Patents Examined by Stephen R Smith
  • Patent number: 11066191
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting or identifying substances based on spectral response signatures is provided. The system utilizes IR imagery, singularly or stored in a database, in operative communication with a database or library of known spectral response signatures. The system correlates the spectral response signature detected, or inherent, in an image or image library, with the set of known signatures in the spectral database. The system generates a report of the substances or chemical compounds present in at least a portion of the image. The system can also query a database of IR products for an area of interest, and return results in a report or via an interactive tool, for IR products containing specific IR spectral results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventor: John A. Salerno, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11050953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an infrared imager suitable for detecting an infrared flux in a first and a second spectral band, the imager comprising an enclosure and comprising: a separator separating an incident infrared flux into two fluxes, a single detector suitable for detecting a flux in the two spectral bands, the detector being cooled to a temperature lower than the temperature of the enclosure, a switching optic movable between a first position in which the first flux is sent to the detector and a second position in which the second flux is sent to the detector, and a reflector having a bottom positioned in order that the image of the bottom in the first spectral band by the switching optic in the second position is situated on detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventor: Ludovic Perruchot
  • Patent number: 11037604
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for processing and analyzing forensic video data using a computer program, the method comprising the steps of recording the forensic video data; providing supplementary data related to the recorded video data, wherein the supplementary data may be provided from or input by a source external of the computer program, in particular a human, or wherein the supplementary data may be extracted from the forensic video data by the computer program in an initial analyzing step; analyzing the forensic video data by the computer program using the supplementary data; and displaying a part of the forensic video data, the displayed part being based on a result of the analyzing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: IDEMIA Identity & Security Germany AG
    Inventors: Michael Brauckmann, Christian Dubray, Andre Garstka, Alexander Kolarow, Maximilian Krueger, Martin Werner, Gero Willmes, Christian Winter
  • Patent number: 11032490
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a camera array comprising camera modules, the camera modules comprising a master camera that includes a processor, a memory, a sensor, a lens, a status indicator, and a switch, the switch configured to instruct each of the camera modules to initiate a start operation to start recording video data using the lens and the sensor in the other camera modules and the switch configured to instruct each of the camera modules to initiate a stop operation to stop recording, the status indicator configured to indicate a status of at least one of the camera modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur van Hoff, Thomas M. Annau, Jens Christensen, Koji Gardiner
  • Patent number: 11024338
    Abstract: Provided is a non-transitory computer readable medium including computer readable instruction, which when executed by a computer processor cause the computer to read image data extracted from a moving image file stored in the storage medium, a frame rate of the image data, and speed control data of the image data, determine a reproduction speed of a first section of the moving image file by analyzing the speed control data, calculate a change rate of the first section based on the reproduction speed of the first section; and reproduce the moving image file by increasing a reproduction time or removing some of a plurality of frames included in the first section based on the calculated change rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SNOW Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Cheol Jeon, Young Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 11022786
    Abstract: A handling apparatus for handling a measuring probe of a scanning probe microscope is disclosed. The measuring probe has a probe body and a probe tip which is coupled with the probe body by a cantilever. The handling apparatus includes a receiving device for receiving the measuring probe at a receiving area, a guide structure, in which the measuring probe is guidable while at the same time the probe body is at least partially limited and the cantilever and the probe tip are supported without contact, and a transport device for transporting the measuring probe from the receiving area along the guide structure to a target area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Anton Paar GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Pinno-Rath, Gernot Leuprecht, Daniel Koller
  • Patent number: 11004211
    Abstract: An imaging object tracking system includes an entrance/exit detection camera to take an image of an entrance/exit detection area where an imaging object enters and exits, an entrance/exit detection upper sensor to detect the imaging object being imaged by the entrance/exit detection camera, at least one upper sensor disposed so as to overlap a part of the detection area for detecting the imaging object with an area where the entrance/exit detection upper sensor detects the imaging object, an initial position estimation unit to estimate an initial position of the imaging object on the basis of positional coordinates of the imaging object in a two-dimensional image taken by the entrance/exit detection camera and three-dimensional coordinate information of the entrance/exit detection area, an upper position detection unit to detect a position of the imaging object seen from an upper side thereof, an initial motion path generation unit to generate an initial motion path, and a tracking unit to generate a followin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Susumu Iino, Junji Sukeno, Masahide Koike, Satoshi Michihata
  • Patent number: 10999629
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for performing operations comprising receiving, with a messaging application, user input to access a graphical image modification feature of the messaging application; in response to receiving, causing display of a video; accessing a first configuration rule of a plurality of configuration rules that associates a first device property rule with the graphical image modification feature of the messaging application; determining that the first configuration rule is satisfied by a first property of the client device; and in response to determining that the first configuration rule is satisfied by the first property of the client device, causing display of a first plurality of graphical image modification options each associated with performing a different modification to the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Ronald Cieslak, Jiayao Yu, Kai Chen, Farnaz Azmoodeh, Michael David Marr, Jun Huang, Zahra Ferdowsi
  • Patent number: 10979627
    Abstract: Proposed is a mobile terminal including triple cameras having first, second and third FOVs (field of views) respectively, wherein the first FOV is larger than the second FOV which is larger than the third FOV, wherein the mobile terminal includes: a display for outputting visual information; and a controller configured for controlling the triple cameras and the display, wherein the controller is configured for: detecting a signal to indicate capturing an object by the triple cameras at a time; in response to the detected signal, activating cameras of the first FOV and second FOV to capture the object individually; deactivating one of the cameras of the first FOV and second FOV, wherein one of the cameras of the first FOV and second FOV has captured the object earlier than the other thereof; and activating a camera of the third FOV to capture the object using an imaging setting values obtained from at least one of the cameras of the first FOV and second FOV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jiwon Yun, Eunyoung Noh, Seungmin Yang, Junhwa Lee
  • Patent number: 10972635
    Abstract: Techniques are provided to implement the display of synchronized sensor data and captured video signal. A mobile computing device receives a set of data points from a multi-sensor device. The set of data points may be assigned a timestamp value, obtained from an internal clock within the mobile computing device. Sets of data points and their assigned timestamp values are aggregated into an aggregated sensor dataset that represents the sets of data points over a particular period of time. Concurrently to receiving the sensor data, video frames are received. The video frames with an assigned timestamp value are stored in a video frame dataset that represents video frames over a particular period of time. The aggregated sensor dataset and the video frame dataset are synchronized and combined into a single combined video dataset based upon the assigned timestamp values of the sets of data points and the video frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MYRIAD SENSORS, INC.
    Inventors: Clifton Roozeboom, Andrew Bellay, David Bakker
  • Patent number: 10958866
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a photographed data acquisition unit that acquires photographed data of surroundings of a vehicle, an event detection unit that determines, when acceleration of a first threshold or greater applied to the vehicle is detected, that a first level event has occurred, while when acceleration of a second threshold or greater is detected, determine that a second level event has occurred, in which the second threshold is greater than the first threshold, and a recording control unit that, in the detection of the first level event, stores the photographed data as first level event data, while in the detection of the second level event, stores the photographed data as second level event data, and when the first level event data is reproduced within a first period from the occurrence of the first level event, stores the first level event data as the second level event data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Takuji Teruuchi
  • Patent number: 10951936
    Abstract: A method, device, and computer-readable medium for synchronizing video are described. A wearable camera captures first video data. Also, the wearable camera timestamps the first video data and organizes the first video data using a hash table. The wearable camera transmits the first video data to a wireless hub via a wireless connection and captures second video data. When the wireless connection between the wearable camera and the wireless hub is unable to support full resolution video playback, the wearable camera down-converts the second video data, timestamps the second video data and organizes the second video data using the hash table. The wearable camera transmits the second video data to the wireless hub. Moreover, the first video data and the second video data are synchronizable according to gap synchronization based on one or more timestamps of the first video data and one or more timestamps of the second video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: AXIS AB
    Inventor: Kerry Calvert
  • Patent number: 10935779
    Abstract: Access to microscope images while a sample is scanned or images are generated or uploaded can decrease an amount of time that a user waits to view a region of interest of an image. A processor can be configured to allow a remote user to access a portion of an image at full or partial resolution while other portions of the sample are being scanned, or while one or more images are generated or uploaded at full or partial resolution. A processor stored locally with the microscope can be configured to allow a remote user to access a completed scan over the internet prior to the scan being fully uploaded over a network such as the internet to a remote server. In some embodiments, a processor may be coupled to a microscope, a user device, or a remote server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Scopio Labs Ltd.
    Inventors: Erez Na'aman, Michael Shimon Iluz, Itai Hayut
  • Patent number: 10897593
    Abstract: An approach, for storing video data in a plurality of tape media via a ring buffer. A tape data splitter receives video data stored in a ring buffer. The tape data splitter writes the video data to a current tape media. The tape data splitter detects an end of tape media event. The tape data splitter responds to the end of tape media event, by switching the current tape media to a next tape media. The tape data splitter selects a resume point for the video data stored in the ring buffer and writes to the next tape media, the video data stored in the ring buffer that is subsequent to the resume point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Araki, Shinobu Fujihara, Tohru Hasegawa, Takeshi Ishimoto, Hiroshi Itagaki, Hiroyuki Miyoshi, Yutaka Oishi
  • Patent number: 10891489
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method, a system, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for identifying captions in captioned video. A method includes receiving audio and video content from a caption device where the video content includes captioned text, extracting frames of video from the received video content where the frames of video include captioned text, recognizing text from the captioned text in the extracted frames of video, and generating a descriptive textual file including timing information for the recognized text and timing information for the captioned text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: NEDELCO, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Seth Merrill Marks, Jeffery F. Knighton, Charles Scott Toller
  • Patent number: 10885347
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, comprising: identifying, using a processor, an individual in a video segment; ascertaining, from at least the video segment, a viewpoint expressed by the individual on a topic, wherein the viewpoint comprises at least one of: a stance of the individual and a sentiment of the individual toward the topic; identifying, using a processor, a superset video comprising the video segment, wherein the superset video is an originally published video; ascertaining, based at least in part on the superset video, an overarching viewpoint of the individual on the topic; determining whether an inconsistency exists between the viewpoint expressed by the individual in the video segment and the overarching viewpoint of the individual ascertained in the superset video; and alerting, responsive to determining that an inconsistency exists, a user that the video segment contains the inconsistency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tarun Tater, Anush Sankaran, Srikanth Govindaraj Tamilselvam, Naveen Panwar
  • Patent number: 10874284
    Abstract: There is provided a device (200) that generates display data to be displayed by each of a plurality of head mounted displays (100A, 100B) configured to be worn by each of a plurality of users involved in a surgery based on information that the each of a plurality of users in the surgery visually recognizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiyasu Morimoto
  • Patent number: 10855969
    Abstract: A file processing method is provided. A file conversion logic based on a player plug-in, a software development kit (SDK), and a recording plug-in that are loaded and run in a designated three-dimensional (3D) operation environment is obtained. A first to-be-processed file and a second to-be-processed file obtained based on a source file are played. Audio/video decoding is performed on each of the first to-be-processed file and the second to-be-processed file based on the file conversion logic. Distortion processing is performed on a result of the audio/video decoding, and a result of the distortion processing is stored in an image file format in a video random access memory (RAM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Tong Wang, Gu Cai Luo
  • Patent number: 10847187
    Abstract: A system for dynamic pairing includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive an indication to identify paired event data based on an event time and an event location. The processor is configured to determine a paired video data region; retrieve a subset of video data stored in a pairing database or from a vehicle event recorder; and provide the subset of the video data as the paired event data. The paired video data region includes locations spatially nearby the event location and times temporally nearby the event time. The pairing database or the vehicle event recorder stores a video data. The video data is retrievable based on an associated time data and/or location data. The video data is placed in the subset of video data in response to the associated time data and location data being within the paired video data region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Lytx, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett Hoye, Anton Lunde
  • Patent number: 10839854
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to perform speed-enhanced playback of recorded media are disclosed. Example media playback devices disclosed herein include a target frames calculator to determine a target number of frames of recorded media to drop during playback of the recorded media based on a target playback rate and a total number of frames of the recorded media. Disclosed example media playback devices also include a frames selector to select a subset of the frames of the recorded media to drop during the playback of the recorded media, the frames selector to select the subset of the frames based on the target number of frames to drop and skip bytes included in the subset of frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Venugopal Srinivasan