Patents Examined by Seyed H. Azarian
  • Patent number: 11887304
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for analyzing an image of a slide corresponding to a specimen, the method including receiving at least one digitized image of a pathology specimen; determining, using the digitized image at an artificial intelligence (AI) system, at least one salient feature, the at least one salient comprising a biomarker, cancer, cancer grade, parasite, toxicity, inflammation, and/or cancer sub-type; determining, at the AI system, a salient region overlay for the digitized image, wherein the AI system indicates a value for each pixel; and suppressing, based on the value for each pixel, one or more non-salient regions of the digitized image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Paige.AI, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Locke, Jillian Sue, Christopher Kanan, Sese Ih
  • Patent number: 11861942
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technology that acquires a high resolution iris image more quickly than before. An iris capture apparatus according to one example embodiment of the present invention includes a rotatable movable mirror; a control unit that controls rotation of the movable mirror; a capture unit that captures different regions of a face of a user via the movable mirror and outputs a group of images every time the control unit rotates the movable mirror by a predetermined angle; and an iris image acquisition unit that acquires an image of an iris of the user from the group of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Leiming Su, Hiroaki Morita, Mamoru Inoue
  • Patent number: 11847836
    Abstract: A vehicular control system includes a forward viewing camera disposed at an in-cabin side of a windshield of a vehicle and viewing forward of the vehicle. Road curvature of a road along which the vehicle is traveling is determined responsive at least in part to processing of image data captured by the camera. Responsive at least in part to processing of captured image data, speed of the vehicle is controlled by an adaptive cruise control system of the vehicle. Upon approach of the vehicle to a curve in the road along which the vehicle is traveling, speed of the vehicle is reduced by the adaptive cruise control system to a reduced speed for traveling around the curve in the road. Speed of the vehicle is increased by the adaptive cruise control system when the vehicle is traveling along a straighter section of road after the curve in the road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth Schofield, Niall R. Lynam
  • Patent number: 11845478
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring an operation of a door of a public transportation vehicle are disclosed. In an embodiment, the system includes an optical sensor unit and a control unit. The optical sensor is arranged at a distance from the door and configured to record a movement of the door during an opening and/or a closing. The control unit is configured to (1) determine a position of a reference point of the door based on the recorded movement of the door, (2) determine a parameter of the movement of the door during the movement based on the determined position of the reference point, (3) determine a deviation of the parameter of the movement from a predetermined/allowed range of values of the parameter, and (4) determine an error in the operation of the door based on the determined deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: ICOMERA AB
    Inventor: Joel Bjurstrom
  • Patent number: 11842147
    Abstract: A method and apparatus comprising generating a dynamic personalized webpage is disclosed. At least two webpages are loaded in a fashion that is hidden from the user. Content from the at least two webpages is extracted based on classification “of interest” by an artificial intelligence algorithm. A dynamic personalized webpage comprising extracted content is then generated and displayed to the user. In the preferred embodiment, the user's dynamic personalized webpage will be filled with advertisements tailored to the user and the user would receive 100% of the payment from the advertisers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Edwin Douglas, David Byron Douglas, Kathleen Mary Douglas
  • Patent number: 11836946
    Abstract: Methods and systems for guiding a patient for a medical examination using a medical apparatus. For example, a computer-implemented method for guiding a patient for a medical examination using a medical apparatus includes: receiving an examination protocol for the medical apparatus; determining a reference position based at least in part on the examination protocol; acquiring a patient position; determining a deviation metric based at least in part on comparing the patient position and the reference position; determining whether the deviation metric is greater than a pre-determined deviation threshold; and if the deviation metric is greater than a pre-determined deviation threshold: generating a positioning guidance based at least in part on the determined deviation metric, the positioning guidance including guidance for positioning the patient relative to the medical apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Shanghai United Imaging Intelligence Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ziyan Wu, Shanhui Sun, Arun Innanje
  • Patent number: 11830228
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technology that acquires a high resolution iris image more quickly than before. An iris capture apparatus according to one example embodiment of the present invention includes a rotatable movable mirror; a control unit that controls rotation of the movable mirror; a capture unit that captures different regions of a face of a user via the movable mirror and outputs a group of images every time the control unit rotates the movable mirror by a predetermined angle; and an iris image acquisition unit that acquires an image of an iris of the user from the group of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Leiming Su, Hiroaki Morita, Mamoru Inoue
  • Patent number: 11810295
    Abstract: A dynamic image analysis apparatus includes a hardware processor and a display. The hardware processor performs tagging for classifying. The hardware processor extracts a feature amount from frame images and calculates a change amount in a time direction of the feature amount. When a second dynamic image is input, the hardware processor selects an extractable feature amount from a related dynamic image which is the first dynamic image determined to be related with the second dynamic image, the first dynamic image and the second dynamic image. The display is capable of displaying a change over time in the frame images included in one occasion of imaging of the dynamic image, the change over time between the second dynamic image and the selected related dynamic image and the change over time between the feature amount extracted from the second dynamic image and the feature amount extracted from the related image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Kenichi Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 11804053
    Abstract: An image recognition method and a terminal, where the method includes obtaining, by the terminal, an image file comprising a target object, recognizing, by the terminal, the target object based on an image recognition model in the terminal to obtain object category information of the target object, and storing, by the terminal, the object category information as first label information of the target object. Hence, image recognition efficiency of the terminal can be improved, and privacy of a terminal user can be effectively protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changzhu Li, Xiyong Wang
  • Patent number: 11798300
    Abstract: A microscopic object characterization system comprises a computer system, a microscope with a computing unit connected to the computer system, and an object characterization program executable in the computer system configured to receive refractive index data representing at least a spatial distribution of measured values of refractive index (RI) or values correlated to refractive index of the microscopic object. The object characterization program is operable to execute an algorithm applying a plurality of transformations on the refractive index data. The transformations generate a distribution of two or more parameters used to characterize features of the microscopic object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NANOLIVE SA
    Inventors: Yann Cotte, Sebastien Equis, Bastian Dalla Piazza, Sorin Pop, Luca Clario, Christopher Tremblay, Pierre-Alain Cotte
  • Patent number: 11771380
    Abstract: A vital sign monitoring system using an optical sensor is provided. The vital sign monitoring system, and related methods and devices described herein, is equipped with a camera or other optical sensor to remotely detect and measure one or more physiological parameters (e.g., vital signs) of a subject. For example, the vital sign monitoring system can detect, measure, and/or monitor heart rates and respiration rates from one or multiple subjects simultaneously using advanced signal processing techniques, including adaptive color beamforming to more accurately detect and measure the vital sign(s) of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Yu Rong, Daniel W. Bliss
  • Patent number: 11776314
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technology that acquires a high resolution iris image more quickly than before. An iris capture apparatus according to one example embodiment of the present invention includes a rotatable movable mirror; a control unit that controls rotation of the movable mirror; a capture unit that captures different regions of a face of a user via the movable mirror and outputs a group of images every time the control unit rotates the movable mirror by a predetermined angle; and an iris image acquisition unit that acquires an image of an iris of the user from the group of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Leiming Su, Hiroaki Morita, Mamoru Inoue
  • Patent number: 11776235
    Abstract: The present disclosure discusses systems and methods to detect blur in digital images. The solution can be incorporated into the quality control systems of pathology and other slide scanners or can be a stand-alone solution. The solution can identify scanned images that include blur and cause the scanner to automatically rescan the blurry image. The solution can also identify regions of the scanned image that include blur. The solution can generate blur maps for each of the scanned images that identify regions of the scanned image that include blur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    Inventors: Gabriele Campanella, Peter J. Schüffler, Thomas Fuchs
  • Patent number: 11771519
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recalibration device (1) used during the acquisition of images of an anatomical area of a patient during robot-assisted surgery, including a body (3) made of radxoliacent material, which comprises fiducial markers (9) made of radiopaque material, said body (3) having a bearing surface (7) intended to be manually placed on a surface of said anatomical area of the patient. According to the invention, said fiducial markers (9) are arranged in a specific geometrical pattern enabling a certain detection of the positioning and orientation of the recalibration device (1) in a three-dimensional digital model built from the images derived from the acquisition of the anatomical area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: MedTech S.A.
    Inventors: Sebastien Olive, Bertin Nahum, Lucien Blondel
  • Patent number: 11769584
    Abstract: A cloud computing system is described that communicates with a virtual machine to reattach the face of a patient to brain imaging data before the brain imaging data is transmitted for display on a brain navigation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Omniscient Neurotechnology Pty Limited
    Inventors: Bryan Sin Kwok Wong, Michael Edward Sughrue, Stephane Philippe Doyen, Jacob David Roberts
  • Patent number: 11759176
    Abstract: A method for ultrasound image processing having steps of receiving sequences of ultrasound images imaging an anatomical feature of interest during two cardiac cycles one in the absence of, and the other in the presence of, an invasive medical device in said ultrasound images, each ultrasound image corresponding to a different phase of said cardiac cycle. The invasive medical device may at least partially obscure the anatomical feature of interest for each ultrasound image of the further sequence. The location of the invasive medical device is tracked and isolated in the ultrasound image, and the isolated invasive medical device is inserted into an ultrasound image of the first sequence of a corresponding phase of the cardiac cycle in the tracked location. The method also controls a display device to display the first sequence of ultrasound images including the inserted invasive medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Alexander Franciscus Kolen, Harm Jan Willem Belt, Godefridus Antonius Harks, Gerardus Henricus Maria Gijsbers, Hong Liu
  • Patent number: 11756200
    Abstract: A pre-event connectome of a subject brain is accessed, the pre-event connectome defining i) first functional nodes in the subject brain and ii) first edges that represent connections between the first functional nodes before the subject has undergone an event. A post-event connectome of the subject brain is accessed, the post-event connectome defining i) second functional nodes in the subject brain and ii) second edges that represent connections between the second functional nodes after the subject has undergone the event. A connectome-difference map data is generated that records the difference between the pre-event connectome and the post-event connectome. An action is taken based on the connectome-difference map data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Omniscient Neurotechnology Pty Limited
    Inventors: Stephane Philippe Doyen, Michael Edward Sughrue, Peter James Nicholas
  • Patent number: 11751829
    Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are configured to analyze non-invasive medical images of a subject to automatically and/or dynamically identify one or more features, such as plaque and vessels, and/or derive one or more quantified plaque parameters, such as radiodensity, radiodensity composition, volume, radiodensity heterogeneity, geometry, location, and/or the like. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are further configured to generate one or more assessments of plaque-based diseases from raw medical images using one or more of the identified features and/or quantified parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: CLEERLY, INC.
    Inventors: James K. Min, James P. Earls, Hugo Miguel Rodrigues Marques
  • Patent number: 11737719
    Abstract: A method for improving the accuracy of a digital medical model of a part of a patient, the method includes obtaining a set of at least 2 medical images of the patient, where an element including a predefined geometry and/or predefined information was attached to the patient during the recording of the medical images; obtaining at least 2 tracking images taken with at least one camera having a known positional relationship relative to the medical imaging device, the tracking images depicting at least part of the element; determining any movement of the element between acquisition of the at least 2 tracking images; and generating the digital medical model from the acquired medical images, wherein the determined movement of the element is used to compensate for any movement of the patient between the acquisition of the medical images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Newton2 ApS
    Inventors: Morten Boll, Thomas Sangild Sørensen, Jens Peter Holme, Sami Brandt, Henrik Öjelund
  • Patent number: 11741603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a decision support method for the management of an orchard of fruit trees, the method comprising the following steps: Receiving (10) a plurality of digital images acquired in color, Then for each current image of the plurality of images: Converting (20) the current digital image acquired, into a converted HSL image coded in Hue Saturation and Lightness components, Filtering (30) the Hue Saturation and Lightness components, Combining (40) the filtered Hue Saturation and Lightness planes (5, 6, 7) to obtain a Combined plane (12), Calculating (50) a Work plane (13) from the Combined plane (12), Counting (60) the objects of interest in the Work plane (13), Determining (70) a blossoming level for each current image as a function of the number of objects of interest counted for said current image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventor: Jose Salles