Patents by Inventor Katherine Niehaus

Katherine Niehaus 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: 11961332
    Abstract: One or more electronic device may use motion and/or activity sensors to estimate a user's 6 minute walking distance. In particular, because users typically walk at less than their maximum output and in imperfect conditions, control circuitry within the device(s) may rely on walks of shorter distances to estimate the 6 minute walking distance. For example, the control circuitry may gather activity information for the user, such as heart rate, calories burned, and step count, and analyze a distance component and a speed component for periods in which the user has walked. Individual 6 minute walk distance estimates may be generated based on each of the activity information, distance component, and speed component. The distance and speed estimates may be corrected for walking behaviors that deviate from an ideal testing environment, and may then be fused with the activity estimate to generate a final 6 minute walk distance estimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Powers, III, Maryam Etezadi-Amoli, Britni A. Crocker, Allison L. Gilmore, Edith M. Arnold, Hung A. Pham, Irida Mance, Sumayah F. Rahman, Katherine Niehaus, Kyle A. Reed, Maxsim L. Gibiansky, Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram, Adeeti V. Ullal
  • Patent number: 11847532
    Abstract: Systems and methods that analyze blood-based cancer diagnostic tests using multiple classes of molecules are described. The system uses machine learning (ML) to analyze multiple analytes, for example cell-free DNA, cell-free microRNA, and circulating proteins, from a biological sample. The system can use multiple assays, e.g., whole-genome sequencing, whole-genome bisulfite sequencing or EM-seq, small-RNA sequencing, and quantitative immunoassay. This can increase the sensitivity and specificity of diagnostics by exploiting independent information between signals. During operation, the system receives a biological sample, and separates a plurality of molecule classes from the sample. For a plurality of assays, the system identifies feature sets to input to a machine learning model. The system performs an assay on each molecule class and forms a feature vector from the measured values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Freenome Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Drake, Daniel Delubac, Katherine Niehaus, Eric Ariazi, Imran Haque, Tzu-Yu Liu, Nathan Wan, Ajay Kannan, Brandon White
  • Publication number: 20230389813
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for estimating heart rate recovery (HRR) after maximum or high-exertion activity based on sensor observations. In some embodiments, a method comprises: obtaining, with at least one processor, sensor data from a wearable device worn on a wrist of a user; obtaining, with the at least one processor, a heart rate (HR) of the user; identifying, with the at least one processor, an observation window of the sensor data and HR; estimating, with the at least one processor during the observation window, input features for estimating maximum or near maximum exertion HRR of the user based on the sensor data and HR; and estimating, with the at least one processor during the observation window, the maximum or near maximum exertion HRR of the user based on a machine learning model and the input features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Britni A. Crocker, Adeeti V. Ullal, Ayse S. Cakmak, Johahn Y. Leung, Katherine Niehaus, William R. Powers, III
  • Publication number: 20230389806
    Abstract: Detecting a physiological parameter of a user at a first level during a first activity and at a second level during a second activity and displaying, based on the first level and the second level, a predictive change in the physiological parameter had the second activity been a third activity that is different from the second activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas D. FELTON, Alexander DICKINSON, Eamon F. GILRAVI, Katherine NIEHAUS, William R. POWERS, III, Adeeti V. ULLAL
  • Patent number: 11681953
    Abstract: Systems and methods that analyze blood-based cancer diagnostic tests using multiple classes of molecules are described. The system uses machine learning (ML) to analyze multiple analytes, for example cell-free DNA, cell-free microRNA, and circulating proteins, from a biological sample. The system can use multiple assays, e.g., whole-genome sequencing, whole-genome bisulfite sequencing or EM-seq, small-RNA sequencing, and quantitative immunoassay. This can increase the sensitivity and specificity of diagnostics by exploiting independent information between signals. During operation, the system receives a biological sample, and separates a plurality of molecule classes from the sample. For a plurality of assays, the system identifies feature sets to input to a machine learning model. The system performs an assay on each molecule class and forms a feature vector from the measured values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Freenome Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Drake, Daniel Delubac, Katherine Niehaus, Eric Ariazi, Imran Haque, Tzu-Yu Liu, Nathan Wan, Ajay Kannan, Brandon White
  • Publication number: 20230147505
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for identifying poor cardio metabolic health using sensors of wearable devices. In an embodiment, a method comprises: obtaining estimates of maximal oxygen consumption of a user during exercise; determining at least one confidence weight based on context data; adjusting the maximal oxygen consumption estimates using the at least one confidence weight; aggregating the adjusted maximal oxygen consumption estimates to generate a summary maximal oxygen consumption estimate and corresponding confidence interval for the user; and classifying cardiorespiratory fitness of the user based on at least one of the summary maximum consumption estimate, the corresponding confidence interval, a population error model or a low cardiorespiratory fitness threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Katherine Niehaus, Britni A. Crocker, Maxsim L. Gibiansky, William R. Powers, III, Allison L. Gilmore, Asif Khalak, Sheena Sharma, Richard A. Fineman, Kyle A. Reed, Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram, Adeeti V. Ullal
  • Publication number: 20210393162
    Abstract: One or more electronic device may use motion and/or activity sensors to estimate a user's maximum volumetric flow of oxygen, or VO2 max. In particular, although a correlation between heart rate and VO2 max may be linear at high heart rate levels, there is not a linear correlation at lower heart rate levels. Therefore, for users without extensive workout data, the motion sensors and activity sensors may be used to determine maximum calories burned by the user, workout data, including heart rate data, and body metric data. Based on these parameters, a personalized relationship between the user's heart rate and oxygen pulse (which is a function of VO2) may be determined, even with a lack of high intensity workout data. In this way, a maximum heart rate and therefore a VO2 max value may be approximated for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Britni A. Crocker, Katherine Niehaus, Aditya Sarathy, Asif Khalak, Allison L. Gilmore, James P. Ochs, Bharath Narasimha Rao, Gabriel A. Quiroz, Hui Chen, Kyle A. Reed, William R. Powers, III, Maxsim L. Gibiansky, Paige N. Stanley, Umamahesh Srinivas, III, Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram, Adeeti V. Ullal
  • Publication number: 20210210205
    Abstract: Systems and methods that analyze blood-based cancer diagnostic tests using multiple classes of molecules are described. The system uses machine learning (ML) to analyze multiple analytes, for example cell-free DNA, cell-free microRNA, and circulating proteins, from a biological sample. The system can use multiple assays, e.g., whole-genome sequencing, whole-genome bisulfite sequencing or EM-seq, small-RNA sequencing, and quantitative immunoassay. This can increase the sensitivity and specificity of diagnostics by exploiting independent information between signals. During operation, the system receives a biological sample, and separates a plurality of molecule classes from the sample. For a plurality of assays, the system identifies feature sets to input to a machine learning model. The system performs an assay on each molecule class and forms a feature vector from the measured values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Adam Drake, Daniel Delubac, Katherine Niehaus, Eric Ariazi, Imran Haque, Tzu-Yu Liu, Nathan Wan, Ajay Kannan, Brandon White
  • Publication number: 20210174958
    Abstract: Systems and methods that analyze blood-based cancer diagnostic tests using multiple classes of molecules are described. The system uses machine learning (ML) to analyze multiple analytes, for example cell-free DNA, cell-free microRNA, and circulating proteins, from a biological sample. The system can use multiple assays, e.g., whole-genome sequencing, whole-genome bisulfite sequencing or EM-seq, small-RNA sequencing, and quantitative immunoassay. This can increase the sensitivity and specificity of diagnostics by exploiting independent information between signals. During operation, the system receives a biological sample, and separates a plurality of molecule classes from the sample. For a plurality of assays, the system identifies feature sets to input to a machine learning model. The system performs an assay on each molecule class and forms a feature vector from the measured values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Adam Drake, Daniel Delubac, Katherine Niehaus, Eric Ariazi, Imran Haque, Tzu-Yu Liu, Nathan Wan, Ajay Kannan, Brandon White