Patents by Inventor Nathan Roy

Nathan Roy 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).

  • Patent number: 11991658
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training and deploying machine-learned communication over RF channels. In some implementations, information is obtained. An encoder network is used to process the information and generate a first RF signal. The first RF signal is transmitted through a first channel. A second RF signal is determined that represents the first RF signal having been altered by transmission through the first channel. Transmission of the first RF signal is simulated over a second channel implementing a machine-learning network, the second channel representing a model of the first channel. A simulated RF signal that represents the first RF signal having been altered by simulated transmission through the second channel is determined. A measure of distance between the second RF signal and the simulated RF signal is calculated. The machine-learning network is updated using the measure of distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: DeepSig Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. O'Shea, Ben Hilburn, Tamoghna Roy, Nathan West
  • Publication number: 20240125192
    Abstract: A regulator valve has a check valve manifold for use in subsea control circuits. For example, the regulator valve having the check valve manifold can be used in a circuit between a directional control valve and an actuator for a gate valve. The check valve manifold can have a flange that attaches to the regulator valve to communicate with the supply-side and outlet-side of the regulator valve. Internal communication inside the manifold includes a check valve. If the pressure in the circuit downstream of the regulator valve needs to be vented, the check valve can open to allow the pressure to bleed from the outlet-side back to the supply-side without needing to pass through the internal pressure control valve of the regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Chris ROY, Frank Harold HOLLISTER, Nathan ZEPEDA, Robert E. SMITH, III, Josh WILLIAMS
  • Patent number: 11957824
    Abstract: Hemofilters for in vivo filtration of blood are disclosed. The hemofilters disclosed herein provide an optimal flow of blood through the filtration channels while maintaining a pressure gradient across the filtration channel walls to enhance filtration and minimize turbulence and stagnation of blood in the hemofilter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Shuvo Roy, William Fissell, Nathan Wright, Mark Goodin, Steven G. Goebel, Amanda Buck, Joey Groszek
  • Publication number: 20240104457
    Abstract: A method performed by a provider computing system includes training one or more artificial intelligence (AI) models to generate task prompts, receiving a requested action from a customer, determining contextual information about a plurality of customer devices, generating a task prompt using the one or more AI models, generating an interaction board accessible by the customer via a customer device and accessible by an employee via an employee device, receiving an indication that the customer pre-task has been completed prior to a customer interaction at a branch location, updating the interaction board to indicate that the customer pre-task has been completed prior to the customer interaction, receiving information associated with the requested action from the customer device during the customer interaction, and updating the interaction board to include the information received from the customer device during the customer interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Nathan COLES, Darren M. GOETZ, Uma MEYYAPPAN, Dennis MONTENEGRO, Steve PEREZ, Debarchana ROY
  • Patent number: 11710330
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing content provenance are provided. A network system accesses a plurality of documents. The plurality of documents is then hashed to identify one or more content features within each of the documents. In one embodiment, the hash is a MinHash. The network system compares the content features of each of the plurality of documents to determine a similarity score between each of the plurality of documents. In one embodiment, the similarly score is a Jaccard score. The network system then clusters the plurality of documents into one or more clusters based on the similarity score of each of the plurality of documents. In one embodiment, the clustering is performed using DBSCAN. DBSCAN can be iteratively performed with decreasing epsilon values to derive clusters of related but relatively dissimilar documents. The clustering information associated with the clusters are stored for use during runtime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Roy Evans, Christopher Miles White, Jonathan Karl Larson, Darren Keith Edge
  • Patent number: 11341761
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing content provenance are provided. A network system accesses a document of a plurality of documents to be analyzed. The network system extracts text fragments from the document including a first fragment and a second fragment. A determination is made whether each of the text fragments match an entry in a hash table. Based on a first fragment not matching any entries in the hash table, the network system creates a new entry in the hash table, whereby the first fragment is used to generate a key in the hash table. Based on a second fragment matching an entry of the hash table, the network system associates the document with a key of the matching entry in the hash table, whereby the associating comprising updating the hash table with an identifier of the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Roy Evans, Christopher Miles White, Jonathan Karl Larson, Darren Keith Edge
  • Publication number: 20210004582
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing content provenance are provided. A network system accesses a document of a plurality of documents to be analyzed. The network system extracts text fragments from the document including a first fragment and a second fragment. A determination is made whether each of the text fragments match an entry in a hash table. Based on a first fragment not matching any entries in the hash table, the network system creates a new entry in the hash table, whereby the first fragment is used to generate a key in the hash table. Based on a second fragment matching an entry of the hash table, the network system associates the document with a key of the matching entry in the hash table, whereby the associating comprising updating the hash table with an identifier of the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Nathan Roy Evans, Christopher Miles White, Jonathan Karl Larson, Darren Keith Edge
  • Publication number: 20210004583
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing content provenance are provided. A network system accesses a plurality of documents. The plurality of documents is then hashed to identify one or more content features within each of the documents. In one embodiment, the hash is a MinHash. The network system compares the content features of each of the plurality of documents to determine a similarity score between each of the plurality of documents. In one embodiment, the similarly score is a Jaccard score. The network system then clusters the plurality of documents into one or more clusters based on the similarity score of each of the plurality of documents. In one embodiment, the clustering is performed using DBSCAN. DBSCAN can be iteratively performed with decreasing epsilon values to derive clusters of related but relatively dissimilar documents. The clustering information associated with the clusters are stored for use during runtime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Nathan Roy Evans, Christopher Miles White, Jonathan Karl Larson, Darren Keith Edge
  • Patent number: 10429131
    Abstract: An arrangement (10) for preventing egress of a gas from a first opening of a vessel, the vessel including at least one other opening through which the gas can leave the vessel, the arrangement comprising an open passage (48) extending substantially around the first opening, the open passage (48) receiving a flow of gas such that the flow of gas leaves the open passage and flows towards and into the vessel to cause a gas from the environment external to the vessel to be drawn into the vessel. The arrangement may comprise a Coanda surface. The arrangement may be in the form of an inert for placement in the opening to the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Glencore Technology Pty Limited
    Inventors: Stanko Nikolic, Stephen Francis Gwynn-Jones, Nathan Roy Woodall
  • Patent number: 10266276
    Abstract: A system for an aircraft includes a compressor for a vapor cycle cooling system (VCCS) for providing cabin air conditioning; an APU for mechanically driving the VCCS compressor; and a starter-generator-motor (SGM) apparatus operable in any of a starter mode, a generator mode, or a motor mode. The SGM apparatus includes: (i) a first coupling element for coupling the SGM apparatus to the APU such that, in the starter mode, the SGM apparatus is used in driving and starting the APU, (ii) a second coupling element for coupling the SGM apparatus to the VCCS compressor such that, in the motor mode, the SGM apparatus mechanically drives the VCCS compressor, and (iii) a set of electrical power terminals at which, in the generator mode, the SGM apparatus provides electrical output power for powering the aircraft electrical system (including the VCCS condenser fan and VCCS evaporator fans) and, in the starter mode and motor mode, the SGM apparatus receives electrical input power from an external electrical power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Textron Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Beuning, Nathan Roy Ebersole, John W. Gallman, Nathaniel David Diedrich, Vernon Weng-Yew Change
  • Patent number: 10009726
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product for performing hybrid location monitoring of a mobile device. While performing region monitoring for a set of regions, a mobile device enters a first region. Upon entering a region, the mobile device requests region information for the region from a web server. Using the region information, the mobile device determines whether to enable location updates while within the region. Upon exiting the region, the mobile device determines whether to disable location updates. While performing location updates, the location of the mobile device can be tracked and be determined to be within other contained or partially contained irregularly shaped geofences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: PING4 INC.
    Inventors: Sean Nathan Roy, Kurt Alfred Dobbins, Mark Thomas Sexton, Sett Paing Oo, Rindress Andrew MacDonald, Tatsuki Nakano, Daniel Willis Post, Mohamed Jamal Fadlalla
  • Publication number: 20170097192
    Abstract: An arrangement (10) for preventing egress of a gas from a first opening of a vessel, the vessel including at least one other opening through which the gas can leave the vessel, the arrangement comprising an open passage (48) extending substantially around the first opening, the open passage (48) receiving a flow of gas such that the flow of gas leaves the open passage and flows towards and into the vessel to cause a gas from the environment external to the vessel to be drawn into the vessel. The arrangement may comprise a Coanda surface. The arrangement may be in the form of an inert for placement in the opening to the furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: Glencore Technology Pty Limited
    Inventors: Stanko NIKOLIC, Stephen Francis GWYNN-JONES, Nathan Roy WOODALL
  • Publication number: 20170034660
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product for performing hybrid location monitoring of a mobile device. While performing region monitoring for a set of regions, a mobile device enters a first region. Upon entering a region, the mobile device requests region information for the region from a web server. Using the region information, the mobile device determines whether to enable location updates while within the region. Upon exiting the region, the mobile device determines whether to disable location updates. While performing location updates, the location of the mobile device can be tracked and be determined to be within other contained or partially contained irregularly shaped geofences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Sean Nathan ROY, Kurt Alfred DOBBINS, Mark Thomas SEXTON, Sett PAING OO, Rindress Andrew MACDONALD, Tatsuki NAKANO, Daniel Willis POST, Mohamed Jamal FADLALLA
  • Publication number: 20160240102
    Abstract: A system for enhanced learning that combines tactile surfaces and audio recordings, allowing the user to explore a 3-dimensional object through touch while also hearing pre-recorded audio explaining regions or features of interest. One of a collection of 3-dimensional tactile modules is used with the system at a given time. When a tactile module is inserted into the system (or otherwise connected) by the user, the system automatically recognizes the inserted module, locates the set of audio recordings and region maps associated with that tactile module, and then plays module-specific audio recordings. As the user explores the tactile surface, the system is continually alert for a signal from the user that he/she would like to know more about a particular feature or sub-region of the surface. When such a signal is detected, the system automatically plays a specific audio recording containing information associated with that region of the tactile surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Vikram BARR, Zachary Koung, Andrew POWELL, Nathan ROY
  • Publication number: 20160185461
    Abstract: A system for an aircraft includes a compressor for a vapor cycle cooling system (VCCS) for providing cabin air conditioning; an APU for mechanically driving the VCCS compressor; and a starter-generator-motor (SGM) apparatus operable in any of a starter mode, a generator mode, or a motor mode. The SGM apparatus includes: (i) a first coupling element for coupling the SGM apparatus to the APU such that, in the starter mode, the SGM apparatus is used in driving and starting the APU, (ii) a second coupling element for coupling the SGM apparatus to the VCCS compressor such that, in the motor mode, the SGM apparatus mechanically drives the VCCS compressor, and (iii) a set of electrical power terminals at which, in the generator mode, the SGM apparatus provides electrical output power for powering the aircraft electrical system (including the VCCS condenser fan and VCCS evaporator fans) and, in the starter mode and motor mode, the SGM apparatus receives electrical input power from an external electrical power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: Cessna Aircraft Company
    Inventors: Charles Beuning, Nathan Roy Ebersole, John W. Gallman, Nathaniel David Diedrich, Vernon Weng-Yew Chang
  • Patent number: 9316032
    Abstract: A door checker assembly includes a checker housing secured to the door. An elongated checker arm is dimensioned for and slidingly received through the checker housing so that a first end is received in the door and a second end is pivotally mounted to a body of the vehicle. An elongated cover is received in the door that overlies and extends along substantially an entire length of the checker arm for blocking water from falling thereon. The cover has a mounting portion at one end that is fastened between the checker housing and an inner face of the door with the same fasteners that secure the checker housing. The cover is preferably a stamped metal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nathan Roy, Teruo Yamazaki, Aaron Heller
  • Publication number: 20150252599
    Abstract: A door checker assembly includes a checker housing secured to the door. An elongated checker arm is dimensioned for and slidingly received through the checker housing so that a first end is received in the door and a second end is pivotally mounted to a body of the vehicle. An elongated cover is received in the door that overlies and extends along substantially an entire length of the checker arm for blocking water from falling thereon. The cover has a mounting portion at one end that is fastened between the checker housing and an inner face of the door with the same fasteners that secure the checker housing. The cover is preferably a stamped metal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nathan Roy, Teruo Yamazaki, Aaron Heller