Patents by Inventor Jonathan Hudson Connell

Jonathan Hudson Connell 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: 20220110542
    Abstract: Determining lung capacity of includes capturing an audio waveform of the user performing an utterance presented to a user. A video of the user performing the utterance can be captured. The captured audio waveform and the video are analyzed for compliance. Based on the audio waveform, an indicator of respiratory function is determined. The indicator is compared with a reference indicator to determine health of the user. A machine learning model such as neural network can be trained to predict the indicator of the respiratory function based on input features comprising audio spectral and temporal characteristics of utterances. Determining the indicator or respiratory function can include running the trained machine learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Samuel Thomas, Nalini K. Ratha, Jonathan Hudson Connell, II
  • Patent number: 11301504
    Abstract: A bias compensation method, system, and computer program product include modifying a behavior of a first analytic engine service with a second analytic engine service, where the first service accepts user submitted data and communicates an assessment of the data in a form of a label associated with the corresponding submitted data, where the second service accepts an input and communicates an assessment in a form of a label associated with the corresponding input, and where a behavior model of the first service and the second service includes a discrepancy between the output labels by each service with respect to true labels of data accepted, further including composing a new analytic engine service from the first service and the second service to optimize a service bias in terms of a test dataset based on the behavior model and the known true assessments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan Hudson Connell, II, Nalini K. Ratha, Sharathchandra Pankanti
  • Patent number: 10958851
    Abstract: A camera field indicating method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for a camera including imaging optics, a light sensor, the imaging optics and the light sensor intermittently sensing incoming light, and an edge-lit illuminator including a light source and a leaky waveguide situated adjacent the imaging chip so as to share the imaging optics with the light sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan Hudson Connell, II, Sharathchandra Umapathirao Pankanti
  • Patent number: 10832820
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, data processor and computer program product determine exposure levels to external stimuli. At least one environmental condition is monitored and an external stimulus event is identified based on the at least one environmental condition. An intensity level of the external stimulus event is determined to exceed a predetermined threshold. An exposure level of the external stimulus is determined by integrating the intensity level over time. At least one human biometric quantity of a user is measured and a personal exposure level limitation is determined for the user based on the measured at least one human biometric quantity. When the exposure level exceeds the personal exposure level limitation, the user is warned of the exposure level. The human biometric quantity is one of: heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, glucose level, blood oxygen level, muscle activity, electrolyte level, and lactic acid level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Hudson Connell, II, Nalini K. Ratha
  • Patent number: 10789576
    Abstract: A meeting management method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include a target determination circuit configured to determine a target of an agenda for a meeting, the target of the agenda including which users correspond to a topic, a behavior capturing circuit configured to capture behavior of the users during the meeting, a tracking and identifying circuit configured to track the behavior of the users during the meeting and identify a user of the users corresponding to the behavior, and a difference determination circuit configured to determine if a difference between the behavior of the users and the target of the agenda is greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy, Jonathan Hudson Connell, II, Robert George Farrell, Brian Paul Gaucher, Jonathan Lenchner, David Osmond Scott Melville, Valentina Salapura
  • Publication number: 20200242142
    Abstract: A textual message that is nonconforming to a grammar of a language is received. The textual message is transformed into a grammatically structured interrogative form. A first sentence of a received content is scored relative to the interrogative form. The received content includes a proposal for an action in a form of a plurality of grammatically compliant structures. Based on the scoring, a response sentence having a highest score is selected. Responsive to the highest score corresponding to the response sentence being above a threshold, the response sentence is transformed into a corresponding summary phrase that is not constrained by the grammar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Hudson Connell, II, Sharathchandra Pankanti
  • Patent number: 10630909
    Abstract: A camera field indicating method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for a camera including imaging optics, a light sensor, the imaging optics and the light sensor intermittently sensing incoming light, an extended light source provided separate from the imaging optics and the light sensor, the extended light source comprising a distributed illuminator capable of being intermittently activated when the light sensor does not need to sense incoming light such that a projection of the distributed illuminator through a duplicate lens of the extended light source matches a field of view of the light sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan Hudson Connell, II, Sharathchandra Umapathirao Pankanti
  • Publication number: 20200104380
    Abstract: A bias compensation method, system, and computer program product include modifying a behavior of a first analytic engine service with a second analytic engine service, where the first service accepts user submitted data and communicates an assessment of the data in a form of a label associated with the corresponding submitted data, where the second service accepts an input and communicates an assessment in a form of a label associated with the corresponding input, and where a behavior model of the first service and the second service includes a discrepancy between the output labels by each service with respect to true labels of data accepted, further including composing a new analytic engine service from the first service and the second service to optimize a service bias in terms of a test dataset based on the behavior model and the known true assessments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan Hudson Connell, II, Nalini K. Ratha, Sharathchandra Pankanti
  • Publication number: 20200007731
    Abstract: A camera field indicating method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for a camera including imaging optics, a light sensor, the imaging optics and the light sensor intermittently sensing incoming light, and an edge-lit illuminator including a light source and a leaky waveguide situated adjacent the imaging chip so as to share the imaging optics with the light sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan Hudson Connell II, Sharathchandra Umapathirao Pankanti
  • Patent number: 10169319
    Abstract: A dialog performance improvement method, system, and computer program product, include, computing a plurality of question classes and a confidence score for each of the question classes for a language input of a user, comparing the confidence score to an upper threshold and a lower threshold for each of the question classes to determine which of at least one action to perform, receiving a language feedback from the user for the performed action, and adjusting at least one of the upper threshold and the lower threshold based on the language feedback from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan Hudson Connell, II, Mishal Dholakia, Shang Qing Guo, Jonathan Lenchner
  • Publication number: 20180338101
    Abstract: A camera field indicating method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for a camera including imaging optics, a light sensor, the imaging optics and the light sensor intermittently sensing incoming light, an extended light source provided separate from the imaging optics and the light sensor, the extended light source comprising a distributed illuminator capable of being intermittently activated when the light sensor does not need to sense incoming light such that a projection of the distributed illuminator through a duplicate lens of the extended light source matches a field of view of the light sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan Hudson Connell, II, Sharathchandra Umapathirao Pankanti
  • Publication number: 20180322255
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, data processor and computer program product determine exposure levels to external stimuli. At least one environmental condition is monitored and an external stimulus event is identified based on the at least one environmental condition. An intensity level of the external stimulus event is determined to exceed a predetermined threshold. An exposure level of the external stimulus is determined by integrating the intensity level over time. At least one human biometric quantity of a user is measured and a personal exposure level limitation is determined for the user based on the measured at least one human biometric quantity. When the exposure level exceeds the personal exposure level limitation, the user is warned of the exposure level. The human biometric quantity is one of: heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, glucose level, blood oxygen level, muscle activity, electrolyte level, and lactic acid level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan Hudson CONNELL, II, Nalini K. RATHA
  • Publication number: 20180293357
    Abstract: Visual recognition of medications involves determining an identity of each dispensed medication in a plurality of different medications and a dosage for each dispensed medication from a picture containing the plurality of different medications. The medications include non-pill medications. Each dispensed medication and the dosage for each dispensed medication is compared to a therapeutic treatment regime containing a plurality of designated medications and a dosage schedule for each designated medication. Previous failures to follow the therapeutic treatment regime are identified. The picture containing the plurality of different medications is analyzed for any counterfeit medications in the dispensed medications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Noel Christopher CODELLA, Jonathan Hudson CONNELL, II, Sharathchandra Umapathirao PANKANTI, Nalini K. RATHA
  • Patent number: 10084979
    Abstract: A camera field indicating method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for a camera including a light sensor, imaging optics, and an extended light source situated near the light sensor and sharing the imaging optics, including sensing incoming light via the imaging optics and the light sensor and intermittently activating the extended light source when the light sensor does not sense incoming light such that a projection of the extended light source through the imaging optics matches a field of view of the light sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan Hudson Connell, II, Sharathchandra Umapathirao Pankanti
  • Publication number: 20180090136
    Abstract: A dialog performance improvement method, system, and computer program product, include, computing a plurality of question classes and a confidence score for each of the question classes for a language input of a user, comparing the confidence score to an upper threshold and a lower threshold for each of the question classes to determine which of at least one action to perform, receiving a language feedback from the user for the performed action, and adjusting at least one of the upper threshold and the lower threshold based on the language feedback from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan Hudson Connell, II, Mishal Dholakia, Shang Qing Guo, Jonathan Lenchner
  • Publication number: 20180035063
    Abstract: A camera field indicating method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for a camera including a light sensor, imaging optics, and an extended light source situated near the light sensor and sharing the imaging optics, including sensing incoming light via the imaging optics and the light sensor and intermittently activating the extended light source when the light sensor does not sense incoming light such that a projection of the extended light source through the imaging optics matches a field of view of the light sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan Hudson Connell II, Sharathchandra Umapathirao Pankanti
  • Publication number: 20170344722
    Abstract: A cognitive health management method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include analyzing user input data of a first user by comparing the user input data of the first user to medical data in the database, and providing both of: a recommendation to the first user based on the comparison of the user input data of the first user to the medical data of the database, and a result feedback including a conclusion of the analyzing to a result feedback section of the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Benjamin David Briggs, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Leigh Anne Hodges Clevenger, Jonathan Hudson Connell, II, Michael Rizzolo
  • Publication number: 20170243171
    Abstract: A meeting management method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include a target determination circuit configured to determine a target of an agenda for a meeting, the target of the agenda including which users correspond to a topic, a behavior capturing circuit configured to capture behavior of the users during the meeting, a tracking and identifying circuit configured to track the behavior of the users during the meeting and identify a user of the users corresponding to the behavior, and a difference determination circuit configured to determine if a difference between the behavior of the users and the target of the agenda is greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy, Jonathan Hudson Connell, II, Robert George Farrell, Brian Paul Gaucher, Jonathan Lenchner, David Osmond Scott Melville, Valentina Salapura
  • Patent number: 8538096
    Abstract: Techniques for generating a distorted fingerprint representation for a given fingerprint image are provided. First, at least one fingerprint feature point from a given fingerprint image is selected. At least one representation of a region proximate to the selected fingerprint feature point is then generated. Next, the representation of the region proximate to the selected fingerprint feature point is distorted. The distortion comprises applying a random projection to the representation to generate a randomly projected representation of the region proximate to the selected fingerprint feature point. A distorted template is then formed, wherein the distorted template comprises the randomly projected representation of the region proximate to the selected fingerprint feature point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Maarten Bolle, Sharat S. Chikkerur, Jonathan Hudson Connell, Nalini Kanta Ratha
  • Patent number: 8532344
    Abstract: Techniques for generating a distorted template for a given facial image are provided. First, at least one facial feature point from a given facial image is selected. The selected facial feature has location information associated therewith. A representation of a region proximate to the selected facial feature point is then generated. Next, the location information associated with the selected facial feature point and/or the representation of the region proximate to the selected facial feature point are distorted. A distorted template is then formed, wherein the distorted template comprises the distorted location information associated with the selected facial feature point and/or the distorted representation of the region proximate to the selected facial feature point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Hudson Connell, Nalini Kanta Ratha