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: 20230394124
    Abstract: A provided method is for configuring settings of a computing device for providing more efficient and reliable acquisition of data for use in updating a personalized digital model (digital twin) of a subject. The method comprises configuring settings of a biometric authentication function of a computing device so as to provide for overlap in the input data requirements of the biometric authentication function and the input data requirements of the digital twin. There may be different authentication protocols available at the computing device, each requiring different input sensing data. Based on knowledge of these different authentication protocols and data requirements, and based on knowledge of data input needs of a digital twin, an authentication protocol can be selected and/or its settings adjusted, so that when performing biometric authentication, the same acquired sensor data can also be used for deriving physiological parameter data of the subject, for updating the digital twin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: HARM CRONIE, LIEKE GERTRUDA ELISABETH COX, MURTAZA BULUT, VALENTINA LAVEZZO, CORNELIS PETRUS HENDRIKS
  • 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: 20230291999
    Abstract: Acquisition of a three-dimensional shape of an object by a user is efficiently supported. There is provided an information processing device including a control unit that controls presentation of feedback related to arrangement of a plurality of mirror surfaces arranged around an object to be imaged and used for acquiring a three-dimensional shape of the object. Furthermore, there is provided an information processing method including controlling, by a processor, presentation of feedback related to arrangement of a plurality of mirror surfaces arranged around an object to be imaged and used for acquiring a three-dimensional shape of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: YUGO SATO, HARM CRONIE, MATTHEW LAWRENSON
  • Publication number: 20230222738
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus (500) including a control section (504) that dynamically changes each parameter related to display of a virtual object, the parameter controlling display of the virtual object on each display device according to a method of expressing an image, the method being assigned for display of the image to each of a plurality of display devices that display images related to the same virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji OTSUKA, Matthew LAWRENSON, Harm CRONIE
  • 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: 20230169754
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device to improve the accuracy of estimation using a student network, the information processing device including an estimation unit that estimates an object class of an object included in an input image using a student network generated based on a teacher network generated by machine learning using images stored in a large-scale image database as training data. The student network is generated by machine learning using, as training data, synthetic images obtained using the teacher network and real environment images acquired by a plurality of different modalities in a real environment in which estimation by the estimation unit is expected to be executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi IRIE, Christopher WRIGHT, Bernadette ELLIOT-BOWMAN, Harm CRONIE
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220301535
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described for detecting a pre-event signature based on sensor data, wherein the pre-event signature is indicative of a prediction of a first event; determining an event masking action corresponding to the first event; and causing performance, in response to the detection of the pre-event signature, of the event masking action for masking the first event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, David DUFFY, 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
  • Publication number: 20210217309
    Abstract: An electronic device that is configured as a host of a distributed ledger, the permission to access the distributed ledger being location based.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: HARM CRONIE, JULIAN NOLAN, MAKOTO KOIKE
  • 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: 20210044969
    Abstract: An electronic device that is configured as a host of a distributed ledger, the permission to access the distributed ledger being location based.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: HARM CRONIE, JULIAN NOLAN, MAKOTO KOIKE
  • 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