Patents by Inventor Steven Wood

Steven Wood 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: 20240334149
    Abstract: An example method includes receiving audio signals associated with virtual auditory space locations. Digital filters are selected based on the virtual auditory space locations. The digital filters include one or more notch filters including one or more center frequencies that are based on generally sigmoidal distributions of center frequencies as a function of virtual auditory space location. The notch filters are configured to produce one or more notches in frequency spectrums of audio signals when applied to the audio signals. The digital filters are applied to the audio signals to obtain processed audio signals. Output audio signals are generated based on the processed audio signals. The output audio signals are provided to devices for producing virtual auditory display sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Iyo Inc.
    Inventors: Neil David Treat, Kyle Steven Hoefer, William Stanley Woods, Jason Steven Rugolo
  • Publication number: 20240328480
    Abstract: A chain assembly system can include an inner chain link and an outer chain link. The inner chain link and the outer chain link can define a pair of bores. The chain assembly system can include a pin including a head end that defines a head, and a thread end opposite the head end having threads. The chain assembly system can include a nut configured to threadingly engage the threads of the thread end of the pin and an axial stop that is configured to block further advancement of the nut along the thread end of the pin towards the head end of the pin when the pin contacts the axial stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: David Keith Burkhardt, David Richard Woods, Joseph L Vento, Kyle Steven Jansson
  • Publication number: 20240334112
    Abstract: Virtual auditory display devices are described. An example virtual auditory display device comprises a first and a second ear-worn device, each of which include an acoustic package, an ear interface having multiple cavities, and an electronics package. The acoustic package may be positioned at least partially within the ear interface cavities and includes a housing, a connector including a set of annular electrical contacts, and one or more speakers positioned within the housing that are configured to emit sound based on signals received by the set of annular electrical contacts. The electronics package is removably coupleable to the acoustic package and includes a set of electrical connectors configured to connect with the set of annular electrical contacts and electronics configured to receive audio signals, generate the signals based on the audio signals, and provide the signals to the set of annular electrical contacts via the set of electrical connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Iyo Inc.
    Inventors: Neil David Treat, Matthew David Day, Daniel B. Sargent, Mikhail Paulenkou, George Major Chen, Christian Ervin, William Stanley Woods, Michael Barrett, Jason Steven Rugolo
  • Publication number: 20240280289
    Abstract: A damper assembly includes a frame having an inner surface and a protrusion extending inwardly relative to the inner surface, a damper blade coupled to the frame and configured to transition between an open position and a closed position, and a latch coupled to the inner surface of the frame. The latch is configured to deform to facilitate transition of the damper blade between the open position and the closed position and to expand to capture and retain the damper blade in the closed position, the latch includes a tab segment configured to move toward the protrusion during deformation of the latch and to move away from the protrusion during expansion of the latch, and a distal end of the tab segment overlaps with a thickness of the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Cody Christopher Thompson, Brian Gerard Bellerive, Jeffrey Scott Beneke, Kent Steven Maune, Park Allen Wood
  • Publication number: 20240160648
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating automatic program recommendations based on user interactions. In some embodiments, control circuitry processes verbal data received during an interaction between a user of a user device and a person with whom the user is interacting. The control circuitry analyzes the verbal data to automatically identify a media asset referred to during the interaction by at least one of the user and the person with whom the user is interacting. The control circuitry adds the identified media asset to a list of media assets associated with the user of the user device. The list of media assets is transmitted to a second user device of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Fife, Jason Braness, Michael Papish, Thomas Steven Woods
  • Patent number: 11947957
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide to techniques for automatically grouping software applications based on their technical patterns/characteristics (i.e., technical facets) via machine learning (ML) algorithms. For instance, a first set of software applications that exhibit a high prevalence of one or more first technical facets may be grouped into a first category, a second set of software applications that exhibit a high prevalence of one or more second technical facets may be grouped into a second category, and so on. Once grouped into categories, the software applications in a given category may be assessed, analyzed, and/or processed together for various purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: VMware LLC
    Inventors: Phillip Steven Woods, Joseph G Szodfridt, Christopher Michael Umbel, Shaun Anderson, Rohit Bajaj
  • Patent number: 11860915
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating automatic program recommendations based on user interactions. In some embodiments, control circuitry processes verbal data received during an interaction between a user of a user device and a person with whom the user is interacting. The control circuitry analyzes the verbal data to automatically identify a media asset referred to during the interaction by at least one of the user and the person with whom the user is interacting. The control circuitry adds the identified media asset to a list of media assets associated with the user of the user device. The list of media assets is transmitted to a second user device of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Fife, Jason Braness, Michael Papish, Thomas Steven Woods
  • Publication number: 20230351504
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, systems and techniques for pushing trade recommendations to a client device. A broker device may execute an instance of a broker application that receives input associated with a trade order recommendation and may generate a trade order using the input. The broker application may transmit the trade order and supporting due diligence data to the client device. The client device may receive the client's response on whether to execute the trade (approval) or not (rejection) and may transmit the client's determination to the broker application. The broker application may store the client's response and may restrict modification thereto. If the client response includes an approval, the broker application may transmit the associated trade order to an execution venue. If the client includes a rejection, the broker application may transmit the rejected trade order recommendation to a rejected queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Stirlingshire Investments, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Woods
  • Publication number: 20230221953
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide to techniques for automatically grouping software applications based on their technical patterns/characteristics (i.e., technical facets) via machine learning (ML) algorithms. For instance, a first set of software applications that exhibit a high prevalence of one or more first technical facets may be grouped into a first category, a second set of software applications that exhibit a high prevalence of one or more second technical facets may be grouped into a second category, and so on. Once grouped into categories, the software applications in a given category may be assessed, analyzed, and/or processed together for various purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Phillip Steven Woods, Joseph G. Szodfridt, Christopher Michael Umbel, Shaun Anderson, Rohit Bajaj
  • Patent number: 11697237
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus for applying a mixture of a first compound and a second compound, the apparatus comprising a first extruder for processing a first compound and a second extruder for processing a second compound, wherein the outlet from the first extruder is in fluid communication with a first channel of a housing, and the outlet from the second extruder is in fluid communication with a second channel of the housing, wherein a gear pump is positioned in each channel, wherein a nozzle is in fluid communication with an outlet of the first channel and an outlet of the second channel, and a coextruded continuous strip is produced. The ratio of the first compound to the second compound may be adjusted instantaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher David Dyrlund, Jacob Steven Wood
  • Patent number: 11505001
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention provide a method for applying a dual compound coextruded continuous strip of a first compound and a second compound, the method comprising a first extruder for processing a first compound and a second extruder for processing a second compound, wherein the outlet from the first extruder is in fluid communication with a first channel of a housing, and the outlet from the second extruder is in fluid communication with a second channel of the housing, wherein a gear pump is positioned in each channel, wherein a nozzle is in fluid communication with an outlet of the first channel and an outlet of the second channel, and a coextruded continuous strip is produced. The ratio of the first compound to the second compound may be adjusted instantaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Christopher David Dyrlund, Jacob Steven Wood
  • Publication number: 20220215470
    Abstract: A system and method for pushing recommended trades to a mobile device is disclosed. The system commutatively couples a broker computer to a client mobile device over the Internet. The broker computer includes a broker application controller; a non-transitory memory storing a program; and a web interface configured to establish communication connections with the one or more client devices over the Internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Stirlingshire Investments, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Woods
  • Publication number: 20220128276
    Abstract: A thermoelectric device including a panel, formed of a thermally insulating material, and having a plurality of thermoelectric elements including compacted conductors inside the insulating material and expanded conductors outside the insulating material wherein the thermoelectric elements run substantially parallel to or at an acute angle relative to the long dimension of the panel. The thermoelectric device may be integrated into a variety of surfaces or enclosures needing heating or cooling with controls and configurations to optimize the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Tarek Makansi, Michael J. Berman, John Latimer Franklin, Mark Nelsen Evers, Steven Wood
  • Patent number: 11192682
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a plurality of bodies which can be assembled together to form a singular three-dimensional body. The bodies each a cavity within which a child's toy can be received. Each cavity has a cavity opening through which said child's toy can be viewed, accessed and/or withdrawn from the cavity. The cavity opening is obstructed by an adjacent one of the plurality of bodies when the plurality of bodies are in the assembled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventors: Mathew Peter Mowbray, Adam Steven Woods
  • Patent number: 11064852
    Abstract: An implement head cleaning system which includes apparatuses and methods of cleaning an implement head. An implement head cleaner including an implement head cleaning base having a base bottom configured for placement on a support surface and having an air flow chamber disposed in a base top covered by an air flow inlet plate which directs an air flow through one or more air inlet aperture elements to egress through an air outlet toward an air flow generator. Materials entrained in material entrainment elements carried by the implement head can be removed by moving the material entrainment elements over the air flow inlet plate through the air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: NoCo Tech, LLC
    Inventor: Steven Wood
  • Publication number: 20210173860
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating automatic program recommendations based on user interactions. In some embodiments, control circuitry processes verbal data received during an interaction between a user of a user device and a person with whom the user is interacting. The control circuitry analyzes the verbal data to automatically identify a media asset referred to during the interaction by at least one of the user and the person with whom the user is interacting. The control circuitry adds the identified media asset to a list of media assets associated with the user of the user device. The list of media assets is transmitted to a second user device of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Brian Fife, Jason Braness, Michael Papish, Thomas Steven Woods
  • Patent number: 10963498
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating automatic program recommendations based on user interactions. In some embodiments, control circuitry processes verbal data received during an interaction between a user of a user device and a person with whom the user is interacting. The control circuitry analyzes the verbal data to automatically identify a media asset referred to during the interaction by at least one of the user and the person with whom the user is interacting. The control circuitry adds the identified media asset to a list of media assets associated with the user of the user device. The list of media assets is transmitted to a second user device of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Fife, Jason Braness, Michael Papish, Thomas Steven Woods
  • Publication number: 20200326107
    Abstract: A thermoelectric device including a panel, formed of a thermally insulating material, and having a plurality of thermoelectric elements including compacted conductors inside the insulating material and expanded conductors outside the insulating material wherein the thermoelectric elements run substantially parallel to or at an acute angle relative to the long dimension of the panel. The thermoelectric device may be integrated into a variety of surfaces or enclosures needing heating or cooling with controls and configurations to optimize the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Tarek Makansi, Michael J. Berman, John Latimer Franklin, Mark Nelsen Evers, Steven Wood
  • Patent number: D1005399
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Zuru (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Adam Steven Woods
  • Patent number: D1039376
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: ZURU (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Adam Steven Woods