Patents by Inventor Robert Proulx

Robert Proulx 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: 12249387
    Abstract: A multi-zone temperature testing system includes a test device having components, a multi-zone temperature testing device that is coupled to the test device and that includes a first thermoelectric module that is located adjacent a first subset of the components and a second thermoelectric module that is located adjacent a second subset of the components, and a temperature control subsystem that is coupled to the multi-zone temperature testing device. The temperature control subsystem controls the first thermoelectric module in the multi-zone temperature testing device to produce a first heat flux that provides a testing temperature for the first subset of the components, and controls the second thermoelectric module in the multi-zone temperature testing device to produce a second heat flux that is different than the first heat flux and that provides the testing temperature for the second subset of the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Proulx, Michael Rijo, Samuel Hudson
  • Patent number: 12248381
    Abstract: A data retention event preparation/recovery system includes a chassis, a plurality of NAND subsystems included in the chassis, and a data retention event preparation/recovery subsystem that is included in the chassis and coupled to the plurality of NAND subsystems. The data retention event preparation/recovery subsystem determines that the plurality of NAND subsystems will experience a data retention event and, in response, identifies a first subset of the plurality of NAND subsystems that exceed an error threshold, identifies at least one overprovisioned block in the plurality of NAND subsystem, copies data that is stored on the first subset of the plurality of NAND subsystems to the at least one overprovisioned block in the plurality of NAND subsystems, and power offs the plurality of NAND subsystems to begin the data retention event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Michael Rijo, Robert Proulx
  • Patent number: 12176921
    Abstract: A storage device syndrome-weight-based error correction system includes a syndrome-weight-based error correction subsystem that is coupled to a storage subsystem in a chassis. The syndrome-weight-based error correction subsystem performs a first error correction hard decoding operation on the storage subsystem that utilizes first read voltage thresholds and that generates a first final codeword candidate having a first syndrome weight. The syndrome-weight-based error correction subsystem then performs error correction hard decoding read voltage threshold real-time search operations to determine second read voltage thresholds, and performs a second error correction hard decoding operation on the storage subsystem that utilizes the second read voltage thresholds and that generates a second final codeword candidate having a second syndrome weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Yuanzheng Cai, Robert Proulx, Frederick K. H. Lee, Zhenwei Wang
  • Patent number: 12132499
    Abstract: A storage device syndrome-weight-based error correction system includes a syndrome-weight-based error correction subsystem coupled to a storage subsystem in a chassis. The syndrome-weight-based error correction subsystem performs a plurality of respective first error correction hard decoding operations on the storage subsystem that each utilize respective read voltage thresholds and that each generate a respective final codeword candidate having a respective syndrome weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Frederick K. H. Lee, Robert Proulx, Yuanzheng Cai, Zhenwei Wang
  • Publication number: 20240354127
    Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods for presenting information to an operator of the recreational vehicle comprising i) displaying a first graphical user interface (GUI) component representing a first set of information, ii) upon receiving a first control command, displaying, a second GUI component comprising a third GUI component and a fourth GUI component, the third GUI component representing a first controllable functionality of the recreational vehicle, the fourth GUI component representing a first modifiable setting of the first controllable functionality of the recreational vehicle, and iii) upon receiving a second control command, updating the third GUI component by representing a second controllable functionality of the recreational vehicle in replacement of the first controllable functionality and updating the fourth GUI component by representing a second modifiable setting of the second controllable functionality of the recreational vehicle in replacement of the first modifiable setting of the first c
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Jean-Robert PROULX, Alain MASSICOTTE, Martin LALIBERTE, Keven VIENS MESSIER
  • Publication number: 20240333306
    Abstract: A storage device syndrome-weight-based error correction system includes a syndrome-weight-based error correction subsystem coupled to a storage subsystem in a chassis. The syndrome-weight-based error correction subsystem performs a plurality of respective first error correction hard decoding operations on the storage subsystem that each utilize respective read voltage thresholds and that each generate a respective final codeword candidate having a respective syndrome weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Frederick K.H. Lee, Robert Proulx, Yuanzheng Cai, Zhenwei Wang
  • Publication number: 20240333310
    Abstract: A storage device syndrome-weight-based error correction system includes a syndrome-weight-based error correction subsystem that is coupled to a storage subsystem in a chassis. The syndrome-weight-based error correction subsystem performs a first error correction hard decoding operation on the storage subsystem that utilizes first read voltage thresholds and that generates a first final codeword candidate having a first syndrome weight. The syndrome-weight-based error correction subsystem then performs error correction hard decoding read voltage threshold real-time search operations to determine second read voltage thresholds, and performs a second error correction hard decoding operation on the storage subsystem that utilizes the second read voltage thresholds and that generates a second final codeword candidate having a second syndrome weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Yuanzheng Cai, Robert Proulx, Frederick K.H. Lee, Zhenwei Wang
  • Publication number: 20240303167
    Abstract: A data retention event preparation/recovery system includes a chassis, a plurality of NAND subsystems included in the chassis, and a data retention event preparation/recovery subsystem that is included in the chassis and coupled to the plurality of NAND subsystems. The data retention event preparation/recovery subsystem determines that the plurality of NAND subsystems will experience a data retention event and, in response, identifies a first subset of the plurality of NAND subsystems that exceed an error threshold, identifies at least one overprovisioned block in the plurality of NAND subsystem, copies data that is stored on the first subset of the plurality of NAND subsystems to the at least one overprovisioned block in the plurality of NAND subsystems, and power offs the plurality of NAND subsystems to begin the data retention event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Rijo, Robert Proulx
  • Publication number: 20240261442
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method to assess nodal disease by magnetic resonance imaging with a contrast agent. The contrast agent comprises biofunctional magnetic nanoparticles coated with polymers outside the iron core and conjugated with antibodies specific to the tumor type to be assessed. Images produced from this magnetic resonance imaging with a contrast agent show heterogenous hypo intensity or heterogenous architecture in regions where binding by the antibodies is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Imagion Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert PROULX, Yalia JAYALAKSHMI, Marie ZHANG, Natalie YANG, Wing Fai LAU
  • Patent number: 11983422
    Abstract: A pseudo Single Level Cell (pSLC)-scan-based storage device initialization system includes a chassis, a storage subsystem that is housed in the chassis, and a pSLC-scan-based storage device initialization subsystem that is housed in the chassis and coupled to the storage subsystem. The pSLC-scan-based storage device initialization subsystem reads respective subsets of pSLC data from the storage subsystem over a plurality of different read voltage thresholds, and identifies a first read voltage threshold that is included in the plurality of different read voltage thresholds and at which a respective first subset of the pSLC data read from the storage subsystem experienced errors within a predetermined error range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Proulx, Erhan Aslan, Samuel Hudson
  • Publication number: 20240071552
    Abstract: A multi-zone temperature testing system includes a test device having components, a multi-zone temperature testing device that is coupled to the test device and that includes a first thermoelectric module that is located adjacent a first subset of the components and a second thermoelectric module that is located adjacent a second subset of the components, and a temperature control subsystem that is coupled to the multi-zone temperature testing device. The temperature control subsystem controls the first thermoelectric module in the multi-zone temperature testing device to produce a first heat flux that provides a testing temperature for the first subset of the components, and controls the second thermoelectric module in the multi-zone temperature testing device to produce a second heat flux that is different than the first heat flux and that provides the testing temperature for the second subset of the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Proulx, Michael Rijo, Samuel Hudson
  • Patent number: 11842785
    Abstract: A temperature-accelerated solid-state storage testing method includes writing data to a storage system and subjecting the storage system to a first temperature range for a first time period that is equivalent to operation at a lower/second temperature for a greater/second time period. Subsequently, the data from the storage system is read within a third time period at a third temperature range to generate first test data. The storage system is then subjected to the first temperature range for a fourth time period that was reduced relative to the first time period based on the reading of the data to generate the first test data causing the operation of storage system to be equivalent to operating at the second temperature range for a fifth time period. Subsequently the data from the storage system is read within the third time period at the third temperature range to generate second test data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Samuel Hudson, Michael Rijo, Robert Proulx
  • Patent number: 11837306
    Abstract: A storage subsystem read voltage determination system coupled to a first storage subsystem may read data from the first storage subsystem at a plurality of different read voltage sets and, for each of the plurality of read voltage sets, generate a respective bit error probability distribution of a number of bit errors per codeword provided by the data read from the first storage subsystem. The storage subsystem read voltage provisioning system also generates an error correction capability graph associated with error correction code used by the first storage subsystem and, based on the bit error probability distributions and the error correction capability graph, generates a respective average codeword error rate for each of the plurality of read voltage sets. The storage subsystem read voltage provisioning system then identifies a first read voltage set for which a minimum average codeword error rate was determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Frederick K. H. Lee, Robert Proulx, Jie Wu
  • Publication number: 20230343408
    Abstract: A storage subsystem read voltage determination system coupled to a first storage subsystem may read data from the first storage subsystem at a plurality of different read voltage sets and, for each of the plurality of read voltage sets, generate a respective bit error probability distribution of a number of bit errors per codeword provided by the data read from the first storage subsystem. The storage subsystem read voltage provisioning system also generates an error correction capability graph associated with error correction code used by the first storage subsystem and, based on the bit error probability distributions and the error correction capability graph, generates a respective average codeword error rate for each of the plurality of read voltage sets. The storage subsystem read voltage provisioning system then identifies a first read voltage set for which a minimum average codeword error rate was determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Frederick K.H. Lee, Robert Proulx, Jie Wu
  • Publication number: 20230342274
    Abstract: A modular test system includes a modular controller subsystem coupled to a modular tested subsystem by a modular intermediary subsystem. The modular intermediary subsystem transmits communications between the modular controller subsystem and the modular tested subsystem during testing operations performed by the modular controller subsystem, and performs at least one testing function that is not available in the modular controller subsystem during the testing operations performed by the modular controller subsystem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Borsini, Leland W. Thompson, Michael Rijo, Samuel Hudson, Robert Proulx
  • Publication number: 20230326541
    Abstract: A temperature-accelerated solid-state storage testing method includes writing data to a storage system and subjecting the storage system to a first temperature range for a first time period that is equivalent to operation at a lower/second temperature for a greater/second time period. Subsequently, the data from the storage system is read within a third time period at a third temperature range to generate first test data. The storage system is then subjected to the first temperature range for a fourth time period that was reduced relative to the first time period based on the reading of the data to generate the first test data causing the operation of storage system to be equivalent to operating at the second temperature range for a fifth time period. Subsequently the data from the storage system is read within the third time period at the third temperature range to generate second test data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Samuel Hudson, Michael Rijo, Robert Proulx
  • Patent number: 11734110
    Abstract: A storage device reclassification system includes a storage device reclassification subsystem coupled to a storage device that has a NAND storage subsystem and that is configured to perform first storage operations associated with a first storage device classification. The storage device reclassification subsystem performs testing operations on the NAND storage subsystem and, based on the testing operations, identifies at least one reduced capability of the NAND storage subsystem. Based on the at least one reduced capability of the NAND storage subsystem, the storage device reclassification subsystem determines at least one storage device operation modification and performs the at least one storage device operation modification on the storage device in order to configure the storage device to perform second storage operations that are different than the first storage operations and that are associated with a second storage device classification that is different than the first storage device classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Michael Rijo, Samuel Hudson, Robert Proulx, Erhan Aslan
  • Patent number: 10422081
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to barrier compositions. The barrier composition can comprise a copolymer formed by polymerizing monomers comprising derived from a vinyl aromatic monomer and a second monomer selected from the group consisting of butadiene, alkyl (meth)acrylates, and mixtures thereof, and a solid grade oligomer. In some embodiments, the vinyl aromatic monomer and the second monomer are polymerized in the presence of the solid grade oligomer. Paper products and methods of making the paper products comprising the barrier composition are also described herein. The barrier compositions disclosed herein can be used to impart water, moisture, grease, oil, and/or oxygen resistance to the paper product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Peter Hayes, Robert Proulx
  • Publication number: 20180051418
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to barrier compositions. The barrier composition can comprise a copolymer formed by polymerizing monomers comprising derived from a vinyl aromatic monomer and a second monomer selected from the group consisting of butadiene alkyl (meth)acrylates and mixtures thereof, and a solid grade oligomer. In some embodiments, the vinyl aromatic monomer and the second monomer are polymerized in the presence of the solid grade oligomer. Paper products and methods of making the paper products comprising the barrier composition are also described herein. The barrier compositions disclosed herein can be used to impart water, moisture, grease, oil, and/or oxygen resistance to the paper product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Peter HAYES, Robert PROULX
  • Patent number: 9038821
    Abstract: A golf caddie device is disclosed that is designed for carrying golf equipment. The golf caddie device comprises a support rod having a spike and an ergonomically shaped handle. The golf caddie device also comprises a ball holder, a first cylinder comprising up to five openings for retaining golf clubs, and a second cylinder comprising up to five openings for retaining golf club shafts. Golf clubs are inserted into the golf caddie device by inserting the shaft part of the golf club through one of the first cylinder openings and into one of the openings of the second cylinder, thus, retaining the golf clubs within the golf caddie device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Inventor: Robert Proulx