Patents by Inventor Naphtali Rishe
Naphtali Rishe 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).
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Patent number: 11537888Abstract: Devices and methods for learning and/or predicting the self-reported pain improvement levels of osteoarthritis (OA) patients are provided. A device or apparatus can include a processor and a machine-readable medium in operable communication with the processor and having stored thereon an algorithm and a unique set of features. The algorithm and set of features can enable building one or more models that learn the self-reported pain improvement levels of OA patients.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEESInventors: Deya Banisakher, Naphtali Rishe, Mark Finlayson
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Patent number: 11494418Abstract: Systems and methods for discovering and/or determining section types for a given document class in a data-driven manner are provided. A modified Bayesian model merging algorithm can be used, along with extending an Analogical Story Merging (ASM) algorithm. The systems and methods can learn the section structure of documents without a pre-existing ontology of sections or time-intensive annotation efforts.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEESInventors: Deya Banisakher, Naphtali Rishe, Mark Finlayson
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Publication number: 20220237210Abstract: Systems and methods for discovering and/or determining section types for a given document class in a data-driven manner are provided. A modified Bayesian model merging algorithm can be used, along with extending an Analogical Story Merging (ASM) algorithm. The systems and methods can learn the section structure of documents without a pre-existing ontology of sections or time-intensive annotation efforts.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: The Florida International University Board of TrusteesInventors: Deya Banisakher, Naphtali Rishe, Mark Finlayson
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Patent number: 10949622Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically modeling the discourse structure of psychiatric reports and segmenting these reports into various sections are provided. The systems and methods can be based around a model that learns the section types, positions, and sequence and can automatically segment unlabeled text in a psychiatric report into the corresponding sections. Knowledge of the ordering of the sections can improve the performance of a section classifier and a text segmenter. A Hierarchical Hidden Markov Model (HHMM) can be trained and can categorize sections in psychiatric reports into a predefined section label.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: The Florida International University Board of TrusteesInventors: Deya Banisakher, Naphtali Rishe, Mark Finlayson
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Patent number: 10908745Abstract: Devices related to a conductive fabric sensor are provided. A device can comprise an insulting and flexible fabric substrate, a central transmitting electrode on a top surface of the insulting and flexible fabric substrate, a plurality of receiving electrodes surrounding the central transmitting electrode and connected to the central transmitting electrode, and a power supply configured to generate a respective electric field between the central transmitting electrode and each receiving electrode of the plurality receiving electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: The Florida International University Board of TrusteesInventors: Francisco R. Ortega, Jules Calella, Naphtali Rishe, S. S. Iyengar
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Publication number: 20200364566Abstract: Devices and methods for learning and/or predicting the self-reported pain improvement levels of osteoarthritis (OA) patients are provided. A device or apparatus can include a processor and a machine-readable medium in operable communication with the processor and having stored thereon an algorithm and a unique set of features. The algorithm and set of features can enable building one or more models that learn the self-reported pain improvement levels of OA patients.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: The Florida International University Board of TrusteesInventors: Deya Banisakher, Naphtali Rishe, Mark Finlayson
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Patent number: 10831332Abstract: Methods of communicating, displaying, and storing information relating to structures, as well as apparatuses for executing such methods, are provided. The methods can be executed on touchscreen electronic devices and may be particularly useful for shopping center, cruise ship, museum, and construction applications. The methods and apparatuses allow for, for example, reviewing a building's interior, finding information on areas within a building, and navigating from a current location to a destination. A method can include defining a structure using elements, wherein the elements are three dimensional shapes, and manipulating the elements or the structure on a user interface. A user is therefore able to obtain important information about the structure clearly and effortlessly.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: The Florida International University Board of TrusteesInventors: Oliver Ullrich, Naphtali Rishe, Victor Potapenko
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Publication number: 20200134024Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically modeling the discourse structure of psychiatric reports and segmenting these reports into various sections are provided. The systems and methods can be based around a model that learns the section types, positions, and sequence and can automatically segment unlabeled text in a psychiatric report into the corresponding sections. Knowledge of the ordering of the sections can improve the performance of a section classifier and a text segmenter. A Hierarchical Hidden Markov Model (HHMM) can be trained and can categorize sections in psychiatric reports into a predefined section label.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: The Florida International University Board of TrusteesInventors: Deya Banisakher, Naphtali Rishe, Mark Finlayson
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Publication number: 20190391683Abstract: Devices related to a conductive fabric sensor are provided. A device can comprise an insulting and flexible fabric substrate, a central transmitting electrode on a top surface of the insulting and flexible fabric substrate, a plurality of receiving electrodes surrounding the central transmitting electrode and connected to the central transmitting electrode, and a power supply configured to generate a respective electric field between the central transmitting electrode and each receiving electrode of the plurality receiving electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: The Florida International University Board of TrusteesInventors: Francisco R. Ortega, Jules Calella, Naphtali Rishe, S. S. Iyengar
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Patent number: 10346477Abstract: Systems and methods for performing a mobile range query are provided. A system can include a first computer readable medium configured to iteratively transmit a mobile range query, as well as a second computer readable medium configured to: receive a mobile range query; compute a range query result; build two min-heaps that contain in-border interest points and out-border intersect points respectively; construct an initial candidate safe region by popping top elements in the two min-heaps while they are not empty; computing the intersections of the domain region of the top elements and the candidate safe region and redefining the candidate safe region using the intersections; and return the mobile range query results to the first medium.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: The Florida International University Board of TrusteesInventors: Mingjin Zhang, Naphtali Rishe, Jahkell Lazarre, Jing Tong
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Patent number: 10210272Abstract: Systems and methods for performing a mobile window query are provided. A method can include transmitting a mobile window query, determining which interest point falls within a query window, defining a potential safe region, refining the safe region utilizing the surrounding interest points, and returning the interest points and safe region to a user.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: The Florida International University Board of TrusteesInventors: Mingjin Zhang, Naphtali Rishe, Jahkell Lazarre
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Patent number: 10200814Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for providing a k-nearest neighbor for location based services are provided. A method can include querying a database to detect a plurality of interest points within a predetermined distance of the user device using a kNN algorithm, organizing the interest points within a Voronoi tree, and continuously return a position specific result of relevant interest points.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: The Florida International University Board of TrusteesInventors: Mingjin Zhang, Naphtali Rishe, Weitong Liu, Jahkell Lazarre
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Patent number: 10095724Abstract: Methods for progressive continuous range query (PCRQ) are provided. A method can include using branch-and-bound to index interest points with a tree-index and generating a nearest enter split-point for a root node in the tree-index and adding to min-heap. Next, whether min-heap has more elements and whether a next split-point in min-heap is closer than a destination can be determined. Whether a query point has reached a split-point can be investigated followed by retrieving an entry that has generated the split-point. The split-point can be then be removed from min-heap.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: The Florida International University Board of TrusteesInventors: Mingjin Zhang, Naphtali Rishe, Weitong Liu, Tao Li
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Publication number: 20180239513Abstract: Methods of communicating, displaying, and storing information relating to structures, as well as apparatuses for executing such methods, are provided. The methods can be executed on touchscreen electronic devices and may be particularly useful for shopping center, cruise ship, museum, and construction applications. The methods and apparatuses allow for, for example, reviewing a building's interior, finding information on areas within a building, and navigating from a current location to a destination. A method can include defining a structure using elements, wherein the elements are three dimensional shapes, and manipulating the elements or the structure on a user interface. A user is therefore able to obtain important information about the structure clearly and effortlessly.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2017Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: The Florida International University Board of TrusteesInventors: Oliver Ullrich, Naphtali Rishe, Victor Potapenko
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Patent number: 9964948Abstract: Methods and systems for assisting autonomous vehicles are provided. The methods and systems can help increase safety and consumer satisfaction with autonomous vehicles and help bridge the gap towards completely autonomy. A method for assisting autonomous vehicles can include providing an autonomous vehicle having sensory inputs and providing a remote control center having two-way communication with the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle can send its sensory input information to the control center and the control center can send control information to the autonomous vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: The Florida International University Board of TrusteesInventors: Oliver Ullrich, Naphtali Rishe
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Patent number: 9900555Abstract: Systems and methods for virtual collaboration between participants in remote locations are provided. A system can include a computing device, a display, a plurality of cameras, a microphone, at least one speaker or headset, a sensor, and a computer-readable medium having software stored thereon for generating a virtual roundtable experience for the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: The Florida International University Board of TrusteesInventors: Armando Barreto, Naphtali Rishe, Francisco Ortega, Nonnarit O-larnnithipong
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Publication number: 20170308082Abstract: Methods and systems for assisting autonomous vehicles are provided. The methods and systems can help increase safety and consumer satisfaction with autonomous vehicles and help bridge the gap towards completely autonomy. A method for assisting autonomous vehicles can include providing an autonomous vehicle having sensory inputs and providing a remote control center having two-way communication with the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle can send its sensory input information to the control center and the control center can send control information to the autonomous vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: The Florida International University Board of TrusteesInventors: Oliver Ullrich, Naphtali Rishe
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Patent number: 9786173Abstract: Systems and techniques are described to enable the dynamic selection of a transit route through the stop zones of a transit line. Techniques are disclosed for receiving a current location of a transit vehicle on a transit line and determining a transit route through one or more of the vehicle's remaining stop zones by choosing an optimized combination of stop options and route segment options for that specific transit vehicle. Techniques may be performed in some cases by accessing a real-time traffic information service to obtain one or more traffic condition factors on a route segment, determining a dynamic route segment option weight, calculating a dynamic cost function with respect to the weights, and determining an optimized set of the route segments with respect to the cost functions.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: The Florida International University Board of TrusteesInventors: Oliver Ullrich, Naphtali Rishe, Daniel Luckerath
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Patent number: 9786175Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring parking areas and/or recommending a parking spot or a parking area to a driver are provided. The methods and systems can operate using incomplete camera or sensor coverage and minimal additional overhead. A method for assigning parking locations can include providing a first parking area and a second parking area, providing a means for determining a first parking area density and a means for determining a second parking area density, calculating a first parking index for the first parking area and a second parking index for the second parking area, providing a user interface suitable for assigning parking areas to drivers, and providing an assigned parking area based on the means for determining the first parking area density, the means for determining the second parking area density, the first parking index, and the second parking index.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: The Florida International University Board of TrusteesInventors: Oliver Ullrich, Naphtali Rishe
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Patent number: 9601101Abstract: Techniques and systems for facilitating the calibration of oscillation frequencies for an analog audio synthesizer are disclosed. Included are embodiments for performing the initial calibration of an audio synthesizer and for continuously compensating for the frequency irregularities which originate from insufficient calibration and/or frequency drift of the oscillator circuits. Embodiments can utilize the microcontroller already present in most synthesizers and require no further hardware.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEESInventors: Oliver Ullrich, Naphtali Rishe