Patents by Inventor Michael S. Cobb

Michael S. Cobb 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: 11991194
    Abstract: Embodiments presented herein describe techniques for generating a linguistic model of input data obtained from a data source (e.g., a video camera). According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a sequence of symbols is generated based on an ordered stream of normalized vectors generated from the input data. A dictionary of words is generated from combinations of the ordered sequence of symbols based on a frequency at which combinations of symbols appear in the ordered sequence of symbols. A plurality of phrases is generated based an ordered sequence of words from the dictionary observed in the ordered sequence of symbols based on a frequency by which combinations of words in ordered sequence of words appear relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Intellective Ai, Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Jung Seow, Wesley Kenneth Cobb, Gang Xu, Tao Yang, Aaron Poffenberger, Lon W. Risinger, Kishor Adinath Saitwal, Michael S. Yantosca, David M. Solum, Alex David Hemsath, Dennis G. Urech, Duy Trong Nguyen, Charles Richard Morgan
  • Patent number: 6496766
    Abstract: A crane monitoring system and method is characterized by a plurality of sensors mounted to a crane which communicate data to an on-board control unit. The control unit is characterized by having “black box” functionality. A tip switch is mounted in parallel relation to the vertical portion of a hoist cable below the boom tip. The control unit processes and stores input data from the sensors which will indicate unsafe crane conditions, defined as alarm events such as dragging and extrication events. Each stored event has a time and date stamp. Upon detection of an alarm event, the control unit logs data from the sensors into a non-volatile memory, along with the data from a period of time prior to the alarm event. Data is stored continuously until the alarm event clears. Additional data is stored for a period of time after the conclusion of the alarm event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Leonhard E. Bernold, Steven J. Lorenc, Scott D. Elliott, Michael S. Cobb, Anders R. Green
  • Patent number: 5835455
    Abstract: A reprogrammable device for removably receiving a medicine container and for providing audio instructions to a patient for taking a medication. When a medicine container is removed from the device by the patient so that the patient may take the medicine, the device can be activated to play a pre-recorded individualized message from the pharmacist providing the patient audio instructions for taking the medication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
    Inventors: E. Christine Hanson, David R. Work, Scott D. Elliott, Michael S. Cobb