Patents by Inventor Jose Alvarez
Jose Alvarez 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).
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Publication number: 20190178997Abstract: The disclosure relates to determining whether an optical interferent is located on a sensor window and providing a way to identify and discard erroneous sensor data. An example system includes a housing, having a first sensor window and a second sensor window, a laser light source, and an optical sensor. The first window has a first property for deflecting water, and the second window has a second property for deflecting water different from the first property. The source is configured to generate a beam of light through the first window. One or more processors are configured to receive sensor data from the optical sensor and determine that an optical interferent is located on a surface of at least one of the first window and the sensor window based on a comparison between sensor data corresponding to the first window and sensor data corresponding to the second window.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Peter Craig Lombrozo, Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera
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Publication number: 20190089953Abstract: A mechanism of video coding is provided. The mechanism includes generating a reconstructed video frame. Noise suppression filter parameters are determined by partitioning the reconstructed video frame into blocks and matching the blocks to create patches. The noise suppression filter parameters are then determined based on the patches by creating a transformed matrix of patch frequencies. The noise suppression filter parameters include a noise estimation parameter that is a function of patch frequency. The noise suppression filter parameters are then employed to apply a noise suppression filter to the reconstructed video frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Roman Chernyak, Victor Stepin, Jose Alvarez, Shan Liu, Jiali Fu, Shan Gao, Haitao Yang, Yin Zhao, Jiantong Zhou
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Publication number: 20190077362Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to adjusting a shear pin to minimize an impact force felt by an object in a collision with a vehicle. For example, one or more second computing devices may receive, from one or more first computing devices, information indicating that an impact with an object is imminent. In response to the received information, the second computing devices may determine a first shear force for a first shear pin, wherein the first shear force is a desired amount of shear force necessary to break the first shear pin. The second computing devices may send a triggering signal to activate an actuator prior to an impact with the identified impact target. The actuator, in response to receiving the triggering signal, may adjust the first shear pin in a first pinhole, so the first shear pin will break at the first shear force.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, Atul Gupta, Thomas Daniel, Daniel Lynn Larner
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Patent number: 10183642Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to airbag systems for vehicles. The airbag systems may reduce the secondary impact forces felt by an object upon rebounding from an initial impact with an external airbag by encasing or substantially surrounding the pedestrian with the external airbag. The airbag system may include an initial impact airbag and a secondary impact airbag, wherein the secondary impact airbag is configured to reduce injury caused by a secondary impact of an object upon after an initial impact of the object with the initial impact airbag. The initial impact airbag may be configured to be deployed at a location where the object is predicted to collide with the vehicle. The secondary impact airbag may comprise one or more arms configured to surround the object upon the initial impact.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Peter Craig Lombrozo, Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, Daniel Lynn Larner, Atul Gupta
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Patent number: 10168423Abstract: The disclosure relates to determining whether an optical interferent is located on a sensor window and providing a way to identify and discard erroneous sensor data. An example system includes a housing, having a first sensor window and a second sensor window, a laser light source, and an optical sensor. The first window has a first property for deflecting water, and the second window has a second property for deflecting water different from the first property. The source is configured to generate a beam of light through the first window. One or more processors are configured to receive sensor data from the optical sensor and determine that an optical interferent is located on a surface of at least one of the first window and the sensor window based on a comparison between sensor data corresponding to the first window and sensor data corresponding to the second window.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Peter Craig Lombrozo, Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera
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Patent number: 10170824Abstract: The present disclosure is related to an antenna system for a vehicle, such as a vehicle that has a non-metallic roof. The antenna system includes two metallic supports coupled to the roof. Additionally, the antenna system includes a first MIMO antenna pair. A first antenna of the first MIMO antenna pair is coupled to a first support of the two metallic supports, and a second antenna of the first MIMO antenna pair is coupled to a second support of the two metallic supports. The antenna system further includes a second MIMO antenna pair. A first antenna of the second MIMO antenna pair is coupled to the first support of the two metallic supports, and a second antenna of the second MIMO antenna pair is coupled to the second support of the two metallic supports. Yet further, the two metallic supports of the antenna system are physically separated from each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Vijay Asrani, Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, Douglas Blake Kough
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Publication number: 20180334123Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to airbag systems for vehicles. The airbag systems may reduce the secondary impact forces felt by an object upon rebounding from an initial impact with an external airbag by encasing or substantially surrounding the pedestrian with the external airbag. The airbag system may include an initial impact airbag and a secondary impact airbag, wherein the secondary impact airbag is configured to reduce injury caused by a secondary impact of an object upon after an initial impact of the object with the initial impact airbag. The initial impact airbag may be configured to be deployed at a location where the object is predicted to collide with the vehicle. The secondary impact airbag may comprise one or more arms configured to surround the object upon the initial impact.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Peter Craig Lombrozo, Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, Daniel Lynn Larner, Atul Gupta
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Patent number: 10098679Abstract: A bone peg configured for cooperation with a threaded aperture on a bone plate for use in stabilizing a fracture of a bone can include a head portion and a shaft portion. The head portion can have a head threaded portion that incorporates head threads having a first pitch. The shaft portion can extend from the head portion to a distal end of the bone peg. The shaft portion can include (i) a shaft threaded portion that incorporates shaft threads having a second pitch, (ii) a first unthreaded portion and (iii) a second unthreaded portion. The shaft threaded portion is disposed intermediate the first and second unthreaded portions. The first unthreaded portion axially offsets the head threaded portion from the shaft threaded portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Biomet C.V.Inventors: Marcus Bourda, Edward Mebarak, Victor Jose Alvarez, Cesare Cavallazzi
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Patent number: 10099650Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to adjusting a shear pin to minimize an impact force felt by an object in a collision with a vehicle. For example, one or more second computing devices may receive, from one or more first computing devices, information indicating that an impact with an object is imminent. In response to the received information, the second computing devices may determine a first shear force for a first shear pin, wherein the first shear force is a desired amount of shear force necessary to break the first shear pin. The second computing devices may send a triggering signal to activate an actuator prior to an impact with the identified impact target. The actuator, in response to receiving the triggering signal, may adjust the first shear pin in a first pinhole, so the first shear pin will break at the first shear force.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, Atul Gupta, Thomas Daniel, Daniel Lynn Larner
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Patent number: 10088242Abstract: In one aspect, a cooling system is provided for use in computing devices, such as laptops, cell phones, and tablet computers. The cooling system includes a heat spreader coupled to a radiator via a heat pipe having a midline. The heat pipe includes a first end portion longitudinally extending along the midline, a second end portion longitudinally extending along the midline, and a mid-portion longitudinally extending along the midline. The mid-portion is located between the first end portion and the second end portion and it has a thickness that is greater than the thicknesses of both the first portion and the second portion thereby reducing the overall thermal resistance of the heat pipe.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, James Tanner, William Riis Hamburgen
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Publication number: 20180217242Abstract: The disclosure relates to determining whether an optical interferent is located on a sensor window and providing a way to identify and discard erroneous sensor data. An example system includes a housing, having a first sensor window and a second sensor window, a laser light source, and an optical sensor. The first window has a first property for deflecting water, and the second window has a second property for deflecting water different from the first property. The source is configured to generate a beam of light through the first window. One or more processors are configured to receive sensor data from the optical sensor and determine that an optical interferent is located on a surface of at least one of the first window and the sensor window based on a comparison between sensor data corresponding to the first window and sensor data corresponding to the second window.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Peter Craig Lombrozo, Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera
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Publication number: 20180218549Abstract: A network computing system receives local device data from a mobile computing device of a person within a vehicle. The local device data may include sensor data from one or more sensors of the mobile computing device, and location data determined from a position-determination resource of the mobile computing device. The network computing system may detect a vehicle collision event based on the local device data. Additionally, the network computing system may determine a classification of the vehicle collision event based on the local device data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Karim Wahba, Dhruv Tyagi, Andrew Beinstein, Amritha Prasad, Audrey Lawrence, Jose Alvarez, Steve Pennington, Corin Trachtman
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Publication number: 20180206894Abstract: A bone peg configured for cooperation with a threaded aperture on a bone plate for use in stabilizing a fracture of a bone can include a head portion and a shaft portion. The head portion can have a head threaded portion that incorporates head threads having a first pitch. The shaft portion can extend from the head portion to a distal end of the bone peg. The shaft portion can include (i) a shaft threaded portion that incorporates shaft threads having a second pitch, (ii) a first unthreaded portion and (iii) a second unthreaded portion. The shaft threaded portion is disposed intermediate the first and second unthreaded portions. The first unthreaded portion axially offsets the head threaded portion from the shaft threaded portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Marcus Bourda, Edward Mebarak, Victor Jose Alvarez, Cesare Cavallazzi
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Patent number: 10029638Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to airbag systems for vehicles. The airbag systems may reduce the secondary impact forces felt by an object upon rebounding from an initial impact with an external airbag by encasing or substantially surrounding the pedestrian with the external airbag. The airbag system may include an initial impact airbag and a secondary impact airbag, wherein the secondary impact airbag is configured to reduce injury caused by a secondary impact of an object upon after an initial impact of the object with the initial impact airbag. The initial impact airbag may be configured to be deployed at a location where the object is predicted to collide with the vehicle. The secondary impact airbag may comprise one or more arms configured to surround the object upon the initial impact.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Peter Craig Lombrozo, Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, Daniel Lynn Larner, Atul Gupta
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Publication number: 20180199950Abstract: Described is a bone plating system and related methods. The system comprises a bone plate and a drill block to be removably attached to the bone plate. The system further comprises a first locking element and a second locking element. The first locking element is configured to be removably attached to the drill block and the bone plate by extending through one drill block hole of the drill block and into one aligned bone screw receiving hole of the bone plate. The second locking element to configured to extend from the drill block and into an opening in the bone plate in order to constrain rotational movement of the bone plate and the drill block with respect to each other when the first locking element is attached to the drill block and the bone plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Edward Mebarak, Victor Jose Alvarez, Marcus Bourda
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Patent number: 10023145Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to deployable structures, such as airbag systems, for vehicles. A system is disclosed for reducing likelihood of injury to a passenger in a collision. The system may include a seat configured to accommodate the passenger and an airbag system. At least a portion of the airbag system may be incorporated into a vehicle prior to deployment of the airbag system. The airbag system may include an airbag and a locking feature. The locking feature may be configured to lock the airbag with a locking portion of a vehicle when the airbag system has been deployed. The locking feature may be attached to the airbag. Aside from airbags, other confining structures, such as nets, shades, curtains, etc., may also be used as deployable structures.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, Daniel Lynn Larner, Thomas Daniel, Courtney McCool, Atul Gupta, Peter Craig Lombrozo
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Patent number: 9934625Abstract: A network computing system receives local device data from a mobile computing device of a person within a vehicle. The local device data may include sensor data from one or more sensors of the mobile computing device, and location data determined from a position-determination resource of the mobile computing device. The network computing system may detect a vehicle collision event based on the local device data. Additionally, the network computing system may determine a classification of the vehicle collision event based on the local device data.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Karim Wahba, Dhruv Tyagi, Andrew Beinstein, Amritha Prasad, Audrey Lawrence, Jose Alvarez, Steve Pennington, Corin Trachtman
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Patent number: 9868662Abstract: A portable computing device includes a processor, a memory, and a portable computing device case that encloses one or more integrated circuits, including at least the processor and the memory. The case includes a molded fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) material that includes a polymer material and elongated fibers that adhere to the polymer material and that have a property that varies over a length of the fibers along an elongation axis of the fibers, wherein an adhesion strength between the fibers and the polymer is determined at least in part by a property of the fibers that varies over a length of the fibers along the elongation axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2017Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: William Hamburgen, Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera
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Patent number: 9849852Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to deploying safety mechanisms in an autonomous vehicle. As an example, the situational information identifying a potential impact target corresponding to an object with which the autonomous vehicle is predicted to have a collision within a predetermined period of time may be received. This situational information may also include an estimated time when the second computing device will receive an update for the potential impact target from the first computing device. The estimated time may be used to determine when to deploy a set of active safety mechanisms for the potential impact target. Each active safety mechanism may be configured to reduce a likelihood of damage to an object external to the autonomous vehicle caused by a collision. A signal is then sent to activate the set of active safety mechanisms prior to an impact with the object corresponding to the identified potential impact target.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Daniel Lynn Larner, Atul Gupta, Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, Thomas Daniel
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Patent number: D820826Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Andrew Bowers, Lawrence Lam, Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, Kenneth Ryan Loo, Ji Lee, Kevin Tom, Gad Amit, Jacqueline Belleau, Yoshikazu Hoshino, Amy Han