Patents by Inventor Boone Adkins

Boone Adkins 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).

  • Explaining behavior by autonomous devices
    Patent number: 11597394
    Abstract: In general, the disclosure describes various aspects of techniques for evaluating decisions determined by autonomous devices. A device comprising a memory and a processor may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may store first state data representative of a first observational state detected by an autonomous device, and first action data representative of one or more first actions the autonomous device performs responsive to detecting the first observational state. The processor may execute a computation engine configured to identify, based on the first action data, a first inflection point representative of changing behavior of the autonomous device. The computation engine may further be configured to determine, based on the first inflection point, first explanatory data representative of portions of the first state data on which the autonomous device relied that explain the changing behavior of the autonomous device, and output the first explanatory data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SRI INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Chih-hung Yeh, Boone Adkins, Melinda T. Gervasio, Karen L. Myers, Rodrigo de Salvo Braz
  • EXPLAINING BEHAVIOR BY AUTONOMOUS DEVICES
    Publication number: 20200189603
    Abstract: In general, the disclosure describes various aspects of techniques for evaluating decisions determined by autonomous devices. A device comprising a memory and a processor may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may store first state data representative of a first observational state detected by an autonomous device, and first action data representative of one or more first actions the autonomous device performs responsive to detecting the first observational state. The processor may execute a computation engine configured to identify, based on the first action data, a first inflection point representative of changing behavior of the autonomous device. The computation engine may further be configured to determine, based on the first inflection point, first explanatory data representative of portions of the first state data on which the autonomous device relied that explain the changing behavior of the autonomous device, and output the first explanatory data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Chih-hung Yeh, Boone Adkins, Melinda T. Gervasio, Karen L. Myers, Rodrigo de Salvo Braz