With Electronic Viewfinder Or Display Monitor Patents (Class 348/333.01)
  • Patent number: 10566532
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display panel, a display substrate, and an inkjet printing method. The display panel includes an underlying substrate, anode layers of a plurality of organic light-emitting pixels arranged in a matrix over the underlying substrate; and reference lines and first switch transistors, arranged over the underlying substrate, each of the respective reference lines corresponds to each of the respective anode layers, and each of the first switch transistors corresponds to each of the anode layers; where each of the anode layers is connected with the corresponding reference line through the corresponding first switch transistor; and anode layers of the pixels in a same color share a same reference line, and anode layers of the pixels in different colors correspond to different reference lines; and the reference lines are configured to provide the anode layers with electric charges while organic light-emitting functional layers are being fabricated on the anode layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chuanli Leng
  • Patent number: 10560809
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a position providing apparatus installed in a server or a terminal device and configured to calculate a current position of a terminal device user by analyzing voice information or image information and to indicate the calculated position on a map database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SK PLANET CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jaewoo Lim
  • Patent number: 10546197
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing a machine learning-based system for generating event intelligence from video image data that: collects input of the live video image data; detects coarse features within the live video image data; constructs a coarse feature mapping comprising a mapping of the one or more coarse features; receives input of the coarse feature mapping at each of a plurality of distinct sub-models; identify objects within the live video image data based on the coarse feature mapping; identify one or more activities associated with the objects within the live video image data; identify one or more interactions between at least two of the objects within the live video image data based at least on the one or more activities; composes natural language descriptions based on the one or more activities associated with the objects and the one or more interactions between the objects; and constructs an intelligence augmented live video image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Ambient AI, Inc.
    Inventors: Shikhar Shrestha, Vikesh Khanna
  • Patent number: 10528177
    Abstract: A mobile terminal capable of sensing a touch input, and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a camera unit configured to receive an image in a camera mode; a display unit configured to sense a touch input; a control unit configured to designate a region on the basis of a touch input sensed by the display unit, execute the camera mode when a region is designated, control the camera unit to capture the received image, and display the captured image in the designated region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hayang Jung, Mijin Cho, Hyungtae Jang, Suyoung Lee, Jihye Yu
  • Patent number: 10531070
    Abstract: A system is preferably in the form of a wearable system combined with a double-function image display and image capturing screen. The system is intended to be used to display projected images on the screen and capture the 3D ambient using the image formations from the screen by means of a camera. The system more particularly relates to a display and imaging system comprising an image capturing device, a projector assembly and a passive screen, said image capturing device capturing at least one view being formed by the said passive screen in optical communication therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KOC Universitesi
    Inventors: Hakan Urey, Shoaib Soomro, Muhsin Eralp
  • Patent number: 10503390
    Abstract: An electronic device, according to various embodiments of the present invention, comprises: an image sensor; a display configured to acquire a user input; and a processor functionally connected to the image sensor and the display, wherein, when the user input has a first input time, the processor displays, via the display, image information acquired from means of the images sensor, and when the user input has a second input time, the processor may be configured to perform an operation of storing the image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woohyun Baek, Seungwoo Lee, Hoseong Jeon, Hyoungsun Ji, Mingyu Kim, Gyushik An
  • Patent number: 10498954
    Abstract: The imaging device includes: an imaging unit that generates image data from the optical information input through an optical system unit; an image processor that performs a predetermined process to the image data; and a controller that controls the optical system unit, the imaging unit, and the image processor based on a set value relating to video capturing. The controller sets the set value to a corresponding value relating to the video capturing in each of a first and a second video mode, and automatically sets the set value in the second video mode to a value more suitable for recording a still image so that image quality of a still image in the second video mode is greater than image quality of a still image in the first video mode. The video in the second video mode is captured from start to end of a video recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Mukai, Yoshinori Okazaki
  • Patent number: 10498997
    Abstract: An image sensing apparatus senses an image of an object illuminated with illumination light including an infrared ray. the apparatus includes an effective pixel region including an effective pixel configured to detect an infrared ray returning from the object, a black reference pixel region including a black reference pixel configured to obtain a black reference signal, and a control unit configured to control the black reference pixel such that charge accumulation in the black reference pixel for obtaining the black reference signal is performed in a period during which the object is not illuminated with the illumination light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Shigeta
  • Patent number: 10484597
    Abstract: Emotional/cognitive state-triggered recording is described. A buffer is used to store captured video content until a change in an emotional or cognitive state of a user is detected. Sensor data indicating a change in an emotional or cognitive state of a user triggers the creation of a video segment based on the current contents of the buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John C. Gordon, Cem Keskin
  • Patent number: 10474007
    Abstract: A digital camera is provided with a vertically long camera body having an approximately rectangular solid shape. An LCD panel provided in a rear surface of the camera body is arranged such that longitudinal directions of the display screen and the camera body correspond to each other. The digital camera is operated through a touch panel provided in a lower portion of the display screen. In a taking mode, an image is displayed in a small size on an upper portion of the display screen. In reproducing, the camera body is rotated sideways by 90 degree. In a reproducing mode, display posture of the image is also rotated by 90 degree, and the image is displayed in a large size on the entire display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Misawa
  • Patent number: 10469724
    Abstract: An imaging and displaying device according to the present disclosure includes an imaging device that takes an image of a subject including a user; a display; and an image processor that receives data of an image of the subject taken by the imaging device and causes the image to be displayed on the display. The imaging device includes an imaging element that is disposed so that a normal to an imaging surface is horizontal; an optical system that has a lens for forming the image of the subject on the imaging surface; and an optical axis shift device. The optical axis shift device supports at least one of the imaging element and the lens in such a manner that the at least one is movable in a direction parallel with the imaging surface and that shifts the movably supported imaging element or lens in the direction parallel with the imaging surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Kumamoto
  • Patent number: 10455205
    Abstract: There is provided a signal processor including correction circuitry configured to correct a signal for each color input to the signal processor and to output the corrected signal for each color, first conversion circuitry configured to receive the corrected signal for each color, to perform first image processing on each corrected signal for each color, and to generate a first signal having a first color gamut for each color, second conversion circuitry configured to receive the corrected signal for each color, to perform second image processing on each corrected signal for each color, and to generate a second signal having a second color gamut for each color, where the signal processor outputs a first image data having a first color gamut and a second image data having a second color gamut from same corrected signals for each color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Kamiya, Norihiko Kawada, Yuki Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 10447969
    Abstract: An image processing device, an image processing method, and a picture transmission and reception system. The image processing device and the image processing method include detecting a change in a capturing environment, and updating, when the change in the capturing environment is detected, based on the detected change, parameter information in which a parameter to be used for picture processing is linked to each one of a plurality of display areas included in picture data generated. The picture transmission and reception system includes a first end device and a second end device each of which includes an imaging device configured to capture an image to generate picture data. The first end device and the second end device exchange a display area cropped from picture data obtained by capturing an image by the imaging device included in each one of the first end device and the second end device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Koji Kuwata
  • Patent number: 10438543
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display apparatus includes an image sensor configured to output an image signal when the image sensor is driven in a first mode and a second mode, and a display device configured to display an image on a display panel based on the image signal. The image sensor is configured to output an image signal every first exposure time when the image sensor is driven in the first mode, and to output an image signal every second exposure time when the image sensor is driven in the second mode. The display device is configured to display an image in accordance with progressive drive when the image sensor is driven in the first mode, and to display an image in accordance with interlace drive when the image sensor is driven in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kazunari Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 10431131
    Abstract: A projector includes a projection optical system configured to project an image on a screen, a size detecting section configured to detect a size of a region of the screen on which the image is projected, a size determining section configured to determine, on the basis of the size of the region detected by the size detecting section, a size of an object projected on the screen, and a projection control section configured to cause the projecting optical system to project the image including the object having the size determined by the size determining section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Ano
  • Patent number: 10425612
    Abstract: A digital video camera comprising: user controls enabling a user to select between at least an up input, a down input, a left input, a right input, and a confirmation input; and a program memory storing instructions to implement a method for trimming a digital video sequence. The method includes: selecting a digital video sequence; initiating a trimming operation; accepting user input to select a start frame and an end frame for a trimmed digital video sequence, wherein the up input and the down input are used to select between a start frame selection mode and an end frame selection mode, and the left input and the right input are used to scroll through the frames of the selected digital video sequence; and trimming the selected video sequence to include the frames between the selected start frame and the selected end frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: MONUMENT PEAK VENTURES, LLC
    Inventors: Alison Rose Boncha, Theresa Kathryn Guarrera, Noah Joseph Stupak, Keith Stoll Karn
  • Patent number: 10419588
    Abstract: A camera assembly and a mobile electronic device are provided. The camera assembly includes at least two image sensors. Each image sensor includes a pixel array and a control circuit. The pixel array includes a light sensing region and an imaging region. The control circuit is configured to receive a light sensing instruction to control the light sensing region to detect an illumination intensity and to receive an imaging instruction to control the light sensing region and the imaging region to collectively perform a photographic process to obtain an image. The present disclosure further provides a mobile electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Yibao Zhou, Jiao Cheng, Haiping Zhang
  • Patent number: 10405060
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining that a display, upon which is being presented a media program, is within a field of view of a user who is using an augmented reality device; presenting, via the augmented reality device, a first augmented reality display region, wherein the first augmented reality display region shows information associated with the media program, and wherein the first augmented reality display region is positioned adjacent the display in the field of view of the user; determining, by the processing system, that the field of view of the user has been positioned such that the display is no longer in the field of view of the user; and presenting, via the augmented reality device, a second augmented reality display region, wherein the second augmented reality display region shows the media program that is being presented on the display. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Tillman, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10394427
    Abstract: An information processing device having a touch panel includes an operation part, a display, an operation content determination part, and a display control part. The operation part displays an unlock icon while the display displays the predetermined lock screen in the locked state. The operation content determination part determines whether or not to release the locked state and whether to change the display content of the lock screen in response to a user's operation on the unlock icon. The display control part changes the display content of the lock screen based on the determination result. The unlock icon can be moved from the initial position to an end mark along a slide bar via a user's operation. The operation content determination part determines the instructed content of a user's operation based on the time length of a user's operation on the unlock icon or the position of the unlock icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi Higashibeppu
  • Patent number: 10394069
    Abstract: A display device includes a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region. A display element included in the first region has a function of reflecting visible light and a function of emitting visible light. A display element included in the second region has a function of emitting visible light. In an electronic device including the display device, the first region is located on a first surface (e.g., top surface) on which a main image is displayed, and the second region is located on a second surface (e.g., side surface) on which an auxiliary image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Daisuke Kubota, Naoto Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 10389934
    Abstract: A mobile device and a photographing method thereof are provided for managing display of data between two oppositely provided display screens. Two opposite surfaces of the mobile device are both provided with a display screen and a camera. After starting a target camera, the mobile device displays an image captured by the target camera on a screen located on the opposite surface of the mobile device from the target camera, and also display assistance information for photographing on the other screen located on the same surface of the mobile device as the target camera. The instruction for photographing comprises an identifier of the target camera. The assistance information may be the image captured by the target camera, or other preset assistance information used to improve the photographing effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Hisense Mobile Communications Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yongqing Wang
  • Patent number: 10386699
    Abstract: A shutter apparatus includes a shutter base plate having an opening, a light shield movable between a closed state for closing the opening and an open state for opening the opening, a cam member rotatable in a first angle range, a second angle range, and a third angle range between the first angle range and the second angle range, the cam member that rotates in the third angle range rotating the light shield, a motor configured to drive the cam member, a forcing member configured to force the cam member so as to rotate the cam member from the first angle range to the third angle range, and a restricting member configured to restrict the forcing member from forcing the cam member in at least part of the first angle range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Takayama, Kazuya Karibe, Jumpei Ishibiki
  • Patent number: 10389945
    Abstract: A set magnification of a magnified view during imaging standby and a set magnification of a magnified view in an AF-plus-MF mode are compared to determine whether the magnification of the magnified view during imaging standby is higher than the magnification of the magnified view in the AF-plus-MF mode. As a result of the determination, if the magnification of the magnified view during imaging standby is lower than or equal to the magnification of the magnified view in the AF-plus-MF mode, a live-view image is displayed at a magnification equal to the magnification set for the AF-plus-MF mode. If the magnification of the magnified view during imaging standby is higher than the magnification of the magnified view in the AF-plus-MF mode, the live-view image is displayed at a magnification equal to the magnification at which the live-view image has been displayed during imaging standby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takashi Yoshimi
  • Patent number: 10380800
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for linking and interacting between augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) environments. An AR host system may capture or retrieve data associated with an AR view of a first user's real-world environment. The data may include an audio-visual stream of the real-world view, digital object data associated with digital objects overlaid on the real-world view, and other data. The AR host system transmits the data to a VR system. The VR system may place a second user into a VR environment that is a representation of the AR view. The VR system may also generate additional digital object data associated with the AR view and transmit the generated digital object data to the AR host system. The AR host system receives the digital object data and modifies the AR view presented to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Tony R. Smith, Mark Arana, Edward Drake, Alexander C. Chen
  • Patent number: 10380949
    Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a display unit, a display control unit configured to perform control such that a plurality of items including a specific item for setting a dark place display mode are displayed on the display unit, a setting unit configured to set the dark place display mode based on an operation that includes an operation of selecting the specific item among the plurality of items displayed on the display unit, and a control unit configured to, in a case where the dark place display mode is set, perform control to release the dark place display mode according to a specific operation excluding an operation of selecting any of the plurality of items displayed on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasufumi Oyama
  • Patent number: 10375308
    Abstract: Disclosed are a terminal and controlling method thereof. The present invention includes enabling an AoC (always on camera) mode for maintaining a state for a camera to capture an image, obtaining a shot input of capturing the image in the enabled AoC mode, and controlling the camera to capture the image instantly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taehoon Cho, Juha Hyun, Arim Kwon, Changmok Kim, Junghoon Chu, Eunhye Kim, Yujune Jang, Juhye Lee
  • Patent number: 10360431
    Abstract: An electronic device may include an optical image sensor and a pin hole array mask layer above the optical image sensor. The electronic device may also include a display layer above the pin hole array mask layer that includes spaced apart display pixels, and a transparent cover layer above the display layer defining a finger placement surface capable of receiving a finger adjacent thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Inventors: Giovanni Gozzini, Gennadiy A. Agranov, Brian M. King, Gershon Rosenblum, Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost
  • Patent number: 10360833
    Abstract: A method for controlling image display is provided. The method includes determining a target image display scheme based on at least one of a currently displayed image or a user operation, and processing and displaying a to-be-displayed image based on the target image display scheme. The target image display scheme may contain one or more parameters related to image display effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongpeng Yi, Deliang Peng, Shengjun Gou, Xiaori Yuan, Gaoting Gan, Zhiyong Zheng, Hai Yang
  • Patent number: 10331164
    Abstract: A display screen assembly, an electronic device and an image acquisition method are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a display screen assembly, a camera and a processor. The display screen assembly is arranged on the housing. The display screen assembly and the housing cooperatively define a receiving chamber. The display screen assembly includes a transparent entity area. The transparent entity area includes a plurality of image pixels configured to display data information. The camera is arranged in the receiving chamber. The camera corresponds to the transparent entity area and is configured to receive light passing through the transparent entity area to acquire an initial image including a first scene outside the electronic device and a second scene inside the electronic device. The processor is configured to process the initial image to obtain a target image that includes the first scene and is without the second scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaoming Bao
  • Patent number: 10313586
    Abstract: Display is appropriately switched between an EVF display and a rear display of a camera based on proximity detection. A proximity detection unit detects proximity of a user viewing through the EVF. An orientation detection unit detects an orientation of the camera main body. If the proximity detection unit detects proximity within a predetermined threshold, a system control unit switches display to display of the EVF. If the orientation detection unit detects a predetermined motion, the system control unit changes a threshold of the proximity detection to a value indicating a distance far from the EVF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takayuki Hoshina
  • Patent number: 10306142
    Abstract: A headset for panoramic photography, including a left receiver body and a right receiver body for being mounted on the left ear and the right ear of a user. A side of the left receiver body away from the left ear of a user is provided with a left camera, and a side of the right receiver body away from the right ear of the user is provided with a right camera. The cameras are ultra-wide-angle with a field angle of at least 180°, and optical axes of the cameras are perpendicular to optical axes of eyes of the user. User can listen, speak, and shoot photos or videos without hand-holding the camera. By shooting within a field angle of 180° at the left and right sides of a human body, a 360° panoramic image is obtained by merging the acquired images, thus produces simulated images and Virtual Reality environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Sysmax Communication Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenjie Li
  • Patent number: 10303329
    Abstract: A display system and method of displaying media content on a display screen includes a processor that receives from an input device an indication that one of a plurality of vignettes has been selected. The selected vignette is accessed from a data store. Each vignette includes digital media content. The digital media content is instructed by the processor to be played on a display screen located behind a plurality of smart products that are on display. Each smart product is positioned relative to the display screen at a set location. The digital media content includes a sequence of frames of digital images including frames that produce a halo of light behind a smart product being described in the frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam M. Laskowitz, Patricia S. Adler, Jacob A. Barton, Nathan G. Adkisson, Paul A. Hoppe, Philipp Rockel, John D. Ryan, Nico Guillin
  • Patent number: 10306150
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus which independently detects opening/closing and rotation of a display unit, and displays an image suitable for an opened/closed and rotated state of the display unit. The opening/closing sensor, the rotation sensor, and a magnet are arranged so that: when the display unit is closed with respect to an apparatus main body with the display panel facing a rear of the apparatus main body, both sensors detect a positive magnetic field; when the display unit is opened, an opening/closing detection result is switched not to detect the magnetic field in a range of an opening/closing angle from 90° to 175°, and the rotation sensor detects the magnetic field; and when the display unit is rotated, the opening/closing sensor does not detect the magnetic field, and a rotation detection result is switched to detect the magnetic field in a range of a rotating angle from 90° to 180°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuto Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10291856
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit to capture an image of a subject via an optical system, and a display unit having a display surface configured to display the image, and being rotatably supported with respect to the image capturing unit. In an exemplary embodiment, an open and close angle of a display panel and a rotation angle threshold to be used when the display unit is changed to “a self-image capturing display” according to an image capturing field angle are changed, thereby switching an orientation of the image in the display in consideration of not only an orientation of the display panel but also an image capturing field angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Jun Kamiya
  • Patent number: 10264207
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to a system and a method for creating a virtual message on a moving object, and for searching the virtual message. Under a data-construction mode, a user manipulates a mobile device to select a virtual message, and to capture a moving object. The mobile device allows the user to position the virtual message on the moving object. The system then receives data of the virtual message, the image information extracted from the moving object, and a viewable range for the virtual message relative to the moving object. The image information is employed to be the reference for the position of the virtual message. Under a search mode, the system renders a service for searching the virtual message over a specific moving object according to the image information of the moving object and the location of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Inventor: Yu-Hsien Li
  • Patent number: 10257425
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus performs control such that, if a first display unit is in a first folded position, display of a second display unit that is provided in an eyepiece viewfinder is started when an object is in proximity to the eyepiece viewfinder at a distance that is smaller than a first distance, and if the first display unit is in a second folded position, display of the second display unit of the eyepiece viewfinder is started when the object is in proximity to the eyepiece viewfinder at a distance that is smaller than a second distance, the second distance being greater than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoyuki Nakagawara
  • Patent number: 10241656
    Abstract: Provided is a batch processing method and a terminal. The batch processing method comprises: according to a trigger action of a user, selecting a first operation target area on an operation interface, a remaining area on the operation interface and/or another operation interface being a second operation target area; moving the first operation target area to cover the second operation target area; executing a predetermined operation on an operation target covered in the second operation target area. Via the technical solution of the present disclosure, an operation target area is selected on an operation interface, the selected operation target area is moved and a batch operation is performed on an operation target in a remaining area, thereby significantly simplifying cumbersome operations of existing batch operations, and saving operation time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Yulong Computer Telecommunication Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jingen Sheng
  • Patent number: 10205884
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and an operating method thereof are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a terminal body, a memory; a display; a camera located at one side of the terminal body and having at least a first lens and a second lens; and a controller configured to activate both the first and second lenses to capture a subject via the first lens in a first capture direction and capture the subject via the second lens in a second capture direction concurrently in response to an input for operating the camera; cause the memory to store a first image captured in the first capture direction and a second image captured in the second capture direction; and cause the display to display at least one of the stored first or second image based on an actual capture direction corresponding to an orientation of the camera when the input is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yoomee Song, Jungmin Park, Yoonseok Yang, Jaehwa Lee, Hyerim Ku
  • Patent number: 10205873
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for controlling a user interface. The method of controlling a user interface of an electronic device includes: displaying a drawing object formed by a path input into the electronic device on a screen, and controlling the user interface by applying different functions to a drawing object area and the remaining area excluding the drawing object area in the touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-woo Jung, In-Sik Myung, Hye-won Lee
  • Patent number: 10191541
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and computer programs for augmenting a virtual reality scene with real world content are provided. One example method includes an operation for obtaining sensor data from an HMD of a user to determine that a criteria is met to overlay one or more real world objects into the virtual reality scene to provide an augmented virtual reality scene. In certain examples, the criteria corresponds to predetermined indicators suggestive of disorientation of a user when wearing the HMD and being presented a virtual reality scene. In certain other examples, the one or more real world objects are selected based on their effectiveness at reorienting a disoriented user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Ruxin Chen
  • Patent number: 10187609
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of content sources providing content relevant to an event at a venue, one or more wireless access points positioned at the venue, a plurality of servers distributing the content signals to the wireless access points, and a plurality of wireless communication devices, each using a browser to retrieve the content through one of the wireless access points. A method performed by the apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: YINZCAM, INC.
    Inventors: Priya Narasimhan, Rajeev Gandhi
  • Patent number: 10185723
    Abstract: An image file naming rule is set by setting each of a plurality of items that configure a file name, and it is determined whether or not any one of the plurality of items satisfies a predetermined condition. If it is determined that none of the plurality of items satisfies the predetermined condition, an item including information that satisfies the predetermined condition is added to the file name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yusuke Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 10171628
    Abstract: A system for supporting an intervention to be carried out by a human operator on a network apparatus of a communication network is provided. The system includes a terminal device provided with a personal proxy, which is part of the equipment of the human operator. The personal proxy provides to the human operator instructions to carry out the various operations of the intervention, by displaying augmented reality elements overwritten to a live view of the network apparatus. Then, upon execution of each instruction, the personal proxy cooperates with the network management system for checking whether the instruction was properly executed, and reports the outcome to the operator by displaying further augmented reality elements overwritten to the live view of the network apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Chiappone, Danilo Gotta, Daniela Long, Elio Paschetta, Nicoletta Salis, Tiziana Trucco
  • Patent number: 10157325
    Abstract: A hand-held or otherwise portable or spatial or temporal performance-based image capture device includes one or more lenses, an aperture and a main sensor for capturing an original main image. A secondary sensor and optical system are for capturing a reference image that has temporal and spatial overlap with the original image. The device performs an image processing method including capturing the main image with the main sensor and the reference image with the secondary sensor, and utilizing information from the reference image to enhance the main image. The main and secondary sensors are contained together within a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: FotoNation Limited
    Inventors: Adrian Zamfir, Petronel Bigioi, Peter Corcoran, Alexandru Drimbarean, Eran Steinberg
  • Patent number: 10147400
    Abstract: A display control device (10) detects change of a screen, and executes, depending on the detected change of the screen, any one or both of provisional update processing that generates a strip-shaped rectangular region extended in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction based on the position of an icon displayed on the screen, searches the screen for a region similar to a specified image template by using the rectangular region as a search range, and performs overlay display of an icon in the similar region, and definitive update processing that searches for a region similar to the image template by using a region larger than a search range of the provisional update processing as a search range, and performs overlay display of an icon at a position corresponding to the similar region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Masuda
  • Patent number: 10147397
    Abstract: A flexible display panel and a driving method thereof, and a display device are provided. The flexible display panel includes a pixel region and a gate driving circuit region located outside the pixel region. The flexible display panel further includes a curvature adjusting unit located on two sides of the pixel region, the curvature adjusting unit includes a plurality of isosceles trapezoid units which are sequentially connected with each other through lower surfaces thereof, each isosceles trapezoid unit includes an upper surface, the lower surface, and a third waist surface and a fourth waist surface oppositely arranged between the upper surface and the lower surface, and a length of the upper surface between the third waist surface and the fourth waist surface is less than a length of the lower surface between the third waist surface and the fourth waist surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chunfang Zhang, Song Song, Kazuyoshi Nagayama
  • Patent number: 10139924
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application disclose an information processing method and apparatus based on a deformation controllable device and a user equipment. The method comprises: acquiring at least one piece of deformation request information for a deformation controllable device performing directional interaction with an external object; and in response to that a predicted value of effects of the at least one piece of deformation request information on an interaction effect parameter of the directional interaction falls beyond an acceptable effect value range, performing a first operation to cause an actual value of effects of the at least one piece of deformation request information on the interaction effect parameter to fall within the acceptable effect value range, and/or performing a second operation of informing a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Beijing Zhigu Rui Tuo Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuifei Yu, Ran Xu
  • Patent number: 10133158
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: an electronic part; an external case that covers the electronic part and constitutes an exterior; and a heat dissipation frame that transmits heat generated from the electronic part to the external case. The external case includes a top case, a front case, and a rear case, while the heat dissipation frame includes a first heat dissipation frame, a second heat dissipation frame, and a third heat dissipation frame provided independently from each other. Mechanical fixation is made to combine the top case and the first heat dissipation frame into one body, to combine the front case and the second heat dissipation frame into one body, and to combine the rear case and the third heat dissipation frame into one body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Yasuda, Kenji Kusunoki, Fumitaka Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10115762
    Abstract: Provided is a solid-state image pickup device including: a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a photoelectric conversion portion and a pixel transistor formed in a front surface side of a substrate, wherein a rear surface side of the substrate is set as a light receiving plane of the photoelectric conversion portion; and an element, which becomes a passive element or an active element, which is disposed in the front surface side of the substrate so as to be superimposed on the photoelectric conversion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kiyota, Keiji Mabuchi
  • Patent number: 10110826
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus and method, and a program to allow easier and quicker adjustment of an angle of view. The imaging apparatus photographs and displays a live view image, while a user adjusts the angle of view by seeing the live view image to cause the imaging apparatus to photograph an image to be photographed. At this time, an internal information detecting unit detects information about the photographed image as internal detected information, and an external information detecting unit detects conditions or the like of the imaging apparatus as external detected information. A photographing settings changing unit determines whether astronomical photographing is to be performed according to at least the internal detected information or the external detected information, and sets an upper limit value of the shutter speed during photographing the live view image to be larger in the astronomical photographing than the value of the normal photographing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Nakao