Patents by Inventor Noel C. Codella

Noel C. Codella 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: 9311716
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for static image segmentation are provided herein. A method includes segmenting a static image containing a target object into multiple regions based on one or more visual features of the static image; analyzing video content containing the target object to determine a similarity metric across the multiple segmented regions based on motion information associated with each of the multiple segmented regions; and applying the similarity metric to the static image to identify two or more of the multiple segmented regions as being portions of the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Noel C. Codella, Gang Hua, John R. Smith
  • Publication number: 20160092789
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for category oversampling for imbalanced machine learning are provided herein. A method includes identifying an anchor data point in a given class of data points underrepresented among multiple classes in a data set of multiple data points, wherein each data point represent a vector; determining a number of data points in the given class that neighbor the anchor data point, wherein the number comprises two or more; applying a weight to (i) each of the number of data points to create a number of weighted neighboring data points, and (ii) the anchor data point to create a weighted anchor data point, wherein the sum of all weights is equal to one; performing a vector summation by summing the number of weighted neighboring data points and the weighted anchor data point; and generating a synthetic data point based on said vector summation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Noel C. Codella, Gang ` Hua, John R. Smith
  • Patent number: 9299145
    Abstract: Systems and articles of manufacture for image segmentation are provided herein, and include creating an anatomical model from training data comprising one or more imaging modalities, generating one or more simulated images in a target modality based on the anatomical model and one or more principles of physics pertaining to image contrast generation, and comparing the one or more simulated images to an unlabeled input image of a given imaging modality to determine a simulated image of the one or more simulated images to represent the unlabeled input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Noel C. Codella, John R. Smith
  • Patent number: 9280819
    Abstract: Methods for image segmentation are provided herein. A method includes creating an anatomical model from training data comprising one or more imaging modalities, generating one or more simulated images in a target modality based on the anatomical model and one or more principles of physics pertaining to image contrast generation, and comparing the one or more simulated images to an unlabeled input image of a given imaging modality to determine a simulated image of the one or more simulated images to represent the unlabeled input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Noel C. Codella, John R. Smith
  • Publication number: 20150332469
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for static image segmentation are provided herein. A method includes segmenting a static image containing a target object into multiple regions based on one or more visual features of the static image; analyzing video content containing the target object to determine a similarity metric across the multiple segmented regions based on motion information associated with each of the multiple segmented regions; and applying the similarity metric to the static image to identify two or more of the multiple segmented regions as being portions of the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Noel C. Codella, Gang Hua, John R. Smith
  • Publication number: 20150317789
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program for categorizing heart diseases is presented. An example method includes receiving a series of cardiac images of a heart, the cardiac images including a myocardium, and interior fibrous muscles of the heart. Cardiac images are segmented, into a myocardium segmentation showing an anatomical shape and a motion of the myocardium, and an interior fibrous muscles segmentation showing an anatomical shape and a motion of the interior fibrous muscles. The myocardium segmentation is converted into a regional characterization of the anatomical shape and motion of the myocardium. The interior fibrous muscles segmentation is converted to a regional characterization of the anatomical shape and motion of the interior fibrous muscles. Heart, conditions are characterized based on the regional characterizations of the anatomical shape and the motion of the myocardium and the interior fibrous muscles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Noel C. Codella, Jonathan H. Connell, II, John R. Smith, Nalini K. Ratha
  • Publication number: 20150227840
    Abstract: Techniques for detecting an event via social media content. A method includes obtaining multiple images from at least one social media source; extracting at least one visual semantic concept from the multiple images; differentiating an event semantic concept signal from a background semantic concept signal to detect an event in the multiple images; retrieving one or more images associated with the event semantic concept signal; grouping the one or more images associated with the event semantic concept signal; annotating the group of one or more images with user feedback; and displaying the annotated group of one or more images as a visual description of the detected event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Noel C. Codella, Apostol Natsev, John R. Smith
  • Patent number: 9104667
    Abstract: Techniques for detecting an event via social media content. A method includes obtaining multiple images from at least one social media source, extracting at least one visual semantic concept from the multiple images, differentiating an event semantic concept signal from a background semantic concept signal to detect an event in the multiple images, and retrieving one or more images associated with the event semantic concept signal for presentation as a visual description of the detected event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Noel C. Codella, Apostol Natsev, John R. Smith
  • Patent number: 9031288
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for generating a cardiovascular measurement for individual identification. The method includes acquiring at least one depiction of cardiac anatomy from an individual, extracting at least one quantified representation of cardiac anatomy from the at least one depiction, defining at least one comparison technique between the at least one quantified representation of cardiac anatomy and at least one additional quantified representation of cardiac anatomy, and identifying the individual based on the at least one defined comparison technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Noel C. Codella, Jonathan Connell, Gong Leiguang, Apostol I. Natsev, Nalini Ratha
  • Patent number: 9002069
    Abstract: A system and article of manufacture for social media event detection and content-based retrieval include obtaining multiple images from at least one social media source, extracting at least one visual semantic concept from the multiple images, differentiating an event semantic concept signal from a background semantic concept signal to detect an event in the multiple images, and retrieving one or more images associated with the event semantic concept signal for presentation as a visual description of the detected event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Noel C. Codella, Apostol Natsev, John R. Smith
  • Publication number: 20150055842
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for image segmentation are provided herein. A method includes creating an anatomical model from training data comprising one or more imaging modalities, generating one or more simulated images in a target modality based on the anatomical model and one or more principles of physics pertaining to image contrast generation, and comparing the one or more simulated images to an unlabeled input image of a given imaging modality to determine a simulated image of the one or more simulated images to represent the unlabeled input image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Noel C. Codella, John R. Smith
  • Publication number: 20150055843
    Abstract: Systems and articles of manufacture for image segmentation are provided herein, and include creating an anatomical model from training data comprising one or more imaging modalities, generating one or more simulated images in a target modality based on the anatomical model and one or more principles of physics pertaining to image contrast generation, and comparing the one or more simulated images to an unlabeled input image of a given imaging modality to determine a simulated image of the one or more simulated images to represent the unlabeled input image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noel C. Codella, John R. Smith
  • Publication number: 20140085328
    Abstract: Techniques for detecting an event via social media content. A method includes obtaining multiple images from at least one social media source, extracting at least one visual semantic concept from the multiple images, differentiating an event semantic concept signal from a background semantic concept signal to detect an event in the multiple images, and retrieving one or more images associated with the event semantic concept signal for presentation as a visual description of the detected event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noel C. Codella, Apostol Natsev, John R. Smith
  • Publication number: 20140085329
    Abstract: A system and article of manufacture for social media event detection and content-based retrieval include obtaining multiple images from at least one social media source, extracting at least one visual semantic concept from the multiple images, differentiating an event semantic concept signal from a background semantic concept signal to detect an event in the multiple images, and retrieving one or more images associated with the event semantic concept signal for presentation as a visual description of the detected event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noel C. Codella, Apostol Natsev, John R. Smith
  • Publication number: 20130279764
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for generating a cardiovascular measurement for individual identification. The method includes acquiring at least one depiction of cardiac anatomy from an individual, extracting at least one quantified representation of cardiac anatomy from the at least one depiction, defining at least one comparison technique between the at least one quantified representation of cardiac anatomy and at least one additional quantified representation of cardiac anatomy, and identifying the individual based on the at least one defined comparison technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noel C. Codella, Jonathan Connell, Gong Leiguang, Apostol I. Natsev, Nalini Ratha