Patents Examined by Manav Seth
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Patent number: 11701078Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting complex networks in MRI image data in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes an image processing system, including a processor, a display device connected to the processor, an image capture device connected to the processor, and a memory connected to the processor, the memory containing an image processing application, wherein the image processing application directs the processor to obtain a time-series sequence of image data from the image capture device, identify complex networks within the time-series sequence of image data, and provide the identified complex networks using the display device.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventor: Leanne Maree Williams
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Patent number: 11698518Abstract: The technology disclosed present systems and methods to produce an enhanced resolution image from images of a target using structured illumination microscopy (SIM). The method includes transforming at least three images of the target captured by a sensor in a spatial domain into a Fourier domain to produce at least three frequency domain matrices that each include first blocks of complex coefficients and redundant second blocks of complex coefficients that are conjugates to the first blocks. The method includes reducing computing resources required to produce the enhanced resolution image by using first blocks of complex coefficients to produce at least three phase-separated half-matrices in the Fourier domain. The method includes performing one or more intermediate transformation on the phase-separated half-matrices to produce realigned shifted half-matrices. The method includes calculating complex coefficients of second blocks in the Fourier domain to produce full matrices from half-matrices.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Robert Ezra Langlois, Andrew James Young, Andrew Dodge Heiberg, Bo Lu
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Patent number: 11699226Abstract: There are described herein methods and system for generating an inspection image of an object from radiographic imaging. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of digital images of the object positioned between a radiation source and a photon beam detector, the digital images taken at different object-detector distances or source-detector distances to create unique grain diffraction patterns in each one of the digital images, and forming the inspection image from image features common to the digital images at a common scale and removing the unique grain diffraction patterns.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventor: Justin Byers
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Patent number: 11688179Abstract: A system trains a model to infer an intent of an entity. The model includes one or more sensors to obtain frames of data, one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform steps. A first step includes determining, in each frame of the frames, one or more bounding regions, each of the bounding regions enclosing an entity. A second step includes identifying a common entity, the common entity being present in bounding regions corresponding to a plurality of the frames. A third step includes associating the common entity across the frames. A fourth step includes training a model to infer an intent of the common entity based on data outside of the bounding regions.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Pony AI Inc.Inventors: Kevin Sheu, Jie Mao
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Patent number: 11687619Abstract: A computer-program product storing instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to receive an input data from a sensor, wherein the input data includes data indicative of an image, wherein the sensor includes a video, radar, LiDAR, sound, sonar, ultrasonic, motion, or thermal imaging sensor, generate an adversarial version of the input data, utilizing a generator, in response to the input data, create a training data set utilizing the input data and the adversarial version of the input data, determine an update direction of a meta model utilizing stochastic gradient respect with respect to an adversarial loss, and determine a cross-entropy based classification loss in response to the input data and classification utilizing a classifier, and update the meta model and the classifier in response to the cross-entropy classification loss utilizing the training data set.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Xiao Zhang, Anit Kumar Sahu, Jeremy Kolter
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Patent number: 11688085Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to evaluating the surfaces of a building. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a method of characterizing a surface texture of a building surface. The method includes illuminating a first area of the building surface from a single direction and capturing an image of the first area using a camera while the first area is illuminated. The first image includes a first group of digital pixel values. The method further includes calculating a first set of values that characterize a first surface texture of the first area based on a first group of digital pixel values of the image, and comparing the first set of values to a second set of values that characterize a second surface texture, so as to produce a comparator value.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: CERTAINTEED GYPSUM, INC.Inventors: Rachel Z. Pytel, Sidath S. Wijesooriya, Simon Mazoyer, Brice Dubost
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Patent number: 11687620Abstract: A computer completes a data image analysis task. The computer receives a machine learning (ML) model trained for use with image data content characterized by first context. The computer receives an evaluation image dataset having evaluation image data content characterized by a second context. The computer receives a request to complete an image data analysis task for the evaluation image dataset using the ML model. The computer compares the contexts to determine whether the contexts are similar and whether the evaluation image dataset is compatible with the ML model. If the evaluation dataset is incompatible with the ML model, the computer uses the generative model to generate a ML model compatible synthetic image dataset based on the evaluation dataset. The computer applies the ML model to the synthetic image dataset to provide an answer for the data image analysis task; the computer delivers the answer to a user interface.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Priscilla Barreira Avegliano, Andrea Britto Mattos Lima, Marisa Affonso Vasconcelos, Dario Augusto Borges Oliveira
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Patent number: 11681000Abstract: Techniques for generating magnetic resonance (MR) images of a subject from MR data obtained by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the techniques including: obtaining input MR data obtained by imaging the subject using the MRI system; generating a plurality of transformed input MR data instances by applying a respective first plurality of transformations to the input MR data; generating a plurality of MR images from the plurality of transformed input MR data instances and the input MR data using a non-linear MR image reconstruction technique; generating an ensembled MR image from the plurality of MR images at least in part by: applying a second plurality of transformations to the plurality of MR images to obtain a plurality of transformed MR images; and combining the plurality of transformed MR images to obtain the ensembled MR image; and outputting the ensembled MR image.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Hyperfine Operations, Inc.Inventors: Jo Schlemper, Seyed Sadegh Mohseni Salehi, Michal Sofka
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Patent number: 11676376Abstract: A method for detecting a field navigation line after ridge sealing of crops includes the following steps. A field crop image is acquired. Image color space transformation, image binaryzation, longitudinal integration, neighborhood setting and region integration calculation are sequentially performed on the field crop image to obtain a crop row image. Detections of an initial middle ridge, a left ridge and a right ridge are performed on the crop row image to obtain center lines of the initial middle ridge, left ridge and right ridge. Center lines of a left (right) crop row are established by using an area 1 between the center lines of the left (right) ridge and the initial middle ridge. A center line model of a middle ridge is established by using an area 0 between the center lines of the left and right crop rows, namely a navigation line of a field operation machine.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITYInventors: Xiuqin Rao, Yangyang Lin, Yanning Zhang, Xiaomin Zhang, Yibin Ying, Haitao Yang, Haiyi Jiang, Yihang Zhu
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Patent number: 11676075Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a system for reducing labeled sample quantities required to update test sets. The computer-implemented method includes inputting a portion of unlabeled production data into a base model and generating labeled output relating to the unlabeled production data. The computer-implemented method also includes inputting the labeled output into a performance predictor. The performance predictor is a meta model of the base model that is trained with another portion of the unlabeled production data, a training set used to train the base model, and a test set portioned from the training set. The computer-implemented method further includes outputting, by the performance predictor, a performance metric relating to the labeled output produced by the trained base model. The performance metric can be any metric capable of measuring the output performance of the base model.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jiri Navratil, Matthew Richard Arnold, Begum Taskazan, Benjamin Tyler Elder
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Patent number: 11663761Abstract: Computer-readable media, methods, and systems are disclosed for converting a diagram into a digital diagram format. A diagram is received as an image file and a plurality of recognition stages produce a final diagram based on predicted information from one or more of the recognition stages. The plurality of recognition stages including a shape detection stage for detecting a plurality of shapes and at least one arrow detection stage in which arrows are detected as relations between pairs of shapes. The final diagram is generated based on the predicted information and is converted into the digital diagram format compatible with a diagram modeling language.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: SAP SEInventors: Bernhard Schaefer, Andreas Gerber
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Patent number: 11663714Abstract: [Problem] To shorten the processing time without performing complicated processing during image reading. [Solution] The present disclosure provides an image processing apparatus that includes: a dividing unit that divides a detection region for detecting a feature value of an image into a plurality of regions; a decimation processing unit that performs a decimation process on a pixel value for each of the regions; and a histogram calculating unit that interpolates a pixel value having undergone the decimation process to calculate a histogram of pixel values of the regions. With this configuration, it is possible to shorten the processing time without performing complicated processing during image reading.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Shinji Watanabe
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Patent number: 11651597Abstract: A method of estimating a position includes: determining a first rotation reference point based on localization information estimated for a target and map data; estimating a second rotation reference point from image data associated with a front view of the target; and correcting the localization information using a rotation parameter calculated based on the first rotation reference point and the second rotation reference point.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: DongHoon Sagong, Hyun Sung Chang, Minjung Son
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Patent number: 11646902Abstract: A system and method include obtaining and authenticating image files from users such as insured users at the request of an entity such as an insurance provider. The requesting entity may supply an electronic address of the user and a unique identifier. The system may transmit a link to the electronic address. When selected, the link causes an image authentication application to be installed on a user device. The application takes the images securely and separately from a native camera application. Each image authentication application may be customized for each requesting entity. The authentication server may identify the requesting entity that made the request and identify a corresponding image authentication application to be provided to the electronic address. The images from the image authentication application may be authenticated via reverse image search, time, geolocation, and/or other information. The authenticated images and/or related data may be provided to the requesting entity.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: TruePic Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey McGregor, Craig Stack, Jason Lyons, Matthew Robben
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Patent number: 11645756Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method are provided. The image processing apparatus acquires a target image including a depth image of a scene, determines three-dimensional (3D) point cloud data corresponding to the depth image based on the depth image, and extracts an object included in the scene to acquire an object extraction result based on the 3D point cloud data.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yueying Kao, Yang Liu, Hao Wang, Sunghoon Hong, Wooshik Kim, Chao Zhang, Lin Ma, Qiang Wang, Weiming Li
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Patent number: 11636284Abstract: A method, system and computer-readable storage medium for performing a cognitive information processing operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Tecnotree Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Joydeep Ghosh, Jessica Henderson, Matthew Sanchez
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Patent number: 11625915Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to computer vision and automation to autonomously identify and deliver for application a treatment to an object among other objects, data science and data analysis, including machine learning, deep learning, and other disciplines of computer-based artificial intelligence to facilitate identification and treatment of objects, and robotics and mobility technologies to navigate a delivery system, more specifically, to an agricultural delivery system configured to identify and apply, for example, an agricultural treatment to an identified agricultural object. In some examples, a method may include, receiving data representing a policy specifying a type of action for an agricultural object, selecting an emitter with which to perform a type of action for the agricultural object as one of one or more classified subsets, and configuring the agricultural projectile delivery system to activate an emitter to propel an agricultural projectile to intercept the agricultural object.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2022Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Verdant Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Gabriel Thurston Sibley, Curtis Dale Garner, Andre Robert Daniel Michelin, Lorenzo Ibarria, Patrick Christopher Leger, Benjamin Rewis, Shi Yan
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Patent number: 11620822Abstract: This disclosure is directed to item-identifying carts that may generate and store image data of items being placed into, or removed from, the carts in the event that a cart is unable to recognize an item. For example, the cart may analyze frames of generated image data, representing item(s) being placed into or removed from the cart, to determine which one or more frames to store. If the cart is later unable to identify such an item, the cart may retrieve one or more of the stored frames, generate a user interface (UI) that includes these frame(s) and a request that a user operating the cart to help identify the item, and present the UI on a display of the cart.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Ron, Ejaz Ahmed, Oded Maron, Shamil Abzalov, Michael Derryberry
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Patent number: 11615344Abstract: According to one embodiment, a condition monitoring device includes a processor. The processor is configured to acquire a time-series signal about a condition of a monitor target from a first sensor, acquire operation timing information indicating start of operation of the monitor target, detect a first operation segment signal from the time-series signal based on the operation timing information, detect a second operation segment signal from the first operation segment signal based on a waveform feature of the first operation segment signal, and determine the condition of the monitor target based on the second operation segment signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yasuhiro Kanishima, Hiroyuki Yanagihashi, Takashi Sudo, Kazunori Imoto
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Patent number: 11609856Abstract: In an example, an apparatus comprises a plurality of processing unit cores, a plurality of cache memory modules associated with the plurality of processing unit cores, and a machine learning model communicatively coupled to the plurality of processing unit cores, wherein the plurality of cache memory modules share cache coherency data with the machine learning model. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Chandrasekaran Sakthivel, Prasoonkumar Surti, John C. Weast, Sara S. Baghsorkhi, Justin E. Gottschlich, Abhishek R. Appu, Nicolas C. Galoppo Von Borries, Joydeep Ray, Narayan Srinivasa, Feng Chen, Ben J. Ashbaugh, Rajkishore Barik, Tsung-Han Lin, Kamal Sinha, Eriko Nurvitadhi, Balaji Vembu, Altug Koker