number: 12236222
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media that support cross-server containerized application allocation, multi-tenant namespace management, and data layer deployment in an edge environment. To illustrate, containers associated with an application are deployed to edge servers based on a geographic characteristic of the edge server with respect to an edge device receiving services from the application. A common data layer is provided across the edge environment to manage communications between the different containers, and between the application and other applications of the edge environment. Managing the communication is based on namespaces and/or a modality (e.g., private or public) associated with the application. Authentication configuration of the application is used to determine edge resource access for the containers of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas Akiona, Matthew Lee Austin, Andrew Nam
  • Wireless communication technology, apparatuses, and methods
    Patent number: 12237589
    Abstract: Millimeter wave (mmWave) technology, apparatuses, and methods that relate to transceivers, receivers, and antenna structures for wireless communications are described. The various aspects include co-located millimeter wave (mmWave) and near-field communication (NFC) antennas, scalable phased array radio transceiver architecture (SPARTA), phased array distributed communication system with MIMO support and phase noise synchronization over a single coax cable, communicating RF signals over cable (RFoC) in a distributed phased array communication system, clock noise leakage reduction, IF-to-RF companion chip for backwards and forwards compatibility and modularity, on-package matching networks, 5G scalable receiver (Rx) architecture, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Erkan Alpman, Arnaud Lucres Amadjikpe, Omer Asaf, Kameran Azadet, Rotem Banin, Miroslav Baryakh, Anat Bazov, Stefano Brenna, Bryan K. Casper, Anandaroop Chakrabarti, Gregory Chance, Debabani Choudhury, Emanuel Cohen, Claudio Da Silva, Sidharth Dalmia, Saeid Daneshgar Asl, Kaushik Dasgupta, Kunal Datta, Brandon Davis, Ofir Degani, Amr M. Fahim, Amit Freiman, Michael Genossar, Eran Gerson, Eyal Goldberger, Eshel Gordon, Meir Gordon, Josef Hagn, Shinwon Kang, Te Yu Kao, Noam Kogan, Mikko S. Komulainen, Igal Yehuda Kushnir, Saku Lahti, Mikko M. Lampinen, Naftali Landsberg, Wook Bong Lee, Run Levinger, Albert Molina, Resti Montoya Moreno, Tawfiq Musah, Nathan G. Narevsky, Hosein Nikopour, Oner Orhan, Georgios Palaskas, Stefano Pellerano, Ron Pongratz, Ashoke Ravi, Shmuel Ravid, Peter Andrew Sagazio, Eren Sasoglu, Lior Shakedd, Gadi Shor, Baljit Singh, Menashe Soffer, Ra'anan Sover, Shilpa Talwar, Nebil Tanzi, Moshe Teplitsky, Chintan S. Thakkar, Jayprakash Thakur, Avi Tsarfati, Yossi Tsfati, Marian Verhelst, Nir Weisman, Shuhei Yamada, Ana M. Yepes, Duncan Kitchin