Patents by Inventor Nicholas I. Waywood

Nicholas I. Waywood 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: 11061912
    Abstract: A method includes building a well-being profile for a given user based on data obtained from one or more sources associated with the given user. One or more personalized incentives for the given user are identified based on the well-being profile. A personalized route is generated based on the one or more identified personalized incentives, with the personalized route being designed to improve a well-being of the given user. A notification is transmitted to a given client device associated with the given user over a network, with the notification causing the given client device to display the personalized route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lenin Mehedy, Stefan von Cavallar, Nicholas I. Waywood
  • Patent number: 10573199
    Abstract: A refreshable Braille display device includes a housing having a surface containing a set of tactile markers thereon; a carriage in cooperation with the housing, the carriage having a surface containing a tactile marker thereon and a series of individual refreshable Braille cells positioned above the tactile marker for tactile reading by a user; and a moving mechanism for moving the carriage relative to the housing such that the tactile marker on the surface of the carriage is aligned with one of the tactile markers in the set of tactile markers on the surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ermyas Abebe, Alessio Bonti, Adam Eberbach, Peter Ilfrich, Nicholas I. Waywood
  • Patent number: 10360224
    Abstract: Automatically capturing information and performing content searching may include extracting features from data content, for example, captured via an image capturing device or by another method. Features extracted from the data content are structured into an ontology graph representing keywords and contextual relationships. Search queries are generated based on the ontology graph, by inputting the ontology graph to a query generating machine learning model trained to predict one or more search queries. The search queries are executed and one or more search results are presented on a user interface, for example, a display device. Based on received feedback on the search results, the machine learning model is retrained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lenin Mehedy, Stefan von Cavallar, Nicholas I. Waywood
  • Patent number: 10339832
    Abstract: A hybrid keyboard and associated systems and methods. A disclosed hybrid keyboard includes a set of interactive keys, each having an integrated refreshable braille display, wherein each interactive key includes a momentary switch for detecting a keystroke and includes a actuator system for selectively extending pins through a surface of the interactive key; and a keyboard controller that includes a keystroke input handler for receiving and processing signals associated with detected keystrokes and includes a braille display handler that processes received messages and transmits message signals to selected interactive keys to output braille characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ermyas Abebe, Alessio Bonti, Adam H. E. Eberbach, Peter Ilfrich, Nicholas I. Waywood
  • Publication number: 20180366030
    Abstract: A hybrid keyboard and associated systems and methods. A disclosed hybrid keyboard includes a set of interactive keys, each having an integrated refreshable braille display, wherein each interactive key includes a momentary switch for detecting a keystroke and includes a actuator system for selectively extending pins through a surface of the interactive key; and a keyboard controller that includes a keystroke input handler for receiving and processing signals associated with detected keystrokes and includes a braille display handler that processes received messages and transmits message signals to selected interactive keys to output braille characters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Ermyas Abebe, Alessio Bonti, Adam H. E. Eberbach, Peter Ilfrich, Nicholas I. Waywood
  • Publication number: 20180240362
    Abstract: A refreshable Braille display device includes a housing having a surface containing a set of tactile markers thereon; a carriage in cooperation with the housing, the carriage having a surface containing a tactile marker thereon and a series of individual refreshable Braille cells positioned above the tactile marker for tactile reading by a user; and a moving mechanism for moving the carriage relative to the housing such that the tactile marker on the surface of the carriage is aligned with one of the tactile markers in the set of tactile markers on the surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Ermyas Abebe, Alessio Bonti, Adam Eberbach, Peter Ilfrich, Nicholas I. Waywood
  • Publication number: 20180113914
    Abstract: A method includes building a well-being profile for a given user based on data obtained from one or more sources associated with the given user. One or more personalized incentives for the given user are identified based on the well-being profile. A personalized route is generated based on the one or more identified personalized incentives, with the personalized route being designed to improve a well-being of the given user. A notification is transmitted to a given client device associated with the given user over a network, with the notification causing the given client device to display the personalized route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Lenin Mehedy, Stefan von Cavallar, Nicholas I. Waywood
  • Publication number: 20170277693
    Abstract: Automatically capturing information and performing content searching may include extracting features from data content, for example, captured via an image capturing device or by another method. Features extracted from the data content are structured into an ontology graph representing keywords and contextual relationships. Search queries are generated based on the ontology graph, by inputting the ontology graph to a query generating machine learning model trained to predict one or more search queries. The search queries are executed and one or more search results are presented on a user interface, for example, a display device. Based on received feedback on the search results, the machine learning model is retrained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Lenin Mehedy, Stefan von Cavallar, Nicholas I. Waywood