Patents by Inventor Ajoy K. Ray

Ajoy K. Ray 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).

  • Enabling content-based search of objects in an image database with reduced matching
    Patent number: 7317816
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method to use active contours to detect image boundaries of a first view and a second view of a human face, and mark a first set of fiducial points on the first view and a second set of fiducial points on the second view. Using the fiducial points, feature vectors may be calculated and stored in a database for later comparison with a query image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignees: Intel Corporation, Indian Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Ajoy K. Ray, Ranjit K. Mishra, Tinku Acharya
  • Searching for object images with reduced computation
    Patent number: 7191164
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method to obtain a query image and search a database corresponding to object images for a solution set having a maximum similarity to the query image using fuzzy logic. Also in certain embodiments, based on fuzzy logic, the database may be partitioned into multiple sets based on a fuzzy similarity analysis of a measure of the object images to various thresholds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignees: Intel Corporation, Indian Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Ajoy K. Ray, Ranjit K. Mishra, Tinku Acharya