Patents by Inventor Sylvia Joan Smullin
Sylvia Joan Smullin 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).
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Patent number: 11580275Abstract: A method for producing an experimental output satisfying an objective includes conducting an experimental execution process including applying a selection criterion to select an approach to determining a set of parameters for a set of experiments, and determining a first set of parameters for a first experiment according to the selected approach based on one or more of (i) a predicted relationship between a set of parameters and a characteristic of a corresponding experimental output, (ii) the measured characteristic of a second experimental output from a second experiment executed according to a second set of parameters, (iii) the objective, and (iv) a parameter selection rule.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Sylvia Joan Smullin, Albin Lee Jones, Michael Jason Grundmann
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Patent number: 11200487Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for performing convolutional computations using an optical system. In some aspects computations for a neural network are performed in a digital domain using electronic circuitry, the neural network including a convolutional layer. Input data for the convolutional layer of the neural network is obtained, and a convolution or correlation computation on the input data in an analog domain using an optical correlator module is performed to generate an optical correlator module output. Based on the optical correlator module output, data is processed through additional layers of the neural network in the digital domain using the electronic circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Michael Jason Grundmann, Sylvia Joan Smullin
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Patent number: 10969317Abstract: An apparatus includes a holder to support an indenter relative to a sample, a depth sensor, and a controller. The operations include applying a first force on the sample with the indenter and determining a first depth of the indenter based on data generated by the sensor, moving the indenter from the first depth to a greater predetermined depth, then applying the first force on the sample with the indenter and determining a second depth of the indenter based on second data generated by the sensor, and determining a value indicative of hardness of the sample based on a difference between the first depth and the second depth. The apparatuses described can use a single scale for hardness that enables hardness values for different materials to be compared to one another.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Sylvia Joan Smullin, Michael Jason Grundmann
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Publication number: 20200056970Abstract: An apparatus includes a holder to support an indenter relative to a sample of material, a depth sensor, and a controller to execute instructions for performing operations. The operations include controlling the holder to apply a first force on the sample with the indenter and determining a first depth of the indenter based on first data generated by the depth sensor, controlling the holder to move the indenter from the first depth to a predetermined depth greater than the first depth, after the indenter is moved to the predetermined depth, controlling the holder to apply the first force on the sample with the indenter and determining a second depth of the indenter based on second data generated by the depth sensor, and determining a value indicative of hardness of the sample based on a difference between the first depth and the second depth.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2018Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Sylvia Joan Smullin, Michael Jason Grundmann
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Publication number: 20190382882Abstract: A vacuum deposition system includes a vacuum deposition chamber having multiple regions defined therein; a carousel disposed in the vacuum deposition chamber, the carousel configured to hold multiple substrates, the carousel rotatable around a central spindle; a deposition source positioned to deposit material onto a substrate located in a deposition region of the vacuum deposition chamber; and multiple heating elements disposed in the vacuum deposition chamber in a fixed position relative to the central spindle, each heating element being controllable separately from each other heating element, wherein each heating element is positioned to apply heat to a corresponding region of the vacuum deposition chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2018Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Michael Jason Grundmann, Sylvia Joan Smullin, James Lubin
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Patent number: 10495121Abstract: A method and a device for measuring a fluid flow characteristic of an ambient fluid and modifying fluid flow of the ambient fluid, the method including: applying a first voltage between a first electrode and a second electrode, the first voltage being sufficient to generate a plasma in the first space; applying a second voltage between the first electrode and a third electrode, the second voltage being sufficient to generate a plasma in the second space; measuring a first current between the first and second electrodes, and a second current between the first and third electrodes; determining a fluid flow characteristic of the ambient fluid; and applying a third voltage between the first and second electrodes, the third voltage being sufficient to generate a plasma in the first space sufficient to modify fluid flow of the ambient fluid in the first direction in the first space.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Sylvia Joan Smullin, Cyrus Behroozi, Dominico P. Julian
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Patent number: 10490066Abstract: In some implementations, a method includes receiving, by one or more processing devices configured to control a traffic signal at an intersection of roads, camera data providing images of the intersection, the processing devices being located proximate to the intersection, using one or more local machine learning models to identify objects at the intersection and paths of the objects based on the camera data, providing traffic data generated from outputs of the one or more local machine learning models to a remote traffic planning system over a network, receiving, from the remote traffic planning system, a remote instruction for the traffic signal determined using one or more remote machine learning models, and providing a control instruction to the traffic signal at the intersection that is determined based on (i) the remote instruction from the remote traffic planning system, and (ii) a local instruction generated by the processing devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Julian Green, Michael Jason Grundmann, Sylvia Joan Smullin, Joseph Pieter Stefanus van Grieken
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Publication number: 20190145443Abstract: A method and a device for measuring a fluid flow characteristic of an ambient fluid and modifying fluid flow of the ambient fluid, the method including: applying a first voltage between a first electrode and a second electrode, the first voltage being sufficient to generate a plasma in the first space; applying a second voltage between the first electrode and a third electrode, the second voltage being sufficient to generate a plasma in the second space; measuring a first current between the first and second electrodes, and a second current between the first and third electrodes; determining a fluid flow characteristic of the ambient fluid; and applying a third voltage between the first and second electrodes, the third voltage being sufficient to generate a plasma in the first space sufficient to modify fluid flow of the ambient fluid in the first direction in the first space.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Sylvia Joan Smullin, Cyrus Behroozi, Dominico P. Julian
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Patent number: 10122250Abstract: An electromechanical transducer apparatus is disclosed and includes a housing. A static portion is substantially immobilized within the housing and includes a magnetic flux generator for generating magnetic flux, a pair of pole pieces for coupling magnetic flux through at least one of a first magnetic circuit and a second magnetic circuit, and a coil disposed to electromagnetically interact with one of the magnetic circuits. The static portion is thermally coupled to the housing via a low thermal resistance path to permit removal of heat. A movable portion includes first and second closing pieces separated from the pole pieces by first and second gaps. The closing pieces are mechanically coupled and supported for reciprocating motion about an equilibrium position which varies the gaps to cause a variation in magnetic reluctance in each of the first and second magnetic circuits.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2015Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: ETALIM INC.Inventors: Keith Borthwick Antonelli, Geoffrey Donald Stalker Archibald, Ryan John Biffard, Kristjan Tod Gottfried, Douglas Bruce Jelstad, Takao Kanemaru, Briac Medard de Chardon, Sylvia Joan Smullin, Thomas Walter Steiner
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Publication number: 20180190111Abstract: In some implementations, a method includes receiving, by one or more processing devices configured to control a traffic signal at an intersection of roads, camera data providing images of the intersection, the processing devices being located proximate to the intersection, using one or more local machine learning models to identify objects at the intersection and paths of the objects based on the camera data, providing traffic data generated from outputs of the one or more local machine learning models to a remote traffic planning system over a network, receiving, from the remote traffic planning system, a remote instruction for the traffic signal determined using one or more remote machine learning models, and providing a control instruction to the traffic signal at the intersection that is determined based on (i) the remote instruction from the remote traffic planning system, and (ii) a local instruction generated by the processing devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Julian Green, Michael Jason Grundmann, Sylvia Joan Smullin, Joseph Pieter Stefanus van Grieken
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Publication number: 20170284720Abstract: A system is configured to remotely determine characteristics of a local operating environment of an outdoor condenser unit. The system includes a detector configured to sample power consumption of the condenser unit to obtain a sampled power consumption time series. An analyzer receives the sampled time series of the detector and determines characteristics of a local operating environment of the condenser unit from the power consumption time series. The analyzer generates an output that includes information about the local operating environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2016Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Victor Liu, Sylvia Joan Smullin
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Publication number: 20170025940Abstract: An electromechanical transducer apparatus is disclosed and includes a housing. A static portion is substantially immobilized within the housing and includes a magnetic flux generator for generating magnetic flux, a pair of pole pieces for coupling magnetic flux through at least one of a first magnetic circuit and a second magnetic circuit, and a coil disposed to electromagnetically interact with one of the magnetic circuits. The static portion is thermally coupled to the housing via a low thermal resistance path to permit removal of heat. A movable portion includes first and second closing pieces separated from the pole pieces by first and second gaps. The closing pieces are mechanically coupled and supported for reciprocating motion about an equilibrium position which varies the gaps to cause a variation in magnetic reluctance in each of the first and second magnetic circuits.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2015Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Keith Borthwick Antonelli, Geoffrey Donald Stalker Archibald, Ryan John Biffard, Kristjan Tod Gottfried, Douglas Bruce Jelstad, Takao Kanemaru, Briac Medard de Chardon, Sylvia Joan Smullin, Thomas Walter Steiner
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Publication number: 20160299038Abstract: A system for monitoring and analyzing the power consumption of a thermostat-controlled cycling appliance includes a detector configured to sample power consumption to obtain a power consumption time series having resolution sufficient to extract power cycle information for one or more individual components of a thermostat-controlled cycling appliance such as a refrigerator. An analyzer extracts the power cycle information from the sampled power consumption time series, compares the power cycle information to stored information of known power cycle characteristics and classifies the technology of one or more thermostat-controlled cycling appliance components based on comparison of the power cycle information to the stored information. The analyzer is further configured to generate an output that indicates the technology.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2015Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Victor Liu, Sylvia Joan Smullin