Patents by Inventor Anthony R. DAVIS

Anthony R. DAVIS 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: 20250001575
    Abstract: A system and method for wirelessly communicating with a stored power tool is provided. In some embodiments, a comprises a power source interface configured to selectively electrically couple to a power source; a transceiver; an antenna; a electrically coupled to the power source, the transceiver, and the antenna, wherein the processor is configured to: establish a first communication link with an external device; receive an indication that communications with the power tool are to be carried out; and in response to the indication that communications with the power tool are to be carried out, establish a wireless second communication link with the power tool using the transceiver and antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Anthony M. Davis, Jeremy R. Ebner, Jonathan Abbott
  • Publication number: 20240424655
    Abstract: A system and method for power tool communication is provided. In particular, a gateway device communicates in parallel with a plurality of power tools. The gateway device may establish communication links with a plurality of power tools, each communication link associated with a power tool, with a transceiver-converter pair of a plurality of transceiver-converter pairs, and with a frequency channel of a plurality of frequency channels. The gateway device may further communicate with each of the power tools in parallel over the communication links, wherein the communication with each respective power tool of the plurality of power tools occurs with the transceiver-converter pair and frequency channel associated with the respective power tool. In some examples, the gateway device establishes a link and communicates with the plurality of power tools using a shared transceiver-converter pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Anthony M. Davis, Jeremy R. Ebner, Stephen E. Matson
  • Publication number: 20240412235
    Abstract: A power tool is provided that can include a body, a battery pack interface coupled to the body, an electronic controller coupled to the body, and a sled configured to engage with the battery pack interface. The sled can include a battery, and a boost converter electrically connected to the battery. An output of the boost converter can be configured to be electrically connected to the battery pack interface to provide a boosted voltage to the power tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Anthony M. Davis, Johnny Lienau, Timothy R. Obermann, Chad E. Jones, Cory J. McCutchin, Kylie A. Petlak, Aaron Christopher Grode
  • Patent number: 12153617
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to identifying media items relevant to a selected subject matter including, for example, determining the subject matter of a first media item, which may comprise at least one of audio content or video content; determining the classification within an ontology of the subject matter of the first media item; analyzing the ontology to identify other subject matter related to the subject matter of the first media item; and performing a search for other media items relevant to the subject matter of the first media item as a function of at least the other related subject matter according to the ontology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLC
    Inventors: Leslie Eugene Chipman, Evelyne Tzoukermann, Anthony R. Davis, David F. Houghton, Ryan M. Farrell, Hongzhong Zhou, Oliver Jojic, Vladimir Kronrod, Bageshree Shevade, Geetu Ambwani
  • Publication number: 20240367304
    Abstract: An electronic power tool device includes an electronic processor, a communication interface in communication with the electronic processor, and a wake-up sensor configured to generate a wake signal for activating the communication interface and the electronic processor responsive to a stimulus. The communication interface is configured to receive a first electronic message that includes an activation state and transmit the first received electronic message to the electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to control the activation state of the electronic power tool device to allow or prevent operation of the electronic power tool device based on the first received electronic message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy R. Obermann, Anthony M. Davis
  • Patent number: 12131339
    Abstract: A power tool is provided that can include a body, a battery pack interface coupled to the body, an electronic controller coupled to the body, and a sled configured to engage with the battery pack interface. The sled can include a battery, and a boost converter electrically connected to the battery. An output of the boost converter can be configured to be electrically connected to the battery pack interface to provide a boosted voltage to the power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony M. Davis, Johnny Lienau, Timothy R. Obermann, Chad E. Jones, Cory J. McCutchin, Kylie A. Petlak, Aaron Christopher Grode
  • Publication number: 20240265407
    Abstract: A power tool is provided that can include a body, a battery pack interface coupled to the body, an electronic controller coupled to the body, and a sled configured to engage with the battery pack interface. The sled can include a battery, and a boost converter electrically connected to the battery. An output of the boost converter can be configured to be electrically connected to the battery pack interface to provide a boosted voltage to the power tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Anthony M. Davis, Johnny Lienau, Timothy R. Obermann, Chad E. Jones, Cory J. McCutchin, Kylie A. Petlak, Aaron Christopher Grode
  • Publication number: 20230070056
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to identifying media items relevant to a selected subject matter including, for example, determining the subject matter of a first media item, which may comprise at least one of audio content or video content; determining the classification within an ontology of the subject matter of the first media item; analyzing the ontology to identify other subject matter related to the subject matter of the first media item; and performing a search for other media items relevant to the subject matter of the first media item as a function of at least the other related subject matter according to the ontology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Leslie Eugene Chipman, Evelyne Tzoukermann, Anthony R. Davis, David F. Houghton, Ryan M. Farrell, Hongzhong Zhou, Oliver Jojic, Vladimir Kronrod, Bageshree Shevade, Geetu Ambwani
  • Patent number: 11468109
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to identifying media items relevant to a selected subject matter including, for example, determining the subject matter of a first media item, which may comprise at least one of audio content or video content; determining the classification within an ontology of the subject matter of the first media item; analyzing the ontology to identify other subject matter related to the subject matter of the first media item; and performing a search for other media items relevant to the subject matter of the first media item as a function of at least the other related subject matter according to the ontology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLC
    Inventors: Leslie Eugene Chipman, Evelyne Tzoukermann, Anthony R. Davis, David F. Houghton, Ryan M. Farrell, Hongzhong Zhou, Oliver Jojic, Vladimir Kronrod, Bageshree Shevade, Geetu Ambwani
  • Publication number: 20200233895
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to identifying media items relevant to a selected subject matter including, for example, determining the subject matter of a first media item, which may comprise at least one of audio content or video content; determining the classification within an ontology of the subject matter of the first media item; analyzing the ontology to identify other subject matter related to the subject matter of the first media item; and performing a search for other media items relevant to the subject matter of the first media item as a function of at least the other related subject matter according to the ontology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Leslie Eugene Chipman, Evelyne Tzoukermann, Anthony R. Davis, David F. Houghton, Ryan M. Farrell, Hongzhong Zhou, Oliver Jojic, Vladimir Kronrod, Bageshree Shevade, Geetu Ambwani
  • Publication number: 20200192935
    Abstract: Content items may be segmented and labeled by a theme to provide information, such as audio or video, with greater functionality, accuracy and speed. The segments and other related information may be stored and made accessible to users through, for example, a search service and/or an on-demand service. Also provided is automatic segmentation that may include any one of receiving a textual description of a content item, determining themes within the textual description, determining relevance intervals corresponding to terms of the theme, filtering and/or merging the relevance intervals, and determining a total interval for each theme that represents one or more contextually-coherent segments of the content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Geetu Ambwani, Anthony R. Davis
  • Patent number: 10679738
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, devices, and techniques for identifying sections of medical documents that are suitable for automated medical coding. In one example, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, by one or more processors, the medical document, wherein the medical document comprises a plurality of sections. The method also may include determining, by the one or more processors and via application of a classification model to each section of the plurality of sections, codability indicia for each section of the plurality of sections, wherein the codability indicia represents whether the respective section is suitable for automated medical coding. The method may include outputting, by the one or more processors, the respective codability indicia for each section of the plurality of sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kavita A. Ganesan, Brian J. Stankiewicz, David E. Yarowsky, Anna N. Rafferty, Michael A. Nossal, Anthony R. Davis
  • Patent number: 10635709
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to identifying media items relevant to a selected subject matter including, for example, determining the subject matter of a first media item, which may comprise at least one of audio content or video content; determining the classification within an ontology of the subject matter of the first media item; analyzing the ontology to identify other subject matter related to the subject matter of the first media item; and performing a search for other media items relevant to the subject matter of the first media item as a function of at least the other related subject matter according to the ontology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLC
    Inventors: Leslie Eugene Chipman, Evelyne Tzoukermann, Anthony R. Davis, David F. Houghton, Ryan M. Farrell, Hongzhong Zhou, Oliver Jojic, Vladimir Kronrod, Bageshree Shevade, Geetu Ambwani
  • Patent number: 10467289
    Abstract: Content items may be segmented and labeled by a theme to provide information, such as audio or video, with greater functionality, accuracy and speed. The segments and other related information may be stored and made accessible to users through, for example, a search service and/or an on-demand service. Also provided is automatic segmentation that may include any one of receiving a textual description of a content item, determining themes within the textual description, determining relevance intervals corresponding to terms of the theme, filtering and/or merging the relevance intervals, and determining a total interval for each theme that represents one or more contextually-coherent segments of the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Geetu Ambwani, Anthony R. Davis
  • Publication number: 20170300635
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, devices, and techniques for identifying sections of medical documents that are suitable for automated medical coding. In one example, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, by one or more processors, the medical document, wherein the medical document comprises a plurality of sections. The method also may include determining, by the one or more processors and via application of a classification model to each section of the plurality of sections, codability indicia for each section of the plurality of sections, wherein the codability indicia represents whether the respective section is suitable for automated medical coding. The method may include outputting, by the one or more processors, the respective codability indicia for each section of the plurality of sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kavita A. Ganesan, Brian J. Stankiewicz, David E. Yarowsky, Anna N. Rafferty, Michael A. Nossal, Anthony R. Davis
  • Publication number: 20170161284
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to identifying media items relevant to a selected subject matter including, for example, determining the subject matter of a first media item, which may comprise at least one of audio content or video content; determining the classification within an ontology of the subject matter of the first media item; analyzing the ontology to identify other subject matter related to the subject matter of the first media item; and performing a search for other media items relevant to the subject matter of the first media item as a function of at least the other related subject matter according to the ontology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Leslie Eugene Chipman, Evelyne Tzoukermann, Anthony R. Davis, David F. Houghton, Ryan M. Farrell, Hongzhong Zhou, Oliver Jojic, Vladimir Kronrod, Bageshree Shevade, Geetu Ambwani
  • Patent number: 9477712
    Abstract: The invention pertains to methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying media items relevant to a selected subject matter, the method comprising determining the subject matter of a first media item, the first media item comprising at least one of audio content and video content, determining the classification within an ontology of the subject matter of the first media item, analyzing the ontology to identify other subject matter related to the subject matter of the first media item, and performing a search for other media items relevant to the subject matter of the first media item as a function of at least the other related subject matter according to the ontology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLC
    Inventors: Leslie Eugene Chipman, Evelyne Tzoukermann, Anthony R. Davis, David F. Houghton, Ryan M. Farrell, Hongzhong Zhou, Oliver Jojic, Vladimir Kronrod, Bageshree Shevade, Geetu Ambwani
  • Patent number: 9442933
    Abstract: The invention pertains to methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying segments within a media item, the media segment including at least one of audio content and video content, comprising segmenting the media item into a plurality of segments as a function of subject matter, storing data identifying each segment and its subject matter, and organizing each segment within an ontology based on its subject matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLC
    Inventors: Evelyne Tzoukermann, Leslie Eugene Chipman, Anthony R. Davis, David F. Houghton, Ryan M. Farrell, Hongzhong Zhou, Oliver Jojic, Vladimir Kronrod, Bageshree Shevade, Geetu Ambwani
  • Patent number: 9177080
    Abstract: Content items may be segmented and labeled by topic to provide for the capture, analysis, indexing, retrieval and/or distribution of information within information rich media, such as audio or video, with greater functionality, accuracy and speed. The segments and other related information may be stored in a database and made accessible to users through, for example, a search service and/or an on-demand service. Automatic segmentation may include receiving a text representation, calculating relevance intervals based on the text representation, determining a nodal representation based on the relevance intervals, and determining segments of the content item based on the nodal representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Geetu Ambwani, Anthony R. Davis
  • Publication number: 20140258284
    Abstract: The invention pertains to methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying media items relevant to a selected subject matter, the method comprising determining the subject matter of a first media item, the first media item comprising at least one of audio content and video content, determining the classification within an ontology of the subject matter of the first media item, analyzing the ontology to identify other subject matter related to the subject matter of the first media item, and performing a search for other media items relevant to the subject matter of the first media item as a function of at least the other related subject matter according to the ontology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: COMCAST INTERACTIVE MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: Leslie Eugene Chipman, Evelyne Tzoukermann, Anthony R. Davis, David F. Houghton, Ryan M. Farrell, Hongzhong Zhou, Oliver Jojic, Vladimir Kronrod, Bageshree Shevade, Geetu Ambwani