Patents Examined by Seyed H. Azarian
  • Patent number: 11373299
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an X-ray exposure area regulation method, a storage medium, and an X-ray system. The X-ray exposure area regulation method may include: monitoring the state of an object under test (OUT) in real time and acquiring an initial image of the OUT when the state of the OUT satisfies the preset condition, determining an area of interest (AOI) in said initial image, and setting said X-ray exposure area based on the information of said AOI. Automatic regulation of an exposure area in the X-ray system can be realized according to the OUT. This not only facilitates operations and improves test efficiency, but also frees patients from exposure to unnecessary radiations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Heathcare GmbH
    Inventor: Wei He
  • Patent number: 11363966
    Abstract: An unauthorized visitor system collects an image of a person detected in a room of a patient. The system identifies reference points on the person's face, for example, points along the cheeks, jowls, and/or brow. The system may compare the reference points to reference points of images associated with registered visitors. The system then determines, based on the comparison, if the person is a registered visitor. One or more designated recipients may be alerted if the person is not a registered visitor or if the person breaches a patient identification zone established around a particular patient. The system may also register the person in a database of visitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Kusens, Neil Kusens
  • Patent number: 11348372
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technology which performs security management while ensuring privacy of a user. The present invention is provided with: an image-capturing device which captures an image of the inside of a target booth such as a toilet booth, a shower booth, and a dressing room; an abnormality determination means which determines abnormality in the target booth on the basis of the image captured by the image-capturing device; a notification data generation means which generates notification data on the basis of the abnormality determination result; and an abnormality notification means which provides a notification of the notification data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: KIMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoei Kimura, Chisato Kanamori, Minghan Gu
  • Patent number: 11341633
    Abstract: An ultrasound system (100) includes an ultrasound transducer, a processing circuit (210, 300), and a display. The ultrasound transducer is configured to detect ultrasound information regarding a patient and output the ultrasound information as an ultrasound data sample. The processing circuit (210, 300) is configured to segment the ultrasound data sample into a binary image including at least one first region and at least one second region, obtain a first location of a first vascular feature of the binary image based on a boundary between the at least one first region and the at least one second region, and modify the binary image based on the first location of the first vascular feature. The first vascular feature is associated with an intima media thickness. The display is configured to display the modified image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Jinghui Ma, Seshadri Srinivasan, Feng Ling
  • Patent number: 11335041
    Abstract: A method and system for image reconstruction are provided. A projection image of a projection object may be obtained. A processed projection image may be generated based on the projection image through one or more pre-process operations. A reconstructed image including an artifact may be reconstructed based on the processed projection image. The artifact may be a detector edge artifact, a projection object edge artifact, and a serrated artifact. The detector edge artifact, the projection object edge artifact, and the serrated artifact may be removed from the reconstructed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Le Yang, Hao Chen, Kai Cui, Juan Feng, Yecheng Han, Yange Ma, Jie Niu, Ji Qi, Wanli Teng, Na Zhang, Haihua Zhou
  • Patent number: 11335465
    Abstract: There are provided an information output apparatus, an information output method, and an information output program capable of outputting information effective for diagnosis or evaluation of dementia. In a case where a brain area having a high atrophy rate is input, the information output apparatus can output a test item highly relevant to the input brain area using a first table T1 that stores the relevance between a plurality of divided brain areas of a brain image and a plurality of test items of a dementia diagnostic test. In addition, in a case where a test item of interest is input, a brain area highly relevant to the input test item can be output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Caihua Wang, Keigo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11334976
    Abstract: Accessed from memory are i) a first brain image, ii) a second brain image, iii) a difference map, and iv) a connectivity element. A GUI may include: concurrently displaying each of these elements. User input to the GUI is received. A location of the user input is determined. The operations also include responsive to determining that the location of the user input is within the display of the first brain image, modifications are made to the display of the i) second brain image, ii) the difference map, and iii) the connectivity element to highlight elements of the display that correspond to an element of the first brain image that corresponds to the location of the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Omniscient Neurotechnology Pty Limited
    Inventors: Michael Edward Sughrue, Stephane Philippe Doyen, Peter James Nicholas, Xinling Jiang
  • Patent number: 11336867
    Abstract: A method of tracking a mobile device comprising at least one camera in a real environment comprises the steps of receiving image information associated with at least one image captured by the at least one camera, generating a first geometrical model of at least part of the real environment based on environmental data or mobile system state data acquired in an acquisition process by at least one sensor of a mobile system, which is different from the mobile device, and performing a tracking process based on the image information associated with the at least one image and at least partially according to the first geometrical model, wherein the tracking process determines at least one parameter of a pose of the mobile device relative to the real environment. The invention is also related to a method of generating a geometrical model of at least part of a real environment using image information from at least one camera of a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Meier, Sebastian Lieberknecht
  • Patent number: 11333653
    Abstract: A method for evaluating crease recovery of fabrics based on power function equation. The steps are: (1) place the sample in the sample placement area; (2) pressure the overlapping part of the sample; (3) let the free part of the sample automatically restore and record the video image of the sample crease recovery by camera; (4) process the video image of the fabric crease recovery and calculating the recovery angle of each frame of video image; (5) repeat steps 1 to 4 to measure N samples of the same fabric; (6) obtain the dynamic process of fabric crease recovery angle change. This can reveal which type of fabric has better recovery property, when the existing methods have the similar results of recovery angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Jiangnan University
    Inventors: Lei Wang, Weidong Gao
  • Patent number: 11318047
    Abstract: An imaging probe comprises a camera or endoscope with an external detector array, in which the probe is sized and shaped for surgical placement in an eye to image the eye from an interior of the eye during treatment. The imaging probe and a treatment probe can be coupled together with a fastener or contained within a housing. The imaging probe and the treatment probe can be sized and shaped to enter the eye through an incision in the cornea and image one or more of the ciliary body band or the scleral spur. The treatment probe may comprise a treatment optical fiber or a surgical placement device to deliver an implant. A processor coupled to the detector can be configured with instructions to identify a location of one or more of the ciliary body band, the scleral spur, Schwalbe's line, or Schlemm's canal from the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventor: Michael S. Berlin
  • Patent number: 11321829
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to present embodiments includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire medical images. The processing circuitry is configured to control the medical images based on an evaluation value corresponding to each of the medical images, thereby control a forwarding/reversing number or a forwarding/reversing speed of displayed images of the medical images for an operation amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Yoshida, Makoto Yonezawa, Kazuyo Saito, Hirotaka Ujiie
  • Patent number: 11317885
    Abstract: A region detection image is obtained by the detection of a subject region of a radiographic image in which radiation is transmitted through a subject and reaches a radiation detection unit and a direct radiation region of the radiographic image in which the radiation directly reaches the radiation detection unit without being transmitted through the subject. A scattered radiation image about scattered radiation components is obtained on the basis of the region detection image and scattered-radiation-spread information about the spread of scattered radiation. A radiographic image from which the scattered radiation components have been removed is obtained by the subtraction of the scattered radiation image from the radiographic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11315249
    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: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Paige.AI, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Locke, Jillian Sue, Christopher Kanan, Sese Ih
  • Patent number: 11314983
    Abstract: A method for analyzing an image, called analysis image, of a dental arch of a patient. The analysis image is submitted to a deep learning device in order to determine at least one value of a tooth attribute relating to a tooth represented on the analysis image, and/or at least one value of an image attribute relating to the analysis image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: DENTAL MONITORING
    Inventors: Philippe Salah, Thomas Pellissard, Guillaume Ghyselinck, Laurent Debraux
  • Patent number: 11308641
    Abstract: An apparatus including an interface and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive first video frames of a first field of view captured by a first capture device and second video frames of a second field of view captured by a second capture device. The first capture device and the second capture device may have a symmetrical orientation with respect to a vehicle. The fields of view may have an overlapping region. The processor may be configured to select the capture devices to operate as a stereo pair of cameras based on the symmetrical orientation, receive the video frames from the interface, detect an object located in the overlapping region, perform a comparison operation on the object based on the symmetrical orientation with respect to the video frames and determine a distance of the object from the vehicle in response to the comparison operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Ambarella International LP
    Inventors: Pier Paolo Porta, Shimon Pertsel
  • Patent number: 11301993
    Abstract: The current subject matter relates to rehabilitation using a content guide for viewing video, for example as a vision rehabilitation aid for individuals with hemianopia or as a rehabilitation aid for individuals with attention disorders. The current subject matter includes providing video in which a region of interest of the image is specified with a marker, referred to herein as a content guide. The content guide can include a circle surrounding the region of interest. By providing video with a content guide to direct viewers to a region of interest in the video, information acquisition by the viewers is improved. Such an approach can aid individuals with vision deficits or attention disorders. The current subject matter can also be used as a therapy for spatial neglect. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Dylan J. Rose, Daniel R. Saunders, Russell L. Woods
  • Patent number: 11295163
    Abstract: A camera on a robot is used to acquire images of a shelving unit. Locations of labels are detected and cropped from the images to form segments. The segments are analyzed to obtain scan descriptions, without decoding barcodes on the labels. The scan descriptions are compared to catalog descriptions to match scan descriptions to catalog descriptions. Products can then be mapped within an environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Scandit AG
    Inventors: Bernd Schoner, Thibault Priquel, Oliver Akermann, Luc Humair
  • Patent number: 11288848
    Abstract: Disclosed is a three-dimensional ultrasound image display method comprising the following steps: S1: obtaining a series of original two-dimensional images having spatial position and angle information by means of automatic or manual scanning; S2: performing image reconstruction on the basis of the original two-dimensional images to obtain three-dimensional volumetric images; S3: obtaining, from the three-dimensional volumetric images, one or more section images intersecting the original two-dimensional images, and obtaining one or more reconstructed two-dimensional images by means of image processing; S4: displaying together the one or more original two-dimensional images and the one or more section images in a three-dimensional space; and S5: selecting and displaying feature points, feature lines, and feature surfaces in the three-dimensional space on the basis of the original two-dimensional volumetric images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Telefield Medical Imaging Limited
    Inventors: Yongping Zheng, Qiang Meng
  • Patent number: 11270070
    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 at least some revenue from advertisements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Edwin Douglas, David Byron Douglas, Kathleen Mary Douglas
  • Patent number: 11257251
    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: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai United Imaging Intelligence Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ziyan Wu, Shanhui Sun, Arun Innanje