Patents by Inventor Joel Richard

Joel Richard 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).

  • Publication number: 20220076707
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a snap point segmentation that defines the locations of selection snap points for a selection of video segments. Candidate snap points are determined from boundaries of feature ranges of the video indicating when instances of detected features are present in the video. In some embodiments, candidate snap point separations are penalized for being separated by less than a minimum duration corresponding to a minimum pixel separation between consecutive snap points on a video timeline. The snap point segmentation is computed by solving a shortest path problem through a graph that models different snap point locations and separations. When a user clicks or taps on the video timeline and drags, a selection snaps to the snap points defined by the snap point segmentation. In some embodiments, the snap points are displayed during a drag operation and disappear when the drag operation is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Seth Walker, Hijung Shin, Cristin Ailidh Fraser, Aseem Agarwala, Lubomira Dontcheva, Joel Richard Brandt, Jovan Popovic, Joy Oakyung Kim, Justin Salamon, Jui-hsien Wang, Timothy Jeewun Ganter, Xue Bai, Dingzeyu Li
  • Publication number: 20220069787
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for power amplifier power management are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a mobile device includes a transceiver that generates a radio frequency signal, a front-end system including a first power amplifier module that amplifies the radio frequency signal, and a power management system including an envelope tracking power management unit that provides an envelope tracking supply voltage to the first power amplifier module, and a first average power tracking power management unit that provides an average power tracking supply voltage to the first power amplifier module. The first power amplifier module is configured to selectively switch between the envelope tracking supply voltage and the average power tracking supply voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Joel Richard King, Shayan Farahvash
  • Publication number: 20220069788
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for power amplifier power management are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a mobile device includes a transceiver that generates a radio frequency signal, a front-end system including a first power amplifier module that amplifies the radio frequency signal, and a power management system including an envelope tracking power management unit that provides an envelope tracking supply voltage to the first power amplifier module, and a first average power tracking power management unit that provides an average power tracking supply voltage to the first power amplifier module. The first power amplifier module is configured to selectively switch between the envelope tracking supply voltage and the average power tracking supply voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Joel Richard King, Shayan Farahvash
  • Publication number: 20220063429
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a power source and a moveable charging arm coupled to the power source and comprising a charging plate for contact with an electric vehicle contact plate. The charging arm is operable to transmit direct current (DC) pulse power with testing performed between high voltage pulses directly from the charging plate to the electric vehicle contact plate to charge one or more batteries at the electric vehicle. A method for charging the electric vehicle is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Chad M. Jones, Robert Gregory Twiss
  • Patent number: 11258520
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a remote network device, power and data from a central network device, wherein the power is used to power the remote network device, performing auto-negotiation with the central network device, wherein the auto-negotiation includes operating the remote network device in a low voltage mode during fault sensing of a power circuit at the remote network device, and selecting a power operating mode, wherein selecting the power operating mode includes selecting a high voltage mode if no fault is detected during the fault sensing, the high voltage mode comprising DC (direct current) pulse power. An apparatus is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Chad M. Jones, Douglas Paul Arduini, Richard Anthony O'Brien, Daniel Lee Barsotti, Sung Kee Baek
  • Publication number: 20220048467
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first member, a second member configured for coupling with the first member, an authentication module integrated into one of the first or second member, and a locking device operable to lock the second member to the first member, and unlock the second member from the first member upon receiving input from the authentication module. The authentication module is operable to authenticate an unlock request received from an external source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Mary Kathryn Savage, Kameron Rose Hurst, Robert Gregory Twiss
  • Patent number: 11252811
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, an integrated circuit attached to the first surface of the substrate, and a cold plate attached to the second surface of the substrate with an electrical path extending through the cold plate for transmitting power from a power component connected to the cold plate, to the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Jessica Kiefer, Ashley Julia Maker Erickson, Yi Tang, M. Baris Dogruoz, Elizabeth Ann Kochuparambil, Shobhana Punjabi
  • Publication number: 20220045710
    Abstract: Radio frequency communication systems with a combined antenna impedance tuning and antenna multiplexing functionality are provided. In certain embodiments, a packaged radio frequency module includes an antenna multiplexer and an antenna impedance tuner. The module can be configured to provide impedance matching between one or more radio frequency front end modules and an antenna. The antenna impedance tuner can supplement antenna tuning provided by an antenna aperture separately connected to the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Shayan Farahvash, Weimin Sun, John C. Baldwin, Joel Richard King
  • Patent number: 11245432
    Abstract: Radio frequency communication systems with a combined antenna impedance tuning and antenna multiplexing functionality are provided. In certain embodiments, a packaged radio frequency module includes an antenna multiplexer and an antenna impedance tuner. The module can be configured to provide impedance matching between one or more radio frequency front end modules and an antenna. The antenna impedance tuner can supplement antenna tuning provided by an antenna aperture separately connected to the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Shayan Farahvash, Weimin Sun, John C. Baldwin, Joel Richard King
  • Publication number: 20220038392
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for front end configurations that support multiple input multiple output (MiMo) communication for cellular signals. The configurations include an antenna triplexer, a first multiplexer, and a second multiplexer. A first filter of the triplexer is coupled to a signal port of the first multiplexer, a second filter of the triplexer is coupled to a first signal port of the second multiplexer, and a third filter of the triplexer is coupled to a second signal port of the second multiplexer. The first multiplexer processes low-band (LB) cellular frequency bands and the second multiplexer processes mid-band (MB), high-band (HB), and ultra high-band (UHB) cellular frequency bands. Each frequency band includes a duplexer to enable bi-directional communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Stephane Richard Marie WLOCZYSIAK, Joel Richard KING
  • Publication number: 20220039291
    Abstract: A network communications device includes a chassis, a plurality of modules removably inserted into a plurality of slots in the chassis. A coolant is delivered to a first group of the plurality of modules with a first flow control valve in a first cooling loop and the coolant is delivered to a second group of the plurality of modules with a second flow control valve in a second cooling loop. The network communication device further includes a plurality of sensors for monitoring a temperature in the first cooling loop and the second cooling loop and a control system for controlling delivery of the coolant to the first group and the second group, where the control system controls transmitting a signal to one of the first flow control valve and the second flow control valve to modify a flow of the coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Rakesh Chopra, Mandy Hin Lam, M. Baris Dogruoz, Joel Richard Goergen
  • Publication number: 20220038189
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving power delivered over a data fiber cable at an optical transceiver installed at a network communications device and transmitting data and the power from the optical transceiver to the network communications device. The network communications device is powered by the power received from the optical transceiver. An apparatus is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Charles Calvin Byers, Robert Gregory Twiss, D. Brice Achkir, Chad M. Jones
  • Publication number: 20220032804
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electric vehicle system includes a power system for charging a battery installed in an electric vehicle and comprising a bi-directional power and data connector for receiving power and data from or transmitting the power and data to an electric vehicle charging device, a communications system comprising a server and configured for receiving power from the power system and receiving data from or transmitting the data to the power system for download or upload at the electric vehicle charging device, and an authentication module for authenticating the electric vehicle charging device. A method is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Kameron Rose Hurst, Sean Ceballos-McGee, Anant Thakar, Robert Gregory Twiss, Ronald Lee Shaffer, II, Jared Pendleton, Chad M. Jones
  • Patent number: 11239689
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a power supply operable to output power to a load along with at least one other power supply, a sensing component for identifying a load level, and a control component for switching the power supply from a full power mode to a power saving mode based on the identified load level. The power supply shares current with the other power supply at a lower current and generally the same voltage as the other power supply while in the power saving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas Paul Arduini, Sung Kee Baek, Jonathan Lee Smith, Joel Richard Goergen
  • Patent number: 11234342
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a chassis base, a printed circuit board mounted on the chassis base, a heatsink positioned over the printed circuit board to prevent corrosion of components on the printed circuit board, wherein the heatsink comprises a plurality of upward extending fins and a plurality of downward extending walls, a seal interposed between an edge of the downward extending walls and the chassis base, and a cover extending over the heatsink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Mehmet Onder Cap, Manigandan Boopalan, Joel Richard Goergen, Sandeep Mehdiratta, Manjunatha Reddy Shivashankara, Damaruganath Pinjala
  • Publication number: 20220021548
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a system includes a plurality of network devices comprising a plurality of ports, a power bus connecting the network devices, wherein power is shared between the network devices over the power bus, and a controller for identifying available power and allocating power to the ports. The ports include a plurality of PSE (Power Sourcing Equipment) PoE (Power over Ethernet) ports each operable to transmit power to a device connected to one of the PSE PoE ports, a plurality of PD (Powered Device) PoE ports each operable to receive power from a device connected to one of the PD PoE ports, and a plurality of bi-directional PoE ports each configurable to operate as a PSE PoE port to transmit power to a device connected to one of the bi-directional PoE ports or as a PD PoE port to receive power from the connected device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Chad M. Jones, Charles Lacey Compton, III
  • Publication number: 20220005328
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an optical module comprising a first end for insertion into a network device and a second end extending from the network device when the optical module is inserted into the network device, and a temperature indicator thermally coupled to the optical module and extending from said second end of the optical module. The temperature indicator provides an indication that a surface temperature of the optical module exceeds a predefined safe touch temperature limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Rohit Dev Gupta, Joel Richard Goergen
  • Publication number: 20210410312
    Abstract: A method that includes receiving an indication at a modular electronic system of initiation of online removal for a module removably inserted into a slot of the modular electronic system, increasing a fan speed at the modular electronic system before the module is removed, monitoring an internal temperature at the modular electronic system, and providing an indication that the module is ready for removal upon reaching a specified cooling state at the modular electronic system based on the temperature monitoring. A panel on an adjacent module is opened and extends into the slot upon removal of the module to substantially block airflow bypass from the slot and maintain cooling within the modular electronic system. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Rohit Dev Gupta, Joel Richard Goergen, Sarma VMK Vedhanabhatla, Damaruganath Pinjala, Jatin Kohli, Robert Gregory Twiss
  • Publication number: 20210408822
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a power supply operable to output power to a load along with at least one other power supply, a sensing component for identifying a load level, and a control component for switching the power supply from a full power mode to a power saving mode based on the identified load level. The power supply shares current with the other power supply at a lower current and generally the same voltage as the other power supply while in the power saving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas Paul Arduini, Sung Kee Baek, Jonathan Lee Smith, Joel Richard Goergen
  • Patent number: 11212937
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes detecting reverse rotation of a fan inserted into a modular electronic system comprising at least one other fan, wherein the reverse rotation of the fan is caused by a back pressure generated by the other fan rotating in a forward direction, applying current pulses to stop reverse rotation of the inserted fan and start rotation of the fan in a forward direction, and operating all of the fans with rotation in the forward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Paolo Sironi, Emanuele Umberto Giacometti, Rohit Dev Gupta, Joel Richard Goergen