Patents by Inventor Brian Howard

Brian Howard 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: 20260111633
    Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes a method for generating chemical structure descriptions. Is some aspects, the method includes training a machine learning (ML) model using a training set comprising molecules described using a line notation for describing chemical structures, the line notation having a vocabulary of tokens. The method further includes using the trained ML model to generate chemical structures described using the line notation for describing chemical structures. The chemical structures may be generated with or without providing a prompt to the ML model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2025
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventors: Christopher NORMAN, Brian HOWARD, Ruchir SHAH
  • Patent number: 12597283
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for extracting text from unstructured documents. The method includes receiving a page of an unstructured document; extracting, from the page, a glyph identifier and a glyph position for each glyph on the page; and generating an adjacency graph based on the glyph positions for each glyph on the page, each node in the graph corresponding to a glyph and comprising glyph information that includes at least the glyph identifier and the glyph position for the respective glyph. The method further includes processing the adjacency graph by a machine learning model to classify edges and nodes in the adjacency graph, then grouping the glyphs according to their edge and node classifications to produce text output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Sciome, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Norman, Brian Howard, Ruchir Shah
  • Publication number: 20250069430
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for extracting text from unstructured documents. The method includes receiving a page of an unstructured document; extracting, from the page, a glyph identifier and a glyph position for each glyph on the page; and generating an adjacency graph based on the glyph positions for each glyph on the page, each node in the graph corresponding to a glyph and comprising glyph information that includes at least the glyph identifier and the glyph position for the respective glyph. The method further includes processing the adjacency graph by a machine learning model to classify edges and nodes in the adjacency graph, then grouping the glyphs according to their edge and node classifications to produce text output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher NORMAN, Brian HOWARD, Ruchir SHAH
  • Patent number: 10775863
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses to manage working states of a data processing system. At least one embodiment of the present invention includes a data processing system with one or more sensors (e.g., physical sensors such as tachometer and thermistors, and logical sensors such as CPU load) for fine grain control of one or more components (e.g., processor, fan, hard drive, optical drive) of the system for working conditions that balance various goals (e.g., user preferences, performance, power consumption, thermal constraints, acoustic noise). In one example, the clock frequency and core voltage for a processor are actively managed to balance performance and power consumption (heat generation) without a significant latency. In one example, the speed of a cooling fan is actively managed to balance cooling effort and noise (and/or power consumption).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Culbert, Keith Alan Cox, Brian Howard, Josh de Cesare, Richard Charles Williams, Dave Robbins Falkenburg, Daisie Iris Huang, David Radcliffe
  • Publication number: 20190350647
    Abstract: A medical device may include an electrosurgical hand piece. The electrosurgical hand piece may have a housing with a proximal end, a distal end, and a chamber proximate the proximal end. The chamber may be configured to releasably retain and electrically couple with a power source. The electrosurgical hand piece may also include a treatment delivery element configured to releasably couple to the distal end of the housing. The treatment delivery element may be configured to communicate with the power source and deliver biphasic pulsed field ablation. The medical device may also include a charging element which may charge the power source using inductive charging or near-field (RF) wireless charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Steven V. Ramberg, Daniel S. Cheek, Steven J. Fraasch, Brian Howard, John D. Norton
  • Patent number: 10473535
    Abstract: A stress sensing system for measuring stress in a conductive target material includes at least one sensor positioned proximate to the conductive target material. The sensor is configured to measure stress in the conductive target material and to transmit a signal indicative of the measured stress to a controller. The controller is coupled in communication with the sensor. The controller is configured to receive the signal from the sensor, determine a runout portion of the signal corresponding to the runout of the conductive target material, determine a runout pattern waveform from the runout portion, and subtract the runout pattern waveform from the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brian Howard, Dan Tho Lu, Lysle Turnbeaugh, David Erik Folkner
  • Patent number: 10185021
    Abstract: A method for aligning a sensor with a conductive material includes inducing a first magnetic flux in the conductive material to generate a first magnetic field state, and receiving a first signal at a first signal output level from a first detector and a second signal at a second signal output level from a second detector at the first magnetic field state. The method also includes inducing a second magnetic flux in the conductive material to generate a second magnetic field state, and receiving a third signal at a third signal output level from the first detector and a fourth signal at a fourth signal output level from the second detector at the second magnetic field state. Moreover, the method includes, based on changes in the signal output levels, adjusting a position of the sensor relative to the conductive target material to adjust the signal output levels to desired levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Erik Folkner, Dan Tho Lu, Lysle Turnbeaugh, Brian Howard
  • Publication number: 20180232023
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses to manage working states of a data processing system. At least one embodiment of the present invention includes a data processing system with one or more sensors (e.g., physical sensors such as tachometer and thermistors, and logical sensors such as CPU load) for fine grain control of one or more components (e.g., processor, fan, hard drive, optical drive) of the system for working conditions that balance various goals (e.g., user preferences, performance, power consumption, thermal constraints, acoustic noise). In one example, the clock frequency and core voltage for a processor are actively managed to balance performance and power consumption (heat generation) without a significant latency. In one example, the speed of a cooling fan is actively managed to balance cooling effort and noise (and/or power consumption).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Culbert, Keith Alan Cox, Brian Howard, Josh de Cesare, Richard Charles Williams, Dave Robbins Falkenburg, Daisie Iris Huang, David Radcliffe
  • Publication number: 20180217011
    Abstract: A stress sensing system for measuring stress in a conductive target material includes at least one sensor positioned proximate to the conductive target material. The sensor is configured to measure stress in the conductive target material and to transmit a signal indicative of the measured stress to a controller. The controller is coupled in communication with the sensor. The controller is configured to receive the signal from the sensor, determine a runout portion of the signal corresponding to the runout of the conductive target material, determine a runout pattern waveform from the runout portion, and subtract the runout pattern waveform from the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Howard, Dan Tho Lu, Lysle Turnbeaugh, David Erik Folkner
  • Publication number: 20180164396
    Abstract: A method for aligning a sensor with a conductive material includes inducing a first magnetic flux in the conductive material to generate a first magnetic field state, and receiving a first signal at a first signal output level from a first detector and a second signal at a second signal output level from a second detector at the first magnetic field state. The method also includes inducing a second magnetic flux in the conductive material to generate a second magnetic field state, and receiving a third signal at a third signal output level from the first detector and a fourth signal at a fourth signal output level from the second detector at the second magnetic field state. Moreover, the method includes, based on changes in the signal output levels, adjusting a position of the sensor relative to the conductive target material to adjust the signal output levels to desired levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: David Erik Folkner, Dan Tho Lu, Lysle Turnbeaugh, Brian Howard
  • Publication number: 20170238533
    Abstract: An isolated heart or heart-lung preparation in which essentially normal pumping activity of all four chambers of the heart is preserved, allowing for the use of the preparation in conjunction with investigations of electrode leads, catheters, ablation methods, cardiac implants and other medical devices intended to be used in or on a beating heart. The system can be designed to be used within a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) unit or a X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanner. The preparation may also be employed to investigate heart and lung functions, in the presence or absence of such medical devices. In order to allow comparative imaging visualizations of either or simultaneously the heart and/or lung structures and devices located within the chambers of the heart or vessels or bronchi within the lungs, a clear perfusate such as a modified Krebs buffer solution with oxygenation is circulated through all four chambers of the heart and thus the coronary and/or pulmonary vasculatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Paul A. IAIZZO, Timothy G. LASKE, Michael D. EGGEN, Ryan P. GOFF, Brian HOWARD
  • Patent number: 9464821
    Abstract: This invention relates to a solar furnace. In particular, this invention relates to a solar furnace which is capable of raising the temperature of transfer medium. In use, the heated transfer medium can be used to generate electricity or put to other work, such as, for example, air conditioning, pasteurisation or desalination. In fact, for any situation that requires a source to generate work or power. The present invention describes a solar furnace for raising the temperature of a heat transfer medium, comprising a lens array for admitting incident thermal and solar energy onto a reflector portion and a pressure vessel. The reflector portion being generally shaped so as to concentrate said solar energy onto said pressure vessel. The pressure vessel having an inlet through which said heat transfer medium is injected and a central core which defines a continuous heat transfer path for said heat transfer medium to contact the surface of said pressure vessel and exit said pressure vessel at an outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: PDB Energy Systems Limited
    Inventor: Brian Howard
  • Publication number: 20160209895
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses to manage working states of a data processing system. At least one embodiment of the present invention includes a data processing system with one or more sensors (e.g., physical sensors such as tachometer and thermistors, and logical sensors such as CPU load) for fine grain control of one or more components (e.g., processor, fan, hard drive, optical drive) of the system for working conditions that balance various goals (e.g., user preferences, performance, power consumption, thermal constraints, acoustic noise). In one example, the clock frequency and core voltage for a processor are actively managed to balance performance and power consumption (heat generation) without a significant latency. In one example, the speed of a cooling fan is actively managed to balance cooling effort and noise (and/or power consumption).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Culbert, Keith Alan Cox, Brian Howard, Josh de Cesare, Richard Charles Williams, Dave Robbins Falkenburg, Daisie Iris Huang, David Radcliffe
  • Patent number: 9317090
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses to manage working states of a data processing system. At least one embodiment of the present invention includes a data processing system with one or more sensors (e.g., physical sensors such as tachometer and thermistors, and logical sensors such as CPU load) for fine grain control of one or more components (e.g., processor, fan, hard drive, optical drive) of the system for working conditions that balance various goals (e.g., user preferences, performance, power consumption, thermal constraints, acoustic noise). In one example, the clock frequency and core voltage for a processor are actively managed to balance performance and power consumption (heat generation) without a significant latency. In one example, the speed of a cooling fan is actively managed to balance cooling effort and noise (and/or power consumption).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Culbert, Keith Alan Cox, Brian Howard, Josh de Cesare, Richard Charles Williams, Dave Robbins Falkenburg, Daisie Iris Huang, David Radcliffe
  • Publication number: 20150338892
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses to manage working states of a data processing system. At least one embodiment of the present invention includes a data processing system with one or more sensors (e.g., physical sensors such as tachometer and thermistors, and logical sensors such as CPU load) for fine grain control of one or more components (e.g., processor, fan, hard drive, optical drive) of the system for working conditions that balance various goals (e.g., user preferences, performance, power consumption, thermal constraints, acoustic noise). In one example, the clock frequency and core voltage for a processor are actively managed to balance performance and power consumption (heat generation) without a significant latency. In one example, the speed of a cooling fan is actively managed to balance cooling effort and noise (and/or power consumption).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Culbert, Keith Alan Cox, Brian Howard, Josh de Cesare, Richard Charles Williams, Dave Robbins Falkenburg, Daisie Iris Huang, David Radcliffe
  • Patent number: 9043627
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses to manage working states of a data processing system. At least one embodiment of the present invention includes a data processing system with one or more sensors (e.g., physical sensors such as tachometer and thermistors, and logical sensors such as CPU load) for fine grain control of one or more components (e.g., processor, fan, hard drive, optical drive) of the system for working conditions that balance various goals (e.g., user preferences, performance, power consumption, thermal constraints, acoustic noise). In one example, the clock frequency and core voltage for a processor are actively managed to balance performance and power consumption (heat generation) without a significant latency. In one example, the speed of a cooling fan is actively managed to balance cooling effort and noise (and/or power consumption).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Culbert, Keith Alan Cox, Brian Howard, Josh de Cesare, Richard Charles Williams, Dave Robbins Falkenburg, Daisie Iris Huang, David Radcliffe
  • Publication number: 20140370490
    Abstract: An isolated heart or heart-lung preparation in which essentially normal pumping activity of all four chambers of the heart is preserved, allowing for the use of the preparation in conjunction with investigations of electrode leads, catheters, ablation methods, cardiac implants and other medical devices intended to be used in or on a beating heart. The system can be designed to be used within a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) unit or a X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanner. The preparation may also be employed to investigate heart and lung functions, in the presence or absence of such medical devices. In order to allow comparative imaging visualizations of either or simultaneously the heart and/or lung structures and devices located within the chambers of the heart or vessels or bronchi within the lungs, a clear perfusate such as a modified Krebs buffer solution with oxygenation is circulated through all four chambers of the heart and thus the coronary and/or pulmonary vasculatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Paul A Iaizzo, Timothy G Laske, Michael D Eggen, Ryan P Goff, Brian Howard
  • Publication number: 20130254563
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses to manage working states of a data processing system. At least one embodiment of the present invention includes a data processing system with one or more sensors (e.g., physical sensors such as tachometer and thermistors, and logical sensors such as CPU load) for fine grain control of one or more components (e.g., processor, fan, hard drive, optical drive) of the system for working conditions that balance various goals (e.g., user preferences, performance, power consumption, thermal constraints, acoustic noise). In one example, the clock frequency and core voltage for a processor are actively managed to balance performance and power consumption (heat generation) without a significant latency. In one example, the speed of a cooling fan is actively managed to balance cooling effort and noise (and/or power consumption).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Culbert, Keith Alan Cox, Brian Howard, Josh De Cesare, Richard Charles Williams, Dave Robbins Falkenburg, Daisie Iris Huang, Dave Radcliffe
  • Patent number: 8448000
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses to manage working states of a data processing system. At least one embodiment of the present invention includes a data processing system with one or more sensors (e.g., physical sensors such as tachometer and thermistors, and logical sensors such as CPU load) for fine grain control of one or more components (e.g., processor, fan, hard drive, optical drive) of the system for working conditions that balance various goals (e.g., user preferences, performance, power consumption, thermal constraints, acoustic noise). In one example, the clock frequency and core voltage for a processor are actively managed to balance performance and power consumption (heat generation) without a significant latency. In one example, the speed of a cooling fan is actively managed to balance cooling effort and noise (and/or power consumption).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Culbert, Keith Alan Cox, Brian Howard, Josh de Cesare, Richard Charles Williams, Dave Robbins Falkenburg, Daisie Iris Huang, Dave Radcliffe
  • Patent number: D927303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Brian Howard, Jacob Reid, David O'Connor