Patents by Inventor Jingchao Ni

Jingchao Ni 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: 20240070232
    Abstract: Methods and systems for training a model include determining class prototypes of time series samples from a training dataset. A task corresponding to the time series samples is encoded using the class prototypes and a task-level configuration. A likelihood value is determined based on outputs of a time series density model, a task-class distance from a task embedding model, and a task density model. Parameters of the time series density model, the task embedding model, and the task density model are adjusted responsive to the likelihood value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Wei Cheng, Jingchao Ni, Liang Tong, Haifeng Chen, Yizhou Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240037397
    Abstract: A method interprets a convolutional sequence model. The method converts an input data sequence having input segments into output features. The method clusters the input segments into clusters using respective resolution-controllable class prototypes allocated to each of classes. Each respective class prototype includes a respective output feature subset characterizing a respective associated class. The method calculates, using the clusters, similarity scores that indicate a similarity of an output feature to a respective class prototypes responsive to distances between the output feature and the respective class prototypes. The method concatenates the similarity scores to obtain a similarity vector. The method performs a prediction and prediction support operation that provides a value of prediction and an interpretation for the value responsive to the input segments and similarity vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Jingchao Ni, Zhengzhang Chen, Wei Cheng, Bo Zong, Haifeng Chen
  • Publication number: 20240028898
    Abstract: A method interprets a convolutional sequence model. The method converts an input data sequence having input segments into output features. The method clusters the input segments into clusters using respective resolution-controllable class prototypes allocated to each of classes. Each respective class prototype includes a respective output feature subset characterizing a respective associated class. The method calculates, using the clusters, similarity scores that indicate a similarity of an output feature to a respective class prototypes responsive to distances between the output feature and the respective class prototypes. The method concatenates the similarity scores to obtain a similarity vector. The method performs a prediction and prediction support operation that provides a value of prediction and an interpretation for the value responsive to the input segments and similarity vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jingchao Ni, Zhengzhang Chen, Wei Cheng, Bo Zong, Haifeng Chen
  • Publication number: 20240028897
    Abstract: A method interprets a convolutional sequence model. The method converts an input data sequence having input segments into output features. The method clusters the input segments into clusters using respective resolution-controllable class prototypes allocated to each of classes. Each respective class prototype includes a respective output feature subset characterizing a respective associated class. The method calculates, using the clusters, similarity scores that indicate a similarity of an output feature to a respective class prototypes responsive to distances between the output feature and the respective class prototypes. The method concatenates the similarity scores to obtain a similarity vector. The method performs a prediction and prediction support operation that provides a value of prediction and an interpretation for the value responsive to the input segments and similarity vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jingchao Ni, Zhengzhang Chen, Wei Cheng, Bo Zong, Haifeng Chen
  • Publication number: 20240013920
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting an occurrence of a medical event for a patient using a trained neural network. Historical patient data is preprocessed to generate normalized training samples, and the normalized training samples are sent to a personalized deep convolutional neural network for model pretraining and updating of model parameters. The pretrained model is stored in a remote server for utilization by a local machine for personalization during a preparation time period for a medical treatment. A normalized finetuning set is generated as output, and the model parameters are iteratively finetuned. A personal prediction score for future medical events is generated, and an operation of a medical treatment device is controlled responsive to the prediction score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jingchao Ni, Wei Cheng, Haifeng Chen, Takayoshi Asakura
  • Publication number: 20240005156
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for model building is provided. The method includes receiving a training set of medical records and model hyperparameters. The method further includes initializing an encoder as a Dual-Channel Combiner Network (DCNN) and initialize distribution related parameters. The method also includes performing, by a hardware processor, a forward computation to (1) the DCNN to obtain the embeddings of the medical records, and (2) the distribution related parameters to obtain class probabilities. The method additionally includes checking by a convergence evaluator if the iterative optimization has converged. The method further includes performing model personalization responsive to model convergence by encoding the support data of a new patient and using the embeddings and event subtype labels to train a personalized classifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jingchao Ni, Wei Cheng, Haifeng Chen
  • Publication number: 20240005155
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for model building is provided. The method includes receiving a training set of medical records and model hyperparameters. The method further includes initializing an encoder as a Dual-Channel Combiner Network (DCNN) and initialize distribution related parameters. The method also includes performing, by a hardware processor, a forward computation to (1) the DCNN to obtain the embeddings of the medical records, and (2) the distribution related parameters to obtain class probabilities. The method additionally includes checking by a convergence evaluator if the iterative optimization has converged. The method further includes performing model personalization responsive to model convergence by encoding the support data of a new patient and using the embeddings and event subtype labels to train a personalized classifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jingchao Ni, Wei Cheng, Haifeng Chen
  • Publication number: 20240006069
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting an occurrence of a medical event for a patient using a trained neural network. Historical patient data is preprocessed to generate normalized training samples, and the normalized training samples are sent to a personalized deep convolutional neural network for model pretraining and updating of model parameters. The pretrained model is stored in a remote server for utilization by a local machine for personalization during a preparation time period for a medical treatment. A normalized finetuning set is generated as output, and the model parameters are iteratively finetuned. A personal prediction score for future medical events is generated, and an operation of a medical treatment device is controlled responsive to the prediction score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jingchao Ni, Wei Cheng, Haifeng Chen, Takayoshi Asakura
  • Publication number: 20240006070
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting an occurrence of a medical event for a patient using a trained neural network. Historical patient data is preprocessed to generate normalized training samples, and the normalized training samples are sent to a personalized deep convolutional neural network for model pretraining and updating of model parameters. The pretrained model is stored in a remote server for utilization by a local machine for personalization during a preparation time period for a medical treatment. A normalized finetuning set is generated as output, and the model parameters are iteratively finetuned. A personal prediction score for future medical events is generated, and an operation of a medical treatment device is controlled responsive to the prediction score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jingchao Ni, Wei Cheng, Haifeng Chen, Takayoshi Asakura
  • Publication number: 20240005154
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for model building is provided. The method includes receiving a training set of medical records and model hyperparameters. The method further includes initializing an encoder as a Dual-Channel Combiner Network (DCNN) and initialize distribution related parameters. The method also includes performing, by a hardware processor, a forward computation to (1) the DCNN to obtain the embeddings of the medical records, and (2) the distribution related parameters to obtain class probabilities. The method additionally includes checking by a convergence evaluator if the iterative optimization has converged. The method further includes performing model personalization responsive to model convergence by encoding the support data of a new patient and using the embeddings and event subtype labels to train a personalized classifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jingchao Ni, Wei Cheng, Haifeng Chen
  • Publication number: 20230394309
    Abstract: A method for executing a multi-task deep learning model for learning trends in multivariate time series is presented. The method includes collecting multi-variate time series data from a plurality of sensors, jointly learning both local and global contextual features for predicting a trend of the multivariate time series by employing a tensorized long short-term memory (LSTM) with adaptive shared memory (TLASM) to learn historical dependency of historical trends, and employing a multi-task one-dimensional convolutional neural network (1dCNN) to extract salient features from local raw time series data to model a short-term dependency between local time series data and subsequent trends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Cheng, Haifeng Chen, Jingchao Ni, Dongkuan Xu, Wenchao Yu
  • Patent number: 11783181
    Abstract: A method for executing a multi-task deep learning model for learning trends in multivariate time series is presented. The method includes collecting multi-variate time series data from a plurality of sensors, jointly learning both local and global contextual features for predicting a trend of the multivariate time series by employing a tensorized long short-term memory (LSTM) with adaptive shared memory (TLASM) to learn historical dependency of historical trends, and employing a multi-task one-dimensional convolutional neural network (1dCNN) to extract salient features from local raw time series data to model a short-term dependency between local time series data and subsequent trends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: Wei Cheng, Haifeng Chen, Jingchao Ni, Dongkuan Xu, Wenchao Yu
  • Patent number: 11650351
    Abstract: A method for employing a unified semi-supervised deep learning (DL) framework for turbulence forecasting is presented. The method includes extracting historical and forecasted weather features of a spatial region, calculating turbulence indexes to fill feature cubes, each feature cube representing a grid-based 3D region, and building an encoder-decoder framework based on convolutional long short-term memory (ConvLSTM) to model spatio-temporal correlations or patterns causing turbulence. The method further includes employing a dual label guessing component to dynamically integrate complementary signals from a turbulence forecasting network and a turbulence detection network to generate pseudo-labels, reweighing the generated pseudo-labels by a heuristic label quality detector based on KL-Divergence, applying a hybrid loss function to predict turbulence conditions, and generating a turbulence dataset including the predicted turbulence conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yanchi Liu, Jingchao Ni, Bo Zong, Haifeng Chen, Zhengzhang Chen, Wei Cheng, Denghui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230094623
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for model building is provided. The method includes receiving a training set of medical records and model hyperparameters. The method further includes initializing an encoder as a Dual-Channel Combiner Network (DCNN) and initialize distribution related parameters. The method also includes performing, by a hardware processor, a forward computation to (1) the DCNN to obtain the embeddings of the medical records, and (2) the distribution related parameters to obtain class probabilities. The method additionally includes checking by a convergence evaluator if the iterative optimization has converged. The method further includes performing model personalization responsive to model convergence by encoding the support data of a new patient and using the embeddings and event subtype labels to train a personalized classifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jingchao Ni, Wei Cheng, Haifeng Chen
  • Patent number: 11610114
    Abstract: A method for employing a supervised graph sparsification (SGS) network to use feedback from subsequent graph learning tasks to guide graph sparsification is presented. The method includes, in a training phase, generating sparsified subgraphs by edge sampling from input training graphs following a learned distribution, feeding the sparsified subgraphs to a prediction/classification component, collecting a predication/classification error, and updating parameters of the learned distribution based on a gradient derived from the predication/classification error. The method further includes, in a testing phase, generating sparsified subgraphs by edge sampling from input testing graphs following the learned distribution, feeding the sparsified subgraphs to the prediction/classification component, and outputting prediction/classification results to a visualization device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventors: Bo Zong, Jingchao Ni, Haifeng Chen, Cheng Zheng
  • Patent number: 11606393
    Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting and responding to anomalous nodes in a network include inferring temporal factors, using a computer-implemented neural network, that represent changes in a network graph across time steps, with a temporal factor for each time step depending on a temporal factor for a previous time step. An invariant factor is inferred that represents information about the network graph that does not change across the time steps. The temporal factors and the invariant factor are combined into a combined temporal-invariant representation. It is determined that an unlabeled node is anomalous, based on the combined temporal-invariant representation. A security action is performed responsive to the determination that unlabeled node is anomalous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventors: Jingchao Ni, Haifeng Chen, Bo Zong, LuAn Tang, Wei Cheng
  • Patent number: 11604969
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting system device failure are provided. The method includes representing device failure related data associated with the devices from a predetermined domain by temporal graphs for each of the devices. The method also includes extracting vector representations based on temporal graph features from the temporal graphs that capture both temporal and structural correlation in the device failure related data. The method further includes predicting, based on the vector representations and device failure related metrics in the predetermined domain, one or more of the devices that is expected to fail within a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventors: Wei Cheng, LuAn Tang, Dongjin Song, Bo Zong, Haifeng Chen, Jingchao Ni, Wenchao Yu
  • Publication number: 20230070443
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for meta-learning is provided. The method includes receiving a training time series and labels corresponding to some of the training time series. The method further includes optimizing time series augmentations of the training time series using a time series augmentation selection process performed by a meta learner to obtain a selected augmentation from a plurality of candidate augmentations. The method also includes training a time series encoder with contrastive loss using the selected augmentation to obtain a learned time series encoder. The method additionally includes learning, by the learned time series encoder, a vector representation of another time series. The method further includes performing, by the learned time series encoder, a downstream task of label classification for at least a portion of the other time series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Wei Cheng, Haifeng Chen, Jingchao Ni, Wenchao Yu, Yuncong Chen, Dongsheng Luo
  • Publication number: 20230076575
    Abstract: A method for making prognostic prediction scores during a pre-dialysis period on an incidence of events in future dialysis includes learning a meta-training model that simultaneously classifies dialysis in-distribution events and detects out-of-distribution (OOD) events during model personalization by employing a data preprocessing component to extract different parts of data from historical medical records of patients to generate a meta-training dataset, a meta-training component to analyze the meta-training dataset, the meta-training component including a class pool generator, a task generator, a prototype network, an attention component, and a model training component, the class pool generator splitting training classes into a first class pool and a second class pool for generating a distribution statistics dictionary, a storage component to store the meta-training model for distribution to local machines, and a personalization component including a local data collection component, and a class and OOD dete
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jingchao Ni, Wei Cheng, Haifeng Chen
  • Publication number: 20230069074
    Abstract: A method is provided for training a hierarchical graph neural network. The method includes using a time series generated by each of a plurality of nodes to train a graph neural network to generate a causal graph, and identifying interdependent causal networks that depict hierarchical causal links from low-level nodes to high-level nodes to the system key performance indicator (KPI). The method further includes simulating causal relations between entities by aggregating embeddings from neighbors in each layer, and generating output embeddings for entity metrics prediction and between-level aggregation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Zhengzhang Chen, Haifeng Chen, Jingchao Ni, Zheng Wang, Liang Tong