Patents by Inventor James W. Cooper
James W. Cooper 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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Patent number: 9495349Abstract: A system and method for processing a document to generate a set of related documents. A system is provided that includes a textual analytics system that analyzes unstructured data contained in a source document and extracts a set of structured information about the source document; and a compare system that identifies a set of related documents by comparing the set of structured information with metadata indexed from a set of publications.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2005Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert L. Angell, Stephen K. Boyer, James W. Cooper, Richard A. Hennessy, Tapas Kanungo, Jeffrey T. Kreulen, David C. Martin, James J. Rhodes, W. Scott Spangler, Herschel J. R. Weintraub
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Patent number: 8882131Abstract: A double articulated truck has a front vehicle module with a drive engine and having at least one wheeled axle driven by the drive engine through a transmission and having a load-bearing bin, the front vehicle module being interconnected in an articulated manner about a first vertical pin to the front of the load-bearing bin. A rear vehicle module is interconnected in an articulated manner about a second vertical pin to the rear of the load-bearing bin, the rear vehicle module having at least one wheeled axle whereby the bin is supported by the front and rear vehicle modules. The rear module only articulates about the second vertical pin when the articulation of the front module to the bin exceeds 30 degrees and then in a synchronous manner. Typically the maximum articulation of the front module is around 42 degrees and the rear module some 13 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Power Patent Pty Ltd.Inventors: Scott McFarlane, James W. Cooper
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Patent number: 8799286Abstract: A system and method for processing data includes organizing medical information in a concept frame data structure, which is adapted to include medical measurements and related metadata. The medical information is analyzed to extract further information using information extractors and to store extracted medical information in the concept frame data structure. References are stored to appropriate visualization methods along with an associated concept in the concept frame data structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2008Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: James W. Cooper, Youssef Drissi, Shahram Ebadollahi, Anthony Tom Levas
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Publication number: 20130126256Abstract: A double articulated thick has a front vehicle module with a drive engine and having at least one wheeled axle driven by the drive engine through a transmission and having a load-bearing bin, the front vehicle module being interconnected in an articulated manner about a first vertical pin to the front of the load-bearing bin. A rear vehicle module is interconnected in an articulated manner about a second vertical pin to the rear of the load-bearing bin, the rear vehicle module having at least one wheeled axle whereby the bin is supported by the front and rear vehicle modules. The rear module only articulates about the second vertical pin when the articulation of the front module to the bin exceeds 30 degrees and then in a synchronous manner. Typically the maximum articulation of the front module is around 42 degrees and the rear module some 13 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: POWER PLANTS PTY LTD.Inventors: Scott McFarlane, James W. Cooper
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Publication number: 20100106522Abstract: A system and method for processing data includes organizing medical information in a concept frame data structure, which is adapted to include medical measurements and related metadata. The medical information is analyzed to extract further information using information extractors and to store extracted medical information in the concept frame data structure. References are stored to appropriate visualization methods along with an associated concept in the concept frame data structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2008Publication date: April 29, 2010Inventors: James W. Cooper, Youssef Drissi, Shahram Ebadollahi, Anthony Tom Levas
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Publication number: 20090251466Abstract: Techniques for presenting at least one 3D image to at least one user through a communications network are provided. A 3D image is obtained. The 3D image is converted into two or more 2D images. The two or more 2D images are stored in a data repository. At least a portion of the two or more stored 2D images is presented to the at least one user. The portion of the two or more stored 2D images is accessible by the at least one user via a browser program.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2008Publication date: October 8, 2009Inventor: James W. Cooper
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Patent number: 7139756Abstract: A system and a method are described for rapidly determining document similarity among a set of documents, such as a set of documents obtained from an information retrieval (IR) system. A ranked list of the most important terms in each document is obtained using a phrase recognizer system. The list is stored in a database and is used to compute document similarity with a simple database query. If the number of terms found to not be contained in both documents is less than some predetermined threshold compared to the total number of terms in the document, these documents are determined to be very similar. It is shown that these techniques may be employed to accurately recognize that documents, that have been revised to contain parts of other documents, are still closely related to the original document. These teachings further provide for the computation of a document signature that can then be used to make a rapid comparison between documents that are likely to be identical.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2002Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: James W. Cooper, Anni Coden, Eric W. Brown
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Patent number: 7093682Abstract: A multi-combination vehicle or road-train consisting of a powered prime mover, at least one powered trailer and which may include a number of non-powered trailers. The powered trailer includes a cooling system separated from the engine to provide improved cooling and enabling the road-train to be used in confined areas, such as in underground mines. Preferably, the cooling system is located at the rear of the powered trailer. The engines of the prime mover and powered trailer(s) are preferably controlled either by manual controls in the truck cab.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2004Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Inventor: James W. Cooper
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Patent number: 6973428Abstract: A speech conversation is changed to a text transcript, which is then pre-processed and subjected to text mining to determine salient terms. Salient terms are those terms that meet a predetermined level of selectivity in a collection. The text transcript of the speech conversation is displayed by emphasizing the salient terms and minimizing non-salient terms. An interface is provided that allows a user to select a salient term, whereupon the speech conversation is played beginning at the location, in the speech file, of the selected salient term.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2001Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Branimir Konstantinov Boguraev, James W. Cooper
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Patent number: 6892839Abstract: The present invention is for a multi-combination vehicle or road-train consisting of a powered prime mover, at least one powered trailer and which may include a number of non-powered trailers. The power trailer includes a cooling device separated from the engine to provide improved cooling and enabling the road-train to be used in confined areas such as in underground mines. Typically the cooling device located at the front or rear of the power trailer. The engines of the prime mover and power trailer(s) are controlled either by a synchronisation-system and a dual-pot accelerator pedal by controlling their relative torques or by manual controls in the truck cab.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2001Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Inventor: James W. Cooper
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Publication number: 20030172066Abstract: A system and a method are described for rapidly determining document similarity among a set of documents, such as a set of documents obtained from an information retrieval (IR) system. A ranked list of the most important terms in each document is obtained using a phrase recognizer system. The list is stored in a database and is used to compute document similarity with a simple database query. If the number of terms found to not be contained in both documents is less than some predetermined threshold compared to the total number of terms in the document, these documents are determined to be very similar. It is shown that these techniques may be employed to accurately recognize that documents, that have been revised to contain parts of other documents, are still closely related to the original document. These teachings further provide for the computation of a document signature that can then be used to make a rapid comparison between documents that are likely to be identical.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2002Publication date: September 11, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: James W. Cooper, Anni Coden, Eric W. Brown
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Publication number: 20020178002Abstract: A speech conversation is changed to a text transcript, which is then pre-processed and subjected to text mining to determine salient terms. Salient terms are those terms that meet a predetermined level of selectivity in a collection. The text transcript of the speech conversation is displayed by emphasizing the salient terms and minimizing non-salient terms. An interface is provided that allows a user to select a salient term, whereupon the speech conversation is played beginning at the location, in the speech file, of the selected salient term.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2001Publication date: November 28, 2002Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Branimir Konstantinov Boguraev, James W. Cooper
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Patent number: 6397211Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for identifying useless or insignificant documents in a document hit list assembled from documents stored in one or more document collection databases. A search engine is used to compose the document hit list based on a query presented by a user. A text extraction algorithm run by a processor is then used to process the documents identified by the document hit list to produce a table of terms and their corresponding collection-level importance ranking called the IQ or Information Quotient. The text algorithm also produces a table of the most important terms per document. The documents are also scanned independently and a table of documents with filenames and lengths is also produced. A summarizing text algorithm is also run by a processor against the documents of the document hit list to produce a table of terms having a high tf*idf value for each document.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2000Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: James W. Cooper
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Publication number: 20020056579Abstract: The present invention is for a multi-combination vehicle or road-train consisting of a powered prime mover, at least one powered trailer and which may include a number of non-powered trailers. The power trailer includes a cooling means separated from the engine to provide improved cooling and enabling the road-train to be used in confined areas such as in underground mines. Typically the cooling means is located at the front or rear of the power trailer and is located. The engines of the prime mover and power trailer(s) are controlled either by a synchronization system and a dual-pot accelerator pedal by controlling their relative torques or by manual controls in the truck cab.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2001Publication date: May 16, 2002Inventor: James W. Cooper
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Patent number: 6361269Abstract: A multicombination vehicle and method are provided for transporting a payload, such as a mined metal ore, over the roadways existing in an underground mine. The multicombination vehicle includes a powered towing unit, which may comprise a rigid body truck, and at least one towed unit mechanically coupled to the rigid body truck. The vehicle may also include a plurality of the towed units, with a forward most one of the units coupled to the rigid body truck and each adjacent pair of the towed units being coupled to one another. Each of the units includes a chassis, a plurality of wheeled axles connected to the chassis for supporting the respective unit as the vehicle travels over the roadways of the mine, and a draw frame attached to and extending rearwardly from the corresponding chassis, with a coupling attached to a rear end of the draw frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2000Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignee: Gulf Transport Co. PTY. Ltd.Inventor: James W. Cooper
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Publication number: 20010003393Abstract: The present invention is for a multi-combination vehicle including a prime mover having an engine and at least one powered trailer mechanically coupled to the prime mover. A control system measures the relative motion or force between the two, preferably by the use of a load cell and accordingly adjusts the operation of the engine on the power trailer so that the powered trailer and the prime mover are synchronized in their movement. This allows a multi-combination vehicle to carry a significant load, by providing sufficient motive power without the potential for damage to the transmission and differential system of the prime mover.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 1999Publication date: June 14, 2001Applicant: James W. CooperInventor: JAMES W. COOPER
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Patent number: 6062801Abstract: A multicombination vehicle and method are provided for transporting a payload, such as a mined metal ore, over the roadways existing in an underground mine. The multicombination vehicle includes a powered towing unit, which may comprise a rigid body truck, and at least one towed unit mechanically coupled to the rigid body truck. The vehicle may also include a plurality of the towed units, with a forward most one of the units coupled to the rigid body truck and each adjacent pair of the towed units being coupled to one another. Each of the units includes a chassis, a plurality of wheeled axles connected to the chassis for supporting the respective unit as the vehicle travels over the roadways of the mine, and a draw frame attached to and extending rearwardly from the corresponding chassis, with a coupling attached to a rear end of the draw frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 1997Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Gulf Transport Co. PTY. Ltd.Inventor: James W. Cooper
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Patent number: 4688746Abstract: One or more spinning flywheels are adapted to despin or partially despin a rotating mass such as a satellite and to convert the rotational energy into heat or electrical energy. The flywheels have one degree of freedom, parallel to the satellite, spin axis. This one degree of freedom allows the flywheel to precess in the manner of a gyroscope. As the flywheel precesses it turns a shaft which drives an electrical generator which produces electrical power that can be taken out of the despin device to drive external electrical devices that will disperse the rotational energy in the form of heat, light or electrically driven chemical changes. The flywheels exchange rotational energy after the spin vector of the spinning flywheel becomes congruent with the spin vector of the spinning satellite, thereby allowing the energy extraction process to be repeated. Bearing loss makeup energy is restored to the spinning flywheel system by feedback from the extracted satellite rotational energy.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 1984Date of Patent: August 25, 1987Inventor: James W. Cooper
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Patent number: 4623065Abstract: A demountable system for the display of merchandise such as books, magazines, newspapers and the like. This system employs a top cap and contoured upright struts having an appropriate contour to orient shelving at different angles to the vertical from a upper most position on the strut to a lower most position. The system is easily installed or disassemblied at a particular place of business. The principal feature involves providing an open channel in the rear surface of each strut to releasably accept the edge of a spacer panel contoured to the desired configuration of the strut. In this way, the strut is always maintained in the proper configuration without the mechanical attachments of spacers and the like as previously employed. One end of each of the struts is received within a top cap and a further end engages the floor to maintain each strut in proper orientation without physical fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 1985Date of Patent: November 18, 1986Inventor: James W. Cooper