Patents by Inventor ACQUAH HACKMAN

ACQUAH HACKMAN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240169533
    Abstract: A method for calculating parameters in a larynx image with an artificial intelligence assistance includes training a deep learning object detection software and a deep learning image recognition and segmentation software to extract a glottis image from a larynx image and recognize a membranous glottal gap; after receiving a larynx image, a plurality of larynx images captured frame-by-frame, or a larynx video that is captured when vocal folds are in a phonating state, extracting a glottis image by the deep learning object detection software; recognizing a membranous glottal gap in the glottis image and correspondingly outputting a membranous glottal gap filter by the deep learning image recognition and segmentation software; performing image processing of edge detection and image patching on the membranous glottal gap filter to clearly outline the membranous glottal gap and obtaining a medical parameter of several vocal fold anatomies from the clearly outlined membranous glottal gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Changhua Christian Medical Foundation Changhua Christian Hospital
    Inventors: ANDY CHEN, ACQUAH HACKMAN, MU-KUAN CHEN, CHIH-CHIN LIU