Patents by Inventor Michael Winn

Michael Winn 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: 20240132211
    Abstract: A method for image generation, preferably including: generating a set of mission parameters for a UAV mission of the UAV associated with aerial scanning of a region of interest; controlling the UAV to perform the mission; generating an image subassembly corresponding to the mission; and/or rendering the image subassembly at a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan James MILLIN, Nicholas PILKINGTON, Devin LANE, Christopher SULLIVAN, Michael WINN
  • Publication number: 20240126406
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to an artificial reality system orchestrating interactions between virtual object “augments.” The orchestration can include linking, which can be forming two or more augments into a combination, embedding an augment within an existing combination, or triggering an action mapped to the linking of those augments. Another type of orchestration can include extracting, which can refer to taking an augment out of an existing combination, either by removing it from the combination or copying the augment to leave a version in the combination and having another version outside the combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Michal HLAVAC, Benjamin Taylor WINN, Wai Leong CHAK, Jasper STEVENS, Alexander Michael LOUIE
  • Patent number: 11928308
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to an artificial reality system orchestrating interactions between virtual object “augments.” The orchestration can include linking, which can be forming two or more augments into a combination, embedding an augment within an existing combination, or triggering an action mapped to the linking of those augments. Another type of orchestration can include extracting, which can refer to taking an augment out of an existing combination, either by removing it from the combination or copying the augment to leave a version in the combination and having another version outside the combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michal Hlavac, Benjamin Taylor Winn, Wai Leong Chak, Jasper Stevens, Alexander Michael Louie
  • Patent number: 11897606
    Abstract: A method for image generation, preferably including: generating a set of mission parameters for a UAV mission of the UAV associated with aerial scanning of a region of interest; controlling the UAV to perform the mission; generating an image subassembly corresponding to the mission; and/or rendering the image subassembly at a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DRONEDEPLOY, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan James Millin, Nicholas Pilkington, Devin Lane, Christopher Sullivan, Michael Winn
  • Publication number: 20240017826
    Abstract: A method for adaptive mission execution by an unmanned aerial vehicle includes receiving a set of pre-calculated mission parameters corresponding to an initial UAV mission; collecting UAV operation data during flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle; calculating a set of modified mission parameters from the set of pre-calculated mission parameters and the UAV operation data, the set of modified mission parameters corresponding to a modified UAV mission; and executing the modified UAV mission on the unmanned aerial vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Winn, Jonathan Millin, Nicholas Pilkington, Jeremy Eastwood
  • Publication number: 20240013485
    Abstract: A method for image generation, preferably including: generating a set of mission parameters for a UAV mission of the UAV associated with aerial scanning of a region of interest; controlling the UAV to perform the mission; generating an image subassembly corresponding to the mission; and/or rendering the image subassembly at a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan James MILLIN, Nicholas Pilkington, Devin Lane, Christopher Sullivan, Michael Winn
  • Patent number: 11745876
    Abstract: A method for adaptive mission execution by an unmanned aerial vehicle includes receiving a set of pre-calculated mission parameters corresponding to an initial UAV mission; collecting UAV operation data during flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle; calculating a set of modified mission parameters from the set of pre-calculated mission parameters and the UAV operation data, the set of modified mission parameters corresponding to a modified UAV mission; and executing the modified UAV mission on the unmanned aerial vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: DroneDeploy, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Winn, Jonathan Millin, Nicholas Pilkington, Jeremy Eastwood
  • Patent number: 11709878
    Abstract: Examples described herein generally relate to a computer system for generating a knowledge graph storing a plurality of entities and to displaying a topic page for an entity in the knowledge graph. The computer system performs a mining of source documents within an enterprise intranet to determine a plurality of entity names. The computer system generates an entity record within the knowledge graph for a mined entity name based on an entity schema and the source documents. The entity record includes attributes aggregated from the source documents. The computer system receives a curation action on the entity record from a first user. The computer system updates the entity record based on the curation action. The computer system displays an entity page including at least a portion of the attributes to a second user based on permissions of the second user to view the source documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dmitriy Meyerzon, Jeffrey Wight, Andrei Razvan Popov, Andrei-Alin Corodescu, Omar Faruk, Jan-Ove Karlberg, Åge Andre Kvalnes, Helge Grenager Solheim, Thuy Duong, Simon Thoresen Hult, Ivan Korostelev, Matteo Venanzi, John Guiver, John Michael Winn, Vladimir V. Gvozdev, Nikita Voronkov, Chia-Jiun Tan, Alexander Armin Spengler
  • Publication number: 20220343598
    Abstract: A method for image generation, preferably including: generating a set of mission parameters for a UAV mission of the UAV associated with aerial scanning of a region of interest; controlling the UAV to perform the mission; generating an image subassembly corresponding to the mission; and/or rendering the image subassembly at a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan James Millin, Nicholas Pilkington, Devin Lane, Christopher Sullivan, Michael Winn
  • Publication number: 20220343599
    Abstract: A method for image generation, preferably including: generating a set of mission parameters for a UAV mission of the UAV associated with aerial scanning of a region of interest; controlling the UAV to perform the mission; generating an image subassembly corresponding to the mission; and/or rendering the image subassembly at a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan James MILLIN, Nicholas Pilkington, Devin Lane, Christopher Sullivan, Michael Winn
  • Patent number: 11216492
    Abstract: Examples described herein generally relate to a computer system including a knowledge graph storing a plurality of entities. The computer system generates an Aho Corasick trie including an entity name for each of the plurality of entities in the knowledge graph. The computer system compares a document viewed by a user to a plurality of templates defining potential entity names to identify extracts of the document matching at least one of the plurality of templates. The computer system applies the document to the Aho Corasick trie to determine potential entity names within the document that each match a respective one of the plurality of entities in the knowledge graph. The computer system annotates one or more matching entity names within the document with information from the knowledge graph for the respective ones of the plurality of entities to show, for example, a topic card providing information about the respective entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dmitriy Meyerzon, Nikita Voronkov, John Michael Winn, John Guiver, Hadi Abbass Kotaich
  • Patent number: 11194840
    Abstract: Examples described herein generally relate to a computer system including a knowledge graph storing a plurality of entities. The computer system compares source documents within an enterprise intranet to a plurality of templates defining potential entity attributes to identify extracts matching at least one of the plurality of templates. The computer system parses the extracts according to respective templates of the plurality of templates that match the extracts to determine instances. The computer system performs incremental clustering on a number of the instances to determine potential entity names. The computer system queries the knowledge graph with the potential entity names to obtain a set of candidate entity records. The computer system links the potential entity names with at least partial matching ones of the set of candidate entity records to define updated matching candidate entity records. The computer system updates the knowledge graph with the updated matching candidate entity records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dmitriy Meyerzon, Jeffrey L. Wight, Nikita Voronkov, Vladimir V. Gvozdev, John Michael Winn, John Guiver, Ivan Korostelev, Matteo Venanzi, Alexander Armin Spengler
  • Publication number: 20210350618
    Abstract: A method for image generation, preferably including: generating a set of mission parameters for a UAV mission of the UAV associated with aerial scanning of a region of interest; controlling the UAV to perform the mission; generating an image subassembly corresponding to the mission; and/or rendering the image subassembly at a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathan James Millin, Nicholas Pilkington, Devin Lane, Christopher Sullivan, Michael Winn
  • Publication number: 20210339864
    Abstract: A method for adaptive mission execution by an unmanned aerial vehicle includes receiving a set of pre-calculated mission parameters corresponding to an initial UAV mission; collecting UAV operation data during flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle; calculating a set of modified mission parameters from the set of pre-calculated mission parameters and the UAV operation data, the set of modified mission parameters corresponding to a modified UAV mission; and executing the modified UAV mission on the unmanned aerial vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Winn, Jonathan Millin, Nicholas Pilkington, Jeremy Eastwood
  • Patent number: 11107275
    Abstract: A method for image generation, preferably including: generating a set of mission parameters for a UAV mission of the UAV associated with aerial scanning of a region of interest; controlling the UAV to perform the mission; generating an image subassembly corresponding to the mission; and/or rendering the image subassembly at a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: DroneDeploy, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan James Millin, Nicholas Pilkington, Devin Lane, Christopher Sullivan, Michael Winn
  • Patent number: 11059581
    Abstract: A method for adaptive mission execution by an unmanned aerial vehicle includes receiving a set of pre-calculated mission parameters corresponding to an initial UAV mission; collecting UAV operation data during flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle; calculating a set of modified mission parameters from the set of pre-calculated mission parameters and the UAV operation data, the set of modified mission parameters corresponding to a modified UAV mission; and executing the modified UAV mission on the unmanned aerial vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: DroneDeploy, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Winn, Jonathan Millin, Nicholas Pilkington, Jeremy Eastwood
  • Publication number: 20210133216
    Abstract: Examples described herein generally relate to a computer system including a knowledge graph storing a plurality of entities. The computer system generates an Aho Corasick trie including an entity name for each of the plurality of entities in the knowledge graph. The computer system compares a document viewed by a user to a plurality of templates defining potential entity names to identify extracts of the document matching at least one of the plurality of templates. The computer system applies the document to the Aho Corasick trie to determine potential entity names within the document that each match a respective one of the plurality of entities in the knowledge graph. The computer system annotates one or more matching entity names within the document with information from the knowledge graph for the respective ones of the plurality of entities to show, for example, a topic card providing information about the respective entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Dmitriy MEYERZON, Nikita VORONKOV, John Michael WINN, John GUIVER, Hadi Abbass KOTAICH
  • Publication number: 20210110278
    Abstract: Examples described herein generally relate to a computer system for generating a knowledge graph storing a plurality of entities and to displaying a topic page for an entity in the knowledge graph. The computer system performs a mining of source documents within an enterprise intranet to determine a plurality of entity names. The computer system generates an entity record within the knowledge graph for a mined entity name based on an entity schema and the source documents. The entity record includes attributes aggregated from the source documents. The computer system receives a curation action on the entity record from a first user. The computer system updates the entity record based on the curation action. The computer system displays an entity page including at least a portion of the attributes to a second user based on permissions of the second user to view the source documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Dmitriy MEYERZON, Jeffrey WIGHT, Andrei Razvan POPOV, Andrei-Alin CORODESCU, Omar FARUK, Jan-Ove KARLBERG, Åge Andre KVALNES, Helge Grenager SOLHEIM, Thuy DUONG, Simon Thoresen HULT, Ivan KOROSTELEV, Matteo VENANZI, John GUIVER, John Michael WINN, Vladimir V. GVOZDEV, Nikita VORONKOV, Chia-Jiun TAN, Alexander Armin SPENGLER
  • Publication number: 20210109952
    Abstract: Examples described herein generally relate to a computer system including a knowledge graph storing a plurality of entities. The computer system compares source documents within an enterprise intranet to a plurality of templates defining potential entity attributes to identify extracts matching at least one of the plurality of templates. The computer system parses the extracts according to respective templates of the plurality of templates that match the extracts to determine instances. The computer system performs incremental clustering on a number of the instances to determine potential entity names. The computer system queries the knowledge graph with the potential entity names to obtain a set of candidate entity records. The computer system links the potential entity names with at least partial matching ones of the set of candidate entity records to define updated matching candidate entity records. The computer system updates the knowledge graph with the updated matching candidate entity records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Dmitriy MEYERZON, Jeffrey L. Wight, Nikita Voronkov, Vladimir V. Gvozdev, John Michael Winn, John Guiver, Ivan Korostelev, Matteo Venanzi, Alexander Armin Spengler
  • Patent number: 10832163
    Abstract: Memory facilitation using directed acyclic graphs is described, for example, where a plurality of directed acyclic graphs are trained for gesture recognition from human skeletal data, or to estimate human body joint positions from depth images for gesture detection. In various examples directed acyclic graphs are grown during training using a training objective which takes into account both connection patterns between nodes and split function parameter values. For example, a layer of child nodes is grown and connected to a parent layer of nodes using an initialization strategy. In examples, various local search processes are used to find good combinations of connection patterns and split function parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jamie Daniel Joseph Shotton, Toby Sharp, Pushmeet Kohli, Reinhard Sebastian Bernhard Nowozin, John Michael Winn, Antonio Criminisi