Patents by Inventor Timothy Cogan

Timothy Cogan 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).

  • Patent number: 11948297
    Abstract: A racially unbiased mammogram analyzer includes an interface for receiving mammograms; a processor for extracting features of mammograms of general population; a processor for extracting features of mammograms of a specific race. In one embodiment, the general population mammogram features are represented by middle layers of a CNN and the race specific features are represented by the end layer of the CNN network. In one embodiment, the race specific layers of CNN change dynamically according to the race indication done explicitly. In one embodiment the race specific layers of CNN change dynamically according to the race indication given by race indication processor. In one embodiment, the race indications are computed by a network of parallel variational autoencoder networks. In one embodiment, the race indicator computes race specific information to the CNN and are provided by variational autoencoders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MedCognetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Cogan, Richard Stubblefield, Lakshman Tamil
  • Patent number: 11588977
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus that can be used to adjust for distorted ambient light readings caused by the ambient light sensor being located behind the display screen. The strategy of the disclosure relies, at least in part, on spectral decomposition of ambient light measurements into independent sources (e.g., red, green, and blue display components of an Organic Light Emitting Diode (“OLED”) display screen and ambient light). Following the spectral decomposition technique, a more accurate ambient light measurement can be obtained in some instances. This technique enables determinations such as ambient lux and correlated color temperature independent of the content displayed on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: AMS INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Doug Nelson, George Richard Kelly, James Archibald, Pradeep Hegde, Timothy Cogan
  • Publication number: 20230052228
    Abstract: A method of measuring a distance using a time of flight sensor comprising a substantially transparent cover covering a light emitter and one or more photodetectors. The method comprises emitting a series of pulses of light from the light emitter; and using the one or more photodetectors to obtain a distribution of times at which at least one photodetector of the one or more photodetectors detected photons after each emission of the series of pulses of light. If the distribution of times comprises only a single peak, the method further comprises analysing the single peak to determine if the single peak includes counts of photons reflected from a target. If the single peak includes counts of photons reflected from a target, the method further comprises measuring the separation between a reference time and a point of the single peak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: ams International AG
    Inventors: Doug NELSON, Pradeep HEGDE, Timothy COGAN
  • Patent number: 11580901
    Abstract: Techniques are described for portable computing devices and other apparatus that include an ambient light sensor. The techniques can be particularly advantageous for situations in which the ambient light sensor is disposed behind a display screen of a host device such that ambient light detected by the sensor passes through the light emitting display before being detected by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: AMS AG
    Inventors: Timothy Cogan, Doug Nelson, Pradeep Hegde, James Archibald, Drew Paterson, George Richard Kelly, David Harlow Sin
  • Publication number: 20220236110
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus that can be used to determine various characteristics of ambient light when an ambient light sensor is located behind a display screen. The strategy of the disclosure relies, at least in part, on spectral decomposition of ambient light measurements into components (e.g., red, green, and blue components of an Organic Light Emitting Diode (“OLED”) display screen and ambient light). Following the spectral decomposition technique, statistical analysis are performed on the measurement data to remove the OLED light components from the measurement. This technique enables determinations such as ambient lux and correlated color temperature independent of the content displayed on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: James Archibald, Doug Nelson, Timothy Cogan
  • Publication number: 20220196812
    Abstract: Time of Flight Sensor A method of measuring optical crosstalk in a time of flight sensor, which comprises a substantially transparent cover covering a light emitter and one or more photodetectors. The method comprises emitting a series of pulses of light from the light emitter; and using the one or more photodetectors to obtain a distribution of times at which at least one photodetector of the one or more photodetectors detected photons after each emission of the series of pulses of light. The method further comprises recording one or more parameters of the earliest peak if the distribution comprises two or more separate peaks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Doug Nelson, Pradeep Hegde, Timothy Cogan
  • Publication number: 20220172676
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus that can be used to adjust for distorted ambient light readings caused by the ambient light sensor being located behind the display screen. The strategy of the disclosure relies, at least in part, on spectral decomposition of ambient light measurements into independent sources (e.g., red, green, and blue display components of an Organic Light Emitting Diode (“OLED”) display screen and ambient light). Following the spectral decomposition technique, a more accurate ambient light measurement can be obtained in some instances. This technique enables determinations such as ambient lux and correlated color temperature independent of the content displayed on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Doug NELSON, George Richard KELLY, James ARCHIBALD, Pradeep HEGDE, Timothy COGAN
  • Publication number: 20210405158
    Abstract: Techniques for determining dynamically the intensity of the reflection from a transmissive cover and neutralizing it so as to improve the accuracy of depth measurements. Depth measurements of light modulation at multiple frequencies—which also can be used for depth disambiguation—are obtained and used to decouple the information to estimate the intensity of the signal reflected by the transmissive cover itself or a smudge on the transmissive cover, and the intensity of the signal reflected by the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Pradeep Hegde, Timothy Cogan, Doug Nelson, Drew Paterson
  • Publication number: 20210390903
    Abstract: Techniques are described for portable computing devices and other apparatus that include an ambient light sensor. The techniques can be particularly advantageous for situations in which the ambient light sensor is disposed behind a display screen of a host device such that ambient light detected by the sensor passes through the light emitting display before being detected by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy Cogan, Doug Nelson, Pradeep Hegde, James Archibald, Drew Paterson, George Richard Kelly, David Harlow Sin
  • Publication number: 20210341609
    Abstract: Modulated light is generated using a light source of a sensor module. Using a photodetector of the sensor module, an intensity of modulated light reflected from an object towards the photo detector is measured over a period of time. An electronic control device bins the measured intensity of the reflected modulated light according to a plurality of temporal bins, determines a first temporal bin having the greatest intensity among the plurality of temporal bins, and estimates a distance between the sensor module and the object based on a first temporal bin, and one or more additional temporal bins of the plurality of temporal bins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Doug Nelson, Pradeep Hegde, Timothy Cogan
  • Publication number: 20210312853
    Abstract: The disclosure describes techniques that can be useful for situations in which an ambient light sensor is disposed behind a display screen of a host device such that ambient light detected by the sensor passes through the light emitting display before being detected by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: David Harlow Sin, Doug Nelson, George Richard Kelly, James Archibald, Pradeep Hegde, Timothy Cogan