Patents by Inventor David Cox

David Cox 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: 20250140352
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for facilitating compound identification based on analytical data obtained from an analytical instrument such as, for example, a mass spectrometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: David Cox, Stephen Tate
  • Patent number: 12283054
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for placing an application window is provided. The embodiment may include receiving a window opening event for the application window. In response to determining that the application window can be repositioned and resized, the embodiment may include identifying one or more active areas of a computing device screen. An active area is an area of the computing device screen which is currently displaying one or more other windows and their respective interactive elements. The embodiment may include utilizing one or more search algorithms to identify a least active area of the one or more active areas of the computing device screen. The embodiment may include displaying the application window within the least active area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin David Cox, Joseph Sayer, Andrew David Lyell
  • Publication number: 20250103875
    Abstract: Parameters of a first transformer are accessed, and size dimensions of a second transformer that is to be trained and is larger than the first transformer are received. The parameters of the first transformer are linearly transformed using a combination of a width-growth operator and a depth-growth operator, wherein the linear transformation produces a set of new parameters, the set corresponding to the size dimensions of the second transformer. The second transformer is initialized with the set of new parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Rameswar Panda, Peihao Wang, LEONID KARLINSKY, Rogerio Schmidt Feris, David Cox, Yoon Hyung Kim
  • Patent number: 12247506
    Abstract: A method of providing a heating cycle for an after-treatment system is described. The method comprises initiating a pre-charge cycle of a DCDC converter and determining a temperature of the after-treatment system. In response to determining the temperature of the after-treatment system is below a threshold temperature and the pre-charge is complete, the method further comprises operating a solid-state switch to electrically connect a high voltage power source to a heating element to of the after-treatment system, and heating the after-treatment system with the heating element until the after-treatment system reaches the threshold temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Cox, David Hesketh, Themi Petridis
  • Publication number: 20250055007
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for the management and control of electrolyte within confined electrochemical cells or groups (e.g. stacks) of connected electrochemical cells, for example, in an electrolyzer. Various embodiments of systems and methods provide for the elimination of parasitic conductive paths between cells, and/or precise passive control of fluid pressures within cells. In some embodiments, a fixed volume of electrolyte is substantially retained within each cell while efficiently collecting and removing produced gases or other products from the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Eric SEYMOUR, Gregory KUMOR, Erik T. HERRERA, Byron J. BURKILL, David COX, Sandeep NIJHAWAN, Cameron TAVENER-SMITH, Wayne Richard HEMZACEK, Nathaniel Martin SCHUH
  • Patent number: 12225317
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for front-end clipping reduction is provided. The embodiment may include capturing input, including at least one visual input and at least one audio input. The embodiment may also include modeling data regarding visual cues based on a visual input from the at least one visual input. The embodiment may further include marking one or more timestamps which, in light of the modeled data, correspond to speech in the at least one audio input. The embodiment may also include transmitting an audio input from within the at least one audio input corresponding to the one or more marked timestamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Sayer, Andrew David Lyell, Benjamin David Cox
  • Patent number: 12157395
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing a state of charge of a hybrid vehicle battery using an eCAT. Electrical energy is provided to a hybrid system for storage at the battery of the hybrid system. A first state of charge of the battery of the hybrid system is determined. Upon determining that the first state of charge is within a predetermined upper range, a determination is made as to whether to increase energy supplied to one or more hybrid vehicle components, the one or more hybrid vehicle components comprising at least the eCAT. At least a portion of the electrical energy is consumed at the eCAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: David Cox, Mark Turnbull
  • Publication number: 20240384963
    Abstract: An archery mounting assembly and method are disclosed herein. The archery mounting assembly, in an embodiment, includes a mount device having first and second portions that are moveable relative to one another. The second portion is configured to be coupled to the rear surface of an archery device. The archery device can be an archery bow that is aimable toward a target, or the archery device can be an adapter attached to the archery bow. When the second portion is coupled to the rear surface and the archery bow is aimed toward the target, the rear surface faces in a rearward direction away from the target. The archery mounting assembly also includes an adjuster moveably coupled to the second portion, and the archery mounting assembly has an accessory support supported by the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: QTM, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel A. Summers, Kevin S. Fry, David Cox, Jason Lynch, Andrew Oliver
  • Patent number: 12122355
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for electrical power control of a hybrid vehicle. A change in an electrical load of an ancillary component of the vehicle is determined. In response to determining the change in the electrical load of the ancillary component, an electrical load of an electrically heated catalyst of the vehicle is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Dashwood Crisp, David Ramiro Garcia, David Cox, Matthew Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20240345044
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for separating target and non-target analytes in a sample. The methods can utilize an acoustic droplet ejector (ADE) and an open port interface (OPI) to achieve liquid chromatography (LC)-like separation for an analytical instrument such as, for example, a mass spectrometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: David Cox, Chang Liu
  • Publication number: 20240295053
    Abstract: An insulation pad includes a binderless pack of glass fibers and an envelope around the binderless pack of glass fibers. The glass fibers are mechanically entangled by needling such that the binderless pack has a density of from 4.5 to 5.5 pounds per cubic foot. The insulation pad is used to insulate pipes and vessels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Albert Thaxton, Andrew Scott Davis, Glenn Eric Haley, David Cox, John William Hoffman, William Henry Stauch
  • Patent number: 12080928
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for the management and control of electrolyte within confined electrochemical cells or groups (e.g. stacks) of connected electrochemical cells, for example, in an electrolyzer. Various embodiments of systems and methods provide for the elimination of parasitic conductive paths between cells, and/or precise passive control of fluid pressures within cells. In some embodiments, a fixed volume of electrolyte is substantially retained within each cell while efficiently collecting and removing produced gases or other products from the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: EDAC Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Seymour, Gregory Kumor, Erik T. Herrera, Byron J. Burkill, David Cox, Sandeep Nijhawan, Cameron Tavener-Smith, Wayne Richard Hemzacek, Nathaniel Martin Schuh
  • Patent number: 12050079
    Abstract: An archery mounting assembly and method are disclosed herein. The archery mounting assembly, in an embodiment, includes a mount device having a mount portion configured to be engaged with a body of an archery weapon. The mount device also has a first interface that extends at least partially along an adjustment axis. The archery mounting assembly further includes an accessory support, which includes a support portion configured to support an archery accessory and a second interface configured to be movably coupled to the first interface of the mount device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: QTM, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel A. Summers, Kevin S. Fry, David Cox, Jason Lynch, Andrew Oliver
  • Patent number: 12031469
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided to heat a catalyst of an after-treatment system for a vehicle. The after-treatment system is powered by a battery. An operational parameter of the battery and the driving mode of the vehicle is determined. After receiving an indication that a first operational parameter threshold has been surpassed and a torque demand of the vehicle has been predicted, heat is provided to the catalyst of the after-treatment system based on the predicted torque demand of the vehicle surpassing a second operational parameter threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Cox, David Hesketh, Themi Petridis
  • Publication number: 20240194826
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure comprising: a semiconductor membrane, the semiconductor membrane having at least one amorphised area and an active area wherein the at least one amorphised area is adjacent the active area such that the at least one amorphised area exerts strain on the active area and a method of introducing strain into a crystalline semiconductor membrane by ion implantation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Clowes, David Cox, Mateus Masteghin, Stephen Sweeney
  • Publication number: 20240185270
    Abstract: Unsupervised cross-domain data augmentation techniques for long-text document based prediction and explanation are provided. In one aspect, a system for long-document based prediction includes: an encoder for creating embeddings of long-document texts with hierarchical sparse self-attention, and making predictions using the embeddings of the long-document texts; and a multi-source counterfactual augmentation module for generating perturbed long-document texts using unlabeled sentences from at least one external source to train the encoder. A method for long-document based prediction is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: YADA ZHU, Zixuan Yuan, David Cox, Anna Wanda Topol
  • Patent number: 11996083
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided of using a machine learning model for disentanglement of prosody in spoken natural language. The method includes encoding, by a computing device, the spoken natural language to produce content code. The method further includes resampling, by the computing device without text transcriptions, the content code to obscure the prosody by applying an unsupervised technique to the machine learning model to generate prosody-obscured content code. The method additionally includes decoding, by the computing device, the prosody-obscured content code to synthesize speech indirectly based upon the content code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaizhi Qian, Yang Zhang, Shiyu Chang, Jinjun Xiong, Chuang Gan, David Cox
  • Publication number: 20240166190
    Abstract: Methods and system are provided to select a battery control strategy for a hybrid battery of a hybrid electric vehicle. The methods comprise receiving forecast weather information at a first location, determining an operational parameter of the hybrid battery, and selecting a first battery control strategy based on the forecast weather information and the operational parameter of the hybrid battery, wherein the control strategy comprises a state of charge target for the hybrid battery required for a next start sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: David Cox, Bastian Hartman, Martin England, Kai Scholz-Starke
  • Patent number: 11989544
    Abstract: A particular method includes storing a manifest file and a parameters file at a data store. The manifest file and the parameters file are associated with a software deployment package. An application associated with the software deployment package is published to a first remote computing device and to a second remote computing device. The method includes receiving first parameter values from the first remote computing device and receiving second parameter values from the second remote computing device. The first parameter values are stored in a first region of the data store that is specific to the first computing device. The second parameter values are stored in a second region of the data store that is specific to the second computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Madhur Joshi, Crystal Hoyer, David Cox, Mohammed Parvez Shaikh, Emily B. Repperger, Yamini Jagadeesan, Muhammad Bilal Aslam, Clea Allington, Yishai Galatzer
  • Publication number: 20240160904
    Abstract: A graph with a plurality of nodes, a plurality of edges, and a plurality of node features is obtained and node representations for the node features are generated. A plurality of structure learning scores is generated based on the node representations, each structure learning score corresponding to one of the plurality of edges. A subset of the plurality of edges that identify a subgraph is selected, each edge of the subset having a structure learning score that is greater than a given threshold. The subgraph is inputted to a representation learner and an inferencing operation is performed using the representation learner based on the subgraph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: YADA ZHU, Mattson Thieme, ONKAR BHARDWAJ, David Cox