Patents by Inventor Richard V. Burns

Richard V. Burns 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).

  • MATCHED REPRESENTATION SPACE METHOD FOR NUMERICALLY ENCODING DATA
    Publication number: 20140105511
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for numerically encoding and representing data that includes providing a representation of data and separating the representation into a scale header and an additional precision packet. Separating the representation includes identifying the location of the highest-order non-zero bit and encoding the location of the highest-order non-zero bit to form the scale header. The balance of the bits following the highest-order non-zero bit, or a truncated set of these bits, is encoded to form the additional precision packet, and a matched representation space (MRS) representation is composed of the paired data structures of a scale header and a corresponding additional precision packet, if any.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: MacAulay-Brown, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Kosinski, Richard V. Burns, Elliott J. Moser, Richard J. Kozick, Steve R. Lindle, Nicholas A. Pequignot
  • Ribcage segmentation
    Patent number: 8340378
    Abstract: A technique for segmenting a ribcage, e.g., in a chest radiograph, may involve determining whether or not the top of the image cuts through the lungs. The process may then proceed to segment the top and the sides of the ribcage. A dynamic programming technique may be used to perform the segmentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Riverain Medical Group, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Knapp, Richard V. Burns, Praveen Kakumanu
  • CHEST X-RAY REGISTRATION, SUBTRACTION AND DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20100266188
    Abstract: Images may be registered by performing a number of operations that may include coarse alignment, coarse registration, and fine registration. The finely-registered images may be subtracted to obtain a residual image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: RIVERAIN MEDICAL GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Richard V. Burns, Jason F. Knapp, Tripti Shastri, Steve W. Worrell
  • MULTI-IMAGE CORRELATION
    Publication number: 20100098305
    Abstract: A technique for registering multiple image representations relating to a common region of interest may involve producing multiple displacements from the image representations for a key point. A final displacement for the key point may be determined from correlations of the multiple displacements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Riverain Medical Group LLC
    Inventors: Richard V. Burns, Jason Knapp, Steve Worrell
  • RIBCAGE SEGMENTATION
    Publication number: 20100098313
    Abstract: A technique for segmenting a ribcage, e.g., in a chest radiograph, may involve determining whether or not the top of the image cuts through the lungs. The process may then proceed to segment the top and the sides of the ribcage. A dynamic programming technique may be used to perform the segmentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Riverain Medical Group, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Knapp, Richard V. Burns, Praveen Kakumanu
  • OBJECT SEGMENTATION IN IMAGES
    Publication number: 20090060366
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention may process an input image using phase symmetry methods and use the resulting processing results to determine an object in the image. The object may be suppressed, if desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: RIVERAIN MEDICAL GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Steve W. Worrell, Peter Maton, Praveen Kakumanu, Tripti Shastri, Richard V. Burns