Patents by Inventor Brian Thomas

Brian Thomas 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).

  • Patent number: 12293268
    Abstract: Displaying an indication of ancestral data is disclosed. An indication that a genetic interval corresponds to a reference interval that has a likelihood of having one or more ancestral origins is received. One or more graphic display parameters are determined based at least in part on the indication. An indication of the one or more ancestral origins is visually displayed using the one or more graphic display parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Macpherson, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain
  • Publication number: 20250134283
    Abstract: A comfortable inflatable pillow, manufactured to be affordably priced, designed to withstand the weather challenges associated with beaches, and other outdoor settings, by utilizing soft fabric that wicks away water and sheds sand, that has an attached pouch that can be filled with sand, or other weighted objects, to prevent the pillow from being blown around in windy conditions, that contains an internal pocket that can accommodate a tailor-made cooling and heating gel pack for hot or cold external temperatures, and that provides an optional incline position for added comfort when reading or surveying the landscape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventor: Brian Thomas Kirk
  • Patent number: 12260317
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a compiler for optimizing the implementation of a machine-trained network (e.g., a neural network) on an integrated circuit (IC). The compiler of some embodiments receives a specification of a machine-trained network including multiple layers of computation nodes and generates a graph representing options for implementing the machine-trained network in the IC. In some embodiments, the compiler also generates instructions for gating operations. Gating operations, in some embodiments, include gating at multiple levels (e.g., gating of clusters, cores, or memory units). Gating operations conserve power in some embodiments by gating signals so that they do not reach the gated element or so that they are not propagated within the gated element. In some embodiments, a clock signal is gated such that a register that transmits data on a rising (or falling) edge of a clock signal is not triggered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Thomas, Steven L. Teig
  • Publication number: 20250086771
    Abstract: Railcar inspection systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed, including a railcar inspection portal. The railcar inspection portal includes a physical structure positioned around a railroad track, and through which a railcar can travel. The railcar inspection portal can include wheel detection sensors along the railroad track for detecting the presence of a railcar passing over the sensors. The sensors can transmit signals, corresponding to railcars passing over the sensors, to computing devices for determining railcar speeds. The railcar inspection portal can include imaging devices configured to capture images and readings of railcars passing through the inspection portal. Based on a determined speed corresponding to a passing railcar, the computing devices can control the imaging devices to capture specific areas or components of the passing railcar, or individual cars thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Mabby Nicholas Amouie, Evan Thomas Gebhardt, Colin Usher, Benjamin Quick, Trent Black, Emily Strube, Brian Thomas Yeager, Thomas Samuel Fox
  • Publication number: 20250088759
    Abstract: Assemblies, systems, and methods for inspecting vehicles are disclosed. An assembly can comprise a first angled camera, a second angled camera, an upright camera, lights, and a housing configured to attach to a railway between opposing rails. The first angled camera can be oriented at least partially in a vertical direction and at least partially in a first horizontal direction, and directed to a first target region from a first viewpoint. The second angled camera can be oriented at least partially in the vertical direction and at least partially in a second horizontal direction that is substantially opposite the first horizontal direction, and directed to a second target region from a second viewpoint. The upright camera can be oriented substantially in a vertical direction, and configured to capture images of a third target region from a third viewpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Mabby Nicholas Amouie, Evan Thomas Gebhardt, Colin Usher, Alex Samoylov, John Hoang, Sean Thomas, Parth Mandrekar, Brian Thomas Yeager, Thomas Samuel Fox
  • Publication number: 20250083719
    Abstract: Systems and methods for gathering data on passing vehicles is disclosed. The system can comprise a support structure spanning across a railroad track; an overhead inspection system attached to the support structure and comprising one or more cameras for gathering data on the top portion of the passing railcar; a first side inspection system and a second side inspection system attached to the support structure, and each comprising one or more cameras and one or more lights and configured to capture images of opposing sides of a railcar; an undercarriage inspection system comprising one or more undercarriage inspection assemblies, each of which can comprise one or more cameras and one or more lights; and one or more tie-mounted inspection assemblies comprising one or more cameras and one or more lights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Mabby Nicholas Amouie, Evan Thomas Gebhardt, Colin Usher, Alex Samoylov, Howard Atchley, Brian Thomas Yeager, Thomas Samuel Fox
  • Publication number: 20250088760
    Abstract: An inspection assembly can comprise a first camera, a second camera, one or more lights, and a housing. The first camera can be angled at least partially in a vertical direction and at least partially in a horizontal direction to thereby be configured to capture images of a target region in a three-dimensional space from a first viewpoint. The second camera can be positioned apart from the first camera, angled at least partially in the vertical direction and at least partially in the horizontal direction, and directed to the target region from a second viewpoint that is different from the first viewpoint. The housing can comprise a base and a shroud and can be configured to attach to one or more rail ties and to at least partially envelop the first camera and the second camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Mabby Nicholas Amouie, Evan Thomas Gebhardt, Colin Usher, Alex Samoylov, John Hoang, Sean Thomas, Parth Mandrekar, Brian Thomas Yeager, Thomas Samuel Fox
  • Publication number: 20250059568
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions, and systems derived from uncultivated microorganisms useful for gene editing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Brian THOMAS, Christopher BROWN, Audra DEVOTO, Cristina BUTTERFIELD, Lisa ALEXANDER, Daniela S.A. GOLTSMAN, Justine ALBERS, Alan BROOKS, Greg COST, Morayma TEMOCHE-DIAZ, Cindy CASTELLE, Rebecca LAMOTHE
  • Publication number: 20250022535
    Abstract: Processing genetic information comprises: receiving an input that includes information pertaining to a specific genetic variant; and identifying, in a database comprising genotype information of a plurality of candidate individuals, a matching individual imputed to have the specific genetic variant. The genotype information of the matching individual corresponding to the specific genetic variant is not directly assayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Arnab Chowdry, Geoffrey Benton, Brian Thomas Naughton
  • Patent number: 12193587
    Abstract: A comfortable inflatable pillow, manufactured to be affordably priced, designed to withstand the weather challenges associated with beaches, and other outdoor settings, by utilizing soft fabric that wicks away water and sheds sand, that has an attached pouch that can be filled with sand, or other weighted objects, to prevent the pillow from being blown around in windy conditions, that contains an internal pocket that can accommodate a tailor-made cooling and heating gel pack for hot or cold external temperatures, and that provides an optional incline position for added comfort when reading or surveying the landscape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Ballast Outdoor Gear, LLC.
    Inventor: Brian Thomas Kirk
  • Patent number: 12189415
    Abstract: Providing deterministic frequency and voltage enhancements for a processor is disclosed. In an embodiment, a microcontroller on a processor identifies a plurality of parameters related to a processor, the plurality of parameters including at least a current supplied to the processor; determines, in dependence upon the plurality of parameters, one or more frequency scaling indexes including determining an effective switching capacitance ratio; identifies, in dependence upon the one or more frequency scaling indexes, a predetermined frequency parameter for the processor; and transitions, based on the frequency parameter, the processor to a target clock frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric Jason Fluhr, Brian Thomas Vanderpool, Phillip John Restle, Francesco Anthony Campisano, Michael Stephen Floyd, Ian Krispin Carmichael, Eric Marz, Richard L. Willaman, Michael N. Goulet, Gregory Scott Still, Rahul Batra, Rory Tatum, Isidore G. Bendrihem
  • Publication number: 20240408674
    Abstract: A system for additively manufacturing a three-dimensional object is provided. The system includes a build platform, an array of laser diodes, each laser diode of the array of laser diodes configured to direct a laser beam toward the build platform, and a controller communicatively coupled to each laser diode of the array of laser diodes such that control signals are communicated from the controller to each laser diode individually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Thompson, David Scott Simmermon, William Joseph Steele
  • Publication number: 20240408821
    Abstract: A printing assembly for an additive manufacturing apparatus includes an energy emitter configured to steer one or more emissions across a build platform to raise a temperature of a build material on the build platform from an initial temperature to a first temperature, the first temperature being less than a threshold temperature set by material dependent metallurgical properties, and a fusing beam emitter configured to generate one or more laser beams to raise the temperature of the build material on the build platform from the first temperature to a second temperature, the second temperature being greater than the threshold temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William Joseph Steele, David Scott Simmermon, Brian Thomas Thompson
  • Patent number: 12161938
    Abstract: Systems and methods enable most valuable players (MVPs) of a gameplay session to play a bonus gameplay session where other players (non-MVP players) participate as player-spectators in online video games and, through a collective voting mechanism or through active interaction, determine the occurrence of certain events or contents of the bonus gameplay in real time. In this manner, non-MVP players are able to directly affect the course of the bonus gameplay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Activision Publishing, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Lin, Paul Derek Yan, Michael James Stout, Daniel Neil, Brian Thomas Fricks
  • Patent number: 12165069
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a compiler for optimizing the implementation of a machine-trained network (e.g., a neural network) on an integrated circuit (IC). The compiler of some embodiments receives a specification of a machine-trained network including multiple layers of computation nodes and generates a graph representing options for implementing the machine-trained network in the IC. In some embodiments, the graph includes nodes representing options for implementing each layer of the machine-trained network and edges between nodes for different layers representing different implementations that are compatible. In some embodiments, the graph is populated according to rules relating to memory use and the numbers of cores necessary to implement a particular layer of the machine trained network such that nodes for a particular layer, in some embodiments, represent fewer than all the possible groupings of sets of clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Thomas, Steven L. Teig
  • Publication number: 20240405758
    Abstract: One or more systems, devices, computer program products and/or computer-implemented methods of use provided herein relate to a process to rapidly generate waveforms for quantum operations, the process employing separation of waveform software control from waveform generation control. An exemplary wave player system can comprise a waveform generator, a memory associated with the waveform generator, wherein the memory stores a waveform play table comprising a plurality of play table entries having a plurality of waveform definition aspects that comprise, or direct to, a plurality of parameters that define a plurality of waveforms, and a processing unit associated with the waveform generator, wherein the processing unit accesses a first play table entry, of the plurality of play table entries, comprising a first waveform definition aspect, of the plurality of waveform definition aspects, based on an instruction obtained at the processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Scott M. WILLENBORG, Jeremy T EKMAN, Jeffrey Joseph RUEDINGER, Brian Thomas VANDERPOOL
  • Patent number: 12159056
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for extending functionality of memory controllers in a processor-based device are disclosed herein. In one aspect, a processor-based device provides a memory access intercept circuit that is communicatively coupled to a memory controller and a memory device. The memory access intercept circuit is configured to receive a memory write request that is directed to and received by the memory controller, and generates a write transaction identifier (ID) for the memory write request. The memory access intercept circuit then generates proxy write data containing the write transaction ID, and sends the proxy write data to the memory controller. The memory access intercept circuit subsequently intercepts the actual write data directed to the memory controller, and stores the write data in a write data buffer in association with the write transaction ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Ampere Computing LLC
    Inventors: Massimo Sutera, Sandeep Brahmadathan, Nagi Aboulenein, Brian Thomas Chase, James Edward Casteel, Kha Minh Huynh, Vung Thanh Huynh
  • Publication number: 20240389754
    Abstract: Embodiments of present disclosure provide a pillow. One embodiment provides a pillow including a u-shaped main body comprising a left portion, a right portion, and an upper portion and an aperture is provided between the left portion, the right portion, and the upper portion. Furthermore, the embodiment of the pillow includes an inflatable air bladder inside the u-shaped main body. In this embodiment, the pillow also includes a left pillar on the bottom of the left portion, a right pillar on the bottom of the right portion, and an upper pillar on the bottom of the upper portion, and an air channel is provided between the upper pillar and the left pillar and the right pillar. In this embodiment, a face of a user can be inserted into the aperture and a nose and a mouth of the user can rest in the air channel above a resting surface upon which the pillow is placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventor: Brian Thomas KIRK
  • Publication number: 20240375184
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are additive manufacturing apparatuses which include a print head supported by a positioning system, the print head including one or more delivery optics contained within the print head; a laser beam source assembly isolated from the positioning system, the laser beam source assembly configured to generate at least one collimated laser beam; and a laser beam receiver assembly isolated from the laser beam source assembly, the laser beam receiver assembly configured to receive the at least one collimated laser beam and direct the at least one collimated laser beam to the one or more delivery optics of the print head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Scott Simmermon, William Joseph Steele, Brian Thomas Thompson
  • Publication number: 20240375183
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are print heads for an additive manufacturing apparatus. The print heads include a housing. A projection element is disposed within the housing and is configured to receive the one or more laser beams generated by a beam emitter and project a plurality of projected laser beams in a pattern. A consolidating optic is disposed within the housing and is located below the projection element. The consolidating optic is configured to consolidate the pattern of the plurality of projected laser beams into a consolidated pattern of projected laser beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Scott Simmermon, William Joseph Steele, Brian Thomas Thompson