Patents by Inventor Brian (Xi-Yu) Guo

Brian (Xi-Yu) Guo 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).

  • Deep causal learning for continuous testing, diagnosis, and optimization
    Patent number: 12282303
    Abstract: A system and methods for multivariant learning and optimization repeatedly generate self-organized experimental units (SOEUs) based on the one or more assumptions for a randomized multivariate comparison of process decisions to be provided to users of a system. The SOEUs are injected into the system to generate quantified inferences about the process decisions. Responsive to injecting the SOEUs, at least one confidence interval is identified within the quantified inferences, and the SOEUs are iteratively modified based on the at least one confidence interval to identify at least one causal interaction of the process decisions within the system. The causal interaction can be used for testing, diagnosis, and optimization of the system performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Gilles J. Benoit, Brian E. Brooks, Peter O. Olson, Tyler W. Olson
  • Autonomous waste collection assembly and medical waste collection system and methods
    Patent number: 12280198
    Abstract: An autonomous medical waste collection assembly. A base supports a waste canister in fluid communication with a manifold receiver, and a suction pump. A controller is in electronic communication with a powered wheel and configured to transmit a movement signal for a motor to power the powered wheel to move the assembly along a floor surface. The assembly may be operable in an autonomous mode in which the powered wheel automatically moves the assembly along the floor surface, and a manual mode in which resistance from the powered wheel is negated to provide for manual movement of the assembly. The controller may be further configured to steer the assembly based on a current location input signal, and a disposal location input signal from a locator network within the medical facility that is indicative of a location of a disposal station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen J. Reasoner, Andy Staats, Brian MacLachlan, Tamitha M. Dollman
  • Isoquinolin-3-yl carboxamides and preparation and use thereof
    Patent number: 12281097
    Abstract: Isoquinoline compounds for treating various diseases and pathologies are disclosed. More particularly, the present invention concerns the use of an isoquinoline compound or analogs thereof, in the treatment of disorders characterized by the activation of Wnt pathway signaling (e.g., cancer, abnormal cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, fibrotic disorders, bone or cartilage diseases, and osteoarthritis), the modulation of cellular events mediated by Wnt pathway signaling, as well as genetic diseases and neurological conditions/disorders/diseases due to mutations or dysregulation of the Wnt pathway and/or of one or more of Wnt signaling components. Also provided are methods for treating Wnt-related disease states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: BioSplice Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil Kumar KC, Chi Ching Mak, Brian Walter Eastman, Jianguo Cao, Venkataiah Bollu, Gopi Kumar Mittapalli, Chandramouli Chiruta
  • Seat slide-lock system
    Patent number: 12280857
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a seat slide-lock system including a seat slide rail having a longitudinal axis and defining at least one detent, and a seat movable along the longitudinal axis of the seat slide rail. The seat includes a seat slide-lock device including a slide handle accessible to a user and movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, a slide pin coupled to the slide handle and movable therewith, and a release switch accessible to the user and movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The slide pin is engageable with the detent in the engaged position, preventing seat movement, and disengaged in the disengaged position, allowing seat movement. The release switch prevents the slide handle and slide pin from moving from the disengaged position toward the engaged position when locked and allows such movement when unlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Duffield, Brian Pitcher, Tyler Gooden
  • System and method for securing computer code using dynamically generated digital signatures
    Patent number: 12284269
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, apparatus, and computer-readable storage media that support securing code by dynamically inserting digital signatures in target code and maintaining the digital signatures in a linked structure (e.g., a blockchain-type structure).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: ProtectedBy.AI, Inc.
    Inventors: J T Kostman, Brian Gallagher
  • Method and system for training matting neural network, and method and device for generating portrait to be used on identity document
    Patent number: 12282850
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and a computing system are provided for training a matting neural network to generate mattes for creating portraits to be used on identity documents. The matting neural network is trained by using standardized images conforming to a template which prescribes that each standardized image should depict a human face. A standardized image is obtained by adjusting an input image which includes an area representing a face of the person and was, e.g., taken with a camera, so that a relationship between the size of the adjusted input image and the distance between target points (which represent parts of the person) in the adjusted input image satisfies a condition determined by the template, and in the adjusted input image the area is in a position defined by the template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY FRANCE
    Inventors: Hui Zhu, Brian Martin, Rein-Lien HSU
  • Releasable medical drapes
    Patent number: 12279932
    Abstract: A releasable medical drape, and systems and methods having the same, includes at least a liquid-impermeable, vapor-permeable layer, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a soft-gel layer having a plurality of apertures. The soft-gel layer is configured to be disposed adjacent to a tissue site. A portion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer extends through the plurality of apertures in the soft-gel layer to contact the tissue site. The soft-gel layer forms a good seal with the tissue site and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer extending through the plurality of apertures forms a firm—but releasable—coupling with the tissue site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Locke, Timothy Mark Robinson, Li Yao
  • Methods and systems for increasing energy output in Z-pinch plasma confinement system
    Patent number: 12283468
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for increasing energy output from Z-pinch and other plasma confinement systems. In one example, a system may include memory storing instructions that, if executed by one or more processors, cause the system to adjust one or more parameters to generate a magnetic field which is sufficiently strong to axially compress a fuel gas to induce thermonuclear fusion and increase a fusion energy gain factor greater than a fusion energy gain factor limit attainable by the thermonuclear fusion. In certain examples, adjusting the one or more parameters may include adjusting a duty cycle of a discharge current applied to the fuel gas based, at least in part, on an amount of thermal collisions between fusion byproducts and the fuel gas. In certain examples, by adjusting the duty cycle, the magnetic field may be adjusted to induce or increase the thermal collisions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Zap Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter H. Stoltz, Eric T. Meier, Uri Shumlak, Brian A. Nelson
  • Safety belt D-ring positioning for front and rear seats
    Patent number: 12280735
    Abstract: Guidance to a vehicle occupant is directed to manual adjustment of a height of a D-ring mechanism of a safety belt. First data of the occupant is collected which is indicative of a target height for the D-ring mechanism. Second data is collected indicative of a current height of the D-ring mechanism. The target height and the current height are compared to generate an adjustment amount whenever their difference is greater than a predetermined threshold. Visual guidance is presented to the occupant on an HMI display panel wherein the visual guidance describes taking an particular action to achieve the manual height adjustment of the D-ring mechanism. A further visual instruction is presented to the occupant on the HMI display panel wherein the visual instruction identifies the adjustment amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Clara M. Bennie, Brian Bennie
  • Systems and methods for securing bases, home plates, pitcher's rubbers, and double bases to synthetic turf
    Patent number: 12280303
    Abstract: An anchor includes a frame assembly and a removable cover plug. The frame assembly includes an access frame having a bottom and a wall defining an upper opening and a cavity therein, a first flexible seal extends above the upper opening of the wall, and at least one vertical member is in communication with the cavity of the access frame. The plug is operable for covering opening in the access frame. The plug includes a platform for supporting synthetic turf on the platform. When the plug is removed, at least one stanchion of a base, a home plate, a double base, or a pitcher's rubber is engageable with the vertical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Sportsfield Intellectual, LLC
    Inventors: Sean R. Clark, Eric W. Hulbert, Daniel J. Sovocool, Brian Jaeger, Alex Fletcher
  • Systems, devices, and methods for introducing additives to a pressurised vessel
    Patent number: 12281288
    Abstract: An additive dispensing device for dispensing of additives into a pressurised vessel, more particularly a fermentation vessel of a brewing system, is disclosed. The device has a vessel body including a chamber, the chamber having a closed end and an open end. A pressure release means is provided between the chamber and atmosphere. A controllable valve positioned between the closed end and the open end, configured to selectively open and close a flow path between the closed end and the open end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Natural Brew Inc
    Inventors: Matthew Charles Dromgool, Brian Watson
  • Flexible electronic structure
    Patent number: 12283561
    Abstract: There is provided a flexible electronic structure for bonding with an external circuit, comprising a flexible substrate, having a first surface, configured for bonding with the external circuit, and an opposing second surface, configured for engagement with a bonding tool, comprising at least one electronic component; at least one contact member, operatively coupled with said at least one electronic component and provided at said first surface of said flexible substrate, and adapted to operably interface with the external circuit after bonding, and at least one shield member, provided at said first surface so as to shieldingly overlap at least a portion of said at least one electronic component, adapted to withstand a predetermined pressure applied to said first surface and/or said opposing second surface during bonding with the external circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: PRAGMATIC SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
    Inventors: Brian Cobb, Richard Price
  • User interfaces for maps and navigation
    Patent number: 12281912
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device present navigation routes from various perspectives. In some embodiments, an electronic device modifies display of representations of (e.g., physical) objects in the vicinity of a navigation route while presenting navigation directions. In some embodiments, an electronic device modifies display of portions of a navigation route that are occluded by representations of (e.g., physical) objects in a map. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of (e.g., physical) objects in maps. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of (e.g., physical) objects in maps in response to requests to search for (e.g., physical) objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan W. Apuy, Vincent P. Arroyo, Brian J. Andrich, Jaime Chen, Lukasz J. Pasek, Giovanni S. Luis, Sebastian A. Araya, Syed Mohsin Hasan, Eugene P. Sturm, Linghao Li, Benjamin R. Dreyer, Sarah A. Bergquist, William A. Viglakis, William N. Danner, Rachel A. Smith, Aaron P. Dennis, Richard A. Small, Kirill Negoda, Alexander J. O'Connell, Steven C. Beeby, Ryan Dignard
  • Intelligent process anomaly detection and trend projection system
    Patent number: 12282308
    Abstract: A novel system includes an intelligent process anomaly detection and trend projection system which is configured to train artificial intelligence and machine learning systems for anomaly prediction in industrial systems according to some embodiments. In some embodiments, such intelligent process anomaly detection and trend projection system is configured to determine an estimated remaining useful life of an industrial asset. For example, in some embodiments, the system is configured to identify a degradation part of the signal and a normal part of the signal; separate the degradation part of the signal from the normal part of the signal; identify one or more patterns of a degradation part of the signal and the normal part of the signal; and determine an anomaly prediction based on the one or more patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Aveva Software, LLC
    Inventors: Aldimir Lyubchev Mihnev, Prarthana Rohitkumar Shah, Brian Kenneth Erickson, William Charles Winn Bielke
  • Hybrid energy systems
    Patent number: 12283822
    Abstract: A hybrid energy system is configured to carry a power load for a generator configured to output a first AC signal. The hybrid energy system includes a battery bank, a DC/DC converter, an AC/DC converter, and a DC/AC converter. The battery bank includes a plurality of batteries and outputs a first DC signal. The DC/DC converter, operating in a first mode, receives and converts the first DC signal into a second DC signal, which is output to a DC bus. The AC/DC converter receives and converts the first AC signal into a third DC signal. The second DC signal and the third DC signal are tied together on the DC bus. The DC/AC converter receives and converts the second DC signal from the DC bus into a plurality of second AC signals, which are output to an AC outlet interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: Alliance North Amerca, Inc., SPOC Grid Inverter Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Yin, Brian Quock, Stacey Brooks, Christian Mason, Ben Gully, Andrew Williams
  • Easy DSL signal detector
    Patent number: 12284000
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing easy digital subscriber line (“DSL”) signal detection. In various embodiments, after a connector of a signal detector has been inserted into a network service port, a processor of the signal detector may determine whether at least one C-tone is present on at least one signal wire communicatively coupled to the network service port, the at least one C-tone being indicative of network service being ready for provision via the at least one signal wire. If so, the processor of the signal detector may cause a display device to indicate to a user that the network service port is ready to provide the network service. A modem can then be installed by connecting with the network service port. The connector, the processor, and the display device are integrated within a single, compact, handheld form factor of the signal detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Anthony M. Bieniek, Brian E. Bond
  • Determining causal models for controlling environments
    Patent number: 12282304
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining causal models for controlling environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Brian E. Brooks, Gilles J. Benoit, Peter O. Olson, Tyler W. Olson, Himanshu Nayar, Frederick J. Arsenault, Nicholas A. Johnson
  • Food industry extrusion machine component
    Patent number: D1071659
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SOURCE TECHNOLOGY APS
    Inventors: Kim Doctor Krintel, Brian Fabricius Hjorth
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D1071729
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Chattem, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Clarke Struthers, II, Brian F. Russell
  • Dispenser
    Patent number: D1071731
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC.
    Inventor: Brian T. Davis