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).
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Patent number: 9311716Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 14, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Noel C. Codella, Gang Hua, John R. Smith
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Publication number: 20160092789Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Noel C. Codella, Gang ` Hua, John R. Smith
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Patent number: 9299145Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 28, 2013Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Noel C. Codella, John R. Smith
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Patent number: 9280819Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 26, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Noel C. Codella, John R. Smith
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Publication number: 20150332469Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2014Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Noel C. Codella, Gang Hua, John R. Smith
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Publication number: 20150317789Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2014Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Noel C. Codella, Jonathan H. Connell, II, John R. Smith, Nalini K. Ratha
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Publication number: 20150227840Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Noel C. Codella, Apostol Natsev, John R. Smith
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Patent number: 9104667Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 24, 2012Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Noel C. Codella, Apostol Natsev, John R. Smith
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Patent number: 9031288Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 18, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Noel C. Codella, Jonathan Connell, Gong Leiguang, Apostol I. Natsev, Nalini Ratha
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Patent number: 9002069Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 24, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Noel C. Codella, Apostol Natsev, John R. Smith
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Publication number: 20150055842Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Noel C. Codella, John R. Smith
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Publication number: 20150055843Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Noel C. Codella, John R. Smith
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Publication number: 20140085328Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Noel C. Codella, Apostol Natsev, John R. Smith
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Publication number: 20140085329Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Noel C. Codella, Apostol Natsev, John R. Smith
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Publication number: 20130279764Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2012Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Noel C. Codella, Jonathan Connell, Gong Leiguang, Apostol I. Natsev, Nalini Ratha