Patents by Inventor Peter Kontschieder

Peter Kontschieder 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: 10776423
    Abstract: Video processing for motor task analysis is described. In various examples, a video of a person carrying out a motor task, such as placing the forefinger on the nose, is input to a trained machine learning system to classify the motor task into one of a plurality of classes. In an example, motion descriptors such as optical flow are computed from pairs of frames of the video and the motion descriptors are input to the machine learning system. The motor task analysis may be used to assess or evaluate neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis and/or Parkinson's.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Peter Kontschieder, Jonas Dorn, Darko Zikic, Antonio Criminsi, Frank Kurt Dahlke
  • Patent number: 10235605
    Abstract: Image labeling is described, for example, to recognize body organs in a medical image, to label body parts in a depth image of a game player, to label objects in a video of a scene. In various embodiments an automated classifier uses geodesic features of an image, and optionally other types of features, to semantically segment an image. For example, the geodesic features relate to a distance between image elements, the distance taking into account information about image content between the image elements. In some examples the automated classifier is an entangled random decision forest in which data accumulated at earlier tree levels is used to make decisions at later tree levels. In some examples the automated classifier has auto-context by comprising two or more random decision forests. In various examples parallel processing and look up procedures are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Antonio Criminisi, Peter Kontschieder, Pushmeet Kohli, Jamie Daniel Joseph Shotton
  • Patent number: 10083233
    Abstract: Video processing for motor task analysis is described. In various examples, a video of at least part of a person or animal carrying out a motor task, such as placing the forefinger on the nose, is input to a trained machine learning system to classify the motor task into one of a plurality of classes. In an example, motion descriptors such as optical flow are computed from pairs of frames of the video and the motion descriptors are input to the machine learning system. For example, during training the machine learning system identifies time-dependent and/or location-dependent acceleration or velocity features which discriminate between the classes of the motor task. In examples, the trained machine learning system computes, from the motion descriptors, the location dependent acceleration or velocity features which it has learned as being good discriminators. In various examples, a feature is computed using sub-volumes of the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Kontschieder, Jonas Dorn, Darko Zikic, Antonio Criminisi
  • Publication number: 20170293805
    Abstract: Video processing for motor task analysis is described. In various examples, a video of a person carrying out a motor task, such as placing the forefinger on the nose, is input to a trained machine learning system to classify the motor task into one of a plurality of classes. In an example, motion descriptors such as optical flow are computed from pairs of frames of the video and the motion descriptors are input to the machine learning system. The motor task analysis may be used to assess or evaluate neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis and/or Parkinson's.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Kontschieder, Jonas Dorn, Darko Zikic, Antonio Criminsi, Frank Kurt Dahlke
  • Patent number: 9626766
    Abstract: A method of sensing depth using an RGB camera. In an example method, a color image of a scene is received from an RGB camera. The color image is applied to a trained machine learning component which uses features of the image elements to assign all or some of the image elements a depth value which represents the distance between the surface depicted by the image element and the RGB camera. In various examples, the machine learning component comprises one or more entangled geodesic random decision forests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Antonio Criminisi, Duncan Paul Robertson, Peter Kontschieder, Pushmeet Kohli, Henrik Turbell, Adriana Dumitras, Indeera Munasinghe, Jamie Daniel Joseph Shotton
  • Publication number: 20160071284
    Abstract: Video processing for motor task analysis is described. In various examples, a video of at least part of a person or animal carrying out a motor task, such as placing the forefinger on the nose, is input to a trained machine learning system to classify the motor task into one of a plurality of classes. In an example, motion descriptors such as optical flow are computed from pairs of frames of the video and the motion descriptors are input to the machine learning system. For example, during training the machine learning system identifies time-dependent and/or location-dependent acceleration or velocity features which discriminate between the classes of the motor task. In examples, the trained machine learning system computes, from the motion descriptors, the location dependent acceleration or velocity features which it has learned as being good discriminators. In various examples, a feature is computed using sub-volumes of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Kontschieder, Jonas Dorn, Darko Zikic, Antonio Criminisi
  • Publication number: 20150248765
    Abstract: A method of sensing depth using an RGB camera. In an example method, a color image of a scene is received from an RGB camera. The color image is applied to a trained machine learning component which uses features of the image elements to assign all or some of the image elements a depth value which represents the distance between the surface depicted by the image element and the RGB camera. In various examples, the machine learning component comprises one or more entangled geodesic random decision forests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Antonio Criminisi, Duncan Paul Robertson, Peter Kontschieder, Pushmeet Kohli, Henrik Turbell, Adriana Dumitras, Indeera Munasinghe, Jamie Daniel Joseph Shotton
  • Publication number: 20140307956
    Abstract: Image labeling is described, for example, to recognize body organs in a medical image, to label body parts in a depth image of a game player, to label objects in a video of a scene. In various embodiments an automated classifier uses geodesic features of an image, and optionally other types of features, to semantically segment an image. For example, the geodesic features relate to a distance between image elements, the distance taking into account information about image content between the image elements. In some examples the automated classifier is an entangled random decision forest in which data accumulated at earlier tree levels is used to make decisions at later tree levels. In some examples the automated classifier has auto-context by comprising two or more random decision forests. In various examples parallel processing and look up procedures are used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Antonio Criminisi, Peter Kontschieder, Pushmeet Kohli, Jamie Daniel Joseph Shotton