Patents by Inventor Florian Pinel

Florian Pinel 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).

  • Patent number: 11907990
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product for determining a desirability of a product attribute are provided. The embodiment may include extracting a plurality of product features corresponding to one or more products. The embodiment may also include analyzing a plurality of product reviews to determine a sentiment toward the extracted product features. The embodiment may further include calculating a desirability score for each product feature. The embodiment may also include, in response to receiving a user query associated with a product, identifying a product feature to which the received user query relates. The embodiment may further include generating a response to the received user query based on the calculated desirability score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Carmine DiMascio, Florian Pinel
  • Patent number: 11847650
    Abstract: Embodiments for managing personal device security by one or more processors are described. Information associated with activity of a personal device is received. The information is detected utilizing a sensor coupled to the personal device. A signal representative of the received information is generated. An operational state of the personal device is caused to be changed after the generating of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shikhar Kwatra, Florian Pinel, Paul Krystek, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 11738464
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a system including a camera, the method including detecting a robot navigating within an environment modeled as a geo-polygon space, including a transit of the robot through a scene of the environment captured by the camera, mapping a plurality of points occupied by the robot in images of the scene to the geo-polygon space, recording data about the mapping, and configuring at least one alert using the data recorded about the mapping, the alert executed by the computing system and configured to be triggered by an object transiting the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Russell Patrick Bobbitt, Frank Yeh, Jr., Sharon Laquinta Cham
  • Patent number: 11625726
    Abstract: A system and associated method may utilize a processor that receives recall product instance group (RPIG) information (RPIGI) identifying a set of instances of products having a product type identifier (PTI) that are a subject of a product recall. The processor receives, from an imaging device associated with a user, an image containing a product instance. The method further comprises applying a classifier and determining a PTI. Based on the image, secondary product information is also identified. These may be compared with the RPIGI to determine a product instance membership. Information related to the product instance membership in the RPIG may be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Larisa Shwartz
  • Patent number: 11618655
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a system that uses images of a load handled by a crane as captured by cameras to monitor the load. The images may include different sets of outer perimeters of the load. The system may identify the outer perimeters and then define a safety zone that extends beyond these outer perimeters. In response to identifying an object within the safety zone, the system may execute a remedial action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Peter Alan Coldicott, Russell Patrick Bobbitt
  • Patent number: 11600085
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for automated collection of training data and training object detection models is provided. The method generates a set of reference images for a first set of products. Based on the set of reference images, the method identifies a subset of products within an image stream. Based on the subset of products, a second set of products is determined within the image stream. The method identifies a set of product gaps based on the subset of products and the second set of products. The method generates a product detection model based on the set of reference images, the subset of products, the second set of products, and the product gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Russell Patrick Bobbitt, Sharon Laquinta Cham
  • Patent number: 11568587
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating personalized image filters is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes receiving a user request to generate a filter for an input image. The computer-implemented method further includes generating one or more keyword lists associated with the input image. The computer-implemented method further includes determining one or more themes associated with the input image based, at least in part, on one or more keywords selected from the one or more keyword lists. The computer-implemented method further includes identifying one or more candidate images matching the one or more themes associated with the image. The computer-implemented method further includes generating one or more personalized image filters based on one or more features from one or more of the candidate images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ketan Barve, Richard Zhihuai Xue, Florian Pinel
  • Patent number: 11562291
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system predicting parking availability. A computer identifies parking spaces and groups the parking spacing into parking locations. In addition, the computer distinguishes private parking spaces from public parking spaces, and trains a crowd forecast model for each of the parking locations. The computer further receives a destination and preferences, from which the computer creates a geofence based on the destination and preferences. The computer then predicts parking availability based on the crowd forecast models and refines the crowd forecast model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Tova Roth
  • Publication number: 20220414396
    Abstract: Provided is a method, computer program product, and system for predicting image sharing decisions using machine learning. A processor may receive a set of annotated images and an associated text input from each user of a plurality of users. The processor may train, using the set of annotated images and the associated text input from each user, a neural network model to output an image sharing decision that is specific to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Mayoore Selvarasa Jaiswal, Anne Elizabeth Gattiker, Matthew Comer, Mary D. Swift, Ambal Balakrishnan, Florian Pinel
  • Patent number: 11526798
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system predicting parking availability. A computer identifies parking spaces and groups the parking spacing into parking locations. In addition, the computer distinguishes private parking spaces from public parking spaces, and trains a crowd forecast model for each of the parking locations. The computer further receives a destination and preferences, from which the computer creates a geofence based on the destination and preferences. The computer then predicts parking availability based on the crowd forecast models and refines the crowd forecast model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Tova Roth
  • Patent number: 11521158
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a first device of a transportation provider, a device ID of a particular device of a user and purchase information regarding a purchase, by the user, of one or more goods or services. The method includes sending, by the first device, the device ID of the particular user device to a central server. The method includes receiving, by the first device from the central server, information regarding the particular user device. The method includes determining, by the first device, a selected transportation vehicle based on the purchase information and the information regarding the particular user device. The method includes sending, by the first device, a vehicle ID of the selected transportation vehicle to the central server. The method includes providing a transportation service to the user using the particular user device and the selected transportation vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Carmine M. DiMascio, Benjamin L. Johnson, Jacquelyn A. Martino, Florian Pinel
  • Patent number: 11514495
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for generating a custom object is provided. The present invention may include extracting a plurality of constituent components from a static list of previously determined objects associated with a place of purchase. The present invention may then include receiving, from a user, one or more custom objects based on the extracted plurality of constituent components from the place of purchase. The present invention may also include generating, dynamically, a price for each of the one or more selected custom objects based on the extracted plurality of constituent components. The present invention may further include presenting, to the user, the selected one or more custom objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Donna K. Byron, Carmine DiMascio
  • Patent number: 11468617
    Abstract: Selectively redacting an image by determining a set of attributes used by a machine learning model for an analysis, receiving image data detecting, by the one or more computer processors, a portion of the image data relevant to the analysis, the portion comprising at least some of the set of attributes, generating a synthetic portion from the portion, wherein the synthetic portion retains at least some of the attributes of the detected portion, replacing the portion with the synthetic portion, yielding redacted image data, and providing the redacted image data for analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Peter Alan Coldicott, Frank Yeh, Jr., Russell Patrick Bobbitt
  • Publication number: 20220319074
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating personalized image filters is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes receiving a user request to generate a filter for an input image. The computer-implemented method further includes generating one or more keyword lists associated with the input image. The computer-implemented method further includes determining one or more themes associated with the input image based, at least in part, on one or more keywords selected from the one or more keyword lists. The computer-implemented method further includes identifying one or more candidate images matching the one or more themes associated with the image. The computer-implemented method further includes generating one or more personalized image filters based on one or more features from one or more of the candidate images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Ketan Barve, Richard Zhihuai Xue, Florian Pinel
  • Publication number: 20220305661
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a system including a camera, the method including detecting a robot navigating within an environment modeled as a geo-polygon space, including a transit of the robot through a scene of the environment captured by the camera, mapping a plurality of points occupied by the robot in images of the scene to the geo-polygon space, recording data about the mapping, and configuring at least one alert using the data recorded about the mapping, the alert executed by the computing system and configured to be triggered by an object transiting the scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Russell Patrick Bobbitt, Frank Yeh, JR., Sharon Laquinta Cham
  • Patent number: 11449677
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a system, program product, and method for use with an intelligent computer platform and cognitive processing and associated distribution. The embodiments support a mechanism for dynamically sharing critical and non-critical information responsive to a classification model, such that only relevant information or part of the information is shared. As the classification model is subject to modification, the dynamic sharing mechanism is dynamically updated to reflect such modification. Similarly, as an associated document or file is subject to modification, dynamic processing of the document or file takes place responsive to the classification model. The dynamic classification and document processing employ NLP and ML models to support the associated functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vittorio Castelli, Shikhar Kwatra, Florian Pinel, Sushain Pandit
  • Publication number: 20220292750
    Abstract: Selectively redacting an image by determining a set of attributes used by a machine learning model for an analysis, receiving image data detecting, by the one or more computer processors, a portion of the image data relevant to the analysis, the portion comprising at least some of the set of attributes, generating a synthetic portion from the portion, wherein the synthetic portion retains at least some of the attributes of the detected portion, replacing the portion with the synthetic portion, yielding redacted image data, and providing the redacted image data for analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Peter Alan Coldicott, Frank Yeh, JR., Russell Patrick Bobbitt
  • Patent number: 11442457
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for navigating driverless vehicles is provided. The present invention may include ingesting data pertaining to the operation of the driverless vehicle, utilizing that data to predict tasks, which are driverless vehicle service tasks such as parking, maintenance, fueling, et cetera. The invention may further include determining the risk that a user may have need of the driverless vehicle, and scheduling the tasks to provide a balanced combination of convenience to the user, effective maintenance of the driverless vehicle, cost, and time. The method further includes navigating the driverless vehicle to accomplish the scheduled tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shikhar Kwatra, Florian Pinel, Jeremy R. Fox, Mauro Marzorati
  • Patent number: 11363094
    Abstract: In an approach for efficient data processing in a mesh network of computing devices, a processor receives data to be processed in the mesh network. A processor distributes a set of computational units to a set of computing devices in the mesh network. A processor creates a computational plan to construct a computational pipeline of the set of computational units. The computational plan considers cost and performance trade-offs by considering limitation of hardware resources, processing speed, accuracy and application requirements. A processor executes the computational plan by sending data to assigned computational units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Russell Patrick Bobbitt, Florian Pinel, Peter Alan Coldicott
  • Patent number: 11354607
    Abstract: An iterative process for cognitive assessment of generated work products relies on a variety of assessors providing different granularities such as coarse, medium and fine, in combination with user guidance. A cognitive system generates candidates based on soft constraints such as user preferences. The candidates are analyzed using first assessors to compute preliminary scores which are ranked and presented to a user. Based on user selection/adjustment, the system generates a final work product which is analyzed using second assessors, and presents the final work product and final scores to the user. There may be multiple iterations of the user adjustment and refined presentation of final work products. The invention may be consummated by receiving confirmation of the final work product from the user, and taking some action such as electronically completing a purchase of a product or electronically reserving a third-party service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Carmine DiMascio, Christian Ewen, Florian Pinel