Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Lee
Thomas J. Lee 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: 20240126220Abstract: A building system including one or more memory devices configured to store instructions that, when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to collect building device data of a building device, generate a time correlated data stream for a data point, and generate a time correlated reliability data stream for the data point. The building device data includes a plurality of data samples of the data point. The time correlated data stream includes values of the plurality of data samples of the data point. The time correlated reliability data stream includes a plurality of reliability values time correlated to corresponding values of the plurality of data samples of the data point and indicating reliability of the values of the plurality of data samples of the data point.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Kirk H. Drees, Donald R. Albinger, Shawn D. Schubert, Karl F. Reichenberger, Daniel M. Curtis, Andrew J. Boettcher, Jason T. Sawyer, Miguel Galvez, Walter Martin, Ryan A. Piaskowski, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Clay G. Nesler, Siddharth Goyal, Thomas M. Seneczko, Young M. Lee, Sudhi R. Sinha
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Patent number: 11946542Abstract: A system and method for operating an electric vehicle. In another exemplary embodiment, a system for operating an electric vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a first motor and a transmission coupled to the first motor. The transmission is configured to shift gears when a speed of the electric vehicle crosses a shift threshold. The shift threshold is independent of a position of an acceleration pedal of the electrical vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Dongxu Li, Chunhao J. Lee, Thomas Weglarz, Su-Yang Shieh, Paul Guillermo Otanez
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Patent number: 11950036Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display positioned in the aperture. The display and the housing can define an internal volume in which a speaker assembly is positioned. The speaker assembly can include a speaker module and a speaker enclosure in fluid communication, with the speaker enclosure at least partially defining a speaker volume.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Chanjuan Feng, Christopher Wilk, Dinesh C. Mathew, Keith J. Hendren, Stuart M. Nevill, Daniel K. Boothe, Nicholas A Rundle, Simon S. Lee, Xiang Zhang, Thomas H. Tsang, Rebecca J. Mikolajczyk
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Patent number: 11944530Abstract: A vascular graft may be configured to transition from an insertion state to a deployed state. The graft comprising a proximal end having an expandable mesh, a distal end having an expandable mesh, and at least one suture cuff positioned between the proximal and distal ends, wherein each suture cuff comprises additional material relative to the proximal and distal ends that is configured to form when the vascular graft transitions from the insertion state to the deployed state.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Aquedeon Medical, Inc.Inventors: Thomas J. Palermo, Pin-Hsuan Lee, Jimmy Jen
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Publication number: 20240081457Abstract: Various embodiments of a voltage detection device and of related safety systems are provided. In various embodiments, the voltage detection device is configured to couple to safety headwear, such as via the one or more housing(s) of the voltage detection device coupling directly to the safety headwear or the voltage detection device coupling to an adaptor mounted to the hard hat.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Ruslan Budnik, Jesse J. Brown, Todd Andrew Zeilinger, Samuel L. Lombardi, Thomas S. Whitburn, Scott Michael Cline, Claire A. Sigworth, Bryce M. Lee, Brandon L. Feil
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Patent number: 11927925Abstract: A building system including one or more memory devices configured to store instructions that, when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to collect building device data of a building device, the building device data comprising a plurality of data samples of a data point and generate a time correlated data stream for the data point, the time correlated data stream comprising values of the plurality of data samples of the data point. The instructions cause the one or more processors to generate a time correlated reliability data stream for the data point, the time correlated reliability data stream comprising a plurality of reliability values indicating reliability of the values of the plurality of data samples of the data point.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Kirk H. Drees, Donald R. Albinger, Shawn D. Schubert, Karl F. Reichenberger, Daniel M. Curtis, Andrew J. Boettcher, Jason T. Sawyer, Miguel Galvez, Walter Martin, Ryan A. Piaskowski, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Clay G. Nesler, Siddharth Goyal, Thomas M. Seneczko, Young M. Lee, Sudhi R. Sinha
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Patent number: 9489625Abstract: A platform for developing a virtual personal assistant (“VPA”) application includes an ontology that defines a computerized structure for representing knowledge relating to one or more domains. A domain may refer to a category of information and/or activities in relation to which the VPA application may engage in a conversational natural language dialog with a computing device user. Re-usable VPA components may be linked to or included in the ontology. An ontology populating agent may at least partially automate the process of populating the ontology with domain-specific information. The re-usable VPA components may be linked with the domain-specific information through the ontology. A VPA application created with the platform may include domain-adapted re-usable VPA components that may be called upon by an executable VPA engine to determine a likely intended meaning of conversational natural language input of the user and/or initiate an appropriate system response to the input.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: SRI INTERNATIONALInventors: Edgar T. Kalns, Dayne B. Freitag, William S. Mark, Necip Fazil Ayan, Michael J. Wolverton, Thomas J. Lee
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Patent number: 9081411Abstract: A platform for developing a virtual personal assistant (“VPA”) application includes an ontology that defines a computerized structure for representing knowledge relating to one or more domains. A domain may refer to a category of information and/or activities in relation to which the VPA application may engage in a conversational natural language dialog with a computing device user. Re-usable VPA components may be linked to or included in the ontology. An ontology populating agent may at least partially automate the process of populating the ontology with domain-specific information. The re-usable VPA components may be linked with the domain-specific information through the ontology. A VPA application created with the platform may include domain-adapted re-usable VPA components that may be called upon by an executable VPA engine to determine a likely intended meaning of conversational natural language input of the user and/or initiate an appropriate system response to the input.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2013Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: SRI InternationalInventors: Edgar T. Kalns, Dayne B. Freitag, William S. Mark, Necip Fazil Ayan, Michael J. Wolverton, Thomas J. Lee
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Patent number: 9046917Abstract: A device, method and system for monitoring, predicting, and accelerating interactions with a computing device includes determining a current interaction context at a computing device based on interactions occurring at the computing device, predicting a number of potential subsequent interactions, speculatively executing at least some of the potential subsequent interactions, and presenting interactive representations of the speculatively-executed interactions at the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2012Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: SRI InternationalInventors: Rukman Senanayake, Grit Denker, Patrick D. Lincoln, Karen L. Myers, Melinda Gervasio, Thomas J. Lee
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Publication number: 20140337814Abstract: A platform for developing a virtual personal assistant (“VPA”) application includes an ontology that defines a computerized structure for representing knowledge relating to one or more domains. A domain may refer to a category of information and/or activities in relation to which the VPA application may engage in a conversational natural language dialog with a computing device user. Re-usable VPA components may be linked to or included in the ontology. An ontology populating agent may at least partially automate the process of populating the ontology with domain-specific information. The re-usable VPA components may be linked with the domain-specific information through the ontology. A VPA application created with the platform may include domain-adapted re-usable VPA components that may be called upon by an executable VPA engine to determine a likely intended meaning of conversational natural language input of the user and/or initiate an appropriate system response to the input.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2013Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Edgar T. Kalns, Dayne B. Freitag, William S. Mark, Necip Fazil Ayan, Michael J. Wolverton, Thomas J. Lee
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Publication number: 20140337266Abstract: A platform for developing a virtual personal assistant (“VPA”) application includes an ontology that defines a computerized structure for representing knowledge relating to one or more domains. A domain may refer to a category of information and/or activities in relation to which the VPA application may engage in a conversational natural language dialog with a computing device user. Re-usable VPA components may be linked to or included in the ontology. An ontology populating agent may at least partially automate the process of populating the ontology with domain-specific information. The re-usable VPA components may be linked with the domain-specific information through the ontology. A VPA application created with the platform may include domain-adapted re-usable VPA components that may be called upon by an executable VPA engine to determine a likely intended meaning of conversational natural language input of the user and/or initiate an appropriate system response to the input.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2013Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Edgar T. Kalns, Dayne B. Freitag, William S. Mark, Necip Fazil Ayan, Michael J. Wolverton, Thomas J. Lee
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Patent number: 8694355Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for assisting with automated task management. In one embodiment, an apparatus for assisting a user in the execution of a task, where the task includes one or more workflows required to accomplish a goal defined by the user, includes a task learner for creating new workflows from user demonstrations, a workflow tracker for identifying and tracking the progress of a current workflow executing on a machine used by the user, a task assistance processor coupled to the workflow tracker, for generating a suggestion based on the progress of the current workflow, and a task executor coupled to the task assistance processor, for manipulating an application on the machine used by the user to carry out the suggestion.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2009Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: SRI InternationalInventors: Hung Bui, Steven Eker, Daniel Elenius, Melinda Gervasio, Thomas J. Lee, Mei Marker, David Morley, Janet Murdock, Karen Myers, Bart Peintner, Shahin Saadati, Eric Yeh, Neil Yorke-Smith
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Publication number: 20130311411Abstract: A device, method and system for monitoring, predicting, and accelerating interactions with a computing device includes determining a current interaction context at a computing device based on interactions occurring at the computing device, predicting a number of potential subsequent interactions, speculatively executing at least some of the potential subsequent interactions, and presenting interactive representations of the speculatively-executed interactions at the computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Inventors: Rukman Senanayake, Grit Denker, Patrick D. Lincoln, Karen Myers, Melinda Gervasio, Thomas J. Lee
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Publication number: 20090307162Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for assisting with automated task management. In one embodiment, an apparatus for assisting a user in the execution of a task, where the task includes one or more workflows required to accomplish a goal defined by the user, includes a task learner for creating new workflows from user demonstrations, a workflow tracker for identifying and tracking the progress of a current workflow executing on a machine used by the user, a task assistance processor coupled to the workflow tracker, for generating a suggestion based on the progress of the current workflow, and a task executor coupled to the task assistance processor, for manipulating an application on the machine used by the user to carry out the suggestion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2009Publication date: December 10, 2009Inventors: Hung Bui, Steven Eker, Daniel Elenius, Melinda Gervasio, Thomas J. Lee, Mei Marker, David Morley, Janet Murdock, Karen Myers, Bart Peintner, Shahin Saadati, Eric Yeh, Neil Yorke-Smith
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Patent number: 4870757Abstract: A drywall cutting tool having an elongated handle portion and an elongated blade portion, the handle portion being of cylindrical configuration over most of its length and having a tapered end and a rounded edge, and a closed loop finger guard projecting laterally from the tapered end portion of the handle. The blade portion has an inner end captured in the handle and a pointed tip, and is of substantially uniform width and thickness along its length. The tip end has a pair of inclined sharpened edges converging to form a point, and the blade has a sharpened upper longitudinal blade edge along a portion of its length and a lower longitudinal edge of the blade formed with a row of saw teeth along its entire length.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 1988Date of Patent: October 3, 1989Inventors: Hugh J. Kirkpatrick, Thomas J. Lee, James M. Lee
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Patent number: D307381Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 1988Date of Patent: April 24, 1990Inventors: Hugh J. Kirkpatrick, Thomas J. Lee, James M. Lee