Patents by Inventor Barbara BRADEN

Barbara BRADEN 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).

  • Patent number: 12249065
    Abstract: An analysis apparatus analyses a video image signal comprising successive frames of imaging an endoscopy procedure. A machine learning block analyses the video image signal using a machine learning technique that classifies regions of the frames as belonging to one of plural classes corresponding to respective types of image artefact. The classes include a motion blur class corresponding to motion blur of the image, at least one erroneous exposure class corresponding to a type of erroneous exposure of the image, and at least one noise artefact class corresponding to a type of image artefact that is noise. A quality score block derives quality scores representing image quality of the successive frames based on the classified regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jens Rittscher, Sharib Ali, Adam Bailey, James Edward East, Barbara Braden, Felix Zhou, Xin Lu
  • Publication number: 20230334658
    Abstract: An area of Barrett's oesophagus in a subject's oesophagus is quantified from a video image signal representing a video image of the subject's oesophagus captured using a camera of an endoscope. Depth estimation on the frames to derive depth maps in respect of frames of the video image. Regions of the frames corresponding to an area of Barrett's oesophagus in the subject's oesophagus are segmented. A value of a geometrical measure of the area of Barrett's oesophagus is calculated using the depth map and segmented region in respect of at least one of the frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Sharib ALI, Jens RITTSCHER, Barbara BRADEN, James Edward EAST, Adam BAILEY
  • Publication number: 20220207728
    Abstract: An analysis apparatus analyses a video image signal comprising successive frames of imaging an endoscopy procedure. A machine learning block analyses the video image signal using a machine learning technique that classifies regions of the frames as belonging to one of plural classes corresponding to respective types of image artefact. The classes include a motion blur class corresponding to motion blur of the image, at least one erroneous exposure class corresponding to a type of erroneous exposure of the image, and at least one noise artefact class corresponding to a type of image artefact that is noise. A quality score block derives quality scores representing image quality of the successive frames based on the classified regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Jens RITTSCHER, Sharib ALI, Adam BAILEY, James Edward EAST, Barbara BRADEN, Felix ZHOU, Xin LU