Patents by Inventor Todd Small

Todd Small 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).

  • Systems and methods for generating computer-based representations of probabilities of precipitation occurrences and intensities
    Patent number: 10545263
    Abstract: A method for estimating precipitation values and associated uncertainties is provided. In an embodiment, precipitation records that indicate the occurrence and intensity of precipitation at specific locations are received by a weather computing system. The weather computing system uses the gauge information to separately create multiple realizations of precipitation occurrence fields and precipitation intensity fields. The weather computing system may model the occurrence of precipitation by proposing a value for each point independently and using the proposed value to update all prior proposals. The weather computing system may model the intensity of precipitation by modeling the spatial correlation of precipitation intensity and sampling from distributions at each location to determine the intensity of precipitation at each location. The weather computing system may then combine the precipitation intensity and occurrence fields into one or more final estimate fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: The Climate Corporation
    Inventors: Alex Kleeman, Todd Small
  • COMPUTER-BASED REPRESENTATION OF PRECIPITATION
    Publication number: 20170017014
    Abstract: A method for estimating precipitation values and associated uncertainties is provided. In an embodiment, precipitation records that indicate the occurrence and intensity of precipitation at specific locations are received by a weather computing system. The weather computing system uses the gauge information to separately create multiple realizations of precipitation occurrence fields and precipitation intensity fields. The weather computing system may model the occurrence of precipitation by proposing a value for each point independently and using the proposed value to update all prior proposals. The weather computing system may model the intensity of precipitation by modeling the spatial correlation of precipitation intensity and sampling from distributions at each location to determine the intensity of precipitation at each location. The weather computing system may then combine the precipitation intensity and occurrence fields into one or more final estimate fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Alex Kleeman, Todd Small