Patents by Inventor Behnam Askarian

Behnam Askarian 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: 20220180509
    Abstract: Diagnostic system and method for eye disease detection using a smartphone. At least some of the example embodiments are methods including capturing, by way of a camera lens on a device, an image of an eye to create a raw specimen, wherein the image of the eye comprises a series of concentric rings on a cornea of the eye; processing the raw specimen to create a processed specimen; performing edge detection on the processed specimen to detect a boundary of a cornea; determining a topography of the eye based on the series of concentric rings; and classifying the processed specimen as including an eye disease, based on the determining the topography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Jo Woon Chong, Behnam Askarian, Fatemehsadat Tabei
  • Patent number: 10952604
    Abstract: Diagnostic tool for eye disease detection using a smartphone. At least some of the example embodiments are methods including capturing, by way of a camera lens on a device, an image of an eye to create a raw specimen; processing the raw specimen to create a processes specimen; performing edge detection on the processed specimen to detect a boundary of a cornea; extracting a region of interest of the cornea; identifying a boundary of the region of interest using a boundary tracing technique to identify a second boundary; analyzing the second boundary of the region of interest, by measuring a slope of the second boundary; and classifying the region of interest as including an eye disease, based on the analyzing the second boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Behnam Askarian, Jo Woon Chong, Fatemehsadat Tabei
  • Publication number: 20190274536
    Abstract: Diagnostic tool for eye disease detection using a smartphone. At least some of the example embodiments are methods including capturing, by way of a camera lens on a device, an image of an eye to create a raw specimen; processing the raw specimen to create a processes specimen; performing edge detection on the processed specimen to detect a boundary of a cornea; extracting a region of interest of the cornea; identifying a boundary of the region of interest using a boundary tracing technique to identify a second boundary; analyzing the second boundary of the region of interest, by measuring a slope of the second boundary; and classifying the region of interest as including an eye disease, based on the analyzing the second boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Texas Tech University System
    Inventors: Behnam Askarian, Jo Woon Chong, Fatemehsadat Tabei