Patents by Inventor Samuel Keene

Samuel Keene 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: 20240110984
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for advanced fusion of physics-based and machine learning based state-of-charge and state-of-health models in battery management systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Yong Park, Samuel Keene, Samer Saab
  • Publication number: 20240079653
    Abstract: Electrolyte formulations for energy storage devices are disclosed. The energy storage device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, where one or both of the first electrode and the second electrode is a Si-based electrode, a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electrolyte composition. Electrolyte formulations as described herein are electrolyte compositions comprising two or more components such as solvents, co-solvents, salts and/or additives. In some embodiments, three or more, four or more, five or more, six or more, seven or more, or eight or more components are included in the electrolyte composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Yong Park, Heidi Anderson, Hong Zhao, Vincent Giordani, Sung Ju Cho, Myunghwan Jeong, Daniel Sylvinson Muthiah Ravinson, Samuel Keene, Mya Le Thai
  • Patent number: 11901748
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for state-of-charge balancing in battery management systems for Si/Li batteries. State-of-charge (SOC) of one or more lithium-ion cells may be assessed, and based on the assessing of the SOC, the one or more lithium-ion cells may be controlled. The controlling may include setting or modifying one or more operating parameters of at least one lithium-ion cell, and the controlling may be configured to equilibrate the SOC of the one or more lithium-ion cells or to modify an SOC of at least one lithium-ion cell so that the one or more lithium-ion cells have a balanced SOC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Enevate Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Keene, Benjamin Yong Park, Samer Saab
  • Patent number: 11837703
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for state-of-health models for lithium-silicon batteries. State-of-health (SOH) of a lithium-ion cell may be assessed, with the assessing including calculating the state-of-health (SOH) using an enhanced state-of-health (SOH) model, with the enhanced state-of-health (SOH) model using input data other than data provided directly by the lithium-ion cell. The input data includes at least data acquired during operation of the lithium-ion cell and/or data acquired during manufacturing and initialization of the lithium-ion cell or electrodes of the lithium-ion cell. The lithium-ion cell may be a silicon-dominant cell including a silicon-dominant anode with silicon >50% of active material of the anode, and the enhanced state-of-health (SOH) model may be configured based on one or more characteristics unique to silicon-dominant cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: ENEVATE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Samuel Keene, Benjamin Yong Park
  • Patent number: 11830988
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for state-of-health balanced battery management system. State-of-health (SOH) of one or more lithium-ion cells may be assessed, and based on the assessing of state-of-health (SOH), the one or more lithium-ion cells may be controlled. The controlling may include setting or modifying one or more operating parameters of at least one lithium-ion cell, and the controlling may be configured to equilibrate the state-of-health (SOH) of the one or more lithium-ion cells or to modify a state-of-health (SOH) of at least one lithium-ion cell so that the one or more lithium-ion cells have a uniform state-of-health (SOH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ENEVATE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Samuel Keene, Benjamin Yong Park
  • Publication number: 20230246158
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for improvement of cycle life in Si/Li batteries using high temperature deep discharge cycling. One or more deep discharge cycles may be applied to a cell that includes a cathode, a separator, and a silicon-dominant anode, with each of the one or more deep discharge cycles including at least charging and discharging the cell, and with each of the one or more deep discharge cycles being performed at a higher temperature that is above normal operating temperature range. The higher temperature may be 40° C. or higher, 45° C. or higher, or around 45° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Samuel Keene, Vincent Giordani, Jeremy Chang, Benjamin Yong Park, Frederic Bonhomme, Hong Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230246458
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for state-of-charge balancing in battery management systems for Si/Li batteries. State-of-charge (SOC) of one or more lithium-ion cells may be assessed, and based on the assessing of the SOC, the one or more lithium-ion cells may be controlled. The controlling may include setting or modifying one or more operating parameters of at least one lithium-ion cell, and the controlling may be configured to equilibrate the SOC of the one or more lithium-ion cells or to modify an SOC of at least one lithium-ion cell so that the one or more lithium-ion cells have a balanced SOC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Samuel Keene, Benjamin Yong Park, Samer Saab
  • Patent number: 11710508
    Abstract: A user device provides a user interface for video manipulation with face replacement. A method of implementations includes accessing a video comprising a plurality of frames that comprise one or more faces, providing a plurality of stickers comprising alternate face graphics for the one or more faces, receiving, via a user interface of a user device, user selection of one of the stickers and a selected face of the one or more faces, accessing a plurality of face frame sequences of the video, wherein each face frame sequence is a sequence of frames of the video comprising the selected face of the one or more faces, and replacing the selected face with the selected sticker in a first face frame sequence of the plurality of face frame sequences and in a second face frame sequence of the plurality of face frame sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jokubas Zukerman, Marco Paglia, Chad Sager, Andrew Poes, Maegan Clawges, Ivan Evfimiou, Gregory Foster, Samuel Keene, John Gregg, Reed Morse
  • Publication number: 20230187716
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for algorithm-optimized voltage and/or current windows for lithium-silicon batteries. A lithium-ion cell may be managed, with the managing including controlling voltage and/or current of the lithium-ion cell using an enhanced algorithm. The controlling includes adjusting voltage and/or current limits applied during one or both of charging and discharging of the lithium-ion cell, and the enhanced algorithm is configured to control a voltage range and/or a current range of the lithium-ion cell to maximize a combination of one or more variable associated with the lithium-ion cell including one or more of cycle life, energy density, cumulative capacity before end of life, and cumulative energy before end of life. The lithium-ion cell may be a silicon-dominant cell having a silicon-dominant anode with silicon >50% of active material of the anode, and the enhanced algorithm may be configured based on characteristic(s) unique to silicon-dominant cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Samuel Keene, Benjamin Yong Park
  • Publication number: 20230187710
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for state-of-health models for lithium-silicon batteries. State-of-health (SOH) of a lithium-ion cell may be assessed, with the assessing including calculating the state-of-health (SOH) using an enhanced state-of-health (SOH) model, with the enhanced state-of-health (SOH) model using input data other than data provided directly by the lithium-ion cell. The input data includes at least data acquired during operation of the lithium-ion cell and/or data acquired during manufacturing and initialization of the lithium-ion cell or electrodes of the lithium-ion cell. The lithium-ion cell may be a silicon-dominant cell including a silicon-dominant anode with silicon>50% of active material of the anode, and the enhanced state-of-health (SOH) model may be configured based on one or more characteristics unique to silicon-dominant cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Samuel Keene, Benjamin Yong Park
  • Publication number: 20230187711
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for state-of-health balanced battery management system. State-of-health (SOH) of one or more lithium-ion cells may be assessed, and based on the assessing of state-of-health (SOH), the one or more lithium-ion cells may be controlled. The controlling may include setting or modifying one or more operating parameters of at least one lithium-ion cell, and the controlling may be configured to equilibrate the state-of-health (SOH) of the one or more lithium-ion cells or to modify a state-of-health (SOH) of at least one lithium-ion cell so that the one or more lithium-ion cells have a uniform state-of-health (SOH).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Samuel Keene, Benjamin Yong Park
  • Patent number: 11551638
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for modifying user interface colors are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving a video and color palette information, wherein each color of the color palette information indicates a color of an element of a user interface in which the video is to be presented; identifying a first color for the element, wherein the first color corresponds to a first portion of the video; causing the first portion of the video to be presented, wherein the element of the user interface having the first color is presented; identifying a second color for the element, wherein the second color corresponds to a second portion of the video; and modifying an appearance of the element by changing the color of the element from the first color to the second color while presenting the second portion of the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Maegan Clawges, Samuel Keene
  • Publication number: 20220115042
    Abstract: A user device provides a user interface for video manipulation with face replacement. A method of implementations includes accessing a video comprising a plurality of frames that comprise one or more faces, providing a plurality of stickers comprising alternate face graphics for the one or more faces, receiving, via a user interface of a user device, user selection of one of the stickers and a selected face of the one or more faces, accessing a plurality of face frame sequences of the video, wherein each face frame sequence is a sequence of frames of the video comprising the selected face of the one or more faces, and replacing the selected face with the selected sticker in a first face frame sequence of the plurality of face frame sequences and in a second face frame sequence of the plurality of face frame sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Jokubas Zukerman, Marco Paglia, Chad Sager, Andrew Poes, Maegan Clawges, Ivan Evfimiou, Gregory Foster, Samuel Keene, John Gregg, Reed Morse
  • Patent number: 11211096
    Abstract: A user device provides a user interface for video manipulation with face replacement. A method of implementations includes accessing a video comprising a plurality of frames that comprise one or more faces, providing a plurality of stickers comprising alternate face graphics for the one or more faces, receiving, via a user interface of a user device, user selection of one of the stickers and a selected face of the one or more faces, accessing a plurality of face frame sequences of the video, wherein each face frame sequence is a sequence of frames of the video comprising the selected face of the one or more faces, replacing the selected face with the selected sticker in each face frame of the plurality of face frame sequences, and animating the selected sticker in the each face frame of the plurality of face frame sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jokubas Zukerman, Marco Paglia, Chad Sager, Andrew Poes, Maegan Clawges, Ivan Evfimiou, Gregory Foster, Samuel Keene, John Gregg, Reed Morse
  • Publication number: 20210210049
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for modifying user interface colors are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving a video and color palette information, wherein each color of the color palette information indicates a color of an element of a user interface in which the video is to be presented; identifying a first color for the element, wherein the first color corresponds to a first portion of the video; causing the first portion of the video to be presented, wherein the element of the user interface having the first color is presented; identifying a second color for the element, wherein the second color corresponds to a second portion of the video; and modifying an appearance of the element by changing the color of the element from the first color to the second color while presenting the second portion of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Maegan Clawges, Samuel Keene
  • Patent number: 10957280
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for modifying user interface colors are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving a video and color palette information, wherein each color of the color palette information indicates a color of an element of a user interface in which the video is to be presented; identifying a first color for the element, wherein the first color corresponds to a first portion of the video; causing the first portion of the video to be presented, wherein the element of the user interface having the first color is presented; identifying a second color for the element, wherein the second color corresponds to a second portion of the video; and modifying an appearance of the element by changing the color of the element from the first color to the second color while presenting the second portion of the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Maegan Clawges, Samuel Keene
  • Publication number: 20200043527
    Abstract: A user device provides a user interface for video manipulation with face replacement. A method of implementations includes accessing a video comprising a plurality of frames that comprise one or more faces, providing a plurality of stickers comprising alternate face graphics for the one or more faces, receiving, via a user interface of a user device, user selection of one of the stickers and a selected face of the one or more faces, accessing a plurality of face frame sequences of the video, wherein each face frame sequence is a sequence of frames of the video comprising the selected face of the one or more faces, replacing the selected face with the selected sticker in each face frame of the plurality of face frame sequences, and animating the selected sticker in the each face frame of the plurality of face frame sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Jokubas Zukerman, Marco Paglia, Chad Sager, Andrew Poes, Maegan Clawges, Ivan Evfimiou, Gregory Foster, Samuel Keene, John Gregg, Reed Morse
  • Patent number: 10534973
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for color palette extraction for videos are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: identifying, at a server, a frame of a video content item; clustering pixels of the frame of the video content item based on a color of each of the pixels into a group of clusters; for each of a plurality of clusters in the group of clusters, determining an average color for the cluster; selecting a cluster of the plurality of clusters based on the average color of the cluster; determining a color palette corresponding to the frame of the video content item for one or more user interface elements in which the video content item is to be presented based on the average color of the selected cluster; and transmitting information indicating the color palette to a user device in response to a request to present the video content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Keene, Maegan Clawges
  • Publication number: 20190371267
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for modifying user interface colors are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving a video and color palette information, wherein each color of the color palette information indicates a color of an element of a user interface in which the video is to be presented; identifying a first color for the element, wherein the first color corresponds to a first portion of the video; causing the first portion of the video to be presented, wherein the element of the user interface having the first color is presented; identifying a second color for the element, wherein the second color corresponds to a second portion of the video; and modifying an appearance of the element by changing the color of the element from the first color to the second color while presenting the second portion of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Maegan Clawges, Samuel Keene
  • Patent number: 10446189
    Abstract: A user device provides a user interface for video manipulation with face replacement. The user device accesses a source video including a group of frames and one or more faces. The user device also provides a set of stickers with alternate face graphics. Upon receiving selection of one of the stickers, one of the faces and one of the frames that includes the face from a user, the user device accesses a face frame sequence. The face frame sequence is a sequence of frames including the selected frame. And each frame of the face frame sequence includes the selected face. The user device sends to a server a request to replace the selected face with the selected sticker in the frame sequence and receives a manipulated video in response to the request, where the selected face is replaced with the selected sticker in each frame of the frame sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jokubas Zukerman, Marco Paglia, Chad Sager, Andrew Poes, Maegan Clawges, Ivan Evfimiou, Gregory Foster, Samuel Keene, John Gregg, Reed Morse