Patents by Inventor Carlos Hernandez
Carlos Hernandez 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: 20240150968Abstract: A method for obtaining a reinforced packaging paper by applying a residual fluid from the pre-treatment of lignocellulose waste with a water-alcohol mix to the packaging paper and the subsequent drying thereof. The residual fluid has a solid fraction in suspension of 1-70% by weight/volume relative to the total, with lignin and lignin-carbohydrate complexes; and a liquid fraction of 30-99% by weight/volume relative to the total, containing between 0.04 and 2.07 g/L glucose, between 0.31 and 14.57 g/L xylose, between 0.09 and 3.46 g/L arabinose, between 0.083 and 12.40 g/L acetic acid, and between 0.004 and 8.73 g/L furfural. The method improves the efficiency of the cellulose pulp residual fluids in the process of reinforcing a packaging paper, and is suitable for all types of raw cardboard or paper.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Nuria GOMEZ HERNANDEZ, Priscilla Valeska VERGARA ALARCON, Juan Carlos VILLAR GUTIERREZ
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Patent number: 11979243Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for supporting a two-stage device-to-device (D2D) discovery using a D2D interworking function (IWF). A D2D IWF component may be configured to perform mapping between an application running on an application server and a third generation partnership project (3GPP) network, and provide a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) to allow discovery to be provided as a service to D2D applications. An application identifier may be mapped to a 3GPP identifier. Further, a method and apparatus are described for performing client-server discovery. A first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may be configured for a listen-only operation, and a second WTRU may be configured to transmit beacons. The first and second WTRUs may perform a radio access network (RAN) discovery procedure at an access stratum (AS) layer. A method and apparatus for performing charging for D2D service using a D2D IWF are also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Ravikumar V. Pragada, Saad Ahmad, Balaji Raghothaman, Samian J. Kaur, Pascal M. Adjakple, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Zhuorong Deng, Kiran K. Vanganuru, Gregory S. Sternberg, Guanzhou Wang, Michael F. Starsinic, Alexander Reznik, Juan Carlos Zuniga, Eldad M. Zeira
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Patent number: 11961272Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using a surfel map to generate long range localization. One of the methods includes obtaining, for a particular location of a vehicle having a camera and a detection sensor, surfel data including a plurality of surfels. Each surfel in the surfel data has a respective location and corresponds to a different respective detected surface in an environment. Image data captured by the camera is obtained. It is determined that a region of interest for detecting objects for a vehicle planning process is outside a detectable region for the detection sensor. In response, it is determined that the image data for the region of interest matches surfel color data for the surfels corresponding to the region of interest. In response, the vehicle planning process is performed with the region of interest designated as having no unexpected objects.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: David Yonchar Margines, Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Michael Montemerlo, Peter Pawlowski, Colin Andrew Braley
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Publication number: 20240112579Abstract: A parking facility access management system having a sensing device communicatively connected to the internet and to a mechanism for providing access to a parking facility. A mobile device is communicatively connected to the sensing device while in proximity to the sensing device, and also communicatively connected to the internet while not in proximity to the sensing device. As the mobile device enters proximity to the sensing device, the mobile device communicates exclusively with the sensing device and not the internet. In some embodiments, as the mobile device enters proximity to the sensing device, the mobile device sends a signal to the sensing device to alert the mechanism for providing access to provide access to the parking facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: FlashParking, Inc.Inventors: Juan Fabian Rodriguez, Dean Cleaver, Eliseo Diaz, Carlos Hernandez
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Publication number: 20240083327Abstract: A cup holder assembly includes a body that defines a cup-receiving cavity and an aperture that extends through a side wall of the body, a first bracing feature and a second bracing feature, each of which is coupled to the body and positioned outside of the cup-receiving cavity, and a retention finger. The retention finger includes a first portion that extends into the cup-receiving cavity through the aperture, a first engagement feature coupled to the first portion and pivotably engaged with the first bracing feature, and a second engagement feature coupled to the first portion and engaged with the second bracing feature. The retention finger is operable to move via pivotal movement of the first engagement feature relative to the first bracing feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Diego F. Villacres Mesias, Gustavo Llamas Maldonado, Jose Carlos Hernandez, Matthew J. Hickey, Michele M. Mathews
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Publication number: 20230380435Abstract: Described herein are methods of sanitizing and preserving produce and other agricultural products, for example for consumption as Ready-to-Eat. The methods can comprise treating the products with a sanitizing agent and forming a protective coating over the products.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Chance Holland, James Rogers, Stephen William Kaun, Carlos Hernandez, Alexander William Thomas, Savannah Jane Dearden
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Patent number: 11798751Abstract: A metal contact of a residential circuit breaker with ordered ceramic microparticles is provided. The metal contact comprises an electrical contact material comprising a metal alloy and ceramic particles to form a metal matrix composite material. Both materials the metal alloy and the ceramic particles are present together as a metal compound but without forming an alloy. The metal compound is a matrix and reinforcement being the ceramic particles such that first the ceramic particles has a sintering step to get a homogeneous preform for the metal compound being porous with a controlled size obtained by pressing a particle size of about few micrometers of the ceramic particles and then a liquid metal infiltration step to provide a homogenous distribution of the metal alloy and the ceramic particles in a three-dimensional open porous arrangement and the homogenous distribution results in ordered microstructures.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.Inventors: Roberto Carlos Hernandez Maya, Luis Miguel Franco Caballero, Francisco Franco Caballero
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Publication number: 20230334776Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for sensor calibration with environment map. In some implementations, a three-dimensional surfel representation of a real-world environment is obtained. One or more surfels of the surfel representation having a particular classification of the different classifications are selected. Input sensor data from one or more sensors installed on an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle are received. The input sensor data is compared to the surfel representation to identify one or more differences between the observation and the surfel representation. At least one sensor of the one or more sensors is calibrated using the one or more differences between the observation and the surfel representation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Christian Lauterbach, Colin Andrew Braley, Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Michael Montemerlo
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Publication number: 20230298301Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using a surfel map to generate long range localization. One of the methods includes obtaining, for a particular location of a vehicle having a camera and a detection sensor, surfel data including a plurality of surfels. Each surfel in the surfel data has a respective location and corresponds to a different respective detected surface in an environment. Image data captured by the camera is obtained. It is determined that a region of interest for detecting objects for a vehicle planning process is outside a detectable region for the detection sensor. In response, it is determined that the image data for the region of interest matches surfel color data for the surfels corresponding to the region of interest. In response, the vehicle planning process is performed with the region of interest designated as having no unexpected objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: David Yonchar Margines, Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Michael Montemerlo, Peter Pawlowski, Colin Andrew Braley
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Patent number: 11755947Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for offline evaluation of machine learning models with noise reduction are disclosed. A trigger computation system generates a plurality of experimental requests. The experimental requests do not represent unmodified requests received from clients in a production environment. At least one parameter value varies for individual ones of the experimental requests. The trigger computation system provides the experimental requests to a first machine learning model and a second machine learning model. The first machine learning model and the second machine learning model produce a set of results based at least in part on the experimental requests. The trigger computation system determines a reduced set of results for which the first machine learning model and the second machine learning model differ. An evaluation of the first machine learning model or the second machine learning model is performed using the reduced set of results.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Juan Carlos Hernandez Munuera, Rizwana Rizia, Varun Narayan Hegde, Miguel Angel Hernandez Orozco, Arnab Sinha, Ravi Khandelwal, Lei Shi
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Publication number: 20230281866Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using a surfel map to generate a prediction for a state of an environment. One of the methods includes obtaining surfel data comprising a plurality of surfels, wherein each surfel corresponds to a respective different location in an environment, and each surfel has associated data that comprises an uncertainty measure; obtaining sensor data for one or more locations in the environment, the sensor data having been captured by one or more sensors of a first vehicle; determining one or more particular surfels corresponding to respective locations of the obtained sensor data; and combining the surfel data and the sensor data to generate a respective object prediction for each of the one or more locations of the obtained sensor data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2022Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Michael Montemerlo, Peter Pawlowski, David Yonchar Margines
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Patent number: 11734880Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for sensor calibration with environment map. In some implementations, a three-dimensional surfel representation of a real-world environment is obtained. One or more surfels of the surfel representation having a particular classification of the different classifications are selected. Input sensor data from one or more sensors installed on an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle are received. The input sensor data is compared to the surfel representation to identify one or more differences between the observation and the surfel representation. At least one sensor of the one or more sensors is calibrated using the one or more differences between the observation and the surfel representation.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Christian Lauterbach, Colin Andrew Braley, Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Michael Montemerlo
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Patent number: 11723377Abstract: Described herein are methods of sanitizing and preserving produce and other agricultural products, for example for consumption as Ready-to-Eat. The methods can comprise treating the products with a sanitizing agent and forming a protective coating over the products.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Apeel Technology, Inc.Inventors: Chance Holland, James Rogers, Stephen William Kaun, Carlos Hernandez, Alexander William Thomas, Savannah Jane Dearden
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Publication number: 20230232872Abstract: Compositions for forming protective coatings on, e.g., agricultural products, can form a lamellar structure on the surface of the agricultural product that forms a barrier to, e.g., water and gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Carlos Hernandez, Chance Holland, Stephen Kaun, Louis Perez, Charles Frazier, Changrui Gao, Justin Ryan
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Patent number: 11699274Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using a surfel map to generate long range localization. One of the methods includes obtaining, for a particular location of a vehicle having a camera and a detection sensor, surfel data including a plurality of surfels. Each surfel in the surfel data has a respective location and corresponds to a different respective detected surface in an environment. Image data captured by the camera is obtained. It is determined that a region of interest for detecting objects for a vehicle planning process is outside a detectable region for the detection sensor. In response, it is determined that the image data for the region of interest matches surfel color data for the surfels corresponding to the region of interest. In response, the vehicle planning process is performed with the region of interest designated as having no unexpected objects.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: David Yonchar Margines, Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Michael Montemerlo, Peter Pawlowski, Colin Andrew Braley
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Patent number: 11641865Abstract: Compositions for forming protective coatings on, e.g., agricultural products, can form a lamellar structure on the surface of the agricultural product that forms a barrier to, e.g., water and gas.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Apeel Technology, Inc.Inventors: Carlos Hernandez, Chance Holland, Stephen Kaun, Louis Perez, Charles Frazier, Changrui Gao, Justin Ryan
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Publication number: 20230098477Abstract: Presented are compositions that can be used as protective coatings for agricultural (e.g., food) substrates. The compositions can comprise a compound of Formula I: and an additive, wherein the variables m, n, q, r, Ra, Rb, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12 and R13 are defined herein. The protective coatings formed from the compositions can be used to prevent food spoilage due to, for instance, moisture loss, oxidation, or infection by a foreign pathogen.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Louis Perez, Chance Holland, James Rogers, Stephen William Kaun, Carlos Hernandez, Charles Patrick Frazier
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Publication number: 20230101643Abstract: A gaming system including a housing, a reel assembly supported by the housing, the reel assembly including a rotatable reel having a reel strip having a section that is of a static color category and having a plurality of static color characteristics, and a backlight for the reel strip configured to provide a range of different backlighting for the reel strip, a transmissive display device supported by the housing in a position in front of the reel assembly, the transmissive display device defining a see-through window aligned with the rotatable reel, and a processor that causes the rotatable reel to rotate, the rotatable reel to stop at a position in which the section of the reel strip is viewable through the window, the backlight to provide backlighting to the reel strip based on the static color category and one of the plurality of static color characteristics of the section of the reel strip, and that communicates data to the transmissive display device to cause the transmissive display device to displayType: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Scott Jones, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Stewart Thoeni
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Patent number: 11561552Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing data characterizing a first region in an environment to generate a prediction characterizing a second region in the environment. One of the methods includes obtaining surfel data comprising a plurality of surfels; obtaining sensor data for a plurality of locations in a first region of the environment; determining, from the surfel data, a plurality of first surfels corresponding to respective locations in the first region of the environment; determining, using the first surfels and the sensor data, a difference between i) a first representation of the first region of the environment corresponding to the first surfels and ii) a second representation of the first region of the environment corresponding to the sensor data; and generating a respective object prediction for one or more locations in a second region of the environment.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: David Harrison Silver, Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Michael Montemerlo, Peter Pawlowski, David Yonchar Margines
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Patent number: D990577Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: IGTInventors: Anthony John Baerlocher, Stewart Thoeni, Christopher D. Carlisle, Julia Janeen Angst, Jean-Pierre Legras, John Leagh Beadell, Scott Hamilton Jones, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Megan Eileen Oehlert, Stephen Gus Gill, Thang Duc Doan, Matthew Arbie Franich, Tai Rosander