Patents by Inventor Michael Lyon
Michael Lyon 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: 20250131056Abstract: An apparatus for determining an erroneous cause for a belief and presenting interventions. The apparatus includes one or more memories comprising processor-executable instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute the processor-executable instructions and cause the apparatus to receive a communication through at least one of a direct method or indirect method, extract a target belief, identify an attributable cause based on the communication, compile known causes of the target belief and determine if the known cause is false, compare the attributable cause to the known causes and generate a score based on an amount of similarities, determine that the attributable cause corresponds to a known cause that is false, when the score is greater than a predetermined threshold, and generate interventions for presentation on the user interface device based on the determination that the attributable cause corresponds to the known cause that is false.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2023Publication date: April 24, 2025Applicants: Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Francine R. Chen, Totte Harinen, Kenton Michael Lyons, Alexandre L.S. Filipowicz
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Patent number: 12268333Abstract: A grilling insert is adapted for use in a barbecue grill having a recessed cooking chamber. The grilling insert comprises a double-wall thermal barrier and a radiant heat chamber. The double-wall thermal barrier is adapted for extending across the recessed cooking chamber of the barbecue grill, and for dividing the cooking chamber into direct-heating and indirect-heating cooking sections. The radiant heat chamber is formed adjacent the double-wall thermal barrier, and is designed for holding loose combustible material within the direct-heating cooking section of the barbecue grill. The cooking temperature in the direct-heating cooking section is relatively high, and is reduced in the indirect-heating cooking section by the double-wall thermal barrier.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Adrenaline Barbecue CompanyInventors: Michael David Parrish, Aaron Michael Lyons
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Publication number: 20240257180Abstract: A financial institution computing system includes an account database with a plurality of transaction parameters with respect to a financial account of a customer, a receptiveness metrics circuit structured to extract the plurality of transaction parameters from the account database, the transaction parameters including at least one financial transaction record, and indicative of a mode of the customer, and determine one or more receptiveness metrics attributed to the customer based on the mode of the customer, the one or more receptiveness metrics indicating likelihoods of the customer converting an interaction from the financial institution, wherein the interaction includes an avatar that is an aged version of the customer, and an interaction generation circuit structured to transmit the interaction to the customer at an optimal time based on the one or more receptiveness metrics.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Wayne Barakat, Michael Fitzpatrick, Mark A. Frank, Yvette M. Hatton, Pey-Ning Huang, Michael Lyon, Kimberly D. Peck, Melissa Schroder Viscomi
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Publication number: 20240259530Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to computing devices, head-mounted display devices and methods for remote collaborations. In one example a computing device receives receive a spatial mapping of a first three-dimensional environment and determines that a volumetric space in the spatial mapping satisfies at least one collaboration criterion. The collaboration criterion comprises a first object in the first three-dimensional environment and a second object in a second three-dimensional environment sharing a common semantic label. Based on determining that the volumetric space satisfies the collaboration criterion, a shared hologram is displayed by a first display device at the first object in the first environment and by a second display device at the second object in the second three-dimensional environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Todd Michael LYON, Jacob A. BOMGARDNER, Scott David PETILL
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Patent number: 12032618Abstract: A method for inferring intent and discrepancies in a label coding scheme is described. The method includes compiling data indicating how one or more individuals labeled unstructured content according to the label coding scheme comprising a plurality of labels. The method also includes analyzing a context associated with a content labeled in a particular manner by the one or more individuals. The method further includes detecting discrepancies of meaning for a particular label used by the one or more individuals. The method also includes inferring a strategic thinking of the one or more individuals associated with the discrepancies of meaning detected for the particular label. The method further includes displaying recorded metadata associated with the strategic thinking and the discrepancies of meaning detected for the particular label between the one or more individuals regarding a coded dataset.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignees: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yin-Ying Chen, Shabnam Hakimi, Kenton Michael Lyons, Yanxia Zhang, Matthew Kyung-Soo Hong, Totte Harinen, Monica PhuongThao Van, Charlene Wu
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Patent number: 12017803Abstract: A method for capturing and deorbiting space debris includes: deploying a space debris capturing device in planetary orbit; receiving an initial target set including a first database of space debris targets that are within range of the space debris capturing device; performing a first algorithm to convert the initial target set to an accessible target set including a second database of space debris targets that are within range of the space debris capturing device; performing a second algorithm to convert the accessible target set to a final target set including a third database of space debris targets to be captured by the space debris capturing device capturing the first space debris target via a capture mechanism of the space debris capturing device; jettisoning the capture mechanism and the first captured space debris target into a decaying orbit; one of the remaining space debris targets of the third database; and positioning the space debris capturing device and the final captured space debris target intType: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteInventors: Jackson Michael Lyons, Kurt Anderson
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Patent number: 11972457Abstract: A financial institution computing system includes an account database with a plurality of transaction parameters with respect to a financial account of a customer, a receptiveness metrics circuit structured to extract the plurality of transaction parameters from the account database, the transaction parameters including at least one financial transaction record, and indicative of a mode of the customer, and determine one or more receptiveness metrics attributed to the customer based on the mode of the customer, the one or more receptiveness metrics indicating likelihoods of the customer converting an interaction from the financial institution, wherein the interaction includes an avatar that is an aged version of the customer, and an interaction generation circuit structured to transmit the interaction to the customer at an optimal time based on the one or more receptiveness metrics.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Wayne Barakat, Michael Fitzpatrick, Mark A. Frank, Yvette M. Hatton, Pey-Ning Huang, Michael Lyon, Kimberly D. Peck, Melissa Schroder Viscomi
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Patent number: 11968475Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to computing devices, head-mounted display devices and methods for remote collaborations. In one example a computing device receives a first spatial mapping of a first environment and a second spatial mapping of a second environment. The computing device determines that a first volumetric space in the first environment and a second volumetric space in the second environment each satisfy at least one collaboration criterion. Based on this determination, an indication of the first volumetric space is displayed by a first display device in the first environment, and an indication of the second volumetric space is displayed by a second display device in the second environment.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Todd Michael Lyon, Jacob A. Bomgardner, Scott David Petill
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Publication number: 20230409880Abstract: Systems and methods for generating predicted preferences are disclosed. The method includes implementing, with a computing device having a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable memory, a conjoint architecture comprising: an autoencoder trained to transform input data including one or more choices and one or more features into a latent representation, and a choice classification network trained to predict one or more predicted preferences from the latent representation extracted by the autoencoder. The method further includes outputting, from the choice classification network, the one or more predicted preferences.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicants: Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yanxia Zhang, Francine R. Chen, Rumen Iliev, Totte Harinen, Alexandre L.S. Filipowicz, Yin-Ying Chen, Nikos Arechiga Gonzalez, Shabnam Hakimi, Kenton Michael Lyons, Charlene C. Wu, Matthew E. Klenk
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Publication number: 20230363485Abstract: A footwear article, the footwear article including a sock having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end having an opening configured to receive a human foot and the distal end terminating in a curved closed cavity configured to receive a toe portion of the human foot, the distal end and the proximal ended defining an tubular body therebetween, the tubular body having a curved heel portion proximate the opening of the distal end, the heel portion extending to the toe portion forming a sole portion on an underside of the sock and a rubber layer disposed on at least a portion of the underside of the sock.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventor: Michael Lyon
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Patent number: 11684138Abstract: A container for a stick product utilizes a novel inner body that has no gaps along its top perimeter. As a result, significant advantages in assembly and operation are realized. Containers according to the present invention may be useful for all types of stick products that are applied by drawing the product across a surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: ELC Management LLCInventors: Jian Yan, Michael Lyons, Chad Garrison
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Patent number: 11683470Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes a see-though display providing both eyes of a user with a view of a physical object, a processor, and a non-volatile storage device holding instructions executable by the processor to: display an image that corresponds to the physical object to a first eye of the user at an offset to the physical object; display blocking light to a second eye of the user; in response to alignment user input, move a position of the image relative to the physical object; in response to completion user input, determine the inter-pupillary distance of the user; and calibrate the head-mounted display device based on the inter-pupillary distance.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Todd Michael Lyon, Maria M. Cameron, Felicia Stephanie Williams, Scott Petill, Qi Kuan Zhou
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Publication number: 20230036143Abstract: A method for capturing and deorbiting space debris includes: providing a space debris capturing device; deploying the space debris capturing device in planetary orbit; determining, via an onboard global positioning system unit, the position and orbit velocity of the space debris capturing device; receiving an initial target set including a first database of space debris targets that are within range of the space debris capturing device; performing a first algorithm to convert the initial target set to an accessible target set including a second database of space debris targets that are within range of the space debris capturing device, the second database is smaller than the first database; performing a second algorithm to convert the accessible target set to a final target set including a third database of space debris targets to be captured by the space debris capturing device, the third database is smaller than the second database; transferring the space debris capturing device to a position within a captuType: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteInventors: Jacson Michael Lyons, Kurt Anderson
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Publication number: 20220132099Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes a see-though display providing both eyes of a user with a view of a physical object, a processor, and a non-volatile storage device holding instructions executable by the processor to: display an image that corresponds to the physical object to a first eye of the user at an offset to the physical object; display blocking light to a second eye of the user; in response to alignment user input, move a position of the image relative to the physical object; in response to completion user input, determine the inter-pupillary distance of the user; and calibrate the head-mounted display device based on the inter-pupillary distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Todd Michael Lyon, Maria M. Cameron, Felicia Stephanie Williams, Scott Petill, Qi Kuan Zhou
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Patent number: 11283869Abstract: Methods and systems for data governance in a dispersed storage network using bucket templates are disclosed. A method includes: creating, by a computing device, a bucket template in a dispersed storage network (DSN) based on a first request, the bucket template including at least a first bucket parameter and at least one allowed value for the first bucket parameter; receiving, by the computing device, a second request to create a bucket in the DSN, the second request including at least a first value for the first bucket parameter; and creating, by the computing device, the bucket based on the first value for the first bucket parameter in the second request and the at least one allowed value for the first bucket parameter in the bucket template.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Amit Lamba, Shibhani Rai, Nicholas Georg Lange, Michael Lyons
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Patent number: 11252399Abstract: A head-mounted display device is disclosed that includes an at least partially see-though display, a processor, and a non-volatile storage device holding instructions executable by the processor to: select an image that corresponds to a physical object viewable by the user; display the image at a perceived offset to the physical object; in response to alignment user input, move a perceived position of the image relative to the physical object; output an instruction to provide completion user input when the image appears to align with the physical object; when the completion user input is received, determine the inter-pupillary distance of the user; and calibrate the head mounted display device based on the inter-pupillary distance.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Todd Michael Lyon, Maria M. Cameron, Felicia Stephanie Williams, Scott Petill, Qi Kuan Zhou
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Publication number: 20210377491Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to computing devices, head-mounted display devices and methods for remote collaborations. In one example a computing device receives a first spatial mapping of a first environment and a second spatial mapping of a second environment. The computing device determines that a first volumetric space in the first environment and a second volumetric space in the second environment each satisfy at least one collaboration criterion. Based on this determination, an indication of the first volumetric space is displayed by a first display device in the first environment, and an indication of the second volumetric space is displayed by a second display device in the second environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Todd Michael LYON, Jacob A. BOMGARDNER, Scott David PETILL
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Patent number: 11170579Abstract: One disclosed example provides a computing device comprising a processing device and a storage device storing instructions executable by the processing device to execute in a first local process an application that outputs digital content for rendering and display. During execution of the application, the instructions are executable to provide, to a second local or remote process, object information regarding an object to be rendered by the second local or remote process, receive, from the second local or remote process, a rendering of the object, output the rendering of the object to display the object, receive a manipulation made to the object, provide, to the second local or remote process, updated object information based on the manipulation made to the object, receive, from the second local or remote process, an updated rendering of the object, and output the updated rendering of the object to display the object.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Dag Birger Frommhold, Jonathan Michael Lyons, Benjamin Markus Thaut, Ashraf Ayman Michail
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Patent number: 11160418Abstract: A grilling insert is adapted for use in a barbecue grill having a recessed cooking chamber. The grilling insert comprises a double-wall thermal barrier and a radiant heat chamber. The double-wall thermal barrier is adapted for extending across the recessed cooking chamber of the barbecue grill, and for dividing the cooking chamber into direct-heating and indirect-heating cooking sections. The radiant heat chamber is formed adjacent the double-wall thermal barrier, and is designed for holding loose combustible material within the direct-heating cooking section of the barbecue grill. The cooking temperature in the direct-heating cooking section is relatively high, and is reduced in the indirect-heating cooking section by the double-wall thermal barrier.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Adrenaline Barbecue Company, LLCInventors: Michael David Parrish, Aaron Michael Lyons
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Publication number: 20210282414Abstract: A bread cup for holding a food material and a condiment container has a cup body made of bread. The cup body has a base and an upwardly extending side wall that extends upwardly to a top perimeter, forming an interior bore that is adapted to receive the food material. The bread cup further includes a lid made of bread that has a top surface and an opposed bottom surface that together extend outwardly to a lid perimeter, the lid perimeter being sized and shaped to rest upon the top perimeter of the cup body for covering the interior bore of the cup body. A condiment receiving bore is formed in the top surface of the lid, the condiment receiving bore being sized and shaped to receive the condiment container therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventor: Michael Lyon