Patents by Inventor Munawar HAYAT

Munawar HAYAT 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: 10402979
    Abstract: A robust segmentation technique based on multi-layer classification technique to identify the lesion boundary is described. The inventors have discovered a technique based on training several classifiers such that to classify each pixel as lesion versus normal Each classifier is trained on a specific range of image resolutions. Then, for a new test image, the trained classifiers are applied on the image. Then by fusing the prediction results in pixel level a probability map is generated. In the next step, a thresholding method is applied to convert the probability map to a binary mask, which determines a mole border.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mani Abedini, Rajib Chakravorty, Rahil Garnavi, Munawar Hayat
  • Patent number: 9886758
    Abstract: A method for annotation of skin images includes receiving a plurality of dermatoscopic images. Each of the dermatoscopic includes a region of lesion skin and a region of normal skin. A first convolutional neural network is trained according to an interior of the region of lesion skin using each of the plurality of dermatoscopic images. A second convolutional neural network is trained according to a boundary between the region of lesion skin and the region of normal skin. An additional dermatoscopic image is acquired. The first and second convolutional neural networks are used to identify a region of lesion skin within the acquired additional dermatoscopic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mani Abedini, Rajib Chakravorty, Rahil Garnavi, Munawar Hayat
  • Publication number: 20170287134
    Abstract: A method for annotation of skin images includes receiving a plurality of dermatoscopic images. Each of the dermatoscopic includes a region of lesion skin and a region of normal skin. A first convolutional neural network is trained according to an interior of the region of lesion skin using each of the plurality of dermatoscopic images. A second convolutional neural network is trained according to a boundary between the region of lesion skin and the region of normal skin. An additional dermatoscopic image is acquired. The first and second convolutional neural networks are used to identify a region of lesion skin within the acquired additional dermatoscopic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: MANI ABEDINI, Rajib Chakravorty, Rahil Garnavi, Munawar Hayat
  • Publication number: 20170249746
    Abstract: A robust segmentation technique based on multi-layer classification technique to identify the lesion boundary is described. The inventors have discovered a technique based on training several classifiers such that to classify each pixel as lesion versus normal Each classifier is trained on a specific range of image resolutions. Then, for a new test image, the trained classifiers are applied on the image. Then by fusing the prediction results in pixel level a probability map is generated. In the next step, a thresholding method is applied to convert the probability map to a binary mask, which determines a mole border.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mani ABEDINI, Rajib CHAKRAVORTY, Rahil GARNAVI, Munawar HAYAT
  • Patent number: 9684967
    Abstract: A robust segmentation technique based on multi-layer classification technique to identify the lesion boundary is described. The inventors have discovered a technique based on training several classifiers such that to classify each pixel as lesion versus normal Each classifier is trained on a specific range of image resolutions. Then, for a new test image, the trained classifiers are applied on the image. Then by fusing the prediction results in pixel level a probability map is generated. In the next step, a thresholding method is applied to convert the probability map to a binary mask, which determines a mole border.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mani Abedini, Rajib Chakravorty, Rahil Garnavi, Munawar Hayat
  • Publication number: 20170116744
    Abstract: A robust segmentation technique based on multi-layer classification technique to identify the lesion boundary is described. The inventors have discovered a technique based on training several classifiers such that to classify each pixel as lesion versus normal Each classifier is trained on a specific range of image resolutions. Then, for a new test image, the trained classifiers are applied on the image. Then by fusing the prediction results in pixel level a probability map is generated. In the next step, a thresholding method is applied to convert the probability map to a binary mask, which determines a mole border.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mani ABEDINI, Rajib CHAKRAVORTY, Rahil GARNAVI, Munawar HAYAT