Patents by Inventor Michael S. Beauchamp

Michael S. Beauchamp 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).

  • Systems and methods of conveying a visual image to a person fitted with a visual prosthesis
    Patent number: 11235152
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides a computer-implemented method of conveying a visual image to a blind subject fitted with a visual prosthesis. The computer-implemented method includes: mapping a representation of a visual image onto a two-dimensional array of points having a resolution greater than or equal to an electrode resolution of the visual prosthesis; identifying one or more continuous paths along the mapped representation; and controlling the visual prosthesis to sequentially actuate electrodes along the one or more paths. Another aspect of the invention provides a system including: a visual prosthesis comprising multiple electrodes; and an imaging processing device in communication with the visual prosthesis. The imaging processing device can be programmed to receive an image and perform any of the methods described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Baylor College of Medicine
    Inventors: Michael S. Beauchamp, Daniel Yoshor, William H. Bosking, III
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONVEYING A VISUAL IMAGE TO A PERSON FITTED WITH A VISUAL PROSTHESIS
    Publication number: 20210093864
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides a computer-implemented method of conveying a visual image to a blind subject fitted with a visual prosthesis. The computer-implemented method includes: mapping a representation of a visual image onto a two-dimensional array of points having a resolution greater than or equal to an electrode resolution of the visual prosthesis; identifying one or more continuous paths along the mapped representation; and controlling the visual prosthesis to sequentially actuate electrodes along the one or more paths. Another aspect of the invention provides a system including: a visual prosthesis comprising multiple electrodes; and an imaging processing device in communication with the visual prosthesis. The imaging processing device can be programmed to receive an image and perform any of the methods described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Baylor College of Medicine
    Inventors: Michael S. Beauchamp, Daniel Yoshor, William H. Bosking, III