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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185362 | Integration of fast feedback into systems configuration A configuration operation set for configuring a system element is tested by simulating execution of the control operation set with simulation sample test data. The configuration operation set is received via a configuration user interface in a configuration view. Si... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184157 | Generalized multi-sensor planning and systems A method is disclosed for the analysis of scenarios where there are dynamically occurring objects capable of occluding each others. Application of the method in vision systems is also disclosed. Methods for incorporating visibility constraints for occluding scenario... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8165863 | Visualization method for electrical machine operation models based on mechanical machine operation models A visualization of an electrical machine operation model of logic controller behavior is displayed on a display such as a two-dimensional computer display. The display includes separate spaces representing separate devices in the model. For each device, several char... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165376 | System and method for automatic detection of rib metastasis in computed tomography volume A method and system for automatically detecting rib metastasis in a thoracic CT volume is disclosed. The ribs are segmented in said CT volume by recursive tracing. A series of cross-sectional images are then generated along a centerline of each rib. Cortical and tra... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157736 | System and method for feature detection in ultrasound images A system and method for feature detection in ultrasound images is disclosed. The method estimates speckle distributions in windows on opposing sides of a pixel of an ultrasound image. The divergence is calculated for the pixel between the estimated speckle distribut... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150116 | Method and system for detection of deformable structures in medical images A method and system for detection of deformable structures in medical images is disclosed. Deformable structures can represent blood flow patterns in images such as Doppler echocardiograms. A probabilistic, hierarchical, and discriminant framework is used to detect ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8135453 | Method and apparatus for ear canal surface modeling using optical coherence tomography imaging A method and apparatus for generating a three dimensional representation of an ear canal are disclosed whereby an ear canal of a patient is imaged using optical coherence tomography (OCT). In a first embodiment, cross-section images of an ear canal are taken by, for... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135153 | Computerized automatic wax guard design modeling system and method for hearing instruments A method and appertaining system provide for automatically adding a wax guard to a hearing aid shell impression. The location of a canal, tip of the canal, and central line of the impression are automatically identified in a digital 3D representation of a hearing ai... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8126273 | Method for reconstructing three-dimensional images from two-dimensional image data A method for reconstructing three-dimensional, plural views of images from two dimensional image data. The method includes: obtaining two-dimensional, stereo digital data from images of an object; processing the digital data to generate an initial three-dimensional ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121360 | Computer aided detection and decision support A system for computer aided detection and decision support includes an ontology of image representations for injecting meaning into and adding relationships among image contents, an image understanding and parsing module in communication with the ontology of image r... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117539 | Method and system for bi-directionally synchronizing tracing relationships between a requirements repository and textual requirements documents A method for bi-directional synchronization of tracing relationships between a requirements repository and textual requirements documents, including: in a first operating mode: gathering trace information from a requirements repository; and formatting the trace info... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112381 | Multivariate analysis of wireless sensor network data for machine condition monitoring Machine condition monitoring on a system utilizes a wireless sensor network to gather data from a large number of sensors. The data is processed using a multivariate statistical model to determine whether the system has deviated from a normal condition. The wireless... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8098918 | Method and system for measuring left ventricle volume A method and system for measuring the volume of the left ventricle (LV) in a 3D medical image, such as a CT, volume is disclosed. Heart chambers are segmented in the CT volume, including at least the LV endocardium and the LV epicardium. An optimal threshold value i... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098907 | Method and system for local adaptive detection of microaneurysms in digital fundus images A local adaptive method is proposed for automatic detection of microaneurysms in a digital ocular fundus image. Multiple subregions of the image are automatically analyzed and adapted to local intensity variation and properties. A priori region and location informat... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098889 | System and method for vehicle detection and tracking A method for vehicle detection and tracking includes acquiring video data including a plurality of frames, comparing a first frame of the acquired video data against a set of one or more vehicle detectors to form vehicle hypotheses, pruning and verifying the vehicle... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098290 | Multiple camera system for obtaining high resolution images of objects A system and corresponding method for image acquisition are provided, the system including a processor, an imaging adapter in signal communication with the processor for receiving image data from each of a static imaging device and a dynamic imaging device, and a ho... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095871 | System and method for GUI supported specifications for automating form field extraction with database mapping A GUI (Graphical User Interface) supported specification method for form field extraction and database mapping in a computer system that includes converting a form file into a fixed electronic document format by using a GUI which is used to specify the form file and... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086427 | Method and apparatus for the registration of 3D ear impression models A method of designing hearing aid molds is disclosed whereby two shapes corresponding to graphical images of ear impressions are registered with each other to facilitate joint processing of the hearing aid design. In a first embodiment, a first graphical representat... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8073252 | Sparse volume segmentation for 3D scans A computer readable medium is provided embodying instructions executable by a processor to perform a method for sparse volume segmentation for 3D scan of a target. The method including learning prior knowledge, providing volume data comprising the target, selecting ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073244 | Automatic design of morphological algorithms for machine vision The present invention provides a technique for automated selection of a parameterized operator sequence to achieve a pattern classification task. A collection of labeled data patterns is input and statistical descriptions of the inputted labeled data patterns are th... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069022 | Method and apparatus for the classification of surface features of an ear impression A method and apparatus is disclosed whereby a point on an ear impression model to be labeled is selected and a shape context is determined for that point. This shape context is then compared to average shape contexts for different regions on a reference ear impressi... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065127 | Particle system architecture in a multi-body physics simulation An architecture tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium, the architecture for creating a particle system to be used in a physical simulation, including: a plurality of particle generation modules, wherein a particle generation module generates particles in a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059877 | Method and apparatus for fast automatic centerline extraction for virtual endoscopy A method for automatic centerline extraction for a virtual endoscopy image of an organ having a boundary surface includes centering on selected points of an initial path through the image, which is derived from an endoscopy dataset, respective spheres exhibiting res... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8015550 | Systems and methods for hazards analysis A system for hazards analysis includes: a memory device for storing a program; a processor in communication with the memory device, the processor operative with the program to: access the memory device to obtain information specifying a system to be analyzed; build ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010475 | Online fault detection and avoidance framework for distributed factory control systems An on-line fault detection and avoidance method is provided for industrial control systems that include multiple interacting process controllers. The method addresses the problem that not all faults can be determined and removed at the time of system design and test... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8009887 | Method and system for automatic quantification of aortic valve function from 4D computed tomography data using a physiological model A method and system for modeling the aortic valve in 4D image data, such as 4D CT and echocardiography, is disclosed. An initial estimate of a physiological aortic valve model is determined for at least one reference frame of a 4D image sequence based on anatomic fe... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005771 | Segment-based change detection method in multivariate data stream A method and framework are described for detecting changes in a multivariate data stream. A training set is formed by sampling time windows in a data stream containing data reflecting normal conditions. A histogram is created to summarize each window of data, and da... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005652 | Method and apparatus for surface partitioning using geodesic distance An improved method of designing hearing aid molds is disclosed whereby regions of an ear impression model are identified as a function of a geodesic distance measure. According to a first embodiment, a canal point of an ear impression model is identified as that poi... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000497 | Fast detection of left ventricle and its configuration in 2D/3D echocardiogram using probabilistic boosting network A method for detecting an object of interest in an input image includes the computer-implemented steps of: receiving an image, providing a multi-class pose classifier that identifies a plurality of pose features for estimating a pose of the object of interest, provi... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7991594 | Method and apparatus for the rigid registration of 3D ear impression shapes with skeletons A method of designing hearing aid molds is disclosed whereby skeletons, or simplified models, of two ear impressions are used to register the graphical representations of the molds to facilitate the joint design of hearing aid shells. The center points of at least a... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7979244 | Method and apparatus for aperture detection of 3D hearing aid shells A method identifying apertures of ear impressions is disclosed. A plurality of contour lines associated with an ear impression are determined and a difference value between a value of a characteristic, such as the diameter, of each contour line and that characterist... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7966104 | Apparatus and method for the control of the indoor thermal environment having feed forward and feedback control using adaptive reference models A controller for controlling thermal sources affecting an air temperature in a space subjected to thermal variables, including a sensor network measuring the thermal variables; a feed forward controller generating a feed forward control signal based on an adaptive m... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961215 | Smart task-driven video collection A multi-camera system that collects images and videos of moving objects in dynamic and crowded scenes, subject to task constraints is disclosed. The system constructs “task visibility intervals” comprising information about what can be sensed in future time inte... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957584 | Fast object detection for augmented reality systems A detection method is based on a statistical analysis of the appearance of model patches from all possible viewpoints in the scene, and incorporates 3D geometry during both matching and pose estimation processes. By analyzing the computed probability distribution of... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954083 | System and method for specifying functional and non-functional requirements for a project A method for modeling requirements of a product includes defining an abstract use case for each feature of said product, hierarchically decomposing each abstract use case until concrete use cases are specified for each feature, depicting every actor who would use th... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953577 | Method and apparatus for improved fault detection in power generation equipment A method and apparatus for detecting faults in power plant equipment is discloses using sensor confidence and an improved method of identifying the normal operating range of the power generation equipment as measured by those sensors. A confidence is assigned to a s... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950004 | Devices systems and methods for testing software Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method comprising rendering a verdict indicative of whether a predetermined software system functions in a predetermined manner. The verdict can be determined based upon machine instructions. The machine instructions can be a... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949497 | Machine condition monitoring using discontinuity detection Condition signals of machines are observed and one or more discontinuities are detected in the condition signals. The discontinuities in the condition signals are compensated for (e.g., by applying a shifting factor to models of the signals) and trends of the compen... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949173 | Method and system for regression-based object detection in medical images A method and system for regression-based object detection in medical images is disclosed. A regression function for predicting a location of an object in a medical image based on an image patch is trained using image-based boosting ridge regression (IBRR). The train... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949171 | System and method for tracing rib posterior in chest CT volumes A method for tracing, rib posteriors includes providing an incomplete rib tracing comprising a digitized 3-dimensional representation of a rib and a digital image from which said rib tracing was extracted, initializing, a tracing direction for a remainder of said ri... | 05/24/2011 |
