Patents by Inventor Noah A. Smith

Noah A. Smith 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: 20250002098
    Abstract: A method of moving an autonomous mobile robot dolly is provided. The method includes positioning a base of a transport trailer under a frame of the autonomous mobile robot dolly. The base carries a lifting plate that is operatively connected to an actuator that is configured to raise the lifting plate. The lifting plate is raised using the actuator thereby raising the autonomous mobile robot dolly to a raised position. The transport trailer is moved from one location to a different location with the lifting plate and the autonomous mobile robot dolly in the raised position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Quick, Martin D. Murphy, Daniel K. Claunch, Garnett L. Hopkins, Cody D. Williams, Christopher A. Reeves, Noah A. Smith
  • Patent number: 7739270
    Abstract: The present invention leverages relevance data to provide enhanced search query results based on relevancy to a specific entity via an entity-specific tunable search. This allows an entity to retrieve information that is of more value to that entity, in a faster and more efficient manner. The entity itself can be an individual user, a grouping of users, and/or an enterprise and the like. In one instance of the present invention, entity-specific relevance information is determined via employment of similarity of the entity to another entity or group of entities. Interest levels and/or satisfaction levels of similar entities can also be utilized along with similarity information to facilitate in deriving the relevance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric D. Brill, Noah A. Smith, Robert J. Ragno