Patents Examined by Brandon S Cole
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Patent number: 10621514Abstract: Systems and methods for tuning hyperparameters of a model includes: receiving at a remote tuning service a multi-criteria tuning work request for tuning hyperparameters of the model of a subscriber, wherein the multi-criteria tuning work request includes: a first objective function of the model to be optimized by the remote tuning service; a second objective function to be optimized by the remote tuning service, the second objective function being distinct from the first objective function; computing a first conditionally constrained joint function for the model based on subjecting the first objective function to the second objective function; a second conditionally constrained joint function for the model based on subjecting the second objective function to the first objective function of the model; executing a tuning operation of the hyperparameters for the model; and identifying proposed hyperparameter values based on one or more hyperparameter-based points along a non-convex Pareto optimal curve.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: SigOpt, Inc.Inventors: Bolong Cheng, Olivia Kim, Michael McCourt, Patrick Hayes, Scott Clark
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Patent number: 10622981Abstract: Duty cycle correction devices for static compensation of an active clock edge shift. A duty cycle correction circuit in the duty cycle correction device corrects a clock input signal, according to a first control signal. A programmable delay circuit or a modified duty cycle correction circuit in the duty cycle correction device compensates a shift of an active clock edge in a clock output signal of the duty cycle correction circuit, according to a second control signal. A mapping circuit in the duty cycle correction device generates the second control signal by mapping a digital value of the first control signal and a digital value of the second control signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Andreas H. A. Arp, Fatih Cilek, Michael V. Koch, Matthias Ringe
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Patent number: 10622814Abstract: A power conversion apparatus including a main power converter and an auxiliary power converter is provided. The main power converter converts an AC power to a first DC power, and then converts the first DC power to a DC output power. The main power converter has a first power conversion terminal for outputting the first DC power. The auxiliary power converter converts an auxiliary power to a second DC power, and then converts the second DC power to the DC output power. The auxiliary power converter has a second power conversion terminal for outputting the second DC power. The first power conversion terminal and the second power conversion terminal are commonly coupled to a DC power conversion circuit, such that the main power converter and the auxiliary power converter share the DC power conversion circuit and generate a DC output power.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2016Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventor: Chien-Li Tsai
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Patent number: 10615189Abstract: A semiconductor device that is less influenced by variations in characteristics between transistors or variations in a load, and is efficient even for normally-on transistors is provided. The semiconductor device includes at least a transistor, two wirings, three switches, and two capacitors. A first switch controls conduction between a first wiring and each of a first electrode of a first capacitor and a first electrode of a second capacitor. A second electrode of the first capacitor is connected to a gate of the transistor. A second switch controls conduction between the gate and a second wiring. A second electrode of the second capacitor is connected to one of a source and a drain of the transistor. A third switch controls conduction between the one of the source and the drain and each of the first electrode of the first capacitor and the first electrode of the second capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hajime Kimura
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Patent number: 10614377Abstract: A method for model management includes receiving data on which to base a model, evaluating the received data against a plurality of existing models and data associated with each of the plurality of existing models, determining whether any of the plurality of existing models can be used as the model or as a basis to develop the model for the received data, and providing a user with the existing models that can be used as the model or as a basis to develop the model for the received data.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2016Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Kasisto, Inc.Inventors: Guillermo Averboch, Sasha Caskey, Yi Ma, Sathish Pammi, Robert Stewart
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Patent number: 10607152Abstract: Evaluations of a document are generated that indicate likelihoods of the document achieving its objectives. The evaluations are based on predictive characteristics of one or more outcomes of the client document that are indicative of whether the document will achieve its objectives. Specifically, a server receives the document from a client device. The server extracts a set of features from the document. The evaluations of the document are generated based on the predictive characteristics for the one or more outcomes of the document. The generated evaluations are provided to the client device such that the document can be optimized to achieve its desired objectives. The optimized document may also be sent to a posting server for posting to a computer network. The known outcomes of the optimized document are collected through reader responses to the document and analyzed to improve evaluations for other documents.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Textio, Inc.Inventors: Kieran Snyder, Robert E. Kolba, Jr., Jensen Harris
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Patent number: 10593429Abstract: Mechanisms are provided that generate a knowledge data structure for a medical condition. The mechanisms parse a natural language positional statement data structure representing a natural language positional statement corresponding to a medical condition, where the natural language positional statement specifies guidance information and patient attributes indicative of patients for which an action may be performed for the medical condition. The mechanisms extract the patient attributes and a grading value associated with the natural language positional statement. The mechanisms generate at least one weight value associated with each of the patient attributes based on the grading value.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Corville O. Allen
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Patent number: 10592822Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure generally relate to computing devices and may be generally directed to devices, systems, methods, and/or applications for learning the operation of a computing device or software application, storing this knowledge in a knowledgebase, neural network, or other repository, and enabling autonomous operation of the computing device or software application with partial, minimal, or no user input.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Inventor: Jasmin Cosic
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Patent number: 10581415Abstract: In described examples, a quadrature phase shifter includes digitally programmable phase shifter networks for generating leading and lagging output signals in quadrature. The phase shifter networks include passive components for reactively inducing phase shifts, which need not consume active power. Output currents from the transistors coupled to the phase shifter networks are substantially in quadrature and can be made further accurate by adjusted by a weight function implemented using current steering elements. Example low-loss quadrature phase shifters described herein can be functionally integrated to provide low-power, low-noise up/down mixers, vector modulators and transceiver front-ends for millimeter wavelength (mmwave) communication systems.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventor: Sudipto Chakraborty
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Patent number: 10565520Abstract: A device may receive a first command, included in a set of commands, to set a configuration parameter associated with performing feature extraction. The device may receive a second command, included in the set of commands, to set a corresponding value for the configuration parameter. The configuration parameter and the corresponding value may correspond to a particular feature metric that is to be extracted. The device may configure, based on the configuration parameter and the corresponding value, feature extraction for a corpus of documents. The device may perform, based on configuring feature extraction for the corpus, feature extraction on the corpus to determine the particular feature metric. The device may generate a feature vector based on performing the feature extraction. The feature vector may include the particular feature metric. The feature vector may include a feature identifier identifying the particular feature metric. The device may provide the feature vector.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Janardan Misra, Shubhashis Sengupta, Sanjay Podder, Karthik Acharyulu
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Patent number: 10567038Abstract: A wireless power transmission system and method thereof are provided. A power transmission apparatus includes a processor configured to classify reception (RX) nodes into a subset, and to determine a transmission schedule based on the subset; and a transmission (TX) resonator configured to wirelessly transmit energy to an RX node corresponding to the subset, based on the transmission schedule.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Ui Kun Kwon, Vahid Tarokh
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Patent number: 10565471Abstract: Methods and systems may be used for transfer learning of neural networks. According to one example, a method includes: grouping data objects of a first training set into a plurality of clusters; training a base model using a first cluster of the plurality of clusters, the base model being a neural network having a plurality of nodes; generalizing the base model to obtain a generalized base model, the generalizing the base model including setting a portion of the plurality of nodes to have random or predetermined weights; determining that the first cluster is, out of the plurality clusters, most similar to a second training set; and training the generalized base model using the second training set to obtain a trained model.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Fardin Abdi Taghi Abad, Jeremy Goodsitt, Austin Walters
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Patent number: 10558934Abstract: Systems and methods for tuning hyperparameters of a model includes: receiving at a remote tuning service a multi-criteria tuning work request for tuning hyperparameters of the model of a subscriber, wherein the multi-criteria tuning work request includes: a first objective function of the model to be optimized by the remote tuning service; a second objective function to be optimized by the remote tuning service, the second objective function being distinct from the first objective function; computing a first conditionally constrained joint function for the model based on subjecting the first objective function to the second objective function; a second conditionally constrained joint function for the model based on subjecting the second objective function to the first objective function of the model; executing a tuning operation of the hyperparameters for the model; and identifying proposed hyperparameter values based on one or more hyperparameter-based points along a non-convex Pareto optimal curve.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: SigOpt, Inc.Inventors: Bolong Cheng, Olivia Kim, Michael McCourt, Patrick Hayes, Scott Clark
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Patent number: 10528891Abstract: Systems and methods for tuning hyperparameters of a model includes: receiving a multi-criteria tuning work request for tuning hyperparameters of the model of the subscriber to the remote tuning service, wherein the multi-criteria tuning work request includes: a first objective function of the model to be optimized by the remote tuning service; a second objective function to be optimized by the remote tuning service, the second objective function being distinct from the first objective function; computing a joint tuning function based on a combination of the first objective function and the second objective function; executing a tuning operation of the hyperparameters for the model based on a tuning of the joint function; and identifying one or more proposed hyperparameter values based on one or more hyperparameter-based points along a convex Pareto optimal curve.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: SigOpt, Inc.Inventors: Bolong Cheng, Olivia Kim, Michael McCourt, Patrick Hayes, Scott Clark
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Patent number: 10523027Abstract: Provided is a power supply apparatus including a power storage module, a DC-AC inverter, a bypass circuit, and a controller. The DC-AC inverter converts output of the power storage module into AC power. The bypass circuit directly transmits the AC power. The controller switches between a discharge mode for supplying output of the DC-AC inverter to a load, and a bypass mode for supplying output of the bypass circuit to the load. A threshold for switching between the discharge mode and the bypass mode is set to a range that enables the power storage module to provide output in an overload state.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoyuki Sugeno, Hiroaki Yoshida, Kazumi Sato, Koji Umetsu
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Patent number: 10505534Abstract: An integrated circuit includes an enable circuit and a main circuit. The enable circuit is configured to receive a supply voltage and an enable signal at a first voltage level, generate a start voltage by clamping the supply voltage to a threshold voltage level that is less than the supply voltage and generate an enable intermediate signal at a second voltage level that is less than the first voltage level and limited by the start voltage. In response to the enable intermediate signal being generated at the second voltage level, the enable circuit is configured to generate a start signal (such as a current). In response to the start signal being generated, the enable circuit is configured to generate an output signal at a third voltage level that is less than the first voltage level. The main circuit is configured to utilize the output signal as a supply voltage rail.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Faruk Jose Nome Silva, Tawen Mei, Karen Chan
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Patent number: 10498254Abstract: The invention provides a power conversion device, including: a voltage conversion stage, including a primary side for receiving a rectified voltage and a secondary side for generating a rectified voltage according to the rectified voltage, wherein the primary side includes a primary side switch; a switch control circuit having a startup status and a normal operation status, the switch control circuit being configured to operably provide a control signal to a control terminal of the primary side switch; a startup circuit, providing a current to the control terminal when the switch control circuit is in the startup status, to at least partially conduct the primary side switch; and a slow soft-startup circuit, wherein when the switch control circuit is in the startup status and the output voltage does not reach a predetermined voltage in a first predetermined time period, the slow soft-startup circuit reduces a total current quantity supplied to the control terminal in a second predetermined time period which isType: GrantFiled: June 24, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Jyun-Che Ho, Isaac Y. Chen, Yi-Wei Lee
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Patent number: 10498155Abstract: A system for controlling a battery state-of-energy within a microgrid includes an energy generation (EG) system, an electrical load coupled to the EG system, an energy storage system coupled to the EG system and the electrical load, and a controller coupled to the EG system and the energy storage system. The energy storage system can charge and discharge according to a target charge value and a target discharge value, which may be based on a state-of-energy of the energy storage system. The controller can control a power generation of the EG system based on the load demand and the target charge value and target discharge value of the energy storage system. The controller can further control a power generation of a second EG system when the EG system cannot meet the load demand and maintain the state-of-energy of the energy storage system within a desired level.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: SolarCity CorporationInventors: Karthikeyan Varadarajan, Ali Riazi
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Patent number: 10491225Abstract: The present invention is related to a clock generating device for generating an internal clock signal having a frequency correlated with a clock frequency of an external oscillator when the clock frequency of the external oscillator is not specified in advance. A clock generating device 105 comprises a memory 134 and a PLL circuit 120. The memory 134 is configured to store information about a frequency of an external clock signal generated by an external oscillator 200 at a predetermined timing. The PLL circuit 120 generates a second clock signal correlated with a first clock signal based on the information stored in the memory 134.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventor: Isao Niwa
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Patent number: 10483769Abstract: A wireless power transmission apparatus can include a member; an upper transmission coil disposed on the member; and first and second terminals disposed in the member, in which the upper transmission coil includes an outer coil part connected to the first terminal and formed in one-turn; a first inner coil part connected to the outer coil part and having a half-turn on a first region of the member; a second inner coil part connected to the first inner coil part and having a half-turn on a second region of the member; a third inner coil part connected to the second inner coil part and having a half-turn on the first region of the member; and a fourth inner coil part connected to the third inner coil part and the second terminal and having a half-turn on the second region of the member, in which the half-turn of the second inner coil part comprises a first rounded corner, a second rounded corner and a third rounded corner, a circular arc of the first rounded corner of the second inner coil part is R 20 mm as aType: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Su Ho Bae, Dong Ho Yong