Patents by Inventor James Nash

James Nash 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: 20260120150
    Abstract: Methods and systems for webpage template management. The method includes, in one example, generating a webpage based on a template associated with a grouping of one or more locations, surfacing a set of eligible dynamic content onto the webpage based on a set of widgets that control display eligibility through multiple settings that are both included in the template, and distributing the webpage to a host device. In the system, the webpage corresponds to a physical location that is included in the grouping of the one or more locations and the set of eligible dynamic content includes one or more offerings that are available at the physical location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Michael Carini, Will Plaehn, James Nash, Jia Min Kuang
  • Patent number: 12452391
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for processing participant input in a virtual meeting to determine effects to render in the virtual meeting. A natural language processor (NLP) processes a sentence to determine a structural representation of the sentence comprising a subject and object, which is processed to determine whether the object of the sentence comprises an object of recognition and the subject of the sentence is a participant in the virtual meeting. The structural representation of the sentence is processed to determine an attention level in response to determining that the structural representation of the sentence includes the object of recognition and the subject comprises a participant in the virtual meeting. In response to the attention level exceeding a threshold, a recognition attention effect is rendered in the virtual meeting associated with the attention level, observable by the participants of the virtual meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Su, Yang Liang, Su Liu, James Nash
  • Publication number: 20250321149
    Abstract: A self-charging load cell, including a main body to at least partially deform in response to an application of force thereto, a piezoelectric actuator disposed within at least a portion of the main body to generate power in response to the main body at least partially deforming, and a power unit disposed within at least a portion of the main body to store the power generated by the piezoelectric actuator and transmit the power to an external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Inventors: Paul Nash, James Nash
  • Publication number: 20250080696
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for processing participant input in a virtual meeting to determine effects to render in the virtual meeting. A natural language processor (NLP) processes a sentence to determine a structural representation of the sentence comprising a subject and object, which is processed to determine whether the object of the sentence comprises an object of recognition and the subject of the sentence is a participant in the virtual meeting. The structural representation of the sentence is processed to determine an attention level in response to determining that the structural representation of the sentence includes the object of recognition and the subject comprises a participant in the virtual meeting. In response to the attention level exceeding a threshold, a recognition attention effect is rendered in the virtual meeting associated with the attention level, observable by the participants of the virtual meeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Jun Su, YANG LIANG, Su Liu, James Nash
  • Publication number: 20250061347
    Abstract: Providing individualized answers to questions including receiving a question input by a user, identifying a topic of the question and a user's reading level, mapping the topic to an answer generator and knowledge graph according to the user's reading level. Also including generating a response to the question according to the knowledge graph and providing the response to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Jun Su, YANG LIANG, Su Liu, James Nash
  • Publication number: 20240419988
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for validating answers from an artificial intelligence chatbot. An answer is received to a question submitted to the artificial intelligence chatbot. A database is searched using keywords from the answer to obtain a reference for the answer. A similarity score is calculated between the answer and the reference. A determination is made as to whether the similarity score exceeds a threshold value. Answer information indicates that the answer is valid in response to the similarity score exceeding the threshold value or that the answer is invalid in response to the similarity score not exceeding the threshold value. An answer report indicating whether the answer is valid or invalid to transmit to a user a user that submitted the question to render.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Jun Su, YANG LIANG, Su Liu, James Nash
  • Publication number: 20240396376
    Abstract: A wireless charging station includes a power transmitting antenna; a controller, a distance-to-user tool of the controller to determine a distance between a user and the wireless charging station; and an output power control of the controller to adjust a power output of the power transmitting antenna based on the determined distance between the user and the wireless charging station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: SU LIU, CHRISTOPHER S. HERMOSILLO, SYED I. HAIDERZAIDI, JAMES NASH
  • Patent number: 11662139
    Abstract: A cargo (22) detection system for a refrigerated cargo container (10) includes a cargo sensor (50) body configured to detect presence of cargo (22) in a refrigerated cargo container (10) and a sensor bracket (56) configured for securing the cargo sensor (50) body at a refrigeration unit (24) of the refrigerated cargo container (10). A temperature sensor (72) is located at the cargo sensor (50) body and is configured to detect a temperature of the cargo sensor (50) body. A temperature controller (74) is operably connected to the temperature sensor (72) and is configured to activate the cargo sensor (50) body for collection of data when the temperature of the cargo sensor (50) body is above a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventor: James Nash
  • Publication number: 20210215418
    Abstract: A cargo (22) detection system for a refrigerated cargo container (10) includes a cargo sensor (50) body configured to detect presence of cargo (22) in a refrigerated cargo container (10) and a sensor bracket (56) configured for securing the cargo sensor (50) body at a refrigeration unit (24) of the refrigerated cargo container (10). A temperature sensor (72) is located at the cargo sensor (50) body and is configured to detect a temperature of the cargo sensor (50) body. A temperature controller (74) is operably connected to the temperature sensor (72) and is configured to activate the cargo sensor (50) body for collection of data when the temperature of the cargo sensor (50) body is above a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventor: James Nash
  • Patent number: 10991112
    Abstract: Aspects relate to processing captured images from structured light systems. An example device may include one or more processors and a memory. The memory may include instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to receive a captured image of a scene from a structured light receiver, analyze one or more first portions of the captured image at a first scale, and analyze one or more second portions of the captured image at a second scale finer than the first scale. The analysis of the one or more second portions may be based on the analysis of the one or more first portions. The instructions further may cause the device to determine for each of the one or more second portions a codeword from a codeword distribution and determine one or more depths in the scene based on the one or more determined codewords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hasib Siddiqui, James Nash, Kalin Atanassov
  • Publication number: 20200399038
    Abstract: A fully sealed pouch contains a drink and a straw. The pouch has a front face and a rear face, and defines: a top edge where the front face and the rear face are sealed to each other, a bottom portion where the front face and the rear face are connected to each other optionally via a gusset, a first side edge extending from the top edge to the bottom portion, the front face being sealed to the rear face along the first side edge, and a second side edge also extending from the top edge to the bottom portion, the front face and the rear face either being continuous with each other or sealed to each other at the second side edge, and an extended corner portion defined between the top edge and the first side edge. The interior volume of the pouch is divided into a minor portion adjacent the first edge and extending into the extended corner portion, and a major portion communicating with the minor portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: James NASH, Ryan HORN, Kit Mason KAYE
  • Patent number: 10732285
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for structured light (SL) depth systems. A depth finding system includes one or more processors and a memory, coupled to the one or more processors, includes instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to capture a plurality of frames based on transmitted pulses of light, where each of the frames is captured by scanning a sensor array after a respective one of the pulses has been transmitted, and generate an image depicting reflections of the transmitted light by combining the plurality of frames, where each of the frames provides a different portion of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Kalin Atanassov, Sergiu Goma, James Nash
  • Publication number: 20200096640
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for structured light (SL) depth systems. A depth finding system includes one or more processors and a memory, coupled to the one or more processors, includes instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to capture a plurality of frames based on transmitted pulses of light, where each of the frames is captured by scanning a sensor array after a respective one of the pulses has been transmitted, and generate an image depicting reflections of the transmitted light by combining the plurality of frames, where each of the frames provides a different portion of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Kalin Atanassov, Sergiu Goma, James Nash
  • Publication number: 20200077073
    Abstract: A stereoscopic imaging device is configured to capture multiple corresponding images of objects from a first camera and a second camera. The stereoscopic imaging device can determine multiple sets of keypoint matches based on the multiple corresponding images of objects, and can accumulate the keypoints. In some examples, the stereoscopic imaging device can determine a vertical disparity between the first camera and the second camera based on the multiple sets of keypoint matches. In some examples, the stereoscopic imaging device can determine yaw errors between the first camera and the second camera based on the sets of keypoint matches, and can determine a yaw disparity between the first camera and the second camera based on the determined yaw errors. The stereoscopic imaging device can generate calibration data to calibrate one or more of the first camera and the second camera based on the determined vertical disparity and/or yaw disparity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: James Nash, Kalin Atanassov, Narayana Karthik Ravirala
  • Publication number: 20190347822
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for determining or calibrating for a spatial relationship for multiple cameras. An example device may include one or more processors. The example device may also include a memory coupled to the one or more processors and including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to receive a plurality of corresponding images of scenes from multiple cameras during normal operation, accumulate a plurality of keypoints in the scenes from the plurality of corresponding images, measure a disparity for each keypoint of the plurality of keypoints, exclude one or more keypoints with a disparity greater than a threshold, and determine, from the plurality of remaining keypoints, a yaw for a camera of the multiple cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: James Nash, Narayana Karthik Ravirala, Karthikeyan Shanmugavadivelu
  • Publication number: 20190340776
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for structured light (SL) depth systems. An example method for determining a depth map post-processing filter may include receiving an image including a scene superimposed on a codeword pattern, segmenting the image into a plurality of tiles, estimating a codeword for each tile of the plurality of tiles, estimating a mean scene value for each tile based at least in part on the respective estimated codeword, and determining the depth map post-processing filter based at least in part on the estimated codewords and the mean scene values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: James Nash, Hasib Siddiqui, Kalin Atanassov, Justin Cheng
  • Patent number: 10445861
    Abstract: Systems and method for refining a depth map of a scene based upon a captured image of the scene. A captured depth map of the scene may contain outage areas or other areas of low confidence. The depth map may be aligned with a color image of the scene, and the depth values of the depth map may be adjusted based upon corresponding color values of the color image. An amount of refinement for each depth value of the aligned depth map is based upon the confidence value of the depth value and a smoothing function based upon a corresponding location of the depth value on the color image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hasib Siddiqui, Kalin Atanassov, James Nash
  • Publication number: 20190228535
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to processing captured images from structured light systems. An example device may include one or more processors and a memory. The memory may include instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to receive a captured image of a scene from a structured light receiver, analyze one or more first portions of the captured image at a first scale, and analyze one or more second portions of the captured image at a second scale finer than the first scale. The analysis of the one or more second portions may be based on the analysis of the one or more first portions. The instructions further may cause the device to determine for each of the one or more second portions a codeword from a codeword distribution and determine one or more depths in the scene based on the one or more determined codewords.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Hasib Siddiqui, James Nash, Kalin Atanassov
  • Patent number: 10337923
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for processing spectral imaging (SI) data. A training operation estimates reconstruction matrices based on a spectral mosaic of an SI sensor, generates directionally interpolated maximum a-priori (MAP) estimations of image data based on the estimated reconstruction matrices. The training operation may determine filter coefficients for each of a number of cross-band interpolation filters based at least in part on the MAP estimations, and may determine edge classification factors based at least in part on the determined filter coefficients. The training operation may configure a cross-band interpolation circuit based at least in part on the determined filter coefficients and the determined edge classification factors. The configured cross-band interpolation circuit captures mosaic data using the SI sensor, and recovers full-resolution spectral data from the captured mosaic data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Hasib Siddiqui, Magdi Mohamed, James Nash, Kalin Atanassov
  • Patent number: D1114650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Inventors: Paul Nash, James Nash