Patents by Inventor Francesco Merlini
Francesco Merlini 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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Patent number: 11393247Abstract: The present invention is a system for detecting, tracking and recognizing human faces in a visual prosthesis. In a visual prosthesis, the input camera is always higher resolution than the electrode array providing percepts to the subject. It is advantageous to detect, track and recognize human faces. This information can be provided to the subject by highlighting the face in the visual scene, providing auditor or vibratory notice that a human face is in the visual scene, looking up the face in a database to identify and annunciate the name of the person in the visual scene, or otherwise communicate the identity of the person, like providing a custom vibratory pattern corresponding to known individuals (like custom ring tones associated with caller ID) or automatically zooming in on a face to aid the subject in identifying the face.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.Inventors: Neil H Talbot, Jerry Ok, Robert J Greenberg, Gregoire Cosendai, Brian V Mech, Avraham I Caspi, Fatima Anaflous, Francesco Merlini, Kelly H McClure
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Patent number: 11235151Abstract: The present invention is a method of processing a video image in an electronic video processor, including the steps of receiving an input image having an input field of view, generating a processed image from the input image, and having an output field of view smaller than the input field of view, searching for a predetermined pattern within the input image, providing an indication when the predetermined pattern is found in the input image, zooming the processed image to the input field of view and highlighting the predetermined pattern in the processed image in response to the indication.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Second Sight Medical Products, IncInventors: Robert J Greenberg, Avraham I Caspi, Francesco Merlini, Arup Roy
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Publication number: 20200167547Abstract: The present invention is a system for detecting, tracking and recognizing human faces in a visual prosthesis. In a visual prosthesis, the input camera is always higher resolution than the electrode array providing percepts to the subject. It is advantageous to detect, track and recognize human faces. This information can be provided to the subject by highlighting the face in the visual scene, providing auditor or vibratory notice that a human face is in the visual scene, looking up the face in a database to identify and annunciate the name of the person in the visual scene, or otherwise communicate the identity of the person, like providing a custom vibratory pattern corresponding to known individuals (like custom ring tones associated with caller ID) or automatically zooming in on a face to aid the subject in identifying the face.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2020Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.Inventors: Neil H Talbot, Jerry Ok, Robert J. Greenberg, Gregoire Cosendal, Brian V. Mech, Avraham I Caspi, Fatima Anaflous, Francesco Merlini, Kelly H McClure
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Patent number: 10586096Abstract: The present invention is a system for detecting, tracking and recognizing human faces in a visual prosthesis. In a visual prosthesis, the input camera is always higher resolution than the electrode array providing percepts to the subject. It is advantageous to detect, track and recognize human faces. Then information can be provided to the subject by highlighting the face in the visual scene, providing auditor or vibratory notice that a human face is in the visual scene, looking up the face in a database to state the name of the person in the visual scene, otherwise communication id like providing a custom vibratory pattern corresponding to known individuals (like custom ring tones associated with caller ID) or automatically zooming in on a face to aid the subject in identifying the face.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.Inventors: Neil H Talbot, Jerry Ok, Robert J Greenberg, Gregoire Cosendai, Brian V Mech, Avraham I Caspi, Fatima Anaflous, Francesco Merlini, Kelly H McClure
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Publication number: 20190347475Abstract: The present invention is a method of processing a video image in an electronic video processor, including the steps of receiving an input image having an input field of view, generating a processed image from the input image, and having an output field of view smaller than the input field of view, searching for a predetermined pattern within the input image, providing an indication when the predetermined pattern is found in the input image, zooming the processed image to the input field of view and highlighting the predetermined pattern in the processed image in response to the indication.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Greenberg, Avraham I. Caspi, Francesco Merlini, Arup Roy
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Patent number: 10410047Abstract: The present invention is a method of processing a video image in an electronic video processor including the steps of receiving an input image having an input field of view, generating a processed image from the input image, and having an output field of view smaller than the input field of view, searching for a predetermined pattern within the input image, providing an indication when the predetermined pattern is found in the input image, and zooming the processed image to the input field of view and highlighting the predetermined pattern in the processed image in response to the indication.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.Inventors: Robert Greenberg, Avraham Caspi, Francesco Merlini, Arup Roy
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Publication number: 20180068175Abstract: The present invention is a method of processing a video image in an electronic video processor including the steps of receiving an input image having an input field of view, generating a processed image from the input image, and having an output field of view smaller than the input field of view, searching for a predetermined pattern within the input image, providing an indication when the predetermined pattern is found in the input image, and zooming the processed image to the input field of view and highlighting the predetermined pattern in the processed image in response to the indication.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventors: Robert Greenberg, Avraham Caspi, Francesco Merlini, Arup Roy
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Patent number: 9842248Abstract: The present invention is a method of processing a video image in an electronic video processor including the steps of receiving an input image having an input field of view, generating a processed image from the input image, and having an output field of view smaller than the input field of view, searching for a predetermined pattern within the input image, providing an indication when the predetermined pattern is found in the input image, and zooming the processed image to the input field of view and highlighting the predetermined pattern in the processed image in response to the indication.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Greenberg, Avraham Caspi, Francesco Merlini, Arup Roy
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Publication number: 20170132455Abstract: The present invention is a system for detecting, tracking and recognizing human faces in a visual prosthesis. In a visual prosthesis, the input camera is always higher resolution than the electrode array providing percepts to the subject. It is advantageous to detect, track and recognize human faces. Then information can be provided to the subject by highlighting the face in the visual scene, providing auditor or vibratory notice that a human face is in the visual scene, looking up the face in a database to state the name of the person in the visual scene, otherwise communication id like providing a custom vibratory pattern corresponding to known individuals (like custom ring tones associated with caller ID) or automatically zooming in on a face to aid the subject in identifying the face.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Neil H. Talbot, Jerry Ok, Robert J. Greenberg, Gregoire Cosendai, Brian V. Mech, Avraham I. Caspi, Fatima Anaflous, Francesco Merlini, Kelly H. McClure
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Publication number: 20170076147Abstract: The present invention is a method of processing a video image in an electronic video processor including the steps of receiving an input image having an input field of view, generating a processed image from the input image, and having an output field of view smaller than the input field of view, searching for a predetermined pattern within the input image, providing an indication when the predetermined pattern is found in the input image, and zooming the processed image to the input field of view and highlighting the predetermined pattern in the processed image in response to the indication.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Robert J. Greenberg, Avraham Caspi, Francesco Merlini, Arup Roy
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Patent number: 9569657Abstract: The present invention is a system for detecting, tracking and recognizing human faces in a visual prosthesis. In a visual prosthesis, the input camera is always higher resolution than the electrode array providing percepts to the subject. It is advantageous to detect, track and recognize human faces. Then information can be provided to the subject by highlighting the face in the visual scene, providing auditor or vibratory notice that a human face is in the visual scene, looking up the face in a database to state the name of the person in the visual scene, otherwise communication id like providing a custom vibratory pattern corresponding to known individuals (like custom ring tones associated with caller ID) or automatically zooming in on a face to aid the subject in identifying the face.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2012Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.Inventors: Neil Hamilton Talbot, Jerry Ok, Robert J. Greenberg, Gregoire Cosendai, Brian V. Mech, Avraham I. Caspi, Fatima Anaflous, Francesco Merlini, Kelly H. McClure
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Patent number: 9526896Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to visual neural stimulation and more specifically to improved usability of a visual prosthesis, and a visual prosthesis structure easily adaptable to the eye or the brain. They system includes a pattern recognition component, and zoom component combined with an indication component for indicating the location of the pattern, such as a face, in a zoomed out image.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.Inventors: Robert Greenberg, Avraham Caspi, Francesco Merlini, Arup Roy
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Publication number: 20160045734Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to visual neural stimulation and more specifically to improved usability of a visual prosthesis, and a visual prosthesis structure easily adaptable to the eye or the brain. They system includes a pattern recognition component, and zoom component combined with an indication component for indicating the location of the pattern, such as a face, in a zoomed out image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2015Publication date: February 18, 2016Inventors: Robert Greenberg, Avraham Caspi, Francesco Merlini, Arup Roy
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Patent number: 9205257Abstract: The present invention is an improved method of electrically stimulating percepts in a patient with a visual prosthesis, to induce the perception of color. In particular, the present invention is a method of inducing the perception of color by determining experimentally which patterns induce which colors, storing that information and using the stored information to induce the perception of color according to video input data and the stored color information.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.Inventors: Brian Coley, Francesco Merlini, Robert J. Greenberg
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Publication number: 20130035742Abstract: The present invention is a system for detecting, tracking and recognizing human faces in a visual prosthesis. In a visual prosthesis, the input camera is always higher resolution than the electrode array providing percepts to the subject. It is advantageous to detect, track and recognize human faces. Then information can be provided to the subject by highlighting the face in the visual scene, providing auditor or vibratory notice that a human face is in the visual scene, looking up the face in a database to state the name of the person in the visual scene, otherwise communication id like providing a custom vibratory pattern corresponding to known individuals (like custom ring tones associated with caller ID) or automatically zooming in on a face to aid the subject in identifying the face.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2012Publication date: February 7, 2013Inventors: Neil Hamilton Talbot, Jerry Ok, Robert J. Greenberg, Gregoire Cosendai, Brian V. Mech, Avraham I. Caspi, Fatima Anaflous, Francesco Merlini, Kelly H. McClure