Patents by Inventor Shawn Lee
Shawn Lee 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).
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Publication number: 20240137265Abstract: A cable distribution system includes a head end connected to a plurality of customer devices through a transmission network that includes a remote fiber node that converts digital data to analog data suitable for the plurality of customer devices, where the head end includes at least one server each of which includes a respective processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: Santhana CHARI, Kyoo LEE, David GRUBB, David E. VIRAG, Thomas J. CLOONAN, Mircea ORBAN, Michael J. EMMENDORFER, Shawn WARNER
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Publication number: 20240115936Abstract: A gaming controller includes a series of button assemblages corresponding to various game input functions. The assemblages are angled such that an operator's fingers are aligned with buttons resulting minimal tilting of the wrist. The gaming controller includes modifier buttons that change the strength of corresponding button input. A controller operating system includes a controller circuit with a processor configured to perform various functionalities. The operating system further includes a plurality of settings and sub-settings, at least some of which being related to user profiles, modifier button settings, and/or override systems. A method includes connecting the gaming controller to a video monitor and changing at least one setting associated with at least one of a user profile, a modifier button, and an override system that is saved on a local memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Dustin Lee Huffer, Shawn Huffer
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Publication number: 20240110657Abstract: Techniques for implementing and/or operating a pipe handling system that includes an inboard bore plug assembly and an outboard bore plug assembly, which facilitate plugging a pipe bore in a flexible pipe. The inboard bore plug assembly includes a first inflatable plug having a first inflatable bladder that defines a first fluid cavity and a first inflation port opening and a first inflation fluid port secured within the first inflation port opening. The outboard bore plug assembly includes a second inflatable plug having a second inflatable bladder that defines a second fluid cavity, a second inflation port opening, and a bore port opening, a second inflation fluid port secured within the second inflation port opening, and a bore fluid port secured in the bore port opening to enable the pipe bore in the flexible pipe to be pressurized to an elevated fluid pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Christopher David Barnstable, Shawn Thomas Berry, Alejandro Estrella, John Paul Leger, Matthew Douglas Lusk, Alexander Lee Winn
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Publication number: 20240103175Abstract: A method of imaging a scene comprises illuminating the scene using a sequence of illumination patterns, and using a sensor to detect reflections from the scene in respect of each illumination pattern of the sequence. The sequence of illumination patterns is configured to allow a first image of the scene having a first resolution to be constructed. The sequence of illumination patterns includes a first sub-set of illumination patterns, wherein the first sub-set of illumination patterns is configured to allow a second image of the scene having a second resolution to be constructed. The method further comprises using detected reflections in respect of the illumination patterns of the sequence to construct a first image of the scene having the first resolution, and using detected reflections in respect of the first sub-set of illumination patterns to construct a second image of the scene.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: LightCode Photonics OÜInventors: ANDREAS VALDMANN, HELI VALTNA, JAN BOGDANOV, SERGEY OMELKOV, JASON SHAWN LEE EXLEY
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Publication number: 20240076834Abstract: Packages or arrays comprising a plurality of sanitary tissue product sheets. One or more subsets of the plurality of sanitary tissue product sheets may be surrounded by a band. Each subset may be sized to provide a suitable refill for a dispenser. The sanitary tissue product sheets may be bi-folded and a free end of a first sanitary tissue product sheet of the sanitary tissue product sheets may be nested within a bifold of a second sanitary tissue product sheet of the sanitary tissue product sheets. The package or array may include in an outer container, such as a cardboard box or a plastic film.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Nakomi Lee FELDMANN, Shawn Paul WURZLER, Jennifer Lynn DUSOLD, Jacqueline Ellen YEE, Sarah Anne SAVILLE
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Patent number: 11788068Abstract: Modified or mutant bacterial luciferases having improved activity, as compared to wild type or unmodified bacterial luciferases, are described. The modified or mutant bacterial luciferases display increased light production and/or slower signal decay. Employing these modified or mutant bacterial luciferases improve a luminescence reporter system assay by increasing the detection sensitivity, resulting in improved bioreporter/reporter assays. The invention further provides methods for using the modified or mutant bacterial luciferases, reporter assays using the modified or mutant bacterial luciferases, and kits and articles of manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.Inventor: Shawn Lee Suko
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Publication number: 20230241846Abstract: Packaging apparatus comprises two counter-rotatable sealing dies for pressing together two tissue webs to produce pockets for containing a substance for preparing beverages and to seal around said pockets, and two heating drums for heating the sealing dies and each being positioned inside a respective sealing die, wherein a first heating zone of each heating drum comprises a first plurality of circumferentially distributed infrared heating elements, and a second heating zone of each heating drum comprises a second plurality of circumferentially distributed infrared heating elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: TATA CONSUMER PRODUCTS GB LIMITEDInventors: ANDREW JOHN BISHOP, NEAL JAMES MCCABE, GARY ROBINSON, JOHN FRANCIS MCGOWAN, JASON SHAWN LEE EXLEY
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Patent number: 11658438Abstract: An electrical connector can include a receptacle disposed in a housing. The housing can include a second end and an openable first end having at least two housing portions that are movable relative to each other between: an open position in which the receptacle is accessible by a plug through the housing portions; and a closed position in which the receptacle is not accessible by the plug through the housing portions. At least one of the housing portions can be biased toward the open position. The electrical connector can further include a grip coupled to the housing and movable relative to the housing between a first position that permits movement of the housing portions to the open position; and a second position in which the grip overlies the at least one biased-open housing portion such that the grip prevents movement of the housing portions to the open position.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: SHPP GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Shawn Lee, David Wimberly, John McKenzie, Trevor Jackson
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Publication number: 20230122396Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for providing access to graphics or compute hardware acceleration to applications executing in a guest environment. The devices and methods may provide virtualization support to graphics or compute devices so that graphics or compute devices may be projected inside of a guest environment. The devices and methods may share the physical resources for graphics and compute hardware acceleration by coordinating the use of the graphics or compute hardware acceleration across a spectrum of devices, environments, or platforms.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Jesse Tyler NATALIE, Iouri Vladimirovich TARASSOV, Steve Michel PRONOVOST, Shawn Lee HARGREAVES, Ben Carson HILLIS, Brian David PERKINS
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Patent number: 11307711Abstract: A method for avoiding noise in a display involves scanning a display at a sampling rate that is less than the Nyquist level sampling. After scanning the signals received at less than the Nyquist level, the measured signals are processed in order to determine where noise may be present. Subsequently, future scans are performed at a Fast Fourier Transform is performed on the results. This is used to determine at which frequencies there is noise. Subsequent scans can be taken to determine touch events that avoid locations where noise is present.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Tactual Labs Co.Inventor: Shawn Lee
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Publication number: 20210342775Abstract: A system, device and method automate proof of delivery image processing. In embodiments, package proof of delivery images are received from workers' devices, the images are scanned and features are determined from the scanned images. Based on the determined feature, a classifier is determined for each of the plurality of images according to a classifier database.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2020Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Jon David Herberger, Marc Lallier, Shawn Lee Evans
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Hearing device with acoustic shock control and method for acoustic shock control in a hearing device
Patent number: 11128946Abstract: A hearing device for being worn at or at least partly within an ear of a user and including an acoustic shock detector for detecting an acoustic shock event present in an input audio signal from an input transducer and providing shock detection information related to the acoustic shock event. The hearing device further includes an acoustic shock controller for determining a first gain factor (Gb) and a second gain factor (Gp) in dependence of the shock detection information, a first attenuator for attenuating a processed input audio signal by the first gain factor (Gb) and providing an attenuated audio signal to an output limiter providing a limited audio signal, and a second attenuator for attenuating the limited audio signal by the second gain factor (Gp) and providing a further attenuated audio signal to an output transducer. A corresponding method for acoustic shock control in a hearing device.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: SONOVA AGInventors: Henry Luo, Shawn Lee, Ara Talaslian, Greg Nawrocki -
Publication number: 20210278924Abstract: A method for avoiding noise in a display involves scanning a display at a sampling rate that is less than the Nyquist level sampling. After scanning the signals received at less than the Nyquist level, the measured signals are processed in order to determine where noise may be present. Subsequently, future scans are performed at a Fast Fourier Transform is performed on the results. This is used to determine at which frequencies there is noise. Subsequent scans can be taken to determine touch events that avoid locations where noise is present.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2020Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: Tactual Labs Co.Inventor: Shawn Lee
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Patent number: 11113869Abstract: Examples described herein generally relate to generating a visualization of an image. A proprietary structure that specifies ray tracing instructions for generating the image using ray tracing is intercepted from a graphics processing unit (GPU) or a graphics driver. The proprietary structure can be converted, based on assistance information, to a visualization structure for generating the visualization of the image. The visualization of the image can be generated from the visualization structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Austin Neil Kinross, Shawn Lee Hargreaves, Amar Patel, Thomas Lee Davidson
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Patent number: 11100041Abstract: Examples described herein generally relate to indicating resource utilization by a graphics processing unit (GPU). Data indicating a hierarchy of architectural units for executing processing threads on a GPU can be obtained. An indication of a slot assigned to a collection of threads for executing on the GPU can be received, where the slot is associated with a single instruction multiple data (SIMD) module capable of concurrently executing multiple collections of threads. An architectural unit to which the slot is assigned can be determined based on the data indicating the hierarchy of architectural units. An indication of the architectural unit as executing the collection of threads can be outputted.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Damyan Jonathan Pepper, Shawn Lee Hargreaves
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Publication number: 20210165673Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for providing access to graphics or compute hardware acceleration to applications executing in a guest environment. The devices and methods may provide virtualization support to graphics or compute devices so that graphics or compute devices may be projected inside of a guest environment. The devices and methods may share the physical resources for graphics and compute hardware acceleration by coordinating the use of the graphics or compute hardware acceleration across a spectrum of devices, environments, or platforms.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2019Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Jesse Tyler NATALIE, Iouri Vladimirovich TARASSOV, Steve Michel PRONOVOST, Shawn Lee HARGREAVES, Ben Carson HILLIS, Brian David PERKINS
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Patent number: 10841985Abstract: A system and method for heat treating a tubular. In one embodiment, a system for heat treating a tubular includes a first coil and a second coil. The first coil is configured to circumferentially surround the tubular and induce, from without the tubular, current flow in a cylindrical portion of the tubular adjacent the first coil. The second coil is configured to be inserted into a bore of the tubular and induce, from within the tubular, in conjunction with the first coil, current flow in the cylindrical portion of the tubular.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P.Inventors: Kevin Joseph Wyble, Daniel Lyle Hannahs, Daryl Stevenson, Shawn Lee Cunningham
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Publication number: 20200339964Abstract: Modified or mutant bacterial luciferases having improved activity, as compared to wild type or unmodified bacterial luciferases, are described. The modified or mutant bacterial luciferases display increased light production and/or slower signal decay. Employing these modified or mutant bacterial luciferases improve a luminescence reporter system assay by decreasing the detection sensitivity, resulting in improved bioreporter/reporter assays. The invention further provides methods for using the modified or mutant bacterial luciferases, reporter assays using the modified or mutant bacterial luciferases, and kits and articles of manufacture.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2018Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventor: Shawn Lee Suko
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Patent number: 10733076Abstract: Examples described herein generally relate to reporting faults in a graphics processing unit (GPU). A list of rendering instructions for causing the GPU to render graphics can be captured, and occurrence of a fault in executing the list of rendering instructions can be detected. A portion of the list of rendering instructions can be executed, in isolation from a second portion of the list of rendering instructions, based on detecting occurrence of the fault to identify the fault in the portion of the list of rendering instructions or the second portion of the list of rendering instructions. The portion of the list of rendering instructions or the second portion of the list of rendering instructions can be indicated as causing the fault.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Adrian Tsai, Shawn Lee Hargreaves
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Patent number: D1018074Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Alexander V. LeTourneau, Dongha Lee, Zhiyu Liu, Shawn J. Booth