Patents Examined by Michael R Neff
  • Patent number: 12213837
    Abstract: An apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to obtain first Doppler waveform data related to a left ventricular blood inflow. The processing circuit is configured to detect positions of an E-wave and an A-wave in the first Doppler waveform data, by using the first Doppler waveform data and a trained model trained with training data that includes at least positions of an E-wave and an A-wave in each of a plurality of pieces of second Doppler waveform data related to left ventricular blood inflows and the plurality of pieces of second Doppler waveform data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kousuke Namiki
  • Patent number: 12205369
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products described herein are directed to an agricultural observation and treatment system and method of operation. The agricultural treatment system may determine a first real-world geo-spatial location of the treatment system. The system can receive captured images depicting real-world agricultural objects of a geographic scene. The system can associate captured images with the determined geo-spatial location of the treatment system. The treatment system can identify, from a group of mapped and indexed images, images having a second real-word geo-spatial location that is proximate with the first real-world geo-spatial location. The treatment system can compare at least a portion of the identified images with at least a portion of the captured images. The treatment system can determine a target object and emit a fluid projectile at the target object using a treatment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Verdant Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Thurston Sibley, Lorenzo Ibarria, Curtis Dale Garner, Patrick Christopher Leger, Andre Robert Daniel Michelin, John Phillip Hurliman, II, Wisit Jirattigalachote, Hasan Tafish
  • Patent number: 12198309
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a raw data set representing an image of a sample, identifying a first set of extremum by analyzing the raw data set using a metric algorithm, identifying a second set of extremum by analyzing the first set of extremum, and generating, based on the second set of extremum, a reconstructed image of the sample. A phase correcting scanner includes one or more processors, one or more scanner adapted to sequentially sample an object to generate a vector of raw data representing the object in a Lissajous pattern, and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to receive the vector of raw data, identify a first set of extremum by analyzing the raw data set using a metric algorithm, and identify a second set of extremum by analyzing the first set of extremum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Kenn Oldham, Thomas D. Wang, Mayur Bhushan Birla, Xiyu Duan
  • Patent number: 12191027
    Abstract: Breast image analysis systems and computer-implemented method for snip-triggered digital image report generation. An image review workstation of breast image analysis system presents an interactive user interface including a currently displayed image to a user through a display. Image review station receives user input selecting a snipping application of interactive user interface and activating a snipping application. A portion of currently displayed image is selected by execution of snipping application, and in response, image review workstation accesses a data store of acquired image files, identifies an acquired image file associated with currently displayed image, and generates a digital image report comprising the selected portion of the currently displayed image and selected metadata of the identified acquired image file and may also include user annotations such as spoken remarks and measurements and system generated data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: Herschel A. Solis, Edgar W. Chen, Brian A. Garfinkel
  • Patent number: 12192643
    Abstract: An auto-exposure module determines a first set of exposure parameters to acquire a first image. The first image is acquired using the first set of exposure parameters. The module determines a target image histogram; calculates an image histogram based on intensity values of the pixels of the first image; determines an integral of the image histogram and of the target image histogram for a range of pixel intensity values; calculates a transfer curve for transforming the integral of the image histogram to match the integral of the target image histogram; calculates a slope of a line fitting at least a portion of the transfer curve; determines a correction factor based on the calculated slope; and adjusts the first set of exposure parameters according to the correction factor. A second image is then acquired using the adjusted first set of exposure parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Tobii Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Piotr Stec
  • Patent number: 12190474
    Abstract: A computing device obtains a to-be-processed video frame sequence of a first resolution. For each to-be-processed video frame in the to-be-processed video frame sequence, the computing device: (i) performs resolution reconstruction according to a resolution reconstruction model so as to obtain an initial reconstructed video frame of a second resolution, (ii) determines a contour region in the initial reconstructed video frame; and (iii) performs contour enhancement on the contour region to obtain a target reconstructed video frame. The computing device generates a reconstructed video frame sequence of the second resolution according to a plurality of target reconstructed video frames corresponding to the plurality of to-be-processed video frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ru Wang, Yaqing Li, Chengjie Tu, Shiyao Xiong, Linyan Jiang, Longtao Peng
  • Patent number: 12184900
    Abstract: A method for decoding an image by a decoding device, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: acquiring image information; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jungah Choi, Jaehyun Lim, Sunmi Yoo, Jangwon Choi, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12183097
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for segmenting and detecting cells within image data using transfer learning and a multi-task scheduler. Particularly, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to accessing a plurality of images of one or more cells, extracting three labels from the plurality of images, where the three labels are extracted using a Voronoi transformation, a local clustering, and application of repel code, training, by a multi-task scheduler, a convolutional neural network model based on three loss functions corresponding to the three labels, generating, by the convolutional neural network model, a nuclei probability map and a background probability map for each of the plurality of images based on the training with the three loss functions, and providing the nuclei probability map and the background probability map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yao Nie, Alireza Chaman Zar
  • Patent number: 12169930
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain medical images taken at a plurality of points in time. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain structures of a plurality of tissues, from medical images taken at a first point in time and at a second point in time different from the first point in time among the plurality of points in time. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate a measurement value related to a contact part between the plurality of tissues at the first point in time, on the basis of the obtained structures of the plurality of tissues at the second point in time and the obtained structures of the plurality of tissues at the first point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukiteru Masuda, Gakuto Aoyama
  • Patent number: 12165304
    Abstract: Embodiments of this invention provide a measurement map configuration method and apparatus. A wafer to be inspected is provided. The wafer includes a plurality of inspection marks. A first inspection result is obtained based on a first set of inspection marks. A second set of inspection marks is selected based on a preset rule. The second set of inspection marks is less than the first set of inspection marks. A second inspection result is obtained based on the second set of inspection marks. If an overlay accuracy of the second inspection result matches an overlay accuracy the first inspection result, a measurement map for the wafer is set based on target inspection marks. The target inspection marks are the second set of inspection marks of the measurement map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jen-Chou Huang
  • Patent number: 12165355
    Abstract: To improve pose estimation accuracy, a pose estimation apparatus according to the present invention extracts a person area from an image, and generates person area image information, based on an image of the extracted person area. The pose estimation apparatus according to the present invention further extracts a joint point of a person from the image, and generates joint point information, based on the extracted joint point. Then, the pose estimation apparatus according to the present invention generates feature value information, based on both of the person area image information and the joint point information. Then, the pose estimation apparatus according to the present invention estimates a pose of a person included in the image, based on an estimation model in which the feature value information is an input, and pose estimation result is an output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Inoshita, Yuichi Nakatani
  • Patent number: 12165324
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for implementing scar tissue identification using a processor coupled to a memory is disclosed. The method and apparatus receive a first modality and a second modality. The first modality is of a first type. The second modality is of a second type, which is different from the first type. Each of the first modality and the second modality respectively describe organic tissue of a patient according to the first and second types. The method and apparatus cross reference the first modality and the second modality and generates improved image data for the first modality based on the cross referencing. The image data includes enhanced accuracy over or higher resolution than original data of the first modality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
    Inventors: Shmuel Auerbach, Ana Kaufman, Shiran Eliyahu
  • Patent number: 12127814
    Abstract: A method includes receiving intraoral scan data of an intraoral cavity of a patient; processing the intraoral scan data to determine, for each dental condition of a plurality of dental conditions, whether the dental condition is detected for the patient and a severity of the dental condition; and presenting indications of the plurality of dental conditions together in a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the indications show, for each dental condition of the plurality of dental conditions, whether the dental condition was detected for the patient and the severity of the dental condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gilad Elbaz, Michael Sabina, Ran Katz, Avi Kopelman, Eric Kuo, Leon Rasovsky
  • Patent number: 12118718
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: obtain first nerve activity information indicating an activity of a nerve of a subject; estimate first feeling information indicating a feeling experienced by the subject on the basis of the first nerve activity information; and determine presentation information to enable an evaluator to experience the feeling of the subject, on the basis of the first feeling information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aina Ikezaki, Yasuko Fujisawa, Chihiro Hattori, Naotaka Sakashita
  • Patent number: 12106216
    Abstract: Detection of synthetic content in portrait videos, e.g., deep fakes, is achieved. Detectors blindly utilizing deep learning are not effective in catching fake content, as generative models produce realistic results. However, biological signals hidden in portrait videos which are neither spatially nor temporally preserved in fake content, can be used as implicit descriptors of authenticity. 99.39% accuracy in pairwise separation is achieved. A generalized classifier for fake content is formulated by analyzing signal transformations and corresponding feature sets. Signal maps are generated, and a CNN employed to improve the classifier for detecting synthetic content. Evaluation on several datasets produced superior detection rates against baselines, independent of the source generator, or properties of available fake content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventors: Umur Aybars Ciftci, Ilke Demir, Lijun Yin
  • Patent number: 12106394
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes a recognition unit that detects a region of interest from a medical image and classifies the region of interest, a display control unit that causes emphasis display of the region of interest and a classification for the region of interest to be displayed in a screen for displaying the observation target, and a change determining unit that determines at least any of whether to change a display style of the emphasis display or whether to change a display style of the classification. The display control unit changes the display style of the emphasis display in the case where it is determined to change the display style of the emphasis display and changes the display style of the classification in the case where it is determined to change the display style of the classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Oosake, Shumpei Kamon
  • Patent number: 12100144
    Abstract: A method for assisting in cell isolation from a biological tissue section includes: obtaining cell images that are each an image of cells isolated from the biological tissue section, the biological tissue section being soaked in a solution containing an enzyme; calculating, from the cell images, a number of the cells isolated from the biological tissue section as an indicator of the cell isolation from the biological tissue section; and visualizing a temporal change in the indicator on the basis of a history of the indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Evident Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Matsushita, Yu Hirosawa, Taiji Mine
  • Patent number: 12100138
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a first obtaining unit that obtains examination information, a readout unit that reads out learning result data selected based on the examination information from a storage unit storing at least one piece of learning result data that has been obtained by machine learning in advance, a second obtaining unit that obtains a medical image obtained based on the examination information obtained by the first obtaining unit, and a processing unit that processes the medical image obtained by the second obtaining unit using learning result data read out by the readout unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daisuke Yamada
  • Patent number: 12086960
    Abstract: Method and system for compensating intensity biases in a plurality of digital images. Each digital image of the plurality of digital images contains a plurality of objects and each of the plurality of objects is configured to receive at least one molecule comprising genetic information, wherein the at least one molecule is configured to receive one of at least a first fluorescent compound and a second fluorescent compound. A first digital image of the plurality of digital images is taken by an optical imaging system during emission of electromagnetic radiation by the first fluorescent compound, and a second digital image of the plurality of digital images is taken by the optical imaging system during emission of electromagnetic radiation by the second fluorescent compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: QIAGEN GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Zerfass, Maiko Lohel, Fernando Carrillo Oesterreich
  • Patent number: 12080062
    Abstract: One or more information maps are obtained by an agricultural work machine. The one or more information maps map one or more agricultural characteristic values at different geographic locations of a field. An in-situ sensor on the agricultural work machine senses an agricultural characteristic as the agricultural work machine moves through the field. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that predicts a predictive agricultural characteristic at different locations in the field based on a relationship between the values in the one or more information maps and the agricultural characteristic sensed by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Nathan R. Vandike, Bhanu Kiran Reddy Palla, Noel W. Anderson