Patents Examined by Amandeep Saini
  • Refined searching based on detected object configurations
    Patent number: 11521378
    Abstract: Refined searching based on detected object configurations is provided by training a machine learning model to identify non-naturally occurring object configurations, acquiring images of an initial search area based on scanning it using a camera-equipped autonomous aerial vehicle operating in accordance with an initial automated flight plan defining the initial search area, analyzing the acquired images using the trained machine learning model and identifying that an object configuration is a non-naturally occurring object configuration, then based on identifying the non-naturally occurring object configuration, refining the initial automated flight plan to obtain a modified automated flight plan defining a different search area as compared to the initial search area, and initiating autonomous aerial scanning of the different search area in accordance with the modified automated flight plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Huntington Grant, Ruchika Bengani, Shikhar Kwatra, Zachary A. Silverstein
  • Information processing apparatus and information processing method
    Patent number: 11521387
    Abstract: A clip image to be used as a highlight image, a replay image, or the like in a broadcast or the like is enabled to be generated easily and precisely. For this purpose, an information processing apparatus performs first processing for converting a received image signal into an image signal for real-time processing and transmitting the image signal to an analysis engine that is located outside. Furthermore, the information processing apparatus performs second processing for receiving event extraction information that has been received from the analysis engine and generating setting information of a clip image, by using the event extraction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohide Yamada, Masakazu Murata
  • Display control apparatus and vehicle control apparatus
    Patent number: 11514793
    Abstract: A display control apparatus is installed in an own vehicle to display an image on a display device viewed by a passenger of the own vehicle. The display control apparatus includes a boundary acquisition section that acquires positions of boundary portions defining both width-wise ends of a traveling lane in which the own vehicle travels, and an object acquisition section that acquires a position of an object around the traveling lane. The apparatus generates a position image, which is an image representing the positions of the boundary portions and the position of the object, and displays the position image on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Shimizu
  • Computer aided method and electrical device for analyzing fibrosis
    Patent number: 11508060
    Abstract: A computer aided method for analyzing fibrosis is provided. First, a segmentation algorithm is performed on a medical image to obtain a segmentation image. Circular fibrosis is detected according to the segmentation image to determine a score. In some cases, it is also necessary to determine a number of fibrosis bridges and the condition of fiber expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Pau-Choo Chung Chan, Nan-Haw Chow, Hung-Wen Tsai, Kuo-Sheng Cheng, Chun-Cheng Huang
  • Urine analysis system, image capturing apparatus, urine analysis method
    Patent number: 11499908
    Abstract: A urine analysis system according to an embodiment includes: a testing apparatus that measures particles included in a urine sample according to a flow cytometry method; an image capturing apparatus that captures images of particles in the urine sample to acquire particle images; and a management apparatus that receives a measurement result obtained by the testing apparatus and the particle images acquired by the image capturing apparatus. The management apparatus generates an order to capture an image of the urine sample based on the measurement result obtained by the testing apparatus. The image capturing apparatus executes the image capturing processing of the particles in the urine sample for which the image capturing order has been generated by the management apparatus, and transmits the acquired particle images to the management apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Fukuda, Masamichi Tanaka, Yousuke Tanaka
  • Systems and methods for predicting crop size and yield
    Patent number: 11495016
    Abstract: A computer system obtains, using a camera, a first plurality of images of a canopy an agricultural plot. For each respective fruit of a plurality of fruit growing in the agricultural plot, the computer system identifies a first respective image in the first plurality of images that comprises the respective fruit. The first respective image has a corresponding first camera location. The computer system also identifies a second respective image in the first plurality of images that comprises the respective fruit. The second respective image has a corresponding second camera location. The computer system uses at least i) the first and second respective images and ii) a distance between the first and second camera locations to determine a corresponding size of the respective fruit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Aerobotics (Pty) Ltd
    Inventors: Benjamin Meltzer, Michael Wootton, James Paterson, Munsanje Mweene
  • Recognition, reidentification and security enhancements using autonomous machines
    Patent number: 11487811
    Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating recognition, reidentification, and security in machine learning at autonomous machines. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes facilitating a camera to detect one or more objects within a physical vicinity, the one or more objects including a person, and the physical vicinity including a house, where detecting includes capturing one or more images of one or more portions of a body of the person. The method may further include extracting body features based on the one or more portions of the body, comparing the extracted body features with feature vectors stored at a database, and building a classification model based on the extracted body features over a period of time to facilitate recognition or reidentification of the person independent of facial recognition of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Barnan Das, Mayuresh M. Varerkar, Narayan Biswal, Stanley J. Baran, Gokcen Cilingir, Nilesh V. Shah, Archie Sharma, Sherine Abdelhak, Praneetha Kotha, Neelay Pandit, John C. Weast, Mike B. MacPherson, Dukhwan Kim, Linda L. Hurd, Abhishek R. Appu, Altug Koker, Joydeep Ray
  • Text detection using global geometry estimators
    Patent number: 11488406
    Abstract: Systems, processes and methods for detecting rotated or angled text in an image based on global text geometry estimations are provided. A method includes, at an electronic device with memory and one or more processors, receiving an image including a plurality of pixels (802); determining, based on the image, one or more pixels of the plurality of pixels included in the image that contain text (804); identifying, based on the one or more pixels that contain text, a plurality of components in the image (810); determining a subset of components based on the plurality of components (814); determining, based on the pixels that contain text of the subset of components, one or more candidate text angles (816); determining a global text angle based on the determined one or more candidate text angles (824); and determining a first plurality of bounding boxes based on the global text angle (830).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Cedric Bray, Guangyu Zhong
  • Medical image denoising method
    Patent number: 11488287
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for denoising an image. The method can include receiving an acquired image from an image acquisition system, and processing the acquired image with a nonlinear diffusion coefficient based filter having a diffusion coefficient that is calculated using gradient vector orientation information in the acquired image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
    Inventor: Mahbubunnabi Tamal
  • Systems and methods for biometric data collections
    Patent number: 11482052
    Abstract: A biometric biochemical analysis system includes a user interface module to provide instructions for collecting and handling biochemical sampling and processing related to biometric data gathering as well as capturing biometric data using digital data capturing devices. The user interface module and display are integrated with analysis and communications portions of the biometric biochemical analysis system to provide a portable system for multi-portion data collecting, storage, verification, and analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: INTEGENX, INC.
    Inventors: Robert A. Schueren, David King, Chungsoo Charles Park, Stevan B. Jovanovich
  • Image/video analysis with activity signatures
    Patent number: 11475669
    Abstract: Video frames from a video are compressed into a single image or a single data structure that represents a unique visual flowprint or visual signature for a given activity being modeled from the video frames. The flowprint comprises a computed summary of the original pixel values associated with the video frames within the single image and the flowprint is specific to movements occurring within the video frames that are associated with the given activity. In an embodiment, the flowprint is provided as input to a machine-learning algorithm to allow the algorithm to perform object tracking and monitoring from the flowprint rather than from the video frames of the video, which substantially improves processor load and memory utilization on a device that executes the algorithm, and substantially improved responsiveness of the algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua Migdal, Vikram Srinivasan
  • System and method for automatic video categorization
    Patent number: 11475668
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory and processor. The memory stores a set of object categories and a set of motion categories. The processor splits a video into an ordered series of frames. For each frame, the processor determines that the frame includes an image of an object of a given object category. The processor assigns the given object category to the frame and stores the assigned object category in an ordered series of object category assignments. The processor determines, based on a subset of the ordered series of object category assignments, that the video used to generate the ordered series of object category assignments depicts a motion of a given motion category. The processor assigns the given motion category to the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Maharaj Mukherjee, Utkarsh Raj
  • Methods and apparatus to capture images
    Patent number: 11470243
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to obtain exposure data for media exposure environment(s) are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes processor circuitry to determine audience identification information and content identifying data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Christen V. Nielsen
  • Representative image generation
    Patent number: 11462018
    Abstract: Representative image generation technology is provided. A representative image generation method according to embodiments of the present invention includes automatically generating a representative image for a relevant content by recognizing an object in the content, such as a webtoon, an illustration, multiple images related to a particular product, or a user's photograph album.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: NAVER WEBTOON LTD.
    Inventor: Jieun Park
  • Method of determining occlusion based visibility for volumetric video streaming
    Patent number: 11457200
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, that includes a processing system including a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations including receiving a manifest for a point cloud, wherein the point cloud is partitioned into a plurality of cells; determining an occlusion level for a cell of the plurality of cells with respect to a predicted viewport; reducing a point density for the cell provided in the manifest based on the occlusion level, thereby determining a reduced point density; and requesting delivery of points in the cell, based on the reduced point density. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Bo Han, Cheuk Yiu Ip, Jackson Jarrell Pair
  • Efficient K-nearest neighbor search algorithm for three-dimensional (3D) lidar point cloud in unmanned driving
    Patent number: 11430200
    Abstract: An efficient K-nearest neighbor search algorithm for three-dimensional (3D) lidar point cloud in unmanned driving and a use of the foregoing K-nearest neighbor search algorithm in a point cloud map matching process in the unmanned driving are provided. A novel data structure for fast K-nearest neighbor search is used, such that each voxel or sub-voxel includes a proper quantity of points to reduce redundant search. The novel K-nearest neighbor search algorithm is based on a double segmentation voxel structure (DSVS) and a field programmable gate array (FPGA). By means of the novel K-nearest neighbor search algorithm, nearest neighbors are searched for only in a neighboring expected area near a search point, thereby reducing search of redundant points. In addition, an optimized data transmission and access policy is used, which makes the algorithm more fit the characteristic of the FPGA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hao Sun, Yajun Ha
  • Medical image generation, localizaton, registration system
    Patent number: 11430140
    Abstract: A method for generating a synthesized medical image by receiving a normal image includes generating first data based on a random selection, generating second data, and, based at least in part on the first and second data, modifying the normal image to form the synthesized medical image. Modifying the normal image comprises combining the first data and the second data. The first data characterizes an image that represents a lesion and the second data characterizes a transformation of that image as well as a location of the lesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventors: Jung Hwan Cho, Manohar Karki, Kye Wook Lee
  • Determination of defect location for examination of a specimen
    Patent number: 11423529
    Abstract: There is provided a method and a system configured to obtain an image of a one or more first areas of a semiconductor specimen acquired by an examination tool, determine data Datt informative of defectivity in the one or more first areas, determine one or more second areas of the semiconductor specimen for which presence of a defect is suspected based at least on an evolution of Datt, or of data correlated to Datt, in the one or more first areas, and select the one or more second areas for inspection by the examination tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials Isreal Ltd.
    Inventors: Doron Girmonsky, Rafael Ben Ami, Boaz Cohen, Dror Shemesh
  • Image based metrology of surface deformations
    Patent number: 11417010
    Abstract: Methods for detecting areas of localized tilt on a sample using imaging reflectometry measurements include obtaining a first image without blocking any light reflected from the sample and obtaining a second image while blocking some light reflected from the sample at the aperture plane. The areas of localized tilt are detected by comparing first reflectance intensity values of pixels in the first image with second reflectance intensity values of corresponding pixels in the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Mehdi Vaez-Iravani, Guoheng Zhao
  • Unsupervised annotation using dual network system with pre-defined structure
    Patent number: 11403511
    Abstract: In some implementations at an electronic device, training a dual EDNN includes defining a data structure of attributes corresponding to defined parts of a task, processing a first instance of an input using a first EDNN to produce a first output while encoding a first set of the attributes in a first latent space, and processing a second instance of the input using a second EDNN to produce a second output while encoding attribute differences from attribute averages in a second latent space. The device then determines a second set of the attributes based on the attribute differences and the attribute averages. The device then adjusts parameters of the first and second EDNNs based on comparing the first instance of the input to the first output, the second instance of the input to the second output, and the first set of attributes to the second set of attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Meier, Tanmay Batra