Patents Examined by Matthew C. Bella
  • Patent number: 11615618
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for annotating images is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes generating a saliency map corresponding to an input image, wherein the input image is an image that requires annotation, generating a behavior saliency map, wherein the behavior saliency map is a saliency map formed from an average of a plurality of objects contained within respective bounding boxes of a plurality of sample images, generating a historical saliency map, wherein the historical saliency map is a saliency map formed from an average of a plurality of tagged objects in the plurality of sample images, fusing the saliency map corresponding to the input image, the behavior saliency map, and the historical saliency map to form a fused saliency map, and generating, based on the fused saliency map, a bounding box around an object in the input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kun Yan Yin, Chao Yu, Ming Jin Chen, Teng Sun, Hong Bing Zhang
  • Patent number: 11610323
    Abstract: A synchronization method of a first depth sensing apparatus includes: transmitting a first optical signal to measure a distance to an object; receiving the first optical signal reflected by the object; when recognition of the received first optical signal fails, stopping transmission of the first optical signal and generating first synchronization information for synchronization with at least one second depth sensing apparatus; receiving a third optical signal for synchronization with the first depth sensing apparatus, which is transmitted by the at least one second depth sensing apparatus, and decoding the received third optical signal to extract at least one piece of second synchronization information; determining a time point at which and a cycle in which to re-transmit the first optical signal, based on the first synchronization information and the at least one piece of second synchronization information; and re-transmitting the first optical signal at the determined time point and cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kostiantyn Morozov, Dmytro Korba, Ruslan Iermolenko, Andrii Sukhariev, Serhii Iliukhin, Andrii But, Ivan Safonov, Yaroslav Lavrenyuk, Oleksandr Klimenkov, Dmytro Vavdiiuk
  • Patent number: 11610290
    Abstract: A system and method. The system may include a display, a lens having distortion, an image generator, and a processor. The lens may be configured to focus light received from an environment. The image generator may be configured to receive the light from the lens and output a stream of images as image data, wherein each of the stream of images is distorted. The processor may be configured to: receive the image data from the image generator; detect a point source object in the stream of images of the image data; enhance the point source object in the stream of images of the image data; undistort the stream of images of the image data having an enhanced point source object; and output a stream of undistorted images as undistorted image data to the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Ming Yu, Christopher A. Keith, Gary B. Kingsley
  • Patent number: 11594038
    Abstract: An information processing device that is configured to: receive, from each of two or more vehicles, image information captured by an image capture device installed at a vehicle, and vehicle information including position information on the vehicle; in a case in which a dangerously-driven vehicle has been detected by vehicles, establish a priority level for image processing of image information captured by the vehicles that have detected the dangerously-driven vehicle, in accordance with a predetermined condition; and based on the image information, perform image processing to identify a characteristic of the dangerously-driven vehicle in accordance with the established priority level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Bandai
  • Patent number: 11580726
    Abstract: Image acquisition and interpretation method used for articles of commerce, consisting of one or more gondolas or shelves (A) in which shelves (X) are installed, to which are added four repair marks (B, E) that, in combination with a mobile device with a photographic camera (D), will take and process images in an automated way thanks to areas designed for this purpose (C) where reference marks (F, G) are displayed, correcting the perspective deformation and cutting the image to the area delimited by the repair marks, to then send the processed images to a computer server that can index data such as quantity and details of articles, number of units of each, physical characteristics, prices, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventor: Eduardo Gersberg
  • Patent number: 11580659
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for size estimation by image recognition of a specific target using a given scale. First, a reference objected is recognized in an image and the corresponding scale is established. Then the specific target is searched and the size of the specific target is estimated according to the acquired scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: National Applied Research Laboratories
    Inventors: Jyh-Horng Wu, Chien-Hao Tseng, Meng-Wei Lin, Ting-Shuan Yeh, Yi-Hao Hsiao, Shi-Wei Lo, Fang-Pang Lin, Hsin-Hung Lin, Jo-Yu Chang
  • Patent number: 11574464
    Abstract: This invention discloses a practical method for landslide detection in large space, which comprises the following steps: image synthesis, ice and snow detection, removal of non-potential landslide area, detection of potential landslide area, feature calculation, landslide detection model construction and precision validation; this invention avoids radiometric correction and outlier by detecting landslide from synthetic image. That guarantees practical applicability of the proposal. Firstly, detecting potential landslides can avoid the imbalanced sample distribution issue between background objects and landslides when training the landslide detection model. The landslide is further detected by building a random forest model based on the spectral features and textural features of potential landslide pixels in different neighboring time domains. It fully considers the changes of objects in different time domains, and lays a foundation for efficient landslide extraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AEROSPACE INFORMATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Bo Yu, Fang Chen
  • Patent number: 11557068
    Abstract: A method for image reconstruction from plural copies, the method including receiving a series of measured projections pi of a target object h and associated background; iteratively reconstructing images hi(k) of the target object and images gi(k) of the background of the target object for each member i of the series of the measured projections pi over plural iterations k; and generating a final image of the target object h, based on the reconstructed images hi, when a set condition is met. The index i describes how many elements are in the series of projections pi, and iteration k indicates how many times the reconstruction of the image target is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xin Gao, Renmin Han
  • Patent number: 11555877
    Abstract: Embodiments facilitate generation of a prediction of long-term survival (LTS) or short-term survival (STS) of Glioblastoma (GBM) patients. A first set of embodiments discussed herein relates to training of a machine learning classifier to determine a prediction for LTS or STS based on a radiographic-deformation and textural heterogeneity (r-DepTH) descriptor generated based on radiographic images of tissue demonstrating GBM. A second set of embodiments discussed herein relates to determination of a prediction of disease outcome for a GBM patient of LTS or STS based on an r-DepTH descriptor generated based on radiographic imagery of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Case Western Reserve University
    Inventors: Pallavi Tiwari, Anant Madabhushi, Prateek Prasanna
  • Patent number: 11556731
    Abstract: An endoscopic image observation system supports the observation of a plurality of images captured by a capsule endoscope. The endoscopic image observation system includes a distinguishing unit that outputs an accuracy score indicating the likelihood that each of the plurality of images represents an image of a region sought to be distinguished; a grouping unit that groups the plurality of images into a plurality of clusters in accordance with the accuracy score; and an identification unit that identifies a candidate image for a boundary of the region from among the plurality of images in accordance with the grouping into the plurality of clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norio Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11557059
    Abstract: Various aspects of a system and a method for determining a position of one or more multi-dimensional objects are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, the system may include a memory and a processor. The processor may be configured to obtain, from a plurality of satellite images, shadow data of a first multi-dimensional object from one or more multi-dimensional objects on a visible surface. The processor may be configured to obtain, from a server, base elevation data and height data of the first multi-dimensional object. The processor may be further configured to generate a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of the plurality of multi-dimensional objects. The processor may be further configured to determine a position of a second multi-dimensional object of the plurality of multi-dimensional objects on the visible surface, based on the generated DEM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.
    Inventor: Priyank Sameer
  • Patent number: 11551368
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory includes a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program instructions stored therein that are executable by the processor to determine a position and/or orientation of sensor device that is arranged to capture data for a subject from the position and/or at the orientation, and, based on the position and/or orientation that was determined, control creation of a 3D representation of the subject from the data captured by the sensor device. Related methods and computer program products are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastian Farås, Mattias Walls, Johannes Elg, Fredrik Mattisson, Fredrik Olofsson, Lars Novak
  • Patent number: 11548274
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for online quality control of decorative prints on substrate materials, including similarity comparisons of actual and target images and adjusting decorative prints if deviations of color values are detected. The method may include the steps of: a) producing a hyperspectral digital image of a print decoration; b) calibrating the print decoration via a hyperspectral digital image; c) producing and storing a digital target image of the print decoration; d) creating a first print decoration on a first substrate material; e) producing and storing a digital actual image of the printed decoration on the first substrate material; f) determining color deviations between the digital target image and the digital actual image via a computer program; and g) printing on at least one side of substrate materials so as to form a decorative layer. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Flooring Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Ingo Lehnhoff
  • Patent number: 11526707
    Abstract: One or more computer processors creating a plurality of k-hop neighborhood contextual subgraphs utilizing extracted labelled nodes from an input graph; compute an eigenvector centrality score for each node contained in each created subgraph in the plurality of k-hop neighborhood contextual subgraphs; propagate a label for each node in each subgraph in the plurality of k-hop neighborhood contextual subgraphs leveraging an aggregated mathematical decay function, preserving a topical context of the label; calculate an attributable prestige vector for each node in each subgraph in the plurality of k-hop neighborhood contextual subgraphs based on the propagated label and the computed eigenvector centrality score associated with each node in each subgraph in the plurality of k-hop neighborhood contextual subgraph; and unsupervised predict a subsequent label for one or more subsequent nodes, subgraphs, or graphs utilizing the calculated attributable prestige vectors for each node in each subgraph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mandar Mutalikdesai, Sheetal Srivastava, Kartikeya Vats, Debasish Kanhar
  • Patent number: 11523053
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor configured to: acquire a plurality of pieces of image information including image-capturing regions overlapping partially; to set first and second correction values with a predetermined value, the first correction value being used for correction of luminance of a first region of interest included in a first overlap region in which a first image-capturing region overlaps an adjacent second image-capturing region, the second correction value being used for correction of luminance of a second region of interest included in a second overlap region in which the first image-capturing region overlaps an adjacent third image-capturing region; and to set with the first and second correction values an individual correction value used for correction of luminance of a region between the first region of interest and the second region of interest in the first image-capturing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kinji Yamamoto, Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka, Itsuko Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11521327
    Abstract: Disclosed is a detection target positioning method and device. The method comprises: acquiring an original image and pre-processing the original image to obtain a gradation of each pixel in a target gradation image corresponding to a target region including a detection target; calculating first gradation sets corresponding to rows of pixels of the target gradation image and second gradation sets corresponding to columns of pixels of the target gradation image; and determining rows of two ends of the detection target in a column direction according to the first gradation sets, determining columns of two ends of the detection target in a row direction according to the second gradation sets, and determining a center of the detection target according to the row of two ends of the detection target in the column direction and the columns of two ends of the detection target in the row direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fuyin Wang, Ruoyu Huang, Min Peng, Yue Li
  • Patent number: 11514682
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, operations may comprise obtaining a first point cloud. The operations also comprise performing segmentation of the first point cloud, the segmentation generating one or more clusters of points of the point cloud. The operations also comprise determining, for each respective cluster of the plurality of clusters, a respective geometric feature of a corresponding object that corresponds to the respective cluster. The operations also comprise obtaining a second point cloud. The operations also comprise assigning a plurality of weights that comprises assigning a respective weight to each respective cluster based on the respective geometric feature that corresponds to the respective cluster. The operations also comprise obtaining a second point cloud and aligning the first point cloud with the second point cloud based on the plurality of weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Derik Schroeter
  • Patent number: 11504548
    Abstract: Systems and methods for quality control in image-guided radiotherapy are provided. In some aspects, a method includes acquiring treatment images from a patient using an imaging system, and performing a registration using the treatment images and simulation images acquired during a simulation process. The method also includes computing at least one similarity metric based on the registration performed, and determining a conformance of the at least one similarity metric to predetermined limits. The method further includes generating a report indicative of the conformance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Luis E. Fong de los Santos, Michael P. Grams, Satomi Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 11501538
    Abstract: A device may obtain video data associated with a driving event involving a first vehicle. The device may determine a vanishing point associated with the video data and may construct a cone of impact of the first vehicle based on the vanishing point. The device may detect a second vehicle within the cone of impact and may analyze the subset of video frames to determine a distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle. The device may determine a speed of the first vehicle during a time period associated with a subset of video frames. The device may determine a headway score, representative of a severity associated with the first vehicle being within a proximity threshold of the second vehicle during the time period, based on the distance and the speed. The device may determine an occurrence of a tailgating event based on the headway score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Connect Development Limited
    Inventors: Tommaso Bianconcini, Stefano Caprasecca, Tommaso Mugnai, Luca Bravi, Francesco Sambo, Leonardo Taccari
  • Patent number: 11494689
    Abstract: There is provided systems and methods for training a classifier. The method comprises: obtaining a classifier for classifying data into one of a plurality of classes; retrieving training data comprising a set of observations and a set of corresponding labels, each label representing an assigned class for a corresponding observation; and applying an agent trained by a reinforcement learning system to generate labeled data from unlabeled observations and train the classifier using the training data and the labeled data according to a policy determined by the reinforcement learning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Chatterbox Labs Limited
    Inventors: Ioannis Efstathiou, Stuart Battersby, Henrique Nunes, Zheng Yuan