Patents by Inventor Marc Allen

Marc Allen 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: 20180331150
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer has a plurality of non-rectangular semiconductor die with an image sensor region. The non-rectangular semiconductor die has a circular, elliptical, and shape with non-linear side edges form factor. The semiconductor wafer is singulated with plasma etching to separate the non-rectangular semiconductor die. A curved surface is formed in the image sensor region of the non-rectangular semiconductor die. The non-rectangular form factor effectively removes a portion of the base substrate material in a peripheral region of the semiconductor die to reduce stress concentration areas and neutralize buckling in the curved surface of the image sensor region. A plurality of openings or perforations can be formed in a peripheral region of a rectangular or non-rectangular semiconductor die to reduce stress concentration areas and neutralize buckling. A second semiconductor die can be formed in an area of the semiconductor wafer between the non-rectangular semiconductor die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ulrich BOETTIGER, Marc Allen SULFRIDGE, Andrew Eugene PERKINS
  • Patent number: 10056428
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer has a plurality of non-rectangular semiconductor die with an image sensor region. The non-rectangular semiconductor die has a circular, elliptical, and shape with non-linear side edges form factor. The semiconductor wafer is singulated with plasma etching to separate the non-rectangular semiconductor die. A curved surface is formed in the image sensor region of the non-rectangular semiconductor die. The non-rectangular form factor effectively removes a portion of the base substrate material in a peripheral region of the semiconductor die to reduce stress concentration areas and neutralize buckling in the curved surface of the image sensor region. A plurality of openings or perforations can be formed in a peripheral region of a rectangular or non-rectangular semiconductor die to reduce stress concentration areas and neutralize buckling. A second semiconductor die can be formed in an area of the semiconductor wafer between the non-rectangular semiconductor die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ulrich Boettiger, Marc Allen Sulfridge, Andrew Eugene Perkins
  • Publication number: 20180181557
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for generating and applying outgoing communication templates. In various implementations a corpus of outgoing communications sent by a user may be grouped into a plurality of clusters based on one or more attributes of a context of the user. One or more segments of each outgoing communication of a particular cluster may be classified as fixed in response to a determination that a count of occurrences of the one or more segments across the particular cluster satisfies a criterion. One or more remaining segments of each communication of the particular cluster may or may not be classified as transient. Based on sequences of classified segments associated with each communication of the particular cluster, an outgoing communication template may be generated to automatically populate at least a portion of a draft outgoing communication being prepared by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Balint Miklos, Julia Proskurnia, Luis Garcia Pueyo, Marc-Allen Cartright, Tobias Kaufmann, Ivo Krka
  • Patent number: 9998643
    Abstract: A method for forming curved image sensors may include applying positive pressure to the face of an image sensor, forcing the image sensor to adhere the curved surface of a substrate. The pressure may be applied to the face of the image sensor in a variety of ways, including using pneumatic pressure, hydraulic pressure, or pressure from an elastic or inelastic solid. Processing may occur on either a single image sensor die or an image sensor wafer. When an image sensor wafer is processed, a substrate may be used that has a number of cavities defined by respective curved surfaces with each cavity corresponding to a respective image sensor. When pressure is applied to the image sensor, the image sensor may deform until the curvature of the image sensor matches the curvature of the curved surface of the underlying substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Allen Sulfridge, Andrew Eugene Perkins, Rickie Charles Lake, Jonathan Michael Stern
  • Patent number: 9940318
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for generating and applying outgoing communication templates. In various implementations a corpus of outgoing communications sent by a user may be grouped into a plurality of clusters based on one or more attributes of a context of the user. One or more segments of each outgoing communication of a particular cluster may be classified as fixed in response to a determination that a count of occurrences of the one or more segments across the particular cluster satisfies a criterion. One or more remaining segments of each communication of the particular cluster may or may not be classified as transient. Based on sequences of classified segments associated with each communication of the particular cluster, an outgoing communication template may be generated to automatically populate at least a portion of a draft outgoing communication being prepared by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Balint Miklos, Julia Proskurnia, Luis Garcia Pueyo, Marc-Allen Cartright, Tobias Kaufmann, Ivo Krka
  • Publication number: 20180097028
    Abstract: An image sensor package may include a semiconductor wafer having a pixel array, a color filter array (CFA) formed over the pixel array, and one or more lenses formed over the CFA. A light block layer may couple over the semiconductor wafer around a perimeter of the lenses and an encapsulation layer may be coupled around the perimeter of the lenses and over the light block layer. The light block layer may form an opening providing access to the lenses. A mold compound layer may be coupled over the encapsulation layer and the light block layer. A temporary protection layer may be used to protect the one or more lenses from contamination during application of the mold compound and/or during processes occurring outside of a cleanroom environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Larry Duane KINSMAN, Swarnal BORTHAKUR, Marc Allen SULFRIDGE, Scott Donald CHURCHWELL, Brian VAARTSTRA
  • Publication number: 20180083058
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a method and apparatus for an image sensor with a thermal equalizer for distributing heat. The method and apparatus may comprise a thermal equalizer disposed between a sensor die and a circuit die to prevent uneven heating of the pixels in the sensor die. The method and apparatus may comprise a thermal equalizer integrated within the circuit die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Larry Duane KINSMAN, Swarnal BORTHAKUR, Marc Allen SULFRIDGE
  • Publication number: 20180069049
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer has a plurality of non-rectangular semiconductor die with an image sensor region. The non-rectangular semiconductor die has a circular, elliptical, and shape with non-linear side edges form factor. The semiconductor wafer is singulated with plasma etching to separate the non-rectangular semiconductor die. A curved surface is formed in the image sensor region of the non-rectangular semiconductor die. The non-rectangular form factor effectively removes a portion of the base substrate material in a peripheral region of the semiconductor die to reduce stress concentration areas and neutralize buckling in the curved surface of the image sensor region. A plurality of openings or perforations can be formed in a peripheral region of a rectangular or non-rectangular semiconductor die to reduce stress concentration areas and neutralize buckling. A second semiconductor die can be formed in an area of the semiconductor wafer between the non-rectangular semiconductor die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ulrich BOETTIGER, Marc Allen SULFRIDGE, Andrew Eugene PERKINS
  • Patent number: 9785705
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for generating and applying data extraction templates. In various implementations, a corpus of plain text communications such as emails may be grouped into clusters based on one or more similarities between the plain text communications. One or more segments of communications of a particular cluster may be classified as transient based on textual pattern matching. One or more other segments of the communications of the particular cluster may be classified as transient based on various criteria. One or more transient segments may be assigned a generic and/or specific semantic data type and/or a confidentiality designation based on various signals. A data extraction template may be generated to extract, from subsequent plain text communications, content associated with transient (and in some cases, non-confidential) segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Marc-Allen Cartright, Luis Garcia Pueyo, Vanja Josifovski, Amitabh Saikia, Jie Yang, Mike Bendersky, MyLinh Yang
  • Patent number: 9756073
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for determining whether communications are attempts at phishing. In various implementations, a potentially-deceptive communication may be matched to one or more templates of a plurality of templates. Each template may represent content shared among a cluster of communications sent by a legitimate entity. In various implementations, it may be determined that an address associated with the communication is not affiliated with one or more legitimate entities associated with the one or more matched templates. In various implementations, the communication may be classified as a phishing attempt based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Mike Bendersky, Luis Garcia Pueyo, Kashyap Ramesh Puranik, Amitabh Saikia, Jie Yang, Marc-Allen Cartright
  • Patent number: 9734148
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for redacting data from a document collection generated for a set of documents that include personal information. The redaction of the data is based in part on a comparison of the document collection to a set of a personal documents of users for which the users have provided explicit approval to use in the processing of the document collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Bendersky, Vanja Josifovski, Amitabh Saikia, Marc-Allen Cartright, Jie Yang, Luis Garcia Pueyo, MyLinh Yang
  • Publication number: 20170192953
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for generating and applying outgoing communication templates. In various implementations a corpus of outgoing communications sent by a user may be grouped into a plurality of clusters based on one or more attributes of a context of the user. One or more segments of each outgoing communication of a particular cluster may be classified as fixed in response to a determination that a count of occurrences of the one or more segments across the particular cluster satisfies a criterion. One or more remaining segments of each communication of the particular cluster may or may not be classified as transient. Based on sequences of classified segments associated with each communication of the particular cluster, an outgoing communication template may be generated to automatically populate at least a portion of a draft outgoing communication being prepared by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 1, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Balint Miklos, Julia Proskurnia, Luis Garcia Pueyo, Marc-Allen Cartright, Tobias Kaufmann, Ivo Krka
  • Publication number: 20170149824
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for determining whether communications are attempts at phishing. In various implementations, a potentially-deceptive communication may be matched to one or more templates of a plurality of templates. Each template may represent content shared among a cluster of communications sent by a legitimate entity. In various implementations, it may be determined that an address associated with the communication is not affiliated with one or more legitimate entities associated with the one or more matched templates. In various implementations, the communication may be classified as a phishing attempt based on the determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Mike Bendersky, Luis Garcia Pueyo, Kashyap Ramesh Puranik, Amitabh Saikia, Jie Yang, Marc-Allen Cartright
  • Patent number: 9652530
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described herein for generating and applying event data extraction templates. In various implementations, a set of structural paths may be identified from a corpus of communications. A first structural path of the set of structural paths, associated with a first segment of text, may be classified as transient in response to a determination that a frequency of occurrences of the first segment of text across the corpus satisfies a criterion. Event heuristics may be applied to the communications of the corpus. A determination may be made, based on the applying, that the communications of the corpus are event-related. An event data type may be assigned to the transient structural path based on the applying. An event data extraction template may be generated to extract, from one or more subsequent communications, one or more event-related segments of text associated with the transient structural path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Mike Bendersky, Maureen Heymans, Jinan Lou, Jie Yang, MyLinh Yang, Amitabh Saikia, Marc-Allen Cartright, Vanja Josifovski, Hui Tan, Luis Garcia Pueyo
  • Publication number: 20170110901
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to a system and method for autonomously charging a rechargeable power supply of an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). The system can have battery power translator (BPT). communicatively coupled to the UAS. The BPT can have an energy source operable to deliver power at a native power level different than a designed power level of the UAS. The BPT can also have a voltage/current translator (VCT) operable to receive energy at the native power level from the energy source, and convert the energy at the native power level to converted energy at the designed power level for use by the UAS. The system can also have a remote charging system (RCS) communicatively coupled to the BPT. The RCS can also have a charging pad having a plurality of configurable terminals, and operable to receive the UAS and deliver recharge energy to the UAS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Melanie Amarasekara, Marc Allen Bernard
  • Publication number: 20170110016
    Abstract: A system for autonomous navigation within an enclosed area is provided. The system can have a remote control station having a route management system operable to determine a flight plan. The system can further have a device configured for unmanned operation having a transceiver operable to receive the flight plan from the remote control station. The device can have a memory operable to store the flight plan and an electromagnetic (EM) map of the enclosed area. The device can have a location determination sensor (LDS) operable to determine a three dimensional position of the device within the enclosed area based on the EM map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Melanie Amarasekara, Marc Allen Bernard
  • Patent number: 9596265
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for determining whether communications are attempts at phishing. In various implementations, a potentially-deceptive communication may be matched to one or more templates of a plurality of templates. Each template may represent content shared among a cluster of communications sent by a trustworthy entity. In various implementations, it may be determined that an address associated with the communication is not affiliated with one or more trustworthy entities associated with the one or more matched templates. In various implementations, the communication may be classified as a phishing attempt based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Mike Bendersky, Luis Garcia Pueyo, Kashyap Ramesh Puranik, Amitabh Saikia, Jie Yang, Marc-Allen Cartright
  • Patent number: 9563689
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are provided for generating and applying data extraction templates. In various implementations, a corpus of structured communications such as emails may be grouped into clusters based on one or more similarities between the structured communications. A set of structural paths may be identified from structured communications of a particular cluster. One or more structural paths of the set may be classified as transient wherein a count of occurrences of one or more associated segments of text across the particular cluster satisfies a criterion. One or more transient paths may be assigned a semantic data type and/or a confidentiality designation based on various signals. A data extraction template may be generated to extract, from subsequent structured communications, segments of text associated with transient (and in some cases, non-confidential) structural paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Luis Garcia Pueyo, Vanja Josifovski, Amitabh Saikia, Jie Yang, Mike Bendersky, Srinidhi Viswanatha, Marc-Allen Cartright
  • Publication number: 20160337401
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for determining whether communications are attempts at phishing. In various implementations, a potentially-deceptive communication may be matched to one or more templates of a plurality of templates. Each template may represent content shared among a cluster of communications sent by a trustworthy entity. In various implementations, it may be determined that an address associated with the communication is not affiliated with one or more trustworthy entities associated with the one or more matched templates. In various implementations, the communication may be classified as a phishing attempt based on the determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Mike Bendersky, Luis Garcia Pueyo, Kashyap Ramesh Puranik, Amitabh Saikia, Jie Yang, Marc-Allen Cartright
  • Publication number: 20160314184
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for classifying, or “labeling,” documents such as emails en masse based on association with a cluster/template. In various implementations, a corpus of documents may be grouped into a plurality of disjoint clusters of documents based on one or more shared content attributes. A classification distribution associated with a first cluster of the plurality of clusters may be determined based on classifications assigned to individual documents of the first cluster. A classification distribution associated with a second cluster of the plurality of clusters may then be determined based at least in part on the classification distribution associated with the first cluster and a relationship between the first and second clusters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Mike Bendersky, Jie Yang, Amitabh Saikia, Marc-Allen Cartright, Sujith Ravi, Balint Miklos, Ivo Krka, Vanja Josifovski, James Wendt, Luis Garcia Pueyo