Patents by Inventor William An

William An 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).

  • Patent number: 11783250
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, mechanisms (which can, for example, include systems, methods, and media) for harmonizing procurement across distribution networks with heterogeneous product availability are provided. In some embodiments, a method for automatically generating an order guide for a facility associated with an organization is provided, the method comprising: presenting items available in first, second portions of a distribution network; presenting items available via the network; creating a general order guide, and adding a first item thereto; determining that the first item is unavailable and a second item is available in the first portion; identifying substitutes, including the second item, for the first item; generate a facility order guide with items in the first portion based on the general order guide; automatically selecting the second item for the facility order guide; and associating the facility order guide and facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Direct Supply, Inc.
    Inventors: William L. Avery, Jr., James R. Grant, Andrew J. Novotny, Natasha D. Tomasik
  • Patent number: 11781703
    Abstract: A mounting system capable of mounting objects to support structures. The mounting system includes a wall mount including a display bracket configured to hold the object, a fixed support bracket coupleable to a vertical support structure, and a linkage assembly. The linkage assembly has a low-profile stowed configuration in which the object is held in a raised position close to the support structure. Tilt adjustment mechanisms are used to adjust the tilt of the display bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Manehu Product Alliance, LLC
    Inventor: Kurt William Massey
  • Patent number: 11785866
    Abstract: A superconductor device includes a high superconductivity transition temperature enhanced from the raw material transition temperature. The superconductor device includes a matrix material and a core material. The enhancing matrix material and the core material together create a system of strongly coupled carriers. A plurality of low-dimensional conductive features can be embedded in the matrix. The low-dimensional conductive features (e.g., nanowires or nanoparticles) can be conductors or superconductors. An interaction between electrons of the low-dimensional conductive features and the enhancing matrix material can promote excitations that increase a superconductivity transition temperature of the superconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: Philipp Braeuninger-Weimer, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Conor L. Myhrvold, Cameron Myhrvold, Clarence T. Tegreene, Roderick A. Hyde, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Victoria Y. H. Wood, David R. Smith, John Brian Pendry, Charles Whitmer, William Henry Mangione-Smith, Brian C. Holloway, Stuart A. Wolf, Vladimir Z. Kresin
  • Patent number: 11783849
    Abstract: This specification describes computer-implemented methods and systems. One method includes receiving, by a neural network of a speech recognition system, first data representing a first raw audio signal and second data representing a second raw audio signal. The first raw audio signal and the second raw audio signal describe audio occurring at a same period of time. The method further includes generating, by a spatial filtering layer of the neural network, a spatial filtered output using the first data and the second data, and generating, by a spectral filtering layer of the neural network, a spectral filtered output using the spatial filtered output. Generating the spectral filtered output comprises processing frequency-domain data representing the spatial filtered output. The method still further includes processing, by one or more additional layers of the neural network, the spectral filtered output to predict sub-word units encoded in both the first raw audio signal and the second raw audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ehsan Variani, Kevin William Wilson, Ron J. Weiss, Tara N. Sainath, Arun Narayanan
  • Patent number: 11784540
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an adapter for configuring device settings of a gas engine replacement device. The adapter includes a transceiver, a user interface, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to connect the adapter to the gas engine replacement device and generate a graphical user interface showing a plurality of configurable device settings. The electronic processor is also configured to receive user input to choose one or more device settings to configure and receive user input to configure the one or more device setting chosen and generate changed device settings. The electronic processor is also configured to transmit the changed device settings to the gas engine replacement device. The gas engine replacement device is then used to drive power equipment in accordance with the changed device settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick D. Gallagher, Timothy J. Bartlett, Timothy R. Obermann, Alexander Huber, William F. Chapman, III
  • Patent number: 11779898
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to reactor systems that include (a) a housing having an interior surface that may be at least partially reflective, (b) at least one reactor cell disposed within an interior of the housing, the at least one reactor cell including an enclosure and a plasmonic photocatalyst on a catalyst support disposed within the at least one enclosure, where the enclosure is optically transparent and includes at least one inlet for a reactant to enter the at least one cell and at least one outlet for a reformate to exit the at least one cell and (c) at least one light source disposed within the interior of the housing and/or external to the housing. At least one light-management feature and/or at least one thermal-management feature is applied to the reactor cell, reactor system, or a reformer system comprising many reactor systems, in order to improve efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Syzygy Plasmonics Inc.
    Inventors: Suman Khatiwada, Shreya Shah, John Welch, Trevor William Best, Braden Paul Adams
  • Patent number: 11783540
    Abstract: A computer system generates an outline of a roof of a structure based on a set of lateral images depicting the structure. For each image in the set of lateral images, one or more rooflines corresponding to the roof of the structure are determined. The computer system determines how the rooflines connect to one another. Based on the determination, the rooflines are connected to generate an outline of the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Ajay Mishra, William Castillo, A. J. Altman, Manish Upendran
  • Patent number: 11781750
    Abstract: A method of cooling an oven door assembly having an inner frame and an outer frame together forming a portion of an oven door for an oven, the method comprising sealing an inner glass panel against the inner frame of the oven door and spacing an outer glass panel from the inner glass panel to define an air gap between the inner glass panel and the outer glass panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Todd William Lambkin, Joel Matthew Sells
  • Patent number: 11783476
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for determining a malignancy likelihood score for breast tissue of a patient. The method includes receiving a plurality of two-dimensional images of the breast tissue, the two-dimensional images being derived from a three-dimensional image of the breast tissue, for each two-dimensional image, providing the two-dimensional image to a first model including a first trained neural network, and receiving a number of indicators from the first model, each indicator being associated with a two-dimensional image included in the plurality of two-dimensional images, generating a synthetic two-dimensional image based on the number of indicators and at least one of the plurality of two-dimensional images, providing the synthetic two-dimensional image to a second model including a second trained neural network, receiving a malignancy likelihood score from the second model, and outputting a report including the malignancy likelihood score to at least one of a memory or a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: DeepHealth, Inc.
    Inventor: William Lotter
  • Patent number: 11783447
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for optimized stitching of overcapture content. In one embodiment, the optimized stitching of the overcapture content includes capturing the overcapture content; producing overlap bands associated with the captured overcapture content; downsampling the produced overlap bands; generating derivative images from the downsampled overlap bands; generating a cost map associated with the generated derivative images; determining shortest path information for the generated cost map; generating a warp file based on the determined shortest path information, the generated warp file being utilized for the optimized stitching of the overcapture content. Camera apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable apparatus are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl Stimm, David Newman, Kyler William Schwartz, William Edward MacDonald
  • Patent number: 11784394
    Abstract: A wireless communication system may include an electronic device having a wireless communication module. The wireless communication module may include an antenna radiating element on a first surface, a ground ring surrounding the antenna radiating element on the first surface, and a radio component mounted to a second surface. The wireless communication module may be incorporated into a system package that also includes other components. Encapsulation material may cover the wireless communication module and other components. A shielding material may cover the encapsulation material and be coupled to the ground ring. An opening in the shielding material may be aligned with the antenna radiating element. If desired, the wireless communication system may include external equipment having a wireless communication module communicatively coupled to the wireless communication module to convey firmware testing, debugging, restore, and/or other data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaofang Mu, Annie Manuja, Christopher D. Guichet, Erik G. de Jong, Jorge L. Rivera Espinoza, Patrick J. Crowley, Steven C. Roach, Venkatesh Rajendran, William C. Lukens, Woojin Jung, Yue Chen, Zhiwei Gu, Derek Iwamoto, Siddharth Nangia, Scott D. Morrison, Kevin A. Klenk, Neeloy Roy
  • Patent number: 11779872
    Abstract: A pulse valve assembly including a main valve and a pilot valve that selectively actuates the main valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: MAC Valves, Inc.
    Inventors: Ray Jenkins, Matthew Neff, Jeffrey Simmonds, Kevin C. Williams
  • Patent number: 11779241
    Abstract: A system for visualizing movement of structures within a patient's chest is described herein. The system includes an electromagnetic tracking system, a computing device and a display. The computing device includes a processor configured generate a 3D model of an interior of the patient, obtain positions of EM sensors for the 3D model, determine positions of the EM sensors at intervals during the respiratory cycle, determine positions of the EM sensors at maximum tidal volume and minimum tidal volume, determine differences between the positions of the EM sensors at maximum tidal volume and for the 3D model, generate a 3D model at maximum tidal volume based on the differences between the positions of the EM sensors at maximum tidal volume and for the 3D model, and store in memory the 3D model at maximum tidal volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: William S. Krimsky
  • Patent number: 11781689
    Abstract: A tube fitting for connection to a tube includes a main body structure and a tube liner. The main body structure is configured to receive an end of the tube and fluidly connect the tube to another component. The tube liner is positioned at least partially within the main body structure and is configured to extend into the tube. The main body structure and the tube liner are configured such that, when the tube is fully inserted into the tube fitting, the end of the tube is positioned at a predetermined depth within the tube fitting, and the main body structure and the tube liner cooperate together to provide an audible indication to indicate that the tube has been fully inserted into the tube fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: RELIANCE WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sai Kishore Ravisankar, William Vernon Kluss, Samantha Kelly, Eliana Pippen, Derres Catalano, William Clinton Osteen
  • Patent number: 11784850
    Abstract: A communication network includes nodes configured into a wireless ring network operating at one or more millimeter-wave frequencies. At least one of the nodes is configured to send and receive millimeter-wave wireless signals through an obstruction. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the network, one or more of the nodes may include small, phased-array antennas and transceivers, configured with radio electronics to mitigate the path loss through certain obstructions, such as walls, floors, ceilings, and other barriers within buildings, as well as attenuation from free-space path-loss, including moisture in air (humidity). The network may include multiple pairs of nodes to form one or more wireless communication paths through various obstructions. This may allow a high-speed, wireless, multi-ring network to be established, for example, within a structure, such as a building, without requiring additional cabling or wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: AIRVINE SCIENTIFIC, INC.
    Inventors: Hatch Graham, III, Harry William Peterson
  • Patent number: 11782575
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to managing and sharing contextually-relevant media content. In some embodiments, a device receives an input, and in response, displays a suggested collection of media items for sharing with a recipient, wherein the collection is relevant to a message conversation with the recipient. Subsequent to displaying the suggested collection, the device transmits a message to the recipient as part of the message conversation that provides access to the at least a portion of the suggested collection of media items. In some embodiments, a device receives an indication, from an external device, that a first user has shared a first collection of media items with a second user. Subsequent to receiving the indication that the first user has shared the first collection of media items with the second user, the device outputs a prompt to share, with the first user, one or more suggested media items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lynne Devine, William A. Sorrentino, III, Gregg Suzuki, Michael Brandt, Eric M. G. Circlaeys, Chelsea Leblanc, Joar Wingfors
  • Patent number: 11779045
    Abstract: A exhausted-tobacco tablet that includes a solid solution of soluble fiber and one or more sugar alcohols, the solid solution having a glass transition temperature of less than 40° C., and exhausted-tobacco is dispersed in the solid solution, and one or more additives dispersed in the solid solution such that at least one additive is released from the tablet when the tablet is chewed or dissolved within an adult tobacco consumer's oral cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Feng Gao, Diane L. Gee, Shuzhong Zhuang, Phillip M. Hulan, William J. Burke
  • Patent number: 11784588
    Abstract: A motion control system and method for controlling a stick-slip piezo motor includes an electronic controller and an analog driver for moving a mechanical device. When operating in a digital circuit mode, an electronic controller controls a digital-to-analog converter for moving the stick-slip piezo motor at a low speed. When operating in a faster analog circuit mode, the electronic controller, via an analog driver, operates to control an analog hardware circuit to move the stick-slip piezo motor at a high speed. The electronic controller operates in the digital circuit mode at start-up of the piezo motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: William Culpi, Jérôme Kneipp
  • Patent number: 11781275
    Abstract: A vehicle barrier includes a beam extending longitudinally between opposing end posts, the beam positioned vertically above a ground level and separating an asset side from an attack side, the beam comprising beam sections and a crash post positioned in a same vertical plane as the beam, wherein beam sections are pivotally connected to the crash post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventor: William H. Neusch
  • Patent number: D1000844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Allen, William Bennie, Kaitlyn T. Gillmor