Patents Examined by David H. Chu
  • Patent number: 11779429
    Abstract: A medical instrument display includes an image storage that stores a plurality of image data of a medical instrument, a data analyzer that searches a plurality of image data stored in the image storage on a certain condition, and a display controller that causes a display to display a first medical instrument image that has been selected from thumbnail images, the thumbnail images being based on a plurality of the image data obtained by the search, and a second medical instrument image in good order, the second medical instrument image being different from the first medical instrument image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: ROLAND DG CORPORATION, HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
    Inventors: Masaki Hanajima, Takaaki Kokubo, Takeshi Tsuji, Akinori Sugaya, Naomi Ishino
  • Patent number: 11776223
    Abstract: An interactive system and a method of use for treatment and training a person with ASD or a similar condition or problem including primary part of holograms and holographic assistant, and secondary part of a group of drones and a robot that involves the use of a pair of holograms that imitate and demonstrate the functions of the right hemisphere of the brain and the left hemisphere of the brain, the exchange of information between them through the communication between the two. The interactive system can be used in training humanoid robots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventors: Yuliana Ivanova Murdjeva, Nicoletta Atanasova Murdjeva
  • Patent number: 11769409
    Abstract: Automated parking lot digital map generation and use thereof is disclosed. Imagery of a parking lot is received from a video camera, the imagery depicting lines that define a plurality of parking spots. A parking lot digital map comprising data that defines a location and dimensions of each parking spot is generated. The parking lot digital map is stored in a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Hany A. Heikal, Hossam H. Hmimy, Mohamed Daoud
  • Patent number: 11769466
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide an image display method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: displaying a preceding image in a first display period, the preceding image comprising a video image sequence or a single image; superimposing a foreground target area of a succeeding image on an upper layer of the preceding image in a second display period for display, the succeeding image comprising a video image sequence or a single image; and displaying the succeeding image in a third display period. According to the method, a good playback effect can be achieved in scenarios where time variations are desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: DOUYIN VISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Wang, Xiaohui Shen, Yan Wang
  • Patent number: 11756225
    Abstract: An augmented reality collaboration system comprises a first system configured to display virtual content, comprising: a structure comprising a plurality of radiation emitters arranged in a predetermined pattern, and a user device comprising: one or more sensors configured to sense outputs of the plurality of radiation emitters, and one or more displays; one or more hardware processors; and a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by the one or more hardware processors to, for the user device: determine a pose of the user device with respect to the structure based on the sensed outputs of the plurality of radiation emitters, and generate an image of virtual content based on the pose of the user device with respect to the structure, wherein the image of the virtual content is projected by the one or more displays of the user device in a predetermined location relative to the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Campfire 3D, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Bar-Zeev, Alexander Tyurin, Gerald V. Wright, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11756449
    Abstract: A system and method for teaching users reading comprehension. In an aspect, user's educational teaching system and method utilizes visual representations on a user's device display of a focusing point called a Bindu and a viewpoint called a Mind's Eye to assist in the learning of words. The combination of the Bindu with the Mind's Eye force a user to align the two with one another in order to present an unobstructed view of a 3-D representation of 2-D letters, numbers, punctuations, and words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MAGICAL I AM, INC.
    Inventors: William H. Allen, Sreekanth Sunil Thankamushy, Marcia Pierson Hart
  • Patent number: 11750794
    Abstract: Apparatus, including a retaining structure (54), positioned near a subject's eye that has a pupil with a diameter, an optical combiner (52A) mounted on the structure before the eye, and a pixelated screen (60A) having an array of variably transparent pixels coating the combiner. There is an image capturing device (68A) mounted on the structure to capture an image of a scene viewed by the eye, and a projector (64A) is mounted on the structure to project at least one of a portion of the captured image and a stored image onto a section of the screen at a selected location thereof. A processor (26) renders the screen section at least partially opaque, selects the section location in response to a region of interest in the scene identified by analysis of the captured image, and determines a dimension of the section in response to the pupil diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Augmedics Ltd.
    Inventors: Nessi Benishti, Nissan Elimelech, Stuart Wolf, Elazar Gerland
  • Patent number: 11740662
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed An example apparatus to update a spatially adjustable display disclosed herein includes a display size monitor to acquire an indication of a size of the spatially adjustable display, a service image comparator to compare the indication of the size to a size model, and a source image adjuster to invoke visual configuration adjustments to an output image of the spatially adjustable display based on parameters identified in the size model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: David W. Browning
  • Patent number: 11743415
    Abstract: A display control unit causes a display unit to display a captured image of a product captured by an image capturing unit. A first obtaining unit obtains product information relating to initial setting of the product based on the captured image data. A second obtaining unit obtains a determination result of an installation state of the product based on the captured image data and the product information of the product. A third obtaining unit obtains combined image data expressing a combined image obtained by combining the captured image captured by the image capturing unit and an instruction image of installation work to be performed on the product by a user, depending on the installation state obtained by the second obtaining unit. The display control unit causes the display unit to display the combined image based on the combined image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takahiro Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11741677
    Abstract: An augmented reality structural assessment system may include a display device, at least one sensor configured to generate image data from a structure, and a processor. The processor may receive the image data that represents one or more portions of the structure and receive motion data representative of a number of steps traversed by a user about the structure. The processor may generate a visualization of a scenario related to structural damage to the one or more portions of the structure of the image data. The visualization may be presented to a user via the display device, such that the visualization augments a view of the structure via the display device to include the one or more dimensions. The processor may then receive input data regarding one or more assessments of damage to the structure corresponding to the scenario, the image data, and the one or more dimensions, and store the data regarding one or more assessments of damage in a storage component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Carlos J P Chavez, Donna Moncrief Brown, David James, Andrea Richardson, Victoria A. Santos
  • Patent number: 11741917
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a cursor and a focus indicator associated with real or virtual objects in a virtual, augmented, or mixed reality environment by a wearable display device are disclosed. The system can determine a spatial relationship between a user-movable cursor and a target object within the environment. The system may render a focus indicator (e.g., a halo, shading, or highlighting) around or adjacent objects that are near the cursor. The focus indicator may be emphasized in directions closer to the cursor and deemphasized in directions farther from the cursor. When the cursor overlaps with a target object, the system can render the object in front of the cursor (or not render the cursor at all), so the object is not occluded by the cursor. The cursor and focus indicator can provide the user with positional feedback and help the user navigate among objects in the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventors: John Austin Day, Lorena Pazmino, James Cameron Petty, Paul Armistead Hoover, Chris Sorrell, James M. Powderly, Savannah Niles
  • Patent number: 11734929
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enhancing computer-generated visualization of items, including enhancing visualization of product images in a web-based augmented reality (AR) user interface, displaying elements that enable users to select AR-enabled images of products (e.g., room décor, furniture, or other products), and transmitting AR-enabled images of the products in a room to one or more distributed computer systems (e.g., in real time). These and other images may be saved or selected in the various platforms, web-based documents, or locally-run applications as AR-enabled images of products to view a set of user-selected AR-enabled images in a single view (e.g., on a web page), and, when in a room, selectively display and interact with an AR-enabled view in the room of the corresponding products from the AR-enabled images list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Marxent Labs LLC
    Inventors: Bret Besecker, Barry Besecker, Vincent Anthony Kilian, Jeffrey Rudderman
  • Patent number: 11727615
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe techniques for editing a needle point path displayed on a touch screen. For example, a stylus can be used to select a portion of the needle point path which can then be moved, rotated, shrunk/enlarged, deleted, replaced, copied, etc. The embodiments herein may convert the selected portion of the needle point path into a graphics region which can then be manipulated. Once edited, the path can then be added back to the needle point path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: CreateMe Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ursula C. Wolz, Christopher W. Dunne
  • Patent number: 11712189
    Abstract: A dipole group quantification method includes quantitating a dipole group that are sources of signals based on positions of dipoles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Hirano, Masayuki Hirata, Toshiharu Nakashima, Miyako Asai
  • Patent number: 11707806
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and/or methods are disclosed relating to welding systems that allow for virtual marking of welding workpieces. In some examples, a virtual marking process of the welding system generates and/or displays one or more markings on a display of the welding system in response to a dynamic input. In some examples, the dynamic input may comprise one or more of a user input received via a user interface, a marking instrument, and/or a welding gun of the welding system. In some examples, the dynamic input may comprise images captured by the welding system and recognized by the welding system as indicating markings. In some examples, the markings may guide an operator by indicating weld locations and/or weld order. In some examples, the markings may include embedded marking data (and/or metadata) that may be accessed and/or displayed to provide additional information and/or guidance to the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: William Joshua Becker, Olivia Arreola
  • Patent number: 11694369
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle user interface device including a display configured to display a first Augmented Reality (AR) graphic object at a point in a display area corresponding to a first point, and at least one processor configured to obtain distance data between a vehicle and the first point and change the first AR graphic object based on the distance data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ilwan Kim, Jaeho Lee, Sunghwan Choi, Dukyung Jung
  • Patent number: 11670056
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are described for obtaining, from a first tracking system, an initial three-dimensional (3D) position of an electronic device in relation to image features captured by a camera of the electronic device and obtaining, from a second tracking system, an orientation associated with the electronic device. Responsive to detecting a movement of the electronic device, obtaining, from the second tracking system, an updated orientation associated with the detected movement of the electronic device, generating and providing a query to the first tracking system, the query corresponding to at least a portion of the image features and including the updated orientation and the initial 3D position of the electronic device, generating, for a sampled number of received position changes, an updated 3D position for the electronic device and generating a 6-DoF pose using the updated 3D positions and the updated orientation for the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Aveek Purohit, Kan Huang
  • Patent number: 11670026
    Abstract: A server machine modifies an augmented reality (AR) object in response to fulfillment of a condition. The machine provides, to a user device, object data that defines the AR object. The object data specifies a physical geolocation of the AR object, a presentation attribute of the AR object, a conditional modification program, and a trigger condition for execution of the conditional modification program. The object data causes the user device to present the AR object with a first appearance, located at the physical geolocation. The machine detects fulfillment of the trigger condition, and in response, the machine executes the conditional modification program. This modifies the object data by modifying the presentation attribute. The machine provides, to the user device, the modified object data, which causes the user device to present the AR object with a second appearance based on the modified presentation attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Ilteris Canberk, Andrés Monroy-Hernández, Rajan Vaish
  • Patent number: 11663795
    Abstract: A streaming-based VR multi-split system and method are provided. The system includes a control system, a manipulation terminal and at least one experience terminal. The control system includes a streaming media server, a streaming coding and decoding interaction module and a VR platform. The streaming decoding and interaction processing module is configured to receive a video stream sent by the streaming coding and decoding interaction module, collect interaction data at one side of the manipulation terminal in real time, and transmit the interaction data to the streaming coding and decoding interaction module. The streaming coding and decoding interaction module sends a video picture code of the VR platform to the manipulation terminal, and pushes the video stream corresponding to the interaction data to the streaming media server. A presentation picture corresponding to an operation of the experience terminal is acquired by the streaming media server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: QINGDAO PICO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ruisheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11663748
    Abstract: A captured image acquisition unit of a display control device according to the present invention acquires an image captured by an imaging device mounted on a loading vehicle. A loaded weight acquisition unit acquires a loaded weight measured by a weight scale mounted on a transport vehicle. A display image generation unit generates a display image obtained by disposing an image showing the loaded weight on the captured image. A display control unit outputs a display signal for displaying the display image to a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Qi Ding, Yasuhiro Ibusuki, Jun Morinaga, Masanori Minagawa