Patents by Inventor Gary A. Smith

Gary A. Smith 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: 10605555
    Abstract: Provided is a crossbow trigger apparatus comprising a housing, a first lever operationally engaged with the housing to pivot about a first pivot axis; a second lever operationally engaged with the housing to pivot about a second pivot axis between an actuated orientation and an unactuated orientation; a third lever operationally engaged with the housing to pivot about a third pivot axis between an actuated orientation and an unactuated orientation; a fourth lever operationally engaged with the housing to pivot about a fourth pivot axis between an actuated orientation and an unactuated orientation wherein the fourth lever comprises a fourth lever catch adapted to selectably engage the second lever to prevent the second lever from operating to move from the unactuated orientation of the second lever to the actuated orientation of the second lever when the fourth lever is in the unactuated orientation of the fourth lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Hunter's Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shaffer, Richard Bednar, Gary Smith, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20200074585
    Abstract: A smart display including one or more groups of smart pixels and at least one graphics engine. The at least one graphics engine is fragmented into GPU (graphics processing unit) minute cores. The GPU minute cores are distributed throughout the smart display. The smart pixels with distributed graphics within the smart display perform deep learning. Libraries stored on GPU minute core embedded memory are used to perform object identification using deep learning. The smart display monitors for pixel degradation and, if necessary, performs pixel enhancement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kunjal Parikh, Srikanth Kambhatla, Gary Smith, Changliang Wang
  • Publication number: 20200074688
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that partitions a high dynamic range (HDR) image into a plurality of regions and determines, on a per region basis, a luminance level of the HDR image. Additionally, the technology may select, on the per image basis, a encoding amount for each region in the plurality of regions based on the luminance level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Srikanth Kambhatla, Kunjal Parikh, Changliang Wang, Gary Smith
  • Publication number: 20200048667
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes biocatalytic processes for producing a product, comprising providing an aqueous stream (AS) comprising at least one fermentable substrate and a gaseous stream (GS) comprising at least one of CO2/H2, H2, methane, and/or CO to a fermentation zone, wherein the GS and AS stream, are optionally contacted and/or mixed; the fermentation zone comprising at least one organism capable of metabolizing an AS substrate and a GS substrate, wherein the fermentation operates at conditions to mixotrophically metabolize at least one gaseous substrate in the GS and at least one substrate in the AS, producing the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Invista North America S.à. r. l.
    Inventors: Gary SMITH, Alex Van Eck CONRADIE, Gregory S. KIRBY, Paul S. PEARLMAN
  • Publication number: 20200043440
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of transferring bulk data, such as OLED compensation mask data, generated by a source device to a sink device using a high-bandwidth embedded DisplayPort (eDP) connection contemporaneous with an ENABLED Panel Self-Refresh (PSR) mode. Upon ENABLING the PSR mode, the source control circuitry causes the source transmitter circuitry, the sink receiver circuitry, and the eDP high-bandwidth communication link to remain active rather than inactive. The source control circuitry generates one or more data transport units (DTUs) having a header portion that contains data indicative of the presence of a bulk data payload and the non-display status of the bulk data payload carried by the DTUs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Junhai Qiu, Ajit Joshi, Ravi Ranganathan, Perazhi Sameer Kalathil, Jun Jiang, Geethacharan Rajagopalan, Nandini Mahendran, Gary Smith
  • Publication number: 20200001792
    Abstract: A rearview device including a housing, a bezel and a rearview element used for vehicles. In one embodiment the bezel includes a transparent or chrome-based coating as to allow one or more lighting assemblies positioned in or beneath the bezel to illuminate the surrounding and provide different functions to the driver or other persons. For example, different indicator functions can be provided. Different electronic means may be placed in or beneath the bezel to optimize the used space inside the rearview device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas HERRMANN, Andrew LETTIS, Callum SCOTT-COLLINS, Gary SMITH, Graham REHILL, Andrew Brian LITTLE, Ian Robert TOONE
  • Patent number: 10521731
    Abstract: Unique users and/or the current user of a non-computer product are identified. Sensor data is collected from sensors on the non-computer product. The sensor data provides data regarding settings and/or usage patterns of the non-computer product. The sensor data is provided to an analytics engine, which analyzes the sensor data using machine-learning techniques to identify unique users of the non-computer product and/or a current user of the non-computer product. Analytics that include at least an indication of the unique users are provided to a product manufacturer and/or other entity (e.g., a retailer).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Gary Smith, William Brandon George
  • Patent number: 10514226
    Abstract: A crossbow in some embodiments may include two power cables and two power cable wheels. Each power cable may extend from a bowstring wheel, to a power cable wheel and then back to the bowstring wheel. A crossbow in some other embodiments may include four power cables and two power cable wheels. Each power cable may extend from a bowstring wheel, to a power cable wheel and then to a portion of the crossbow that does not move relative to the main beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Hunter's Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Shaffer, Gary Smith, Jr., Keith Bartels, Jacob A. Hout, Phillip Bednar, Steven Bednar
  • Patent number: 10514229
    Abstract: A crossbow cocking system may include a sled having first and second arms, an elongated cocking cable, a first handle, a second handle, a first engagement feature and a second engagement feature. The first and second engagement features may be used to engage the first handle to the first arm and the second handle to the second arm, respectively. Each engagement feature may include at least one cavity and at least one protrusion that is received in the cavity for engagement. The handles may be disengaged to permit a user to cock the crossbow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Hunter's Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shaffer, Gary Smith
  • Publication number: 20190382804
    Abstract: Methods, systems and compositions for producing at least one light-boiling, volatile, organic product using at least a portion of one or more carbon containing substances from a non-biosynthetic process in a biosynthetic process are provided. These methods, systems and compositions are useful in reducing waste treatment load of carbon containing chemical process waste streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Gary SMITH, Paul S. PEARLMAN, Gregory S. KIRBY
  • Patent number: 10495404
    Abstract: Provided is a crossbow comprising an elongated barrel having a front barrel end and a rear barrel end opposite the front barrel end, and a first barrel side and a second barrel side opposite the first barrel side; a bow engaged with the elongated barrel; an elongated bowstring having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a first bowstring guide engaged with the first barrel side, the first bowstring guide being adapted to push the bowstring toward the second barrel side while the bowstring is moved between a cocked position and an uncocked position; and a second bowstring guide engaged with the second barrel side, the second bowstring guide being adapted to push the bowstring toward the first barrel side while the bowstring is moved between a cocked position and an uncocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Hunter's Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shaffer, Steve Bednar, Richard Bednar, Phil Bednar, Jacob Hout, Gary Smith, Robert Seymour, Jr., Keith Bartels
  • Patent number: 10489799
    Abstract: Methods and systems for analyzing usage and performance of attributes in digital design assets for asset creation. In particular, one or more embodiments maintain a digital design asset repository containing a plurality of digital design assets available for use in marketing campaigns. One or more embodiments assign attribute identifiers to attributes of the digital design assets. One or more embodiments then track usage of digital design assets in one or more marketing campaigns. Based on the tracked usage, one or more embodiments aggregate analytics data for the attributes and then determine a performance of the attributes using the aggregated analytics data. Additionally, one or more embodiments provide the aggregated analytics data for the attributes in the digital design asset repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Gary Smith
  • Patent number: 10475148
    Abstract: A smart display including one or more groups of smart pixels and at least one graphics engine. The at least one graphics engine is fragmented into GPU (graphics processing unit) minute cores. The GPU minute cores are distributed throughout the smart display. The smart pixels with distributed graphics within the smart display perform deep learning. Libraries stored on GPU minute core embedded memory are used to perform object identification using deep learning. The smart display monitors for pixel degradation and, if necessary, performs pixel enhancement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kunjal Parikh, Srikanth Kambhatla, Gary Smith, Changliang Wang
  • Patent number: 10473418
    Abstract: Provided is a crossbow comprising a bow having a riser having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, a first limb set engaged to the first side, a second limb set engaged to the second side, a first cam set engaged to the first limb set, a second cam set engaged to the second limb set; an adjustable pulley set having at least a first pulley and a second pulley, wherein the pulley set is operationally engaged with and selectably movable with respect to the first cam, or the second cam, or the riser; a first power cord set extending from the first cam set and at least partially around the first pulley; and a second power cord set extending from the second cam set and at least partially around the second pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Hunter's Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shaffer, Jacob Hout, Dean Mook, Gary Smith, Phil Bednar, Steve Bednar
  • Publication number: 20190335006
    Abstract: Various embodiments describe techniques for dynamically customizing structured interactive content for a particular user within a session of an interactive computing environment. Machine-learning techniques are used to establish a behavioral class of each individual user based on user interactions with a diagnostic set of interactive content items during the session. The identified behavioral class is used to customize interactive content presented later during the session using various machine-learning techniques. In some embodiments, the user progress during the session is determined based on user interactions with the customized interactive content, and a content customization is performed if the user progress is below a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: William Brandon George, Kevin Gary Smith
  • Publication number: 20190325844
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of maintaining source device to sink device synchronization in systems in which the source device enters a Panel Self-Refresh (PSR/PSR2) mode and the sink device enables adaptive synchronization with the source device. To maintain synchronization, in some instances the source device and the sink device may maintain synchronization contemporaneous with at least a portion of the PSR/PSR2 operating mode. To maintain synchronization, in some instances, a high-bandwidth communications link may be maintained between the source device and the sink device. In some instances, synchronization between the source device and the sink device may be interrupted upon the source device entering the PSR/PSR2 operating mode and may be re-established upon the source device exiting the PSR/PSR2 operating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Nausheen Ansari, Gary Smith
  • Patent number: 10453221
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that partitions a high dynamic range (HDR) image into a plurality of regions and determines, on a per region basis, a luminance level of the HDR image. Additionally, the technology may select, on the per image basis, a encoding amount for each region in the plurality of regions based on the luminance level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Srikanth Kambhatla, Kunjal Parikh, Changliang Wang, Gary Smith
  • Patent number: 10452132
    Abstract: A virtual reality device is configured to generate realistic images, sounds and other sensations that replicate a real or imagined environment for a user. As a first user interacts with the device, first user interaction data representing interactions between the first user and the device during a first user visit are recorded. A first unique visitor fingerprint is generated based on the first user interaction data. As a second user interacts with the device, second user interaction data representing interactions between the second user and the device during a second user visit that is different from the first user visit are recorded. A second unique visitor fingerprint is generated based on the second user interaction data. The first and second unique visitor fingerprints are compared to determine whether the second user is the same as the first user. Based on the determination, one or more functions can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventors: William Brandon George, Kevin Gary Smith
  • Patent number: 10430482
    Abstract: In embodiments of customized and automated dynamic infographics, an infographic template is received at a cloud-based service from a computing device, where a user at the computing device creates the infographic template in a graphics application to display data obtained from data sources. The cloud-based service assigns an identifier to associate the infographic template and the data sources of the data, and posts the infographic template making it available for cloud-based access by other computing devices that request to display the posted infographic template. The cloud-based service can receive a request from one of the computing devices to update the displayed data, and then query the data sources for current data, where the query is based on the identifier that is associated with the posted infographic template. The cloud-based service can then transform the current data to generate updated data, and update the posted infographic template with the updated data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Gary Smith, William Brandon George, Alan G. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20190284922
    Abstract: Embodiments of a downhole drilling assembly generally include rotatable upper and lower drilling assemblies, and a drill bit, wherein an upper drilling assembly contains a mud motor adapted for clockwise stator rotation and counter-clockwise rotor rotation, whereby a lower drilling assembly is rotatable in the opposite direction of the upper drilling assembly or maintainable in a non-rotating state. The apparatus further includes sensors for continuously transmitting information relating thereto to the surface. Embodiments of a downhole clutch joint generally include a box end sub, a pin end sub, and a ratchet sleeve system containing a clutch joint mechanism, wherein the downhole clutch joint prevents rotation of a downhole drilling assembly in an undesired direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Gary Smith