Patents by Inventor Thomas Kemp
Thomas Kemp 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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Patent number: 10398848Abstract: An autoinjector includes a case adapted to hold a medicament container having a needle, a needle shroud telescopically coupled to the case, and a plunger rotationally and slidably disposed in the case. The needle shroud is movable between a first extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered and a retracted position relative to the case in which the needle is exposed. The plunger is rotatable relative to the case between a first rotational position in which the plunger is engaged to the case and a second rotational position in which the plunger disengages the case. The needle shroud is operably coupled to the plunger. When the needle shroud translates from the first extended position to the retracted position, the plunger rotates from the first rotational position to the second rotational position.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Carsten Mosebach, Thomas Kemp
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Patent number: 10394886Abstract: An electronic device comprising a processor which is configured to perform speech recognition on an audio signal, linguistically analyze the output of the speech recognition for named-entities, perform an Internet or database search for the recognized named-entities to obtain query results, and display, on a display of the electronic device, information obtained from the query results on a timeline.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas Kemp, Fabien Cardinaux, Wilhelm Hagg, Aurel Bordewieck, Stefan Uhlich
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Publication number: 20190258931Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating a modified artificial neural network (ANN) from a base ANN having an ordered series of two or more successive layers of neurons, each layer passing data signals to the next layer in the ordered series, the neurons of each layer processing the data signals received from the preceding layer according to an activation function and weights for that layer comprises: detecting the data signals for a first position and a second position in the ordered series of layers of neurons; generating the modified ANN from the base ANN by providing an introduced layer of neurons to provide processing between the first position and the second position with respect to the ordered series of layers of neurons of the base ANN; deriving an initial approximation of at least a set of weights for the introduced layer using a least squares approximation from the data signals detected for the first position and a second position; and processing training data using the modified ANN to train theType: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Javier Alonso Garcia, Fabien Cardinaux, Kazuki Yoshiyama, Thomas Kemp, Stephen Tiedemann, Stefan Uhlich
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Publication number: 20190258928Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating a derived artificial neural network (ANN) from a base ANN comprises initialising a set of parameters of the derived ANN in dependence upon parameters of the base ANN; inferring a set of output data from a set of input data using the base ANN; quantising the set of output data; and training the derived ANN using training data comprising the set of input data and the quantised set of output data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Javier Alonso Garcia, Fabien Cardinaux, Thomas Kemp, Stephen Tiedemann, Stefan Uhlich, Kazuki Yoshiyama
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Patent number: 10384016Abstract: An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament (M) is presented having an elongate case, a carrier subassembly comprising a tubular carrier slidably arranged inside the case, where the carrier adapted to contain a syringe with a hollow injection needle. The injector also has, a drive spring and a plunger for forwarding load of the drive spring to a stopper of the syringe, wherein the syringe is lockable for joint axial translation with the carrier. A control spring is arranged around the carrier for translating the carrier in a proximal direction (P) for advancing the needle beyond a proximal end of the auto-injector, and a trigger button is used for releasing the control spring on actuation.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2012Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Simon Francis Brereton, Thomas Kemp, Rosie Burnell, Matthew Ekman
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Patent number: 10384015Abstract: An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament includes a tubular chassis telescopable in an elongate chassis, a carrier subassembly including a tubular carrier slidably arranged partially inside the chassis and inside the case, the carrier adapted to contain a syringe with a hollow injection needle, a drive spring, a plunger for forwarding load of the drive spring to a stopper of the syringe, a control spring arranged around the carrier, a needle insertion control mechanism for coupling a proximal end of the control spring to either the carrier for advancing it for needle insertion or to the chassis, wherein the syringe is lockable for joint axial translation with the carrier, wherein the needle insertion control mechanism includes a first collar biased by the control spring in a proximal direction, and wherein at least one fifth clip is arranged on one of the chassis or the first collar.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Simon Francis Brereton, Thomas Kemp, Rosie Burnell, Matthew Ekman
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Publication number: 20190220741Abstract: A computer-implemented method of training an artificial neural network (ANN) by generating a first learned parameter for use in normalising input data values during a subsequent inference phase of the trained ANN. The method includes, for each of a series of batches of training data values, deriving a batch variance of the batch of training data values and a running variance of all training data values already processed in the training phase; generating an approximation of a current value of the first learned parameter so that a first scaling factor dependent upon the approximation of the first learned parameter and the running variance, is constrained to be equal to a power of two; and normalizing the batch of input data values by a second scaling factor dependent upon the approximation of the current value of the first learned parameter and the batch variance.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Javier Alonso Garcia, Fabien Cardinaux, Kazuki Yoshiyama, Thomas Kemp, Stephen Tiedemann, Stefan Uhlich
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Publication number: 20190209788Abstract: An autoinjector includes a case, a needle shroud telescopically coupled to the case, a carrier slidably arranged in the case, a collar rotatably and slidably disposed in the case and coupled to the needle shroud and the carrier, and a trigger button operably coupled to the carrier. The case includes a rib. The needle shroud is movable between a first extended position, a retracted position, and a locked second extended position. The carrier is adapted to hold a medicament container and movable from a first axial position to a second axial position relative to the case. The carrier abuts the rib in the first axial position and the needle shroud is in the first extended position and disengages the rib when the needle shroud is in the retracted position and the trigger button is pressed to advance the carrier to the second axial position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventor: Thomas Kemp
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Publication number: 20190208320Abstract: The present technology relates to a sound source separation device that enables to achieve higher separation performance, and a method and a program. The sound source separation device includes a combining unit that combines a first sound source separation signal of a predetermined sound source, the first sound source separation signal being separated from a mixed sound signal by a first sound source separation system, with a second sound source separation signal of the sound source, the second sound source separation signal being separated from the mixed sound signal by a second sound source separation system that differs in separation performance from the first sound source separation system in predetermined units of time, and that outputs a sound source separation signal obtained by the combination. The present technology can be applied to the sound source separation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Naoya TAKAHASHI, Yuhki MITSUFUJI, Stefan UHLICH, Michael ENENKL, Thomas KEMP
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Patent number: 10334285Abstract: An apparatus comprising a watermark decoder arranged for decoding a watermark signal from a transmission video signal, the watermark signal defining a content area within the transmission video signal for inserting new content within the transmission video signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Fritz Hohl, Thomas Kemp
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Patent number: 10300202Abstract: A medicament container carrier comprising a proximal section having a first diameter, a distal section having a second diameter less than the first diameter, and at least one resilient beam arranged in the proximal section and having a beam head protruding radially to form a third diameter. The at least one beam has a non-deflected position in which the third diameter is less than the first diameter and a deflected position in which the third diameter is substantially equal to the first diameter.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2013Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Uwe Dasbach, Thomas Kemp
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Publication number: 20190158556Abstract: An apparatus is provided which has a receiver configured to receive a media stream from a broadcast source and a circuitry. The circuitry is configured to obtain a specific media content included in the received media stream from a second source.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Michael Enenkl, Thomas Kemp
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Patent number: 10272202Abstract: Described is an injection device for administering a dose of a medicament (M) comprising a carrier adapted to contain a syringe having a hollow injection needle and a stopper, a drive spring, a plunger adapted to forward load of the drive spring to the stopper, and a noise component adapted to generate an audible and/or tactile feedback by impacting a component of the injection device when the stopper is located at a proximal end of the syringe. In a first state, a resilient arm on the plunger is maintained in engagement with the noise component by the carrier. In a second state, the arm disengages the noise component and deflects at least partially into an aperture in the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Simon Francis Brereton, Thomas Kemp
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Publication number: 20190105447Abstract: An autoinjector includes a case having a rib, a needle shroud telescopically coupled to the case, a carrier slidably arranged in the case and adapted to hold a medicament container, and a collar rotatably and slidably disposed in the case and coupled to the needle shroud and the carrier. The needle shroud is movable between a first extended position, a retracted position and a locked second extended position. The carrier is movable from a first axial position to a second axial position relative to the case. The collar abuts the rib when the needle shroud is in the first extended position and the carrier is in the first axial position, and the collar disengages the rib when the needle shroud is in the retracted position and the carrier is in the second axial position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventor: Thomas Kemp
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Patent number: 10232125Abstract: An autoinjector includes a case, a needle shroud telescopically coupled to the case, a carrier slidably arranged in the case, a collar rotatably and slidably disposed in the case and coupled to the needle shroud and the carrier, and a trigger button operably coupled to the carrier. The case includes a rib. The needle shroud is movable between a first extended position, a retracted position, and a locked second extended position. The carrier is adapted to hold a medicament container and movable from a first axial position to a second axial position relative to the case. The carrier abuts the rib in the first axial position and the needle shroud is in the first extended position and disengages the rib when the needle shroud is in the retracted position and the trigger button is pressed to advance the carrier to the second axial position.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventor: Thomas Kemp
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Patent number: 10224026Abstract: An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to record sensor data that is obtained from data sources and to retrieve information from the recorded sensor data using concepts that are defined by a user.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Aurel Bordewieck, Fabien Cardinaux, Wilhelm Hagg, Thomas Kemp, Stefan Uhlich, Fritz Hohl
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Publication number: 20190038848Abstract: An autoinjector includes a case adapted to hold a medicament container, a needle shroud telescopically coupled to the case, and a plunger slidably disposed in the case. The needle shroud is movable between a first extended position, a retracted position, and a second extended position relative to the case. The plunger is movable between a proximal position, an intermediate position, and a distal position relative to the case. When the plunger is in the intermediate position and the needle shroud is in the retracted position, the plunger abuts the case to prevent the needle shroud from returning to the extended position. When the plunger is in the distal position and the needle shroud is in the second extended position, the plunger abuts the case to prevent the needle shroud from returning to the retracted position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Stefan Taal, Thomas Kemp
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Patent number: 10176563Abstract: A mobile device comprises a sensor and a processor. The sensor is configured to wirelessly receive an identification signal including an item identifier code, the identification signal being emitted by a low-rate transmission device associated with an item, wherein the sensor receives the identification signal from a direction of the item. The processor is configured to generate an output signal based on the item identifier code.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas Kemp, Fabien Cardinaux, Wilhelm Hagg, Aurel Bordewieck, Stefan Uhlich
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Patent number: 10137256Abstract: An autoinjector includes a case adapted to hold a medicament container, a needle shroud telescopically coupled to the case, and a plunger slidably disposed in the case. The needle shroud is movable between a first extended position, a retracted position, and a second extended position relative to the case. The plunger is movable between a proximal position, an intermediate position, and a distal position relative to the case. When the plunger is in the intermediate position and the needle shroud is in the retracted position, the plunger abuts the case to prevent the needle shroud from returning to the extended position. When the plunger is in the distal position and the needle shroud is in the second extended position, the plunger abuts the case to prevent the needle shroud from returning to the retracted position.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Stefan Taal, Thomas Kemp
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Patent number: 10137255Abstract: An autoinjector includes a case having a rib, a needle shroud telescopically coupled to the case, a carrier slidably arranged in the case and adapted to hold a medicament container, and a collar rotatably and slidably disposed in the case and coupled to the needle shroud and the carrier. The needle shroud is movable between a first extended position, a retracted position and a locked second extended position. The carrier is movable from a first axial position to a second axial position relative to the case. The collar abuts the rib when the needle shroud is in the first extended position and the carrier is in the first axial position, and the collar disengages the rib when the needle shroud is in the retracted position and the carrier is in the second axial position.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventor: Thomas Kemp