Patents by Inventor Maryam Ashoori

Maryam Ashoori 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: 10580435
    Abstract: Monitoring and analysis of a user's speech to detect symptoms of a mental health disorder by continuously monitoring a user's speech in real-time to generate audio data based, transcribing the audio data to text and analyzing the text of the audio data to determine a sentiment of the audio data is disclosed. A trained machine learning model may be applied to correlate the text and the determined sentiment to clinical information associated with symptoms of a mental health disorder to determine whether the symptoms are a symptom event. The initial determination may be transmitted to a second device to determine (and/or verify) whether or not the symptom event was falsely recognized. The trained machine learning model may be updated based on a response from the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Benjamin D. Briggs, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Leigh Anne H. Clevenger
  • Publication number: 20190325126
    Abstract: A system for a touch screen interface that includes a coating including a plurality of a touch activated microchips; and a projector for projecting a light image onto the coating that is applied to a touch screen substrate. The system also includes an image calibrator that calibrates touch activated microchips in the coating to features of the light image projected onto the coating. The system further includes a receiver for receiving signal from the touch activated microchips when said feature of the light image is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Benjamin D. Briggs, Justin A. Canaperi, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Leigh Anne H. Clevenger, Michael Rizzolo, Spyridon Skordas
  • Publication number: 20190325127
    Abstract: A system for a touch screen interface that includes a coating including a plurality of a touch activated microchips; and a projector for projecting a light image onto the coating that is applied to a touch screen substrate. The system also includes an image calibrator that calibrates touch activated microchips in the coating to features of the light image projected onto the coating. The system further includes a receiver for receiving signal from the touch activated microchips when said feature of the light image is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Benjamin D. Briggs, Justin A. Canaperi, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Leigh Anne H. Clevenger, Michael Rizzolo, Spyridon Skordas
  • Publication number: 20190313533
    Abstract: Methods for orientation and placement of computing devices are presented. Aspects include applying, using a viscous material application device, a layer of a viscous material to a surface of an object, the layer of the viscous material having a plurality of computing devices disposed therein. The layer of the viscous material is allowed to dry during a drying period, wherein each of the plurality of computing devices comprises a first material applied to a first side of each of the plurality of computing devices, the first material having a first characteristic. And each of the plurality of computing devices comprises a second material applied to a second side of each of the plurality of computing devices, the second material having a second characteristic. And each of the plurality of computing devices is configured to perform, during the drying period, a self-orientation operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Spyridon Skordas, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Leigh Anne H. Clevenger, Benjamin D. Briggs, Michael Rizzolo, Maryam Ashoori, Arvind Kumar
  • Publication number: 20190286859
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and electronic circuits facilitating embedded sensor chips in polymer-based coatings are provided. In one example, a method comprises fabricating an electronic circuit, the electronic circuit comprising one or more semiconductor devices, one or more sensors, and a communication element; encapsulating the electronic circuit within an insulator, resulting in an encapsulated circuit; and dispersing the encapsulated circuit into a lacquer solution comprising a polymer carrier and a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Homa Alemzadeh, Maryam Ashoori, Bahman Hekmatshoartabari, Elham Khabiri
  • Patent number: 10404306
    Abstract: A system for a touch screen interface that includes a coating including a plurality of a touch activated microchips; and a projector for projecting a light image onto the coating that is applied to a touch screen substrate. The system also includes an image calibrator that calibrates touch activated microchips in the coating to features of the light image projected onto the coating. The system further includes a receiver for receiving signal from the touch activated microchips when said feature of the light image is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Benjamin D. Briggs, Justin A. Canaperi, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Leigh Anne H. Clevenger, Michael Rizzolo, Spyridon Skordas
  • Patent number: 10390752
    Abstract: Embodiments include systems, methods, and computer program products for monitoring progression of Parkinson's disease. Aspects include receiving pressure data from a plurality of pressure sensors, the pressure sensors being positioned on a chair. Aspects also include analyzing the pressure data to determine the severity of a unified Parkinson's disease rating scale factor for a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Justin D. Weisz
  • Patent number: 10393355
    Abstract: A cognitive illumination system is provided. The cognitive illumination system includes a light source communicatively coupled to a servomechanism, wherein the servomechanism is configured to manipulate the light source in space, a tracking assembly configured to capture and track objects in the space and a processor communicatively coupled to the light source, the servomechanism and the tracking assembly. The processor is configured to receive information about the captured and tracked objects from the tracking assembly, determine a task being undertaken in the space therefrom, develop a lighting plan for the task which is executable by the light source and the servomechanism and control the light source and the servomechanism according to the lighting plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Jonathan H. Connell, Robert G. Farrell, Justin D. Weisz
  • Patent number: 10387694
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and electronic circuits facilitating embedded sensor chips in polymer-based coatings are provided. In one example, a method comprises fabricating an electronic circuit, the electronic circuit comprising one or more semiconductor devices, one or more sensors, and a communication element; encapsulating the electronic circuit within an insulator, resulting in an encapsulated circuit; and dispersing the encapsulated circuit into a lacquer solution comprising a polymer carrier and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Homa Alemzadeh, Maryam Ashoori, Bahman Hekmatshoartabari, Elham Khabiri
  • Publication number: 20190243916
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for implementing a conversation monitoring system. The conversation monitoring system monitors a conversation between at least two participants and extracting, by the conversation monitoring system, key terms present in communications between the at least two participants. The conversation monitoring system generates a provenance graph data structure based on the extraction of the key terms where the provenance graph data structure has speaker nodes representing the at least two participants, term nodes representing the key terms present in the communications, and edges connecting nodes in the provenance graph. The conversation monitoring system analyzes the provenance graph data structure to identify a relative ranking of the key terms within the conversation and generates an output representing content of the conversation based on the relative ranking of the key terms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Ashish Kundu, Amit A. Nanavati
  • Publication number: 20190243917
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for implementing a conversation monitoring system. The conversation monitoring system monitors a conversation between at least two participants and extracting, by the conversation monitoring system, key terms present in communications between the at least two participants. The conversation monitoring system generates a provenance graph data structure based on the extraction of the key terms where the provenance graph data structure has speaker nodes representing the at least two participants, term nodes representing the key terms present in the communications, and edges connecting nodes in the provenance graph. The conversation monitoring system analyzes the provenance graph data structure to identify a relative ranking of the key terms within the conversation and generates an output representing content of the conversation based on the relative ranking of the key terms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Ashish Kundu, Amit A. Nanavati
  • Publication number: 20190174183
    Abstract: A video stream control method, system, and a computer program product include analyzing a video stream to identify a section of the video stream where a condition will occur, delivering a notification that the condition will occur in the section of the video stream and modifying the video stream before the section of the video stream is played, and selecting a type of delivery of the section of the video stream based on a set of rules factoring the condition and user data at a time of the notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Elham Khabiri, Justin David Weisz
  • Patent number: 10311329
    Abstract: A method and system are provided. The method includes acquiring a first image by a first user. The method further includes performing, using a processor, a comparative analysis of the first image and at least one other image acquired within a threshold time by at least one other user. The method also includes establishing a real-time communication interface between the first user and the at least one other user in response to the comparative analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Jason B. Ellis, Robert G. Farrell, Jonathan Lenchner, Clifford A. Pickover
  • Patent number: 10303972
    Abstract: A method and system are provided. The method includes acquiring a first image by a first user. The method further includes performing, using a processor, a comparative analysis of the first image and at least one other image acquired within a threshold time by at least one other user. The method also includes establishing a real-time communication interface between the first user and the at least one other user in response to the comparative analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Jason B. Ellis, Robert G. Farrell, Jonathan Lenchner, Clifford A. Pickover
  • Patent number: 10276190
    Abstract: Monitoring and analysis of a user's speech to detect symptoms of a mental health disorder by continuously monitoring a user's speech in real-time to generate audio data based, transcribing the audio data to text and analyzing the text of the audio data to determine a sentiment of the audio data is disclosed. A trained machine learning model may be applied to correlate the text and the determined sentiment to clinical information associated with symptoms of a mental health disorder to determine whether the symptoms are a symptom event. The initial determination may be transmitted to a second device to determine (and/or verify) whether or not the symptom event was falsely recognized. The trained machine learning model may be updated based on a response from the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Benjamin D. Briggs, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Leigh Anne H. Clevenger
  • Publication number: 20190121611
    Abstract: A system, computer program product, and method are provided for use with an intelligent computer platform to convert audio data intents to one or more physical actions. The aspect of converting audio data intent includes receiving audio, converting the audio to text, parsing the text into segments, identifying a physical action and associated application that are proximal in time to the received audio. A corpus is searched for evidence of the text to identify evidence of a physical user interface trace with a select application. An outcome is generated from the evidence. The outcome includes an instruction to invoke a user interface trace with the select application as a representation of the received audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Justin D. Weisz
  • Publication number: 20190121612
    Abstract: A system, computer program product, and method are provided for use with an intelligent computer platform to convert speech intents to one or more physical actions. The aspect of converting speech intent includes receiving audio, converting the audio to text, parsing the text into segments, identifying a physical action and associated application that are proximal in time to the received audio. A corpus is searched for evidence of a pattern associated with the received audio and corresponding physical action(s) and associated application. An outcome is generated from the evidence. The outcome includes identification of an application and production of an affirmative instruction. The instruction is converted to a user interface trace that is executed within the identified application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Justin D. Weisz
  • Patent number: 10250940
    Abstract: A video stream control method, system, and a computer program product include analyzing a video stream to identify a section of the video stream where a condition will occur, delivering a notification that the condition will occur in the section of the video stream and modifying the video stream before the section of the video stream is played, and selecting a type of delivery of the section of the video stream based on a set of rules factoring the condition and user data at a time of the notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Elham Khabiri, Justin David Weisz
  • Publication number: 20190068541
    Abstract: A method for checking against transmitting a message to an unintended recipient, includes developing, using a processor on a computer, a training model of a linguistic profile of messages previously transmitted electronically by a user to a recipient, by iteratively computing a composite feature vector over a set of all messages previously transmitted electronically to the recipient, the iterations for developing the training model continuing until summed proportional changes across all features falls below a first preset threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Justin David Weisz
  • Patent number: 10209363
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a system for implementing a restricted-operation region. The system includes an instruction development module configured to be utilized in the development of a set of instructions that implement an operation policy of the restricted-operation region. The set of instructions is configured to, when interpreted, implement the operation policy by controlling at least one function of a vehicle that attempts to operate within the restricted-operation region. The system further includes a first transmitter configured to transmit the set of instructions to the vehicle, wherein a processor of the vehicle is configured to interpret the set of instructions based at least in part on a determination that the vehicle is attempting to operate within the restricted-operation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Jonathan H. Connell, II, Jason B. Ellis, Robert G. Farrell, Danny Soroker