Patents by Inventor Peter Nguyen

Peter Nguyen 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: 20190287353
    Abstract: A lottery ticket is printed on a substrate sheet material having a front surface with lottery game indicia printed thereon and a removable covering material, typically scratch-off material, covering the lottery game indicia which is removable by a player to expose the game indicia for playing the game and other game information printed on the substrate sheet material where at least part of the substrate sheet material is formed of a translucent synthetic material to enable viewing through the part by the player. In order to allow the ticket to be dispensed in a row of the tickets from a dispensing machine with an optical sensor, a patch of an opaque or semi-opaque material is applied onto the substrate at a location to cooperate with the sensor while it is operating to detect ticket location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Pierre Joseph Lavoie, Sindy Renee Catigay, Kristine Susan Wattis, Michael John Brickwood, Julia Elizabeth Cloutier, Timothy George Edginton, Peter Nguyen, Brett Charles Taylor, Nancy Bettcher
  • Publication number: 20190139551
    Abstract: A method of transcription a media file is provided. The method includes: generating a feature profile for a media file; segmenting the media file into a first and a second segment based at least on portion(s) of the feature profile corresponding to the first and second segments, identifying one or more transcription engines having a predicted high level of accuracy, using a trained machine learning transcription model, for the first and second segments; requesting a first and a second transcription engine from the identified one or more transcription engines to transcribe the first and second segments, respectively; receiving a first and a second transcribed portion from the first and second transcription engines; and generating a merged transcription using the first and second transcribed portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Chad Steelberg, Peter Nguyen, Cornelius Raths
  • Patent number: 10279613
    Abstract: A lottery ticket is printed on a substrate sheet material having a front surface with lottery game indicia printed thereon and a removable covering material, typically scratch-off material, covering the lottery game indicia which is removable by a player to expose the game indicia for playing the game and other game information printed on the substrate sheet material where at least part of the substrate sheet material is formed of a translucent synthetic material to enable viewing through the part by the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Pollard Banknote Limited
    Inventors: Pierre Joseph Lavoie, Sindy Renee Catigay, Kristine Susan Wattis, Michael John Brickwood, Julia Elizabeth Cloutier, Timothy George Edginton, Peter Nguyen, Brett Charles Taylor, Nancy Bettcher
  • Publication number: 20190115028
    Abstract: A system for optimizing the selection of transcription engines is provided. The system includes an alphanumeric preprocessor, an audio analysis preprocessor, a categorical preprocessor, and a continuous variable preprocessor which is configured to receive outputs from the alphanumeric, the audio analysis, and the categorical preprocessors and to generate data used by a modeling module to create a list of ranked transcription engines. The transcription engines are used to generate transcriptions of media data sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Steven Neal Rivkin, Peter Nguyen, Cornelius Raths
  • Publication number: 20190043319
    Abstract: A lottery ticket is printed on a substrate sheet material having a front surface with lottery game indicia printed thereon and a removable covering material, typically scratch-off material, covering the lottery game indicia which is removable by a player to expose the game indicia for playing the game and other game information printed on the substrate sheet material where at least part of the substrate sheet material is formed of a translucent synthetic material to enable viewing through the part by the player. In order to allow the ticket to be dispensed in a row of the tickets from a dispensing machine with an optical sensor, a patch of an opaque or semi-opaque material is applied onto the substrate at a location to cooperate with the sensor while it is operating to detect ticket location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Pierre Joseph Lavoie, Sindy Renee Catigay, Kristine Susan Wattis, Michael John Brickwood, Julia Elizabeth Cloutier, Timothy George Edginton, Peter Nguyen, Brett Charles Taylor, Nancy Bettcher
  • Publication number: 20190043506
    Abstract: A method of transcription a media file is provided. The method includes: receiving, from a first transcription engine, one or more transcribed portions of a media file; identifying a first transcribed portion from the one or more transcribed portions that needs to be reexamined based at least on metadata of the media file; selecting a second transcription engine to transcribe a first segment of the media file corresponding to the first transcribed portion; receiving, from the second transcription engine, a second transcribed portion of the first segment; determining confidences of accuracy of the first and second transcribed portions of the first segment based at least on metadata of the first and second transcribed portions, respectively; and selecting the first or second transcribed portion as transcript for the first segment of the media file based at least on confidences of accuracy of the first and second transcribed portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Steven N. Rivkin, Peter Nguyen, Cornelius Raths, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20190029957
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and processes for emulsifying non-polar compounds, such as omega fatty acids. Also provided are compositions that can be prepared according to the methods and processes described herein. The compositions, for example, have a high amount of the non-polar compound, such as a large amount of omega fatty acids. The non-polar compounds are also present in very small droplets within composition. For example, the mean or median particle size of the droplets is less than about 5 ?m. Further, the composition includes a low amount of surfactant, such as less than about 10-15% of the surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: BARLEAN'S ORGANIC OILS, LLC
    Inventor: PETER NGUYEN
  • Patent number: 10117832
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and processes for emulsifying non-polar compounds, such as omega fatty acids. Also provided are compositions that can be prepared according to the methods and processes described herein. The compositions, for example, have a high amount of the non-polar compound, such as a large amount of omega fatty acids. The non-polar compounds are also present in very small droplets within composition. For example, the mean or median particle size of the droplets is less than about 5 ?m. Further, the composition includes a low amount of surfactant, such as less than about 10-15% of the surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: BARLEAN'S ORGANIC OILS, LLC
    Inventor: Peter Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20180308015
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for soliciting offers and reservations for parking spots. The system and method is, in some instances, embodied as a mobile application that connects users to exchange the current physical space (e.g. parking spaces) in exchange for the same user's or another user's time, money, gratuity or service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Vivek Ashok Kumar, Vinicius Frigatti, Christopher Magesty, Jasper Davey, Dhruv Shah, Patricia Iglesias-Montoro, Peter Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20180169011
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and processes for emulsifying non-polar compounds, such as omega fatty acids. Also provided are compositions that can be prepared according to the methods and processes described herein. The compositions, for example, have a high amount of the non-polar compound, such as a large amount of omega fatty acids. The non-polar compounds are also present in very small droplets within composition. For example, the mean or median particle size of the droplets is less than about 5 ?m. Further, the composition includes a low amount of surfactant, such as less than about 10-15% of the surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: BARLEAN'S ORGANIC OILS, LLC
    Inventor: PETER NGUYEN
  • Patent number: 9966487
    Abstract: A photovoltaic module can be constructed from one or more strings, with each of the strings being constructed from a plurality of cascaded solar cells. A connector can electrically connect the strings to one another. The connector can include strain relief connectors that extend between the connector and the strings to help reduce effects caused by thermal expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SolarCity Corporation
    Inventors: Lilja Magnusdottir, Pablo Gonzalez, Peter Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20170287014
    Abstract: An automated direct response advertising system can include: collecting information of a consumer; routing and matching the consumer to an offer of a product; providing content to the consumer with a reusable page, reusable page components, reusable multi-tenant components, and white-labeling components; requesting contact information from the consumer; requesting billing information from the consumer; providing a cross-sell offer for complimentary products of the product; providing an up-sell offer for upgrades to the product; aggregating information within an advanced analytics module; and displaying the information from the advanced analytics module on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Hung D. Vu, Peter Nguyen, Jay D. Bose, Tom Furukawa, Andrew Puchalski, Justin Durham, James Durham, Daniel Eichler, James Nguyen, Matthew P.H. Kam, Kayvan Fayazkhah, Brendan Paul, Dong Derek Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20170170349
    Abstract: A photovoltaic module can be constructed from one or more strings, with each of the strings being constructed from a plurality of cascaded solar cells. A connector can electrically connect the strings to one another. The connector can include strain relief connectors that extend between the connector and the strings to help reduce effects caused by thermal expansion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Lilja Magnusdottir, Pablo Gonzalez, Peter Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20170170336
    Abstract: A solar module that includes multiple series-connected sub-circuits is provided. Each sub-circuit may include multiple solar cell strings coupled in parallel. The sub-circuits may be coupled to a junction box that includes bypass diodes. Each of the sub-circuits may be coupled in parallel with a respective bypass diode in the junction box. The sub-circuits may be coupled to the junction box via interconnect buses. The interconnect buses may be routed to an entry point from only one side the junction box to improve manufacturability. The interconnect buses may also include one or more bends to provide strain relief during normal operation of the solar module and during thermal cycling events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Bobby Yang, Lilja Magnusdottir, Peter Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20170157967
    Abstract: A lottery ticket is printed on a substrate sheet material having a front surface with lottery game indicia printed thereon and a removable covering material, typically scratch-off material, covering the lottery game indicia which is removable by a player to expose the game indicia for playing the game and other game information printed on the substrate sheet material where at least part of the substrate sheet material is formed of a translucent synthetic material to enable viewing through the part by the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Pierre Joseph Lavoie, Sindy Renee Catigay, Kristine Susan Wattis, Michael John Brickwood, Julia Elizabeth Cloutier, Timothy George Edginton, Peter Nguyen, Brett Charles Taylor, Nancy Bettcher
  • Publication number: 20160375709
    Abstract: A printer system includes a print head, the print head oriented with a first end at a height above a substrate. A support arm extends laterally with respect to the print head. A camera is disposed on the support arm a fixed height above the substrate, such that the camera can be adjusted laterally with respect to the print head. The camera is disposed at an angle with respect to vertical to the substrate. A product detect mechanism is disposed laterally on the support arm with respect to the print head. A controller is in communication with the camera and the product detect mechanism, wherein the system is configured so that the camera can verify the printing of an image on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Nguyen, Anthony Selmeczy, Thomas Wiegner, Joshua Harris, Robert Neagle, Xuedong Zhan, Trent Hauser, Paul Poloniewicz
  • Publication number: 20160339734
    Abstract: A lottery ticket is printed on a substrate sheet material having a front surface with lottery game indicia printed thereon and a removable covering material, typically scratch-off material, covering the lottery game indicia which is removable by a player to expose the game indicia for playing the game and other game information printed on the substrate sheet material where at least part of the substrate sheet material is formed of a translucent synthetic material to enable viewing through the part by the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Pierre Joseph Lavoie, Sindy Renee Catigay, Kristine Susan Wattis, Michael John Brickwood, Lyle Scrymgeour, Julia Elizabeth Cloutier, Timothy George Edginton, Peter Nguyen, Brett Charles Taylor, Nancy Bettcher
  • Patent number: 9341966
    Abstract: A process includes dissolving a polyester resin in a mixture of a single organic solvent, a base and water to form a resin mixture; neutralizing the resin mixture with a neutralizing agent to provide a neutralized resin mixture; adding water to the neutralized resin mixture until phase inversion occurs to form a toner resin emulsion; removing the single solvent to form a polyester latex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yanjia Zuo, Shigeng Li, Peter Nguyen, Chieh-Min Cheng
  • Patent number: 9280076
    Abstract: A toner includes a core including a homogenized mixture of a first polyester latex, a styrene/acrylate latex, and a compatibilizing agent latex that includes a graft polyester-styrene/acrylate copolymer and a shell that includes a polyester latex. A process includes (1) homogenizing a mixture to form a plurality of core particles, the mixture including a first polyester latex, a styrene/acrylate latex, and a compatibilizing agent latex comprising a graft polyester-styrene/acrylate copolymer and (2) adding a shell polyester latex to the plurality of core particles to form a plurality of core-shell structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeng Li, Christopher Michael Wolfe, Yanjia Zuo, Randy Pheav Tin, John L. Pawlak, Jay Lee Schneider, Peter Nguyen, Jordan Frank, Chieh-Min Cheng
  • Patent number: 9280075
    Abstract: A process includes dissolving a styrene/acrylate resin in an organic solvent to form a first solution, dissolving at least one polyester resin in the first solution to form a second solution, neutralizing the second solution with a base to provide a neutralized solution, and adding a sufficient amount of water to the neutralized solution to form an emulsion. A latex particle includes a polyester resin and a styrene/acrylate resin dispersed within the latex particle, the surface of the latex particle is substantially the polyester resin. A toner includes a plurality of toner particles prepared from a latex, the particles of the latex including a polyester resin and a styrene/acrylate resin dispersed within each latex particle, the surface of each latex particle is substantially the polyester resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yanjia Zuo, Yulin Wang, Shigeng Li, Peter Nguyen, Chieh-Min Cheng, John L. Pawlak