Patents by Inventor Katherine Skinner

Katherine Skinner 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: 20250085429
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to generate a set of points from a measurement scan obtained by a lidar sensor and to generate an expected termination distance of the set of points based on a neural implicit representation of the set of points. The instructions may additionally be to compute a loss function that includes a relatively low margin correlated with the variance or standard deviation of a training distribution centered at a learned point of the set of points based on the expected termination distance of the learned point, the learned point being learned by the neural implicit representation. The instructions may additionally be to generate a keyframe from the set of points and to generate a pose of the lidar sensor based on the keyframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Seth Isaacson, Pou-Chun Kung, Katherine Skinner, Manikandasriram Srinivasan Ramanagopal, Ramanarayan Vasudevan
  • Publication number: 20250005789
    Abstract: A computer that includes a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to generate a current keyframe point cloud based on pairs of stereo images while a stereo camera travels through a scene determine a similar viewpoint query matrix and an opposing viewpoint query matrix based the current keyframe point cloud. A distance matrix and an opposing view distance matrix can be generated by comparing the similar viewpoint query matrix and the opposing viewpoint query matrix to reference matrices. A relative pose between a stereo camera and a reference can be determined to determine a location in the scene during travel of the stereo camera through the scene by performing sequence matching in the distance matrix and the opposing view distance matrix to determine a minimum sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Spencer Carmichael, Ramanarayan Vasudevan, Katherine Skinner, Rahul Kumar Agrawal, Alexandra Carlson, Gaurav Pandey, Mostafa Parchami
  • Publication number: 20240350380
    Abstract: The present invention provides an anhydrous sunscreen composition comprising: (a) at least about 15% by weight based on the total weight of the sunscreen composition of a combination of titanium dioxide and zinc oxide, wherein the weight ratio of zinc oxide to titanium dioxide in the composition is about 0.5 to about 1.5; (b) at least about 50% by weight based on the total weight of the sunscreen composition of a carrier oil, wherein the carrier oil comprises at least 50% by weight Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil; (c) about 10% to about 20% by weight based on the total weight of the sunscreen composition a combination of Isododecane and Diisopropyl Adipate; and (d) about 2% to about 6% by weight based on the total weight of the sunscreen composition of a film former comprising triacontanyl PVP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Martin, Katherine Skinner, Frank C. Sun
  • Publication number: 20240187395
    Abstract: An access control system is provided to prevent the surreptitious granting of access to privacy related functionality on an electronic device. Software-based events to grant access to device functionality can be validated by confirming that the software event corresponds with a hardware input event. This validation prevents the spoofing of a user interface input that may be used to fraudulently grant access to specific functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: James R. MONTGOMERIE, Jessica ARANDA, Patrick COFFMAN, Julien FREUDIGER, Matthew H. GAMBLE, Ron HUANG, Anant JAIN, Glen S. LOW, Andrey POKROVSKIY, Stephen J. RHEE, Matthew E. SHEPHERD, Ansh SHUKLA, Katherine SKINNER, Kyle M. SLUDER, Christopher SOLI, Christopher K. THOMAS, Guy L. TRIBBLE, John WILANDER
  • Publication number: 20240046563
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to jointly train a geometric NeRF multilayer perceptron (MLP) and a color NeRF MLP to model a scene using an occupancy grid map, camera data of the scene from a camera, and lidar data of the scene from a lidar; supervise the geometric NeRF MLP with the lidar data during the joint training; and supervise the color NeRF MLP with the camera data during the joint training. The geometric NeRF MLP is a neural radiance field modeling a geometry of the scene, and the color NeRF MLP is a neural radiance field modeling colors of the scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Alexandra Carlson, Nikita Jaipuria, Punarjay Chakravarty, Manikandasriram Srinivasan Ramanagopal, Ramanarayan Vasudevan, Katherine Skinner
  • Patent number: 11895105
    Abstract: An access control system is provided to prevent the surreptitious granting of access to privacy related functionality on an electronic device. Software-based events to grant access to device functionality can be validated by confirming that the software event corresponds with a hardware input event. This validation prevents the spoofing of a user interface input that may be used to fraudulently grant access to specific functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Apple, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Montgomerie, Jessica Aranda, Patrick Coffman, Julien Freudiger, Matthew Hansen Gamble, Ron Huang, Anant Jain, Glen S. Low, Andrey Pokrovskiy, Stephen J. Rhee, Matthew E. Shepherd, Ansh Shukla, Katherine Skinner, Kyle Martin Sluder, Christopher Soli, Christopher K. Thomas, Guy L. Tribble, John Wilander
  • Publication number: 20210400037
    Abstract: An access control system is provided to prevent the surreptitious granting of access to privacy related functionality on an electronic device. Software-based events to grant access to device functionality can be validated by confirming that the software event corresponds with a hardware input event. This validation prevents the spoofing of a user interface input that may be used to fraudulently grant access to specific functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: James R. Montgomerie, Jessica Aranda, Patrick Coffman, Julien Freudiger, Matthew Hansen Gamble, Ron Huang, Anant Jain, Glen S. Low, Andrey Pokrovskiy, Stephen J. Rhee, Matthew E. Shepherd, Ansh Shukla, Katherine Skinner, Kyle Martin Sluder, Christopher Soli, Christopher K. Thomas, Guy L. Tribble, John Wilander