Patents Examined by Aaron W Carter
  • Patent number: 10747971
    Abstract: A method for identification (ID) verification using a device with embedded radio-frequency identification (RFID) functionality is disclosed. The method comprises capturing, by a camera associated with a client device, an image of an ID document having an embedded RFID chip. The image is transmitted to a server for optical character recognition to extract and recognize printed data associated with the ID document. The client device can receive the printed data from the server and use the printed data to unlock the RFID chip by an RFID reader. Digital data associated with the ID document can be retrieved from the RFID chip and compared to the printed data. If the digital data and the printed data match, the ID document is verified. Otherwise, the ID document is rejected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: IDchecker, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Hagen
  • Patent number: 10732123
    Abstract: Various techniques are disclosed to provide a cloud-based, networked infrared (IR) inspection routing system that provides a user interface for remotely defining an inspection routing workflow for an inspection of a site, and provides an IR camera that presents customized and context-aware instructions to an on-site inspector to perform the inspection. The IR camera may be further configured to analyze IR images that are captured during the inspection and provides additional guidance in response to the analysis of the captured IR images according to the defined inspection routing workflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: FLIR SYSTEMS AB
    Inventors: Mats Ahlstrom, Kent Wickenberg, Tintin Razavian
  • Patent number: 10733511
    Abstract: A learning method for selecting specific information, to be used for updating an HD Map is provided. And the method includes steps of: (a) a learning device instructing a coordinate neural network to generate a local feature map and a global feature vector by applying a coordinate neural network operation to a coordinate matrix; (b) the learning device instructing a determination neural network to generate a first estimated suitability score to an N-th estimated suitability score by applying a determination neural network operation to the integrated feature map; (c) the learning device instructing a loss layer to generate a loss by referring to (i) the first estimated suitability score to the N-th estimated suitability score and (ii) a first Ground Truth(GT) suitability score to an N-th GT suitability score, and perform backpropagation by using the loss, to thereby learn parameters of the determination neural network and the coordinate neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: StradVision, Inc.
    Inventors: Kye-Hyeon Kim, Yongjoong Kim, Hak-Kyoung Kim, Woonhyun Nam, SukHoon Boo, Myungchul Sung, Dongsoo Shin, Donghun Yeo, Wooju Ryu, Myeong-Chun Lee, Hyungsoo Lee, Taewoong Jang, Kyungjoong Jeong, Hongmo Je, Hojin Cho
  • Patent number: 10728461
    Abstract: A method for correcting an incorrect angle of a camera is provided. And the method includes steps of: (a) a computing device, generating first reference data or second reference data according to circumstance information by referring to a reference image; (b) the computing device generating a first angle error or a second angle error by referring to the first reference data or the second reference data with vehicle coordinate data; and (c) the computing device instructing a physical rotation module to adjust the incorrect angle by referring to the first angle error or the second angle error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Stradvision, Inc.
    Inventors: Kye-Hyeon Kim, Yongjoong Kim, Hak-Kyoung Kim, Woonhyun Nam, SukHoon Boo, Myungchul Sung, Dongsoo Shin, Donghun Yeo, Wooju Ryu, Myeong-Chun Lee, Hyungsoo Lee, Taewoong Jang, Kyungjoong Jeong, Hongmo Je, Hojin Cho
  • Patent number: 10728559
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to process video data includes a memory and a processor in communication with the memory where the processor is configured to obtain an input picture including a color component having a first color characteristic, obtain a plurality of parameters associated with the color component of at least one sample of the input picture where the plurality of parameters are indicative of pivot points associated with a piece-wise linear function associated with the color component, determine that a value of at least one parameter of the plurality of parameters includes a negative value, apply, on the at least one sample of the input picture, the piece-wise linear function defined with the at least one parameter having a negative value, generate at least one output sample of an output picture including the color component having a second color characteristic based on the application of the piece-wise linear function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Adarsh Krishnan Ramasubramonian, Joel Sole Rojals, Dmytro Rusanovskyy
  • Patent number: 10719731
    Abstract: Techniques are provided that include identifying robust features within a training image. Training features are generated by applying a feature detection algorithm to the training image, each training feature having a training feature location within the training image. At least a portion of the training image is transformed into a transformed image in accordance with a predefined image transformation. Transform features are generated by applying the feature detection algorithm to the transformed image, each transform feature having a transform feature location within the transformed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Nant Holdings IP, LLC
    Inventors: Bing Song, Liwen Lin, Mustafa Jaber
  • Patent number: 10713478
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a three-dimensional moving image generation module for generating a moving image of an experiment target person; an object extraction module for extracting the experiment target person, separately from a background, from the moving image; an object definition module for defining an object by measuring a length, a size and a weight center of the object and extracting a depth image of the object; a behaviour pattern definition module for defining a basic behaviour pattern of the object by cumulatively analyzing a movement speed and movement time of the weight center of the corresponding object, and changes in the extracted depth data when the object defined by the object definition module is extracted by the object extraction module; and a behaviour pattern analysis module for analyzing and identifying a lasting time and a frequency of the basic behaviour pattern with respect to the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: KOREA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sang Kuy Han, Keyoung Jin Chun, Kyu Tae Chang, Young Jeon Lee, Yeung Bae Jin, Kang jin Jeong, Phil Yong Kang, Jung Joo Hong, Sang Rae Lee
  • Patent number: 10713782
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods for detecting characteristics of an unhatched egg. A set of images of an unhatched egg are obtained, where each of the spectral images is obtained in a particular wavelength range. The set of images is processed to extract image features, where the image features includes an image texture feature. The extracted image features are processed to classify the unhatched egg according to at least one characteristic. The at least one characteristic may include fertility and/or gender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: MATRIXSPEC SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Michael Ngadi, Li Liu, Chen Zheng
  • Patent number: 10706320
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and method for determining document type of a digital document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: ABBYY Production LLC
    Inventor: Irina Zosimovna Filimonova
  • Patent number: 10706259
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing multi-dimensional images includes a high content imaging system that includes an image capture device. An image acquisition module receives a series of images of a biological sample captured by the image capture device, and the series of images includes a sequence of image planes. A human interface module receives from a user computer specifications of a first image analysis step and a second image analysis step. The first image analysis step specifies a first image processing operation that processes an image plane of a series of images in accordance with at least another image plane of the series of images and the second image analysis step specifies a second image processing operation that processes each image plane of a series of images independently of the other image planes of the series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Molecular Devices, LLC
    Inventors: Avrum Cohen, Dihui Hong, Steven Luke
  • Patent number: 10705028
    Abstract: In order to inspect a substrate, an image information of a substrate before applying solder is displayed. Then, at least one inspection region on the substrate is image-captured to obtain an image of the inspection region that is image-captured. Then, image information that is to be displayed is renewed and the renewed image information is displayed. And, in order to inspect a foreign substance, obtained image of the inspection region is compared with a reference image of the substrate. Therefore, an operator can easily catch a region corresponding to a specific region of the image that is displayed, and easily detect a foreign substance on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: KOH YOUNG TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Hyun-Seok Lee, Jae-Sik Yang, Ja-Geun Kim, Hee-Tae Kim, Hee-Wook You
  • Patent number: 10699158
    Abstract: A probabilistic model is provided based on an output of a matching procedure that matches a particular object to representations of objects, where the probabilistic model relates a probability of an object being present to a number of matching features. The probabilistic model is used for detecting whether a particular object is present in received visual data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Open Text Corporation
    Inventor: George Saklatvala
  • Patent number: 10694120
    Abstract: Methods for generating a temperature map of a scene are provided. A method may include receiving thermal data of the scene. The thermal data includes frames of thermal infrared data. A mapping may be created for each frame based on the digital thermal infrared data. The method further includes generating the temperature map using the mapping. The temperature map is generated prior to a contrast enhancement process. The method further includes separately transmitting the temperature map and the digital thermal infrared data in a data channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Richard L. Southerland, Douglas A. Blettner, David C. Hutchison, Henry W. Neal
  • Patent number: 10684872
    Abstract: A method, executed by a computer, includes receiving, for a cluster, a request to create a new container host, wherein the cluster comprises a plurality of container hosts having a corresponding plurality of local repositories, creating the new container host, selecting an image for the new container host according to one or more host preferences, wherein the image is stored in an image location, and copying the image from the image location to the local repository of the new container host. A computer system and computer program product corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sudheesh S. Kairali, Neeraj Kumar Kashyap
  • Patent number: 10684321
    Abstract: A printed circuit board inspection apparatus obtains measurement shape information about each of a plurality of solder pastes printed on a first printed circuit board through a plurality of apertures and aperture shape information about each of the plurality of apertures, obtains probability values that a first solder paste printed through a first aperture of the plurality of apertures and each of a plurality of second solder pastes printed through second apertures other than the first aperture of the plurality of apertures have the measurement shape information when the first solder paste and the plurality of second solder pastes are printed on the first printed circuit board, by applying the measurement shape information and the aperture shape information to a machine-learning based model, and detects whether an anomaly in the first solder paste occurred based on the probability values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: KOH YOUNG TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Jeong Kyu Noh, Jae Hwan Lee, Duk Young Lee
  • Patent number: 10681385
    Abstract: An image processing system, method, and program suppress block distortion when decoding block-encoded image data. Filtering content to be applied to the block image data is selected based on the encoding types of the block image data to be filtered. A filter filters block image data according to the selected filtering content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Velos Media, LLC
    Inventors: Ohji Nakagami, Kazushi Sato, Yoichi Yagasaki
  • Patent number: 10674651
    Abstract: A printed circuit board inspection apparatus generates at least one image indicating whether an anomaly associated with a plurality of solder pastes printed on a first printed circuit board is detected, if an anomaly in at least one solder paste of the plurality of solder pastes is detected by using an image of the first printed circuit board, obtains at least one value indicating relevance between at least one fault type and the generated at least one image, using the machine-learning based model, and determines a fault type associated with the at least one solder paste in which the anomaly is detected from at least one fault type, based on the obtained at least one value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: KOH YOUNG TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Jae Hyung Kim, Jeong Kyu Noh, Jae Hwan Lee, Duk Young Lee
  • Patent number: 10671349
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to an accelerated mathematical engine. In certain embodiments, the accelerated mathematical engine is applied to image processing such that convolution of an image is accelerated by using a two-dimensional matrix processor comprising sub-circuits that include an ALU, output register and shadow register. This architecture supports a clocked, two-dimensional architecture in which image data and weights are multiplied in a synchronized manner to allow a large number of mathematical operations to be performed in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Joseph Bannon, Kevin Altair Hurd, Emil Talpes
  • Patent number: 10664960
    Abstract: A image processing device includes a first interface to receive a first frame having a first pixel value with a first dynamic range; a dynamic range converter to convert the first pixel value having the first dynamic range into a second pixel value having a second dynamic range according to a conversion gain factor to generate a second frame having the second pixel value with the second dynamic range, the second dynamic range being less than the first dynamic range; a weight generator to receive the conversion gain factor and to generate a first contrast weight signal depending on the conversion gain factor; and a contrast modifier to enhance a local contrast of the second frame by adjusting the second pixel value of the second dynamic range based on the first contrast weight signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Changmin Lee
  • Patent number: 10660541
    Abstract: The systems, methods, and devices described herein generally relate to achieving accurate and robust motion correction by detecting and accounting for false movements in motion correction systems used in conjunction with medical imaging and/or therapeutic systems. In other words, in some embodiments of the systems, methods, and devices described herein can be configured to detect false movements for motion correction during a medical imaging scan and/or therapeutic procedure, and thereby ensure that such false movements are not accounted for in the motion correction process. Upon detection of false movements, the imaging or therapeutic system can be configured to transiently suppress and/or subsequently repeat acquisitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignees: The University of Hawai'i, The Queen's Medical Center
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Ernst, Brian Keating, Aditya Singh, Maxim Zaitsev, Michael Herbst