Patents by Inventor Alexander Conrad
Alexander Conrad 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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Publication number: 20240037367Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to infer a sequence of actions to perform using one or more neural networks trained, at least in part, by optimizing a probability distribution function using a cost function, wherein the probability distribution represents different sequences of actions that can be performed. In at least one embodiment, a model predictive control problem is formulated as a Bayesian inference task to infer a set of solutions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Alexander Conrad Lambert, Adam Harper Fishman, Dieter Fox, Byron Boots, Fabio Tozeto Ramos
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Patent number: 11789607Abstract: A system includes an electronic display to display a virtual keyboard and a processor communicatively coupled to the electronic display. In some embodiments, the virtual keyboard includes a plurality of keys. In certain embodiments, the electronic display receives a first string of erased characters and a second string of replacement characters. In certain embodiments, the processor compares the first string and the second string to determine a difference at corresponding character locations of the first string and the second string. In some embodiments, the processor increments a counter based on the comparison, the counter corresponding to a first character of the first string and a second character of the second string. In certain embodiments, the processor adjusts at least one of the plurality of keys of the virtual keyboard in response to the counter meeting a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Roland P. Wooster, Alexander Conrad Erdman
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Patent number: 11645492Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to infer a sequence of actions to perform using one or more neural networks trained, at least in part, by optimizing a probability distribution function using a cost function, wherein the probability distribution represents different sequences of actions that can be performed. In at least one embodiment, a model predictive control problem is formulated as a Bayesian inference task to infer a set of solutions.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: NVIDIA CorporationInventors: Alexander Conrad Lambert, Adam Harper Fishman, Dieter Fox, Byron Boots, Fabio Tozeto Ramos
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Patent number: 11282667Abstract: A fuse module including a mounting block formed of an electrically insulating material, the mounting block having a rear wall extending from a base, a fuse plate including an electrically conductive bus bar disposed adjacent a rear surface of the rear wall, a fusible element electrically connected to the bus bar and disposed adjacent a front surface of the rear wall, and a fuse terminal electrically connected to the fusible element and extending onto a top of the base. The fuse module may further include an electrically conductive terminal post extending from the top of the base through the fuse terminal for facilitating connection to an electrical component.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.Inventors: Julio Urrea, Gary Bold, Hector Perez, Matt Yurkanin, Alexander Conrad
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Publication number: 20220066634Abstract: A system includes an electronic display to display a virtual keyboard and a processor communicatively coupled to the electronic display. In some embodiments, the virtual keyboard includes a plurality of keys. In certain embodiments, the electronic display receives a first string of erased characters and a second string of replacement characters. In certain embodiments, the processor compares the first string and the second string to determine a difference at corresponding character locations of the first string and the second string. In some embodiments, the processor increments a counter based on the comparison, the counter corresponding to a first character of the first string and a second character of the second string. In certain embodiments, the processor adjusts at least one of the plurality of keys of the virtual keyboard in response to the counter meeting a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Roland P. Wooster, Alexander Conrad Erdman
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Patent number: 11216182Abstract: A system includes an electronic display to display a virtual keyboard and a processor communicatively coupled to the electronic display. In some embodiments, the virtual keyboard includes a plurality of keys. In certain embodiments, the electronic display receives a first string of erased characters and a second string of replacement characters. In certain embodiments, the processor compares the first string and the second string to determine a difference at corresponding character locations of the first string and the second string. In some embodiments, the processor increments a counter based on the comparison, the counter corresponding to a first character of the first string and a second character of the second string. In certain embodiments, the processor adjusts at least one of the plurality of keys of the virtual keyboard in response to the counter meeting a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Roland P. Wooster, Alexander Conrad Erdman
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Publication number: 20210334630Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to infer a sequence of actions to perform using one or more neural networks trained, at least in part, by optimizing a probability distribution function using a cost function, wherein the probability distribution represents different sequences of actions that can be performed. In at least one embodiment, a model predictive control problem is formulated as a Bayesian inference task to infer a set of solutions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2020Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Alexander Conrad Lambert, Adam Harper Fishman, Dieter Fox, Byron Boots, Fabio Tozeto Ramos
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Patent number: 11049680Abstract: A fuse module including a mounting block formed of an electrically insulating material, the mounting block including a rear wall extending from a base, a fuse plate including an electrically conductive bus bar disposed on a bottom of the base, a fusible element electrically connected to the bus bar and disposed adjacent a rear of the rear wall, and a fuse terminal electrically connected to the fusible element and extending over a top of the rear wall, along a front of the rear wall, and onto a top of the base, the fuse module further including an electrically conductive terminal post extending from the top of the base through the fuse terminal for facilitating connection to an electrical component.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.Inventors: Julio Urrea, Gary Bold, Hector Perez, Matt Yurkanin, Alexander Conrad
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Publication number: 20200410296Abstract: A model management system for validating models for predicting a client behavior event includes a model validation system configured to execute each of multiple stages of a selected model, which includes calculating a respective output based on a respective input of each of the stages. The model validation system is configured to separately verify, based on the respective outputs, each of the stages. The model validation system is configured to generate and store model data corresponding to the respective outputs of each of the stages. The model data includes a first set of model data and a second set of model data different from the first set of model data. A user interface module is configured to receive an indication of credentials of a user and selectively retrieve and display one of the first set of model data and the second set of model data based on the indication.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Aaron Andrew BLOMBERG, Mitchel William WEILER, Alexander Conrad OCKENDEN, Curtis Joseph BEESON
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Publication number: 20200365358Abstract: A fuse module including a mounting block formed of an electrically insulating material, the mounting block including a rear wall extending from a base, a fuse plate including an electrically conductive bus bar disposed on a bottom of the base, a fusible element electrically connected to the bus bar and disposed adjacent a rear of the rear wall, and a fuse terminal electrically connected to the fusible element and extending over a top of the rear wall, along a front of the rear wall, and onto a top of the base, the fuse module further including an electrically conductive terminal post extending from the top of the base through the fuse terminal for facilitating connection to an electrical component.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2018Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: Littelfuse, Inc.Inventors: Julio Urrea, Gary Bold, Hector Perez, Matt Yurkanin, Alexander Conrad
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Publication number: 20200201544Abstract: A system includes an electronic display to display a virtual keyboard and a processor communicatively coupled to the electronic display. In some embodiments, the virtual keyboard includes a plurality of keys. In certain embodiments, the electronic display receives a first string of erased characters and a second string of replacement characters. In certain embodiments, the processor compares the first string and the second string to determine a difference at corresponding character locations of the first string and the second string. In some embodiments, the processor increments a counter based on the comparison, the counter corresponding to a first character of the first string and a second character of the second string. In certain embodiments, the processor adjusts at least one of the plurality of keys of the virtual keyboard in response to the counter meeting a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Roland P. Wooster, Alexander Conrad Erdman
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Publication number: 20200185180Abstract: A fuse module including a mounting block formed of an electrically insulating material, the mounting block having a rear wall extending from a base, a fuse plate including an electrically conductive bus bar disposed adjacent a rear surface of the rear wall, a fusible element electrically connected to the bus bar and disposed adjacent a front surface of the rear wall, and a fuse terminal electrically connected to the fusible element and extending onto a top of the base. The fuse module may further include an electrically conductive terminal post extending from the top of the base through the fuse terminal for facilitating connection to an electrical component.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: Littelfuse, Inc.Inventors: Julio Urrea, Gary Bold, Hector Perez, Matt Yurkanin, Alexander Conrad
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Patent number: 8473858Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide apparatuses and methods for providing a graphical user interface on the display device, where the graphical user interface includes a graph viewing tool for charting data. The graph viewing tool includes: (a) a first display area displaying a first axis and a second axis of a graph, the first axis representing a first parameter of the data over a first range of values; (b) a second display area displaying a third axis representing the first parameter over a second range of values; and (c) a first tool and a second tool displayed in the second display area proximate the third axis, wherein the first tool and the second tool are configured such that they can be moved relative to each other and relative to the third axis to increase or decrease the first range of values displayed along the first axis in the first display area.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2009Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventors: James Brooks Buchanan, Rosie Susan Corvo, Gregory S. Phillips, Mark Colin Pratt, Julia Claire Richardson, Susan Claire Daun, Paul Robert Wood, Crispin Alexander Conrad Jameson, Timothy Adam Brennan
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Publication number: 20110107265Abstract: An apparatus is provided having a processor configured to generate a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface having: (a) one or more rectangular base icons of a first size, (b) a grid where the cells of the grid are of the first size, and (c) one or more content fields having a size that is a multiple of the first size and being aligned with the grid. The apparatus further includes a communication interface configured to communicate the graphical user interface to a user terminal for display on the user terminal. The graphical user interface is further configured such that the user can move the one or more base icons and the one or more content fields to other locations within the grid provided that the one or more base icons and one or more content fields are aligned with the grid at the other locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: James Brooks Buchanan, Rosie Susan Corvo, Gregory S. Phillips, Mark Colin Pratt, Julia Claire Richardson, Susan Claire Daun, Paul Robert Wood, Crispin Alexander Conrad Jameson, Timothy Adam Brennan
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Publication number: 20110087985Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide apparatuses and methods for providing a graphical user interface on the display device, where the graphical user interface includes a graph viewing tool for charting data. The graph viewing tool includes: (a) a first display area displaying a first axis and a second axis of a graph, the first axis representing a first parameter of the data over a first range of values; (b) a second display area displaying a third axis representing the first parameter over a second range of values; and (c) a first tool and a second tool displayed in the second display area proximate the third axis, wherein the first tool and the second tool are configured such that they can be moved relative to each other and relative to the third axis to increase or decrease the first range of values displayed along the first axis in the first display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2009Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: James Brooks Buchanan, Rosie Susan Corvo, Gregory S. Phillips, Mark Colin Pratt, Julia Claire Richardson, Susan Claire Daun, Paul Robert Wood, Crispin Alexander Conrad Jameson, Timothy Adam Brennan
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Publication number: 20100325043Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus and method for customizing a bank card. For example, the apparatus includes a communication interface and a processor operatively coupled to the communication interface. The communication interface is configured to interact with a user terminal and receive user input from the user terminal, the user input including at least one user-selected bank card option. The processor is configured to provide, via the communication interface, a graphical user interface to be displayed on a display of the user terminal. The graphical user interface includes an image of the bank card having the at least one user-selected bank card option and showing the user's name on the image of the bank card.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2009Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: James Brooks Buchanan, Rosie Susan Corvo, Gregory S. Phillips, Mark Colin Pratt, Julia Claire Richardson, Susan Claire Daun, Paul Robert Wood, Crispin Alexander Conrad Jameson, Timothy Adam Brennan
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Publication number: 20100100470Abstract: Embodiment of the invention provide tools that take a person's financial data (accumulated from one or multiple sources and financial institutions) and determines which transactions are regular and which are ad hoc and then projects future cash flow. In one embodiment, the tool is configured to use this projected cash flow data to make automatic recommendations on how the user can save money in the future based on known offers and/or transactions made by others.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: James Brooks Buchanan, Rosie Susan Corvo, Gregory S. Phillips, Mark Colin Pratt, Julia Claire Richardson, Susan Claire Daun, Paul Robert Wood, Crispin Alexander Conrad Jameson, Timothy Adam Brennan
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Publication number: 20100100469Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatuses and methods for allowing a user to compare his or her financial data to the financial data of a hypothetical peer person. For example, an apparatus is provided including: (a) a communication interface configured to communicate with a user terminal, wherein the communication interface is configured to receive user input from the user terminal; and (b) a processor configured to compare a user's finances with finances of an average member of a select group of people, the comparison based at least partially on the received user input, wherein the communication interface is configured to provide the user terminal with a visual comparison of the user's finances with the finances of an average member of the select group of people.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: James Brooks Buchanan, Rosie Susan Corvo, Gregory S. Phillips, Mark Colin Pratt, Julia Claire Richardson, Susan Claire Daun, Paul Robert Wood, Crispin Alexander Conrad Jameson, Timothy Adam Brennan
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Publication number: 20100100424Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus having processor configured to: (a) provide a user with access to the user's financial account via a graphical user interface; (b) determine user preferences based at least partially on the user's financial information; and (c) provide non-financial content to the user via the graphical user interface and based at least partially on the user preferences. In one embodiment, the processor is configured to determine user preferences by determining trends in the user's financial information. In one embodiment, the processor is configured to determine user preferences by distinguishing between user financial transactions that are regular and user financial transactions that are ad hoc.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: James Brooks Buchanan, Rosie Susan Corvo, Gregory S. Phillips, Mark Colin Pratt, Julia Claire Richardson, Susan Claire Daun, Paul Robert Wood, Crispin Alexander Conrad Jameson, Timothy Adam Brennan
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Publication number: 20090189730Abstract: A fuse is disclosed, the fuse made of a first metal, such as copper, and having a notched portion with an alloying element, such as tin, deposited in the notch. The alloying element helps to lower the voltage drop across the notch, allowing the fuse to generate less heat during operation without affecting its ability to protect a circuit to which it is connected. The fuse may also include a housing and terminals to connect into a circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2009Publication date: July 30, 2009Applicant: LITTELFUSE, INC.Inventors: Seibang Oh, Alexander Conrad, Juergen Scheele