Patents by Inventor William To

William 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).

  • Patent number: 11948562
    Abstract: Described herein is a system for predictive feature analysis to precompute and store data required to respond to a user input in advance of receiving the user input. To determine when to precompute the data, the system uses a prediction model to predict user interactions and when to expect the user input. The system predicts that a user input is about to be received, and starts to process certain data to determine feature data and stores the data in a cache. When the user input is received, the system retrieves the data from the cache for further processing to respond to the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Evan Welbourne, Min Hao Chen, Jennifer Liwen Chen
  • Patent number: 11948085
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training an action selection neural network that is used to select actions to be performed by a reinforcement learning agent interacting with an environment. In particular, the actions are selected from a continuous action space and the system trains the action selection neural network jointly with a distribution Q network that is used to update the parameters of the action selection neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: DeepMind Technologies Limited
    Inventors: David Budden, Matthew William Hoffman, Gabriel Barth-Maron
  • Patent number: 11949447
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a network manager configured to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of wireless nodes of a wireless network. The network manager and at least one wireless node include a transceiver connected to transmit and receive wireless communication via an antenna. The network manager and/or the wireless node include a cognitive engine configured to receive information regarding an environment of the wireless network as input and, in response, generate configuration data as output. Subsequent communication on the wireless network is updated using the configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Andre Wolokita, Lance Doherty, Sean Williams, Gina Aquilano, Michael O'Brien, Cornelius O'Mahony
  • Patent number: 11944926
    Abstract: Nanofiber filter media ribbons are flexible elongate strips of polymeric material having a surface on which is formed an array of nanofibers. Ribbons are formable into woven or non-woven mats. The array of nanofibers can be configured to filter a predetermined contaminant from a fluid stream passing through the mats. Filter ribbons are formable by applying a moldable polymer to a first angular location of a rotating cylindrical roll having an array of nanoholes formed in a circumferential surface thereof so that the polymer covers the surface of the roll and infiltrates the nanoholes; cooling the polymer while rotating the polymer-covered roll to a second angular position; and removing the cooled polymer from the roll as an elongate film having an array of nanofibers formed on a surface thereof by the polymer that infiltrated the nanoholes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ULTRA SMALL FIBERS, LLC
    Inventors: William H. Hofmeister, Robert A. Van Wyk, Collin Anderson
  • Patent number: 11945123
    Abstract: A system and method for providing real-time, sensory information associated with a remote location using a remote capture device and a head-mounted display. In some embodiments, the system comprises a fiber-optic cable to transmit a signal comprising sensory information collected by the remote capture device to the head-mounted display. Further, the remote capture device may be secured onto a boom of an aerial device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Altec Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Westin Sykes, Timothy J. Mourlam, Aaron Beck, William Naber
  • Patent number: 11949129
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the various embodiments may provide a refuelable battery for the power grid to provide a sustainable, cost-effective, and/or operationally efficient solution to energy source variability and/or energy demand variability. In particular, the systems and methods of the various embodiments may provide a refuelable primary battery solution that addresses bulk seasonal energy storage needs, variable demand needs, and other challenges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FORM ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Mateo Cristian Jaramillo, Ian Salmon McKay, William Henry Woodford
  • Patent number: 11948917
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a semiconductor package comprising multiple dies encapsulated in multiple molding compounds. In one example, a semiconductor package comprises: a first die or die stack on a substrate; a first molding compound encapsulating the first die or die stack on the substrate; a second die or die stack on the first molding compound; and a second molding compound encapsulating the second die or die stack and at least one portion of the first molding compound. In this example, the first die or die stack is electrically coupled to the substrate using a first wire bond and the second die or die stack is electrically coupled to the substrate using a second wire bond. Additionally, the first molding compound encapsulates the first wire bond and the second molding compound encapsulates the second wire bond. Furthermore, a footprint of the second die overlaps a footprint of the first die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Florence Pon, Yi Xu, James Zhang, Yuhong Cai, Tyler Leuten, William Glennan, Hyoung Il Kim
  • Patent number: 11949287
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a consolidated electric motor stator lamination for multiple enclosure types such that a single stator assembly can be used for different classifications of an electric motor. Each layer of the stator lamination includes external features that, when combined with the external features of the other layers in the lamination, can be adapted to conform the electric motor to one of a plurality of enclosure types. The external features include retaining features for one or more covers, fins, and a profile configured to accept cooling tubes. In various embodiments, a single consolidated stator lamination assembly can be adapted to provide a motor having at least two of an open-drip proof (ODP), a totally enclosed fan cooled (TEFC), or a totally enclosed water cooled (TEWC) enclosure classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: William E. Martin, Stephen T. Evon, Jerry L. Martin, Barron D. Grant, John M. Zedek
  • Patent number: 11945794
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and methods of using said compounds, salts and compositions in the treatment of various disorders associated with CRM1 activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: Erkan Baloglu, Sharon Shacham, Dilara McCauley, Trinayan Kashyap, William Senapedis, Yosef Landesman, Gali Golan, Ori Kalid, Sharon Shechter
  • Patent number: 11947915
    Abstract: A document is divided into sections based on a characteristic of the text in the document. Characteristics may include specific characters such as paragraph breaks or selected punctuation, the topics or categories of the text, or a quantity of text in each section. Each section of the document may be represented by an embedding vector in a semantic embedding space. Values are determined based on the text in each section and the semantic characteristics of each section, such as word order, capitalization, punctuation, and word meaning. When a query is received, a vector value representing the query is determined based on the text and semantic characteristics of the query. Based on the similarity between the values determined for the query and those determined for the sections of a document, the specific section of a potentially large document that most closely matches the query is determined and included in a response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventors: Chia-Hui Shen, Suchit Agarwal, David Sung-Eun Lim, Pratyus Patnaik, Pierre Rappolt, Tanya Butani, William S. Potter
  • Patent number: 11945874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to humanized immunoglobulins, mouse monoclonal antibodies and chimeric antibodies that have binding specificity for human CD52. The present invention further relates to a humanized immunoglobulin light chain and a humanized immunoglobulin heavy chain. The invention also relates to isolated nucleic acids, recombinant vectors and host cells that comprise a sequence which encodes a humanized immunoglobulin or immunoglobulin light chain or heavy chain, and to a method of preparing a humanized immunoglobulin. The humanized immunoglobulins can be used in therapeutic applications to treat, for example, autoimmune disease, cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple sclerosis and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce L. Roberts, Srinivas Shankara, William Harold Brondyk, William M. Siders
  • Patent number: 11950170
    Abstract: A method of passive sensor tracking includes using a Wi-Fi access point that transmits a management frame comprising sensor data of a sensor as part of Wi-Fi wireless network discovery, associating unique identifying information of the Wi-Fi access point with a sensor in a sensor tracking database, receiving observation data of the Wi-Fi access point from a Wi-Fi AP Database, the observation data including the unique identifying information of the Wi-Fi access point and the sensor data of the sensor, and storing the sensor data in the sensor tracking database. The Wi-Fi AP Database receives one or more reports comprising observation data from one or more wireless devices that encounter the Wi-Fi access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TROVERLO, INC.
    Inventor: Cody William Catalena
  • Patent number: 11948419
    Abstract: A computing device for gaming by patrons. An identification acceptor may scan an identification document into digital form. A biological sensor such as a camera may obtain biological data describing a human patron. A currency acceptor and dispenser may accept money. The computing device may obtain biological data describing the patron. The computing device may verify the identity of the patron and acceptability of the patron for gaming based at least in part on the digital form of the patron's identification and the biological data. The computing device may accept currency for deposit into a wagering account. Once the patron is verified and the account is funded, the computing device may offer gaming activities to the verified patron out of the wagering account, and pay out gaming winnings at the currency dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CG TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Williams, Phillip L. Flaherty, Quinton Singleton, Kathleen Tam, Matthew Morrissette
  • Patent number: 11944493
    Abstract: Disclosed are wearable ultrasound probes for use in trauma triage and assessment. The probes define a finger-receiving aperture and include an ultrasound array disposed adjacent the distal end wherein the ultrasound array is angled toward the bottom side of the probe about 10-50 degrees from the longitudinal axis and a second ultrasound array adjacent the distal end and proximal to the first ultrasound array, wherein the second ultrasound array is angled about 105-155 degrees from the first ultrasound array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sonivate Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: James T. Hatlan, Austen Angell, William McDonough
  • Patent number: 11947348
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) controller may have control elements configured to receive inputs from a user. A cover may be coupled to the controller. The cover may be movable between a closed position in which the control elements are covered and an open position in which the control elements are exposed. An antenna may be integrated in the cover. The antenna may be electrically connected to circuitry in the controller for communicating with a UAV. In some implementations, a conductive plane and/or an insulating plane may be integrated in the cover. In some implementations, a heatsink, a fan, and/or a support mechanism may be arranged on an under portion of the controller. In some implementations, a circuit board including a cutout may be arranged inside the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Skydio, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Scott Thompson, Christopher Brian Grasberger, Patrick Allen Lowe, Asher Mendel Robbins-Rothman, Yevgeniy Kozlenko, Logan Sweet, Blair Williams, Joseph Anthony Enke
  • Patent number: 11946842
    Abstract: A system for concentrating particles in an air stream includes an air channel having a first open end and a second open end. The air channel may be enclosed by a channel wall extending from at least the first open to the second open end. Two or more heater elements may be positioned between the first open end and the second open end. The heater elements may be positioned near a periphery of the air channel and cooperatively configured to force particles in the air stream away from the periphery and towards an interior region of the air channel. Particles in the air stream may be thermophoretically forced towards the interior region of the air channel when the heater elements are heated and thermal gradients emanating from the heater elements are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventors: David Woolsey, David William Burns
  • Patent number: 11944696
    Abstract: A detergent product containing one or more active agents is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Gregory Charles Gordon, Frank William Denome, Alyssandrea Hope Hamad-Ebrahimpour, Stephen Joseph Hodson, Brian Patrick Croll, John Gerhard Michael, Andreas Josef Dreher, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Patent number: 11944804
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods that employ a pump to assist or support blood flow. An apparatus for pumping blood may include a pump housing having an outer wall disposed about a longitudinal pump axis, and having an upstream end and a downstream end; a blood flow straightener having a plurality of fins and positioned in the upstream end of the pump housing and secured to the pump housing by the plurality of fins; a diffuser having a plurality of diffuser fins and positioned in the downstream end of the pump housing and secured to the pump housing by the plurality of diffuser fins; and an impeller positioned between the blood flow straightener and the diffuser, and including a plurality of impeller blades. The apparatus may further include a pump drive configured to impart a rotational motion to the impeller by applying a magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CARDIODYME, INC.
    Inventors: Gopal K. Chopra, William Graham, Bryan Lynch, Jeffrey A. LaRose
  • Patent number: 11947972
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus comprising a semiconductor interconnect substrate and an interface. The semiconductor interconnect substrate may be electrically coupled to one or more components mounted thereon. The interface may be operable to carry a configuration command set to the one or more components in a normal operation mode subsequent to a power-up mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Chipuller Chip Technology Co., LTD
    Inventors: Meng Yan, Omar Mahmoud Afdal Alnaggar, Myron O. Shak, Soheil Gharahi, William Kelsey
  • Patent number: D1021302
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventor: William Matthew Walker