Patents by Inventor Charles A. Stone

Charles A. Stone 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: 20240166892
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an electrodepositable coating composition comprising an addition polymer comprising a polymerization product of a polymeric dispersant and a second stage ethylenically unsaturated monomer composition comprising a second stage (meth)acrylamide monomer; an ionic salt group-containing film-forming polymer different from the addition polymer; and a curing agent. Also disclosed are coatings, coated substrates, and methods of coating a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: David Alfred Stone, Egle Puodziukynaite, Reza Michael Rock, Vijesh Anant Tanna, Andrey Vladimirovich Chernykh, James Charles Serene, Corey James Dedomenic, Christophe R.G. Grenier
  • Publication number: 20240161459
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for object detection. In one aspect, a method comprises: obtaining: (i) an image, and (ii) a set of one or more query embeddings, wherein each query embedding represents a respective category of object; processing the image and the set of query embeddings using an object detection neural network to generate object detection data for the image, comprising: processing the image using an image encoding subnetwork of the object detection neural network to generate a set of object embeddings; processing each object embedding using a localization subnetwork to generate localization data defining a corresponding region of the image; and processing: (i) the set of object embeddings, and (ii) the set of query embeddings, using a classification subnetwork to generate, for each object embedding, a respective classification score distribution over the set of query embeddings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Matthias Johannes Lorenz Minderer, Alexey Alexeevich Gritsenko, Austin Charles Stone, Dirk Weissenborn, Alexey Dosovitskiy, Neil Matthew Tinmouth Houlsby
  • Patent number: 11928854
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for object detection. In one aspect, a method comprises: obtaining: (i) an image, and (ii) a set of one or more query embeddings, wherein each query embedding represents a respective category of object; processing the image and the set of query embeddings using an object detection neural network to generate object detection data for the image, comprising: processing the image using an image encoding subnetwork of the object detection neural network to generate a set of object embeddings; processing each object embedding using a localization subnetwork to generate localization data defining a corresponding region of the image; and processing: (i) the set of object embeddings, and (ii) the set of query embeddings, using a classification subnetwork to generate, for each object embedding, a respective classification score distribution over the set of query embeddings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Johannes Lorenz Minderer, Alexey Alexeevich Gritsenko, Austin Charles Stone, Dirk Weissenborn, Alexey Dosovitskiy, Neil Matthew Tinmouth Houlsby
  • Publication number: 20230360365
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for object detection. In one aspect, a method comprises: obtaining: (i) an image, and (ii) a set of one or more query embeddings, wherein each query embedding represents a respective category of object; processing the image and the set of query embeddings using an object detection neural network to generate object detection data for the image, comprising: processing the image using an image encoding subnetwork of the object detection neural network to generate a set of object embeddings; processing each object embedding using a localization subnetwork to generate localization data defining a corresponding region of the image; and processing: (i) the set of object embeddings, and (ii) the set of query embeddings, using a classification subnetwork to generate, for each object embedding, a respective classification score distribution over the set of query embeddings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Johannes Lorenz Minderer, Alexey Alexeevich Gritsenko, Austin Charles Stone, Dirk Weissenborn, Alexey Dosovitskiy, Neil Matthew Tinmouth Houlsby
  • Publication number: 20230035454
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating an optical flow label from a lidar point cloud. One of the methods includes obtaining data specifying a training example, including a first image of a scene in an environment captured at a first time point and a second image of the scene in the environment captured at a second time point. For each of a plurality of lidar points, a respective second corresponding pixel in the second image is obtained and a respective velocity estimate for the lidar point at the second time point is obtained. A respective first corresponding pixel in the first image is determined using the velocity estimate for the lidar point. A proxy optical flow ground truth for the training example is generated based on an estimate of optical flow of the pixel between the first and second images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Rudolf Maurer, Alper Ayvaci, Robert William Anderson, Rico Jonschkowski, Austin Charles Stone, Anelia Angelova, Nichola Abdo, Christopher John Sweeney
  • Publication number: 20220383628
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining first feature vectors and second feature vectors representing contents of a first and second image frame, respectively, of an input video. The method may also include generating, based on the first feature vectors, first slot vectors, where each slot vector represents attributes of a corresponding entity as represented in the first image frame, and generating, based on the first slot vectors, predicted slot vectors including a corresponding predicted slot vector that represents a transition of the attributes of the corresponding entity from the first to the second image frame. The method may additionally include generating, based on the predicted slot vectors and the second feature vectors, second slot vectors including a corresponding slot vector that represents the attributes of the corresponding entity as represented in the second image frame, and determining an output based on the predicted slot vectors or the second slot vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Kipf, Gamaleldin Elsayed, Aravindh Mahendran, Austin Charles Stone, Sara Sabour Rouh Aghdam, Georg Heigold, Rico Jonschkowski, Alexey Dosovitskiy, Klaus Greff
  • Publication number: 20220335624
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training a neural network to predict optical flow. One of the methods includes obtaining a batch of one or more training image pairs; for each of the pairs: processing the first training image and the second training image using the neural network to generate a final optical flow estimate; generating a cropped final optical flow estimate from the final optical flow estimate; and training the neural network using the cropped optical flow estimate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Rudolf Maurer, Austin Charles Stone, Alper Ayvaci, Anelia Angelova, Rico Jonschkowski
  • Publication number: 20220083863
    Abstract: A system for teaching compositionality to convolutional neural networks includes an unmasked convolutional neural network comprising a first set of convolutional neural network layers; a first masked convolutional neural network comprising a second set of convolutional neural network layers; the unmasked convolutional neural network and the first masked convolutional network sharing convolutional neural network weights; the system training the unmasked and first masked convolutional neural networks simultaneously based on an objective function that seeks to reduce both discriminative loss and compositional loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Austin Charles Stone, Huayan Wang, D. Scott Phoenix, Dileep George
  • Patent number: 11216727
    Abstract: A system for teaching compositionality to convolutional neural networks includes an unmasked convolutional neural network comprising a first set of convolutional neural network layers; a first masked convolutional neural network comprising a second set of convolutional neural network layers; the unmasked convolutional neural network and the first masked convolutional network sharing convolutional neural network weights; the system training the unmasked and first masked convolutional neural networks simultaneously based on an objective function that seeks to reduce both discriminative loss and compositional loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Vicarious FPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Charles Stone, Huayan Wang, D. Scott Phoenix, Dileep George
  • Publication number: 20190122112
    Abstract: A system for teaching compositionality to convolutional neural networks includes an unmasked convolutional neural network comprising a first set of convolutional neural network layers; a first masked convolutional neural network comprising a second set of convolutional neural network layers; the unmasked convolutional neural network and the first masked convolutional network sharing convolutional neural network weights; the system training the unmasked and first masked convolutional neural networks simultaneously based on an objective function that seeks to reduce both discriminative loss and compositional loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Austin Charles Stone, Huayan Wang, D. Scott Phoenix, Dileep George
  • Patent number: 10185914
    Abstract: A system for teaching compositionality to convolutional neural networks includes an unmasked convolutional neural network comprising a first set of convolutional neural network layers; a first masked convolutional neural network comprising a second set of convolutional neural network layers; the unmasked convolutional neural network and the first masked convolutional network sharing convolutional neural network weights; the system training the unmasked and first masked convolutional neural networks simultaneously based on an objective function that seeks to reduce both discriminative loss and compositional loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Vicarious FPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Charles Stone, Huayan Wang, D. Scott Phoenix, Dileep George
  • Publication number: 20180121805
    Abstract: A system for teaching compositionality to convolutional neural networks includes an unmasked convolutional neural network comprising a first set of convolutional neural network layers; a first masked convolutional neural network comprising a second set of convolutional neural network layers; the unmasked convolutional neural network and the first masked convolutional network sharing convolutional neural network weights; the system training the unmasked and first masked convolutional neural networks simultaneously based on an objective function that seeks to reduce both discriminative loss and compositional loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Austin Charles Stone, Huayan Wang, D. Scott Phoenix, Dileep George
  • Publication number: 20180114161
    Abstract: A system and method for generating impact information based on likelihood of component defect occurrence determination is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to: obtain supply chain information for a component acquired by a user from a supplier; determine a likelihood of component defect occurrence based on the supply chain information, the defect likelihood reflecting the likelihood of defect occurrence for the component; identify devices that use the component having the likelihood of component defect; and effectuate presentation of the identified devices as an interactive information map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: T3W BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Lisa CARMAN, Charles STONE
  • Patent number: 9174269
    Abstract: A tool is provided for connecting and disconnecting links of a conveyor chain. The tool includes a base, a chain guide plate mounted on the base for supporting a length of conveyor chain in a fixed position relative to the base, and a backup block carried on the base. A pin extraction/insertion block is positioned on the base with the chain guide plate positioned between the backup block and the pin extraction/insertion block. A ram is carried on the pin extraction/insertion block for extracting a pin from a position in aligned holes in adjacent links while the chain is held in its fixed position, and an insertion rod is carried on the pin extraction/insertion block for inserting a pin in aligned holes in adjacent links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: RAMSEY PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: William Carleton Hall, Philippe Alex Rojzman, Charles Stone Stalvey
  • Publication number: 20150224565
    Abstract: A tool is provided for connecting and disconnecting links of a conveyor chain. The tool includes a base, a chain guide plate mounted on the base for supporting a length of conveyor chain in a fixed position relative to the base, and a backup block carried on the base. A pin extraction/insertion block is positioned on the base with the chain guide plate positioned between the backup block and the pin extraction/insertion block. A ram is carried on the pin extraction/insertion block for extracting a pin from a position in aligned holes in adjacent links while the chain is held in its fixed position, and an insertion rod is carried on the pin extraction/insertion block for inserting a pin in aligned holes in adjacent links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: William Carleton Hall, Philippe Alex Rojzman, Charles Stone Stalvey
  • Publication number: 20130293463
    Abstract: A method for repeated emphasis of a component in a user interface may include selecting, by a processor, at least one component in a user interface for target emphasis for performance of a repeated emphasis. The method may also include performing, by the processor, the repeated emphasis on the at least one selected component. Performing the repeated emphasis may include automatically, repeatedly performing an action associated with the selected component without a user input, wherein each action would require the user input without the repeated emphasis being performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: COLIN CHARLES STONE, Joseph Robert Winchester
  • Patent number: 8485351
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-link conveyor that includes nestable end protector links that capture and retain link pins. The end protector link includes a first link segment having an outer wall, a non-circular bore having a cross-section larger than a cross-section of one of the pins, a circular counterbore connected to the non-circular bore and having a diameter larger than the head of one of the pins, and a circular countersink connected to the counterbore and having a first diameter that equals the diameter of the counterbore and a second diameter, flush with the outer wall, having a diameter larger than the first diameter. The end protector link includes a second link segment, adapted to nest with the first link segment of another end protector link, having an outer wall in a second vertical plane and a flush non-circular bore extending perpendicularly through the outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Ramsey Products Corporation
    Inventors: William Carleton Hall, Charles Stone Stalvey, Thomas Gerald Knolles
  • Publication number: 20130087436
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-link conveyor that includes nestable end protector links that capture and retain link pins. The end protector link includes a first link segment having an outer wall, a non-circular bore having a cross-section larger than a cross-section of one of the pins, a circular counterbore connected to the non-circular bore and having a diameter larger than the head of one of the pins, and a circular countersink connected to the counterbore and having a first diameter that equals the diameter of the counterbore and a second diameter, flush with the outer wall, having a diameter larger than the first diameter. The end protector link includes a second link segment, adapted to nest with the first link segment of another end protector link, having an outer wall in a second vertical plane and a flush non-circular bore extending perpendicularly through the outer wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Ramsey Products Corporation
    Inventors: William Carleton Hall, Charles Stone Stalvey, Thomas Gerald Knolles
  • Patent number: D677381
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Nicholas Charles Stones, Martin James Dinnage, Serge Roux, Jeremy Alan Van Hill, Timothy Duncan Wooller, Andy Duncan Pidgeon, Alan Leslie Hawkins
  • Patent number: D677785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Nicholas Charles Stones, Martin James Dinnage, Serge Roux, Jeremy Alan Van Hill, Timothy Duncan Wooller, Andy Duncan Pidgeon, Alan Leslie Hawkins