Patents by Inventor Zach TAYLOR

Zach TAYLOR 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: 20250051007
    Abstract: A payload delivery device configured to deliver an aircraft deployed payload along a flight path to a predetermined landing destination includes a support member configured to be removably attached to the payload, a flight control and navigation system module configured to control orientation of the plurality of control surfaces while the payload is travelling along the flight path to the predetermined landing destination, a control surface assembly module including a plurality of control surfaces, a rotor assembly including a plurality of rotor blades having a central axis of rotation, and a collective control assembly module including at least one collective servomotor configured to control a plurality of control linkages connected to the plurality of rotor blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: AeroVironment, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Ifill, Zach Taylor, Jason Litzinger, Philip Stahlhuth, Marc Berte
  • Publication number: 20250051008
    Abstract: A payload delivery device configured to deliver an aircraft deployed payload along a flight path to a predetermined landing destination includes a support member configured to be removably attached to the payload, a flight control and navigation system module configured to control orientation of the plurality of control surfaces while the payload is travelling along the flight path to the predetermined landing destination, a control surface assembly module including a plurality of control surfaces, a rotor assembly including a plurality of rotor blades having a central axis of rotation, and a collective control assembly module including at least one collective servomotor configured to control a plurality of control linkages connected to the plurality of rotor blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: AeroVironment, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Ifill, Zach Taylor, Jason Litzinger, Philip Stahlhuth, Marc Berte
  • Patent number: 12093720
    Abstract: A container specification is received. The container specification includes a definition of an image. The image definition specifies the running of one or more prestart runtime commands. The image definition is inspected to identify whether the image definition includes specifying the running of one or more prestart runtime commands. The image is started on a host system, wherein in response to identifying that the image definition includes running one or more prestart runtime commands, the starting of the image includes running the one or more prestart runtime commands prior to the container entering a running state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zach Taylor, Randy A. Rendahl, Stephen Paul Ridgill, II, Aditya Mandhare
  • Publication number: 20240223856
    Abstract: Masking sensitive information in a shared display is described herein. For example, system level detection of a shared display condition and application specific privacy settings are used to identify sensitive information and obscures a visual presentation of the contents on a shared system display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Steve RIDGILL, Randy A. RENDAHL, Aditya MANDHARE, Zach TAYLOR
  • Patent number: 11681879
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for masking identifying traits contained in response text is provided. Embodiments may include receiving a request to anonymize response text in response to a predefined respondent interaction, wherein the response text is generated by the respondent and then obtaining the response text, wherein the obtained response text has semantic characteristics. Next, the obtained response text may be input into a natural language processing (NLP) algorithm and thereafter receiving an alternative masking text as output from the NLP algorithm, wherein the received alternative masking text maintains the semantic characteristics of the obtained response text. Finally, the response text may be replaced with the received alternative masking text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Paul Ridgill, II, Aditya Mandhare, Randy A. Rendahl, Zach Taylor
  • Publication number: 20220291946
    Abstract: A container specification is received. The container specification includes a definition of an image. The image definition specifies the running of one or more prestart runtime commands. The image definition is inspected to identify whether the image definition includes specifying the running of one or more prestart runtime commands. The image is started on a host system, wherein in response to identifying that the image definition includes running one or more prestart runtime commands, the starting of the image includes running the one or more prestart runtime commands prior to the container entering a running state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Zach Taylor, Randy A. Rendahl, Stephen Paul Ridgill, II, Aditya Mandhare
  • Publication number: 20220237390
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for masking identifying traits contained in response text is provided. Embodiments may include receiving a request to anonymize response text in response to a predefined respondent interaction, wherein the response text is generated by the respondent and then obtaining the response text, wherein the obtained response text has semantic characteristics. Next, the obtained response text may be input into a natural language processing (NLP) algorithm and thereafter receiving an alternative masking text as output from the NLP algorithm, wherein the received alternative masking text maintains the semantic characteristics of the obtained response text. Finally, the response text may be replaced with the received alternative masking text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Paul Ridgill, II, Aditya Mandhare, Randy A. Rendahl, Zach Taylor
  • Publication number: 20220185477
    Abstract: A payload delivery device configured to deliver an aircraft deployed payload along a flight path to a predetermined landing destination includes a support member configured to be removably attached to the payload, a flight control and navigation system module configured to control orientation of the plurality of control surfaces while the payload is travelling along the flight path to the predetermined landing destination, a control surface assembly module including a plurality of control surfaces, a rotor assembly including a plurality of rotor blades having a central axis of rotation, and a collective control assembly module including at least one collective servomotor configured to control a plurality of control linkages connected to the plurality of rotor blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Dash Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Ifill, Zach Taylor, Jason Litzinger, Phil Stahlhuth, Marc Berte
  • Publication number: 20220185478
    Abstract: A method of assembling a delivery payload assembly configured to be deployed from an aircraft and travel along a flight path to a predetermined landing destination includes attaching a tail-kit assembly to a first end of a payload, the tail-kit assembly including a rotor blade assembly including a plurality of rotor blades having a central axis of rotation, and a flight control and navigation system configured to control a collective pitch angle of each of the plurality of rotor blades of the rotor blade assembly, configured to control an axial thrust force of the rotor blade assembly, the axial thrust force being at an angle with respect to the central axis of rotation of the rotor blade assembly, and configured to navigate the delivery payload assembly along the flight path to the predetermined landing destination. The method further includes removing the tail-kit assembly from the payload after the payload is delivered to the predetermined landing destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Dash Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Ifill, Zach Taylor, Jason Litzinger, Phil Stahlhuth, Marc Berte
  • Publication number: 20200111360
    Abstract: In a particular implementation, a vehicle detector configured to detect a train entering a work zone includes a detector portion including one or more motion detectors. The one or more motion detectors are configured to detect a vehicle entering a work zone. The vehicle detector also includes a vertical member coupled to the detector portion. The vehicle detector further includes a stabilizing structure including one or more components configured to stabilize the vertical member. The one or more components define a circumference around the vertical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Mike ZAMPINI, John WIGGINS, William STROHFELDT, William HARTUNG, Matthew NEGRI, Dexter HART, Zach TAYLOR, Dallin WILLIAMS