Patents by Inventor Harm Cronie

Harm Cronie 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: 20250055762
    Abstract: The invention proposes systems and methods for testing on-device machine learning models such as network models of a device based on an access to normal input and output channels, wherein a structure of a model is designed through training such that the model produces distinctive outputs to a given set of test inputs only so long as its internal structure remains in a desired state. Models may be rendered susceptible to such testing via model pre-training with training inputs designed to train the model into an appropriate structure and/or to cause the model to produce a distinctive output if later presented with a certain set of test inputs. If the structure of the model remains within allowable limits, the device will produce a predictable output when tested. If not, the device may be enforced to return to a pre-trained model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Nicholas Simon Walker, Timothy Beard, Harm Cronie, Oscar Garcia Morchon, Walter Dees, Harry Michael Cronin
  • Publication number: 20240394685
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus (20) according to an embodiment includes: a first ranging unit (203) including a light source unit (2110) and a light reception unit (2111) and configured to perform range-finding on a basis of light emitted from the light source unit and light received by the light reception unit, and a control unit (219) configured to control the first ranging unit, in which the control unit controls light emission from the light source unit included in the first ranging unit in response to transmission data to transmit the transmission data to another equipment using light and to cause the first ranging unit to execute the range-finding at least once before completing transmission of the transmission data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kenta Endo, Mikio Ishimaru, Takao Tanikame, Sho Nishida, Nicholas Walker, Matthew Lawrenson, Harm Cronie
  • Patent number: 12013469
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising a memory configured to store a sensor management dataset, and at least one processing core, configured to process an instruction to limit an accuracy of a first sensor in accordance with a resolution requirement of a property measured by the first sensor, determine, using the sensor management dataset, at least one second sensor which is capable of estimating the property, and cause lowering of resolution of data produced by the at least one second sensor, the extent of resolution lowering being determined based on first resolution requirement and the sensor management dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventor: Harm Cronie
  • Patent number: 11831366
    Abstract: Using a transformation based at least in part on a non-simple orthogonal or unitary matrix, data may be transmitted over a data bus in a manner that is resilient to one or more types of signal noise, that does not require a common reference at the transmission and acquisition points, and/or that has a pin-efficiency that is greater than 50% and may approach that of single-ended signaling. Such transformations may be implemented in hardware in an efficient manner. Hybrid transformers that apply such transformations to selected subsets of signals to be transmitted may be used to adapt to various signal set sizes and/or transmission environment properties including noise and physical space requirements of given transmission environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE
    Inventors: Harm Cronie, Amin Shokrollahi
  • Publication number: 20230223994
    Abstract: Using a transformation based at least in part on a non-simple orthogonal or unitary matrix, data may be transmitted over a data bus in a manner that is resilient to one or more types of signal noise, that does not require a common reference at the transmission and acquisition points, and/or that has a pin-efficiency that is greater than 50% and may approach that of single-ended signaling. Such transformations may be implemented in hardware in an efficient manner. Hybrid transformers that apply such transformations to selected subsets of signals to be transmitted may be used to adapt to various signal set sizes and/or transmission environment properties including noise and physical space requirements of given transmission environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Harm Cronie, Amin Shokrollahi
  • Publication number: 20230120397
    Abstract: Systems and methods are proposed for training and employing a machine learning algorithm for identifying uncertain Digital Twin model parameters. Such proposals may make use of a set of DTs that is chosen such that it comprises DTs that have achieved a target/predetermined morbidity scenario. The training may then identify uncertain model parameters for the set of DTs. Using the identified uncertain model parameters, the set of DTs may then be run so as to assess whether the target morbidity scenario is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Harm Cronie, Lieke Gertruda Elisabeth Cox, Murtaza Bulut, Valentina Lavezzo, Cornelis Petrus Hendriks
  • Patent number: 11611377
    Abstract: Using a transformation based at least in part on a non-simple orthogonal or unitary matrix, data may be transmitted over a data bus in a manner that is resilient to one or more types of signal noise, that does not require a common reference at the transmission and acquisition points, and/or that has a pin-efficiency that is greater than 50% and may approach that of single-ended signaling. Such transformations may be implemented in hardware in an efficient manner. Hybrid transformers that apply such transformations to selected subsets of signals to be transmitted may be used to adapt to various signal set sizes and/or transmission environment properties including noise and physical space requirements of given transmission environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE
    Inventors: Harm Cronie, Amin Shokrollahi
  • Patent number: 11503049
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining one or more first devices that are Internet devices meeting all of the following conditions: residing at a given location; equipped with one or more ambience sensing capable sensors; and operation mode being such that their ambience sensing capable sensors should not cause transmission of data. One or more second devices are determined that are Internet devices at the given location and equipped with one or more elements capable of causing an ambient stimulation detectable by the sensors of one or more first devices. Data transmissions of the first devices are monitored. Issuing of the ambient stimulation is caused by a subset of the one or more second devices. It is determined whether the issuing of the ambient stimulation caused a significant change in the monitored data transmissions of the first devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: David Duffy, Matthew Lawrenson, Harm Cronie
  • Patent number: 11362820
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to receive from a pressure sensor matrix data describing a time-varying pressure interaction of the pressure sensor matrix with a second pressure sensor matrix, process the data to obtain a bit sequence, and use the bit sequence as a shared secret in a cryptographic procedure with a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Harm Cronie
  • Patent number: 11190359
    Abstract: A device for accessing a distributed ledger is provided. The distributed ledger is maintained by a plurality of virtual nodes. The device has a circuitry, which is configured to access the distributed ledger through at least one virtual node of the plurality of virtual nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Harm Cronie, Julian Nolan
  • Patent number: 11163611
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a virtual device has a circuitry. The circuitry searches for resource devices providing characteristics of a set of characteristics of the virtual device in a distributed ledger. The distributed ledger includes information about multiple resource devices. The circuitry provides the virtual device by selecting resource devices providing characteristics of the set of characteristics of the virtual device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SONY EUROPE B.V.
    Inventors: Harm Cronie, Julian Nolan, Makoto Koike
  • Publication number: 20210258046
    Abstract: Using a transformation based at least in part on a non-simple orthogonal or unitary matrix, data may be transmitted over a data bus in a manner that is resilient to one or more types of signal noise, that does not require a common reference at the transmission and acquisition points, and/or that has a pin-efficiency that is greater than 50% and may approach that of single-ended signaling. Such transformations may be implemented in hardware in an efficient manner. Hybrid transformers that apply such transformations to selected subsets of signals to be transmitted may be used to adapt to various signal set sizes and/or transmission environment properties including noise and physical space requirements of given transmission environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Harm Cronie, Amin Shokrollahi
  • Patent number: 10985806
    Abstract: Using a transformation based at least in part on a non-simple orthogonal or unitary matrix, data may be transmitted over a data bus in a manner that is resilient to one or more types of signal noise, that does not require a common reference at the transmission and acquisition points, and/or that has a pin-efficiency that is greater than 50% and may approach that of single-ended signaling. Such transformations may be implemented in hardware in an efficient manner. Hybrid transformers that apply such transformations to selected subsets of signals to be transmitted may be used to adapt to various signal set sizes and/or transmission environment properties including noise and physical space requirements of given transmission environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne
    Inventors: Harm Cronie, Amin Shokrollahi
  • Publication number: 20210099471
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining one or more first devices that are Internet devices meeting all of the following conditions: residing at a given location; equipped with one or more ambience sensing capable sensors; and operation mode being such that their ambience sensing capable sensors should not cause transmission of data. One or more second devices are determined that are Internet devices at the given location and equipped with one or more elements capable of causing an ambient stimulation detectable by the sensors of one or more first devices. Data transmissions of the first devices are monitored. Issuing of the ambient stimulation is caused by a subset of the one or more second devices. It is determined whether the issuing of the ambient stimulation caused a significant change in the monitored data transmissions of the first devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: David Duffy, Matthew Lawrenson, Harm Cronie
  • Publication number: 20210048538
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising a memory configured to store a sensor management dataset, and at least one processing core, configured to process an instruction to limit an accuracy of a first sensor in accordance with a resolution requirement of a property measured by the first sensor, determine, using the sensor management dataset, at least one second sensor which is capable of estimating the property, and cause lowering of resolution of data produced by the at least one second sensor, the extent of resolution lowering being determined based on first resolution requirement and the sensor management dataset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventor: Harm Cronie
  • Publication number: 20210044443
    Abstract: There is provided a method including determining if two separated distributed ledgers share a common history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Harm Cronie, Julian Nolan, Makoto Koike
  • Publication number: 20200374115
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to receive from a pressure sensor matrix data describing a time-varying pressure interaction of the pressure sensor matrix with a second pressure sensor matrix, process the data to obtain a bit sequence, and use the bit sequence as a shared secret in a cryptographic procedure with a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventor: Harm Cronie
  • Patent number: 10846281
    Abstract: An electronic device for maintaining a distributed ledger, which is maintained by multiple electronic nodes, wherein the distributed ledger includes multiple blocks which are associated at least with one of the previously recorded blocks and wherein a block can be added to the distributed ledger based on a mining process, has circuitry configured to perform a mining process of a block to be added to the distributed ledger, wherein the mining process by at least a part of the multiple electronic nodes includes compressing data of the block to be added to the distributed ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Harm Cronie, Julian Nolan
  • Publication number: 20190341972
    Abstract: Using a transformation based at least in part on a non-simple orthogonal or unitary matrix, data may be transmitted over a data bus in a manner that is resilient to one or more types of signal noise, that does not require a common reference at the transmission and acquisition points, and/or that has a pin-efficiency that is greater than 50% and may approach that of single-ended signaling. Such transformations may be implemented in hardware in an efficient manner. Hybrid transformers that apply such transformations to selected subsets of signals to be transmitted may be used to adapt to various signal set sizes and/or transmission environment properties including noise and physical space requirements of given transmission environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Harm Cronie, Amin Shokrollahi
  • Patent number: 10433114
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system (1) for transmitting location dependent data. The system comprises multiple antennas (3), a transmitter (5) coupled to the multiple antennas (3) and a processor (7). The processor (7) is configured to determine multiple location dependent parts of the location dependent data, each of the multiple location dependent parts corresponding to a different geographical region (8a-g, 25), and to use the transmitter (5) to transmit at least two of the multiple location dependent parts to a different target location (9a-g, 23) over the multiple antennas (3). Each of the at least two location dependent parts is associated with a different reference location (9a-g, 21) and the distance between a target location (9a-g, 23) and a reference location (9a-g, 21) associated with a location dependent part transmitted to the target location (9a-g, 23) is smaller than a predetermined threshold. The invention further relates to a device (17) for receiving location dependent data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Koninklijke KPN N.V.
    Inventors: Harm Cronie, Julian Nolan, Matthew Lawrenson