Patents by Inventor Christopher James

Christopher James 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: 12134399
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to generating map data explicitly indicating a total drivable surface, which may include multiple types of drivable surfaces. For instance, a given portion of a map may include map data indicating a combination of various drivable surfaces, such as road segments, lane properties, intersections, parking areas, shoulders, driveways, etc. Examples of the present disclosure join these different types of drivable surfaces into combined map data that explicitly indicates a total drivable surface, such as a perimeter boundary indicating or representing a transition from a drivable surface to a non-drivable surface. The map data indicating the total drivable surface may be searched to determine information related to a drivable surface boundary, such as location and type. This boundary information may be used in various contexts, such as when planning a trajectory or remotely controlling a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Byungil Jeong, Christopher James Gibson
  • Patent number: 12135714
    Abstract: In some examples, a system receives an input graph representation of one or more query plans for one or more database queries, and generates, by an embedding machine learning model based on the input graph representation, a feature vector that provides a distributed representation of the one or more query plans. The system determines, using the feature vector, one or more user behaviors and/or workload characteristics of one or more workloads in one or more database systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Teradata US, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher James Antoun, Matthew Edward Antoun, Artur Borycki, Douglas Paul Brown
  • Patent number: 12133862
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a composition for an implantable pharmaceutical composition prepared from components consisting only of calcium sulfate ?-hemihydrate in combination with two antibiotics, vancomycin and gentamicin, for the treatment of infection in bone and soft tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: BIOCOMPOSITES LIMITED
    Inventors: Sean Sydney Aiken, Phillip Anthony Laycock, John Joseph Cooper, John Stephen Bratt, Michael Christopher James Harris
  • Publication number: 20240364901
    Abstract: A method of decoding a plurality of coding units from a bitstream to produce an image frame, the coding units being the result of decompositions of coding tree units, the plurality of coding units forming one or more contiguous portions of the bitstream. The method comprises determining a subdivision level for each portion of the bitstream, each subdivision level being applicable to the coding units of the respective contiguous portion of the bitstream; decoding a quantisation parameter delta for each of a number of areas, each area based on decomposition of coding tree units into coding units of each contiguous portion of the bitstream and the corresponding determined subdivision level; determining a quantisation parameter for each area according to the decoded delta quantisation parameter for the area and the quantisation parameter of an earlier coding unit of the image frame; decoding using the determined quantisation parameter of each area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher James Rosewarne, Iftekhar Ahmed
  • Publication number: 20240358957
    Abstract: A patient interface for delivery of a supply of pressurised air or breathable gas to an entrance of a patient's airways comprising: a cushion member that includes a retaining structure and a seal-forming structure permanently connected to the retaining structure; a frame member attachable to the retaining structure; and a positioning and stabilising structure attachable to the frame member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Edward HENRY, Christopher James SMITH, Anthony Paul BARBARA, Adam Francis BARLOW, Craig David EDWARDS, Martin FORRESTER, Lachlan Richard GOLDSPINK, Kirrily Michele HASKARD, William Laurence HITCHCOCK, Ralph JOURDAN, Murray William LEE, Frederick Arlet MAY, Gerard Michael RUMMERY, Rupert Christian SCHEINER, Shiva Kumar SHANMUGA SUNDARA, Chia Ik TAN, Stewart Joseph WAGNER, Alicia Kristianne WELLS, Lemmy NGA, Hason Tin-Yan HO, Gregory Scott SMART
  • Publication number: 20240362279
    Abstract: A multimodal search system is described. The system can receive image data captured by a camera of a user device. Additionally, the system can receive audio data associated with the image data. The audio data can be captured by a microphone of the user device. Moreover, the system can process the image data to generate visual features. Furthermore, the system can process the audio data to generate a plurality of words. The system can generate a plurality of search terms based on the plurality of words and the visual features. Subsequently, the system can determine one or more search results associated with the plurality of search terms and provide the one or more search results as an output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Harshit Kharbanda, Belinda Luna Zeng, Viviana Caso Corella, Christopher James Kelley, Jessica Lee, Pendar Yousefi, Dounia Berrada, Sundeep Vaddadi, Kai Yu, Balint Miklos, Severin Heiniger, Louis Wang
  • Publication number: 20240364903
    Abstract: A method of decoding a plurality of coding units from a bitstream to produce an image frame, the coding units being the result of decompositions of coding tree units, the plurality of coding units forming one or more contiguous portions of the bitstream. The method comprises determining a subdivision level for each portion of the bitstream, each subdivision level being applicable to the coding units of the respective contiguous portion of the bitstream; decoding a quantisation parameter delta for each of a number of areas, each area based on decomposition of coding tree units into coding units of each contiguous portion of the bitstream and the corresponding determined subdivision level; determining a quantisation parameter for each area according to the decoded delta quantisation parameter for the area and the quantisation parameter of an earlier coding unit of the image frame; decoding using the determined quantisation parameter of each area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher James Rosewarne, Iftekhar Ahmed
  • Publication number: 20240358918
    Abstract: Apparatus including tubing sets and methods of use are described for deliver a therapeutic medication to a patient, the apparatus comprising a controller and a sensor. The controller is configured to receive data from the sensor, and to start and stop delivery of the therapeutic medication to the patient in response to data received from the sensor. In addition, apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed, which are configured to deliver a therapeutic medication to a patient. The apparatus, system and methods comprise a reservoir, a patient interface, a tubing set, and a fluid pump, and the components are configured to provide a calibrated flow rate based upon specific characteristics of the therapeutic medications passing through and internal lumen of the tubing set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Martin Michael Coyne, III, Christopher James Franzese, Molly Christine Larson-Wakeman, Alejandra Linares Martinez, Matthew Conner D'Auria, Katherine Ford Brigham, Sebastian Karlsson, Christoph Egloff, Madeleine Hayden Anderson
  • Publication number: 20240361734
    Abstract: Techniques are provided herein for creating well-balanced computer-based reasoning systems and using those to control systems. The techniques include receiving a request to determine whether to include one or more particular data elements in a computer-based reasoning model and determining two probability density or mass functions (“PDMFs”), one for the data set including the one or more particular data elements, once for the data set excluding it. Surprisal is determined based on those two PDMFs, and inclusion in the computer-based reasoning model is determined based on surprisal. A system is later controlled using the computer-based reasoning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher James Hazard
  • Publication number: 20240364900
    Abstract: A method of decoding a plurality of coding units from a bitstream to produce an image frame, the coding units being the result of decompositions of coding tree units, the plurality of coding units forming one or more contiguous portions of the bitstream. The method comprises determining a subdivision level for each portion of the bitstream, each subdivision level being applicable to the coding units of the respective contiguous portion of the bitstream; decoding a quantisation parameter delta for each of a number of areas, each area based on decomposition of coding tree units into coding units of each contiguous portion of the bitstream and the corresponding determined subdivision level; determining a quantisation parameter for each area according to the decoded delta quantisation parameter for the area and the quantisation parameter of an earlier coding unit of the image frame; decoding using the determined quantisation parameter of each area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher James Rosewarne, Iftekhar Ahmed
  • Publication number: 20240358080
    Abstract: Cartridges for vaporizer devices are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the cartridge can include a primary reservoir, a secondary reservoir in fluid communication with the primary reservoir, and a vaporization chamber in communication with the secondary reservoir in which the vaporization chamber includes a first wicking element. The primary reservoir is configured to store a majority fraction of vaporizable material when in a first pressure state and configured to expel the vaporizable material in response to an increase in headspace when in a second pressure state. The secondary reservoir is formed of absorbent material configured to receive a first volume of the vaporizable material from the primary reservoir in the first pressure state and to receive a second volume of the vaporizable material from the primary reservoir in the second pressure state in which the second volume is greater than the first volume. Vaporizer devices are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Ariel Atkins, Alexander M. Hoopai, Esteban Leon Duque, Christopher James Rosser, Andrew J. Stratton, Norbert Wesely
  • Publication number: 20240364902
    Abstract: A method of decoding a plurality of coding units from a bitstream to produce an image frame, the coding units being the result of decompositions of coding tree units, the plurality of coding units forming one or more contiguous portions of the bitstream. The method comprises determining a subdivision level for each portion of the bitstream, each subdivision level being applicable to the coding units of the respective contiguous portion of the bitstream; decoding a quantisation parameter delta for each of a number of areas, each area based on decomposition of coding tree units into coding units of each contiguous portion of the bitstream and the corresponding determined subdivision level; determining a quantisation parameter for each area according to the decoded delta quantisation parameter for the area and the quantisation parameter of an earlier coding unit of the image frame; decoding using the determined quantisation parameter of each area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher James Rosewarne, Iftekhar Ahmed
  • Patent number: 12129844
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser comprising a liquid pump. The liquid pump comprises a first liquid inlet configured to allow the introduction of a first liquid into a mixing chamber; a second liquid inlet configured to allow the introduction of a second liquid into the mixing chamber; an outlet valve configured to regulate the release of a mixed liquid from the mixing chamber, the mixed liquid being a blend of the first liquid and the second liquid; and a reciprocating member configured to effect a reciprocating movement along a longitudinal axis, the reciprocating member being configured to regulate the aperture of the outlet valve. The liquid dispenser comprises a piezoelectric detector arranged in such a way that when the liquid pump generates a shockwave, the shockwave is detected by the piezoelectric detector, the piezoelectric detector generating a voltage peak which is a function of the shockwave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: HYDRO SYSTEMS EUROPE LTD.
    Inventor: Christopher James Dyer
  • Patent number: 12131345
    Abstract: Embodiments of vehicle data systems for use in distributed computer network are disclosed. Particular embodiments may determine and enhance vehicle data from various data sources distributed across the computer network, and utilize the enhanced vehicle data in the determination of normalization metrics that account for geography and population density or spatial behavioral patterns. Embodiments may utilize these normalization metrics to determine or predict one or more metrics about participants in a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: TrueCar, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Swinson, Christopher James O'Keeffe, Daniel Salazar, Ludovica Rizzo
  • Patent number: 12129097
    Abstract: Connectors and methods for contactless transfer of fluid between containers are disclosed. According to an aspect, a connector includes a body that defines a first end, a second end, and a passageway that extends between the first end and the second end, wherein the first end and second end are configured to attach to a first container and a second container, respectively. The passageway provides a pathway between the first and second containers when the first and second containers are attached to the first and second ends, respectively. Further, the connector includes an opener configured to engage and open the first container for release of a fluid from within the first container through the passageway and into the second container when the first and second containers are attached to the first and second ends, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Scatter, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Lines Brown, Christopher James Cunningham, James Robert Seay, John-Mark Christian Bolton, Karry Chase Harrison, Joshua William Whitelock
  • Patent number: 12131248
    Abstract: There is described a neural network system for generating a graph, the graph comprising a set of nodes and edges. The system comprises one or more neural networks configured to represent a probability distribution over sequences of node generating decisions and/or edge generating decisions, and one or more computers configured to sample the probability distribution represented by the one or more neural networks to generate a graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: DeepMind Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Yujia Li, Christopher James Dyer, Oriol Vinyals
  • Publication number: 20240354455
    Abstract: As disclosed herein, a computer-implemented method for refining a description of a desired digital asset through interactive conversational exchange is provided. The computer-implemented method may include receiving, via a conversational user interface (UI), a first input from a user including a description of a desired digital asset. The computer-implemented method may include prompting the user to provide a second input including additional details about the desired digital asset. The computer-implemented method may include generating, based on the second input, a first refined description of the desired digital asset. The computer-implemented method may include providing the first refined description to a machine learning (ML) model to generate the desired digital asset. A system and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher James Loy, Ismael Martinez Ortiz, John Farrelly, Joseph Devaney, Keenan Kadam, Kevin Byrne, Margarita Pitsiani, Raymond Lúí Smyth, Ruan Guimarães Barcellos, Timothy Alexander John Williams
  • Publication number: 20240354332
    Abstract: Systems and methods for multi-image search can include obtaining two or more images and determining one or more search results that are based on the two or more images. The one or more search results can be determined based on determined shared attributes of the two or more images. The one or more search results may be based on feature embeddings associated with the two or more images. The two or more images may be obtained based on one or more user interactions with one or more databases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Belinda Luna Zeng, Harshit Kharbanda, Christopher James Kelley, Erica Bjornsson, David William Hendon
  • Publication number: 20240344797
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical sear that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a fire control manager, and the fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on a trigger sensor, transmit, based on the trigger break, a first signal to a first actuator located in a displacement path of a sear, so as to cause the first actuator to be displaced in a first direction, and transmit, based on the trigger break, a second signal to a second actuator located in the displacement path of the sear, so as to cause the second actuator to be displaced in a second direction. The transmitting the first signal to the first actuator and the transmitting the second signal to the second actuator may cause displacement of the sear and firing of the gun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Kai Thorin Kloepfer, Donna Kelley, Sara Elizabeth Falcone, Katherine Joanne Lund, Jack Hugo Thiesen, Timothy Joel Thorson, Benjamin William Dwyer, Christopher James Owens, Joseph Ray Wilding, Karl Fredrick Brakora, John Andrew Tomasik
  • Patent number: 12114769
    Abstract: The convertible table with integrated storage comprises a tabletop, a base, a plurality of folding legs, and a plurality of pivoting legs. The convertible table with integrated storage may be a multi-function conversion table with internal storage. The base may be coupled to the underside of the tabletop. The convertible table with integrated storage may be operable as a toddler play table with the base resting on the floor, a child's play table with the base elevated above the floor by the plurality of pivoting legs, and an adult table with the base elevated above the floor by the plurality of folding legs. The base may comprise a storage area that may be accessible via an access aperture in the tabletop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher James Day, Rome Elizabeth Dunn