Patents by Inventor Russell Smith

Russell Smith 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: 20200052413
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a waveguide of an antenna block configured to propagate electromagnetic energy along a propagation direction. The antenna block includes a port located on a bottom surface of the antenna block and an antenna array located on a top surface of the antenna block. The antenna block further includes a set of waveguides in the antenna block configured to couple the antenna array to the port. Additionally, the antenna block includes at least one surface wave radiator, where the surface wave radiator is located on the top surface of the antenna block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Jamal Izadian, Russell Smith
  • Patent number: 10548413
    Abstract: An inflatable child safety bed for providing safe, soft and comfortable place for special needs children to be safely secured for bedtime purposes. Moreover, the inflatable nature of the bed provides a protective barrier between them and the outside environment. The inflatable child safety bed generally comprises an upper inflatable structure adapted to be secured to a bed having a mattress. In other versions, the inflatable child safety bed further includes a removable attachable inflatable bottom mattress adapted to couple with the upper inflatable structure in order to provide a flooring to the interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Inventor: Jonathan Russell Smith
  • Patent number: 10541890
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for processing analytics data in a windowed manner. In some embodiments, each user of a number of users is assigned to a group (e.g., a treatment group or a control group). The system may monitor each user to obtain metric data associated with each of the users over the course of an experiment. In some embodiments, the system may identify an indication of a trigger event with respect to each user. For example, the indication of the trigger event may comprise a time at which an event occurred for that user. The system may identify and compile data from the metric data for each of the users with respect to the trigger event. In some embodiments the metric data may be aggregated for each of the users with respect to a window or timespan positioned relative to the identified trigger event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rui Chen, Geoffrey Ryan Dworkin, Douglas R. Hains, Brent Russell Smith, Serguei B. Stepaniants, Sen Zhao
  • Patent number: 10490905
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a waveguide of an antenna block configured to propagate electromagnetic energy along a propagation direction. The antenna block includes a port located on a bottom surface of the antenna block and an antenna array located on a top surface of the antenna block. The antenna block further includes a set of waveguides in the antenna block configured to couple the antenna array to the port. Additionally, the antenna block includes at least one surface wave radiator, where the surface wave radiator is located on the top surface of the antenna block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Jamal Izadian, Russell Smith
  • Patent number: 10313262
    Abstract: Systems are provided to analyze user behavior with respect to different versions of content, and to identify the behavioral effects that can be attributed to the differences between the versions of content. Systems can determine whether an observed difference in user interactions with different versions of content is caused by the specific changes that have been made to content (e.g., an actual improvement or other substantive change), or whether the observed difference in user interactions is caused by the mere fact that the versions of content are different (e.g., due to the novelty of seeing a different version of content for the first time, regardless of whether the difference is a substantive improvement). In some cases, the observed effect may be caused both by the novelty of the content being changed and by the substance of the changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandra Juliet Brasch, Brent Russell Smith, Douglas R. Hains, Corry Lee-Boehm
  • Patent number: 10214223
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for determining the location of a vehicle. According to one aspect the method and apparatus the movements of motor rotors in a vehicle are monitored and used to determine speed, travel distance and/or travel path of a vehicle may be determined. Using various navigation techniques, the distance and travel path may then be used to determine the vehicle's location. Furthermore, movements of the motor rotors may also be used to report the positions of the steering and drive systems for the purpose of informing the vehicle controller as a method of feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Peter Craig Lombrozo, Carsten Jensen, Andrew Barton-Sweeney, Russell Smith, Daniel Lynn Larner
  • Publication number: 20190054876
    Abstract: An autonomous robot vehicle includes a front side and an energy absorbing system. The front side includes a front bumper and a front face including a frame defining a cavity. The energy absorbing system includes an energy absorbing member mounted in the cavity of the frame, and an inflatable airbag. The energy absorbing member is configured to reduce impact on an object struck by the autonomous robot vehicle. The inflatable airbag is mounted on the front side of the autonomous robot vehicle such that when the inflatable airbag is deployed, the inflatable airbag is external to the autonomous robot vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: David Ferguson, Jiajun Zhu, Nick Vines, Russell Smith
  • Patent number: 10190539
    Abstract: A hypersonic vehicle has a body, a control surface, and a hypersonic air-breathing engine. The engine includes a converging inlet having a fixed cowling having a first cross-sectional area and a throat having a second cross-sectional area. A flow restrictor is movable between a stowed position and a fully deployed position. The flow restrictor has a third cross-sectional area that is smaller than the first cross-sectional area, such that a consistent gap is formed between a periphery of the flow restrictor and an inner surface of the cowling with the flow restrictor in the fully deployed position and the difference between the first cross-sectional area and the third cross-sectional area is approximately equal to the second cross-sectional area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Kevin Gerald Bowcutt, Thomas Russell Smith
  • Patent number: 10193235
    Abstract: The radar system include a plurality of radiating elements arranged in a linear array configured to radiate electromagnetic energy. The radar system also includes a waveguide configured to guide electromagnetic energy between (i) each of the plurality of radiating elements and (ii) a waveguide feed. The radiating elements are coupled to a first side of the waveguide. The radar system additionally includes a waveguide feed configured to couple the electromagnetic energy between the waveguide and a component external to the waveguide. The waveguide feed is coupled to the second side of the waveguide at a position between two of the radiating elements. Further, the radar system includes a power dividing network defined by the waveguide and configured to divide the electromagnetic energy injected by the waveguide feed based on a taper profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Jamal Izadian, Russell Smith
  • Publication number: 20190025819
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems for navigating an autonomous or semi-autonomous fleet comprising a plurality of autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles within a plurality of navigable pathways within an unstructured open environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: David FERGUSON, Jiajun ZHU, Russell SMITH
  • Publication number: 20180364348
    Abstract: A radar system includes a split-block assembly unit comprising a first portion and second portion, where the first portion and the second portion form a seam. The radar system further includes a plurality of ports located on a bottom side of the second portion opposite the seam. Additionally, the radar system includes a plurality of radiating elements located on a top side of the first portion opposite the seam. The plurality of radiating elements is arranged in a plurality of arrays. The plurality of arrays includes a set of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission arrays, a set of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) transmission arrays, and at least one reception array. Further, the radar system includes a set of waveguides configured to couple each array to a port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Jamal Izadian, Russell Smith, Timothy Campbell, Adam Brown
  • Patent number: 10108192
    Abstract: Example systems and methods are disclosed for determining vehicle pose data for an autonomous vehicle. The vehicle computer system may receive pose data from multiple pose measurement systems of the autonomous vehicle. Each pose measurement system may include one or more corresponding sensors of the autonomous vehicle. The vehicle computer system may determine a pose data quality for the received pose data for each pose measurement system. The vehicle computer system may set the vehicle pose data to the pose data of the pose measurement system with the highest pose data quality. The vehicle computer system may control the autonomous vehicle based on the vehicle pose data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Seth Michael LaForge, Craig Lewin Robinson, John Tisdale, Russell Smith
  • Patent number: 10102559
    Abstract: A recommendation system increases the diversity of item recommendations provided to a target user by using item similarity data to reorder a recommendation set of items complementary to a source item. In one embodiment, the complementary items in the recommendation set are ranked based on a relevance score that represents a degree of relevance to the source item. The ranked recommendation set is then reordered based on overlap scores that represent degrees of similarity between particular items so that adjacent items and/or groups of items have less than a threshold degree of similarity. The overlap scores may be generated based on an automated comparison of user item viewing behavior, item attributes, item content, or based on another measure of item similarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjeev Jain, Brent Russell Smith, Alexandra Juliet Brasch
  • Publication number: 20180274791
    Abstract: A roll-up door equipped oven having a roll-up door in place of a hinged door includes a stove. A panel is coupled to and positioned in the stove to define an upper chamber. A pair of tracks is coupled singly to opposing sides of an opening in the stove. The tracks extend along the opposing sides and curvedly into the upper chamber. A plurality of panels is rollably coupled to and extends between the tracks. Each panel is hingedly coupled to an adjacent panel. An actuator is coupled to the stove and operationally coupled to the panels. A controller is positioned to compel the actuator to selectively compel the panels between a closed configuration, wherein the panels cover the opening, and an open configuration, wherein the panels are positioned within the upper chamber and the opening is configured to allow access to the upper chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Wanda Ward, Russell Smith
  • Patent number: 10082570
    Abstract: A radar system includes a split-block assembly unit comprising a first portion and second portion, where the first portion and the second portion form a seam. The radar system further includes a plurality of ports located on a bottom side of the second portion opposite the seam. Additionally, the radar system includes a plurality of radiating elements located on a top side of the first portion opposite the seam. The plurality of radiating elements is arranged in a plurality of arrays. The plurality of arrays includes a set of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission arrays, a set of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) transmission arrays, and at least one reception array. Further, the radar system includes a set of waveguides configured to couple each array to a port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Jamal Izadian, Russell Smith, Tim Campbell, Adam Brown
  • Publication number: 20180241133
    Abstract: The radar system include a plurality of radiating elements arranged in a linear array configured to radiate electromagnetic energy. The radar system also includes a waveguide configured to guide electromagnetic energy between (i) each of the plurality of radiating elements and (ii) a waveguide feed. The radiating elements are coupled to a first side of the waveguide. The radar system additionally includes a waveguide feed configured to couple the electromagnetic energy between the waveguide and a component external to the waveguide. The waveguide feed is coupled to the second side of the waveguide at a position between two of the radiating elements. Further, the radar system includes a power dividing network defined by the waveguide and configured to divide the electromagnetic energy injected by the waveguide feed based on a taper profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Jamal Izadian, Russell Smith
  • Patent number: 9979094
    Abstract: The radar system include a plurality of radiating elements arranged in a linear array configured to radiate electromagnetic energy. The radar system also includes a waveguide configured to guide electromagnetic energy between (i) each of the plurality of radiating elements and (ii) a waveguide feed. The radiating elements are coupled to a first side of the waveguide. The radar system additionally includes a waveguide feed configured to couple the electromagnetic energy between the waveguide and a component external to the waveguide. The waveguide feed is coupled to the second side of the waveguide at a position between two of the radiating elements. Further, the radar system includes a power dividing network defined by the waveguide and configured to divide the electromagnetic energy injected by the waveguide feed based on a taper profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Jamal Izadian, Russell Smith
  • Patent number: 9959564
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for providing confirmations for list modifications. A network page is sent to a client. The network page includes one or more components for requesting that one or more items be added to a list of items. The item(s) are added to the list of items in response to a request from the client. A display region is encoded for rendering in the client as a layer superimposed on the network page. The display region includes a confirmation that the item(s) have been added to the list of items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Arjun Chittoor, Aaron M. Donsbach, Kenneth James Price, Jeffrey T. Brownell, Homer G. Morgan, III, Brent Russell Smith, Michael D. McDaniel
  • Patent number: 9915947
    Abstract: Example systems and methods are disclosed for determining vehicle pose data for an autonomous vehicle. The vehicle computer system may receive pose data from multiple pose measurement systems of the autonomous vehicle. Each pose measurement system may include one or more corresponding sensors of the autonomous vehicle. The vehicle computer system may determine a pose data quality for the received pose data for each pose measurement system. The vehicle computer system may set the vehicle pose data to the pose data of the pose measurement system with the highest pose data quality. The vehicle computer system may control the autonomous vehicle based on the vehicle pose data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Seth Michael LaForge, Craig Lewin Robinson, John Tisdale, Russell Smith
  • Patent number: D824691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Inventor: Jonathan Russell Smith