Patents Examined by Jose Mesa
  • Patent number: 9723242
    Abstract: A method and computing system for generating a temporal timebase that temporally-associates one or more portions of a video associated with a videoconference with one or more data events defined via a viewer application. A specific portion of the video associated with the video conference is rendered, wherein the specific portion is chosen from the one or more portions. The temporal timebase is accessed to identify a specific data event, chosen from the one or more data events, that is temporally-associated with the specific portion of the video associated with the video conference. The specific data event may be rendered within the viewer application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Fulay, Chee H. Chew, Ming Zhang
  • Patent number: 9672411
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus may generate resource information used for playing back image content that can be divided into a plurality of zones. The information processing apparatus may include an image generator generating a still image from each of the plurality of zones, a face processor setting each of the plurality of zones to be a target zone and determining whether a face of a specific character which is determined to continuously appear in at least one zone before the target zone is contained in the still image generated from the target zone, and an information generator specifying, on the basis of a determination result obtained for each of the plurality of zones by the face processor, at least one zone in which the face of the specific character continuously appears as a face zone, and generating information concerning the face zone as one item of the resource information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kaname Ogawa, Hiroshi Jinno, Makoto Yamada, Keiji Kanota
  • Patent number: 9646650
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to systems and methods that facilitate synchronizing recordings between a plurality of content recording devices using embedded markers or metadata, and employing the synchronized recordings on a content recording device or a content server to present one or more of the synchronized recordings concurrently in a merged presentation or in a manner that allows for switching between recordings while maintaining synchronization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventor: Joshua Abraham Tabak
  • Patent number: 9640225
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus and method for processing images. The image processing apparatus is connected to at least one camera and includes: a performance calculating unit configured to calculate a decoding performance of the at least one camera based on information about at least one of a codec, a resolution and a frame rate of image frames which are received from the at least one camera, and a filtering unit configured to filter the received image frames to select image frames for decoding, based on a result of the calculation of the decoding performance of the at least one camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Bong Cho, Sung Hoon Lee, Seok Ho Chae, Hyo Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 9609189
    Abstract: There is provided a camera module including a lens barrel including at least one lens disposed on an optical axis, a housing having the lens barrel disposed therein, and an infrared (IR) filter bonded to an inside of the housing and disposed below the lens barrel, wherein the IR filter has a coating material applied to a portion of one surface thereof so as to block diffusely reflected light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Jin Lee, Young Mu Kwon
  • Patent number: 9595292
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a specifying unit and a processing unit. The specifying unit specifies an editing position in moving image data contained in a moving image file. The moving image file includes a first moving image file recorded in response to a plurality of recording instructions and a second moving image file recorded in response to a single recording instruction. The specifying unit changes the editing position to any positions corresponding to connection positions of the plurality of moving image data pieces according to a predetermined instruction when specifying the editing position in the first moving image file, and changes the editing position while using a predetermine number of frames in the moving image data contained in the second moving image file as a unit therefor according to the predetermined instruction when specifying the editing position in the second moving image file. The processing unit performs editing processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hoshika
  • Patent number: 9571800
    Abstract: A self-healing video surveillance system is described. The self-healing video surveillance system includes one or more surveillance cameras that are configured to store configuration data of a network video recorder in operable communication with the surveillance cameras. The network video recorder includes configuration data, and a module configured to store the configuration data on the surveillance cameras and/or retrieve configuration data stored on the surveillance cameras. A new network video recorder introduced into the network retrieves the stored configuration data to self-configure with minimal or no human interaction. In embodiments, configuration data is distributed among a plurality of surveillance cameras, and may be stored in encrypted format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Inventor: James Carey
  • Patent number: 9565389
    Abstract: In many aspects, systems and methods for recording overlapping media content using interactive media guidance applications are provided. The systems and methods for recording overlapping media content generally relate to cropping overlapping portions of the media content thereby allowing a user to enjoy most of the recording wile only forgoing a portion of the beginning or the end of a program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Bumgardner, Geoffrey Z. Ombao, Gregory L. DeCamp, Haig H. Krakirian
  • Patent number: 9563964
    Abstract: An automated method to quantify the pitching and yawing motion of a projectile during ballistic flight using two camera/tracker video systems. Image processing tools are used to segment the shape of the projectile in each frame of a launch video, which allows the location and observed pitch angle to be calculated with sub-pixel accuracy. Subsequent automated analysis uses the history of the projectile location and the pitching behavior to calculate estimates for the epicyclic motion, as well as other ballistic parameters such as aeroballistic coefficients. Using two cameras located at different orthographic views of the line-of-fire (LOF) allows the pitching and yawing motion history of the projectile to be calculated in three dimensions (3D). In addition, input of the camera locations, cannon trunnion location, and the cannon pointing direction allows for automatic correction for camera misalignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Oleg A. Yakimenko, Mathias N. Kolsch, Ryan J. Decker
  • Patent number: 9554082
    Abstract: A recording apparatus is arranged to control a file name of recorded moving image file and a file name of the recorded still image file, so as to, after a recording stop instruction, in accordance with the file name of at least one of the moving image file and still image file recorded in a period of time from a recording start instruction to the recording stop instruction, change the file name of at least one of the moving image file and still image file recorded in that period so that the file names of the plurality of moving image files recorded in that period have consecutive file numbers corresponding to recording order of the moving image files and the file names of the plurality of still image files recorded in that period have consecutive file numbers corresponding to recording order of the still image files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigeru Yoneda
  • Patent number: 9544574
    Abstract: An example method involves: (a) determining an indication of distance to an object in a scene, wherein the computing device comprises three or more image-capture devices that provide two or more baselines for stereoscopic imaging, wherein at least two pairs of image-capture devices from the three or more image-capture devices are operable for stereoscopic imaging, wherein each pair provides one of the baselines, and wherein a first of the baselines is non-parallel to a second of the baselines, (b) selecting, by the computing device, a first pair from the at least two pairs of image-capture devices, wherein the first pair is selected based on the indication of distance and the baseline provided by the first pair, and (c) operating the first pair of image-capture devices to capture stereoscopic image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Geiss, Roman Lewkow
  • Patent number: 9519416
    Abstract: A method includes receiving an input at a media display control device and performing a media control function in response to the input, where the media control function causes the media display control device to change a playback parameter of displayed media content. The method further includes determining a control value corresponding to the media control function and, based on the control value satisfying a threshold, displaying a progress bar with the displayed media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Ian Schmehl
  • Patent number: 9516225
    Abstract: A server includes an input node to receive video streams forming a panoramic video. A module forms a suggested field of view in the panoramic video. An output node sends the suggested field of view to a client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill Banta, Geoff Donaldson
  • Patent number: 9496841
    Abstract: An apparatus including a recording system for recording at least sound, the recording system including a microphone; a distance input adapted to have an initial distance between a source of the sound and the apparatus entered into the apparatus; and a controller connected to the microphone. The controller is configured to determine a suggested distance for a better sound recording by the recording system based, at least partially, on the initial distance input into the distance input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Marko S. Moberg, Koray Ozcan
  • Patent number: 9467674
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal and a control method thereof capable of outputting a content. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include an output unit formed to output a content; an analysis unit configured to monitor a time point where the reproduction of the content is paused and analyze the reproduction paused content when the reproduction of the content is paused; and a controller configured to determine a time point where the reproduction of the content is started based on the analysis result of the content when a control command for reproducing the content again is sensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sharfudheen Parambil, Deepthi John
  • Patent number: 9462218
    Abstract: Discussed herein are a video display device and a method of displaying a video. The video display device includes a communication unit acquiring a video including rotation information, a display unit displaying the video, and a processor setting up a video playback mode, wherein the video playback mode may include a natural display mode displaying the acquired video without performing any rotation compensation based upon the rotation information, and a horizontal display mode displaying the acquired video performing the rotation compensation based upon the rotation information, and wherein, when the video playback mode corresponds to the horizontal display mode, the video display device performs the rotation compensation of a plurality of sequential frames of the video based upon the rotation information, and displays each of the sequential frames of the video cropped to a size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Eunhyung Cho
  • Patent number: 9460425
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining check information. According to one or more embodiments, a method may include accessing, by a computer including one or more processors, a video recording of a check. The method may also include determining, based at least in part on the video recording, a plurality of video frames associated with the check. Furthermore, the method may include generating respective optical character recognition (OCR) data associated with the plurality of video frames. Additionally, the method may include determining, based at least in part on the respective OCR data, respective scores associated with the plurality of video frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: First Data Corporation
    Inventor: Charles R. Williams, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9451230
    Abstract: An adjustment module analyzes user adjustments in a playback attribute (e.g., volume) of a media item (e.g., a video) that occur when the user transitions from one media item to another. By analyzing these adjustments, the adjustment module determines an adjustment amount to apply to the playback attribute of a media item to cause the media item to appear equivalent to users with respect to the playback attribute when compared with the media item that was previously played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Henderson, Sajid Saddiqi
  • Patent number: 9413941
    Abstract: Embodiments include apparatus and methods to compensate for overshoot of a desired field of vision (FOV) by a remotely-controlled image capture device. The image capture device produces images associated with a plurality of FOVs, and transmits the images to a remote viewer terminal along with image identifiers (or FOV definitions for the images). The terminal receives and displays the images to a viewer. In response to viewer indications to pan or stop panning, the terminal sends pan and regress commands, respectively, to the image capture device. A regress command includes a reference to a selected FOV (e.g., an image identifier or an FOV definition). In response to receiving a regress command, the image capture device regresses to the selected FOV, and transmits additional images associated with the selected FOV to the terminal. The system also may include an intermediary device, which performs some of the functions associated with overshoot compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Tyrone D. Bekiares, Isaac B. Blatter, Matthew C. Keller, Steven D. Tine
  • Patent number: 9414119
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a television schedule system with a user interface which allows a user to control access to television programs by time, rating, content, and/or channel. Furthermore, the user may set a limit on pay-per-view (PPV) spending to limit the purchase of PPV programs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcy Casement, Andrew Burgess, David Folker