Patents by Inventor Catherine Thornton

Catherine Thornton 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).

  • Publication number: 20230274743
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing multi-turn communications between a robot device and an individual are disclosed. Implementations may: receive one or more input text files associated with the individual's speech; filter the one or more input text files to verify the one or more input text files are not associated with prohibited subjects; analyze the one or more input text files to determine an intention on the individuals speech; perform actions based on the analyzed intention; generate one or more output text files based on the performed actions; communicate the created one or more output text files to the markup module; analyze the received one or more output text files for sentiment; based on sentiment analysis, associating an emotion indicator, and/or multimodal output actions with the one or more output text files; verify, by the prohibited speech filter, the one or more output text files do not include prohibited subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Stefan Scherer, Mario Munich, Paolo Pirjanian, Dave Benson, Justin Beghtol, Rithesh Murthy, Taylor Shin, Catherine Thornton, Erica Gardner, Benjamin Gittelson, Wilson Harron, Caitlyn Clabaugh
  • Patent number: 6295021
    Abstract: Techniques for monitoring and controlling yawing of a GPS satellite in an orbit that has an eclipsing portion out of the sunlight based on the orbital conditions of the GPS satellite. In one embodiment, a constant yaw bias is generated in the attitude control system of the GPS satellite to control the yawing of the GPS satellite when it is in the shadow of the earth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Stephen M. Lichten, Yoaz Bar-Sever, James Zumberge, William I. Bertiger, Ronald J. Muellerschoen, Sien-Chong Wu, Kenneth Hurst, Geoff Blewitt, Thomas Yunck, Catherine Thornton, Michael Heflin
  • Patent number: 5963167
    Abstract: An improved analyzing system based on GIPSY-OASIS II software package developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for Global Positioning System, general satellite tracking, orbit determination and trajectory studies. New features and functions include yaw compensation, precise satellite positioning by high-rate GPS clocks, enhanced data filtering and smoothing, a new user interface for controlling orientation of a satellite and its components, and no-fiducial approach to global geodesy. The present invention allows a fully automatic operation and delivery of validated daily solutions for orbits, clocks, station locations and others with no human intervention. A 3D GPS orbit accuracy of 15 cm and the daily repeatability of the 3D global geocentric station location in better than 1 cm have been achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Stephen M. Lichten, Sien-Chong Wu, Kenneth Hurst, Geoff Blewitt, Thomas Yunck, Yoaz Bar-Sever, James Zumberge, William I. Bertiger, Ronald J. Muellerschoen, Catherine Thornton, Michael Heflin