Patents by Inventor Robert A. Stevens

Robert 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: 20220210229
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a data handling device and a baseboard management controller (BMC). The data handling device includes a co-processor configured to instantiate a device operating system for the data handling device. The data handling device includes a Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP) endpoint. The BMC establishes a serial terminal session with the device operating system via the MCTP endpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Akkiah Maddukuri, Robert Stevens, Deepaganesh Paulraj, Elie Jreij, Rama Bisa
  • Patent number: 11369202
    Abstract: Various systems and methods relate to an adaptive chair system having (i) a stowed mode in which members of the chair frame are compactly contained within a multi-function bag (MFB), and (ii) a deployed mode in which the multi-purpose chair is configured to transition between at least two seating modes. In an illustrative example, the chair may be provided with an adaptive frame which may be reconfigured to transition between the seating modes. For example, the chair may transition between any of a vertical/upright (chair) mode (e.g., FIG. 8B), a vertical/upright (chair) mode using trek pole handle segment(s) (e.g., FIG. 1C), a low-profile/recon (seat) mode (e.g., FIG. 2B), and a longitudinal/lounge mode (e.g., FIG. 2B). Various embodiments may advantageously provide an adaptive chair system in an ultralight form factor which may fulfill multiple functions including, by way of example and not limitation, seating, sun/rain canopy, footrest, or some combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventor: Robert Steven Graybill
  • Publication number: 20220190872
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to video or other media transmission, and more particularly, to encoding and decoding of video media that has been transmitted between a video source and a video sink using spread spectrum direct sequence (SSDS) modulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Robert Steven HANNEBAUER
  • Patent number: 11348616
    Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes causing presentation of a collaborative video project to a first user account that includes a set of one or more shared video clips and a set of one or more personal video clips. The method includes receiving from the first user account a first selection of a video clip in the set of personal video clips and, in response, adding the video clip to the set of shared video clips. The method includes causing presentation of the collaborative video project to a second user account, including presentation of the set of shared video clips. The method includes receiving from the second user account a second selection of the video clip and, in response, adding the video clip to a collaborative video for the collaborative video project.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jason Toff, John Gregg, Rushabh Ashok Doshi, Robert Steven Glickstein, Molly Castle Nix
  • Publication number: 20220089580
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in which R-groups R1 to R23, A, Q, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, n, p and q are as defined herein, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and salts, and to methods of using such compounds, salts and compositions for the treatment of abnormal cell growth, including cancer, in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Ping Chen, Sujin Cho-Schultz, Judith Gail Deal, Gary Michael Gallego, Mehran Jalaie, Robert Steven Kania, Sajiv Krishnan Nair, Sacha Ninkovic, Suvi Tuula Marjukka Orr, Cynthia Louise Palmer
  • Patent number: 11281713
    Abstract: Systems and methods for image-based item identification are disclosed. Image data corresponding to one or more images depicting an item may be sent to one or more remote systems for image-based item identification. The identification indications and/or identification confidence scores received from the remote systems may be aggregated and weighted based at least in part on one or more factors related to the remote systems, the results, domains, image capture timing, image capture angles, and/or events to more accurately identify an item depicted in the images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin-Josef Angel, Milena Sadee, Cressida Magdalen Harding, Eric Alan Breitbard, Animesh Mishra, Vlastimil Pis, Robert Steven Murdock
  • Patent number: 11280858
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a flexible, lightweight, and low-cost radio frequency (RF) coil of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. In one example, a RF coil assembly for an MRI system includes a distributed capacitance loop portion comprising two parallel conductor wires encapsulated and separated by a dielectric material, the two parallel conductor wires maintained separate by the dielectric material along an entire length of the loop portion between terminating ends thereof, a coupling electronics portion including a pre-amplifier, and a coil-interfacing cable extending between the coupling electronics portion and an interfacing connector of the RF coil assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Steven Stormont, Scott Allen Lindsay, Victor Taracila, Ghazi Mustafa, Nabeel M. Malik, Fraser John Laing Robb, Dashen Chu
  • Patent number: 11280859
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for radio frequency (RF) coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In one embodiment, an RF coil assembly for an MRI system includes a posterior end including a first set of flexible RF coils; an anterior end including a second set of flexible RF coils; a central section extending between the posterior end and anterior end, wherein the posterior end and the anterior end are bendable to the central section. Each flexible RF coil of the first set and second set of flexible RF coils includes a loop portion comprising a coupling electronics portion and at least two parallel, distributed capacitance wire conductors encapsulated and separated by a dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Taylan Dalveren, Victor Taracila, Kolman Juhasz, Aleksey Zemskov, Fraser John Laing Robb, Robert Steven Stormont
  • Publication number: 20220080071
    Abstract: We present an invention that enables autonomous disinfection robots to perform their duties significantly more autonomously than previously possible. Because disinfection mechanisms, such as UV-C light and chemical disinfectant mists, are harmful to humans, robots that provide such disinfection functionality in interior spaces require people to be kept out of the areas of disinfection. Human help is currently required for opening and closing doors for the robot to secure the space during disinfection. We describe a system and method for enabling robots to perform this task safely without human help. In one embodiment this is achieved by mounting a radio-controlled, motorized shade on the door-frame of the room to be disinfected, and enabling the robot to autonomously roll that shade up and down. The shade stops significant amounts of the dangerous UV-C light or chemical disinfectants from leaving the room, enabling a robot to disinfect multiple rooms without human help.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Christian Wilhelm Fritz, Robert Steven Bauer
  • Publication number: 20220067513
    Abstract: Solutions improving efficiency of Softmax computation applied for efficient deep learning inference in transformers and other neural networks. The solutions utilize a reduced-precision implementation of various operations in Softmax, replacing ex with 2x to reduce instruction overhead associated with computing ex, and replacing floating point max computation with integer max computation. Further described is a scalable implementation that decomposes Softmax into UnNormalized Softmax and Normalization operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: NVIDIA Corp.
    Inventors: Jacob Robert Stevens, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Steve Haihang Dai, Brucek Khailany
  • Publication number: 20220047234
    Abstract: A medical imaging system includes a movable station and a gantry. The movable station includes a gantry mount rotatably attached to the gantry. The gantry includes an outer C-arm slidably mounted to and operable to slide relative to the gantry mount, an inner C-arm slidably coupled to the outer C-arm and, an imaging signal transmitter and sensor attached to the C-arms. The two C-arms work together to provide a full 360 degree rotation of the imaging signal transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Norbert Johnson, Robert Stevens, Hisham Salem, Yuan Cheng
  • Patent number: 11243007
    Abstract: An integrated system and process provides integrated control of the environment within a personal space. A tent or other structure suitable for forming a personal space, is in contact with, and may enclose, a user station. The system includes a control system, main controller, control modules, sensors, environmental units and other controllers that operate in an integrated fashion to provide a controlled environment within the personal space. The tent may enclose all or portions of the control system, main controller, control modules, sensors, environmental units and other controllers. Portions of the control system, main controller, control modules, sensors, environmental units and other controllers may reside outside tent. A process for providing environmental control of the personal space includes learning capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: BETELGEUSE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Randal S. Barber, Robert A. Stevens
  • Publication number: 20220033147
    Abstract: The present application is directed to a closure for a container having a generally annular neck defining a container opening having a central axis, the closure including: an annular top wall having opposed inner and outer surfaces; a generally annular skirt extending downwardly from the inner surface of the top wall, the generally annular skirt having opposed outer and inner surfaces; and an elastic annular seal member extending downwardly from an inner surface of the top wall, the annular seal member adapted to engage the inner surface of the neck of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Eric BUCHOVECKY, Michael J. MCCABE, Hy B. NGUYEN, Robert Steven MURPHY, Kevin NAKASONE
  • Publication number: 20220027041
    Abstract: A computing device includes a first portion comprising a first display, and a second portion comprising a second display. The second portion is rotatably connected to the first portion. The computing device executes a program comprising a context user interface and a focus user interface. The focus user interface is configured to provide a more detailed view of a selected item from the context user interface. When the computing device is in a double-portrait orientation, the context user interface is displayed on the first display. Upon receipt of a spanning user input, the computing device displays the context user interface on the first display and the focus user interface on the second display. Upon detecting a rotation to a double-landscape orientation, the computing device displays the focus user interface on the first display and second display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Katherine Mary EVERITT, Robert Steven MEYER, Benjamin Franklin CARTER, Stanley Roger AYZENBERG, William Scott STAUBER, Lauren Eileen EDELMEIER, Roberth KARMAN, Ruediger Albert KINAST, Stephanie Lauren Grace HASHAM
  • Publication number: 20220017548
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2 and - - - - - are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of treating COVID-19 in a patient by administering therapeutically effective amounts of the compounds and methods of inhibiting or preventing replication of SARS-CoV-2 with the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Steven Kania, Padmavani Bezawada, Emma Louise Hawking, Rohit Jaini, Samir Kulkarni, Matthew Nathan O'Brien Laramy, Jonathan Richard Lillis, Suman Luthra, Dafydd Rhys Owen, Klimentina Dimitrova Pencheva, Martin Youngjin Pettersson, Anil Mahadeo Rane, Matthew Forrest Sammons, Bradley Paul Sullivan, Andrew John Thiel, Martyn David Ticehurst, Jamison Bryce Tuttle, Robert Louis Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11220494
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in which R-groups R1 to R23, A, Q, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, n, p and q are as defined herein, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and salts, and to methods of using such compounds, salts and compositions for the treatment of abnormal cell growth, including cancer, in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Ping Chen, Sujin Cho-Schultz, Judith Gail Deal, Gary Michael Gallego, Mehran Jalaie, Robert Steven Kania, Sajiv Krishnan Nair, Sacha Ninkovic, Suvi Tuula Marjukka Orr, Cynthia Louise Palmer
  • Patent number: 11203594
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of general Formula I in which A, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and salts; to methods of using such compounds, salts and compositions for treating pulmonary hypertension and related diseases, like pulmonary arterial hypertension; to methods of using such compounds, salts and compositions for treating abnormal cell growth, such as cancer; and to processes to make such compounds, salts and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Samit Kumar Bhattacharya, Douglas Carl Behenna, Kimberly O. Cameron, Ping Chen, John M. Curto, Kevin Daniel Freeman-Cook, Mehran Jalaie, Robert Steven Kania, Yajing Lian, Sajiv Krishnan Nair, Cynthia Louise Palmer, Martin Youngjin Pettersson, Eugene Yuanjin Rui, Matthew Sammons, Qingyi Yang, Liying Zhang
  • Patent number: 11198039
    Abstract: A low emission submersible engine is part of a multipurpose aquatic device, such as an aquatic craft or an electrical generator. A propulsion system having a propeller is coupled to the submersible engine to produce a swimmer propulsion machine and a generator is attached to the engine to produce an electrical generator. The submersible engine receives air from a snorkel that extends up above a water line. The aquatic device has a fuel reservoir which may receive liquid fuel or may receive a fuel cylinder. Floatation chambers keep the aquatic device afloat with the engine submerged. The exhaust assembly and exhaust ports from the engine may also be submerged and the exhaust ports may provide additional thrust. A propulsion system housing integrates the drive shaft and propeller, clutch coupler, exhaust conduits and water flow conduits and is detachably attachable to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventor: Robert Steven Witkoff
  • Patent number: 11179998
    Abstract: A method of heating and cooling at least one zone of a passenger compartment in a vehicle includes the steps of (a) pumping a coolant through an auxiliary coolant loop, (b) changing a temperature of the coolant utilizing a first heat exchanger associated with a refrigerant loop via an expansion device in the cooling mode, and a second heat exchanger associated with the refrigerant loop and (c) moving air through a third heat exchanger through which coolant moves, that third heat exchanger positioned in the passenger compartment, and at least one vent positioned within at least one zone of the passenger compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Steven Sawyer, Manfred Koberstein
  • Publication number: 20210346617
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method for vaporizing a product of a plurality of different products including receiving, by a processor of a vaporizing device, a desired dosage amount that is indicative of an amount of a compound to release during one or more inhalation events. The method includes determining, by the processor, an occurrence of a current inhalation event and during the current inhalation event determining, by the processor, an inhalation pressure being applied to a container that contains the product; determining, by the processor, a predicted dosage that is indicative of a predicted amount of the compound that has been released in the vapor during the current inhalation event based on the inhalation pressure; and selectively adjusting, by the processor, a vaporizing temperature being applied to the product by the vaporizer based on the desired dosage and the predicted dosage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Akiva Wagner, Robert Steven Walter Bates, Sidney Primas, Yisroel Kirsh, Jeroen Arnold Norbert Kools, Andrew James Weitz, Prasad K Panchalan