Patents by Inventor Sean Rafferty
Sean Rafferty 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: 20250103844Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for automatically generating labels for sensor data. For instance, first sensor data for a vehicle may be identified. This first sensor data may have been captured by a first sensor of the vehicle at a first location during a first point in time and may be associated with a first label for an object. Second sensor data for the vehicle may be identified. The second sensor data may have been captured by a second sensor of the vehicle at a second location at a second point in time outside of the first point in time. The second location is different from the first location. A determination may be made as to whether the object is a static object. Based on the determination that the object is a static object, the first label may be used to automatically generate a second label for the second sensor data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Justin Thorsen, Changchang Wu, Alper Ayvaci, Tiffany Chen, Lo Po Tsui, Zhinan Xu, Chen Wu, Sean Rafferty
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Patent number: 12204969Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for automatically generating labels for sensor data. For instance, first sensor data, for a vehicle may be identified. This first sensor data may have been captured by a first sensor of the vehicle at a first location during a first point in time and may be associated with a first label for an object. Second sensor data for the vehicle may be identified. The second sensor data may have been captured by a second sensor of the vehicle at a second location at a second point in time outside of the first point in time. The second location is different from the first location. A determination may be made as to whether the object is a static object. Based on the determination that the object is a static object, the first label may be used to automatically generate a second label for the second sensor data.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Justin Thorsen, Changchang Wu, Alper Ayvaci, Tiffany Chen, Lo Po Tsui, Zhinan Xu, Chen Wu, Sean Rafferty
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Patent number: 12159451Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for automatically generating labels for sensor data. For instance first sensor data for a first vehicle is identified. The first sensor data is defined in both a global coordinate system and a local coordinate system for the first vehicle. A second vehicle is identified based on a second location of the second vehicle within a threshold distance of the first vehicle within the first timeframe. The second vehicle is associated with second sensor data that is further associated with a label identifying a location of an object, and the location of the object is defined in a local coordinate system of the second vehicle. A conversion from the local coordinate system of the second vehicle to the local coordinate system of the first vehicle may be determined and used to transfer the label from the second sensor data to the first sensor data.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Brandyn White, Congyu Gao, Sean Rafferty, Nicholas Armstrong-Crews
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Patent number: 12154212Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generated simulated sensor data. One of the methods includes obtaining a surfel map generated from sensor observations of a real-world environment and generating, for each surfel in the surfel map, a respective grid having a plurality of grid cells, wherein each grid has an orientation matching an orientation of a corresponding surfel, and wherein each grid cell within each grid is assigned a respective color value. For a simulated location within a simulated representation of the real-world environment, a textured surfel rendering is generated, including combining color information from grid cells visible from the simulated location within the simulated representation of the real-world environment.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Zhenpei Yang, Yuning Chai, Yin Zhou, Pei Sun, Henrik Kretzschmar, Sean Rafferty, Dumitru Erhan, Dragomir Anguelov
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Patent number: 12145941Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, thereof: which inhibit coronavirus replication activity. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of treating or preventing a coronavirus infection in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Joseph D. Panarese, Sean Rafferty, Jonathan Thielman, Nathaniel T. Kenton, Samuel Bartlett, Yat Sun Or
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Publication number: 20240368096Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, which inhibit the cellular entry of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis D virus (HDV) or interfere with the function of the life cycle of HBV and/or HDV and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HBV and/or HDV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HBV and/or HDV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Inventors: Samuel BARTLETT, Joseph D. PANARESE, Sourav GHORAI, Nathaniel Thomas KENTON, Sean RAFFERTY, Jonathan THIELMAN, Peilin XU, Bin WANG, William CASSELS, Scott MITCHELL, Yat Sun OR
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Publication number: 20240325409Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, thereof: which inhibit the cellular entry of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis D virus (HDV) or interfere with the function of the life cycle of HBV and/or HDV and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HBV and/or HDV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HBV and/or HDV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Sean RAFFERTY, Sourav GHORAI, Nathaniel Thomas KENTON, Peilin XU, Samuel BARTLETT, Scott MITCHELL, Joseph D. PANARESE, Yat Sun OR
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Publication number: 20240140922Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, thereof: which inhibit the cellular entry of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis D virus (HDV) or interfere with the function of the life cycle of HBV and/or HDV and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HBV and/or HDV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HBV and/or HDV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Samuel Bartlett, Joseph D. Panarese, Sourav Ghorai, Nathaniel Thomas Kenton, Sean Rafferty, Jonathan Thielman, Peilin Xu, Bin Wang, William Cassels, Scott Mitchell, Yat Sun Or
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Publication number: 20230174542Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, thereof: which inhibit coronavirus replication activity. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of treating or preventing a coronavirus infection in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Joseph D. Panarese, Sean Rafferty, Jonathan Thielman, Nathaniel T. Kenton, Samuel Bartlett, Yat Sun Or
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Publication number: 20230046289Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for automatically generating labels for sensor data. For instance, first sensor data, for a vehicle may be identified. This first sensor data may have been captured by a first sensor of the vehicle at a first location during a first point in time and may be associated with a first label for an object. Second sensor data for the vehicle may be identified. The second sensor data may have been captured by a second sensor of the vehicle at a second location at a second point in time outside of the first point in time. The second location is different from the first location. A determination may be made as to whether the object is a static object. Based on the determination that the object is a static object, the first label may be used to automatically generate a second label for the second sensor data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Justin Thorsen, Changchang Wu, Alper Ayvaci, Tiffany Chen, Lo Po Tsui, Zhinan Xu, Chen Wu, Sean Rafferty
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Publication number: 20230019893Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for automatically generating labels for sensor data. For instance first sensor data for a first vehicle is identified. The first sensor data is defined in both a global coordinate system and a local coordinate system for the first vehicle. A second vehicle is identified based on a second location of the second vehicle within a threshold distance of the first vehicle within the first timeframe. The second vehicle is associated with second sensor data that is further associated with a label identifying a location of an object, and the location of the object is defined in a local coordinate system of the second vehicle. A conversion from the local coordinate system of the second vehicle to the local coordinate system of the first vehicle may be determined and used to transfer the label from the second sensor data to the first sensor data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Brandyn White, Congyu Gao, Sean Rafferty, Nicholas Armstrong-Crews
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Patent number: 11481579Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for automatically generating labels for sensor data. For instance first sensor data for a first vehicle is identified. The first sensor data is defined in both a global coordinate system and a local coordinate system for the first vehicle. A second vehicle is identified based on a second location of the second vehicle within a threshold distance of the first vehicle within the first timeframe. The second vehicle is associated with second sensor data that is further associated with a label identifying a location of an object, and the location of the object is defined in a local coordinate system of the second vehicle. A conversion from the local coordinate system of the second vehicle to the local coordinate system of the first vehicle may be determined and used to transfer the label from the second sensor data to the first sensor data.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Brandyn White, Congyu Gao, Sean Rafferty, Nicholas Armstrong-Crews
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Patent number: 11475263Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for automatically generating labels for sensor data. For instance, first sensor data for a vehicle may be identified. This first sensor data may have been captured by a first sensor of the vehicle at a first location during a first point in time and may be associated with a first label for an object. Second sensor data for the vehicle may be identified. The second sensor data may have been captured by a second sensor of the vehicle at a second location at a second point in time outside of the first point in time. The second location is different from the first location. A determination may be made as to whether the object is a static object. Based on the determination that the object is a static object, the first label may be used to automatically generate a second label for the second sensor data.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Justin Thorsen, Changchang Wu, Alper Ayvaci, Tiffany Chen, Lo Po Tsui, Zhinan Xu, Chen Wu, Sean Rafferty
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Publication number: 20210303956Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for automatically generating labels for sensor data. For instance, first sensor data for a first vehicle may be identified. This first sensor data may have been captured by a first sensor of the vehicle at a first location during a first point in time and may be associated with a first label for an object. Second sensor data for a vehicle may be identified. The second sensor data may have been captured by a second sensor of the vehicle at a second location at a second point in time outside of the first point in time. The second location is different from the first location. The object is a static object may be determined. Based on the determination that the object is a static object, the first label may be used to automatically generate a second label for the second sensor data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Justin Thorsen, Changchang Wu, Alper Ayvaci, Tiffany Chen, Lo Po Tsui, Zhinan Xu, Chen Wu, Sean Rafferty
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Publication number: 20210150799Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generated simulated sensor data. One of the methods includes obtaining a surfel map generated from sensor observations of a real-world environment and generating, for each surfel in the surfel map, a respective grid having a plurality of grid cells, wherein each grid has an orientation matching an orientation of a corresponding surfel, and wherein each grid cell within each grid is assigned a respective color value. For a simulated location within a simulated representation of the real-world environment, a textured surfel rendering is generated, including combining color information from grid cells visible from the simulated location within the simulated representation of the real-world environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Zhenpei Yang, Yuning Chai, Yin Zhou, Pei Sun, Henrik Kretzschmar, Sean Rafferty, Dumitru Erhan, Dragomir Anguelov
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Publication number: 20210150280Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for automatically generating labels for sensor data. For instance first sensor data for a first vehicle is identified. The first sensor data is defined in both a global coordinate system and a local coordinate system for the first vehicle. A second vehicle is identified based on a second location of the second vehicle within a threshold distance of the first vehicle within the first timeframe. The second vehicle is associated with second sensor data that is further associated with a label identifying a location of an object, and the location of the object is defined in a local coordinate system of the second vehicle. A conversion from the local coordinate system of the second vehicle to the local coordinate system of the first vehicle may be determined and used to transfer the label from the second sensor data to the first sensor data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Brandyn White, Congyu Gao, Sean Rafferty, Nicholas Armstrong-Crews