Patents by Inventor Scott Clark

Scott Clark 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: 12505027
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-program product includes obtaining, via an application programming interface (API), a test object that includes application usage data of a deployed AI application for a target time span, executing, in real-time by one or more computer processors, one or more application behavior tests that assess an operational behavior of the deployed AI application, detecting, by the one or more computer processors, that a misbehavior occurred in the deployed AI application during the target time span and one or more deviant features contributing to the misbehavior in response to executing the one or more application behavior tests, and returning, by the one or more computer processors, the one or more deviant features contributing to the misbehavior to a subscribing entity associated with the deployed AI application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2025
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: Distributional, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael McCourt, Renaud Bourassa-Denis, Keith Laban, Olivia Kim, Ian Dewancker, Bolong Cheng, Halley Vance, Scott Clark
  • Publication number: 20250370908
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-program product includes obtaining, via an application programming interface (API), a test object that includes application usage data of a deployed AI application for a target time span, executing, in real-time by one or more computer processors, one or more application behavior tests that assess an operational behavior of the deployed AI application, detecting, by the one or more computer processors, that a misbehavior occurred in the deployed AI application during the target time span and one or more deviant features contributing to the misbehavior in response to executing the one or more application behavior tests, and returning, by the one or more computer processors, the one or more deviant features contributing to the misbehavior to a subscribing entity associated with the deployed AI application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Applicant: Distributional, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael McCourt, Renaud Bourassa-Denis, Keith Laban, Olivia Kim, Ian Dewancker, Bolong Cheng, Halley Vance, Scott Clark
  • Publication number: 20250363368
    Abstract: A system and method for accelerated tuning of hyperparameters includes receiving a multi-task tuning work request for tuning hyperparameters of a model, wherein the multi-task tuning work request includes: a full tuning task for tuning hyperparameters, wherein the full tuning task includes a first set of tuning parameters governing a first tuning operation; a partial tuning task for tuning the hyperparameters of the model, wherein the partial tuning task includes a second distinct set of tuning parameters governing a second tuning operation; executing the first tuning operation and the second tuning operation; generating a first suggestion set and a second suggestion set of one or more proposed values for the hyperparameters based on the execution of the full tuning task and the partial tuning task; and setting the partial tuning task as a proxy for the full tuning task thereby accelerating a tuning of the hyperparameters of the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Michael McCourt, Ben Hsu, Patrick Hayes, Scott Clark
  • Patent number: 12450479
    Abstract: A system and method for tuning hyperparameters and training a model includes implementing a hyperparameter tuning service that tunes hyperparameters of a model that includes receiving, via an API, a tuning request that includes: (i) a first part comprising tuning parameters for generating tuned hyperparameter values for hyperparameters of the model; and (ii) a second part comprising model training control parameters for monitoring and controlling a training of the model, wherein the model training control parameters include criteria for generating instructions for curtailing a training run of the model; monitoring the training run for training the model based on the second part of the tuning request, wherein the monitoring of the training run includes periodically collecting training run data; and computing an advanced training curtailment instruction based on the training run data that automatically curtails the training run prior to a predefined maximum training schedule of the training run.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Michael McCourt, Taylor Jackle-Spriggs, Ben Hsu, Simon Howey, Halley Nicki Vance, James Blomo, Patrick Hayes, Scott Clark
  • Publication number: 20250252665
    Abstract: A digital model generation platform populates an image repository with digital representations of physical clay-based models by generating one or more candidate images based on a combination of clay model features. The digital model generation platform integrates imaginative product displays where users engage with a program on a touch screen, allowing them to combine both pre-generated and user-requested categories to generate image models of suggested clay-based models. The displayed image, either preconfigured (i.e., in the populated image repository) or AI-generated in real time, guides users by indicating the required elements, such as colors, to recreate the model. Additionally, the mobile application introduces AI image upscaling, categorizing user-provided images (e.g., dinosaurs, superheroes) and generating more detailed upscaled images and 3D models based on the chosen category. The application outputs a 3D printer file, enabling users to create molds of upscaled 3D models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Gray Bright, James E. Heys, JR., Scott Clark, Joseph P. Bradford, Corey Thibodeau, Nikki Luther
  • Patent number: 12373699
    Abstract: A system and method for accelerated tuning of hyperparameters includes receiving a multi-task tuning work request for tuning hyperparameters of a model, wherein the multi-task tuning work request includes: a full tuning task for tuning hyperparameters, wherein the full tuning task includes a first set of tuning parameters governing a first tuning operation; a partial tuning task for tuning the hyperparameters of the model, wherein the partial tuning task includes a second distinct set of tuning parameters governing a second tuning operation; executing the first tuning operation and the second tuning operation; generating a first suggestion set and a second suggestion set of one or more proposed values for the hyperparameters based on the execution of the full tuning task and the partial tuning task; and setting the partial tuning task as a proxy for the full tuning task thereby accelerating a tuning of the hyperparameters of the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael McCourt, Ben Hsu, Patrick Hayes, Scott Clark
  • Patent number: 12280464
    Abstract: A guided circular saw system having a track and a ramp that is connected to a benchtop by a pair of hinge members. Hinge members are formed of a top section, a middle section and a bottom section and facilitate raising and lowering of the track in a quick and easy manner without tools. The track is raised to facilitate placing a workpiece under the track and then the track is lowered in place thereby engaging and holding the workpiece in place. A sled attached to a cutting device and the sled and cutting device slides along the track thereby cutting the workpiece. The track includes sacrificial grip strips that extend along the sides of the track and include an upper layer of material that is rigid and a lower layer of material that is compressible and has a high coefficient of friction and thereby holds the workpiece in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Kreg Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott Clark
  • Patent number: 12236287
    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing an application programming interface (API) that controls operations of a machine learning tuning service for tuning a machine learning model for improved accuracy and computational performance includes an API that is in control communication the tuning service that: executes a first API call function that includes an optimization work request that sets tuning parameters for tuning hyperparameters of a machine learning model; and initializes an operation of distinct tuning worker instances of the service that each execute distinct tuning tasks for tuning the hyperparameters; executes a second API call function that identifies raw values for the hyperparameters; and generates suggestions comprising proposed hyperparameter values selected from the plurality of raw values for each of the hyperparameters; and executes a third API call function that returns performance metrics relating to a real-world performance of the subscriber machine learning model executed with the propose
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Alexandra Johnson, Patrick Hayes, Scott Clark
  • Patent number: 12159209
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an accelerated tuning of hyperparameters of a model supported with prior learnings data include assessing subject models associated with a plurality of distinct sources of transfer tuning data, wherein the assessing includes implementing of: [1] a model relatedness assessment for each of a plurality of distinct pairwise subject models, and [2] a model coherence assessment for each of the plurality of distinct pairwise subject models; constructing a plurality of distinct prior mixture models based on the relatedness metric value and the coherence metric value for each of the plurality of distinct pairwise subject models, identifying sources of transfer tuning data based on identifying a distinct prior mixture model having a satisfactory model evidence fraction; and accelerating a tuning of hyperparameters of the target model based on transfer tuning data associated with the distinct prior mixture model having the satisfactory model evidence fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Michael McCourt, Ben Hsu, Patrick Hayes, Scott Clark
  • Patent number: 12141667
    Abstract: A disclosed example includes implementing a first worker instance and a second worker instance to operate in parallel; running a first tuning operation via the first worker instance to tune first hyperparameters; running a second tuning operation via the second worker instance using a Bayesian-based optimization to determine a hyperparameter configuration to evaluate next; evaluating the hyperparameter configuration for an external model using a surrogate model; and selecting the hyperparameter configuration for the external model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Hayes, Michael McCourt, Alexandra Johnson, George Ke, Scott Clark
  • Patent number: 12033036
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tuning hyperparameters of a model include receiving a tuning request for tuning hyperparameters, the tuning request includes a first and a second objective function for the machine learning model. The first and second objective functions may output metric values that do not improve uniformly. Systems and methods additionally include defining a joint tuning function that is based on a combination of the first and second objective functions; executing a tuning operation; identifying a Pareto efficient frontier curve defined by a plurality of distinct hyperparameter values; applying metric thresholds to the Pareto efficient frontier curve; demarcating the Pareto efficient frontier curve into at least a first infeasible section and a second feasible section; searching the second feasible section of the Pareto efficient frontier curve for one or more proposed hyperparameter values; and identifying at least a first set of proposed hyperparameter values based on the search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Michael McCourt, Bolong Cheng, Taylor Jackie Spriggs, Halley Vance, Olivia Kim, Ben Hsu, Sarth Frey, Patrick Hayes, Scott Clark
  • Patent number: 12015593
    Abstract: Methods and systems for improved analytics are provided. A Software as a Service (SaaS) platform may be implemented as a distributed system using a public infrastructure, such as a public cloud, and an on-premises infrastructure, such as a private cloud. A control plane for the SaaS platform may reside in the public cloud, while a data plane for the SaaS platform may reside in the on-premises private cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: QlikTech International AB
    Inventors: Jeremiah Stinson, Scott Clark, Boris Kuschel
  • Patent number: 11966860
    Abstract: Disclosed examples include after a first tuning of hyperparameters in a hyperparameter space, selecting first hyperparameter values for respective ones of the hyperparameters; generating a polygonal shaped failure region in the hyperparameter space based on the first hyperparameter values; setting the first hyperparameter values to failure before a second tuning of the hyperparameters; and selecting second hyperparameter values for the respective ones of the hyperparameters in a second tuning region after the second tuning of the hyperparameters in the second tuning region, the second tuning region separate from the polygonal shaped failure region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Tee, Michael McCourt, Patrick Hayes, Scott Clark
  • Publication number: 20240127124
    Abstract: Disclosed examples including generating a joint model based on first and second subject models, the first and second subject models selected based on a relationship between the first and second subject models; selecting the joint model from a plurality of joint models after a determination that entropy data points of the joint model satisfy a threshold, the entropy data points based on multiple tuning trials of the joint model; and providing tuning data associated with the joint model to a tuning session of a target model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Michael McCourt, Ben Hsu, Patrick Hayes, Scott Clark
  • Publication number: 20230385129
    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing an application programming interface (API) that controls operations of a machine learning tuning service for tuning a machine learning model for improved accuracy and computational performance includes an API that is in control communication the tuning service that: executes a first API call function that includes an optimization work request that sets tuning parameters for tuning hyperparameters of a machine learning model; and initializes an operation of distinct tuning worker instances of the service that each execute distinct tuning tasks for tuning the hyperparameters; executes a second API call function that identifies raw values for the hyperparameters; and generates suggestions comprising proposed hyperparameter values selected from the plurality of raw values for each of the hyperparameters; and executes a third API call function that returns performance metrics relating to a real-world performance of the subscriber machine learning model executed with the propose
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Alexandra Johnson, Patrick Hayes, Scott Clark
  • Publication number: 20230325721
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tuning hyperparameters of a model includes: receiving a multi-criteria tuning work request for tuning hyperparameters of the model of the subscriber to the remote tuning service, wherein the multi-criteria tuning work request includes: a first objective function of the model to be optimized by the remote tuning service; a second objective function to be optimized by the remote tuning service, the second objective function being distinct from the first objective function; computing a joint tuning func-tion based on a combination of the first objective function and the second objective function; executing a tuning opera-tion of the hyperparameters for the model based on a tuning of the joint function; and identifying one or more proposed hyperparameter values based on one or more hyperparam-eter-based points along a convex Pareto optimal curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Bolong Cheng, Olivia Kim, Michael McCourt, Patrick Hayes, Scott Clark
  • Publication number: 20230325672
    Abstract: A system and method for accelerated tuning of hyperparameters includes receiving a multi-task tuning work request for tuning hyperparameters of a model, wherein the multi-task tuning work request includes: a full tuning task for tuning hyperparameters, wherein the full tuning task includes a first set of tuning parameters governing a first tuning operation; a partial tuning task for tuning the hyperparameters of the model, wherein the partial tuning task includes a second distinct set of tuning parameters governing a second tuning operation; executing the first tuning operation and the second tuning operation; generating a first suggestion set and a second suggestion set of one or more proposed values for the hyperparameters based on the execution of the full tuning task and the partial tuning task; and setting the partial tuning task as a proxy for the full tuning task thereby accelerating a tuning of the hyperparameters of the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Michael McCourt, Ben Hsu, Patrick Hayes, Scott Clark
  • Patent number: 11709719
    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing an application programming interface (API) that controls operations of a machine learning tuning service for tuning a machine learning model for improved accuracy and computational performance includes an API that is in control communication the tuning service that: executes a first API call function that includes an optimization work request that sets tuning parameters for tuning hyperparameters of a machine learning model; and initializes an operation of distinct tuning worker instances of the service that each execute distinct tuning tasks for tuning the hyperparameters; executes a second API call function that identifies raw values for the hyperparameters; and generates suggestions comprising proposed hyperparameter values selected from the plurality of raw values for each of the hyperparameters; and executes a third API call function that returns performance metrics relating to a real-world performance of the subscriber machine learning model executed with the propose
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Alexandra Johnson, Patrick Hayes, Scott Clark
  • Patent number: 11704567
    Abstract: A system and method for accelerated tuning of hyperparameters includes receiving a multi-task tuning work request for tuning hyperparameters of a model, wherein the multi-task tuning work request includes: a full tuning task for tuning hyperparameters, wherein the full tuning task includes a first set of tuning parameters governing a first tuning operation; a partial tuning task for tuning the hyperparameters of the model, wherein the partial tuning task includes a second distinct set of tuning parameters governing a second tuning operation; executing the first tuning operation and the second tuning operation; generating a first suggestion set and a second suggestion set of one or more proposed values for the hyperparameters based on the execution of the full tuning task and the partial tuning task; and setting the partial tuning task as a proxy for the full tuning task thereby accelerating a tuning of the hyperparameters of the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Michael McCourt, Ben Hsu, Patrick Hayes, Scott Clark
  • Patent number: 11701721
    Abstract: An adaptive cutting system is presented that facilitates cutting workpieces in new and different ways in a fun, easy, fast, accurate and safe manner. The system includes a benchtop having a grid of bench dog holes across its surface as well as a pair of table tracks embedded within its surface. An edge track extends around the benchtop and a pair of hinge members are connected to the edge tracks that also connect to a saw track that is movable between a raised and lowered position. The system also includes narrow rip stops, wide rip stops, bench dogs and a miter gauge all of which work in concert with the on-table features to facilitate on-table measurement and alignment of workpieces for performing cutting operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Kreg Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph W. Gibson, Doyle R. Ramsey, Shelby Lee Strempke, Nathan Scott Combs, Neil M. Holland, Elliot James Hoff, Timothy J. Forbes, Allen F. Raushel, Jacob Martin, Casey L. Kerkmann, Stacy A. Peterson, Christian D. Ewoldt, Michael P. Marusiak, Mark David McClellan, Frederick J. Good, Scott Clark, Edward Charles Hay