Patents by Inventor Jeffrey A. Cooper

Jeffrey A. Cooper 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: 11938979
    Abstract: An assembly may be provided that includes a controller configured to be coupled with at least one blower drive that operates a blower motor to cool resistive elements that dissipate electrical power as heat. The controller may be configured to determine whether the electrical power is no longer received by the resistive elements and operate the at least one blower drive to operate the blower motor to cool the resistive elements responsive to the electrical power no longer being received by the resistive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Wolff, Henry Todd Young, Kevin Michael Jones, Laura Cooper
  • Patent number: 11935169
    Abstract: Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for an augmented reality display using an actual image of the item. Additionally, the present disclosure provides for a proportionally dimensioned representation of the item in the augmented reality display. In some aspects, a beacon/tag/sensor-based approach may be used. In some aspects, a marker-based approach may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Dotterweich, Christopher T. Schenken, Jeffrey Cooper
  • Patent number: 11657856
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a sampling circuit with increased headroom are disclosed. A sampling circuit includes at least a pair of input signal transistors connected via their drains to a cross-coupled pair of state nodes. The cross-coupled pair of state nodes are coupled to a tail transistor device via the sources of N-type transistors. When clock goes low, the circuit precharges the cross-coupled pair of state nodes while simultaneously attempting to amplify the difference between the pair of input signals. The amplification is performed by a pair of transistors in series between a source of each input signal transistor and ground. Each gate of the pair of transistors is connected to an inverted clock signal. When clock goes high, the circuit stops precharging and a voltage difference between the pair of input signals is regenerated to create a resulting differential voltage on the pair of state nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Milam Paraschou, Jeffrey Cooper
  • Publication number: 20230154085
    Abstract: Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for an augmented reality display using an actual image of the item. Additionally, the present disclosure provides for a proportionally dimensioned representation of the item in the augmented reality display. In some aspects, a beacon/tag/sensor-based approach may be used. In some aspects, a marker-based approach may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew DOTTERWEICH, Christopher T. SCHENKEN, Jeffrey COOPER
  • Publication number: 20230134926
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a combo scheme for direct current (DC) level shifting of signals are disclosed. A receiver circuit receives an input signal on a first interface. The first interface is coupled to a resistor in parallel with a capacitor which passes the input signal to a second interface. Also, the first interface is coupled to a first pair of current sources between ground and a voltage source, and the second interface is coupled to a second pair of current sources between ground and the voltage source. An op-amp drives the current sources based on a difference between a sensed common mode voltage and a reference voltage. Based on this circuit configuration, the receiver circuit is able to prevent baseline wander, perform a DC level shift of the input signal, and achieve linear equalization of the input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Rajesh Kumar, Edoardo Prete, Gerald R. Talbot, Ethan Crain, Tracy J. Feist, Jeffrey Cooper
  • Publication number: 20230110715
    Abstract: Interactive/smart resistance band training systems include one or more resistance bands connected to a force sensing unit that registers the force exerted by a user on handles connected to the bands. The sensing unit operates effectively regardless of whether the user is training with one handle individually, or with two handles being pulled in parallel or non-parallel directions. The systems may correct the force readings to account for non-alignment between the force-measurement axis of the force sensing unit and the directions in which the user applies force to the resistance bands. The systems may guide a user through exercise sessions tailored to the fitness level of the user; may display the force readings, calories burned, and other performance parameters and goals on a continuous, real-time basis; may summarize the result of the exercise session; and may recommend subsequent exercise sessions based on the performance of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Eyal David, Guy Bar, Jack Afik, Elisha Poplinger, Paul M. Juris, Jeffrey Cooper, Dan Strik, Elad Elkalai
  • Patent number: 11625971
    Abstract: A secure, computerized locker bank that is adapted to facilitate the payment for, and physical exchange of an item between entities who have brokered the sale of the item via a marketplace, such as an on-line marketplace (e.g., an on-line auction site, an on-line classified advertisement site, or an online retail marketplace), or a traditional marketplace (e.g., traditional paper classified advertisements). In particular embodiments, each locker in the computerized locker bank comprises one or more imaging devices for allowing a potential purchaser to view an item (e.g., stored within a locker) before purchasing the item and retrieving it from the locker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Dotterweich, Jeffrey Cooper
  • Patent number: 11612471
    Abstract: An arrangement for delivery of a substance to an animal and a method of protection of a winged capsule. The arrangement may include a winged capsule including a capsule and wings, the capsule being adapted to deliver the substance to the animal, and the wings affixed to the capsule and operable to fold for insertion into the animal and to expand after insertion. The arrangement may include a wing protector including a slot sized and configured to receive at least a portion of each of the wings and removably attach the winged capsule to the wing protector. The method may include removably attaching the winged capsule to the wing protector to form a protected winged capsule; inserting a plurality of the protected winged capsule into a bag; removing one of the protected winged capsule from the bag; and removing the wing protector from the protected winged capsule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: ELANCO US INC.
    Inventors: Jianbin Li, Benjamin Jeffrey Cooper
  • Patent number: 11580684
    Abstract: Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for an augmented reality display using an actual image of the item. Additionally, the present disclosure provides for a proportionally dimensioned representation of the item in the augmented reality display. In some aspects, a beacon/tag/sensor-based approach may be used. In some aspects, a marker-based approach may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Dotterweich, Christopher T. Schenken, Jeffrey Cooper
  • Publication number: 20220365535
    Abstract: Various systems and methodologies may be utilized to determine whether a particular shipment/item is eligible for delivery between a manual delivery vehicle and a final destination location via an autonomous delivery vehicle. To ensure autonomous deliveries are performed in a resource effective manner, shipments/items deemed eligible for autonomous delivery may be vetted by comparing the destination for the autonomous delivery shipment/item against one or more manual delivery destinations (serviced by the manual delivery vehicle operator), and ultimately identifying an optimal launch location for the autonomous delivery vehicle to leave the manual delivery vehicle to complete the autonomous delivery. If the autonomous delivery location does not satisfy applicable autonomous delivery criteria, the autonomous delivery shipment/item may be reclassified for manual delivery by the manual delivery vehicle operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffrey Cooper
  • Patent number: 11472552
    Abstract: Systems and methods include UAVs that serve to assist carrier personnel by reducing the physical demands of the transportation and delivery process. A UAV generally includes a UAV chassis including an upper portion, a plurality of propulsion members configured to provide lift to the UAV chassis, and a parcel carrier configured for being selectively coupled to and removed from the UAV chassis. UAV support mechanisms are utilized to load and unload parcel carriers to the UAV chassis, and the UAV lands on and takes off from the UAV support mechanism to deliver parcels to a serviceable point. The UAV includes computing entities that interface with different systems and computing entities to send and receive various types of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Julio Gil, Jeffrey Cooper, Seth Bruckner, Juan Perez
  • Patent number: 11449495
    Abstract: Data encoded in multiple languages, such as single byte languages and multi-byte languages, may be generated and stored in a single indexable information/data profile in a database. The information/data profile may comprise indexable information/data fields configured for storing information/data in a standardized language encoding and non-indexable information/data fields configured for storing information/data in a language different from the standardized language. The standardized language may be generated by translating the information/data stored in the non-indexable information/data fields to enable indexing of the entire information/data profile. The information/data profile may be utilized to generate various information/data outputs, such as shipping labels including at least one of the standardized language or the other language while enabling the information/data profile to be indexed based at least in part on the standardized language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Murali Krishna Utla, Cindy Chong, Randy Lee, Mohd Saiful Saniff, Kent Koh, Kyaw Thu Win, Jeffrey Cooper
  • Patent number: 11435744
    Abstract: Various systems and methodologies may be utilized to determine whether a particular shipment/item is eligible for delivery between a manual delivery vehicle and a final destination location via an autonomous delivery vehicle. To ensure autonomous deliveries are performed in a resource effective manner, shipments/items deemed eligible for autonomous delivery may be vetted by comparing the destination for the autonomous delivery shipment/item against one or more manual delivery destinations (serviced by the manual delivery vehicle operator), and ultimately identifying an optimal launch location for the autonomous delivery vehicle to leave the manual delivery vehicle to complete the autonomous delivery. If the autonomous delivery location does not satisfy applicable autonomous delivery criteria, the autonomous delivery shipment/item may be reclassified for manual delivery by the manual delivery vehicle operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Cooper
  • Publication number: 20220265412
    Abstract: An arrangement for delivery of a substance to an animal and a method of protection of a winged capsule. The arrangement may include a winged capsule including a capsule and wings, the capsule being adapted to deliver the substance to the animal, and the wings affixed to the capsule and operable to fold for insertion into the animal and to expand after insertion. The arrangement may include a wing protector including a slot sized and configured to receive at least a portion of each of the wings and removably attach the winged capsule to the wing protector. The method may include removably attaching the winged capsule to the wing protector to form a protected winged capsule; inserting a plurality of the protected winged capsule into a bag; removing one of the protected winged capsule from the bag; and removing the wing protector from the protected winged capsule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Jianbin LI, Benjamin Jeffrey COOPER
  • Patent number: 11403589
    Abstract: Systems, media, and methods for collecting front-end information from a customer to establish a delivery/pickup location for delivery/pickup of a parcel by unmanned vehicles are provided. In some embodiments, a customer may be guided though a registration process that includes establishing release/retrieve zones for unmanned delivery/pickup. In some cases, release/retrieve zones may be determined using a map provided to the customer. Areas to establish release/retrieve zones may be suggested to the customer, or in some cases, the customer may suggest potential release/retrieve zones. It may be determined whether a release/retrieve zone is suitable based on customer configurations and consents. Some embodiments include establishing a release/retrieve zone using augmented reality. In some cases, customers may wish to designate off-limits areas, including no-fly zones, to prohibit certain unmanned vehicles from entering the off-limits areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Jerome Ferguson, Jeffrey Cooper
  • Patent number: 11283589
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a deskewing method for a physical layer interface on a multi-chip module are disclosed. A circuit connected to a plurality of communication lanes trains each lane to synchronize a local clock of the lane with a corresponding global clock at a beginning of a timing window. Next, the circuit symbol rotates each lane by a single step responsive to determining that all of the plurality of lanes have an incorrect symbol alignment. Responsive to determining that some but not all of the plurality of lanes have a correct symbol alignment, the circuit symbol rotates lanes which have an incorrect symbol alignment by a single step. When the end of the timing window has been reached, the circuit symbol rotates lanes which have a correct symbol alignment and adjusts a phase of a corresponding global clock to compensate for missed symbol rotations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignees: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Varun Gupta, Milam Paraschou, Gerald R. Talbot, Gurunath Dollin, Damon Tohidi, Eric Ian Carpenter, Chad S. Gallun, Jeffrey Cooper, Hanwoo Cho, Thomas H. Likens, III, Scott F. Dow, Michael J. Tresidder
  • Publication number: 20220036599
    Abstract: Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for an augmented reality display using an actual image of the item. Additionally, the present disclosure provides for a proportionally dimensioned representation of the item in the augmented reality display. In some aspects, a beacon/tag/sensor-based approach may be used. In some aspects, a marker-based approach may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Dotterweich, Christopher T. Schenken, Jeffrey Cooper
  • Publication number: 20210373655
    Abstract: A system and method for measuring and treating vergence disorders may include an augmented reality headset connected to a computing device for simultaneously presenting target images independently to a patient's eyes and independently tracking the position of each eye. The headset includes eye tracking technology for monitoring the orientation of the eyes. If the eyes are both on target, as determined by the eye tracking technology, then binocular single vision will occur, and if not, then diplopia will occur. A vergence demand may be created by incrementally moving the target images apart or together, until the vergence demand is too great for the patient to maintain SBV. Amplitudes of fusional vergence may be measured and stored by the computing device. The system may be utilized to perform therapeutic vergence treatment exercises to increase amplitudes of fusional vergence and measure and provide treatment for phoria and strabismus conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Rodney K. Bortel, Jeffrey Cooper
  • Patent number: 11170548
    Abstract: Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for overcoming the technical problem of providing an augmented reality that displays an actual image of the item or a proportionally dimensioned representation of the item to a user. To overcome this challenge, two separate approaches can be used: a beacon/tag/sensor-based approach and a marker-based approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Dotterweich, Christopher T. Schenken, Jeffrey Cooper
  • Patent number: 11126950
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for verifying the content of shipments based at least in part on images representing the interior of the shipments generated by an imaging device. Embodiments comprise features for receiving shipment data identifying expected contents of a shipment, receiving image data comprising an image of an interior of the shipment, detecting one or more items in the image of the interior of the shipment, and determining whether the detected items match the expected content of the shipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Barber, Jeffrey Cooper, Christopher T. Schenken