Patents by Inventor Mark A. Richardson

Mark A. Richardson 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: 20240336129
    Abstract: An active air module for a vehicle. The module includes an active air feature having at least an open and closed position. Air is allowed to enter when in the open position and airflow is at least partially blocked in the closed position. A soft actuator such as a twisted coiled polymer actuator apparatus is used for actuation of the active air feature from the closed position to the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: Magna Exteriors Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Vander Sluis, Braendon R. Lindberg, Jeffrey Caraway, Mark A. Richardson
  • Patent number: 11899928
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are related to systems and methods for providing inputs through a virtual keyboard with an adaptive language model. In one approach, one or more processors determine whether a user intended to provide semantically meaningful characters or not, when providing a hand motion or a hand pose with respect to a virtual keyboard. The virtual keyboard may be located on a surface without physical keys. In one approach, the one or more processors determine an input to the virtual keyboard based on the hand motion or the hand pose. In one approach, the one or more processors determine weight of a language model according to the determined user intention. In one approach, the one or more processors modify the detected input according to the determined weight of the language model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Richardson, Robert Y. Wang
  • Patent number: 11455657
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure include methods and systems that allows for improved user navigation within a group of content items. For example, a content navigation system can identify a content item within a group of content items to provide to a user in response to a user interaction. In some embodiments, the content navigation system can identify a content item to provide to the user based on one or more factors, such as a characteristic of a user interaction and a relevance of a content item. In addition, the content navigation system can strategically provide advertisement content items to a user by adjusting one or more factors with respect to advertisement content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Richardson
  • Publication number: 20220261150
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are related to systems and methods for providing inputs through a virtual keyboard with an adaptive language model. In one approach, one or more processors determine whether a user intended to provide semantically meaningful characters or not, when providing a hand motion or a hand pose with respect to a virtual keyboard. The virtual keyboard may be located on a surface without physical keys. In one approach, the one or more processors determine an input to the virtual keyboard based on the hand motion or the hand pose. In one approach, the one or more processors determine weight of a language model according to the determined user intention. In one approach, the one or more processors modify the detected input according to the determined weight of the language model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Mark A. Richardson, Robert Y. Wang
  • Patent number: 11327651
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are related to systems and methods for providing inputs through a virtual keyboard with an adaptive language model. In one approach, one or more processors determine whether a user intended to provide semantically meaningful characters or not, when providing a hand motion or a hand pose with respect to a virtual keyboard. The virtual keyboard may be located on a surface without physical keys. In one approach, the one or more processors determine an input to the virtual keyboard based on the hand motion or the hand pose. In one approach, the one or more processors determine weight of a language model according to the determined user intention. In one approach, the one or more processors modify the detected input according to the determined weight of the language model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Richardson, Robert Y. Wang
  • Publication number: 20210247900
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are related to systems and methods for providing inputs through a virtual keyboard with an adaptive language model. In one approach, one or more processors determine whether a user intended to provide semantically meaningful characters or not, when providing a hand motion or a hand pose with respect to a virtual keyboard. The virtual keyboard may be located on a surface without physical keys. In one approach, the one or more processors determine an input to the virtual keyboard based on the hand motion or the hand pose. In one approach, the one or more processors determine weight of a language model according to the determined user intention. In one approach, the one or more processors modify the detected input according to the determined weight of the language model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Mark A. Richardson, Robert Y. Wang
  • Publication number: 20210224850
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure include methods and systems that allows for improved user navigation within a group of content items. For example, a content navigation system can identify a content item within a group of content items to provide to a user in response to a user interaction. In some embodiments, the content navigation system can identify a content item to provide to the user based on one or more factors, such as a characteristic of a user interaction and a relevance of a content item. In addition, the content navigation system can strategically provide advertisement content items to a user by adjusting one or more factors with respect to advertisement content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventor: Mark A. Richardson
  • Patent number: 10867320
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure include methods and systems that allows for improved user navigation within a group of content items. For example, a content navigation system can identify a content item within a group of content items to provide to a user in response to a user interaction. In some embodiments, the content navigation system can identify a content item to provide to the user based on one or more factors, such as a characteristic of a user interaction and a relevance of a content item. In addition, the content navigation system can strategically provide advertisement content items to a user by adjusting one or more factors with respect to advertisement content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: Mark A. Richardson
  • Patent number: 10719173
    Abstract: A transcription engine transcribes input received from an augmented reality keyboard based on a sequence of hand poses performed by a user when typing. A hand pose generator analyzes video of the user typing to generate the sequence of hand poses. The transcription engine implements a set of transcription models to generate a series of keystrokes based on the sequence of hand poses. Each keystroke in the series may correspond to one or more hand poses in the sequence of hand poses. The transcription engine monitors the behavior of the user and selects between transcription models depending on the attention level of the user. The transcription engine may select a first transcription model when the user types in a focused manner and then select a second transcription model when the user types in a less focused, conversational manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A Richardson, Robert Y Wang
  • Publication number: 20190310688
    Abstract: A transcription engine transcribes input received from an augmented reality keyboard based on a sequence of hand poses performed by a user when typing. A hand pose generator analyzes video of the user typing to generate the sequence of hand poses. The transcription engine implements a set of transcription models to generate a series of keystrokes based on the sequence of hand poses. Each keystroke in the series may correspond to one or more hand poses in the sequence of hand poses. The transcription engine monitors the behavior of the user and selects between transcription models depending on the attention level of the user. The transcription engine may select a first transcription model when the user types in a focused manner and then select a second transcription model when the user types in a less focused, conversational manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Mark A. Richardson, Robert Y. Wang
  • Publication number: 20170364951
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure include methods and systems that allows for improved user navigation within a group of content items. For example, a content navigation system can identify a content item within a group of content items to provide to a user in response to a user interaction. In some embodiments, the content navigation system can identify a content item to provide to the user based on one or more factors, such as a characteristic of a user interaction and a relevance of a content item. In addition, the content navigation system can strategically provide advertisement content items to a user by adjusting one or more factors with respect to advertisement content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Mark A. Richardson
  • Patent number: 9754286
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure include methods and systems that allows for improved user navigation within a group of content items. For example, a content navigation system can identify a content item within a group of content items to provide to a user in response to a user interaction. In some embodiments, the content navigation system can identify a content item to provide to the user based on one or more factors, such as a characteristic of a user interaction and a relevance of a content item. In addition, the content navigation system can strategically provide advertisement content items to a user by adjusting one or more factors with respect to advertisement content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: Mark A. Richardson
  • Publication number: 20160086219
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure include methods and systems that allows for improved user navigation within a group of content items. For example, a content navigation system can identify a content item within a group of content items to provide to a user in response to a user interaction. In some embodiments, the content navigation system can identify a content item to provide to the user based on one or more factors, such as a characteristic of a user interaction and a relevance of a content item. In addition, the content navigation system can strategically provide advertisement content items to a user by adjusting one or more factors with respect to advertisement content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventor: Mark A. Richardson
  • Publication number: 20160026936
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems present, to a first user of a network service, a description of an event, a selectable option for the first user to indicate an intention to attend the event, and an indication of users of the network service that intend to attend the event. An indication that the first user intends to attend the event and a set of one or more users the first user is willing to take as passengers to the event are received. An indication that a second user of the network service intends to attend the event is also received. The first user is presented as a potential driver to the second user in response to receiving the indication that the second user intends to attend the event and determining the second user is within the set of one or more users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Mark A. Richardson, Alexandru Petrescu, Michael Adam Finch
  • Publication number: 20110080262
    Abstract: A locating system for locating a specific subject among a number of possible subjects having an RFID tag attached to subjects which, when interrogated by an RFID reader, provides a unique identification code. A database containing information about subscribers including a list of RFID tag codes associated with the subjects of interest is included in the system. Transceivers having an RFID reader and a processor responsive to the transceiver and the RFID reader are also included in the locating system for locating a subject of interest. When the transceivers receive RFID code transmitted via the communications network, the transceiver is activated to transmit data to any nearby RFID tags. Upon receipt of a response from the RFID tag, the transceivers transmit the tag data to the communications network so that the subject of interest can be located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Mark A. Richardson, Kenneth H. Stueve
  • Patent number: 6575265
    Abstract: A gear assembly comprising a linear differential disposed at the gear assembly wherein the linear differential has a predetermined ratio from an input shaft to an output shaft, the ratio being adjustable by axially rotating the linear differential. A method of adjusting steering output as compared to steering input, which comprises powering a motor in operable communication with a worm and worm gear mechanism and rotating the worm and the worm gear mechanism fixed to a differential carrier. The method also comprises rotating the differential carrier, which comprises an input sun gear meshed with input differential planet gear, an input differential planet gear meshed with an output differential planet gear, and an output sun gear meshed with the output differential planet gear. The method further comprises rotating the output sun gear fixed to a differential output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Richardson, Brian Jerome Magnus, Chad David Bauer, Jeremy L. Cradit
  • Publication number: 20020029922
    Abstract: A gear assembly comprising a linear differential disposed at the gear assembly wherein the linear differential has a predetermined ratio from an input shaft to an output shaft, the ratio being adjustable by axially rotating the linear differential. A method of adjusting steering output as compared to steering input, which comprises powering a motor in operable communication with a worm and worm gear mechanism and rotating the worm and the worm gear mechanism fixed to a differential carrier. The method also comprises rotating the differential carrier, which comprises an input sun gear meshed with input differential planet gear, an input differential planet gear meshed with an output differential planet gear, and an output sun gear meshed with the output differential planet gear. The method further comprises rotating the output sun gear fixed to a differential output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Mark A. Richardson, Brian Jerome Magnus, Chad David Bauer, Jeremy L. Cradit
  • Patent number: 6186885
    Abstract: An integrated HVAC system for an automotive vehicle, including mating forward and rearward shells each have mating portions of left and right duct arms for delivering conditioned air therethrough. The mating shells define a central enclosure within which a drop-in heater core module may be operatively placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Kenneth K. Ahn, Mark A. Richardson
  • Patent number: 5945320
    Abstract: A DNA molecule isolated from Streptomyces ambofaciens encodes the multi-functional proteins which direct the synthesis of the polyketide platenolide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Stanley G. Burgett, Stuart A. Kuhstoss, Ramachandra N. Rao, Mark A. Richardson, Paul R. Rosteck, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5190871
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for transforming an actinomycete with an integrating vector which has the advantages of high transformation rates into a broad host range, site-specific integration, and stable maintenance without antibiotic selection. Also provided are methods for the increased production of antibiotics and for the production of hybrid antibiotics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Karen L. Cox, Stuart A. Kuhstoss, R. Nagaraja Rao, Mark A. Richardson, Brigitte E. Schoner, Eugene T. Seno