Patents by Inventor Walter Lee Hunt, Jr.

Walter Lee Hunt, Jr. 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: 9536174
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a fault-aware matched filter augments the output of a component matched filter to provide both fault-aware matched filter output and a measure of confidence in the accuracy of the fault-aware matched filter output. In another embodiment, an optical flow engine derives, from a plurality of images, both optical flow output and a measure of confidence in the optical flow output. The measure of confidence may be derived using a fault-aware matched filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Prioria Robotics, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter Lee Hunt, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20160247041
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a fault-aware matched filter augments the output of a component matched filter to provide both fault-aware matched filter output and a measure of confidence in the accuracy of the fault-aware matched filter output. In another embodiment, an optical flow engine derives, from a plurality of images, both optical flow output and a measure of confidence in the optical flow output. The measure of confidence may be derived using a fault-aware matched filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Prioria Robotics, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter Lee Hunt, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150269258
    Abstract: A system improves privacy without compromising effectiveness of data collection by allowing an autonomous or remotely operated camera system, such as that on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), satellite, or other robot to self-censor by removing incidentally-collected non-critical data at the source, before that data can become accessible offboard the remotely operated camera system. In an example in which a region of interest is defined as a building, the system may automatically remove data not corresponding to the building before transmitting or archiving such data. In another example in which a person is incidentally observed, the system may automatically remove data corresponding to the person before transmitting or archiving such data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: PRIORIA ROBOTICS, INC.
    Inventor: Walter Lee Hunt, JR.
  • Publication number: 20150186750
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a fault-aware matched filter augments the output of a component matched filter to provide both fault-aware matched filter output and a measure of confidence in the accuracy of the fault-aware matched filter output. In another embodiment, an optical flow engine derives, from a plurality of images, both optical flow output and a measure of confidence in the optical flow output. The measure of confidence may be derived using a fault-aware matched filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Prioria Robotics, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter Lee Hunt, JR.
  • Patent number: 9047537
    Abstract: A detection process, contact recognition process, classification process, and identification process are applied to raw sensor data to produce an identified contact record set containing one or more identified contact records. A prioritization process is applied to the identified contact record set to assign a contact priority to each contact record in the identified contact record set. Data are removed from the contact records in the identified contact record set based on the contact priorities assigned to those contact records. A first contact stream is produced from the resulting contact records. The first contact stream is streamed in a contact transport stream. The contact transport stream may include and stream additional contact streams. The contact transport stream may be varied dynamically over time based on parameters such as available bandwidth, contact priority, presence/absence of contacts, system state, and configuration parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Prioria Robotics, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter Lee Hunt, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8977665
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a fault-aware matched filter augments the output of a component matched filter to provide both fault-aware matched filter output and a measure of confidence in the accuracy of the fault-aware matched filter output. In another embodiment, an optical flow engine derives, from a plurality of images, both optical flow output and a measure of confidence in the optical flow output. The measure of confidence may be derived using a fault-aware matched filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Prioria Robotics, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter Lee Hunt, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20110116584
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a fault-aware matched filter augments the output of a component matched filter to provide both fault-aware matched filter output and a measure of confidence in the accuracy of the fault-aware matched filter output. In another embodiment, an optical flow engine derives, from a plurality of images, both optical flow output and a measure of confidence in the optical flow output. The measure of confidence may be derived using a fault-aware matched filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventor: Walter Lee Hunt, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20080320284
    Abstract: A virtual serial-stream processor or system consists of one or more data input ports, zero or more data output ports, zero or more virtual control ports, one or more virtual serial and stream processing cores, one or more virtual serial control processors, and memory. Virtual components are spread across multiple physical devices, multiple virtual processing cores implemented in one physical device, or some combination, as dictated by an application-specific design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Jason Grzywna, Walter Lee Hunt, Jr.