Patents by Inventor Hong Chuan Yuan

Hong Chuan Yuan 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: 11197639
    Abstract: A system and method for instant tongue sampling and diagnosis includes acquiring a plurality of tongue images from a plurality of digital oral devices, and a current health conditions, building a diagnosis framework for diagnosing a current health condition of a user by: i) analyzing the collected tongue images with a visual recognition engine to determine tongue characteristics of each tongue captured in the tongue images, and ii) correlating the tongue characteristics with the current health condition, identifying tongue characteristics from a received image of the tongue using the visual image recognition engine, applying the diagnosis framework to the tongue characteristics of the tongue to diagnosis the current health condition of the user, and modifying a graphical user interface of the digital oral device to display a custom health report indicative of the current health condition of the user, in response to applying the diagnosis framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Anita Govindjee, Su Liu, Cheng Xu, Hong Chuan Yuan
  • Publication number: 20200214643
    Abstract: A system and method for instant tongue sampling and diagnosis includes acquiring a plurality of tongue images from a plurality of digital oral devices, and a current health conditions, building a diagnosis framework for diagnosing a current health condition of a user by: i) analyzing the collected tongue images with a visual recognition engine to determine tongue characteristics of each tongue captured in the tongue images, and ii) correlating the tongue characteristics with the current health condition, identifying tongue characteristics from a received image of the tongue using the visual image recognition engine, applying the diagnosis framework to the tongue characteristics of the tongue to diagnosis the current health condition of the user, and modifying a graphical user interface of the digital oral device to display a custom health report indicative of the current health condition of the user, in response to applying the diagnosis framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Anita Govindjee, Su Liu, Cheng Xu, Hong Chuan Yuan
  • Patent number: 10610161
    Abstract: A system and method for instant tongue sampling and diagnosis includes acquiring a plurality of tongue images from a plurality of digital oral devices, and a current health conditions, building a diagnosis framework for diagnosing a current health condition of a user by: i) analyzing the collected tongue images with a visual recognition engine to determine tongue characteristics of each tongue captured in the tongue images, and ii) correlating the tongue characteristics with the current health condition, identifying tongue characteristics from a received image of the tongue using the visual image recognition engine, applying the diagnosis framework to the tongue characteristics of the tongue to diagnosis the current health condition of the user, and modifying a graphical user interface of the digital oral device to display a custom health report indicative of the current health condition of the user, in response to applying the diagnosis framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Anita Govindjee, Su Liu, Cheng Xu, Hong Chuan Yuan
  • Patent number: 10210564
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for viewing online products in real-size. The method includes a computing device receiving one or more instructions to view an image of an online product in real-size on a selected surface. The device then determines one or more dimensions of the online product and projects the image of the online product on the selected surface, where one or more dimensions of the projected image are equal to the one or more dimensions of the online product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yanhong Qi, Hong Chuan Yuan, Jin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170124636
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for viewing online products in real-size. The method includes a computing device receiving one or more instructions to view an image of an online product in real-size on a selected surface. The device then determines one or more dimensions of the online product and projects the image of the online product on the selected surface, where one or more dimensions of the projected image are equal to the one or more dimensions of the online product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Yanhong Qi, Hong Chuan Yuan, Jin Zhang