Patents by Inventor Alexander Newman
Alexander Newman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240161867Abstract: One or more techniques for optimizing cancer classification based on covariate characteristics is disclosed. In a first approach, an analytics system may determine separate cutoff thresholds for positively detecting disease signal for different labels for a covariate characteristic. The system may subdivide training samples based on their labels for the covariate characteristic, to separately determine the cutoff thresholds. In other approaches, the system may train disparate classifiers for each population. The system separates the training samples based on their labels for the covariate characteristic, and separately trains classifiers to generate a signal vector representing an amount of disease signal detected in a sample. The classifiers may be trained on different feature sets as determined based on mutual information gain, genomic region coverage, and healthy activation fraction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Alexander P. Fields, John F. Beausang, Oliver Claude Venn, Arash Jamshidi, M. Cyrus Maher, Qinwen Liu, Jan Schellenberger, Joshua Newman, Robert Abe Paine Calef, Samuel S. Gross, Frank Chu, Earl Hubbell
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Publication number: 20240152267Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device detects an activity event associated with a user of the electronic device and displays a prompt that facilitates creation of a journaling entry based on the activity event, displays suggested content for inclusion in a journal entry of a journaling application, and/or displays one or more lookbacks.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Joseph-Alexander P. WEIL, Daniel J. ZIGMOND, Mariah W. WHITMORE, Adeeti V. ULLAL, Nadaleen F. TEMPELMAN-KLUIT, Nathan A. Russak, Joanna M. Newman
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Systems, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Adding Effects in Augmented Reality Environments
Publication number: 20240153219Abstract: A computer system displays a representation of a field of view of the one or more cameras, including a representation of a portion of a three-dimensional physical environment that is in the field of view of the one or more cameras. The computer system receives a request to add a first virtual effect to the displayed representation of the field of view of the one or more cameras. In response to receiving the request to add the first virtual effect to the displayed representation of the field of view of the one or more cameras and in accordance with a determination that the first virtual effect requires a scan of the physical environment, the computer system initiates a scan of the physical environment to detect one or more features of the physical environment and displays a user interface that indicates a progress of the scan of the physical environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: James A. Queen, Joseph-Alexander P. Weil, Joanna M. Newman, Ron A. Buencamino, Richard H. Salvador, Fernando Garcia, Austin T. Tamaddon -
Systems, methods, and graphical user interfaces for adding effects in augmented reality environments
Patent number: 11941764Abstract: A computer system displays a representation of a field of view of the one or more cameras, including a representation of a portion of a three-dimensional physical environment that is in the field of view of the one or more cameras. The computer system receives a request to add a first virtual effect to the displayed representation of the field of view of the one or more cameras. In response to receiving the request to add the first virtual effect to the displayed representation of the field of view of the one or more cameras and in accordance with a determination that the first virtual effect requires a scan of the physical environment, the computer system initiates a scan of the physical environment to detect one or more features of the physical environment and displays a user interface that indicates a progress of the scan of the physical environment.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Andrew L. Harding, James A. Queen, Joseph-Alexander P. Weil, Joanna M. Newman, Ron A. Buencamino, Richard H. Salvador, Fernando Garcia, Austin T. Tamaddon, Omid Khalili, Scott W. Wilson, Thomas H. Smith, III -
Publication number: 20230026823Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include identifying, via an artificial reality system, a current state of a physical object in a real-world environment of a user and determining a desired end state for the physical object. The method may also include determining a sequence of action steps for manipulating the object to place the object in the desired end state, and presenting, via the artificial reality system, a notification to the user indicative of the sequence of action steps. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Benjamin Alexander Newman, Kevin Thomas Carlberg, Ruta Parimal Desai, James Hillis
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Patent number: 11462016Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include identifying, via an artificial reality system, a plurality of physical objects in a real-world environment of a user and defining, based on identifying the plurality of objects, an object-manipulation objective for manipulating at least one of the plurality of objects. The method may also include determining an action sequence that defines a sequence of action steps for manipulating the at least one of the plurality of objects to complete the object-manipulation objective, and presenting, via the artificial reality system, a notification to the user indicative of the action sequence. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Benjamin Alexander Newman, Kevin Thomas Carlberg, Ruta Parimal Desai, James Hillis
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Publication number: 20220114366Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include identifying, via an artificial reality system, a plurality of physical objects in a real-world environment of a user and defining, based on identifying the plurality of objects, an object-manipulation objective for manipulating at least one of the plurality of objects. The method may also include determining an action sequence that defines a sequence of action steps for manipulating the at least one of the plurality of objects to complete the object-manipulation objective, and presenting, via the artificial reality system, a notification to the user indicative of the action sequence. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Benjamin Alexander Newman, Kevin Thomas Carlberg, Ruta Parimal Desai, James Hillis
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Patent number: 11055487Abstract: Of the four primary approaches to processing language by computer, only the parsing approach considers the semantic and syntactic components from the start. In doing so, however, the required resources expand rapidly as the scope of the language processed increases. And as that scope increases, the performance of parsing systems decreases. A natural language processor uses a tumbling-frequency phrase chain parser as described herein which circumvents this resource-intensive step in parsing, while quickly and almost effortlessly arriving at the next step in natural-language processing with far more accurate results involving a partitioning dictionary and phrase chains.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: QwikIntelligence, Inc.Inventors: William Randolph Ford, Alfred Rives Berkeley, III, Mark Alexander Newman
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Publication number: 20200257854Abstract: Of the four primary approaches to processing language by computer, only the parsing approach considers the semantic and syntactic components from the start. In doing so, however, the required resources expand rapidly as the scope of the language processed increases. And as that scope increases, the performance of parsing systems decreases. A natural language processor uses a tumbling-frequency phrase chain parser as described herein which circumvents this resource-intensive step in parsing, while quickly and almost effortlessly arriving at the next step in natural-language processing with far more accurate results involving a partitioning dictionary and phrase chains.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: William Randolph Ford, Alfred Rives Berkeley, III, Mark Alexander Newman
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Patent number: 10383546Abstract: This disclosure concerns improved capabilities for evaluating whether additional medical tests need to be conducted for a diagnosis of a pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) condition in a patient. The method includes determining that the patient is at rest and measuring a partial pressure of carbon dioxide in a composite gas, comprising: transferring an expiration from the patient's mouth to a carbon dioxide analyzer; measuring end tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO2) from each of a plurality of oral expirations from the patient; and calculating a composite EtCO2 value. The method further includes comparing the composite EtCO2 value to a range of stored carbon dioxide partial pressure values; generating a signal indicating whether additional medical tests need to be conducted in response to the comparing; and providing the generated signal to an indicator, the indicator adapted to respond to the generated signal to provide an output in a human cognizable format.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYInventors: Anna R. Hemnes, Alexander Newman, John Newman
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Publication number: 20180228398Abstract: This disclosure concerns improved capabilities for evaluating whether additional medical tests need to be conducted for a diagnosis of a pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) condition in a patient. The method includes determining that the patient is at rest and measuring a partial pressure of carbon dioxide in a composite gas, comprising: transferring an expiration from the patient's mouth to a carbon dioxide analyzer; measuring end tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO2) from each of a plurality of oral expirations from the patient; and calculating a composite EtCO2 value. The method further includes comparing the composite EtCO2 value to a range of stored carbon dioxide partial pressure values; generating a signal indicating whether additional medical tests need to be conducted in response to the comparing; and providing the generated signal to an indicator, the indicator adapted to respond to the generated signal to provide an output in a human cognizable format.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Anna R. Hemnes, Alexander Newman, John Newman
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Publication number: 20170238841Abstract: This disclosure concerns improved capabilities for evaluating pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). A system and method of evaluating PAH in a subject may include measuring end tidal partial pressure of exhaled carbon dioxide in the subject, wherein the measurement is made orally using described systems or devices. Integrated sensors enable the measurement and characterization of other respiratory gas components, some of which may be indicative of disease. The system and method can be used to monitor a course of treatment for PAH.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Anna R. Hemnes, Alexander Newman, John Newman
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Patent number: 9687176Abstract: This disclosure concerns improved capabilities for evaluating pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). A system and method of evaluating PAH in a subject may include measuring end tidal partial pressure of exhaled carbon dioxide in the subject, wherein the measurement is made orally using described systems or devices. Integrated sensors enable the measurement and characterization of other respiratory gas components, some of which may be indicative of disease. The system and method can be used to monitor a course of treatment for PAH.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2012Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYInventors: Anna R. Hemnes, Alexander Newman, John Newman
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Publication number: 20140280375Abstract: A distributed database, comprising a plurality of server racks, and one or more many-core processor servers in each of the plurality of server racks, wherein each of the one or more many-core processor servers comprises a many-core processor configured to store and access data on one or more solid state drives in the distributed database, where the one or more solid state drives are configured to enable retrieval of data through one or more text-searchable indexes. The one or more many-core processor servers are configured to communicate within the plurality of server racks via a network, and the data is configured as one or more tables distributed to the one or more many-core processor servers for storage in the one or more solid state drives.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Ryan Rawson, Alexander Newman
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Publication number: 20120302908Abstract: This disclosure concerns improved capabilities for evaluating pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). A system and method of evaluating PAH in a subject may include measuring end tidal partial pressure of exhaled carbon dioxide in the subject, wherein the measurement is made orally using described systems or devices. Integrated sensors enable the measurement and characterization of other respiratory gas components, some of which may be indicative of disease. The system and method can be used to monitor a course of treatment for PAH.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: Anna R. Hemnes, Alexander Newman, John Newman
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Publication number: 20100099999Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for evaluating pulmonary embolism. A system and method of evaluating pulmonary embolism in a subject may include measuring end tidal partial pressure of exhaled carbon dioxide in the subject, wherein the measurement is made orally, obtaining a clinical approximation of dead space ventilation based on the measurement, and excluding pulmonary embolism when the end tidal partial pressure of exhaled carbon dioxide reaches a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Inventors: Anna R. Hemnes, Alexander Newman, John Newman
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Publication number: 20050218616Abstract: Systems and techniques relating to a microscope storage unit. In one implementation, a storage unit includes a base, a top and multiple receptacles configured between the base and the top. Each receptacle is configured to house a microscope. The storage unit includes multiple charging devices, where each charging device is configured to recharge a battery of a battery-powered microscope. An electrical cord can be electrically connected to the multiple charging devices, and include a plug configured to mate with an electrical outlet to supply electrical power to the charging devices. One or more wheels can be connected to a lower surface of the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2004Publication date: October 6, 2005Inventors: David Copeland, Aidan Petrie, Ryan White, Blaine Adams, Alexander Newman, Robert Garay