Patents by Inventor Kevin Lee
Kevin 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).
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Patent number: 11941870Abstract: Described is a system for action recognition error detection and correction using probabilistic signal temporal logic. The system is initiated by training an action recognition system to generate true positive (TP)/false positive (FP) axioms. Thereafter, the system ca be used to classify one or more actions in a video sequence as true action classifications by using the TP/FP axioms to remove false action classifications. With the remaining true classifications, a device can be controlled given the situation and relevant true classification.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: HRL LABORATORIES, LLCInventors: Hyukseong Kwon, Amit Agarwal, Kevin Lee, Amir M. Rahimi, Alexie Pogue, Rajan Bhattacharyya
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Publication number: 20240095661Abstract: A system and method for managing inventory for an electronic raffle is provided. The system may include an inventory database to store inventory data for one or more items to be sold via the electronic raffle, wherein the inventory data includes in-store inventory data and online inventory data, a mobile application configured to generate a raffle entry for the one or more items, a raffle database configured to store the inventory data and one or more raffle entries, and a middleware server configured to update the in-store inventory data stored in the raffle database based on the updated in-store inventory data obtained from the inventory database. The middleware server selects a first round winning raffle entry, transmits a notification to the mobile device associated with the first round winning raffle entry, and initiates a payment process upon determining that the first round winning raffle entry applies to the lightning round.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: Hibbett Retail, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Lee Blair, Jerrel Devan Cooley, David Alan Stachowiak, JR., Ryan Christian Besterwitch, Kevin Leung Young
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Publication number: 20240097365Abstract: An apparatus for guidance and retention of integrated circuit boards includes a first structure configured to receive a first integrated circuit board and guide the first integrated circuit board for coupling to a substrate. The apparatus further includes a second structure configured to be removably coupled to the first structure. The second structure includes a first spring member configured to apply a first compressive force to the first integrated circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: NATHAN LEE DUNFEE, KEVIN O'CONNELL, CHRISTOPHER M. MARROQUIN, STEPHEN P. MROZ, MARK DAVID PFEIFER, KENNETH E. LUBAHN, JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER ROGERS
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Patent number: 11935956Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein comprise semiconductor devices with two dimensional (2D) semiconductor channels and methods of forming such devices. In an embodiment, the semiconductor device comprises a source contact and a drain contact. In an embodiment, a 2D semiconductor channel is between the source contact and the drain contact. In an embodiment, the 2D semiconductor channel is a shell.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Kevin P. O'Brien, Carl Naylor, Chelsey Dorow, Kirby Maxey, Tanay Gosavi, Ashish Verma Penumatcha, Shriram Shivaraman, Chia-Ching Lin, Sudarat Lee, Uygar E. Avci
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Publication number: 20240089531Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for selecting ads for a video. The program and method provide for receiving a request for an ad to insert into a video playing on a client device, the request including a first content identifier that identifies a first type of content included in the video; determining a set of content identifiers associated with the first content identifier, the set of content identifiers identifying second types of content to filter with respect to providing the ad in response to the request; selecting an ad from among plural ads, by filtering ads tagged with a second content identifier included in the set of content identifiers; and providing the selected ad as a response to the request.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: John Cain Blackwood, Chinmay Lonkar, David B. Lue, Kevin Lee Penner
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Patent number: 11929829Abstract: A communication method is configured to increase speed of messages reception over a bandwidth limited channel such as high frequency (HF) radio. User data arriving from a high-speed network is transformed into a format suitable for transmission over the radio channel. Message packets that will take longer to reach a destination via the radio channel as compared to alternative channels, such as a fiber optic network, are rejected for radio transmission. When the packet is received, the receiver deduces message length by using information from various error handling techniques, such as forward error correction (FEC) and cyclic redundancy check (CRC) techniques. Fill data is transmitted between message packets when no data is available. The FEC and CRC information for the fill data is modified so that the fill data will fail FEC and CRC checks at the receiving station.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Skywave Networks LLCInventors: Kevin J. Babich, Terry Lee Vishloff, Danie J. van Wyk
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Patent number: 11923972Abstract: A method and communication system has been developed to increase the number of messages sent over a bandwidth limited channel and/or under noisy conditions by using a variable message length encoding and decoding scheme. With this technique, the messages having a higher probability of being sent are shorter as compared to the messages that are less likely to be sent under the current conditions. With this technique, a higher number of transactions per unit of time can be communicated and/or executed over a given bandwidth limited channel. When the transmitted message is received, the receiver does not know the message length, but the receiver deduces the length by using information from various error detection and correction techniques, such as forward error correction (FEC) and cyclic redundancy check (CRC) techniques.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Skywave Networks LLCInventors: Kevin J. Babich, Terry Lee Vishloff
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Patent number: 11919194Abstract: A method of plugging channels of a honeycomb body and a honeycomb body including plugged channels. The method includes applying a shear force to a plugging mixture including a plurality of inorganic particles, clay, and a liquid vehicle to alter the viscosity of the plugging mixture from a first viscosity prior to the vibrating to a second viscosity which is less than the first viscosity. A honeycomb body is placed into contact with the plugging mixture such that a portion of the plugging mixture having the second viscosity flows into the plurality of channels. Application of the shear force is stopped or reduced to increase the viscosity of the portion of the plugging mixture in the plurality of channels to greater than the first viscosity.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Keith Norman Bubb, Theresa Chang, Joseph Henry Citriniti, Kevin Eugene Elliott, Xinyuan Liu, Robert John Locker, Prashanth Abraham Vanniamparambil, Kevin Lee Wasson, Shu Yuan
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Publication number: 20240065736Abstract: Various embodiments of unilateral implant holders and related methods are disclosed herein. An exemplary unilateral implant holder can include a surgical instrument that includes a unilateral locking mechanism arranged at a distal end of the instrument for rigidly holding onto a unilateral portion of the implant. The locking mechanism can be configured to lock onto a unilateral portion of the implant such that access to the implant is not blocked. By engaging the instrument's locking mechanism with a counterpart locking interface defined in an implant, sufficient clamping force can be applied by the locking mechanism to resist multi-directional forces exerted on the implant during a surgical procedure. The surgical instrument can be a stand-alone unilateral implant holder. The surgical instrument can be configured to perform a surgical task while concurrently holding the implant in place using the unilateral locking mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Kevin Lee, Mark Hall
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Publication number: 20240065836Abstract: Components for valve treatment systems are disclosed. Valve treatment systems can include a delivery system for an implantable device. The delivery system can include one or more of clasp control components slidably disposed on a catheter handle, a control element for opening and closing the implantable device, a catheter assembly with features to reduce friction with another catheter assembly, grips for attaching catheter assemblies to clamps, catheter assemblies with features that stiffen or provide variable stiffness, and catheter assemblies with one or more steering control lumens incorporated into a reinforcement layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Michael J. Popp, Nicolas Schleiger, Kevin Gantz, George Lee Matlock, Aric Daniel Stone, Eric Robert Dixon, Charles Henry Bloodworth, IV, Gregory Scott Tyler, II, Asher L. Metchik, Robert Bowes, Waina Michelle Chu, Zachary James Zira, Steven Park
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Publication number: 20240066588Abstract: A casting core used in the manufacture of a cast engine component for a turbine engine, the cast engine component having a first area, a second area, a fluid passage wall separating the first area and the second area, and a connecting fluid passage extending through the fluid passage wall and interconnecting the first area and the second area. The connecting fluid passage having a turn with a radius (R). The casting core having a first core and a second core. The first core and the second core being defined by a set of geometric characteristics having a first minimum equivalent diameter (D1eqmin) of the first core and a second minimum equivalent diameter (D2eqmin) of the second core. A first flexible geometry factor (FGF1) being equal to: ( D ? 1 eq ? min D ? 2 eq ? min ) ? ( R D ? 2 eq ? min ) .Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Daniel Endecott Osgood, Zachary Daniel Webster, Craig Alan Gonyou, Daniel Lee Durstock, Kevin R. Feldmann, Kirk Douglas Gallier, William C. Herman, Nicholas Charles Gentilli
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Patent number: 11917435Abstract: A network speed map indicating data rates (e.g., download speeds) provided by a mobile network within a geographical area can be created based on crowd-sourced data. An example process includes receiving a plurality of data samples from mobile devices, each sample including a CQI value and a geolocation. Efficiency values can be determined from sampled CQI values associated with a bin of interest within the geographical area, and a spectrum efficiency value associated with the bin can be determined based on the determined efficiency values. A data rate (e.g., a download speed) associated with the bin can be estimated based on the spectrum efficiency value, and a network speed map showing one or more bins, including the bin, with estimated data rates (e.g., download speed) can be generated and displayed on a user computing device.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Hongliang Zhang, Julian Loaiza, Kevin Hinson, Jacob Lee
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Patent number: 11916706Abstract: A gear shifting technique has been developed in which modulation and equalization are shifted to achieve optional performance. In one form, two or more equalizers, each associated with a demodulator and message decoder, determine if the modulation being used can be increased in complexity in order to increase the channel throughput or determine if the modulation method should be reduced in complexity in order to improve the receiver error performance. The quality metrics can based on which equalizer-demodulator-decoder is set to first detect a valid message. Other factors can be considered with this technique such as a packet-error ratio and a signal-to-noise ratio. In a financial trading system, message erasures can be favored over errored messages by limiting the number of bit or symbol corrections permitted per message to less than the maximum possible for the selected decoding schemes.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Skywave Networks LLCInventors: Kevin J. Babich, Terry Lee Vishloff
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Patent number: 11905513Abstract: Methods of genetically modifying microorganisms using advanced genome editing are disclosed. Methods of modifying the genome of these microorganisms for point mutations, deletions, and DNA insertions are also disclosed. Further, inhibiting expression of genes without manipulating the genome of the microorganism is disclosed. In some cases, the microorganism can be a methylotroph, e.g., a methanotroph.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: MBP TITAN, LLCInventors: Xuezhi Li, James Kealey, Kevin Lee Dietzel
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Patent number: 11906196Abstract: A mounting assembly for a fan of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a frame configured to couple to the HVAC system. The frame includes a support rail having a flange. The mounting assembly includes a first guide rail coupled to the frame and having a first lip extending at an oblique angle relative to the flange. The mounting assembly also includes a second guide rail coupled to the frame and having a second lip extending at the oblique angle relative to the flange. The first and second lips are configured to support and guide translation of a chassis of the fan toward the support rail such that the chassis of the fan engages with the flange. The flange is configured to support the fan offset from the first and second lips in an installed configuration of the fan with the mounting assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: April Mae Eberly Diehl, Kevin Lee Stein, Jeffrey Joseph Ronald, John Russel Lauver, III, Craig Eric Adams
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Patent number: 11900649Abstract: Methods, systems, articles of manufacture and apparatus to generate digital scenes are disclosed. An example apparatus to generate labelled models includes a map builder to generate a three-dimensional (3D) model of an input image, a grouping classifier to identify a first zone of the 3D model corresponding to a first type of grouping classification, a human model builder to generate a quantity of placeholder human models corresponding to the first zone, a coordinate engine to assign the quantity of placeholder human models to respective coordinate locations of the first zone, the respective coordinate locations assigned based on the first type of grouping classification, a model characteristics modifier to assign characteristics associated with an aspect type to respective ones of the quantity of placeholder human models, and an annotation manager to associate the assigned characteristics as label data for respective ones of the quantity of placeholder human models.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Movidius LimitedInventors: Kevin Lee, Anton Shmatov, Jonathan Byrne, David Moloney
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Patent number: 11898050Abstract: Solutions to the problems of scuffing and chipping of the paint films in high traffic areas and in tight spaces, such as dressing rooms in department stores, where multiple scrapings of the wall paints are created by consumers, clothes hangers, shoes, etc., and hallways and conference rooms in office and other commercial buildings are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Columbia Insurance CompanyInventors: Kevin Lee, Thomas Penny, Jonathan Dugan
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Patent number: 11896037Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for masking the taste of an agent. In certain aspects, the invention comprises a microsphere and at least one sweetener therein. In another aspect, the invention comprises an edible material comprising at least one microsphere comprising an agent and at least one microsphere comprising a sweetener.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher EducationInventors: Gregory S. Smutzer, Kevin Lee, Dhruti Patel
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Patent number: 11900760Abstract: Various aspects disclosed herein are directed to different systems and methods for providing a universal, adjustable printer bezel assembly which is compatible for use with a plurality of different types of ticket printer devices from different ticket printer manufacturers.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: AGS LLCInventor: Kevin Lee Hohman
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Patent number: D1017153Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Inventors: Randy Leon Kuckuck, Kevin Lee Newcomer