Patents by Inventor Erik Blasch

Erik Blasch 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: 9940724
    Abstract: In accordance with various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a method and a system for detecting multiple objects from real-time images are provided. The method comprises: performing, using a CPU host, an image segmentation process to divide real-time input images into a plurality of image partitions; performing, by multiple GPUs, a fast block-wise registration process, a mark setting process, a background generation process, a foreground generation process based on a Hyper-Q computation infrastructure, and a support vector machine classification process; and generating, by the CPU host, visualization classification images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: INTELLIGENT FUSION TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Bin Jia, Kui Liu, Sixiao Wei, Erik Blasch, Carolyn Sheaff, Haibin Ling, Genshe Chen
  • Patent number: 9934453
    Abstract: Multi-source multi-modal activity recognition for conducting aerial video surveillance comprising detecting and tracking multiple dynamic targets from a moving platform, representing FMV target tracks and chat-messages as graphs of attributes, associating FMV tracks and chat-messages using a probabilistic graph based mapping approach; and detecting spatial-temporal activity boundaries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Riad Hammoud, Cem S Sahin, Erik Blasch
  • Publication number: 20180075605
    Abstract: In accordance with various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a method and a system for detecting multiple objects from real-time images are provided. The method comprises: performing, using a CPU host, an image segmentation process to divide real-time input images into a plurality of image partitions; performing, by multiple GPUs, a fast block-wise registration process, a mark setting process, a background generation process, a foreground generation process based on a Hyper-Q computation infrastructure, and a support vector machine classification process; and generating, by the CPU host, visualization classification images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: BIN JIA, KUI LIU, SIXIAO WEI, ERIK BLASCH, CAROLYN SHEAFF, HAIBIN LING, GENSHE CHEN
  • Patent number: 9897634
    Abstract: Methods and devices for spectrum sensing using sliding window energy detection are provided. A sliding window energy detection test having a number of continuously-performed tests can be analyzed according to a desired cumulative false alarm rate to provide a corresponding, testing threshold. Based on the testing threshold and target signal to noise ratio, a testing window length is selected such that the sliding window energy detection is performed for a minimum expected discrete detection time. A sliding window energy detector can then obtain the selected testing window length and the corresponding, testing threshold for spectrum sensing. The sliding window energy detector includes a sampling unit, a detection probability analyzer, a testing statistic generator, a false alarm analyzer, a comparing unit, and a declaring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: INTELLIGENT FUSION TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Xin Tian, Genshe Chen, Dan Shen, Zhi Tian, Khanh D. Pham, Erik Blasch
  • Publication number: 20170299641
    Abstract: Methods and devices for spectrum sensing using sliding window energy detection are provided. A sliding window energy detection test having a number of continuously-performed tests can be analyzed according to a desired cumulative false alarm rate to provide a corresponding, testing threshold. Based on the testing threshold and target signal to noise ratio, a testing window length is selected such that the sliding window energy detection is performed for a minimum expected discrete detection time. A sliding window energy detector can then obtain the selected testing window length and the corresponding, testing threshold for spectrum sensing. The sliding window energy detector includes a sampling unit, a detection probability analyzer, a testing statistic generator, a false alarm analyzer, a comparing unit, and a declaring unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: XIN TIAN, Genshe Chen, Dan Shen, Zhi Tian, Khanh D. Pham, Erik Blasch
  • Publication number: 20170257396
    Abstract: For cyber security, a computer with network access incorporates game theory and utilizes a honey net to enhance game-theoretic developments over active and passive sensors. To numerically solve the uniquely three-sided game modeled cyber security problem, a geometry method based on 3D action curves can be applied. The method can first determine whether the game problem has one Nash equilibrium, multiple Nash equilibriums, or no Nash equilibrium; can check the equilibrium is a mixed or pure Nash; can timely compute Nash equilibriums; and follows a fictitious play concept. The solution is adaptive and can be applied for any partially observed cyber security system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: DAN SHEN, GENSHE CHEN, KHANH D. PHAM, ERIK BLASCH
  • Patent number: 9737988
    Abstract: Methods and devices for demonstrating three-player pursuit-evasion (PE) game are provided using a hardware-in-loop test-bed. Robots including pursuer robots and an evader robot are arranged on a solid surface. A drone is positioned flying above to oversee the robots to capture a video or an image sequence of the robots. A robot thread process and a drone thread process are implemented by a computer. In the robot thread process, a tracking-by-detection process is perform to provide a state of the robot including a location and a heading direction of the robot; a delay compensation is conducted; and a PE game is called to calculate a robot command. In the drone thread process, a drone control is calculated to make the drone follow an evader robot, the drone control is sent to the drone, and user commands are also checked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Intelligent Fusion Technology, Inc
    Inventors: Khanh D. Pham, Dan Shen, Genshe Chen, Haibin Ling, Erik Blasch
  • Patent number: 9743362
    Abstract: A joint transmission power control and a transponder communication system, transmitting a plurality of uplink signals to a bent pipe transponder, combining the plurality of uplink signals to generate a combined downlink signal, transmitting the combined downlink signal to a ground hub, performing an estimate and pre-qualification process by the plurality of down link signals to determine a selected waveform, perform the join transmission power control of uplink margins are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: intelligent Fusion Technology, INC
    Inventors: Xin Tian, Genshe Chen, Khanh Pham, Erik Blasch
  • Publication number: 20170124758
    Abstract: Method and system for predicting collision probability of space objects are provided. Space objects are allocated according to a total number thereof for parallel computation in a GPU device. Initial orbit states of the space objects are generated by an initial-orbit-state generation kernel of the GPU device. Orbit propagation for each space object is performed based on the initial orbit state to predict a state of each space object by an orbit propagation kernel of the GPU device. The predicted states of the space objects are collected by a predicted-orbit-state collection kernel of the GPU device. A real-time visualization and rendering of the predicted space objects are performed in a form of point cloud during interactions between CPU threads and GPU kernels. A CPU host predicts a collision probability of any two space objects among the multitude of space objects, according to the interactions between the CPU threads and the GPU kernels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: BIN JIA, KUI LIU, GENSHE CHEN, KHANH D. PHAM, ERIK BLASCH
  • Patent number: 9641280
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an anti-jamming method in a satellite communication (SATCOM) system. A waveform modulation is performed on a waveform of a source data to provide a modulated waveform transmitted to a transmitter and then to a receiver. The modulated waveform transmitted from the receiver is demodulated to provide a demodulated waveform. In response to interference, a game reasoning process is performed on the demodulated waveform to provide an anti-jamming adaptive waveform. By performing a game-optimal waveform modulation on the anti-jamming adaptive waveform, a frequency hopping process is used to guide the data transmission, such that the source data is transmitted with a minimal probability of being interfered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: INTELLIGENT FUSION TECHNOLOGY, INC
    Inventors: Dan Shen, Gang Wang, Genshe Chen, Khanh D. Pham, Erik Blasch
  • Publication number: 20160121204
    Abstract: Methods and devices for demonstrating three-player pursuit-evasion (PE) game are provided using a hardware-in-loop test-bed. Robots including pursuer robots and an evader robot are arranged on a solid surface. A drone is positioned flying above to oversee the robots to capture a video or an image sequence of the robots. A robot thread process and a drone thread process are implemented by a computer. In the robot thread process, a tracking-by-detection process is perform to provide a state of the robot including a location and a heading direction of the robot; a delay compensation is conducted; and a PE game is called to calculate a robot command. In the drone thread process, a drone control is calculated to make the drone follow an evader robot, the drone control is sent to the drone, and user commands are also checked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Dan Shen, Genshe Chen, Haibin Ling, Khanh D. Pham, Erik Blasch
  • Patent number: 9094856
    Abstract: Routing methods are provided for IP-based Iridium like LEO polar satellite constellation network for finding a Manhattan path between a source node and a destination node. The routing methods can include identification of congested inter satellite links (ISLs). By selecting and using uncongested alternative paths, an original routing process can be converted into sub-routing processes each in a small scale of a Manhattan path region. Quality of Service (QoS) requirements such as delays and jitters can be incorporated into the routing methods, which leads to efficient routing and enhanced QoS-performance over the satellite constellation network. The disclosed routing methods can be suitable for real-time routing/rerouting applications under dynamic network conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Intelligent Fusion Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Tian, Genshe Chen, Dan Shen, Khanh D. Pham, Erik Blasch