Patents by Inventor Dan Miller
Dan Miller 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: 20240119187Abstract: A field data capture system is disclosed. Comprising one or more computers comprising of a first computers having a processor, a memory, a communication hardware and a data storage. said first computers capable of storing and modifying a SLMS data records. a device application stored in said memory and execute in said processor of said first computers. said device application is configured for receiving, modifying and storing as an SLMS data records of an input of one or more starting points, one or more lines, one or more equipment arranged on said one or more lines, and one or more end points. said device application is configured for receiving one or more symbols, analyzing said one or more symbols, displaying a match for said one or more symbols, receiving a confirmation or rejection of said match, receiving one or more variables with said one or more symbols.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Dan Miller, Ronald Nelson
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Publication number: 20230247197Abstract: Instructions embedded on a computer-readable medium, when executed on one or more computer devices, improve video coding performance while using a merge mode in motion estimation. The instructions comprise instructions to perform one or more refinement searches on a plurality of candidate regions of a current frame. The instructions also comprise instructions to determine one or more distortion values based, at least in part, on reduced candidate regions and instructions to code motion data based, at least in part, on the one or more refinement searches.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: OL Security Limited Liability CompanyInventors: Ujval J. Kapasi, Amit Gulati, John Sievers, Yipeng Liu, Dan Miller
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Publication number: 20230174359Abstract: Lift trucks designed with a common chassis can include an ergonomically improved operator compartment, wheels, lift assembly, power plant, energy source, steering, seat, and counterweight components. Modular chassis designs can accommodate different form factors and different energy sources to accommodate different end uses of the lift truck, including lift trucks having a low floor, seatside steering, and/or a combination of operator-inaccessible compartments for high-reliability components and operator-accessible components for components that may require more frequent or convenient access. In one embodiment, the energy source is a lithium-ion battery bank in an operator-inaccessible compartment under a low, broad floor that facilitates easy entry into and exit from the operator compartment as well as ergonomic operation by the operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: Hyster-Yale Group, Inc.Inventors: Edmund Stilwell, Ryan McDermott, Nicholas M. Draayer, Dan Miller, Mark Cheyne, John Santiago
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Patent number: 11665342Abstract: A method operates within an integrated circuit having a plurality of processing lanes. For each of a first and second processing lanes, the method determines a number of packed data words among one or more packed data words associated with the respective processing lane, associates the number of packed data words with a used field of the processing lane, wherein the used field indicates the number of packed data words in the processing lane; and stores the one or more packed data words in a variable record length memory based, at least in part, on the used field of the processing lane.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: OL Security Limited Liability CompanyInventors: Ujval J. Kapasi, Amit Gulati, John Seivers, Yipeng Liu, Dan Miller
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Patent number: 11499285Abstract: A grout plug assembly for use in forming a pipe pile system defining at least one pile assembly inner surface portion comprises a resiliently deformable plug body defining a plug outer surface, a plug inner surface, a first plug end surface, a second plug end surface. The plug inner surface defines a plug passageway. The plug outer surface is sized and dimensioned to engage the at least one pile assembly inner surface portion of the pipe pile system during formation of the pipe pile system.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: AMERICAN PILEDRIVING EQUIPMENT, INC.Inventors: Dan Collins, Dan Miller
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Publication number: 20220316168Abstract: A ram assembly comprises a top plate defining one or more clamp openings and one or more top plate lift openings, a bottom plate defining one or more anchor openings, a lift plate defining one or more lift plate ram cable openings, and one or more ram wire rope assemblies. Each ram wire rope assembly extends through one lift plate ram cable opening and between one clamp opening and one anchor opening to inhibit movement of the top plate, the bottom plate, and the lift plate relative to each other. The top plate lift opening is sized and dimensioned to allow at least a portion of the actuator rod assembly to extend through the top plate. The lift plate is adapted to be secured relative to the actuator rod assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Dan Miller, Steven N. Cress, Joseph M. Klekotka
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Patent number: 11427450Abstract: Lift trucks designed with a common chassis can include an ergonomically improved operator compartment, wheels, lift assembly, power plant, energy source, steering, seat, and counterweight components. Modular chassis designs can accommodate different form factors and different energy sources to accommodate different end uses of the lift truck, including lift trucks having a low floor, seatside steering, and/or a combination of operator-inaccessible compartments for high-reliability components and operator-accessible components for components that may require more frequent or convenient access. In one embodiment, the energy source is a lithium-ion battery bank in an operator-inaccessible compartment under a low, broad floor that facilitates easy entry into and exit from the operator compartment as well as ergonomic operation by the operator.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Hyster-Yale Group, Inc.Inventors: Edmund Stilwell, Ryan McDermott, Nicholas M. Draayer, Dan Miller, Mark Cheyne, John Santiago
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Patent number: 11332906Abstract: A grout plug assembly for use in forming a pipe pile system defining at least one pile assembly inner surface portion comprises a resiliently deformable plug body and a substantially rigid plug cap. The resiliently deformable plug body defining a plug outer surface, a plug inner surface, a first plug end surface, a second plug end surface, where the plug inner surface defines a plug passageway. The substantially rigid plug cap defines a cap outer surface, a cap inner surface, a first cap end surface, and a second cap end surface. The second cap end surface is rigidly secured to the first plug end surface. The plug outer surface is sized and dimensioned to engage the at least one pile assembly inner surface portion of the pipe pile system during formation of the pipe pile system.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: AMERICAN PILEDRIVING EQUIPMENT, INC.Inventors: Dan Collins, Dan Miller
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Publication number: 20220132116Abstract: Video coding may include identifying an input frame from an input video stream, generating, by a processor, an output bitstream by encoding the input frame, wherein encoding the input frame includes dividing the input frame into at least a first contiguous area of the input frame and a second contiguous area of the input frame, generating first encoded data by encoding the first contiguous area of the input frame, generating second encoded data by encoding the second contiguous area of the input frame, wherein encoding the second contiguous area of the input frame is performed independently of encoding the first contiguous area of the input frame, and including the first encoded data and the second encoded data in the output bitstream, and outputting the output bitstream.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2022Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Eric Ameres, James Bankoski, Scott Lavarnway, Yaowu Xu, Dan Miller, Adrian Grange, Paul Wilkins
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Patent number: 11240498Abstract: Video coding may include identifying an input frame from an input video stream, generating, by a processor, an output bitstream by encoding the input frame, wherein encoding the input frame includes dividing the input frame into at least a first contiguous area of the input frame and a second contiguous area of the input frame, generating first encoded data by encoding the first contiguous area of the input frame, generating second encoded data by encoding the second contiguous area of the input frame, wherein encoding the second contiguous area of the input frame is performed independently of encoding the first contiguous area of the input frame, and including the first encoded data and the second encoded data in the output bitstream, and outputting the output bitstream.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Eric Ameres, James Bankoski, Scott Lavarnway, Yaowu Xu, Dan Miller, Adrian Grange, Paul Wilkins
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Publication number: 20210281839Abstract: A method operates within an integrated circuit having a plurality of processing lanes. For each of a first and second processing lanes, the method determines a number of packed data words among one or more packed data words associated with the respective processing lane, associates the number of packed data words with a used field of the processing lane, wherein the used field indicates the number of packed data words in the processing lane; and stores the one or more packed data words in a variable record length memory based, at least in part, on the used field of the processing lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2020Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: OL Security Limited Liability CompanyInventors: Ujval J. Kapasi, Amit Gulati, John Seivers, Yipeng Liu, Dan Miller
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Publication number: 20210108388Abstract: A grout plug assembly for use in forming a pipe pile system defining at least one pile assembly inner surface portion comprises a resiliently deformable plug body and a substantially rigid plug cap. The resiliently deformable plug body defining a plug outer surface, a plug inner surface, a first plug end surface, a second plug end surface, where the plug inner surface defines a plug passageway. The substantially rigid plug cap defines a cap outer surface, a cap inner surface, a first cap end surface, and a second cap end surface. The second cap end surface is rigidly secured to the first plug end surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Dan Collins, Dan Miller
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Patent number: 10841579Abstract: A method operates within an integrated circuit having a plurality of processing lanes. For each of a first and second processing lanes, the method determines a number of packed data words among one or more packed data words associated with the respective processing lane, associates the number of packed data words with a used field of the processing lane, wherein the used field indicates the number of packed data words in the processing lane; and stores the one or more packed data words in a variable record length memory based, at least in part, on the used field of the processing lane.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: OL Security Limited LiabilityInventors: Ujval J. Kapasi, Amit Gulati, John Sievers, Yipeng Liu, Dan Miller
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Publication number: 20200236357Abstract: Video coding may include identifying an input frame from an input video stream, generating, by a processor, an output bitstream by encoding the input frame, wherein encoding the input frame includes dividing the input frame into at least a first contiguous area of the input frame and a second contiguous area of the input frame, generating first encoded data by encoding the first contiguous area of the input frame, generating second encoded data by encoding the second contiguous area of the input frame, wherein encoding the second contiguous area of the input frame is performed independently of encoding the first contiguous area of the input frame, and including the first encoded data and the second encoded data in the output bitstream, and outputting the output bitstream.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Eric Ameres, James Bankoski, Scott Lavarnway, Yaowu Xu, Dan Miller, Adrian Grange, Paul Wilkins
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Patent number: 10616576Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for decoding a video signal having a plurality of frames including a current frame. Decoding the video signal includes generating an alternate reference frame, detecting an error in the current frame and reporting the detected error, receiving a recovery frame in response to reporting the detected error, wherein the recovery frame is encoded using the alternate reference frame; and decoding the recovery frame using the alternate reference frame. The alternate reference frame occurs prior to the current frame in the video signal and is other than a frame immediately prior to the current frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Eric Ameres, James Bankoski, Scott Lavarnway, Yaowu Xu, Dan Miller, Adrian Grange, Paul Wilkins
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Publication number: 20190367341Abstract: Lift trucks designed with a common chassis can include an ergonomically improved operator compartment, wheels, lift assembly, power plant, energy source, steering, seat, and counterweight components. Modular chassis designs can accommodate different form factors and different energy sources to accommodate different end uses of the lift truck, including lift trucks having a low floor, seatside steering, and/or a combination of operator-inaccessible compartments for high-reliability components and operator-accessible components for components that may require more frequent or convenient access. In one embodiment, the energy source is a lithium-ion battery bank in an operator-inaccessible compartment under a low, broad floor that facilitates easy entry into and exit from the operator compartment as well as ergonomic operation by the operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: Hyster-Yale Group, Inc.Inventors: Edmund Stilwell, Ryan McDermott, Nicholas M. Draayer, Dan Miller, Mark Cheyne
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Publication number: 20170264899Abstract: A method operates within an integrated circuit having a plurality of processing lanes. For each of a first and second processing lanes, the method determines a number of packed data words among one or more packed data words associated with the respective processing lane, associates the number of packed data words with a used field of the processing lane, wherein the used field indicates the number of packed data words in the processing lane; and stores the one or more packed data words in a variable record length memory based, at least in part, on the used field of the processing lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: OL Security Limited Liability CompanyInventors: Ujval J. Kapasi, Amit Gulati, John Seivers, Yipeng Liu, Dan Miller
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Patent number: 9667962Abstract: A method operates within an integrated circuit device having a plurality of processing lanes. The method determines a first number of packs among one or more first packs associated with a first processing lane of the plurality of processing lanes, associates the first number of packs with a first used field of the first processing lane, determines a second number of packs among one or more second packs associated with a second processing lane of the plurality of processing lanes, and associates the second number of packs with a second used field of the second processing lane.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2014Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: OL Security Limited Liability CompanyInventors: Ujval J. Kapasi, Amit Gulati, John Seivers, Yipeng Liu, Dan Miller
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Patent number: 9371624Abstract: An accessory mounting system a swivel assembly has a swivel member defining first and second swivel member connector portions, a swivel housing, and first and second bearings operatively arranged between the swivel member and the swivel housing. The accessory mounting system operatively connects a helical pile driving system having a rotational drive system and at least one clamp system to an accessory. The first swivel member connector portion is adapted to operatively connect the swivel member to the drive system. The second swivel member connector portion is adapted to operatively connect the swivel member to the accessory. The swivel housing is adapted to engage the at least one clamp system such that the clamp system may be operated to fix a position of the swivel housing relative to the drive system. The first and second bearings are configured to allow rotation of the swivel member relative to the swivel housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: American Piledriving Equipment, Inc.Inventors: Paul Suver, Dan Miller
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Publication number: 20150030076Abstract: A method operates within an integrated circuit device having a plurality of processing lanes. The method determines a first number of packs among one or more first packs associated with a first processing lane of the plurality of processing lanes, associates the first number of packs with a first used field of the first processing lane, determines a second number of packs among one or more second packs associated with a second processing lane of the plurality of processing lanes, and associates the second number of packs with a second used field of the second processing lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Ujval J. Kapasi, Amit Gulati, John Seivers, Yipeng Liu, Dan Miller