Patents by Inventor Richmond Watkins

Richmond Watkins 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: 20240124035
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, by an image detection tool, a tank within an image of a railway environment and identifying, by the image detection tool, a railroad track within the image of the railway environment. The method also includes determining, by the image detection tool, a distance between the tank and the railroad track and comparing, by the image detection tool, the distance between the tank and the railroad track to a predetermined threshold distance. The method further includes determining, by the image detection tool, that the tank presents a hazard to the railway environment in response to comparing the distance between the tank and the railroad track to the predetermined threshold distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: BNSF Railway Company
    Inventors: Andrea Leticia Arias Llorenty, Sandra N. Green, Rucha D. Jani, David Matthew King, Doug McReynolds, Seyed Mohammad Nourbakhsh, Stephanie Ortiz Watkins, Nathaniel Richmond, Xiaoyan Si, Je Sang Sung, Anpeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220337543
    Abstract: According to examples, a system for generating and providing organization-bounded spaces for a virtual community of users may include a processor and a memory storing instructions. The processor, when executing the instructions, may cause the system to generate an organization-bounded space; analyze user information to associate a user with the organization-bounded space; enable the user to receive and publish a content item; and implement a security feature for communications associated with an organization-bounded space and/or its associated users. The processor may further determine recommend a group to the user and identify a user representative for the organization-bounded space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Charmaine Ching Man Hung, Jessie Kim, Ka Man Lei, Christopher Jing-ming Su, Jaleh Afshar, Nathanael Arthur Wells Clinton, Richmond Watkins, Bob Baldwin, Monica Ares, Daniel Ilic, Mallory Taylor, Euzcil Castaneto, Lauren Kostka, Timothy John Collins, Samuel Grossberg, Kaylee Slusser, Nai Wen Hsu, Simone Parmeggiani, Willy Huang, Baldwin Po Wei Chang, Juan Felipe Rios Riano