Patents by Inventor Evandro Gouvea

Evandro Gouvea 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).

  • Method for retrieving items represented by particles from an information database
    Patent number: 8055693
    Abstract: A set of words is converted to a corresponding set of particles, wherein the words and the particles are unique within each set. For each word, all possible partitionings of the word into particles are determined, and a cost is determined for each possible partitioning. The particles of the possible partitioning associated with a minimal cost are added to the set of particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Tony Ezzat, Evandro Gouvea