Patents by Inventor Franz Friedrich
Franz Friedrich 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).
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Publication number: 20200035227Abstract: A method and system or dynamically generating computerized dialog. oth natural language input previously from a user and cognitive context are analyzed. A dictionary is selected as a function of the natural language input and stored information previously known about the user. A corpus including knowledge of the topics of interest is further selected. One or more expressions are extracted from a network accessible data source. The one or more expressions extracted from the network accessible data source are filtered through the dictionary and the corpus. Dialog is generated in response to the natural language input, as a function of the cognitive context and topic of interest by integrating the one or more expressions filtered through the dictionary and corpus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Edgar Adolfo Zamora Duran, Franz Friedrich Liebinger Portela, Yanil Zeledon, Roxana Monge Nunez
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Patent number: 10546221Abstract: A method and system for extracting information from a surface coated with a coating containing quantum dots are disclosed. In embodiments, the method comprises charging the quantum dots in the surface coating, scanning the surface to retrieve information from the quantum dots, and processing the retrieved information to identify data encoded in the quantum dots. In embodiments of the invention, the processing includes filtering the retrieved information to adjust the received information based on defined effects of the coating. In embodiments of the invention, the filtering includes filtering the retrieved information to account for chromatic deviation due to the color of the coated surface. In embodiments of the invention, the quantum dots include a plurality of different types of quantum dots, and the processing the retrieved information includes processing the retrieved information to distinguish between the information retrieved from the different types of quantum dots.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Esteban Arias Navarro, Franz Friedrich Liebinger Portela, Edgar Adolfo Zamora Duran
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Publication number: 20190295693Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for encoding and decoding data from genetic traits. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of encoding data from genetic traits. The method comprises encoding genetic traits information, including using quantum dot wavelengths to identify distinct genetic traits, and using numbers of the quantum dots to represent probabilities associated with the traits. In an embodiment, the invention provides a genetic characteristics decoding system for decoding genetic information encoded using quantum dots in a carrier. The decoding system comprises a light source for charging the quantum dots in the carrier; a scanner for scanning the carrier to retrieve information from the charged quantum dots; and a processing system for processing the retrieved information to determine quantum dot wavelengths to identify distinct genetic traits, and to determine numbers of the quantum dots to identify probabilities associated with the genetic traits.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Effron Esseiva, Franz Friedrich Liebinger Portela, Roxana Monge Nunez, Edgar Adolfo Zamora Duran
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Patent number: 10347364Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for encoding and decoding data from genetic traits. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of encoding data from genetic traits. The method comprises encoding genetic traits information, including using quantum dot wavelengths to identify distinct genetic traits, and using numbers of the quantum dots to represent probabilities associated with the traits. In an embodiment, the invention provides a genetic characteristics decoding system for decoding genetic information encoded using quantum dots in a carrier. The decoding system comprises a light source for charging the quantum dots in the carrier; a scanner for scanning the carrier to retrieve information from the charged quantum dots; and a processing system for processing the retrieved information to determine quantum dot wavelengths to identify distinct genetic traits, and to determine numbers of the quantum dots to identify probabilities associated with the genetic traits.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Effron Esseiva, Franz Friedrich Liebinger Portela, Roxana Monge Núñez, Edgar Adolfo Zamora Duran
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Publication number: 20190197376Abstract: A method and system for extracting information from a surface coated with a coating containing quantum dots are disclosed. In embodiments, the method comprises charging the quantum dots in the surface coating, scanning the surface to retrieve information from the quantum dots, and processing the retrieved information to identify data encoded in the quantum dots. In embodiments of the invention, the processing includes filtering the retrieved information to adjust the received information based on defined effects of the coating. In embodiments of the invention, the filtering includes filtering the retrieved information to account for chromatic deviation due to the color of the coated surface. In embodiments of the invention, the quantum dots include a plurality of different types of quantum dots, and the processing the retrieved information includes processing the retrieved information to distinguish between the information retrieved from the different types of quantum dots.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Esteban Arias Navarro, Franz Friedrich Liebinger Portela, Edgar Adolfo Zamora Duran
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Publication number: 20190156821Abstract: Systems, methods and platforms for generating and improving conversational dialogs between a computer system and a user to create more intelligent, realistic human-like conversations. The systems, methods and platforms achieve a realistic human conversation by identify parameters such as the user's culture, age and known interests, identify a corpus that contains the knowledge appropriate for achieving conversational goals to a perceived topic of interest and generate expressions into dialog that may be extracted from human generated sources. The system appropriately matches the targeted user's parameters and topic based on the input of the user initiating the dialog interaction. The system may analyze and/or record the emotion of the user, cognitive context, gestures and the user's expressions, which may be performed using one or more recording systems to increase the accuracy of topic identification and the appropriate dialog responses.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Edgar Adolfo Zamora Duran, Franz Friedrich Liebinger Portela, Yanil Zeledon, Roxana Monge Nunez
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Patent number: 10223627Abstract: A method and system for extracting information from a surface coated with a coating containing quantum dots are disclosed. In embodiments, the method comprises charging the quantum dots in the surface coating, scanning the surface to retrieve information from the quantum dots, and processing the retrieved information to identify data encoded in the quantum dots. In embodiments of the invention, the processing includes filtering the retrieved information to adjust the received information based on defined effects of the coating. In embodiments of the invention, the filtering includes filtering the retrieved information to account for chromatic deviation due to the color of the coated surface. In embodiments of the invention, the quantum dots include a plurality of different types of quantum dots, and the processing the retrieved information includes processing the retrieved information to distinguish between the information retrieved from the different types of quantum dots.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Esteban Arias Navarro, Franz Friedrich Liebinger Portela, Edgar Adolfo Zamora Duran
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Publication number: 20180197051Abstract: A method and system for extracting information from a surface coated with a coating containing quantum dots are disclosed. In embodiments, the method comprises charging the quantum dots in the surface coating, scanning the surface to retrieve information from the quantum dots, and processing the retrieved information to identify data encoded in the quantum dots. In embodiments of the invention, the processing includes filtering the retrieved information to adjust the received information based on defined effects of the coating. In embodiments of the invention, the filtering includes filtering the retrieved information to account for chromatic deviation due to the color of the coated surface. In embodiments of the invention, the quantum dots include a plurality of different types of quantum dots, and the processing the retrieved information includes processing the retrieved information to distinguish between the information retrieved from the different types of quantum dots.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Esteban Arias Navarro, Franz Friedrich Liebinger Portela, Edgar Adolfo Zamora Duran
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Patent number: 9988237Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for smart elevator car destination management according to probabilistic destination determination. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for smart elevator car destination management according to probabilistic destination determination includes predicting a set of passengers requesting use of an elevator car in a bank of elevator cars in a building and determining a probability for each of the passengers that each passenger will select as a destination a particular floor in the building. The method also includes grouping ones of the passengers in the set according to a common floor determined to be probable for the grouped ones of the passengers. Finally, the method includes displaying in connection with the bank of elevator cars an assignment of the grouped ones of the passengers to one of the elevator cars in the bank.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Juan Gabriel Rodriguez Arguedas, Edgar Adolfo Zamora Duran, Roxana Monge Nunez, Franz Friedrich Liebinger Portela
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Publication number: 20180148296Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for smart elevator car destination management according to probabilistic destination determination. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for smart elevator car destination management according to probabilistic destination determination includes predicting a set of passengers requesting use of an elevator car in a bank of elevator cars in a building and determining a probability for each of the passengers that each passenger will select as a destination a particular floor in the building. The method also includes grouping ones of the passengers in the set according to a common floor determined to be probable for the grouped ones of the passengers. Finally, the method includes displaying in connection with the bank of elevator cars an assignment of the grouped ones of the passengers to one of the elevator cars in the bank.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Juan Gabriel Rodriguez Arguedas, Edgar Adolfo Zamora Duran, Roxana Monge Nunez, Franz Friedrich Liebinger Portela
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Patent number: 9940566Abstract: A method and system for extracting information from a surface coated with a coating containing quantum dots are disclosed. In embodiments, the method comprises charging the quantum dots in the surface coating, scanning the surface to retrieve information from the quantum dots, and processing the retrieved information to identify data encoded in the quantum dots. In embodiments of the invention, the processing includes filtering the retrieved information to adjust the received information based on defined effects of the coating. In embodiments of the invention, the filtering includes filtering the retrieved information to account for chromatic deviation due to the color of the coated surface. In embodiments of the invention, the quantum dots include a plurality of different types of quantum dots, and the processing the retrieved information includes processing the retrieved information to distinguish between the information retrieved from the different types of quantum dots.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Esteban Arias Navarro, Franz Friedrich Liebinger Portela, Edgar Adolfo Zamora Duran
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Publication number: 20180075187Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for encoding and decoding data from genetic traits. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of encoding data from genetic traits. The method comprises encoding genetic traits information, including using quantum dot wavelengths to identify distinct genetic traits, and using numbers of the quantum dots to represent probabilities associated with the traits. In an embodiment, the invention provides a genetic characteristics decoding system for decoding genetic information encoded using quantum dots in a carrier. The decoding system comprises a light source for charging the quantum dots in the carrier; a scanner for scanning the carrier to retrieve information from the charged quantum dots; and a processing system for processing the retrieved information to determine quantum dot wavelengths to identify distinct genetic traits, and to determine numbers of the quantum dots to identify probabilities associated with the genetic traits.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Effron Esseiva, Franz Friedrich Liebinger Portela, Roxana Monge Núñez, Edgar Adolfo Zamora Duran
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Patent number: 9915723Abstract: Aspects receive different instances of reception data from different respective wireless communication receivers that include broadcast data packets broadcast from a mobile device, geographic locations of the communication receivers and times of reception of the broadcast data packet by the respective receivers. Each broadcast data packet includes a time of broadcast by the mobile device and a unique identifier of the mobile device. Aspects determine a geographic location of the mobile device at the time of broadcast of the data packets as a function of triangulating to the geographic locations of the different communication receivers; and/or of determining a Doppler shift in frequency transmission data of an instance of reception of a first data packet relative to frequency transmission data of another instance of reception of another, second data packet transmission broadcast at a different time than the first data packet.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Meller Javier Perez Nunez, Franz Friedrich Liebinger Portela, Ricardo Golcher Ugalde
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Patent number: 9737735Abstract: Ultrasound surgical apparatus are disclosed, including: medical ultrasound handpieces with proximally mounted ultrasound radiators configured to create a distally-focused beam of ultrasound energy, in combination with distal guide members for control of focal point depth; medical ultrasound handpieces with proximally mounted ultrasound radiators configured to create a distally-focused beam of ultrasound energy, in combination with distal rolling members for manipulability and control of focal point depth; medical ultrasound handpiece assemblies with coupled end effectors providing a probe with a probe dilation region configured to have an average outside diameter that is equal to or greater than the average outside diameter of a probe tip and neck; as well as junctions to an ultrasonically inactive probe sheath; medical ultrasound handpiece assemblies with coupled end effectors having positionable, ultrasonically inactive probe sheath ends slidably operable to both cover and expose at least a probe tip; and uType: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: ETHICON LLCInventors: Timothy G. Dietz, Foster B. Stulen, William A. Olson, William Dannaher, John Willis, Sora Rhee, Juergen Burger, Philippe Margairaz, Robert Lockhart, Franz Friedrich, Danik Brand, Herbert Keppner, Jean-Paul Sandoz
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Publication number: 20170206443Abstract: A method and system for extracting information from a surface coated with a coating containing quantum dots are disclosed. In embodiments, the method comprises charging the quantum dots in the surface coating, scanning the surface to retrieve information from the quantum dots, and processing the retrieved information to identify data encoded in the quantum dots. In embodiments of the invention, the processing includes filtering the retrieved information to adjust the received information based on defined effects of the coating. In embodiments of the invention, the filtering includes filtering the retrieved information to account for chromatic deviation due to the color of the coated surface. In embodiments of the invention, the quantum dots include a plurality of different types of quantum dots, and the processing the retrieved information includes processing the retrieved information to distinguish between the information retrieved from the different types of quantum dots.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2016Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Esteban Arias Navarro, Franz Friedrich Liebinger Portela, Edgar Adolfo Zamora Duran
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Patent number: 9691482Abstract: An optical storage device utilizing quantum silos includes a multiplicity of quantum silos in a substrate. Each silo includes one or more quantum dots and a multiplicity of crystals of an orthogonal shape surrounding a quantum dot. The crystals are positioned in an array at each corner, a set of mirrors are positioned at remaining cells of a perimeter of the array and an orthogonally shaped crystal surrounding a quantum dot is positioned at an interior cell. A set of receivers surrounds each silo and points inwardly towards the perimeter. A storage layer is formed by a matrix of the silos with alternate matrix cells marking a position of a corresponding silo and remaining cells transporting data from the silos. A reading and a writing layer are sandwiched beneath the storage layer and multiple sandwiched layers are stacked to form a storage unit with an igniter layer disposed therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Pablo Barquero Garro, Ricardo Golcher Ugalde, Franz Friedrich Liebinger Portela, Meller Javier Perez Nunez
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Publication number: 20170151708Abstract: Ultrasound surgical apparatus are disclosed, including: medical ultrasound handpieces with proximally mounted ultrasound radiators configured to create a distally-focused beam of ultrasound energy, in combination with distal guide members for control of focal point depth; medical ultrasound handpieces with proximally mounted ultrasound radiators configured to create a distally-focused beam of ultrasound energy, in combination with distal rolling members for manipulability and control of focal point depth; medical ultrasound handpiece assemblies with coupled end effectors providing a probe with a probe dilation region configured to have an average outside diameter that is equal to or greater than the average outside diameter of a probe tip and neck; as well as junctions to an ultrasonically inactive probe sheath; medical ultrasound handpiece assemblies with coupled end effectors having positionable, ultrasonically inactive probe sheath ends slidably operable to both cover and expose at least a probe tip; and uType: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2017Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Timothy G. Dietz, Foster B. Stulen, William A. Olson, William D. Dannaher, John W. Willis, Sora Rhee, Juergen Burger, Phillippe Margairaz, Robert Lockhart, Franz Friedrich, Danik Brand, Herbert Keppner, Jean-Paul Sandoz
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Patent number: 9460328Abstract: A method and system for extracting information from a surface coated with a coating containing quantum dots are disclosed. In embodiments, the method comprises charging the quantum dots in the surface coating, scanning the surface to retrieve information from the quantum dots, and processing the retrieved information to identify data encoded in the quantum dots. In embodiments of the invention, the processing includes filtering the retrieved information to adjust the received information based on defined effects of the coating. In embodiments of the invention, the filtering includes filtering the retrieved information to account for chromatic deviation due to the color of the coated surface. In embodiments of the invention, the quantum dots include a plurality of different types of quantum dots, and the processing the retrieved information includes processing the retrieved information to distinguish between the information retrieved from the different types of quantum dots.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Esteban Arias Navarro, Franz Friedrich Liebinger Portela, Edgar Adolfo Zamora Duran
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Publication number: 20140100904Abstract: Embodiments herein describe system and methods for adaptive reminders of user activities. In one embodiment, an adaptive reminder system identifies a start time for a user activity, determines a priority of the activity, and determines a flexibility in the start time. The adaptive reminder system calculates a time at which to remind the user of the activity based on the start time, the priority, and the flexibility in the start time, and generates a notification at the calculated time to remind the user of the activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Inventors: James Louis Wolf, Franz Friedrich Huber, Keith Amann
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Patent number: D776280Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Bone Magic (PTY) LTD.Inventors: Franz Friedrich Birkholtz, Bradley John Beckerleg