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).

  • Publication number: 20230316006
    Abstract: Methods are provided, such as a method of interacting with a large language model (LLM), including the step of a processing system using a structured, machine-readable representation of data that conforms to a machine-readable language, such as a universal language, to provide new context data for the LLM, in order to improve the output, such as continuation text output, generated by the LLM in response to a prompt; and such as a method of interacting with a LLM, including the step of providing continuation data generated by the LLM to a processing system that uses a structured, machine-readable representation of data that conforms to a machine-readable language, such as a universal language, in which the processing system is configured to analyse the continuation output generated by the LLM in response to a prompt to enable an improved version of that continuation output to be provided to a user. Related computer systems are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: William TUNSTALL-PEDOE, Robert HEYWOOD, Seth WARREN, Paul DARIAS, Duncan REYNOLDS, Ayush SHAH, Luci KRNIC, Ziyi ZHU
  • Publication number: 20230318973
    Abstract: In some examples, a computing device comprises a first service function instance to apply a service function and a service function forwarder to: receive a first layer 3 routing protocol route advertisement that includes service function instance data for a second service function instance, the service function instance data indicating a service function type and a service identifier for the service function instance; receive a second layer 3 routing protocol route advertisement that includes service function chain data for a service function chain, the service function chain data indicating a service path identifier and one or more service function items; and send, to the second service function instance and based at least on determining a service function item of the one or more service function items indicates the second service function instance, a packet classified to the service function chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Eric C. Rosen, John E. Drake, William Stuart Mackie, Adrian John Farrel
  • Publication number: 20230315090
    Abstract: Vehicles may have the capability to navigate according to various levels of autonomous capabilities, the vehicle having a different set of autonomous competencies at each level. In certain situations, the vehicle may shift from one level of autonomous capability to another. The shift may require more or less driving responsibility from a human operator. Sensors inside the vehicle collect human operator parameters to determine an alertness level of the human operator. An alertness level is determined based on the human operator parameters and other data including historical data or human operator-specific data. Notifications are presented to the user based on the determined alertness level that are more or less intrusive based on the alertness level of the human operator and on the urgency of an impending change to autonomous capabilities. Notifications may be tailored to specific human operators based on human operator preference and historical performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Mark Fields, Leo Nelson Chan, Kristopher Keith Gaudin, Aaron Williams
  • Publication number: 20230313813
    Abstract: A ceiling fan or similar air-moving device can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. A blade iron can couple the blades to the motor. A connection assembly provides for connecting the ceiling fan blade to the blade iron. The connection assembly provides for aligning the blade with a set of fingers and can slide from a first position to a second position to secure the blade to a blade iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood
  • Publication number: 20230310252
    Abstract: As an example, a walker includes a first leg pair, a second leg pair and a cross beam connecting the first and second leg pairs in a parallel, spaced apart relationship. Each leg pair includes a U-shaped tube defining a front leg and a rear leg. A front strut is telescopically movable within the front leg and extends outwardly therefrom. A rear strut is telescopically movable within the rear leg and extends outwardly therefrom. A mechanical linear actuator includes a rotating element adapted to rotate relative to at least one of the front leg or the rear leg. The rotating element includes an interface with a track on the respective strut relative to which the rotating element rotates, whereby rotational motion of the rotating element translates to corresponding linear motion of the strut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ronald J. Triolo, Marc Louis Vitantonio, Robert Craig Allen, Shawn William Dellinger, Anna E. Krakora
  • Publication number: 20230309846
    Abstract: A micro impulse radar (MIR) system includes art MIR transceiver circuit configured to transmit, towards a subject, at least one transmitted radar signal, and receive at least one radar return signal. The system includes a control circuit configured to generate a control signal defining a radar signal parameter of the at least one transmitted radar signal, provide the control signal to the MIR transceiver circuit to cause the MIR transceiver circuit to transmit the at least one transmitted signal based on the radar signal parameter, and determine, based on the at least one radar return signal, a physiological parameter of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Deep Science, LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, David William Wine, Brian C. Holloway
  • Publication number: 20230318144
    Abstract: A pouch cell includes an electrode assembly and a body forming a gas headspace within the pouch. Tabs of the electrode assembly may extend through or around the body and out of the pouch. Gas from the electrode assembly may collect in the gas headspace. The body may accommodate a vent mechanism that also extends out of the pouch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Randy Moore, Shiloh J. Williams, Adam Weisenstein
  • Publication number: 20230313467
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for strengthening paper. The methods may include a step of spraying an anionic polymer onto a paper sheet to increase the strength of the paper sheet. The anionic polymer may have amino groups, amide groups, or a combination of amino groups and amide groups. These groups may be functionalized with an aldehyde. Methods may also include a step of adding a wet end composition to a wet end of the papermaking process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: David Steven JORDAN, Heqing HUANG, Weiguo CHENG, Mingli WEI, Mei LIU, William Arthur GRANGER
  • Publication number: 20230313642
    Abstract: A frac sleeve system includes a well casing with a tubular wall having a frac port defined therethrough for hydraulic fracturing. A sleeve within the well casing includes a sleeve body. The sleeve is mounted for axial movement relative to the tubular wall of the well casing among three positions including: a closed position in which the sleeve body blocks the frac port, a frac position in which the sleeve body clears the frac port so the frac port is open for hydraulic fracturing therethrough, and a production position in which the sleeve at least partially blocks the frac port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Stephen Michael Greci, Richard Decena Ornelaz, Zachary William Walton
  • Publication number: 20230314629
    Abstract: A mobile device in a moving vehicle initializes a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-Inertial Navigation System (INS) system while the vehicle is in-motion with the orientation of the mobile device with respect to a global reference frame. The mobile device uses gyroscope measurements made while the vehicle is turning to determine a gravity vector. The gravity vector and accelerometer measurements may be used to determine a forward vector for the mobile device. A north vector is determined using the GNSS measurements. After the GNSS-INS system is calibrated, the mobile device may be positioned with respect to the vehicle. The orientation of the mobile device, prior to repositioning, may be compared to a current orientation, determined while the vehicle is in motion, in order to determine whether the GNSS-INS system should be re-initialized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Vinod Kumar SAINI, Abdelmonaem LAKHZOURI, Bo ZHENG, William MORRISON
  • Publication number: 20230315720
    Abstract: The subject technology determines that a first visible version of a key is not one of a N number of newest versions of the key based on searching for the key in a regular space to locate the first visible version of the key. The subject technology performs a search of an undo space to locate a second visible version of the key. The subject technology determines whether the first visible version or the second visible version of the key is newer. The subject technology provides a newer version of the key between the first visible version and the second visible version of the key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Chen Luo, Alexander Miller, William Waddington, Zhaohui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230317314
    Abstract: Systems, structures, and methods include a structure formed from a plurality of layers of matrix material. A bus is secured between adjacent layers of the plurality of layers of the matrix material. The bus includes a conductive gel configured to propagate an electrical signal through the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jesse Michael Martinez, Michael Adventure Hopkins, Charles J. Kinzel, Trevor Antonio Rivera, Mark William Ronay, Edward Martin Godshalk
  • Publication number: 20230310109
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus can include a robotic arm cart for transporting, delivering, and securing robotic arms to a surgical table having a table top. The arm cart can include an arm container and a base. The arm container can be configured to receive and contain one or more robotic arms. The arm cart can include a first coupling member configured to engage with a second coupling member associated with a surgical table such that, when the first coupling member is engaged with the second coupling member, the one or more robotic arms can be releasably coupled with the surgical table. The arm cart can provide for movement of the one or more robotic arms in at least one of a lateral, longitudinal, or vertical direction relative to the table top prior to the securement of the one or more robotic arms to the surgical table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Richard William TIMM, David James CAGLE, Seung Mo LIM, Jacob Spencer GEE, Omar J. VAKHARIA, Clinton DENLINGER
  • Publication number: 20230312330
    Abstract: An apparatus, including a monitor system including a microphone, first power supply; and transmitter which transmits a first sound indicative of a normal flow of a fluid into a tank and a second sound indicative of a need to cease the flow of the fluid; an attachment device, wherein the monitor system or microphone is attached to the attachment device, and the attachment device is attached to, or attached to an object in a vicinity of, a ventilation pipe; and a receiver system which is headset, earpiece, wearable device, or handheld device, which includes a housing; receiver which receives the first sound or second sound; second power supply; and speaker. The speaker outputs the first audio output indicative of the normal flow of the fluid into the tank and outputs the second audible sound indicative of the need to cease the flow of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: WILLIAM KESSLER, RAYMOND ANTHONY JOAO
  • Publication number: 20230313580
    Abstract: In one example, an apparatus includes a blow molded structure with one or more parting lines. The blow molded structure includes a body portion that is an integral part of the blow molded structure, and a pin that is integral with the body portion, and a portion of the pin is spaced apart from the body portion of the blow molded structure so that a space is defined between the portion of the pin and the body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jeremy Ross Wendt, Kent David Ashby, Kenneth William Taylor, James Dale Hatch
  • Publication number: 20230315766
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide methods, mediums, and systems for performing a reusable, intelligent semantic search across a potentially large number of records. Embodiments may be particularly useful for responding to requests for information from regulatory agencies. In one embodiment, an embedding model is trained to embed queries in an embedding space. When a new query is received, the new query is embedded with the embedding model. A set of documents (e.g., previous responses to regulatory inquiries) may be searched using the embedded query and an indexing model that allows for efficient searches of embedding spaces. A number of results may be returned from the document store, and the results may be ranked by a ranking model. User feedback about the quality of the results may be received, and the ranking model may be retrained based on the feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul CHO, Gary B. WILLIAMS, Alexander BUSSAN, Eric CAMPBELL, Piper Alexandra COBLE, Ralph LOZANO, Mukund MANIKANTAN, Talyne Derderian WALSH, Talha KOC, Prarthana BHATTARAI
  • Publication number: 20230317260
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, a system for providing automation and virtual assistance to medical claims processing includes a predictive analytics platform configured to receive patient information for a medical claim from a claims processing system, cross-reference the patient information with stored data to identify a patient record, apply the patient information to machine learning classifier(s) to estimate a likelihood of match between the patient information and the patient record, provide patient record information to the claims system, receive claims data from the claims system, access, from a data universe, requirements corresponding to a payer corresponding to the medical claim, the requirements having been generated through training machine learning classifier(s) with claims data corresponding to claims denied by the payer, verify the claims data in view of the requirements, and provide an indication of missing claims information and/or invalid claims information to the claims system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: ZOLL Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin M. Zahora, Tyler L. Williams, Charles E. Fuller, III, Fredrick Forester, Jessica P. Deschane, Paul D. Canino, Mario Sanchez, JR., Kristin N. Whitt
  • Publication number: 20230311432
    Abstract: A lightweight and durable window well is composed of a long fiber reinforced thermoplastic (LFRT). The lightweight and durable window well has at least some fibers that are omnidirectional relative to the other fibers in the thermoplastic. Additionally, at least some fibers of the LFRT have a length greater than 40 mm. The window well also has a body having a plurality of ribs interposed between a plurality of wall surface portions. Additionally, each rib is positioned between two different wall surface portions and is defined by a variable height and a variable depth. Furthermore, the wall surface portions have a variable thickness that varies from a minimal thickness of less than 3 mm to a maximum thickness of greater than 5 mm, with the wall surface being thicker near the ribs than at portions furthest from the ribs in the wall surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Vaughn Allen Cook, David Wayne Hoagland, Rodney William Slade, Kaleb Vaughn Cook
  • Publication number: 20230317310
    Abstract: An electron applicator, which is used along with a linear accelerator in a FLASH radiotherapy treatment program, includes an integrated dosimeter for accurately measuring the FLASH radiation levels, and an interchangeable high-density polymer cutout which can be easily, inexpensively, and accurately formed to match the irregular shape of a tumor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Charles Pawlak, Lasitha Senadheera, Reza Alibazi Behbahani, WIlliam T. Main, Nicholas James Pouliot
  • Publication number: 20230319050
    Abstract: Disclosed is an approach for generating a software representation that embodies network configuration and policy data of a computer network for use in security management. The software representation comprises a state machine where different states can be reached using respective transitions or properties which are possible as determined based on the network configuration and network policy data. The states correspond to respective entities on the network which may comprise resources that are identifiable for protection. The software representation can then be stimulated with various inputs to identify sequences of state-to-state transitions which may in turn be processed to generate corresponding detection signatures for use in monitoring the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Vectra AI, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Beauchesne, Sohrob Kazerounian, William Stow Finlayson, IV, Karl Matthew Lynn