Patents Issued in December 17, 2024
  • Patent number: 12169098
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include a method of processing a substrate. In an embodiment, the method comprises detecting one or more substrate parameters of a substrate in a processing chamber, and heating the substrate to a first temperature with an open loop tuning (OLT) heating process based on the one or more substrate parameters. In an embodiment, the method may further comprise placing the substrate on an edge ring, and heating the substrate to a second temperature with a low temperature closed loop controller. In an embodiment, the method further comprises heating the substrate to a third temperature with a high temperature closed loop controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Aderhold, Yi Wang
  • Patent number: 12169099
    Abstract: A single inlet/single outlet modular counterflow cooling tower having two heat transfer sections installed atop two cold water basin sections and below three fan sections, each heat transfer section having its own water distribution system and draining into its own distinct cold water basin section. The water distribution system can provide flow over both heat transfer sections or over only a single section. The center fan support section supports the mechanical drive system for the fan and has a sealing plate at its bottom for sealing the gap between the two heat transfer sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Evapco, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Nevins, Jennifer Hamilton
  • Patent number: 12169100
    Abstract: A heat exchanger device with at least one heat exchanger which is flowed through by a fluid, at least one fan and at least one adiabatic air cooler for cooling air which is drawn in from the surroundings by the fan, wherein the air that has been drawn in is conducted firstly through the air cooler and subsequently through the heat exchanger and the adiabatic air cooler has at least one humidification means, which is arranged in the air cooler and which is composed of a moisture-absorbing material and a liquid feed, which feeds a liquid to the humidification means in order to keep the humidification means moist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: JAEGGI Hybridtechnologie AG
    Inventors: Nicolas Chiaradia, Tobias Schaub, Jorge Rosado, Stephan Mestan, Thomas Odrich
  • Patent number: 12169101
    Abstract: A system and a method for heating source fluid, comprising: a turbine-electric generator transport comprising: an inlet plenum and an exhaust collector; a turbine connected to the inlet plenum and the exhaust collector; and an electric-generator coupled to the turbine; an exhaust heat recovery transport comprising: a combustion air connection coupled to the inlet plenum; an exhaust air connection coupled to the exhaust collector; a heat transfer assembly coupled to the exhaust air connection; and a fluid system coupled to the heat transfer assembly; an inlet and exhaust transport comprising: an air inlet filter housing coupled to the combustion air connection; and an exhaust stack coupled to the exhaust air connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Typhon Technology Solutions (U.S.), LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey G. Morris, Adrian Benjamin Bodishbaugh, Brett Vann
  • Patent number: 12169102
    Abstract: A conduit assembly may comprise: a pipe; a plurality of hollow passages disposed through the pipe; and a plurality of flow guides disposed in the pipe, each flow guide in the plurality of flow guides at least partially defining a respective hollow passage in the plurality of hollow passages. The conduit assembly may act as a heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael R. Thomas
  • Patent number: 12169103
    Abstract: The heat exchanger includes a first heat-exchange portion and a second heat-exchange portion. The first heat-exchange portion includes a first header tank having an inflow portion through which the heat medium flows into the first heat-exchange portion. The second heat-exchange portion includes a second header tank having an outflow portion through which the heat medium flows out of the second heat-exchange portion. The first header tank and the second header tank are connected to each other via a connecting portion. The connecting portion has a slit passing through the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Sugimura, Hiroshi Mieda
  • Patent number: 12169104
    Abstract: A stainless-steel heat-exchanger port with a braze joint interface formed from a brazing filler material by vacuum melting and molding, including: a stainless-steel port, an annular groove provided at a to-be-brazed end face of the stainless-steel port, a brazing filler material correspondingly arranged in the annular groove, and a sealing cover for preventing overflowing of the brazing filler material when melted, wherein the brazing filler material is one of copper, brass, phosphorus copper, and silver brazing filler materials. A processing method for the stainless-steel heat-exchanger port with a braze joint interface formed from the brazing filler material by vacuum melting and molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventor: Shangzhong Ji
  • Patent number: 12169105
    Abstract: A trigger mechanism having a hammer, a trigger member, disconnector, movable ejector lever, locking member, and safety the trigger member. The trigger member being forced to the set position by the hammer during rearward pivoting. A locking member is adapted to move between a first position at which the locking member mechanically blocks the trigger member from moving to the released position and a second position at which the locking member does not mechanically block the trigger member allowing the trigger member to be moved to the released position. The locking member is spring biased toward the first position and moved against the spring bias to the second position by contact from the movable ejector lever during forward movement of the bolt carrier as the bolt carrier reaches a substantially in-battery position. The safety selector is adapted to pivot between safe, standard semi-automatic, and forced reset semi-automatic positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: ABC IP, LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas George Barry
  • Patent number: 12169106
    Abstract: A hybrid metal and composite barrel assembly for a firearm preferably includes a metal inner barrel liner and a composite outer barrel sleeve. The composite outer barrel sleeve preferably includes at least one layer of woven metal mesh material comprising a plurality of metallic fibers, and at least one layer of carbon fiber material comprising a plurality of carbon fibers. The composite outer barrel sleeve is preferably engaged around the metal inner barrel liner, and optionally incorporates a tensioning nut to retain the sleeve on the liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Blackpowder Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Tod D. Boretto, Daniel J. Hanus, Brady E. Sandercock, Ion Racionero
  • Patent number: 12169107
    Abstract: A noise suppression device includes a body including an outermost external surface of the noise suppression device, an internal portion, a first end, and a second end; a core seamlessly connected to the internal portion of the body and including a plurality of baffles; and a bore extending completely through and along a longitudinal axis of the noise suppression device, wherein porosity is a fraction of a volume of pores per volume of mass in a material of the noise suppression device, a structure of the pores is not random, and the porosity of a portion of the core including one of the plurality of baffles is different than the porosity of a portion of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Centre Firearms Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Ryder Washburn, III, Michael Berkeypile, Richard Ryder Washburn, II
  • Patent number: 12169108
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a firearm suppressor including a multi-material baffle configured to reduce at least audible discharge and muzzle flash. For example, a cone insert of the baffle may be formed of a first material, and a tubular member of the baffle may be formed of a second material different from the first material. The baffles may include a proximal circumferential flange having a plurality of through-wall ports through which fluid may be directed into a chamber defined by exterior surfaces of the baffles and the interior surface of an external can. The disclosure also relates to a firearm suppressor endcap having a plurality of through-wall ports radially disposed on a tubular body of the endcap, and a conical ramp configured to direct fluid across the conical ramp and through the plurality of through-wall ports of the endcap during operation of the suppressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: KGM Technology Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Grob, Adam Pini
  • Patent number: 12169109
    Abstract: A system and method for attaching a muzzle attachment to a firearm. The muzzle attachment has an attachment body that is defined by an inner surface having a bore along the central axis of the muzzle attachment. The attachment body may include a threaded portion extending a length along the inner surface configured to engage a threaded portion of the firearm. The attachment body includes a lock that is configurable from a retracted configuration to an extended configuration. In the extended configuration, the lock is configured to securely engage a recess of the firearm. By threading the muzzle attachment onto the firearm and engaging the lock with the recess, the muzzle attachment system resists removal of the muzzle attachment from the firearm. The muzzle attachment may include vents. The muzzle attachment system preferably is indexed relative to the firearm for proper operation of the muzzle attachment during engagement of the lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: HS Produkt D.O.O.
    Inventor: Mario Krnežić
  • Patent number: 12169110
    Abstract: An apparatus for coupling an object to a support has an object member that includes an upper surface configured for attachment to a portion of the object, a lower extent including a generally conical object portion depending from the object member; and a notch formed in a portion of the lower extent. A support member includes a lower surface configured for attachment to the support, an upper surface, and a receptacle formed in the upper surface to receive the lower extent of the object member. The receptacle includes a generally conical support portion to receive and mate with the generally conical object portion. A latch member is selectively operable to engage the notch of the object portion to selectively secure together the object and support members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventors: Cody Bench, Andrew Pischke, Seth D. Fritz
  • Patent number: 12169111
    Abstract: A charging handle assembly for a rifle has a body extending along a first axis. The body comprises a first side, a second side oppositely disposed, and an opening therebetween. A first handle is connected to the first side and extends away from the body along the first axis. A second handle is connected to the second side and extends away from the body along the first axis. A rod, comprising a first end and a second end, extends through the opening along a longitudinal axis oriented transversely to the first axis. A return spring acts between the body and the first end of the rod and biases the body towards the second end of the rod. The body is movable between the first end and the second end of the rod and compresses the spring when moving towards the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SMITH & WESSON INC.
    Inventor: Zachary Kusnierz
  • Patent number: 12169112
    Abstract: A single-use magazine for a firearm. The disposable magazine for a firearm has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises receiving members and the second portion comprises locking members. The first portion is configured to be permanently locked to the second portion via the receiving members and the locking members. A cavity formed between the first portion and the second portion comprises a plurality of bullets. The disposable magazine is configured for one-time use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Rekon, LLC
    Inventor: Ryan Kraft
  • Patent number: 12169113
    Abstract: A selector assembly incorporated into the frame of an airsoft handgun that is operable to configure the airsoft gun in a semi-automatic or full-automatic firing mode. The selector assembly is operable to adjust the position of a disconnector and a sear such that the engagement surfaces of the disconnector and sear are configured to interact with the hammer and firing assembly such that one or multiple rounds are propelled down the barrel for each trigger engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventors: Ivan Sutton Smith, Margarito Guzman
  • Patent number: 12169114
    Abstract: A firearm slide accessory includes a charging handle attachment including a first member and a second member. The first and second members are formed with one or more mounting holes through which pass one or more fasteners. The first member includes an illumination device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: RT Recover Innovations Ltd.
    Inventor: Tamir Porat
  • Patent number: 12169115
    Abstract: Chest worn utility pouch designed to provide easy, quick and safe access to a weapon, specifically a handgun. The pouch makes it easy for a user to grab, install and wear on their body and provides secure and quick access to the weapon stored inside. The pouch is supported by a neck lanyard for suspension and a waist lanyard for securing to the body. Requires no fine motor skills to operate thus offsetting the adverse effects of adrenaline. The rear pocket for a communications device affords the wearer hands free communications with the police, thus reducing the chances of criminal prosecution or civil penalty, post incident. The pouch conceals the firearm from view, thus allowing for possible de-escalation. Further, the present invention is designed to fit inside most gun safes or hides so that firearms are immediately deployable in a safe, but expeditious manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventor: James De Masi
  • Patent number: 12169116
    Abstract: A firearm optics mount is configured to position an optic device on a firearm in a position offset from vertical alignment above the barrel when the firearm is in the vertical position. The canted mount includes a base, a support, and an optic mount at the end of the support. The support is configured to offset the optic between 5 and 30 degrees from vertical alignment with the barrel when the firearm is vertically positioned. The support may be configured to offset the optic between 12 and 22 degrees. The base of the mount may include a rear sight. The optic mounted to the firearm via the canted mount may be a primary or only optic of the firearm. The mount may vertically align a bullet drop feature of an optic with the centerline of the barrel when the firearm is canted to position the optic vertically above the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventor: Michael McCloy
  • Patent number: 12169117
    Abstract: A system and method that uses one or more jet engines to remove unmanned aircraft from restricted airspace. Generally, the force created by a jet engine can be used to remove drones or other unwanted objects from the restricted airspace. Once the system determines the presence of an unauthorized aircraft or object within the restricted airspace, the jet engine(s) can be activated and used to pull the drone or flying object towards the jet engine though the force created by the intake of the jet engine(s), or to expel the drone or object from the restricted area through the force created by the exhaust of the jet engine(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: COLLATERAL OPPORTUNITIES, LLC
    Inventor: Bruce Howard Kusens
  • Patent number: 12169118
    Abstract: A composite material system having an aggregate bound by an elastomer encapsulant. The composite material (CM) is designed to defeat impinging projectiles by converting the kinetic energy (KE) in the projectile to damage in the aggregate and the elastomer and increasing the thermal energy in the CM and the projectile via frictional heating. In one embodiment, the CM comprises certain kinds of rocks encapsulated (or bound) in a hyper-elastic polymer, such as polyurethane (“PU”). The CM may be shaped into convenient shapes from modular assembly to create a ballistic resistant surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Synthetic Applied Technologies LLC
    Inventors: James Arthur Warren, Jason Lovaine Blaylock
  • Patent number: 12169119
    Abstract: A ballistic fiber composition may include a fabric that may be comprised of polyamide fibers, an adhesive polymer coating the fabric, and a carbonaceous material and a ceramic filler embedded in the adhesive polymer coating. A method of producing a ballistic protective article may include mixing a carbonaceous material and a ceramic filler into an adhesive to create a mixture, and then coating a polyamide fabric with the mixture. A ballistic protective article may include an aromatic polyamide fabric that is coated with an elastomeric adhesive polymer coating, with calcium carbonate and a carbonaceous material embedded in the elastomeric adhesive polymer coating. The carbonaceous material may include at least one material selected from graphene, carbon nanofiber, and carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Armitek LLC
    Inventors: Dean Casutt, Aaron Gilbert, Bryant Casutt
  • Patent number: 12169120
    Abstract: A weapon may comprise an explosive charge, an activatable detonation ignition means, an activatable deflagration ignition means, and an ignition device. The ignition device can activate, selectively, the detonation ignition means or the deflagration ignition means. The activated detonation ignition means can cause the explosive charge to detonate. The activated deflagration ignition means can cause the explosive charge to deflagrate. According to one method, the ignition device activates the detonation ignition means, which causes the explosive charge to detonate. If a predetermined event takes place without the explosive charge detonating, the ignition device activates the deflagration ignition means, which causes the explosive charge to deflagrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignees: ATLAS ELEKTRONIK GMBH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Knud Lämmle, Sönke Huckfeldt
  • Patent number: 12169121
    Abstract: A system and method for providing feedback on a quality of a 3D scan is provided. The system includes a coordinate scanner configured to optically measure and determine a plurality of three-dimensional coordinates to a plurality of locations on at least one surface in the environment, the coordinate scanner being configured to move through the environment while acquiring the plurality of three-dimensional coordinates. A display having a graphical user interface. One or more processors are provided that are configured to determine a quality attribute of a process of measuring the plurality of three-dimensional coordinates based at least in part on the movement of the coordinate scanner in the environment and display a graphical quality indicator on the graphical user interface based at least in part on the quality attribute, the quality indicator is a graphical element having at least one movable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: FARO Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Döring, Rasmus Debitsch, Rene Pfeiffer, Axel Ruhland
  • Patent number: 12169122
    Abstract: A screen display control method and an electronic device are provided. The method is performed by an electronic device with a camera installed under a screen. The method includes: receiving a first input of a user; controlling, in response to the first input, the camera to be in an operating state, and controlling a target region of the screen to be in an off state, where the target region is a region determined according to a field of view of the camera and position information of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yakui Zang, Weibin Chen, Xiaoqing Zhang
  • Patent number: 12169123
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments related generally to computer vision, graphics, image scanning, shadow casters, shadow caster scanners, and image processing as well as associated mechanical, electrical and electronic hardware, computer software and systems, and wired and wireless network communications to form at least three-dimensional models or images of objects and environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: VISIE Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Charles Bernstein, Jeffrey A. Levine, Patrick C. Edwards
  • Patent number: 12169124
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an OCT imaging system to reduce or eliminate frequency-domain aliasing artifacts. The frequency is shifted using a carrier frequency to define a sampling range substantially centered on the carrier frequency. An image of the sample is generated from a displayed imaging range that consists of a subset of the frequencies within the sampling range. Furthermore, the system may be configured to determine the carrier frequency such that a Nyquist frequency corresponding to the shifted frequency is extended beyond either an upper or a lower bound of an OCT quality envelope corresponding to the first portion of light. Additionally, the carrier frequency may be determined such that a lower bound of the OCT quality envelope is greater or less than a zero-frequency DC limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: NINEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Eman Namati, Muhammad Al-Qaisi, Matthew A. Sinclair, Benedikt Graf, David Vader
  • Patent number: 12169125
    Abstract: An optical proximity sensor includes a first vertical cavity surface-emitting laser configured for self-mixing interferometry to determine distance to and/or velocity of an object. The optical proximity sensor also includes a second vertical cavity surface-emitting laser configured for self-mixing interferometry to determine whether any variation in a fixed distance has occurred. The optical proximity sensor leverages output from the second vertical cavity surface-emitting laser to calibrate output from the second vertical cavity surface-emitting laser to eliminate and/or mitigate environmental effects, such as temperature changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mengshu Huang, James J. Dudley
  • Patent number: 12169126
    Abstract: A method for measuring elevation of an accumulating resource with a visually distinguishable intersecting object includes providing an electronic device comprising a camera and at least one position sensor, performing at least one survey by obtaining sensor readings while the camera is aimed at an intersection, determining an altitude and pitch angle of the camera using the sensor readings; and computing the elevation of the accumulating resource using the geolocation and pitch angle of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ibrahim Demir, Muhammed Yusuf Sermet
  • Patent number: 12169127
    Abstract: A system includes an inertial navigation system module (INS module) that detects vehicle yaw rates and vehicle lateral speeds, a controller circuit communicatively coupled with the INS module. The controller circuit determines a tire cornering stiffness (Cf, Cr) based on vehicle physical parameters and vehicle dynamic parameters. The controller circuit determines a vehicle moment of inertia (Iz) based on the vehicle physical parameters, the vehicle dynamic parameters, and the tire cornering stiffness (Cf, Cr).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies AG
    Inventor: Guoguang Zhang
  • Patent number: 12169128
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for wearable navigation systems. In some examples, a wearable navigation system may determine the distance between an object and one or more distance sensors based on signals received from an environment, where the distance sensors are part of a sensor package. In some aspects, the wearable navigation system may determine, using an inertial measurement unit, a position, speed, and acceleration of the wearable navigation system, where the inertial measurement unit is part of the sensor package. In some cases, the wearable navigation system may determine, by a Central Processing Unit (CPU) coupled to the sensor package, information associated with the object with respect to the wearable navigation system. In some instances, the wearable navigation system may generate, by an actuator system coupled to the sensor package, feedback signals in response to information associated with the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: STRAP TECHNOLOGIES INC
    Inventors: Diego Roel-Chapa, Adolfo Cota-Foncerrada, Carlos Jesús Zúñiga Aguilar
  • Patent number: 12169129
    Abstract: A route provision apparatus for providing a route to a vehicle including a transceiver; a sensor interface configured to receive sensing information from one or more sensors; and a processor configured to identify a lane of the vehicle, estimate, using map information received from a navigation system and not from the server based on a communication state with the server satisfying a preset condition, an optimal route for the vehicle in lane units, generate autonomous driving visibility information by fusing the sensing information with the optimal route, and fuse dynamic information related to a movable object with the autonomous driving visibility information to update the optimal path based on the dynamic information, and wherein the sensing information is fused with the map information to generate a Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinsang Lee, Seunghwan Bang
  • Patent number: 12169130
    Abstract: A method of facilitating first mile/last mile transfer of a vehicle includes: analyzing a first route and a second route using a trained machine learning model to determine, respectively, a first cost of the first route and a second cost of the second route to a user; wherein the trained machine learning model is trained using at least one of a detour in time, a delay in miles, a time of day, a traffic congestion factor, or profile information about a ride share passenger; causing a message including the first cost and the second cost to be displayed to the user via an electronic device of the user; and receiving an indication of whether the user selects the first route or the second route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Joseph Robert Brannan, Ryan M. Gross
  • Patent number: 12169131
    Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for routing a plurality of autonomous vehicles. A batch routing system may receive a first general route cost request from a first autonomous vehicle. The batch routing system may determine a first set of general routes for the first autonomous vehicle. The batch routing system may send a first general route cost reply to the first autonomous vehicle. The first general route cost reply may indicate a first set of costs associated with the first set of general routes. The first set of costs may comprise a first general cost for the first general route and a second general cost for the second general route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Aurora Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Voznesensky, Bryan John Nagy, Robert Michael S Dean, Jacob Robert Forster
  • Patent number: 12169132
    Abstract: A system and method for using gaming as a tool to determine optimum routes through areas that have experienced a disaster are provided. Due to the disaster, an area may have some destroyed roads and other infrastructure. In one embodiment, input data collected from people on the ground, drones, and other aerial vehicles can be used to generate a virtual simulation of the area. The virtual area may include renderings of destroyed roads and infrastructure. Once created, the virtual area may be uploaded to an online gaming environment where users can participate in online games that permit them to find the best routes through the virtual area between starting and destination points. Once optimal routes are found, the system may send these routes to navigation systems used by rescuers and other people in the area to help them navigate the disaster area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Jennifer Marie Chandler-Bradley, Gabrielle Diane Salazar, Ivan Ortiz, Yevgeniy Viatcheslavovich Khmelev, Carol Lyn Lawrence, Keegan Patrick Hayes, Gregory Brian Meyer
  • Patent number: 12169133
    Abstract: Heuristic evaluation systems and methods for spatial information deliverability for electric vehicle (EV) owners who are traveling and looking for charging location suggestions via their navigation systems, mobile applications, and/or the like. Suggestions are captured based on prior knowledge and user desires. In general, the system knows that a user is traveling from point A to point B and has a suggested optimal distance and/or time and/or cost to reach point B. The systems gathers information related to the traveler's desires in relation to lesser known dimensions, to enhance the overall quality of the travel and charging experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventors: Aykut Yararbas, Jon Seneger, Amir Karim Esfahani
  • Patent number: 12169134
    Abstract: A tangible, non-transitory machine-readable medium includes machine-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive historical driver data indicative of one or more physiological parameters of one or more drivers during one or more prior driving trips, receive historical position data indicative of a respective position of a respective vehicle driven by the one or more drivers during the one or more prior driving trips, establish a correlation between the historical driver data and the historical position data, and identify one or more low-stress road segments using the correlation between the historical driver data and the historical position data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Emily Margaret Gray, Daniel Christopher Bitsis, Jr., Qunying Kou, Robert Wiseman Simpson, Manfred Amann, Donnette Moncrief Brown, Eric David Schroeder, Meredith Beveridge Lecocke, Michael J. Maciolek, Bobby Lawrence Mohs, Brian F. Shipley, Justin Dax Haslam, Ashley Raine Philbrick
  • Patent number: 12169135
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing method for generating accurate map data by loop closing even when map elements where a loop is detected in a real space are close to each other. The method includes selecting a map elements group including at least one map element on each movement path, the at least one map element including sensor information included in each map element used to detect that the moving object has reached a location near a point a plurality of times, acquiring a relative position and orientation of at least one set of map elements in the map elements group, acquiring a relative position and orientation of the sensor between map elements corresponding to each movement path where the moving object has reached the location near the point the plurality of times, and correcting position and orientation information about the sensor included in each of the map elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ayato Imai
  • Patent number: 12169136
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a magneto-inductive flowmeter, wherein the magneto-inductive flowmeter has a measuring tube for conducting a flowable medium, at least two measurement electrodes for detecting a flow speed-based measurement voltage induced in the medium, and a magnetic field-generating device for generating a magnetic field which passes through the measuring tube, said magnetic field generating device having a coil. The method has the steps of applying a control voltage to the coil in order to generate a change in the coil current over time, and determining the change in the coil current over time in a change-over region, wherein the coil current is changed in the change-over region until a target coil current target is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Andre Spahlinger, André Schaubhut, Heinz Rufer, Thomas Küng
  • Patent number: 12169137
    Abstract: To provide an airflow amount measuring device capable of accurately measuring a flow amount of air without occurrence of warpage in a thin film portion when an airflow measuring element is mounted on a lead frame to form a resin-sealed package in which the airflow amount measuring element and the lead frame are sealed. A chip package includes a lead frame, an element mounted on the lead frame and having a detection portion, and a structure for sealing the lead frame and the element such that at least the detection portion is exposed. Then, the curvature radius ? of the exposed portion of the element exposed from the sealing resin member is 2.13 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Binti Haridan Fatin Farhanah, Hiroyuki Abe, Takayuki Yogo, Nozomi Yatsumonji, Mizuki Ijuin
  • Patent number: 12169138
    Abstract: A measuring system for measuring a mass flow rate, a density, a temperature and/or a flow rate. The measuring system includes a main conduit which leads from a supply unit to a consumer, a measuring unit, a computing unit, and an outlet pressure controller. The measuring unit has a first Coriolis meter arranged in the main conduit, a second Coriolis meter arranged in series with the first Coriolis meter in the main conduit, a bypass conduit via which the second Coriolis meter is bypassable, and a valve which opens depending on a pressure arranged in the bypass conduit. The second Coriolis meter has a smaller maximum flow rate than the first Coriolis meter. The computing unit is connected to each of the first Coriolis meter and the second Coriolis meter. The outlet pressure controller is arranged in the main conduit downstream of the measuring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: AVL LIST GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Buchner, Heribert Kammerstetter
  • Patent number: 12169139
    Abstract: A meter electronics (20) for determining a damping of a meter assembly (10) of a flow meter (5) is provided. The meter electronics (20) includes an interface (201) for receiving a vibrational response from a meter assembly (10), the vibrational response comprising a response to an excitation of the meter assembly (10) at a substantially resonant frequency, and a processing system (203) in communication with the interface (201). The processing system (203) is configured to receive the vibrational response from the interface (201) and measure a plurality of response voltages (V) of the vibrational response, the plurality of response voltages (V) including at least one of one or more decay sections (430a, 530a-530f) and one or more rising sections (430b, 630a-630f). The processing system (203) is also configured to determine an aggregate damping-related value of the meter assembly (10) based on at least one of the one or more decay sections (430a, 530a-530f) and the one or more rising sections (430b, 630a-630f).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Craig B. McAnally, Bert J. Downing
  • Patent number: 12169140
    Abstract: A compostable scoop for use with a powder-like substance includes a first form including a cup shaped element configured for scooping a powder-like material, the cup-shaped element coupled to a handle element configured for holding by hand, the handle element having a channel on its top and a ridge on its bottom for structural rigidity, the first form composed of a compostable composition substantially including pulp, a second form congruent with the first form, wherein the second form is shaped and sized to be pressed on top of, and together with, the first form, the second form composed of the compostable composition substantially including pulp, and an adhesive layer deposited between the first form and the second form, wherein the adhesive layer holds the first and second forms securely together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Compostable, LLC
    Inventor: Peter Vesz
  • Patent number: 12169141
    Abstract: A gravity-enforced photon momentum radiometer incudes: a magnetic array; a diamagnetic shuttle that levitates above the magnetic array; a mirror on the diamagnetic shuttle that receives laser light and moves the diamagnetic shuttle due to the optical force; a tiltable platform for the magnetic array; a photogate producing gate light that can be blocked by a photo interrupter and that produces a detector signal that provides a position of the diamagnetic shuttle relative to the tiltable platform for determining a position of the diamagnetic shuttle relative to the photogate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventors: Paul Andrew Williams, Daniel Rahn, Anna Katariina Vaskuri
  • Patent number: 12169142
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques that improve the collection and readout of charge carriers in an integrated circuit. Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to integrated circuits having pixels with a plurality of charge storage regions. Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to integrated circuits configured to substantially simultaneously collect and read out charge carriers, at least in part. Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to integrated circuits having a plurality of pixels configured to transfer charge carriers between charge storage regions within each pixel substantially at the same time. Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to integrated circuits having three or more sequentially coupled charge storage regions. Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to integrated circuits capable of increased charge transfer rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Quantum-Si Incorporated
    Inventors: Eric A. G. Webster, Todd Rearick, Thomas Raymond Thurston
  • Patent number: 12169143
    Abstract: A light detection device of the present invention includes: a wiring board; a first support part disposed on a mounting surface of the wiring board; a Fabry-Perot interference filter having a first mirror part and a second mirror part between which a distance is variable and having an outer edge portion disposed in a first support region of the first support part; a light detector disposed on the mounting surface to face the first mirror part and the second mirror part on one side of the first support part; and a temperature detector disposed on the mounting surface, wherein the temperature detector is disposed on the mounting surface such that at least a part of the temperature detector overlaps a part of the Fabry-Perot interference filter when seen in a first direction perpendicular to the mounting surface and such that at least a part of the temperature detector overlaps a part of the first support part when seen in a second direction in which the first support part and the light detector are aligned with
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takashi Kasahara, Katsumi Shibayama, Kei Tabata, Masaki Hirose, Hiroki Oyama, Yumi Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 12169144
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems that relate to a low-cost reconfigurable polarimetric imaging are described. One example polarization imaging system includes a lens positioned to receive light reflected from one or more objects, and a spectral-polarization filter positioned at an aperture plane of the lens to filter the light received by the lens. The polarization imaging system can further include a sensor positioned to detect the filtered light from the spectral-polarization filter to form a polarization image of the one or more objects. The spectral-polarization filter comprises a first array of multiple spectral filters and a second array of multiple polarizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventors: Rongguang Liang, Jian Liang
  • Patent number: 12169145
    Abstract: Zero-power system for remote monitoring of heat sources is provided. The systems detect failure indicators of remote equipment including power substations, oil rigs, large inaccessible machinery in a factory, and communications equipment. The systems also can be used to detect the presence of people in buildings or in other locations, so as to improve HVAC utilization in large buildings. When the zero-power monitoring systems detect heat sources, such as the presence of people, failure indicators, or a targeted environmental signal, a circuit is closed using the energy of the detected radiation, and activating an RFID tag, a radio transmitter, or an alarm. The monitoring systems can remain deployed and active for many years without the need for battery replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Northeastern University
    Inventors: Matteo Rinaldi, Zhenyun Qian, Vageeswar Rajaram, Sungho Kang
  • Patent number: 12169146
    Abstract: There is provided a superconducting magnet device including a superconducting coil, a vacuum vessel that accommodates the superconducting coil, a current lead that is connected to the superconducting coil and installed in the vacuum vessel, a power supply cable that is disposed outside the vacuum vessel and connected to the current lead, and a heating unit that is disposed apart from the current lead and heats the current lead via the power supply cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Ebara, Yukio Mikami, Nobuaki Takahasi
  • Patent number: 12169147
    Abstract: Disclosed are a testing system and method under fluid-solid coupling effects. A dynamic stress field during fluid flow, deformation of a porous rock framework, real-time evolution of the stress field and deformation of a fluid-solid interface under fluid-solid coupling effects can be obtained, on the basis of a collected photo-elastic stripe image and a surface deformation image. A stress field of a solid framework and fluid in porous rock, and a strain field of the solid framework and the fluid-solid interface under fluid-solid coupling effects can be visually and quantitatively displayed by means of a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, BEIJING
    Inventors: Yang Ju, Jiangtao Zheng, Zhangyu Ren, Wenbo Gong