Patents by Inventor Joseph

Joseph 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).

  • SENTIMENT-BASED NAVIGATION
    Publication number: 20220357172
    Abstract: Sentiment-based navigation is provided herein. A method can include extracting features of sensor data captured by a sensor associated with a vehicle, wherein the sensor data is representative of a subject selected from a group of subjects comprising an occupant of the vehicle and an environment in which the vehicle is located, resulting in extracted features. The method can further include determining sentiment data representative of an emotional condition of the occupant of the vehicle based on an analysis of the extracted features, and generating a navigation route for the vehicle from an origin point to a destination point based on the sentiment data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Howard Lang, Joseph Soryal
  • ROTATIONAL SYSTEMS COMPRISING A POLYMER DRIVESHAFT
    Publication number: 20220354532
    Abstract: Various embodiments of devices and systems comprising a polymer driveshaft for use in high-speed rotational medical procedures, e.g., atherectomy, are disclosed. Generally, the primary driveshaft for transferring torque and activating rotation of a tool attached thereto, e.g., an abrasive element, is constructed with at least a polymer outer and inner surface. In certain embodiments, the polymer driveshaft may comprise a metallic band for fixed attachment of a structure, e.g., an abrasive element, thereto. Various embodiments may comprise a coupler that connects a drive shaft connected with a prime mover, e.g., a turbine or electric motor, with the polymer drive shaft, the coupler comprising openings through the coupler wall to the inner diameter of the coupler to allow fluid flow to the inner diameter of the coupled polymer drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Preston L. Grothe, Matthew D. Cambronne, Joseph P. Higgins, William F. Kuester, III, Benjamin Haselman, Joshua J. Cranston, Ric A. Gould, Nicholas W. Rydberg
  • TRAINING ASSIGNMENT TOOL
    Publication number: 20220358445
    Abstract: A facility for organizing worker records is configured to assist users in assigning training classes to the workers. The facility obtains new worker records identifying one or more workers and accesses existing worker records from a repository of worker records. The facility merges the new worker records and the existing worker records, and identifies duplicate records within the merged records. The facility removes the duplicate record from the merged records. The facility presents visual information describing one or more training classes which may be assigned to the one or more workers. The facility obtains user input specifying that at least one of the one or more training classes be assigned to at least one of the one or more workers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventor: Joseph Michael Spengler
  • REPAIR KIT FOR TEXTURED BUILDING SURFACES, AND RELATED METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20220356722
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards a kit for approximating texture of a building surface (e.g., a wall or ceiling). The kit can include a repair compound, a texture holding material, and optionally one or material to textured more pressing and shaping tools. The texture holding compound can be used to create a mold or stamp of surface texture in a non-damaged area of the building surface needing repair. The texture mold can be used to impart consistent surface texture to the repair compound as it dries, allowing a repaired area to at least approximate the texture of the area of the building surface surrounding the repaired area. The tool, if provided, can include a planar surface that can be used to conform the texture holding material to the surface texture, maintain contact between the texture mold and the repair compound to impart the mimicked texture, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph A. Hoffman, Thomas W. Floyd, Megan K. Tuetken
  • FRONT END CONVEYOR WITH CHAD WALL
    Publication number: 20220355501
    Abstract: A front end conveyor includes a frame having a first side and a second side, a lower deck and an upper deck. The lower deck includes a plurality of sheet supports, and upper portions of the sheet supports lie in a first plane. The upper deck includes a plurality of sheet guides that define with the sheet supports a sheet transport path through the front end conveyor. A chad wall extends transversely to the sheet transport direction and has a top edge located below the sheet transport path and a front surface facing in the upstream direction and a plurality of fingers projecting from the front surface in the upstream direction. The top edge of the chad wall is positioned relative to the sheet transport path such that hanging chads depending from the sheets will impact the chad wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Dalton HEGE, Eric STEMPIHAR, Joseph WUNDER, Clarence C. ALLEN, JR.
  • FRONT END CONVEYOR HAVING ADJUSTABLE ENTRANCE SUPPORT
    Publication number: 20220356032
    Abstract: A front end conveyor has an upstream end and a downstream end, a lower deck including a plurality of primary sheet supports and an upper deck including a plurality of sheet guides. Upper portions of the primary sheet supports lie in a first plane and the sheet supports and sheet guides define a sheet transport path for moving sheets in a sheet transport direction. A pivotable sheet support extends from an upstream end of the lower deck and has at least one surface lying in a second plane. The pivotable sheet support is pivotable from a first position in which the second plane forms a first angle with the first plane and a second position in which the second plane forms a second angle with the first plane, the second angle being different than the first angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Dalton HEGE, Eric STEMPIHAR, Joseph WUNDER, Clarence C. ALLEN, JR.
  • PERSONALIZED WEATHER FORECAST
    Publication number: 20220357480
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for determining a personalized weather forecast. The exemplary embodiments may include collecting data of a user and weather conditions of a location, extracting one or more features from the collected data, and determining a personalized weather forecast of the location for the user based on the extracted one or more features and one or more models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jose Luis Spagnuolo Sobrinho, Joseph Michael Ziskovsky, Alecio Pedro Delazari Binotto, Lisa Seacat DeLuca
  • SULCARDINE SALTS
    Publication number: 20220356319
    Abstract: Sulcardine salts other than sulfuric acid salts of sulcardine, including crystalline sulcardine salts, are provided herein. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such salts and methods of treating arrhythmias comprising administering effective amounts of such salts are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Suzanne J. ROMANO, Hayley Ann REECE, Joseph Edward Gordon BENSON, Sarah COLLINS, Gary T. ELLIOTT, Mireille GILLINGS, Robert GOODENOW, Curtis TYREE
  • Valve Prosthesis
    Publication number: 20220354641
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to valve replacement devices that are foldable for catheter-based deployment to the site of implantation, as well as systems for the delivery of valve prostheses, including prostheses having the special characteristics of the disclosed valve replacement devices. The devices include highly effective adhering mechanisms for secure and enduring precision implantation. The adhering mechanisms may employ a unique sealing mechanism that includes a cuff that expands slowly whereby the device is not secured in place until the completion of the implantation procedure. The implanted device, optionally together with the cuff, prevents perivalvular leaks and incorporate an appropriate leaflet system for reliable functioning in situ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph H. Gorman, III, Robert C. Gorman, Matthew J. Gillespie
  • TWO-WAY REAL TIME COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS ASYMMETRIC PARTICIPATION IN CONVERSATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS
    Publication number: 20220360549
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for receiving a first communication request, from a web browser of a user. A request for information is sent to the web browser. A first communication as part of the first conversation is received from the user. A conversation identifier is identified and used to store the conversation of the first user. A request is received from a second, different, responder for the conversation. The conversation identifier is determined based on the request from the second responder. The request for information and first communication are retrieved from a persistent data store and sent to the second responder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: John Patrick Francis DANDISON, James Allen JOHNSON, Paul Joseph Lyman SCHOTTLAND
  • ULTRASOUND-BASED SHUNT FLOW DETECTION
    Publication number: 20220355086
    Abstract: The present invention provides devices and systems for detecting shunt malfunction. The detection devices employ ultrasound instrumentations to evaluate shunt malfunction. The detection devices can be coupled with pumps to provide consistent shunt valve and/or reservoir actuation for reliable readings. The devices can output a determination of a degree of shunt blockage and relative location of shunt blockage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Mohammed Alshareef, Ramin Eskandari, Joseph Tyler Vasas
  • TISSUE ANCHORING DEVICE AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20220354483
    Abstract: A tissue anchor for use in holding a tissue to a bone is provided. The anchor includes a distal tip, a proximal end, and an elongated body extending from the distal tip to the proximal end along a longitudinal axis. The elongated body can include a cannulated tunnel having an opening at the proximal end. An engagement member can be disposed inside of the elongated body and configured to enable the loading of a first thread-like fixation element through the cannulated tunnel. The distal tip of the tissue anchor can include an opening dimensioned and configured to capture and retain a second thread-like fixation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Richard Joseph Lebens, III, Richard Alexander White, Kevin Jerrel Loeppke
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS, INCLUDING AUTOMATED PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20220355467
    Abstract: A processing system for processing objects using a programmable motion device is disclosed. The processing system includes a plurality of supply bins providing supply of a plurality of objects, with the plurality of supply bins being provided with a bin conveyance system, a programmable motion device in communication with the bin conveyance system, where the programmable motion device includes an end effector for grasping and moving a selected object out of a selected supply bin, and a movable carriage for receiving the selected object from the end effector of the programmable motion device, and for carrying the selected object to one of a plurality of destination containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas WAGNER, Kevin AHEARN, John Richard AMEND, JR., Benjamin COHEN, Michael DAWSON-HAGGERTY, William Hartman FORT, Christopher GEYER, Victoria HINCHEY, Jennifer Eileen KING, Thomas KOLETSCHKA, Michael Cap KOVAL, Kyle MARONEY, Matthew T. MASON, William Chu-Hyon MCMAHAN, Gene Temple PRICE, Joseph ROMANO, Daniel SMITH, Siddhartha SRINIVASA, Prasanna VELAGAPUDI, Thomas ALLEN
  • ZERO-TURN VEHICLE WITH DRIVELINE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20220354048
    Abstract: A zero-turn vehicle including a mode selection interface, a memory and at least one controller is provided. The mode selection interface provides a mode section input for a user. The memory is used to store mode instructions relating to at least one operation mode. The at least one controller in communication with the mode selection interface and the memory, the at least one controller configured to selectively modify normal operating characteristics of the zero-turn vehicle based the mode selection input from the user by implementing the stored mode instructions associated with the mode selection input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: TEAM Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Wendt, Michael Allen Mueller, Micah Ryan Ricke, Karl Michael Leisenheimer
  • ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH EAR PORTION
    Publication number: 20220354709
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions; and a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent article also includes an ear disposed in one of the waist regions. The ear includes a laminate having a first nonwoven and a second nonwoven and an elastomeric material sandwiched between said first and second nonwovens in an elasticized region. The laminate also includes a first bonding region comprising a first plurality of ultrasonic bonds having a first bond density, and a second bonding region comprising a second plurality of ultrasonic bonds having a second bond density. The first bond density is greater than the second bond density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Urmish Popatlal DALAL, Todd Douglas LENSER, Uwe SCHNEIDER, Todd Joseph STATT, Joerg MUELLER, Melanie ACEVEDO, Hiroshi NAKAHATA
  • Systems, methods, and apparatus to facilitate mapping a device name to a hardware address
    Patent number: 11496435
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus to identify media devices are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a listing retriever to retrieve a list of device names corresponding to devices identified as present on a local area network, the list of device names retrieved from a network activity measurement system located outside of the local area network. The example apparatus includes a communications analyzer to identify a list of hardware addresses of devices on the local area network. The example apparatus includes a mapper to receive a mapping between a device in the list of devices and a hardware address in the hardware addresses. The mapper is to transmit the mapping to the network activity measurement system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Kerkes, Eric R. Hammond
  • Techniques for configuring reference signals
    Patent number: 11496276
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for configuring reference signals. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a control message indicating a first quasi co-location (QCL) for an aperiodic-tracking reference signal (A-TRS), the A-TRS being associated with a periodic-tracking reference signal (P-TRS), determining a second QCL for the P-TRS based on the first QCL for the A-TRS, setting a receive beam for reception of the P-TRS based on the second QCL of the P-TRS, and decoding one or more frames based on channel statistics estimated via the P-TRS received via the receive beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Tao Luo, Alexandros Manolakos, Joseph Binamira Soriaga
  • Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated mobile matrix carriers
    Patent number: 11493910
    Abstract: A processing system for processing objects using a programmable motion device is disclosed. The processing system includes a perception unit for perceiving identifying indicia representative of an identity of a plurality of objects received from an input conveyance system, and an acquisition system for acquiring an object from the plurality of objects at an input area using an end effector of the programmable motion device. The programmable motion device is adapted for assisting in the delivery of the object to an identified processing location. The identified processing location is associated with the identifying indicia and the identified processing location is provided as one of a plurality of processing locations. The system also includes a delivery system for receiving the object in a carrier and for delivering the object toward the identified processing location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Wagner, Kevin Ahearn, John Richard Amend, Jr., Benjamin Cohen, Michael Dawson-Haggerty, William Hartman Fort, Christopher Geyer, Jennifer Eileen King, Thomas Koletschka, Michael Cap Koval, Kyle Maroney, Matthew T. Mason, William Chu-Hyon McMahan, Gene Temple Price, Joseph Romano, Daniel Smith, Siddhartha Srinivasa, Prasanna Velagapudi, Thomas Allen
  • Radio telescope array for passive ionospheric remote sensing
    Patent number: 11496160
    Abstract: A radio telescope array is provided for tracking radio sources that are essentially infinitely stable and resilient transmitters. The radio telescope array may be implemented with just a few antennas in different applications, such as an ionospheric density gradiometer or an imaging scintillometer. Data received at the radio telescope array may be utilized for various purposes, for example, to analyze ionospheric variations, study bursts of radio emission or monitor cosmic objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Joseph Helmboldt
  • Membrane installation methods
    Patent number: 11492805
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining a roofing membrane. A first layer of the roofing membrane is applied along a length of a roofing substrate covering a first portion of the roofing substrate. At least a first edge of the first layer is fastened to the roofing substrate. A second layer of the roofing membrane is applied over the first layer along the length of the roofing substrate such that a first edge of the second layer overlies the second edge of the first layer. The first edge of the second layer and the second edge of the first layer are fastened to the roofing substrate using a second fastener in a fastening zone along the length the roofing substrate. The second layer is reoriented such that the second layer overlies the fastening zone and covers a second portion of the roofing substrate adjacent the first portion of the roofing substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Building Materials Investment Corporation
    Inventors: Li-Ying Yang, Jeffrey Avitabile, Joseph Nigro, Daniel Podewils, Brian A. Davis, Eric R. Anderson, Matthew Gimpert