Patents by Inventor Marc Miller

Marc Miller 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: 20250040722
    Abstract: In some implementations, a hexagonal bed structure include static furniture pieces affixed and supported by one or more support structures. The static furniture pieces backs and affix to the support structure. The bottom surface of the mattress position on the top surfaces of the static furniture pieces and the support structure. At the forward side end portion of the hexagonal bed structure defines a storage space and dynamic furniture pieces substantially reside in the storage space when the hexagonal bed structure is dressed in bedclothes and in a closed configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventor: Gary Marc Miller
  • Patent number: 12010163
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for opening files via local application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jessie Lynne Newman, Frank Pape, III, Ali Akhavan Bitaghsir, Brian Schneider, James Michael McCollum, Eric Huayu Zhang, Rachel Werner Barton, Marc Miller, Rishi Sharma
  • Publication number: 20240059334
    Abstract: Described herein is a vessel cart including a base, a stand and a clamp. The base is configured to abut a lower portion of a vessel and hold the vessel upright when the vessel is loaded to the vessel card. The stand is connected to or formed with the base. The clamp is connected to the stand and configured to selectively grip an upper portion of the vessel. The clamp is also configured to open and close in a plane substantially parallel to a first surface of the base facing the clamp to allow the vessel to move laterally or radially relative to the clamp when the vessel is being loaded to the vessel cart or unloaded from the vessel cart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Flora Peiying Liu, Marc Miller Graham
  • Publication number: 20240009625
    Abstract: A cell retention device includes a structured support with a plurality of circumferentially distributed ribs to retain the active filtering surface of a flexible, porous membrane filter medium. The filter medium surrounds the support in contact with the peaks of the ribs, thereby forming axial voids between the rib peaks. This arrangement imparts sufficient structural support over small regions of the filter medium to facilitate its use in a circular (or other rounded) configuration while providing sufficient channel volume to support high throughput of fluid sparse of cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sunflower Therapeutics, PBC
    Inventors: Andrew BANCHIERI, Flora LIU, Marc Miller GRAHAM
  • Patent number: 11834082
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting buckled rail and for predicting a risk for rail buckling is disclosed. The method may comprise receiving data from a camera mounted on locomotive traveling on the railroad track. The data may include images of the buckled rail and dimensions of the buckled rail when the camera detects the buckled rail. The data may further include images of the ballast and condition of the ballast. The method may further comprise receiving data from a thermal camera mounted to the locomotive indicating the temperature of the rails. The method may further comprise transmitting an alarm signal to a display interface of a remote unit if the dimensions of the buckled rail meet a predetermined threshold, and predicting a risk for rail buckling based at least on the temperature of the rails and the condition of the ballast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Progress Rail Services Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Miller, Chad A. Moore, Lawrence A. Mianzo, Mike Hoffelder, Darrell Cantrell, Derrill J. Koelz, Narayana G. Nadukuru
  • Publication number: 20230385214
    Abstract: A microcontroller system that includes a central processing unit (CPU), a first system memory, a first peripheral module, and a DMA controller is disclosed. The DMA controller includes a DMA processor, a DMA memory, and a DMA interconnect. The DMA memory stores information associated with the DMA processor. The DMA processor receives a command from the CPU or a signal from a peripheral processor of the first peripheral module that a first data transfer is requested. The DMA processor receives first data from the first system memory or the first peripheral module. The DMA processor, based at least in part on the information stored in the DMA memory, transmits the first data to the first peripheral module or the first system memory, thereby sparing the CPU from managing the transferring of the first data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Stephen James SHEAFOR, Daniel Martin CERMAK, Roger SERWY, Marc MILLER
  • Patent number: 11801477
    Abstract: A cell retention device includes a structured support with a plurality of circumferentially distributed ribs to retain the active filtering surface of a flexible, porous membrane filter medium. The filter medium surrounds the support in contact with the peaks of the ribs, thereby forming axial voids between the rib peaks. This arrangement imparts sufficient structural support over small regions of the filter medium to facilitate its use in a circular (or other rounded) configuration while providing sufficient channel volume to support high throughput of fluid sparse of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Sunflower Therapeutics, PBC
    Inventors: Andrew Banchieri, Flora Liu, Marc Miller Graham
  • Patent number: 11620246
    Abstract: A microcontroller system that includes a central processing unit (CPU), a first system memory, a first peripheral module, and a DMA controller is disclosed. The DMA controller includes a DMA processor, a DMA memory, and a DMA interconnect. The DMA memory stores information associated with the DMA processor. The DMA processor receives a command from the CPU or a signal from a peripheral processor of the first peripheral module that a first data transfer is requested. The DMA processor receives first data from the first system memory or the first peripheral module. The DMA processor, based at least in part on the information stored in the DMA memory, transmits the first data to the first peripheral module or the first system memory, thereby sparing the CPU from managing the transferring of the first data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Ambiq Micro, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen James Sheafor, Daniel Martin Cermak, Roger Serwy, Marc Miller
  • Patent number: 11529979
    Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting operation of a train are disclosed. A method may include: receiving one or more infrared images of a brake line of the train; detecting one or more leaks of the brake line based on the one or more infrared images; and adjusting a brake command based on the detected one or more leaks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Progress Rail Services Corporation
    Inventors: John W. Brand, Bradley Howard, Marc Miller, Gabriel G. Abreo
  • Publication number: 20220072478
    Abstract: A cell retention device includes a structured support with a plurality of circumferentially distributed ribs to retain the active filtering surface of a flexible, porous membrane filter medium. The filter medium surrounds the support in contact with the peaks of the ribs, thereby forming axial voids between the rib peaks. This arrangement imparts sufficient structural support over small regions of the filter medium to facilitate its use in a circular (or other rounded) configuration while providing sufficient channel volume to support high throughput of fluid sparse of cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew BANCHIERI, Flora LIU, Marc Miller GRAHAM
  • Publication number: 20210284210
    Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting operation of a train are disclosed. A method may include: receiving one or more infrared images of a brake line of the train; detecting one or more leaks of the brake line based on the one or more infrared images; and adjusting a brake command based on the detected one or more leaks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Progress Rail Services Corporation
    Inventors: John W. Brand, Bradley Howard, Marc Miller, Gabriel G. Abreo
  • Publication number: 20210273989
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for opening files via local application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jessie Lynne Newman, Frank Pape, III, Ali Akhavan Bitaghsir, Brian Schneider, James Michael McCollum, Eric Huayu Zhang, Rachel Werner Barton, Marc Miller, Rishi Sharma
  • Patent number: 10999354
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for opening files via local applications. A first application on a local device receives a request to open a document specified by a user via a user interface associated with the first application, the document having a document identifier and associated with a first file stored on a server. The first application communicates the request to open the document associated with the first file to a second application on the local device, and receives, from the second application, information identifying one of the plurality of document processing applications that are on the local device and are capable of opening a second file that is stored on the local device and has the same document identifier as the document specified by the user, the second file being a local copy of the first file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jessie Lynne Newman, Frank Pape, III, Ali Akhavan Bitaghsir, Brian Schneider, James Michael McCollum, Eric Huayu Zhang, Rachel Werner Barton, Marc Miller, Rishi Sharma
  • Publication number: 20210078622
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting buckled rail and for predicting a risk for rail buckling is disclosed. The method may comprise receiving data from a camera mounted on locomotive traveling on the railroad track. The data may include images of the buckled rail and dimensions of the buckled rail when the camera detects the buckled rail. The data may further include images of the ballast and condition of the ballast. The method may further comprise receiving data from a thermal camera mounted to the locomotive indicating the temperature of the rails. The method may further comprise transmitting an alarm signal to a display interface of a remote unit if the dimensions of the buckled rail meet a predetermined threshold, and predicting a risk for rail buckling based at least on the temperature of the rails and the condition of the ballast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Progress Rail Services Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Miller, Chad A. Moore, Lawrence A. Mianzo, Mike Hoffelder, Darrell Cantrell, Derrill J. Koelz, Narayana G. Nadukuru
  • Publication number: 20200153891
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for opening files via local applications. A first application on a local device receives a request to open a document specified by a user via a user interface associated with the first application, the document having a document identifier and associated with a first file stored on a server. The first application communicates the request to open the document associated with the first file to a second application on the local device, and receives, from the second application, information identifying one of the plurality of document processing applications that are on the local device and are capable of opening a second file that is stored on the local device and has the same document identifier as the document specified by the user, the second file being a local copy of the first file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Jessie Lynne Newman, Frank Pape, III, Ali Akhavan Bitaghsir, Brian Schneider, James Michael McCollum, Eric Huayu Zhang, Rachel Werner Barton, Marc Miller, Rishi Sharma
  • Patent number: 10614648
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle locking system for a motor vehicle. A central server device receives an unlocking signal having an unlocking instruction about unlocking of at least one closing device of the motor vehicle. The central server device adds a conditional locking instruction to the unlocking signal, which includes after at least one predetermined duration T after unlocking of the at least one closing device of the motor vehicle, checking for a connection criterion and, in the case of an infringed connection criterion, locking the at least one closing device again. The unlocking signal having the unlocking instruction and the added conditional locking instruction is transmitted via a communication connection to a motor-vehicle-internal control device of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Marc Miller
  • Patent number: 10536513
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for opening files via local applications. A first application on a local device receives a request to open a document specified by a user via a user interface associated with the first application, the document having a document identifier and associated with a first file stored on a server, the request comprising the document identifier and a user identifier. The first application forwards the request to open the document associated with the first file to a second application on the local device, and receives, from the second application, a list comprising one or more document processing applications that are on the local device and are capable of opening a second file that is stored on the local device and has the same document identifier as the document specified by the user, the second file being a local copy of the first file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Jessie Lynne Newman, Frank Pape, III, Ali Akhavan Bitaghsir, Brian Schneider, James Michael McCollum, Eric Huayu Zhang, Rachel Werner Barton, Marc Miller, Rishi Sharma
  • Publication number: 20190392663
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle locking system for a motor vehicle. A central server device receives an unlocking signal having an unlocking instruction about unlocking of at least one closing device of the motor vehicle. The central server device adds a conditional locking instruction to the unlocking signal, which includes after at least one predetermined duration T after unlocking of the at least one closing device of the motor vehicle, checking for a connection criterion and, in the case of an infringed connection criterion, locking the at least one closing device again. The unlocking signal having the unlocking instruction and the added conditional locking instruction is transmitted via a communication connection to a motor-vehicle-internal control device of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Marc MILLER
  • Patent number: 10413062
    Abstract: In some implementations, a modular furniture cabinet includes a top flooring affixed to static furniture and supported by one or more structures. The top surface of a bottom flooring, backs of the static furniture pieces, and a bottom surface of the top flooring define a storage space, and the dynamic furniture pieces substantially reside in the storage space when the modular furniture cabinet is in a closed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventor: Garry Marc Miller
  • Publication number: 20180199711
    Abstract: In some implementations, a modular furniture cabinet includes a top flooring affixed to static furniture and supported by one or more structures. The top surface of a bottom flooring, backs of the static furniture pieces, and a bottom surface of the top flooring define a storage space, and the dynamic furniture pieces substantially reside in the storage space when the modular furniture cabinet is in a closed configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventor: Garry Marc Miller