Patents by Inventor Praveen ASHOK
Praveen ASHOK 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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Publication number: 20240135181Abstract: A method for validating a trained artificial intelligence (AI) model on a device is provided. The method includes deploying a validation model generated by applying a plurality of anticipated configurational changes associated with the trained AI model requiring validation. Further, the method includes providing input data to each of the validation model and the trained AI model for receiving an output from each of the validation model and the trained AI model, wherein the output of the validation model is further based on one or more actual configurational deviations that occurred during training of the trained AI model since deployment of the trained AI model on the device. Furthermore, the method includes combining the output of each of the validation model and the trained AI model to validate the trained AI model.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Gokulkrishna M, Siva Kailash SACHITHANANDAM, Prasanna R, Rajath Elias SOANS, Alladi Ashok Kumar SENAPATI, Praveen Doreswamy NAIDU, Pradeep NELAHONNE SHIVAMURTHAPPA
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Publication number: 20240134717Abstract: An approach for managing workload deployment in a distributed network, including edge computing is provided. The approach includes deploying several modules, such as, EMM (energy management module), LDM (localized deployment manager) and EDM (edge deployment manager). These modules will be constantly monitoring and managing the energy consumption at the edge nodes under their purview and communicate with other modules to develop a holistic energy management system (e.g., energy policies, energy algorithms, energy plans, etc.) to ensure the most effective energy management of workload is implemented.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Mathews Thomas, Utpal Mangla, Sai Srinivas Gorti, Sharath Prasad Krishna Prasad, Venkatesh Ashok Rao Rao, Praveen Jayachandran, Eric Lee Gose, Juel Daniel Raju, Amandeep Singh
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Patent number: 11949596Abstract: Data defining egress bandwidth utilization on an interface of a node may be obtained and a congestion event may be detected based at least in part on an average interface utilization (Y) being greater than a first threshold (X1). A plurality of alternate links that can accommodate excess bandwidth without exceeding the first threshold may be identified. Flows associated with the plurality of alternate links may be filtered based at least in part on business logic macro flow filtering. It may be determined whether the plurality of alternate links pass a diffusing update algorithm (DUAL)-based loop-free path-finding algorithm (LPA) analysis for the destination node prefixes whether the destination node prefixes pass the DUAL-based LPA analysis for the at least one of the plurality of alternate links and a plurality of next hops associated with the at least one of the plurality of alternate links.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Navin Ashok Suvarna, Sridhar Vaidyanathan, Praveen Shrinivas Poojary, Dhrumil Prajapati
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Publication number: 20230309826Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to an ophthalmic imaging system for imaging a target on a posterior segment of a patient's eye, the imaging system comprising: a light source configured to emit a light beam for imaging the target; an imaging device for tracking a position of an anterior segment of the patient's eye; and a controller configured to determine a movement of the target in dependence on the tracked position of the anterior segment of the patient's eye; wherein the controller is further configured to adjust an angle of incidence of the light beam that contacts the posterior segment in dependence on the determined movement of the target.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: OPTOS PLCInventor: Praveen Ashok
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Patent number: 11669968Abstract: A method of controlling an ophthalmic device operable to image an imaging region of a retina and concurrently illuminate an illumination region of the retina, the method including acquiring a reference retinal image by imaging a reference imaging area of the retina; designating a target in the reference retinal image; acquiring a current retinal image of an initial imaging region within the reference imaging area; moving the imaging region from the initial imaging region to a destination imaging region using the target and the reference retinal image, and acquiring a retinal image of the destination imaging region; illuminating the illumination region while the imaging region is the destination imaging region; acquiring one or more retinal images while the illumination module is being illuminated; and comparing a marker retinal image based on the one or more retinal image(s) with a comparison image based on the reference retinal image.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Optos PlcInventors: Praveen Ashok, Alan Anderson, Gonzalo Muyo, Alistair Gorman, Jano Van Hemert
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Patent number: 11635552Abstract: An optical system comprising: an optical element having an optical property responsive to an applied signal, a variation of the optical property with the signal exhibiting hysteresis in a first range of values and no hysteresis in a second range of values of the signal; a memory storing data representing a hysteresis curve which indicates the variation of the optical property with increasing and decreasing values of the signal; and a controller which continuously controls the optical property by: generating, based on the stored data, a cyclic signal having a discontinuity in each cycle of the cyclic signal, and setting the discontinuity size in each cycle based on the stored data such that a part of the variation of the optical property with the cyclic signal coincides with a part of the variation represented by the stored data; and applying the cyclic signal to the optical element.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: OPTOS PLCInventors: Alan Anderson, Praveen Ashok, Hiroshi Kasai, Alistair Gorman
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Patent number: 11617509Abstract: An ophthalmic device including an illumination module which scans light across a region of the retina of an eye when the pupil is disposed at a focal point of the illumination module. The ophthalmic device further comprises components (2, 3-1, 4-1) for: aligning the pupil with the focal point; monitoring a position of the pupil relative to the focal point and maintaining the alignment based on the monitored position; aligning a scan location of the illumination module on the retina to a target scan location while the alignment of the pupil with the focal point is being maintained, wherein the illumination module performs a scan at the target scan location. The ophthalmic device further maintains the scan location at the target scan location while the alignment of the pupil with the focal point is being maintained, using scan location correction information based on retinal feature information.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: OPTOS PLCInventors: Alan Anderson, Iain Gourlay, Praveen Ashok
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Publication number: 20220296094Abstract: A multimode optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging system comprises a light source arranged to emit coherent light in a path to scan a sample. An optical parameter unit is arranged in the path and is operable in at least one selected mode from among a plurality of available operating modes, including at least a first mode, a second mode and a third mode. A detector is arranged to detect reflected light, the reflected light being light reflected in the path as a result of the coherence light scanning the sample. A controller is arranged to control at least one of the light source or the optical parameter unit. The first, second and third modes include a retina mode, anterior segment mode, and biometry mode, respectively. Also provided are a method for operating a multimode OCT imaging system, and a computer-readable storage medium storing a program for performing the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2021Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: OPTOS PLCInventors: Praveen Ashok, Alan Anderson
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Publication number: 20220287559Abstract: An ophthalmic optical coherence tomography instrument, method, and computer-readable medium. The instrument includes a scanner defining an apparent point source for scanning sample light across a subject position and an objective having a posterior imaging configuration to project the apparent point source onto a pivot point between the objective and the subject position. The objective is settable between the posterior imaging configuration for scanning the sample light across a retina of an eye at the subject position and an anterior imaging configuration for scanning the sample light across a pivot plane. An axial region from which an interferogram is detectable extends across the pivot plane while the objective is in the anterior imaging configuration. A pupil alignment method uses the anterior imaging modality to obtain a structure position of a structure of an eye's anterior segment and then an offset between the structure position and a reference position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2021Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: OPTOS PLCInventors: Praveen Ashok, David Evans
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Patent number: 11426072Abstract: An ophthalmic scanning system includes a first imaging modality, a second imaging modality different from the first imaging modality, and a control system that maps the first imaging modality to the second imaging modality by compensating for at least one of an optical-mechanical and an electro-mechanical projection difference between the first and second imaging modalities. The control system provides a scan location for the second imaging modality based on a scan location of the first imaging modality.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: OPTOS PLCInventors: Sriram Vikraman Sithalakshmi Amma, Praveen Ashok, Daniel Hurst
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Publication number: 20220142472Abstract: A method of processing B-scans acquired by an OCT imaging system to generate correction data for compensating for axial displacements between B-scans caused by a variation in distance between the OCT imaging system and an imaging target, and to generate a reliability indicator indicative of a reliability of the correction data. The correction data is generated by determining, for each pair of adjacent B-scans, a respective indicator of an axial shift between respective representations of a common ocular feature in the adjacent B-scans. The reliability indicator is generated by: calculating values indicative of speeds or accelerations of the imaging target relative to the OCT imaging system when pairs of B-scans were acquired; where at least a predetermined number of calculated values exceed a threshold, setting the reliability indictor to indicate that the correction data is unreliable, and otherwise to indicate that the correction data is reliable.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: OPTOS PLCInventors: Praveen Ashok, Alan Anderson
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Publication number: 20220142471Abstract: A method of processing C-scan data, which comprises a sequence of B-scans of an imaging target acquired by an OCT imaging system, to generate correction data for compensating for axial displacements between B-scans in the sequence caused by a relative motion of the OCT imaging system and the imaging target that varies a distance therebetween during acquisition of the B-scans, the correction data being generated by determining, for each pair of adjacent B-scans of a plurality of pairs of adjacent B-scans in the sequence, a respective indicator of an axial shift between respective representations of a common ocular feature in the adjacent B-scans; and determining, from a variation of the determined indicators with locations of the corresponding pairs of adjacent B-scans in the sequence, a first frequency component of the variation which is indicative of the relative motion during acquisition of the B-scans.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: OPTOS PLCInventors: Praveen Ashok, Alan Anderson
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Patent number: 11170213Abstract: There is provided an ocular image capturing device comprising an ocular image generating module operable to generate an image of a subject's eye based on light reflected from the eye, and a determination module arranged to determine whether or not at least a portion of a pupil region of the generated image is within a predetermined permissible region within the generated image, and to generate a signal that is indicative of the determination, the pupil region being an image of at least a portion of the pupil of the eye.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: OPTOS PLCInventors: Alan Anderson, Praveen Ashok, Tomoharu Fujiwara, Yasushi Tanabe, Hiroshi Kintou, Mariko Hirokawa, Tadashi Umezaki
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Publication number: 20210100450Abstract: An ophthalmic scanning system includes a first imaging modality, a second imaging modality different from the first imaging modality, and a control system that maps the first imaging modality to the second imaging modality by compensating for at least one of an optical-mechanical and an electro-mechanical projection difference between the first and second imaging modalities. The control system provides a scan location for the second imaging modality based on a scan location of the first imaging modality.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2019Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Sriram Vikraman Sithalakshmi Amma, Praveen Ashok, Daniel Hurst
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Patent number: 10839568Abstract: A method of generating a look-up table, LUT, for constructing a dewarped B-scan image from A-scans of a cropped part of a sequence of acquired OCT A-scans, the LUT associating each of a plurality of pixel arrays that are to form the dewarped B-scan image with a respective A-scan in the cropped part. The method comprises: using an indication of a spatial distribution of scan locations of A-scans to determine a dewarp function for selecting, from among acquired A-scans, A-scans having uniformly spaced scan locations; using the function and cropping information, in accordance with which the cropped part is cropped from the acquired sequence, to select, for each array, a respective A-scan from the sequence such that A-scans are selected from the cropped part and have uniformly spaced scan locations; and storing, for each array, a respective pixel array identifier in association with a respective identifier of the selected A-scan.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: OPTOS PLCInventors: Praveen Ashok, Daniel Hurst, Alan Anderson
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Publication number: 20200242768Abstract: A method of controlling an ophthalmic device operable to image an imaging region of a retina and concurrently illuminate an illumination region of the retina, the method including acquiring a reference retinal image by imaging a reference imaging area of the retina; designating a target in the reference retinal image; acquiring a current retinal image of an initial imaging region within the reference imaging area; moving the imaging region from the initial imaging region to a destination imaging region using the target and the reference retinal image, and acquiring a retinal image of the destination imaging region; illuminating the illumination region while the imaging region is the destination imaging region; acquiring one or more retinal images while the illumination module is being illuminated; and comparing a marker retinal image based on the one or more retinal image(s) with a comparison image based on the reference retinal image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Optos PLCInventors: Praveen Ashok, Alan Anderson, Gonzalo Muyo, Alistair Gorman, Jano Van Hemert
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Publication number: 20200237217Abstract: An ophthalmic device including an illumination module which scans light across a region of the retina of an a eye when the pupil is disposed at a focal point of the illumination module. The ophthalmic device further comprises components (2, 3-1, 4-1) for: aligning the pupil with the focal point; monitoring a position of the pupil relative to the focal point and maintaining the alignment based on the monitored position; aligning a scan location of the illumination module on the retina to a target scan location while the alignment of the pupil with the focal point is being maintained, wherein the illumination module performs scan at the target scan location The ophthalmic device further maintains the scan location at the target scan location while the alignment of the pupil with the focal point is being maintained, using scan location correction information based on retinal feature information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Optos PLCInventors: Alan Anderson, Ian Gourlay, Praveen Ashok
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Publication number: 20200166676Abstract: An optical system comprising: an optical element having an optical property responsive to an applied signal, a variation of the optical property with the signal exhibiting hysteresis in a first range of values and no hysteresis in a second range of values of the signal; a memory storing data representing a hysteresis curve which indicates the variation of the optical property with increasing and decreasing values of the signal; and a controller which continuously controls the optical property by: generating, based on the stored data, a cyclic signal having a discontinuity in each cycle of the cyclic signal, and setting the discontinuity size in each cycle based on the stored data such that a part of the variation of the optical property with the cyclic signal coincides with a part of the variation represented by the stored data; and applying the cyclic signal to the optical element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: Optos PLCInventors: Alan Anderson, Praveen Ashok, Hiroshi Kasai, Alistair Gorman
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Publication number: 20190278972Abstract: There is provided an ocular image capturing device comprising an ocular image generating module operable to generate an image of a subject's eye based on light reflected from the eye, and a determination module arranged to determine whether or not at least a portion of a pupil region of the generated image is within a predetermined permissible region within the generated image, and to generate a signal that is indicative of the determination, the pupil region being an image of at least a portion of the pupil of the eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2017Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Alan ANDERSON, Praveen ASHOK, Tomoharu FUJIWARA, Yasushi TANABE, Hiroshi KINTOU, Mariko HIROKAWA, Tadashi UMEZAKI