Patents Assigned to Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11049218
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a first image and a second image, where at least part of the first image overlaps with at least part of the second image. The first and second images are divided into portions associated with a first set of grid points, where each grid point in the first set corresponds to a portion of the first image or the second image. Differences in the region of overlap between the first and second images are determined. One or more grid points in the first set and the corresponding portions of the first image or the second image are moved relative to one or more other grid points in the first set based on the determined differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ayesha Khwaja, Haiyue Yu, Rahul Budhiraja, Sajid Sadi, Iliya Tsekov
  • Patent number: 11042249
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes generating, at a multi-view display, a first content to be viewed at a first angle and a second content to be viewed at a second angle. The first content and the second content are displayed simultaneously. The method also includes receiving, at a touch-screen panel coupled to the multi-view display, a first plurality of capacitive signals. The method then generates, by the touch-screen panel, a first touch-screen panel heatmap based on the received first plurality of capacitive signals. The method afterwards determines, based on the first touch-screen panel heatmap, whether a first user input is received with respect to the first content or the second content. The method then assigns, based on determining the first user input corresponds to either the first content or the second content, the first user input to the first content or the second content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Sergio Perdices-Gonzalez, Nigel Clarke
  • Patent number: 11023126
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing data corresponding to one or more settings of a network-enabled device; and determining one or more of the settings corresponds to an enhanced security level. Each of the one or more settings are activated by a corresponding confirmation touch gesture. The method also includes detecting a number of touch inputs; and determining the number of touch inputs correspond to a confirmation touch gesture. The confirmation touch gesture includes: an initial touch input; and a confirmation touch input located at a particular area of a touch-sensitive display that is located at least a pre-determined distance from an end location of the initial touch input. The method also includes sending data corresponding to one or more of the settings activated by the confirmation touch gesture in response to determining the number of touch inputs correspond to the confirmation touch gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Rock Anthony Leung, Alireza Mogharrab
  • Patent number: 10955983
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, an apparatus includes a single electrode configured to passively receive a charge displacement and a change in characteristics of electromagnetic signals in an environment. The apparatus further includes a touch sensor, coupled to the single electrode, configured to detect a first input based on the charge displacement, and a second input based on the change in characteristics of electromagnetic signals in the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ernest Rehmi Post, Olivier Bau, Iliya Tsekov, Sajid Sadi, Mike Digman, Vatche Attarian, Sergi Consul, Cody Wortham
  • Patent number: 10939833
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium embodies software that is operable when executed to, in real time, capture a number of images of a user; identify one or more regions of interest corresponding to one or more superficial arteries of the user. The identification is based on a signal-to-noise ratio of photoplethysmogram (PPG) data obtained from the plurality of images. The software is further operable to measure, based on the PPG data, blood volume pulse (BVP) signals; and based on the measured BVP signals, compute one or more cardiological metrics for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ayesha Khwaja, James Young, Cody Wortham, Sajid Sadi, Jawahar Jain
  • Patent number: 10939834
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium embodies software that is operable when executed to, in real time, capture a number of images of a user; and determine a time-series signal for the user based on the plurality of images. The signal includes one or more segments that are physiologically plausible and one or more segments that are physiologically implausible. The software is further operable to identify one or more of the physiologically plausible sub-segments based on one or more pre-defined signal characteristics; and calculate one or more heartrate measurements based on the physiologically plausible sub-segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ayesha Khwaja, James Young, Cody Wortham, Sajid Sadi, Jawahar Jain
  • Patent number: 10874309
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium embodies software that is operable when executed to, in real time, capture, by a single sensor, a number of images of a user; determine, based on the number of images, one or more short-term cardiological signals of the user during a period of time; estimate, based on the cardiological signals, a first short-term emotional state of the user; determine, based on the number of images, one or more short-term neurological signals of the user during the period of time; estimate, based on the neurological signals, a second short-term emotional state of the user; compare the first estimated emotional state to the second estimated emotional state; and in response to a determination that the first estimated emotional state corresponds to the second estimated emotional state, determine a short-term emotion of the user during the period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayesha Khwaja, James Young, Cody Wortham, Sajid Sadi, Jawahar Jain
  • Patent number: 10802142
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting, from a first transducer of an electronic device, a first audio signal to a surface near the electronic device. The first audio signal is generated based on a frequency sweep across a range of frequencies. The method also includes receiving, at a second transducer of the electronic device, a second audio signal that is at least partly reflected off the surface. The method then determines an attribute of the surface based on the received second audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Philipp Schoessler, Bogdana Rakova
  • Patent number: 10769438
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may access one or more frames of media content with each frame corresponding to at least part of an image. The computing system may automatically detect at least one object in at least one of the one or more frames. The computing system may automatically identify the at least one object. For each of the identified objects, the computing system may automatically determine an annotation corresponding to that object and each annotation may include one or more graphical elements. For each annotation, the computing system may automatically associate that annotation for display with its corresponding object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Abhijit Bendale, Jason Yeh, Brian Harms, Sergio Perdices-Gonzalez, Cathy Kim, Michael Noh, Ruokan He, Simon Gibbs, Jihee Kim, Anthony Liot, Pranav Mistry, Yingying Ren, Sajid Sadi, Anil Unnikrishnan, Link Huang
  • Patent number: 10750153
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a processor and multiple pairs of cameras, where each camera of a first pair of cameras is separated from each other by one camera of a second pair of cameras. Each camera of the first pair of cameras has a first orientation, and each camera of the second pair of cameras has a second orientation that is different from the first orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sajid Sadi, Sergio Perdices-Gonzalez, Rahul Budhiraja, Brian Dongwoo Lee, Ayesha Mudassir Khwaja, Pranav Mistry
  • Patent number: 10691332
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage media contains instructions for displaying on a small display an interactive element that is or includes one or more characters. The instructions can identify, based on an input, one or more of the interactive elements or characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eva Offenberg, Link Huang, Cathy Kim, Pranav Mistry, Sajid Sadi
  • Patent number: 10671231
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an electrode that is coupled to a body of a user and is configured to receive a signal from the body. The received signal is based on an electromagnetic interference signal generated by an object that is external to the apparatus. The apparatus further includes one or more processors coupled to the electrode. The processors are configured to detect, based on the signal received by the electrode, one or more of: an interaction between the user and the object, an identity of the object, or a context surrounding the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Olivier Bau, Bogdana Rakova, Mike Digman, Philipp Schoessler, Martin Salvador, Sergi Consul Pacareu
  • Patent number: 10551928
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes one or more processors and a memory coupled to the processors that includes instructions executable by the processors. When executing the instructions, the processors present on a display of the apparatus a first screen of a graphical user interface. The first screen includes one or more first elements. The processors receive user input indicating a transition in the graphical user interface and, in response to the user input, transition from the first screen to a second screen of the graphical user interface and apply one or more visual transition effects to the transition. The second screen includes one or more second elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Pranav Mistry, Sajid Sadi, Lining Yao, John Snavely, Eva-Maria Offenberg, Link Chun Huang, Cathy Kim
  • Patent number: 10547825
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client device, a request corresponding to a particular view of a three-dimensional video comprising multiple views. The method also includes accessing a data stream corresponding to the video. The method further includes selecting, based on the request, one or more portions of the accessed data stream, at least one of the selected portions corresponding to the particular view. The method also includes transmitting the selected portion of the accessed data stream to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sajid Sadi, Sergio Perdices-Gonzalez, Rahul Budhiraja, Brian Dongwoo Lee, Ayesha Mudassir Khwaja, Pranav Mistry
  • Patent number: 10537796
    Abstract: An apparatus for viewing virtual reality content is discussed in the present application. The apparatus may include a collapsible body and a pair of collapsible hood elements that are coupled to the body. The body may include a pair of lenses. Each of the hood elements may be collapsible into or onto the body. In a collapsed configuration of the apparatus, the hood elements may be collapsed into or onto the body, and a combined body structure that includes the body and the collapsed hood elements may be collapsed into or onto itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven Manuel, Jody Fu, Curtis Aumiller, Chengyuan Wei
  • Patent number: 10537253
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing first time-series data based on electromagnetic radiation in a first spectrum and second time-series data based on electromagnetic radiation in a second spectrum. The method also includes comparing the first time-series data with the second time-series data and determining, based on the comparison, (1) whether a stopping condition associated with a device has occurred or (2) whether a discarding condition associated with the first time-series data or the second time-series data has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jawahar Jain, Cody Wortham, James Young, Sajid Sadi, Pranav Mistry
  • Patent number: 10503361
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes detecting user input linked to a portion of a graphical user interface associated with one or more applications. The method further includes rendering, in response to the detected user input, at least a portion of a transient graphical object that is made up of several portions. Each portion is associated with a different virtual space, and each portion contains content including at least: 1) information linked to a particular one of the one or more applications; and 2) one or more graphical control objects for initiating one or more actions linked to the particular application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Pierce, Mike Digman, Ranhee Chung, Sokhav Nget, Sangwoo Han, Junyeon Cho
  • Patent number: 10481736
    Abstract: In one embodiment, one or more systems may include multiple emitters and receivers of electromagnetic radiation. Each emitter and each receiver may correspond to a different field of view respectively. The one or more systems may activate at least some of the emitters according to an illumination pattern. One or more receivers may then detect at least part of the electromagnetic radiation that is reflected from an object. The one or more systems may further detect a presence of the object or a motion of the object in the field of view of at least one of the receivers based at least on the illumination pattern and on electromagnetic radiation detected by the one or more receivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Juan Pablo Forero Cortes, Santiago Ortega Avila, Sajid Sadi
  • Patent number: 10478131
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a health characteristic of a user based on one or more biological measurements may include selecting a context from a plurality of contexts, each context corresponding to a baseline health value, and each context being defined by a plurality of recorded events each comprising one or more of repeated biological states, repeated user activity, or space-time coordinates of the user, and then monitoring the health characteristic of the user based on one or more bio-sensing measurements in comparison to the baseline health value corresponding to the selected context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jawahar Jain, James Young, Cody Wortham, Sajid Sadi, Pranav Mistry
  • Patent number: 10456088
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, a method for determining a heart-rate variability (HRV) measurement of a user may include receiving, from a sensor of an electronic device of the user, heart sensor data, determining a noise level of the heart sensor data, and then adjusting the HRV measurement by an amount calculated based on the determined noise level. The sensor data may include data on a photoplethysmograph (PPG) signal over a noise-calculation time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jawahar Jain, James Young, Cody Wortham, Sajid Sadi, Pranav Mistry