Centurion+ Patent Holders as of March 26, 2024

Welcome to the 26th of March 2024: Our goal is to celebrate the patent holders who have reached noteworthy milestones in their fields this week.

Daniel Keith Van Ostrand

VP of Solutions and Innovation.

Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the electrical and electronic manufacturing industry.

Skilled in Display Technology, Consumer Electronics, Management, Optics, and Start-ups. Strong business development professional with a BA focused in Math, Computer Science from MId-America Nazarene University.

Patent №: 11942794 (March 26, 2024) – Power amplifier based wireless power transfer and communications. A wireless power device includes a drive-sense circuit (DSC) and processing modules. The DSC generates and senses a drive signal for power transfer and detects its electrical characteristics. Processing modules adjust a reference signal based on detected characteristics and the presence of other devices.

Patent №: 11942793 (March 26, 2024) – Wireless power transfer with in-line sensing and control based on detection of chargeable device. A wireless power transfer device has a drive-sense circuit (DSC), memory, and processing modules. The DSC generates and senses a drive signal, facilitating power transfer wirelessly. Processing modules generate a reference signal and adjust it based on detected characteristics and the presence of other devices.

Patent №: 11940504 (March 26, 2024) – Hall effect sensor adapted driver circuit. A Hall effect sensor system consists of a Hall effect sensor and a drive-sense circuit (DSC). The sensor receives a DC current signal and produces a Hall voltage in response to a magnetic field. The DSC generates and drives the DC current signal to the sensor while simultaneously sensing it. It detects the effect of the Hall voltage on the current signal and produces a digital signal representing the Hall voltage.

Masahiro Kobayashi

Semiconductor(Image Sensor) device engineer – Canon Inc.

Patent №: 11943527 (March 26, 2024) – Image capturing and display apparatus and wearable device. An image capture and display device includes photoelectric conversion elements converting outside light to electrical signals and light-emitting elements emitting light based on these signals. Pixels consist of these elements arranged in an array, with signal paths contained within each pixel region.

Liang Zhao

Senior Researcher at Tencent America

Patent №: 11943448 (March 26, 2024) – Joint coding of motion vector difference.

A method for decoding a video block involves receiving a coded video bitstream, determining a flag indicating joint motion vector difference coding for the current block, and if the flag indicates joint coding, obtaining joint motion vector difference, deriving motion vector difference, and decoding the block based on both.

Patent №: 11943435 (March 26, 2024) – Method and apparatus for decoding using reference line index based on intra prediction mode. The apparatus includes receiving and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry selects a reference line and an intra prediction mode, encodes a block accordingly with at least one reference sample, and generates prediction information for the block. The inclusion of a reference line index indication in the prediction information depends on the selected intra prediction mode.

Nicolas Adolfo Garfias

Vice President of Design- Oakley.

Patent №: D1019749 (March 26, 2024) –Eyeglasses

Patent №: D1019745 (March 26, 2024) – Eyeglasses

Patent №: D1019744 (March 26, 2024) – Eyeglasses 

Gregory R Whittaker

Solutions-Driven Medical Device / Pharmaceutical Program Manager – Identify & Deliver Innovative Engineering Solutions that Solve Unmet Surgeon & Patient Needs.

Patent №: 11938017 (March 26, 2024) – Tissue augmentation scaffolds for use in soft tissue fixation repair. It introduces tissue augmentation constructs designed to increase the suture footprint on tissue when tied down, aiding various repair procedures. These constructs, such as blocks and scaffolds, are easily associated with sutures and can be utilized across different tissue repair procedures, including folding scaffolds and extra-wide tissue augmentation blocks.

Patent №: 11937803 (March 26, 2024) – Soft tissue fixation repair methods using tissue augmentation constructs. The disclosure presents devices, systems, and methods to enhance soft tissue repair procedures’ reliability and speed. It introduces tissue augmentation constructs to widen the suture footprint on tissue when tied down, facilitating various repair procedures. These constructs, like blocks and patches, are easily associated with repair sutures, including being placed on a suture threader.