Patents by Inventor Benjamin Scott MASHFORD

Benjamin Scott MASHFORD 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: 11219405
    Abstract: One or both of epilepsy seizure detection and prediction at least by performing the following: running multiple input signals from sensors for epilepsy seizure detection through multiple classification models, and applying weights to outputs of each of the classification models to create a final classification output. The weights are adjusted to tune relative output contribution from each classifier model in order that accuracy of the final classification output is improved, while power consumption of all the classification models is reduced. One or both of epilepsy seizure detection and prediction are performed with the adjusted weights. Another method uses streams from sensors for epilepsy seizure detection to train and create the classification models, with fixed weights once trained. Information defining the classification models with fixed weights is communicated to wearable computer platforms for epilepsy seizure detection and prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines COrporation
    Inventors: Stefan Harrer, Filiz Isabell Kiral-Kornek, Benjamin Scott Mashford, Subhrajit Roy, Jianbin Tang
  • Patent number: 11026589
    Abstract: A recommendation method, system, and computer program product include monitoring a patient using a plurality of sensors, receiving patient information including a comfort level corresponding to a sensor of the plurality of sensors, determining a relevance of each sensor of the plurality of sensors to at least one health conditions of the patient, and determining at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors to disconnect based on the comfort level and the relevance of each sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Subhrajit Roy, Filiz Isabell Kiral-Kornek, Stefan Harrer, Benjamin Scott Mashford, Mahtab Mirmomeni
  • Patent number: 11013417
    Abstract: A health-monitoring method, system, and computer program product include operating at least one sensor of a health-monitoring device having a plurality of sensors, detecting a health condition event that requires operation of an additional sensor of the plurality of sensors to monitor the health condition event, activating the additional sensor of the health-monitoring device, and deactivating the additional sensor when the health condition event that requires the second sensor is no longer detected by the detecting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin Scott Mashford, Mahtab Mirmomeni, Subhrajit Roy, Filiz Isabell Kiral-Kornek, Stefan Harrer
  • Patent number: 10684136
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving an input, from a user, in the form of a destination to be navigated to; calculating a route to the destination based on the input; recognizing at least one object on a route taken by the user; processing data from the received input, the calculated route, and the recognized at least one object; and providing an output to the user based on the recognized at least one object, the output being based on natural language processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Julia S. Baldauf, Fatemeh Jalali, Benjamin Scott Mashford, Mahsa Salehi
  • Publication number: 20200113444
    Abstract: A health-monitoring method, system, and computer program product include operating at least one sensor of a health-monitoring device having a plurality of sensors, detecting a health condition event that requires operation of an additional sensor of the plurality of sensors to monitor the health condition event, activating the additional sensor of the health-monitoring device, and deactivating the additional sensor when the health condition event that requires the second sensor is no longer detected by the detecting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin Scott Mashford, Mahtab Mirmomeni, Subhrajit Roy, Filiz Isabell Kiral-Kornek, Stefan Harrer
  • Publication number: 20200113443
    Abstract: A recommendation method, system, and computer program product include monitoring a patient using a plurality of sensors, receiving patient information including a comfort level corresponding to a sensor of the plurality of sensors, determining a relevance of each sensor of the plurality of sensors to at least one health conditions of the patient, and determining at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors to disconnect based on the comfort level and the relevance of each sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Subhrajit Roy, Filiz Isabell Kiral-Kornek, Stefan Harrer, Benjamin Scott Mashford, Mahtab Mirmomeni
  • Patent number: 10596377
    Abstract: A method for neuromodulation includes monitoring brain activity of a patient using one or more electrodes attached to the patient, and using a first machine learning model to predict whether a patient will have a seizure based on the monitored brain activity of the patient. The method also includes, responsive to the first machine learning model predicting that the patient will have a seizure, using a second machine learning model to determine a neuromodulation signal pattern for preventing the predicted seizure. The method further includes using a neurostimulator to apply the determined neuromodulation signal pattern to the patient. The method also includes, after applying the determined neuromodulation signal pattern to the patient, detecting whether the patient had the predicted seizure based on the monitored brain activity of the patient. The method further includes adjusting at least the second machine learning model based on whether the patient had the predicted seizure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stefan Harrer, Filiz Isabell Kiral-Kornek, Benjamin Scott Mashford, Subhrajit Roy, Susmita Saha
  • Publication number: 20190336061
    Abstract: One or both of epilepsy seizure detection and prediction at least by performing the following: running multiple input signals from sensors for epilepsy seizure detection through multiple classification models, and applying weights to outputs of each of the classification models to create a final classification output. The weights are adjusted to tune relative output contribution from each classifier model in order that accuracy of the final classification output is improved, while power consumption of all the classification models is reduced. One or both of epilepsy seizure detection and prediction are performed with the adjusted weights. Another method uses streams from sensors for epilepsy seizure detection to train and create the classification models, with fixed weights once trained. Information defining the classification models with fixed weights is communicated to wearable computer platforms for epilepsy seizure detection and prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan Harrer, Filiz Isabell Kiral-Kornek, Benjamin Scott Mashford, Subhrajit Roy, Jianbin Tang
  • Publication number: 20190160287
    Abstract: A method for neuromodulation includes monitoring brain activity of a patient using one or more electrodes attached to the patient, and using a first machine learning model to predict whether a patient will have a seizure based on the monitored brain activity of the patient. The method also includes, responsive to the first machine learning model predicting that the patient will have a seizure, using a second machine learning model to determine a neuromodulation signal pattern for preventing the predicted seizure. The method further includes using a neurostimulator to apply the determined neuromodulation signal pattern to the patient. The method also includes, after applying the determined neuromodulation signal pattern to the patient, detecting whether the patient had the predicted seizure based on the monitored brain activity of the patient. The method further includes adjusting at least the second machine learning model based on whether the patient had the predicted seizure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan Harrer, Filiz Isabell Kiral-Kornek, Benjamin Scott Mashford, Subhrajit Roy, Susmita Saha
  • Publication number: 20180245941
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving an input, from a user, in the form of a destination to be navigated to; calculating a route to the destination based on the input; recognizing at least one object on a route taken by the user; processing data from the received input, the calculated route, and the recognized at least one object; and providing an output to the user based on the recognized at least one object, the output being based on natural language processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Julia S. Baldauf, Fatemeh Jalali, Benjamin Scott Mashford, Mahsa Salehi
  • Publication number: 20180107451
    Abstract: Automatic scaling is performed on a floating point implementation of a DNN to perform scaling to a fixed point implementation. The DNN includes multiple layers in an order from a starting to an ending layer. The automatic scaling includes determining a scaling factor for each of multiple ones of the layers during training of the DNN. The scaling factor converts floating point numbers used for calculations in a layer into integer numbers to be used in the calculations. A scaling factor is determined for a selected layer, which is at a position in the order, based on scaling factors used in layers in the order prior to the position of the selected layer. The automatic scaling includes outputting the scaling factors for the multiple layers to be used for implementing the fixed point implementation of the DNN that uses integer calculations instead of floating point calculations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Stefan Harrer, Antonio Jose Jimeno Yepes, Filiz Isabel Kiral-Kornek, Benjamin Scott Mashford, Jianbin Tang
  • Publication number: 20170262869
    Abstract: To evaluate impact to a brand on social media, a computer is used to crawl through social media postings of social media services to select postings relating to one or more sponsored events. The selected postings are analyzed by computer to quantify keywords relating to particular brands. Images posted within the selected postings are also analyzed, using a pattern matching algorithm, to quantify depictions of the one or more brands within the images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Fatemeh JALALI, Xi LIANG, Benjamin Scott MASHFORD, Shaila PERVIN, Wanita SHERCHAN