Patents by Inventor Yair Schwartz
Yair Schwartz 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).
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Patent number: 11896317Abstract: A surgical positioning system includes an emitter secured to a medical implant; at least three microphones; at least one processor; and a memory. The emitter has a speaker and a power source. The memory stores instructions for execution by the processor that, when executed, cause the processor to receive, from each of the at least three microphones, information about a detected sound; and calculate, based on position information corresponding to each of the at least three microphones and the received information, a position of the implant.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: MAZOR ROBOTICS LTD.Inventors: Nir Ofer, Ziv Seemann, Dor Kopito, Yair Schwartz, Ofir Dahan, Gal Eshed, Dvir Kadshai, Amir Keret, Maor Sviri, Adi Talmor, Ron Visbrot, Arie Shneiderman, Aviv Ellman, Gal Barazani
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Publication number: 20220218421Abstract: Methods and systems for providing a safety mechanism for a robotically controlled surgical tool. Embodiments of the methods use sensors to detect parameters that vary by the tissue traversed by a surgical tool. The sensors detect signals arising from the interaction of the surgical tool with the tissue and provide this information to a robotic controller. For example, during drilling, the sensors may measure power, vibration, sound frequency, mechanical load, electrical impedance, and distance traversed according to preoperative measurements on a three-dimensional image set used for planning the tool trajectory. By comparing the detected output with that expected for the tool position based on the planned trajectory, identified discrepancies in output would indicate that the tool has veered from the planned trajectory. The robotic controller may then alter the tool trajectory, change the speed of the tool, or discontinue power to the tool, thereby preventing damage to underlying tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Dany Junio, Aviv Ellman, Eli Zehavi, Moshe Shoham, Yonatan Ushpizin, Ido Zucker, Elad Ratzabi, Gillan Grimberg, Nir Ofer, Yair Schwartz, Nimrod Dori
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Publication number: 20220039871Abstract: A surgical positioning system includes an emitter secured to a medical implant; at least three microphones; at least one processor; and a memory. The emitter has a speaker and a power source. The memory stores instructions for execution by the processor that, when executed, cause the processor to receive, from each of the at least three microphones, information about a detected sound; and calculate, based on position information corresponding to each of the at least three microphones and the received information, a position of the implant.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2020Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Nir Ofer, Ziv Seemann, Dor Kopito, Yair Schwartz, Ofir Dahan, Gal Eshed, Dvir Kadshai, Amir Keret, Maor Sviri, Adi Talmor, Ron Visbrot, Arie Shneiderman, Aviv Ellman, Gal Barazani
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Publication number: 20220031370Abstract: A spinal stabilization system includes a plurality of anchors and at least one bridge. Each anchor includes a clamp configured to engage an anatomical element, the clamp movable between a fully open position and a fully closed position; a locking screw configured to selectively prevent the clamp from being moved into the fully open position; and a bridge interface. The at least one bridge is a rigid member having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, each of the first end and the second end having an anchor interface. The bridge interface is configured to receive the anchor interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2020Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Eli Zehavi, Yonatan Ushpizin, Aviv Ellman, Dany Junio, Elad Ratzabi, Yair Schwartz, Yuval Chen
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Patent number: 9811413Abstract: A system for data storage includes one or more non-volatile memory (NVM) devices, each device including multiple memory blocks, and a processor. The processor is configured to assign the memory blocks into groups, to apply a redundant data storage scheme in each of the groups, to identify a group of the memory blocks including at least one bad block that renders remaining memory blocks in the group orphan blocks, to select a type of data suitable for storage in the orphan blocks, and to store the data of the identified type in the orphan blocks.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Shai Ojalvo, Yair Schwartz, Eyal Gurgi, Yoav Kasorla
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Patent number: 9405705Abstract: A data storage system includes a plurality of non-volatile memory devices arranged in one or more sets, a main controller and one or more processors. The main controller is configured to accept commands from a host and to convert the commands into recipes. Each recipe includes a list of multiple memory operations to be performed sequentially in the non-volatile memory devices belonging to one of the sets. Each of the processors is associated with a respective set of the non-volatile memory devices, and is configured to receive one or more of the recipes from the main controller and to execute the memory operations specified in the received recipes in the non-volatile memory devices belonging to the respective set.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2014Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michael Shachar, Barak Rotbard, Oren Golov, Uri Perlmutter, Dotan Sokolov, Julian Vlaiko, Yair Schwartz
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Publication number: 20160034341Abstract: A system for data storage includes one or more non-volatile memory (NVM) devices, each device including multiple memory blocks, and a processor. The processor is configured to assign the memory blocks into groups, to apply a redundant data storage scheme in each of the groups, to identify a group of the memory blocks including at least one bad block that renders remaining memory blocks in the group orphan blocks, to select a type of data suitable for storage in the orphan blocks, and to store the data of the identified type in the orphan blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Shai Ojalvo, Yair Schwartz, Eyal Gurgi, Yoav Kasorla
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Publication number: 20150081973Abstract: A data storage system includes a plurality of non-volatile memory devices arranged in one or more sets, a main controller and one or more processors. The main controller is configured to accept commands from a host and to convert the commands into recipes. Each recipe includes a list of multiple memory operations to be performed sequentially in the non-volatile memory devices belonging to one of the sets. Each of the processors is associated with a respective set of the non-volatile memory devices, and is configured to receive one or more of the recipes from the main controller and to execute the memory operations specified in the received recipes in the non-volatile memory devices belonging to the respective set.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Michael Shachar, Barak Rotbard, Oren Golov, Uri Perlmutter, Dotan Sokolov, Julian Vlaiko, Yair Schwartz
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Patent number: 8924661Abstract: A data storage system includes a plurality of non-volatile memory devices arranged in one or more sets, a main controller and one or more processors. The main controller is configured to accept commands from a host and to convert the commands into recipes. Each recipe includes a list of multiple memory operations to be performed sequentially in the non-volatile memory devices belonging to one of the sets. Each of the processors is associated with a respective set of the non-volatile memory devices, and is configured to receive one or more of the recipes from the main controller and to execute the memory operations specified in the received recipes in the non-volatile memory devices belonging to the respective set.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michael Shachar, Barak Rotbard, Oren Golov, Uri Perlmutter, Dotan Sokolov, Julian Vlaiko, Yair Schwartz
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Patent number: 8880786Abstract: A method includes, in a storage device that includes a non-volatile memory and a volatile memory, maintaining at least one data structure that stores management information used for managing data storage in the non-volatile memory, such that at least a portion of the data structure is stored in the volatile memory. A sequence of journaling chunks is created during operation of the storage device, each journaling chunk including a respective slice of the data structure and one or more changes that occurred in the data structure since a previous journaling chunk in the sequence. The sequence of the journaling chunks is stored in the non-volatile memory. Upon recovering from an electrical power interruption in the storage device, the data structure is reconstructed using the stored journaling chunks.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Roman Guy, Eran Sandel, Elad Harush, Yair Schwartz
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Publication number: 20140173178Abstract: A method includes, for data items that are to be stored in a non-volatile memory in accordance with respective logical addresses, associating the logical addresses with respective physical storage locations in the non-volatile memory, and storing the data items in the respective associated physical storage locations. A remapping command, which specifies a group of source logical addresses that are associated with respective source physical storage locations, is received. In response to the remapping command, destination physical storage locations and destination logical addresses are selected jointly for replacing the source physical storage locations and the source logical addresses, respectively, so as to meet a joint performance criterion with respect to the logical addresses and the physical storage locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventor: Yair Schwartz
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Publication number: 20140095765Abstract: A method includes, in a storage device that includes a non-volatile memory and a volatile memory, maintaining at least one data structure that stores management information used for managing data storage in the non-volatile memory, such that at least a portion of the data structure is stored in the volatile memory. A sequence of journaling chunks is created during operation of the storage device, each journaling chunk including a respective slice of the data structure and one or more changes that occurred in the data structure since a previous journaling chunk in the sequence. The sequence of the journaling chunks is stored in the non-volatile memory. Upon recovering from an electrical power interruption in the storage device, the data structure is reconstructed using the stored journaling chunks.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Roman Guy, Eran Sandel, Elad Harush, Yair Schwartz
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Publication number: 20140059271Abstract: A method includes receiving one or more storage commands and at least one flush command in a storage device, which includes a non-volatile memory and a volatile buffer for buffering data received for storage in the non-volatile memory. The flush command instructs the storage device to commit the data buffered in the volatile buffer to the non-volatile memory. The storage commands are executed in accordance with a first storage rule. The flush command is executed in accordance with a second storage rule having smaller latency relative to the first storage rule.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: Avraham Poza Meir, Guy Ben-Yehuda, Oren Golov, Ori Isachar, Roman Guy, Yair Schwartz
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Patent number: 8572311Abstract: A method for data storage includes, in a memory that includes at least N memory units, each memory unit including memory blocks, defining superblocks, each superblock including a respective set of N of the memory blocks that are allocated respectively in N different ones of the memory units, such that compaction of all the memory blocks in a given superblock is performed without any intervening programming operation in the given superblock. Data is stored in the memory by computing redundancy information for a selected portion of the data, and storing the selected portion and the redundancy information in the N memory blocks of a selected superblock.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ofir Shalvi, Naftali Sommer, Uri Perlmutter, Julian Vlaiko, Moshe Neerman, Yair Schwartz, Ariel Maislos