Patents by Inventor Steven Josephs

Steven Josephs 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: 20210247657
    Abstract: An electrical connection between the backplane and the light-transmissive front electrode of an electrowetting device is provided by forming an aperture through the top front electrode coupled and a substrate coupled thereto and subsequently introducing a flowable, electrically-conductive material into the aperture. The flowable, electrically-conductive material provides an electrical contact between the light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer and the backplane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Joseph KAYAL, Steven Joseph BATTISTA, Richard J. PAOLINI, JR., Shyamala A. SUBRAMANIAN
  • Publication number: 20210246671
    Abstract: An inside corner drywall finishing comprising a first segment composed of a first side and a second side, a second segment composed of a first side and a second side, a third segment composed of a first side and a second side, a flap composed of a first side and a second side, the first side of the first segment attached to the first side of the flap wherein the first segment is affixed to the flap, the second side of the first segment attached to the first side of the second segment wherein the first segment is affixed to the second segment and the second side of the second segment attached to the first side of the third segment wherein the second segment is affixed to the third segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: STEVEN JOSEPH BROWN, LLOYD MURRAY LENNOX
  • Publication number: 20210232859
    Abstract: A computer, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to train a generative adversarial network (GAN) to reconstruct a missing portion of an image by determining a reconstructed portion of the image based on data from portions of the image surrounding the missing portion and compare an acquired image with the reconstructed portion of the image to determine a damaged portion. The instructions further include instructions to determine estimated damage based on the damaged portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Pankaj Kumar, Avisek Naug, Imad Makki, Steven Joseph Szwabowski
  • Patent number: 11055639
    Abstract: Manufacturing processes can be optimized using machine learning models. For example, a system can execute an optimization model to identify a recommended set of values for configurable settings of a manufacturing process associated with an object. The optimization model can determine the recommended set of values by implementing an iterative process using an objective function. Each iteration of the iterative process can include selecting a current set of candidate values for the configurable settings from within a current region of a search space defined by the optimization model; providing the current set of candidate values as input to a trained machine learning model that can predict a value for a target characteristic of the object or the manufacturing process based on the current set of candidate values; and identifying a next region of the search space to use in a next iteration of the iterative process based on the value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Pelin Cay, Nabaruna Karmakar, Natalia Summerville, Varunraj Valsaraj, Antony Nicholas Cooper, Steven Joseph Gardner, Joshua David Griffin
  • Patent number: 11022854
    Abstract: An electrical connection between the backplane and the light-transmissive front electrode of an electro-optic display is provided by forming an aperture through the top front electrode coupled and a substrate coupled thereto and subsequently introducing a flowable, electrically-conductive material into the aperture. The flowable, electrically-conductive material provides an electrical contact between the light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer and the backplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Joseph Kayal, Steven Joseph Battista, Richard J. Paolini, Jr., Shyamala A. Subramanian
  • Patent number: 11015059
    Abstract: Provided herein are mycelium materials and methods for production thereof. In some embodiments, a mycelium material includes: a cultivated mycelium material including one or more masses of branching hyphae, wherein the one or more masses of branching hyphae may be disrupted or pressed and/or a bonding agent may be combined with the cultivated mycelium material. Methods of producing a mycelium material are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Bolt Threads, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Jordan Smith, Julian Goldman, Maxime Boulet-Audet, Steven Joseph Tom, Hua Li, Tyler John Hurlburt
  • Publication number: 20210148125
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an article of manufacture that increases the efficiency of forming a building material having a keyed joint with a waterstop imbedded within the building material. The article allows the easy formation of a keyed joint between formed solid slabs (typically concrete) with a waterstop properly imbedded between the slabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: David R. Poole, Steven Joseph Potter
  • Patent number: 10992389
    Abstract: Optical network systems and components are disclosed, including a transmitter comprising a digital signal processor receiving a plurality of independent data streams, and supplying a plurality of digital subcarrier outputs, based on the plurality of independent data streams, and configurable to vary the frequency spacing between two or more of the plurality of digital subcarrier outputs; the transmitter configured to output a modulated optical signal including a plurality of optical subcarriers based on the digital subcarrier outputs wherein based on first ones of the plurality of digital outputs, the first one of the plurality of subcarriers is spectrally spaced from the second one of the plurality subcarriers by a first gap, and based on second ones of the plurality of digital outputs, the first one of the plurality of subcarriers is spectrally spaced from the second one of the plurality of subcarriers by a second gap different than the first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Infinera Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Rahn, Kuang-Tsan Wu, Steven Joseph Hand, Han Henry Sun
  • Publication number: 20210114565
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to identify an initial lateral distance and an initial longitudinal distance of a host vehicle in a turn at an initiation of the turn, predict a heading angle of the host vehicle at a specified time after the initiation of the turn, predict a final lateral distance and a final longitudinal distance between the host vehicle and a target at the specified time based on the identified lateral distance, the identified longitudinal position, and the predicted heading angle, determine a lateral offset at a longitudinal time to collision based on the final lateral distance and the final longitudinal distance, and actuate a brake of the host vehicle according to a threat assessment based on the lateral offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yuhao Liu, Christopher Pontisakos, Steven Joseph Szwabowski, Alex Maurice Miller
  • Publication number: 20210119709
    Abstract: Optical network systems are disclosed, including a transmitter comprising a digital signal processor that receives data; circuitry that generate a plurality of electrical signals based on the data; a plurality of filters, each of which receiving a corresponding one of the plurality of electrical signals, a plurality of roll-off factors being associated with a respective one of the plurality of filters; a plurality of digital-to-analog converter circuits that receive outputs from the digital signal processor, the outputs being indicative of outputs from the plurality of filters; a laser that supplies light; and a modulator that receives the light and outputs from the digital-to-analog converter circuits, the modulator supplying a plurality of optical subcarriers based on the outputs of the digital-to-analog converter circuits, such that one of the plurality of optical subcarriers carrying information for clock recovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Rahn, Kuang-Tsan Wu, Steven Joseph Hand, Han Henry Sun
  • Publication number: 20210111804
    Abstract: An example system includes a first network device having first circuitry. The first network device is configured to perform operations including receiving data to be transmitted to a second network device over an optical communications network, and transmitting first information and second information to the second device. The first information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a first communications link of the optical communications network and using a first subset of optical subcarriers. The second information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a second communications link of the optical communications network and using a second subset of optical subcarriers. The first subset of optical subcarriers is different from the second subset of optical subcarriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Steven Joseph Hand
  • Publication number: 20210111825
    Abstract: An example system includes a first network device having first circuitry. The first network device is configured to perform operations including receiving data to be transmitted to a second network device over an optical communications network, and transmitting first information and second information to the second device. The first information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a first communications link of the optical communications network and using a first subset of optical subcarriers. The second information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a second communications link of the optical communications network and using a second subset of optical subcarriers. The first subset of optical subcarriers is different from the second subset of optical subcarriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Steven Joseph Hand
  • Publication number: 20210111788
    Abstract: An example system includes a first network device having first circuitry. The first network device is configured to perform operations including receiving data to be transmitted to a second network device over an optical communications network, and transmitting first information and second information to the second device. The first information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a first communications link of the optical communications network and using a first subset of optical subcarriers. The second information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a second communications link of the optical communications network and using a second subset of optical subcarriers. The first subset of optical subcarriers is different from the second subset of optical subcarriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Steven Joseph Hand
  • Publication number: 20210111807
    Abstract: An example system includes a first network device having first circuitry. The first network device is configured to perform operations including receiving data to be transmitted to a second network device over an optical communications network, and transmitting first information and second information to the second device. The first information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a first communications link of the optical communications network and using a first subset of optical subcarriers. The second information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a second communications link of the optical communications network and using a second subset of optical subcarriers. The first subset of optical subcarriers is different from the second subset of optical subcarriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Steven Joseph Hand
  • Publication number: 20210111826
    Abstract: An example system includes a first network device having first circuitry. The first network device is configured to perform operations including receiving data to be transmitted to a second network device over an optical communications network, and transmitting first information and second information to the second device. The first information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a first communications link of the optical communications network and using a first subset of optical subcarriers. The second information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a second communications link of the optical communications network and using a second subset of optical subcarriers. The first subset of optical subcarriers is different from the second subset of optical subcarriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Steven Joseph Hand
  • Publication number: 20210111805
    Abstract: An example system includes a first network device having first circuitry. The first network device is configured to perform operations including receiving data to be transmitted to a second network device over an optical communications network, and transmitting first information and second information to the second device. The first information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a first communications link of the optical communications network and using a first subset of optical subcarriers. The second information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a second communications link of the optical communications network and using a second subset of optical subcarriers. The first subset of optical subcarriers is different from the second subset of optical subcarriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Steven Joseph Hand
  • Publication number: 20210111806
    Abstract: An example system includes a first network device having first circuitry. The first network device is configured to perform operations including receiving data to be transmitted to a second network device over an optical communications network, and transmitting first information and second information to the second device. The first information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a first communications link of the optical communications network and using a first subset of optical subcarriers. The second information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a second communications link of the optical communications network and using a second subset of optical subcarriers. The first subset of optical subcarriers is different from the second subset of optical subcarriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Steven Joseph Hand
  • Publication number: 20210111827
    Abstract: An example system includes a first network device having first circuitry. The first network device is configured to perform operations including receiving data to be transmitted to a second network device over an optical communications network, and transmitting first information and second information to the second device. The first information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a first communications link of the optical communications network and using a first subset of optical subcarriers. The second information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a second communications link of the optical communications network and using a second subset of optical subcarriers. The first subset of optical subcarriers is different from the second subset of optical subcarriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Steven Joseph Hand
  • Patent number: D922481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Geomod LLC
    Inventor: Steven Joseph Douillette
  • Patent number: D922482
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Geomod LLC
    Inventor: Steven Joseph Douillette