Patents by Inventor James Walker
James Walker 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: 12045622Abstract: One or more triggered-instruction processing elements are provided, a given triggered-instruction processing element comprising execution circuitry to execute processing operations in response to instructions according to a triggered instruction architecture. Input channel processing circuitry receives a given tagged data item (comprising a data value and a tag value) for a given input channel, and in response controls enqueuing of the data value of the given tagged data item to a selected buffer structure selected from among at least two buffer structures mapped onto register storage accessible to one or more of the triggered-instruction processing elements in response to a computation instruction for controlling performance of a computation operation. The selected buffer structure is selected based at least on the tag value, so data values of tagged data items specifying different tag values for the given input channel are allocatable to different buffer structures.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Arm LimitedInventors: Matthew James Walker, Mbou Eyole, Giacomo Gabrielli, Balaji Venu
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Patent number: 12045437Abstract: An example process includes: while displaying a user interface different from a digital assistant user interface, receiving a user input; in accordance with a determination that the user input satisfies a criterion for initiating a digital assistant: displaying, over the user interface, the digital assistant user interface, the digital assistant user interface including: a digital assistant indicator displayed at a first portion of the display; and a response affordance displayed at a second portion of the display, where: a portion of the user interface remains visible at a third portion of the display; and the third portion is between the first portion and the second portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Neal Ellis, Oluwatomiwa B. Alabi, Robert Burton, Richard R. Dellinger, Thomas R. Fazio, Craig M. Federighi, Rebecca P. Fish, Nikrouz Ghotbi, James N. Jones, Ieyuki Kawashima, Stephen O. Lemay, Pedro Mari, Aaron Musengo, James E. Palmer, Patchaya Beam Seilaudom, Andrea Valentina Simes, Tyler McClay Smith, Trungtin Tran, Robert A. Walker, II
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Publication number: 20240241792Abstract: An embodiment of an electronic apparatus may include one or more substrates, and logic coupled to the one or more substrates, the logic to control local access to a persistent storage media and, in response to one or more commands, to determine an intermediate parity value based on a first local parity calculation, locally store the intermediate parity value, and determine a final parity value based on the intermediate parity value and a second local parity calculation. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2024Publication date: July 18, 2024Inventors: Sanjeev Trika, Gregory Tucker, James Harris, Jonathan Hughes, Piotr Wysocki, Gang Cao, Qihua Dai, Benjamin Walker, Ziye Yang, Xiaodong Liu, Changpeng Liu, Jackson Ellis
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Publication number: 20240216764Abstract: The invention provides a device for testing internal pressure of a hollow sports ball; the device comprising: (i) a main body (2); (ii) a removable cap (4); the main body (2) and cap (4) each being provided with mutually engaging formations (12, 14) that enable the main body (2) and cap (4) to be removably secured together by a twisting movement; (iii) a load cell (46) and associated electronic circuitry for processing an output from the load cell (46); and (iv) an electronic display (41) linked to the electronic circuitry for displaying an indicator of the internal pressure of the ball; the main body having an interior void which, together with the removable cap, forms an enclosed ball-receiving chamber for receiving the ball; the interior void of the main body being provided at an inner end thereof with a seat (44) on which the ball can sit, the load cell (46) being disposed beneath the seat (44); and the associated electronic circuitry optionally being disposed below the pressure sensor; whereby the balType: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: July 4, 2024Inventor: Richard James WALKER
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Publication number: 20240191131Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing small and uniform light-emission type organic nanoparticles with improved yield. The method for manufacturing light-emission type organic nanoparticles according to the present invention comprises the steps of: (S1) preparing the first mixture by mixing an organic phosphor and a surfactant; and (S2) preparing a dispersion solution by mixing the first mixture with the first solvent which is an anti-solvent for the organic phosphor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: ND-Materials Corp.Inventors: Jang Hyuk KWON, Bright James WALKER, Soon Jae HWANG, Young Hun JUNG
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Publication number: 20240193747Abstract: A method of point cloud generation comprises generating, by a processor, a first point cloud comprising a first set of generated data points; calculating, by the processor, a loss function representative of the quality of the first point cloud, the loss function comprising a smoothness term obtained by constructing vectors between neighbouring data points in the point cloud, performing vector multiplication between neighbouring pairs of vectors, and outputting a smoothness term based on the result of the vector multiplication; and generating, by the processor, a second point cloud comprising a second set of generated data points based at least in part on the calculated loss function of the first point cloud.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2022Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicants: Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited, University of YorkInventors: Timothy Bradley, Marina Villanueva Barreiro, Oliver Hume, Ryan Spick, James Walker
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Publication number: 20240158542Abstract: Catalyst systems comprising one or more metal-ligand complexes according to formula (I).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Robert David Grigg, Brad C. Bailey, James A. Walker, Sukrit Mukhopadhyay
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Patent number: 11977896Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program, the apparatus comprising processing circuitry to execute instructions, issue circuitry to issue the instructions for execution by the processing circuitry, and candidate instruction storage circuitry to store a plurality of condition-dependent instructions, each specifying at least one condition. The issue circuitry is configured to issue a given condition-dependent instruction in response to a determination or a prediction of the at least one condition specified by the given condition-dependent instruction being met, and when the given condition-dependent instruction is a sequence-start instruction, the issue circuitry is responsive to the determination or prediction to issue a sequence of instructions comprising the sequence-start instruction and at least one subsequent instruction.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Arm LimitedInventors: Matthew James Walker, Mbou Eyole, Giacomo Gabrielli, Balaji Venu, Wei Wang
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Patent number: 11966739Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, method and medium for data processing. The apparatus comprises a register file comprising a plurality of data registers, and frontend circuitry responsive to an issued instruction, to control processing circuitry to perform a processing operation to process an input data item to generate an output data item. The processing circuitry is responsive to a first encoding of the issued instruction specifying a data register, to read the input data item from the data register, and/or write the output data item to the data register. The processing circuitry is responsive to a second encoding of the issued instruction specifying a buffer-region of the register file for storing a queue of data items, to perform the processing operation and to perform a dequeue operation to dequeue the input data item from the queue, and/or perform an enqueue operation to enqueue the output data item to the queue.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Arm LimitedInventors: Matthew James Walker, Mbou Eyole, Giacomo Gabrielli, Balaji Venu
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Patent number: 11968881Abstract: Shadow masks comprising a multi-layer membrane having a mechanical pre-bias that compensates the effect of gravity on the membrane are disclosed. A shadow mask in accordance with the present disclosure includes a membrane that is patterned with a desired pattern of apertures. The layers of the membrane are selected such that their residual stresses collectively give rise to a stress gradient that is directed normal to the plane of the membrane such that the stress gradient mitigates gravity-induced sag. In some embodiments, the membrane includes a layer pair having internal stresses that are of opposite signs to effect a tendency to bulge outward from the plane of the membrane prior to its release from the substrate. An exemplary membrane includes a layer pair comprising a layer of stoichiometric silicon dioxide that is under residual compressive stress and a layer of stoichiometric silicon nitride that is under residual tensile stress.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: eMagin CorporationInventor: James A. Walker
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Patent number: 11959950Abstract: A power meter for measuring power usage in a circuit includes preprocessor and a weighting network. The pre-processor is configured to receive toggle data for a number of power proxy signals in the circuit for a plurality of clock cycles of the circuit in a first time window. The power proxy signals and weighting values are determined automatically from simulated or emulated toggle data. For each power proxy signal, the pre-processor averages the toggle data over one or more clock cycles in one or more second time windows, within the first time window, to provide averaged toggle data, and outputs the averaged toggle data for each second time window. The weighting network is configured to combine the averaged toggle data from the power proxy signals, based on a set of weight values, to provide a measure of the power usage.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Arm LimitedInventors: Xiaoqing Xu, Zhiyao Xie, Shidhartha Das, Matthew James Walker, Kumara Guru Palaniswamy, Matthew Paul Elwood
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Publication number: 20240086201Abstract: One or more triggered-instruction processing elements are provided, a given triggered-instruction processing element comprising execution circuitry to execute processing operations in response to instructions according to a triggered instruction architecture. Input channel processing circuitry receives a given tagged data item (comprising a data value and a tag value) for a given input channel, and in response controls enqueuing of the data value of the given tagged data item to a selected buffer structure selected from among at least two buffer structures mapped onto register storage accessible to one or more of the triggered-instruction processing elements in response to a computation instruction for controlling performance of a computation operation. The selected buffer structure is selected based at least on the tag value, so data values of tagged data items specifying different tag values for the given input channel are allocatable to different buffer structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Matthew James WALKER, Mbou EYOLE, Giacomo GABRIELLI, Balaji VENU
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Publication number: 20240086202Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program, the apparatus comprising processing circuitry to execute instructions, issue circuitry to issue the instructions for execution by the processing circuitry, and candidate instruction storage circuitry to store a plurality of condition-dependent instructions, each specifying at least one condition. The issue circuitry is configured to issue a given condition-dependent instruction in response to a determination or a prediction of the at least one condition specified by the given condition-dependent instruction being met, and when the given condition-dependent instruction is a sequence-start instruction, the issue circuitry is responsive to the determination or prediction to issue a sequence of instructions comprising the sequence-start instruction and at least one subsequent instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Matthew James WALKER, Mbou EYOLE, Giacomo GABRIELLI, Balaji VENU, Wei WANG
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Publication number: 20240086196Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, method and medium for data processing. The apparatus comprises a register file comprising a plurality of data registers, and frontend circuitry responsive to an issued instruction, to control processing circuitry to perform a processing operation to process an input data item to generate an output data item. The processing circuitry is responsive to a first encoding of the issued instruction specifying a data register, to read the input data item from the data register, and/or write the output data item to the data register. The processing circuitry is responsive to a second encoding of the issued instruction specifying a buffer-region of the register file for storing a queue of data items, to perform the processing operation and to perform a dequeue operation to dequeue the input data item from the queue, and/or perform an enqueue operation to enqueue the output data item to the queue.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Matthew James WALKER, Mbou EYOLE, Giacomo GABRIELLI, Balaji VENU
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Publication number: 20240076720Abstract: Provided herein are methods, systems, and compositions for determining a base in a polynucleotide. In various aspects, the methods, systems, and compositions presented herein are useful for performing 4-base, 5-base, or 6-base sequencing of polynucleotide molecules, for example, from liquid biopsy samples or wherein the base is a low frequency mutation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Shankar BALASUBRAMANIAN, Jens FULLGRABE, Walraj Singh GOSAL, Joanna Dawn HOLBROOK, Sidong LIU, David MORLEY, Oliver NENTWICH, Tobias OST, Michael STEWARD, Albert VILELLA, Nicolas James WALKER, Shirong YU, Helen Rachel BIGNELL, Rita Santo SAN-BENTO
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Patent number: 11900144Abstract: A controller of a quantum system identifies a phase update trigger for a quantum object of the quantum system and an interaction time. Responsive to identifying the phase update trigger, the controller determines, for between a first time and the interaction time, (a) a location/transport effect on a phase of the quantum object based on locations thereof and transport operations performed thereon, and (b) a quantum operation effect on the phase of the quantum object based on any quantum operations applied thereto. The immediately previous phase update for the quantum object occurred at the first time. Based on the location/transport effect, the quantum operation effect, and the interaction time, the controller determines an interaction time phase of the quantum object. The controller adjusts operation of a manipulation source such that a phase of a signal generated by the manipulation source corresponds to the interaction time phase at the interaction time.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Quantinuum LLCInventors: James A. Walker, Dominic Lucchetti, Bryce J. Bjork, Caroline Figgatt, Patricia Lee, Gerald Chambers, Benjamin Arkin
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Publication number: 20240028949Abstract: Example implementations described herein involve systems and methods for providing a reward to a machine learning algorithm, which can include receiving an image, and a task description defined in text; slicing the image into a plurality of sub-images; executing an embedding model to embed the text of the task description and the sub-images to generate a distribution for the sub-images based on relevance to the task description; and generating the reward from the distribution for the sub-images.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2022Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Andrew James WALKER, Joydeep ACHARYA
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Publication number: 20240009856Abstract: A robot system for servicing a semiconductor tool includes a cart frame. An arm support frame is fixed to the cart frame and is coupled to a robot arm. An arm frame is connected by hinges to the arm support frame at a first end and to a fixture connect interface at a second end. The fixture connect interface connects to a docking fixture of the semiconductor tool. An arm locking mechanism is attached to the arm support frame for locking the arm frame, when rotated, to an extended position or a folded position. The fixture connect interface connects the cart frame to the semiconductor tool, when the arm frame is locked in the extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Vitali Brand, Kamesh Venkata Gadepally, Jiawei Zhao, Dan Marohl, Niraj Vaghela, Heng Liu, Alexander James Walker, Zachary Jake Blum, Matthew Christopher Clark, Jessica Jeana Kim
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Publication number: 20240001657Abstract: An article having recyclability properties including a combination of: (a) a polyolefin polymer; and (b) a solvent-borne adhesive composition having a recyclability property, wherein the recyclability property of the solvent-borne adhesive composition is such that when the article with the solvent-borne adhesive composition is reprocessed, the article with the solvent-borne adhesive composition exhibits less than a 40% decreased change in performance compared to a control article without the solvent-borne adhesive composition that is reprocessed the same way as the article with the solvent-borne adhesive composition; a recyclable laminate structure including at least: (a) at least a first polymer film layer; and (b) a layer of the above solvent-borne laminating adhesive composition; and a process for manufacturing the above recyclable laminate structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: James A. Walker, Lawrence J. Effler, JR., Sudhanwa D. Dewasthale, Amira A. Marine, Manesh Nadupparambil Sekharan, Jill M. Martin, Mai Chen, Yinzhong Guo, Christopher I. Gandy
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Publication number: 20240001656Abstract: An article having recyclability properties including a combination of: (a) at least one polyolefin polymer; and (b) a waterborne adhesive composition having a recyclability property, wherein the recyclability property of the waterborne adhesive composition is such that when the article with the waterborne adhesive composition is reprocessed, the article with the waterborne adhesive composition exhibits less than a 40% decreased change in performance compared to a control article without the waterborne adhesive composition that is reprocessed the same way as the article with the waterborne adhesive composition; a recyclable laminate structure including (a) at least one first polymer film layer; and (?) at least one layer of the above waterborne laminating adhesive composition; and a process for manufacturing the above recyclable laminate structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: James A. Walker, Lawrence J. Effler, JR., Sudhanwa D. Dewasthale, Amira A. Marine, Manesh Nadupparambil Sekharan, Jill M. Martin, Mai Chen, Yinzhong Guo, Christopher I. Gandy