Patents by Inventor Paul Ardis

Paul Ardis 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: 20210182738
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide systems and methods associated with an industrial asset. An ensemble of learners (e.g., base learner models) may comprise a digital twin that corresponds to the industrial asset. A learning agent platform (e.g., associated with reinforcement learning), coupled to the ensemble of learners, may manage the ensemble by receiving information about current operation of the industrial asset. The platform may then apply learning to the received information and generate data that modifies the ensemble of learners (e.g., by adding, pruning, and/or modifying models in the ensemble). In some embodiments, a boosting scheme may be employed to enhance decision making by the learning agent platform (e.g., a learner's voting weight might be inversely proportional to its error on a previous batch of information).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Paul ARDIS, Andrew Cohen, Weizhong YAN
  • Publication number: 20180150036
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a system and method are provided to model a sparse data asset. The system comprises a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by the processor perform a method to model a sparse data asset. Relevant data and operational data associated with the newly operational are received. A transfer model based on the relevant data and the received operational data. An input into the transfer model is received and a predication based on data associated with the received operational data and the relevant data is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Yunwen Xu, Paul Ardis, Rui Xu, Weizhong Yan
  • Patent number: 9904540
    Abstract: A method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method including determining automatically, by a processor, whether behavior for a model representing a plurality of entities and relationships therebetween deviates from a reference behavior for the model; determining, in response to the determination that the model does deviate from the reference behavior, at least one basis for the deviation; automatically forecasting an estimate of a remaining useful life for the model; and modifying the model to compensate for the deviation by at least one of modifying the model to accommodate the deviation and updating the model based on at least one new requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Piero Patrone Bonissone, Naresh Sundaram Iyer, Feng Xue, Johan Michael Reimann, Paul Ardis
  • Publication number: 20150355901
    Abstract: A method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method including determining automatically, by a processor, whether behavior for a model representing a plurality of entities and relationships therebetween deviates from a reference behavior for the model; determining, in response to the determination that the model does deviate from the reference behavior, at least one basis for the deviation; automatically forecasting an estimate of a remaining useful life for the model; and modifying the model to compensate for the deviation by at least one of modifying the model to accommodate the deviation and updating the model based on at least one new requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Piero Patrone Bonissone, Naresh Sundaram Iyer, Feng Xue, Johan Michael Reimann, Paul Ardis
  • Patent number: 8233664
    Abstract: A relative depth of points captured by at least two recording sources are determined. A first sequence of image frames acquired from a first source and a second sequence of image frames acquired from a second source are received by a data processing system. The data processing system identifies a plurality of points-of-interest, each point-of-interest being present in both the first sequence and the second sequence. The points-of-interest are clustered into common depth planes at least by comparing motion across the sequences of different points-of-interest. Results of the clustering are stored in a processor-accessible memory system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul Ardis, Amit Singhal
  • Publication number: 20100119114
    Abstract: A relative depth of points captured by at least two recording sources are determined. A first sequence of image frames acquired from a first source and a second sequence of image frames acquired from a second source are received by a data processing system. The data processing system identifies a plurality of points-of-interest, each point-of-interest being present in both the first sequence and the second sequence. The points-of-interest are clustered into common depth planes at least by comparing motion across the sequences of different points-of-interest. Results of the clustering are stored in a processor-accessible memory system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Paul Ardis, Amit Singhal