Patents by Inventor Michael Kopp

Michael Kopp 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: 20250099192
    Abstract: The sterile interface module includes a body member for coupling a surgical instrument to a robotic surgical assembly, a decoupling collar supported on the body member and movable relative to the body member from a first position to a second position, and a drive transfer assembly supported by the body member. The drive transfer assembly includes a drive coupler and a transfer shaft extending from the drive coupler. The drive coupler engages the robotic surgical assembly and the transfer shaft engages the surgical instrument. The drive coupler engages the robotic surgical assembly while the decoupling collar is in the first position to enable the robotic surgical assembly to robotically control the surgical instrument. The drive coupler is retracted within the body member while the decoupling collar is in the second position to prevent the drive coupler from engaging the robotic surgical assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Jaimeen Kapadia, Brock Kopp, Mark H. MacLeod, Chi Min Seow, Michael Zemlok
  • Publication number: 20250103644
    Abstract: Media unit retrieval methods, systems and computer program products are provided that allow a user to search for an item by iteratively presenting media units such as images representing items to the user and receiving user input consisting of selections of the presented media units (including possibly the empty selection). Features, or attributes, a user is interested in, for example semantic features, are inferred from the interaction and media units are retrieved for presentation based on similarity with user-selected media units, through sampling of a probability distribution describing the intent or interests, or combinations of approaches. Accordingly, the user-experience is akin to a conversation about what the user is looking for. Retrieval may be based on both selected and unselected media units and the selection may comprise making a selection with a single action. Further, a database of media units can capture similarity relationships for efficient media unit retrieval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Michael ELKAIM, Michael KOPP, Kristjan KORJUS
  • Publication number: 20250073004
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining first data of a dental arch having one or more first properties. The method further includes processing the first data using one or more trained machine learning models. The one or more trained machine learning models generate a dimensionally reduced representation of the dental arch based on the first data. The one or more trained machine learning models generate second data of the dental arch that has one or more second properties. The method further includes obtaining, from the one or more trained machine learning models, the second data of the dental arch that has the one or more second properties. The second data is based on the dimensionally reduced representation. The one or more second properties are different from the one or more first properties. The method further includes causing a representation of the dental arch to be displayed based on the second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Nicolas Wicki, Janik Lobsiger, Philipp Kopp, Sinan Ibrahim Bayraktar, Michael Chang, Niko Benjamin Huber
  • Patent number: 11934451
    Abstract: Media unit retrieval methods, systems and computer program products are provided that allow a user to search for an item by iteratively presenting media units such as images representing items to the user and receiving user input consisting of selections of the presented media units (including possibly the empty selection). Features, or attributes, a user is interested in, for example semantic features, are inferred from the interaction and media units are retrieved for presentation based on similarity with user-selected media units, through sampling of a probability distribution describing the intent or interests, or combinations of approaches. Accordingly, the user-experience is akin to a conversation about what the user is looking for. Retrieval may be based on both selected and unselected media units and the selection may comprise making a selection with a single action. Further, a database of media units can capture similarity relationships for efficient media unit retrieval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: DREAM IT GET IT LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Elkaim, Michael Kopp, Kristjan Korjus
  • Patent number: 11921775
    Abstract: Media unit retrieval methods, systems and computer program products are provided that allow a user to search for an item by iteratively presenting media units such as images representing items to the user and receiving user input consisting of selections of the presented media units (including possibly the empty selection). Features, or attributes, a user is interested in, for example semantic features, are inferred from the interaction and media units are retrieved for presentation based on similarity with user-selected media units, through sampling of a probability distribution describing the intent or interests, or combinations of approaches. Accordingly, the user-experience is akin to a conversation about what the user is looking for. Retrieval may be based on both selected and unselected media units and the selection may comprise making a selection with a single action. Further, a database of media units can capture similarity relationships for efficient media unit retrieval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: DREAM IT GET IT LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Elkaim, Michael Kopp, Kristjan Korjus
  • Publication number: 20230243958
    Abstract: A method for allocating dynamic objects to traffic lanes of a road. Objects are detected in a radar measurement and are subdivided into dynamic objects and static objects. A roadway edge is determined from the static objects. Here, the lane allocation of the dynamic object is made from the distance of a dynamic object to at least one static object marking the roadway edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Kopp
  • Publication number: 20230153345
    Abstract: Media unit retrieval methods, systems and computer program products are provided that allow a user to search for an item by iteratively presenting media units such as images representing items to the user and receiving user input consisting of selections of the presented media units (including possibly the empty selection). Features, or attributes, a user is interested in, for example semantic features, are inferred from the interaction and media units are retrieved for presentation based on similarity with user-selected media units, through sampling of a probability distribution describing the intent or interests, or combinations of approaches. Accordingly, the user-experience is akin to a conversation about what the user is looking for. Retrieval may be based on both selected and unselected media units and the selection may comprise making a selection with a single action. Further, a database of media units can capture similarity relationships for efficient media unit retrieval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Michael ELKAIM, Michael KOPP, Kristjan KORJUS
  • Publication number: 20230124063
    Abstract: Media unit retrieval methods, systems and computer program products are provided that allow a user to search for an item by iteratively presenting media units such as images representing items to the user and receiving user input consisting of selections of the presented media units (including possibly the empty selection). Features, or attributes, a user is interested in, for example semantic features, are inferred from the interaction and media units are retrieved for presentation based on similarity with user-selected media units, through sampling of a probability distribution describing the intent or interests, or combinations of approaches. Accordingly, the user-experience is akin to a conversation about what the user is looking for. Retrieval may be based on both selected and unselected media units and the selection may comprise making a selection with a single action. Further, a database of media units can capture similarity relationships for efficient media unit retrieval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Michael ELKAIM, Michael KOPP, Kristjan KORJUS
  • Publication number: 20230067464
    Abstract: An approach is provided for end-to-end traffic estimation. The approach involves, for instance, retrieving probe data or other sensor data collected from sensors of devices traveling in a geographic area. The approach also involves optionally aggregating the probe or sensor data into a sequence of frames. Each frame comprises a plurality of spatial cells representing the geographic area at a respective time interval. The probe or sensor data is spatially and temporally binned into the spatial cells. The approach further involves initiating an offline pre-processing pipeline to associate the probe or sensor data with road segments of a geographic database and/or otherwise determining a ground-truth traffic state for each frame or sensor data. The approach further involves training a machine learning model using the ground-truth traffic state to determine a predicted traffic state directly from input frames or sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: David JONIETZ, Michael KOPP, Moritz NEUN, Bo XU, Ali SOLEYMANI
  • Patent number: 11567989
    Abstract: Media unit retrieval methods, systems and computer program products are provided that allow a user to search for an item by iteratively presenting media units such as images representing items to the user and receiving user input consisting of selections of the presented media units (including possibly the empty selection). Features, or attributes, a user is interested in, for example semantic features, are inferred from the interaction and media units are retrieved for presentation based on similarity with user-selected media units, through sampling of a probability distribution describing the intent or interests, or combinations of approaches. Accordingly, the user-experience is akin to a conversation about what the user is looking for. Retrieval may be based on both selected and unselected media units and the selection may comprise making a selection with a single action. Further, a database of media units can capture similarity relationships for efficient media unit retrieval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: DREAM IT GET IT LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Elkaim, Michael Kopp, Krisjian Korjus
  • Publication number: 20230008791
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for the combined analysis of transaction execution monitoring data and a topology model created from infrastructure monitoring data of computing systems involved in the execution of the monitored transactions. Monitored communication activities of transactions are analyzed to identify intermediate processing nodes between sender and receiver side and to enrich transaction monitoring data with data describing those intermediate processing nodes. The topology model may also be improved by the combined analysis, as functionality and services provided by elements of the topology model may be derived by the involvement of those elements in the execution of monitored transactions. The result of the combined analysis is used by an automated anomaly detection and causality estimation system. The combined analysis may also reveal entities of a monitored environment that are used by transaction executions but which are not monitored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Dynatrace LLC
    Inventors: Herwig MOSER, Michael KOPP, Ernst AMBICHL
  • Patent number: 11442836
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for the combined analysis of transaction execution monitoring data and a topology model created from infrastructure monitoring data of computing systems involved in the execution of the monitored transactions. Monitored communication activities of transactions are analyzed to identify intermediate processing nodes between sender and receiver side and to enrich transaction monitoring data with data describing those intermediate processing nodes. The topology model may also be improved by the combined analysis, as functionality and services provided by elements of the topology model may be derived by the involvement of those elements in the execution of monitored transactions. The result of the combined analysis is used by an automated anomaly detection and causality estimation system. The combined analysis may also reveal entities of a monitored environment that are used by transaction executions but which are not monitored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Dynatrace LLC
    Inventors: Herwig Moser, Michael Kopp, Ernst Ambichl
  • Publication number: 20220225793
    Abstract: Systems and methods for securely framing an enclosure with an easily formed and integrated inert material, thereby providing a non-reactive environment for securing one or more objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Smithsonian Institution
    Inventor: Graham Michael Kopp
  • Publication number: 20220225795
    Abstract: Systems and methods for securely framing an enclosure with an easily formed and integrated inert material, thereby providing a non-reactive environment for securing one or more objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Smithsonian Institution
    Inventor: Graham Michael Kopp
  • Patent number: 11373115
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for training a machine learned model on a large number of devices, each device acquiring a local set of training data without sharing data sets across devices. The devices train the model on the respective device's set of training data. The devices communicate a parameter vector from the trained model asynchronously with a parameter server. The parameter server updates a master parameter vector and transmits the master parameter vector to the respective device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Michael Kopp, Moritz Neun, Michael Sprague, Amir Jalalirad, Marco Scavuzzo, Catalin Capota
  • Patent number: 11345279
    Abstract: A device and a method for warning a driver of a vehicle. The vehicle includes one or multiple surroundings sensor(s) that detect objects in the vehicle surroundings, and an evaluation device is provided in which a surroundings model is created from the object detections by the one or multiple surroundings sensor(s). Also provided is an actuator system that informs the driver of recognized objects of the surroundings model, in that the actuator system for informing the driver contains a piece of spatial warning information, and the driver is haptically informed of the position of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Kopp
  • Patent number: 11256738
    Abstract: Media unit retrieval methods, systems and computer program products are provided that allow a user to search for an item by iteratively presenting media units such as images representing items to the user and receiving user input consisting of selections of the presented media units (including possibly the empty selection). Features, or attributes, a user is interested in, for example semantic features, are inferred from the interaction and media units are retrieved for presentation based on similarity with user-selected media units, through sampling of a probability distribution describing the intent or interests, or combinations of approaches. Accordingly, the user-experience is akin to a conversation about what the user is looking for. Retrieval may be based on both selected and unselected media units and the selection may comprise making a selection with a single action. Further, a database of media units can capture similarity relationships for efficient media unit retrieval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Dream It Get IT Limited
    Inventors: Michael Elkaim, Michael Kopp, Kristjan Korjus
  • Patent number: 11182422
    Abstract: Media unit retrieval methods, systems and computer program products are provided that allow a user to search for an item by iteratively presenting media units such as images representing items to the user and receiving user input consisting of selections of the presented media units (including possibly the empty selection). Features, or attributes, a user is interested in, for example semantic features, are inferred from the interaction and media units are retrieved for presentation based on similarity with user-selected media units, through sampling of a probability distribution describing the intent or interests, or combinations of approaches. Accordingly, the user-experience is akin to a conversation about what the user is looking for. Retrieval may be based on both selected and unselected media units and the selection may comprise making a selection with a single action. Further, a database of media units can capture similarity relationships for efficient media unit retrieval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: DREAM IT GET IT LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Elkaim, Michael Kopp, Kristjan Korjus
  • Publication number: 20210316660
    Abstract: A device and a method for warning a driver of a vehicle. The vehicle includes one or multiple surroundings sensor(s) that detect objects in the vehicle surroundings, and an evaluation device is provided in which a surroundings model is created from the object detections by the one or multiple surroundings sensor(s). Also provided is an actuator system that informs the driver of recognized objects of the surroundings model, in that the actuator system for informing the driver contains a piece of spatial warning information, and the driver is haptically informed of the position of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Kopp
  • Patent number: D1055317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Smithsonian Institution
    Inventor: Graham Michael Kopp