Patents by Inventor Michael Woods

Michael Woods 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).

  • Patent number: 12656018
    Abstract: A cover is provided for an air conditioner of an enclosure. The cover can include a top wall and first and second side walls that at least partly define an interior compartment of the cover. The cover can further include a tab extending from the top wall into the interior compartment, a first side clip extending obliquely from the first side wall into the interior compartment, and a second side clip extending obliquely from the second side wall to the interior compartment. The tab and side clips can be configured to engage the air conditioner to retain the cover on the air conditioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Woods, Michael Koehler, Michael Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 12425408
    Abstract: A risk management server may apply a trained risk model to a plurality of user accounts maintained by a service provider to identify a plurality of suspicious user accounts. The risk management server may suspend each of the identified suspicious user accounts from using one or more features provided by the service provider. The risk management server may cure one or more of the suspended user accounts responsive to a successful response to a challenge presented to a user associated with each of the suspended accounts. The risk management server may confirm that each of the uncured suspended user accounts is fraudulent after a period of time without being cured. The risk management server may create training data including the cured user accounts labeled as not fraudulent and the confirmed user accounts labeled as fraudulent. The risk management server may re-train the risk model using the training data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianhua Huang, Anthony Miller, Andrew Ng, Jason Sandifer, Isaac Tamblyn, Norman Truong, Michael Woods, Yun Zhou
  • Patent number: 12386417
    Abstract: Configurations are disclosed for presenting virtual reality and augmented reality experiences to users. An augmented reality display system comprises a handheld component housing an electromagnetic field emitter, the electromagnetic field emitter emitting a known magnetic field, the head mounted component coupled to one or more electromagnetic sensors that detect the magnetic field emitted by the electromagnetic field emitter housed in the handheld component, wherein a head pose is known, and a controller communicatively coupled to the handheld component and the head mounted component, the controller receiving magnetic field data from the handheld component, and receiving sensor data from the head mounted component, wherein the controller determining a hand pose based at least in part on the received magnetic field data and the received sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Woods
  • Publication number: 20240365501
    Abstract: An air conditioned enclosure can include an electronics enclosure with an internal electronics area and an air-conditioner opening into the internal electronics area and an air conditioner. The air conditioner can include an ambient-exchange housing that defines an exchange cavity including a first heat exchanger, a cooling enclosure including a mating surface and first walls that define a cooling cavity having a second heat exchanger, and the mating surface mounted to the electronics enclosure to provide a sealed perimeter around the air-condition opening with cooling cavity aligned for air exchange with the internal electronics area. The cooling enclosure can define a fluid connection between the ambient air exchange cavity and the cooling cavity including a fluid trap extending from the second heat exchanger along a trap height to capture and retain condensate from the second heat exchanger as a barrier to ingress from the exchange cavity into the cooling cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Koehler, Randal Schroeder, Michael Woods, Jeff Thibedeau, Joseph Ricke
  • Patent number: 12048114
    Abstract: An air conditioner for an enclosure that can include a housing that partly defines an ambient air exchange cavity and a tub that further defines the ambient air exchange cavity and partly defines a cooling cavity. The tub can support a first heat exchanger within the ambient air exchange cavity, and a second heat exchanger and a fan within the cooling cavity. The second heat exchanger can be included in a coolant flow loop with the first heat exchanger and the fan can move air across the second heat exchanger and into the inlet of the enclosure. The second heat exchanger can be located above the fan. A fluid trap can be provided below the second heat exchanger and adjacent the fan to capture condensate from the second heat exchanger and can direct the condensate into the ambient air exchange cavity for disposal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Koehler, Randal Schroeder, Michael Woods, Jeff Thibedeau, Joseph Ricke
  • Publication number: 20230316280
    Abstract: Using a machine learning model(s) for fraud reduction is described. A payment service computing platform may receive, from an electronic device, user data associated with a user, and dynamically determine an incentive(s) associated with the user based on the user data. The incentive(s) may be determined using a trained machine learning model(s) that is trained based on previously collected user data. The payment service computing platform can then cause a user interface to be displayed via a payment application executing on the electronic device, wherein the user interface presents an interactive element(s) for receiving the incentive(s) in exchange for the user referring at least one other user to a payment service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Mohsen Sardari, Angelo Monteux, Michael Woods, Brian Boates, Dustin Stolp, Meenal Chhabra, Scott Cole
  • Publication number: 20230195216
    Abstract: Configurations are disclosed for presenting virtual reality and augmented reality experiences to users. An augmented reality display system comprises a handheld component housing an electromagnetic field emitter, the electromagnetic field emitter emitting a known magnetic field, the head mounted component coupled to one or more electromagnetic sensors that detect the magnetic field emitted by the electromagnetic field emitter housed in the handheld component, wherein a head pose is known, and a controller communicatively coupled to the handheld component and the head mounted component, the controller receiving magnetic field data from the handheld component, and receiving sensor data from the head mounted component, wherein the controller determining a hand pose based at least in part on the received magnetic field data and the received sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Woods
  • Publication number: 20230143097
    Abstract: The invention includes pharmaceutical compositions that diminish and/or dissolve calcium deposits in arterial walls, methods for diminishing and/or dissolving calcium deposits in arterial walls, and methods for making and administering such compositions. The compositions comprise oral dosage forms of serrapeptase, nattokinase, vitamin D3 and vitamin K2 administered twice daily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Woods
  • Patent number: 11619988
    Abstract: Configurations are disclosed for presenting virtual reality and augmented reality experiences to users. An augmented reality display system comprises a handheld component housing an electromagnetic field emitter, the electromagnetic field emitter emitting a known magnetic field, the head mounted component coupled to one or more electromagnetic sensors that detect the magnetic field emitted by the electromagnetic field emitter housed in the handheld component, wherein a head pose is known, and a controller communicatively coupled to the handheld component and the head mounted component, the controller receiving magnetic field data from the handheld component, and receiving sensor data from the head mounted component, wherein the controller determining a hand pose based at least in part on the received magnetic field data and the received sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Woods
  • Publication number: 20230081004
    Abstract: A cover is provided for an air conditioner of an enclosure. The cover can include a top wall and first and second side walls that at least partly define an interior compartment of the cover. The cover can further include a tab extending from the top wall into the interior compartment, a first side clip extending obliquely from the first side wall into the interior compartment, and a second side clip extending obliquely from the second side wall to the interior compartment. The tab and side clips can be configured to engage the air conditioner to retain the cover on the air conditioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Woods, Michael Koehler, Michael Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 11531072
    Abstract: A system for calibrating alignment of two or more types of magnetic sensors in a virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) display device. The system can include a controller, a waveform generator, a magnetic field generating unit, and an electrical driver. The controller can cause the waveform generator to generate a first calibration waveform to calibrate a first type of magnetic sensor in the display device, and to generate a second calibration waveform to calibrate a second type of magnetic sensor in the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Woods, Scott David Nortman
  • Publication number: 20220350400
    Abstract: Configurations are disclosed for presenting virtual reality and augmented reality experiences to users. An augmented reality display system comprises a handheld component housing an electromagnetic field emitter, the electromagnetic field emitter emitting a known magnetic field, the head mounted component coupled to one or more electromagnetic sensors that detect the magnetic field emitted by the electromagnetic field emitter housed in the handheld component, wherein a head pose is known, and a controller communicatively coupled to the handheld component and the head mounted component, the controller receiving magnetic field data from the handheld component, and receiving sensor data from the head mounted component, wherein the controller determining a hand pose based at least in part on the received magnetic field data and the received sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Woods
  • Publication number: 20220330451
    Abstract: An air conditioner for an enclosure that can include a housing that partly defines an ambient air exchange cavity and a tub that further defines the ambient air exchange cavity and partly defines a cooling cavity. The tub can support a first heat exchanger within the ambient air exchange cavity, and a second heat exchanger and a fan within the cooling cavity. The second heat exchanger can be included in a coolant flow loop with the first heat exchanger and the fan can move air across the second heat exchanger and into the inlet of the enclosure. The second heat exchanger can be located above the fan. A fluid trap can be provided below the second heat exchanger and adjacent the fan to capture condensate from the second heat exchanger and can direct the condensate into the ambient air exchange cavity for disposal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Koehler, Randal Schroeder, Michael Woods, Jeff Thibedeau, Joseph Ricke
  • Patent number: 11429183
    Abstract: Configurations are disclosed for presenting virtual reality and augmented reality experiences to users. An augmented reality display system comprises a handheld component housing an electromagnetic field emitter, the electromagnetic field emitter emitting a known magnetic field, the head mounted component coupled to one or more electromagnetic sensors that detect the magnetic field emitted by the electromagnetic field emitter housed in the handheld component, wherein a head pose is known, and a controller communicatively coupled to the handheld component and the head mounted component, the controller receiving magnetic field data from the handheld component, and receiving sensor data from the head mounted component, wherein the controller determining a hand pose based at least in part on the received magnetic field data and the received sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Woods
  • Publication number: 20220051316
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing credit card customers with an offer to finance large, unexpected, or general expenditures on a set installment plan associated with a fixed interest rate or fee. The rate or fee associated with the offer can be a flat one-time fee, a fixed interest rate, or a combination thereof. In some instances, a variable interest rate can be offered. In some instances, the fee can be an ongoing small or nominal fee added to each repayment over a period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Sebastien Bouchard, Asgar Maleki, Hayley F. Doyle, Jacqueline Hannah Lee Aldrovandi, Otis P. Coker, Jaspreet Kaur Aulakh, Josue David Bravo Anez, Jeffrey Stuart Burton, Laura Marie Aquino Arias, Michael Woods, Sheirline Hanna
  • Publication number: 20220034978
    Abstract: A system for calibrating alignment of two or more types of magnetic sensors in a virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) display device. The system can include a controller, a waveform generator, a magnetic field generating unit, and an electrical driver. The controller can cause the waveform generator to generate a first calibration waveform to calibrate a first type of magnetic sensor in the display device, and to generate a second calibration waveform to calibrate a second type of magnetic sensor in the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Woods, Scott David Nortman
  • Patent number: 11207171
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to methods and/or apparatuses involving the deployment and coupling of catheters. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, each of first and second catheters extend from a proximal end to a distal end and has a magnet. The catheters may be deployed, and the distal ends of the respective catheters can be aligned and connected via magnetic coupling of the magnets to one another. A shaft structure is configured and arranged to extend within the first catheter and into the second catheter, through the connected distal ends of the respective catheters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Paul Laeseke, Michael Woods, Emily Rae Foran, Will Robert Flanigan, Alexandra Nicol Doersch, Brett Conor Struthers, Joseph Alexander Ashley
  • Patent number: 11150310
    Abstract: A system for calibrating alignment of two or more sensors in a virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) display device, the two or more sensors in the display device including at least one magnetic sensor. The system can include a first pair of conductive loops oriented in parallel planes and spaced apart along a first axis. The system can also include a mount configured to attach to the display device and to support the display device in a first predetermined spatial relationship with respect to the first pair of conductive loops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Woods, Scott David Nortman
  • Publication number: 20210116994
    Abstract: Configurations are disclosed for presenting virtual reality and augmented reality experiences to users. An augmented reality display system comprises a handheld component housing an electromagnetic field emitter, the electromagnetic field emitter emitting a known magnetic field, the head mounted component coupled to one or more electromagnetic sensors that detect the magnetic field emitted by the electromagnetic field emitter housed in the handheld component, wherein a head pose is known, and a controller communicatively coupled to the handheld component and the head mounted component, the controller receiving magnetic field data from the handheld component, and receiving sensor data from the head mounted component, wherein the controller determining a hand pose based at least in part on the received magnetic field data and the received sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Woods
  • Patent number: 10832216
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing clearance workflows for facilitating clearance of online content for distribution platforms. The online content may be obtained and may include an individual online content. A clearance workflow for the individual online content may be identified. The clearance workflow may include an itemized representation of clearance items to be addressed for clearance of the individual online content. The clearance workflow may be stored in electronic storage. Fulfillment information indicating that one or more of the clearance items included in the clearance workflow has been addressed may be obtained. The fulfillment information may identify which of the one or more clearance items have been addressed. The clearance workflow stored in the electronic storage for the individual online content may be updated in a reoccurring or ongoing manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Woods, Ryan Lissack, Christine Ordaz, Yael Miller