Patents by Inventor Theodore Clark

Theodore 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).

  • Publication number: 20240046916
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides techniques for graphics translation. A subset of a plurality of natural language image descriptions for an image of a product is received. A set of shared natural language descriptors is identified in the subset of the plurality of natural language image descriptions. The set of shared natural language descriptors is aggregated, and a description for the first image is generated based on the aggregated set of shared natural language image descriptions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Manda MILLER, Kirk GOLDMAN, Jon A. HOFFMAN, John PISTONE, Dimple NANWANI, Theodore CLARK
  • Patent number: 11804210
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides techniques for graphics translation. A plurality of natural language image descriptions is collected for an image of a product. An overall description for the image is generated using one or more models, based on the plurality of natural language image descriptions, by: identifying a set of shared descriptors used in at least a subset of the plurality of natural language image descriptions, and aggregating the set of shared descriptors to form the overall description. A first request to provide a description of the first image is received, and the overall description is returned in response to the first request, where the overall description is output using one or more text-to-speech techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Manda Miller, Kirk Goldman, Jon A. Hoffman, John Pistone, Dimple Nanwani, Theodore Clark
  • Publication number: 20230037100
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides techniques for graphics translation. A plurality of natural language image descriptions is collected for an image of a product. An overall description for the image is generated using one or more models, based on the plurality of natural language image descriptions, by: identifying a set of shared descriptors used in at least a subset of the plurality of natural language image descriptions, and aggregating the set of shared descriptors to form the overall description. A first request to provide a description of the first image is received, and the overall description is returned in response to the first request, where the overall description is output using one or more text-to-speech techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Manda MILLER, Kirk GOLDMAN, Jon A. HOFFMAN, John PISTONE, Dimple NANWANI, Theodore CLARK
  • Publication number: 20060166218
    Abstract: An array is formed with a protective cover on a substrate. The protective cover is patterned to produce an array of openings to the substrate. Desired material is deposited on the substrate through the openings. The protective cover may then be removed. In one embodiment, the protective cover is a conformal polymer, such as di-para-xylylene. It may be removed by mechanical peeling. The material may be biological material such as DNA. The protective cover may be used to prevent non-specific hybridization in inter-spot regions by performing hybridization with the cover still in place. Hybridization that occurs in such regions between the spots may be removed with removal of the protective cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Reid Orth, David Lin, Theodore Clark, Yung-Fu Chang, Harold Craighead, Jose Moran-Mirabal
  • Publication number: 20050106164
    Abstract: The ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena exemplifies a recombinant system for the expression of heterologous nucleic acids, preferably on the plasma membrane surface. Integration of a heterlogous nucleic acid into the ?-tubulin gene, BTU1, of a paclitaxel-sensitive T. thermophila mutant that possesses btu1-IK350M ?-tubulin allele allows screening for transformants using negative selection, as transformants have restored paclitaxel resistance. Transgenic ciliated protozoa of the invention can serve as live vaccines. For example, transgenic Tetrahymena expressing Ichthyophthirius multifiliis i-antigen protein on their surface are effective vehicles for vaccination of freshwater fish against infection by I. multifiliis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Jacek Gaertig, Harry Dickerson, Theodore Clark, Donna Cassidy-Hanley
  • Patent number: D386867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Inventor: Theodore Clark