Patents by Inventor Jan Williams

Jan Williams 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).

  • Patent number: 11960259
    Abstract: A control system comprises a memory storing a sequence of sensor data received from one or more sensors. The control system has a processor which processes the sensor data to compute a sequence of derived sensor data values. An autoencoder receives the sequence of derived sensor data values and computes a forward prediction of the sequence of derived sensor data values, the autoencoder having been trained imposing a relationship on positions of the derived sensor data values encoded in a latent space of the autoencoder. A processor initiates control of an apparatus using the forward prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Federica Bogo, Thomas Joseph Cashman, Andrew William Fitzgibbon, Luca Ballan, Jan Stuehmer
  • Patent number: 11948332
    Abstract: A system for determining the gaze endpoint of a subject, the system comprising: a eye tracking unit adapted to determine the gaze direction of one or more eyes of the subject; a head tracking unit adapted to determine the position comprising location and orientation of the eye tracker with respect to a reference coordinate system; a 3D Structure representation unit, that uses the 3D structure and position of objects of the scene in the reference coordinate system to provide a 3D structure representation of the scene; based on the gaze direction, the eye tracker position and the 3D structure representation, calculating the gaze endpoint on an object of the 3D structure representation of the scene or determining the object itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jan Hoffmann, Tom Sengelaub, Denis Williams
  • Patent number: 11941831
    Abstract: An image processing system to estimate depth for a scene. The image processing system includes a fusion engine to receive a first depth estimate from a geometric reconstruction engine and a second depth estimate from a neural network architecture. The fusion engine is configured to probabilistically fuse the first depth estimate and the second depth estimate to output a fused depth estimate for the scene. The fusion engine is configured to receive a measurement of uncertainty for the first depth estimate from the geometric reconstruction engine and a measurement of uncertainty for the second depth estimate from the neural network architecture, and use the measurements of uncertainty to probabilistically fuse the first depth estimate and the second depth estimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Imperial College Innovations Limited
    Inventors: Tristan William Laidlow, Jan Czarnowski, Stefan Leutenegger
  • Patent number: 11911049
    Abstract: This disclosure presents a MITLIF procedure. The procedure uses a single incision on one side and pedicle screws are placed on that side and through the same incision a facet screw is placed on the opposite side using a series of jigs, and, for example, the hole cutter, drill, guide shaft and screw driver described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventor: Jan William Duncan
  • Publication number: 20220039968
    Abstract: This disclosure presents a MITLIF procedure. The procedure uses a single incision on one side and pedicle screws are placed on that side and through the same incision a facet screw is placed on the opposite side using a series of jigs, and, for example, the hole cutter, drill, guide shaft and screw driver described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventor: Jan William Duncan
  • Patent number: 11083596
    Abstract: This disclosure presents a MITLIF procedure. The procedure uses a single incision on one side and pedicle screws are placed on that side and through the same incision a facet screw is placed on the opposite side using a series of jigs, and, for example, the hole cutter, drill, guide shaft and screw driver described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventor: Jan William Duncan
  • Publication number: 20200100907
    Abstract: This disclosure presents a MITLIF procedure. The procedure uses a single incision on one side and pedicle screws are placed on that side and through the same incision a facet screw is placed on the opposite side using a series of jigs, and, for example, the hole cutter, drill, guide shaft and screw driver described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Jan William Duncan
  • Publication number: 20070008119
    Abstract: System incorporating devices employing radio frequency data transfer and G.P.S.-based capabilities for monitoring, recording, and reporting of environmental temperature conditions, incorporating a user-selectable range of environmental temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Budd Pohle, Jan Williams, Yuri Yushkov
  • Patent number: 5972919
    Abstract: Effective amounts of formoterol (and/or a physiologically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof) and budesonide are used in combination for simultaneous, sequential or separate administration by inhalation in the treatment of respiratory disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Astra Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Christer Carl Gustav Carling, Jan William Trofast
  • Patent number: 5922879
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: or the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof wherein:R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, and R.sub.7 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy; --O.sub.2 CR', --NHCOR', --COR', --SO.sub.m R', where R' is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl and wherein m is 0, 1 or 2; orR.sub.1 R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, and R.sub.7 independently represent --CONR'R", or --NR'R" where R' and R" independently represent hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl;R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Xi Chen, Jan William Francis Wasley
  • Patent number: 5892041
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: ##STR1## or the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof wherein: ##STR2## represents an aromatic or alicyclic ring; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, halogen, hydroxy, amino, cyano, nitro, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, --O.sub.2 CR', --NHCOR', --COR', --SO.sub.m R', where R' is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl and wherein m is 0, 1 or 2; orR.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently represent --CONR'R", or --NR'R" where R' and R" independently represent hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl;R.sub.3 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, or --COR'" where R'" is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl;R.sub.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Yuan, Jan William Francis Wasley
  • Patent number: 5855252
    Abstract: An attachment for the top end of the ladder that maintains the top end of the ladder away from a vertical wall surface against which the ladder would ordinarily rest. The attachment has a general U-shape forming a pair of spaced apart legs each of which are laterally spaced from a side edge of the ladder. Each of these legs terminate in foot pads with these foot pads including an impaling device. Each impaling device is designed to penetrate a short distance the vertical wall surface when the weight of the human being approaches the upper end of the ladder. Each foot pad section includes retraction structure to retract the impaling device prior to usage. The legs are adjustable in spacing relative to the ladder. The attachment is pivotable between a forwardly extending position and a rearwardly extending position. Locking devices lock the attachment onto a rung of the ladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Inventor: Jan William Vrolyks
  • Patent number: 5703237
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: ##STR1## or the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof wherein: R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, and R.sub.7 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy; --O.sub.2 CR', --NHCOR', --COR', --SO.sub.m R', where R' is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl and wherein m is 0, 1 or 2; orR.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, and R.sub.7 independently represent --CONR'R", or --NR'R" where R' and R" independently represent hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl;R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Xi Chen, Jan William Francis Wasley
  • Patent number: 5674860
    Abstract: Effective amounts of formoterol and/or a physiologically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof and budesonide are used in combination for simultaneous, sequential or separate administration by inhalation in the treatment of an inflammatory respiratory disorder, such as asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Astra Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Christer Carl Gustav Carling, Jan William Trofast
  • Patent number: 4074646
    Abstract: A sailboat, and a variable foil appendage, ie., keel or rudder for a sailboat, the appendage having a central core portion, and movable skin portions on either side thereof, the skin portions being connected to the core portion essentially along the forward and trailing edges of the skin portions, at least one of such connections being movable, and a fluid-operated skin movement control system being provided in the core portion, operation of the control system producing outward bulging or flattening of one or other of the skin portions to form a bulged generally convex profile extending upwardly and downwardly along one side of the core portion, while the skin portion on the opposite side of the core may be bulged or flat, the control system being selectively operable thereby enabling the foil section of the appendage to be changed, as the sailboat comes about from one tack to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1978
    Inventors: Jan William Dorfman, Michael David Nisbet Carson, George Angus Rolston
  • Patent number: 3985330
    Abstract: A disposable inner mould or form for the construction of a boat hull, such mould comprising a hollow hull-shaped form made of flexible non-stretch plastic sheet material tailored in the shape of the inner surface of the boat hull. There may also be provided means for securing such form in an inverted position on a base member, means for inflating said form to adopt its predetermined non-stretch tailored hull-shape as aforesaid, and contour control means for supporting portions of the form to retain it in its tailored hull-shape. The form may have an opening at the stern end for reception of a rigid panel therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1976
    Inventor: Jan William Dorfman