Patents Examined by Nay A. Maung
  • Systems and methods for identifying a service qualification of a unit of a community
    Patent number: 11288533
    Abstract: A community mapping platform may receive an image that depicts a community layout of a community and may process, using a computer vision model, the image to identify a unit, of the community, that is depicted in the image (e.g., based on identifying a text string and/or a polygon in the image). The community mapping platform may determine sets of community geographical coordinates for a set of reference locations of the community and may map the sets of community geographical coordinates to corresponding reference pixel locations of the image. The community mapping platform may determine, using a geographical information system, unit geographical coordinates of the unit based on the reference pixel locations and may perform an action associated with the unit geographical coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Adithya Umakanth, Ramesh Babu Kare, Vijay Naykodi, Adithya vikram raj Garoju, Ashis Sarkar, Balagangadhara Thilak Adiboina
  • Imaging apparatus
    Patent number: 11288780
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is provide a coded aperture imaging apparatus that has a refocusing function and can change an angle of view. An imaging apparatus includes an imaging apparatus main body including a coded aperture, an imaging element that outputs a signal indicating a projected image of a subject, and an image restoration unit that reconstructs an image of a spatial domain based on the signal, and a lens attached to the imaging apparatus main body on a subject side from the coded aperture and changes an imaging angle of view in a state where the lens is attached to the imaging apparatus main body with respect to an imaging angle of view in a state where the lens is not attached to the imaging apparatus main body, in which the projected image is formed on the imaging element by the lens and the coded aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunobu Kishine, Daiki Komatsu
  • Image forensics using non-standard pixels
    Patent number: 11288537
    Abstract: A system and process to determine whether a digital image has been manipulated involves determining expected locations of non-standard pixels in the digital image, and determining a feature for evaluating the non-standard pixels. The feature in pixels of the digital image that are located at the expected locations of non-standard pixels is then measured, and a statistical measure of the feature of pixels in the digital image that are located at the expected locations of non-standard pixels is evaluated. The digital image is assessed to determine a probability that the digital image includes a manipulated portion, based on the statistical measure. The system and process can also determine a make and model of an image sensing device via an examination of the non-standard pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Scott McCloskey, Keigo Hirakawa
  • Method for automated unsupervised ontological investigation of structural appearances in electron micrographs
    Patent number: 11288491
    Abstract: The method is for dividing dark objects, sub-structures and background of an image from an electron microscope into segments by analyzing pixel values. The segments are transformed and aligned so that the transformed objects, sub-structures and background are meaningfully comparable. The transformed segments are clustered into classes which are used for ontological investigation of samples that are visualized by using electron microscopy. A triangle inequality comparison can be used to further cluster groups of objects to transfer understanding from different interactions between objects and to associate interactions with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: INTELLIGENT VIRUS IMAGING INC
    Inventor: Martin Ryner
  • Systems and methods for trimming dental aligners
    Patent number: 11273009
    Abstract: Systems and methods for trimming dental aligners include a cut line system for identifying a first point and a second point based on a line around tooth (LAT) for a tooth of a model representative of a dentition of a user, where the first point is disposed on a tooth-gingiva interface of the tooth. The cut line system defines a cut plane at a distance from the first point toward the second point, where the cut plane intersects a line between the first point and the second point, identifies a plurality of points on the LAT based on the cut plane, defines a cut line based on the plurality of points on the LAT and the first point, and controls a cutting system to cut the dental aligner along the cut line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV
    Inventors: Cherie Wilson, Josh Long, John Dargis, Tony Solarek
  • Intelligent boundary delineation of regions of interest of an organism from multispectral video streams using perfusion models
    Patent number: 11276176
    Abstract: Embodiments for implementing intelligent boundary delineation of a region of interest of an organism in two spatial dimensions in a computing environment by a processor. Time series data of a contrast agent in one or more regions of interest captured from multispectral image streams may be collected. One or more regions of interest having one or more perfusion patterns may be identified from the time series data. Boundaries of the one or more regions of interest may be delineated into at least two spatial dimensions, wherein the boundaries of the one or more regions of interest include one or more selected labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sergiy Zhuk, Jonathan Epperlein, Pol Mac Aonghusa, Rahul Nair
  • Systems and methods to process electronic images to identify diagnostic tests
    Patent number: 11276499
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for processing digital images to identify diagnostic tests, the method comprising receiving one or more digital images associated with a pathology specimen, determining a plurality of diagnostic tests, applying a machine learning system to the one or more digital images to identify any prerequisite conditions for each of the plurality of diagnostic tests to be applicable, the machine learning system having been trained by processing a plurality of training images, identifying, using the machine learning system, applicable diagnostic tests of the plurality of diagnostic tests based on the one or more digital images and the prerequisite conditions, and outputting the applicable diagnostic tests to a digital storage device and/or display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Paige.AI, Inc.
    Inventors: Leo Grady, Christopher Kanan, Jorge Sergio Reis-Filho, Belma Dogdas, Matthew Houliston
  • Predicting lung cancer risk
    Patent number: 11276173
    Abstract: A system and method for predicting a lung cancer risk based on a chest X-ray in which a nodule is detected in a chest of a patient based on an analysis of the chest X-ray using an image processing technique. A region of interest associated with the nodule is identified using the image processing technique. The region of interest is further analyzed using deep learning to determine a plurality of characteristics associated with the nodule. The plurality of characteristics comprises a size of the nodule, a calcification in the nodule, a homogeneity of the nodule and a spiculation of the nodule. Further, the plurality of characteristics is compared with a trained data model using deep learning. Based on the comparison, a risk score associated with the nodule is generated. Further, the lung cancer risk is predicted when the risk score exceeds a predefined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: QURE.AI TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: Preetham Putha, Manoj Tadepalli, Bhargava Reddy, Tarun Raj, Ammar Jagirdar, Pooja Rao, Prashant Warier
  • Method and apparatus for detecting objects of interest in an environment
    Patent number: 11270162
    Abstract: A method is provided for generating training data to facilitate automatically locating an object of interest within an image. Methods may include: receiving sensor data including a plurality of images from at least one image sensor; receiving an identification, from a user, of an object visible within an image of the plurality of images, where at least a portion of the object is visible in one or more of the plurality of images; determining a predicted location of the object in the one or more of the remaining images of the plurality of images; identifying the object in the one or more of the remaining images of the plurality of images; and storing the plurality of images including an indication of the object at the object location within the one or more of the plurality of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.
    Inventor: Anirudh Viswanathan
  • Motion parallax in object recognition
    Patent number: 11270451
    Abstract: A system for providing information about an environment to a user within the environment is featured. An electronic processor is configured to receive input including a user selection of an object of interest from among potential objects of interest. The electronic processor is further configured to provide output to guide the user to move the detection apparatus to position the object of interest near a reference point on a field of view of the detection apparatus, obtain multiple images of the object of interest during the user's movement of the detection apparatus, and crop each of the images to keep the object of interest near a reference point on each of the images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Eliezer Peli, JaeHyun Jung, Cheng Qiu
  • Method of determining target treatment locations
    Patent number: 11263745
    Abstract: A method and system for automatic location of a target treatment structure, such as a pulmonary vein ostium, from an anatomical image. The method includes calculating a most likely path of blood flow through a pulmonary vein based on a cross-sectional area minimization technique and calculating pulmonary vein geometry as a function of length. For example, a pulmonary vein ostium may be located by analyzing a change in pulmonary vein dimensional size or other anatomical factors, such as absolute size. The method may also include determining tissue thickness at the pulmonary vein ostium or other treatment size for treatment dose optimization. The method may be an algorithm performed by a processing unit of a navigation system or other component of a medical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott A. Hareland
  • Determination of appendix position using a two stage deep neural network
    Patent number: 11253324
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for training a machine-learning model to detect a location of a person's appendix, comprising: receiving, at the machine-learning model, a plurality of images, each image being a slice of a body taken by a CT scan; identifying, for each of the plurality of images, features of the appendix, wherein the identifying comprises analyzing a plurality of slices of each of the plurality of images and classifying each of the plurality of slices, into one of a plurality of classification groups, based upon a feature of the appendix within the slice; segmenting each of the plurality of image slices included in the one of the plurality of classification groups that classifies the slice as containing the appendix, thereby identifying probable locations of the appendix, via utilizing a probability mask for each of the probable locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Cognistic, LLC
    Inventors: Tom Bu, Sanjay Chopra, Roshan Bhave, Ji Liu
  • Accelerated object labeling using prior geometric knowledge
    Patent number: 11257240
    Abstract: In an approach for propagating labels of objects in an image, a processor receives the image. A processor performs a normalization of the image. A processor runs the image through a pre-trained object detector. A processor receives a set of detected objects from the pre-trained object detector. A processor determines a width dimension and a height dimension of a bounding box for each detected object of the set of detected objects. A processor propagates a label for each instance of each detected object in the image with the respective bounding box using prior geometric knowledge of bounding box placement. A processor inverses the normalization of the labeled image. A processor outputs the labeled image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Subhajit Chaudhury, Daiki Kimura, Asim Munawar, Ryuki Tachibana
  • Device for determining the anteversion angle
    Patent number: 11253218
    Abstract: A device, a system and a method for determining an anteversion angle of a femoral shaft of a femur are provided. The device includes a provision unit and a processing unit. The provision unit is configured to provide image data of the femur, and wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a longitudinal shaft axis extending through the femoral shaft based on the image data. The processing unit is further configured to determine at least two landmarks of the femur based on the image data, and place a tangent trough each landmark parallel to the shaft axis. The processing unit is configured to determine the anteversion angle of the femoral shaft based on the tangents and the shaft axis of the femoral shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Arno Blau
  • Recognition method and apparatus and mobile platform
    Patent number: 11250248
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gesture recognition method. The method includes the following steps: acquiring a depth image of a user; determining a point set of a two-dimensional image indicating a palm based on a depth information of the depth image; and, determining a gesture based on the point set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ketan Tang, You Zhou, Guyue Zhou, Zhuo Guo
  • Brachytherapy treatment planning system
    Patent number: 11247070
    Abstract: A brachytherapy treatment planning system includes a processor that: receives a planning image corresponding to at least a portion of a prostate; generates a brachytherapy treatment plan comprising, for each of a plurality of brachytherapy seeds or catheters, a corresponding brachytherapy seed or catheter position in the planning image such that the plurality of brachytherapy seed or catheter positions in the planning image together satisfy a desired radioactive dose objective in the prostate; receives a pre-treatment image corresponding to the at least a portion of a prostate; and maps each brachytherapy seed or catheter position in the planning image to a corresponding position in the pre-treatment image by performing a registration between the planning image and the pre-treatment image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Fabian Wenzel, Thomas Heiko Stehle, Heinrich Schulz, Jochen Kruecker
  • Method and apparatus for generating vehicle damage information
    Patent number: 11244435
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for generating vehicle damage information are provided. The method includes: acquiring a damage area image of a target vehicle; performing image segmentation on the damage area image to obtain a first suspected damage area; inputting the damage area image to a pre-trained detection model to obtain a second suspected damage area, the detection model being configured to detect a location of the suspected damage area in the image; determining a damage image feature based on the first suspected damage area and the second suspected damage area; and inputting the damage image feature to a pre-trained classification model to generate a damage type, the classification model being configured to characterize a corresponding relationship between the image feature and the damage type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiao Tan, Feng Zhou, Hao Sun, Errui Ding
  • Embedding signals in a raster image processor
    Patent number: 11238556
    Abstract: Image processing technology embeds signal (e.g., digital watermarks) within imagery during a raster image process(or). One claim recites: an image processing method of embedding a signal within imagery using raster image processing (RIP), including: obtaining a plurality of elements representing a signal; determining edges within the imagery; using the determined edges as a reference, modulating a plurality of print structures within the RIP according to the plurality of elements to embed the signal within the imagery, in which one determined edge defines the signal to be at a predetermined angle in a set of dimensions comprising color and spatial frequency. Of course, other claims, combinations and technology are described too.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
    Inventors: Tomas Filler, Alastair M. Reed, John F. Stach
  • Computer-implemented method of detecting foreign object on background object in an image, apparatus for detecting foreign object on background object in an image, and computer-program product
    Patent number: 11238301
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of detecting a foreign object on a background object in an image is provided. The computer-implemented method includes extracting image features of the image based on image characteristics of the background object and a suspected foreign object; detecting a salient region in the image based on a human visual attention model; generating a salient region mask based on detection of the salient region; obtaining the image features in a region surrounded by the salient region mask; perforating feature combination and feature vector length normalization on the image features of the region surrounded by the salient region mask to generate normalized feature vectors; and identifying the suspected foreign object using an image classifier, wherein the image classifier uses the normalized feature vectors as input for identifying the suspected foreign object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huanhuan Zhang, Jingtao Xu, Xiaojun Tang, Hui Li
  • Method and system for authenticating a user on a wearable heads-up display
    Patent number: 11238143
    Abstract: A method of operating a wearable heads-up display that in use is worn on a head of a user includes generating an infrared light, scanning the infrared light over an eye of the user, detecting reflections of infrared light from the eye of the user, and extracting test biometric identification data from at least a portion of the detected reflections and corresponding scan orientations. A similarity measure between the test biometric identification data and reference biometric identification data associated with the wearable heads-up display is determined. The user is authenticated based on the similarity measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Bergen Fletcher, Idris S. Aleem