Patents by Inventor Graham Hine
Graham Hine 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).
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Patent number: 11027810Abstract: A float (1) suitable for use as a buoy or as a component for a wave-powered vehicle. The float (1) includes an upper member (12) whose height can be changed and/or which remained substantially vertical even when the float is in wave-bearing water. A low drag cable (2) suitable for use as a tether in a wave-powered vehicle has a streamlined cross-section and includes a tensile member (21) near the front of the cross-section, at least one non-load-bearing member (22) behind the tensile member, and a polymeric jacket (23).Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: LIQUID ROBOTICS, INC.Inventors: Roger G. Hine, Derek L. Hine, Kurt A. F. Kiesow, III, William A. Stutz, Graham Hine
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Publication number: 20210035563Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems for training an acoustic model, where the training includes a training loop (including at least one epoch) following a data preparation phase. During the training loop, training data are augmented to generate augmented training data. During each epoch of the training loop, at least some of the augmented training data is used to train the model. The augmented training data used during each epoch may be generated by differently augmenting (e.g., augmenting using a different set of augmentation parameters) at least some of the training data. In some embodiments, the augmentation is performed in the frequency domain, with the training data organized into frequency bands. The acoustic model may be of a type employed (when trained) to perform speech analytics (e.g., wakeword detection, voice activity detection, speech recognition, or speaker recognition) and/or noise suppression.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Richard J. Cartwright, Christopher Graham Hines
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Publication number: 20200236440Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for processing media content having video content and associated audio content. A method of processing media content having video content and associated audio content comprises the method includes receiving the video content and the associated audio content, analyzing the associated audio content, determining one or more navigation points for enabling navigation of the media content based on the analysis, wherein the one or more navigation points indicate points of interest in the associated audio content for short-term rewinding and/or fast forwarding, embedding the one or more navigation points into metadata for the media content, and outputting the video content, the associated audio content, and the metadata.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATIONInventor: Christopher Graham HINES
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Publication number: 20200080677Abstract: A method of assembling a tapping sleeve includes positioning an outlet band on a pipe element with an arcuate portion of the outlet band contacting an outer surface of the pipe element, the outlet band including a front end, a back end, a first side end, a second side end, a first bend line defined between the first side end and the second side end and extending from the front end to the back end, a second bend line defined between the first bend line and the second side end and extending from the front end to the back end, wherein the outlet band defines an arcuate portion between the first bend line and the second bend line, a first flange defined between the first side end and the first bend line, and a second flange defined between the second side end and the second bend line.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Scott P. Floyd, Charles Graham Hines, Daryl Lee Gibson
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Patent number: 10514123Abstract: A tapping sleeve includes a first bend line in a planar outlet band between a first side end and a second side end of the planar outlet band, the first bend line extending from a front end to a back end of the planar outlet band, a first outlet flange defined between the first side and the first bend line; a second bend line in the planar outlet band between the first bend line and the second side end, the second bend line extending from the front end to the back end of the planar outlet band, a second outlet flange defined between the second side and the second bend line; and an arcuate portion formed between the first bend line and the second bend line.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Mueller International, LLCInventors: Scott P. Floyd, Charles Graham Hines, Daryl Lee Gibson
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Publication number: 20190359305Abstract: A float (1) suitable for use as a buoy or as a component for a wave-powered vehicle. The float (1) includes an upper member (12) whose height can be changed and/or which remained substantially vertical even when the float is in wave-bearing water. A low drag cable (2) suitable for use as a tether in a wave-powered vehicle has a streamlined cross-section and includes a tensile member (21) near the front of the cross-section, at least one non-load-bearing member (22) behind the tensile member, and a polymeric jacket (23).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: Liquid Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Roger G. Hine, Derek L. Hine, Kurt A. F. Kiesow, III, William A. Stutz, Graham Hine
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Patent number: 10315746Abstract: A float (1) suitable for use as a buoy or as a component for a wave-powered vehicle. The float (1) includes an upper member (12) whose height can be changed and/or which remained substantially vertical even when the float is in wave-bearing water. A low drag cable (2) suitable for use as a tether in a wave-powered vehicle has a streamlined cross-section and includes a tensile member (21) near the front of the cross-section, at least one non-load-bearing member (22) behind the tensile member, and a polymeric jacket (23).Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Liquid Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Roger G. Hine, Derek L. Hine, Kurt A. F. Kiesow, III, William A. Stutz, Graham Hine
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Publication number: 20180134359Abstract: A float (1) suitable for use as a buoy or as a component for a wave-powered vehicle. The float (1) includes an upper member (12) whose height can be changed and/or which remained substantially vertical even when the float is in wave-bearing water. A low drag cable (2) suitable for use as a tether in a wave-powered vehicle has a streamlined cross-section and includes a tensile member (21) near the front of the cross-section, at least one non-load-bearing member (22) behind the tensile member, and a polymeric jacket (23).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicant: Liquid Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Roger G. Hine, Derek L. Hine, Kurt A. F. Kiesow, III, William A. Stutz, Graham Hine
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Patent number: 9789944Abstract: A float (1) suitable for use as a buoy or as a component for a wave-powered vehicle. The float (1) includes an upper member (12) whose height can be changed and/or which remained substantially vertical even when the float is in wave-bearing water. A low drag cable (2) suitable for use as a tether in a wave-powered vehicle has a streamlined cross-section and includes a tensile member (21) near the front of the cross-section, at least one non-load-bearing member (22) behind the tensile member, and a polymeric jacket (23).Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Liquid Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Roger G. Hine, Derek L. Hine, Kurt A. F. Kiesow, III, William A. Stutz, Graham Hine
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Publication number: 20170261144Abstract: A tapping sleeve includes a first bend line in a planar outlet band between a first side end and a second side end of the planar outlet band, the first bend line extending from a front end to a back end of the planar outlet band, a first outlet flange defined between the first side and the first bend line; a second bend line in the planar outlet band between the first bend line and the second side end, the second bend line extending from the front end to the back end of the planar outlet band, a second outlet flange defined between the second side and the second bend line; and an arcuate portion formed between the first bend line and the second bend line.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Scott P. Floyd, Charles Graham Hines, Daryl Lee Gibson
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Publication number: 20140335747Abstract: A float (1) suitable for use as a buoy or as a component for a wave-powered vehicle. The float (1) includes an upper member (12) whose height can be changed and/or which remained substantially vertical even when the float is in wave-bearing water. A low drag cable (2) suitable for use as a tether in a wave-powered vehicle has a streamlined cross-section and includes a tensile member (21) near the front of the cross-section, at least one non-load-bearing member (22) behind the tensile member, and a polymeric jacket (23).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: Liquid Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Roger G. Hine, Derek L. Hine, Kurt A. F. Kiesow, III, William A. Stutz, Graham Hine
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Patent number: 8668534Abstract: A float (1) suitable for use as a buoy or as a component for a wave-powered vehicle. The float (1) includes an upper member (12) whose height can be changed and/or which remained substantially vertical even when the float is in wave-bearing water. A low drag cable (2) suitable for use as a tether in a wave-powered vehicle has a streamlined cross-section and includes a tensile member (21) near the front of the cross-section, at least one non-load-bearing member (22) behind the tensile member, and a polymeric jacket (23).Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2008Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Liquid Robotics, IncInventors: Roger G. Hine, Derek L. Hine, Kurt A. F. Kiesow, William Stutz, Graham Hine
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Publication number: 20100190394Abstract: A float (1) suitable for use as a buoy or as a component for a wave-powered vehicle. The float (1) includes an upper member (12) whose height can be changed and/or which remained substantially vertical even when the float is in wave-bearing water. A low drag cable (2) suitable for use as a tether in a wave-powered vehicle has a streamlined cross-section and includes a tensile member (21) near the front of the cross-section, at least one non-load-bearing member (22) behind the tensile member, and a polymeric jacket (23).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2008Publication date: July 29, 2010Inventors: Roger G. Hine, Derek L. Hine, Kurt A.F. Kiesow, William Stutz, Graham Hine
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Publication number: 20070059095Abstract: Concrete slabs including anchored rubber surfaces are described which are useful as flooring elements in barns for cows and other animals. A mat is laid over curing concrete in a slat mold. The undersurface of the mat includes a number of projecting elements which are narrowed by undercuts, so that once cured the mat is “locked” in place by the hardened concrete filling concave recesses in the anchoring elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2005Publication date: March 15, 2007Inventor: Graham Hines