Patents Examined by Fayyaz Alam
  • Patent number: 11062148
    Abstract: A computer vision system includes a camera that captures a plurality of image frames in a target field. A user interface is coupled to the camera. The user interface is configured to perform accelerated parallel computations in real-time on the plurality of image frames acquired by the camera. The system provides an identification of where collisions regularly occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: RoundhouseOne Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Raymond Miller, Archana Ramachandran, Christopher C. Anderson
  • Patent number: 11062473
    Abstract: A method of determining the position and orientation of an invasive medical device is described using altered devices and a machine learning algorithm for detecting the position and orientation of such devices from imagery. Such predictions can subsequently be displayed to an operator to improve the speed and accuracy by which they perform procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventors: Gabriel Fine, Nathan Silberman
  • Patent number: 11062175
    Abstract: A reduced attention state estimation system includes an eyeball movement and eyelid activity measurement unit that measures an eyeball movement and an eyelid activity of a subject to obtain eyeball movement and eyelid activity data, a section determination unit that determines an eye opening section, an eye closing section, an eye-blinking section and a cluster section based on the eyeball movement and eyelid activity data, an eyeball movement and eyelid activity-related information calculation unit that calculates a sharpness of microsaccade or the like for each eye opening section based on the eyeball movement and eyelid activity data, and an attention assessment unit that determines an attention assessment or the like for an eye opening/cluster section, which is an eye opening section and cluster section, based on the sharpness of microsaccade or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
    Inventors: Takashi Abe, Satoshi Furukawa, Katsuhiko Ogata, Kazuo Mishima, Shingo Kitamura
  • Patent number: 11055845
    Abstract: A computing system (126) includes a computer readable storage medium (130) with computer executable instructions (128), including: a segmentation standardizer (120) configured to determine a standardized vascular tree from a segmented vascular tree segmented of volumetric image data and a predetermined set of pruning rules (206), and a biophysical simulator (122) configured to perform a biophysical simulation based on the standardized vascular tree. The computing system further includes a processor (124) configured to execute the segmentation standardizer to determine the standardized vascular tree from the segmented vascular tree segmented of volumetric image data and the predetermined set of pruning rules, and configured to execute the biophysical simulator to perform a biophysical simulation based on the standardized vascular tree. The computing system further includes a display configured to display at least one of the standardized vascular tree and a result of the biophysical simulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Hannes Nickisch, Holger Schmitt, Sven Prevrhal, Mordechay Pinchas Freiman, Liran Goshen
  • Patent number: 11055559
    Abstract: A quantification system (300) is described that includes: at least one input (310) configured to provide at least one input medical image and provide a location of interest in the at least one input medical image; and a mapping circuit (325). The mapping circuit (325) is configured to: compute a direct quantification result from the location of interest of the at least one input medical image to a quantification of interest and output a direct first quantification result therefrom; generate a saliency map as part of the computation of the direct quantification result; and derive a segmentation from the saliency map, such that the segmentation independently generates a second quantification result that is within a result range of the direct first quantification result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Optellum Limited
    Inventors: Jerome Declerck, Timor Kadir
  • Patent number: 11048975
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform acts of receiving one or more digital images from a repository of digital images; annotating the one or more digital images from the repository of digital images; digitally altering the one or more digital images, as annotated, from the repository of digital images; digitally combining the one or more digital images, as annotated and digitally altered, with at least one or more portions of one or more other digital images of the repository of digital images to create one or more combined digital images; training a machine learning algorithm on the one or more combined digital images; and storing the machine learning algorithm, as trained, in the one or more non-transitory computer readable storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Shreyansh Prakash Gandhi, Alessandro Magnani, Theban Stanley, Qian Li, Abilash Amarthaluri, Abon Chaudhuri, Behzad Ahmadi, Omer Ovenc, Venkatesh Kandaswamy
  • Patent number: 11048961
    Abstract: A method and system for locating a target object in a target scene. The method may include obtaining a depth image of the target scene. The depth image may include a plurality of pixels. The method may also include, for each of the plurality of pixels of the depth image, determining a first target coordinate under a target coordinate system. The method may further include generating a marking image according to the depth image and the first target coordinates of the plurality of pixels in the depth image. The marking image may represent potential target objects in the depth image. The method may also include determining a locating coordinate of the target object under the target coordinate system according to the marking image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiankun Li, Wei Lu, Shizhu Pan
  • Patent number: 11044460
    Abstract: A three-dimensional object imager uses infrared light at different wavelengths to triangulate depth information of the object from wavelength-dependent detection of the infrared image of the object. The depth information is obtained by determining wavelength of infrared light impinging on different pixels of the array. The wavelength may be determined by breaking each pixel into a plurality of sub-pixels, each sub-pixel having its own spectral selectivity to light at different infrared wavelength. For eye imaging or eye tracking applications, this enables the preservation of an unobstructed field of view of the eye while obtaining real-time, dynamic information about eye position and orientation in an non-intrusive, inconspicuous manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Babak Amirsolaimani, Mohamed Tarek El-Haddad
  • Patent number: 11026641
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for classifying a tissue mass as malignant or benign. The method includes identifying a region of interest in the tissue mass in computed tomography (CT) imaging data, segmenting the CT imaging data to delimit at least a portion of the tissue mass into image segments, extracting a set of radiomic parameters indicative of the tissue mass. The set of radiomic parameters may include tissue mass location, tissue mass shape, tissue mass surface characteristic, or tissue mass texture distribution indicative of the amount of image segments identified. The method also includes generating a report classifying the indeterminate lung nodule as being malignant or benign based on the set of radiomic parameters of the indeterminate lung nodule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Tobias Peikert, Ronald A. Karwoski, Fabien Maldonado, Srinivasan Rajagopalan, Brian J. Bartholmai
  • Patent number: 11023709
    Abstract: A system and method and apparatus collect behavioral biometric and facial recognition data for biometric analysis by asking a user to type text to an electronic device. Fusion of knowledge based authentication, behavioral biometrics and facial recognition provides strong authentication and liveness detection, while keeping user experience to simply typing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ID R&D, INC.
    Inventors: Alexey Khitrov, Konstantin Simonchik
  • Patent number: 11023711
    Abstract: Various facial recognition systems may benefit from appropriate use of computer systems. For example, certain face analysis systems may benefit from an all-in-one convolutional neural network that has been appropriately configured. A method can include obtaining an image of a face. The method can also include processing the image of the face using a first set of convolutional network layers configured to perform subject-independent tasks. The method can further include subsequently processing the image of the face using a second set of convolutional network layers configured to perform subject-dependent tasks. The second set of convolutional network layers can be integrated with the first set of convolutional network layers to form a single convolutional neural network. The method can additionally include outputting facial image detection results based on the processing and subsequent processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
    Inventors: Rajeev Ranjan, Swaminathan Sankaranarayanan, Carlos Castillo, Ramalingam Chellappa
  • Patent number: 11026185
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: signal generation circuitry which, in operation, generates a control signal including a target reception power value regarding a target value of a reception power for the communication apparatus to receive an uplink (UL) response frame transmitted by each of one or more terminal stations, the control signal being a trigger frame that solicits transmission of the UL response frame from each of the one or more terminal stations; and transmission circuitry which, in operation, transmits the generated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohumi Takata, Yoshio Urabe, Takashi Iwai
  • Patent number: 11017245
    Abstract: A parking assist apparatus includes: a setting unit that sets, within a captured image in which objects surrounding a moving vehicle have been imaged, a first search area for searching for a pair of partition lines disposed between parking spaces that are adjacent to each other; and a detecting unit that searches the first search area to detect a first partition line out of the pair of partition lines. When the detecting unit detects the first partition line, the setting unit sets a second search area for searching for a second partition line out of the pair of partition lines on the basis of the first partition line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Furukawa, Keisuke Nose, Ryuichi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11010608
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to vegetation management and control, in particular, to vegetation data capture, maintenance workflow generation, prioritization, passive and continuous monitoring of vegetation, and predictive analysis for vegetation that may be within or adjacent to clearance zones for railway, transportation, utility, pipeline, range & pasture, and industrial sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience LP
    Inventors: Kevin Adam, Kris C. Matson, Mathew C. Nespeca, Michael Owen, J. Brent Slone, John M. Ridgeway, Roland Maynard
  • Patent number: 11010619
    Abstract: A device for searching for a lane on which a vehicle can drive, wherein the device is configured to receive an image captured by a camera, the image showing an area in front of the vehicle, detect lane markings in the image, determine for each of the lane markings if the respective lane marking is of a first type indicating a road condition of a first type or a second type indicating a road condition of a second type, create lane candidates from the lane markings, divide the lane candidates into classes of lane candidates depending on the type of the lane markings of the lane candidates, and search the classes of lane candidates for a lane on which the vehicle can drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Kun Zhao, Yu Su
  • Patent number: 11012840
    Abstract: Disclosed are a wireless communication device and a wireless communication method. The wireless communication device according to one embodiment comprises one or more processors. The processors are configured so as to: on the basis of auxiliary dissemination limitation information about a source device as an information dissemination source, acquire device information about candidate devices capable of establishing direct communication with the source device; on the basis of the locations of the source device and the candidate devices, select a target device for establishing direct communication with the source device from the candidate devices; and determine a transmission resource for direct communication with the target device and generate a transmission resource scheduling indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yanzhao Hou, Qimei Cui, Hui Liang, Shiwei Cao, Qinyan Jiang, Xin Guo, Chen Sun
  • Patent number: 11010856
    Abstract: A server includes a virtual machine to execute a remote graphics generation protocol. Execution of the remote graphics generation protocol determines a protection label to be inserted within a bitmap that is to be transmitted for display on a client machine associated with the virtual machine, and determines at least one optimization technique to be performed on the bitmap. A determination is made on if the at least one optimization technique, if performed, alters the at least one protection label when inserted within the bitmap. The protection label is inserted within the bitmap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Chris Mayers
  • Patent number: 11005961
    Abstract: A communication system including a network of stickers in transit such that the spatial relationship between the stickers is changing, each sticker including a processor, a storage storing operation code and messages, a message including addresses of source and destination devices, and data sent from the source device to the destination device, and a wireless communicator, and devices that send and receive messages to and from stickers, whereby the operation code of each sticker causes its processor to sporadically receive data stored within other stickers that are currently within range of its communicator, to receive messages from source devices that are within range of its communicator, to store received messages within its storage, to sporadically transmit messages to other stickers that are within range of its communicator, and to transmit messages to the message's respective destination device, when the destination device is within range of its communicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Inventors: Shlomo Touboul, Marc Berger
  • Patent number: 10997705
    Abstract: A method is described for ways to generate a Fraction of Sand (Fsand) estimate and net-to-gross (NTG) estimate of sand in a formation using a machine-learning algorithm such as a neural network based on borehole image logs. The method may use the Fsand and other information to estimate hydrocarbons in place in a subsurface formation. The method may be executed by a computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Bo Gong, Dustin J. Keele, Emmanuel Toumelin, Simon Clinch
  • Patent number: 10990823
    Abstract: A monitoring system includes an imaging device and a control device. The control device includes a device communication section, a device controller, and device storage. The device controller includes an assignment section and a count section. The imaging device captures an image of an imaging area to generate captured image data indicating the captured image. The device controller acquires the captured image data from the imaging device through the device communication section. The assignment section assigns a plurality of candidate detection ranges to the captured image. The count section counts the number of occurrences of a specific event in each of the candidate detection ranges. The device storage stores therein the number of occurrences of the specific event in association with each of the candidate detection ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kosuke Taki, Yoichi Hiranuma, Fumiya Sakashita, Shoichi Sakaguchi, Shohei Fujiwara