Patents by Inventor Christopher J

Christopher J 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).

  • APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR SHUFFLER TRANSPORT AND INSTALLATION
    Publication number: 20200353345
    Abstract: A card shuffler system includes an automatic card shuffler for shuffling playing cards and a shuffler transport device coupled to the automatic card shuffler to move and support the automatic card shuffler. The shuffler transport device includes a base assembly for moving along a ground surface, a vertical support, and an adjustment assembly coupled to the vertical support. The vertical support extends from the base assembly and is coupled to the automatic card shuffler to cantilever the automatic card shuffler over the base assembly. The adjustment assembly adjusts the height of the automatic card shuffler between at least a first height and a second height along a vertical axis. The vertical adjustment of the shuffler may facilitate installation of the shuffler at an installation point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Haven A. MERCER, Christopher J. HANNIGAN, Jamal KOTIFANI, Matthew J. LUCCHETTI, Paul K. SCHEPER, Michael VIZZO
  • Remote Cooking Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20200357260
    Abstract: A remote temperature monitoring system includes a first unit operatively connected to one or more temperature sensors for sensing the temperature of one or more materials or food items being cooked or heated. The first unit transmits the sensed temperature to a second unit that is located remotely from the first unit during heating. The second unit is programmable with the desired temperature and/or heating parameters of the item. By monitoring the temperature status of the item over time, the system determines when the food has reached the desired temperature or degree of cooking, and notifies the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Christopher J. Allen, SR.
  • FERROELECTRIC MEMORY CELLS
    Publication number: 20200357454
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are disclosed that include ferroelectric memory cells. An example ferroelectric memory cell includes two transistors and two capacitors. Another example ferroelectric memory cell includes three transistors and two capacitors. Another example ferroelectric memory cell includes four transistors and two capacitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: SCOTT J. DERNER, CHRISTOPHER J. KAWAMURA
  • METHODS FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE PROPERTY OF A MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20200355636
    Abstract: A system for determining one or more properties of one or more gases. The system comprises sensors configured to measure thermal conductivity and exothermic responses of a sample at multiple temperatures. Sensor responses to exposure to a gas sample at two or more temperatures are compensated and analyzed by a subsystem. The subsystem is configured to determine a thermal conductivity of the gas sample at each of the two or more temperatures and determine at least one component of the gas sample based at least in part on the thermal conductivity value of the sample at each of the two or more temperatures. Related systems and methods of determining one or more properties of a sample are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin S. Rogers, Christopher J. Dudley, Jesse D. Adams, Ralph G. Whitten, Alexander C. Woods, Vaughn N. Hartung
  • PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUES
    Publication number: 20200357611
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a main chamber, a substrate holder, disposed in a lower region of the main chamber, and defining a substrate region, as well as an RF applicator, disposed adjacent an upper region of the main chamber, to generate an upper plasma within the upper region. The apparatus may further include a central chamber structure, disposed in a central portion of the main chamber, where the central chamber structure is disposed to shield at least a portion of the substrate position from the upper plasma. The apparatus may include a bias source, electrically coupled between the central chamber structure and the substrate holder, to generate a glow discharge plasma in the central portion of the main chamber, wherein the substrate region faces the glow discharge region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: APPLIED Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikram M. Bhosle, Christopher J. Leavitt, Guillermo Colom, Timothy J. Miller
  • Quantization Control for Variable Bit Depth
    Publication number: 20200359026
    Abstract: The quantization parameter QP is well-known in digital video compression as an indication of picture quality. Digital symbols representing a moving image are quantized with a quantizing step that is a function QSN of the quantization parameter QP, which function QSN has been normalized to the most significant bit of the bit depth of the digital symbols. As a result, the effect of a given QP is essentially independent of bit depth a particular QP value has a standard effect on image quality, regardless of bit depth. The invention is useful, for example, in encoding and decoding at different bit depths, to generate compatible, bitstreams having different bit depths, and to allow different bit depths for different components of a video signal by compressing each with the same fidelity (i.e., the same QP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Walter C. GISH, Christopher J. VOGT
  • Illumination systems
    Patent number: 10828124
    Abstract: An illumination system for a medical suite comprises a light assembly comprising at least one illumination source configured to selectively direct a light emission in a region of the surgical suite. The system further comprises an imager configured to capture image data in a field of view in the medical suite. A controller is in communication with the light assembly and the imager. The controller is configured to detect a location of the marker in the image data and control the light assembly to direct the light emission within the region based on the location of the marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kurtis L. Geerlings, Thomas S. Wright, David M. Falb, Christopher J. Adamski, Jeremy A. Schut, William L. Tonar, Jason D. Hallack, Michael J. Metivier, Brian J. Beardsley
  • Foot pedal system and apparatus
    Patent number: 10828193
    Abstract: A phacoemulsification system and method, and a surgical foot pedal device, system and method. The present invention may include a console comprising a plurality of modes for at least one physically associated surgical instrument, and a foot pedal communicatively associated with said console and suitable for varying ones of the plurality of modes. The foot pedal may include a housing comprising the communicative association, and comprising at least one potentiometer and at least two top switches for the varying of the ones of the plurality of modes, a treadle rotatably mounted within the housing and suitable for depressing the at least one potentiometer, and at least two side switches movably associated with the treadle for the varying of the ones of the plurality of modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Lynn, Tuan Tran, Christopher J. Page, Allan Lee Cameron, Andrew J. Boyce, Philip Walker, Kelvin Kao, Kenneth E. Kadziauskas, Regan A. Pierce, Fred Lee, Teresita Smith, Tapan Patel
  • Privileged identity authentication based on user behaviors
    Patent number: 10834084
    Abstract: Embodiments can provide a method for accessing an endpoint, including: receiving, from a privileged user, a request for accessing the endpoint; providing, by a user behavior analytics device, a risk score with respect to the privileged user, wherein the risk score is calculated based on at least one action performed by the privileged user. If the risk score is lower than a first predefined value, providing access to the endpoint for the privileged user. If the risk score is higher than a second predefined value, denying the request for accessing the endpoint. If the risk score is between the first predefined value and the second predefined value, performing at least one of: providing, by a privileged identity management server, a multi-factor authentication against the privileged user; and rerouting the request for accessing the endpoint for approval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew P. Ouellette, Christopher J. Hockings, Suhas V. Kashyap, Chee Meng Low
  • Preemption of false positives in code scanning
    Patent number: 10831635
    Abstract: Embodiments for reducing false matches in a code analysis by one or more processors. Source code is scanned against a stored formatting profile. If a match between at least a portion of the source code and the formatting profile is found, restriction is made from incorporating the at least the portion of the source code in source code development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hardee, Steven R. Joroff, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Scott E. Schneider
  • Low-resistance top contact on VTFET
    Patent number: 10833173
    Abstract: A semiconductor includes a semiconductor substrate having a bottom source/drain region and a vertical semiconductor fin having a bottom end that contacts the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device further includes a top source/drain region on a top end of the vertical semiconductor. The top source/drain region is separated from the semiconductor substrate by the vertical semiconductor fin. The semiconductor device further includes an electrically conductive cap on an outer surface of the top source/drain region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher J. Waskiewicz, Su Chen Fan, Hari Prasad Amanapu, Hemanth Jagannathan
  • Implementing automated personalized, contextual alert displays
    Patent number: 10831349
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for implementing automated personalized, contextual alert displays. A display alert generator correlates user account information to web page advertisement images and text, and posts personalized reminders related to those images and text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Christopher J. Hardee, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Adam Roberts
  • Model based spatial integration (MBSI) for 3D production illustration (PI)
    Patent number: 10831948
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a wiring diagram entail reading a computer aided design (CAD) file representing the wiring diagram. Structures surrounding a wiring bundle represented in the wiring diagram are determined and multiple views are generated showing the structures and the wiring bundle. Descriptive labels are automatically associated with the wiring bundle and the multiple views are saved to a production illustration (PI) file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Christopher J. Senesac, Andrew A. Austill, Jarom C. Schertz
  • Gate stack reliability in vertical transport field effect transistors
    Patent number: 10833172
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and a method for fabricating the same. The semiconductor structure includes at least one semiconductor fin. A first source/drain contacts the semiconductor fin. An interfacial layer contacts sidewalls of the semiconductor fin. An insulating layer contacts the interfacial layer. One or more conductive gate layers encapsulate the interfacial and insulating layers. A second source/drain is formed above the first source/drain. The method comprises forming at least one semiconductor fin. An interfacial layer is formed in contact with sidewalls of the semiconductor fin. An insulating layer is formed in contact with the interfacial layer. The interfacial layer and the insulating layer are encapsulated by one or more conductive gate layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Choonghyun Lee, Christopher J. Waskiewicz, Miaomiao Wang, Hemanth Jagannathan
  • Capacitors
    Patent number: 10833149
    Abstract: Back end of the line (BEOL) capacitors and methods of manufacture are provided. The method includes forming wiring lines on a substrate, with spacing between adjacent wiring lines. The method further includes forming an air gap within spacing between the adjacent wiring lines by deposition of a capping material. The method further includes opening the air gap between selected adjacent wiring lines. The method further includes depositing conductive material within the opened air gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Veeraraghavan S. Basker, Kangguo Cheng, Christopher J. Penny, Theodorus E. Standaert, Junli Wang
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: D901448
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: D901487
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Display module for an electronic device
    Patent number: D901508
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steve Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Fletcher Rothkopf, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer
  • Backplate for an electronic device
    Patent number: D901510
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniele De Iuliis, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Lee E. Hooton, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Daniel W. Jarvis, Duncan Robert Kerr, Robert F. Meyer, David A. Pakula, Michael D. Quinones, Marwan Rammah, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Joe Sung Ho Tan, Tang Yew Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Applicator for surgical stapler buttress
    Patent number: D901686
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Trevor J. Barton, Christopher J. Hess, John V. Hunt, Emily A. Schellin, Michael J. Vendely, Mark S. Zeiner