Patents Examined by Trang U. Tran
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Patent number: 10894515Abstract: A hitch rearview camera may include a lens, a housing, a main board, a battery, and a bracket. The lens, the main board and the battery are disposed inside the housing, and both sides of the housing are disposed on the bracket by an adjusting mechanism at an adjustable angle, the bottom of the bracket is provided with a connecting device detachably connected to a vehicle, and the main board is electrically connected to the lens and the battery respectively, and the main board has a WiFi module. In one embodiment, the rearview camera can be connected through a mobile phone or other display that can receive WiFi signals. When not in use, the camera is retracted directly to save spaces. In addition, by setting an adjusting mechanism, the angle of lens can be adjusted after a camera is connected to a vehicle to ensure the camera is used properly.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Inventor: Huachao Li
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Patent number: 10897595Abstract: A system includes a downstream facing port (DFP) coupled to a video source, an upstream facing port (UFP) coupled to a video sink, and a cable. The cable includes a first end that is connected to the DFP and a second end that is connected to the UFP. The cable is configured to carry a differential auxiliary transmission signal and detect polarity in the differential auxiliary transmission signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Charles Michael Campbell, Anwar Sadat, Mark Edward Wentroble
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Patent number: 10873708Abstract: A phased camera array captures images from a plurality of image sensor assemblies, each image sensor assembly capturing at a framerate and a resolution. The phased camera array is configured to generate images captured from the independent image sensor assemblies to be stitched into a single composite image with a higher resolution than the independent images. The higher resolution composite images can then be phased together to generate a video with a higher framerate than what the independent images were captured at. The image sensor assemblies of the camera system are positioned in such a way to minimize the footprint of the camera system and minimize negative effects from image stitching and video phasing.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: GOPRO, INC.Inventors: Timothy Macmillan, Balineedu Chowdary Adsumilli
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Patent number: 10873731Abstract: A projector includes a projection section, a spectral imaging section, and a control section, wherein the control section makes the projection section project an adjusting image corresponding to a color and a gray level of an image to be projected by the projection section while changing the color and the gray level to a first color and a first gray level, the first color and a second gray level, a second color and a third gray level, and the second color and a fourth gray level, sets a measurement condition corresponding to the color to the spectral imaging section, and makes the spectral imaging section take the adjusting images projected by the projection section to obtain spectral imaging data.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo Mano, Shinji Kubota, Hiroyuki Ichieda
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Patent number: 10863143Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for managing video data. Embodiments are described by reference to a Digital Video Management (DVM) system, for example methods for providing a user with access to view live feed from cameras in a DVM system. In overview, a DVM system is configured to provide a user interface for allowing an operator to view a plurality of video display objects, wherein each display object is configured to display live video data captured at a camera of the DVM system. The user interface is further configured to provide access to one or more camera groups, wherein the one or more camera groups are respectively defined by dynamic parameters. The DVM system executes a process for updating the constituent cameras of each camera group responsive to changes in the dynamic parameters. For example, in one embodiment there is a camera group defined by cameras recently viewed by a particular client.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Joshua Worrill
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Patent number: 10863058Abstract: An image processing device includes: a first processing unit generating third image information about a third image which is a combined image of a first image and a second image, by using first image information about the first image and second image information about the second image, and outputting a first signal including the third image information synchronously with a first synchronization signal; a second processing unit outputting a second signal including the second image information, switching between a first state where the second signal is synchronized with the first synchronization signal and a second state where the second signal is synchronized with a second synchronization signal different from the first synchronization signal, based on a state of the input first synchronization signal; and an output unit having the first signal and the second inputted and selecting and outputting the first signal or the second signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Makoto Saito
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Patent number: 10848704Abstract: A remote controller and a method for controlling a screen using the remote controller are provided. The remote controller includes a first screen key; an output interface configured to output a control signal; and a controller configured to control the first screen key and the output interface. The controller outputs first control information corresponding to a press of the first screen key to a display by using the output interface. The first control information is information for scaling a content screen displayed on the display and for displaying the scaled content screen on a first screen area of split screen areas of the display.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seok-jae Lee, Ji-won Choo
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Patent number: 10845570Abstract: The invention relates to an optical device (1) for enhancing the resolution of an image, comprising: a transparent plate member (10) configured for refracting a light beam (20) passing through the plate member (10), which light beam (20) projects an image comprised of rows and columns of pixels (40), a carrier (50) to which said transparent plate member (10) is rigidly mounted, wherein the carrier (50) is configured to be tilted between a first and a second position about a first axis (A), such that the plate member (10) is tilted between the first and the second position about the first axis (A), whereby said projected image (30) is shifted by a fraction (?P) of a pixel, particularly by a half of a pixel, along a first direction (x), and an actuator means (60) that is configured to tilt the carrier (50) and therewith the plate member (10) between the first and the second position about the first axis (A).Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: OPTOTUNE AGInventors: Manuel Aschwanden, David Niederer, Mark Ventura, Marcel Suter, David Stadler, Stephan Smolka, Roman Patscheider, Markus Geissner
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Patent number: 10834461Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a system processing unit configured to execute system processing based on a system; a person detection unit configured to detect a change from a first detection state in which a person is present within a predetermined detection range to a second detection state in which no person is present; an operation control unit configured to instruct the system processing unit to cause the operating state of the system to make a transition to a first operating state when the change from the first detection state to the second detection state is detected by the person detection unit; and a prohibition control unit configured to instruct the operation control unit to prohibit the transition to the first operating state when the change from the first detection state to the second detection state is detected by the person detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Kosugi, Masashi Nishio
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Patent number: 10832542Abstract: A system and method for viewing what person or movement may be at their door via their smartphone, without having to do any destructive installation, is disclosed. The camera system attaches to the typical residential door via adhesive pad anchor which uses a hinge portion to orient the camera system through a peephole within the door. One purpose of the camera system is to enable a user to see what's happening at their door, and be alerted to what's going on outside their door at all times, and/or anytime they want to look.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Guardifi Security, LLCInventor: Sam Glover
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Patent number: 10827212Abstract: An image transmission method uses image transmission equipment to transmit image signals from an electronic device to a display device, the equipment which includes a base device coupled to the display device, and a peripheral device coupled to an electronic device. The base device wirelessly communicates with the peripheral device. After the electronic device obtains an image transmission program from an outside source existing outside the peripheral device and executes the image transmission program, image signals from the electronic devices can be transmitted to the display device via the peripheral device and the base device.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Botao Lin, Cho-Cheng Lin, Ya-Ting Huang, Wei-Chi Shih
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Patent number: 10817242Abstract: An image display device that is daisy-chain connected includes: a storage unit that holds identification data that include information of its own device; and a control unit that, when a next-stage side apparatus is connected that is an image display device that can receive a video signal relayed by its own device, receives the identification data of the next-stage side apparatus from that next-stage side apparatus, and when the identification data that were received indicate that the next-stage side apparatus is the same apparatus type as its own device, retains the identification data of its own device without alteration.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Momose, Tohru Kataoka
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Patent number: 10819937Abstract: Disclosed is an interface display method, including: acquiring a button value and judging whether the acquired button value is a button value associated with any one of the shortcut applications, if yes, sending a first preset message and a second preset message to each of the shortcut applications; when a first shortcut application having an application identifier being different from the application identifier carried by the first preset message receives the first preset message, judging whether an application interface is in a display state, if yes, terminating the display of the application interface; when a second shortcut application having an application identifier being the same as the application identifier carried by the first preset message receives the first preset message and the second preset message, judging whether an application interface is in a display state, if yes, terminating the display of the application interface, or else displaying the application interface.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: SHENZHEN TCL DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY LTD.Inventor: Linyu Bao
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Patent number: 10818034Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for concealed fiducial markers for vehicle camera calibration. An example vehicle includes a frame, at least one panel coupled to the frame, and fiducial markers arranged in a predefined grid. The fiducial markers are configured to be detectable by a camera and concealed from observation by the human eye. The predefined grid of the fiducial markers is arranged to facilitate calibration of the thermal camera.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mark Gehrke, Jonathan Diedrich, Brian Bennie
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Patent number: 10810732Abstract: In various implementations, a condition of one or more screens of a device may be determined. A user may select a return application that facilitates capturing image(s) of device screen(s). A user may capture images of a screen of using a camera of the same device or another device. In some implementations, the user may position the device proximate a mirror such that the device can capture an image of one or more screens of the device. The captured image(s) may be processed and/or analyzed to determine if the screen of the device is damaged. In some implementations, notifications based on the condition of the device screen(s) may be transmitted. A price for the device may be determined, in some implementations based on the condition of the screen.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Hyla, Inc.Inventors: Rajiv Kumar Dwivedi, Christopher Heistad, Bikramjit Singh, Karl Felix Medina, Ram Mohan Reddy, Jonathan Brian Chinn, Rebekah Jane Griffiths, Satish G. Nair, Biju Nair
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Patent number: 10798270Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive first and second media units with respective first and second time stamps that are assigned based on a first clock cycle time and a data transmission rate, and to assign an adjusted time stamp to the second media unit based on the first clock cycle time, a second clock cycle time, the first time stamp, and the data transmission rate.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Sling Media Pvt. Ltd.Inventor: Amit Kumar
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Patent number: 10793054Abstract: A vehicle light system. The vehicle light system includes a front assembly having a plurality of lights and a first camera that is securable to a front end of a vehicle, and a rear assembly having a plurality of lights and a second camera that is securable to the rear end of the vehicle. A display operatively connected to the first camera and second camera is disposed within the vehicle interior. A control also disposed within the interior is operatively connected to the front assembly lights, the rear assembly lights, the first camera, the second camera, and the display. The lights improve the lighting of the surrounding area, thus decreasing the number of roadside incidents and increase the public awareness of the police vehicle, while the camera provides additional visibility to the vehicle operator.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Inventor: Sean Neal
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Patent number: 10798332Abstract: An imaging system including infrared light source, imaging unit and processor. Imaging unit includes first and second image-sensor chips, semi-transparent reflective element, infrared filter arranged to block transmission of infrared light towards first image-sensor chip, and means for transmitting infrared light received from overlapping field of view towards second image-sensor chip, whilst blocking transmission of infrared light received from non-overlapping field of view towards second image-sensor chip. First and second image-sensor chips are controlled to capture first and second images of real-world environment, wherein portion of second image-sensor chip that receives infrared light from overlapping field of view captures depth information pertaining to overlapping field of view. Extended-reality image is generated from first and second images, based on depth information.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Varjo Technologies OyInventor: Mikko Ollila
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Patent number: 10795118Abstract: A focusing control device includes: an evaluation value calculation unit that causes an imaging element which images a subject through a focus lens to image the subject for each of positions of the focus lens while moving the focus lens movable in an optical axis direction, and calculates evaluation values for determining a focusing position of the focus lens based on signals acquired by performing any filtering process selected among a plurality of filtering processes in which passbands are different on captured image signals acquired through the imaging; a focusing position determination unit as defined herein; and a focusing control unit that performs focusing control to move the focus lens to the focusing position, and the focusing position determination unit increases number of the selected evaluation values as a lower frequency limit of the passband becomes lower, as the filtering process selected by the evaluation value calculation unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Koichi Tanaka
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Patent number: 10791325Abstract: A method for monitoring equipment state includes the following steps. At least one input is received to generate a configuration file including an equipment identifier, a photographing equipment address and a photographing angle code. The equipment identifier, the photographing equipment address and the photographing viewing angle code are associated according to the configuration file. An abnormal signal having the equipment identifier is received. The photographing equipment address and the photographing viewing angle code corresponding to the equipment identifier are obtained according to the abnormal signal. The photographing viewing angle code is transmitted to a photographer corresponding to the photographing equipment address through a communication channel. The photographer photographs the equipment that corresponds to the equipment identifier according to the photographing viewing angle code, so as to generate a monitoring image. The monitoring image is displayed on display equipment.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: WISTRON CORP.Inventors: Yu Bo Lu, Wenyu Bao