Patents by Inventor Kevin Edwards

Kevin Edwards 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: 20240357217
    Abstract: A system and method for multimedia scene break detection, including: a computer processor, a scene break detection service executing on the computer processor and comprising functionality to: (i) receive a request for scene break detection on the media item, (ii) perform audio break detection on an audio component of the media item to obtain a set of audio break timestamps, (iii) identify a set of video break timestamps, each corresponding to at least one frame of a video component of the media item, (iv) identify a set of candidate scene break timestamps based on the audio break timestamps and the video break timestamps, (v) execute a computer vision scoring model for each candidate scene break timestamp, and (vi) select, based at least on a score of each of the set of candidate scene break timestamps, a final set of scene break timestamps for performing a media action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Tubi, Inc.
    Inventors: Amir Mazaheri, John Trenkle, Jaya Kawale, Kevin Edward Corcoran, Dennis Paul Yost, Anthony Albert Truyoo-Broque, Matthew Adam Elliott
  • Publication number: 20240357191
    Abstract: A system and method for ad break detection, including: a computer processor; a scene break detection service executing on the computer processor and comprising functionality to (i) receive a request for ad break detection on a media item, (ii) perform audio break detection on an audio component of the media item to obtain a set of audio break timestamps, (iii) identify a set of video break timestamps, each corresponding to at least one frame of a video component of the media item, (iv) identify a set of candidate ad break timestamps corresponding to instances of the set of the audio break timestamps and the set of video break timestamps within a predefined proximity, (v) execute a computer vision model to generate a scene break score for each candidate ad break timestamp, and (vi) select a final set of ad break timestamps based at least on the scene break scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Tubi, Inc.
    Inventors: Amir Mazaheri, John Trenkle, Jaya Kawale, Kevin Edward Corcoran, Dennis Paul Yost
  • Publication number: 20240342525
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for dual-purposing of thermal transport bus (TTB) working fluid as a fire extinguishing agent are disclosed herein. An example fire extinguishing system includes a thermal transport bus to transfer heat between fluids on an aircraft using a working fluid, and a fire extinguishing nozzle connected to the thermal transport bus, the fire extinguishing nozzle positioned to deploy the working fluid as a fire extinguishing agent to a location of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Edward Hinderliter, Arthur W Sibbach
  • Patent number: 12118688
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) graphics system automatically corrects the orientation of different 3D models based on a classification of the objects represented by each 3D model. The 3D graphics system receives a 3D model that is defined with multiple primitives distributed in a 3D space. The 3D graphics system determines a classification based on the primitives having a unique pattern, commonality, or feature that differentiates a particular object from other objects. The 3D graphics system maps points-of-reference that are associated with the classification to two or more primitives in the 3D space of the 3D model, generates an orientation vector based on the points-of-reference, and adjusts an orientation with which the 3D model is presented based on the orientation vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Inventor: Kevin Edward Dean
  • Patent number: 12115470
    Abstract: A fuel oxygen reduction unit is provided for reducing an oxygen content of a flow of liquid fuel to an engine. The fuel oxygen reduction unit includes: a stripping gas supply line for providing a flow of stripping gas; a contactor defining a liquid fuel inlet, a stripping gas inlet and a fuel/gas mixture outlet, the stripping gas supply line in airflow communication with the stripping gas inlet; a means for modulating the flow of stripping gas through the stripping gas supply line; and a controller operable with the means for modulating the flow of stripping gas through the stripping gas supply line to modulate the flow of stripping gas through the stripping gas supply line in response to an engine operability parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Kevin Edward Hinderliter
  • Publication number: 20240318613
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine defining an engine inlet to an inlet duct, a fan duct inlet to a fan duct, and a core inlet to a core duct; a primary fan driven by the turbomachine; and a secondary fan located downstream of the primary fan within the inlet duct. The gas turbine engine defines a thrust to power airflow ratio between 3.5 and 100 and a core bypass ratio between 0.1 and 10, wherein the thrust to power airflow ratio is a ratio of an airflow through a bypass passage over the turbomachine plus an airflow through the fan duct to an airflow through the core duct, and wherein the core bypass ratio is a ratio of the airflow through the fan duct to the airflow through the core duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, Randy M. Vondrell, David Marion Ostdiek, Craig Williams Higgins, Alexander Kimberley Simpson, Syed Arif Khalid, Jeffrey S. Spruill, Daniel Lawrence Tweedt, William Joseph Solomon, Kevin Edward Hinderliter
  • Patent number: 12100090
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (“3D”) interactive system and associated methods automatically add interactivity to a 3D scene by detecting and segments the primitives that represent different objects in the 3D scene, associating different animation models to the primitives of the represented objects, and separately animating the primitives of a represented object in response to a user interaction with one or more of those primitives based on the associated animation model. The system receives an undifferentiated 3D model of the scene, selects different sets of primitives that share unique commonality associated with different objects, and generates a differentiated 3D model with a different classification for each set of the different sets of primitives that represent a different object. The system detects an interaction with primitives of a particular classification, and animates the primitives according to an animation model that is defined for an object identified with the particular classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Illuscio, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Edward Dean
  • Patent number: 12100100
    Abstract: Disclosed is an encoding and decoding system and associated methods for producing a compressed waveform that encodes data points of a point cloud in a format and size that may be transmitted over a data network, decompressed, decoded, and rendered on a remote device without the buffering or lag associated with transmitting and rendering an uncompressed point cloud. The encoder receives a request from a remote device to access the point cloud, encodes a set of data points from the point cloud as one or more signals derived from values defined for the positional and non-positional elements of each data point from the set of data points, generates one or more compressed waveforms from compressing the one or more signals and transmits the one or more compressed waveforms to the remote device in response to the request for decompression, decoding, and image rendering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Illuscio, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Monaghan, Fatemeh Jamalidinan, Mark Weingartner, Dwayne Elahie, Kevin Edward Dean
  • Publication number: 20240273825
    Abstract: Disclosed is an encoding and decoding system and associated methods for producing a compressed waveform that encodes data points of a point cloud in a format and size that may be transmitted over a data network, decompressed, decoded, and rendered on a remote device without the buffering or lag associated with transmitting and rendering an uncompressed point cloud. The encoder receives a request from a remote device to access the point cloud, encodes a set of data points from the point cloud as one or more signals derived from values defined for the positional and non-positional elements of each data point from the set of data points, generates one or more compressed waveforms from compressing the one or more signals and transmits the one or more compressed waveforms to the remote device in response to the request for decompression, decoding, and image rendering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Illuscio, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Monaghan, Fatemeh Jamalidinan, Mark Weingartner, Dwayne Elahie, Kevin Edward Dean
  • Patent number: 12044970
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a flexographic printing plate for printing image patterns including one or more uniform image regions includes defining a repeating tile having a plurality of different feature shapes positioned in a pattern of pseudo-random feature locations. A plate formation pattern corresponding to the image pattern is determined wherein the repeating tile is applied in a tiled arrangement to the uniform image regions. The plate formation pattern is used to form a flexographic printing plate, wherein regions of the flexographic printing plate corresponding to the uniform image regions of the image pattern include a pattern of raised features in positions corresponding to the feature positions in the repeating tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas F. Kaltenbach, Kam Chuen Ng, James S. Honan, Kevin Edward Spaulding
  • Patent number: 12037943
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, a turbine section, and an exhaust section in serial flow order and together defining a core air flowpath. The gas turbine engine also includes a turbine rear frame extending through the core air flowpath at a location downstream of the turbine section and defining a leading edge within the core air flowpath. The gas turbine engine also includes a waste heat recovery system operable to separate, at or upstream of the leading edge of the turbine rear frame, a core airflow exiting the turbine section into a primary exhaust airflow and a waste heat recovery airflow. The waste heat recovery system comprises a heat source exchanger positioned to receive the waste heat recovery airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ryan St. Pierre, Kevin Edward Hinderliter, Michael Vadnais
  • Publication number: 20240215818
    Abstract: Disclosed are a mobile device and method which include acquiring, by an image acquisition unit installed in a mobile device, an image of eyes of a patient while light provided by a light source reflects from an optical surface of the eyes of the patient; and obtaining, by a processor installed in the mobile device, ocular misalignment measurements, including a magnitude and a direction of ocular misalignment in the eyes of the patient, using the acquired image or set of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Matteo Tomasi, Shrinivas Pundlik, Kevin Edward Houston, Gang Luo
  • Patent number: 12014266
    Abstract: A cognitive modeling system uses a cognitive model to efficiently execute a variety of tasks over large datasets. The cognitive modeling system receives an input dataset and a query specifying a task to execute in relation to the input dataset. The cognitive modeling system determines an amount of similarity between each child node of the cognitive model and one or more of the input dataset and the query, selects a particular child node with the most determined amount of similarity, and executes the task using the particular child node. The task execution includes searching the particular child node for a connected set of neurons that match a particular part of the input dataset by a threshold amount, and applying an output that is associated with the connected set of neurons to the particular part of the input dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Illuscio, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Edward Dean, Joseph Nordling
  • Patent number: 12007690
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a flexographic printing plate for printing image patterns including one or more uniform image regions includes defining a repeating tile having a pattern of feature shapes positioned at pseudo-random feature locations. A plate formation pattern corresponding to the image pattern is determined wherein the repeating tile is applied in a tiled arrangement to the uniform image regions. The plate formation pattern is used to form a flexographic printing plate, wherein regions of the flexographic printing plate corresponding to the uniform image regions of the image pattern include a pattern of raised features in positions corresponding to the feature positions in the repeating tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas F. Kaltenbach, Kam Chuen Ng, James S. Honan, Kevin Edward Spaulding
  • Patent number: 11994066
    Abstract: A thermal management system of a gas turbine engine, the thermal management system including: a thermal transport bus configured to have a heat exchange fluid flowing therethrough and including a pump including a plurality of bearings; an auxiliary thermal bus in thermal communication with the plurality of bearings; and an auxiliary heat exchanger in thermal communication with the auxiliary thermal bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, Kevin Edward Hinderliter, Daniel Alan Niergarth, Brian Gene Brzek
  • Publication number: 20240147035
    Abstract: The various implementations described herein include a video camera assembly that includes: (1) a housing; (2) an image sensor positioned within the housing and having a field of view corresponding to a scene in the smart home environment; and (3) a concave-shaped front face positioned in front of the image sensor such that light from the scene passes through the front face prior to entering the image sensor; where the front face includes: (a) an inner section corresponding to the image sensor; and (b) an outer section between the housing and the inner section, the outer section having a concave shape that extends from an outer periphery of the outer section to an inner periphery of the outer section; and where the concave shape extends around an entirety of the outer periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Mark Kraz, Kevin Edward Booth, Tyler Scott Wilson, Nicholas Webb, Jason Evans Goulden, William Dong, Jeffrey Law, Rochus Jacob, Adam Duckworth Mittleman, Oliver Mueller
  • Patent number: 11971606
    Abstract: A ruggedized adjustable mounting system is described for adjustably coupling and selectively locking a component supported in a fixture of the mount in a desired orientation. In some embodiments, the mounting system includes one or more kinematic couplings that support a fixture on a base and one or more adjustable couplings that are configured to adjust a separation distance between two opposing portions of the fixture and the base to selectively pivot the fixture about one or more axes of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Andrew Guzman, Joseph Flaherty, Steven R. Gillmer, Kevin Edward Sullivan, Steven Augst
  • Patent number: 11961099
    Abstract: A device may receive network data, business data, and user configuration data associated with an entity that is a candidate for a private network and may process the business data and the user configuration data, with a classification machine learning model, to determine a network hardware equipment prediction. The device may process the network data and the business data, with a first linear regression machine learning model, to determine a business output prediction and may utilize a second linear regression machine learning model to determine a data consumption prediction based on the network hardware equipment prediction. The device may process the network hardware equipment prediction, the business output prediction, and the data consumption prediction, with a machine learning model, to determine a financial profitability prediction for the private network and may perform one or more actions based on the financial profitability prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Edward Kapich, Sean Delaney, Jorge Andres Gomez Fuentes, Lina Christensen, Tariq Salameh
  • Publication number: 20240117766
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, a turbine section, and an exhaust section in serial flow order and together defining a core air flowpath. The gas turbine engine also includes a turbine rear frame extending through the core air flowpath at a location downstream of the turbine section and defining a leading edge within the core air flowpath. The gas turbine engine also includes a waste heat recovery system operable to separate, at or upstream of the leading edge of the turbine rear frame, a core airflow exiting the turbine section into a primary exhaust airflow and a waste heat recovery airflow. The waste heat recovery system comprises a heat source exchanger positioned to receive the waste heat recovery airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan St. Pierre, Kevin Edward Hinderliter, Michael Vadnais
  • Publication number: 20240078711
    Abstract: A multi-dimensional encoder (“MDE”) receives a file with different data points. Each data point is defined with uncompressed multi-dimensional data. The multi-dimensional data may include multiple elements for defining a data point position (e.g., a multi-dimensional position including x, y, and/or z coordinates), color values of the data point (e.g., red, green, and blue), and/or other data point attributes. The MDE assigns an index to each data point or each data point element, and maps the data points to a frequency domain based on a frequency with which values occur in two or more of the elements (e.g., multiple dimensions). The MDE generates a line that represents the frequency, and provides a compressed file format to a requesting device that includes the line and different sets of indices that are associated with different frequencies represented by the line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Illuscio, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Edward Dean