Patents by Inventor Robert Vaughn
Robert Vaughn 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).
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Publication number: 20250015974Abstract: Provided is a method for detecting an Artificial Intelligence (AI) agent of an application in a network. In this method, the varieties of a plurality of outputs of the application may be determined, where the outputs are respectively corresponding to a plurality of identical inputs provided to the application. Furthermore, the method may detect, based on the varieties of the plurality of outputs, the AI agent of the application, wherein the AI agent comprises an AI model providing AI-based resource information to the application to generate the plurality of outputs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Inventors: Robert VAUGHN, John HANSEN
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Publication number: 20240307943Abstract: A stamping tool includes a lower pad, upper pad, forming steel, and sub-pad. The lower pad includes a lower forming surface recessed in a first direction between a first lower pad surface and the second lower pad surface. The upper pad is movable along a second direction. In an extended position, the upper pad holds a workpiece against the first lower pad surface. The forming steel includes a first forming surface and is movable along the first direction. In an extended position, the forming steel is received in the recess. The sub-pad is coupled to the forming steel such that the forming steel moves the sub-pad in the first direction as the forming steel moves from the retracted position to an intermediate position in which the sub-pad holds the workpiece against the second lower pad surface while the forming steel continues to move to the extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2023Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Robert Vaughn Degenhardt, Mark Broadworth, Rudolf Gerich, Evangelos Liasi, Christian Richard Genereux
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Publication number: 20240269647Abstract: Sorbents are disclosed which exhibit less inherent leaching of arsenic and antimony than what is achieved by conventional sorbents. The inventive sorbents are formed by a process which includes the steps of contacting the porous sorbent particulate with a solution of a metal oxide or metal hydroxide, or a metal oxide or metal hydroxide precursor, and depositing metal oxides and hydroxides within the pores of the porous sorbent particulate. Purification of water is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicant: CALGON CARBON CORPORATIONInventors: Rebecca DISTEFANO, Robert VAUGHN
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Patent number: 11992870Abstract: A method of forming a vehicle panel includes deforming a sheet metal workpiece between stamping tools to form a first and second edges that converge at a corner of the workpiece's main surface. The first edge is defined by a junction of the main surface and a first flange. The second edge is defined the main surface and a second flange. Forming the first and second edges includes deforming the workpiece so that the second flange has a first region bent to a first angle relative to the main surface and an unwinding region bent to an angle that unwinds from the first region as the second flange approaches the corner. The method includes deforming the workpiece between a second set of stamping tools that deform the first flange and the unwinding region of the second flange until the first and second flanges are bent greater than 90°.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Christian Richard Genereux, Robert Vaughn Degenhardt, Philip Trinh
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Patent number: 11975305Abstract: Sorbents are disclosed which exhibit less inherent leaching of arsenic and antimony than what is achieved by conventional sorbents. The inventive sorbents are formed by a process which includes the steps of contacting the porous sorbent particulate with a solution of a metal oxide or metal hydroxide, or a metal oxide or metal hydroxide precursor, and depositing metal oxides and hydroxides within the pores of the porous sorbent particulate. Purification of water is also described.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: CALGON CARBON CORPORATIONInventors: Rebecca Distefano, Robert Vaughn
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Publication number: 20240137347Abstract: A system for privacy-enhanced sensor data exchange, including: a communication interface operable to receive sensor data related to surroundings of a sensor associated with an ego device; processor circuitry operable to: evaluate the sensor data for a privacy-sensitive attribute of the sensor data, wherein the sensor data is under privacy control of the ego device; filter the sensor data by decreasing a precision of a portion of the sensor data related to the privacy-sensitive attribute; and generate data packets based on the sensor data, formatted to enable discovery by an interested entity device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventor: Robert Vaughn
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Publication number: 20240111498Abstract: Examples relate to an apparatus, device, method and computer program for generating code. The apparatus is to obtain information on an existing application architecture of a modular application, the information on the existing application architecture comprising, for components of the existing architecture, a formal description of the functionality and usage of the component of the existing architecture, obtain a prompt of a user for generating code for implementing an additional component for the modular application, the prompt comprising a textual description of a desired functionality of the additional component, provide the information on the existing application architecture and the prompt as input for a Large Language Model (LLM), obtain an output of the LLM, the output comprising a portion of the code for implementing the additional component, and provide the code for implementing the additional component based on the output of the LLM.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventor: Robert VAUGHN
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Publication number: 20240104138Abstract: It is provided an apparatus comprising interface circuitry, machine-readable instructions, and processing circuitry to execute the machine-readable instructions. The machine-readable instructions comprise instructions to obtain a first hash value of a first data record which is part of a first sequence of chained data records. The machine-readable instructions comprise instructions to obtain a second hash value of a second data record which is part of a second sequence of chained data records. The machine-readable instructions comprise instructions to generate a new data record comprising a hash value which is based on the first hash value of the first sequence of chained data records and on the second hash value of the second sequence of chained data records. The machine-readable instructions comprise instructions to add the new data record to the first sequence. The new data record following the first data record in the first sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventor: Robert VAUGHN
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Patent number: 11899457Abstract: Autonomous vehicles are an exciting prospect to the future of driving. However, concerns about the decision-making made by the AI controlling a vehicle has been of concern, particularly in light of high-profile accidents. We can alleviate some concern, introduce better decisions, and also train an AI to make better decisions by introducing a remote viewer's, e.g., a human's, reaction to a possibly complex environment surrounding a vehicle that includes a potential threat to the vehicle. One or more remote viewer may provide a recommended response to the threat that may be incorporated in whole or in part in how the vehicle reacts. Various ways to engage and utilize remote viewers are proposed to improve the likelihood of receiving useful recommendations, including modifying how the environment is presented to a remote viewer to best suit the remote viewer, e.g., perhaps present the threat in a game.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.Inventors: Robert Vaughn, Casey Baron
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Publication number: 20230315093Abstract: Autonomous vehicles are an exciting prospect to the future of driving. However, concerns about the decision-making made by the Al controlling a vehicle has been of concern, particularly in light of high-profile accidents. We can alleviate some concern, introduce better decisions, and also train an Al to make better decisions by introducing a remote viewer’s, e.g., a human’s, reaction to a possibly complex environment surrounding a vehicle that includes a potential threat to the vehicle. One or more remote viewer may provide a recommended response to the threat that may be incorporated in whole or in part in how the vehicle reacts. Various ways to engage and utilize remote viewers are proposed to improve the likelihood of receiving useful recommendations, including modifying how the environment is presented to a remote viewer to best suit the remote viewer, e.g., perhaps present the threat in a game.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Robert Vaughn, Casey Baron
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Publication number: 20230309511Abstract: Techniques for autonomous animal movement are described. In some examples, animal tracking and movement software is used to provide input from a physical stimulus to direct movement of the animal coupled to an apparatus along a multi-turn route using physical output of the physical stimulus device based at least in part on a location of the animal with respect to a destination grazing area.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Elmoustapha OULD-AHMED-VALL, Rama Kishan MALLADI, Robert VAUGHN, Matthias HAHN, Sunny GOGAR
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Patent number: 11731059Abstract: Visually distinguishable robots and methods to manufacture the same are disclosed. An example kit for constructing a robot includes a first component for a framework of the robot, a second component for the framework, and a connector to secure the first and second components in a spatial relationship of a plurality of possible spatial relationships. The spatial relationship is to cause the robot to have a humanly perceptible identity.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Robert Vaughn
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Publication number: 20230230091Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to control transactional data. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes memory, machine readable instructions, and processor circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to populate encrypted input data into a first portion of a data structure, populate an encryption key into a second portion of the data structure, cause the first portion of the data structure to be signed with (a) credentials corresponding to an owner of the encrypted data and (b) credentials corresponding to a transaction host, and store the data structure in a ledger.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventor: Robert Vaughn
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Publication number: 20230028435Abstract: A method for compensating springback of a part includes running a finite element analysis (FEA) simulation of forming a panel using a model of forming die such that a panel with springback is simulated, determining at least two zero springback locations on the panel where hanging apertures are simulated, running an FEA simulation of the panel hanging from the hanging apertures, and comparing a geometry of the hanging panel to a geometry of a reference panel such that a difference between the geometry of the hanging panel and the geometry of the reference panel due to the springback is determined and compensated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2021Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Evangelos Liasi, Liang Huang, Robert Vaughn Degenhardt, Christian Richard Genereux, Ryan Muirhead
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Patent number: 11561540Abstract: Autonomous vehicles are an exciting prospect to the future of driving. However, concerns about the decision-making made by the AI controlling a vehicle has been of concern, particularly in light of high-profile accidents. We can alleviate some concern, introduce better decisions, and also train an AI to make better decisions by introducing a remote viewer's, e.g., a human's, reaction to a possibly complex environment surrounding a vehicle that includes a potential threat to the vehicle. One or more remote viewer may provide a recommended response to the threat that may be incorporated in whole or in part in how the vehicle reacts. Various ways to engage and utilize remote viewers are proposed to improve the likelihood of receiving useful recommendations, including modifying how the environment is presented to a remote viewer to best suit the remote viewer, e.g., perhaps present the threat in a game.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Inventors: Robert Vaughn, Casey Baron
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Patent number: 11521493Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to autonomous or semi-autonomous driving vehicles. An exemplary embodiment of the disclosure relates to a system to provide one or more threat vectors to a cluster of vehicles. An exemplary vehicle detection system includes a communication module configured to receive a first threat vector from a first vehicle in a cluster of vehicles. The first threat vector may include a plurality of primary attributes associated with a moving object. The vehicle detection system may also include a detector module configured to detect the moving object and to provide one or more secondary attributes associated with the moving object; and a controller to construct a second threat vector as a function of one or more of the first threat vector, the primary attributes and the secondary attributes associated with the moving object.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Robert Vaughn, Timothy Gresham
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Publication number: 20220258224Abstract: A method of forming a vehicle panel includes deforming a sheet metal workpiece between stamping tools to form a first and second edges that converge at a corner of the workpiece's main surface. The first edge is defined by a junction of the main surface and a first flange. The second edge is defined the main surface and a second flange. Forming the first and second edges includes deforming the workpiece so that the second flange has a first region bent to a first angle relative to the main surface and an unwinding region bent to an angle that unwinds from the first region as the second flange approaches the corner. The method includes deforming the workpiece between a second set of stamping tools that deform the first flange and the unwinding region of the second flange until the first and second flanges are bent greater than 90°.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Christian Richard Genereux, Robert Vaughn Degenhardt, Philip Trinh
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Patent number: 11153136Abstract: An electrical system may include a processing circuit and one or more electrical components that emit thermal heat energy. The processing circuit may be configured to identify signal degradation or failure of an in-band communication channel between the electrical system and a second electrical system, identify a data message to transmit to the additional electrical system via an out-of-band communication channel, and direct the one or more electrical components to adjust an electrical workload to modulate and transmit the data message on the out-of-band communication channel as a recoverable sequence of thermal pulses.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Robert Vaughn, William Deleeuw
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Publication number: 20200290725Abstract: An aircraft has a ducted thruster. The ducted thruster includes a duct having an inner wall, a stator hub disposed within the duct, a first stator extending along a first longitudinal axis between the inner wall and the stator hub, and a second stator. The second stator extends along a second longitudinal axis between the inner wall and the stator hub. The second longitudinal axis is either (1) substantially perpendicular to the first longitudinal axis or (2) substantially parallel to the first longitudinal axis and offset from the first longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2019Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.Inventors: Chad Lewis Jarrett, Frank Bradley Stamps, Daniel Bryan Robertson, Kirk Landon Groninga, Matthew Edward Louis, William Anthony Amante, Robert Vaughn, Joseph Richard Carpenter, JR.
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Patent number: 10661298Abstract: An applicator for delivering a glutinous substance comprises a first body portion, including an end-effector interface, extending from a base portion, a side cover to be removably coupled to the base portion, and a first cavity. A second body portion, having a second cavity intersecting the first cavity, extends from the base portion and is non-parallel to the first body portion. A tip portion, to be removably coupled to the second body portion, comprises a nozzle portion, a third cavity, communicatively coupled with the second cavity, an inner sleeve, having a splined outer surface, and an actuator interface, extending from the second body portion opposite the tip portion. The tip portion and the inner sleeve are interlocked when the inner sleeve is received inside the third cavity of the tip portion, such that the inner sleeve is prevented from rotating with respect to the tip portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: John Walter Pringle, IV, Angelica Davancens, Raul Tomuta, Marcos Robert Vaughn Espinosa