Patents Examined by Wesner Sajous
  • Patent number: 11295480
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided that comprises circuitry to store color data generated by a hardware graphics rendering pipeline of a graphics processing unit to a memory configured to store multiple sample locations per pixel. The circuitry is configured to determine a set of color values associated with multiple sample locations of a pixel within a scene, generate a compressed subset of the set of color values including distinct color values for the pixel, interleave the compressed subset of the set of color values for the pixel into a memory plane, apply lossless compression to the set of color values within the memory plane, and store the memory plane to a memory configured to store multiple sample locations per pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Prasoonkumar Surti, Abhishek R. Appu
  • Patent number: 11295490
    Abstract: The present invention comprises an improved system and method for visualizing data. In a preferred form of the invention, there is provided an improved system and method for comprehending and communicating time course or sequential numerical data, and their complex interdependencies, through the use of a novel three dimensional orthogonal chart system. In another preferred form of the invention, there is provided a three dimensional orthogonal chart system for visualizing data comprising of a plurality of data sets, wherein each of the data sets is represented as a separate ribbon propagating along the first axis. In another preferred form of the invention, there is provided a three dimensional orthogonal chart system for visualizing data comprising of a plurality of data sets, wherein each of the data sets is represented as a separate ribbon propagating along a first axis, with the separate ribbons being displaced from one another along another axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Primena Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Hurley, Andrew Najda, Joseph J. Cobau, Steven C. Fried
  • Patent number: 11295700
    Abstract: Provided are a display apparatus, a display method, an image processing apparatus, and a computer program product for image processing. The display apparatus includes: a first display portion, an indication signal receiver an enhanced region determination portion and an image processing portion. The first display portion is configured to display a first image. The indication signal receiver is configured to acquire a position of an indication point in a region of the first image, and to send a position signal according to the position of the indication point. The enhanced region determination portion is configured to determine an enhanced region according to the position signal. The image processing portion is configured to carry out enhanced display processing on the enhanced region based on a signal of the first image so as to form a signal of a second image, and to output the signal of the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenpeng Guo, Haipeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11275454
    Abstract: A method for a user to paint an image includes generating a display of a room image uploaded by the user. The method also includes employing a straight-line masking tool to block off a first area of the room image with a straight line such that color will not be applied to the first area when color is applied to a second area of the room image. The method also includes employing a polygon masking tool to draw at least three lines to mask off a selected polygon area of the room image such that color can be applied by the user to an inside of the selected polygon area when the user selects the inside of the selected polygon area and an outside of the selected polygon area when the user selects the outside of the selected polygon area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Behr Process Corporation
    Inventors: Damien Reynolds, Douglas Milsom, Vincent Giosa
  • Patent number: 11276367
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, provided is an image processing device comprising a saturation value acquisition unit configured to acquire a saturation value of a target pixel or a saturation value of a target small area including a target pixel and peripheral pixels around the target pixel, and a correction unit configured to correct the target pixel so that a corrected gradation characteristic obtained by correcting the target pixel matches a gradation characteristic synthesized by mixing a color gradation characteristic and a monochrome gradation characteristic at a predetermined mixing ratio based on the saturation value, wherein assuming that the saturation value is c, and the mixing ratio of the color gradation characteristic is W, a value of W is represented by variable c as a relationship W=f(c) and satisfies a following condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: EIZO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke Bamba
  • Patent number: 11270468
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method involves accessing a first pixel block of an image, the first pixel block comprising pixels, each associated with three color values, determining whether to separately or jointly encode the three color values of each of the pixels of the first pixel block, determining that the three color values of each of the pixels in the first pixel block are to be jointly encoded based on (1) determining, based on the three color values of each of the pixels, a line defined within a three-dimensional coordinate system in which each of the pixels is represented as a three-dimensional point and (2) determining that the line satisfies a predetermined criteria, and encoding the three color values of each of the pixels in the first pixel block as a single quantized value based on a projection of the three-dimensional point associated with that pixel onto the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC.
    Inventors: Cheng Chang, Richard Webb, Richard Lawrence Greene
  • Patent number: 11244495
    Abstract: The invention provides, in some aspects, a system for implementing a rule derived basis to display image sets. In various embodiments of the invention, the selection of the images to be displayed, the layout of the images, as well as the rendering parameters and styles can be determined using a rule derived basis. The rules are based on meta data of the examination as well as image content that is being analyzed by neuronal networks. In an embodiment of the present invention, the user is presented with images displayed based on their preferences without having to first manually adjust parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: PME IP PTY LTD
    Inventors: Malte Westerhoff, Detlev Stalling
  • Patent number: 11244482
    Abstract: An image drawing device includes a first processor that generates second drawing data and second drawing command groups from first drawing data and first drawing command groups and a second processor. The first processor includes a drawing command reorder unit that generates third drawing command groups by changing an arrangement order of the first drawing command groups and deleting first drawing commands that have become unnecessary to execute due to the changing of the arrangement order of the first drawing command groups, a drawing command combination unit that generates the second drawing command groups by combining pieces of first drawing data corresponding to third drawing commands that can be executed by the second processor in the same drawing condition and deleting unnecessary third drawing commands, and a drawing command execution unit that executes each of the second drawing commands in an arrangement order of the second drawing commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoshi Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11238773
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a sensor, and a processor for acquiring the surrounding illuminance of the electronic device through the sensor, confirming a gain value for adjusting the gradation value of an image on the basis of the surrounding illuminance of the electronic device, and adjusting the gradation value of the image on the basis of the gain value, wherein the gain value is a value determined on the basis of visual sensitivity characteristics of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jungmin Ku, Sunghwan Jang
  • Patent number: 11238831
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and an operating method thereof. The electronic device includes a display, a plurality of optical sensor units arranged to respectively correspond to a plurality of regions divided on the display, a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, in which the processor is further configured to, by executing the one or more instructions, determine an intensity and a direction of external light incident to each of the plurality of regions divided on the display, by using the plurality of optical sensor units, determine a shadow region on the display, based on the determined intensity and direction of the external light corresponding to each of the plurality of regions, and control the display to provide a shadow effect on the determined shadow region, overlappingly with an image that is currently displayed on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ohin Kwon
  • Patent number: 11226652
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a wearable device, including a body, at least three conductive pins, and a strap. The body defines an accommodation cavity and a mounting slot. The at least three conductive pins are spaced apart from each other, located in the mounting slot and electrically connected to the mainboard. The strap includes a strap body, a locking end connected to the strap body, and a conductive component positioned at the locking end. The locking end is configured to be detachably positioned in the mounting slot. When the locking end is positioned in the mounting slot, the conductive component is electrically connected to at least two of the at least three conductive pins. The body may provide a user with a display interface. The displaying characteristics of the display interface correspond to at least two of the at least three conductive pins that are electrically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Enfu Liu
  • Patent number: 11226669
    Abstract: A control method for an electronic device, an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The electronic device includes a transparent display screen and an infrared sensor. The transparent display screen includes a display area. The infrared sensor is stacked below the display area. The infrared sensor is configured to emit infrared light and receive infrared light reflected by an object to detect a distance between the object and the electronic device. The control method includes: acquiring an ambient brightness of the electronic device when the infrared sensor is turned on; determining whether the ambient brightness is less than a preset brightness, and controlling the infrared sensor to operate at a first predetermined power in a case that the ambient brightness is less than the preset brightness. The first predetermined power is less than a rated power of the infrared sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Haiping Zhang
  • Patent number: 11227564
    Abstract: A processing method for an eye protection mode can be applied to a mobile terminal and include: acquiring a preset eye protection value, the preset eye protection value being a preset color temperature value of a white point; determining an eye protection coefficient of the preset eye protection value based on an application environment of the mobile terminal, and obtaining an optimized eye protection value based on the eye protection coefficient and the preset eye protection value, the optimized eye protection value being an eye protection color temperature value of the white point; determining eye protection color coordinates of the white point based on the optimized eye protection value and a daylight-blackbody locus curve; and determining RGB values of all color nodes based on the eye protection color coordinates of the white point through a color conversion matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong Zhai
  • Patent number: 11222408
    Abstract: A method to smooth periphery pixels of an image includes operations. First, an image includes periphery pixels is provided. Each periphery pixel includes periphery sub-pixels. Each periphery sub-pixel includes a location parameter, a brightness parameter and a color parameter. Second, the image which includes the periphery pixels is displayed. Next, the periphery pixels are locked by targeting each periphery sub-pixel of each periphery pixel. The brightness parameter of each periphery sub-pixels is collected to target the periphery sub-pixels. Then, a smoothing operation is carried out to adjust the brightness parameters of the periphery sub-pixels to obtain adjusted brightness parameters. Afterwards, the periphery pixels with the adjusted brightness parameters are unlocked to obtain the image which has at least one smooth edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Chi-Feng Chuang
  • Patent number: 11222446
    Abstract: This document describes the development of a digital Face on virtual canvas (computer, smartphones and tablets) that can simulate the application of makeup products. The developed tool allows a user to test products and create new makeup techniques for be used by professional and makeup lovers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: PRÊT-À-TEMPLATE CRIAÇÃO E COMERCIALIZAÇÃO DE SOFTWARE DE MODA LTDA.
    Inventor: Bruno Rocha Werberich
  • Patent number: 11216915
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that identifies, at an image post-processor, unresolved surface data and identifies, at the image post-processor, control data associated with the unresolved surface data. Additionally, the technology may resolve, at the image post-processor, the unresolved surface data and the control data into a final image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tomer Bar-On, Hugues Labbe, Adam T. Lake, Kai Xiao, Ankur N. Shah, Johannes Guenther, Abhishek R. Appu, Joydeep Ray, Deepak S. Vembar, ElMoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall
  • Patent number: 11216990
    Abstract: Anisotropic texture filtering applies a texture at a sampling point in screen space. Calculated texture-filter parameters configure a filter to perform filtering of the texture for the sampling point. The texture for the sampling point is filtered using a filtering kernel having a footprint in texture space determined by the texture-filter parameters. Texture-filter parameters are calculated by generating a first and a second pair of screen-space basis vectors being rotated relative to each other. First and second pairs of texture-space basis vectors are calculated that correspond to the first and second pairs of screen-space basis vectors transformed to texture space under a local approximation of a mapping between screen space and texture space. An angular displacement is determined between a selected pair of the first and second pairs of screen-space basis vectors and screen-space principal axes of a local approximation of the mapping that indicate the maximum and minimum scale factors of the mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Rostam King
  • Patent number: 11211034
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may access a first image that is generated at a first frame rate. The system may determine whether a change of a user viewpoint with respect to one or more display contents satisfies a threshold criterion. The system may select an operation mode from a first operation mode and a second operation mode based on the determination whether the change of the user viewpoint satisfies the threshold criterion. The system may generate a number of second images at a second frame rate higher than the first frame rate. When the selected operation mode is the first operation mode, the second images may be generated using a resampling process. When the selected operation mode is the second operation mode, the second images may be generated by transforming one or more previously generated second images that are generated based on the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC.
    Inventors: Larry Seiler, Warren Andrew Hunt
  • Patent number: 11200708
    Abstract: Generating color vector previews for images is described. A color vector preview system processes image data using parallel pipelines: one for determining a color palette based on an image frame's depicted content and another for recoloring image frames using the color palette. The color vector preview system replaces each pixel of an image frame with a color determined from a surrounding spatial neighborhood of pixels. Input specifying a number of colors is received, and the specified number of colors are selected from replaced pixel values to define the color palette. After determining the color palette, the color palette pipeline obtains a most-recently captured image frame and updates the color palette accordingly. Simultaneously, the recoloring pipeline compares each of the replaced pixel values to the color palette and replaces each pixel based on the comparison. Recolored frames are then output as color vector previews for the image data in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Hemant Badhani, Abhishek Verma
  • Patent number: 11195494
    Abstract: A screen brightness adjustment method includes: determining a direction of brightness adjustment based on a screen brightness adjustment instruction, and controlling a brightness level of a screen and a grayscale parameter of an image displayed on the screen based on the direction of brightness adjustment, such that brightness of the screen is adjusted to target brightness desired by the screen brightness adjustment instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong Zhai