Patents by Inventor Sanford L. Wilson

Sanford L. Wilson 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).

  • Adaptive mean estimation and normalization of data
    Publication number: 20030068097
    Abstract: A method of determining a mean for a data set of data element values. A form of a probability density function statistical distribution is selected for each data element of the data set, based on the value of that data element. Then a mean of the probability density function of each data element is estimated, by, e.g., a digital or analog processing technique. The estimated mean of each data element's probability density function is then designated as the mean for that data element. In a method of normalizing a data set of data element values based on estimated probability density function means of the data set, each data element value in the data set is processed based on the estimated mean of the probability density function of that data element to normalize each data element value, producing a normalized data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sanford L. Wilson, Thomas J. Green, Eric J. Van Allen, William H. Payne, Steven T. Smith