Patents by Inventor Dirk John

Dirk John 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: 12184601
    Abstract: A computing system and method that can be used for organizing product-related emails, wherein product-related emails can pertain to products such as objects/items or otherwise pertain to entities such as experiences, subscriptions, services etc. In particular, example aspects of the present disclosure involve computing systems and computer-implemented methods for organizing product-related emails based on historical user data and characteristics extracted from the product-related emails. The systems and methods of the present disclosure allow for use of email that more conveniently conveys pertinent information contained in product-related emails through presentation of various information predicted as more valuable to a user and methods to more easily find product-related emails associated with a user's particular desires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Chenmin Liang, Rachel Elizabeth Derkits-Gelman, Xiaonan Zhang, Jiye Huang, Dirk John Stoop
  • Patent number: 12130620
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for remotely detecting a status associated with an autonomous vehicle and generating control actions in response to such detections. In one example, a computing system can access a third-party communication associated with an autonomous vehicle. The computing system can determine, based at least in part on the third-party communication, a predetermined identifier associated with the autonomous vehicle. The computing system can determine, based at least in part on the third-party communication, a status associated with the autonomous vehicle, and transmit one or more control messages to the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the predetermined identifier and the status associated with the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Scott C. Poeppel, Noah Zych, Matthew Shaw Wood, Dirk John Vandenberg, III
  • Patent number: 12117992
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to maintaining a cache of effective properties in an identity management system employing a graph. In particular, it relates to handling vertex/edge and/or graph topology updates in accordance with update notification requirements configured from a schema and, in conjunction with detecting updating of vertex/edge attributes and/or graph topology, recalculating effective attributes in accordance with the configured notification requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Ping Identity International, Inc.
    Inventor: Dirk John Hogan
  • Publication number: 20240211470
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to reducing forwarding of notifications from a current vertex of a current vertex class by performing a next-hop analysis in a graph with a schema defining at least two classes of vertices with at least one vertex class caching relationship derived virtual properties (“RDVPs”) and how vertices of the vertex classes forward the notifications. The technology involves having, at the current vertex, a notification, ascertaining, from the relationships between the current vertex and target vertices that are connected in one hop, the vertex classes of the target vertices. The current vertex conditionally forwards notifications to vertices of other vertex classes dependent on the next-hop analysis. The next hop analysis is satisfied when the target vertex is configured to update an RDVP cache based on a relationship path or the target vertex is configured to propagate notifications to a further vertex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: Ping Identity International, Inc.
    Inventor: Dirk John Hogan
  • Publication number: 20230222115
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to maintaining a cache of effective properties in an identity management system employing a graph. In particular, it relates to handling vertex/edge and/or graph topology updates in accordance with update notification requirements configured from a schema and, in conjunction with detecting updating of vertex/edge attributes and/or graph topology, recalculating effective attributes in accordance with the configured notification requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: ForgeRock, Inc.
    Inventor: Dirk John HOGAN
  • Publication number: 20230205202
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for remotely detecting a status associated with an autonomous vehicle and generating control actions in response to such detections. In one example, a computing system can access a third-party communication associated with an autonomous vehicle. The computing system can determine, based at least in part on the third-party communication, a predetermined identifier associated with the autonomous vehicle. The computing system can determine, based at least in part on the third-party communication, a status associated with the autonomous vehicle, and transmit one or more control messages to the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the predetermined identifier and the status associated with the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Scott C. Poeppel, Noah Zych, Matthew Shaw Wood, Dirk John Vandenberg, III
  • Publication number: 20230096643
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, and devices for fault detection in a Lidar system. A fault detection system obtains incoming Lidar data output by a Lidar system during operation of an AV system. The incoming Lidar data includes one or more data points corresponding to a fault detection target on an exterior of a vehicle of the AV system. The fault detection system accesses historical Lidar data that is based on data previously output by the Lidar system. The historical Lidar data corresponds to the fault detection target. The fault detection system performs a comparison of the incoming Lidar data with the historical Lidar data to identify any differences between the two sets of data. The fault detection system detects a fault condition occurring at the Lidar system based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Dirk John Vandenberg, III, James Allen Haslim, Thomas Lawrence Smith, Adam David Kenvarg
  • Patent number: 11614735
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for remotely detecting a status associated with an autonomous vehicle and generating control actions in response to such detections. In one example, a computing system can access a third-party communication associated with an autonomous vehicle. The computing system can determine, based at least in part on the third-party communication, a predetermined identifier associated with the autonomous vehicle. The computing system can determine, based at least in part on the third-party communication, a status associated with the autonomous vehicle, and transmit one or more control messages to the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the predetermined identifier and the status associated with the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Scott C. Poeppel, Noah Zych, Matthew Shaw Wood, Dirk John Vandenberg, III
  • Patent number: 11593356
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to maintaining a cache of effective properties in an identity management system employing a graph. In particular, it relates to handling vertex/edge and/or graph topology updates in accordance with update notification requirements configured from a schema and, in conjunction with detecting updating of vertex/edge attributes and/or graph topology, recalculating effective attributes in accordance with the configured notification requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ForgeRock, Inc.
    Inventor: Dirk John Hogan
  • Patent number: 11548403
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically servicing autonomous vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer implemented method includes obtaining data associated with one or more reference mechanisms located on an autonomous vehicle. The method includes identifying information associated with the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the data associated with the one or more reference mechanisms located on the autonomous vehicle. The information associated with the autonomous vehicle includes an orientation of the autonomous vehicle. The method includes determining a vehicle maintenance plan for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the information associated with the autonomous vehicle. The method includes providing one or more control signals to implement the vehicle maintenance plan for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the orientation of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Shaw Wood, Dirk John VandenBerg, III
  • Patent number: 11543535
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, and devices for fault detection in a Lidar system. A fault detection system obtains incoming Lidar data output by a Lidar system during operation of an AV system. The incoming Lidar data includes one or more data points corresponding to a fault detection target on an exterior of a vehicle of the AV system. The fault detection system accesses historical Lidar data that is based on data previously output by the Lidar system. The historical Lidar data corresponds to the fault detection target. The fault detection system performs a comparison of the incoming Lidar data with the historical Lidar data to identify any differences between the two sets of data. The fault detection system detects a fault condition occurring at the Lidar system based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Dirk John Vandenberg, III, James Allen Haslim, Thomas Lawrence Smith, Adam David Kenvarg
  • Patent number: 11358604
    Abstract: A sensor system for a vehicle, including a first sensor that detects at least one collision-relevant physical variable and outputs at least one corresponding first sensor signal, and at least one second sensor that, independently of the first sensor, detects at least one collision-relevant physical variable and outputs at least one corresponding second sensor signal, and an evaluation and control unit that receives the at least one first sensor signal and the at least one second sensor signal and evaluates them for the collision detection. A method is also described for monitoring a sensor. The evaluation and control unit uses at least one second comparison signal that is based on the at least one second sensor signal of the at least one second sensor to monitor the first sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk John, Gunther Lang, Markus Krieg, Michael Schmid, Simon Koenig
  • Publication number: 20220083536
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to maintaining a cache of effective properties in an identity management system employing a graph. In particular, it relates to handling vertex/edge and/or graph topology updates in accordance with update notification requirements configured from a schema and, in conjunction with detecting updating of vertex/edge attributes and/or graph topology, recalculating effective attributes in accordance with the configured notification requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: ForgeRock, Inc.
    Inventor: Dirk John Hogan
  • Patent number: 11133953
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may receive one or more input signals comprising information related to a user of the computing system. The computing system may determine an interpretation of the one or more input signals using a knowledge graph. The knowledge graph may include a number of layers of knowledge about the user or an environment of the computing system. The interpretation of the input signals may be determined based on the knowledge in the knowledge graph. The system may perform one or more execution operations based on the determined interpretation of the one or more input signals. The execution operations may include configuring one or more controllable systems associated with the computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventors: Catherine Lois Shive, Dirk John Stoop
  • Publication number: 20210284044
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically servicing autonomous vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer implemented method includes obtaining data associated with one or more reference mechanisms located on an autonomous vehicle. The method includes identifying information associated with the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the data associated with the one or more reference mechanisms located on the autonomous vehicle. The information associated with the autonomous vehicle includes an orientation of the autonomous vehicle. The method includes determining a vehicle maintenance plan for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the information associated with the autonomous vehicle. The method includes providing one or more control signals to implement the vehicle maintenance plan for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the orientation of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Shaw Wood, Dirk John VandenBerg, III
  • Patent number: 11021075
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically servicing autonomous vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer implemented method includes obtaining data associated with one or more reference mechanisms located on an autonomous vehicle. The method includes identifying information associated with the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the data associated with the one or more reference mechanisms located on the autonomous vehicle. The information associated with the autonomous vehicle includes an orientation of the autonomous vehicle. The method includes determining a vehicle maintenance plan for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the information associated with the autonomous vehicle. The method includes providing one or more control signals to implement the vehicle maintenance plan for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the orientation of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Shaw Wood, Dirk John VandenBerg, III
  • Publication number: 20210003711
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, and devices for fault detection in a Lidar system. A fault detection system obtains incoming Lidar data output by a Lidar system during operation of an AV system. The incoming Lidar data includes one or more data points corresponding to a fault detection target on an exterior of a vehicle of the AV system. The fault detection system accesses historical Lidar data that is based on data previously output by the Lidar system. The historical Lidar data corresponds to the fault detection target. The fault detection system performs a comparison of the incoming Lidar data with the historical Lidar data to identify any differences between the two sets of data. The fault detection system detects a fault condition occurring at the Lidar system based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Dirk John Vandenberg, III, James Allen Haslim, Thomas Lawrence Smith, Adam David Kenvarg
  • Patent number: 10875511
    Abstract: Systems and methods for brake redundancy for an autonomous vehicle are provided. An autonomous vehicle braking system can include a primary brake control module comprising one or more processors. The primary brake control module can be configured to brake an autonomous vehicle in response to receiving a braking command from a vehicle autonomy system of the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle braking system can further include a secondary brake control module comprising one or more processors. The secondary brake control module can be configured to determine a failure of the primary brake control module to brake the autonomous vehicle in response to receiving the braking command. In response to determining the failure of the primary brake control module to brake the autonomous vehicle, the secondary brake control module can be configured to implement a braking action for the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Dirk John VandenBerg, III, Nicholas G. Letwin
  • Publication number: 20200369287
    Abstract: A sensor system for a vehicle, including a first sensor that detects at least one collision-relevant physical variable and outputs at least one corresponding first sensor signal, and at least one second sensor that, independently of the first sensor, detects at least one collision-relevant physical variable and outputs at least one corresponding second sensor signal, and an evaluation and control unit that receives the at least one first sensor signal and the at least one second sensor signal and evaluates them for the collision detection. A method is also described for monitoring a sensor. The evaluation and control unit uses at least one second comparison signal that is based on the at least one second sensor signal of the at least one second sensor to monitor the first sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Dirk JOHN, Gunther LANG, Markus KRIEG, Michael SCHMID, Simon KOENIG
  • Patent number: 10798043
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending, to a first client system of a first user, a first trending module having references to a first set of trending topics, where one of the references does not include a live badge; generate a trending-topic interface corresponding to a first trending topic in the first set of trending topics, wherein the trending-topic interface comprises a live module containing at least one live video associated with the first trending topic; storing a reference to the live module with a news-event object; querying the news-event object to determine whether a live module is associated with the first trending topic; and sending, to a second client system for display, a second trending module having references to a second set of trending topic that includes the first trending topic, wherein a reference to the first trending topic includes a live badge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Zheng Yong, Dirk John Stoop