Patents by Inventor Gary Cheng
Gary Cheng 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: 20240074738Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system includes an a processor circuit that stores, in a memory in communication with the processor circuit, a target parameter representative of a target anatomical scan window. The processor circuit receives a first ultrasound image acquired by a first ultrasound probe with a first anatomical scan window during a first acquisition period. The processor circuit determines a first parameter representative of the first anatomical scan window. The processor circuit retrieves the target parameter from the memory. The processor circuit compares the target parameter and the first parameter. The processor circuit outputs a visual representation of the comparison to a display in communication with the processor circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Jochen Kruecker, Gary Cheng-How Ng, Raghavendra Srinivasa Naidu, Man M Nguyen, Hua Xie
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Patent number: 11913013Abstract: This invention provides vaccines for inducing an immune response and protection against filovirus infection for use as a preventative vaccine in humans. In particular, the invention provides chimpanzee adenoviral vectors expressing filovirus proteins from different strains of Ebolavirus (EBOV) or Marburg virus (MARV).Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: SABIN VACCINE INSTITUTEInventors: Nancy J. Sullivan, Gary J. Nabel, Clement Asiedu, Cheng Cheng, Alfredo Nicosia, Riccardo Cortese, Virginia Ammendola, Stefano Colloca
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Patent number: 11903761Abstract: The present disclosure describes ultrasound imaging systems and methods that may be used to image, for example, breast tissue. An ultrasound imaging system according to one embodiment may include a probe, a sensor attached to the probe and operatively associated with a position tracking system, a processor configured to receive probe position data from the position tracking system. The user interface may be configured to provide instructions for placement of the probe at a plurality of anatomical landmarks of a selected breast of the subject and receive user input to record the spatial location of the probe at each of the plurality of anatomical landmarks. The processor may be configured to determine a scan area based on the spatial location of the probe at each of the plurality of anatomical landmarks and generate a scan pattern for the selected breast. The processor may be further configured to monitor movement of the probe.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: James Robertson Jago, Julia Dmitrieva, Gary Cheng-How Ng, Thomas Shu Yin Tang
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Publication number: 20240052732Abstract: A submersible downhole pumping system is provided. The pumping system is designed so that all fluid conduits and electrical signal conduits are internalized within a pumping assembly. This design provides a substantially constant and slim profile to the pumping assembly. The pumping assembly comprises a housing that houses a power assembly, a powered actuator assembly that is operatively linked to a production fluid assembly and a central bore that extends through the pumping assembly to provide fluid communication between the power assembly and a first end of the pumping assembly. The pumping system further includes a flow distributor/connector at the first end or pump head for providing fluids' communication between the pump head and a conducting system that extends from surface to the pumping system. The communication fluids include high pressure power hydraulic fluid, low pressure exhaust hydraulic fluid and pressurized produced wellbore fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Yuchang DING, John HUGHES, Gary CHENG
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Publication number: 20240046364Abstract: The present system is a data-driven platform to generate customized insurance policies for clients. The customization includes but is not limited to insurance conditions, pricing, and duration. The platform involves three layers of data processing pipeline: data collection layer, feature selection layer, and policy generation layer. The data collection layer gathers data from different sources. The feature selection layer selects the set of viable features per client for policy generation. Finally, the policy generation layer generates a customized and personalized insurance policy based on the preceding process.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Butler at Your ServiceInventors: Gary Cheng, Hamed Noori, Kevin Gu
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Publication number: 20240048402Abstract: A modular hardware solution for a smart home gateway that can support multiple communication protocols with different functionalities. The smart home gateway is modular in nature, and the associated modules, units, and components can be installed, modified, or removed easily on the base board. The processing unit integrated is equipped with multi-thread firmware that allows seamless transition of connection among multiple available communication protocols. Communication modules can be integrated through terminal interfaces that would provide additional connectivity to other home devices. Home devices in a smart home setting would not need to be uniformed configured, as the smart home gateway would be configured to harmoniously interact with all devices in a smart home setting. The smart home gateway module incorporates an user interface that is accessible through personal devices by authorized users, and can provide continuous update and enable uninterrupted control over the home devices on the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Butler at Your ServiceInventors: Kevin Gu, Hamed Noori, Gary Cheng
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Patent number: 11877893Abstract: A method and processing system for providing a three-dimensional, 3D, ultrasound image along with an additional ultrasound acquisition. A location of the additional ultrasound acquisition with respect to the three-dimensional ultrasound image is determined or obtained. After obtaining the 3D ultrasound image and the additional ultrasound acquisition, initial display data is for display of only the 3D ultrasound image. In response to a user input, second display data is generated for displaying both the 3D ultrasound image and the additional ultrasound acquisition. The display of the additional ultrasound acquisition is based on the location of the additional ultrasound acquisition with respect to the three-dimensional ultrasound image.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Laurence Rouet, Cecile Dufour, Robert Randall Entrekin, Gary Cheng-How Ng
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Patent number: 11839507Abstract: The present disclosure describes ultrasound imaging systems and methods that may be used to assist clinicians in locating lesions during an ultrasound exam that were previously located from images acquired by another imaging system, for example, a magnetic resonance imaging system. A lesion location interface is disclosed that provides visual indications of predicted lesion locations on a display. The predicted lesion locations may be determined by a deformation model included in an ultrasound imaging system as disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Gary Cheng-How Ng, Deborah Kim
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Publication number: 20230355211Abstract: A system for obtaining medical ultrasound images of a subject comprises a probe comprising an ultrasound transducer for capturing an ultrasound image, a memory comprising instruction data representing a set of instructions, and a processor configured to communicate with the memory and to execute the set of instructions. The set of instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive an ultrasound image taken by the probe, provide the image as input to a trained model, receive from the model an indication of whether the image comprises an image relevant to a medical diagnostic process, and determine whether to bookmark the image, based on the received indication.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2020Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Shyam Bharat, Claudia Errico, Hua Xie, Gary Cheng-How Ng
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Patent number: 11672505Abstract: A fusion imaging system co-registers and fuses real time ultrasound images with reference images such as those produced by MRI or CT imaging. In an illustrated implementation, previously acquired CT or MRI or ultrasound images are loaded into the system. An ultrasound system is operated in conjunction with a tracking system so that the ultrasound probe and images can be spatially tracked. A computerized image processor registers the probe position with a reference image of the anatomy being scanned by the probe and determines whether the probe appears to be inside the skin line of the subject. If that is the case it is due to probe compression of the subject, and the reference image is modified to locate the skin line in the reference image in front of the ultrasound probe. The modified reference images can then be readily co-registered and fused with the ultrasound images produced by the probe.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Cecile Dufour, Roberto Jose Ardon, Gary Cheng-How Ng, Thomas Shu Yin Tang
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Patent number: 11547388Abstract: A fusion imaging system co-registers and fuses real time ultrasound images with reference images such as those produced by MRI or CT imaging. In an illustrated implementation, previously acquired CT or MRI or ultrasound images are loaded into the system. An ultrasound system is operated in conjunction with a tracking system so that the ultrasound probe and images can be spatially tracked. A computerized image processor registers the probe position with a reference image of the anatomy being scanned by the probe and determines whether the probe appears to be inside the skin line of the subject. If that is the case it is due to probe compression of the subject, and the reference image is modified to locate the skin line in the reference image in front of the ultrasound probe. The modified reference images can then be readily co-registered and fused with the ultrasound images produced by the probe.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Cecile Dufour, Roberto José Ardon, Gary Cheng-How Ng, Thomas Shu Yin Tang
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Patent number: 11540811Abstract: The present disclosure describes ultrasound imaging systems and methods, which may enable the automatic identification of an image plane in a pre-operative volume corresponding to a real-time image of a moving region of interest. An example method includes receiving real-time ultrasound image data from a probe associated with a position-tracking sensor, generating real-time images based on the real-time ultrasound data and deriving a motion model from the real-time ultrasound image data. The method may further include automatically identifying an image plane in a pre-operative data set to correspond to the real-time ultrasound image by correcting for motion-induced misalignment between the real-time data and the pre-operative data.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Cecile Dufour, Thomas Shu Yin Tang, Gary Cheng-How Ng
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Publication number: 20220346753Abstract: The present disclosure describes ultrasound imaging systems and methods that may be used to image, for example, breast tissue. An ultrasound imaging system according to one embodiment may include a probe, a sensor attached to the probe and operatively associated with a position tracking system, a processor configured to receive probe position data from the position tracking system. The user interface may be configured to provide instructions for placement of the probe at a plurality of anatomical landmarks of a selected breast of the subject and receive user input to record the spatial location of the probe at each of the plurality of anatomical landmarks. The processor may be configured to determine a scan area based on the spatial location of the probe at each of the plurality of anatomical landmarks and generate a scan pattern for the selected breast. The processor may be further configured to monitor movement of the probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: James Robertson Jago, Julia Dmitrieva, Gary Cheng-How Ng, Thomas Shu Yin Tang
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Publication number: 20220296213Abstract: A fusion imaging system co-registers and fuses real time ultrasound images with reference images such as those produced by MRI or CT imaging. In an illustrated implementation, previously acquired CT or MRI or ultrasound images are loaded into the system. An ultrasound system is operated in conjunction with a tracking system so that the ultrasound probe and images can be spatially tracked. A computerized image processor registers the probe position with a reference image of the anatomy being scanned by the probe and determines whether the probe appears to be inside the skin line of the subject. If that is the case it is due to probe compression of the subject, and the reference image is modified to locate the skin line in the reference image in front of the ultrasound probe. The modified reference images can then be readily co-registered and fused with the ultrasound images produced by the probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Cecile Dufour, Roberto Jose Ardon, Gary Cheng-How Ng, Thomas Shu Yin Tang
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Patent number: 11419577Abstract: The present disclosure describes ultrasound imaging systems and methods that may be used to image, for example, breast tissue. An ultrasound imaging system according to one embodiment may include a probe, a sensor attached to the probe and operatively associated with a position tracking system, a processor configured to receive probe position data from the position tracking system. The user interface may be configured to provide instructions for placement of the probe at a plurality of anatomical landmarks of a selected breast of the subject and receive user input to record the spatial location of the probe at each of the plurality of anatomical landmarks. The processor may be configured to determine a scan area based on the spatial location of the probe at each of the plurality of anatomical landmarks and generate a scan pattern for the selected breast. The processor may be further configured to monitor movement of the probe.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2017Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: James Robertson Jago, Julia Dmitrieva, Gary Cheng-How Ng, Thomas Shu Yin Tang
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Patent number: 11297625Abstract: A method in a first wireless station of establishing a connection with a second wireless station includes: generating a frame including a capabilities element having: a core capabilities field containing a predefined sequence of core subfields having respective predefined lengths; the core subfields containing respective first core values defining core capabilities of the first wireless station; and at least one extended capability field containing: an extended capability identifier subfield containing an identifier of one of a plurality of predefined extended capabilities; an extended capability length subfield containing an extended capability length value; and an extended capability payload subfield having a length equal to the extended capability length value; the payload subfield containing a first extended value defining an extended capability of the first wireless station; and responsive to generating the frame, transmitting the frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: PERASO TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Gary Cheng, Joseph Andonieh, Bradley Robert Lynch, Christopher James Hansen
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Publication number: 20220039773Abstract: The invention provides a method for monitoring a location of a tool in an ultrasound image. The method includes acquiring a plurality of 2D ultrasound images by way of an ultrasound transducer, wherein at least one of the plurality of 2D ultrasound images comprises a part of the tool and generating a 3D ultrasound image from said plurality of 2D ultrasound images. A first location of the tool is then identified within the 3D ultrasound image. An additional 2D ultrasound image, and location information relating to the location of the ultrasound transducer during capture of the additional 2D ultrasound image, is then acquired and the 3D ultrasound image updated based on the additional 2D ultrasound image and the location information. A location of the tool with respect to the additional 2D ultrasound image is then identified within the updated 3D ultrasound image based only on imaging data of the updated 3D ultrasound image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Nenad Mihajlovic, Arash Pourtaherian, Michel Paul Barbara van Bruggen, Gary Cheng-How Ng
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Patent number: 11219427Abstract: The present disclosure describes ultrasound imaging systems and methods that may be used to image breast tissue. An ultrasound imaging system according to one embodiment may include a user interface comprising a display, a processor operatively connected to the user interface, and memory comprising processor-executable instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the user interface to display a first ultrasound image of a breast on the display and receive an indication of a first region of interest (ROI) in the first ultrasound image. The memory may include instructions to further cause the user interface to display a second ultrasound image of the breast on the display and receive an indication of a second region of interest in the second ultrasound image.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Julia Dmitrieva, Gary Cheng-How Ng, James Robertson Jago
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Publication number: 20210290203Abstract: The present disclosure includes ultrasound systems and methods for imaging anisotropic tissue with shear wave elastography at a variety of angles with respect to the tissue. An example ultrasound imaging system includes a probe coupled to a position tracking system for tracking a position of the probe with respect to a subject, and a processor in communication with the probe. The processor may receive position tracking data from the position tracking system. The processor may define at least one target plane in anisotropic tissue, determine a difference between a current position of the probe and the position of the target plane, and provide a visual indicator of the difference, wherein the processor dynamically updates the visual indicator responsive to a change in the position of the imaging plane with respect to the target plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2019Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: HUA XIE, GRZEGORZ ANDRZEJ TOPOREK, GARY CHENG-HOW NG, VIJAY THAKUR SHAMDASANI
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Patent number: 11120564Abstract: A medical imaging apparatus (10) for inspecting a volume of a subject (12) is disclosed. The medical imaging apparatus comprises an ultrasound acquisition unit (14) including an ultrasound probe for acquiring ultrasound image data of the subject, an image interface (20) for receiving medical image data of the subject, a position determining unit (30) for determining a position of the ultrasound probe. An alignment unit is provided for aligning the ultrasound image data and the medical image data based on anatomical features (32) of the subject and the detected position of the ultrasound probe and for adapting the alignment of the ultrasound image data and the medical image data based on a motion model. An image processing unit (18) is provided for processing the ultrasound image data and the medical image data to fuse the ultrasound image data and the medical image data based on the alignment to combined image data.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Cecile Dufour, Stephane Allaire, Thomas Tang, Gary Cheng-How Ng