Patents by Inventor John Palmer Cordell

John Palmer Cordell 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: 20180047288
    Abstract: A method or system is able to refine Global Positioning System (“GPS”) information for guiding a vehicle via extracted metadata using a GPS refinement (“GR”) model managed by a virtuous cycle containing sensors, machine learning center (“MLC”), and a cloud based network (“CBN”). The GR system includes a set of outward facing cameras, a vehicle onboard computer (“VOC”), and GR model. The outward facing cameras mounted on a vehicle are capable of collecting external images representing a surrounding environment in which the vehicle operates. The VOC is configured to generate a positional vehicle location with respect to the surrounding environment in accordance with the external images and historical stored data obtained from CBN. The GR model is configured to generate a driving guidance based on combined information between the positional vehicle location and GPS data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Surround.IO Corporation
    Inventors: John Palmer Cordell, Robert Victor Welland, Samuel James McKelvie, John Hayes Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20180046869
    Abstract: A method and/or system is able to improve vehicle safety via metadata extraction by an inferred attentional (“IA”) model trained by a virtuous cycle containing sensors, machine learning center (“MLC”), and cloud based network (“CBN”). In one aspect, the system includes a set of outward facing camera, inward facing cameras, and vehicle onboard computer (“VOC”). The outward facing cameras collect external images representing a surrounding environment in which the vehicle operates. The inward facing cameras collect internal images including operator facial expression representing at least operator's attention. The VOC is configured to identify operator's attention in response to the collected internal images and the collected external images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Surround.IO Corporation
    Inventors: John Palmer Cordell, Robert Victor Welland, Samuel James McKelvie, John Hayes Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20180043829
    Abstract: A method or system is able to adjust an exterior mirror of a vehicle via an automatic mirror-setting (“AM”) model managed by a virtuous cycle containing a cloud based network (“CBN”). The system includes a set of mirrors, a set of inward facing cameras, a vehicle onboard computer (“VOC”), and AM module. In one embodiment, the mirrors, attached to a vehicle, are configured to capture at least a portion of external environment in which the vehicle operates. The inward facing cameras, mounted in the vehicle, are configured to collect internal images including operator facial features showing operator visual characteristics. VOC, which is coupled to CBN, is configured to determine operator vision metadata based on the internal images, operator visual characteristics, and historical stored data. The AM module is able to adaptively set a mirror to an optimal orientation so that area of external blind spot is minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Surround.IO Corporation
    Inventors: John Palmer Cordell, Robert Victor Welland, Samuel James McKelvie, John Hayes Ludwig
  • Patent number: 5893915
    Abstract: A section of text in an electronic document is marked with a tag that designates a list of font faces for use in drawing the text at a computer which is remotely browsing the electronic document from a computer network. A browser at the computer chooses a font face for drawing the text from the font faces installed on the computer according to the tag-designated list, such as by matching font face name or set of font face characteristics. The browser also can include an alternative font table which stores data identifying alternative font faces for many common font faces. The browser searches the installed font faces for the alternative font faces to those in the tag-designated list when a direct match to the tag-designated font faces is not found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John Palmer Cordell, Thomas R. Reardon
  • Patent number: 5778372
    Abstract: A browser remotely retrieves electronic documents from a remote computer network for viewing by a user. For enhancing responsiveness, the browser initially displays an electronic document without a background image so that the electronic document is initially displayed more quickly. The browser also prioritizes downloading of embedded images of the document by their incorporation in the currently visible portion of the electronic document. Further, the browser dynamically creates additional connections for retrieving resources incorporated into the electronic document from the remote computer network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John Palmer Cordell, Christopher Matthew Franklin