Patents by Inventor Thomas Lucas

Thomas Lucas 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: 20250019483
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of polyisocyanates containing iminooxadiazinedione groups, comprising reacting at least one (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanate in the presence of at least one oligomerization catalyst, and when the reaction has reached a predeterminable degree of conversion, based on the (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates, stopping the reaction by addition of at least one catalyst poison for the oligomerization catalyst, wherein the oligomerization catalyst is a salt containing a fluoride or poly(hydrogen)fluoride [F?×(HF)m] as anion and the catalyst poison is a solution containing at least one alcohol comprising at least 6 carbon atoms as solvent and wherein m is a number between 0.01 and 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Frederic LUCAS, Nico VELING, Kerstin HEINEN, Harald SCHAEFER, Jens SCHEIDEL, Thomas GENGER
  • Publication number: 20240412041
    Abstract: A method and system for automatically building a three-dimensional pose dataset for use in text to pose retrieval or text to pose generation for a class of poses includes (a) inputting three-dimensional keypoint coordinates of class-centric poses; (b) extracting, from the inputted three-dimensional keypoint coordinates of class-centric poses, posecodes, the posecodes representing a relation between a specific set of joints; (c) selecting extracted posecodes to obtain a discriminative description; (d) aggregating selected posecodes that share semantic information; (e) converting the aggregated posecodes by electronically obtaining individual descriptions by plugging each posecode information into one template sentence, picked at random from a set of possible templates for a given posecode category; (f) concatenating the individual descriptions in random order, using random pre-defined transitions; and (g) mapping the concatenated individual descriptions to class-centric poses to create the three-dimensional po
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicants: Naver Corporation, Naver Labs Corporation
    Inventors: Ginger Delmas, Philippe Weinzaepfel, Thomas Lucas, Francesc Moreno-noguer, Gregory Rogez
  • Patent number: 12164559
    Abstract: Am image retrieval system includes: a neural network (NN) module configured to generate local features based on an input image; an iterative attention module configured to, via T iterations, generate an ordered set of super features in the input image based on the local features, where T is an integer greater than 1; and a selection module configured to select a second image from a plurality of images in an image database based on the second image having a second ordered set of super features that most closely match the ordered set of super features in the input image, where the super features in the set of super features do not include redundant local features of the input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: NAVER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Philippe Weinzaepfel, Thomas Lucas, Diane Larlus, Ioannis Kalantidis
  • Publication number: 20240227374
    Abstract: Padded materials and corresponding systems and methods for forming the same are provided herein. A padded material comprises a first web of paper-based material defining a first and a second surface, and a second web of paper-based material defining a first and a second surface. The padded material defines a plurality of consecutive panel sections formed of a first edge, a second edge, a first panel breakline and a second panel breakline. A first adhesive is positioned between corresponding portions of the first web and the second web. A starch-based padding is sandwiched between the first web and the second web with a second adhesive. The starch-based padding defines a non-uniform placement density along the first web between 15%-40%. The placement density is the ratio of area covered by the starch-based particles to the web area defined between the first edge, second edge, first panel breakline, and second panel breakline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Geoffrey Halcomb, Gary Norman Boettcher, Anand Viswanath, Marc Gerald Zanghi, Joseph Duncan, Thomas Lucas
  • Publication number: 20240144019
    Abstract: A training system includes: a model; and a training module configured to: construct a first pair of images of at least a first portion of a first human captured at different times; construct a second pair of images of at least a second portion of a second human captured at the same time from different points of view; input the first and second pairs of images to the model; the model configured to: generate first and second reconstructed images of the at least the first portion of the first human based on the first and second pairs, respectively, and the training module is configured to selectively adjust one or more parameters of the model based on: the first reconstructed image and the second reconstructed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: NAVER CORPORATION, NAVER LABS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Philippe WEINZAEPFEL, Vincent Leroy, Romain Brègier, Yohann Cabon, Thomas Lucas, Leonid Antsfield, Boris Chidlovskii, Gabriela Csurka Khedari, Jèrôme Revaud, Matthieu Armando, Fabien Baradel, Salma Galaaoui, Gregory Rogez
  • Publication number: 20240135695
    Abstract: A method includes: performing unsupervised pre-training of a model, the model including and a decoder including: obtaining a first image and a second image under different conditions or from different viewpoints; encoding, by the encoder, the first image into a representation of the first image and the second image into a representation of the second image; transforming the representation of the first image into a transformed representation; decoding, by the decoder, the transformed representation into a reconstructed image, where the transforming of the representation of the first image and the decoding of the transformed representation is based on the representation of the first image and the representation of the second image; and adjusting one or more parameters of at least one of the encoder and the decoder based on minimizing a loss; and fine-tuning the model, initialized with a set of task specific encoder parameters, for a geometric vision task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: NAVER CORPORATION, NAVER LABS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Romain BRÉGIER, Yohann CABON, Thomas LUCAS, Jérôme REVAUD, Philippe WEINZAEPFEL, Boris CHIDLOVSKII, Vincent LEROY, Leonid ANTSFELD, Gabriela CSURKA KHEDARI
  • Publication number: 20240127462
    Abstract: A motion generation system includes: a model configured to generate latent indices for a sequence of images including an entity performing an action based on an action label and a duration of the sequence; and a decoder module configured to: decode the latent indices and to generate the sequence of images including the entity performing the action based on the latent indices; and output the sequence of images including the entity performing the action to a display control module configured to display the sequence of images including the entity performing the action sequentially on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: NAVER CORPORATION, NAVER LABS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas LUCAS, Fabien BARADEL, Philippe WEINZAEPFEL, Gregory ROGEZ
  • Publication number: 20240018725
    Abstract: Padded materials and corresponding systems and methods for forming the same are provided herein. A padded material comprises a first web of paper-based material defining a first and a second surface, and a second web of paper-based material defining a first and a second surface. A first layer of heat seal coating is disposed on the second surface of the first web, and a second layer of heat seal coating is disposed on the second surface of the second web. A starch-based padding is sandwiched between the first web and the second web such that the starch-based padding is positioned between the first surface of the first web and the second layer of heat seal coating disposed on the second surface of the second web. The padded material may be formed into a roll stock that is used in an automated packaging machine, such as an automated mailer formation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Geoffrey Halcomb, Gary Norman Boettcher, Anand Viswanath, Marc Gerald Zanghi, Joseph Duncan, Thomas Lucas
  • Publication number: 20230107921
    Abstract: Am image retrieval system includes: a neural network (NN) module configured to generate local features based on an input image; an iterative attention module configured to, via T iterations, generate an ordered set of super features in the input image based on the local features, where T is an integer greater than 1; and a selection module configured to select a second image from a plurality of images in an image database based on the second image having a second ordered set of super features that most closely match the ordered set of super features in the input image, where the super features in the set of super features do not include redundant local features of the input image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicants: NAVER CORPORATION, NAVER LABS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Philippe Weinzaepfel, Thomas Lucas, Diane Larlus, loannis Kalantidis
  • Publication number: 20230053716
    Abstract: A method of semi-supervised learning includes inputting an image; generating a weak augmentation version and a strong augmentation version of the inputted image; predicting a class of the weak augmentation version of the inputted image; determining if the predicted class of the weak augmentation version of the inputted image is confident; using a pseudo-label to train a model using the strong augmentation version of the inputted image when the predicted class of the weak augmentation version of the selected image is confident; and using a self-supervised loss based on deep clustering to train a model using the strong augmentation version of the selected image when the predicted class of the weak augmentation version of the selected image is not confident.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Naver Corporation
    Inventors: Philippe Weinzaepfel, Gregory Rogez, Thomas Lucas
  • Patent number: 11536737
    Abstract: A flexible instrument control and data storage/management system and method for representing and processing assay plates having one or more predefined plate locations is disclosed. The system utilizes a graph data structure, layer objects and data objects. The layer objects map the graph data structure to the data objects. The graph data structure can comprise one node for each of the one or more predefined plate locations, wherein the nodes can be hierarchically defined according to a predefined plate location hierarchy. Each node can be given a unique node identifier, a node type and a node association that implements the predefined plate location hierarchy. The layer objects can include an index that maps the node identifiers to the data objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventors: Craig P. Lovell, Thomas Lucas Hampton, III
  • Publication number: 20220056411
    Abstract: A method of producing an engineered T cell population includes obtaining a cell population comprising a CD8+ T cell, isolating the CD8+ T cell from the obtained cell population, activating the isolated CD8+ T cell, introducing a nucleic acid encoding a T cell receptor (TCR) binding to an antigen in a complex with an MHC molecule into the activated CD8+ T cell, and expanding the introduced CD8+ T cell to obtain the engineered T cell population.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Mamta KALRA, Gagan BAJWA, Thomas LUCAS, Ali MOHAMED, Steffen WALTER
  • Patent number: 11136841
    Abstract: A method of hierarchical pressure management for managed pressure drilling operations includes receiving a measured pressure value. If the measured pressure exceeds an MPD pressure set point, commanding one or more choke valves of an MPD choke manifold to open until the measured pressure is approximately equal to the MPD pressure set point or is commanded to a fully opened choke aperture setting. If at any time the measured pressure exceeds a pressure control valve set point, parking the MPD choke manifold and commanding one or more pressure control valve system valves to open until the measured pressure is less than the pressure control valve set point or is commanded to a fully opened pressure control valve setting. If at any time the measured pressure exceeds a pressure relief valve set point, commanding a pressure relief valve to open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAFEKICK AMERICAS LLC
    Inventors: Helio Mauricio Ribeiro dos Santos, Thomas Luca Barbato
  • Publication number: 20210010338
    Abstract: A method of hierarchical pressure management for managed pressure drilling operations includes receiving a measured pressure value. If the measured pressure exceeds an MPD pressure set point, commanding one or more choke valves of an MPD choke manifold to open until the measured pressure is approximately equal to the MPD pressure set point or is commanded to a fully opened choke aperture setting. If at any time the measured pressure exceeds a pressure control valve set point, parking the MPD choke manifold and commanding one or more pressure control valve system valves to open until the measured pressure is less than the pressure control valve set point or is commanded to a fully opened pressure control valve setting. If at any time the measured pressure exceeds a pressure release valve set point, commanding a pressure release valve to open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Helio Mauricio Ribeiro dos Santos, Thomas Luca Barbato
  • Patent number: 10521524
    Abstract: A method is described in which a polyhedral grid representative of seismic data is provided. A polyhedral cell of the polyhedral grid is identified. A polyhedron that encloses the polyhedral cell is created. A region of the polyhedron to remove based on faces of the identified polyhedral cell is identified. The identified region of the polyhedron is removed. The identifying and removing are repeated for a plurality of faces of the identified polyhedral cell. A pressure center of the polyhedral cell is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Lucas Viard
  • Publication number: 20190128909
    Abstract: A flexible instrument control and data storage/management system and method for representing and processing assay plates having one or more predefined plate locations is disclosed. The system utilizes a graph data structure, layer objects and data objects. The layer objects map the graph data structure to the data objects. The graph data structure can comprise one node for each of the one or more predefined plate locations, wherein the nodes can be hierarchically defined according to a predefined plate location hierarchy. Each node can be given a unique node identifier, a node type and a node association that implements the predefined plate location hierarchy. The layer objects can include an index that maps the node identifiers to the data objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Craig P. Lovell, Thomas Lucas Hampton, III
  • Patent number: 10209380
    Abstract: A method is described in which a seismic data set of a geological survey is provided. A geological discontinuity in the seismic data set is identified. A first parameterization of at least a portion of a first side of the geological discontinuity is identified. A second parameterization of at least a portion of a second side of the geological discontinuity is identified. A plurality of isolines of properties of the first and second parameterizations is determined. A surface of the geological discontinuity is divided according to the isolines. The divided surfaces of the geological discontinuity are mapped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Lucas Viard, Azeddine Benabbou
  • Patent number: 10184947
    Abstract: A flexible instrument control and data storage/management system and method for representing and processing assay plates having one or more predefined plate locations is disclosed. The system utilizes a graph data structure, layer objects and data objects. The layer objects map the graph data structure to the data objects. The graph data structure can comprise one node for each of the one or more predefined plate locations, wherein the nodes can be hierarchically defined according to a predefined plate location hierarchy. Each node can be given a unique node identifier, a node type and a node association that implements the predefined plate location hierarchy. The layer objects can include an index that maps the node identifiers to the data objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Meso Scale Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Craig P. Lovell, Thomas Lucas Hampton, III
  • Publication number: 20180188397
    Abstract: A method is described in which a seismic data set of a geological survey is provided. A geological discontinuity in the seismic data set is identified. A first parameterization of at least a portion of a first side of the geological discontinuity is identified. A second parameterization of at least a portion of a second side of the geological discontinuity is identified. A plurality of isolines of properties of the first and second parameterizations is determined. A surface of the geological discontinuity is divided according to the isolines. The divided surfaces of the geological discontinuity are mapped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Lucas Viard, Azeddine Benabbou
  • Patent number: D1056283
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: LUMAIII, INC.
    Inventor: Kirk Thomas Lucas