Patents Examined by Pinalben Patel
  • Patent number: 11580748
    Abstract: A scalable tracking system processes video of a space to track the positions of objects within a space. The tracking system determines local coordinates for the objects within frames of the video and then assigns these coordinates to time windows based on when the frames were received. The tracking system then combines or clusters certain local coordinates that have been assigned to the same time window to determine a combined coordinate for an object during that time window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: 7-ELEVEN, INC.
    Inventors: Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy, Sarath Vakacharla, Trong Nghia Nguyen, Shahmeer Ali Mirza, Madan Mohan Chinnam, Caleb Austin Boulio
  • Patent number: 11580749
    Abstract: A scalable tracking system processes video of a space to track the positions of people within a space. The tracking system determines local coordinates for the people within frames of the video and then assigns these coordinates to time windows based on when the frames were received. The tracking system then combines or clusters certain local coordinates that have been assigned to the same time window to determine a combined coordinate for a person during that time window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: 7-ELEVEN, INC.
    Inventors: Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy, Sarath Vakacharla, Trong Nghia Nguyen, Shahmeer Ali Mirza, Madan Mohan Chinnam, Caleb Austin Boulio
  • Patent number: 11580630
    Abstract: A method of inspecting images on printed products by a computer in a printing machine. Printed products are recorded and digitized by an image sensor of an image inspection system in the course of the image inspection process, and the computer compares them to a digital reference image. If deviations are found, the defective printed products are removed. The computer analyzes the deviations found in the course of the image inspection process together with further data from other system parts and from the machine, determines specific defect classes and the causes thereof based on the defects by machine learning processes, assigns the defects found in the image inspection process to the defect classes in a corresponding way, and displays the classified detected defects with their defect classes and causes to an operator of the machine so that the operator can initiate specific measures to eliminate the defect causes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Frank Soltwedel, Robert Mueller, Jan Krieger, Frank Schumann, Peter Eisele
  • Patent number: 11574400
    Abstract: A method and system for automated visual inspection, include receiving, from a camera imaging an inspection line, an image of the inspection line. The image includes an item on the inspection line personal or confidential image data. A processor produces from the image of the inspection line a reduced image, which does not include the personal or confidential image data, and inputs the reduced image to an inspection process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: INSPEKTO A.M.V. LTD.
    Inventor: Yonatan Hyatt
  • Patent number: 11570420
    Abstract: Described are methods for identifying the in-field positions of plant features on a plant by plant basis. These positions are determined based on images captured as a vehicle (e.g., tractor, sprayer, etc.) including one or more cameras travels through the field along a row of crops. The in-field positions of the plant features are useful for a variety of purposes including, for example, generating three-dimensional data models of plants growing in the field, assessing plant growth and phenotypic features, determining what kinds of treatments to apply including both where to apply the treatments and how much, determining whether to remove weeds or other undesirable plants, and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Blue River Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Lee Kamp Redden
  • Patent number: 11564576
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device, system and method for less obtrusively determining a tissue characteristic of a subject, the device comprises a first control unit (11) configured to control an electromechanical transducer (31) by a first control signal (21) to transfer mechanical waves varying in a frequency range or with varying frequency content to an exposed tissue area of the subject; a second control unit (12) configured to control an electromagnetic radiation emitter (32) by a second control signal (22) to emit electromagnetic radiation towards the exposed tissue area of the subject; a radiation signal input (13) configured to obtain a radiation signal (23) indicative of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the exposed tissue area of the subject; and a processor (14) configured to determine a tissue characteristic signal (24) indicative of a tissue characteristic of the exposed tissue area of the subject derived from a frequency response or a frequency transfer function obtained from the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Gerard De Haan
  • Patent number: 11562560
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for normal estimation using a directional measurement, such as a gravity vector. In various implementations, a device includes a non-transitory memory and one or more processors coupled with the non-transitory memory. In some implementations, a method includes identifying planar surfaces in an environment represented by an image. Each planar surface is associated with a respective orientation. A directional vector associated with the environment is determined. A subset of the planar surfaces that have a threshold orientation relative to the directional vector is identified. For each planar surface in the subset of the planar surfaces, a normal vector for the planar surface is determined based on the orientation of the planar surface and the directional vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Oliver Thomas Ruepp, Pedro Antonio Pinies Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11556860
    Abstract: An ML root model format having a root model definition, is converted into an ML target model format not having the root model definition. A learning system is assigned to the root model definition that is convertible to the machine learning target model format. A new version of the root model definition is ported from the ML root model to the format of the ML target model to generate a new version of the machine learning target model after a learning iteration of the learning system. Quality limits are determined using an X control chart method based on a cross-validation of fold results generated during a validation of the new version of the machine learning root model. A quality metric value of the new version of the ML target model is evaluated against the quality threshold values of the new version of the ML root model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lukasz G. Cmielowski, Rafal Bigaj, Blazej Rafal Rutkowski, Wojciech Sobala
  • Patent number: 11551374
    Abstract: Systems and methods herein describe using a neural network to identify a first set of joint location coordinates and a second set of joint location coordinates and identifying a three-dimensional hand pose based on both the first and second sets of joint location coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Yuncheng Li, Jonathan M. Rodriguez, II, Zehao Xue, Yingying Wang
  • Patent number: 11544930
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and computer program products for controlling an object. An example method can comprise (a) obtaining video data of the object and (b) performing motion analysis on the video data to generate modified video data. The method can further comprise (c) using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify a set of features in the modified video data. The set of features may be indicative of a predicted state of the object. The AI may be been trained offline on historical training data. The method can further comprise (d) using the predicted state to determine a control signal and (e) transmitting, in real-time, the control signal to the object to adjust or maintain a state of the object in relation to the predicted state. Operations (a) to (d) can be performed without contacting the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: DAUNTLESS.IO, INC.
    Inventor: Adam Vaughan
  • Patent number: 11544858
    Abstract: Methods and systems implemented in a vehicle involve obtaining a single camera image from a camera arranged on the vehicle. The image indicates a heading angle ?0 between a vehicle heading x and a tangent line that is tangential to road curvature of a road on which the vehicle is traveling and also indicates a perpendicular distance y0 from a center of the vehicle to the tangent line. An exemplary method includes obtaining two or more inputs from two or more vehicle sensors, and estimating kinematic states of the vehicle based on applying a Kalman filter to the single camera image and the two or more inputs to solve kinematic equations. The kinematic states include roll angle and pitch angle of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, TECHNION—RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD.
    Inventors: Avshalom Suissa, Daniel Y. Rubin
  • Patent number: 11538173
    Abstract: Present embodiments pertain to systems, apparatuses, and methods for analyzing and reporting the movements in mechanical structures, inanimate physical structures, machinery, and machine components, including automatically detecting aliased frequencies of a component on the structure which exhibits frequencies higher than the maximum frequency of the FFT spectrum calculated from the acquired data. To automatically detect the presence of aliased frequencies, a second virtually identical recording is acquired using a slightly different sampling rate and this provides the basis for detecting frequencies which are greater than the Nyquist sampling rate of the video recording and calculating the true frequency value of the aliased peaks in the frequency spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: RDI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth Ralph Piety, Jeffrey R. Hay, Mark William Slemp
  • Patent number: 11538207
    Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium are provided. The image processing method includes: obtaining key points of a reference region of an object in an image; determining the orientation of the reference region according to the key points of the reference region; and performing deformation processing on a region to be adjusted of the object based on the orientation of the reference region, where the region to be adjusted is the same as or different from the reference region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING SENSETIME TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tong Li, Wentao Liu, Chen Qian
  • Patent number: 11533986
    Abstract: A dental device tracking method including acquiring, using an imager of a dental device, at least a first image which includes an image of at least one user body portion outside of a user's oral cavity; identifying the at least one user body portion in the first image; and determining, using the at least the first image, a position of the dental device with respect to the at least one user body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Dentlytec G.P.L. LTD.
    Inventors: Benny Pesach, Ygael Grad, Blanc Zach Lehr, Amitai Reuvenny, Lev Goldentouch
  • Patent number: 11527001
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods to detect a moving anatomic feature during a treatment sequence based on a computed and/or a measured shortest distance between the anatomic feature and at least a portion of an imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: INSIGHTEC, LTD.
    Inventors: Omer Brokman, Oleg Prus, Eyal Zadicario
  • Patent number: 11514676
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for detecting a region of interest in a video, a device and a storage medium. The method may include: acquiring a current to-be-processed frame from a picture frame sequence of a video; detecting a region of interest (ROI) in the current to-be-processed frame, in response to determining that the current to-be-processed frame is a detection picture frame, to determine at least one ROI in the current to-be-processed frame; and updating a to-be-tracked ROI, based on the ROI in the current to-be-processed frame and a tracking result determined by a pre-order tracking picture frame; and tracking the current to-be-processed frame based on the existing to-be-tracked ROI, in response to determining that the current to-be-processed frame is a tracking picture frame, to determine at least one tracking result as the ROI of the current to-be-processed frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhichao Zhou, Dongliang He, Fu Li, Hao Sun
  • Patent number: 11507780
    Abstract: An image analysis device 10 includes: a generation unit 11 which generates a similar set, which is a set of similar pieces of learning data selected from among a plurality of pieces of learning data, each including an image and information that represents an object to be recognized that is displayed in the image; and a learning unit 12 which uses the generated similar set to learn parameters for a predetermined recognition model that allow the predetermined recognition model to recognize the object to be recognized that is displayed in each image included in the generated similar set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Soma Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 11508157
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an objective identification device, comprising: a classifier training circuit configured to extract objective characteristics based on training samples and perform offline training based on the objective characteristics to obtain a classifier; and a calculation circuit is configured to identify an objective in an image based on a particle swarm optimization algorithm, wherein each of particles is defined as an object having a predefined size in the image; and a fitness value of each of particles is calculated based on the classifier and the objective characteristics of the particle in the particle swarm optimization algorithm, the fitness value representing a probability that the particle belongs to the objective. The disclosure also provides an objective identification method and driving assistance device. According to the disclosure, not only the identification rate can be increased but also application scenarios having different identification rate requirements can be satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haijun Su, Xiaojun Tang
  • Patent number: 11508140
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for auto-configuring a region of interest (ROI) associated with a camera. In one implementation, a method comprises receiving image frames from a camera installed in the environment, wherein the ROI is located within the view of the image frames. The method includes tracking a plurality of persons in the image frames and determining a respective trajectory of movement for each person of the plurality of persons. The method further includes comparing each of the respective trajectories to one another and identifying, based on the comparing, a common trajectory shared by more than one person of the plurality of persons, wherein the common trajectory is not fully encompassed in the ROI. The method additionally includes updating the ROI to encompass the common trajectory, and includes configuring the updated ROI to be associated with new image frames from the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Gopi Subramanian, Joseph Celi
  • Patent number: 11501426
    Abstract: In an approach to tracking mass-produced items via a digital twin, one or more computer processors receive one or more images of a product. One or more computer processors retrieve a digital twin template corresponding to the product. One or more computer processors detect an imperfection in the one or more images of the product. One or more computer processors map data associated with the imperfection to the digital twin template. One or more computer processors map data associated with the imperfection to the digital twin template. One or more computer processors assign a unique identifier to the digital twin template that includes the data associated with the imperfection. One or more computer processors store the data associated with the imperfection in association with the unique identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary A. Silverstein, Jeremy R. Fox