Patents by Inventor Christopher Wiedeman

Christopher Wiedeman 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: 20240054323
    Abstract: A decision network for moral decision-making includes a trained group artificial neural network (ANN), a trained individual ANN, and a fusion block. The trained group ANN is configured to receive a selected input vector and to produce an estimated en group output based, at least in part, on the selected input vector. The trained group ANN is trained based, at least in part, on group training data including a plurality of group input vectors and corresponding training group outputs. Each group input vector includes a plurality of scenario parameters. The trained individual ANN is configured to receive the selected input vector and to produce an estimated individual output based, at least in part, on the selected input vector. The trained individual ANN is trained after the trained group ANN is trained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Ge Wang, Christopher Wiedeman, Uwe Kruger
  • Publication number: 20230186055
    Abstract: In one embodiment, there is provided a dual neck autoencoder module for reducing adversarial attack transferability. The dual neck autoencoder module includes an encoder module configured to receive input data; a decoder module; and a first bottleneck module and a second bottleneck module coupled, in parallel, between the encoder module and the decoder module. The decoder module is configured to generate a first estimate based, at least in part, on a first intermediate data set from the first bottleneck module, and a second estimate based, at least in part, on a second intermediate data set from the second bottleneck module. The first intermediate data set and the second intermediate data set are at least partially decorrelated based, at least in part, on a correlation loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Ge Wang, Christopher Wiedeman
  • Patent number: 11364174
    Abstract: A cold therapy dynamic hand splint system including an electric pump, a sleeve, an inflatable bladder, a refrigeration device, and a fluid reservoir. The sleeve includes a fluid-tight cavity filled with a cold fluid pressurized by the pump, and is wrapped around the forearm of a user. The inflatable bladder has an expanded state where the bladder is charged with the fluid pressurized by the pump and chilled by the refrigeration device, and a collapsed state where the bladder is substantially empty. The bladder is small enough that a portion fits inside a palm of a contracted spastic hand while in the collapsed state, and large enough to press the spastic hand open when the bladder is in the expanded state. The fluid is maintained within a therapeutic temperature range, and is in fluidic communication with the sleeve and the bladder through the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Brandon Arthur Dorr, Kay Wing, Christopher Wiedeman, Cole Hunter, Jeffrey Kleim
  • Publication number: 20190167510
    Abstract: A cold therapy dynamic hand splint system is disclosed. The hand splint system includes an electric pump, a sleeve, an inflatable bladder, a refrigeration device, and a fluid reservoir. The sleeve includes a fluid-tight cavity filled with a cold fluid pressurized by the pump, and is wrapped around the forearm of a user. The inflatable bladder has an expanded state where the bladder is charged with the fluid pressurized by the pump and chilled by the refrigeration device, and a collapsed state where the bladder is substantially empty. The bladder is small enough that a portion fits inside a palm of a contracted spastic hand while in the collapsed state, and large enough to press the spastic hand open when the bladder is in the expanded state. The fluid is maintained within a therapeutic temperature range, and is in fluidic communication with the sleeve and the bladder through the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Brandon Arthur Dorr, Kay Wing, Christopher Wiedeman, Cole Hunter, Jeffrey Kleim