Patents by Inventor Avi Yaron
Avi Yaron 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).
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Publication number: 20080119728Abstract: A system for video based registration between images during a skeletal medical procedure, the system includes a stereoscopic camera, a two dimensional image detector and a registration processor, the stereoscopic camera is associated with a stereoscopic coordinate system, the stereoscopic camera acquires a stereoscopic image pair of a fiducial mark, the fiducial mark is fixed onto a skeletal structure, a first fiducial representation of the fiducial mark is apparent on the stereoscopic image pair, the 2D image detector is associated with a 2D coordinate system and acquires at least two substantially different images of the skeletal structure, a second fiducial representation of the fiducial mark and a first skeletal representation of the skeletal structure is apparent on the two substantially different 2D images, the registration processor is coupled with the stereoscopic camera and with the 2D image detector and registers the stereoscopic coordinate system with a three dimensional (3D) coordinate system assoType: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2007Publication date: May 22, 2008Applicant: VISIONSENSE Ltd.Inventors: Tami Frenkel, Avi Yaron
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Publication number: 20080055400Abstract: Stereoscopic device including an image directing assembly, an image differentiator and an image detector, the image directing assembly having a first light inlet for receiving a first image and a second light inlet for receiving a second image, the first light inlet being spaced apart from the second light inlet, the image differentiator differentiating between the first image and the second image, wherein the image directing assembly directs the first image to the image detector via a common path, and wherein the image directing assembly directs the second image to the image detector via the common path.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: March 6, 2008Applicant: VISIONSENSE LTD.Inventors: Mark Schechterman, Michael GOLDSTEIN, Nadav HORESH, Avi YARON, Martin ABRAHAM
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Publication number: 20080009674Abstract: Method for navigating a flexible medical device within a flexible organ of the body of a patient, toward a target region of interest of an inner wall of the flexible organ, by employing a previously acquired global three-dimensional (3D) model of the flexible organ, the method including the procedures of acquiring an initial stereoscopic image of an initial region of the flexible organ and reconstructing an initial local 3D model of the initial region according to the initial stereoscopic image, identifying and registering the initial local 3D model with an initial segment of the previously acquired global 3D model, acquiring a successive stereoscopic image of a successive region of the flexible organ and reconstructing a successive local 3D model of the successive region according to the successive stereoscopic image, lamp, identifying and registering the successive local 3D model with a successive segment of the previously acquired global 3D model, detecting the target region of interest by identifying a toType: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2007Publication date: January 10, 2008Applicant: VISIONSENSE LTD.Inventor: Avi Yaron
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Patent number: 7290880Abstract: A stereoscopic opthalmoscope for producing a stereoscopic image of an eye fundus, the stereoscopic opthalmoscope including a light source, for emitting a light beam, a light deflector, optically coupled with the light source, for deflecting the light beam into an eye, thereby illuminating the eye fundus of the eye, a relay lens, optically coupled with the eye, for receiving light beams reflected from the eye fundus, thereby producing a relayed three-dimensional image of the fundus, and a stereoscopic imaging apparatus, optically coupled with the relay lens, for stereoscopically acquiring the relayed three-dimensional image. The stereoscopic imaging apparatus includes a dual aperture element, a pixel array image detector and a lenticular lens layer, optically coupled with the pixel array image detector.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2006Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignee: Visionsense Ltd.Inventors: Avi Yaron, Mark Schechterman
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Patent number: 7116352Abstract: System for producing a stereoscopic image of an object, and displaying the stereoscopic image, the system including a capsule and a control unit, the capsule including a sensor assembly, a processor connected to the sensor assembly, a capsule transceiver connected to the processor, a light source, and a power supply for supplying electrical power to the capsule transceiver, the processor, the light source and to the sensor assembly, the control unit including a control unit transceiver, and an image processing system connected to the control unit transceiver, wherein, the sensor assembly detects the stereoscopic image, the processor captures the stereoscopic image, the capsule transceiver transmits the stereoscopic image to the control unit transceiver and the image processing system processes the stereoscopic image.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2001Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Visionsense Ltd.Inventor: Avi Yaron
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Patent number: 6704043Abstract: Stereoscopic device including a lenticular lens layer and light sensor array, the lenticular lens layer includes a plurality of lenticular elements, the sight sensor array includes a plurality of light sensors, wherein selected ones of the light sensors detect light at a predetermined range of wavelengths and wherein at least selected others of the light sensors detect light at at least another predetermined range of wavelengths and wherein each of the lenticular elements is located in front of a selected group of the light sensors, thereby directing light from different directions to different light sensors within the selected group of the light sensors.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2001Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: Visionsense Ltd.Inventors: Michael D. Goldstein, Avi Yaron, Shay Ghilai
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Publication number: 20020154215Abstract: Stereoscopic device including an image directing assembly, an image differentiator and an image detector, the image directing assembly having a first light inlet for receiving a first image and a second light inlet for receiving a second image, the first light inlet being spaced apart from the second light inlet, the image differentiator differentiating between the first image and the second image, wherein the image directing assembly directs the first image to the image detector via a common path, and wherein the image directing assembly directs the second image to the image detector via the common path.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2002Publication date: October 24, 2002Applicant: Envision Advance Medical Systems Ltd.Inventors: Mark Schechterman, Michael Goldstein, Nadav Horesh, Avi Yaron, Martin Abraham
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Patent number: 6396873Abstract: Stereoscopic device including a lenticular lens layer and light sensor array, the lenticular lens layer includes a plurality of lenticular elements, the sight sensor array includes a plurality of light sensors, wherein selected ones of the light sensors detect light at a predetermined range of wavelengths and wherein at least selected others of the light sensors detect light at at least another predetermined range of wavelengths and wherein each of the lenticular elements is located in front of a selected group of the light sensors, thereby directing light from different directions to different light sensors within the selected group of the light sensors.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1999Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Assignee: Envision Advanced Medical SystemsInventors: Michael D. Goldstein, Avi Yaron, Shay Ghilai
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Publication number: 20020054208Abstract: Stereoscopic device including a lenticular lens layer and light sensor array, the lenticular lens layer includes a plurality of lenticular elements, the sight sensor array includes a plurality of light sensors, wherein selected ones of the light sensors detect light at a predetermined range of wavelengths and wherein at least selected others of the light sensors detect light at at least another predetermined range of wavelengths and wherein each of the lenticular elements is located in front of a selected group of the light sensors, thereby directing light from different directions to different light sensors within the selected group of the light sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2001Publication date: May 9, 2002Applicant: Envision Advanced Medical Systems Ltd.Inventors: Michael D. Goldstein, Avi Yaron, Shay Ghilai
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Publication number: 20010033326Abstract: A stereoscopic device including a sensor assembly for detecting a sequence of stereoscopic images of an object, a movement detector for detecting the movements of the sensor assembly relative to the object, and a processing unit connected to the sensor assembly and to the movement detector, wherein the processing unit selects portions of the stereoscopic images, according to a signal received from the movement detector, thereby producing a visually stable sequence of display images.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2001Publication date: October 25, 2001Inventors: Michael D. Goldstein, Avi Yaron
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Publication number: 20010017649Abstract: System for producing a stereoscopic image of an object, and displaying the stereoscopic image, the system including a capsule and a control unit, the capsule including a sensor assembly, a processor connected to the sensor assembly, a capsule transceiver connected to the processor, a light source, and a power supply for supplying electrical power to the capsule transceiver, the processor, the light source and to the sensor assembly, the control unit including a control unit transceiver, and an image processing system connected to the control unit transceiver, wherein, the sensor assembly detects the stereoscopic image, the processor captures the stereoscopic image, the capsule transceiver transmits the stereoscopic image to the control unit transceiver and the image processing system processes the stereoscopic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2001Publication date: August 30, 2001Inventor: Avi Yaron