Patents by Inventor Vincent O'Byrne

Vincent O'Byrne 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: 20250171343
    Abstract: The invention provides treatments of organic waste. The invention provides a method for treating organic waste (and in particular, animal waste such as waste from a cow) and uses of a composition that is capable of generating a reactive species in methods of reducing biological degradation of organic waste, in the treatment of organic waste. The invention also provides organic waste treated by the methods of the invention and uses of this treated organic waste. The invention also provides a method for improving the production of volatile fatty acids (VFA) and medium-chain carboxylic acids (MCCAs) during anaerobic digestion (AD) of organic waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Vincent O'FLAHERTY, Camilla THORN, Chui SANG LEE, Ruairi FRIEL
  • Publication number: 20250089547
    Abstract: Organic photovoltaic materials (OPV) and devices using the same are provided, as well as methods of fabricating and using the same. An OPV material can be used as a photo-absorbing layer for mechanoluminescent (ML) light (e.g., in a flexible organic ML photodiode). The OPV material can include, for example, a blend of a donor polymer (e.g., P3HT) and a non-halogenated, non-fullerene acceptor (e.g., Y6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Vincent O. Eze, Okenwa Okoli
  • Patent number: 12195375
    Abstract: The invention provides treatments of organic waste. The invention provides a method for treating organic waste (and in particular, animal waste such as waste from a cow) and uses of a composition that is capable of generating a reactive species in methods of reducing biological degradation of organic waste, in the treatment of organic waste. The invention also provides organic waste treated by the methods of the invention and uses of this treated organic waste. The invention also provides a method for improving the production of volatile fatty acids (VFA) and medium-chain carboxylic acids (MCCAs) during anaerobic digestion (AD) of organic waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Glasport Bio Limited
    Inventors: Vincent O'Flaherty, Camilla Thorn, Chui Sang Lee, Ruairi Friel
  • Publication number: 20250004307
    Abstract: A non-fogging eyewear assembly, comprising an outer lens assembly including an optionally heated outer transparent lens having inner and outer faces, an eyewear chassis configured to be worn by a user, and an inner lens assembly integrated within the eyewear chassis, with said inner lens assembly including an optionally heated inner transparent lens having inner and outer faces. A seal is affixed along a periphery of the outer face of the inner transparent lens assembly, and so that means for releasably coupling the outer lens assembly to the inner lens assembly causes the outer lens to compress against and be spaced apart from the inner lens by the seal to form a gap therebetween and prevent moisture from entering the airspace that exists between the inner and outer lenses. The outer lens assembly is thus releasably decouplable from the inner lens assembly so that it can be easily replaced if damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventor: Vincent O'Malley
  • Publication number: 20240374635
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to compositions and methods for reducing methane production in animals, in particular by controlling oxidation-reduction potential in the digestive tract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Glasport Bio Limited
    Inventors: Vincent O'Flaherty, Camilla Thorn, Chui Sang Lee, Ruairi Friel
  • Patent number: 12125257
    Abstract: A neural network system that includes: multiple subnetworks that includes: a first subnetwork including multiple first modules, each first module including: a pass-through convolutional layer configured to process the subnetwork input for the first subnetwork to generate a pass-through output; an average pooling stack of neural network layers that collectively processes the subnetwork input for the first subnetwork to generate an average pooling output; a first stack of convolutional neural network layers configured to collectively process the subnetwork input for the first subnetwork to generate a first stack output; a second stack of convolutional neural network layers that are configured to collectively process the subnetwork input for the first subnetwork to generate a second stack output; and a concatenation layer configured to concatenate the pass-through output, the average pooling output, the first stack output, and the second stack output to generate a first module output for the first module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Vincent O. Vanhoucke, Christian Szegedy, Sergey Ioffe
  • Patent number: 12073823
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for obtaining, by a first sequence-training speech model, a first batch of training frames that represent speech features of first training utterances; obtaining, by the first sequence-training speech model, one or more first neural network parameters; determining, by the first sequence-training speech model, one or more optimized first neural network parameters based on (i) the first batch of training frames and (ii) the one or more first neural network parameters; obtaining, by a second sequence-training speech model, a second batch of training frames that represent speech features of second training utterances; obtaining one or more second neural network parameters; and determining, by the second sequence-training speech model, one or more optimized second neural network parameters based on (i) the second batch of training frames and (ii) the one or more second neural network parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Georg Heigold, Erik Mcdermott, Vincent O. Vanhoucke, Andrew W. Senior, Michiel A. U. Bacchiani
  • Publication number: 20240277006
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an antibiotic-free antimicrobial feed additive in a method of improving the health of animals and/or reducing methane production of animals. The invention also provides an antimicrobial composition which is used at a low concentration, an antimicrobial composition which has a low ratio of iodide ions to hydrogen peroxide, and uses of these compositions as antimicrobial agents. The invention also provides the use of an antimicrobial composition in combination with an antibiotic as an antimicrobial agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Vincent O'FLAHERTY, Camilla THORN, Chui SANG LEE, Ruairi FRIEL, Killian O'BRIAIN
  • Publication number: 20240087559
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for obtaining, by a first sequence-training speech model, a first batch of training frames that represent speech features of first training utterances; obtaining, by the first sequence-training speech model, one or more first neural network parameters; determining, by the first sequence-training speech model, one or more optimized first neural network parameters based on (i) the first batch of training frames and (ii) the one or more first neural network parameters; obtaining, by a second sequence-training speech model, a second batch of training frames that represent speech features of second training utterances; obtaining one or more second neural network parameters; and determining, by the second sequence-training speech model, one or more optimized second neural network parameters based on (i) the second batch of training frames and (ii) the one or more second neural network parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Georg Heigold, Erik Mcdermott, Vincent O. Vanhoucke, Andrew W. Senior, Michiel A. U. Bacchiani
  • Publication number: 20240065088
    Abstract: Organic photovoltaic materials (OPV) and devices using the same are provided, as well as methods of fabricating and using the same. An OPV material can be used as a photo-absorbing layer for mechanoluminescent (ML) light (e.g., in a flexible organic ML photodiode). The OPV material can include, for example, a blend of a donor polymer (e.g., P3HT) and a non-halogenated, non-fullerene acceptor (e.g., Y6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Vincent O. Eze, Okenwa Okoli
  • Patent number: 11854534
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for obtaining, by a first sequence-training speech model, a first batch of training frames that represent speech features of first training utterances; obtaining, by the first sequence-training speech model, one or more first neural network parameters; determining, by the first sequence-training speech model, one or more optimized first neural network parameters based on (i) the first batch of training frames and (ii) the one or more first neural network parameters; obtaining, by a second sequence-training speech model, a second batch of training frames that represent speech features of second training utterances; obtaining one or more second neural network parameters; and determining, by the second sequence-training speech model, one or more optimized second neural network parameters based on (i) the second batch of training frames and (ii) the one or more second neural network parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Georg Heigold, Erik Mcdermott, Vincent O. Vanhoucke, Andrew W. Senior, Michiel A. U. Bacchiani
  • Patent number: 11809955
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for image processing using deep neural networks. One of the methods includes receiving data characterizing an input image; processing the data characterizing the input image using a deep neural network to generate an alternative representation of the input image, wherein the deep neural network comprises a plurality of subnetworks, wherein the subnetworks are arranged in a sequence from lowest to highest, and wherein processing the data characterizing the input image using the deep neural network comprises processing the data through each of the subnetworks in the sequence; and processing the alternative representation of the input image through an output layer to generate an output from the input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Christian Szegedy, Vincent O. Vanhoucke
  • Publication number: 20230314333
    Abstract: A device consisting of a digital camera with a microscope objective lens, a disc where plant material can be mounted and automatically rotated, and two other cameras for determining the plant material's shape and size, that allows images of intact cannabis trichomes to be taken, without destruction or damage to the plant material, and automatically counts and calculates the density of the trichomes on the inflorescence surface. This does not require taking any plant cuttings, does not require the use of a microscope or microscope slides, and allows multiple measurements to be taken of a single inflorescence sample in quick succession, without the need for manual image analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Vincent O’Brien, III, Jon Chappell
  • Publication number: 20230272186
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cure accelerators useful for anaerobic curable compositions, such as adhesives and sealants. The cure accelerators may be embraced generally within the structure below where X is CH2, O, S, NR?, CR?R?? or C?O; R is hydrogen or (meth)acryl; R6 is hydrogen, halogen, amino, carboxyl, nitro, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyalkenyl, hydroxyalkynyl, or alkaryl; and A and A1 are each individually selected from hydrogen or taken together create a ring structure of 5 to 12 total ring atoms, wherein the ring structure may be cycloaliphatic, cycloheteroaliphatic or aromatic or combinations thereof with or without substitution by one or more hydroxyl or (meth)acryl groups; and n is 0 or 1, provided that when R is hydrogen, A and A? cannot both be hydrogen or taken together cannot be naphthyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Deegan, Brendan Kneafsey, Nigel Sweeney, Patrick O'Dwyer, Stephen Fearon, Gavin Haberlin, David Birkett, David Condron, Marc Hamm, Vincent O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20230211073
    Abstract: A system and method for securing a pump are disclosed. The system includes a pump that contains a medicament delivery system, a processor operably coupled to the pump, a user interface in operable communication with the processor, a plurality of sensors in operable communication with the processor, and a housing. The housing includes a frame, a door, and a locking mechanism that can be selectively unlocked to allow the door to partially detach from the frame. The security system includes a swivel door assembly, which includes physical redundancies to selectively prevent access to the internal space of the swivel door assembly and a plurality of alarms. For example, in response to receiving an input from the plurality of sensors, the processor initiates at least one of the plurality of alarms to provide an indication to a user that an event has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Rajesh Swarnkar, Gupta Ankur, Soruban Manickalinga Thandapani, David Fahmy Gorgi, Marinoi Angela, Saman Rais Alam Khan, Prasad Deepak Digaskar, Paul Vincent O'Brien, Patil Sanskriti
  • Patent number: 11682592
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed automatic validation of light emitting diodes (LEDs) of disk drives in disk processor enclosures (DPEs) or disk array enclosures (DAEs) during the manufacturing and integration of computer systems. An automated test script is performed in support of the integration of the computer system that includes the LEDs and includes a validation and checking step for the LEDs. A determination is made if a camera is properly calibrated to identify the LEDs as part of the validating and checking step for the LEDs. A DPE or DAE that contains disk drive units that include the LEDs are identified, and an indication is performed as to which LEDs pass or fail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Vincent O'Neill, Alan Rothstein, Igor Yanyutin, Gregory Smalling, Michael Guitard, Mark Burns
  • Publication number: 20230183803
    Abstract: A method is provided that non-coding RNA profiles can be exploited as a means of monitoring, assessing, comparing, establishing and/or determining certain cell characteristics and/or profiles. Accordingly, the use of non-coding RNA molecules for characterising and/or profiling cells is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: SISTEMIC SCOTLAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Vincent O'Brien, Chris Hillier
  • Publication number: 20230014634
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for image processing using deep neural networks. One of the methods includes receiving data characterizing an input image; processing the data characterizing the input image using a deep neural network to generate an alternative representation of the input image, wherein the deep neural network comprises a plurality of subnetworks, wherein the subnetworks are arranged in a sequence from lowest to highest, and wherein processing the data characterizing the input image using the deep neural network comprises processing the data through each of the subnetworks in the sequence; and processing the alternative representation of the input image through an output layer to generate an output from the input image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Christian Szegedy, Vincent O. Vanhoucke
  • Patent number: 11557277
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for obtaining, by a first sequence-training speech model, a first batch of training frames that represent speech features of first training utterances; obtaining, by the first sequence-training speech model, one or more first neural network parameters; determining, by the first sequence-training speech model, one or more optimized first neural network parameters based on (i) the first batch of training frames and (ii) the one or more first neural network parameters; obtaining, by a second sequence-training speech model, a second batch of training frames that represent speech features of second training utterances; obtaining one or more second neural network parameters; and determining, by the second sequence-training speech model, one or more optimized second neural network parameters based on (i) the second batch of training frames and (ii) the one or more second neural network parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Georg Heigold, Erik McDermott, Vincent O. VanHoucke, Andrew W. Senior, Michiel A. U. Bacchiani
  • Patent number: 11550871
    Abstract: Structured documents are processed using convolutional neural networks. For example, the processing can include receiving a rendered form of a structured document; mapping a grid of cells to the rendered form; assigning a respective numeric embedding to each cell in the grid, comprising, for each cell: identifying content in the structured document that corresponds to a portion of the rendered form that is mapped to the cell, mapping the identified content to a numeric embedding for the identified content, and assigning the numeric embedding for the identified content to the cell; generating a matrix representation of the structured document from the numeric embeddings assigned to the cells of the grids; and generating neural network features of the structured document by processing the matrix representation of the structured document through a subnetwork comprising one or more convolutional neural network layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Vincent O. Vanhoucke