Patents by Inventor Michael John Hamilton
Michael John Hamilton 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).
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Publication number: 20240130411Abstract: Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Richard Eugene Macur, Yuval Charles Avniel, Renata Usaite Black, Maximilian DeVane Hamilton, Michael John Harney, Eleanore Brophy Eckstrom, Mark Andrew Kozubal
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Publication number: 20240108846Abstract: A humidification system for delivering humidified gases to a user can include a heater base, humidification chamber having an inlet, outlet, and associated fluid conduit, and breathing circuit including a supply conduit, inspiratory conduit, and optional expiratory conduit. The humidification system can include various features to help make set-up less difficult and time-consuming. For example, the supply conduit, inspiratory conduit, and optional expiratory conduit can be coupled into a one-piece circuit to aid set-up. Various components can be color-coded and can have corresponding structures to indicate which components should be connected to one another during set-up. Such features can also help make the set-up process more intuitive for an operator, which can reduce the need for specialized training and reduce the number of potential errors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Jason Allan Klenner, Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon, Mark Samuel Hamilton, James William Stanton, Michael John Andresen, Jonathan Andrew George Lambert
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Patent number: 11927668Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for employing deep learning to analyze radar signals. In an aspect, an on-board computer of a host vehicle receives, from a radar sensor of the vehicle, a plurality of radar frames, executes a neural network on a subset of the plurality of radar frames, and detects one or more objects in the subset of the plurality of radar frames based on execution of the neural network on the subset of the plurality of radar frames. Further, techniques for transforming polar coordinates to Cartesian coordinates in a neural network are disclosed. In an aspect, a neural network receives a plurality of radar frames in polar coordinate space, a polar-to-Cartesian transformation layer of the neural network transforms the plurality of radar frames to Cartesian coordinate space, and the neural network outputs the plurality of radar frames in the Cartesian coordinate space.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Daniel Hendricus Franciscus Fontijne, Amin Ansari, Bence Major, Ravi Teja Sukhavasi, Radhika Dilip Gowaikar, Xinzhou Wu, Sundar Subramanian, Michael John Hamilton
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Patent number: 11914046Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for radar or LIDAR measurement are presented. Some configurations include transmitting, via a transceiver, a first beam having a first frequency characteristic; calculating a distance between the transceiver and a moving object based on information from at least one reflection of the first beam; transmitting, via the transceiver, a second beam having a second frequency characteristic that is different than the first frequency characteristic, wherein the second beam is directed such that an axis of the second beam intersects a ground plane; and calculating an ego-velocity of the transceiver based on information from at least one reflection of the second beam. Applications relating to road vehicular (e.g., automobile) use are described.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Michael John Hamilton, Jayakrishnan Unnikrishnan, Urs Niesen
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Patent number: 11899132Abstract: Embodiments provided herein allow for identification of one or more regions of interest in a radar return signal that would be suitable for selected application of super-resolution processing. One or more super-resolution processing techniques can be applied to the identified regions of interest. The selective application of super-resolution processing techniques can reduce processing requirements and overall system delay. The output data of the super-resolution processing can be provided to a mobile computer system. The output data of the super-resolution processing can also be used to reconfigure the radar radio frequency front end to beam form the radar signal in region of the detected objects. The mobile computer system can use the output data for implementation of deep learning techniques. The deep learning techniques enable the vehicle to identify and classify detected objects for use in automated driving processes.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Volodimir Slobodyanyuk, Sundar Subramanian, Radhika Dilip Gowaikar, Michael John Hamilton, Amin Ansari
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Patent number: 11693084Abstract: Certain aspects provide a method for radar detection by an apparatus. The method including transmitting a radar waveform in transmission time intervals (TTIs) to perform detection of a target object. The method further includes varying the radar waveform across TTIs based on one or more radar transmission parameters.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Kapil Gulati, Junyi Li, Sundar Subramanian, Michael John Hamilton
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Publication number: 20230086818Abstract: System and method for processing a camera frame in a mobile device by partitioning the camera frame into different sections based on the distance from a vehicle to each of the sections and the required resolution of each of the sections. A mobile device comprises: a memory; a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to: receive a camera frame from a camera mounted on a vehicle traveling on a road; determine a drivable path of the vehicle; project the drivable path onto the camera frame; partition a part of the camera frame containing the drivable path into at least one section based on a distance from the vehicle to each of the at least one section; and determine a required resolution of each of the at least one section based on the distance from the vehicle to each of the at least one section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Volodimir SLOBODYANYUK, Ahmed Kamel SADEK, Amin ANSARI, Sundar SUBRAMANIAN, Radhika Dilip GOWAIKAR, Makesh Pravin JOHN WILSON, Michael John HAMILTON, Shantanu Chaisson SANYAL
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Patent number: 11585919Abstract: Certain aspects provide a method for radar detection by an apparatus. The method generally includes transmitting a radar waveform in sets of transmission time intervals (TTIs), using a common set of radar transmission parameters in each set of TTIs, to perform detection of a target object, varying at least one of the common set of radar transmission parameters between sets of TTIs, and identifying interfering signals based on observed changes in monitored parameters of received signals across sets of TTIs due to the varying.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Kapil Gulati, Junyi Li, Sundar Subramanian, Michael John Hamilton
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Publication number: 20220390582Abstract: In some aspects, a system may receive, from a first one-dimensional radar array, first information based at least in part on first reflections associated with an azimuthal plane. The system may further receive, from a second one-dimensional radar array, second information based at least in part on second reflections associated with an elevation plane. Accordingly, the system may detect an object based at least in part on the first information and may determine an elevation associated with the object based at least in part on the second information. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2021Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Volodimir SLOBODYANYUK, Radhika Dilip GOWAIKAR, Makesh Pravin JOHN WILSON, Amin ANSARI, Michael John HAMILTON, Shantanu Chaisson SANYAL, Sundar SUBRAMANIAN
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Publication number: 20220357441Abstract: A device for processing image data is disclosed. The device can obtain a radar point cloud and one or more frames of camera data. The device can determine depth estimates of one or more pixels of the one or more frames of camera data. The device can generate a pseudo lidar point cloud using the depth estimates of the one or more pixels of the one or more frames of camera data, wherein the pseudo lidar point cloud comprises a three-dimensional representation of at least one frame of the one or more frames of camera data. The device can determine one or more object bounding boxes based on the radar point cloud and the pseudo lidar point cloud.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Amin ANSARI, Sundar SUBRAMANIAN, Radhika Dilip GOWAIKAR, Ahmed Kamel SADEK, Makesh Pravin JOHN WILSON, Volodimir SLOBODYANYUK, Shantanu Chaisson SANYAL, Michael John HAMILTON
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Patent number: 11368222Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for communicating between distributed automotive sensors, including radar sensors, wherein sensors transmit a synchronization (SYNC) signal, each SYNC signal transmitted via a substantially equal-length fiber optic link corresponding with each sensor. A central node receives the SYNC signals via the fiber optic links corresponding with each of the sensors and determines a master SYNC signal based on the received SYNC signals. The central node then transmits the master SYNC signal via the fiber optic links to the sensors, which receive the master SYNC signal and transmit, via fiber optic link, sensor data synchronized in accordance with the master SYNC signal. The synchronized sensor data are received at the central node and coherently aggregated, and transmitted to a compute node for post-processing. For radar data, the post-processing may include determination of an angular position of an object within detection range of at least two radar sensors.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Volodimir Slobodyanyuk, Michael John Hamilton
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Publication number: 20220171069Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for radar or LIDAR measurement are presented. Some configurations include transmitting, via a transceiver, a first beam having a first frequency characteristic; calculating a distance between the transceiver and a moving object based on information from at least one reflection of the first beam; transmitting, via the transceiver, a second beam having a second frequency characteristic that is different than the first frequency characteristic, wherein the second beam is directed such that an axis of the second beam intersects a ground plane; and calculating an ego-velocity of the transceiver based on information from at least one reflection of the second beam. Applications relating to road vehicular (e.g., automobile) use are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Michael John HAMILTON, Jayakrishnan UNNIKRISHNAN, Urs NIESEN
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Publication number: 20210255304Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for employing deep learning to analyze radar signals. In an aspect, an on-board computer of a host vehicle receives, from a radar sensor of the vehicle, a plurality of radar frames, executes a neural network on a subset of the plurality of radar frames, and detects one or more objects in the subset of the plurality of radar frames based on execution of the neural network on the subset of the plurality of radar frames. Further, techniques for transforming polar coordinates to Cartesian coordinates in a neural network are disclosed. In an aspect, a neural network receives a plurality of radar frames in polar coordinate space, a polar-to-Cartesian transformation layer of the neural network transforms the plurality of radar frames to Cartesian coordinate space, and the neural network outputs the plurality of radar frames in the Cartesian coordinate space.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Daniel Hendricus Franciscus FONTIJNE, Amin ANSARI, Bence MAJOR, Ravi Teja SUKHAVASI, Radhika Dilip GOWAIKAR, Xinzhou WU, Sundar SUBRAMANIAN, Michael John HAMILTON
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Patent number: 11073598Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for radar detection by an apparatus. In certain aspects a method for radar detection by an apparatus includes selecting one or more radar transmission parameters based on a reference time, wherein the reference time is common to at least a group of vehicles. The method further includes performing radar detection using the selected radar transmission parameters and the reference time.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Kapil Gulati, Junyi Li, Sundar Subramanian, Michael John Hamilton
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Publication number: 20210208247Abstract: Embodiments provided herein allow for identification of one or more regions of interest in a radar return signal that would be suitable for selected application of super-resolution processing. One or more super-resolution processing techniques can be applied to the identified regions of interest. The selective application of super-resolution processing techniques can reduce processing requirements and overall system delay. The output data of the super-resolution processing can be provided to a mobile computer system. The output data of the super-resolution processing can also be used to reconfigure the radar radio frequency front end to beam form the radar signal in region of the detected objects. The mobile computer system can use the output data for implementation of deep learning techniques. The deep learning techniques enable the vehicle to identify and classify detected objects for use in automated driving processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Makesh Pravin JOHN WILSON, Volodimir SLOBODYANYUK, Sundar SUBRAMANIAN, Radhika Dilip GOWAIKAR, Michael John HAMILTON, Amin ANSARI
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Publication number: 20210152245Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for communicating between distributed automotive sensors, including radar sensors, wherein sensors transmit a synchronization (SYNC) signal, each SYNC signal transmitted via a substantially equal-length fiber optic link corresponding with each sensor. A central node receives the SYNC signals via the fiber optic links corresponding with each of the sensors and determines a master SYNC signal based on the received SYNC signals. The central node then transmits the master SYNC signal via the fiber optic links to the sensors, which receive the master SYNC signal and transmit, via fiber optic link, sensor data synchronized in accordance with the master SYNC signal. The synchronized sensor data are received at the central node and coherently aggregated, and transmitted to a compute node for post-processing. For radar data, the post-processing may include determination of an angular position of an object within detection range of at least two radar sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2019Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Volodimir SLOBODYANYUK, Michael John HAMILTON
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Publication number: 20200025865Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for radar detection by an apparatus. In certain aspects a method for radar detection by an apparatus includes selecting one or more radar transmission parameters based on a reference time, wherein the reference time is common to at least a group of vehicles. The method further includes performing radar detection using the selected radar transmission parameters and the reference time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Kapil GULATI, Junyi LI, Sundar SUBRAMANIAN, Michael John HAMILTON
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Publication number: 20200025866Abstract: Certain aspects provide a method for radar detection by an apparatus. The method generally includes transmitting a radar waveform in sets of transmission time intervals (TTIs), using a common set of radar transmission parameters in each set of TTIs, to perform detection of a target object, varying at least one of the common set of radar transmission parameters between sets of TTIs, and identifying interfering signals based on observed changes in monitored parameters of received signals across sets of TTIs due to the varying.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Kapil GULATI, Junyi LI, Sundar SUBRAMANIAN, Michael John HAMILTON
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Publication number: 20200028656Abstract: Certain aspects provide a method for radar detection by an apparatus. The method including transmitting a radar waveform in transmission time intervals (TTIs) to perform detection of a target object. The method further includes varying the radar waveform across TTIs based on one or more radar transmission parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Kapil GULATI, Junyi LI, Sundar SUBRAMANIAN, Michael John HAMILTON
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Patent number: 8407542Abstract: A method and circuit are provided for implementing switching factor reduction in Logic Built in Self Test (LBIST) diagnostics, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides. Switching factor reduction logic is coupled to a Pseudo-Random Pattern Generator (PRPG) providing channel input patterns to a plurality of LBIST channels used for the LBIST diagnostics. The switching factor reduction logic selectively provides controlled channel input patterns for each of the plurality of channels.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven Michael Douskey, Ryan Andrew Fitch, Michael John Hamilton, Amanda Renee Kaufer