Inventor Recognitions with Centurion Plus Utility Patents as of July 4, 2023

John L Melanson

Mr. Melanson has worked in varied areas of audio, energy, computers, signal processing (DSP and analog), power and IC design for over 50 years.

He describes himself as enjoying hiking, cooking, piano, music, jewelry design and creation, and chasing Jack Russell terriers. He also has been awarded an Oscar.

His special interest is encouraging young people to find an engineering career.

Mr. Melanson attended the University of Colorado Boulder where he received his EE/CS, Engineering, 1970 – 1974.

Patent №: 11695337 (July 4, 2023) – Current control for a boost converter with dual anti-wound inductor. This system windings generate opposing magnetic fields. Their coupling coefficient is below 0.95. The system includes a current control subsystem that regulates the electrical current to prevent core saturation and adjusts the output current according to a reference signal.

Carlos Cordeiro

Dr. Carlos Cordeiro is the CTO of wireless connectivity at Intel Corporation, where he is responsible for next-generation wireless connectivity technology strategy, standards, ecosystem engagements, and regulations.

In the Wi-Fi Alliance, he is a member of the Board of Directors and serves as its Technical Advisor. Due to his contributions to wireless communications, Dr. Cordeiro received several awards including the prestigious Intel Inventor of the Year Award in 2016, the 2017 IEEE Standards Medallion, and the IEEE Outstanding Engineer Award in 2011.

Dr. Cordeiro is the co-author of two textbooks on wireless published in 2006 and 2011, and has published over 110 papers in the wireless area alone.

Antti Eronen

Mr.Eronen received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Tampere, Finland, in 2001 and 2009, respectively.,

From 1998 to 2003, he was with the Department of Signal Processing, TUT. Since 2003, he has been with the Nokia Research Center, Tampere, where he currently works as Principal Scientist.

His professional interests include music and audio content analysis, context awareness, and mobile media applications and services.

Patent №: 11696085 (July 4, 2023) – Apparatus, method and computer program for providing notifications. The apparatus includes means for determining the availability of perspective-mediated content within the provided content and means for adding a notification indicating the availability of such content. The notification includes spatial audio effects integrated into the content.

Teemu Koponen

Mr. Koponen is Co-founder at Styra.

Patent №: 11695695 (July 4, 2023) – Logical L3 daemon. This method describes configuring a host in a network to resolve network addresses using an address resolution module. Additionally, a managed forwarding element in the host is configured to avoid sending address resolution requests to other hosts. Instead, it uses the address resolution module to resolve the network address and forwards packets using the resolved network address.

Jung Ho Ryu

Staff Engineer at Qualcomm.

Mr. Ryu received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from Northwestern University; Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2011.

Patent №: (July 4, 2023) – 11696234 – Techniques for dynamic configuration of channel state information processing units.

Patent №: 11695465 (July 4, 2023) – High-reliability transmission mode for 2-step secondary cell beam failure recovery procedure.

James P Steiner

Mr. Steiner is the Director of Product Technology at Lutron Electronics. Retired since June 2023.

Mr. Steiner received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Purdue University in 1981 and 1986 respectively.

Patent №: 11696382 (July 4, 2023) – Measuring lighting levels using a visible light sensor. This sensor captures images to sense the environmental characteristics of a space. It operates in various modes: glare reduction, daylighting control, colour adjustment, and occupancy detection. It ensures reduced glare, desired light levels, and proper colour temperature, and adjusts control devices based on occupancy. Privacy protection features are included to safeguard user privacy in the space.