Patents by Inventor Jay Allen Sheldon

Jay Allen Sheldon 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).

  • Generating hamming weights for data
    Patent number: 10979077
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide for a controller that is operable to soft read a data bit a plurality of times, to generate a bit set for the data bit from the soft reads, to logically operate on the bit set, and to generate a Hamming weight for the data bit based on the logical operation. The Hamming weight has fewer bits than the bit set and is operable to correct the data bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Odin Lien, Jay Allen Sheldon, Ryan James Goss, Ara Patapoutian
  • GENERATING HAMMING WEIGHTS FOR DATA
    Publication number: 20200091937
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide for a controller that is operable to soft read a data bit a plurality of times, to generate a bit set for the data bit from the soft reads, to logically operate on the bit set, and to generate a Hamming weight for the data bit based on the logical operation. The Hamming weight has fewer bits than the bit set and is operable to correct the data bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Nicholas Odin Lien, Jay Allen Sheldon, Ryan James Goss, Ara Patapoutian
  • Recovering from data access errors by controlling access to neighboring memory units
    Patent number: 10490234
    Abstract: An unrecoverable error is determined when attempting to access data stored in a target memory unit of a storage medium of a data storage device. Access to neighboring memory units that are proximate to the target memory unit is controlled in response. The controlling of the access affects a temperature of the target memory unit over a period of time. After the period of time, access to the data is attempted from the target memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jay Allen Sheldon, Ryan James Goss
  • Generating Hamming weights for data
    Patent number: 10396821
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide for a controller that is operable to soft read a data bit a plurality of times, to generate a bit set for the data bit from the soft reads, to logically operate on the bit set, and to generate a Hamming weight for the data bit based on the logical operation. The Hamming weight has fewer bits than the bit set and is operable to correct the data bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Seagate Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Odin Lien, Jay Allen Sheldon, Ryan James Goss, Ara Patapoutian
  • GENERATING HAMMING WEIGHTS FOR DATA
    Publication number: 20190007063
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide for a controller that is operable to soft read a data bit a plurality of times, to generate a bit set for the data bit from the soft reads, to logically operate on the bit set, and to generate a Hamming weight for the data bit based on the logical operation. The Hamming weight has fewer bits than the bit set and is operable to correct the data bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Nicholas Odin Lien, Jay Allen Sheldon, Ryan James Goss, Ara Patapoutian
  • RECOVERING FROM DATA ACCESS ERRORS BY CONTROLLING ACCESS TO NEIGHBORING MEMORY UNITS
    Publication number: 20180107568
    Abstract: An unrecoverable error is determined when attempting to access data stored in a target memory unit of a storage medium of a data storage device. Access to neighboring memory units that are proximate to the target memory unit is controlled in response. The controlling of the access affects a temperature of the target memory unit over a period of time. After the period of time, access to the data is attempted from the target memory unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Jay Allen Sheldon, Ryan James Goss