Patents by Inventor Brian King
Brian King 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).
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Publication number: 20240127092Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for performing non-classical computations. The methods and systems generally use a plurality of spatially distinct optical trapping sites to trap a plurality of atoms, one or more electromagnetic delivery units to apply electromagnetic energy to one or more atoms of the plurality to induce the atoms to adopt one or more superposition states of a first atomic state and a second atomic state, one or more entanglement units to quantum mechanically entangle at least a subset of the one or more atoms in the one or more superposition states with at least another atom of the plurality, and one or more readout optical units to perform measurements of the superposition states to obtain the non-classical computation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Jonathan KING, Benjamin BLOOM, Brian LESTER
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Patent number: 11919915Abstract: The disclosure relates to compounds of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, m, R1-R5, R5A, and L are defined herein. These compounds are useful in methods for stabilizing a mutant PAH protein or reducing blood phenylalanine concentration in a subject suffering from phenylketonuria. In some embodiments, the mutant PAH protein contains at least one R408W, R261Q, R243Q, Y414C, L48S, A403V, I65T, R241C, L348V, R408Q, or V388M mutation. In other embodiments, the mutant PAH protein contains at least one R408W, Y414C, I65T, F39L, R408Q, L348V, R261Q, A300S, or L48S mutation.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Lucrezia De Pascalis, Heather Jane Finlay, Sandra King, Zenon D. Konteatis, Brian C. Shook
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Publication number: 20240065713Abstract: A method and/or use of restoring blood flow in neurovasculature by removing thrombus in a plurality of human patients experiencing ischemic stroke using a revascularization device as either a first-line device or a second-line device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Neuravi LimitedInventors: Malgorzata Alicja KOKOSZKA, David VALE, Brendan CASEY, Michael GILVARRY, Jacqueline O'GORMAN, Daniel KING, Kevin McARDLE, Brian FAHY
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Patent number: 11916510Abstract: A floating solar array having a grid of structural members with openings therebetween and supporting pontoons underneath. One or more floating solar PV modules are positioned in each of the openings and elastic connectors are used to isolate these floating solar PV modules from the movement of the structural member grid. A first end of each of the elastic connectors are connected to the structural members or to one of the grid supporting pontoons, while a second end of each elastic connector is connected either to a PV module supporting pontoon or to the PV module mounted thereon. Together, these elastic connectors allow for limited linear and torsional movement of each of the floating solar PV modules with respect to the structural member grid.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: NORIA ENERGYInventors: James Raiford, Jason King, Alex Mayer, Becca Suchower, Brian Atchley
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Patent number: 11915690Abstract: A multi-channel transformer acoustic model that processes a plurality of audio signals output by microphones of a microphone array and outputs probabilities for acoustic units of an utterance represented in the audio signals. The audio signals represent the individual microphones' respective capturing of the utterance. The multi-channel model may perform self-attention on embeddings of the audio signals and then cross-channel attention across the attended audio signals. The cross-channel attention may involve processing of signals relative to each other to model the relationships across channels within and across time frames. The multi-channel model may include a transducer to perform processing frame-by-frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Ju Chang, Martin Radfar, Athanasios Mouchtaris, Brian King, Siegfried Kunzmann, Maurizio Omologo
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Patent number: 11883942Abstract: The present invention relates broadly to a flow diverter disposed in a plenum area of a motor cylinder chamber (also referred to as kidney ports). The flow diverter acts as a barrier between a main inlet to the motor and an inlet to the cylinder chamber, and directs air or fluid to vane lifter ports of the motor before the air or fluid flows to the inlet to the cylinder chamber. In addition, the flow diverter can serve to regulate air or fluid flowing into the cylinder chamber to control power of the tool. The flow diverter allows for numerous options of where the main inlet to the motor can be positioned and provides a means of regulating the air or fluid flowing into the cylinder chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Snap-on IncorporatedInventors: Richard Bothmann, Brian King, Raymond E. Kinsley
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Publication number: 20240009647Abstract: Method and associated apparatus (1) for bringing together one or more first bodies comprising a first substance with one or more second bodies comprising a second substance for the purpose of the first and second bodies, or the first and second substances contained therein, chemically and/or physically reacting together. the apparatus (1) comprising: a container (48) containing a dielectric medium (50) comprising one or more dielectric materials. especially one or more dielectric fluids or pseudo-fluids: first means (10N; 30, 36, 14, 10T) for forming the said one or more first bodies comprising the first substance and applying thereto an electric charge of a first polarity. and second means (20N; 30, 38, 24, 20T) for forming the said one or more second bodies comprising the second substance and applying thereto an electric charge of a second polarity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventor: Andrew Brian King
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Publication number: 20230212420Abstract: The invention provides a gelcoat composition for coating a sanitised water pool, the composition comprising: curable polymeric components comprising: (i) an unsaturated polyester base resin and (ii) a polyester-polyurethane prepolymer, wherein the polyester-polyurethane prepolymer is terminally functionalised with polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated functional groups; and reactive diluent, wherein the unsaturated polyester base resin is present in an amount of greater than 50 wt. % of the curable polymeric components, and wherein the polyester-polyurethane prepolymer is present in an amount of no more than 25 wt. % of the gelcoat composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Laurance Alan Beston, Christopher Brian King
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Publication number: 20230094399Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to embodiments for securely reconfiguring a media playback device. For example, a method may include determining whether a media playback device is being controlled by a user. In response to determining that the media playback device is not being controlled by the user, the method may further include: causing display of a pictograph that includes an encrypted payload with information for wirelessly connecting to the media playback device and is configured to be scanned by a client device determining whether a request from the client device to wirelessly connect to the media playback device is a valid request in response to the request being valid, wirelessly connecting the client device to the media playback device via a soft access point; and receiving, at the media playback device, information for reconfiguring the media playback device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Roku, Inc.Inventors: CAMERON ESFAHANI, Brian KING, Mark YOUNG, Alex BISHOP
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Patent number: 11541525Abstract: A reversing mechanism for a pneumatically or hydraulically powered tool having a rotor adapted to selectively rotate in either one of first and second rotational directions. The reversing mechanism allows a user to actuate a button that rotates a valve to direct air flow through the tool. By pressing the button, the button will move a base laterally, and in doing so, rotates the valve. Rotating the valve distributes fluid to cause the rotor to rotate in a selected rotational direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Snap-on IncorporatedInventors: Richard Bothmann, Brian King, Ray Kinsley
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Patent number: 11523158Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to embodiments for securely reconfiguring a media playback device. For example, a method may include determining whether a media playback device is being controlled by a user. In response to determining that the media playback device is not being controlled by the user, the method may further include: causing display of a pictograph that includes an encrypted payload with information for wirelessly connecting to the media playback device and is configured to be scanned by a client device; determining whether a request from the client device to wirelessly connect to the media playback device is a valid request; in response to the request being valid, wirelessly connecting the client device to the media playback device via a soft access point; and receiving, at the media playback device, information for reconfiguring the media playback device.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: ROKU, INC.Inventors: Cameron Esfahani, Brian King, Mark Young, Alex Bishop
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Publication number: 20220378533Abstract: A control unit assembly for a robotic surgical system includes a housing, a surgical instrument, and a motor block assembly supported within the housing. The housing includes a front face, a rear face, and a sidewall extending between the front and rear faces. The motor block assembly includes a motor block module that is selectively attachable to the surgical instrument. The motor block module is remotely actuatable to control the surgical instrument. The motor block module is axially movable relative to the housing to facilitate movement of the surgical instrument relative to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Ian McDiarmid, Brian King, Jon Cooke, Aki Hannu Einari Laakso, Hans Christian Pflaumer, Akshaya Ahuja, Chace F. Medeiros
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Patent number: 11514901Abstract: A system configured to process speech commands may classify incoming audio as desired speech, undesired speech, or non-speech. Desired speech is speech that is from a same speaker as reference speech. The reference speech may be obtained from a configuration session or from a first portion of input speech that includes a wakeword. The reference speech may be encoded using a recurrent neural network (RNN) encoder to create a reference feature vector. The reference feature vector and incoming audio data may be processed by a trained neural network classifier to label the incoming audio data (for example, frame-by-frame) as to whether each frame is spoken by the same speaker as the reference speech. The labels may be passed to an automatic speech recognition (ASR) component which may allow the ASR component to focus its processing on the desired speech.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Sree Hari Krishnan Parthasarathi, Bjorn Hoffmeister, Brian King, Roland Maas
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Publication number: 20220103882Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to embodiments for securely reconfiguring a media playback device. For example, a method may include determining whether a media playback device is being controlled by a user. In response to determining that the media playback device is not being controlled by the user, the method may further include: causing display of a pictograph that includes an encrypted payload with information for wirelessly connecting to the media playback device and is configured to be scanned by a client device; determining whether a request from the client device to wirelessly connect to the media playback device is a valid request; in response to the request being valid, wirelessly connecting the client device to the media playback device via a soft access point; and receiving, at the media playback device, information for reconfiguring the media playback device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: Roku, Inc.Inventors: Cameron Esfahani, Brian King, Mark Young, Alex Bishop
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Publication number: 20210402587Abstract: The present invention relates broadly to a flow diverter disposed in a plenum area of a motor cylinder chamber (also referred to as kidney ports). The flow diverter acts as a barrier between a main inlet to the motor and an inlet to the cylinder chamber, and directs air or fluid to vane lifter ports of the motor before the air or fluid flows to the inlet to the cylinder chamber. In addition, the flow diverter can serve to regulate air or fluid flowing into the cylinder chamber to control power of the tool. The flow diverter allows for numerous options of where the main inlet to the motor can be positioned and provides a means of regulating the air or fluid flowing into the cylinder chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: Snap-on IncorporatedInventors: Richard Bothmann, Brian King, Raymond E. Kinsley
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Publication number: 20210404203Abstract: A pool cleaner with a cover assembly that includes a bottom cover with a cover opening, a supply mast, a distributor manifold, a timer assembly, a scrubber assembly, and a venturi vacuum. The distributor manifold receives water from the supply mast and encircles the suction mast. The venturi vacuum is in fluid communication with the distributor manifold and is designed to vacuum debris from a pool surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Suresh Gopalan, Nitin Agarwal, Jayamurali Kaladharan, Brian King, Leonard Richiuso
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Publication number: 20210394351Abstract: A reversing mechanism for a pneumatically or hydraulically powered tool having a rotor adapted to selectively rotate in either one of first and second rotational directions. The reversing mechanism allows a user to actuate a button that rotates a valve to direct air flow through the tool. By pressing the button, the button will move a base laterally, and in doing so, rotates the valve. Rotating the valve distributes fluid to cause the rotor to rotate in a selected rotational direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2020Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: Snap-on IncorporatedInventors: Richard Bothmann, Brian King, Ray Kinsley
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Patent number: 11184657Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to embodiments for securely reconfiguring a media playback device. For example, a method may include determining whether a media playback device is being controlled by a user. In response to determining that the media playback device is not being controlled by the user, the method may further include: causing display of a pictograph that includes an encrypted payload with information for wirelessly connecting to the media playback device and is configured to be scanned by a client device; determining whether a request from the client device to wirelessly connect to the media playback device is a valid request; in response to the request being valid, wirelessly connecting the client device to the media playback device via a soft access point; and receiving, at the media playback device, information for reconfiguring the media playback device.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Roku, Inc.Inventors: Cameron Esfahani, Brian King, Mark Young, Alex Bishop
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Patent number: 11118369Abstract: A pool cleaner comprises a housing including at least two wheels, a supply mast, and a timer disc assembly configured to receive water from the supply mast. The timer disc assembly includes an outer housing, a plurality of outlet ports extending through the outer housing, and a rotating timer disc positioned within the outer housing adjacent to the plurality of outlet ports. The timer disc assembly also includes at least one stationary port seal liner positioned between one of the plurality of outlet ports and the rotating timer disc. The at least one stationary port seal liner includes an elastomeric piece and a liner piece, and the liner piece is in contact with the rotating timer disc.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc.Inventors: Suresh Gopalan, Nitin Agarwal, Jayamurali Kaladharan, Brian King, Leonard Richiuso
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Patent number: 10985935Abstract: In embodiments, a device control application reads a configuration file responsive to a first execution of the device control application on a mobile device. The mobile device parses the first configuration file to identify one or more supported devices, managed properties of each of the one or more supported devices, actions that indicate information about the managed properties, and controls associated with at least one of the one or more supported devices or the one or more managed properties, wherein a control causes a specified user input to generate a command to cause a managed property to have a specified value. The mobile device crates a first version of the device control application based on the configuration file during runtime of the device control application based on a result of the parsing. The mobile device then presents the first version of the device control application.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Ayla Networks, Inc.Inventors: Daniel J. Myers, III, Brian King, Emanuel Peña Aguilar