Patents by Inventor Elizabeth G. Hetzler

Elizabeth G. Hetzler 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: 20160012016
    Abstract: Data visualization methods, data visualization devices, data visualization apparatuses, and articles of manufacture are described according to some aspects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Alan E. Turner, Vernon L. Crow, Deborah A. Payne, Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Kristin A. Cook, Wendy E. Cowley
  • Patent number: 9069847
    Abstract: Data visualization methods, data visualization devices, data visualization apparatuses, and articles of manufacture are described according to some aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Alan E. Turner, Vernon L. Crow, Deborah A. Payne, Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Kristin A. Cook, Wendy E. Cowley
  • Patent number: 8996993
    Abstract: Text analysis devices, articles of manufacture, and text analysis methods are described according to some aspects. In one aspect, a text analysis device includes a display configured to depict visible images, and processing circuitry coupled with the display and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to access a first vector of a text item and which comprises a plurality of components, to access a second vector of the text item and which comprises a plurality of components, to weight the components of the first vector providing a plurality of weighted values, to weight the components of the second vector providing a plurality of weighted values, and to combine the weighted values of the first vector with the weighted values of the second vector to provide a third vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Alan E. Turner, Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Grant C. Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8452767
    Abstract: Text analysis devices, articles of manufacture, and text analysis methods are described according to some aspects. In one aspect, a text analysis device includes processing circuitry configured to analyze initial text to generate a measurement basis usable in analysis of subsequent text, wherein the measurement basis comprises a plurality of measurement features from the initial text, a plurality of dimension anchors from the initial text and a plurality of associations of the measurement features with the dimension anchors, and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to access a viewpoint indicative of a perspective of interest of a user with respect to the analysis of the subsequent text, and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to use the viewpoint to generate the measurement basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Alan E. Turner, Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Grant C. Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7822701
    Abstract: Lexicon generation methods, computer implemented lexicon editing methods, lexicon generation devices, lexicon editors, and articles of manufacture are described according to some aspects. In one aspect, a lexicon generation method includes providing a seed vector indicative of occurrences of a plurality of seed terms within a plurality of text items, providing a plurality of content vectors indicative of occurrences of respective ones of a plurality of content terms within the text items, comparing individual ones of the content vectors with respect to the seed vector, and responsive to the comparing, selecting at least one of the content terms as a term of a lexicon usable in sentiment analysis of text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Richard J. Carter, Jonathon D. McCall, Paul D. Whitney, Michelle L. Gregory, Alan E. Turner, Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Amanda M. White, Christian Posse, Grant C. Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7636730
    Abstract: Document clustering methods, document cluster label disambiguation methods, document clustering apparatuses, and articles of manufacture are described. In one aspect, a document clustering method includes providing a document set comprising a plurality of documents, providing a cluster comprising a subset of the documents of the document set, using a plurality of terms of the documents, providing a cluster label indicative of subject matter content of the documents of the cluster, wherein the cluster label comprises a plurality of word senses, and selecting one of the word senses of the cluster label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Research
    Inventors: Antonio Sanfilippo, Augustin J. Calapristi, Vernon L. Crow, Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Alan E. Turner
  • Publication number: 20080109454
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention includes means determining a concept representation for a set of text documents based on partial order analysis and modifying this representation if it is determined to be unidentifiable. Furthermore, the embodiment includes means for labeling the representation, mapping documents to it to provide a corresponding document representation, generating a number of document signatures each of a different type, and performing several data processing applications each with a different one of the document signatures of differing types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Alan R. Willse, Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Lawrence L. Hope, Theodore E. Tanasse, Susan L. Havre, Alan E. Turner, Margaret MacGregor, Catherine Nancarrow, Grant C. Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080071762
    Abstract: Text analysis devices, articles of manufacture, and text analysis methods are described according to some aspects. In one aspect, a text analysis device includes a display configured to depict visible images, and processing circuitry coupled with the display and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to access a first vector of a text item and which comprises a plurality of components, to access a second vector of the text item and which comprises a plurality of components, to weight the components of the first vector providing a plurality of weighted values, to weight the components of the second vector providing a plurality of weighted values, and to combine the weighted values of the first vector with the weighted values of the second vector to provide a third vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Alan E. Turner, Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Grant C. Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080069448
    Abstract: Text analysis devices, articles of manufacture, and text analysis methods are described according to some aspects. In one aspect, a text analysis device includes processing circuitry configured to analyze initial text to generate a measurement basis usable in analysis of subsequent text, wherein the measurement basis comprises a plurality of measurement features from the initial text, a plurality of dimension anchors from the initial text and a plurality of associations of the measurement features with the dimension anchors, and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to access a viewpoint indicative of a perspective of interest of a user with respect to the analysis of the subsequent text, and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to use the viewpoint to generate the measurement basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Alan E. Turner, Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Grant C. Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080005051
    Abstract: Lexicon generation methods, computer implemented lexicon editing methods, lexicon generation devices, lexicon editors, and articles of manufacture are described according to some aspects. In one aspect, a lexicon generation method includes providing a seed vector indicative of occurrences of a plurality of seed terms within a plurality of text items, providing a plurality of content vectors indicative of occurrences of respective ones of a plurality of content terms within the text items, comparing individual ones of the content vectors with respect to the seed vector, and responsive to the comparing, selecting at least one of the content terms as a term of a lexicon usable in sentiment analysis of text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Alan E. Turner, Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Christian Posse
  • Patent number: 7158983
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention includes means determining a concept representation for a set of text documents based on partial order analysis and modifying this representation if it is determined to be unidentifiable. Furthermore, the embodiment includes means for labeling the representation, mapping documents to it to provide a corresponding document representation, generating a number of document signatures each of a different type, and performing several data processing applications each with a different one of the document signatures of differing types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Alan R. Willse, Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Lawrence L. Hope, Theodore E. Tanasse, Susan L. Havre, Alan E. Turner, Catherine Naucarrow, legal representative, Grant C. Nakamura, Margaret MacGregor, deceased
  • Patent number: 6897866
    Abstract: The method and apparatus of the present invention begin with the generally known features of visualizing a relationship between at least two entities, by: (a) geometrically mapping the at least two entities onto a surface; (b) providing a relationship record for each of the at least two entities; (c) generating a display of the at least two entities together with at least one connector between the at least two entities as the visualizing the relationship from the relationship record; (d) the connector having two ends connected to a pair of the at least two entities, the connector having an extension between the two ends, the extension passing out of the plane. The present invention provides the improvement of: for at least one pair of entities, the at least one pair having a plurality of relationships, the connector having a plurality of strands wherein each of the plurality of strands corresponds to each of the plurality of relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Susan L. Havre, Wyllona M. Harris, Daniel T. Donohoo, Paul D. Whitney, Grant C. Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20040059736
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention includes means determining a concept representation for a set of text documents based on partial order analysis and modifying this representation if it is determined to be unidentifiable. Furthermore, the embodiment includes means for labeling the representation, mapping documents to it to provide a corresponding document representation, generating a number of document signatures each of a different type, and performing several data processing applications each with a different one of the document signatures of differing types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Alan R. Willse, Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Lawrence L. Hope, Theodore E. Tanasse, Susan L. Havre, Alan E. Turner, Margaret MacGregor, Grant C. Nakamura, Catherine Naucarrow
  • Publication number: 20030028504
    Abstract: A cluster isolation system includes a processor that is operatively coupled to an input device, an output device, and memory. The system determines feature/interval combinations that distinguish one cluster of data objects from other clusters. The processor calculates cluster isolation measurement values at selected cut-off values for each feature. The processor reports the features and feature score intervals that satisfy selected isolation measurement value thresholds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: David A. Burgoon, Steven W. Rust, Owen C. Chang, Loraine T. Sinnott, Stuart J. Rose, Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Lucille T. Nowell
  • Publication number: 20020159641
    Abstract: Several approaches are provided for designing algorithms that allow for fast retrieval, classification, analysis or other processing of data, with minimal expert knowledge of the data being analyzed, and further, with minimal expert knowledge of the math and science involved in building classifications and performing other statistical data analysis. Further, methods of analyzing data are provided where the information being analyzed is not easily susceptible to quantitative description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Paul D. Whitney, Susan L. Havre, Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Kenneth A. Perrine, John D. Wiberg
  • Patent number: 6466211
    Abstract: Data visualization apparatuses, computer-readable mediums, computer data signals embodied in a transmission medium, data visualization methods, and digital computer data visualization methods are provided. According to one aspect of the present invention, a data visualization apparatus includes an image device configured to provide a visual image; and digital processing circuitry coupled with the image device and configured to access data including a plurality of themes, to generate a thematic illustration corresponding to the themes and having a plurality of outer contour lines which are spaced at varying distances relative to a reference line, and to control the image device to depict the thematic illustration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Susan L. Havre, Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Lucy T. Nowell, Paul D. Whitney, Feng Gao, James J. Thomas, Louis M. Martucci, W. Michelle Harris
  • Publication number: 20020091678
    Abstract: Multi-query data visualization processes, data visualization apparatus, computer-readable media and computer data signals embodied in a transmission medium are provided. According to one aspect of the present invention, a multi-query data visualization process includes inputting a plurality of query objects into a data processing device and identifying features within each of the plurality of query objects that allow comparison to a body of data stored in a database. The process further includes determining relative relationships between each of the plurality of query objects and the body of data and displaying points along a plurality of rays, wherein a position of each of the displayed points corresponds to the determined relative relationship between each respective one of the plurality of query objects and the body of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Nancy E. Miller, Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Susan L. Havre, Kenneth A. Perrine, Elizabeth R. Jurrus, Lucy T. Nowell