Patents by Inventor Kevin N. Pyle

Kevin N. Pyle 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: 20180172833
    Abstract: Systems and methods for remote sensing. In one implementation, the system includes an overhead reflector, a ground-based laser, and an overhead sensor. The ground-based laser directs a beam to the overhead reflector. The overhead reflector reflects at least some of the beam to the ground, and at least some of the light from the beam reaching the ground reflects from the ground. The overhead sensor detects at least some of the light reflected from the ground. The system may be monostatic or bistatic, and may include a lidar sensor, for three dimensional mapping of a target area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Kevin N. Pyle
  • Patent number: 10003547
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to improving resource usage on a computer system. In one embodiment, a computer system identifies a plurality of processes running on the computer system and determines an importance value and a resource consumption value. In such an embodiment, the importance value is indicative of an importance of an identified process, and the resource consumption value is indicative of a resource consumption of the identified process. The computer system evaluates the importance value and the resource consumption value relative to a usage policy, and takes a corrective action with respect to the identified process based on the evaluating to reconcile resource consumption with process importance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Ziften Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Obrecht, Robert P. Myers, Alfred C. Hartmann, Nick F. Alagna, Kevin N. Pyle, Scott D. Sullivan, Michael W. Little
  • Publication number: 20160036722
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to improving resource usage on a computer system. In one embodiment, a computer system identifies a plurality of processes running on the computer system and determines an importance value and a resource consumption value. In such an embodiment, the importance value is indicative of an importance of an identified process, and the resource consumption value is indicative of a resource consumption of the identified process. The computer system evaluates the importance value and the resource consumption value relative to a usage policy, and takes a corrective action with respect to the identified process based on the evaluating to reconcile resource consumption with process importance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Mark E. Obrecht, Robert P. Myers, Alfred C. Hartmann, Nick F. Alagna, Kevin N. Pyle, Scott D. Sullivan, Michael W. Little
  • Patent number: 9098333
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to improving resource usage on a computer system. In one embodiment, a computer system identifies a plurality of processes running on the computer system and determines an importance value and a resource consumption value. In such an embodiment, the importance value is indicative of an importance of an identified process, and the resource consumption value is indicative of a resource consumption of the identified process. The computer system evaluates the importance value and the resource consumption value relative to a usage policy, and takes a corrective action with respect to the identified process based on the evaluating to reconcile resource consumption with process importance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Ziften Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Obrecht, Robert P. Myers, Alfred C. Hartmann, Nick F. Alagna, Kevin N. Pyle, Scott D. Sullivan, Michael W. Little