Patents by Inventor Daniel To

Daniel To 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).

  • Media presentation modification using audio segment marking
    Patent number: 10345999
    Abstract: Methods and systems of modifying a media presentation are presented. In one example, a first media item including first audio data is played. During that time, a user indication is received. In response to the indication, detection data for a first audio segment of the first audio data is generated. A second media item including second audio data is then played. A second audio segment in the second audio data corresponding to at least a portion of the first audio segment is detected based on the detection data. Whether a location in the second audio segment corresponds to a location in the detection data associated with the user indication is determined. In response to the location in the second audio segment corresponding to the location in the detection data, the playing of the second media item is altered during at least a portion of the second audio segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: OPENTV, INC.
    Inventor: Nicholas Daniel Doerring
  • Multi-core silicon waveguide in a mode-converting silicon photonic edge coupler
    Patent number: 10345522
    Abstract: A mode-converting optical coupler may include a secondary waveguide to guide light in one or more secondary optical modes, and a primary waveguide to guide light in one or more primary optical modes, each adiabatically coupled to a secondary optical mode of the secondary waveguide having a secondary mode index. Each primary optical mode of the primary waveguide may have a first primary mode index near a first end and a second primary mode index near a second end. The first primary mode index may be lower than the second primary mode index. The secondary mode index may be between the first primary mode index and the second primary mode index. The primary waveguide may include a plurality of silicon core structures including a central core structure arranged between a first neighboring core structure and a second neighboring core structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLC
    Inventor: Brian Daniel
  • Apparatus for locating the position of a spinal implant during surgery
    Patent number: 10342676
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for locating the position of a spinal implant in an intradiscal space patient during surgery, comprising a spinal implant formed of radiolucent material and a releasably attached inserter comprising a positioning element including thereon a marker of material more radiopaque than the material of the spinal implant. The positioning element extends into the implant such that the marker is positioned at a predetermined location within the implant, the positioning element with the radiopaque maker being removable from the spinal implant after insertion. In a particular method of locating the position of the spinal implant, the spinal implant is inserted from the lateral approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SPINE WAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Vigliotti, Andrew Penfold
  • Method and system for controlling illuminators
    Patent number: 10342425
    Abstract: A method for controlling illuminators in an eye tracking system and a corresponding system are disclosed. The system includes a plurality of illuminators arranged such that each illuminator of the illuminators is located at a respective fixed position in relation to an eye of a user when using the system. The method comprises illuminating the eye of the user by means of the plurality of illuminators, and receiving an image of the eye of the user from an image sensor, the image resulting from the image sensor detecting light from the plurality of illuminators reflected from the eye of the user and reflected from an optic arrangement located between the plurality of illuminators and the eye of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Tobii AB
    Inventors: Pravin Rana, Daniel Tornéus, Jonas Andersson
  • Vehicle door with door trim panel
    Patent number: 10343625
    Abstract: A vehicle door (1) has a door frame (2) and a door trim panel (3) connected to the door frame (2). The door trim panel (3) accommodates flexible spacers (4) that make contact with planar portions of the door frame (2). Each spacer (4) has a ribbed structure (11) in the region of contact with the door frame (2). The vehicle door (1) ensures satisfactory contact between the attached door trim panel (3) and the door frame (2), even when there are frame tolerances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Daniel Grunert
  • Anti-roll off assembly and system including same
    Patent number: 10343451
    Abstract: A system. The system includes a one-piece wheel, a tire mounted to the wheel, and an antiroll off assembly. The wheel defines an axis of rotation and includes a disc portion which defines a central opening, and a rim portion which is connected to the disc portion and defines first and second flange portions, first and second seat portions and a well portion. The anti-roll off assembly is positioned in the well portion and includes a band, a plurality of filler assemblies connected to the band and a coupler assembly configured to adjust a tension force applied to the band. The coupler assembly includes a first trunnion in contact with the band and having a first threaded opening, a second trunnion in contact with the band and having a second threaded opening, and a threaded member threadedly engaged with the first threaded opening and the second threaded opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: HUTCHINSON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Larry W. Stuck, Daniel Skoczylas, Colin G. Vogel
  • Tire inflation system safety valve
    Patent number: 10343467
    Abstract: A tire inflation system safety valve includes at least an air line disposed between a rotary union and a tire communicating with an axle supporting a hubcap, the rotary union axially aligned with the axle and mounted to the hubcap. The air line facilitating pressurized air transferred between the rotary union and the tire. The tire inflation system safety valve including at least a valve housing providing a valve activation chamber, a fluid conduit, supported by the valve housing, having a downstream end and an upstream end and in fluid communication with the valve activation chamber, and a diaphragm disposed within the valve activation chamber and communicating with the fluid conduit. The diaphragm, in response to the pressurized air of a predetermined pressure, automatically precludes air transfer between the upstream end of the fluid conduit and the downstream end of the fluid conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Airgo IP, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel P. Dooley, Brian Feldt, Eric Laveen
  • System to catalogue tracking data
    Patent number: 10346799
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a data audit system to generate and cause display of a tracking interface at a client device, wherein the tracking interface is configured to facilitate the visualization of tracking data retrieved from multiple sources. The audit system is configured to access a data source to retrieve tracking data that includes an associated asset identifier that identifies a subject of the tracking data, to link the retrieved tracking data to a data object at a database of the audit system based on the asset identifier, and to generate and cause display of a visualization of the tracking data within a tracking interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Deborah Hwang, Daniel Lidor, William Rhyne
  • Connector assembly for an electronic device
    Patent number: 10345865
    Abstract: Particular examples described herein provide for an electronic device, such as a notebook computer or laptop, which includes a circuit board coupled to a plurality of electronic components (which includes any type of hardware, elements, circuitry, etc.). The electronic device may also include a connector assembly that is positioned within at least a portion of a recess of the electronic device, where the connector assembly includes: a first assembly that is to receive a connector; and a second assembly that is to receive an identification module that is to provide an association between a user and the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sameer Sharma, Douglas Satzger, Gadi Amit, Yoshikazu Hoshino, Chadwick Harber, Daniel Clifton, Philip J. Houdek, II, Stanislav Moiseyenko, Nathan Isaiah Jauvtis
  • Surgical devices and methods
    Patent number: 10342577
    Abstract: Surgical devices having a plurality of outwardly-biased flexible fins capable of inward movement such that the fins converge to provide both a passageway for surgical instruments to traverse towards a surgical site, and provide a substantially impermeable seal, thus providing for fluid retention during the surgical procedure. The outwardly-biased flexible fins provide for soft tissue compression, decreasing the length of the lumen or passageway through which instruments pass, allowing for a wider range of movement of instruments and better access to the surgical site, especially in patients with greater amounts of fat tissue that would otherwise require longer lumen lengths in prior art endoscopic cannulas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SUREMKA, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel A. Worrel
  • Sensor-controlled display output for dialysis machines
    Patent number: 10342634
    Abstract: A medical apparatus, such as a dialysis machine (e.g. a hemodialysis machine or a peritoneal dialysis machine), includes a plurality of components, one or more sensors corresponding to the components and configured to detect signals, a display and a control unit. The control unit is configured to: receive signals from the one or more sensors, determine, from the signals, a status of the medical apparatus, and determine control commands for the display based on the determined status for status-dependent control of the display. The described apparatus improves the human-machine interface in terms of set-up time, operating time and freedom from errors. Depending upon the determined status, different status-specific menus may be illustrated on the display in order to assist the user when operating the apparatus or advise the user about any errors or subsequent steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Pia Nora Daniel
  • Solid state lighting fixtures and image capture systems
    Patent number: 10348974
    Abstract: An LED-based lighting fixture sets or adjusts a parameter of a drive signal that is used to drive its LEDs to be more compatible with the camera system; the camera system sets or adjusts an image capture parameter to be more compatible with the LED-based lighting fixture, or a combination thereof. The drive signal may be a PWM signal with a variable PWM frequency and/or duty cycle, a variable DC signal, or any combination thereof. The parameter of the drive signal that may be set or adjusted includes, but is not limited to, a PWM period, PWM frequency, PWM duty cycle, amplitude of the active and inactive portions of the PWM signal, and the like. The image capture parameter that may be adjusted includes, but is not limited to, frame rate, frame period, integration time, gain, shutter type (i.e. rolling shutter, global shutter, etc.), and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Pope, Michael James Harris, John Roberts, Ashish Ekbote, Robert D. Underwood
  • Systems and methods for data loss prevention
    Patent number: 10346616
    Abstract: One method for developing a data loss prevention model includes receiving, at a processing device, an event record corresponding to an operation performed on a computing device. The event record includes an event type and event data. The method also includes transforming, using the processing device, the event type to an event number corresponding to the event type. The method includes transforming, using the processing device, the event data to a numerical representation of the event data. The method includes associating an indication of whether the event type and the event data correspond to a data loss event with the event number and the numerical representation. The method also includes determining the data loss prevention model using the indication, the event number, and the numerical representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Shiva Prasad Kasiviswanathan, Lei Wu, Daniel Edward Marthaler, Scott Charles Evans, Varian Paul Powles, Philip Paul Beauchamp
  • Facilitating finance based on behavioral triggers
    Patent number: 10346905
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating finance by monitoring behavior of users indicative of behavioral patterns or deviations from behavioral patterns and inviting users to make financial changes that may be appropriate based on the monitored behavior. In some embodiments, a minimum amount of relevant data must be collected to support the existence of a behavioral pattern or deviation before a user is invited to make appropriate changes to their finances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Michael Chang, Brian M. Pearce, Daniel Sanford, Suzanne Fisi, John Chuprevich, Miranda C. Hill, Traci Nguyen, Chris Kalaboukis
  • Fuel selection method and related system for a mobile asset
    Patent number: 10344687
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems related to operating a mobile asset are provided. In one example, a method for operating a mobile asset includes supplying an engine with a fuel controller a first amount of a first fuel and a second amount of a second fuel and combusting the first fuel and the second fuel at a fuel combustion ratio in at least one cylinder of the engine, the first amount and the second amount being selected based on route information for a route along which the mobile asset is operable to travel and a projected exhaustion of the first fuel that does not precede a projected exhaustion of the second fuel, wherein the mobile asset is unable to operate with the second fuel alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: GE Global Sourcing LLC
    Inventors: Shawn Gallagher, Daniel George Norton
  • Methods for improving stent retention on a balloon catheter
    Patent number: 10342688
    Abstract: A method of crimping a stent on a balloon of a catheter assembly is provided. A polymeric stent is disposed over a balloon in an inflated configuration. The stent is crimped over the inflated balloon to a reduced crimped configuration so that the stent is secured onto the balloon. The balloon wall membrane is wedged or pinched between the strut elements of the stent for increasing the retention of the stent on the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Bin Huang, David C. Gale, Daniel Castro
  • Item for tightening to the correct torque, and electrical protection device comprising at least one terminal connected by means of such an item
    Patent number: 10347999
    Abstract: An item for tightening including a first part including a first end part forming an end piece to engage with the head of a screw, and a second end part to engage with an actuating member, such that activation of the actuating member causes turning of the screw and the tightening, this first part being able to break into two portions upon reaching the recommended tightening torque, respectively a first portion including the first end part and a second portion including the second end part. A second part is mounted tightly about the first part, a holding device is provided in part on the first part and in part on the second part and being able to retain the second portion of the first part inside the second part of the item in order to prevent this second portion leaving this second part of the item after rupture of the first part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventor: Daniel Vanzetto
  • Self-cleaning gutter system
    Patent number: 10344481
    Abstract: The gutter consists of a gutter base, gutter flap, and pneumatic actuator. The actuator is controlled by a gutter controller which senses rain and controls the actuator. In rainy weather, a rain sensor at the gutter controller senses rain and pumps air into the actuator to raise the gutter flap to form a V-shaped gutter. In dry weather, when most of the debris is collected in the traditional gutter, the air is drained from the actuator and the gutter flap lies flat, letting the debris slide down to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Inventor: Daniel J. Song
  • Pyridone and aza-pyridone compounds and methods of use
    Patent number: 10344040
    Abstract: Pyridone and aza-pyridone compounds of Formula I are provided, including stereoisomers, tautomers, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful for inhibiting Btk kinase, and for treating immune disorders such as inflammation mediated by Btk kinase. Methods of using compounds of Formula I for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis, and treatment of such disorders in mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: GILEAD CONNECTICUT, INC., GENENTECH INC.
    Inventors: Antonio J. M. Barbosa, Peter A. Blomgren, Kevin S. Currie, Ravi Krishnamoorthy, Jeffrey E. Kropf, Seung H. Lee, Scott A. Mitchell, Daniel Ortwine, Aaron C. Schmitt, Xiaojing Wang, Jianjun Xu, Wendy Young, Honglu Zhang, Zhongdong Zhao, Pavel E. Zhichkin
  • Headphones
    Patent number: D853351
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Ryan Ott, Effrosini A. Karayiannis, Daniel I. Radin, Yanyao He