Patents by Inventor Christopher Andrew

Christopher Andrew 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).

  • Patent number: 11799061
    Abstract: A method of making a display structure comprises providing a display substrate having a display surface, disposing components on and in contact with the display surface, uniformly blanket coating the display surface with a curable layer of uncured light-absorbing material, and curing the curable layer of uncured light-absorbing material to provide a layer of cured light-absorbing material so that the components project from the layer of cured light-absorbing material without having pattern-wise etched the layer of cured light-absorbing material after the light-absorbing material has been cured. The uniform blanket coating has a thickness greater than a thickness of the component, disposing the components comprises printing the components through the uniform blanket coating such that the components protrude from the uniform blanket coating, or the component is coated with a de-wetting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Glenn Arne Rinne, Christopher Andrew Bower, Matthew Alexander Meitl, Ronald S. Cok
  • Publication number: 20230334073
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically determining an intent of a user based on an intent model to attach a file to a document, prompting the user to confirm the intent using a predetermined character in an inline nudge, generating and displaying an inline menu with an interactive list of ranked files as a suggestion for attachment. The disclosed technology uses the intent for specifying a scope of the inline search. The intent model for attaching content maintained by third-party applications uses a combination of an embeddings model and an N-gram model with limited seed queries and determines the intent based on intent scores associated with respective third-party applications. The present disclosure ranks respective candidate content based on a degree of relevance to the intent. The user selects one or more content from the list for attaching to the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas CONSTANTIN, Matthew Sledge EPSTEIN, TszYan C ZOGG, Lutfi Ilke KAYA, Christopher Andrews JUNG, Ragavenderan VENKATESAN, Ming WU, Zhiguo YU
  • Patent number: 11787647
    Abstract: A system to retain a bag within a container when rotated by a chute is provided. The system includes a linkage that pivots a second arm and a hook between a release position and a holding position, the linkage comprising an input, a first arm, and the second arm that supports the hook, and a fixed plate. The input is connected to a first arm such that movement of the input pivots the first arm. The second arm is pivotably connected to the first arm at a second end of the first arm, a spring is disposed at the pivotable connection between the first and second arms and is provided to bias the second arm toward a position where the second arm extends along a line that is substantially co-linear with a longitudinal axis through the first arm. The hook extends from an extended end portion of the second arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: COZZINI LLC
    Inventors: Edwin Earl King, Christopher Andrew Brown, Randall Scott Rhude
  • Publication number: 20230328239
    Abstract: A video coding device may be configured to perform video coding according to one or more of the techniques described herein. In one example, a method of partitioning video data for video coding, comprises receiving a video block including sample values, and partitioning the sample values according to the following set of partitioning modes: quadtree, horizontal or vertical symmetric binary tree, horizontal or vertical asymmetric binary tree, and horizontal or vertical triple tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Weijia ZHU, Christopher Andrew SEGALL, Kiran Mukesh MISRA, Jie ZHAO, Michael HOROWITZ
  • Publication number: 20230311565
    Abstract: A bicycle rim comprising a circumferential outer portion adapted to receive a tire and a spoke bed. The spoke bed may comprise a pattern of spoke attachment segments at varying tilt angles and spaced by intermediate segments. Each spoke attachment segment may comprise an inner surface, an outer surface and a spoke opening extending from the inner surface to the outer surface. The spoke opening may be sized to accommodate a spoke nipple. The spoke opening may have a central axis angled at a complex angle that is a combination of a respective camber angle and a respective crossing angle. The complex angle may be selected to achieve a respective spoke angle. The outer surface of the spoke attachment segment adjacent to the spoke opening may extend perpendicular to the central axis of the spoke opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher Andrew Edin
  • Publication number: 20230312580
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hexahydropyrrolo[3,4-b]pyrrole-5(1H)-carbonitriles with activity as inhibitors of the deubiquitylating enzyme USP30, having utility in a variety of therapeutic areas, including conditions involving mitochondrial dysfunction, cancer and fibrosis:.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew LUCKHURST, Mark Ian KEMP, Paul William THOMPSON, Martin Lee STOCKLEY
  • Publication number: 20230310751
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are clot treatment systems with filtering syringes, and associated devices and methods. The filtering syringe can be coupled to a catheter subsystem insertable within a patient. The filtering syringe can aspirate material (e.g., clot material, blood, etc.) from a patient via the catheter subsystem. The filtering syringe can include a plunger assembly, and the plunger assembly can include one or more filters. Each of the filters can be configured to (i) allow at least a first portion of aspirated material (e.g., blood) to pass through at least one of the filters, and (ii) prevent at least a second portion of the aspirated material (e.g., clot material) from passing through at least one of the filters. In some embodiments, the filtering syringe is fluidly coupled to a filtered material subsystem that can fluidly couple the filtering syringe to the patient or another suitable fluid outflow location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward Merritt, Christopher Andrew Zikry, John Coleman Thress, Parker Ozenne, Steven McConnell
  • Patent number: 11777884
    Abstract: Traditional messaging applications (such as email, social networking platforms, text, instant messaging, chat, etc.) are ill-equipped for collaboration. For instance, a sender and recipients corresponding regarding a topic are often required to exchange multiple messages. As a result, determining a consensus regarding the topic or summarizing the collaboration is difficult and cumbersome. Moreover, when links are included in messages, recipients are required to navigate away from the messaging application to view the linked content. A messaging application is provided that may be configured to enable users to dynamically collaborate regarding links or data within a sent message or a receive message. In aspects, a collaborative user experience (UX) is provided, which may be an interface within a message that enables real-time collaboration between a sender and one or more recipients regarding message content—without exchanging additional messages or navigating away from the messaging application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Leeviana Peng Gray, Sebastien Rene Vandenberghe, Kyle P. Curlett, Yan Zhong Leigh, Brian D. Meersma, Benjamin G. Wilde, Natalie Ann Mionis, Sophia Isabel Vennix, Christopher Andrews Jung, Humberto Lezama Guadarrama
  • Patent number: 11778182
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of coding video data. The method comprising: determining a largest coding unit size for a picture; determining whether a largest coding unit within a picture is an intra type largest coding unit; and applying a partitioning to the largest coding unit based on whether the largest coding unit is an intra type largest coding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kiran Mukesh Misra, Weijia Zhu, Christopher Andrew Segall
  • Publication number: 20230308675
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium of a device storing computer-executable instructions is provided. When the instructions are executed by one or more processors of the device, the instructions cause the device to: decode a merge subblock flag that specifies whether subblock-based inter prediction parameters for a coding unit are inferred from neighboring blocks and that determines whether a motion vector difference merge flag and a combination flag are to be decoded; determine a value of the merge subblock flag; decode the motion vector difference merge flag after the value of the merge subblock flag is determined as being equal to zero and a value of a motion vector difference flag is determined as being equal to one; and decode the combination flag that specifies whether a combined inter-picture merge and intra-picture prediction is applied to the coding unit by using the merge subblock flag and a sequence parameter set (SPS) flag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: KIRAN MUKESH MISRA, FRANK BOSSEN, CHRISTOPHER ANDREW SEGALL
  • Publication number: 20230301341
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for oral delivery of nicotine and nicotine derivatives. In one embodiment the nicotine is delivered in an oral packets, pouches, or sachets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: POVIVA CORP.
    Inventors: John Docherty, Christopher Andrew Bunka
  • Publication number: 20230303547
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of N-cyanopyrrolidines with activity as inhibitors of the deubiquity lating enzyme USP30, having utility in a variety of therapeutic areas, including conditions involving mitochondrial dysfunction, cancer and fibrosis: (formulae (I)(i) and (I)(ii)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew LUCKHURST, Mark Ian KEMP, Paul William THOMPSON
  • Patent number: 11767710
    Abstract: A smart door control system for securely receiving a delivery item and controlling access between an interior space and an exterior space, the system comprising a smart door with an access opening and a movable access panel which selectively blocks or permits passage through the access opening. The smart door further has a control module adapted to receive delivery data identifying one or more authorized items, and a scanning device adapted to read a delivery identifier found on the delivery item. The smart door is adapted to reveal the access opening upon the delivery item being matched with one of the authorized items. The access panel is adapted to variably control the size of the access opening in proportion to the dimensions of the delivery item. The system further comprises a user device allowing a user to remotely receive status alerts from the smart door and issue user commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher Andrew Johnston
  • Patent number: 11765347
    Abstract: A video coding device may be configured to perform intra prediction coding according to one or more of the techniques described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seung-Hwan Kim, Christopher Andrew Segall
  • Publication number: 20230290763
    Abstract: A hybrid-control pixel includes a TFT substrate, a TFT circuit formed on the TFT substrate, a micro-device having an integrated-circuit substrate separate and independent from the TFT substrate disposed on or over the TFT substrate, a micro-circuit electrically connected to the TFT circuit, and an LED or other device disposed on the integrated circuit or the TFT substrate. The LED can be electrically connected to the micro-circuit and the TFT circuit and the micro-circuit together control the LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Alexander Meitl, Christopher Andrew Bower, Ronald S. Cok, Murat Ozbas
  • Publication number: 20230283810
    Abstract: A method of encoding video data by a device is provided. Transform coefficient values associated with a chroma coding block are received. The chroma coding block is one of chroma coding blocks resulting from partitioning a chroma coding tree block and misaligned with a luma coding tree block corresponding to the chroma coding tree block and partitioned into luma coding blocks which are organized into quantization groups such that luma quantization parameters are determined for the luma coding tree block. One of the luma quantization parameters that is mapped to the chroma coding block is identified. A predictive quantization parameter is derived by using a value derived from the identified luma quantization parameter. A chroma quantization parameter is determined by adding a delta quantization parameter associated with each of the chroma coding blocks to the predictive quantization parameter. Level values are generated based on the determined chroma quantization parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: JIE ZHAO, SEUNG-HWAN KIM, KIRAN MUKESH MISRA, CHRISTOPHER ANDREW SEGALL
  • Patent number: 11748557
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processing operations that generate and present personalized content suggestions to assist a user with document creation. Machine learning modeling may be trained and implemented to evolve pre-canned suggestions for document creation into highly personalized content suggestions, thereby improving the document creation process and user interface experience for users of applications/services that are utilized to create digital documents. As an example, signal data may be detected and analyzed, identifying a specific user's intent to create a digital document. Machine learning modeling may be implemented to evaluate different aspects of collected signal data and identify content from previously created documents, associated with a user account, that may be most relevant to the real-time document creation experience of the user. Personalized contextual suggestions may be presented to a user through a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Marian Kimberley Chua, Michael Schreiber, Christopher Andrews Jung
  • Patent number: 11745860
    Abstract: Aircraft nacelles having adjustable chines are described. An example apparatus includes a first chine rotatably coupled to a nacelle at a first location about an outer circumference of the nacelle. The first chine is rotatable relative to the nacelle about an axis of rotation. The example apparatus further includes a second chine fixedly coupled to the nacelle at a second location about the outer circumference of the nacelle. The second location is circumferentially offset from the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Christopher Andrew Konings
  • Patent number: 11750805
    Abstract: Systems and methods for applying deblocking filters to reconstructed video data are disclosed. Sample values in adjacent reconstructed video blocks are modified according to multiple passes of a deblocking filter. A filtering pass may correspond to processing or constructing of all or subset of samples to be deblocked. The number of processing or constructing for each sample in a given pass may correspond to the pass index or order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Weijia Zhu, Kiran Mukesh Misra, Christopher Andrew Segall, Philip Cowan
  • Patent number: 11742471
    Abstract: A method of making a surface-mountable pixel engine package comprises providing an array of spaced-apart conductive pillars and an insulating mold compound laterally disposed between the conductive pillars on a substrate together defining a planarized surface. Pixel engines comprising connection posts are printed to the conductive pillars so that each of the connection posts is in electrical contact with one of the conductive pillars. The pixel engines are tested to determine known-good pixel engines. An optically clear mold compound is provided over the planarized surface and tested pixel engines. Optically clear mold compound is adhered to a tape and the substrate is removed. The optically clear mold compound, the insulating mold compound, the conductive pillars, the optically clear mold compound, and the tested pixel engines are singulated to provide pixel packages that comprise the pixel engines and the known-good pixel engines are transferred to a reel or tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Bower, Matthew Alexander Meitl, Glenn Arne Rinne, Justin Walker Brown