Patents by Inventor David Richmond
David Richmond 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: 20250115373Abstract: A lighting device for foreign object debris (FOD) detection is included. The lighting device includes a light source configured to emit light onto a surface, and a diffuser coupled to the light source and configured to cause the emitted light to impinge the surface in at least a partially planar pattern, so as to create a darkfield lighting effect with respect to the surface. The lighting device further includes a cylindrical rod including a first end portion and a second end portion, in which the first end portion is configured to couple to the light source and the diffuser and the second end portion is configured to be manually held by a user of the portable lighting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: April 10, 2025Inventors: Virgil R. Watson, Christian David Gerhardt, David B. Tabak, Andrew J. Burke, Anthony Dicocco, William Grayson Richmond, Thomas Lee Merrill
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Patent number: 11989878Abstract: Systems and methods for selectively processing image studies with an artificial intelligence system. One system includes an electronic processor configured to select an image study awaiting review and update a workflow status of the image study to a first status indicating that the image study has been claimed for review by the artificial intelligence system. The electronic processor is also configured to apply at least one of the plurality of rules to the image study to determine whether the image study is applicable for processing by the artificial intelligence system, and, in response to determining the image study is not applicable for processing by the artificial intelligence system based on the at least one of the plurality of rules, update the workflow status associated with the image study to a second status to make the image study available for claiming by a manual reviewer or another artificial intelligence system.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Merative US, L.P.Inventors: Mark D. Bronkalla, Grant Covell, Amanda Long, David Richmond
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Patent number: 11830183Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for treatment planning are disclosed. The system includes at least one processing component, at least one memory component, a training module, a retrieval module, and a plan generator. The training module generates hash codes by hashing features from data sources with data source-specific hash functions, and generates superclass hash codes by hashing the generated hash codes with at least one superclass hash function. The retrieval module extracts features from case data, and locates features from the data sources that are similar to the extracted features. The plan generator calculates outcome probabilities for the case data based on known outcomes associated with the located features.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Inventors: David Richmond, Amin Katouzian, Maria Victoria Sainz de Cea, Sun Young Park
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Patent number: 11734819Abstract: An AI system may receive an image. The AI system may include a first AI model trained using labeled training images including images from prior mammograms to predict cancer and a second AI model trained using labeled training images including images from current mammograms to classify mammogram images. The second AI model may be initialized using the weights of the first AI model using transfer learning. The AI system may receive a classification output indicating a likely current breast cancer diagnosis or a likelihood of the user to develop breast cancer in the future.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Inventors: Aly Mohamed, Maria Victoria Sainz de Cea, David Richmond
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Publication number: 20230186465Abstract: Systems and methods for selectively processing image studies with an artificial intelligence system. One system includes an electronic processor configured to select an image study awaiting review and update a workflow status of the image study to a first status indicating that the image study has been claimed for review by the artificial intelligence system. The electronic processor is also configured to apply at least one of the plurality of rules to the image study to determine whether the image study is applicable for processing by the artificial intelligence system, and, in response to determining the image study is not applicable for processing by the artificial intelligence system based on the at least one of the plurality of rules, update the workflow status associated with the image study to a second status to make the image study available for claiming by a manual reviewer or another artificial intelligence system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Mark D. Bronkalla, Grant Covell, Amanda Long, David Richmond
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Publication number: 20230118607Abstract: A Y-shaped support has a head section having a first free end and a second end secured to a leg section, with the leg section having a first leg extending from the second end of the head section and a second leg extending from the second end of the head section. A first connector is provided as a first interlocking stitch, with the first interlocking stitch passed through open leg spaces of the first leg and open head spaces in the head section. A second connector is provided as a second interlocking stitch, with the second interlocking stitch passed through the aligned open leg spaces of the first leg and the second leg to connect the first leg to the second leg. The second end of the head section is located outside a space where the first leg is connected to the second leg.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Sarah J. Schuchardt, Michael M. Witzmann, John J. Allen, David Richmond, Matthew George Litton
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Patent number: 11547139Abstract: An apparatus for preparing a smokeable product is provided. The apparatus includes an upper chamber configured to receive feed material, a feed material cutting mechanism comprising a size reducer configured to rotate in two directions, a motor configured to rotate the feed material cutting mechanism, a controller configured to selectively reverse direction of rotation of the feed material cutting mechanism, a power source configured to drive the motor, a switch for turning the power source off and on, and a fan in the uppermost chamber configured to move feed material within the uppermost chamber to a lowermost chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Banana Bros, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Manuel A. Montano, Jeffery Kunkler
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Patent number: 11517413Abstract: A method of treating prolapse of a vagina includes supporting the vagina by implanting a sacrocolpopexy support and locating an exterior surface of the vagina between leg portions of a vaginal cuff section of the support, and securing a head section of the support to a ligament or a sacrum while isolating the head section from contact with tissue of the vagina.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventors: Sarah J. Schuchardt, Michael M. Witzmann, John J. Allen, David Richmond, Matthew George Litton
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Patent number: 11449986Abstract: Systems and methods for selectively processing image studies with an artificial intelligence system. One system includes an electronic processor configured to select an image study awaiting review and update a workflow status of the image study to a first status indicating that the image study has been claimed for review by the artificial intelligence system. The electronic processor is also configured to apply at least one of the plurality of rules to the image study to determine whether the image study is applicable for processing by the artificial intelligence system, and, in response to determining the image study is not applicable for processing by the artificial intelligence system based on the at least one of the plurality of rules, update the workflow status associated with the image study to a second status to make the image study available for claiming by a manual reviewer or another artificial intelligence system.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Mark D. Bronkalla, Grant Covell, Amanda Long, David Richmond
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Publication number: 20220287429Abstract: According to one embodiment of the current design, there is provided a styling apparatus used to style a user's hair. The apparatus includes a styling arm, a layer of glass positioned on the styling arm, and a film layer deposited or printed on a bottom surface of the layer of glass and positioned between the layer of glass and the styling arm. User hair placed atop the layer of glass is styled using heat passing from the film layer through the layer of glass. The film layer may comprise an ink film layer, a resistive ink film layer, a layer of Polymer Thick Film (PTF) ink, and/or a nano ink layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2019Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond
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Patent number: 11344095Abstract: A hair styling device comprises a base having a rear handle portion and a forward styling portion, the forward styling portion comprising a plurality of projections, the plurality of projections comprising one or more of the following: bristles, comb teeth or spaced apart, plates. The device comprises a retainer arm opposed to the base, and pivotally connected to the base so that the retainer arm can pivot from an open position to receive hair and a closed position for retaining hair in the plurality of projections. The forward section of the retainer arm does not have projections and has sufficient open space that at least 50% of the hair being styled is visible to a user.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Trade Box, Inc.Inventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond
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Patent number: 11322256Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for automatic labeling to train a machine learning algorithm is provided. The present invention may include labeling a medical image with at least one finding from a corresponding medical report. The present invention may include determining a localization information from the labeled medical image. The present invention may include training the machine learning algorithm with the determined localization information. The present invention may include detecting at least one candidate in a test medical image. The present invention may include generating a discrepancy list between the at least one detected candidate in the test medical image and at least one human-reported finding in a corresponding test medical report. The present invention may include, in response to determining that the generated discrepancy list is above a threshold, retraining the trained machine learning algorithm until the generated discrepancy list is below the threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Marwan Sati, David Richmond
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Patent number: 11308619Abstract: An approach for training, on a computer, one or more deep learning algorithms with a plurality of mammograms with known outcomes based, at least in part, on using a set of mammograms of each patient in the plurality of mammograms. The approach includes receiving a first set of mammograms of a first patient. The first set of mammograms includes an unevaluated mammogram of the first patient and a set of prior mammograms of the first patient. The approach includes the trained convolutional neural network extracting the set of features from each mammogram of the set of mammograms of the first patient. Furthermore, the approach includes using a second deep learning algorithm of the one or more deep learning algorithms to perform an evaluation of the unevaluated mammogram of the first patient based, at least in part, on the set of prior mammograms of the first patient.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Maria Victoria Sainz de Cea, David Richmond, Chao Song
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Patent number: 11282196Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for implementing a patient complexity classification (PCC) computing system. The PCC computing system receives medical image study data for a patient that comprises one or more medical image data structures and one or more corresponding medical image metadata data structures. A natural language processing engine of the PCC computing system performs natural language processing on the medical image metadata data structure to extract features indicative of at least one of patient or medical image characteristics. A complexity classifier of the PCC computing system evaluates the extracted features to determine a patient complexity indicating a complexity of a medical condition of the patient. Routing logic associated with the PCC computing system routes the one or more medical image data structures and one or more corresponding medical image metadata data structures to one or more downstream patient evaluation computing systems based on the determined patient complexity.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Emily Lindemer, David Richmond, Marwan Sati, Maria V. Sainz de Cea
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Publication number: 20220067926Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for treatment planning are disclosed. The system includes at least one processing component, at least one memory component, a training module, a retrieval module, and a plan generator. The training module generates hash codes by hashing features from data sources with data source-specific hash functions, and generates superclass hash codes by hashing the generated hash codes with at least one superclass hash function. The retrieval module extracts features from case data, and locates features from the data sources that are similar to the extracted features. The plan generator calculates outcome probabilities for the case data based on known outcomes associated with the located features.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: David Richmond, AMIN KATOUZIAN, Maria Victoria Sainz de Cea, Sun Young Park
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Publication number: 20220068467Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for simulated follow-up imaging is provided. The present invention may include receiving a set of longitudinal imaging exam data associated with a patient. The received set of longitudinal imaging exam data may correspond to a series of repeated examinations of the patient conducted over time. The present invention may also include generating, using a trained learning model, a synthetic medical image associated with the patient. The generated synthetic medical image may correspond to a simulated future imaging exam of the patient predicted based on at least a portion of the series of repeated examinations of the patient conducted over time.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: David Richmond, Maria Victoria Sainz de Cea, Sun Young Park
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Publication number: 20220036542Abstract: A method for training an artificial intelligence (AI) system for improved health screening is provided. A processor of the AI system, where the AI system may include a combined AI model comprising one or more AI models, may receive training images. The processor may utilize, one or more AI models that each analyze the training images. The one or more AI models may include respective objective functions. The processor may receive, from the one or more AI models, the respective objective functions obtained after each of the one or more AI models are separately trained. The method my further involve submitted a combined weighted objective function to train the AI system. The combined weighted objective function may be a weighted combination of the respective objective function from each of the one or more AI models.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2020Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Maria Victoria Sainz de Cea, David Richmond
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Publication number: 20220028058Abstract: An AI system may receive an image. The AI system may include a first AI model trained using labeled training images including images from prior mammograms to predict cancer and a second AI model trained using labeled training images including images from current mammograms to classify mammogram images. The second AI model may be initialized using the weights of the first AI model using transfer learning. The AI system may receive a classification output indicating a likely current breast cancer diagnosis or a likelihood of the user to develop breast cancer in the future.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2020Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Aly Mohamed, Maria Victoria Sainz de Cea, David Richmond
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Patent number: D959053Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: M. M. & R. Products, Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Ragosta, David Richmond, Greg Thüne
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Patent number: D961840Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Banana Bros, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Manuel A. Montano