Patents by Inventor Shubao Liu
Shubao Liu 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: 10499867Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, storage medium, and system for analyzing an image sequence of a periodic physiological activity. In one implementation, the method includes receiving the image sequence acquired by an imaging device, the image sequence having a plurality of frames and determining local motions for pixels in each frame of the image sequence. The local motion for a pixel may be determined using corresponding pixels in frames adjacent to the frame to which the pixel belongs. The method further includes determining principal motions for the plurality of frames based on the local motions; determining a motion magnitude profile based on the principal motions; and determining the phase of each frame in the image sequence based on the motion magnitude profile.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: SHENZHEN KEYA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Xiaoxiao Liu, Shubao Liu, Bin Ma, Kunlin Cao, Youbing Yin, Yuwei Li, Qian Zhao, Qi Song
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Patent number: 10493629Abstract: A robotic system includes one or more optical sensors configured to separately obtain two dimensional (2D) image data and three dimensional (3D) image data of a brake lever of a vehicle, a manipulator arm configured to grasp the brake lever of the vehicle, and a controller configured to compare the 2D image data with the 3D image data to identify one or more of a location or a pose of the brake lever of the vehicle. The controller is configured to control the manipulator arm to move toward, grasp, and actuate the brake lever of the vehicle based on the one or more of the location or the pose of the brake lever.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLCInventors: Arpit Jain, Charles Burton Theurer, Balajee Kannan, Shiraj Sen, Pramod Sharma, Shuai Li, Shubao Liu
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Publication number: 20190304592Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device, a system, and a computer-readable medium for calculating vessel flow parameters based on angiography. In one implementation, the device includes a processor and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the following operations: selecting a plurality of template frames from the angiographic images to generate a 3D model for a vessel; determining a start frame and an end frame in the plurality of angiographic images showing a contrast filling process; determining corresponding locations of front ends of the contrast in the start frame and the end frame in the 3D model of the vessel; calculating a vessel volume between the determined locations of the front ends in the 3D model; and determining an average blood flow rate based on the calculated volume, and a time interval between the start frame and the end frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2018Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Bin MA, Xiaoxiao LIU, Yujie ZHOU, Youbing YIN, Yuwei LI, Shubao LIU, Xiaoyang XU, Qi SONG
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Publication number: 20190209113Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, storage medium, and system for analyzing an image sequence of a periodic physiological activity. In one implementation, the method includes receiving the image sequence acquired by an imaging device, the image sequence having a plurality of frames and determining local motions for pixels in each frame of the image sequence. The local motion for a pixel may be determined using corresponding pixels in frames adjacent to the frame to which the pixel belongs. The method further includes determining principal motions for the plurality of frames based on the local motions; determining a motion magnitude profile based on the principal motions; and determining the phase of each frame in the image sequence based on the motion magnitude profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2018Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Xiaoxiao LIU, Shubao LIU, Bin MA, Kunlin CAO, Youbing YIN, Yuwei LI, Qian ZHAO, Qi SONG
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Publication number: 20190159683Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and system for determining a lumen volume of a target blood vessel. The method may include acquiring a temporal sequence of angiography images of the target blood vessel after a contract agent is injected in the target blood vessel. The method may further include identifying a region of interest containing the target blood vessel, by a processor, in each angiography image in the temporal sequence of angiography images. The method may also include integrating, by the processor, pixel values in each region of interest, and determining the lumen volume, by the processor, based on the integrated values of the regions of interest and a predetermined correlation between the integrated values and volumes of the contrast agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: BEIJING CURACLOUD TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Bin Ma, Shubao Liu, Xiaoxiao Liu, Bin Ouyang, Qi Song
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Publication number: 20190159743Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and device for performing three-dimensional blood vessel reconstruction using angiographic images. The method includes an acquisition step that acquires a first two-dimensional image of the blood vessel in the first projection direction and a corresponding reconstructed three-dimensional model of the blood vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: SHENZHEN KEYA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Bin Ma, Shubao Liu, Xiaoxiao Liu, Qi Song
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Publication number: 20190134821Abstract: A robotic system includes a controller configured to obtain image data from one or more optical sensors and to determine one or more of a location and/or pose of a vehicle component based on the image data. The controller also is configured to determine a model of an external environment of the robotic system based on the image data and to determine tasks to be performed by components of the robotic system to perform maintenance on the vehicle component. The controller also is configured to assign the tasks to the components of the robotic system and to communicate control signals to the components of the robotic system to autonomously control the robotic system to perform the maintenance on the vehicle component.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2019Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Romano Patrick, Shiraj Sen, Arpit Jain, Huan Tan, Yonatan Gefen, Shuai Li, Shubao Liu, Pramod Sharma, Balajee Kannan, Viktor Holovashchenko, Douglas Forman, John Michael Lizzi, Charles Burton Theurer, Omar Al Assad, Ghulam Ali Baloch, Frederick Wilson Wheeler, Tai-Peng Tian
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Patent number: 10147173Abstract: A method for identifying a plurality of features of interest in a seismic image includes ranking each feature of interest. The method also includes modeling a relationship between the rank of each feature of interest and a user rating of the feature of interest. The method further includes updating the ranking of the plurality of features of interest, including (1) receiving a user rating for one feature of interest that has not been previously rated by a user; (2) updating the model of the relationship between the rank of each feature of interest and the user rating of the feature of interest based on the user rating; (3) applying the model to the ranking of the plurality of features of interest; and (4) repeating steps (1)-(3) until a termination criterion is met.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2015Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignees: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANYInventors: Xiaojie Huang, Ali Can, Shubao Liu, Mark W. Dobin, Mary Johns, Leslie A. Wahrmund
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Patent number: 10114135Abstract: A method includes accessing a seismic image comprising a plurality of features of interest. The method also includes defining a plurality of configuration files for a plurality of graphical models. The method further includes applying the plurality of graphical models to the seismic image. The method also includes generating a plurality of scores for each feature of interest, wherein each graphical model generates a score for each feature of interest. The method further includes combining the plurality of scores for each feature of interest into a plurality of combined scores, wherein each feature of interest has a combined score.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2015Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Xiaojie Huang, Ali Can, Erhan Bas, Weina Ge, Shubao Liu, Mark W. Dobin, Mary Johns
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Publication number: 20170341236Abstract: A robotic system includes a controller configured to obtain image data from one or more optical sensors and to determine one or more of a location and/or pose of a vehicle component based on the image data. The controller also is configured to determine a model of an external environment of the robotic system based on the image data and to determine tasks to be performed by components of the robotic system to perform maintenance on the vehicle component. The controller also is configured to assign the tasks to the components of the robotic system and to communicate control signals to the components of the robotic system to autonomously control the robotic system to perform the maintenance on the vehicle component.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Romano Patrick, Shiraj Sen, Arpit Jain, Huan Tan, Yonatan Gefen, Shuai Li, Shubao Liu, Pramod Sharma, Balajee Kannan, Viktor Holovashchenko, Douglas Forman, John Michael Lizzi, Charles Burton Theurer, Omar Al Assad, Ghulam Ali Baloch, Frederick Wheeler
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Publication number: 20170341237Abstract: A robotic system includes one or more optical sensors configured to separately obtain two dimensional (2D) image data and three dimensional (3D) image data of a brake lever of a vehicle, a manipulator arm configured to grasp the brake lever of the vehicle, and a controller configured to compare the 2D image data with the 3D image data to identify one or more of a location or a pose of the brake lever of the vehicle. The controller is configured to control the manipulator arm to move toward, grasp, and actuate the brake lever of the vehicle based on the one or more of the location or the pose of the brake lever.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Arpit Jain, Charles Burton Theurer, Balajee Kannan, Shiraj Sen, Pramod Sharma, Shuai Li, Shubao Liu
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Publication number: 20170254911Abstract: A method of identifying bounded hydrocarbon formations of interest in a seismic data set includes obtaining a seismic data set, pre-processing the seismic data set, inputting the plurality of graphical model inputs and one or more rules to a graphical model, wherein the rules define a relationship between a plurality of attributes of a bounded hydrocarbon formation, running a graphical model on the graphical model inputs, post-processing the graphical model outputs, and displaying the ranked clusters in order of rank.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2016Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: Ali Can, Erhan Bas, Weina Ge, Shubao Liu, Xiaojie Huang, Mary Katherine Johns, Mark Wayne Dobin
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Publication number: 20170193647Abstract: A method for identifying a plurality of features of interest in a seismic image includes ranking each feature of interest. The method also includes modeling a relationship between the rank of each feature of interest and a user rating of the feature of interest. The method further includes updating the ranking of the plurality of features of interest, including (1) receiving a user rating for one feature of interest that has not been previously rated by a user; (2) updating the model of the relationship between the rank of each feature of interest and the user rating of the feature of interest based on the user rating; (3) applying the model to the ranking of the plurality of features of interest; and (4) repeating steps (1)-(3) until a termination criterion is met.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2015Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Xiaojie Huang, Ali Can, Shubao Liu, Mark W. Dobin, Mary Johns, Leslie A. Wahrmund
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Publication number: 20170192114Abstract: A method includes accessing a seismic image comprising a plurality of features of interest. The method also includes defining a plurality of configuration files for a plurality of graphical models. The method further includes applying the plurality of graphical models to the seismic image. The method also includes generating a plurality of scores for each feature of interest, wherein each graphical model generates a score for each feature of interest. The method further includes combining the plurality of scores for each feature of interest into a plurality of combined scores, wherein each feature of interest has a combined score.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2015Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Xiaojie Huang, Ali Can, Erhan Bas, Weina Ge, Shubao Liu, Mark W. Dobin, Mary Johns
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Patent number: 9324155Abstract: Systems and methods for determining parameters for image analysis are provided. One method includes obtaining ultrasound data of an object, generating an image of the object, and identifying a region of interest in the image. The method also includes determining a plurality of spatially varying parameters for image analysis of the region of interest using prior information for one or more objects of interest, including prior location information for the one or more objects of interest, and wherein the plurality of spatially varying parameters are determined for a plurality of sections of the region of interest and different for at least some of the plurality of sections. The method further includes using the plurality of spatially varying parameters for performing image analysis of the region of interest in the image to determine the location of the one or more objects of interest.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Paulo Ricardo Mendonca, Dirk Ryan Padfield, Chandan Kumar Mallappa Aladahalli, Shubao Liu, Theresa Rose Broniak
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Patent number: 9305345Abstract: A method for image based inspection of an object includes receiving an image of an object from an image capture device, wherein the image includes a representation of the object with mil-level precision. The method further includes projecting a measurement feature of the object from the image onto a three-dimensional (3D) model of the object based on a final projection matrix; determining a difference between the projected measurement feature and an existing measurement feature on the 3D model; and sending a notification including the difference between the projected measurement feature and the existing measurement feature.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ser Nam Lim, Jose Abiel Garza, David Scott Diwinsky, Li Guan, Shubao Liu, Xingwei Yang, Jens Rittscher
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Patent number: 9251582Abstract: A computer-implemented system for enhanced automated visual inspection of a physical asset includes a visual inspection device capable of generating images of the physical asset and a computing device including a processor and a memory device coupled to the processor. The computing device includes a storage device coupled to the memory device and coupled to the processor. The storage device includes at least one historic image of the physical asset and at least one engineering model substantially representing the physical asset. The computing device is configured to receive, from a present image source, at least one present image of the physical asset captured by the visual inspection device. The computing device is configured to identify at least one matching historic image corresponding to the at least one present image. The computing device is configured to identify at least one matching engineering model corresponding to the at least one present image.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2012Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ser Nam Lim, Vinod Padmanabhan Kumar, Russell Robert Irving, John Brandon Laflen, Li Guan, Shubao Liu, Xingwei Yang
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Publication number: 20150310604Abstract: A method for image based inspection of an object includes receiving an image of an object from an image capture device, wherein the image includes a representation of the object with mil-level precision. The method further includes projecting a measurement feature of the object from the image onto a three-dimensional (3D) model of the object based on a final projection matrix; determining a difference between the projected measurement feature and an existing measurement feature on the 3D model; and sending a notification including the difference between the projected measurement feature and the existing measurement feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2014Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ser Nam Lim, Jose Abiel Garza, David Scott Diwinsky, Li Guan, Shubao Liu, Xingwei Yang, Jens Rittscher
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Publication number: 20150254866Abstract: Systems and methods for determining parameters for image analysis are provided. One method includes obtaining ultrasound data of an object, generating an image of the object, and identifying a region of interest in the image. The method also includes determining a plurality of spatially varying parameters for image analysis of the region of interest using prior information for one or more objects of interest, including prior location information for the one or more objects of interest, and wherein the plurality of spatially varying parameters are determined for a plurality of sections of the region of interest and different for at least some of the plurality of sections. The method further includes using the plurality of spatially varying parameters for performing image analysis of the region of interest in the image to determine the location of the one or more objects of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2014Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Paulo Ricardo Mendonca, Dirk Ryan Padfield, Chandan Kumar Mallappa Aladahalli, Shubao Liu, Theresa Rose Broniak
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Patent number: 8942465Abstract: Methods and systems for processing images are provided. One method includes obtaining a plurality of images corresponding to at least one area of an object and performing a rectification of at least some of the plurality of images using a reference structure. The method also includes performing a gradient vector field analysis on the rectified plurality of images of the object to identify anomaly regions within the object.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2011Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Glen William Brooksby, Paulo Ricardo Dos Santos Mendonca, Shubao Liu, Qi Song