Patents by Inventor Matthew A. Stevens

Matthew A. Stevens 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: 20220038906
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided that includes obtaining a first secret and a first public key, and obtaining a second secret a second public key. The method may also include authenticating the first public key of the first vehicle based on a first private key associated with the first vehicle, and authenticating the second public key of the second vehicle based on a second private key associated with the second vehicle. The method may also include preventing a man-in-the-middle attack, by securing at least one of a first vehicle-to-central office communication, a central office-to-first vehicle communication, or a first vehicle-to-second vehicle, wherein the first vehicle-to-central office communication and the central office-to-first vehicle communication are authenticated based on a determined private key associated with a respective first vehicle on-board computer, and sending a message, with the central office server, to a vehicle associated with a conditional movement authority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Rebecca W. Dreasher, Adam Hausmann, Matthew Steven Vrba, Edward J. Kuchar, James Lucas, Andrew Ryan Staats, Jerrid D. Chapman, Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Janmejay Tripathy, Stephen Craven, Tania Lindsley, Derek K. Woo, Ann K. Grimm, Scott Sollars, Phillip A. Burgart, James Allen Oswald, Shannon K. Struttmann, Stuart J. Barr, Keith Smith, Francois P. Pretorius, Craig K. Green, Kendrick Gawne, Irwin Morris, Joseph W. Gorman
  • Publication number: 20220022303
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a motion detector configured to classify an environment as quiet or motion. The motion detector is configured to estimate if the frequency bins in a motion signal correspond to a motion source in the environment or to a noise source in the environment. Some embodiments are directed to a luminaire comprising a motion detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: SHOAIB HUSSAIN KHAN, MATTHEW STEVEN WHITEHILL, FETZE PIJLMAN
  • Patent number: 11213436
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to substrates or topsheets having repeating patterns of apertures for absorbent articles. Each of the repeat units comprises at least three apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alizha Victoria Smith, Kelyn Anne Arora, Matthew Steven Ritter
  • Patent number: 11213437
    Abstract: An array of disposable absorbent articles is described herein. The array has a first plurality of absorbent articles and a second plurality of absorbent articles. Each of the first plurality and second plurality of absorbent articles have absorbent cores having patterned end edges each having a plurality of inflection points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lauren Jane Lacy, Amit Kaushik, Emma Lynn Sartini, Matthew Steven Ritter, Andrew Saska
  • Publication number: 20210366082
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first frame associated with a first time and one or more second frames of a video having a resolution lower than a target resolution, wherein each second frame is associated with a second time prior to the first time, generating a first feature map for the first frame and one or more second feature maps for the one or more second frames, up-sampling the first feature map and the one or more second feature maps to the target resolution, warping each of the up-sampled second feature maps according to a motion estimation between the associated second time and the first time, and generating a reconstructed frame having the target resolution corresponding to the first frame by using a machine-learning model to process the up-sampled first feature map and the one or more up-sampled and warped second feature maps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Lei Xiao, Salah Eddine Nouri, Douglas Robert Lanman, Anton S. Kaplanyan, Alexander Jobe Fix, Matthew Steven Chapman
  • Patent number: 11171993
    Abstract: This specification discloses techniques for communicating data between a first execution context on a computing system and a second execution context on the computing system. The first execution context can execute content from a first origin, the second execution context can execute content from a second origin that is different from the first origin, and the first execution context and the second execution context can each be restricted from accessing data of the other as a result of a same-origin policy implemented by the computing system. The method can include establishing a bi-directional communication channel between the first execution context and the second execution context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Matthew Steven Frisbie
  • Patent number: 11160694
    Abstract: A three-dimensional substrate has a central longitudinal axis extending perpendicular to a central lateral axis. A line taken in a direction parallel to or perpendicular to the central lateral axis of the three-dimensional substrate has a non-apertured, first visually discernible zone in the substrate and a second visually discernible zone in the substrate. The first visually discernable zone has a pattern of three-dimensional features on a first surface or a second surface. At least some of the three-dimensional features define a microzone having a first region and a second region. The first region and the second region have a difference in value for an intensive property. The second visually discernable zone defines apertures. The apertures have an Effective Aperture Area in a range of about 0.3 mm2 to about 15 mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Arman Ashraf, Kelyn Anne Arora, Matthew Steven Ritter
  • Patent number: 11159003
    Abstract: A method of removing a foil shield from a cable. The method includes: positioning the cable proximate a heating source; heating the foil shield in a designated area to weaken the foil shield; and removing an outer insulation of the cable and the foil shield after the foil shield has been heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Steven Houser, Joseph Stachura, Christopher John Gavlak
  • Patent number: 11154428
    Abstract: An absorbent article is disclosed, including a three-dimensional material formed of a liquid permeable topsheet and an acquisition material. The acquisition material is positioned beneath the topsheet, and both may be formed of nonwoven material. The three dimensional material may have two surfaces and a plurality of protrusions extending in a z-direction from one of the surfaces, each protrusion having side walls defining an opening in the other of the surfaces. One of the topsheet and the acquisition material may include fibers spun of polymer resin pigmented with a first color that differs from a second color of fibers of the other of the topsheet and the acquisition material, and the differing colors are visible when viewing a wearer-facing surface of the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rodrigo Rosati, Aniruddha Chatterjee, Matthew Steven Ritter, Jill Marlene Orr, John B. Strube, Adrien Grenier, James T. Knapmeyer, John Lee Hammons, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Patent number: 11153077
    Abstract: A system and method for a secure key exchange between two trains operating within a track network may include generating a first or second public key based on a secret random number, generating a shared secret key based on the first or second public key, authenticating one or more key exchange communications by a remote server based on a digital signature established with an on-board key associated with the first train, authenticating a communication by a remote server based on the digital signature of the second train signed with an on-board key associated with the second train, and establishing secure train-to-train communication between the two trains by generating a shared secret key based on a public key received from the other train, the secure key exchange protecting the two trains from a man-in-the-middle attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rebecca W. Dreasher, Stephen Craven, Matthew Steven Vrba
  • Patent number: 11143778
    Abstract: A cable end sensing apparatus and a method of sensing a cable end of a cable in a cable preparation device. The cable end sensing apparatus includes cable clamps for clamping and moving the cable and a movable sensing device. The movable sensing device has a first position in which the movable sensing device is positioned in line with an axis of insertion of the cable to engage the end of the cable and to prevent the cable from moving beyond the movable sensing device. The movable sensing device has a second position in which the movable sensing device is moved away from the axis of insertion of the cable when the cable end is properly positioned to allow the cable to move beyond the sensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Steven Houser, Gary L. Deck, Michael Morris
  • Publication number: 20210295596
    Abstract: Described herein is a process and system for constructing three-dimensional (3D) representations of roof structures. The system can create representations of roof structures of arbitrary complexity and can create representations of dependent roof structures such as dormers. The system can create representations of roof structures that conventional methods cannot create, such as roofs with edges that are not coplanar, roofs with faces that do not connect to exterior edges, roofs composed of sub-structures, or roofs with dependent structures such as dormers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Hopper, Matthew Stevens
  • Patent number: 11126656
    Abstract: In some examples, formatting semi-structured data in a database includes obtaining semi-structured data in a column store database, assigning the semi-structured data to a semi-structured column with a key and value format, and formatting the semi-structured data with an optimal search format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MICRO FOCUS LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin M. Vandiver, Adam Benjamin Seering, Matthew Steven Fuller
  • Patent number: 11113794
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may receive current eye-tracking data associated with a user of a head-mounted display. The system may dynamically adjust a focal length of the head-mounted display based on the current eye-tracking data. The system may generate an in-focus image of a scene and a corresponding depth map of the scene. The system may generate a circle-of-confusion map for the scene based on the depth map. The circle-of-confusion map encodes a desired focal surface in the scene. The system may generate, using a machine-learning model, an output image with a synthesized defocus-blur effect by processing the in-focus image, the corresponding depth map, and the circle-of-confusion map of the scene. The system may display the output image with the synthesized defocus-blur effect to the user via the head-mounted display having the adjusted focal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Robert Lanman, Matthew Steven Chapman, Alexander Jobe Fix, Anton S. Kaplanyan, Lei Xiao
  • Publication number: 20210273428
    Abstract: A cable preparation machine includes a frame forming a cable cutting zone, the frame having a cable opening along a cable axis at the cable cutting zone receiving an end of a cable. The cable preparation machine includes a pulley assembly rotatably coupled to the frame about the cable axis and a drive assembly operably coupled to the pulley assembly to rotate the pulley assembly about the cable axis. The cable preparation machine includes a blade assembly operably coupled to the pulley assembly and rotated with the pulley assembly about the cable axis. The blade assembly includes a blade having an arcuate cutting edge configured for cutting an insulator from the end of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Steven Houser, Michael Morris, Christopher John Gavlak, Joseph Francis Stachura, Gary Lee Deck
  • Publication number: 20210263001
    Abstract: The present invention provides devices and methods for producing metabolites used to measure the toxicity of chemical compounds. They incorporate enzymatic microsomes and magnetic nanoparticles that magnetically entrap enzymes. These enzyme systems catalyze chemicals to yield measurable metabolic products. The microsomes and the magnetic nanoparticles containing enzymes are associated with macroporous scaffolds and non-reactive components that facilitate the enzyme reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: ZYMtronix Catalytic Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephane Cedric Corgie, Matthew Steven Chun, Alexander Chris Hoepker, Katia Argelia Rodriguez Rivera, Braedon Carter Wong
  • Patent number: 11094075
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system may access a training sample that includes training images and corresponding training depth maps of a scene, with the training images being associated with different predetermined viewpoints of the scene. The system may generate elemental images of the scene by processing the training images and the training depth maps using a machine-learning model. The elemental images are associated with more viewpoints of the scene than the predetermined viewpoints associated with the training images. The system may update the machine-learning model based on a comparison between the generated elemental images of the scene and target elemental images that are each associated with a predetermined viewpoint. The updated machine-learning model is configured to generate elemental images of a scene of interest based on input images and corresponding depth maps of the scene of interest from different viewpoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Robert Lanman, Matthew Steven Chapman, Alexander Jobe Fix, Anton S. Kaplanyan, Lei Xiao
  • Patent number: 11093587
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for installing a software product using timestamp validation and system identification validation are disclosed. An example method to lock a software product in a software wrapper includes determining a unique hard drive serial number of a user device to which the software product is to be installed and generating a hash number of the unique hard drive serial number. The example method also includes determining a campaign identifier of the software product from a secure variable within the software product and generating a date-time code based on a current date and time. The method further includes assembling the date-time code and the campaign identifier into an unlock code, encrypting the unlock code using the hash number as a passphrase key to create an encrypted unlock code, and applying the encrypted unlock code to an end of a filename of an installer using a command line parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: VIRTUAL MARKETING, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Steven Murphy, Jacob W. Beckley
  • Patent number: 11081202
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a memory address of a memory location in a memory that has been identified to be failing. The method further includes determining that the memory location is from a particular portion of the memory. The method further includes, in response to a number of memory locations that are identified to be failing from the particular portion of the memory being below a predetermined threshold, logging the memory address in a set of failing address registers associated with the memory, otherwise, skipping the logging of the memory address in the failing address registers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Uma Srinivasan, Thomas J. Knips, Gregory J. Fredeman, Matthew Steven Hyde, Thomas E. Miller
  • Publication number: 20210234997
    Abstract: A detachable mechanical eye cartridge includes a plurality of links, a plurality of couplers, a plurality of electronic connection points, and at least one mechanical eye that can be rotatably actuated in at least two rotational degrees of freedom. The detachable mechanical eye cartridge may include actuators for actuating the eye, eyelid structures, an actuator for actuating the eyelid structures, and imaging sensors within the mechanical eye. The detachable mechanical eye cartridge may include one or two mechanical eyes and related structures and may include a set of magnetic couplers that couple to magnets on a robotic head frame to which the detachable mechanical eye cartridge may couple. The detachable mechanical eye cartridge may also have a set of mechanically coupled linkages for controlling the pitch of each mechanical eye with minimal backlash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Steven Hill, Connor Richard Shannon, Nigel Adrien Myers