Centurion+ Patent Holders as of February 6, 2024
Lei Miao
AI Architect and leader at Huawei Device.
Patent №: 11894001 (February 6, 2024) – Multi-channel signal encoding method, multi-channel signal decoding method, encoder, and decoder.
These methods involve determining downmixed signals, reverberation gain parameters, and quantization techniques to effectively encode and decode multi-channel audio signals. Miao’s innovative approach ensures high-quality audio reproduction and seamless decoding.
Ludovic Godet
Managing Director Advanced Technologies, Head of Engineered Optics Team at Applied Materials.
He currently leads the Photonics Platforms R&D and Engineering Team and drives new programs in AR/VR and the Flat Optics space.
Godet has a Ph.D. in Material Science with specialty in Plasma and Thin Film Technology from the University of Nantes.
Patent №: 11892676 (February 6, 2024) – Self-aligned formation of angled optical device structures. Godet describes a process that involves etching a mandrel material selectively to a hard mask to create mandrel trenches. Using an angled etch process, the device material is deposited on the angled mandrels to form precise angled optical device structures.
Patent №: 11892367 (February 6, 2024) – Method to measure light loss of optical films and optical substrates, outlines a method of optical device metrology. This method entails introducing a specific type of light into an optical device and measuring the transmitted light from multiple locations on the surfaces using detectors mounted on fiber heads. This innovative technique enables accurate quantification of light loss in optical films and substrates.
Mark Weiman
Group Engineering Manager at Globus Medical.
Patent №: 11890203 (February 6, 2024) – Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof. This innovative device allows for the maintenance of normal disc spacing and restoration of spinal stability during intervertebral fusion procedures. The fusion device comprises a body portion, first and second endplates that can be moved towards or away from the body portion, enabling deployment and installation in both expanded and unexpanded configurations.
Patent №: 11890147 (February 6, 2024) – Retracting tissue. These retractors feature specialized blades with openings or channels designed to accommodate bone pins while ensuring optimal accessibility and visibility of the operative window. Such advancements greatly enhance the precision and safety of therapeutic procedures involving tissue retraction.
Marcos Alonso Ruiz
Human Interface Designer, Apple Design Team.
Patent №: 11893228 (February 6, 2024) – Devices and methods for interacting with an application switching user interface.
Ruiz’s invention focuses on seamlessly navigating between multiple recently used applications. By employing specific user input criteria, his design enables a smooth transition from a collection of application representations to an application launching user interface. It offers enhanced-reachability modes, where the first user interface of the selected application is shifted partially off the display, optimizing visibility and accessibility.
Fa-Long Luo
As the Chief Scientist of Micron Technology Inc., USA and IEEE Fellow, Dr. Fa-Long Luo is now also an Affiliate Professor of the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Fa-Long has 35 years of academic, industry and research experience with emphasis on the translation of adaptive signal processing techniques to practical applications and commercial products related to multimedia, wireless communications and digital broadcasting.
Currently, his research interests are mainly in the optimal silicon convergence of application algorithm, computing platform and memory access in terms of high performance, low power and small die-size. The techniques that he is involved mainly include signal processing, wireless networks, reconfigurable computing and tensor access memory (TAM).
Patent №: 11894957 (February 6, 2024) – Self-interference noise cancelation for full-duplex MIMO communications. This patent introduces a system and method that enables wireless devices to effectively compensate for self-interference noise. By utilizing a self-interference noise calculator and a network of processing elements, the adjusted signals generated can significantly reduce interference caused by simultaneous transmission and reception on the same frequency band.
Patent №: 11893398 (February 6, 2024) – Methods, systems, and apparatuses to perform a compute operation according to a configuration packet and comparing the result to data in local memory. This invention presents a novel approach for implementing data flows in a processor. By leveraging a data flow manager and configuration packets, multiple processing elements can concurrently process data based on the specified configuration. This patent finds utility in speech signal processing operations, such as identifying phonemes in processing results to facilitate audio recording processing.
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About The Author
Angelina Kushnarova
Angelina Kushnarova (Sverediuk) was born in Ukraine. She graduated from Ternopil Medical University with a specialization in Medicine and completed an internship in Radiology at Lviv University. She worked as a Radiologist, while also working as a web developer.