Patents by Inventor Ravindra Godbole

Ravindra Godbole 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: 20240167994
    Abstract: A crop monitoring system includes one or more sensors adapted to sense a stalk of a growing crop and generate a detection signal that is representative of the diameter of the stalk. A processor is configured to generate a nutrient status indicator from the detection signal. The nutrient status indicator may also depend partially on VOCs (volatile organic carbon compounds) released by the growing crop. A user interface device is configured to display the nutrient status indicator for use in a crop management system. Related methods are also disclosed, and may be used earlier than conventional nutrient inspection methods, for example, after maize plants have at least six leaves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Ravindra Godbole, Darren Goebel
  • Patent number: 11651248
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining information related to farming activities of a farmer; predicting an annotation category for the information, wherein the annotation category identifies a topic of the information; selecting an annotator for annotating the information based upon the annotation category, wherein the selecting comprises utilizing (i) a social proximity constraint identifying a social connection between the farmer and another farmer and (ii) a farm signature constraint identifying a similarity of the farmer to another farmer; assigning the annotator to annotate the obtained information; and receiving annotations for the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Smitkumar Narotambhai Marvaniya, Jitendra Singh, Shantanu Ravindra Godbole
  • Publication number: 20220365054
    Abstract: A crop monitoring system includes one or more sensors adapted to sense VOCs released by a growing crop and generate a detection signal that is representative of the sensed VOCs. A processor is configured to generate a nutrient status indicator from the detection signal. A user interface device is configured to display the nutrient status indicator for use in a crop management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ravindra Godbole, Darren Goebel, Jie Xu, Gary McMurray
  • Publication number: 20210270791
    Abstract: A crop monitoring system includes one or more sensors adapted to sense VOCs released by a growing crop and generate a detection signal that is representative of the sensed VOCs. A processor is configured to generate a nutrient status indicator from the detection signal. A user interface device is configured to display the nutrient status indicator for use in a crop management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Ravindra Godbole, Darren Goebel
  • Publication number: 20210110283
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining information related to farming activities of a farmer; predicting an annotation category for the information, wherein the annotation category identifies a topic of the information; selecting an annotator for annotating the information based upon the annotation category, wherein the selecting comprises utilizing (i) a social proximity constraint identifying a social connection between the farmer and another farmer and (ii) a farm signature constraint identifying a similarity of the farmer to another farmer; assigning the annotator to annotate the obtained information; and receiving annotations for the information
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Smitkumar Narotambhai Marvaniya, Jitendra Singh, Shantanu Ravindra Godbole
  • Patent number: 10192457
    Abstract: Methods and arrangements for developing knowledge bases from social media. A question is obtained from social media. Social media are consulted, and a legitimacy of the question is ascertained. All the answers to the question are harvested from the social media including the rich media that is associated with these answers, and the question is filtered out if determined not to be legitimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jitendra Ajmera, Shantanu Ravindra Godbole, Himabindu Lakkaraju, Bernard Andrew Roden, Ashish Verma
  • Patent number: 10192458
    Abstract: Methods and arrangements for developing knowledge bases from social media. A question is obtained from social media. Social media are consulted, and a legitimacy of the question is ascertained. All the answers to the question are harvested from the social media including the rich media that is associated with these answers, and the question is filtered out if determined not to be legitimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jitendra Ajmera, Shantanu Ravindra Godbole, Himabindu Lakkaraju, Bernard Andrew Roden, Ashish Verma
  • Publication number: 20170221373
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for evaluating resolver skills, the method including: utilizing at least one processor to execute computer code that performs the steps of: obtaining a closed ticket; extracting, from the closed ticket, ticket information; associating, based on the ticket information, the closed ticket with a resolver; identifying, based on the ticket information, at least one performance characteristic associated with the resolver; and updating, based on the performance characteristic, a resolver score. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Gargi Banerjee Dasgupta, Shantanu Ravindra Godbole, Saravanan Krishnan, Sethuramalingam Subramaniam
  • Patent number: 9418148
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a technique for permitting a machine to discover classes and topics that data contains and to annotate data objects with those identified classes. The technique enables machines to group and annotate data objects in ways that are meaningful and intuitive for a user of the data objects. An interactive method uses clustering, along with feedback from a user on the clustering output, to discover a set of classes. The feedback from the user is used to guide the clustering process in the later stages, which results in better and better discovery of classes and annotations with more and more human feedback. A method can be used to produce labeled data that involves discovering classes and annotating a given dataset with the discovered class labels. This is advantageous for building a classifier that has wide applications, such as call routing and intent discovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Sachindra Joshi, Shantanu Ravindra Godbole, Ashish Verma
  • Patent number: 8880526
    Abstract: Systems and associated methods for enhanced concept understanding in large document collections through phrase clustering are described. Embodiments take as input an initial set of phrases and estimate centroids using a clustering process. Embodiments then generate new phrases around each of the current centroids using the current phrases. These new phrases are added to the current set, and the clustering process is iterated. Upon convergence, embodiments finalize clusters based on phrases of any given length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Indrajit Bhattacharya, Shantanu Ravindra Godbole, Akshit Sharma
  • Publication number: 20140259897
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an applicator system comprising a beam; an applicator transducer; an applicator hose system coupled to the beam and the applicator transducer, the applicator hose system comprising: a trolley system configured to move bi-directionally along the beam based on a cable-pulling operation of the applicator transducer; a hose carrier configured to carry at least a portion of a hose; and an applicator that is coupled to one end of the hose carried by the hose carrier and operably coupled to the trolley system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: AGCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ravindra Godbole, John Peterson
  • Publication number: 20140188881
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, there is provided a technique for permitting a machine to discover classes and topics that data contains and to annotate data objects with those identified classes. The technique enables machines to group and annotate data objects in ways that are meaningful and intuitive for a user of the data objects. An interactive method uses clustering, along with feedback from a user on the clustering output, to discover a set of classes. The feedback from the user is used to guide the clustering process in the later stages, which results in better and better discovery of classes and annotation with more and more human feedback. A method can be used to produce labeled data that involves discovering classes and annotating a given dataset with the discovered class labels. This is advantageous for building a classifier that has wide applications, such as call routing and intent discovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Sachindra Joshi, Shantanu Ravindra Godbole, Ashish Verma
  • Patent number: 8751496
    Abstract: Systems and associated methods for enhanced concept understanding in large document collections through phrase clustering are described. Embodiments take as input an initial set of phrases and estimate centroids using a clustering process. Embodiments then generate new phrases around each of the current centroids using the current phrases. These new phrases are added to the current set, and the clustering process is iterated. Upon convergence, embodiments finalize clusters based on phrases of any given length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Indrajit Bhattacharya, Shantanu Ravindra Godbole, Akshit Sharma
  • Publication number: 20130224713
    Abstract: Methods and arrangements for developing knowledge bases from social media. A question is obtained from social media. Social media are consulted, and a legitimacy of the question is ascertained. All the answers to the question are harvested from the social media including the rich media that is associated with these answers, and the question is filtered out if determined not to be legitimate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jitendra Ajmera, Shantanu Ravindra Godbole, Himabindu Lakkaraju, Bernard Andrew Roden, Ashish Verma
  • Publication number: 20130224714
    Abstract: Methods and arrangements for developing knowledge bases from social media. A question is obtained from social media. Social media are consulted, and a legitimacy of the question is ascertained. All the answers to the question are harvested from the social media including the rich media that is associated with these answers, and the question is filtered out if determined not to be legitimate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jitendra Ajmera, Shantanu Ravindra Godbole, Himabindu Lakkaraju, Bernard Andrew Roden, Ashish Verma
  • Publication number: 20130080436
    Abstract: Systems and associated methods for enhanced concept understanding in large document collections through phrase clustering are described. Embodiments take as input an initial set of phrases and estimate centroids using a clustering process. Embodiments then generate new phrases around each of the current centroids using the current phrases. These new phrases are added to the current set, and the clustering process is iterated. Upon convergence, embodiments finalize clusters based on phrases of any given length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Indrajit Bhattacharya, Shantanu Ravindra Godbole, Akshit Sharma
  • Patent number: 8346772
    Abstract: Systems and associated methods provide a cluster-level semi-supervision model for inter-active clustering. Embodiments accept user provided semi-supervision for updating cluster descriptions and assignment of data items to clusters. Assignment feedback re-assigns data items among existing clusters, while cluster description feedback helps to position existing cluster centers more meaningfully. The feedback can continue until the user is satisfied with the clustering achieved or one or more predetermined stopping criteria have been reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Indrajit Bhattacharya, Kumar Avinava Dubey, Shantanu Ravindra Godbole
  • Publication number: 20120124044
    Abstract: Systems and associated methods for enhanced concept understanding in large document collections through phrase clustering are described. Embodiments take as input an initial set of phrases and estimate centroids using a clustering process. Embodiments then generate new phrases around each of the current centroids using the current phrases. These new phrases are added to the current set, and the clustering process is iterated. Upon convergence, embodiments finalize clusters based on phrases of any given length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Indrajit Bhattacharya, Shantanu Ravindra Godbole, Akshit Sharma
  • Publication number: 20120072421
    Abstract: Systems and associated methods provide a cluster-level semi-supervision model for inter-active clustering. Embodiments accept user provided semi-supervision for updating cluster descriptions and assignment of data items to clusters. Assignment feedback re-assigns data items among existing clusters, while cluster description feedback helps to position existing cluster centers more meaningfully. The feedback can continue until the user is satisfied with the clustering achieved or one or more predetermined stopping criteria have been reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Indrajit Bhattacharya, Kumar Avinava Dubey, Shantanu Ravindra Godbole