Patents by Inventor Guy Cohen

Guy Cohen 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: 10760308
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and computer system for automatically limiting the swing angle of a vehicle door to not hit nearby moving objects, including predicting that a moving object will move to be within a predetermined distance of the door and predicting the distance the moving object will be from the door, determining a swing angle extent of an opening of the door that will avoid hitting the moving object and actuating a door controller to limit the swing angle of the door. Historical data on the speed the door is opened can be used in determining the door swing angle. The current position and velocity of the moving object relative to the door of the vehicle is estimated based on signals received from sensors attached to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aleksandr Y. Aravkin, Guy Cohen, Lior Horesh, Raya Horesh
  • Publication number: 20200268127
    Abstract: A mirror assembly can include a housing, a mirror, and a light source. In some embodiments, the mirror comprises one or more adjustable sections. In certain embodiments, the mirror includes a light column configured to emit a substantially constant amount of light along a periphery of a mirror section. In some embodiments, the light column can produce various color temperatures. In some embodiments, the mirror assembly comprises a capacitive touch sensor that allows control of one or more features of the light emitted from the light source. In some embodiments, the mirror assembly includes a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly can be configured control on/off settings and other features of the emitted light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Tzu-Hao Wei, Guy Cohen, Joseph Sandor
  • Patent number: 10723549
    Abstract: Various trash can assemblies are disclosed. The trash can assembly can include a body and a lid that is movable between open and closed positions. The trash can assembly can be provided with a resistive load control system that controls the rate of movement of the lid from the open position toward the closed position and/or from the closed position toward the open position. The trash can assembly can be provided with an energy recapture system that translates mechanical energy into electrical energy through an electric generator. The electrical energy can be provided to other components of the trash can assembly, such as an ion generator that discharges ions into an interior of the trash can assembly to provide odor control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: simplehuman, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, David Wolbert, Guy Cohen, Phillip Yee, Teddy Bryant
  • Patent number: 10702043
    Abstract: A mirror assembly can include a housing, a mirror, and a light source. In some embodiments, the mirror comprises one or more adjustable sections. In certain embodiments, the mirror includes a light column configured to emit a substantially constant amount of light along a periphery of a mirror section. In some embodiments, the light column can produce various color temperatures. In some embodiments, the mirror assembly comprises a capacitive touch sensor that allows control of one or more features of the light emitted from the light source. In some embodiments, the mirror assembly includes a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly can be configured control on/off settings and other features of the emitted light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: simplehuman, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Tzu-Hao Wei, Guy Cohen, Joseph Sandor
  • Patent number: 10707148
    Abstract: A field-effect transistor (FET) and method of manufacture thereof include patterning a mask above a source and drain of a FET to form holes in the mask, growing epitaxial structures from the holes in the mask, and growing a doped epitaxial shell to coat sidewalls of the epitaxial structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guy Cohen, Christian Lavoie, Ahmet Serkan Ozcan, Paul Solomon
  • Patent number: 10700274
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a phase change material (PCM) device is provided. The method includes disposing a dielectric layer above or below a PCM layer and disposing first and second contacts in a same plane within the dielectric layer with the first contact having a larger contact area than the second contact. The method also includes one of directing a short current pulse from the first contact to the second contact so as to form amorphous-PCM in a region of the PCM layer adjacent to the second contact with crystalline-PCM partially surrounding and in contact with the amorphous-PCM and directing a long current pulse from the first contact to the second contact so as to form crystalline-PCM in the region of the PCM layer adjacent to the second contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Guy Cohen
  • Publication number: 20200148467
    Abstract: A trashcan assembly can include a body portion, a lid portion pivotably coupled with the body portion, and a sensor assembly configured to generate a signal when an object is detected within a sensing region. The sensor assembly can include a plurality of transmitters having a first subset of transmitters and a second subset of transmitters. A transmission axis of at least one transmitter in the first subset of transmitters can be different from a transmission axis of at least one of the transmitters in the second subset of transmitters. An electronic processor can generate an electronic signal to a power-operated drive mechanism for moving the lid portion from a closed position to an open position, such as in response to the sensor assembly detecting the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Frank Yang, David Wolbert, Guy Cohen, Bryce Wilkins
  • Publication number: 20200132445
    Abstract: A design of a diffraction limited, microscope objective with a curved image plane is presented. The described microscope objective is used with a two-degree-of-freedom galvanometer scanning system including two galvo mirrors with a relay step between the mirrors to enable scanning in both directions over the full, curved field for creating custom refractive structures across the 6.5 mm optical zone of contact lenses using femtosecond micro-modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Tal Marciano, Nadav Gutman, Yuri Paskover, Guy Cohen, Vladimir Levinski
  • Publication number: 20200111955
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a phase change material (PCM) device is provided. The method includes disposing a dielectric layer above or below a PCM layer and disposing first and second contacts in a same plane within the dielectric layer with the first contact having a larger contact area than the second contact. The method also includes one of directing a short current pulse from the first contact to the second contact so as to form amorphous-PCM in a region of the PCM layer adjacent to the second contact with crystalline-PCM partially surrounding and in contact with the amorphous-PCM and directing a long current pulse from the first contact to the second contact so as to form crystalline-PCM in the region of the PCM layer adjacent to the second contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Guy Cohen
  • Patent number: 10588467
    Abstract: Various dispensing devices, such as foaming soap pumps, are disclosed. The soap pump can include a fluid storage unit and a fluid handling unit. The fluid storage unit can include a reservoir that is configured to hold a quantity of product, such as liquid soap. The fluid handling unit can include a pumping assembly and dispensing assembly. The soap pump can be configured to withdraw liquid soap from the reservoir, convert the liquid soap to foamed soap, and dispense the foamed soap from the discharge assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: simplehuman, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, David Wolbert, Kenneth Yen, Guy Cohen, Hon-Lun Chen, Nasser Pirshafiey, Joseph Sandor
  • Publication number: 20200027820
    Abstract: A field-effect transistor (FET) and method of manufacture thereof include patterning a mask above a source and drain of a FET to form holes in the mask, growing epitaxial structures from the holes in the mask, and growing a doped epitaxial shell to coat sidewalls of the epitaxial structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Guy Cohen, Christian Lavoie, Ahmet Serkan Ozcan, Paul Solomon
  • Patent number: 10541191
    Abstract: A field-effect transistor (FET) and method of manufacture thereof include a gate, a doped semiconductor structure formed on top of the planar source and drain regions, and a sheath of conducting materials flanking the formed doped semiconductor structure, where the sheath is perpendicular to a surface of the planar source and drain regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guy Cohen, Christian Lavoie, Ahmet Serkan Ozcan, Paul Solomon
  • Patent number: 10527954
    Abstract: A system for measuring overlay from a multi-layer overlay target for use in imaging based metrology is disclosed. The system is configured for measuring overlay from a multi-layer overly target that includes three or more target structures, wherein a first target structure is disposed in a first process layer, a second target structure is disposed in a second process layer, and at least a third target structure is disposed in at least a third process layer. The system includes an illumination source configured to illuminate the target structures of the multi-layer overlay target, a detector configured to collect light reflected from the target structures, and one or more processors configured to execute a set of program instructions to determine overlay error between two or more structures based on the collected light from the plurality of targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Kandel, Vladimir Levinski, Guy Cohen
  • Patent number: 10472170
    Abstract: A trashcan assembly can include a body portion, a lid portion pivotably coupled with the body portion, and a sensor assembly configured to generate a signal when an object is detected within a sensing region. The sensor assembly can include a plurality of transmitters having a first subset of transmitters and a second subset of transmitters. A transmission axis of at least one transmitter in the first subset of transmitters can be different from a transmission axis of at least one of the transmitters in the second subset of transmitters. An electronic processor can generate an electronic signal to a power-operated drive mechanism for moving the lid portion from a closed position to an open position, such as in response to the sensor assembly detecting the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: simplehuman, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, David Wolbert, Guy Cohen, Bryce Wilkins
  • Publication number: 20190291647
    Abstract: A mirror assembly can include a housing, a mirror, and a light source. In certain embodiments, the mirror is rotatable within a support portion of the mirror assembly. In some embodiments, the mirror assembly is configured to use an audio sensor or an audio signal derived from an audio sensor, such as an audio sensor or audio signal configured to sense or to correspond to or to represent one or more voice commands or other sounds (e.g., clapping, snapping, or otherwise) received from a user, in order to actuate or adjust any of one or more features or settings of the mirror assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Guy Cohen
  • Patent number: 10423274
    Abstract: Methods, device, and computer program product for mitigating pathogen transmission via a touch surface of a touch input device. Mitigation is accomplished through selective touch surface sterilization and through touchscreen user interface reorganization. The touch surface includes a pixel array for illuminating selected portions of the touch surface with ultraviolet light of a sterilization wavelength based upon the received touch inputs. The selective illumination may occur while receiving a touch input or after an accumulation of touch inputs have been received. The user interface may also be reorganized based on received touch inputs in order to locate user interface icons to lesser touched locations of the touch surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Guy Cohen, James R. Kozloski, Clifford A. Pickover
  • Publication number: 20190246772
    Abstract: A mirror system can include a mirror assembly and a protective portion, such as a holder or cover. A mirror assembly can include a housing portion, a mirror, a light source, a light conveying channel, and an orienting structure. In some embodiments, the mirror assembly includes a component interaction actuator, such as a switch, configured to automatically activate or deactivate when two components in the mirror system interact or cease interacting. In some embodiments, the mirror assembly is configured to turn on upon removal of at least a portion of the mirror assembly from at least a portion of the protective portion and to turn off upon at least a portion of the mirror assembly being received by at least a portion of the protective portion. In some embodiments, a user can hold the mirror assembly and use the orienting structure as a finger-retaining portion. In some embodiments, the user can use the orienting structure as a stand for the mirror assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Di-Fong Chang, Guy Cohen
  • Publication number: 20190157187
    Abstract: A field-effect transistor (FET) and method of manufacture thereof include a gate, a pillar of grown on a top of the planar source and drain regions, and a conductive sheath flanking the pillar, the sheath is bent up, alongside, and over the gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Guy Cohen, Christian Lavoie, Ahmet Serkan Ozcan, Paul Solomon
  • Publication number: 20190100950
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and computer system for automatically limiting the swing angle of a vehicle door to not hit nearby moving objects, including predicting that a moving object will move to be within a predetermined distance of the door and predicting the distance the moving object will be from the door, determining a swing angle extent of an opening of the door that will avoid hitting the moving object and actuating a door controller to limit the swing angle of the door. Historical data on the speed the door is opened can be used in determining the door swing angle. The current position and velocity of the moving object relative to the door of the vehicle is estimated based on signals received from sensors attached to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Aleksandr Y. Aravkin, Guy Cohen, Lior Horesh, Raya Horesh
  • Publication number: 20190100949
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and computer system for automatically limiting the swing angle of a vehicle door to not hit nearby moving objects, including predicting that a moving object will move to be within a predetermined distance of the door and predicting the distance the moving object will be from the door, determining a swing angle extent of an opening of the door that will avoid hitting the moving object and actuating a door controller to limit the swing angle of the door. Historical data on the speed the door is opened can be used in determining the door swing angle. The current position and velocity of the moving object relative to the door of the vehicle is estimated based on signals received from sensors attached to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Aleksandr Y. Aravkin, Guy Cohen, Lior Horesh, Raya Horesh