Patents by Inventor Mark DESNOYER

Mark DESNOYER 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: 20240065252
    Abstract: A system includes an acoustic lure and a sensor package disposed within an interior volume of an insect trapping container and a computing device in communication with the acoustic lure and the sensor package configured to instruct the acoustic lure to output an acoustic tone. The computer device is further configured to receive sensor data from the sensor package, the sensor data representative of insects within the interior volume. Responsive to receiving the sensor data, the computing device is configured to instruct an imaging device to capture image data representative of the insects within the interior volume or determine insect count data based on the sensor data. The computing device is configured to then transmit output data to a remote computing system, the output data including at least one of a first portion of the image data or a second portion of the insect count data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Scott Ritche, Kyran M. Staunton, Wei Xiang, Yu Han, Nigel Snoad, Jianyi Liu, Jacob Crawford, Mark Desnoyer
  • Patent number: 11849714
    Abstract: An insect trapping system includes an enclosed container having an entrance hole formed in a vertical wall and an acoustic lure device located within the container. The enclosed container may be formed from a transparent material. The system may also include a support stand, formed from a dark-colored material, and used to support the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Scott Ritchie, Kyran M. Staunton, Wei Xiang, Yu Han, Nigel Snoad, Jianyi Liu, Jacob Crawford, Mark Desnoyer
  • Patent number: 11151423
    Abstract: Insects can be localized and classified using a predictive model. To begin, image data is obtained that corresponds to the insects. Using a predictive model, samples of the image data are evaluated to determine whether the image portions include an insect and, if so, into what category the insect should be classified (e.g., male/female, species A/species B, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Tiantian Zha, Yaniv Ovadia, Daniel Newburger, Dilip Krishnan, Josh Livni, Mark Desnoyer
  • Publication number: 20200349668
    Abstract: Insects can be classified into a category (e.g., sex category, species category, size category, etc.) using a variety of different classification approaches including, for example, an industrial vision classifier and/or a machine learning classifier. At least some classification approaches may be used in real-time to make real-time decisions and others can be used to validate earlier-made real-time decisions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Mark Desnoyer, Victor Criswell, Josh Livni, Yaniv Ovadia, Peter Massaro, Nigel Snoad, Dilip Krishnan, Yi Han, Tiantian Zha
  • Publication number: 20200305406
    Abstract: An insect trapping system includes an enclosed container having an entrance hole formed in a vertical wall and an acoustic lure device located within the container. The enclosed container may be formed from a transparent material. The system may also include a support stand, formed from a dark-colored material, and used to support the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Scott Ritchie, Kyran M. Staunton, Wei Xiang, Yu Han, Nigel Snoad, Jianyi Liu, Jacob Crawford, Mark Desnoyer
  • Publication number: 20180121764
    Abstract: Insects can be localized and classified using a predictive model. To begin, image data is obtained that corresponds to the insects. Using a predictive model, samples of the image data are evaluated to determine whether the image portions include an insect and, if so, into what category the insect should be classified (e.g., male/female, species A/species B, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Tiantian Zha, Yaniv Ovadia, Daniel Newburger, Dilip Krishnan, Josh Livni, Mark Desnoyer
  • Patent number: 9715731
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a plurality of images is received. The plurality of images are frames of a video file. A user requests for a thumbnail picture representative of the plurality of images. The plurality of images are filtered to obtain a set of images. The filtering can be based on a blurriness of the image, whether an image is near a scene transition, an amount of text depicted in the image, or a color level of the image. Valence scores may be determined for one or more of the images in the set of images. Valence scores are based on determining values of characteristics of an image that can predict user responses to the image. A first image from the set of images is selected based at least in part on the valence score of the first image. The first image is sent for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Desnoyer, Sophie Lebrecht, Sunil Mallya, Deborah Johnson, Padraig Michael Furlong, Michael J. Tarr, Nicholas Paul Dufour, David Henry Lea
  • Patent number: 9501779
    Abstract: Access is provided to optimal thumbnails that are extracted from a stream of video. Using a processing device configured with a model that incorporates preferences generated by the brain and behavior from the perception of visual images, the optimal thumbnail(s) for a given video is/are selected, stored and/or displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sophie Lebrecht, Michael Jay Tarr, Deborah Johnson, Mark Desnoyer, Sunil Mallya Kasaragod
  • Publication number: 20160188997
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a plurality of images is received. The plurality of images are frames of a video file. A user requests for a thumbnail picture representative of the plurality of images. The plurality of images are filtered to obtain a set of images. The filtering can be based on a blurriness of the image, whether an image is near a scene transition, an amount of text depicted in the image, or a color level of the image. Valence scores may be determined for one or more of the images in the set of images. Valence scores are based on determining values of characteristics of an image that can predict user responses to the image. A first image from the set of images is selected based at least in part on the valence score of the first image. The first image is sent for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Desnoyer, Sophie Lebrecht, Sunil Mallya, Deborah Johnson, Padraig Michael Furlong, Michael J. Tarr, Nicholas Paul Dufour, David Henry Lea
  • Publication number: 20150302428
    Abstract: Access is provided to optimal thumbnails that are extracted from a stream of video. Using a processing device configured with a model that incorporates preferences generated by the brain and behavior from the perception of visual images, the optimal thumbnail(s) for a given video is/are selected, stored and/or displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Sophie LEBRECHT, Michael Jay TARR, Deborah JOHNSON, Mark DESNOYER, Sunil Mallya KASARAGOD