Patents by Inventor Karen R. Davis

Karen R. Davis 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: 11867608
    Abstract: Techniques for processing ore include the steps of causing an imaging capture system to record a plurality of images of a stream of ore fragments en route from a first location in an ore processing facility to a second location in the ore processing facility; correlating the plurality of images of the stream of ore fragments with at least one or more characteristics of the ore fragments using a machine learning model that includes a plurality of ore parameter measurements associated with the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments; determining, based on the correlation, at least one of the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments; and generating, for display on a user computing device, data indicating the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments or data indicating an action or decision based on the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Peter Hunt, Neil David Treat, Karen R Davis, Artem Goncharuk, Vikram Neal Sahney
  • Patent number: 11828582
    Abstract: Techniques for improving a blast pattern at a mining site include conducting an initial blast and recording the initial blast as a high speed optical video. The high speed optical video, and the blast pattern used in the initial blast are sent as inputs to a machine learning model, which correlates one or more characteristics of the region being blasted with measurements associated with characteristics of the region being blasted obtained from the high speed optical video. The machine learning model can then determine an improved blast pattern based on the correlation made. This improved blast pattern can be displayed on a user computing device, or transmitted to a drilling system to automatically drill the improved blast pattern for subsequent blasts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Neil David Treat, Thomas Peter Hunt, Artem Goncharuk, Karen R Davis, Vikram Neal Sahney
  • Publication number: 20230194750
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a system and method for generating a subsurface model representing lithological characteristics and attributes of the subsurface of a celestial body or planet. By automatically ingesting data from many sources, a machine learning system can infer information about the characteristics of regions of the subsurface and build a model representing the subsurface rock properties. In some cases, this can provide information about a region using inferred data, where no direct measurements have been taken. Remote sensing data, such as aerial or satellite imagery, gravimetric data, magnetic field data, electromagnetic data, and other information can be readily collected or is already available at scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Kenton Lee Prindle, Artem Goncharuk, Neil David Treat, Kevin Forsythe Smith, Thomas Peter Hunt, Karen R Davis, Allen Richard Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230065981
    Abstract: Techniques for improving a blast pattern at a mining site include conducting an initial blast and recording the initial blast as a high speed optical video. The high speed optical video, and the blast pattern used in the initial blast are sent as inputs to a machine learning model, which correlates one or more characteristics of the region being blasted with measurements associated with characteristics of the region being blasted obtained from the high speed optical video. The machine learning model can then determine an improved blast pattern based on the correlation made. This improved blast pattern can be displayed on a user computing device, or transmitted to a drilling system to automatically drill the improved blast pattern for subsequent blasts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Neil David Treat, Thomas Peter Hunt, Artem Goncharuk, Karen R Davis, Vikram Neal Sahney
  • Patent number: 11592594
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a system and method for generating a subsurface model representing lithological characteristics and attributes of the subsurface of a celestial body or planet. By automatically ingesting data from many sources, a machine learning system can infer information about the characteristics of regions of the subsurface and build a model representing the subsurface rock properties. In some cases, this can provide information about a region using inferred data, where no direct measurements have been taken. Remote sensing data, such as aerial or satellite imagery, gravimetric data, magnetic field data, electromagnetic data, and other information can be readily collected or is already available at scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Kenton Lee Prindle, Artem Goncharuk, Neil David Treat, Kevin Forsythe Smith, Thomas Peter Hunt, Karen R Davis, Allen Richard Zhao
  • Publication number: 20220347725
    Abstract: Techniques for processing ore include the steps of causing an imaging capture system to record a plurality of images of a stream of ore fragments en route from a first location in an ore processing facility to a second location in the ore processing facility; correlating the plurality of images of the stream of ore fragments with at least one or more characteristics of the ore fragments using a machine learning model that includes a plurality of ore parameter measurements associated with the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments; determining, based on the correlation, at least one of the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments; and generating, for display on a user computing device, data indicating the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments or data indicating an action or decision based on the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Peter Hunt, Neil David Treat, Karen R. Davis, Artem Goncharuk, Vikram Neal Sahney
  • Patent number: 11475659
    Abstract: Techniques for improving a blast pattern at a mining site include conducting an initial blast and recording the initial blast as a high speed optical video. The high speed optical video, and the blast pattern used in the initial blast are sent as inputs to a machine learning model, which correlates one or more characteristics of the region being blasted with measurements associated with characteristics of the region being blasted obtained from the high speed optical video. The machine learning model can then determine an improved blast pattern based on the correlation made. This improved blast pattern can be displayed on a user computing device, or transmitted to a drilling system to automatically drill the improved blast pattern for subsequent blasts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Neil David Treat, Thomas Peter Hunt, Artem Goncharuk, Karen R Davis, Vikram Neal Sahney
  • Patent number: 11351576
    Abstract: Techniques for processing ore include the steps of causing an imaging capture system to record a plurality of images of a stream of ore fragments en route from a first location in an ore processing facility to a second location in the ore processing facility; correlating the plurality of images of the stream of ore fragments with at least one or more characteristics of the ore fragments using a machine learning model that includes a plurality of ore parameter measurements associated with the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments; determining, based on the correlation, at least one of the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments; and generating, for display on a user computing device, data indicating the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments or data indicating an action or decision based on the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Peter Hunt, Neil David Treat, Karen R Davis, Artem Goncharuk, Vikram Neal Sahney
  • Publication number: 20220101277
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing chemical recycling processes include accessing characterization data of a feedstock, the characterization data comprising one or more spectra collected according to one or more spectroscopic methods. The methods include predicting, using the characterization data, a set of constituent materials included in the feedstock. The methods include predicting a material composition of the feedstock using the predicted set of constituent materials. The methods include identifying, at least in part using the predicted material composition of the feedstock, one or more target products. The methods include generating a set of chemical reaction schemas enabling a conversion of at least part of the feedstock into the one or more target products. The methods also include storing identifications of the material composition of the feedstock, the one or more target products, and the set of chemical reaction schemas in a data store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Diosdado Rey Banatao, Karen R. Davis, Neil Treat, Artem Goncharuk, Charles Spirakis, Sujit Sanjeev, Gearoid Murphy, Lance Co Ting Keh, Rebecca Radkoff, Taoran Dai
  • Publication number: 20210318465
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a system and method for generating a subsurface model representing lithological characteristics and attributes of the subsurface of a celestial body or planet. By automatically ingesting data from many sources, a machine learning system can infer information about the characteristics of regions of the subsurface and build a model representing the subsurface rock properties. In some cases, this can provide information about a region using inferred data, where no direct measurements have been taken. Remote sensing data, such as aerial or satellite imagery, gravimetric data, magnetic field data, electromagnetic data, and other information can be readily collected or is already available at scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Kenton Lee Prindle, Artem Goncharuk, Neil David Treat, Kevin Forsythe Smith, Thomas Peter Hunt, Karen R. Davis, Allen Richard Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210049344
    Abstract: Techniques for improving a blast pattern at a mining site include conducting an initial blast and recording the initial blast as a high speed optical video. The high speed optical video, and the blast pattern used in the initial blast are sent as inputs to a machine learning model, which correlates one or more characteristics of the region being blasted with measurements associated with characteristics of the region being blasted obtained from the high speed optical video. The machine learning model can then determine an improved blast pattern based on the correlation made. This improved blast pattern can be displayed on a user computing device, or transmitted to a drilling system to automatically drill the improved blast pattern for subsequent blasts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Neil David Treat, Thomas Peter Hunt, Artem Goncharuk, Karen R Davis, Vikram Neal Sahney
  • Publication number: 20200384506
    Abstract: Techniques for processing ore include the steps of causing an imaging capture system to record a plurality of images of a stream of ore fragments en route from a first location in an ore processing facility to a second location in the ore processing facility; correlating the plurality of images of the stream of ore fragments with at least one or more characteristics of the ore fragments using a machine learning model that includes a plurality of ore parameter measurements associated with the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments; determining, based on the correlation, at least one of the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments; and generating, for display on a user computing device, data indicating the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments or data indicating an action or decision based on the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Peter Hunt, Neil David Treat, Karen R. Davis, Artem Goncharuk, Vikram Neal Sahney