Patents by Inventor Steven TO

Steven TO 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).

  • Error detection in a motion estimation system
    Patent number: 10015521
    Abstract: Errors in a double-ended motion estimation system are detected. An image space is divided into blocks, and a motion vector is derived for each block. The space is also divided into indication blocks. Each motion vector is used to identify one or more indication blocks, in which a value is modified. In an example, a backward component of the motion vector is used to project a source flag into one indication block, and a forward component of the motion vector is used to project a destination flag into another indication block. After processing each motion vector, an indication block with no flags set is indicative of pixel data that has not been tracked, and therefore indicative of a motion estimation error. Remedial action may then be taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Steven Fishwick
  • Vascular access device
    Patent number: 10010343
    Abstract: An access device for placing a medical article within a body space includes a needle, a dilator, and a sheath. The dilator can be coaxially and slideably disposed about the needle, and the sheath can be coaxially and slideably disposed about the dilator. The access device can further include a inner member coaxially disposed between the needle and dilator. The needle can include a fenestration in fluid communication with a space between the needle and inner member. When the needle punctures a blood vessel, the fenestration allows blood to flow into the space between the needle and inner member to provide a visual indicator to a physician or healthcare professional that the needle is in a vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Access Scientific, LLC
    Inventors: Steven F. Bierman, Richard A. Pluth, Tu Nguyen
  • Portable power tool with trigger switch, trigger release and lock-on mechanism combination
    Patent number: 10014128
    Abstract: A power tool includes a housing, a motor enclosed within the housing, and a work element configured to be driven by the motor. A trigger is movably secured to the housing for controlling power to the motor. A locking assembly is provided that includes a lock-OFF mechanism configured to lock the trigger in the OFF position and a lock-ON mechanism configured to lock the trigger in the ON position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Selvakumar Kannan, James Stevens, Vincent Hong, Zaal-Azhar Alias
  • Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) composition for shallow trench isolation (STI) applications and methods of making thereof
    Patent number: 10011741
    Abstract: Methods for removing, reducing or treating the trace metal contaminants and the smaller fine sized cerium oxide particles from cerium oxide particles, cerium oxide slurry or chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) compositions for Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) process are applied. The treated chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) compositions, or the CMP polishing compositions prepared by using the treated cerium oxide particles or the treated cerium oxide slurry are used to polish substrate that contains at least a surface comprising silicon dioxide film for STI (Shallow trench isolation) processing and applications. The reduced nano-sized particle related defects have been observed due to the reduced trace metal ion contaminants and reduced very smaller fine cerium oxide particles in the Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) CMP polishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Xiaobo Shi, John Edward Quincy Hughes, Hongjun Zhou, Daniel Hernandez Castillo, II, Jae Ouk Choo, James Allen Schlueter, Jo-Ann Theresa Schwartz, Laura Ledenbach, Steven Charles Winchester, Saifi Usmani, John Anthony Marsella, Martin Kamau Ngigi Mungai
  • Dynamic auto insurance policy quote creation based on tracked user data
    Patent number: 10013719
    Abstract: A system and method may create auto insurance quotes using data collected from a device that tracks vehicle usage data and other data. Usage data may be tracked by an On Board Diagnostic (OBD) device or other portable computing device such as a smart phone. Based on a received coverage type, the usage data and other data may be analyzed to determine auto insurance quotes. A potential customer may then purchase an auto insurance policy. Once the purchased policy has been determined to have expired, new usage data will be collected, and new quotes will be created for the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott T. Christensen, Gregory Hayward, Christopher E. Gay, Steven Cielocha, Todd Binion
  • Reduced dead band for single joystick drive vehicle control
    Patent number: 10013017
    Abstract: A system and a method for controlling a vehicle with a joystick that includes implementing at least one dead band for the joystick. The dead band prevents movement of the vehicle when the joystick is within the dead band areas. The dead band areas are adjustable and take a plurality of shapes including having gaps between areas of the dead band areas. These dead bands allow for smooth operation of a vehicle by suppressing the control signal of the joystick for unintentional movements of the joystick by the operator. The adjustability of the dead band allows for adjustment based on the joystick type, the vehicle type, and the control desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Steven John Bernardy, Michael Gene Kandel
  • Prosthetic heart valve including stent structure and tissue leaflets, and related methods
    Patent number: 10010413
    Abstract: A method of making a prosthetic heart valve may include providing an annular stent having a plurality of annularly spaced commissure portions having tips, covering each of the tips with a first fabric cover, covering the first fabric covers and the remainder of the stent with a second fabric cover, covering the second fabric cover with a first tissue membrane, and covering the outside of the first tissue membrane with a second tissue membrane, the second tissue membrane forming leaflet portions that extend inwardly between the commissure portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Cai, Peter N. Braido, Bob Allan, Paul E. Ashworth, Steven D. Kruse, Lise LaChance
  • Condensation inhibiting device including thermoelectric generator, and method of inhibiting condensation
    Patent number: 10015844
    Abstract: A condensation inhibiting device includes a condensation inhibiting unit for inhibiting condensation on a first surface, and a thermoelectric generator which powers the condensation inhibiting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Steven E. Bullock, Sarah M. Simon, John B. Stetson, Jr.
  • Preservation of port control block information related to logins and states of remote ports during a code load in an embedded port
    Patent number: 10013386
    Abstract: Information maintained in a port control block of an embedded port of a host bus adapter is stored in a host bus adapter memory, wherein the information corresponds to login attributes and state data of remote ports. In response to storing the information in the host bus adapter memory, code in the embedded port is updated. In response to the updating of the code in the embedded port, the stored information is restored from the host bus adapter memory to the port control block of the embedded port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roger G. Hathorn, Steven E. Klein, Mikel W. Welsh
  • Flexible anchor delivery system
    Patent number: 10010314
    Abstract: An assembly includes a flexible fixation member, a suture, and a delivery device. The fixation member includes a body with two terminal ends. A suture passes through the flexible fixation member at various points along a length of the body such that portions of the fixation member are slidable relative to the suture and configurable to form a cluster within a surgical site. The delivery device includes a tubular member, an elongated inserter, and a trigger. The elongated inserter is slidably disposed within the tubular member. The inserter has a forked distal end configured to receive a portion of the flexible fixation member and the suture. The trigger is finger-engagable and fixedly coupled to the proximal end of the inserter. It is configured to advance and retract the inserter relative to the tubular member. The trigger includes a retention member for retaining a proximal end portion of the suture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey I. Karasic, Brett A. McKenzie, Steven William Astorino, Richard M. Lunn, Matthew Edwin Koski, Tatsuya Arai, Mark Edwin Housman, Roland F. Gatturna
  • Variable booster for hybrid pneumatic regenerative system
    Patent number: 10012247
    Abstract: A variable booster device of a pneumatic regenerative system of a motorized vehicle is in fluid communication with a pneumatic device of the system. The variable booster device includes a main body and a plate slidingly coupled to the main body. The main body includes an inlet, an outlet, and an interior cavity. The plate is reconfigurable between a first configuration, where the outlet is a first size, and a second configuration, where the outlet is a second size. The variable booster device pressurizes the air a first amount when the plate is in the first configuration and pressurizes the air a second amount when the plate is in the second configuration, where the second amount is greater than the first amount. Disposed within the interior cavity is a first helical screw rotor and a second helical screw rotor. The two helical screw rotors are intermeshed with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Steven D. Kay, Jeffrey S. Shapiro, Robert E. Hammerquist, Steven A. Hartney
  • Methods and apparatus for a conducted electrical weapon
    Patent number: 10015871
    Abstract: A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) launches wire-tethered electrodes to provide a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target. The current may ionize air in a gap. A gap may occur between terminals at a face of the CEW and/or between the electrodes positioned near target tissue. A CEW may include a detector to detect ionization of air in a gap. A CEW may use information related to detecting ionization to determine a location where the ionization occurred. Information regarding location of ionization may be used to determine whether the current was delivered through the target via the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: TASER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen D. Handel, Steven N. D. Brundula, Magne H. Nerheim
  • Temperature management in a wireless energy transfer system
    Patent number: 10014733
    Abstract: Various techniques for temperature management during inductive energy transfer are disclosed. A transmitter device and/or a receiver device can be turned off during energy transfer based on the temperature of the transmitter device and/or of the receiver device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Amaury J. Heresztyn, Keith Cox, Eric S. Jol, Jeffrey M. Alves, Jim C. Hwang, Jeffrey J. Terlizzi, John M. Ananny, Nagarajan Kalyanasundaram, Robert S. Parnell, Steven G. Herbst, Todd K. Moyer, Albert J. Golko, Frank Liang
  • Using a graph database to match entities by evaluating boolean expressions
    Patent number: 10013481
    Abstract: A method of matching a first entity to a second entity by evaluating Boolean expressions includes identifying a set of criteria vertices for a second entity vertex by traversing a graph database in a manner constrained to fact vertices identified for the second entity. The graph database relates fact vertices to the criteria vertices by edges corresponding to Boolean expressions for satisfying criteria for matching first entities to second entities. The method additionally includes selecting one of the first entities based on the criteria vertices of the set. The method further includes matching the first entity to the second entity based on the selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Research Now Group, Inc.
    Inventors: James Sterling Shapiro Harter, Eric Steven Herfield, Nicholas Alexander Stuart, Nien-Chung Lee, Stephen Allen Myers, Jeremy Scott Antoniuk, Melanie Denise Courtright, Daren Moneta, Peter David Flower
  • Switchgear enclosure with interconnected exhaust system
    Patent number: 10014668
    Abstract: A switchgear enclosure is provided. The switchgear enclosure includes a plurality of switchgear panels and a plurality of ducts extending through the switchgear panels. Each switchgear panel includes an exterior housing, a busbar compartment defined within the exterior housing, and an exhaust system. The busbar compartment surrounds a busbar extending through the switchgear panel. The exhaust system includes a vent path structure configured within the exterior housing to at least partially surround the busbar compartment, a first channel defined between the vent path structure and the exterior housing, and a first vent opening formed on the vent path structure. The first vent opening directs arc gases within said busbar compartment to the first channel. The ducts are in fluid communication with the first channels of the switchgear panels to distribute arc gases between the first channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Samir Rajauria, Steven Edward Meiners, Hao Wu, Ayyappa Reddy Jakkireddy, Guru Moorthy Kurra
  • Pyrimidinyl-diazospiro compounds
    Patent number: 10010551
    Abstract: The invention relates to spiro deriviatives, to the use of said derivatives in treating diseases and conditions mediated by modulation of voltage-gated sodium channels, to compositions containing said derivatives and processes for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Convergence Pharmaceuticals Limited
    Inventors: Gerard M. P. Giblin, David T. MacPherson, David R. Witty, Steven J. Stanway
  • Dish treating appliance with diverter valve position sensing
    Patent number: 10010235
    Abstract: A dish treating appliance for treating dishes according to an automatic cycle of operation and including a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber receiving dishes for treatment according to the automatic cycle of operation, multiple sprayers emitting a liquid into the treating chamber, and a diverter valve having a manifold defining a plenum with an inlet and multiple outlets and a membrane movably mounted within the plenum and having at least one through opening, which is sequentially aligned with the multiple outlets upon movement of the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Gephart, Antony Rappette, Peter Richmond, Steven Vornsand, Rodney Welch
  • Hot dog and bun
    Patent number: D821681
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: The SVL Companies Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Vincent Lee
  • Food product
    Patent number: D821686
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventor: Kelly Stevens
  • Food product
    Patent number: D821687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventor: Kelly Stevens