Patents by Inventor Jonathan Liu

Jonathan Liu 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: 12226161
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus includes an acquiring unit, an OCT unit, an analyzer, and a calculator. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire a dioptric power in a first region including a fovea of a subject's eye. The OCT unit is configured to acquire OCT data of a fundus of the subject's eye using optical coherence tomography. The analyzer is configured to specify a shape of the fundus by analyzing the OCT data. The calculator is configured to calculate a dioptric power in a peripheral region of the first region of the fundus based on the dioptric power in the first region and the shape of the fundus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Nakajima, Jonathan Liu, Yasufumi Fukuma
  • Patent number: 11947062
    Abstract: Velocity tomography using time lags of wave equation migration is disclosed. Seismic tomography is a technique for imaging the subsurface of the Earth with seismic waves by generated a migration velocity model from a multitude of observations using combinations of source and receiver locations. The migration velocity model may be updated in order to reduce depth differences of reflection events (also called residual depth errors (RDE)). Direct measurement of RDE may be difficult in certain complex subsurface areas. In such areas, the RDE may be reconstructed based on time lags of wave equation migration and then used to update the migration velocity model. In particular, the RDE may be directly reconstructed from the time lags of wave equation migration, such as based on a direct relation between RDE and the time lags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
    Inventor: Jonathan Liu
  • Publication number: 20230016248
    Abstract: A modular mask including a first module including a frame having two or more openings, and an attaching mechanism lining one or more edges of the two or more openings; and a second module including: a mask body having a first attaching element allowing the attaching mechanism to temporarily hold the mask body in place completely covering a first opening of the two or more openings, and a filter component having a second attaching element allowing the attaching mechanism to temporarily hold the filter component in place completely covering a second opening of the two or more openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jerry ZHANG, Gwyneth ALEXANDER, Saardhak BHRUGUBANDA, Kaitlyn Grace CALABRESI, Zan Zafar CHAUDHRY, Benjamin DUBNER, Jason FAN, Eric GUAN, Ann JIANG, Elizabeth KIM, Rachel LI, Jonathan LIU, Xingjian LU, Shubhan MATHUR, Rebecca Irene MOSIER, Kate SAPERSTEIN, Abdus Sabour SHAIK, Rahul SWAMINATHAN, Nina Marie TEDESCHI, Kesavan VENKATESH, Eesha VERMA, Chen Chia WANG, Jeremy WANG, Daniel ZHANG, Asimina ZOITOU
  • Publication number: 20230000346
    Abstract: A slit lamp microscope of an aspect example includes a scanner and a data processor. The scanner is configured to scan an anterior segment of a subject's eye with slit light to collect a plurality of cross sectional images. The data processor is configured to generate opacity distribution information that represents a distribution of an opaque area in a crystalline lens, based on the plurality of cross sectional images collected by the scanner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan LIU, Hitoshi SHIMIZU, Hisashi TSUKADA
  • Patent number: 11481897
    Abstract: Methods and systems for angiographic imaging with optical coherence tomography (OCT) are described using ratio-based and angiographic deviation based calculations. In using these calculations to determine motion, arbitrary interframe permutations may be used, post- calculated, non-linear results for projection visualization may be averaged, poor matches may be eliminated on an A-line by A-line basis, windowing functions may be used to improve results, partial spectrums may be used when capturing data, and a minimum intensity threshold may be used for determining which pixels to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Charles A. Reisman, Zhenguo Wang, Atsushi Kubota, Jonathan Liu
  • Patent number: 11439301
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a tissue specifying unit, and a specifying unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire a tomographic image of a subject's eye. The tissue specifying unit is configured to acquire first shape data representing shape of a tissue of the subject's eye by performing segmentation processing on each of a plurality of tomographic images acquired by the acquisition unit. The specifying unit is configured to obtain second shape data representing shape of the tissue based on the plurality of first shape data acquired by the tissue specifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Mino, Jonathan Liu
  • Publication number: 20220280036
    Abstract: A slit lamp microscope of some aspect examples includes a scanner and a rendering processor. The scanner is configured to scan an anterior segment of a subject's eye with slit light to collect a plurality of cross sectional images. The rendering processor is configured to apply rendering to a three dimensional image created from the plurality of cross sectional images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan LIU, Hitoshi SHIMIZU, Hisashi TSUKADA
  • Publication number: 20210407088
    Abstract: A multimodal imaging system and method is capable of taking fundus images, automatically identifying regions of interest (ROIs) of the eye from the fundus images, and performing OCT imaging in the identified ROIs, where the OCT images can provide clinically relevant information for screening purposes. By automatically identifying the ROIs, expert intervention is not required to perform specialized OCT imaging and thus, such imaging and analysis can be provided at more facilities and for more subjects for a lower cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Zaixing Mao, Zhenguo Wang, Kinpui Chan, Jonathan Liu, Jongsik Kim
  • Publication number: 20210338076
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus includes an acquiring unit, an OCT unit, an analyzer, and a calculator. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire a dioptric power in a first region including a fovea of a subject's eye. The OCT unit is configured to acquire OCT data of a fundus of the subject's eye using optical coherence tomography. The analyzer is configured to specify a shape of the fundus by analyzing the OCT data. The calculator is configured to calculate a dioptric power in a peripheral region of the first region of the fundus based on the dioptric power in the first region and the shape of the fundus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi NAKAJIMA, Jonathan LIU, Yasufumi FUKUMA
  • Patent number: 11141060
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus of embodiments includes an OCT unit, an acquisition unit, and a specifying unit. The OCT unit is configured to acquire a tomographic image of a subject's eye using optical coherence tomography. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire a front image of the subject's eye. The specifying unit is configured to specify shape of a tissue of the subject's eye based on the tomographic image acquired by the OCT unit and the front image acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Mino, Jonathan Liu
  • Patent number: 11134836
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a tissue specifying unit, and a specifying unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire a tomographic image of a subject's eye formed based on scan data acquired using an optical system for performing optical coherence tomography on the subject's eye. The tissue specifying unit is configured to acquire first shape data representing shape of a tissue of the subject's eye by performing segmentation processing on the tomographic image. The specifying unit is configured to specify a low sensitivity component having a small variation with respect to a change in a position of the optical system with respect to the subject's eye from the first shape data, and to obtain second shape data representing shape of the tissue based on the specified low sensitivity component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Mino, Jonathan Liu
  • Patent number: 11132797
    Abstract: A multimodal imaging system and method is capable of taking fundus images, automatically identifying regions of interest (ROIs) of the eye from the fundus images, and performing OCT imaging in the identified ROIs, where the OCT images can provide clinically relevant information for screening purposes. By automatically identifying the ROIs, expert intervention is not required to perform specialized OCT imaging and thus, such imaging and analysis can be provided at more facilities and for more subjects for a lower cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zaixing Mao, Zhenguo Wang, Kinpui Chan, Jonathan Liu, Jongsik Kim
  • Publication number: 20210255345
    Abstract: Velocity tomography using time lags of wave equation migration is disclosed. Seismic tomography is a technique for imaging the subsurface of the Earth with seismic waves by generated a migration velocity model from a multitude of observations using combinations of source and receiver locations. The migration velocity model may be updated in order to reduce depth differences of reflection events (also called residual depth errors (RDE)). Direct measurement of RDE may be difficult in certain complex subsurface areas. In such areas, the RDE may be reconstructed based on time lags of wave equation migration and then used to update the migration velocity model. In particular, the RDE may be directly reconstructed from the time lags of wave equation migration, such as based on a direct relation between RDE and the time lags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventor: Jonathan Liu
  • Publication number: 20210049759
    Abstract: Embodiments discussed herein facilitate determining a diagnosis and/or prognosis for prostate cancer based at least in part on three-dimensional (3D) pathomic feature(s). One example embodiment comprises a computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to perform operations, comprising: accessing a three-dimensional (3D) optical image volume comprising a prostate gland of a patient; segmenting the prostate gland of the 3D optical image volume; extracting one or more features from the segmented prostate gland, wherein the one or more features comprise at least one 3D pathomic feature; and generating, via a model based at least on the one or more features, one or more of the following based at least on the extracted one or more features: a classification of the prostate gland as one of benign or malignant, a Gleason score associated with the prostate gland, or a prognosis for the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Anant Madabhushi, Can Koyuncu, Cheng Lu, Nicholas P. Reder, Jonathan Liu
  • Publication number: 20200400421
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system electrically mixes a signature signal with an OCT signal (e.g., an interferogram) output by a photodetector of the OCT system. The signature signal may be a signal output by a photodetector that detects an optical signal from a fiber Bragg grating. The signature signal may then be time delayed before combination with the OCT signal. A series of interferograms are then aligned according to the signature signal. A rescaling signal may be similarly electrically mixed with the signature and OCT signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Zhenguo Wang, Jongsik Kim, Jonathan Liu, Kinpui Chan
  • Publication number: 20200349701
    Abstract: Methods and systems for angiographic imaging with optical coherence tomography (OCT) are described using ratio-based and angiographic deviation based calculations. In using these calculations to determine motion, arbitrary interframe permutations may be used, post- calculated, non-linear results for projection visualization may be averaged, poor matches may be eliminated on an A-line by A-line basis, windowing functions may be used to improve results, partial spectrums may be used when capturing data, and a minimum intensity threshold may be used for determining which pixels to use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Charles A. Reisman, Zhenguo Wang, Atsushi Kubota, Jonathan Liu
  • Patent number: 10788310
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system electrically mixes a signature signal with an OCT signal (e.g., an interferogram) output by a photodetector of the OCT system. The signature signal may be a signal output by a photodetector that detects an optical signal from a fiber Bragg grating. The signature signal may then be time delayed before combination with the OCT signal. A series of interferograms are then aligned according to the signature signal. A rescaling signal may be similarly electrically mixed with the signature and OCT signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Zhenguo Wang, Jongsik Kim, Jonathan Liu, Kinpui Chan
  • Patent number: 10743762
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus according to the embodiments includes an OCT optical system, an alignment unit, an image forming unit, a first calculator, and a second calculator. The OCT optical system is configured to acquire OCT data of a fundus of a subject's eye by projecting measurement light onto the fundus. The alignment unit is configured to perform alignment of the OCT optical system with reference to a predetermined site of the subject's eye. The image forming unit is configured to form a tomographic image of the fundus based on the OCT data acquired by the OCT optical system which has been aligned by the alignment unit. The first calculator is configured to calculate a first tilt angle of the tomographic image. The second calculator is configured to calculate a second tilt angle of the fundus by correcting the first tilt angle based on alignment result of the OCT optical system with respect to the predetermined site by the alignment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Shimizu, Masashi Nakajima, Tony H. Ko, Jonathan Liu, Yasufumi Fukuma
  • Patent number: 10719933
    Abstract: Methods and systems for angiographic imaging with optical coherence tomography (OCT) are described using ratio-based and angiographic deviation based calculations. In using these calculations to determine motion, arbitrary interframe permutations may be used, post-calculated, non-linear results for projection visualization may be averaged, poor matches may be eliminated on an A-line by A-line basis, windowing functions may be used to improve results, partial spectrums may be used when capturing data, and a minimum intensity threshold may be used for determining which pixels to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Charles A. Reisman, Zhenguo Wang, Atsushi Kubota, Jonathan Liu
  • Publication number: 20200221947
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a tissue specifying unit, and a specifying unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire a tomographic image of a subject's eye. The tissue specifying unit is configured to acquire first shape data representing shape of a tissue of the subject's eye by performing segmentation processing on each of a plurality of tomographic images acquired by the acquisition unit. The specifying unit is configured to obtain second shape data representing shape of the tissue based on the plurality of first shape data acquired by the tissue specifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro MINO, Jonathan LIU