Patents by Inventor Alvaro Sanchez Ferro

Alvaro Sanchez Ferro 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: 20240085399
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method to detect white blood cells and/or white blood cell subtypes from non-invasive capillary videos is featured. The method includes acquiring a first plurality of images of a region of interest including one or more capillaries of a predetermined area of a human subject from non-invasive capillary videos captured with an optical device, processing the first plurality of images to determine one or more optical absorption gaps located in said capillary, and annotating the first plurality of images with an indication of any optical absorption gap detected in the first plurality of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Carlos Castro Gonzalez, Ian Butterworth, Aurelien Bourquard, Alvaro Sanchez Ferro
  • Patent number: 11860154
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method to detect white blood cells and/or white blood cell subtypes from non-invasive capillary videos is featured. The method includes acquiring a first plurality of images of a region of interest including one or more capillaries of a predetermined area of a human subject from non-invasive capillary videos captured with an optical device, processing the first plurality of images to determine one or more optical absorption gaps located in said capillary, and annotating the first plurality of images with an indication of any optical absorption gap detected in the first plurality of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Leuko Labs, Inc
    Inventors: Carlos Castro Gonzalez, Ian Butterworth, Aurelien Bourquard, Alvaro Sanchez Ferro
  • Publication number: 20230032932
    Abstract: An automated system for acquiring images of one or more capillaries in a capillary bed includes a platform for receiving a body portion of a subject, an imaging subsystem having a repositionable field of view and coupled to the platform to acquire images of at least a capillary bed of the body portion and a controller communicably coupled to the imaging subsystem to automatically reposition the field of view of the imaging subsystem to different areas of the capillary bed, and at each field of view within the capillary bed, activate the imaging subsystem to acquire images of one or more capillaries in the capillary bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ian Butterworth, Carlos Castro-Gonzalez, Aurelien Bourquard, Alvaro Sanchez Ferro, Ganimete Lamaj, Nolan Bell, Ryan Benasutti, Alberto Pablo-Trinidad
  • Patent number: 11445980
    Abstract: Analysis of keystroke dynamics performed by an individual can be used for assessment and monitoring of the individual's motor function. Keystroke events related to a user pressing one or more keys on a keyboard or regions on a touch screen may be analyzed to identify a plurality of distributions of keystroke event intervals. The plurality of distributions may be analyzed to identify one or more features indicative of variation among the distributions and indicative of the user's motor function. Monitoring of a user's motor function may include comparing a value for a feature for one plurality of distribution to a second value for the same feature for another plurality of distributions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Luca Giancardo, Alvaro Sanchez Ferro, Ian Butterworth, Carlos Sanchez Mendoza
  • Publication number: 20220254024
    Abstract: A system for non-invasive hematological measurements includes a platform to receive a body portion of a user and an imaging device to acquire a set of images of a capillary bed in the body portion. For each image, a controller detects one or more capillaries in the body portion of the finger to identify a first set of capillaries by estimating one or more attributes of each capillary (e.g., structural attributes, flow attributes, imaging attributes, or combinations thereof), wherein at least one attribute of each capillary meets a predetermined criterion. The controller also identifies a second set of capillaries from the first set of capillaries such that each capillary of the second set of capillaries is visible in a predetermined number of images of the set of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Universidad Politecnica De Madrid
    Inventors: Carlos CASTRO-GONZALEZ, Ian BUTTERWORTH, Aurelien BOURQUARD, Alvaro Sanchez FERRO, Jason TUCKER-SCHWARTZ, Alberto PABLO TRINIDAD, MARIA J. LEDESMA CARBAYO, Tom Vettenburg
  • Patent number: 11244452
    Abstract: A system for non-invasive hematological measurements includes a platform to receive a body portion of a user and an imaging device to acquire a set of images of a capillary bed in the body portion. For each image, a controller detects one or more capillaries in the body portion of the finger to identify a first set of capillaries by estimating one or more attributes of each capillary (e.g., structural attributes, flow attributes, imaging attributes, or combinations thereof), wherein at least one attribute of each capillary meets a predetermined criterion. The controller also identifies a second set of capillaries from the first set of capillaries such that each capillary of the second set of capillaries is visible in a predetermined number of images of the set of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Carlos Castro-Gonzalez, Ian Butterworth, Aurelien Bourquard, Alvaro Sanchez-Ferro, Jason Tucker-Schwartz, Alberto Pablo-Trinidad, Maria J. Ledesma-Carbayo, Tom Vettenburg
  • Publication number: 20210374963
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method to detect white blood cells and/or white blood cell subtypes from non-invasive capillary videos is featured. The method includes acquiring a first plurality of images of a region of interest including one or more capillaries of a predetermined area of a human subject from non-invasive capillary videos captured with an optical device, processing the first plurality of images to determine one or more optical absorption gaps located in said capillary, and annotating the first plurality of images with an indication of any optical absorption gap detected in the first plurality of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Carlos Castro Gonzalez, Ian Butterworth, Aurelien Bourquard, Alvaro Sanchez Ferro
  • Patent number: 10959676
    Abstract: Analysis of keystroke dynamics performed by an individual can be used for assessment and monitoring of the individual's motor function. Keystroke events related to a user pressing one or more keys on a keyboard or regions on a touch screen may be analyzed to identify a plurality of distributions of keystroke event intervals. The plurality of distributions may be analyzed to identify one or more features indicative of variation among the distributions and indicative of the user's motor function. Monitoring of a user's motor function may include comparing a value for a feature for one plurality of distribution to a second value for the same feature for another plurality of distributions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Luca Giancardo, Alvaro Sanchez Ferro, Ian Butterworth, Carlos Sanchez Mendoza
  • Publication number: 20210038159
    Abstract: Analysis of keystroke dynamics performed by an individual can be used for assessment and monitoring of the individual's motor function. Keystroke events related to a user pressing one or more keys on a keyboard or regions on a touch screen may be analyzed to identify a plurality of distributions of keystroke event intervals. The plurality of distributions may be analyzed to identify one or more features indicative of variation among the distributions and indicative of the user's motor function. Monitoring of a user's motor function may include comparing a value for a feature for one plurality of distribution to a second value for the same feature for another plurality of distributions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Luca Giancardo, Alvaro Sanchez Ferro, Ian Butterworth, Carlos Sanchez Mendoza
  • Publication number: 20200060622
    Abstract: Analysis of keystroke dynamics performed by an individual can be used for assessment and monitoring of the individual's motor function. Keystroke events related to a user pressing one or more keys on a keyboard or regions on a touch screen may be analyzed to identify a plurality of distributions of keystroke event intervals. The plurality of distributions may be analyzed to identify one or more features indicative of variation among the distributions and indicative of the user's motor function. Monitoring of a user's motor function may include comparing a value for a feature for one plurality of distribution to a second value for the same feature for another plurality of distributions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Luca Giancardo, Alvaro Sanchez Ferro, Ian Butterworth, Carlos Sanchez Mendoza
  • Patent number: 10506979
    Abstract: Analysis of keystroke dynamics performed by an individual can be used for assessment and monitoring of the individual's motor function. Keystroke events related to a user pressing one or more keys on a keyboard or regions on a touch screen may be analyzed to identify a plurality of distributions of keystroke event intervals. The plurality of distributions may be analyzed to identify one or more features indicative of variation among the distributions and indicative of the user's motor function. Monitoring of a user's motor function may include comparing a value for a feature for one plurality of distribution to a second value for the same feature for another plurality of distributions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Luca Giancardo, Alvaro Sanchez Ferro, Ian Butterworth, Carlos Sanchez Mendoza
  • Publication number: 20190139221
    Abstract: A system for non-invasive hematological measurements includes a platform to receive a body portion of a user and an imaging device to acquire a set of images of a capillary bed in the body portion. For each image, a controller detects one or more capillaries in the body portion of the finger to identify a first set of capillaries by estimating one or more attributes of each capillary (e.g., structural attributes, flow attributes, imaging attributes, or combinations thereof), wherein at least one attribute of each capillary meets a predetermined criterion. The controller also identifies a second set of capillaries from the first set of capillaries such that each capillary of the second set of capillaries is visible in a predetermined number of images of the set of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Carlos Castro-Gonzalez, Ian BUTTERWORTH, Aurelien BOURQUARD, Alvaro SANCHEZ-FERRO, Jason TUCKER-SCHWARTZ, Alberto PABLO-TRINIDAD, MARIA J. LEDESMA-CARBAYO, Tom VETTENBURG
  • Publication number: 20180235548
    Abstract: Analysis of keystroke dynamics performed by an individual can be used for assessment and monitoring of the individual's motor function. Keystroke events related to a user pressing one or more keys on a keyboard or regions on a touch screen may be analyzed to identify a plurality of distributions of keystroke event intervals. The plurality of distributions may be analyzed to identify one or more features indicative of variation among the distributions and indicative of the user's motor function. Monitoring of a user's motor function may include comparing a value for a feature for one plurality of distribution to a second value for the same feature for another plurality of distributions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Luca Giancardo, Alvaro Sanchez Ferro, Ian Butterworth, Carlos Sanchez Mendoza
  • Patent number: 9984277
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for non-invasively detecting a white blood cell (WBC) event from in vivo capillary data may include obtaining a plurality of images, followed by specifying two-dimensional (2D) coordinates corresponding to internal contour and external contour of a capillary visible in the images. The two sets of 2D coordinates may be resampled to generate two sets of resampled coordinates, between which intermediate curves, including a middle curve, are generated. Curvilinear distances may be defined based on the middle curve. Intensity values, each of which corresponds to one of the images, one of the intermediate curves, and one of the curvilinear distances, may be extracted and transformed to the Radon domain. A plurality of maxima locations in the Radon domain corresponding to a flow trajectory inside the capillary may be identified. Detection of a visual gap in the flow trajectory inside the capillary indicates a WBC event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Carlos Castro-Gonzalez, Ian Butterworth, Aurelien Bourquard, Alvaro Sanchez-Ferro
  • Patent number: 9867573
    Abstract: Analysis of keystroke dynamics performed by an individual can be used for assessment and monitoring of the individual's motor function. Keystroke events related to a user pressing one or more keys on a keyboard or regions on a touch screen may be analyzed to identify a plurality of distributions of keystroke event intervals. The plurality of distributions may be analyzed to identify one or more features indicative of variation among the distributions and indicative of the user's motor function. Monitoring of a user's motor function may include comparing a value for a feature for one plurality of distribution to a second value for the same feature for another plurality of distributions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Luca Giancardo, Alvaro Sanchez Ferro, Ian Butterworth, Carlos Sanchez Mendoza
  • Publication number: 20160148038
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for non-invasively detecting a white blood cell (WBC) event from in vivo capillary data may include obtaining a plurality of images, followed by specifying two-dimensional (2D) coordinates corresponding to internal contour and external contour of a capillary visible in the images. The two sets of 2D coordinates may be resampled to generate two sets of resampled coordinates, between which intermediate curves, including a middle curve, are generated. Curvilinear distances may be defined based on the middle curve. Intensity values, each of which corresponds to one of the images, one of the intermediate curves, and one of the curvilinear distances, may be extracted and transformed to the Radon domain. A plurality of maxima locations in the Radon domain corresponding to a flow trajectory inside the capillary may be identified. Detection of a visual gap in the flow trajectory inside the capillary indicates a WBC event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Carlos CASTRO-GONZALEZ, Ian BUTTERWORTH, Aurelien BOURQUARD, Alvaro SANCHEZ-FERRO
  • Publication number: 20150272504
    Abstract: Analysis of keystroke dynamics performed by an individual can be used for assessment and monitoring of the individual's motor function. Keystroke events related to a user pressing one or more keys on a keyboard or regions on a touch screen may be analyzed to identify a plurality of distributions of keystroke event intervals. The plurality of distributions may be analyzed to identify one or more features indicative of variation among the distributions and indicative of the user's motor function. Monitoring of a user's motor function may include comparing a value for a feature for one plurality of distribution to a second value for the same feature for another plurality of distributions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Luca Giancardo, Alvaro Sanchez Ferro, Ian Butterworth, Carlos Sanchez Mendoza