Patents Examined by Phuoc H Doan
  • Patent number: 11900632
    Abstract: A moving body position determination device includes a communicator, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to acquire an image via the communicator, the image including at least two light-emitting devices of a plurality of light-emitting devices for which coordinate positions in three-dimensional space are known, the plurality of light-emitting devices including two light-emitting devices placed at desired positions at which heights in the three-dimensional space differ, the at least two light emitting devices being imaged by an imaging device attached to a moving body; acquire, on the basis of the acquired image, coordinate positions in the image of the at least two light-emitting devices; and determine, on the basis of the coordinate positions in the three-dimensional space and the coordinate positions in the image, at least one of a coordinate position of the moving body and an orientation the moving body is facing in the three-dimensional space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuo Iizuka
  • Patent number: 11893800
    Abstract: A scene reproduction test method, apparatus, device and program product of an autonomous driving system are provided by the present application. The method includes: obtaining problematic scene data generated during a test on an autonomous driving vehicle equipped with a first autonomous driving system, and determining key obstacle information and non-key obstacle information according to the problematic scene data; generating, according to the non-key obstacle information, a virtual obstacle model, and determining, according to the key obstacle information, a real device used to simulate a key obstacle; where the real device is a device that actually exists in a test environment; performing, by utilizing the virtual obstacle model and the real device, a reproduction test on an autonomous driving vehicle equipped with a second autonomous driving system. In the solution, the test object is a real autonomous driving vehicle, and the key obstacle is a real device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Apollo Intelligent Connectivity (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaolong Wang
  • Patent number: 11889049
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining multiple input images of a scene based on image data captured using multiple imaging sensors. The method also includes generating a gain map identifying relative gains of the imaging sensors. The gain map is generated using the input images and translational and rotational offsets between one or more pairs of the input images. Generating the gain map may include using, for each pair of the input images, a rotation matrix based on a rotation angle between the pair of the input images. The method may further include using the gain map to process additional image data captured using the imaging sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Matthew J. Penn
  • Patent number: 11885566
    Abstract: A system for measuring temperatures of a preheater of a rotary kiln can include: at least one infrared imaging sensor for each level of the preheater; and an imaging analysis computer operably coupled with the at least one infrared imaging sensor of each level of the preheater. The imaging analysis computer can be configured to: obtain a 3D model of a preheater level of the preheater; obtain at least one infrared image of a fixed field of view of the preheater level of the preheater; analyze all pixels in the fixed field of view of the at least one infrared image for each pixel temperature; generate a 2D temperature model of the preheater level; overlaying the 2D temperature model over the 3D model to generate a virtual 3D preheater level temperature model; and providing a visual representation of the virtual 3D preheater level temperature model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: QUANTUM IR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Israelsen
  • Patent number: 11875502
    Abstract: A component inspection system and method generate a 3D model based on a point cloud and images of an automotive component captured by an imaging system. It is determined whether an anomaly is present based on artificial intelligence driven training and learning. Upon anomaly detection, a type of anomaly is identified and classified. From the 3D model, a type of the automotive component can be identified. The identification of the automotive component and the anomaly detection involve a controller subject to artificial intelligence driven training and learning. The controller determines presence of anomaly and a location of anomaly if any.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brodie Schultz, Elizabeth Bullard, Francis Maslar
  • Patent number: 11869215
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable instructions executable by a computer is provided. The computer readable instructions cause the computer to obtain first image data composing a first image and second image data composing a second image, specify first edge pixels in the first image using the first image and second edge pixels in the second image using the second image data, determine positional relation between the first image and the second image in a first degree of accuracy, based on positional relation between the first edge pixels and the second edge pixels, determine first usable pixels among the first edge pixels and the second usable pixels among the second edge pixels, and using the first usable pixels and the second usable pixels, determine positional relation between the first image and the second image in a second degree of accuracy being higher than the first degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaya Takasu, Chisato Inoue
  • Patent number: 11867511
    Abstract: A method for creating a map navigable by human means through unmapped areas including footpaths, small alleyways, structural and geographical barriers is disclosed. Mobile position recording devices including for example global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers, accelerometers, and magnetic orientation circuits plus monitoring software and means for data storage are provided to individuals who then travel to various destinations on foot and/or by mechanically assisted means. The position recording devices record route and location information with sufficient detail to provide a navigable map of the routes taken. The routes of various individuals are combined to provide an area wide map of navigable routes and repeated routes are identified and averaged over time to provide increased route detail and accuracy. The location and route data are separated into public and private data and the identity of the service recipient is protected from disclosure to service providers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Bihama Vedaste, Greg Richmond
  • Patent number: 11868943
    Abstract: In a method of identifying a metric associated with a business, a computer system associated with the business, recognizes a first user associated with a first communication device and a second user associated with a second communication device, where the first user is recognized as a customer of the business and the second user is recognized as an employee of the business. The computer system observes a communication between the first communication device and the second communication device, where at least a portion of the communication is an audible communication. The computer system identifies the metric based on the communication between the employee and the customer. The computer system makes the metric available for decision making purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Theatro Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Guy R. VanBuskirk, Steven Paul Russell, Andrew W. Kittler
  • Patent number: 11864101
    Abstract: A mobile transceiver having multiple subscriber identity module (SIM) cards and a method of selection is provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method of operating a mobile transceiver, comprising: using a cellular transceiver in association with a first subscriber identity module (SIM) card in a plurality of SIM cards to access a first wireless network; and using the cellular transceiver in association with a second SIM card in the plurality of SIM cards to access a second wireless network in response to a failure to access the first wireless network with the first SIM card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited
    Inventors: Jose Eduardo Korneluk, Sandeep Chennakeshu, Siddharth Saxena, Sergio Javier Berriz
  • Patent number: 11853844
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor to store a determination feature in a predetermined partial area in an image having a predetermined format and a position of the partial area in a state in which the predetermined format image is erect, and determine whether a feature corresponding to the determination feature is present at a position in an at least one input determination target image corresponding to the position of the partial area in the predetermined format image to thereby determine whether the determination target image is erect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Hattori, Tomoaki Wada, Ken Yanai
  • Patent number: 11852725
    Abstract: A method for determining an elevation of a laser detector assembly includes calculating an estimated elevation of a laser detector assembly based on data from an inertial measurement unit and a detected laser strike. The estimated elevation is then output. A detected elevation of the laser detector assembly is calculated based on the detected laser strike and the detected elevation is output in response to the detected laser strike. The estimated elevation is calculated and output between outputs of detected elevations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Daniel McCain, Jay Kishore Nagin
  • Patent number: 11854234
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device is provided for use with a headset. A camera outputs digital pictures of a portion of the headset. A display device displays information for viewing by a user wearing the headset. A processor retrieves calibration parameters that characterize at least a pose of the camera relative to the display device, and processes a digital picture from the camera to identify a pose of an optically identifiable feature within the digital picture. A pose of the mobile electronic device is identified relative to the holder based on the identified pose of the optically identifiable feature within the digital picture and based on at least the pose of the camera relative to the display device as characterized by the calibration parameters. The processor controls where graphical objects are rendered on the display device based on the identified pose of the mobile electronic device relative to the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: José Araújo, Leonard Bruns, Diego Gonzalez Morin, Ioannis Karagiannis, AmirHossein Taher Kouhestani
  • Patent number: 11843425
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a signal amplifier unit configured with an electronic communication device are disclosed. The signal bar level on the electronic communication device is determined, and the signal amplifier unit is turned on based on the determined signal bar level. The signal level of the signal amplifier unit may be measured, and attenuation may be added based on the measured signal level. The measured signal level may be compared to a target level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: MOJOOSE, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Ash, Jr., Ryan C. Henry
  • Patent number: 11821847
    Abstract: A wafer backside defect detection method and a wafer backside defect detection apparatus are provided. The wafer backside defect detection method includes the following steps. A peripheral edge area of a wafer backside image that at least one notch is located is cropped off. Adjacent white pixels on the wafer backside image are connected to obtain a plurality of abnormal regions. If a total area of top N of the abnormal regions is more than 10% of an area of the wafer, it is deemed that the wafer has a roughness defect. N is a natural number. If the total area of the top N of the abnormal regions is less than 1% of the area of the wafer and a largest abnormal region of the abnormal regions is longer than a predetermined length, it is deemed that the wafer has a scratch defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsien Chen, Chia-Feng Hsiao, Chung-Hsuan Wu, Chen-Hui Huang, Nai-Ying Lo, En-Wei Tsui, Yung-Yu Yang, Chen-Hsuan Hung
  • Patent number: 11823126
    Abstract: The present disclosure accurately detects the position of a shelf label disposed on a display shelf. A shelf label detection device may be provided with a shelf label position correction unit and a shelf label position identification unit. The shelf label position correction unit corrects a manual shelf label position set including a shelf label position that has been set in advance for a reference camera image, using an automatic shelf label position set which includes a shelf label position detected from a monitoring camera image using image recognition, thereby generating a corrected shelf label position set. The shelf label position identification unit uses the corrected shelf label position set to identify the shelf label position in the monitoring camera image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yanagi, Takeshi Wakako, Tetsurou Kakizawa
  • Patent number: 11816848
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically tracking objects, and projecting rendered 3D content onto said objects in real-time. The methods described herein further include image data capture performed by various image-capturing devices, wherein said data is segmented into various components to identify one or more projectors for rendering and projecting 3D content components onto one or more objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert G. LeGaye, Ian Coyle, Ian LeBlanc, Ben Purdy, Thomas Wester
  • Patent number: 11810344
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting items within content and using improved, fine-grained image classification techniques to produce images used to identify consumer products in the real-world by allowing for the recognition of a product using an image captured under a variety of conditions and environments, such as angles, lighting, camera settings, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Lee Ertle, Kevin L. Hofstee, Shane K. Luke
  • Patent number: 11810286
    Abstract: Provided is the technique that allows an operator or the like to easily grasp a defect contained in a mold. A display control device is configured to carry out: a determination process in which a feature amount of each of defects contained in a mold is determined with reference to an image obtained by image capture of a mold; and a display process in which the image is displayed on a display such that each of the defects in the image is emphasized by a method which is determined according to the determined feature amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ota, Takeshi Sonohara
  • Patent number: 11785465
    Abstract: A host device can establish a verified session with a wearable device. The host device can determine whether the verified session is in progress. In accordance with a determination that the verified session is in progress, the host device can provide a user interface to request confirmation that the identifier is to be provided to the wearable device. The host device can receive an input at the user interface and, in accordance with a determination that the input indicates a confirmation that the identifier is to be provided to the wearable device, the host can identify a user identifier to provide to the wearable device, and transmit the user identifier to the wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse W. Boettcher, Craig M. Federighi, Bryan J. James, James Eric Mason
  • Patent number: 11782153
    Abstract: An automotive sensor integration module including a plurality of sensors which differ in at least one of a sensing period or an output data format, and a signal processing unit configured to synchronize, when a malfunctioning sensor is detected from among the plurality of sensors, pieces of detection data output from remaining sensors other than the detected sensor to substantially simultaneously output the synchronized data as sensing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Hun Lee, Seung Bum Lee