Patents by Inventor Zacchaeus Scheffer

Zacchaeus Scheffer 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: 20260080238
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for training a neural network to detect living beings in an enclosed space are disclosed. An example method includes obtaining channel state information (CSI) data based at least in part on a sequence of signals received at one or more receivers located in the enclosed space, generating training data for the neural network based at least in part on the CSI data, training the neural network using the training data to detect living beings in the enclosed space, and processing the trained neural network for deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2024
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Applicant: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Brendan Reidy, Karthikeyan Shanmuga Vadivel, Sai Manikanta Rishi Rani, Mohan Ramasudha Karnam, Zacchaeus Scheffer, Ananda Roy, Dmitri Lvov, Deepak Mital
  • Publication number: 20250284961
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for joint optimization of machine learning model architecture and quantization. An example method includes generating a first machine learning model for a resource-constrained device based on quantized outputs from each of a plurality of compute blocks. Each compute block includes a plurality of inverted residual blocks coupled in series. Determining the quantized output of each respective compute block includes performing a first convolution, based at least in part on a first quantization level, on input data to a first inverted residual block, performing a second convolution on an output of the first convolution based at least in part on the first quantization level, adding an output of the second convolution to the input data to generate a first quantized output, and providing the first quantized output to a second inverted residual block, and providing the first machine learning model to the resource-constrained device for execution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2025
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Applicant: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Brendan Reidy, Karthikeyan Shanmuga Vadivel, Zacchaeus Scheffer, Deepak Mital
  • Publication number: 20250005906
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems for object detection. The present implementations more specifically relate to techniques for improving distant object detection in memory-constrained computer vision systems. In some aspects, a computer vision system may include an ROI extraction component, a feature pyramid network (FPN) having a number (N) of pyramid levels, and N network heads associated with the N pyramid levels, respectively. The FPN extracts N feature maps from an input image, where the N feature maps are associated with the N pyramid levels, respectively, and each of the N network heads performs an object detection operation on a respective feature map of the N feature maps. The ROI extraction component selects a region of the feature map associated with the lowest pyramid level for distant object detection so that the object detection operation performed on that feature map is confined to the selected region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Karthikeyan SHANMUGA VADIVEL, Patrick A. WORFOLK, Zacchaeus SCHEFFER, Dmitri LVOV
  • Publication number: 20240265665
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems for object detection. The present implementations more specifically relate to region of interest (ROI) inferencing techniques that can be implemented using a single object detection model. In some aspects, a computer vision system maps a set of grid cells to an input image so that each grid cell includes a respective portion of the image, and where each of the grid cells is assigned a respective priority value. The system selects an ROI of the image based on the priority value assigned to each grid cell and performs, on the ROI, an inferencing operation associated with an object detection model. The system updates the priority values for one or more of the grid cells based on a result of the inferencing operation. The system then selects another ROI based on the updated priority values and perform the inferencing operation on the new ROI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Zacchaeus Scheffer, Patrick A. Worfolk, Karthikeyan Shanmuga Vadivel, Omar Oreifej