Patents Examined by Michael R Neff
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 12080040
    Abstract: Among other things, the techniques described herein include a method for receiving a plurality of images of one or more containers while the one or more containers are being emptied, the plurality of images comprising a training set of images and a validation set of images; labeling each image of the plurality of images as including either an overfilled container or a not-overfilled container; processing each image of the plurality of images to reduce bias of a machine learning model; training, and based on the labeling, the machine learning model using the plurality of images; and optimizing the machine learning model by performing learning against the validation set, the optimized machine learning model being used to generate a prediction for a new image of a container, the prediction indicating whether the container in the new image was overfilled prior to the new container being emptied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: The Heil Co.
    Inventors: Prem Swaroop, Atish P. Kamble, Bodhayan Dev
  • Patent number: 12080020
    Abstract: Based on deep neural net and possibly on an active shape model approach, the complete outline of an anatomy may be determined and classified. Based on certain features, an algorithm may assess whether the viewing angle of the C-arm is sufficient or not. In a further step, an algorithm may estimate how far away from the desired viewing angle the current viewing angle is and may provide guidance on how to adjust the c-arm position to reach the desired viewing angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: METAMORPHOSIS GMBH
    Inventor: Arno Blau
  • Patent number: 12080064
    Abstract: A camera apparatus including a central processing unit configured to capture raw image sensor data of a field-of-view of an agricultural field, concurrently execute a plurality of different image transformation operations in a single pass on the captured raw image sensor data to obtain a processed image output, based on an one-time read of pixel values of the captured raw image sensor data and push the processed image output in a shared memory accessible to a plurality of application nodes in the camera apparatus. The camera apparatus includes a graphical processing unit configured to execute a first neural network model on the processed image output to detect one or more foliage regions in the processed image output and concomitantly execute a second neural network model on the processed image output to detect one or more crop plants in the processed image output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Tartan Aerial Sense Tech Private Limited
    Inventors: Gunasekaran Srinivasan, Dhivakar Kanagaraj, Pranav M P, Raghul Raghu, Prakash Mathews Pothen, S Prajwal
  • 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
  • Patent number: 12067714
    Abstract: A method for characterising a perivascular region using medical imaging data of a subject. The method comprises calculating the value of a radiomic signature of the perivascular region using the medical imaging data. Also disclosed is a method for deriving a radiomic signature for predicting cardiovascular risk. The method comprises obtaining a radiomic dataset and using the radiomic dataset to construct a perivascular radiomic signature. Also disclosed are systems for performing the aforementioned methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Charalambos Antoniades, Evangelos Oikonomou
  • Patent number: 12056920
    Abstract: A method of determining a roadway map includes receiving an image from above a roadway. The method further includes generating a skeletonized map based on the received image, wherein the skeletonized map comprises a plurality of roads. The method includes identifying intersections based on joining of multiple roads of the plurality of roads in the skeletonized map. The method includes partitioning the skeletonized map based on the identified intersections, wherein partitioning the skeletonized map defines a roadway data set and an intersection data set. The method includes analyzing the roadway data set to determine a number of lanes in each roadway of the plurality of roads. The method further includes analyzing the intersection data set to lane connections in the identified intersections. The method further includes merging results of the analyzed road data set and the analyzed intersection data set to generate the roadway map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: WOVEN BY TOYOTA, INC.
    Inventor: José Felix Rodrigues
  • Patent number: 12051232
    Abstract: An anomaly detection apparatus extracts a circumstantial feature value for anomaly detection corresponding to a circumstantial feature value for learning from other modal signal for anomaly detection different in modal from acoustic, calculates a signal pattern feature related to an acoustic signal of anomaly detection target based on the acoustic signal of anomaly detection target, the circumstantial feature value for anomaly detection and a signal pattern model learned based on an acoustic signal for learning and the circumstantial feature value for learning calculated from other modal signal for learning, and calculates an anomaly score for performing an anomaly detection of the acoustic signal of anomaly detection target based on the signal pattern feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Komatsu, Reishi Kondo
  • Patent number: 12046356
    Abstract: A system and method generating an optimized medical image using a machine learning model are provided. The method includes (i) receiving one or more medical images, (ii) segmenting to generate a transformed medical image for detecting a plurality of target elements, (iii) displaying the transformed medical image, (iv) receiving markings and scribblings associated with scribble locations from a user, (v) identifying errors associated with an outline of a target element, (vi) computing a loss function for a location of pixels where the target element is located on the transformed medical image, (vii) modifying the pre-defined weights (w) to match the segmentation output and the determined target element, (viii) determining whether the segmentation output is matched with the target element and (ix) generating the optimized medical image if the segmentation output is matched with the determined target element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Inventors: C. V. Jawahar, Bhavani Sambaturu, Ashutosh Gupta, Chetan Arora
  • Patent number: 12036046
    Abstract: A system to generate images based on imaging data of a portion of a body and physiological event data associated with a physiological process of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Amos Yahil