Patents by Inventor Joao Moreira

Joao Moreira 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: 20230368271
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable medium storing instructions for identifying low-quality signals of an electronic listing of a listing entity are described herein. The method, system, or instructions may include ingesting text including listing information of the electronic listing and listing entity information of the listing entity; normalizing the text; parsing the text to identify a plurality of phrases; generating a set of category scores for each of at least one of the plurality of phrases; identifying, based on the on the sets of category scores, one or more low-quality signals each including a low-quality phrase and low-quality categories; and presenting an indication of the one or more low-quality signals with the electronic listing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Alexis Carpenter, Sanjay Kumar Dasari, Addhyan Pandey, Joao Moreira, Audrey Salerno, Chirag S. Patel
  • Publication number: 20220222688
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting user actions based upon electronic communication between a user and an organization are disclosed. Based upon user interactions with an organization via electronic communication channels (e.g., e-mail, electronic chat, or voice/video calls), a trained predictive model is used to predict a probability of a future user action relating to the organization. Such user electronic communication is processed to generate message features from message content and metadata, which message features are then combined with other user data features associated with the user or with user interaction with an electronic data system of the organization. The combined data set of message features and user data features is analyzed by the predictive model to generate an output value indicative of a predication of a future user action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Chenwei Wang, Addhyan Pandey, Sanjay Dasari, Joao Moreira, Sean Shookman, Srilakshmi Rayapeddi, Salin Thomas, Chirag S. Patel
  • Patent number: 11383865
    Abstract: A conveyor and packaging system includes an upstream conveyor that transports stacks biscuits in a plurality of lanes into buckets of a bucket conveyor. The bucket conveyor transports the buckets in a direction perpendicular to the length of the buckets to a packaging area, where transfer devices transfer the biscuit stacks to an input of a packaging machine. The transfer device can transfer the stacks without use of an intermediary conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Intercontinental Great Brands LLC
    Inventors: Ricardo Bacellar, Joao Moreira
  • Publication number: 20200361646
    Abstract: A conveyor and packaging system includes an upstream conveyor that transports stacks biscuits in a plurality of lanes into buckets of a bucket conveyor. The bucket conveyor transports the buckets in a direction perpendicular to the length of the buckets to a packaging area, where transfer devices transfer the biscuit stacks to an input of a packaging machine. The transfer device can transfer the stacks without use of an intermediary conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Ricardo Bacellar, Joao Moreira
  • Patent number: 10766645
    Abstract: A conveyor and packaging system includes an upstream conveyor that transports stacks biscuits in a plurality of lanes into buckets of a bucket conveyor. The bucket conveyor transports the buckets in a direction perpendicular to the length of the buckets to a packaging area, where transfer devices transfer the biscuit stacks to an input of a packaging machine. The transfer device can transfer the stacks without use of an intermediary conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Intercontinental Great Britain LLC
    Inventors: Ricardo Bacellar, Joao Moreira
  • Publication number: 20180222612
    Abstract: A conveyor and packaging system includes an upstream conveyor that transports stacks biscuits in a plurality of lanes into buckets of a bucket conveyor. The bucket conveyor transports the buckets in a direction perpendicular to the length of the buckets to a packaging area, where transfer devices transfer the biscuit stacks to an input of a packaging machine. The transfer device can transfer the stacks without use of an intermediary conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Ricardo Bacellar, Joao Moreira
  • Publication number: 20070155000
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ethanol producing microbial strain, such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain, being able to grow and produce ethanol from lignocellulosic hydrolysates comprising growth inhibiting compounds of the group furfural and 5-hydroxy-methyl furfural, in a batch, fed-batch or continuous fermentation, said microbial strain being tolerant to such inhibiting compounds, which strain is upregulated and/or over expressed with regard to one or more of the following genes: LAT1, ALD6, ADH5, ADH6, GDH3, OYE3, SER3, GND2, MDH2, IDP3, ADH7, AAD15, ERG27, HMG1, LYS5, SPS19, SGE1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Anneli Nilsson, Gunnar Lidén, Marie-Francoise Gorwa-Grauslund, Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal, Carl Modig, Joao Moreira De Almeida
  • Patent number: 5539408
    Abstract: In a method for the detection, localization and velocity determination of moving targets from raw radar data from a coherent, single- or multi-channel image system (SAR), for representing the surface of the earth with different backscatter ratios, chronologically successive azimuth spectra are continuously formed during a defined period of time and a frequency shift of the backscatter ratio portion is obtained by determining the position of the maximum of the correlations between respectively two azimuth spectra formed chronologically directly in succession. Then the frequency shifts of the entire raw radar data set are evaluated for producing a frequency shift map.By searching for values deviating from the nominal Doppler rate in the Doppler rate map, a respective moving target is detected and the center of an image of the detected moving target is formed from this.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Joao Moreira, Wolfgang Keydel
  • Patent number: 5440309
    Abstract: In a method of extracting motion errors of a carrier bearing a coherent imaging radar system from radar raw data, after calculating the entire azimuth spectrum (S(f,i)) and before correlation the azimuth spectrum is broken down over the entire bandwidth into n subspectra (S.sub.1 (f,i) . . . . S.sub.n (f,i)). Associated time-consecutive n subspectra of the two azimuth spectra are correlated with each other; by means of an expected frequency shift (v.sub.er) a window width is defined. From the curve (K.sub.0 (f,i)) obtained by correlation of the azimuth spectrum and from the subcurves (K.sub.i (f,i) . . . . K.sub.n,(f,i)) obtained by subcorrelations the maximum curve value within the window is determined.From the expected frequency shift (v.sub.er) and a just calculated frequency shift (V(i)) the new frequency shift (v'.sub.er) to be expected is determined. After simultaneous performing of the method steps described above over several strips of range gates (N.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Joao Moreira, Bernd-Peter Noichl
  • Patent number: 5166688
    Abstract: For the imaging of terrains with varied ground reflectivity, azimuth spectra continuously following each other in time are formed over a set period of time in a method for extracting motion errors of a platform carrying a coherent imaging radar system from raw radar data. By determining the position of the maximum of the correlation between two azimuth spectra formed immediately following each other in time, the frequency shift of the ground reflectivity part is obtained. Then a separation of a velocity V.sub.v (t) in the forward direction from an acceleration V.sub.b (t) in the direction of LOS of the antenna is performed by filtering and the acceleration V.sub.b (t) obtained is subjected to normalization after two-fold integration, by means of which the displacement in LOS, i.e. the motion errors in the line of sight direction of the antenna, is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur luft -und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventor: Joao Moreira
  • Patent number: 5045855
    Abstract: In a method for extracting motion errors of a platform carrying a coherent imaging radar system from raw radar data, azimuth spectra continuously following each other in time are formed over a set period of time for the imaging of terrains with mainly homogeneous ground reflectivities. An estimate of the ground reflectivity part is performed with a Kalman filter and with the aid of the azimuth spectra represented and system parameters entered. Then the antenna pattern part is obtained by dividing the azimuth spectrum by the estimated ground reflectivity part. By frequency filtering a separation of the drift angle .phi.(t) from the velocity V.sub.b (t) in the LOS- direction of the antenna is subsequently performed and then the velocity obtained is subjected to normalization after having been integrated, from which results the displacement in the line of sight direction of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1991
    Assignee: Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventor: Joao Moreira
  • Patent number: 4994811
    Abstract: In a sensitivity time control device for an imaging radar system with an automatic gain control attenuator, a sensitivity time control attenuator and an analog-digital converter, output signals of the analog-digital converter are applied, via a device (20) generating an average value and a comparator device, to a control device, which has a ideal on-off relay connected with a device for determining its control parameter, an integrating member, switched downstream, and a device for calculating the operating point of the automatic gain control attenuator device. Furthermore, an n-bit digital analog converter is switched downstream of the control device, by means of the analog output voltage of which the sensitivity time control attenuator is controlled. It is possible, with the aid of the sensitivity time control device, to evaluate continuously the backscatter signal of an imaging radar system in real time, so that it is continuously possible in this way to determine an optimal sensitivity time control curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fuer Luft - und Raumfahrt e. V.
    Inventor: Joao Moreira
  • Patent number: D984218
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Teo Sok Yee, João Moreira da Costa, Tijs Vanrijckeghem
  • Patent number: D1000902
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Teo Sok Yee, João Moreira da Costa