Patents by Inventor Alex Williams

Alex Williams 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: 20260036352
    Abstract: A heat pump water heater can include a refrigerant circuit, an evaporator coil in fluid communication with the refrigerant circuit, a fan configured to move air across the evaporator coil, one or more temperature sensors, a heating element located proximate an air flow path between the fan and the evaporator, and a controller. The controller can be configured to receive temperature data from the one or more temperature sensors and, in response to the temperature data, output instructions for the fan to move air across the heating element to the evaporator coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Applicant: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Alex Williams, Piyush Porwal
  • Patent number: 12460849
    Abstract: A heat pump water heater can include a refrigerant circuit, an evaporator coil in fluid communication with the refrigerant circuit, a fan configured to move air across the evaporator coil, one or more temperature sensors, a heating element located proximate an air flow path between the fan and the evaporator, and a controller. The controller can be configured to receive temperature data from the one or more temperature sensors and, in response to the temperature data, output instructions for the fan to move air across the heating element to the evaporator coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Alex Williams, Piyush Porwal
  • Patent number: 12423935
    Abstract: Techniques for 3D point cloud labeling are described. An example of labeling includes initializing a point-cloud environment according to a configuration; loading of point-cloud data into a memory buffer of a device, wherein the point-cloud data is compatible with a virtual reality (VR) environment and a non-VR environment; drawing of at least the loaded point-cloud data into a point-cloud environment of the device; receiving user input in a task user interface of the device; and in response to the user input, performing an operation to one or more of a bounding box and quality of a label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Subramanian Chidambaram, Alex Williams, Li Erran Li
  • Patent number: 12412371
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a system that models the complexity of image labeling tasks utilizing image data, labeling instructions, and label requirements. A labeling service of a service provider network includes an application that determines a task complexity value based on a data complexity value, a cognitive complexity value, and a product complexity value. The task complexity value is used to predict or estimate needed resources for an image labeling task for labeling image data, e.g., the time and effort needed to label (annotate) the image data. Once the needed resources are estimated, associated costs may also be estimated. The needed resources and associated costs may be provided to a user that submitted the image data, who may then provide an indication with respect to proceeding with the image labeling task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiong Zhou, Min Bai, Weifeng Chen, Alex Williams, Jonathan Buck, Li Erran Li
  • Patent number: 12321385
    Abstract: This disclosure describes automatically identifying videos of a video dataset having high-content similarity and grouping the videos together with one or more possible tags for the videos for consideration by annotators. A labeling service of a service provider network receives (i) a dataset of unlabeled videos and (ii) category tags for labeling the videos from a client device associated with a user. A video data modeling engine analyzes the dataset to provide a set of ranked unlabeled videos from the dataset, wherein the set of ranked unlabeled videos are ranked according to confidence scores with respect to at least one tag. Based at least in part on the confidence scores, at least some of the unlabeled videos are labeled with the at least one tag to provide a dataset of labeled videos. The dataset of labeled videos is provided to a database and/or the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Williams, Weifeng Chen, Patrick Guy Haffner, Matthew Alan Lease, Li Erran Li, Kumar Hemachandra Chellapilla
  • Publication number: 20240053072
    Abstract: A heat pump water heater can include a refrigerant circuit, an evaporator coil in fluid communication with the refrigerant circuit, a fan configured to move air across the evaporator coil, one or more temperature sensors, a heating element located proximate an air flow path between the fan and the evaporator, and a controller. The controller can be configured to receive temperature data from the one or more temperature sensors and, in response to the temperature data, output instructions for the fan to move air across the heating element to the evaporator coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Alex Williams, Piyush Porwal
  • Patent number: 11835277
    Abstract: A heat pump water heater can include a water tank and a refrigerant circuit that can be in fluid communication with an evaporator coil, a condenser coil, and a compressor. The heat pump water heater can include a fan configured to move air across the evaporator coil, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The controller can be configured to receive temperature data from the temperature sensor and, in response to the temperature data indicating a temperature less than a predetermined temperature threshold, output instructions for the compressor to deactivate and the fan to move air across the evaporator coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Alex Williams, Piyush Porwal
  • Patent number: 11747058
    Abstract: Air recirculation systems for heat pumps are disclosed. The air recirculation systems include a heat pump subsystem and a recirculation subsystem. The recirculation subsystem can include one or more arms that direct cool, dehumidified air flowing from the heat pump subsystems back to air inlets. The recirculation subsystems can transition from open to closed configurations either manually or via motors. The air recirculation systems can include a controller that outputs a control signal to the motors to open or close the recirculation subsystems. The control signals can be based on temperature data, current data, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Piyush Porwal, Alex Williams, Tobey Fowler
  • Publication number: 20220316778
    Abstract: A heat pump water heater can include a water tank and a refrigerant circuit that can be in fluid communication with an evaporator coil, a condenser coil, and a compressor. The heat pump water heater can include a fan configured to move air across the evaporator coil, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The controller can be configured to receive temperature data from the temperature sensor and, in response to the temperature data indicating a temperature less than a predetermined temperature threshold, output instructions for the compressor to deactivate and the fan to move air across the evaporator coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Alex Williams, Piyush Porwal
  • Publication number: 20220146157
    Abstract: Air recirculation systems for heat pumps are disclosed. The air recirculation systems include a heat pump subsystem and a recirculation subsystem. The recirculation subsystem can include one or more arms that direct cool, dehumidified air flowing from the heat pump subsystems back to air inlets. The recirculation subsystems can transition from open to closed configurations either manually or via motors. The air recirculation systems can include a controller that outputs a control signal to the motors to open or close the recirculation subsystems. The control signals can be based on temperature data, current data, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Piyush Porwal, Alex Williams, Tobey Fowler
  • Publication number: 20220057905
    Abstract: A method may include displaying, via a display screen, a visualization of data within a user interface (UI). The data may include multiple layers of information. The method may include receiving, via the UI, a first user input effective to select portions of the data to be included in the visualization of the data displayed within the UI. The method may include receiving, via the UI, a second user input effective to select one or more subsets of the layers of information to be included in the visualization displayed within the UI. The method may include altering the visualization of the data within the UI based on the first user input and according to the second user input. The visualization of the data may be altered by hiding one or more subsets of the layers of information that are not to be included in the visualization displayed within the UI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Ellsworth, Joseph Stack, Austin Row, Jonathan Bronson, Ruturaj Eksambekar, Tyler Davis, Alex Williams
  • Patent number: 11169671
    Abstract: A method may include displaying, via a display screen, a visualization of data within a user interface (UI). The data may include multiple layers of information. The method may include receiving, via the UI, a first user input effective to select portions of the data to be included in the visualization of the data displayed within the UI. The method may include receiving, via the UI, a second user input effective to select one or more subsets of the layers of information to be included in the visualization displayed within the UI. The method may include altering the visualization of the data within the UI based on the first user input and according to the second user input. The visualization of the data may be altered by hiding one or more subsets of the layers of information that are not to be included in the visualization displayed within the UI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: LUCID SOFTWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Ellsworth, Joe Stack, Austin Row, Jonathan Bronson, Ruturaj Eksambekar, Tyler Davis, Alex Williams
  • Publication number: 20210157461
    Abstract: A method may include displaying, via a display screen, a visualization of data within a user interface (UI). The data may include multiple layers of information. The method may include receiving, via the UI, a first user input effective to select portions of the data to be included in the visualization of the data displayed within the UI. The method may include receiving, via the UI, a second user input effective to select one or more subsets of the layers of information to be included in the visualization displayed within the UI. The method may include altering the visualization of the data within the UI based on the first user input and according to the second user input. The visualization of the data may be altered by hiding one or more subsets of the layers of information that are not to be included in the visualization displayed within the UI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Kevin Ellsworth, Joe Stack, Austin Row, Jonathan Bronson, Ruturaj Eksambekar, Tyler Davis, Alex Williams
  • Patent number: 10584074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved nitrification inhibitor composition and its use in agricultural applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Mei Li, Martin C. Logan, Greg Powels, Alex Williams, Stephen L. Wilson
  • Patent number: 10544066
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an improved nitrification inhibitor composition and its use in agricultural applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Hiteshkumar Dave, Lei Liu, Jr., Raymond E. Boucher, Greg Powels, Alex Williams, Miriam Tudyk, Martin C. Logan, Mini Jan
  • Patent number: 10173943
    Abstract: This invention relates to stable liquid formulations of the nitrification inhibitor nitrapyrin comprising polar solvents that are stabilized with small amounts of compounds which help to reduce the tendency of polar solutions of nitrapyrin to corrode metal surfaces. Many of the formulations disclosed herein exhibit useful physical, chemical, and bioactive properties including reduced levels of corrosion when in contact with ferrous metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Agrosciences, LLC
    Inventors: Hiteshkumar Dave, Lei Liu, Alex Williams, Rajesh Goyal, Nicholas Fradette, Chloe Moreau, Samantha Armisen, Kevin Mayer
  • Patent number: 10173942
    Abstract: This invention relates to stable liquid formulations of the nitrification inhibitor nitrapyrin comprising polar solvents that are stabilized with small amounts of compounds which help to reduce the tendency of polar solutions of nitrapyrin to corrode metal surfaces. Many of the formulations disclosed herein exhibit useful physical, chemical, and bioactive properties including reduced levels of corrosion when in contact with ferrous metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Agrosciences, LLC
    Inventors: Hiteshkumar Dave, Lei Liu, Alex Williams, Rajesh Goyal, Nicholas Fradette, Chloe Moreau, Samantha Armisen, Kevin Mayer
  • Publication number: 20180265425
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved nitrification inhibitor composition and its use in agricultural applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Mei Li, Martin C. Logan, Greg Powels, Alex Williams, Stephen L. Wilson
  • Patent number: D963833
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Alex Williams, Jeremy Gagnon, Piyush Porwal
  • Patent number: D964545
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Alex Williams, Jeremy Gagnon, Piyush Porwal