Patents by Inventor Alex Wilson

Alex 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).

  • Publication number: 20240400320
    Abstract: A material filling and/or distribution filling system includes a support frame, a driving unit, a conveyor unit, and a hopper chute or tray. The support frame includes a feed gate and an adjustable mount and is configured to receive a material and guide the material to a conveyor belt. The driving unit is arranged in the support frame and includes a motor connected to a drive shaft. The conveyor unit is arranged in the support frame as well and includes a conveyor belt configured to be moved by the driving unit. The hopper chute or tray is arranged below the feed gate of the support frame and located proximal to the conveyor belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: H. Daniel Hughes, II, George Wilson, Richard Toal, Alex Fabio
  • Publication number: 20240332426
    Abstract: Novel semiconductor devices are taught. The novel devices include a thin film transistor (TFT) with an n-type semiconductor layer to form a channel between a source and a drain. The TFT further includes a source-channel interfacial member adjacent to at least the source contact of the device to provide depletion layer control of the operation of the TFT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Douglas W. BARLAGE, Lhing Gem SHOUTE, Kenneth C. CADIEN, Alex Munnlick MA, Eric Wilson MILBURN
  • Publication number: 20240330279
    Abstract: One embodiment of a method for generating a query includes receiving a user input, selecting, from a plurality of predefined inputs, at least one predefined input based on similarity to the user input, and prompting a trained machine learning model to generate a query based on the user input and at least one predefined query associated with the least one predefined input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Tu TRUONG, Maxwell K. BERGSTEIN, Walid RAHMAN, Alex WILSON
  • Publication number: 20240330661
    Abstract: One embodiment of a method for correcting a response generated by a machine learning model includes receiving the response from the machine learning model, where the response is generated by the machine learning model based on a request and a context, determining a plurality of portions of the context that are similar to one or more portions of the response, for each portion of the context included in the plurality of portions of the context, determining whether the portion of the context supports at least one portion of the response, and performing one or more operations to generate a corrected response based on the response and whether each portion of the context included in the plurality of portions of the context supports at least one portion of the response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Walid RAHMAN, Maxwell K. BERGSTEIN, Tu TRUONG, Alex WILSON
  • Publication number: 20240287795
    Abstract: An exterior wall section forms a portion of an exterior wall of a building. The building has multiple floors and a framework defining the multiple floors. The exterior wall section includes a structural layer to be connected to the framework. The structural layer includes a plurality of studs connected together. An insulation layer is supported by the structural layer to insulate the building. Siding is supported by the structural layer and defines an exterior side of the exterior wall section. A perimeter of the exterior wall section is defined by the edge margins of the structural layer, the insulation layer and/or the siding. The exterior wall section includes an interlocking structure extending along the perimeter that mates with an interlocking structure of another exterior wall section to form a seal with said another exterior wall section when the exterior wall sections are connected to the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kirt Smith, Chad Walswick, John Frank, Jeff Heymann, Alex Wilson, Ryan Raschke
  • Patent number: 12060236
    Abstract: A sandbag filling system includes a support frame, a driving unit, a conveyor unit, and a hopper chute. The support frame includes a feed gate and an adjustable mount and is configured to receive a material and guide the material to a conveyor belt. The driving unit is arranged in the support frame and includes a motor connected to a drive shaft. The conveyor unit is arranged in the support frame as well and includes a conveyor belt configured to be moved by the driving unit. The hopper chute is arranged below the feed gate of the support frame and located proximal to the conveyor belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Truck and Transportation Equipment Co., Inc.
    Inventors: H. Daniel Hughes, II, George Wilson, Richard Toal, Alex Fabio
  • Publication number: 20240262490
    Abstract: An inceptor apparatus for an aircraft comprises a primary inceptor member provided in the form of a stick member having a grip portion, at which the stick member can be gripped by a pilot's hand, and a secondary inceptor member provided at an upper portion of the primary inceptor member and having an actuating portion, at which the secondary inceptor member can be manually actuated by a pilot's thumb. Both inceptor members have associated a respective sensor assembly which is provided to generate electronic flight control signals or commands in response to at least one of i) pivoting movements of the respective inceptor member around each of two independent maneuvering axes associated to the inceptor member, ii) forces acting on or via the respective inceptor member in pivoting directions with respect to each of the maneuvering axes, and iii) lateral flexing or bending of the respective inceptor member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Rodrigo Rizzi STARR, Robert Austen FOX, Markus SCHERDEL, Alex Duarte GOMES, Vincente MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ, Fabio Wilson RODRIGUES, Rogério DE CERQUEIRA LARIO
  • Publication number: 20240252761
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drug delivery device (1000) comprising a housing (100) configured to receive a medicament container (8) with a stopper (82) proximally sealing the medicament container. Furthermore, the drug delivery device comprises a plunger rod (1) arranged axially movable with respect to the housing and/or the medicament container and a feedback mechanism operatively coupled to the plunger rod. The drug delivery device has an initial state in which the plunger rod is in a start position. The drug delivery device is configured such that, in the initial state and when the medicament container is received in the housing, the plunger rod is axially spaced from the stopper. Furthermore, the drug delivery device is configured such that the plunger rod is axially movable from its start position in a distal direction into a feedback position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Uwe Dasbach, Timothy Denyer, Robin EINWÄCHTER, Thomas Mark Kemp, Tom Lever, Robbie Wilson, Alex Zuyev
  • Patent number: 12048462
    Abstract: A fixation system for repairing a pars fracture includes a needle guide configured to be docked on a lamina of the pars, a needle, a guidewire, and a screw assembly. A portion of the needle is configured for insertion through a passage of the needle guide. A portion of the guidewire is configured for insertion through a passage of the needle. The screw assembly includes a collar and an elongated portion, the collar being movable with respect to the elongated portion. A portion of the screw assembly is configured to contact the lamina co-axially with the guidewire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: K2M, Inc.
    Inventors: Lester Wilson, Brandon Moore, Alex Artaki
  • Patent number: 12000146
    Abstract: An exterior wall section forms a portion of an exterior wall of a building. The building has multiple floors and a framework defining the multiple floors. The exterior wall section includes a structural layer to be connected to the framework. The structural layer includes a plurality of studs connected together. An insulation layer is supported by the structural layer to insulate the building. Siding is supported by the structural layer and defines an exterior side of the exterior wall section. A perimeter of the exterior wall section is defined by the edge margins of the structural layer, the insulation layer and/or the siding. The exterior wall section includes an interlocking structure extending along the perimeter that mates with an interlocking structure of another exterior wall section to form a seal with said another exterior wall section when the exterior wall sections are connected to the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: MITEK HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Kirt Smith, Chad Walswick, John Frank, Jeff Heymann, Alex Wilson, Ryan Raschke
  • Publication number: 20220333378
    Abstract: An exterior wall section forms a portion of an exterior wall of a building. The building has multiple floors and a framework defining the multiple floors. The exterior wall section includes a structural layer to be connected to the framework. The structural layer includes a plurality of studs connected together. An insulation layer is supported by the structural layer to insulate the building. Siding is supported by the structural layer and defines an exterior side of the exterior wall section. A perimeter of the exterior wall section is defined by the edge margins of the structural layer, the insulation layer and/or the siding. The exterior wall section includes an interlocking structure extending along the perimeter that mates with an interlocking structure of another exterior wall section to form a seal with said another exterior wall section when the exterior wall sections are connected to the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Kirt Smith, Chad Walswick, John Frank, Jeff Heymann, Alex Wilson, Ryan Raschke
  • Publication number: 20220249906
    Abstract: A computing device may receive motion data generated by one or more motion sensors that correspond to movement sensed by the one or more motion sensors. The computing device may perform, using one or more neural networks trained with differential privacy, on-device activity recognition to recognize a physical activity that corresponds to the motion data. The computing device may, in response to recognizing the physical activity that corresponds to the motion data, perform an operation associated with the physical activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Justin Paul Phillips, Robert Keith Harle, Pranav Nashikkar, Alex Wilson, Sander Alewijnse
  • Patent number: 11396749
    Abstract: An exterior wall section forms a portion of an exterior wall of a building. The building has multiple floors and a framework defining the multiple floors. The exterior wall section includes a structural layer to be connected to the framework. The structural layer includes a plurality of studs connected together. An insulation layer is supported by the structural layer to insulate the building. Siding is supported by the structural layer and defines an exterior side of the exterior wall section. A perimeter of the exterior wall section is defined by the edge margins of the structural layer, the insulation layer and/or the siding. The exterior wall section includes an interlocking structure extending along the perimeter that mates with an interlocking structure of another exterior wall section to form a seal with said another exterior wall section when the exterior wall sections are connected to the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: MITEK HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Kirt Smith, Chad Walswick, John Frank, Jeff Heymann, Alex Wilson, Ryan Raschke
  • Patent number: 11367278
    Abstract: Implementations relate to improved crop field segmentation and crop classification in which boundaries between crop fields are more accurately detected. In various implementations, high-elevation image(s) that capture an area containing multiple demarcated fields may be applied as input across one or more machine learning models to generate a boundary enhancement channel. Each pixel of the boundary enhancement channel may be spatially aligned with a corresponding pixel of the one or more high-elevation images. Moreover, each pixel of the boundary enhancement channel may be classified with a unit angle to a reference location of the field of the multiple demarcated fields that contains the pixel. Based on the boundary enhancement channel, pixel-wise field memberships of pixels of the one or more high-elevation images in the multiple demarcated fields may be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: X DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: Alex Wilson, Christopher Edward Bacon, Jie Yang, Cheng-en Guo
  • Patent number: 11204858
    Abstract: Described are automated systems and methods for providing a simulated environment for robotic and/or real-time systems, such as unmanned vehicles, to perform full system simulations while also providing a system-wide code coverage assessment of the software associated with the robotic and/or real-time systems. The exemplary systems and methods can employ code coverage instrumented shared libraries to facilitate generation of code coverage information and one or more code coverage reports. The code coverage information and/or the code coverage report can quantify the effectiveness of the testing and can facilitate development of more comprehensive and efficient testing of the software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Jack Barash, Daniel C. Wang, Benjamin William Hamming, Alex Wilson Nash, Maksim Tsikhanovich
  • Publication number: 20210286998
    Abstract: Implementations relate to improved crop field segmentation and crop classification in which boundaries between crop fields are more accurately detected. In various implementations, high-elevation image(s) that capture an area containing multiple demarcated fields may be applied as input across one or more machine learning models to generate a boundary enhancement channel. Each pixel of the boundary enhancement channel may be spatially aligned with a corresponding pixel of the one or more high-elevation images. Moreover, each pixel of the boundary enhancement channel may be classified with a unit angle to a reference location of the field of the multiple demarcated fields that contains the pixel. Based on the boundary enhancement channel, pixel-wise field memberships of pixels of the one or more high-elevation images in the multiple demarcated fields may be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Alex Wilson, Christopher Edward Bacon, Jie Yang, Cheng-en Guo
  • Publication number: 20210222431
    Abstract: An exterior wall section forms a portion of an exterior wall of a building. The building has multiple floors and a framework defining the multiple floors. The exterior wall section includes a structural layer to be connected to the framework. The structural layer includes a plurality of studs connected together. An insulation layer is supported by the structural layer to insulate the building. Siding is supported by the structural layer and defines an exterior side of the exterior wall section. A perimeter of the exterior wall section is defined by the edge margins of the structural layer, the insulation layer and/or the siding. The exterior wall section includes an interlocking structure extending along the perimeter that mates with an interlocking structure of another exterior wall section to form a seal with said another exterior wall section when the exterior wall sections are connected to the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kirt Smith, Chad Walswick, John Frank, Jeff Heymann, Alex Wilson, Ryan Raschke
  • Patent number: 10796425
    Abstract: A stereo camera pair may be used to determine deformation and/or strain on a member based on differences in calculated movement of the cameras that capture images. In some embodiments, a first camera may be mounted to a first end of a member and a second camera may be mounted to a second end of the member opposite the first end. As the member bends, twists, or deforms in other ways, the deformation may be detectable based on differences in images captured by the first and second camera. This data may be used to detect possible wear or damage to the member, as a control input to a vehicle to reduce possible wear or damage to the member, as a prompt to initiate maintenance or inspection of the member, and/or for other reasons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Patel, Alex Wilson Nash, Brian Satzinger, Paul Viola
  • Patent number: 10114050
    Abstract: A method of identifying consumption of a utility by devices in a group of devices, wherein each device in the group of devices has a plurality of device-states and is arranged to consume the utility, the method comprising, for a given measurement period in a supply of the utility to the group of devices: obtaining a time-based vector of total levels of consumption of the utility by the group of devices during the given measurement period; for each of a plurality of group-states, wherein each group-state corresponds to each device in the group of devices being in a corresponding device-state, calculating a score representing a likelihood that the group of devices is in the group-state during the given measurement period, wherein said score is based on a likelihood of the obtained vector occurring based on a multivariate statistical model, corresponding to the group-state, of the total level of consumption of the utility by the group of devices during a measurement period in the supply of the utility to the gro
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Sensus USA Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Matthews, James Donaldson, Semen Trygubenko, Alex Wilson
  • Patent number: 9401900
    Abstract: An e-mail system is disclosed that overcomes many deficiencies of, but is backward compatible with, existing e-mail systems. An exemplary method for communicating e-mail messages comprises receiving, at a server system, an original e-mail message associated with a unique message ID that is assigned by the server system. The method further comprises storing a distribution list associated with the unique message ID and a thread participation status indicator for each of the one or more recipients, and, in response to an opt-out request received from one of the recipients, updating the distribution list to thereby produce a modified distribution list that does not include the requesting recipient. The method further comprises receiving a reply e-mail message in the same thread, and sending the reply e-mail message based on the modified distribution list such that the reply e-mail message is not sent to the requesting recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Cirius Messaging Inc.
    Inventors: Thierry LeVasseur, Esteban Astudillo, Matt McLean, Alex Wilson, Tina Yee