Inventor

Quanfu Fan

Inventor
Somerville, MA, US

Overview

42→
Patents
2011–2020
Patent span
Physics
Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 42 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G06Vprimary
G06VImage or video recognition or understanding30%
G06KGraphical data reading16%
G06FElectric digital data processing14%
G06TImage data processing or generation, in general10%
G08BSignalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems8%
H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television8%
G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes7%
G07GRegistering the receipt of cash, valuables, or tokens4%
G06NComputing arrangements based on specific computational models2%
B60RVehicles, vehicle fittings, or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided for1%
PatentTitleYear
10,740,659Fusing sparse kernels to approximate a full kernel of a convolutional neural network202010,242,267Systems and methods for false alarm reduction during event detection201910,029,622Self-calibration of a static camera from vehicle information20189,971,942Object detection in crowded scenes using context-driven label propagation20189,892,326'Object detection in crowded scenes using context-driven label propagation'20189,754,178'Long-term static object detection'20179,619,715'Attribute-based alert ranking for alert adjudication'20179,569,672'Optimizing video stream processing'20179,471,832'Human activity determination from video'20169,396,621'Systems and methods for false alarm reduction during event detection'20169,355,308'Auditing video analytics through essence generation'20169,330,314'Attribute-based alert ranking for alert adjudication'20169,330,315'Determining foregroundness of an object in surveillance video data'20169,299,229'Detecting primitive events at checkout'20169,230,174'Attribute-based alert ranking for alert adjudication'20169,219,858'Generating a composite field of view using a plurality of oblique panoramic images of a geographic area'20159,197,868'Optimizing video stream processing'20159,185,289'Generating a composite field of view using a plurality of oblique panoramic images of a geographic area'20159,141,866'Summarizing salient events in unmanned aerial videos'20159,122,949'Summarizing salient events in unmanned aerial videos'20159,020,190'Attribute-based alert ranking for alert adjudication'20158,903,219'Auditing video analytics through essence generation'20148,761,451'Sequential event detection from video'20148,761,517'Human activity determination from video'20148,744,123'Modeling of temporarily static objects in surveillance video data'20148,694,443'System and method for automatically distinguishing between customers and in-store employees'20148,682,032'Event detection through pattern discovery'20148,681,232'Visual content-aware automatic camera adjustment'20148,638,380'Location-aware event detection'20148,612,286'Creating a training tool'20138,610,766'Activity determination as function of transaction log'20138,594,482'Auditing video analytics through essence generation'20138,582,803'Event determination by alignment of visual and transaction data'20138,548,203'Sequential event detection from video'20138,494,214'Dynamically learning attributes of a point of sale operator'20138,478,048'Optimization of human activity determination from video'20138,429,016'Generating an alert based on absence of a given person in a transaction'20138,345,101'Automatically calibrating regions of interest for video surveillance'20138,259,175'Optimizing video stream processing'20128,253,831'Location-aware event detection'20128,165,349'Analyzing repetitive sequential events'20127,962,365'Using detailed process information at a point of sale'2011

Career & activity timeline

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2011–2020Patents assigned to IBM (38)· patent assignee history
2011–2018Based in Somerville, MA, US· patent location history
2012–2016Patents assigned to FAN QUANFU (20)· patent assignee history
2012–2016Patents assigned to ZHAI YUN (11)· patent assignee history
2012–2016Patents assigned to HAMPAPUR ARUN (10)· patent assignee history
2013–2016Patents assigned to PANKANTI SHARATHCHANDRA U (10)· patent assignee history
2013Based in Hawthorne, NY, US· patent location history
2019–2020Based in Lexington, MA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
IBM382011–2020
FAN QUANFUself202012–2016
ZHAI YUN112012–2016
HAMPAPUR ARUN102012–2016
PANKANTI SHARATHCHANDRA U102013–2016
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Somerville, Massachusetts, US372011–2018
Hawthorne, New York, US32013
Lexington, Massachusetts, US22019–2020