Patents by Inventor Saad AHMED

Saad AHMED 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).

  • Publication number: 20240112703
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for seamless insertion of modified media content. In one embodiment, a modified portion of video content is received. The modified portion has a start cue point and an end cue point that are set relative to a modification to the video content to indicate respectively when the modification approximately begins and ends compared to the video content. A video coding associated with the video content is identified. The start cue point and/or the end cue point are dynamically adjusted to align the modified portion with the video content based at least in part on the video coding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yongjun Wu, Hyo In James Moon, Abhishek Kumar, Ahmed Aly Saad Ahmed, Sitaraman Ganapathy, Steven James Cox, Yash Chaturvedi
  • Patent number: 11928880
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for detecting an uncovered portion of a body of a person in a frame of video content. In an example, a first machine learning model of a computing system may output a first score for the frame based on a map that identifies a region of the frame associated with an uncovered body part type. Depending on a value of the first score, a second machine learning model that includes a neural network architecture may further analyze the frame to output a second score. The first score and second score may be merged to produce a third score for the frame. A plurality of scores may be determined, respectively, for frames of the video content, and a maximum score may be selected. The video content may be selected for presentation on a display for further evaluation based on the maximum score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaohang Sun, Mohamed Kamal Omar, Alexander Ratnikov, Ahmed Aly Saad Ahmed, Tai-Ching Li, Travis Silvers, Hanxiao Deng, Muhammad Raffay Hamid, Ivan Ryndin
  • Patent number: 11798816
    Abstract: A method for isolating at least one conductive via from a surrounding glass substrate is provided. A support layer is formed over at least one surface of the glass substrate. Thereafter, the glass substrate is removed. As a result, the at least one conductive via can be analyzed without interference from the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Omar Saad Ahmed, Tengfei Jiang
  • Patent number: 11751581
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating unwashed fruit with fruit bloom that provide a first ultraviolet (UV) energy with one or more flashes using a first set of one or more flash lamps to a first surface of each of a plurality of blueberries and provide a second UV energy with one or more flashes using a second set of one or more flash lamps to a second surface of each of the plurality of blueberries. The system determines a fruit bloom level associated with the plurality of blueberries after provision of the first and second UV energies and determines an adjustment to a parameter of at least one of the first and second UV energies based on the fruit bloom level. The system provides UV energy with the adjusted parameter to a subsequent set of blueberries to remove microorganisms from the blueberries while retaining fruit bloom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Xenon Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan Hathaway, Roger Williams, Saad Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11746649
    Abstract: A method of determining a presence of a leak in a wall of a production tubing string includes positioning an electrical submersible pump is positioned at the string's downhole end. Based on measurements from a pressure sensor positioned at a downhole location at a discharge end of the electrical submersible pump, it is determined that a discharge pressure has decreased over a specified time period. Based on measurements from a pressure sensor within a wellhead of the well, it is determined that a pressure within the production tubing string at the surface has decreased over the specified time period. Based on measurements from a flow-rate sensor at an uphole end of the production tubing string, it is determined the flow rate has decreased relative to a calculated expected flow rate. Based on a pressure integrity test initiated in response to these determinations, the presence of the leak is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Abdullah M. Al-Dhafeeri, Saad Ahmed Al Sdeiri
  • Patent number: 11657850
    Abstract: Techniques are described for automating virtual placements in video content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmed Aly Saad Ahmed, Muhammad Raffay Hamid, Yongjun Wu, Yash Chaturvedi, Steven James Cox, Travis Silvers, Amit S. Jain, Amjad Y. A. Abu Jbara, Prasanth Saraswatula
  • Patent number: 11589116
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for detecting a type of prurient activity shown by a portion of video content. In an example, a machine learning model of a computer system may receive a second portion of video content, the machine learning model including a neural network that is trained to analyze a temporal dimension of the second portion. The machine learning model determines a score indicating a likelihood that the video content shows the type of prurient activity based in part on applying a three-dimensional filter to the second portion of the video content. The computer system then generates a video clip that includes at least the portion of the video content showing the type of prurient activity based on the score, and provides the video clip for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Kamal Omar, Xiaohang Sun, Ivan Ryndin, Tai-Ching Li, Alexander Ratnikov, Muhammad Raffay Hamid, Ahmed Aly Saad Ahmed, Travis Silvers, Hanxiao Deng
  • Patent number: 11557069
    Abstract: A system and method for estimating vascular flow using CT imaging include a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program comprising instructions, which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to acquire a first set of data comprising anatomical information of an imaging subject, the anatomical information comprises information of at least one vessel. The instructions further cause the computer to process the anatomical information to generate an image volume comprising the at least one vessel, generate hemodynamic information based on the image volume, and acquire a second set of data of the imaging subject. The computer is also caused to generate an image comprising the hemodynamic information in combination with a visualization based on the second set of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Robert F. Senzig, Ravikanth Avancha, Bijan Dorri, Sandeep Dutta, Steven J. Gray, Jiang Hsieh, John Irvin Jackson, Giridhar Jothiprasad, Paul Edgar Licato, Darin Robert Okerlund, Toshihiro Rifu, Saad Ahmed Sirohey, Basel Taha, Peter Michael Edic, Jerome Knoplioch, Rahul Bhotika
  • Publication number: 20220220844
    Abstract: A method of determining a presence of a leak in a wall of a production tubing string includes positioning an electrical submersible pump is positioned at the string's downhole end. Based on measurements from a pressure sensor positioned at a downhole location at a discharge end of the electrical submersible pump, it is determined that a discharge pressure has decreased over a specified time period. Based on measurements from a pressure sensor within a wellhead of the well, it is determined that a pressure within the production tubing string at the surface has decreased over the specified time period. Based on measurements from a flow-rate sensor at an uphole end of the production tubing string, it is determined the flow rate has decreased relative to a calculated expected flow rate. Based on a pressure integrity test initiated in response to these determinations, the presence of the leak is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Abdullah M. Al-Dhafeeri, Saad Ahmed Al Sdeiri
  • Patent number: 11365866
    Abstract: Systems are disclosed for providing ultraviolet (UV) energy to items on a processing surface. The system includes a lamp positioned over the processing surface to provide UV energy to the processing surface and a reflector cell positioned to cause UV energy emitted from the lamp in a direction away from the processing surface to be reflected toward the processing surface. The system includes the reflector cell having a reflector cap positioned above the lamp and a shroud extending downwardly from the reflector cap toward the conveyor wherein the shroud has a vertical dimension, a longitudinal dimension, and a horizontal dimension along the direction of the conveyor such that the horizontal dimension and the longitudinal dimension define a treatment area on the conveyor. The lamp is configured to deliver energy to the treatment area such that the delivered energy to the processing surface is substantially uniform over the treatment area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Xenon Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen R. Wilk, Saad Ahmed
  • Publication number: 20220180898
    Abstract: Techniques are described for automating virtual placements in video content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Ahmed Aly Saad Ahmed, Muhammad Raffay Hamid, Yongjun Wu, Yash Chaturvedi, Steven James Cox, Travis Silvers, Amit S. Jain, Amjad Y. A. Abu Jbara, Prasanth Saraswatula
  • Publication number: 20220094702
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for growing cyber security awareness relating to social engineering and administering anti-social engineering training. The system makes use of artificial intelligence (AI), cyber security strategies and/or gamification principles to help organizations better understand and prepare for potential social engineering security risks. One embodiment of the system includes a reinforcement learning (RL) module, which further includes a trained predictor and an agent that interacts with a target. The RL module receives as input a training dataset that includes information about the target. The trained predictor generates a bait for the target based on the input training dataset; and the agent delivers the generated bait as an attack on the target. The RL module outputs a playbook of the attack, which can be used to update the training dataset and the trained predictor for subsequent iterative attacks, and/or to recommend social engineering countermeasures to the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Sherif SAAD AHMED, Luis Gabriel Rueda
  • Publication number: 20210407820
    Abstract: A method for isolating at least one conductive via from a surrounding glass substrate is provided. A support layer is formed over at least one surface of the glass substrate. Thereafter, the glass substrate is removed. As a result, the at least one conductive via can be analyzed without interference from the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Omar Saad Ahmed, Tengfei Jiang
  • Patent number: 11174107
    Abstract: A flash lamp system provides flashes to a bottom side of a conveyor to disinfect the conveyor while the conveyor is transporting products on a top side of the conveyor. The flashes are provided to discontinuous segments of the conveyor such that a portion of the conveyor is treated with each revolution, but a controller causes the entire length of the conveyor to be disinfected over multiple revolutions. The controller can respond to changes in speed and detected levels of disinfection. The disinfection system can be used in many applications, such as the transporting of fresh or frozen food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Xenon Corporation
    Inventor: Saad Ahmed
  • Publication number: 20210254810
    Abstract: Systems are disclosed for providing ultraviolet (UV) energy to items on a processing surface. The system includes a lamp positioned over the processing surface to provide UV energy to the processing surface and a reflector cell positioned to cause UV energy emitted from the lamp in a direction away from the processing surface to be reflected toward the processing surface. The system includes the reflector cell having a reflector cap positioned above the lamp and a shroud extending downwardly from the reflector cap toward the conveyor wherein the shroud has a vertical dimension, a longitudinal dimension, and a horizontal dimension along the direction of the conveyor such that the horizontal dimension and the longitudinal dimension define a treatment area on the conveyor. The lamp is configured to deliver energy to the treatment area such that the delivered energy to the processing surface is substantially uniform over the treatment area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen R. WILK, Saad AHMED
  • Publication number: 20210212330
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating unwashed fruit with fruit bloom that provide a first ultraviolet (UV) energy with one or more flashes using a first set of one or more flash lamps to a first surface of each of a plurality of blueberries and provide a second UV energy with one or more flashes using a second set of one or more flash lamps to a second surface of each of the plurality of blueberries. The system determines a fruit bloom level associated with the plurality of blueberries after provision of the first and second UV energies and determines an adjustment to a parameter of at least one of the first and second UV energies based on the fruit bloom level. The system provides UV energy with the adjusted parameter to a subsequent set of blueberries to remove microorganisms from the blueberries while retaining fruit bloom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan HATHAWAY, Roger WILLIAMS, Saad AHMED
  • Patent number: 10959441
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating unwashed fruit with fruit bloom that provide a first ultraviolet (UV) energy with one or more flashes using a first set of one or more flash lamps to a first surface of each of a plurality of blueberries and provide a second UV energy with one or more flashes using a second set of one or more flash lamps to a second surface of each of the plurality of blueberries. The system determines a fruit bloom level associated with the plurality of blueberries after provision of the first and second UV energies and determines an adjustment to a parameter of at least one of the first and second UV energies based on the fruit bloom level. The system provides UV energy with the adjusted parameter to a subsequent set of blueberries to remove microorganisms from the blueberries while retaining fruit bloom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Xenon Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan Hathaway, Roger Williams, Saad Ahmed
  • Patent number: 10865959
    Abstract: Systems are disclosed for providing ultraviolet (UV) energy to items on a processing surface. The system includes a lamp positioned over the processing surface to provide UV energy to the processing surface and a reflector cell positioned to cause UV energy emitted from the lamp in a direction away from the processing surface to be reflected toward the processing surface. The system includes the reflector cell having a reflector cap positioned above the lamp and a shroud extending downwardly from the reflector cap toward the conveyor wherein the shroud has a vertical dimension, a longitudinal dimension, and a horizontal dimension along the direction of the conveyor such that the horizontal dimension and the longitudinal dimension define a treatment area on the conveyor. The lamp is configured to deliver energy to the treatment area such that the delivered energy to the processing surface is substantially uniform over the treatment area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Xenon Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen R. Wilk, Saad Ahmed
  • Publication number: 20200299069
    Abstract: A flash lamp system provides flashes to a bottom side of a conveyor to disinfect the conveyor while the conveyor is transporting products on a top side of the conveyor. The flashes are provided to discontinuous segments of the conveyor such that a portion of the conveyor is treated with each revolution, but a controller causes the entire length of the conveyor to be disinfected over multiple revolutions. The controller can respond to changes in speed and detected levels of disinfection. The disinfection system can be used in many applications, such as the transporting of fresh or frozen food products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventor: Saad AHMED
  • Patent number: 10686810
    Abstract: Systems and methods for security in power systems are provided. A security-aware distributed control framework for resilient operation of power systems can detect and mitigate different types of attacks that might target power systems. The framework can discover a change in the features of transmitted data from neighbor agents, discard an infected agent, and achieve an updated consensus protocol agreement while satisfying a control system objective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: The Florida International University Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Ahmed Aly Saad Ahmed, Samy Gamal Faddel Mohamed, Osama Mohammed