US Patent Issued to Techcyte on March 24 for "Image analysis for identifying objects and classifying background exclusions" (Puerto Rico, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,198, issued on March 24, was assigned to Techcyte Inc. (Orem, Utah).

"Image analysis for identifying objects and classifying background exclusions" was invented by Richard Boyd Smith (Manati, Puerto Rico), Shane Swenson (Cottonwood Heights, Utah) and Bryan J. Worthen (South Jordan, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Labeling protocols for training datasets and systems and methods for classifying objects of interest and identifying backgrounds. Labeling protocols described herein enable grid units within an image to be excluded from contributing to a loss function, and further enable granular controls for specifying which grid units...