Patents by Inventor Benjamin LOUIS

Benjamin LOUIS 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: 20240146274
    Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for automatic audio equalization. In one aspect, a method is performed at an electronic device that includes speakers, microphones, processors and memory. The electronic device outputs audio user content from the speakers and automatically equalizes subsequent audio output of the device without user input. The automatic equalization includes: (1) obtaining audio content signals, including receiving outputted audio content at each microphone; (2) determining from the audio content signals phase differences between microphones; (3) obtaining a feature vector based on the phase differences; (4) obtaining a frequency correction from a correction database based on the obtained feature vector; and (5) applying the obtained frequency correction to the subsequent audio output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Louis Shaya, Rasmus Larsen, Richard F. Lyon, Michael Smedegaard
  • Publication number: 20240125286
    Abstract: A nozzle assembly includes a sleeve defining a pathway, the sleeve disposed within a nacelle. The pathway and an internal surface of the nacelle guides a mass flow from an engine to an exit of the propulsion system. The sleeve is configured to move between a forward position an aft position within the nacelle aft of the engine. The sleeve has a protruding portion that extends towards a center of the pathway and that defines a smallest internal diameter of the sleeve. The sleeve includes a plurality of sleeve segments that are longitudinally aligned and circumferentially arranged to form the sleeve. The sleeve segments are configured to move circumferentially closer as the sleeve moves in a first direction within the nacelle and to move circumferentially further apart as the sleeve moves in a second direction within the nacelle. An actuator is coupled with, and is configured to move the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Derek Muzychka, Donald Freund, Andrew Clemens, John Louis, Joseph Gavin, Till Gerhardt, William Mcfarland, Benjamin Walke
  • Patent number: 11960981
    Abstract: Systems and methods for model evaluation. A model is evaluated by performing a decomposition process for a model output, relative to a baseline input data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZESTFINANCE, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Merrill, Michael Edward Ruberry, Ozan Sayin, Bojan Tunguz, Lin Song, Esfandiar Alizadeh, Melanie Eunique DeBruin, Yachen Yan, Derek Wilcox, John Candido, Benjamin Anthony Solecki, Jiahuan He, Jerome Louis Budzik, Armen Avedis Donigian, Eran Dvir, Sean Javad Kamkar, Vishwaesh Rajiv, Evan George Kriminger
  • Publication number: 20240112209
    Abstract: Systems and methods for model evaluation. A protected class model that satisfies an accuracy threshold is built by using: data sets for use by a modeling system being evaluated, and protected class membership information for each data set. A target for the protected class model is a protected class membership variable indicating membership in a protected class. Each predictor of the protected class model is a predictor of an evaluated model used by the modeling system. A target of the evaluated model is different from the target of the protected class model. Each predictor is a set of one or more variables of the data sets. For each predictor of the protected class model, a protected class model impact ranking value and a modeling system impact ranking value are determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Douglas C. Merrill, Michael Edward Ruberry, Ozan Sayin, Bojan Tunguz, Lin Song, Esfandiar Alizadeh, Melanie Eunique DeBruin, Yachen Yan, Derek Wilcox, John Candido, Benjamin Anthony Solecki, Jiahuan He, Jerome Louis Budzik, Sean Javad Kamkar
  • Patent number: 11941650
    Abstract: Systems and methods for model evaluation. A protected class model that satisfies an accuracy threshold is built by using: data sets for use by a modeling system being evaluated, and protected class membership information for each data set. A target for the protected class model is a protected class membership variable indicating membership in a protected class. Each predictor of the protected class model is a predictor of an evaluated model used by the modeling system. A target of the evaluated model is different from the target of the protected class model. Each predictor is a set of one or more variables of the data sets. For each predictor of the protected class model, a protected class model impact ranking value and a modeling system impact ranking value are determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ZestFinance, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Merrill, Michael Edward Ruberry, Ozan Sayin, Bojan Tunguz, Lin Song, Esfandiar Alizadeh, Melanie Eunique DeBruin, Yachen Yan, Derek Wilcox, John Candido, Benjamin Anthony Solecki, Jiahuan He, Jerome Louis Budzik, Sean Javad Kamkar
  • Patent number: 11932085
    Abstract: A vehicle interior panel includes a diffuser spanning an air discharge opening. The diffuser has a spiral slot formed therethrough such that changing an axial distance between opposite ends of the slot changes an air flow capacity of the diffuser. The diffuser has an elegant and simplified design and can be made as one piece from a sheet material. Air is discharged from the diffuser radially and substantially equally in all radial directions. The diffuser can also function to provide ambient light from a light source and/or to deliver an air freshening agent to the passenger cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin Louis
  • Publication number: 20240077354
    Abstract: An aircraft weight and balance system includes a user interface that displays an interior layout of an aircraft with seat icons and cargo icons corresponding to seats and cargo zones onboard the aircraft. The seat and cargo icons are moveable to different locations within the interior layout, and an updated weight and center-of-gravity of the aircraft is automatically determined based on the different locations of the seat and cargo icons. An aircraft weight and balance method includes displaying an interior layout of an aircraft on a user interface including seat icons corresponding to seats onboard the aircraft, moving one or more of the seat icons to a different location within the interior layout based on a user input, determining an updated weight and center-of-gravity of the aircraft based on a current location of the seat icons, and displaying the updated weight and center-of-gravity of the aircraft on the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Alfred Burch, II, Shane Anthony Harden, Jeffrey Lane Harden, Arthur Robert Below, Jr., Benjamin Louis Martin
  • Patent number: 11919863
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to improved methods for preparing substituted quinolinylcyclohexylpropanamide compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Albert J. Delmonte, Benjamin M. Cohen, Kenneth Joseph Fraunhoffer, Sergei Kolotuchin, Francisco Gonzalez-Bobes, Gregory Louis Beutner, Adam Joseph Freitag, Michael Scott Bultman, Yu Fan, Prantik Maity, Ian Scott Young, Hilary Plake Beck, Maksim Osipov, Jay Patrick Powers, Maureen Kay Reilly, Hunter Paul Shunatona, James Ross Walker, Mikhail Zibinsky
  • Publication number: 20240070487
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and processing modeling workflows are disclosed. In some examples, a reference distribution of scores generated by a model is determined. The reference distribution of scores is recorded in a structured database. One or more unexpected scores are detected during execution of the model. To detect the one or more unexpected scores, a production distribution of scores is compared with the reference distribution of scores recorded in the structured database. The production distribution of scores is generated by the model for a production input data set. An alert is then provided to an external system, when an alert condition is determined to be satisfied based on the comparison. The alert indicates detection of the one or more unexpected scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Douglas C. Merrill, Armen Donigian, Eran Dvir, Sean Javad Kamkar, Evan George Kriminger, Vishwaesh Rajiv, Michael Edward Ruberry, Ozan Sayin, Yachen Yan, Derek Wilcox, John Candido, Benjamin Anthony Solecki, Jiahuan He, Jerome Louis Budzik, John J. Beahan, JR., John Wickens Lamb Merrill, Esfandiar Alizadeh, Liubo Li, Carlos Alberta Huertas Villegas, Feng Li, Randolph Paul Sinnott, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240065789
    Abstract: A surgical tool includes a drive housing removably coupled to a tool driver of a robotic surgical system, a shaft extending from the drive housing, an end effector arranged at an end of the shaft, and a computer system. The computer system is programmed to send a command signal to a motor of the tool driver to drive rotation of a drive shaft mounted within the drive housing, monitor torque and rotational motion of the motor with a torque sensor and a rotary encoder, respectively, in communication with the computer system, measure an unexpected change in the torque or the rotational motion of the motor with the torque sensor or the rotary encoder when the surgical tool is manually bailed out by manually rotating the drive shaft and backdriving the motor, report the unexpected change as a bailout signal, and disable the surgical tool once the bailout signal is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Mark D. OVERMYER, Benjamin Lawrence BERTRAM, Christopher A. DENZINGER, Robert Louis KOCH, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240033716
    Abstract: An iron-containing catalyst for ammonia synthesis, characterized in that it contains the promoters potassium, calcium and aluminum, wherein the proportion of potassium, calculated as K2O, is 0.08% to 0.6% by weight, the proportion of calcium, calculated as CaO, is 0.8% to 2.2% by weight and the proportion of aluminum, calculated as Al2O3, is 1.0% to 2.3% by weight, is described. The invention further relates to the production of the catalyst according to the invention and to a process for ammonia synthesis using the catalyst according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Rene ECKERT, Benjamin-Louis KNIEP
  • Patent number: 11888456
    Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for automatic audio equalization. In one aspect, a method is performed at an electronic device that includes speakers, microphones, processors and memory. The electronic device outputs audio user content from the speakers and automatically equalizes subsequent audio output of the device without user input. The automatic equalization includes: (1) obtaining audio content signals, including receiving outputted audio content at each microphone; (2) determining from the audio content signals phase differences between microphones; (3) obtaining a feature vector based on the phase differences; (4) obtaining a frequency correction from a correction database based on the obtained feature vector; and (5) applying the obtained frequency correction to the subsequent audio output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Louis Shaya, Rasmus Larsen, Richard F Lyon, Michael Smedegaard
  • Publication number: 20230192002
    Abstract: A storage compartment for a passenger cabin of a vehicle can provide a large opening and increased accessibility, while maintaining a large working surface. The storage compartment comprises a plurality of walls forming an interior storage area, the plurality of walls including an exterior comprising at least a first panel and a second panel. The first panel has an access end and the second panel has an access end. The access end of the first panel and the access end of the second panel are configured to create a working surface on the exterior when in a closed position. In an open position, the first panel or the second panel is configured to allow access to the interior storage area from two or more different sides of the exterior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Olivier BOINAIS, Aurelien FRANCOIS, Sven CHRISTOPHERSON, Benjamin LOUIS, Thibaud DELCOURT, Eddy MUSUVAHO
  • Patent number: 11371845
    Abstract: A geo-analytical program is integrated into a customer relationship management (CRM) solution. Via the geo-analytical program, users are able to define layer configuration settings for a layer for plotting on a map-based GUI. Layer configuration settings for a respective layer comprise an indication of a data object type serving as a base object type for the respective layer. A method involves receiving from a user user-defined configuration settings for a first layer, electronically receiving, at a geospatial computer system, geospatial data for a plurality of connected devices; electronically receiving, at the geo-analytical program from the geospatial computer system, real-time geospatial data for the plurality of connected devices; and utilizing, by the geo-analytical program, the user-defined layer configuration settings for the first layer to plot the first layer on the map-based GUI based on the received real-time geospatial data for the plurality of connected devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: salesforce.com, Inc.
    Inventors: John Brian Stewart, Benjamin Louis Brantly, Brian Kenneth Hubbard, Alexander Levi Daniels, Michael Christopher Brown, Edward Wachira Mwangi, Benjamin Daryl Bagley, Abraham Javier Reyes, Justine Lee Horitski
  • Patent number: 11241987
    Abstract: A vehicle console has a rotatable portion with opposite sides that are different distances from a rotational axis. Rotation by 180 degrees from a first position to a second position changes the vertical position of a beam portion of the console. One side can have a particular look or functionality, and the opposite side can have a different look or functionality thereby giving users more choices while occupying the vehicle cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Olivier Boinais, Benjamin Louis
  • Publication number: 20210347230
    Abstract: A vehicle interior panel includes a diffuser spanning an air discharge opening. The diffuser has a spiral slot formed therethrough such that changing an axial distance between opposite ends of the slot changes an air flow capacity of the diffuser. The diffuser has an elegant and simplified design and can be made as one piece from a sheet material. Air is discharged from the diffuser radially and substantially equally in all radial directions. The diffuser can also function to provide ambient light from a light source and/or to deliver an air freshening agent to the passenger cabin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Benjamin LOUIS
  • Publication number: 20210237633
    Abstract: A vehicle console has a rotatable portion with opposite sides that are different distances from a rotational axis. Rotation by 180 degrees from a first position to a second position changes the vertical position of a beam portion of the console. One side can have a particular look or functionality, and the opposite side can have a different look or functionality thereby giving users more choices while occupying the vehicle cabin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Olivier BOINAIS, Benjamin LOUIS
  • Publication number: 20210223047
    Abstract: A geo-analytical program is integrated into a customer relationship management (CRM) solution. Via the geo-analytical program, users are able to define layer configuration settings for a layer for plotting on a map-based GUI. Layer configuration settings for a respective layer comprise an indication of a data object type serving as a base object type for the respective layer. A method involves receiving from a user user-defined configuration settings for a first layer, electronically receiving, at a geospatial computer system, geospatial data for a plurality of connected devices; electronically receiving, at the geo-analytical program from the geospatial computer system, real-time geospatial data for the plurality of connected devices; and utilizing, by the geo-analytical program, the user-defined layer configuration settings for the first layer to plot the first layer on the map-based GUI based on the received real-time geospatial data for the plurality of connected devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Salesforce.com, Inc.
    Inventors: John Brian STEWART, Benjamin Louis BRANTLY, Brian Kenneth HUBBARD, Alexander Levi DANIELS, Michael Christopher BROWN, Edward Wachira MWANGI, Benjamin Daryl BAGLEY, Abraham Javier REYES, Justine Lee HORITSKI
  • Publication number: 20210194447
    Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for automatic audio equalization. In one aspect, a method is performed at an electronic device that includes speakers, microphones, processors and memory. The electronic device outputs audio user content from the speakers and automatically equalizes subsequent audio output of the device without user input. The automatic equalization includes: (1) obtaining audio content signals, including receiving outputted audio content at each microphone; (2) determining from the audio content signals phase differences between microphones; (3) obtaining a feature vector based on the phase differences; (4) obtaining a frequency correction from a correction database based on the obtained feature vector; and (5) applying the obtained frequency correction to the subsequent audio output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin Louis Shaya, Rasmus Larsen, Richard F. Lyon, Michael Smedegaard
  • Patent number: 11005440
    Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for automatic audio equalization. In one aspect, a method is performed at an electronic device that includes speakers, microphones, processors and memory. The electronic device outputs audio user content from the speakers and automatically equalizes subsequent audio output of the device without user input. The automatic equalization includes: (1) obtaining audio content signals, including receiving outputted audio content at each microphone; (2) determining from the audio content signals phase differences between microphones; (3) obtaining a feature vector based on the phase differences; (4) obtaining a frequency correction from a correction database based on the obtained feature vector; and (5) applying the obtained frequency correction to the subsequent audio output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Louis Shaya, Rasmus Larsen, Richard F Lyon, Michael Smedegaard