Patents by Inventor Christopher James Hazard

Christopher James Hazard 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: 20240135206
    Abstract: Techniques are provided herein. The techniques can include obtaining current context data and determining a contextually-determined action based on the obtained context data and a reasoning model. The reasoning model may have been determined based on one or more sets of training data. The techniques may cause performance of the contextually-determined action and, potentially, receiving an indication that performing the contextually-determined action in the current context resulted in an anomaly. The techniques include determining a portion of the reasoning model that caused the determination of the contextually-determined action based on the obtained context data and causing removal of the portion of the model that caused the determination of the contextually-determined action, to produce a corrected reasoning model. Subsequently, second context data is obtained, a second action is determined based on that data and the corrected reasoning model, and the second contextually-determined action can be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher James Hazard
  • Publication number: 20240119317
    Abstract: The techniques herein include using an input context to determine a suggested action and/or cluster. Explanations may also be determined and returned along with the suggested action. The explanations may include (i) one or more most similar cases to the suggested case (e.g., the case associated with the suggested action) and, optionally, a conviction score for each nearby cases; (ii) action probabilities, (iii) excluding cases and distances, (iv) archetype and/or counterfactual cases for the suggested action; (v) feature residuals; (vi) regional model complexity; (vii) fractional dimensionality; (viii) prediction conviction; (ix) feature prediction contribution; and/or other measures such as the ones discussed herein, including certainty. The explanation data may be used to determine whether to perform a suggested action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher James Hazard, Michael Resnick, Christopher Fusting
  • Publication number: 20240112047
    Abstract: Techniques for improved automated selection in computer-based reasoning systems are presented. The techniques include receiving context data for operation of a system, determining two or more candidate actions to take, each from a different computer-based reasoning model, and determining the surprisal of each. The surprisals are then compared and, in some embodiments, the one with the lowest surprisal is chosen. In some embodiments, this chosen action is performed on the system. In some embodiments, the chosen action is passed up a control hierarchy for consideration along with entropy and other factors, and the action chosen at that level is performed on the controlled system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher James Hazard
  • Patent number: 11941542
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for operational situation vehicle control, and include determining action and context data for one or more vehicle operations in one or more operational situations, training vehicle control rules for those operational situations, and using those vehicle control rules to control vehicles in compatible operational situations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DIVEPLANE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher James Hazard, Michael Vincent Capps
  • Publication number: 20240046125
    Abstract: Techniques for improved searching and querying in computer-based reasoning systems are discussed and include receiving multiple new multidimensional data element to store in a computer-based reasoning data model; determining a feature bucket for each feature of each data element and storing a reference identifier in the feature bucket(s). A query on the computer-based reasoning system includes input data element (e.g., an actual data element, or a set of restrictions on features). For each feature in the input data element, feature buckets are determined, candidate results are determined based on whether cases have related feature buckets, and the results are determined based at least in part on the candidate results. In some embodiments, control of controllable systems may be caused based on the results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Auerbach, Michael Resnick, Christopher James Hazard
  • Patent number: 11880775
    Abstract: Techniques for improved automated selection in computer-based reasoning systems are presented. The techniques include receiving context data for operation of a system, determining two or more candidate actions to take, each from a different computer-based reasoning model, and determining the surprisal of each. The surprisals are then compared and, in some embodiments, the one with the lowest surprisal is chosen. In some embodiments, this chosen action is performed on the system. In some embodiments, the chosen action is passed up a control hierarchy for consideration along with entropy and other factors, and the action chosen at that level is performed on the controlled system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Diveplane Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher James Hazard
  • Patent number: 11853900
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for determining compatibility of first and second candidate code based on functionality. When the first candidate code and the second candidate code are compatible, third candidate code based is determined based on the first candidate code and the second candidate code. The third candidate that was determined based on the first candidate code and the second candidate code is then provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Diveplane Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher James Hazard
  • Patent number: 11829892
    Abstract: Techniques for detecting and correcting anomalies in computer-based reasoning systems are provided herein. The techniques can include obtaining current context data and determining a contextually-determined action based on the obtained context data and a reasoning model. The reasoning model may have been determined based on one or more sets of training data. The techniques may cause performance of the contextually-determined action and, potentially, receiving an indication that performing the contextually-determined action in the current context resulted in an anomaly. The techniques include determining a portion of the reasoning model that caused the determination of the contextually-determined action based on the obtained context data and causing removal of the portion of the model that caused the determination of the contextually-determined action, to produce a corrected reasoning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Diveplane Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher James Hazard
  • Patent number: 11823080
    Abstract: The techniques herein include using an input context to determine a suggested action and/or cluster. Explanations may also be determined and returned along with the suggested action. The explanations may include (i) one or more most similar cases to the suggested case (e.g., the case associated with the suggested action) and, optionally, a conviction score for each nearby cases; (ii) action probabilities, (iii) excluding cases and distances, (iv) archetype and/or counterfactual cases for the suggested action; (v) feature residuals; (vi) regional model complexity; (vii) fractional dimensionality; (viii) prediction conviction; (ix) feature prediction contribution; and/or other measures such as the ones discussed herein, including certainty. The explanation data may be used to determine whether to perform a suggested action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Diveplane Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher James Hazard, Michael Resnick, Christopher Fusting
  • Publication number: 20230351228
    Abstract: The techniques herein include using an input context to determine a suggested action. One or more explanations may also be determined and returned along with the suggested action. The one or more explanations may include (i) one or more most similar cases to the suggested case (e.g., the case associated with the suggested action) and, optionally, a conviction score for each nearby cases; (ii) action probabilities, (iii) excluding cases and distances, (iv) archetype and / or counterfactual cases for the suggested action; (v) feature residuals; (vi) regional model complexity; (vii) fractional dimensionality; (viii) prediction conviction; (ix) feature prediction contribution; (x) conviction ratio; (xi) contribution ratio; and / or other measures such as the ones discussed herein, including certainty. In some embodiments, the explanation data may be used to determine whether to perform a suggested action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher James Hazard, Michael Resnick, Christopher Fusting
  • Publication number: 20230342640
    Abstract: Techniques for synthetic data generation in computer-based reasoning systems are discussed and include receiving a request for generation of synthetic data based on a set of training data cases. One or more focal training data cases are determined. For undetermined features (either all of them or those that are not subject to conditions), a value for the feature is determined based on the focal cases. In some embodiments, the generated synthetic data may be checked for similarity against the training data, and if similarity conditions are met, it may be modified (e.g., resampled), removed, and/or replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher James Hazard, Jacob Beel, Yash Shah, Ravisutha Sakrepatna Srinivasamurthy, Michael Resnick
  • Patent number: 11783211
    Abstract: Techniques for synthetic data generation in computer-based reasoning systems are discussed and include receiving a request for generation of synthetic training data based on a set of training data cases. One or more focal training data cases are determined. For undetermined features (either all of them or those that are not subject to conditions), a value for the feature is determined based on the focal cases. In some embodiments, validity of the generated value may be checked based on feature information. In some embodiments, generated synthetic data may be checked against all or a portion of the training data to ensure that it is not overly similar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Diveplane Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher James Hazard, Michael Resnick, Christopher Fusting
  • Patent number: 11763176
    Abstract: Techniques for improved searching and querying in computer-based reasoning systems are discussed and include receiving multiple new multidimensional data element to store in a computer-based reasoning data model; determining a feature bucket for each feature of each data element and storing a reference identifier in the feature bucket(s). A query on the computer-based reasoning system includes input data element (e.g., an actual data element, or a set of restrictions on features). For each feature in the input data element, feature buckets are determined, candidate results are determined based on whether cases have related feature buckets, and the results are determined based at least in part on the candidate results. In some embodiments, control of controllable systems may be caused based on the results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Diveplane Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Auerbach, Michael Resnick, Christopher James Hazard
  • Publication number: 20230281481
    Abstract: Techniques for detecting and correcting anomalies in computer-based reasoning systems are provided herein. The techniques can include obtaining current context data and determining a contextually-determined action based on the obtained context data and a reasoning model. The reasoning model may have been determined based on one or more sets of training data. The techniques may cause performance of the contextually-determined action and, potentially, receiving an indication that performing the contextually-determined action in the current context resulted in an anomaly. The techniques include determining a portion of the reasoning model that caused the determination of the contextually-determined action based on the obtained context data and causing removal of the portion of the model that caused the determination of the contextually-determined action, to produce a corrected reasoning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher James Hazard
  • Patent number: 11748635
    Abstract: Techniques for detecting and correcting anomalies in computer-based reasoning systems are provided herein. The techniques can include obtaining current context data and determining a contextually-determined action based on the obtained context data and a reasoning model. The reasoning model may have been determined based on one or more sets of training data. The techniques may cause performance of the contextually-determined action and, potentially, receiving an indication that performing the contextually-determined action in the current context resulted in an anomaly. The techniques include determining a portion of the reasoning model that caused the determination of the contextually-determined action based on the obtained context data and causing removal of the portion of the model that caused the determination of the contextually-determined action, to produce a corrected reasoning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Diveplane Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher James Hazard
  • Patent number: 11741382
    Abstract: The techniques herein include using an input context to determine a suggested action. One or more explanations may also be determined and returned along with the suggested action. The one or more explanations may include (i) one or more most similar cases to the suggested case (e.g., the case associated with the suggested action) and, optionally, a conviction score for each nearby cases; (ii) action probabilities, (iii) excluding cases and distances, (iv) archetype and/or counterfactual cases for the suggested action; (v) feature residuals; (vi) regional model complexity; (vii) fractional dimensionality; (viii) prediction conviction; (ix) feature prediction contribution; (x) conviction ratio; (xi) contribution ratio; and/or other measures such as the ones discussed herein, including certainty. In some embodiments, the explanation data may be used to determine whether to perform a suggested action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Diveplane Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher James Hazard, Christopher Fusting, Michael Resnick
  • Patent number: 11727286
    Abstract: Techniques for synthetic data generation in computer-based reasoning systems are discussed and include receiving a request for generation of synthetic data based on a set of training data cases. One or more focal training data cases are determined. For undetermined features (either all of them or those that are not subject to conditions), a value for the feature is determined based on the focal cases. In some embodiments, the generated synthetic data may be checked for similarity against the training data, and if similarity conditions are met, it may be modified (e.g., resampled), removed, and/or replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Diveplane Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher James Hazard, Michael Resnick
  • Publication number: 20230244954
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for evolutionary computer-based optimization and artificial intelligence systems, and include receiving first and second candidate executable code (with ploidy of at least two and one, respectively) each selected at least in part based on a fitness score. If the desired ploidy of the resultant executable code is one, then the first candidate executable code and the second candidate executable code are combined to produce haploid executable code. If the desired ploidy is two, then the first candidate executable code and the second candidate executable code are combined to produce diploid executable code. A fitness score is determined for the resultant executable code, and a determination is made whether the resultant executable code will be used as a future candidate executable code based at least in part on the third fitness score. If an exit condition is met, then resultant executable code is used as evolved executable code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher James Hazard
  • Publication number: 20230244964
    Abstract: Techniques for synthetic data generation in computer-based reasoning systems are discussed and include receiving a request for generation of synthetic data based on a set of training data cases. One or more focal training data cases are determined. For undetermined features (either all of them or those that are not subject to conditions), a value for the feature is determined based on the focal cases. In some embodiments, the generated synthetic data may be checked for similarity against the training data, and if similarity conditions are met, it may be modified (e.g., resampled), removed, and/or replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher James Hazard, Michael Resnick, Christopher Fusting
  • Publication number: 20230214678
    Abstract: Techniques for detecting and correcting anomalies in computer-based reasoning systems are provided herein. The techniques can include obtaining current context data and determining a contextually-determined action based on the obtained context data and a reasoning model. The reasoning model may have been determined based on one or more sets of training data. The techniques may cause performance of the contextually-determined action and, potentially, receiving an indication that performing the contextually-determined action in the current context resulted in an anomaly. The techniques include determining a portion of the reasoning model that caused the determination of the contextually-determined action based on the obtained context data and causing removal of the portion of the model that caused the determination of the contextually-determined action, to produce a corrected reasoning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher James Hazard