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).

  • Publication number: 20200089817
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for executing a composition of analytical models. In one embodiment, the computer-implemented method creates analytical model composition definitions for a plurality of analytical models. The computer-implemented method receives analytical model definitions and an analytical model composition. The computer-implemented method binds the analytical model composition to the analytical model definitions. The computer-implemented method deploys the analytical model composition using the analytical model composition definitions. The computer-implemented method executes the analytical model composition and returns a result of the analytical model composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Russell P. Bobbitt, Chiao-Fe Shu
  • Patent number: 10592819
    Abstract: One or more processors receive one or more variations to one or more first instruction elements in a first instruction set that indicate one or more second instruction elements of a second instruction set. One or more processors determine whether the one or more first instruction elements exceed a threshold of variability. One or more processors determine whether the one or more first instruction elements and the one or more second instruction elements are substantially equivalent. One or more processors determine whether a first outcome of the first instruction set is substantially similar to a second outcome of the second instruction set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Carmine M. DiMascio, Florian Pinel, Timothy P. Winkler
  • Publication number: 20200080266
    Abstract: An automated leveling system for maintaining a level of a surface, comprising a surface traveling device and a leveling module attached to the surface traveling device. The leveling module comprises a depression detector arm assembly, at least one computing device, and a level-sensing detector. The level-sensing detector senses a level of a surface as the surface traveling device operates across the surface. The level-sensing detector moves across the surface according to the operation of the surface traveling device, and transmits a depression reporting signal to the computing device. The depression reporting signal indicates the presence of a depression in the surface if the level-sensing detector contacts a depression in the surface over a depression threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin Luke Johnson, Charles E. Beller, Carmine Dimascio, Donna K. Byron, Florian Pinel
  • Publication number: 20200065840
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for predicting a crowdedness of a location. In the example embodiment, a computer receives a location and defines a geofence around the location. In addition, the computer collects current feature data of users within the geofence and predicts a crowdedness of the location based on inputting the current feature data into a model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Tova Roth
  • Publication number: 20200068265
    Abstract: A processor may receive recording information. The processor may identify one or more components within the recording information. The one or more components may include audio and visual representations of the one or more components. The processor may determine a size, an amount, and a structure for each of the one or more components. The processor may monitor one or more actions of a user present in the recording information. The processor may analyze each of the one or more actions of the user. The processor may use video content analysis and natural language processing techniques to analyze the one or more actions of the user. The processor may generate a set of textual instructions based on the analysis of each of the one or more actions of the user. The processor may display the set of textual instructions to a second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Florian Pinel
  • Patent number: 10574605
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for validating the tone of an electronic communication being composed based on the recipients of the electronic communication. At least one tone of the electronic communication being composed by a sender and an identity of each of one or more recipients to whom the electronic communication is to be sent and the sender are identified. One or more previous electronic communications sent to or received from one or more of the one or more recipients and at least one tone of each of the one or more previous electronic communications are identified in order to generate one or more preferred tones. The tone of the electronic communication being composed is compared to the one or more preferred tones. Responsive to identifying a tone discrepancy between the electronic communication being composed and the one or more preferred tones, a notification is presented to the sender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Edward E. Seabolt
  • Patent number: 10574607
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for validating an attachment to an electronic communication being composed based on the recipients of the electronic communication. An associated tone or theme of the at least one attachment to the electronic communication being composed by a sender and an identity of each of one or more recipients to whom the electronic communication is to be sent and the sender are identified. One or more previous electronic communications sent to or received from one or more of the one or more recipients and at least one tone of each of the one or more previous electronic communications are identified in order to generate one or more preferred tones. Responsive to identifying a tone discrepancy between the tone or theme of the at least one attachment and the one or more preferred tones, a notification is presented to the sender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Edward E. Seabolt
  • Patent number: 10575061
    Abstract: A processor may receive recording information. The processor may identify one or more components within the recording information. The one or more components may include audio and visual representations of the one or more components. The processor may determine a size, an amount, and a structure for each of the one or more components. The processor may monitor one or more actions of a user present in the recording information. The processor may analyze each of the one or more actions of the user. The processor may use video content analysis and natural language processing techniques to analyze the one or more actions of the user. The processor may generate a set of textual instructions based on the analysis of each of the one or more actions of the user. The processor may display the set of textual instructions to a second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Florian Pinel
  • Publication number: 20200058146
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes identifying an entity within a selected plurality of video frames that includes one or more missing portions; determining a three-dimensional (3D) model for the entity; and filling in the one or more missing portions of the entity within the selected plurality of video frames, utilizing the 3D model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Carmine Dimascio, Florian Pinel
  • Publication number: 20200043010
    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: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shikhar KWATRA, Florian PINEL, Paul KRYSTEK, Sarbajit K. RAKSHIT
  • Publication number: 20200034758
    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: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Carmine DiMascio, Christian Ewen, Florian Pinel
  • Publication number: 20200037033
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for an interactive image file. The computer may receive at least one image and a plurality of business logic associated with the at least one image. The at least one image may be encoded into at least one image block, wherein the at least one image block contains a plurality of images stored within a single file at different offsets. A table of contents may be generated for the at least one image block, wherein the table of contents contains a list of the at least one image block, a location of the at least one image block, and an identifier for each of the at least one image block. A single image file may be created for the interactive image file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Robert N. Redmond, William Stirling Spann, III
  • Publication number: 20200034418
    Abstract: Aspects include learning object/action pairs for recipe ingredients. A method includes extracting an ingredient list that includes a plurality of entries from a recipe stored in an electronic format. Each of the plurality of entries includes one or more words. For each multi-word entry in the ingredient list, an ingredient associated with the entry is identified by comparing words contained in the entry to terms in a lexicon of cooking domain terms. It is determined whether an action corresponds to the identified ingredient. The determining includes parsing the entry to locate a verb that is associated with the identified ingredient. Based on determining that an action corresponds to the identified ingredient, a food item action pair that includes the identified ingredient and the located verb is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Alexander Pikovsky, Florian Pinel, Timothy P. Winkler
  • Publication number: 20200036885
    Abstract: A life-logging system is configured to register a plurality of cameras and a plurality of users to a life-logging network. The life-logging system receives a plurality of camera profiles associated with the plurality of cameras and a user profile associated with a user. The life-logging system determines location information associated with the user and identifies a camera of the plurality of cameras for capturing an image of the user based on the plurality of camera profiles, the user preferences, and the location information. The life-logging system arranges for the image of the user captured by the camera to be delivered to a client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Benjamin L. Johnson, Donna K. Byron
  • Publication number: 20200026097
    Abstract: A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor of a smart contact lens. Executing the instructions causes the smart contact lens to measure dimensions of a user's eye to determine a focal length of the user, measure a magnetic field proximate to the user's eye to determine a direction of focus of the user, receive a control input from the user, determine a control signal corresponding to the focal length of the user, the direction of focus of the user, and the received control input, generate the determined control signal, and control a first electronic device by transmitting, by the smart contact lens, the generated control signal to the first electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Shikhar Kwatra, Paul Krystek, Sushain Pandit, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Publication number: 20200020147
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes identifying an entity within an image that includes one or more missing portions; determining a three-dimensional (3D) model for the entity; and filling in the one or more missing portions of the entity within the image, utilizing the 3D model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Carmine Dimascio, Florian Pinel
  • Publication number: 20200012713
    Abstract: In an approach to determining one or more logical breaks in a digital text, a computer determines a reading speed of a user for a current reading session of a digital text and an available time for the current reading session for the user. The computer then determines, based, at least in part, on the reading speed and the available time, a user range in the digital text for the current reading session, and then one or more possible logical breaks within the user range. The computer further determines a first logical break, based on the determined user range, of the one or more possible logical breaks for the current reading session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Donna K. Byron, Benjamin L. Johnson, Carmine DiMascio
  • Publication number: 20190377790
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for supporting combinations of intents in a conversation service. In one embodiment, the computer-implemented method provides a conversation service using a set of conversation trees. Each conversation tree within the set of conversation trees comprises a list of intents that define how to answer to a certain type of user input. The computer-implemented method creates an intent graph using the list of intents of each conversation tree within the set of conversation trees. The computer-implemented method adds composite intents to the set of conversation trees using the intent graph to generate a set of updated conversation trees. The computer-implemented method configures the conversation service to use the set of updated conversation trees that comprises composite intents for supporting combinations of intents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Robert N. Redmond, Florian Pinel, Donna K. Byron, Will Spann
  • Publication number: 20190378054
    Abstract: An approach is provided to generate a trip itinerary. The approach receives a set of points of interest from a user with the user being one of a number of user that uses the system. The approach then retrieves user-defined factors from a user travel-based corpus that is accessible from a question-answering (QA) system with the user travel-based corpus corresponding to the requesting user. The QA system is utilized to analyze the user-defined factors in relation to each of the points of interest. In addition, constraints that pertain to each of the points of interest are identified by the QA system utilizing travel oriented data that has been ingested into the QA system. The approach then generates an itinerary based upon the analysis and the identified constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Jacquelyn Martino, Benjamin L. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20190317648
    Abstract: A website navigation system has an analysis system which receives a request for an Internet web page from a client device. The analysis system receives web page data associated with the web page from the Internet and performs a data analysis process to organize the web page data for use in a virtual conversation with the user in order to present the web page in an audible format. The analysis system identifies separate elements of the web page from the web page data and extracts information from the separate elements based on the web page data. The analysis system groups the separate elements into categories based on the extracted information and sorts the groups of separate elements based on usage statistics. The analysis system then generates a prompt for being output to the user by the client device as audible output based on the sorted groups of separate elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Donna K. Byron, Christian Ewen, Carmine Dimascio, Benjamin L. Johnson