Patents by Inventor Stefan A. van der Stockt

Stefan A. van der Stockt 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: 11455846
    Abstract: Consensus vehicular collision properties determination is provided by a method that receives mobile device sensor data from mobile device(s) of vehicle occupant(s). The vehicle is a vehicle of multiple vehicles involved in a collision, and the sensor data indicates movement and position information pertaining to the collision. The method shares the packaged sensor data to a decentralized ledger that stores this as part of a collection of sensor data from across multiple mobile devices of different vehicle occupants in the vehicles involved in the collision. Extraction and correlation of data from the ledger is used to determine consensus properties of the collision. The method determines, based on the consensus properties of the collision, which of the different vehicle occupants were driving the multiple vehicles involved in the collision and behavior of those occupants driving the multiple vehicles at the time of, and following, the collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joel R. Huffman, Frances Kim, Clay Crenshaw, Sambit Pattnaik, Stefan Van Der Stockt, Randall J. Gregory, II
  • Patent number: 11200452
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes identifying a first classifier training data element and a second classifier training data element, calculating a similarity metric between the first classifier training data element and the second classifier training data element, and determining a classification for the first classifier training data element and the second classifier training data element, utilizing the similarity metric between the first classifier training data element and the second classifier training data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stefan Van Der Stockt, Sihang B. Fang, Manali Jairam Chanchlani, Rahul P. Akolkar, Sarah Lynch, Kristi Farinelli
  • Patent number: 11188837
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which an information handling system analyzes a set of historical form data corresponding to a set of completed forms. The set of historical form data includes information indicating a historical order at which a set of fields were completed in the set of completed forms. Next, the information handling system determines, based on the set of historical form data, a current order at which to complete a set of incomplete fields included in a current form. In turn, the information handling system displays the current form and a user interface on a display that indicates the current order at which to complete the incomplete fields on the current form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian E. Bissell, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Kristi Farinelli, Stefan Van Der Stockt, Manali Jairam Chanchlani
  • Patent number: 11057231
    Abstract: A prescriptive meeting resource recommendation engine automatically learns participant and resource preferences in the context of given meeting input data using natural language features, and automatically recommends all relevant participants and resources (teleconferences, web meetings, links, etc.) to the meeting creator. The engine uses a feature data store to associate historical persons and historical resources with various natural language features, e.g., chargrams. As the host enters text in an invitation template (such as in the title field), the engine extracts current natural language features and computes current participant scores and current resource scores based on the current natural language features. A “forgetfulness” routine is applied to the feature data store to phase out the influence of stale data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rahul P. Akolkar, Brian E. Bissell, Kristi A. Farinelli, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Stefan Van Der Stockt, Xinyun Zhao
  • Patent number: 11017774
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product are provided for classifying spoken audio content with a cognitive audio classifier by applying a set of distorted audio resources through a set of speech-to-text models STTi (STT1 . . . STTn) to get a set of interference coherence scores based on the transcript for each speech-to-text model STTi, thereby generating a measured baseline Mi (M1 . . . Mn) and a practical baseline Pi (P1 . . . Pn) that is associated with a coherence matrix for the audio effects AEj (AE1 . . . AEk) that were used to generate the distorted audio resources, thereby generating training data for use in training a cognitive audio classifier which classifies input spoken audio content to measure a quality of detected vocabulary elements from the spoken audio content under the set of audio distortion effects for each speech-to-text model STTi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kristi A. Farinelli, Rahul P. Akolkar, Brian E. Bissell, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Stefan van der Stockt, Xinyun Zhao
  • Patent number: 11003705
    Abstract: A system, computer program product, and method are provided to leverage a taxonomy service to format ground truth data. An artificial intelligence platform processes ground truth data, including identification of one or more applicable taxonomy tags. The identified tags are filtered and applied to the ground truth data, thereby constructing an output string that incorporates the ground truth data together with one or more of the identified tags, effectively transforming the ground truth data. Application of the transformed ground truth data is employed to accurately identify the source and/or meaning of the natural language, and in one embodiment, to produce a physical action or transformation of a physical hardware device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stefan A. Van Der Stockt, Sihang B. Fang, Sarah Lynch, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Rahul P. Akolkar, Brian E. Bissell, Manali J. Chanchlani
  • Patent number: 10964113
    Abstract: An approach for pathing users of an AR (Augmented Reality) software event is provided. The approach includes retrieving a matched pair of users based on a social media and game profile. The approach determines the current event of the matched pair and creates a new event, requiring cooperative engagement between the matched pair. Based on the status notification from the matched pair associated with the created new event, the approach re-match the pairs for future and new AR event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Craig M. Trim, Stefan van Der Stockt, Jeremy R. Fox, Zachary A. Silverstein
  • Patent number: 10909986
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: obtaining an input text for an output speech. The number of words and syllables are counted in each sentence, and a mean sentence length of the input text is calculated. Each sentence length is checked against the mean sentence length and a variation for each sentence is calculated. For the input text, the consumability-readability score is produced as an average of variations for all sentences in the input text. The consumability-readability score indicates the level of satisfaction for the listener of the output speech based on the input text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Craig M. Trim, John M. Ganci, Jr., Anna Chaney, Stefan Van Der Stockt
  • Publication number: 20200411192
    Abstract: Methods and systems for visually disease vulnerability prediction using contextual devices are disclosed. A computer-implemented method includes: determining, by a computing device, information about a patient including a current disease and contextual parameters; determining, by the computing device, a vulnerability score indicating a predicted vulnerability of the patient to at least one associated disease, based on the information about the patient; determining, by the computing device, a surrounding context for the patient, based on the information about the patient; and determining, by the computing device, a treatment for the patient, based on the information about the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Craig M. TRIM, Stefan VAN DER STOCKT, Jeremy R. FOX, Sarbajit K. RAKSHIT
  • Publication number: 20200402311
    Abstract: An approach for pathing users of an AR (Augmented Reality) software event is provided. The approach includes retrieving a matched pair of users based on a social media and game profile. The approach determines the current event of the matched pair and creates a new event, requiring cooperative engagement between the matched pair. Based on the status notification from the matched pair associated with the created new event, the approach re-match the pairs for future and new AR event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Craig M. Trim, Stefan van Der Stockt, Jeremy R. Fox, Zachary A. Silverstein
  • Patent number: 10740544
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer implemented method in a data processing system including a processor and memory storing instructions, which are executed by the processor to cause the processor to implement the method for providing an annotation policy for annotating a corpus including a plurality of electronic documents. The method includes: annotating an occurrence of a first term with a class in an electronic document; recommending a new annotation policy based on at least one annotation for the occurrence of first term; and storing the new annotation policy in a storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sarah Lynch, Kristi Farinelli, Rahul P. Akolkar, Alexander Block, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Stefan Van Der Stockt
  • Publication number: 20200250550
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which an information handling system analyzes a set of historical form data corresponding to a set of completed forms. The set of historical form data includes information indicating a historical order at which a set of fields were completed in the set of completed forms. Next, the information handling system determines, based on the set of historical form data, a current order at which to complete a set of incomplete fields included in a current form. In turn, the information handling system displays the current form and a user interface on a display that indicates the current order at which to complete the incomplete fields on the current form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Brian E. Bissell, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Kristi Farinelli, Stefan Van Der Stockt, Manali Jairam Chanchlani
  • Publication number: 20200251115
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product are provided for classifying spoken audio content with a cognitive audio classifier by applying a set of distorted audio resources through a set of speech-to-text models STTi (STT1 . . . STTn) to get a set of interference coherence scores based on the transcript for each speech-to-text model STTi, thereby generating a measured baseline Mi (M1 . . . Mn) and a practical baseline Pi (P1 . . . Pn) that is associated with a coherence matrix for the audio effects AEj (AE1 . . . AEk) that were used to generate the distorted audio resources, thereby generating training data for use in training a cognitive audio classifier which classifies input spoken audio content to measure a quality of detected vocabulary elements from the spoken audio content under the set of audio distortion effects for each speech-to-text model STTi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Kristi A. Farinelli, Rahul P. Akolkar, Brian E. Bissell, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Stefan van der Stockt, Xinyun Zhao
  • Publication number: 20200219336
    Abstract: Consensus vehicular collision properties determination is provided by a method that receives mobile device sensor data from mobile device(s) of vehicle occupant(s). The vehicle is a vehicle of multiple vehicles involved in a collision, and the sensor data indicates movement and position information pertaining to the collision. The method shares the packaged sensor data to a decentralized ledger that stores this as part of a collection of sensor data from across multiple mobile devices of different vehicle occupants in the vehicles involved in the collision. Extraction and correlation of data from the ledger is used to determine consensus properties of the collision. The method determines, based on the consensus properties of the collision, which of the different vehicle occupants were driving the multiple vehicles involved in the collision and behavior of those occupants driving the multiple vehicles at the time of, and following, the collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Joel R. HUFFMAN, Frances KIM, Clay CRENSHAW, Sambit PATTNAIK, Stefan VAN DER STOCKT, Randall J. GREGORY, II
  • Publication number: 20200175974
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: obtaining an input text for an output speech. The number of words and syllables are counted in each sentence, and a mean sentence length of the input text is calculated. Each sentence length is checked against the mean sentence length and a variation for each sentence is calculated. For the input text, the consumability-readability score is produced as an average of variations for all sentences in the input text. The consumability-readability score indicates the level of satisfaction for the listener of the output speech based on the input text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Craig M. TRIM, John M. GANCI, JR., Anna CHANEY, Stefan VAN DER STOCKT
  • Patent number: 10628749
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for assessing question answering system performance. The mechanism receives question answering system results. The question answering system results comprise questions posed to the question answering system, answers returned by the question answering system for each question posed to the question answering system, and a confidence value for each answer. The question answering system is trained or tested using the ground truth questions and answers. The mechanism performs a matching operation comparing each question in the question answering system results to questions in the ground truth. A given question is determined to be on-topic or off-topic based on results of the matching operation. For a plurality of confidence threshold values, the mechanism determines a rightness or wrongness of each answer in the question answering system results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander M. Block, Anna M. Chaney, Stefan A. Van Der Stockt, Kai G. H. Young
  • Publication number: 20200076634
    Abstract: A prescriptive meeting resource recommendation engine automatically learns participant and resource preferences in the context of given meeting input data using natural language features, and automatically recommends all relevant participants and resources (teleconferences, web meetings, links, etc.) to the meeting creator. The engine uses a feature data store to associate historical persons and historical resources with various natural language features, e.g., chargrams. As the host enters text in an invitation template (such as in the title field), the engine extracts current natural language features and computes current participant scores and current resource scores based on the current natural language features. A “forgetfulness” routine is applied to the feature data store to phase out the influence of stale data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Rahul P. Akolkar, Brian E. Bissell, Kristi A. Farinelli, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Stefan Van Der Stockt, Xinyun Zhao
  • Patent number: 10565189
    Abstract: A system, computer program product, and method are provided to leverage a taxonomy service to format ground truth data. An artificial intelligence platform processes ground truth data, including identification of one or more applicable taxonomy tags. The identified tags are filtered and applied to the ground truth data, thereby constructing an output string that incorporates the ground truth data together with one or more of the identified tags, effectively transforming the ground truth data. Application of the transformed ground truth data is employed to accurately identify the source and/or meaning of the natural language, and in one embodiment, to product a physical action or transformation of a physical hardware device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stefan A. Van Der Stockt, Sihang B. Fang, Sarah Lynch, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Rahul P. Akolkar, Brian E. Bissell, Manali J. Chanchlani
  • Publication number: 20200019599
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer implemented method in a data processing system including a processor and memory storing instructions, which are executed by the processor to cause the processor to implement the method for providing an annotation policy for annotating a corpus including a plurality of electronic documents. The method includes: annotating an occurrence of a first term with a class in an electronic document; recommending a new annotation policy based on at least one annotation for the occurrence of first term; and storing the new annotation policy in a storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Sarah Lynch, Kristi Farinelli, Rahul P. Akolkar, Alexander Block, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Stefan Van Der Stockt
  • Publication number: 20200005165
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes monitoring, by a computing device, sensor data during gameplay of a sporting event; determining, by the computing device, predictive factors associated with a target based on the monitoring the sensor data; determining, by the computing device, a real-time region of effectiveness for the target based on the predictive factors and training data identifying historical effectiveness of the target; and outputting, by the computing device, the real-time region of effectiveness for displaying the real-time region of effectiveness around the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron K. BAUGHMAN, Stefan VAN DER STOCKT, Craig M. TRIM, John C. NEWELL, Stephen C. HAMMER