Patents by Inventor Joseph Lee

Joseph Lee 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: 20260160012
    Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes a drum, a circulation flow path for re-supplying air discharged from the drum to the drum, a heat exchanger including a fan impeller for moving air along the circulation flow path, a storage for collecting condensate, and a drainage for discharging water from the storage, the drainage including a first chamber for receiving water of the storage through a chamber inlet and discharging water through a chamber drain, a second chamber positioned above the first chamber, a chamber communication hole connecting the first chamber and the second chamber, a pump impeller rotatably provided inside the first chamber, positioned below the chamber communication hole, and moving water to the chamber drain, and an exhaust flow path connecting the second chamber and the circulation flow path and guiding air inside the second chamber to the circulation flow path during an operation of the fan impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Inventors: Joseph LEE, Woohee KANG, Byeongjo RYOO
  • Publication number: 20260140505
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method of providing a destination to an autonomous vehicle in order to enable the autonomous vehicle to collect data according to a targeted driving goal. For instance, a current location of an autonomous vehicle may be received. A set of destinations may be selected from a plurality of predetermined destinations. A route may be determined for each destination. A relevance score may be determined for each destination based on the determined routes and the targeted driving goal. Each destination may be assigned to one of a set of two or more buckets based on the relevance scores. A destination of the set may be selected based on a predetermined sampling probability. The selected destination is sent to the autonomous vehicle in order to cause the autonomous vehicle to travel to the selected destination in an autonomous driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2025
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Xiaoyue ZHAO, Henning HOHNHOLD, Xiang GAO, Ajay JOSHI, Vishay NIHALANI, Katharine PATTERSON, Joseph LEE
  • Patent number: 12560027
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing access for workers to cell towers are disclosed. The system is useful on “stealth” cellular towers that do not have external ladders or climbing pegs for aesthetic reasons. The system may include a channel (e.g., a track) that may be permanently mounted to the cell tower and extends from a bottom of the cell tower to a top of the cell tower as well as a track-line (e.g., a chain, a belt, etc.) located within the channel such that the track-line acts as a loop running from the bottom of the cell tower to the top of the cell tower, and vice versa. A modular ladder with climbing pegs may be attached to the track-line and inserted into the channel such that the modular ladder may be pulled up the channel to the top of the cell tower by the track-line and then secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Lee
  • Patent number: 12506822
    Abstract: A mobile terminal that can be switched to a first state or a second state comprises: a first frame; a second frame that can be switched to the second state by sliding from the first frame in a first direction, and that can be switched to the first state by sliding in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and a low-friction sheet positioned on at least one side of an overlapping surface of the first frame and the second frame, wherein friction can be minimized during sliding of the mobile terminal, and thereby driving energy can be saved and noise generated by friction can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Donghyun Kim, Shinhyun Cho, Joseph Lee, Jinwoo Park
  • Patent number: 12477396
    Abstract: A method, a network device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in relation to an radio access management service. The radio access management service may include calculating a predicted total resource allocation value for a prospective access and transmission grant associated with a prospective time window, and a value indicating a number of end devices that can be supported. The service may generate and transmit an access and transmission grant message directed to end devices, based on the value, in which the message may include both random access response information and contention resolution information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jay J. Lee, Thomas W. Haynes, Joseph Lee, Kent W. Hughes
  • Patent number: 12314058
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method of providing a destination to an autonomous vehicle in order to enable the autonomous vehicle to collect data according to a targeted driving goal. For instance, a current location of an autonomous vehicle may be received. A set of destinations may be selected from a plurality of predetermined destinations. A route may be determined for each destination. A relevance score may be determined for each destination based on the determined routes and the targeted driving goal. Each destination may be assigned to one of a set of two or more buckets based on the relevance scores. A destination of the set may be selected based on a predetermined sampling probability. The selected destination is sent to the autonomous vehicle in order to cause the autonomous vehicle to travel to the selected destination in an autonomous driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: WAYMO LLC
    Inventors: Xiaoyue Zhao, Henning Hohnhold, Xiang Gao, Ajay Joshi, Vishay Nihalani, Katharine Patterson, Joseph Lee
  • Publication number: 20250139064
    Abstract: The expansion of a computer graph database upon receipt of novel information involves identifying whether the novel information should be stored as part of the existing categories contained in the computer graph database, thereby requiring the addition of a new variable to an extant category of the computer graph database, or whether the new information should be stored as a new category that intersect with extant categories of the computer graph database, thereby requiring an extension of a relation between two or more extant categories, or whether the new information should be stored as a new category that only connects to a single extant category, thereby requiring the creation of a new portion of the computer graph database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Joseph Lee, Jakub Smékal, Tim Verbelen, Ozan Catal, Alexander D.D. Tschantz, Mahault Albarracin
  • Patent number: 12221651
    Abstract: A flow-through electrochemical detection system determines if a target nucleic acid polymer is present in a sample. This system contains, at a minimum, an assay reaction chamber that contains a porous working electrode to which target nucleic acid polymer capturing molecules are bound. As a sample passes through the working electrode, any target nucleic acid polymer present in the sample binds to the target nucleic acid polymer capturing molecules. After the sample passes through the flow-through electrochemical detection system, target nucleic acid polymer detectors are placed inside the assay reaction chamber and bind to any target nucleic acid polymer present. The target nucleic acid polymer detectors contain a means for generating an electric current when exposed to a chemical or an enzyme. A potentiostat connected to the working electrode measures the generated current, thereby detecting the presence and quantity of the target nucleic acid polymer in the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Cheryl M. Armstrong, Joseph A. Capobianco, Jr., Andrew G. Gehring, Joseph Lee
  • Patent number: 12203884
    Abstract: A flow-through electrochemical detection system determines if an analyte is present in a sample. This system contains, at a minimum, an assay reaction chamber that contains a porous working electrode to which analyte capturing molecules are bound. As a sample passes through the working electrode, any analyte present in the sample binds to the analyte capturing molecules. After the sample passes through the flow-through electrochemical detection system, analyte detectors are placed inside the assay reaction chamber and bind to any analyte present. The analyte detectors contain a means for generating an electric current when exposed to a chemical or an enzyme. A potentiostat connected to the working electrode measures that generated current, thereby detecting the presence and quantity of the analyte in that sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Joseph A. Capobianco, Jr., Andrew G. Gehring, Cheryl M. Armstrong, Joseph Lee
  • Publication number: 20240294992
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methodologies for identifying microbes in biofilms and adhered to biotic and abiotic surfaces, utilizing enzymes that degrade biofilms and disperse aggregated clusters of microorganisms. Utilizing enzymes such as CAase to degrade biofilms, organisms released from biofilms are identified more readily than from untreated biofilms. Biofilms from a variety of sources, both biotic and abiotic, can be analyzed utilizing the present disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: JOSEPH A CAPOBIANCO, JR., JOSEPH LEE, CHIN YI CHEN, YIPING HE, CHERYL M ARMSTRONG, SUE A REED, BRYAN BERGER
  • Patent number: 12065005
    Abstract: A service cart and associated apparatus that is suitable for servicing electric vehicles and vehicle batteries. The service cart may comprise a frame having a number of members that may be arranged in a compact configuration. The service cart may comprise a number of support pads that may be adjustably arranged with respect to the frame. The support pads may comprise an overload protection mechanism having a break pin. The service cart may comprise a detachable handle operable to selectively disengage a number of brakes on the cart. The service cart may comprise a tow hitch suitable for detachably coupling an external tow device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: Bosch Automative Service Solutions Inc., Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Corday Peterson, Joseph Lee
  • Publication number: 20240205797
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an blocking delivery service is provided. The service may use an identifier of a source end device, destination address information associated with a destination end device, and configurable criteria as a basis to block delivery of application service layer data. The service may be configured to apply to end devices based on an addressing scheme of the service. The service may be configured on a network device that provides an application service. The service may block delivery without the use of class of service or subscriber provisioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Lim, Craig Barth, Brian Olson, Ye Huang, Joseph Lee, Tony Ferreira
  • Publication number: 20240203285
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and devices associated with extended reality (XR) headsets for participating in training offered through cellular site field technician training modules. Also described herein are servers and methods for identifying and providing those modules. Based on at least one of a location, an environment type, a cellular site technology, or a minimum level or requirements, a subset of cellular site field technician training modules are identified. A trainee then uses the XR headset to participate in training offered through those cellular site field technician training modules, and a result is reported to the servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventor: Joseph Lee
  • Patent number: 12016075
    Abstract: A network device may receive an indication of movement of a user device, associated with multiple packet data unit (PDU) sessions, from a first radio access network (RAN) to a second RAN, and may maintain, based on the indication, a particular PDU session, of the multiple PDU sessions, associated with a default flow. The network device may release, based on the indication, the multiple PDU sessions other than the particular PDU session, and may handle the multiple PDU sessions, other than the particular PDU session, in accordance with a handling option.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Yousef Abdelmalek, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Violeta Cakulev, Joseph Lee
  • Publication number: 20240196221
    Abstract: Described herein is a user equipment (UE) configured with a cellular site image capture application. The cellular site image capture application receives user input associated with a specific cellular site. The UE uses the user input to authenticate the cellular site, and, based at least in part on the authenticating, the cellular site image capture application enables an image capture feature of the application. An image of the specific cellular site is then captured through the cellular site image capture application. The cellular site image capture application then disables the image capture feature following the image capturing. In some examples, the cellular site image capture application sends the image to an image storage system. The image storage system receives images of cellular sites from a plurality of UEs, stores those images, and provides them to a UE in response to a request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventor: Joseph Lee
  • Patent number: 11984701
    Abstract: A computer adapted to convert images into raw data can provide the raw data to a control interface adapted to transmit the raw data with timing information to an electronic driver circuit. The electronic driver circuit can convert the raw data with the timing information provided by a control interface into regulated current signals provided to the semiconductor laser array at 300 dpi and higher. The semiconductor array can convert the current signals into light to illuminate an imaging member. The laser array can comprise vertical cavity surface emitting lasers providing imaging greater than 300 dpi. Each semiconductor laser can operate at 50 mW or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Joerg Martini, Sourobh Raychaudhuri, Christopher Chua, David K. Biegelsen, Joseph Lee
  • Patent number: 11950177
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an blocking delivery service is provided. The service may use an identifier of a source end device, destination address information associated with a destination end device, and configurable criteria as a basis to block delivery of application service layer data. The service may be configured to apply to end devices based on an addressing scheme of the service. The service may be configured on a network device that provides an application service. The service may block delivery without the use of class of service or subscriber provisioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Lim, Craig Barth, Brian Olson, Ye Huang, Joseph Lee, Tony Ferreira
  • Publication number: 20240044207
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing access for workers to cell towers are disclosed. The system is useful on “stealth” cellular towers that do not have external ladders or climbing pegs for aesthetic reasons. The system may include a channel (e.g., a track) that may be permanently mounted to the cell tower and extends from a bottom of the cell tower to a top of the cell tower as well as a track-line (e.g., a chain, a belt, etc.) located within the channel such that the track-line acts as a loop running from the bottom of the cell tower to the top of the cell tower, and vice versa. A modular ladder with climbing pegs may be attached to the track-line and inserted into the channel such that the modular ladder may be pulled up the channel to the top of the cell tower by the track-line and then secured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Joseph Lee
  • Publication number: 20240031867
    Abstract: A method, a network device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in relation to an radio access management service. The radio access management service may include calculating a predicted total resource allocation value for a prospective access and transmission grant associated with a prospective time window, and a value indicating a number of end devices that can be supported. The service may generate and transmit an access and transmission grant message directed to end devices, based on the value, in which the message may include both random access response information and contention resolution information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jay J. Lee, Thomas W. Haynes, Joseph Lee, Kent W. Hughes
  • Patent number: D1099638
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: Lifetime Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda Franco, Maximilian Solomon, Joseph Lee, Nicholas Price