Patents Examined by Xin Jia
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Patent number: 12229969Abstract: A method of identifying a false alarm of an optical motion sensor including a plurality of pixel units, includes: receiving pixel values of a testing set of pixel units selected from the plurality of pixel units, and a number of pixels of the testing set is smaller than a number of the plurality of pixel units; and performing a background adjustment operation according to the pixel values of the testing set of pixel units.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.Inventors: Joon Chok Lee, Kevin Len-Li Lim
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Patent number: 12229934Abstract: A method for training an artificial neural network including classifiers for material characterization. The method includes obtaining functional data having phase and amplitude, registering functional data by phase-amplitude separation and statistical analysis on the phase-amplitude separated data with an elastic distance to produce aligned functional data, performing dimensional reduction on the aligned functional data to produce a dimensional representation of the functional space, performing, by a computer system, a training operation to train an artificial neural network based on the dimensional representation of the functional space. A method and system for material characterization is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLCInventors: James Derek Tucker, Matthew Thomas Martinez
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Patent number: 12223717Abstract: This application discloses a method for implementing recommendation information in a video performed at a computer device. The method includes: acquiring a target video; identifying a video segment within the target video according to a scene change status of video frames in the target video, the video segment including a target video frame; performing image recognition on the target video frame to obtain a region corresponding to an object in the target video frame that is compatible with the recommendation information; and implanting the recommendation information in the region of the target video frame. Image recognition processing is performed on the target video frame to obtain a video segment including the target video frame, so as to determine the implantation location in the target video frame on the basis of the object of the target type in the target video frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2024Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Hui Sheng, Dongbo Huang
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Patent number: 12223732Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for object monitoring. The system may obtain at least one image associated with a predetermined region captured by a capture device. The system may obtain a predetermined traffic rule associated with the predetermined region, wherein the predetermined traffic rule is determined based on one or more predetermined images associated with the predetermined region. The system may identify at least one object in the at least one image. The system may monitor a traffic behavior of the at least one object based on the predetermined traffic rule.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Lixun Gao, Zhenshan Lu, Zhewei Li, Tianfu Lan, Wenjin Zhang, Qing Zhan, Minglang Ying, Kexue Ma
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Patent number: 12207963Abstract: A method and breast imaging system for processing breast tissue image data includes feeding image data of breast images to an image processor, identifying image portions depicting breast tissue and high density elements and executing different processing methods on input images. A first image processing method involves breast tissue enhancement and high density element suppression, whereas the second image processing method involves enhancing high density elements. Respective three-dimensional sets of image slices may be generated by respective image processing methods, and respective two-dimensional synthesized images are generated and combined to form a two-dimensional composite synthesized image which is presented through a display of the breast imaging system. First and second image processing may be executed on generated three-dimensional image sets or two-dimensional projection images acquired by an image acquisition component at respective angles relative to the patient's breast.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Hologic, Inc.Inventors: Xiaomin Liu, Haili Chui, Xiangwei Zhang, Nikolaos Gkanatsios
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Patent number: 12205290Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting a prior comparison study. One system includes an electronic processor configured to, for a medical image study associated with a patient, select a prior comparison image study. The electronic processor is also configured to automatically determine, based on monitored user interaction with the selected prior comparison image study, a usefulness of the selected prior comparison image study. The electronic processor is also configured to automatically update a selection model based on the usefulness of the prior comparison image study to a user.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: MERATIVE US L.P.Inventors: Mark D. Bronkalla, James Boritz, John Hansen
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Patent number: 12198053Abstract: An integrated circuit included in a device for performing a neural network operation includes a buffer configured to store feature map data in units of cells each including at least one feature, wherein the feature map data is for use in the neural network operation; and a multiplexing circuit configured to receive the feature map data from the buffer, and output extracted data by extracting feature data of one of features that are included within a plurality of cells in the received feature map data, the features each corresponding to an identical coordinate value.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun-seok Park, Jin-ook Song, Jae-gon Lee, Yun-kyo Cho
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Patent number: 12198301Abstract: Provided are an image fusion method, a storage medium and an electronic device are to-be-fused are acquired. Luminance and chrominance separation is performed on the visible light image to extract a luminance component and a chrominance component. Luminance fusion is performed on the luminance component of the visible light image and the infrared image to obtain a luminance fusion result. Image reconstruction is performed according to the luminance fusion result and the chrominance component of the visible light image to obtain a fused image.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVIEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Yanan Zhang
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Method and device for recognizing an object for a vehicle including a mono camera, and camera system
Patent number: 12190598Abstract: A method for recognizing an object includes reading in a first image signal that represents a first camera image recorded by a mono camera, and a second image signal that represents a second camera image recorded by the mono camera. First pixels situated on an image line of the first camera image are selected from the first image signal. Second pixels are identified from the second image signal, the second pixels corresponding to the first pixels. A flux signal is formed using the first pixels and the second pixels, the flux signal representing an optical flux profile for the first pixels situated along the image line. The flux profile represented by the flux signal is segmented into a plurality of segments, each of which represents a plane in the vehicle surroundings. An object signal that represents a recognized object is determined, using the plurality of segments.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Michael Miksch, Gregor Schwarzenberg -
Patent number: 12190518Abstract: The system and method for pneumonia detection using image processing and object detection in chest X-ray images utilizes an ensemble of deep learning models, including GoogLeNet, ResNet-18, and DenseNet-121. The process begins with the acquisition and pre-processing of medical images to standardize and partition them into training, validation, and testing subsets. The convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are trained and fine-tuned on the training subset, and their performance is evaluated using the validation subset with metrics such as accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score. The system computes an ensembled probability score to make the final prediction, ensuring high accuracy. This method also integrates clinical data for improved diagnostic precision.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2024Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Inventor: Prithvi Sairaj Krishnan
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Patent number: 12183451Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for verifying slide and block quality for testing. The method may comprise receiving a collection of one or more digital images at a digital storage device. The collection may be associated with a tissue block and corresponding to an instance. The method may comprise applying a machine learning model to the collection to identify a presence or an absence of an attribute, determining an amount or a percentage of tissue with the attribute from a digital image in the collection that indicates the presence of the attribute, and outputting a quality score corresponding to the determined amount or percentage.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Paige.AI, Inc.Inventors: Patricia Raciti, Christopher Kanan, Alican Bozkurt, Belma Dogdas
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Patent number: 12182658Abstract: An indicia-reading module is capable of integration into the smallest face of thin-profile smart device. The module employs chip-on-board packaging and a customized sensor enclosure to eliminate the stack-up height found in conventional packaging. The module also employs a customized frame to reduce volume by integrating circuit subassembly circuit boards into a unique architecture and by serving as the lenses for the illuminator and the aimer, thereby eliminating the need for any extra lenses or holders.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Chen Feng, Edward C. Bremer, Tao Xian, Sean Philip Kearney, Mehul Patel
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Patent number: 12176304Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) switch arrangement that improves the voltage handling capacity of a stack of switching elements (e.g., field-effect transistors (FETs)). The RF switch arrangement can include a ground plane and a stack arranged in relation to the ground plane, the stack including a plurality of switching elements coupled in series with one another. The RF switch arrangement can also include a plurality of capacitive elements, each of the plurality of capacitive elements providing a capacitive path across respective terminals of a corresponding one of the plurality of switching elements.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Hanching Fuh, Anuj Madan, Guillaume Alexandre Blin, Fikret Altunkilic
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Patent number: 12175753Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium has stored therein a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process including acquiring movie data including a plurality of consecutive frames calculating first likelihood of a class of the movie data by inputting the acquired movie data to a trained model, calculating an optical flow indicating movement of an area included in the movie data, based on the movie data generating occluded movie data by setting an occluded area in each of the frames included in the movie data, based on the optical flow, calculating second likelihood of a class of the occluded movie data by inputting the occluded movie data to the model identifying an area that affects identification of the class among areas in the movie data, based on the first likelihood and the second likelihood and displaying the identified area that affects identification of the class.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignees: FUJITSU LIMITED, UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBAInventors: Tomoki Uchiyama, Naoya Sogi, Koichiro Niinuma, Kazuhiro Fukui
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Patent number: 12169966Abstract: A method of optimizing the detection of abnormalities in images of products generates a first image similar to training images and a second image similar to testing images with normal images and the images showing abnormalities inputted into a generative adversarial network (GAN). The GAN determines a first similarity ratio between the first image and the training image and generates a parameter based on the first similarity ratio for adjusting the GAN. A second similarity ratio between the second image and the testing image is determined. The testing image is deemed a normal image when the second similarity ratio is larger than the specified threshold value, and deemed to be an image revealing abnormalities when the second similarity ratio is less than or equal to the specified threshold value. A terminal device and a computer readable storage medium applying the method are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chung-Yu Wu, Guo-Chin Sun, Chih-Te Lu
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Patent number: 12165352Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for determining environment dimensions based on environment pose. In one aspect, the method may include training, with a dataset including a plurality of images featuring an environment and labelled landmarks in the environment, a neural network to identify a pose of an environment. The method may comprise receiving an input image depicting the environment, generating an input tensor based on the input image, and inputting the input tensor into the neural network, which may be configured to generate an output tensor including a position of each identified landmark, a confidence level associated with each position, and a pose confidence score. The method may include calculating a homography matrix between each position in the output tensor along a camera plane and a corresponding position in an environment plane in order to output an image that visually connects each landmark along the environment plane.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Acronis International GmbHInventors: Sergey Ulasen, Alexander Snorkin, Andrey Adaschik, Artem Shapiro, Vasyl Shandyba, Serg Bell, Stanislav Protasov
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Patent number: 12159383Abstract: Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for outputting filtered visual media content items. Various aspects may include receiving an input frame of a visual media content item. Aspects may also include training a machine learning algorithm based on a dataset of bracketed images. Aspects may include configuring a neural network based on image filtering of the input frame and via a shader component of a graphics processing unit. Aspects may include determining portions of the input frame that are associated with an extent of darkness. Aspects may include performing an image enhancement operation to the portions of the input frame. Aspects may include providing instructions to display an output frame changed by the image enhancement operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.Inventors: Houman Meshkin, Jeong-Mo Hong
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Image segmentation method using neural network based on mumford-shah function and apparatus therefor
Patent number: 12159410Abstract: Disclosed is an image segmentation method including receiving an image to be segmented and segmenting the received image by using a neural network learned through a Mumford-Shah function-based loss function.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: JongChul Ye, Boah Kim -
Patent number: 12153852Abstract: A vehicle information display system includes a digital license plate attachable to a vehicle and having a display able to present electronically readable visual information. This electronically readable visual information is usable to facilitate provision of services, including but not limited to vehicle rental or providing vehicle access to authorized service providers.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Inventors: Dean Batten, Prashant Dubal
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Patent number: 12148131Abstract: The disclosure herein describes generating an inpainted image from a masked image using a patch-based encoder and an unquantized transformer. An image including a masked region and an unmasked region is received, and the received image is divided into a plurality of patches including masked patches. The plurality of patches is encoded into a plurality of feature vectors, wherein each patch is encoded to a feature vector. Using a transformer, a predicted token is generated for each masked patch using a feature vector encoded from the masked patch, and a quantized vector of the masked patch is determined using generated predicted token and a masked patch-specific codebook. The determined quantized vector of the masked patch is included into a set of quantized vectors associated with the plurality of patches, and an output image is generated from the set of quantized vectors using a decoder.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.Inventors: Dongdong Chen, Xiyang Dai, Yinpeng Chen, Mengchen Liu, Lu Yuan