Patents by Inventor William A. Owens

William A. Owens 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: 11409360
    Abstract: A method comprising determining a set of position parameters for an inertial measurement unit (IMU) on a headset worn by a user. The set of position parameters includes at least a first yaw measurement and a first roll measurement. The set describes a pointing vector. The method further comprises calculating a drift correction component that describes a rate of correction. The drift correction component is based at least in part on the set of position parameters. The method further comprises applying the drift correction component to one or more subsequent yaw measurements for the IMU. The drift correction component forces an estimated nominal position vector to the pointing vector at the rate of correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William Owen Brimijoin, II, Andrew Lovitt
  • Publication number: 20220236880
    Abstract: A system for providing data protection services for data generated by host components hosted by hosts includes persistent storage for storing data and a local data protection manager. The local data protection manager identifies a data protection trigger event associated with a host component hosted by the host, identifies an add-on library associated with the host component, identifies a data protection agent associated with the host component, and initiates performance of data protection services by the data protection agent using the add-on library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew Dickey Buchman, Yasemin Ugur-Ozekinci, Jayashree B. Radha, Kenneth William Owens, Adrian Dobrean, Krishnendu Bagchi, Navneet Upadhyay, Pawan Singh
  • Publication number: 20220237176
    Abstract: A system for identifying and deleting records of hosts includes a local data manager. The local data manager identifies a discovery event associated with the host and a record type of record types, obtains, in response to identifying, all previously discovered records on the host associated with the record type, obtains discovered records associated with the record type and associated with the host, after obtaining all previously discovered records and discovered records: selects a first discovered record of the discovered records, makes a first determination that first discovered record is not included in the previously discovered records, in response to the first determination: updates a host record repository to include the first discovered record, and notifies a data manager of modified records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Asif Khan, Kenneth William Owens, Adrian Dobrean, Aneesh Kumar Gurindapalli, Vipin Kumar Kaushal, Yasemin Ugur-Ozekinci, Shelesh Chopra
  • Publication number: 20220237177
    Abstract: A system for identifying and deleting records of hosts includes a local data manager. The local data manager identifies a discovery event associated with the host and a record type of record types, obtains, in response to identifying, all previously discovered records on the host associated with the record type from a host record repository, obtains discovered records associated with the record type and associated with the host, after obtaining all discovered records and previously discovered records, selects a previously discovered record of the previously discovered records, makes a determination that the previously discovered record does not match any discovered records of the discovered records and is not tagged with a soft delete tag or a hard delete tag, and in response to the determination, tags the previously discovered record with a soft delete tag, and notifies a data manager of modifications to the previously discovered records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Asif Khan, Kenneth William Owens, Adrian Dobrean, Aneesh Kumar Gurindapalli, Vipin Kumar Kaushal, Yasemin Ugur-Ozekinci, Shelesh Chopra, Gowtham Krishna Iyengar Srinivasa Rangan
  • Patent number: 11379146
    Abstract: A system for providing data protection services for data generated by host components hosted by hosts includes persistent storage for storing data and a local data protection manager. The local data protection manager identifies a data protection trigger event associated with a host component hosted by the host, identifies an add-on library associated with the host component, identifies a data protection agent associated with the host component, and initiates performance of data protection services by the data protection agent using the add-on library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Dickey Buchman, Yasemin Ugur-Ozekinci, Jayashree B. Radha, Kenneth William Owens, Adrian Dobrean, Krishnendu Bagchi, Navneet Upadhyay, Pawan Singh
  • Patent number: 11368231
    Abstract: A system receives audio data in a frequency range of 20 Hz-20 kHz. The received audio data is encoded by the system into ultrasonic data in frequencies that are greater than 20 kHz, and transmitted into a local area that is proximal to the transmitting device, i.e., within the transmission range of the transmitting device. An ultrasonic communication device that is located in the transmission range of the transmitting device may receive the ultrasonic data. The received ultrasonic data is decoded by the ultrasonic communication system in the receiving device into audio data in a frequency range of 20 Hz-20 kHz, and subsequently presented to a user of the receiving ultrasonic communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Harty Dodds, Morteza Khaleghimeybodi, Philip Robinson, Scott Porter, William Owen Brimijoin, II, Andrew Lovitt
  • Publication number: 20220178250
    Abstract: This disclosure presents processes to determine whether a leak-off event is occurring during the treatment stage of an active borehole. The leak-off event data, such as the severity or magnitude of the potential leak-off, can be communicated to other systems to adjust the treatment stage, the fluid composition, the fluid pressure, or the fluid flow rate. Diverter material can be added to the fluid. The monitoring of the leak-off event can occur over a time interval, such as the time of the treatment stage and periodic adjustments to the treatment stage can be implemented. The leak-off event can be identified when a fluid pressure slope indicates an overall increase in pressure in an adjacent borehole or if the amount of fluid entering an adjacent borehole exceeds a leak-off threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: William Owen Alexander Ruhle, Dinesh Ananda Shetty, Srividhya Sridhar, Shahab Jamali
  • Publication number: 20220182772
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to an audio system for various artificial reality applications. The audio system performs large scale filter optimization for audio rendering, preserving spatial and intra-population characteristics using neural networks. Further, the audio system performs adaptive hearing enhancement-aware binaural rendering. The audio includes an in-ear device with an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and a camera. The camera captures image data of a local area, and the image data is used to correct for IMU drift. In some embodiments, the audio system calculates a transducer to ear response for an individual ear using an equalization prediction or acoustic simulation framework. Individual ear pressure fields as a function of frequency are generated. Frequency-dependent directivity patterns of the transducers are characterized in the free field. In some embodiments, the audio system includes a headset and one or more removable audio apparatuses for enhancing acoustic features of the headset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Harty Dodds, Nava K. Balsam, Vamsi Krishna Ithapu, William Owen Brimijoin, II, Samuel Clapp, Christi Miller, Michaela Warnecke, Nils Thomas Fritiof Lunner, Paul Thomas Calamia, Morteza Khaleghimeybodi, Pablo Francisco Faundez Hoffmann, Ravish Mehra, Salvael Ortega Estrada, Tetsuro Oishi
  • Patent number: 11306572
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for controlling a hydraulic fracturing job. A fracturing completion model can be applied to identify a plurality of possible fracturing completion plans for completing one or more wellbores at a target completion. The plurality of possible fracturing completion plans can include varying values of fracturing completion parameters and/or reservoir parameters. Completion characteristic data of the one or more wellbores can be gathered in response to application of at least a portion of a fracturing completion plan of the possible fracturing completion plans. Further, the completion characteristic data can be used to determine whether to apply a different fracturing completion plan of the possible fracturing completion plans. In turn, if it is determined to apply the different fracturing completion plan, then the method can include facilitating switching to the different fracturing completion plan in completing the one or more wellbores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: William Owen Alexander Ruhle, Ronald Glen Dusterhoft, Ajish Potty, Joshua Lane Camp
  • Publication number: 20220114064
    Abstract: Online restore operations for a database engine can be performed. A request to restore a database to a previous state can be received. Previously stored content of the database, such as snapshot stored prior to the previous state, can be identified along with log records describing changes to be made to the content prior to the previous state. State information in a query engine can be updated based on the previously stored content and log records so that queries can be processed based on the state information at the database restore to the previous state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anurag Windlass Gupta, Murali Brahmadesam, Changan Han, Alexandre Olegovich Verbitski, Xiaofeng Bao, Alisdair William Owens, Xiang Peng, Benjamin S. Ellis, Raman Mittal, Konstantin Dubinets, Tiffany Jianto, Venkatesh Nandakumar, Seungmin Wei
  • Publication number: 20220116705
    Abstract: A system for presenting audio content to a user. The system comprises one or more microphones coupled to a frame of a headset. The one or more microphones capture sound from a local area. The system further comprises an audio controller integrated into the headset and communicatively coupled to an in-ear device worn by a user. The audio controller identifies one or more sound sources in the local area based on the captured sound. The audio controller further determines a target sound source of the one or more sound sources and determines one or more filters to apply to a sound signal associated with the target sound source in the captured sound. The audio controller further generates an augmented sound signal by applying the one or more filters to the sound signal and provides the augmented sound signal to the in-ear device for presentation to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: William Owen Brimijoin, II, Nils Thomas Fritiof Lunner, Philip Robinson, Ravish Mehra
  • Publication number: 20220098963
    Abstract: When a child well is hydraulically fractured near the depleted reservoir volume surrounding a previously produced parent well, it is economically efficient to deliver proppant to the formation volume and fractures not reached by the parent well. A fracture length, which is the distance fluid travels from the child well to the depleted region, is calculated as a function of fracture stage. From identified trends in fracture length, fracture length for future stages can be predicted. Based on predicted fracture length, the slurry or treatment volume to cause well interference can be estimated. Proppant concentration or fracturing stage design can be adjusted so that the well interference volume is larger than the treatment volume and proppant is efficiently delivered to the child well fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Dinesh Ananda Shetty, William Owen Alexander Ruhle, Srividhya Sridhar
  • Patent number: 11290837
    Abstract: A system that uses persistent sound source selection to augment audio content. The system comprises one or more microphones coupled to a frame of a headset. The one or more microphones capture sound emitted by sound sources in a local area. The system further comprises an audio controller integrated into the headset. The audio controller receives sound signals corresponding to sounds emitted by sound sources in the local area. The audio controller further updates a ranking of the sound sources based on eye tracking information of the user. The audio controller further selectively applies one or more filters to the one or more of the sound signals according to the ranking to generate augmented audio data. The audio controller further provides the augmented audio data to a speaker assembly for presentation to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William Owen Brimijoin, II, Nils Thomas Fritiof Lunner, Nava K. Balsam
  • Publication number: 20220081610
    Abstract: A flow constraint material consists essentially of degradable particles, where at least 50% by volume of the degradable particles have an average particle size of about 1 millimeters (mm) to about 6 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Wedell Gullickson, William Owen Alexander Ruhle, John Dean Stabenau
  • Patent number: 11245984
    Abstract: A system for presenting audio content to a user. The system comprises one or more microphones coupled to a frame of a headset. The one or more microphones capture sound from a local area. The system further comprises an audio controller integrated into the headset and communicatively coupled to an in-ear device worn by a user. The audio controller identifies one or more sound sources in the local area based on the captured sound. The audio controller further determines a target sound source of the one or more sound sources and determines one or more filters to apply to a sound signal associated with the target sound source in the captured sound. The audio controller further generates an augmented sound signal by applying the one or more filters to the sound signal and provides the augmented sound signal to the in-ear device for presentation to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William Owen Brimijoin, II, Nils Thomas Fritiof Lunner, Philip Robinson, Ravish Mehra
  • Patent number: 11234096
    Abstract: A system for generating individualized HRTFs that are customized to a user of a headset. The system includes a server and an audio system. The server determines the individualized HRTFs based in part on acoustic features data (e.g., image data, anthropometric features, etc.) of the user and a template HRTF. The server provides the individualized HRTFs to the audio system. The audio system presents spatialized audio content to the user using the individualized HRTFs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William Owen Brimijoin, II, Henrik Gert Hassager, Vamsi Krishna Ithapu, Philip Robinson
  • Publication number: 20220021972
    Abstract: A system for presenting audio content to a user. The system comprises one or more microphones coupled to a frame of a headset. The one or more microphones capture sound from a local area. The system further comprises an audio controller integrated into the headset and communicatively coupled to an in-ear device worn by a user. The audio controller identifies one or more sound sources in the local area based on the captured sound. The audio controller further determines a target sound source of the one or more sound sources and determines one or more filters to apply to a sound signal associated with the target sound source in the captured sound. The audio controller further generates an augmented sound signal by applying the one or more filters to the sound signal and provides the augmented sound signal to the in-ear device for presentation to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: William Owen Brimijoin, II, Nils Thomas Fritiof Lunner, Philip Robinson, Ravish Mehra
  • Publication number: 20220021996
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for using an audio time and level difference renderer (TLDR) to generate spatialized audio content for multiple channels from an audio signal received at a single channel. The system selects an audio TLDR from a set of audio TLDRs based on received input parameters. The system configures the selected audio TLDR based on received input parameters using a filter parameter model to generate a configured audio TLDR that comprises a set of configured binaural dynamic filters, and a configured delay between the multiple channel. The system applies the configured audio TLDR to an audio signal received at the single channel to generate spatialized multiple channel audio content for each channel of the multiple audio channel and presents the generated spatialized audio content at multiple channels to a user via a headset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: William Owen Brimijoin, II, Samuel Clapp, Peter Dodds, Nava K. Balsam, Tomasz Rudzki, Ryan Rohrer, Kevin Scheumann, Michaela Warnecke
  • Patent number: 11220623
    Abstract: A flow constraint material consists essentially of degradable particles, where at least 50% by volume of the degradable particles have an average particle size of about 1 millimeters (mm) to about 6 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Wedell Gullickson, William Owen Alexander Ruhle, John Dean Stabenau
  • Patent number: 11210184
    Abstract: Online restore operations for a database engine can be performed. A request to restore a database to a previous state can be received. Previously stored content of the database, such as snapshot stored prior to the previous state, can be identified along with log records describing changes to be made to the content prior to the previous state. State information in a query engine can be updated based on the previously stored content and log records so that queries can be processed based on the state information at the database restore to the previous state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anurag Windlass Gupta, Murali Brahmadesam, Changan Han, Alexandre Olegovich Verbitski, Xiaofeng Bao, Alisdair William Owens, Xiang Peng, Benjamin S. Ellis, Raman Mittal, Konstantin Dubinets, Tiffany Jianto, Venkatesh Nandakumar, Seungmin Wei