Patents by Inventor Simon Porter
Simon Porter 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: 20240098404Abstract: A speaker produces acoustic frequencies within a housing that outputs the acoustic frequencies to a port. The produced frequencies travel through a cavity to the port which may have a cavity resonance that amplifies certain frequencies, affecting the frequency sensitivity of the speaker. To mitigate the cavity resonance, the speaker includes a membrane with regions having different breakup frequencies. One region is tuned to break up at a desired bandwidth of the speaker, and another region is tuned to break up at the cavity resonance, mitigating the distortion on frequency response due to the cavity resonance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Simon Porter, Guangxin Tang
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Publication number: 20230353930Abstract: A head-mounted display is provided. The head-mounted display includes (A) a body and (B) one or more strap arms securing the body to a user's head. Each strap arm includes a housing defining: (i) a chamber, (ii) a first audio passage to transmit sound from the chamber to a first audio outlet that outputs sound, and (iii) a second audio passage to transmit sound from the chamber to a second audio outlet that outputs sound. Each strap arm also includes a speaker, positioned in the chamber, configured to emit sound into the first and second audio passages, wherein (i) a front side (e.g., a forward-facing surface) of the speaker faces the first audio passage and a back side (e.g., a rearward-facing surface) of the speaker faces the second audio passage, and (ii) the second audio passage is longer than the first audio passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2019Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventor: Simon Porter
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Publication number: 20230345168Abstract: An acoustic device with a manifold architecture is described. The acoustic device includes a primary waveguide and a manifold. The primary waveguide has a first end, coupled to an acoustic sensor, and a second end, a port open to a local area. The port receives airflow from the local area that includes sound pressure waves from a sound source and turbulent pressure waves. The sound pressure waves and a first portion of the turbulent pressure waves are detected by the acoustic sensor. The manifold includes a plurality of waveguides that are coupled to a portion of the primary waveguide between the first end and second end. The plurality of waveguides has openings to the local area. The manifold vents a second portion of the turbulent pressure waves through the openings, and the second portion of the turbulent pressure waves is larger than the first portion of the turbulent pressure waves.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Limin Zhou, Simon Porter, Gongqiang Yu
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Publication number: 20230260534Abstract: A headset designed for inclusion of users with impairments is provided. The headset includes a frame, two eyepieces mounted on the frame, and at least one microphone and a speaker, mounted on the frame. The headset also includes a camera, a memory configured to store multiple instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions, wherein the instructions comprise to provide to a user an environmental context from a signal provided by the microphone and the camera. A method for using the above headset and a system for performing the method are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Johana Gabriela Coyoc Escudero, Scott Phillip Selfon, Simon Porter, Christi Miller, Yao Ding, Jonathan Y. Lee, Gregory Sarkis-Kelly, Brett Alden Lavalla, FNU Anurag Kumar
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Publication number: 20230252822Abstract: A smart glass for incorporating speech recognition in an immersive reality environment is provided. The smart glass includes an eyepiece mounted on a frame including a transparent optical component to provide a user a view of a scene in a real world. The smart glass also includes a first camera configured to capture an image of a hand gesture from an interlocutor in the real world, and a processor configured to recognize, in the image of the hand gesture, a textual meaning. A system including memories storing instructions and processors to execute the instructions to perform methods for use of the above smart glass, and the methods, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Johana Gabriela Coyoc Escudero, Scott Phillip Selfon, Simon Porter, Christi Miller, Yao Ding, Jonathan Y. Lee, Gregory Sarkis-Kelly, Brett Alden Lavalla, FNU Anurag Kumar
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Patent number: 11711646Abstract: An audio assembly provides audio content to a user. The audio assembly comprises an elongated body, a diaphragm, a transducer, and a plurality of vent assemblies. The elongated body has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The diaphragm is within the elongated body and pivots about a pivot location that is proximate the second end. The transducer is within the elongated body and is positioned proximate to the first end. The transducer causes the diaphragm to pivot about the pivot location such that the diaphragm generates a positive acoustic pressure wave from a first surface of the diaphragm and a negative acoustic pressure wave from a second surface of the diaphragm. The plurality of vent assemblies are along one or more surfaces of the elongated body, and are configured to vent the positive acoustic pressure wave and the negative acoustic pressure wave.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventor: Simon Porter
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Publication number: 20220377460Abstract: A dipole pair audio system (e.g., integrated into an artificial reality headset) comprising a first audio assembly and a second audio assembly. The first audio assembly is configured to generate first acoustic pressure waves, and vent the first acoustic pressure waves into a local area via a first positive vent and a first negative vent. The second audio assembly is configured to generate second acoustic pressure waves, and vent the second acoustic pressure waves into the local area via a second positive vent and a second negative vent. The first acoustic pressure waves and the second acoustic pressure waves are the same and in phase for frequencies below a threshold frequency, and are the same but are out of phase for frequencies at or above the threshold frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Simon Porter, Rick Yuan Chao, Marshall Chiu
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Patent number: 11381647Abstract: The disclosed technology is generally directed to communications in an IoT environment. In one example of the technology, device twins for corresponding IoT devices are stored, wherein the device twins include metadata that is associated with the corresponding IoT devices. A schedule job instruction may be received, and at least one candidate IoT device among the IoT devices that is associated with the schedule job instruction may be identified. In some examples, executors associated with the at least one candidate IoT device are created, and jobs are executed via the executors such that the executors are capable of resuming execution after at least one of an outage or a failure.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Juan Perez, Affan Dar, Simon Porter
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Patent number: 11381404Abstract: An existing Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) framework is modified to overcome message size limitations by implementing a control byte that enables segmentation of SASL messages. In implementations in which client computing devices utilize a trusted platform module (TPM) for enhanced security, the client computing device can transmit multiple public keys and other information to a provisioning service during an attestation process. This information can be segmented across multiple messages while leveraging the SASL framework. A control byte may be utilized in each message and define attributes about the respective messages, such as whether a current message is an interim or final message segment. Likewise, the provisioning service can divide a challenge key into multiple segments and include a control byte for each segment. The control byte within segmented messages enables utilization of the TPM public keys and thereby can leverage the heightened security provided by the TPM.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Rajeev Mandayam Vokkarne, Jelani Zukar Brandon, Simon Porter
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Publication number: 20220159366Abstract: An audio assembly provides audio content to a user. The audio assembly comprises an elongated body, a diaphragm, a transducer, and a plurality of vent assemblies. The elongated body has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The diaphragm is within the elongated body and pivots about a pivot location that is proximate the second end. The transducer is within the elongated body and is positioned proximate to the first end. The transducer causes the diaphragm to pivot about the pivot location such that the diaphragm generates a positive acoustic pressure wave from a first surface of the diaphragm and a negative acoustic pressure wave from a second surface of the diaphragm. The plurality of vent assemblies are along one or more surfaces of the elongated body, and are configured to vent the positive acoustic pressure wave and the negative acoustic pressure wave.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventor: Simon Porter
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Publication number: 20210344758Abstract: The disclosed technology is generally directed to communications in an IoT environment. In one example of the technology, device twins for corresponding IoT devices are stored, wherein the device twins include metadata that is associated with the corresponding IoT devices. A schedule job instruction may be received, and at least one candidate IoT device among the IoT devices that is associated with the schedule job instruction may be identified. In some examples, executors associated with the at least one candidate IoT device are created, and jobs are executed via the executors such that the executors are capable of resuming execution after at least one of an outage or a failure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Juan Perez, Affan Dar, Simon Porter
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Patent number: 11025722Abstract: The disclosed technology is generally directed to communications in an IoT environment. In one example of the technology, device twins for corresponding IoT devices are stored, wherein the device twins include metadata that is associated with the corresponding IoT devices. A schedule job instruction may be received, and at least one candidate IoT device among the IoT devices that is associated with the schedule job instruction may be identified. In some examples, executors associated with the at least one candidate IoT device are created, and jobs are executed via the executors such that the executors are capable of resuming execution after at least one of an outage or a failure.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2017Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Juan Perez, Affan Dar, Simon Porter
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Patent number: 11015544Abstract: Method for controlling an internal combustion engine of an agricultural vehicle comprising the following steps, acquisition of a rated torque curve of said internal combustion engine, as a function of a rotation speed of said internal combustion engine, selection of a predefined speed value (PTS) of the internal combustion engine, introduction of a modified torque curve having torque values increased for speeds below said predefined speed value (PTS), switching from said rated torque curve to said modified torque curve when at least one operating condition has occurred.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2016Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A.Inventors: Salvatore Musumeci, Simon Porter
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Patent number: 10869120Abstract: An audio assembly provides audio content to a user. The audio assembly comprises an elongated body, a negative vent assembly, and a positive vent assembly. The elongated body includes an audio waveguide. The negative vent assembly is coupled to the elongated body and includes at least one negative vent that vents negative acoustic pressure waves generated by a back surface of a transducer coupled to a first end of the audio waveguide. The positive vent assembly is part of the elongated body and is coupled to a second end of the audio waveguide. The positive vent assembly includes at least one positive vent that vents positive acoustic pressure waves generated by a front surface of the transducer.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Joel Bernard Jacobs, Clare Regimbal Long, Simon Porter, Joseph Patrick Sullivan, Peter Allan Chase Newbury
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Patent number: 10851731Abstract: A method for controlling a delivery of driving torque of an engine of an agricultural tractor comprising a first step of monitoring a speed of said engine, and when said speed is stable, comprising a second step of maintaining it subsequently stable by compensating a load variation applied to the engine. The invention also concerns a fuel injection system implementing the above method.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2016Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A.Inventors: Salvatore Musumeci, Simon Porter
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Publication number: 20200153642Abstract: An existing Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) framework is modified to overcome message size limitations by implementing a control byte that enables segmentation of SASL messages. In implementations in which client computing devices utilize a trusted platform module (TPM) for enhanced security, the client computing device can transmit multiple public keys and other information to a provisioning service during an attestation process. This information can be segmented across multiple messages while leveraging the SASL framework. A control byte may be utilized in each message and define attributes about the respective messages, such as whether a current message is an interim or final message segment. Likewise, the provisioning service can divide a challenge key into multiple segments and include a control byte for each segment. The control byte within segmented messages enables utilization of the TPM public keys and thereby can leverage the heightened security provided by the TPM.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Rajeev Mandayam VOKKARNE, Jelani Zukar BRANDON, Simon PORTER
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Publication number: 20190211771Abstract: A method for controlling a delivery of driving torque of an engine of an agricultural tractor comprising a first step of monitoring a speed of said engine, and when said speed is stable, comprising a second step of maintaining it subsequently stable by compensating a load variation applied to the engine. The invention also concerns a fuel injection system implementing the above method.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2016Publication date: July 11, 2019Applicant: FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A.Inventors: Salvatore Musumeci, Simon Porter
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Publication number: 20180320619Abstract: Method for controlling an internal combustion engine of an agricultural vehicle comprising the following steps, acquisition of a rated torque curve of said internal combustion engine, as a function of a rotation speed of said internal combustion engine, selection of a predefined speed value (PTS) of the internal combustion engine, introduction of a modified torque curve having torque values increased for speeds below said predefined speed value (PTS), switching from said rated torque curve to said modified torque curve when at least one operating condition has occurred.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Salvatore Musumeci, Simon Porter
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Publication number: 20180302476Abstract: The disclosed technology is generally directed to communications in an IoT environment. In one example of the technology, device twins for corresponding IoT devices are stored, wherein the device twins include metadata that is associated with the corresponding IoT devices. A schedule job instruction may be received, and at least one candidate IoT device among the IoT devices that is associated with the schedule job instruction may be identified. In some examples, executors associated with the at least one candidate IoT device are created, and jobs are executed via the executors such that the executors are capable of resuming execution after at least one of an outage or a failure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2017Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Juan Perez, Affan Dar, Simon Porter
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Publication number: 20110315223Abstract: Coatings utilized in multilayer sheets such as laminated films used for photovoltaic backsheets can be prepared by adding epoxy and carbodiimide to a polyurethane mixture to be utilized as the adhesive, prior to application of the coating to a substrate. Such coatings can exhibit improved resistance to hydrolysis, and can maintain bond strength under prolonged conditions of high heat and humidity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Yuan-Ping Robert Ting, Simon Porter