Patents Examined by Stuart D Bennett
  • Patent number: 11545013
    Abstract: Customizable intrusion zones for audio/video (A/V) recording and communication devices in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, a method for an A/V recording and communication device is provided, the method comprising displaying, on a display of the computing device, a user interface for creating and/or customizing at least one intrusion zone, wherein the at least one intrusion zone comprises at least one motion zone within a field of view of the A/V recording and communication device coupled with at least one conditional setting of the at least one motion zone, determining whether an input has been received to establish a new conditional setting, or to change a previous conditional setting, determining whether an input has been received to save the new conditional setting or to save the changed conditional setting, and saving the new conditional setting or the changed conditional setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: A9.Com, Inc.
    Inventor: James Siminoff
  • Patent number: 11546623
    Abstract: A video decoder may be configured to output layers of video data according to layers specified in an output layer set mode as well as based on the actual layers received in an access unit. Accordingly, the video coder may be configured to output layers actually received rather than restart a video bitstream in situations where the layers actually received do not match the layers specified in the output layer set mode. In another example, a video encoder may disable inter prediction when the sub-picture ID of a sub-picture in a currently coded picture does not match the sub-picture ID of a sub-picture in a reference picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vadim Seregin, Yong He, Muhammed Zeyd Coban
  • Patent number: 11546638
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry reconstructs a first sample in a video carried in a coded video bitstream based on a non linear mapping based filter with a first filter shape configuration. Then, the processing circuitry determines a switch from the first filter shape configuration to a second filter shape configuration, and reconstructs a second sample in the video based on the non linear mapping based filter with the second filter shape configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Yixin Du, Xin Zhao, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11539954
    Abstract: An image processing device and method that enable suppression of an increase in the amount of coding of a scaling list. The image processing device sets a coefficient located at the beginning of a quantization matrix by adding a replacement difference coefficient that is a difference between a replacement coefficient used to replace a coefficient located at the beginning of the quantization matrix and the coefficient located at the beginning of the quantization matrix to the coefficient located at the beginning of the quantization matrix; up-converts the set quantization matrix; and dequantizes quantized data using an up-converted quantization matrix in which a coefficient located at the beginning of the up-converted quantization matrix has been replaced with the replacement coefficient. The device and method can be applied to an image processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Tanaka, Yoshitaka Morigami
  • Patent number: 11509920
    Abstract: A method and device identify a maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed in a coded video sequence referring to a parameter set. A coded video sequence is decoded based on the identified maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed in the coded video sequence referring to the parameter set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Byeongdoo Choi, Shan Liu, Stephan Wenger
  • Patent number: 11509940
    Abstract: At least a computer program product comprising computing instructions stored on a non-transitory computer storage medium is provided. The computer program product is provided for efficiently encoding or decoding a video frame to smooth out or reduce visual distortions such as visual artifact between different video subsections encoded with different compression methods within a video frame. In addition, an improved memory storage is provided for applying a raster scan search strategy for finding a reference image for the input video frame by applying a shift-based input addressing scheme to write to the memory storage and a corresponding shift-based output addressing scheme to read from the memory storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventors: Yiliang Wu, Yendo Hu
  • Patent number: 11496754
    Abstract: A decoding method includes obtaining an identifier from a bitstream, where the identifier indicates a minimum decoding time interval k between library pictures that is allowed in the bitstream, obtaining, when parsing the bitstream, a decoding moment ti of a current decoded picture and a decoding moment tj of a first decoded picture that is closest to the current decoded picture and that references a new library picture when the current decoded picture is decoded by referencing a library picture, where the new library picture is a library picture that is not decoded or needs to be re-decoded when the first decoded picture is decoded, and determining a preset quantity of library pictures as candidate reference pictures of the current decoded picture based on a relationship between k and a difference between ti and tj.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: Zhejiang University, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lu Yu, Ye-Kui Wang, Yuqun Fan, Hualong Yu, Yin Zhao, Xiangyu Lin, Haitao Yang
  • Patent number: 11490126
    Abstract: At lease a computer program product is provided for efficiently encoding or decoding a video frame. The computer program product when executed by one or more processors configures the one or more processors to compress or encode the different video subsections within the video frame with different compression methods. The visual artifact is reduced between the different video subsections encoded or compressed with the different compression methods within the video frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventor: Yendo Hu
  • Patent number: 11483592
    Abstract: A system is provided for efficiently encoding and decoding a video frame with different subsections to improve and reduce visual distortion. The system comprises an encoder for encoding the different video subsections within the video frame with different compression methods. The system also comprises a correspond decoder for decoding the encoded video frame by the encoder. Therefore, the visual distortion is reduced between the different video subsections encoded with the different compression methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventor: Yendo Hu
  • Patent number: 11477373
    Abstract: A periphery monitoring device according to an embodiment includes, as an example: a processor that generates a display image obtained by viewing, from a virtual viewpoint received through an operation input unit, a point of gaze in a virtual space including a model obtained by pasting a captured image obtained by imaging a surrounding area of a vehicle in a first position of the vehicle at a first time using imaging units provided on the vehicle to a three-dimensional plane around the vehicle, and including a three-dimensional vehicle image provided in a second position of the vehicle at a second time after the first time; and outputs the display image to a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka
  • Patent number: 11474209
    Abstract: An example method includes causing a light projecting system of a distance sensor to project a pattern of light onto an object. The pattern of light includes a plurality projection artifacts arranged in a grid. Rows and columns of the grid are arranged in a staggered manner. Spacing between the rows and spacing between the columns is set so that a pattern density parameter of the pattern of light increases with a length of a trajectory of the projection artifacts. The pattern density parameter is defined as a ratio between a maximum diameter of the projection artifacts and the length of the trajectory. The method further includes causing a light receiving system of the distance sensor to acquire an image of the pattern of light projected onto the object, and computing a distance from the object to the distance sensor based on locations of the projection artifacts in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Magik Eye Inc.
    Inventor: Akiteru Kimura
  • Patent number: 11457241
    Abstract: An encoding device 1 includes: a transformer 13 configured to calculate an orthogonal transform coefficient by performing an orthogonal transformation process on a residual image indicating a difference between the input image and a predicted image of the input image; a quantizer 14 configured to generate quantization coefficient by quantizing the orthogonal transform coefficient based on a quantization parameter; an entropy encoder 24 configured to generate encoded data by encoding the quantization coefficient; an image decoder 10 configured to restore an orthogonal transform coefficient from the quantization coefficient based on the quantization parameter and generate a pre-filtering image by adding the predicted image to a residual image restored by performing inverse orthogonal transformation on the orthogonal transform coefficient; and a deblocking filter 18 configured to perform a filtering process on the pre-filtering image and control a filtering strength depending on a result of comparison between a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI
    Inventors: Atsuro Ichigaya, Shunsuke Iwamura, Shimpei Nemoto, Kazuhisa Iguchi
  • Patent number: 11451830
    Abstract: Techniques and tools for reducing latency in video encoding and decoding by constraining latency due to reordering of video frames, and by indicating the constraint on frame reordering latency with one or more syntax elements that accompany encoded data for the video frames. For example, a real-time communication tool with a video encoder sets a syntax element that indicates a constraint on frame reordering latency, which is consistent with inter-frame dependencies between multiple frames of a video sequence, then outputs the syntax element. A corresponding real-time communication tool with a video decoder receives the syntax element that indicates the constraint on frame reordering latency, determines the constraint on frame reordering latency based on the syntax element, and uses the constraint on frame reordering latency to determine when a reconstructed frame is ready for output (in terms of output order).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Gary J. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11451825
    Abstract: The amount of memory required for CCLM prediction is reduced. The CCLM prediction parameter derivation unit (310442) derives a scale shift value corresponding to a luma difference value, and derives a CCLM prediction parameter, by shifting, by using the scale shift value, a value obtained by multiplying a value of a table referred to with a value obtained by performing right shift of the luma difference value by the scale shift value as an index and a chroma difference value. In addition, in a case of deriving a prediction image, a bit width is reduced by adaptively deriving a shift amount of a linear prediction parameter from the chroma difference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yukinobu Yasugi, Eiichi Sasaki, Tomohiro Ikai, Tomoko Aono
  • Patent number: 11438499
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking an object within a surgical field are described. A system may include a lighting component to illuminate a surgical field, and a camera device to capture an image of a tracked device within the surgical field. The system may include a rotational component configured to rotate with respect to the lighting component. The camera device may couple to the rotational component to rotate with respect to the lighting component, such as in response to an obstruction of a tracked object being detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: MedTech S.A.
    Inventor: Florian Coiseur
  • Patent number: 11438631
    Abstract: At least a method and an apparatus are provided for efficiently encoding or decoding a video frame, and more particularly, to a method or an apparatus for efficiently providing an improved slice based pipelined coding/decoding with low latency. In particular, each video frame of a sequence of video frames are segmented into equal number of slices, with only one slice per video frame. In addition, the position of the only I slice changes sequentially for the each video frame of the sequence of video frames over time, forming a sawtooth pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yendo Hu, Yiliang Wu
  • Patent number: 11432010
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for discontinuous face boundary filtering for 360-degree video coding. A face discontinuity may be filtered (e.g., to reduce seam artifacts) in whole or in part, for example, using coded samples or padded samples on either side of the face discontinuity. Filtering may be applied, for example, as an in-loop filter or a post-processing step. 2D positional information related to two sides of the face discontinuity may be signaled. In a video bitstream so that filtering may be applied independent of projection formats and/or frame packing techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: VID SCALE, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Hanhart, Yan Ye, Yuwen He
  • Patent number: 11425423
    Abstract: At least a method and an apparatus are provided for efficiently encoding or decoding a video frame to smooth out or reduce visual distortions such as visual artifact between different video subsections encoded with different compression methods within a video frame. In addition, an improved memory storage is provided for applying a raster scan search strategy for finding a reference image for the input video frame by applying a shift-based input addressing scheme to write to the memory storage and a corresponding shift-based output addressing scheme to read from the memory storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventors: Yendo Hu, Yiliang Wu
  • Patent number: 11410298
    Abstract: A process for automated component inspection includes the steps of calibrating an imaging device mounted on a table; calibrating a coordinate measuring machine mounted on the table, the coordinate measuring machine comprising a fixture coupled to an arm of the coordinate measuring machine; coupling a component to the fixture; acquiring an image of said component with said imaging device; registering a baseline dimensioned image to the component image; applying the baseline dimensioned image to a damage detection algorithm; and determining component damage by the damage detection algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Alan Matthew Finn, Jose Miguel Pasini, Edgar A. Bernal, Ozgur Erdinc, Ziyou Xiong, Gene B. Donskoy, Sergio S. Frutuoso, Joseph A. Sylvestro, Richard W. Osborne, III, Olusegun T. Oshin, William L. Rall
  • Patent number: 11405620
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing intra prediction are provided. An image decoding method of the present invention comprises deriving an intra prediction mode for a current block, selecting at least one reconstructed sample line neighboring to the current block, constructing a reference sample using at least one reconstructed sample included in the at least one reconstructed sample line, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra prediction mode and the reference sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Dong San Jun, Jin Ho Lee, Jung Won Kang, Hyun Suk Ko, Sung Chang Lim, Ha Hyun Lee, Seung Hyun Cho, Hui Yong Kim, Jin Soo Choi