Patents by Inventor Patrick Watson

Patrick Watson 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: 20210362930
    Abstract: A storage and display assembly for a shaving razor system. The assembly comprising has a case with a top portion and a bottom portion. The top and bottom portions being coupled together so as to be movable relative to one another between a closed position and an open position. The top and bottom portions, when in the closed position, define an inner cavity sized to receive the shaving razor system. A securement cover associated with the top and bottom portions to maintain the top and bottom portions in the to be moved to the open position. The securement cover comprises at least one of product indicia closed position. The securement cover being removable from the case to allow the top and bottom portions or product imagery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Rory Frederick Wellington McGarry, Brian Patrick Watson
  • Patent number: 11164377
    Abstract: Methods and systems of navigating within a virtual environment are described. In an example, a processor may generate a portal that includes a set of portal boundaries. The processor may display the portal within a first scene of the virtual environment being displayed on a device. The processor may display a second scene of the virtual environment within the portal boundaries. The processor may receive sensor data indicating a movement of a motion controller. The processor may reposition the portal and the second scene in the first scene based on the sensor data, wherein the first scene remains stationary on the device during the reposition of the portal and the second scene. The processor may translate a location of the portal within the first scene to move the portal towards a user of the device until the second scene replaces the first scene being displayed on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aldis Sipolins, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Benjamin D. Briggs, Michael Rizzolo, Christopher J. Penny, Patrick Watson
  • Patent number: 11151410
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for data labeling is provided. The computer-implemented method assigns pseudo-labels to unlabeled examples of data using a similarity metric on an embedding space to produce pseudo-labeled examples. A curriculum learning model is trained using the pseudo-labeled examples. The curriculum learning model trained with the pseudo-labeled examples is employed in in a fine-tuning task to enhance classification accuracy of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick Watson, Bishwaranjan Bhattacharjee, Siyu Huo, Noel C. Codella, Brian M. Belgodere, Parijat Dube, Michael R. Glass, John R. Kender, Matthew L. Hill
  • Publication number: 20210259384
    Abstract: A storage assembly for a shaving razor system including a case with a top portion and a bottom portion and an insert including a material having a Shore A hardness of between 40 and 70. The insert includes one or more cavities configured to receive one or more components of the shaving razor system, and the bottom portion of the case defines a compartment configured to removably receive the insert within the bottom portion. Also provided is a method of assembling a storage assembly for a shaving razor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Rory Frederick Wellington McGarry, Brian Patrick Watson
  • Publication number: 20210187430
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of removing contaminants from interior of a vehicle. The contaminants become suspended by an emulsification process and removed from the interior of the vehicle by a vacuum suction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Patrick Watson, Davide Secci
  • Publication number: 20210174191
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for fine-tuning a pre-trained neural network for transfer learning, the method comprising obtaining a first target feature vector from a first layer of a pre-trained neural network responsive to a first target data element of a target dataset passing therethrough, obtaining a first source feature vector associated with the first layer of the pre-trained neural network, calculating a first divergence value for the first layer of the pre-trained neural network based at least in part on the first target feature vector and the first source feature vector, and setting a learning rate for the first layer of the pre-trained neural network based at least in part on the first divergence value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Parijat Dube, Bishwaranjan Bhattacharjee, Patrick Watson, John Ronald Kender
  • Patent number: 11013278
    Abstract: An adhesive sport tissue having an elongated absorbent body including a first end and a second end of predetermined length, and a pair of opposing side edges of predetermined width extending between the first end and the second end. The adhesive sport tissue further comprising a front side and a rear side, wherein the rear side is securable to a user's skin or an article of clothing such that the front side faces away from the user. At least one sheet is disposed on the front side that is selectively removable by the user. The adhesive sport tissue further includes an upper layer that is permeable to moisture and a moisture-absorbent inner core layer that tapers inwardly from the pair of opposing side edges, and a plurality of adhesive strips disposed on the rear side. In one embodiment, a scented layer is also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventor: Patrick Watson
  • Patent number: 10986087
    Abstract: A method for authenticating a user is presented. Responsive to a request for access to a computer resource, a computer system prompts the user making the request to access the computer resource to perform a new motion in an environment in which the user is monitored by a sensor system. Detected biometric data in the new motion performed by the user is identified by the computer system. A determination is made as to whether the user performing the new motion is an authenticated user based on comparing the detected biometric data with stored biometric data for a prior motion performed by the authenticated user. The computer system provides access to the computer resource when the user is identified as the authenticated user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Watson, Tengfei Ma, Maria Chang, Jae-Wook Ahn, Ravi Tejwani, Aldis Sipolins
  • Publication number: 20210110487
    Abstract: A system and a method of managing a manufacturing process includes receiving production data relating to the manufacturing process and determining an operational mode associated with the manufacturing process using historical, multivariate senor data. The method may further determine a recommended action to affect production based on the determined operational mode. The operational mode may be based on at least one of: a level of operation in a continuous flow process relating to a joint set of process variables, a representation of a joint dynamic of the set of process variables over a predefined length, and a joint configuration of an uptime/downtime of a plurality of units comprising a process flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Nianjun Zhou, Dharmashankar Subramanian, Patrick Watson, Pavankumar Murali, Wesley M. Gifford, Jayant R. Kalagnanam
  • Patent number: 10922821
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to generate virtual motion sensor data from computer animations are provided. A system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a tracker component that can track virtual location data corresponding to a feature of a computer animated character in a virtual environment. The computer executable components can further comprise a virtual motion sensor component that, based on the virtual location data, can generate virtual motion sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marco Cavallo, Ravi Tejwani, Patrick Watson, Aldis Sipolins, Jenna Reinen, Hui Wu
  • Publication number: 20200401933
    Abstract: A system includes a virtual reality system configured to enable a user to interact with a virtual environment, a plurality of biofeedback sensors configured to monitor a user, and a computer system including a virtual reality module configured to generate at least a view of the virtual environment, a biofeedback module configured to fuse output of the plurality of biofeedback sensors with a plurality of events within the virtual environment, a training module configured to generate a model of user behavior, wherein the training module executed by the computer system enables the computer system to make a prediction of a user response of the user based on a corpus of biofeedback data, and an alert module configured to generate at least one alert to the user via the virtual reality system based on the user response predicted by the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Jenna Reinen, Aldis Sipolins, Patrick Watson, Ravi Tejwani, Marco Cavallo, Hui Wu
  • Publication number: 20200320379
    Abstract: Whether to train a new neural network model can be determined based on similarity estimates between a sample data set and a plurality of source data sets associated with a plurality of prior-trained neural network models. A cluster among the plurality of prior-trained neural network models can be determined. A set of training data based on the cluster can be determined. The new neural network model can be trained based on the set of training data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Watson, Bishwaranjan Bhattacharjee, Siyu Huo, Noel Christopher Codella, Brian Michael Belgodere, Parijat Dube, Michael Robert Glass, John Ronald Kender, Matthew Leon Hill
  • Publication number: 20200234454
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to generate virtual motion sensor data from computer animations are provided. A system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a tracker component that can track virtual location data corresponding to a feature of a computer animated character in a virtual environment. The computer executable components can further comprise a virtual motion sensor component that, based on the virtual location data, can generate virtual motion sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Marco Cavallo, Ravi Tejwani, Patrick Watson, Aldis Sipolins, Jenna Reinen, Hui Wu
  • Patent number: D902485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Philipp Goeder, Christopher Ramm, Brian Patrick Watson, Vanessa Christie
  • Patent number: D911607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Rory Frederick Wellington McGarry, Brian Patrick Watson, Philipp Goeder, Oliver Felix Grabes
  • Patent number: D912326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Philipp Goeder, Christopher Ramm, Brian Patrick Watson, Kristopher William Schulz, Vanessa Christie
  • Patent number: D913592
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Rory Frederick Wellington McGarry, Brian Patrick Watson, Philipp Goeder, Oliver Felix Grabes
  • Patent number: D914289
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Philipp Goeder, Christopher Ramm, Brian Patrick Watson, Vanessa Christie
  • Patent number: D921294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Rory Frederick Wellington McGarry, Brian Patrick Watson, Philipp Goeder, Oliver Felix Grabes
  • Patent number: D949478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Rory Frederick Wellington McGarry, Brian Patrick Watson, Christopher Ramm, Oliver Felix Grabes