Patents by Inventor Charles J. Snider

Charles J. Snider 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: 20220301291
    Abstract: Digital image segmentation is provided. The method comprises training a neural network for image segmentation with a labeled training dataset from a first domain, wherein a subset of nodes in the neural net are dropped out during training. The neural network receives image data from a second, different domain. A vector of N values that sum to 1 is calculated for each image element, wherein each value represents an image segmentation class. A label is assigned to each image element according to the class with the highest value in the vector. Multiple inferences are performed with active dropout layers for each image element, and an uncertainty value is generated for each image element. Uncertainty is resolved according to expected characteristics. The label of any image element with an uncertainty above a threshold is replaced with a new label corresponding to a segmentation class based on domain knowledge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Carianne Martinez, Kevin Matthew Potter, Emily Donahue, Matthew David Smith, Charles J. Snider, John P. Korbin, Scott Alan Roberts, Lincoln Collins
  • Patent number: 11379991
    Abstract: A method for digital image segmentation is provided. The method comprises training a neural network for image segmentation with a labeled training dataset from a first domain, wherein a subset of nodes in the neural net are dropped out during training. The neural network receives image data from a second, different domain. A vector of N values that sum to 1 is calculated for each image element, wherein each value represents an image segmentation class. A label is assigned to each image element according to the class with the highest value in the vector. Multiple inferences are performed with active dropout layers for each image element, and an uncertainty value is generated for each image element. The label of any image element with an uncertainty value above a predefined threshold is replaced with a new label corresponding to the class with the next highest value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Carianne Martinez, Kevin Matthew Potter, Emily Donahue, Matthew David Smith, Charles J. Snider, John P. Korbin, Scott Alan Roberts, Lincoln Collins
  • Publication number: 20210374968
    Abstract: A method for digital image segmentation is provided. The method comprises training a neural network for image segmentation with a labeled training dataset from a first domain, wherein a subset of nodes in the neural net are dropped out during training. The neural network receives image data from a second, different domain. A vector of N values that sum to 1 is calculated for each image element, wherein each value represents an image segmentation class. A label is assigned to each image element according to the class with the highest value in the vector. Multiple inferences are performed with active dropout layers for each image element, and an uncertainty value is generated for each image element. The label of any image element with an uncertainty value above a predefined threshold is replaced with a new label corresponding to the class with the next highest value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Carianne Martinez, Kevin Matthew Potter, Emily Donahue, Matthew David Smith, Charles J. Snider, John P. Korbin, Scott Alan Roberts, Lincoln Collins