Patents by Inventor Ian Taylor

Ian Taylor 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: 20200105376
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a deep-learning platform for sorting cell populations. An example method includes executing a software-platform associated with analyzing received flow cytometry data obtained via an acquisition device in communication with the computing system, and the software-platform sorting cell populations indicated in the flow cytometry data. User input is received indicating selection of a deep-learning module, the deep-learning module being obtained via a network to supplement the software-platform. The flow cytometry data is analyzed and a machine learning model is selected which was trained based on similar phenotype information as indicated in the flow cytometry data. The machine learning model is applied based on the flow cytometry data, the information being normalized based on the UMI counts associated with the flow cytometry data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Janice H. Lai, Miguel Velazquez-Palafox, Ian Taylor
  • Publication number: 20200081619
    Abstract: A data-storage system comprises a head receiver configured to variably receive up to a number M of write heads. The data-storage system also includes an installed number N of write heads arranged in the head receiver, a substrate receiver configured to receive one or more data-storage substrates, and a positioner machine configured to adjust a relative placement of each of the M write heads with respect to at least one of the one or more data-storage substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Antony Ian Taylor ROWSTRON, Ioan Alexandru STEFANOVICI, Aaron William OGUS, Douglas Wayne PHILLIPS, Richard John BLACK, Austin Nicholas DONNELLY, Alexander Lloyd GAUNT, Andreas GEORGIOU, Ariel GOMEZ DIAZ, Serguei Anatolievitch LEGTCHENKO, Reinhard Sebastian Bernhard NOWOZIN, Benn Charles THOMSEN, Hugh David Paul WILLIAMS, David LARA SAUCEDO, Patrick Neil ANDERSON, Andromachi CHATZIELEFTHERIOU, John Christopher DAINTY, James Hilton CLEGG, Raluca Andreea DIACONU, Rokas DREVINSKAS, Mengyang YANG
  • Publication number: 20200047311
    Abstract: A dresser apparatus for dressing a grinding wheel, the apparatus comprising a dresser cradle unit for holding a dresser roll, and a rotary drive for driving the dresser roll, wherein the dresser cradle unit is removable from the rotary drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Adrian MAUGHAN, Ian TAYLOR
  • Publication number: 20190392942
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence findings system includes a findings engine that receives medical image data and generates findings based on the medical image data and image interpretation algorithms. An adjustment engine allows the user to adjust the findings to produce a report. A tracking module tracks findings and adjustments made to the findings by the user when producing the report. The tracking module produces tracking information. A machine learning engine receives the tracking information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Sorenson, David W. MacCutcheon, Tiecheng Zhao, Gael Kuhn, Misha H. Herscu, Jacob Ian Taylor, Steven Rothenberg
  • Publication number: 20190354283
    Abstract: A data-storage system comprises a head receiver configured to variably receive up to a number M of write heads. The data-storage system also includes an installed number N of write heads arranged in the head receiver, a substrate receiver configured to receive one or more data-storage substrates, and a positioner machine configured to adjust a relative placement of each of the M write heads with respect to at least one of the one or more data-storage substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Antony Ian Taylor ROWSTRON, Ioan Alexandru STEFANOVICI, Aaron William OGUS, Douglas Wayne PHILLIPS, Richard John BLACK, Austin Nicholas DONNELLY, Alexander Lloyd GAUNT, Andreas GEORGIOU, Ariel GOMEZ DIAZ, Serguei Anatolievitch LEGTCHENKO, Reinhard Sebastian Bernhard NOWOZIN, Benn Charles THOMSEN, Hugh David Paul WILLIAMS, David LARA SAUCEDO, Patrick Neil ANDERSON, Andromachi CHATZIELEFTHERIOU, John Christopher DAINTY, James Hilton CLEGG, Raluca Andreea DIACONU, Rokas DREVINSKAS, Mengyang YANG
  • Patent number: 10445462
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence findings system includes a findings engine that receives medical image data and generates findings based on the medical image data and image interpretation algorithms that take into account stored preferences for a user. A client viewer presents the findings to the user. An adjustment engine allows the user to adjust the findings to produce a report. A tracking module tracks findings and adjustments made to the findings by the user when producing the report. The tracking module produces tracking information. A machine learning engine receives the tracking information and based on the adjustments made to the findings by the user adjusts the stored preferences for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: TeraRecon, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Sorenson, David W. MacCutcheon, Tiecheng Zhao, Gael Kuhn, Misha H. Herscu, Jacob Ian Taylor, Steven Rothenberg
  • Patent number: 10433564
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for anaesthetizing animals before slaughter, by the anesthetic action of gases or gas mixtures, operated in “batch” mode, in which the live animals, preferably put together in one or more cages, are placed in a lock chamber for treatment where the animals are brought into contact with anesthetic gas, following a cycle comprising several steps characterized by different contents of anesthetic gas, characterized in that at least one of the steps is carried out using gas recovered from the lock chamber and stored in at least one capacity (2, No. 1, No. 2 etc.) for temporary storage having a variable volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Franck Cousin, Robert Ian Taylor, Etienne Charve
  • Publication number: 20190245922
    Abstract: A server system comprising storage devices, processing devices and a storage fabric all operating according to a storage fabric protocol. The storage fabric comprises a plurality of individual switches having a modular design from which an overall switch is built, and the individual switches have individual respective configuration settings which determine which processing devices are allocated to use which of the storage devices. The system comprises an API enabling a software control function to configure the overall switch. The API is operable to receive from the control function an overall mapping of the storage devices to the processing devices instead of requiring the individual configuration settings of each of the individual switches to be specified by the control function, the API being configured to convert the overall mapping into the individual configuration settings of the individual switches to produce the overall mapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Serguei Anatolievitch LEGTCHENKO, Mark SHAW, Austin DONNELLY, Hugh WILLIAMS, Richard BLACK, Antony Ian Taylor ROWSTRON, Aaron OGUS, Douglas PHILLIPS
  • Publication number: 20190245923
    Abstract: A server system comprising processing devices, disks and a storage fabric, all arranged to operate according to a storage fabric protocol in order to communicate between the processing devices and the storage devices over the storage fabric, wherein the storage fabric is settable with a mapping determining which of the processing devices are allocated to use which of the storage devices in providing said services to the client systems. The system comprises a control function arranged to dynamically adapt the mapping in response to either: (i) failure or other downtime of one of the processing devices, storage devices, a component of the storage fabric or a connection in the storage fabric; or (ii) a current demand for the services from the client systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Hugh WILLIAMS, Antony Ian Taylor ROWSTRON, Richard BLACK, Austin DONNELLY, Serguei Anatolievitch LEGTCHENKO, Aaron OGUS, Douglas PHILLIPS
  • Publication number: 20190114307
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to reading stored data. The method comprises obtaining a representation of a measurement performed on a data-storage medium, the representation being based on a previously recorded pattern of data encoded in the data-storage medium in a layout that defines a plurality of data locations. The method further comprises inputting the representation into a data decoder comprising a trained machine-learning function, and obtaining from the data decoder, for each data location of the layout, a plurality of probability values, wherein each probability value is associated with a corresponding data value and represents the probability that the corresponding data value matches the actual data value in the previously recorded pattern of data at a same location in the layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ioan Alexandru STEFANOVICI, Benn Charles THOMSEN, Alexander Lloyd GAUNT, Antony Ian Taylor ROWSTRON, Reinhard Sebastian Bernhard NOWOZIN
  • Patent number: 10230988
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to frequency domain transforms, including fast integer transforms and directional integer transforms. Further described is a video codec that utilizes a novel class of fast integer and directional transforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: OTOY, INC.
    Inventor: Malcolm Ian Taylor
  • Patent number: 10107078
    Abstract: A hydraulically-powered subsea tool system has a tool (26) and a tool power unit (12). The tool (26) communicates with a first connector element (30) on a hydraulic drive circuit (82). The tool power unit (12) has a hydraulic supply circuit (88) communicating with a second connector element (20). The connector elements are wet-mated with each other to connect the circuits for powering the tool. The circuits are pressure-compensated by respective compensators (136,90). When the circuits are connected, a valve (140) is operable to transfer pressure compensation of one of the circuits from the compensator (136) of that circuit to the compensator (90) of the other circuit. The valve (140) suitably transfers pressure compensation of the drive circuit from a drive circuit compensator to a supply circuit compensator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Subsea 7 Limited
    Inventors: Robert Ian Taylor, Graham Gibbons
  • Publication number: 20180101645
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence findings system includes a findings engine that receives medical image data and generates findings based on the medical image data and image interpretation algorithms that take into account stored preferences for a user. A client viewer presents the findings to the user. An adjustment engine allows the user to adjust the findings to produce a report. A tracking module tracks findings and adjustments made to the findings by the user when producing the report. The tracking module produces tracking information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Sorenson, David W. MacCutcheon, Tiecheng Zhao, Gael Kuhn, Misha H. Herscu, Jacob Ian Taylor, Steven Rothenberg
  • Publication number: 20180081379
    Abstract: Low cost storage for write once read rarely data is described. In an embodiment a storage device comprises a plurality of hard disk drives connected to a server via an interconnect fabric. The storage device comprises a cooling system which is only capable of cooling a first subset of the hard disk drives and a power supply system which is only capable of powering a second subset of the hard disk drives and in some examples, the interconnect fabric may be only capable of providing full bandwidth for a third subset of the hard disk drives. Each subset may comprise only a small fraction of hard disk drives. A control mechanism, which may be implemented in software, is provided which controls which hard disk drives are active at any time in order that the constraints set by the cooling and power supply systems and interconnect fabric are not violated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Shobana M. BALAKRISHNAN, David T. HARPER, Stephen HEIL, Eric C. PETERSON, Adam B. GLASS, David Alex BUTLER, Austin Nicholas DONNELLY, Antony Ian Taylor ROWSTRON, Sergey LEGTCHENKO
  • Publication number: 20180060512
    Abstract: Image processing engines can be utilized to inject studies into other commercial or independently-developed peer review systems which are designed to review the medical findings identified by a set of physicians. Image processing engines detect, confirm or verify findings by physicians or other engines, where the engines operate as peer reviewers. The engines can prospectively “learn” from the feedback when these images are reviewed by the physicians during diagnostic interpretation creating a closed-loop quality assurance process and fostering a community platform approach to engine development which is supported by the security, governance, access control, regulatory compliance and other features of the Peer Review System. Utilizing machine learning based on the data collected from peer review, the Peer Review System can adapt and improve its performance as well as the measured performance of the physicians using the system for diagnostic interpretation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sorenson, Tiecheng Zhao, David W. MacCutcheon, Jacob Ian Taylor, Misha Herscu, Gael Kuhn, Steven Rothenberg
  • Patent number: 9841774
    Abstract: Low cost storage for write once read rarely data is described. In an embodiment a storage device comprises a plurality of hard disk drives connected to a server via an interconnect fabric. The storage device comprises a cooling system which is only capable of cooling a first subset of the hard disk drives and a power supply system which is only capable of powering a second subset of the hard disk drives and in some examples, the interconnect fabric may be only capable of providing full bandwidth for a third subset of the hard disk drives. Each subset may comprise only a small fraction of hard disk drives. A control mechanism, which may be implemented in software, is provided which controls which hard disk drives are active at any time in order that the constraints set by the cooling and power supply systems and interconnect fabric are not violated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shobana M. Balakrishnan, David T. Harper, Stephen Heil, Eric C. Peterson, Adam B. Glass, David Alex Butler, Austin Nicholas Donnelly, Antony Ian Taylor Rowstron, Sergey Legtchenko
  • Patent number: 9792427
    Abstract: Methods for enforcing confidentiality and integrity of code and data while running the code over the data in a distributed computing system are described. In an embodiment each machine which processes data within the system provides a secure sub-system which is protected from other parts of the machine and which receives encrypted data and encrypted code, processes the data using the received code and outputs encrypted data. When establishing the secure sub-systems, keys are exchanged between the client and secure sub-systems and the secure sub-systems provide an attestation confirming the identity of the code running in the secure sub-systems and confirming that the code is running on genuine secure sub-systems. In another embodiment a data-flow computation system is described in which chunks of input data, each comprising an identifier, are authenticated/encrypted. The identifiers are used within the system to confirm that each chunk is processed exactly once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Manuel Costa, Felix Schuster, Cedric Fournet, Christos Gkantsidis, Marcus Peinado, Antony Ian Taylor Rowstron
  • Publication number: 20170055002
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to frequency domain transforms, including fast integer transforms and directional integer transforms. Further disclosed is a video codec that utilizes a novel class of fast integer and directional transforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Malcolm Ian Taylor
  • Publication number: 20170031372
    Abstract: Low cost storage for write once read rarely data is described. In an embodiment a storage device comprises a plurality of hard disk drives connected to a server via an interconnect fabric. The storage device comprises a cooling system which is only capable of cooling a first subset of the hard disk drives and a power supply system which is only capable of powering a second subset of the hard disk drives and in some examples, the interconnect fabric may be only capable of providing full bandwidth for a third subset of the hard disk drives. Each subset may comprise only a small fraction of hard disk drives. A control mechanism, which may be implemented in software, is provided which controls which hard disk drives are active at any time in order that the constraints set by the cooling and power supply systems and interconnect fabric are not violated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Shobana M. Balakrishnan, David T. Harper, Stephen Heil, Eric C. Peterson, Adam B. Glass, David Alex Butler, Austin Nicholas Donnelly, Antony Ian Taylor Rowstron, Sergey Legtchenko
  • Patent number: 9471068
    Abstract: Low cost storage for write once read rarely data is described. In an embodiment a storage device comprises a plurality of hard disk drives connected to a server via an interconnect fabric. The storage device comprises a cooling system which is only capable of cooling a first subset of the hard disk drives and a power supply system which is only capable of powering a second subset of the hard disk drives and in some examples, the interconnect fabric may be only capable of providing full bandwidth for a third subset of the hard disk drives. Each subset may comprise only a small fraction of hard disk drives. A control mechanism, which may be implemented in software, is provided which controls which hard disk drives are active at any time in order that the constraints set by the cooling and power supply systems and interconnect fabric are not violated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shobana M. Balakrishnan, David T. Harper, Stephen Heil, Eric C. Peterson, Adam B. Glass, David Alex Butler, Austin Nicholas Donnelly, Antony Ian Taylor Rowstron, Sergey Legtchenko