Patents Examined by Amara Abdi
-
Image reconstruction method, apparatus, and system in magnetic resonance imaging, and storage medium
Patent number: 11227416Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to image reconstruction techniques used in magnetic resonance imaging. The techniques disclosed include calculating, for each of image reconstruction tasks to be performed, a calculation capability requirement value of the task by a magnetic resonance system, and determining whether the calculation capability requirement value of the task is greater than a predetermined threshold. If so, the task is sent to a shared image reconstruction apparatus, so that the shared image reconstruction apparatus performs the task. Otherwise, the task is sent to a local image reconstruction apparatus, so that the local image reconstruction apparatus performs the task. The techniques described herein facilitate a reduction in hardware cost required for image reconstruction in MRI.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbHInventors: Jun Xiong, Yan Tu Huang -
Patent number: 11222429Abstract: An object that moves, which is depicted in a video, can be identified. Radial lines emanating from the object can be rendered in an enhanced video. Responsive to detecting a first movement of the object indicating a size of the object is increasing in the video, a length of each of the radial lines can be increased. Responsive to detecting a second movement of the object indicating the size of the object is decreasing in the video, the length of each of the radial lines can be decreased. Responsive to detecting a third movement of the object, in a two-dimensional plane, the length of a first portion of the radial lines emanating from a leading surface of the object can be decreased while the length of a second portion of the radial lines emanating from a trailing surface of the object can be increased.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ilse M. Breedvelt-Schouten, John A. Lyons, Jeffrey A. Kusnitz, Jana H. Jenkins
-
Patent number: 11210526Abstract: A video processing apparatus includes a video analyzer that analyzes video data captured by a surveillance camera, detects an event belonging to a specific category, and outputs a detection result, a display controller that displays, together with a video of the video data, a category setting screen for setting a category of an event included in the video, and a learning data accumulator that accumulates, as learning data together with the video data, category information set in accordance with an operation by an operator to the category setting screen. The video analyzer performs learning processing by using the learning data accumulated in the learning data accumulator.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Daichi Hisada, Takeshi Moribe
-
Patent number: 11210807Abstract: A method for implementing a graphics pipeline. The method includes building a first shadow map of high resolution, and building a second shadow map based on the first shadow map of lower resolution. The method includes determining a light source affecting a virtual scene, and projecting geometries of objects of an image of the virtual scene onto a plurality of pixels of a display from a first point-of-view. The method includes determining a foveal region when rendering the image, wherein the foveal region corresponds to where an attention of a user is directed. The method includes determining a first set of geometries is drawn to a first pixel, determining the first set of geometries is in shadow based on the light source, and determining the first set of geometries is outside of the foveal region. The method includes rendering the first set of geometries using the second shadow map.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Andrew Young, Chris Ho, Jeffrey Roger Stafford
-
Patent number: 11195052Abstract: The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for training and using generative adversarial networks to detect abnormalities in images of a human organ. In one implementation, a method is provided for training a neural network system, the method may include applying a perception branch of an object detection network to frames of a first subset of a plurality of videos to produce a first plurality of detections of abnormalities. Further, the method may include using the first plurality of detections and frames from a second subset of the plurality of videos to train a generator network to generate a plurality of artificial representations of polyps, and training an adversarial branch of the discriminator network to differentiate between artificial representations of the abnormalities and true representations of abnormalities.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Cosmo Artificial Intelligence—AI LimitedInventors: Nhan Ngo Dinh, Giulio Evangelisti, Flavio Navari
-
Patent number: 11191219Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for capturing images of a field and performing agricultural data analysis of the images. In one embodiment, a computer system for monitoring field operations includes a database for storing agricultural image data including images of at least one stage of crop development that are captured with at least one of an apparatus and a remote sensor moving through a field. The computer includes at least one processing unit that is coupled to the database. The at least one processing unit is configured to execute instructions to analyze the captured images, to determine relevant images that indicate a change in at least one condition of the crop development, and to generate a localized view map layer for viewing the field at the at least one stage of crop development based on at least the relevant captured images.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: THE CLIMATE CORPORATIONInventors: Phil Baurer, Justin Koch, Doug Sauder, Brad Stoller
-
Patent number: 11176364Abstract: Described herein are various technologies pertaining to text extraction from a document. A computing device receives the document. The document comprises computer-readable text and a layout, wherein the layout defines positions of the computer-readable text within a two-dimensional area represented by the document. Responsive to receiving the document, the computing device identifies at least one textual element in the computer-readable text based upon spatial factors between portions of the computer-readable text and contextual relationships between the portions of the computer-readable text. The computing device then outputs the at least one textual element.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: HYLAND SOFTWARE, INC.Inventors: Ralph Meier, Thorsten Wanschura, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat
-
Patent number: 11172900Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are provided that utilize one or more processors in connection with, receiving OA/US feature scores in connection with OA/US images collected from a patient examination for a volume of interest. The methods, devices and systems apply the OA/US feature scores to a feature score to molecular subtype (FSMS) model. The methods, devices and systems determine, from the FSMS model, an indication of at least one of a molecular subtype or histologic grade of a pathology experienced by the patient.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Seno Medical Instruments, Inc.Inventor: Anthony Thomas Stavros
-
Patent number: 11151407Abstract: A system for identifying a potential altered image includes an image analysis unit to analyse an image and output a result indicating whether the image shows a predetermined feature and a processor to obtain a first output from the image analysis unit for an image that has a plurality of pixels each having a pixel value, obtain an altered version of the image by adjusting pixel values of up to a predetermined threshold amount of pixels in the image, obtain a second output from the image analysis unit for the altered version of the image, determine whether the second output is different to the first output, and identify that the image is a potential altered image in response to determining that the second output is different to the first output.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: AIDOC Medical LTDInventors: Eugene Walach, Elad Walach, Idan Bassukevitch, Uri Goren Horesh, Michael Braginski
-
Patent number: 11138749Abstract: The method of determination of a depth map of a scene comprises generation of a distance map of the scene obtained by time of flight measurements, acquisition of two images of the scene from two different viewpoints, and stereoscopic processing of the two images taking into account the distance map. The generation of the distance map includes generation of distance histograms acquisition zone by acquisition zone of the scene, and the stereoscopic processing includes, for each region of the depth map corresponding to an acquisition zone, elementary processing taking into account the corresponding histogram.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS SAInventors: Manu Alibay, Olivier Pothier, Victor Macela, Alain Bellon, Arnaud Bourge
-
Patent number: 11122734Abstract: In an approach, hyperspectral and/or multispectral remote sensing images are automatically analyzed by a nitrogen analysis subsystem to estimate the value of nitrogen variables of crops or other plant life located within the images. For example, the nitrogen analysis subsystem may contain a data collector module, a function generator module, and a nitrogen estimator module. The data collector module prepares training data which is used by the function generator module to train a mapping function. The mapping function is then used by the nitrogen estimator module to estimate the values of nitrogen variables for a new remote sensing image that is not included in the training set. The values may then be reported and/or used to determine an optimal amount of fertilizer to add to a field of crops to promote plant growth.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: THE CLIMATE CORPORATIONInventors: Wei Guan, Ying Xu
-
Patent number: 11125883Abstract: Efficient and scalable three-dimensional point cloud segmentation. In an embodiment, a three-dimensional point cloud is segmented by adding points to a spatial hash. For each unseen point, a cluster is generated, the unseen point is added to the cluster and marked as seen, and, for each point that is added to the cluster, the point is set as a reference, a reference threshold metric is computed, all unseen neighbors are identified based on the reference threshold metric, and, for each identified unseen neighbor, the unseen neighbor is marked as seen, a neighbor threshold metric is computed, and the neighbor is added or not added to the cluster based on the neighbor threshold metric. When the cluster reaches a threshold size, it may be added to a cluster list. Objects may be identified based on the cluster list and used to control autonomous system(s).Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: APEX.AI, INC.Inventor: Christopher Ho
-
Patent number: 11127167Abstract: Many computing systems process data organized in a matrix format. For example, artificial neural networks perform numerous computations on data organized into matrices using conventional matrix arithmetic operations. One such operation is the transpose operation. Techniques are introduced for storing a matrix in a compressed format that allows, for example, a transpose operation to be performed during decompression. Thus, by utilizing the introduced techniques, transformations of compressed matrices such transposition can be achieved in a more effective way. Parallel processing may also be used to more efficiently compress and/or decompress.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: NVIDIA CorporationInventors: Michael Frumkin, Jeffrey Pool, Jorge Albericio Latorre
-
Patent number: 11126808Abstract: A system and method for use in decoding a dot code carried by a glass substrate or container. The method comprises converting an image of a dot code to a grayscale image to remove effects of at least one of color of the glass substrate or color of ambient light, where the image includes a plurality of circular dots; detecting edges of the circular dots in the grayscale image to produce an edge-detected image; filtering the edge-detected image to produce a filtered image; applying a Close transform to convert open instances of the circular dots to closed instances of the circular dots; and identifying quantity and position of all of the circular dots. The method may further include applying a transform to remove background noise from the filtered image and/or filling all the closed instances of the circular dots.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventor: Karl Johnston
-
Patent number: 11120532Abstract: An image processing method and corresponding system operate by obtaining a first image and generating a first histogram information based on the first image. The method then obtains a cumulative-distribution-function (CDF) curve according to the first histogram information and generates an adaptive curve according to a high-contrast curve and a low-contrast curve. Finally, the method uses the adaptive curve to adjust the CDF curve to generate a mapping curve, and adjusts the first image by using the mapping curve to generate a second image with contrast enhancement effect.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: SHANGHAI ZHAOXIN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Fuwen Li, Yichen Li
-
Patent number: 11113566Abstract: An image processing system includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image obtained by imaging a vehicle outside, a dictionary storage unit that stores dictionary data to be referred to in specifying an object included in the captured image, a specification unit that specifies the object based on the dictionary data, a behavior information acquisition unit that acquires behavior information indicating a behavior state of a vehicle, and a classification unit that classifies, based on the behavior information of the vehicle with respect to an unspecifiable object as the object unspecified by the specification unit, whether or not the vehicle needs to avoid the unspecifiable object. Image data of the unspecifiable object is used for creating the dictionary data along with a classification result of the classification unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe, Hirofumi Kamimaru
-
Patent number: 11106904Abstract: A method for modeling crowd movement includes obtaining a temporal sequence of images of a physical venue and, for each of the images, subdividing the respective image into a respective set of logical pixels according to a predetermined mapping. For each logical pixel of each image, the method computes a respective crowd density representing a respective number of mobile objects per unit of area in the physical venue at the logical pixel, thereby forming a temporal sequence of crowd density maps that corresponds to the temporal sequence of images. The method then uses successive pairs of crowd density maps to train a model on spatiotemporal changes in crowd density at the physical venue. A method of predicting future crowd density maps at physical venues using a current image of the physical venue and the trained model is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Ryo Yonetani, Mai Kurose
-
Patent number: 11107349Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for detection of a scooter riding environment are described. A scooter alarm and pedestrian walkway detection system includes an alarm, a movement sensor configured to detect motion of a scooter and transmit motion data indicative of the motion to a processor, and an image capture device configured to detect features of a riding environment of the scooter and transmit riding environment data indicative of the features to the processor. The processor is configured to determine whether the riding environment of the scooter is a pedestrian walkway based on the motion data and the riding environment data. The processor is configured to activate the alarm in response to determining that the riding environment of the scooter is a pedestrian walkway.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: AitronX Inc.Inventors: Xinlu Tang, Alexandra Li, Chen Zhong, Fang Jiang, Quan Zhang, Yong-Gang Sun
-
Patent number: 11100314Abstract: A device, system and method is provided for estimating movement based on a human movement model in a virtual, augmented or mixed reality environment. In an offline phase, a human movement model may be stored that assigns a non-uniform probability of spatiotemporal representations of movements that occur in a human body. In an online phase, a user's movements may be recorded. The user's movements may be estimated by spatiotemporal representations of a plurality of (N) degrees of freedom (DOF) that maximize a joint probability comprising a first probability that the measured movements match the estimated movements and a second probability that the human movement model assigns to the spatiotemporal representations of the estimated movements. A virtual, augmented or mixed reality image may be displayed that is rendered based on the NDOF spatiotemporal representations of the estimated movements.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Alibaba Technologies (Israel) LTD.Inventors: Matan Protter, Efrat Rotem
-
Patent number: 11096674Abstract: A method and means to utilize machine learning to train a device to generate a confidence level indicator (CLI). The device is a CAD system that has been initially trained using initial machine learning to recommend classifications for image features presented to the device. Probabilistic classification is utilized to incorporate intermediate values given by a human operator to better indicate a level of confidence of the CAD system's recommendations as to what classes should be associated with certain image features.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Koios Medical, Inc.Inventors: Christine I. Podilchuk, Ajit Jairaj, Lev Barinov, William Hulbert, Richard Mammone
