Patents by Inventor Varunraj Valsaraj

Varunraj Valsaraj 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: 11842379
    Abstract: The computing device obtains a training data set related to a plurality of historic user inputs associated with preferences of one or more services or items from an entity. For each of the one or more services or items, the computing device executes operations to train a plurality of models using the training data set to generate a plurality of recommended models, apply a validation data set to generate a plurality of predictions from the plurality of recommended models, obtain a weight of each metric of a plurality of metrics from the entity, obtain user inputs associated with user preferences, and determine a relevancy score for each metric. The computing device selects a recommended model based on the relevancy score of the selected metric or a combination of selected metrics, generates one or more recommendations for the users, and outputs the one or more generated recommendations to the users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Lee Walker, Hardi Desai, Xuejun Liao, Varunraj Valsaraj
  • Patent number: 11798263
    Abstract: A computing system detects a defective object. An image is received of a manufacturing line that includes objects in a process of being manufactured. Each pixel included in the image is classified as a background pixel class, a non-defective object class, or a defective object class using a trained neural network model. The pixels included in the image that were classified as the non-defective object class or the defective object class are grouped into polygons. Each polygon is defined by a contiguous group of pixels classified as the non-defective object class or the defective object class. Each polygon is classified in the non-defective object class or in the defective object class based on a number of pixels included in a respective polygon that are classified in the non-defective object class relative to a number of pixels included in the respective polygon that are classified in the defective object class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Kedar Shriram Prabhudesai, Jonathan Lee Walker, Sanjeev Shyam Heda, Varunraj Valsaraj, Allen Joseph Langlois, Frederic Combaneyre, Hamza Mustafa Ghadyali, Nabaruna Karmakar
  • Publication number: 20230267527
    Abstract: The computing device obtains a training data set related to a plurality of historic user inputs associated with preferences of one or more services or items from an entity. For each of the one or more services or items, the computing device executes operations to train a plurality of models using the training data set to generate a plurality of recommended models, apply a validation data set to generate a plurality of predictions from the plurality of recommended models, obtain a weight of each metric of a plurality of metrics from the entity, obtain user inputs associated with user preferences, and determine a relevancy score for each metric. The computing device selects a recommended model based on the relevancy score of the selected metric or a combination of selected metrics, generates one or more recommendations for the users, and outputs the one or more generated recommendations to the users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Lee Walker, Hardi Desai, Xuejun Liao, Varunraj Valsaraj
  • Patent number: 11734919
    Abstract: A flexible computer architecture for performing digital image analysis is described herein. In some examples, the computer architecture can include a distributed messaging platform (DMP) for receiving images from cameras and storing the images in a first queue. The computer architecture can also include a first container for receiving the images from the first queue, applying an image analysis model to the images, and transmitting the image analysis result to the DMP for storage in a second queue. Additionally, the computer architecture can include a second container for receiving the image analysis result from the second queue, performing a post-processing operation on the image analysis result, and transmitting the post-processing result to the DMP for storage in a third queue. The computer architecture can further include an output container for receiving the post-processing result from the third queue and generating an alert notification based on the post-processing result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SAS Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniele Cazzari, Hardi Desai, Allen Joseph Langlois, Jonathan Walker, Thomas Tuning, Saurabh Mishra, Varunraj Valsaraj
  • Patent number: 11556791
    Abstract: Requests for computing resources and other resources can be predicted and managed. For example, a system can determine a baseline prediction indicating a number of requests for an object over a future time-period. The system can then execute a first model to generate a first set of values based on seasonality in the baseline prediction, a second model to generate a second set of values based on short-term trends in the baseline prediction, and a third model to generate a third set of values based on the baseline prediction. The system can select a most accurate model from among the three models and generate an output prediction by applying the set of values output by the most accurate model to the baseline prediction. Based on the output prediction, the system can cause an adjustment to be made to a provisioning process for the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Kedar Shriram Prabhudesai, Varunraj Valsaraj, Jinxin Yi, Daniel Keongson Woo, Roger Lee Baldridge, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11531907
    Abstract: A computing device trains a machine state predictive model. A generative adversarial network with an autoencoder is trained using a first plurality of observation vectors. Each observation vector of the first plurality of observation vectors includes state variable values for state variables and an action variable value for an action variable. The state variables define a machine state, wherein the action variable defines a next action taken in response to the machine state. The first plurality of observation vectors successively defines sequential machine states to manufacture a product. A second plurality of observation vectors is generated using the trained generative adversarial network with the autoencoder. A machine state machine learning model is trained to predict a subsequent machine state using the first plurality of observation vectors and the generated second plurality of observation vectors. A description of the machine state machine learning model is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Afshin Oroojlooyjadid, Mohammadreza Nazari, Davood Hajinezhad, Amirhassan Fallah Dizche, Jorge Manuel Gomes da Silva, Jonathan Lee Walker, Hardi Desai, Robert Blanchard, Varunraj Valsaraj, Ruiwen Zhang, Weichen Wang, Ye Liu, Hamoon Azizsoltani, Prathaban Mookiah
  • Publication number: 20220374732
    Abstract: A computing device trains a machine state predictive model. A generative adversarial network with an autoencoder is trained using a first plurality of observation vectors. Each observation vector of the first plurality of observation vectors includes state variable values for state variables and an action variable value for an action variable. The state variables define a machine state, wherein the action variable defines a next action taken in response to the machine state. The first plurality of observation vectors successively defines sequential machine states to manufacture a product. A second plurality of observation vectors is generated using the trained generative adversarial network with the autoencoder. A machine state machine learning model is trained to predict a subsequent machine state using the first plurality of observation vectors and the generated second plurality of observation vectors. A description of the machine state machine learning model is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Afshin Oroojlooyjadid, Mohammadreza Nazari, Davood Hajinezhad, Amirhassan Fallah Dizche, Jorge Manuel Gomes da Silva, Jonathan Lee Walker, Hardi Desai, Robert Blanchard, Varunraj Valsaraj, Ruiwen Zhang, Weichen Wang, Ye Liu, Hamoon Azizsoltani, Prathaban Mookiah
  • Patent number: 11176692
    Abstract: A computing system responsive to obtaining original image data, detects a set of data point(s), in the original image data, that indicates an object. The system determines, based on the set of data point(s), a set of pixels associated with the object in the original image data. The system generates an alternative visual identifier for the object that provides a unique identifier for the set of pixels absent in the original image data. The system generates, autonomously from intervention by any user of the computing system, pixel information to conceal feature(s) of the object. The system obtains modified image data comprising the alternative visual identifier. The modified image data further comprises the feature(s) of the object in the original image data visually concealed in the modified image data according to the pixel information. The system outputs an image representation of a trajectory of the object through the modified image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Hamza Mustafa Ghadyali, Kedar Shriram Prabhudesai, Jonathan Lee Walker, Xunlei Wu, Xingqi Du, Bahar Biller, Mohammadreza Nazari, Afshin Oroojlooyjadid, Alexander Richard Phelps, Davood Hajinezhad, Varunraj Valsaraj, Jorge Manuel Gomes da Silva, Jinxin Yi
  • Patent number: 11176691
    Abstract: A computing system obtains image data representing images. Each of the images is captured at different time points of a physical environment. The physical environment comprises a first object and a second object. The computing system executes a control system to augment the physical environment. The control system detects a group forming in the images. The control system tracks an aspect of a movement, of a given object, in the group. The control system simulates the physical environment and the movement, of the given object, in the group in a simulated environment. The control system evaluates simulated actions in the simulated environment for a predefined objective for the physical environment. The predefined objective is related to an interaction between objects in the group. The control system generates based on evaluated simulated actions and autonomously from involvement by any user of the control system, an indication to augment the physical environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Hamza Mustafa Ghadyali, Kedar Shriram Prabhudesai, Mohammadreza Nazari, Bahar Biller, Afshin Oroojlooyjadid, Alexander Richard Phelps, Jonathan Lee Walker, Xunlei Wu, Xingqi Du, Davood Hajinezhad, Varunraj Valsaraj, Jorge Manuel Gomes da Silva, Jinxin Yi
  • Publication number: 20210312277
    Abstract: Requests for computing resources and other resources can be predicted and managed. For example, a system can determine a baseline prediction indicating a number of requests for an object over a future time-period. The system can then execute a first model to generate a first set of values based on seasonality in the baseline prediction, a second model to generate a second set of values based on short-term trends in the baseline prediction, and a third model to generate a third set of values based on the baseline prediction. The system can select a most accurate model from among the three models and generate an output prediction by applying the set of values output by the most accurate model to the baseline prediction. Based on the output prediction, the system can cause an adjustment to be made to a provisioning process for the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Kedar Shriram Prabhudesai, Varunraj Valsaraj, Jinxin Yi, Daniel Keongson Woo, Roger Lee Baldridge, JR.
  • Patent number: 11055639
    Abstract: Manufacturing processes can be optimized using machine learning models. For example, a system can execute an optimization model to identify a recommended set of values for configurable settings of a manufacturing process associated with an object. The optimization model can determine the recommended set of values by implementing an iterative process using an objective function. Each iteration of the iterative process can include selecting a current set of candidate values for the configurable settings from within a current region of a search space defined by the optimization model; providing the current set of candidate values as input to a trained machine learning model that can predict a value for a target characteristic of the object or the manufacturing process based on the current set of candidate values; and identifying a next region of the search space to use in a next iteration of the iterative process based on the value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Pelin Cay, Nabaruna Karmakar, Natalia Summerville, Varunraj Valsaraj, Antony Nicholas Cooper, Steven Joseph Gardner, Joshua David Griffin
  • Patent number: 11055861
    Abstract: A computing system receives historical data. The historical data comprises physical actions taken in an experiment in a physical environment. The experiment comprises user-defined stages. The historical data comprises a recorded outcome, according to user-defined performance indicator(s) related to the user-defined stages, for each physical action taken in the experiment. The system generates, by a discrete event simulator, a computing representation of a simulated environment of the physical environment. The simulated environment comprises processing stages. The system obtains simulation data. The simulation data comprises simulated actions taken by the discrete event simulator. The simulation data comprises a predicted outcome, according to user-defined performance indicator(s) related to the processing stages, for each simulated action taken by the discrete event simulator. The system validates accuracy of the discrete event simulator at predicting the recorded outcome in the experiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammadreza Nazari, Afshin Oroojlooyjadid, Alexander Richard Phelps, Davood Hajinezhad, Bahar Biller, Jonathan Lee Walker, Hamza Mustafa Ghadyali, Kedar Shriram Prabhudesai, Xunlei Wu, Xingqi Du, Jorge Manuel Gomes da Silva, Varunraj Valsaraj, Jinxin Yi
  • Publication number: 20210082129
    Abstract: A computing system receives historical data. The historical data comprises physical actions taken in an experiment in a physical environment. The experiment comprises user-defined stages. The historical data comprises a recorded outcome, according to user-defined performance indicator(s) related to the user-defined stages, for each physical action taken in the experiment. The system generates, by a discrete event simulator, a computing representation of a simulated environment of the physical environment. The simulated environment comprises processing stages. The system obtains simulation data. The simulation data comprises simulated actions taken by the discrete event simulator. The simulation data comprises a predicted outcome, according to user-defined performance indicator(s) related to the processing stages, for each simulated action taken by the discrete event simulator. The system validates accuracy of the discrete event simulator at predicting the recorded outcome in the experiment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Mohammadreza Nazari, Afshin Oroojlooyjadid, Alexander Richard Phelps, Davood Hajinezhad, Bahar Biller, Jonathan Lee Walker, Hamza Mustafa Ghadyali, Kedar Shriram Prabhudesai, Xunlei Wu, Xingqi Du, Jorge Manuel Gomes da Silva, Varunraj Valsaraj, Jinxin Yi
  • Publication number: 20210035313
    Abstract: A computing system responsive to obtaining original image data, detects a set of data point(s), in the original image data, that indicates an object. The system determines, based on the set of data point(s), a set of pixels associated with the object in the original image data. The system generates an alternative visual identifier for the object that provides a unique identifier for the set of pixels absent in the original image data. The system generates, autonomously from intervention by any user of the computing system, pixel information to conceal feature(s) of the object. The system obtains modified image data comprising the alternative visual identifier. The modified image data further comprises the feature(s) of the object in the original image data visually concealed in the modified image data according to the pixel information. The system outputs an image representation of a trajectory of the object through the modified image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hamza Mustafa Ghadyali, Kedar Shriram Prabhudesai, Jonathan Lee Walker, Xunlei Wu, Xingqi Du, Bahar Biller, Mohammadreza Nazari, Afshin Oroojlooyjadid, Alexander Richard Phelps, Davood Hajinezhad, Varunraj Valsaraj, Jorge Manuel Gomes da Silva, Jinxin Yi
  • Publication number: 20210019528
    Abstract: A computing system obtains image data representing images. Each of the images is captured at different time points of a physical environment. The physical environment comprises a first object and a second object. The computing system executes a control system to augment the physical environment. The control system detects a group forming in the images. The control system tracks an aspect of a movement, of a given object, in the group. The control system simulates the physical environment and the movement, of the given object, in the group in a simulated environment. The control system evaluates simulated actions in the simulated environment for a predefined objective for the physical environment. The predefined objective is related to an interaction between objects in the group. The control system generates based on evaluated simulated actions and autonomously from involvement by any user of the control system, an indication to augment the physical environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Hamza Mustafa Ghadyali, Kedar Shriram Prabhudesai, Mohammadreza Nazari, Bahar Biller, Afshin Oroojlooyjadid, Alexander Richard Phelps, Jonathan Lee Walker, Xunlei Wu, Xingqi Du, Davood Hajinezhad, Varunraj Valsaraj, Jorge Manuel Gomes da Silva, Jinxin Yi
  • Patent number: 10255085
    Abstract: One exemplary system can receive a selection of a dataset via a graphical user interface (GUI). The dataset can represent a time-series projection. The system can feed the dataset into a first machine-learning model to obtain an output indicating whether the time-series projection has a data value that should be overridden with an override value. If the first machine-learning model indicates that the time-series projection has the data value that should be overridden, the system can feed the data value as input to a second machine-learning model to obtain an output indicating whether the override value should be greater than or less than the data value. The system can then render a visual directionality cue within the GUI based on the output from the second machine-learning model. The visual directionality cue can provide guidance for overriding the data value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Varunraj Valsaraj, Bahadir Aral, Jinxin Yi, Roger Lee Baldridge, Jr., Rebecca Gallagher
  • Patent number: 9705751
    Abstract: A computing device quantifies an expected benefit from a calibrated coefficient of variation (CV) and/or a calibrated service level (SL). The target optimization model determines a number and a time a new requisition is placed for an item at each node of the plurality of nodes. A validation time value is updated using an incremental time value and the process is repeated until the validation time value is greater than or equal to a stop time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Jinxin Yi, Necip Baris Kacar, Varunraj Valsaraj
  • Publication number: 20150356503
    Abstract: A system and method is provided which determines optimal logistics solutions by allowing a purchaser of goods to vary order frequency and amount of goods ordered so as to lower logistics costs while still meeting inventory constraints. The logistics solution uses several models to search for the most optimal solution in any of a variety of metrics, including total cost, percentage trailer utilization, number of truck used, and miles driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: ArrowStream, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven LaVoie, Shrinivas Sale, Michael Robb Swihart, Varunraj Valsaraj, Boyett Judson Hennington, IV, Anthony DeFrances, John William Michalski
  • Patent number: 9123015
    Abstract: A system and method is provided which determines optimal logistics solutions by allowing a purchaser of goods to vary order frequency and amount of goods ordered so as to lower logistics costs while still meeting inventory constraints. The logistics solution uses several models to search for the most optimal solution in any of a variety of metrics, including total cost, percentage trailer utilization, number of truck used, and miles driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: ARROWSTREAM, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven LaVoie, Shrinivas Sale, Michael Robb Swihart, Varunraj Valsaraj, Boyett Judson Hennington, IV, Anthony DeFrances, John William Michalski
  • Publication number: 20140304188
    Abstract: A system and method that provides optimization of order and routing patterns that solves for optimal freight margin, not just freight cost. The optimization includes freight allowance information typically varying by item that is used to determine ordering and routing solutions. The solutions thus are based on freight impact to total landed product cost, not just load freight costs. Optimization results are then translated into performance targets based on freight margin, not just freight expense.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Steven LaVoie, Shrinivas Sale, Michael Robb Swihart, Varunraj Valsaraj, Boyett Judson Hennington, IV, Anthony DeFrances, John William Michalski