Patents by Inventor David A. Herman

David A. Herman 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: 11321518
    Abstract: A method for machine learning based document editing is provided. The method may include receiving, from a client, one or more inputs associated with a document. A recommendation to include and/or exclude a clause, a term, and/or a line item from the document may be generated by at least processing the one or more inputs with a machine learning model. The recommendation to include and/or exclude the clause, the term, and/or the line item from the document may be provided to the client. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Debashis Banerjee, Prasanna Kumar Govindappa, David Herman, Krishna Hindhupur Vijay Sudheendra, Shruthi Jinadatta, Anilkumar Tambali, Pravinth Ganesan, Amit Saxena, Gaurav Rathi, Balaji Raghunathan, Hari Babu Krishnan
  • Patent number: 11262204
    Abstract: Data to initiate movement of a vehicle is received from a first user. The first user is identified. A determination is made whether to initiate the movement of the vehicle based at least in part on the data and the one or more characteristics of the first user. The movement of the vehicle is initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Alexander Scheufler, David A. Herman, Nunzio Decia, Stephen Jay Orris, Jr., David Joseph Orris
  • Publication number: 20220004567
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for accessing master data comprising a plurality of representative data records, where each representative data record represents a cluster of similar data records, and each similar data record has a confidence score indicating a confidence level that the similar data record corresponds to the cluster, and comparing a new data record to each representative data record of the plurality of representative data records using a machine learning model to generate a distance score. The systems and methods further provide for analyzing the cluster of similar data records corresponding to each representative data record in a selected set of representative data records to generate candidate values for the requested data field of the new data record, and generating a candidate score for each of the candidate values using the distance score and the confidence score to use in providing a recommended candidate value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Mengyuan Tao, Vishal Narender Punjabi, David Herman
  • Patent number: 11125566
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to receive image data gathered by a vehicle camera, relating to a fixed environmental feature. The processor is also configured to determine a vehicle position relative to the fixed environmental feature and determine a vehicle lane-level location on a digital map, based on the vehicle position relative to the fixed environmental feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dehua Cui, David A. Herman, Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Perry Robinson MacNeille, David Allen Kowalski, Omar Makke
  • Publication number: 20210256947
    Abstract: Acoustic cores and methods for forming and for assembling acoustic cores are provided. For example, an acoustic core of a gas turbine engine comprises a first attenuation section having a first plurality of attenuation members and a first mating wall having a planar first mating surface. The first mating wall is integrally formed with at least a portion of the first plurality of attenuation members and defines a portion of a perimeter of the first attenuation section. A method for forming an acoustic core comprises additively manufacturing a first attenuation section of the acoustic core, which comprises a first plurality of attenuation members and a first mating wall that are integrally formed as a single unit. A method for assembling an acoustic core comprises applying an adhesive to mating surfaces of first and second attenuation sections and pressing together the mating surfaces to join the first and second attenuation sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Wendy Wenling Lin, David Herman, James Duvall Bollacker
  • Publication number: 20210222447
    Abstract: Theater designs including social media, and theater entrances configured to draw patrons into a main area of the theater including an entrance having a curved wall and curved walkway having a horizon drop-off for display of content related to a motion picture or other feature to be shown in the theater. The content may be interactive or otherwise linked to patrons passing a hallway including the curved wall. Spatialized sound corresponding to the video “moves” with objects in the video and with patrons as they traverse walkway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Douglas J. GORNY, Wilhelm OEHL, Vincent VORON, David HERMAN, Donald BURLOCK, Pascal SIJEN, Christopher Roy KUKSHTEL, C. Matthew CUSON, Charles Q. ROBINSON
  • Publication number: 20210201402
    Abstract: A method of obtaining psychometric information about a user is disclosed. A psychometric graphical object is provided to the user by a personalized user management module. User interaction with the psychometric graphical object is measured by a psychological traits evaluation module. At least a first wider portion of the psychometric graphical object is labeled with a first keyword related to a psychological trait. At least a second wider portion of the psychometric graphical object is labeled with a second keyword related to the psychological trait.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: John Galen Buckwalter, David Herman, Andrew Wen, Scott Saunders
  • Publication number: 20210200936
    Abstract: A method for machine learning based document editing is provided. The method may include receiving, from a client, one or more inputs associated with a document. A recommendation to include and/or exclude a clause, a term, and/or a line item from the document may be generated by at least processing the one or more inputs with a machine learning model. The recommendation to include and/or exclude the clause, the term, and/or the line item from the document may be provided to the client. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Debashis Banerjee, Prasanna Kumar Govindappa, David Herman, Krishna Hindhupur Vijay Sudheendra, Shruthi Jinadatta, Anilkumar Tambali, Pravinth Ganesan, Amit Saxena, Gaurav Rathi, Balaji Raghunathan, Hari Babu Krishnan
  • Patent number: 10977429
    Abstract: A method for machine learning based document editing is provided. The method may include receiving, from a client, one or more inputs associated with a document. A recommendation to include and/or exclude a clause, a term, and/or a line item from the document may be generated by at least processing the one or more inputs with a machine learning model. The recommendation to include and/or exclude the clause, the term, and/or the line item from the document may be provided to the client. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Debashis Banerjee, Prasanna Kumar Govindappa, David Herman, Krishna Hindhupur Vijay Sudheendra, Shruthi Jinadatta, Anilkumar Tambali, Pravinth Ganesan, Amit Saxena, Gaurav Rathi, Balaji Raghunathan, Hari Babu Krishnan
  • Patent number: 10927590
    Abstract: A computing device determines that one or more users have departed a vehicle. The computing device determines whether a vehicle door is ajar. A power door subsystem is actuated to close the vehicle door when the vehicle door is ajar and the vehicle has no users. A fare is determined when the vehicle door is in a latched position. A message is sent to the at least one of the one or more users indicating the fare.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David A. Herman, Howard Paul Tsvi Linden
  • Patent number: 10917771
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle comprises a controller, programmed to output a warning to a registered mobile device via a server over a wireless network, responsive to a safety event indicative of a child being left in the vehicle in a dangerous condition triggered responsive to detection of presence of the child in a car seat and failure to receive confirmation that an adult occupant is still in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Joseph Orris, David Michael Herman, David A. Herman, Nunzio DeCia, Nicholas Alexander Scheufler, Stephen Jay Orris
  • Patent number: 10906425
    Abstract: A network of electric vehicle chargers is provided. The network may include a controller that, responsive to data indicating a threshold risk of utility grid power loss in a defined geographic area, broadcasts commands summoning vehicles in the defined geographic area to travel to and charge via the network, and prioritize charging of the vehicles at the network according to charge state data such that the vehicles having lowest state of charge are charged first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Michael Herman, Nicholas Scheufler, David A. Herman, Nunzio DeCia, David Joseph Orris, Stephen Jay Orris, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10907371
    Abstract: Theater designs including social media, and theater entrances configured to draw patrons into a main area of the theater including an entrance having a curved wall and curved walkway having a horizon drop-off for display of content related to a motion picture or other feature to be shown in the theater. The content may be interactive or otherwise linked to patrons passing a hallway including the curved wall. Spatialized sound corresponding to the video “moves” with objects in the video and with patrons as they traverse walkway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas J. Gorny, Wilhelm Oehl, Vincent Voron, David Herman, Donald Burlock, Pascal Sijen, Christopher Roy Kukshtel, C. Matthew Cuson, Charles Q. Robinson
  • Patent number: 10875496
    Abstract: An object outside of a vehicle can be detected with vehicle sensor data. A load for the vehicle can be predicted at least in part based on classifying the object. A vehicle component can be actuated based on the predicted load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: David Michael Herman, David A. Herman, Nunzio DeCia, David Joseph Orris, Nicholas Alexander Scheufler, Stephen Jay Orris, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10755348
    Abstract: A method of obtaining psychometric information about a user is disclosed. A psychometric graphical object is provided to the user by a personalized user management module. User interaction with the psychometric graphical object is measured by a psychological traits evaluation module. At least a first wider portion of the psychometric graphical object is labeled with a first keyword related to a psychological trait. At least a second wider portion of the psychometric graphical object is labeled with a second keyword related to the psychological trait.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Happy Money, Inc.
    Inventors: John Galen Buckwalter, David Herman, Andrew Wen, Scott Saunders
  • Patent number: 10745005
    Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for inter-vehicle cooperation for vehicle self height estimation. An example vehicle includes an inter-vehicle communication module and a body control module. The body control module broadcasts a request for images via the inter-vehicle communication module. The body control module also performs semantic segmentation on the images, generates a composite image of the vehicle based on the segmented images, and generates a three dimensional representation of the vehicle based on the composite image. Using the three dimensional representation, the body control module determines a height of the vehicle, and based on the height, controls the vehicle to avoid obstacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Michael Herman, David A. Herman, David Joseph Orris, Nunzio DeCia, Stephen Jay Orris, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20200217683
    Abstract: An item previously obtained along the route is identified. A location on the route associated with the item is identified. A message is sent to the location to obtain the item. A vehicle component is actuated to move the vehicle to the location. A prompt is sent to the user for options to add a second item or cancel an order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: David A. HERMAN, Nicholas COLELLA, Colleen CAUVET, Andrea Bowes CHOWANIC
  • Publication number: 20200207289
    Abstract: A current location and a destination location of a vehicle are identified. A stowage parameter is predicted based on the current and destination locations. A vehicle component is actuated based on the stowage parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Nicholas Alexander SCHEUFLER, David Joseph ORRIS, Stephen Jay ORRIS, Jr., Nunzio DECIA, David A. HERMAN
  • Patent number: 10628690
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for automated detection of trailer properties. An example vehicle includes an inter-vehicle communication module and an infotainment head unit. The infotainment head unit is configured to detect presence of an attached trailer. The infotainment head unit is also configured to, in response to a determination that the attached trailer is an unrecognized trailer broadcast a request for images via the inter-vehicle communication module, perform semantic segmentation on the images, generate a three dimensional point cloud using the segmented images, and estimate a property of the attached trailer based on the three dimensional point cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Michael Herman, David A. Herman, Stephen Jay Orris, Jr., Nunzio DeCia, David Joseph Orris, Nicholas Alexander Scheufler
  • Patent number: D935642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Wilhelm Oehl, Mark Little, David Herman, Vince Voron