Patents Examined by Jeffery A. Brier
  • Electronic apparatus and control method thereof for reducing image blur
    Patent number: 11436760
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus obtains a panoramic image by overlapping partial areas of image frames and identifies an object from the panoramic image or an area of a predetermined shape of maximum size within the panoramic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wonwoo Lee, Taehyuk Kwon, Deokho Kim, Byeongwook Yoo, Gunill Lee, Jaewoong Lee, Sunghoon Yim, Jiwon Jeong
  • Systems and methods of augmented reality guided image capture
    Patent number: 11430191
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a mobile device configured to guide a user, via an augmented reality (AR) interface generated by the mobile device, to capture images of the physical object using a camera of the mobile device. The mobile device may be configured to obtain boundary information indicative of a boundary enclosing the physical object (e.g., a box enclosing the physical object). The mobile device may be configured to use the boundary information to determine positions from which the user is to capture images of the physical object. The mobile device may be configured to guide the user to capture the images using the AR interface by guiding the user to each of the positions in the AR interface (e.g., by generating on or more GUI elements in the AR interface that indicate a position from which the user is to capture an image).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Wayfair LLC
    Inventors: Nicole Allison Tan, Rachana Sreedhar, Shrenik Sadalgi, Christian Vázquez, Jessica Stigile, Ashwin Subramani, Maria Paula Gomez Muñoz
  • Identifying non-uniform weight objects using a sensor array
    Patent number: 11430046
    Abstract: An object tracking system that includes a sensor, a weight sensor, and a tracking system. The sensor configured to capture a frame of at least a portion of a rack within a global plane for a space. The tracking system is configured to detect a weight decrease on the weight sensor. The tracking system is further configured to receive the frame of the rack, to identify a marker on an item within a predefined zone in the frame, and to identify the item associated with the identified marker. The tracking system is further configured to determine a pixel location for a person, to determine the person is within the predefined zone associated with the, and to add the identified item to a digital cart associated with the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: 7-ELEVEN, INC.
    Inventors: Shahmeer Ali Mirza, Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy, Sarath Vakacharla, Deepanjan Paul
  • Apparatus, system and method for dynamic modification of a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 11416070
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems are disclosed for altering displayed content on a display device responsive to a user's proximity. In accord with an example, a computing system includes a memory, a sensor to collect data representative of a viewing distance between a display and a user of the display, and a scaler to adjust a size of at least one object displayed by the display based on the viewing distance from the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jiancheng Tao, Hong Wong, Xiaoguo Liang, Yanbing Sun, Jun Liu, Wah Yiu Kwong
  • VR correctional outreach system
    Patent number: 11410397
    Abstract: This present invention relates to a virtual reality (VR) based outreach program operational using a VR headset and a 360-degree camera. The VR outreach program enables the incarcerated or detained individuals to connect with their families, friends and other interested individuals and allows them to witness birthdays, sporting events, and other events, while spending time in a correctional or detention facility. The VR outreach program ensures the inmates, prisoners or detainees can reach their family, friends and others thereby helping their family and others to adjust to the absence of the incarcerated or detained individual. Also, the outreach program provides a unique way of overcoming the effects incarceration and prevents the inmates or detainees from developing mental illness due to prolonged periods of solitary or isolated confinement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventor: Nathaniel Houston Long, III
  • Systems and methods for monitoring health of a motor
    Patent number: 11411474
    Abstract: In an aspect of the present disclosure is a system for monitoring health of a motor, including at least one sensor configured to detect at least a motor metric and send motor datum based on the at least a motor metric, an augmented reality display configured to display a visual representation of the motor datum, and a computing device communicatively connected to the at least one sensor and the augmented reality display, wherein the computing device is configured to: receive the motor datum from the at least one sensor; and command the augmented reality display to display the visual representation of the motor datum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Brandon White, Stephen Widdis
  • Augmenting live images of a scene for occlusion
    Patent number: 11410398
    Abstract: An example image processing system augments live images of a scene to reduce or eliminate occlusion of an object of interest. The image processing system can detect an occlusion of an object in a live image of the scene. The image processing system can further access a data store that stores a three-dimensional representation of the scene with the object being present. The image processing system augments the live image to depict the object without at least a portion of the occlusion, using data provided with the three-dimensional representation of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Ian N. Robinson
  • Dynamic view management in visualizations
    Patent number: 11404030
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to managing display hardware for visualizing data a network computer. A modeling engine may provide a data model includes a plurality of data objects and a display model that includes a plurality of display objects that may be based on the plurality of data objects. Action objects may be associated with display objects in the display model. A display engine may display the display model on a hardware display based on context information that includes performance characteristics of the hardware display. In response to a trigger events, action objects may be displayed on the hardware display based on the context information. In response to detecting input signals associated with the action objects the display model may be modified based on the action objects. The modified display model may be displayed on the hardware display based on the context information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Tableau Software, LLC
    Inventors: Vasily Khudyakov, Jewel Loree, Felipe Luis Naranjo
  • Generating a composite image
    Patent number: 11398020
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a source image and its associated parameters from each of multiple image sources, associating each of the source images with a layer in a range of layers based on the parameters associated with the source images, the range of layers specifying a composition layering order of the source images, generating a corresponding customized distortion mesh for each particular source image in the source images based on the parameters associated with the particular source image and at least a portion of the parameters associated with each of the source images that is associated with any layer preceding a layer associated with the particular source image, modifying each of the source images using the corresponding customized distortion mesh, generating a composite image using the modified source images, and displaying the composite image as a frame in a video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC.
    Inventors: Rohit Rao Padebettu, Steven Paul Lansel, Todd Douglas Keeler
  • Image rendering method, device, system, storage medium, image display method and computer device
    Patent number: 11392197
    Abstract: An image rendering method, device, and system, a storage medium, and an image display method are provided. The image rendering method includes: acquiring an image to be displayed; according to a gaze point of human eyes on a display screen, obtaining a gaze point position on the image to be displayed; determining, according to the gaze point position, a first sampling area and a second sampling area of the image to be displayed; performing first resolution sampling on the first sampling area to obtain a first display area; performing second resolution sampling on the image to be displayed to obtain a second display area corresponding to the second sampling area, a resolution of the second sampling area being greater than that of the second display area; and splicing the first display area and the second display area to obtain an output image to be transmitted to the virtual reality device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuefeng Wang, Yukun Sun, Jinghua Miao, Lili Chen, Hao Zhang, Bin Zhao, Lixin Wang, Xi Li, Jianwen Suo, Wenyu Li, Jinbao Peng, Qingwen Fan, Yuanjie Lu, Chenru Wang, Yali Liu, Jiankang Sun
  • Graphical data display
    Patent number: 11393141
    Abstract: A data-processing system identifies entities and relationships between entities that are recited in a set of documents. By identifying differently-named entities that share similar sets of relationships, the system is able to identify differently-named, but identical entities recited in the set of documents. The resulting entity and relationship map may be displayed to an end-user for intelligence analysis. In some examples, the end-user may make corrections to the relationship map which can then be used by the system to improve the inferences produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Hsu, David Mordechai Sloan
  • Cross reality system
    Patent number: 11386629
    Abstract: An augmented reality viewing system is described. A local coordinate frame of local content is transformed to a world coordinate frame. A further transformation is made to a head coordinate frame and a further transformation is made to a camera coordinate frame that includes all pupil positions of an eye. One or more users may interact in separate sessions with a viewing system. If a canonical map is available, the earlier map is downloaded onto a viewing device of a user. The viewing device then generates another map and localizes the subsequent map to the canonical map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Dwayne Miranda, Rafael Domingos Torres, Daniel Olshansky, Anush Mohan, Robert Blake Taylor, Samuel A. Miller, Jehangir Tajik, Ashwin Swaminathan, Lomesh Agarwal, Ali Shahrokni, Prateek Singhal, Joel David Holder, Xuan Zhao, Siddharth Choudhary, Helder Toshiro Suzuki, Hirai Honar Barot, Eran Guendelman, Michael Harold Liebenow, Christian Ivan Robert Moore
  • Virtual, augmented, and mixed reality systems and methods
    Patent number: 11386529
    Abstract: A method for displaying a three dimensional (“3D”) image includes rendering a frame of 3D image data. The method also includes analyzing the frame of 3D image data to generate best known depth data. The method further includes using the best known depth data to segment the 3D image data into near and far frames of two dimensional (“2D”) image data corresponding to near and far depths respectively. Moreover, the method includes displaying near and far 2D image frames corresponding to the near and far frames of 2D image data at near and far depths to a user respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Blake Taylor
  • System and method for projecting content in an environment
    Patent number: 11379950
    Abstract: Systems and methods directed to placing content are described. More specifically, content is received and depth information corresponding to an external environment of the computing device is obtained. An indication to associate the content with a location based on the depth information is received from a user. Information for at least one plane associated with the depth information at the location is obtained and at least a portion of the content is warped to match the at least one plane based on the depth information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LEMON INC.
    Inventors: Frank Hamilton, Hwankyoo Shawn Kim, Zhixiong Lu, Qingyang Lv, WeiShan Yu, Ben Ma
  • Drawing management apparatus, drawing management system, and drawing management method
    Patent number: 11380030
    Abstract: A drawing management apparatus is for managing various types of drawings of a plant and includes a processor and a communication interface. The processor is configured to notify, via the communication interface, a user or terminal apparatus handling a second type of drawing different from a first type of drawing of information related to a difference in the first type of drawing acquired based on a comparison between a new version and an old version of the first type of drawing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Kambe, Tatenobu Seki, Nobuaki Ema, Masato Annen
  • User interface with automated condensation
    Patent number: 11379508
    Abstract: Machine data reflecting operation of a monitored system is ingested and made available for search by a data intake and query system (DIQS). Ingested data includes log data entries produced by an application that represent low-level instances of user interface or interaction events. Inference processing generates a new collection of data instances that each identifies a higher-level task performed by a user in a sequence of the low-level events without regard to any explicit task affiliation data component of the low-level instances. Information for the task may include a measure of confidence that each low-level event of the sequence is properly associated with the task. Tasks of the new collection may be advantageously visualized and included in downstream processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Sara Alspaugh, Adam Jamison Oliner
  • Electronic apparatus for playing back a virtual reality video image and control method therefor
    Patent number: 11380075
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus capable of playing back a VR video image saves, in association with a first VR video image, a first reference direction serving as a reference for determining a range of a part of a first frame image of the first VR video image to be displayed on a screen at the start of playback of the first VR video image; selects a second VR video image different from the first VR video image among a plurality of VR video images; and performs control such that when the second VR video image starts to be played back, a range of a part of a second frame image of the second VR video image to be displayed first is displayed on the screen, the part being based on the first reference direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuki Hamada, Seiji Ogawa
  • Method to map dynamically drawn augmented reality (AR) scribbles using recognition of discrete spatial anchor(s)
    Patent number: 11354868
    Abstract: Systems and methods for producing remote assistance via augmented reality (AR) by utilizing a field service device and a remote expert device are disclosed herein. An example method includes a field service device generating a non-AR video feed, and sending the non-AR video feed to a remote expert device. A user of the remote expert device then annotates the non-AR video feed by drawing a scribble pattern onto the non-AR video feed. The remote expert device then sends the scribble pattern to the field service device as an array of coordinates. The field service device then maps the received scribble pattern to a plane to create an AR scribble pattern. The field service device then creates an AR video feed based on the AR scribble pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas William Judd, Kevin B. Mayginnes
  • Dynamic contextual media filter
    Patent number: 11354898
    Abstract: A contextual filter system configured to perform operations that include, capturing an image frame at a client device, wherein the image frame includes a depiction of an object, identifying an object category of the object based on the depiction of the object within the image frame, accessing media content associated with the object category within a media repository, generating a presentation of the media content, and causing display of the presentation of the media content within the image frame at the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Ebony James Charlton, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Travis Chen, Kevin Dechau Tang, Kaveh Anvaripour
  • Geographic indexing
    Patent number: 11354837
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a computer-implemented method for creating an overlay map, preferably a heat map, comprising: receiving at a server a user request for creation of the overlay map; loading vector data at the server comprising location data, the location data comprising at least one attribute; converting the vector data to image data composed of pixels according to an index scale; applying the converted image data to a color ramp; and creating the overlay map based on the converted image data and the color ramp; wherein said vector data is organized according to a plurality of layers, the location data comprising at least one attribute for each layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: KBC Groep NV
    Inventors: Martina Chlebcova, Viera Kovalova, Barak Chizi, Jeroen D'haen