Patents by Inventor Charles Walters
Charles Walters 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: 20240123052Abstract: Provided herein are nucleic acid molecules encoding an HPV antigen. Also provided are vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) comprising the nucleic acids, methods of inducing immune responses, and methods for prophylactically and/or therapeutically immunizing individuals against recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP). Pharmaceutical compositions, recombinant vaccines comprising DNA plasmid and live attenuated vaccines are disclosed as well as methods of inducing an immune response to treat or prevent RRP are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Stephanie Ramos, Jewell Walters, Jian Yan, Anna Slager, Charles Reed, Kate Broderick
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Patent number: 11936353Abstract: A current-mode transmitter amplifies a differential input signal to a differential, current-mode output signal. A split-input, current-mode-logic stage produces small, analog signals to limit switching currents and thus power consumption and power-supply noise. These small, analog signals are driven through a source-follower stage to reduce loading and shift the common-mode voltage to a desired level. A switched-current-source H-bridge driver combines differential outputs from the source-follower stage to provide an amplified differential output current. The output swing from the H-bridge driver is controlled by the voltage level from the source follower and derived from a replica-bias structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.Inventors: Eric Douglas Groen, Charles Walter Boecker
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Patent number: 11933976Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking the position of one or more head-mounted display (HMD) system components of an HMD system. The HMD components may carry a plurality of angle sensitive detectors or other types of detectors. The HMD system may be operative to detect corrupted position tracking samples, allowing such samples to be ignored, thereby improving the position tracking process. Control circuitry causes light sources to emit light according a specified pattern, and receives sensor data from the plurality of detectors. Control circuitry may process the sensor data, for example using machine learning or other techniques, to track a position of one or more HMD components.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Valve CorporationInventors: Evan Fletcher, Jeffrey Walter Mucha, Joshua Mark Hudman, Alan Yates, Gordon Wayne Stoll, Jeffrey George Leinbaugh, Charles Lohr
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Patent number: 11913475Abstract: A blade for a ceiling fan can include a first half and a second half formed from a pulp material. The first half is attachable to the second half to form the blade. Additionally, a blade can include a skeleton with an over molding made from a pulp forming the blade. Furthermore, a blade can be formed using a blade base with a pulp topper added to the blade to form an aerodynamic shape for the blade.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Hunter Fan CompanyInventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood, James Walter Longmire, Douglas Troy Mason, Seth Aaron Wood
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Publication number: 20230418368Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to determining a capacitance based on a charge accumulated on a sense capacitor electrode. One example provides a head-mounted device comprising a facial-tracking sensor, a controller, and a charge sensing circuit connected to the facial-tracking sensor. The facial-tracking sensor comprises a sense capacitor electrode configured to be positioned proximate to a surface of a face and form a capacitance based upon a distance between the sense capacitor electrode and the surface of the face, and the controller configured to apply a reference voltage to the sense capacitor electrode. The charge sensing circuit is configured to determine the capacitance of the sense capacitor electrode by determining an amount of charge accumulated on the sense capacitor electrode resulting from the reference voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Charles Walter BOECKER, Jouya JADIDIAN, Barry THOMPSON, Niranjan Achugundla PUTTASWAMY, Lawrence Albert PRATHER
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Publication number: 20230339205Abstract: A molded equipment pad having a top deck, side walls, underlying reinforcing radial ribs, and underlying reinforcing arc-shaped ribs. The arc-shaped ribs may include a series of concentric arc-shaped ribs that are centered on the center of the equipment pad and that extend toward the side walls of the pad and a number of distributed circular hubs. Alternatively, the arc-shaped ribs may include a series of concentric arc-shaped ribs that are centered on the center of the equipment pad that end short of the side walls, a series of opposing arc-shaped ribs that are centered on the corners of the equipment pad, and a number of distributed circular hubs.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Charles Walter Cox, JR., Keith Platt, Jonathan Sada
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Patent number: 11794440Abstract: A molded equipment pad having a top deck, side walls, underlying reinforcing radial ribs, and underlying reinforcing arc-shaped ribs. The arc-shaped ribs may include a series of concentric arc-shaped ribs that are centered on the center of the equipment pad and that extend toward the side walls of the pad and a number of distributed circular hubs. Alternatively, the arc-shaped ribs may include a series of concentric arc-shaped ribs that are centered on the center of the equipment pad that end short of the side walls, a series of opposing arc-shaped ribs that are centered on the corners of the equipment pad, and a number of distributed circular hubs.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2013Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Diversitech CorporationInventors: Charles Walter Cox, Jr., Keith Platt, Jonathan Sada
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Publication number: 20230335048Abstract: A display device includes a display substrate and a backplane substrate. The display substrate includes an array of micro-LEDs forming individual pixels. The backplane substrate includes a plurality of pixel logic hardware modules. Each pixel logic hardware module includes a local memory element configured to store a multi-bit pixel intensity value of a corresponding micro-LED for an image frame. The backplane substrate is bonded to a backside of the display substrate such that the pixel logic hardware modules are physically aligned behind the array of micro-LEDs and each pixel logic hardware module is electrically connected to a micro-LED of the corresponding pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Charles Walter BOECKER, Niranjan Achugundla PUTTASWAMY, Barry THOMPSON, Sheethal Somesh NAYAK, Jeffrey Neil MARGOLIS, Chuan PU
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Patent number: 11770275Abstract: A PAM-4 DFE receives an input signal distorted by inter-symbol interference (ISI) and expressing a series of symbols each representing one of four pulse amplitudes to convey two binary bits of data per symbol. High-order circuitry resolves the most-significant bit (MSB) of each two-bit symbol, whereas low-order circuitry 115 resolves the immediate least-significant bit (LSB). An immediate value of the MSB is used to select a set of ISI offsets used to resolve the LSB. Resolved values of the prior values of the MSB and LSB are then used to select the ISI offset for the immediate symbol.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Rambus Inc.Inventors: Masum Hossain, Nhat Nguyen, Charles Walter Boecker
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Patent number: 11706060Abstract: A serial receiver combines continuous-time equalization, analog interleaving, and discrete-time gain for rapid, efficient data reception and quantization of a serial, continuous-time signal. A continuous-time equalizer equalizes a received signal. A number N of time-interleaved analog samplers sample the equalized continuous-time signal to provide N streams of analog samples transitioning at rate reduced by 1/N relative to the received signal. A set of N discrete-time variable-gain amplifiers amplify respective streams of analog samples. A quantizer then quantizes the amplified streams of analog samples to produce a digital signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Rambus Inc.Inventors: Haidang Lin, Charles Walter Boecker, Masum Hossain
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Publication number: 20230215342Abstract: A display device includes a display substrate and a backplane substrate. The display substrate includes an array of micro-LEDs forming individual pixels. The backplane substrate includes a plurality of pixel logic hardware modules. Each pixel logic hardware module includes a local memory element configured to store a multi-bit pixel intensity value of a corresponding micro-LED for an image frame. The backplane substrate is bonded to a backside of the display substrate such that the pixel logic hardware modules are physically aligned behind the array of micro-LEDs and each pixel logic hardware module is electrically connected to a micro-LED of the corresponding pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Charles Walter BOECKER, Niranjan Achugundla PUTTASWAMY, Barry THOMPSON, Sheethal Somesh NAYAK, Jeffrey Neil MARGOLIS, Chuan PU
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Patent number: 11688333Abstract: A display device includes a display substrate and a backplane substrate. The display substrate includes an array of micro-LEDs forming individual pixels. The backplane substrate includes a plurality of pixel logic hardware modules. Each pixel logic hardware module includes a local memory element configured to store a multi-bit pixel intensity value of a corresponding micro-LED for an image frame. The backplane substrate is bonded to a backside of the display substrate such that the pixel logic hardware modules are physically aligned behind the array of micro-LEDs and each pixel logic hardware module is electrically connected to a micro-LED of the corresponding pixel.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Charles Walter Boecker, Niranjan Achugundla Puttaswamy, Barry Thompson, Sheethal Somesh Nayak, Jeffrey Neil Margolis, Chuan Pu
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Patent number: 11683206Abstract: A multi-PAM equalizer receives an input signal distorted by inter-symbol interference (ISI) and expressing a series of symbols each representing one of four pulse amplitudes to convey two binary bits of data per symbol. High-order circuitry resolves the most-significant bit (MSB) of each two-bit symbol, whereas low-order circuitry 115 resolves the immediate least-significant bit (LSB). The MSB is used without the LSB for timing recovery and to calculate tap values for both MSB and LSB evaluation.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Rambus Inc.Inventors: Masum Hossain, Nhat Nguyen, Charles Walter Boecker
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Patent number: 11675222Abstract: Magneto-optical modulator-based systems and devices for transferring quantum information are described. Such systems can be used for many applications, including as part of quantum computers. An example system includes a quantum information system configured to provide a signal corresponding to at least one qubit. The system further includes a magneto-optical driver configured to receive the signal corresponding to the at least one qubit and process the signal to generate a current based on the signal corresponding to the at least one qubit. The system further includes a magneto-optical modulator configured to receive the current from the magneto-optical driver and provide a modulated light output by modulating a received light input based on the current.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Foteini Karinou, Winston Allen Saunders, Haidang Lin, Richard P. Rouse, Derek Leslie Knee, Charles Walter Boecker, Marijn Petrus Gerardus Rombouts
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Patent number: 11646724Abstract: Disclosed is a system where indicators of the relative phase differences between combinations of clocks in a multi-phase clock system are developed and/or measured. These indicators convey information regarding which phase difference between a given pair of the clocks is greater than (or less than) the phase difference between another pair of the clocks. This information is used to sort/rank/order phase differences between the various combinations of pairs of clocks according to their phase differences. This ranking is used to select the pair of clocks to be adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Rambus Inc.Inventors: Charles Walter Boecker, Roxanne Vu, Eric Douglas Groen
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Publication number: 20220407749Abstract: A PAM-4 DFE receives an input signal distorted by inter-symbol interference (ISI) and expressing a series of symbols each representing one of four pulse amplitudes to convey two binary bits of data per symbol. High-order circuitry resolves the most-significant bit (MSB) of each two-bit symbol, whereas low-order circuitry 115 resolves the immediate least-significant bit (LSB). An immediate value of the MSB is used to select a set of ISI offsets used to resolve the LSB. Resolved values of the prior values of the MSB and LSB are then used to select the ISI offset for the immediate symbol.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Masum Hossain, Nhat Nguyen, Charles Walter Boecker
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Publication number: 20220337232Abstract: Disclosed is a system where indicators of the relative phase differences between combinations of clocks in a multi-phase clock system are developed and/or measured. These indicators convey information regarding which phase difference between a given pair of the clocks is greater than (or less than) the phase difference between another pair of the clocks. This information is used to sort/rank/order phase differences between the various combinations of pairs of clocks according to their phase differences. This ranking is used to select the pair of clocks to be adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Charles Walter BOECKER, Roxanne VU, Eric Douglas GROEN
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Patent number: 11405242Abstract: A PAM-4 DFE receives an input signal distorted by inter-symbol interference (IS I) and expressing a series of symbols each representing one of four pulse amplitudes to convey two binary bits of data per symbol. High-order circuitry resolves the most-significant bit (MSB) of each two-bit symbol, whereas low-order circuitry 115 resolves the immediate least-significant bit (LSB). An immediate value of the MSB is used to select a set of IS I offsets used to resolve the LSB. Resolved values of the prior values of the MSB and LSB are then used to select the IS I offset for the immediate symbol.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Rambus Inc.Inventors: Masum Hossain, Nhat Nguyen, Charles Walter Boecker
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Publication number: 20220236593Abstract: Magneto-optical modulator-based systems and devices for transferring quantum information are described. Such systems can be used for many applications, including as part of quantum computers. An example system includes a quantum information system configured to provide a signal corresponding to at least one qubit. The system further includes a magneto-optical driver configured to receive the signal corresponding to the at least one qubit and process the signal to generate a current based on the signal corresponding to the at least one qubit. The system further includes a magneto-optical modulator configured to receive the current from the magneto-optical driver and provide a modulated light output by modulating a received light input based on the current.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Foteini KARINOU, Winston Allen SAUNDERS, Haidang LIN, Richard P. ROUSE, Derek Leslie KNEE, Charles Walter BOECKER, Marijn Petrus Gerardus ROMBOUTS
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Patent number: 11283435Abstract: Disclosed is a system where indicators of the relative phase differences between combinations of clocks in a multi-phase clock system are developed and/or measured. These indicators convey information regarding which phase difference between a given pair of the clocks is greater than (or less than) the phase difference between another pair of the clocks. This information is used to sort/rank/order phase differences between the various combinations of pairs of clocks according to their phase differences. This ranking is used to select the pair of clocks to be adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Rambus Inc.Inventors: Charles Walter Boecker, Roxanne Vu, Eric Douglas Groen