Patents by Inventor Robert E. Cranfill

Robert E. Cranfill 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: 9418059
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for processing natural language for machine learning analytical systems. The method includes receiving, at a processor, an input including text representing one or more observed parameters of an environment. The inputted text is in a natural language format. The processor parses the input and extracts the one or more parameters. A function is defined representing a domain of the one or more observed parameters based upon the one or more extracted parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Tomas Singliar, William R. Murray, Robert E. Cranfill, Dragos D. Margineantu
  • Patent number: 8234279
    Abstract: A streaming text data comparator performs real-time text data mining on streaming text data. The comparator receives a streaming text data document and generates a vector representation of the term frequencies relating to an existing document collection. The comparator then transforms the term frequency vector into a projection in a precomputed multidimensional subspace that represents the original document collection. The comparator further calculates a relationship value representing the similarities or differences between the vector representation and the subspace, and compares the relationship value to a predetermined threshold to determine whether the streaming text data document is related to the original document collection. If the streaming text data document is related, the streaming text data comparator intercalates the new document into the document collection. If the new document is not related, the comparator may store or delete the unrelated document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Yuan-Jye Wu, Anne S-W Kao, Stephen R. Poteet, William Ferng, Robert E. Cranfill
  • Patent number: 7831597
    Abstract: A text summarizer identifies relevant terms in a document, weights the terms and extracts one or more segments to produce a summary or abstract. The various terms in a particular are weighted in relation to an existing document collection. A term weight computer computes term weights for terms in the document, and a threshold comparator compares the term weights to determine if the corresponding terms are relevant to the document collection. Next, a term weight summer adds the term weights for each occurrence of each relevant term in the various segments of the document, and a summation comparator compares the summations to identify a text summarization segment representative of the document. Optionally, relevant terms can be highlighted in the term summarization segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Yuan-Jye Wu, Anne S-W Kao, Stephen R. Poteet, William Ferng, Robert E. Cranfill
  • Patent number: 7752204
    Abstract: A text summarizer identifies relevant terms in a document, weights the terms and extracts one or more segments to produce a summary or abstract. The various terms in a particular are weighted in relation to an existing document collection. A term weight computer computes term weights for terms in the document, and a threshold comparator compares the term weights to determine if the corresponding terms are relevant to the document collection. Next, a term weight summer adds the term weights for each occurrence of each relevant term in the various segments of the document, and a summation comparator compares the summations to identify a text summarization segment representative of the document. Optionally, relevant terms can be highlighted in the term summarization segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Anne S-W Kao, Stephen R. Poteet, Yuan-Jye Wu, William Ferng, Robert E. Cranfill
  • Patent number: 7403932
    Abstract: Provided are improved methods, apparatus, and computer program products for text differentiation which involves identifying differences between documents with similar content, not merely similar terms, and generating results. Text differentiation provides the ability to find non-similar, or different, content hidden within documents with similar overall content, but not exactly the same content. Text differentiation may be used to quickly identify key differences between similar documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Anne S-W Kao, Stephen R. Poteet, Yuan-Jye Wu, William Ferng, Robert E. Cranfill
  • Patent number: 5963660
    Abstract: An electronic scanner having a light source and a light sensitive head is connected via a cable to a computer. The scanner head detects reflected light from the surface of the composite material and generates an electronic representation of the surface. A conventional software driver interprets the scanner output to produce an electronic bit-mapped image. The electronic image is then displayed so that gaps are readily visible. The electronic representation is also analyzed to determine the presence of laps and gaps, to measure gap widths, to measure the distance between points on the display, and to determine the percentage of the surface covered by fiber material. The electronic representation may also be stored for later analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jan S. Koontz, Robert E. Cranfill