Patents by Inventor Mark Edwards

Mark 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: 20230419052
    Abstract: Novel techniques are described for positive entity-aware augmentation using a two-stage augmentation to improve the stability of the model to entity value changes for intent prediction. In one particular aspect, a method is provided that includes accessing a first set of training data for an intent prediction model, the first set of training data comprising utterances and intent labels; applying one or more positive data augmentation techniques to the first set of training data, depending on the tuning requirements for hyper-parameters, to result in a second set of training data, where the positive data augmentation techniques comprise Entity-Aware (“EA”) technique and a two-stage augmentation technique; combining the first set of training data and the second set of training data to generate expanded training data; and training the intent prediction model using the expanded training data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmed Ataallah Ataallah Abobakr, Shivashankar Subramanian, Ying Xu, Vladislav Blinov, Umanga Bista, Tuyen Quang Pham, Thanh Long Duong, Mark Edward Johnson, Elias Luqman Jalaluddin, Vanshika Sridharan, Xin XU, Srinivasa Phani Kumar Gadde, Vishal Vishnoi
  • Publication number: 20230419127
    Abstract: Novel techniques are described for negative entity-aware augmentation using a two-stage augmentation to improve the stability of the model to entity value changes for intent prediction. In some embodiments, a method comprises accessing a first set of training data for an intent prediction model, the first set of training data comprising utterances and intent labels; applying one or more negative entity-aware data augmentation techniques to the first set of training data, depending on the tuning requirements for hyper-parameters, to result in a second set of training data, where the one or more negative entity-aware data augmentation techniques comprise Keyword Augmentation Technique (“KAT”) plus entity without context technique and KAT plus entity in random context as OOD technique; combining the first set of training data and the second set of training data to generate expanded training data; and training the intent prediction model using the expanded training data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmed Ataallah Ataallah Abobakr, Shivashankar Subramanian, Ying Xu, Vladislav Blinov, Umanga Bista, Tuyen Quang Pham, Thanh Long Duong, Mark Edward Johnson, Elias Luqman Jalaluddin, Vanshika Sridharan, Xin Xu, Srinivasa Phani Kumar Gadde, Vishal Vishnoi
  • Patent number: 11850519
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for identifying a variety of events that occur within a gaming session and generating event reports based on the identified events. For example, a gaming service (e.g., a cloud gaming server) can leverage content analysis and event recognizer services on a cloud computing system to detect one or more in-game events based on gaming content (e.g., video content, audio content, controller inputs) that is delivered to a client system. Systems described herein can train and implement event recognizers trained to track various in-game events across multiple gaming applications. Based on the tracked events, the systems described herein can generate event reports for events, individual users, and groups of users of the cloud computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Gilbert Kennett, Mark Edward Rabold
  • Patent number: 11855583
    Abstract: A system for a solar-powered protective car charging cover. The solar-powered car charging cover is designed to directly trickle charge electric cars by bypassing the internal charging power supply whilst also providing a protective barrier around the vehicle. This trickle charge provides enough power for charging cellular phones, powering lights, and other small electronics without further draining the battery and may even produce a net-positive charge to charge the vehicle's batteries. The barrier portion is a multi-layer cover with an adjustable-rigid air bladder layer sandwiched between an outer solar-panel layer and an inner vehicle paint protection layer. Zippered portions provide multiple configurations including using the solar-powered car charging cover without a vehicle for a make-shift tent with solar-powered charging ports. A power control box provides the means to connect external power sources to the solar-powered car charging cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Mark Edward Skinner
  • Patent number: 11851940
    Abstract: In one aspect, an in-vehicle device is provided that includes a sensor configured to detect a vehicle characteristic indicative of the vehicle being in proximity to a location associated with a movable barrier operator. The in-vehicle device includes communication circuitry to communicate an open command to the movable barrier operator that causes the movable barrier operator to open a movable barrier connected to the movable barrier operator. A memory is configured to store a vehicle arrival condition indicative of whether the vehicle arrived at the location associated with the movable barrier operator. A processor is configured to determine satisfaction of the vehicle arrival condition and, upon the vehicle arrival condition not being satisfied, cause the communication circuitry to communicate a close command to the movable barrier operator that causes the movable barrier operator to close the movable barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group LLC
    Inventors: Garth Wesley Hopkins, Oddy Khamharn, Edward James Lukas, Mark Edward Miller
  • Publication number: 20230406021
    Abstract: Inkjet-printed articles have a topcoat composition on a substrate surface. This topcoat composition has (a) a water-soluble salt of a multivalent metal cation in an amount of 0.4-40 weight %; (b) a nonionic or cationic water-soluble or water-dispersible polymeric binder materials in an amount of 2-90 weight %; and (c) visible light-scattering particles that have been surface-treated so that the surface-treated visible light-scattering particles have a stable zeta potential of treater than +4 millivolts (mV) using a (f) dispersing aids. These surface-treated visible light-scattering particles are present in an amount of 6-90 weight %. The (f) dispersing aid is cationic in cumulative charge, and are present in the topcoat composition in an amount of 0.2-50 weight %, based on the total weight of the (c) surface-treated visible light-scattering particles. A monochrome or multicolor inkjet-printed layer or image is disposed over the topcoat composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Edward Irving, David D. Putnam
  • Publication number: 20230402977
    Abstract: An amplifier system may include at least one alternating current (AC) input source, a first DC-DC converter configured to convert the AC voltage to a first rail voltage, a second DC-DC converter configured convert the AC voltage to a second rail voltage, and a Class D amplifier configured to receive the first rail voltage on a first positive rail from the first DC-DC converter and the second rail voltage on a second negative rail from the second DC-DC converter to reduce rail pumping of the first and second voltage rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: HARMAN PROFESSIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Abhiman Ananthakrishna HANDE, Mark Edward SIEBER
  • Publication number: 20230398692
    Abstract: A method for training a neural network to perform 3D object manipulation is described. The method includes extracting features from each image of a synthetic stereo pair of images. The method also includes generating a low-resolution disparity image based on the features extracted from each image of the synthetic stereo pair of images. The method further includes generating, by the neural network, a feature map based on the low-resolution disparity image and one of the synthetic stereo pair of images. The method also includes manipulating an unknown object perceived from the feature map according to a perception prediction from a prediction head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Thomas KOLLAR, Kevin STONE, Michael LASKEY, Mark Edward TJERSLAND
  • Publication number: 20230401721
    Abstract: A method for 3D object perception is described. The method includes extracting features from each image of a synthetic stereo pair of images. The method also includes generating a low-resolution disparity image based on the features extracted from each image of the synthetic stereo pair images. The method further includes predicting, by a trained neural network, a feature map based on the low-resolution disparity image and one of the synthetic stereo pair of images. The method also includes generating, by a perception prediction head, a perception prediction of a detected 3D object based on the feature map predicted by the trained neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Thomas KOLLAR, Kevin STONE, Michael LASKEY, Mark Edward TJERSLAND
  • Patent number: 11843589
    Abstract: A computing resource service provider receives a request from a customer to establish a physical connection between a provider network device and a customer network device in a colocation center. Once the connection has been established, the customer may transmit cryptographic authentication information, through the physical connection, to the provider network device. The provider network device transmits this information to an authentication service operated by the computing resource service provider to verify the authenticity of the information. If the information is authentic, the authentication service may re-configure the provider network device to allow the customer to access one or more services provided by the computing resource service provider. The authentication service may transmit cryptographic authentication information to the customer to verify the identity of the computing resource service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edward Stalzer, Christian Arthur Arllen
  • Patent number: 11843544
    Abstract: A server device, system, method, and for controlling access to project resources is disclosed. The disclosure includes a processor, and a communications module and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to generate a plurality of zones for a project, each zone defining a set of access rights to: i) a database; and ii) at least one tool. The processor configures each set of access rights to allow a proxy service to access the zones, and receives, from a client device and via the proxy service, an access query to access at least one zone. The processor provides the client device access to, via the proxy service, the at least one dataset and at least one tool of the at least one zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Amir Mahmood Modir, James Anthony Begg, ZeZhong Zheng, Sertac Kabadayi, Tadd Axon, Mark Edward Carter, Nikita Islamov
  • Publication number: 20230391835
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to an immunogenic composition that includes a mutant Clostridium difficile toxin A and/or a mutant Clostridium difficile toxin B. Each mutant toxin includes a glucosyltransferase domain having at least one mutation and a cysteine protease domain having at least one mutation, relative to the corresponding wild-type C. difficile toxin. The mutant toxins may further include at least one amino acid that is chemically crosslinked. In another aspect, the invention relates to antibodies or binding fragments thereof that binds to said immunogenic compositions. In further aspects, the invention relates to isolated nucleotide sequences that encode any of the foregoing, and methods of use of any of the foregoing compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Kathrin Ute Jansen, Annaliesa Sybil Anderson, Robert G.K. Donald, Maninder K. Sidhu, Narender Kumar Kalyan, Justin Keith Moran, Mark Edward Ruppen, Michael James Flint
  • Patent number: 11833108
    Abstract: A sterile solution product bag for lyophilizing includes a bladder, a first stem having a first stem inlet end and a first stem outlet end. The first stem outlet end is fluidly connected to the bladder and the first stem inlet end is adapted to receive a liquid. A first filter is disposed in-line with the first stem and includes a first filter membrane, a first filter open end, and a first filter closed end. The first filter closed end is disposed between the first stem inlet end and the first stem outlet end and the first filter open end is disposed in proximity to the first stem inlet end. A second stem having a second stem inlet end fluidly connected to the bladder and a second stem outlet end adapted to receive a vapor. A second filter is disposed within the second stem and includes a filter membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA
    Inventors: Mark Joseph Doty, Christine L. Rebbeck, Sydney Jean Cope, William Spencer Hurst, Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Thomas Edward Dudar, Ying-Cheng Lo, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Anastasios Hristakos, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta, Bernd Krause
  • Publication number: 20230386620
    Abstract: Approaches for generating recommendations for a user related to genetic counseling are provided. A user can be provided with one or more first questions that may be relevant to one or more medical questions. Based at least in part upon one or more answers to the first questions, one or more second questions can be determined and provided to the user. The user can be classified into one or more categories based at least in part upon answers provided to the first questions and the second questions. A recommendation for the user can be generated based at least in part upon the classification of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kiley Jo Johnson, Mark Edward Sylvester, Ashley VanDenBoom Daley, Andi Hila, Durand R. Van Arnem, Colleen Anne Caleshu, Kaylene Ready, Jill Davies, Cary Armstrong, Callan Delaney Russell
  • Publication number: 20230389241
    Abstract: A power converter assembly includes a housing, a cold plate in the housing, and a set of power converter components on the cold plate. The cold plate is configured to receive a coolant. A first medium in the housing surrounds the cold plate and components. An expandable heat transfer structure is attached to one of the cold plate and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Sanjay Vijayaraghavan, Libing Wang, Han Xiong, Kum Kang Huh, Di Pan, Mark Edward Dame, Rajib Datta, Alankrita Singh
  • Patent number: 11829139
    Abstract: A technique is described for developing and using applications and skills with an autonomous vehicle. In an example embodiment, a development platform is provided that enables access to a developer console for developing software modules for use with an autonomous vehicle. Using the developer console, a developer user can specify instructions for causing an autonomous vehicle to perform one or more operations. For example, to control the behavior of an autonomous vehicle, the instructions can cause an executing computer system at the autonomous vehicle to generate calls to an application programming interface (API) associated with an autonomous navigation system of autonomous vehicle. Such calls to the API can be configured to adjust a parameter of a behavioral objective associated with a trajectory generation process performed by the autonomous navigation system that controls the behavior of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Skydio, Inc.
    Inventors: Roshan Neel Jobanputra, Jeffrey Robert DeCew, Matthew Joseph Donahoe, Mark Edward Rubin, Adam Parker Bry, Abraham Galton Bachrach, Jack Louis Zhu, Kristen Marie Holtz
  • Publication number: 20230380113
    Abstract: This invention relates to systems and methods for redundant data center cooling and electrical systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventor: Mark Edward Oxley
  • Publication number: 20230376700
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for generating training data to facilitate fine-tuning embedding models. Training data including anchor utterances is obtained. Positive utterances and negative utterances are generated from the anchor utterances. Tuples including the anchor utterances, the positive utterances, and the negative utterances are formed. Embeddings for the tuples are generated and a pre-trained embedding model is fine-tuned based on the embeddings. The fine-tuned model can be deployed to a system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Umanga Bista, Vladislav Blinov, Mark Edward Johnson, Ahmed Ataallah Ataallah Abobakr, Thanh Long Duong, Srinivasa Phani Kumar Gadde, Vishal Vishnoi, Elias Luqman Jalaluddin, Xin Xu, Shivashankar Subramanian
  • Publication number: 20230376696
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for identifying out-of-domain utterances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Thanh Long Duong, Mark Edward Johnson, Vishal Vishnoi, Crystal C. Pan, Vladislav Blinov, Cong Duy Vu Hoang, Elias Luqman Jalaluddin, Duy Vu, Balakota Srinivas Vinnakota
  • Publication number: 20230376441
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to USB TYPE-C, and, in particular, DISPLAYPORT Alternate Mode communication in a USB TYPE-C environment. In one embodiment, a device determines a DISPLAYPORT mode and determines an orientation of a USB TYPE-C connector plug. A multiplexer multiplexes a DISPLAYPORT transmission based in part on the determined orientation of the USB TYPE-C connector plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Edward Wentroble, Suzanne Mary Vining, Hassan Omar Ali