Patents Examined by Gabriel I. Garcia
  • Patent number: 11669962
    Abstract: An example system includes a thermal camera, a memory, and processing circuitry coupled to the thermal camera and the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a core temperature of a patient and acquire a first thermal image associated with the patient. The processing circuitry is configured to determine, based on the first thermal image, a first sensed temperature of a location associated with the patient. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a core temperature delta between the core temperature and the first sensed temperature. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a second thermal image associated with the patient. The processing circuitry is configured to determine, based on the second thermal image, a second sensed temperature. The processing circuitry is configured to determine, based on the second sensed temperature and the core temperature delta, a measure of the core temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Paul S. Addison, Philip C. Smit, Anthony P. Addison
  • Patent number: 11665292
    Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus of an embodiment includes a conveyance path along which a sheet can be conveyed, and a plurality of conveyance rollers configured to move a sheet along the conveyance path. A wireless tag reader/writer is configured to read information from, and write information to, a wireless tag of a sheet on the conveyance path. A controller is configured to detect a phase change in response waves received by the wireless tag reader/writer from a wireless tag. The controller is also configured to identify whether a wireless tag is moving along the conveyance path based on the detected phase change in response waves from the wireless tag. The controller controls the wireless tag reader/writer to write information to the wireless tag identified as moving along the conveyance path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Sadatoshi Oishi
  • Patent number: 11657512
    Abstract: A method of instance segmentation, comprising, defining a bounding box, depth mapping the bounding box, sorting the depth map, estimating stability due to noise of the sorted depth map, detecting low frequency jumps of the sorted depth map based on the estimated stability, detecting high frequency jumps of the sorted depth map, comparing the detected low frequency jumps and the detected high frequency jumps, detecting at least one of a largest object and a closest object based on the comparison and pixel masking the at least one of the largest object and the closest object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Black Sesame Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Lee, Guan Wang
  • Patent number: 11647136
    Abstract: A medium-discharging device includes: a discharging section that discharges a medium; a stacker that is configured to stack the medium on a mounting surface and, in a closed state, has the mounting surface facing the housing section; and a first stopper and a second stopper that are configured to switch between a regulating state in which the stopper is in contact with a leading end of the medium and a stored state in which the stopper is stored in the stacker, in which the second stopper is provided at a position which is between the discharging section and the first stopper and at which the second stopper faces the recess when the stacker is in the closed state, and at least a portion of the second stopper enters the recess when the second stopper is in the stored state and when the stacker is in the closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Keita Fuji
  • Patent number: 11645780
    Abstract: A method for capturing an image of a scene using an imaging device is disclosed herein. The method includes determining a coordinate system with an origin based on an initial position of the imaging device, generating a first condition to control the position of the imaging device in the coordinated system with respect to the origin, generating a second condition to control the orientation of the imaging device, determining a position and an orientation of the imaging device, generating a first prompt message in response to the position of the imaging device satisfying the first condition, and generating a second prompt message in response to the orientation of the imaging device satisfying the second condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Realsee (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yonglin Yang, Yutong Chen, Ning Tao, Chengfeng Huang, Mingyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 11645755
    Abstract: A method for determining sample container characteristics is presented. The method comprises providing first image data representing a first image of a sample container in a first scenario, wherein in the first scenario, a first illumination condition comprising a sample container background illumination is applied to the sample container; providing second image data representing a second image of the sample container in a second scenario, wherein in the second scenario, a second illumination condition different from the first is applied to the sample container; determining a mask from the first image that indicates a sub-image section of the first image comprising a sample container representation in the first image; determining sub-image data from the second image containing a sample container representation in the second image by applying the mask to the second image; and determining the sample container characteristics from an image data analysis comprising image sub-image data data analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Emad Sarofim
  • Patent number: 11640645
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for acquiring images including an image sensor including a sensor substrate including a plurality of photo-sensing cells sensing light, and a color separation lens array provided above the sensor substrate, the color separation lens array including a fine structure in each of a plurality of regions respectively facing the plurality of photo-sensing cells and separating incident light based on color, the fine structure forming a phase distribution to condense light having different wavelengths on adjacent photo-sensing cells, a signal processor configured to perform, based on a point spread function corresponding to each color pixel by the color separation lens array, deconvolution on sensing signals of the plurality of photo-sensing cells to process an image signal for each color obtained by the image sensor, and an image processor configured to form a color image from the image signal for each color processed by the signal processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongkyu Park, Sookyoung Roh, Seokho Yun
  • Patent number: 11636646
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for rendering an image, an electronic device and a computer readable storage medium. An example implementation of the method includes: acquiring a real color parameter and a face skin color parameter in a real user image including a face image area, determining lighting parameter information based on the real color parameter and the face skin color parameter, acquiring a to-be-rendered image obtained based on the real user image, and generating a texture parameter based on the lighting parameter information, and using the texture parameter to perform lighting rendering on the to-be-rendered image to obtain a rendered image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ruizhi Chen, Xinhang Yang
  • Patent number: 11616887
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a processor configured to obtain a positional deviation amount of an actual folding line from an expected folding line on a test sheet, and generate, based on the positional deviation amount, sheet image information including image data representing an image to be formed on a sheet, so as to change a position of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji Sawai, Shogo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11615537
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for image or frame processing including an apparatus, e.g., a GPU. In some aspects, the apparatus may identify a discontinuity between at least one first region of a first frame and at least one second region of a second frame, the at least one first region corresponding to the at least one second region. The apparatus may also determine whether the discontinuity between the at least one first region and the at least one second region is greater than or equal to a motion estimation threshold. The apparatus may also skip a motion estimation for the at least one first region and the at least one second region when the discontinuity between the at least one first region and the at least one second region is greater than or equal to the motion estimation threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jonathan Wicks, Samuel Benjamin Holmes
  • Patent number: 11605166
    Abstract: Data gathered from a continual data source is converted into an image and represented by a rectilinear grid defining a grid of pixels. Each pixel in each axis unit of one axis is examined in parallel using a graphic processor unit (GPU) to determine whether any pixels exceed a predefined threshold. Those pixels that exceed the threshold are identified as positive return pixels. Within each axis unit groups of positive return pixels are identified based on a first axis epsilon. Adjacent groups of positive return pixels are assembled by merging the axis units based on a second axis epsilon. Groups of positive return pixels grouped together according to the first axis epsilon and the second axis epsilon are classified and reported as a signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: PARSONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Samantha Palmer, Joseph Payton
  • Patent number: 11601563
    Abstract: An untaken sheet notification device to notify that the sheet is untaken from an ejection tray if an ejection tray sensor that detects presence or absence of the sheet on the ejection tray detects presence of the sheet, after a sheet is ejected, a document feeder, and an image forming apparatus include a counter that counts the number of the ejected sheets and a notification controller that performs a specific notification control to notify that the sheet is untaken if the number of the sheets counted by the counter is equal to or less than a predetermined reference number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideyuki Hiro
  • Patent number: 11593962
    Abstract: An eye tracking system configured to: receive a plurality of right-eye-images of a right eye of a user; receive a plurality of left-eye-images of a left eye of a user, each left-eye-image corresponding to a right-eye-image in the plurality of right-eye-images; detect a pupil and determine an associated pupil-signal, for each of the plurality of right-eye-images and each of the plurality of left-eye-images; calculate a right-eye-pupil-variation of the pupil-signals for the plurality of right-eye-images and a left-eye-pupil-variation of the pupil-signals for the plurality of left-eye-images; and determine a right-eye-weighting and a left-eye-weighting based on the right-eye-pupil-variation and the left-eye-pupil-variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOBII AB
    Inventors: Mikael Rosell, Simon Johansson, Pravin Kumar Rana, Yimu Wang, Gilfredo Remon Salazar
  • Patent number: 11593944
    Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system are provided for image segmentation. Image data, such as biological image data, is received. One or more objects associated with the received image data is detected. One or more regions of interest are determined within the receive image data corresponding to one or more segments based on the detected objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Hui Tang, Lianyi Han, Chao Huang, Shih-Yao Lin, Zhimin Huo, Wei Fan
  • Patent number: 11587253
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product utilize digital signatures to efficiently identify objects of interest within images and cause graphical presentation data to be accurately displayed for the objects of interest. The method receives one or more images generated by an image capture device. The method determines one or more digital signatures associated with one or more objects within the one or more images. Based on the one or more digital signatures, the method also determines graphical data placement information comprising one or more graphical data placement regions for the one or more objects. The method also receives graphical presentation data comprising one or more graphical assets. The method also causes display of the graphical presentation data that includes overlaying at least one graphical asset of the one or more graphical assets on the at least one graphical data placement region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.
    Inventors: Ofer Melnik, Mark Thompson, Alastair Sutherland
  • Patent number: 11567012
    Abstract: A mold sensor is configured with an enclosed chamber in which a nutrient-treated substrate is positioned. The mold sensor includes a sensing system that is configured to measure a property of the substrate that corresponds to a pH value of the substrate. A controller operates the sensing system and is programmed to detect a presence of mold growing in the chamber by estimating the pH value from the measured property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Seow Yuen Yee, Franz Laermer, Thomas Rocznik, Ning Wang
  • Patent number: 11562475
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is method and fault detection system for detecting faults in one or more products. In an embodiment, method comprises generating plurality of wavelet coefficients corresponding to transformed images of each of the one or more products and determining a set of invariant features from the plurality of wavelet coefficients. Further, a dynamic set of invariant features is generated by grouping invariant features into a set of groups based on type of the one or more products. Subsequently, the dynamic set of invariant features is quantized based on a predetermined quantization threshold and a representative coefficient signature is associated for each group in the dynamic set of invariant features. Finally, faults in the one or more products are detected by comparing coefficient signatures associated with the one or more products with the representative coefficient signature of each group in the dynamic set of invariant features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Wipro Limited
    Inventors: Manjunath Ramachandra Iyer, Chandrashekar Bangalore Nagaraj, Shashidhar Soppin
  • Patent number: 11561832
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a novel system for using a distributed register to generate, manage, and store data for interest-pooled time deposit resource accounts. The invention leverages a pooled resource account approach, allowing for multiple disparate resource accounts to benefit from an enhanced interest return by pooling resource accounts. The system components of the invention contemplate the use of distributed register technology to provide a verified ledger of information related to one or more resource accounts, as well as store system data, user data, and metadata related to the movement and management of resources. By using a distributed register approach to store and verify data related to time-dependent resource account services, the invention provides an automated system and methods for enhancing the flow of sensitive verified information, reducing the need for manual review and increasing the speed at which various resource account services can be validated and executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vinod Vijapur, Brandon Matthew Castagna, Rajesh Mulani, Anand Ramachandra Nayak
  • Patent number: 11558522
    Abstract: A medium transportation device includes a supply roller configured to send a medium downstream, at least one stopper configured to be switched between a blocking state in which the at least one stopper blocks the transportation path and an open state in which the at least one stopper opens the transportation path, and a controller configured to perform skew correction control in which a leading edge of the medium is brought in contact with the at least one stopper in the blocking state to correct skew of the medium. The controller is configured to obtain information about a stiffness of the medium and, when a second medium having a lower stiffness than a first medium is transported, the controller switches the at least one stopper from the blocking state to the open state to end the skew correction control earlier than the skew correction control of the first medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Noriyuki Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 11553111
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a storage medium that execute density characteristics acquisition processing at an appropriate timing are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoko Baba, Yuji Konno, Yoshitomo Marumoto, Shin Genta, Takayuki Ushiyama, Yumi Shimokodachi, Serena Yoshikawa, Taichi Yokokawa