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: 12365373
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Norfolk Southern Corporation & Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Mabby Nicholas Amouie, Evan Thomas Gebhardt, Colin Usher, Alex Samoylov, John Hoang, Sean Thomas, Parth Mandrekar, Brian Thomas Yeager, Thomas Samuel Fox
  • Patent number: 12359851
    Abstract: A cooling system is provided including a two-phase pump loop and a vapor compression system. The two-phase pump loop cools a thermal load with a first coolant. The vapor compression system is configured to circulate a second coolant. The vapor compression system includes a liquid vapor separator which separates the second coolant into a liquid portion and a gaseous portion. The liquid vapor separator is a thermal energy storage for the two-phase pump loop. A condenser of the two-phase pump loop transfers heat from the first coolant to the liquid portion of the second coolant in the liquid-vapor separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Spangler, Douglas J. Snyder
  • Patent number: 12354710
    Abstract: Ancestry deconvolution includes obtaining unphased genotype data of an individual; phasing, using one or more processors, the unphased genotype data to generate phased haplotype data; using a learning machine to classify portions of the phased haplotype data as corresponding to specific ancestries respectively and generate initial classification results; and correcting errors in the initial classification results to generate modified classification results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Chuong Do, Eric Yves Jean-Marc Durand, John Michael Macpherson, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain
  • Patent number: 12348880
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Norfolk Southern Corporation & Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Mabby Nicholas Amouie, Evan Thomas Gebhardt, Colin Usher, Alex Samoylov, John Hoang, Sean Thomas, Parth Mandrekar, Brian Thomas Yeager, Thomas Samuel Fox
  • Patent number: 12327615
    Abstract: Displaying a comparison of genotypic information between relatives is disclosed, including receiving an indication that a first individual is a grandparent, receiving an indication that a second individual is a grandchild of the first individual, comparing the genotypic information of the first individual and the second individual and calculating a similarity score, and displaying an indication of the similarity score graphically using colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda Avey, Oleksiy Khomenko, Brian Thomas Naughton, Serge Saxonov, Anne Wojcicki, Alexander Wong
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 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