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| 1 | 10478276 | Pellet delivery mechanism | Pellet delivery systems capable of reliably and precisely delivering pellets over a large area are disclosed. In some examples, the system can deliver one or more pellets in one delivery cycle using a slide chamber. In other examples, the system can deliver one or more pellets per delivery cycle using a rotating disk comprising one or more holes. In any of these examples, the system can eject the pellets using a projector and/or gravity. The pellet delivery system can, in various examples, be utilized in conjunction with a carrier such as an airborne, terrestrial or aquatic vehicle, or in other examples with a human or animal carrier. Examples of the disclosure are also directed to precise pellet delivery based on the location of the pellet deliver system, pellet delivery tracking, adjusting pellet delivery, and determining paths for efficient pellet delivery. | Kurt Edward Kreiger (Billings, MT), Marc Randolph Matchett (Lewistown, MT) | World Wildlife Fund, Inc. (Washington, DC), United States Department of The Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (Washington DC) | 2017-08-11 | 2019-11-19 | A61D7/00, B65D83/04 | 15/675630 |
| 2 | 10427001 | Method and apparatus for predicting the likely success of golf swings | A method of predicting the likelihood of a post T-off golf swing or consecutive swings resulting in a ball being sunk in a hole, the method utilizing communication equipped cameras or communication equipped laser rangefinders at known locations to determine accurate ball lie information. Transmission of this location information in real time to a processing facility linked to a database of historical play information incorporating at least ball position information and golf course in order to calculate odds of success of the upcoming swing and/or subsequent swings. | Jason Lahser (St. Ives, AU) | Singleshot Entertainment, Inc. (Las Vegas, NV) | 2015-07-15 | 2019-10-01 | A63B69/36, G07F17/32, A63B24/00, A63F13/812, A63B60/46 | 15/325934 |
| 3 | 10234857 | System and method for detecting and defeating a drone | A system for detecting and defeating a drone is disclosed which includes a detection antenna array configured to detect the drone and a control signal of the drone in a 360 degree field, the detection antenna array being further configured to detect the directionality of the drone with reference to the most dominant of the control signal of the drone detected by each of a plurality of antennas within the detection antenna array, a neutralization system disposed in communication with the detection antenna array, the neutralization system including a transmission antenna configured to transmit an override signal to the detected drone, an amplifier configured to modulate a gain of the override signal, and a processing device configured to generate the override signal and control transmission of the override signal. | Howard Melamed (Coral Springs, FL), Stevan Melamed (Boca Raton, FL), Chris Svanberg (Coral Springs, FL), Matias Ponce (Coral Springs, FL), Michael Horvat (Coconut Creek, FL) | Cellantenna International Inc. (Coral Springs, FL) | 2016-12-23 | 2019-03-19 | G05D1/00, G01S3/46, F41H13/00, B64C39/02, H04K3/00 | 15/389562 |
| 4 | 9776731 | Methods and apparatus for detecting aircraft surface deformations | Methods and apparatus for detecting surface deformation of aircraft surfaces are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a sensor system to monitor an aircraft surface, the sensor system including a first sensor and a second sensor. A surface monitoring system receives signals from the first sensor and the second sensor and based on the signals received, the surface monitoring system is to: detect a surface deformation on the aircraft surface, analyze one or more environmental conditions or aircraft parameters, and classify a severity of a detected surface deformation based on the one or more environmental conditions or aircraft parameters to determine if the detected surface deformation impacts aircraft performance or safety. | Eric Howard Lieberman (Broomall, PA), William Brendan Blanton (Wilmington, DE) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL) | 2016-09-29 | 2017-10-03 | B64C3/52, G08B21/18, B64D45/00 | 15/280274 |
| 5 | 9529360 | System and method for detecting and defeating a drone | The invention is directed to a system for detecting and defeating a drone. The system has a detection antenna array structured and configured to detect the drone and the drone control signal over a 360 degree field relative to the detection antenna array including detecting the directionality of the drone. The system also includes a neutralization system structured and configured in a communicating relation with the detection antenna array. The neutralization system has a transmission antenna structured to transmit an override signal aimed at the direction of the drone, an amplifier configured to boost the gain of the override signal to exceed the signal strength of the drone control signal, and a processing device configured to create and effect the transmission of the override signal. The invention is also directed to a method for detecting and defeating a drone. | Howard Melamed (Coral Springs, FL), Stevan Melamed (Boca Raton, FL), Chris Svanberg (Coral Springs, FL), Matias Ponce (Coral Springs, FL), Michael Horvat (Coconut Creek, FL) | --- | 2015-04-22 | 2016-12-27 | B64C39/02, G01S3/02, G05D1/00, F41H13/00 | 14/693280 |
| 6 | 9330174 | Determining topics of interest | A computer-implemented method that includes the actions of receiving a request for data indicative of topics of interest for a user segment of a social networking platform, accessing user data for one or more users of the social networking platform, comparing the one or more user characteristics that are associated with the user segment to user characteristics associated with the accessed user data, identifying, based on comparing, a portion of the accessed user data that pertains to the user segment, analyzing contents of the portion of the accessed user data that pertains to the user segment, determining, based on analyzing, one or more elements in the portion of the accessed user data that pertain to a topic of interest for the user segment, and transmitting, to a client device that sent the request, data indicative of elements pertaining to the topics of interest for the user segment. | Jeff Zhang (McLean, VA) | Microstrategy Incorporated (Vienna, VA) | 2013-09-24 | 2016-05-03 | G06F17/30 | 14/034865 |
| 7 | 9208444 | Determining happiness indices | A computer-implemented method that includes the actions of receiving a request for data indicative of a user segment of a social networking platform, accessing user data of the social networking platform, identifying a portion of the accessed user data, analyzing contents of the portion of the accessed user data, determining happiness scores for the users in the user segment, identifying a first subset of the users as being happy users, and identifying a second subset of the users as being unhappy users, determining a frequency at which the particular user performs one or more actions, comparing the determined frequencies at which the users in the second subset perform the one or more actions to a threshold frequency, identifying a third subset of the users included in the second subset, and generating a happiness index for the user segment that is based on one or more determined happiness scores. | Yi Zheng (Herndon, VA), Jeff Zhang (McLean, VA) | Microstrategy Incorporated (Vienna, VA) | 2013-09-24 | 2015-12-08 | G06F9/44, G06N5/04, G06N7/06, G06N7/02 | 14/034825 |
