Patents Examined by Alison Slater
  • Patent number: 11044454
    Abstract: Multi-layered frame-compatible video delivery is described. Multi-layered encoding and decoding methods, comprising a base layer and at least one enhancement layer with reference processing, are provided. In addition, multi-layered encoding and decoding methods with inter-layer dependencies are described. Encoding and decoding methods that are capable of frame-compatible 3D video delivery are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Athanasios Leontaris, Alexandras Tourapis, Peshala V. Pahalawatta, Kevin Stec, Walter Husak
  • Patent number: 11044487
    Abstract: A system for decoding a video bitstream includes receiving a bitstream and a plurality of enhancement bitstreams together with receiving a video parameter set and a video parameter set extension. The system also receives an output layer set change message including information indicating a change in at least one output layer set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Dolby International AB
    Inventor: Sachin G. Deshpande
  • Patent number: 10986357
    Abstract: A system for decoding a video bitstream includes receiving a bitstream and a plurality of enhancement bitstreams together with receiving a video parameter set and a video parameter set extension. The system also receives an output layer set change message including information indicating a change in at least one output layer set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Dolby International AB
    Inventor: Sachin G. Deshpande
  • Patent number: 10972707
    Abstract: An endoscope includes an optical module, the optical module including an optical element including a light emitting surface, an external electrode being disposed, out of a first region and a second region obtained by dividing the light emitting surface substantially in half, only in the first region, a wiring board including a first main surface where the optical element and a bonding electrode are disposed, a bonding wire connecting the external electrode and the bonding electrode to each other, a ferrule into which the optical fiber is inserted, a frame including an upper plate where the ferrule is disposed, including a side plate fixed to the first main surface, including an inner section housing the optical element and a side surface including an opening, and a transparent resin disposed in the inner section, wherein the upper plate is inclined at a predetermined inclination angle to the first main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideharu Miyahara
  • Patent number: 10972754
    Abstract: An encoder includes: circuitry; and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry: performs, when a size of a current block to be subjected to transform processing is not a power of 2, complementary processing of adding a complementary region to the current block to cause the size to be a power of 2; performs transform processing on the current block which has been subjected to the complementary processing; performs inverse transform processing on the current block which has been subjected to the transform processing; and eliminates the complementary region included in the current block which has been subjected to the inverse transform processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kanoh, Tadamasa Toma, Takahiro Nishi, Kiyofumi Abe, Chong Soon Lim, Han Boon Teo, Ru Ling Liao, Jing Ya Li, Sughosh Pavan Shashidhar, Hai Wei Sun
  • Patent number: 10951907
    Abstract: A system for decoding a video bitstream includes receiving a bitstream and a plurality of enhancement bitstreams together with receiving a video parameter set and a video parameter set extension. The system also receives an output layer set change message including information indicating a change in at least one output layer set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Dolby International AB
    Inventor: Sachin G. Deshpande
  • Patent number: 10924757
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of encoding a video, including determining a motion vector resolution of a current block, determining a motion vector of the current block according to the motion vector resolution of the current block, predicting and encoding current block using a motion vector of the current block, and encoding information on the motion vector resolution of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-yeon Lim, Sun-young Lee, Se-hoon Son, Jae-seob Shin, Hyeong-duck Kim, Gyeong-taek Lee
  • Patent number: 10917654
    Abstract: A system for decoding a video bitstream includes receiving a bitstream and a plurality of enhancement bitstreams together with receiving a video parameter set and a video parameter set extension. The system also receives an output layer set change message including information indicating a change in at least one output layer set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Dolby International AB
    Inventor: Sachin G. Deshpande
  • Patent number: 10896320
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a children face alert system is provided for use with a smart device with a display screen. A neural network model trained with dataset images with embedded distance information can run in the background of the smart device. When receiving a captured image frame of the face of a child using the smart device, the neural network model can determine that the captured image frame is from a child, and further determine whether the face of the child is within a predetermined distance to the display screen based on a size of the face on the captured image frame. If the face is within the predetermined distance, the smart device can display an alert that the face of the child is too close to the display screen and pause one or more user applications until the child's face moves outside of the predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventors: Shengdong Zhu, Lei Zhong, Kaisheng Song, Jia Guo
  • Patent number: 10893221
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes an imaging sensor, an imaging method, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The imaging sensor includes a plurality of wavelength detection regions. The plurality of wavelength detection regions including at least a first wavelength detection region. The first wavelength detection region comprises a plurality of pixels configured to detect light within a first pre-determined wavelength range, and detect the light at different pre-determined polarization directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Mitani, Masafumi Wakazono
  • Patent number: 10893280
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to obtain a transform type for decoding a transform block for the current block; select, based on the transform type, a template for coding a value of a non-zero map; select, based on the template, a context for entropy decoding the value of the non-zero map; and decode the value of the non-zero map based on the context. The non-zero map indicates which coefficients of the transform block have non-zero values. A method includes obtaining a transform class for coding a transform block for the current block, wherein the transform class corresponding to a transform type and a direction; selecting, based on the transform class, a coding context for coding a value of a non-zero map; and coding the value of the non-zero map based on the coding context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Young, Dake He
  • Patent number: 10873744
    Abstract: A method of processing a video signal including a current block using an affine prediction mode includes generating a candidate list of motion vector pairs using the motion vector of a pixel or block neighboring at least two control points of the current block, determining a final candidate list of a predetermined number of motion vector pairs based on a divergence value of the motion vector pair, where the final candidate list is determined in order of smaller divergence value, and the divergence value is a value indicating similarity in the direction of motion vectors, determining the control point motion vector of the current block based on a rate-distortion cost from the final candidate list, and generating the motion vector predictor of the current block based on the control point motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaeho Lee, Seunghwan Kim, Jaehyun Lim
  • Patent number: 10863190
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for encoding of a video sequence in an encoder or decoding of the video sequence in a decoder includes parsing an initial motion vector from the video sequence associated with a block. A plurality of samples are determined and pre-fetched to permit both motion vector refinement and motion compensation based on parsing the initial motion vector. Motion vector refinement is performed to determine a final motion vector using a first subset of the plurality of samples, and motion compensation is performed using a second subset of the plurality of samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Xiang Li, Stephan Wenger, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 10848737
    Abstract: A 360 image data processing method performed by a 360 video receiving device, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving 360 image data; acquiring information and metadata on an encoded picture from the 360 image data; decoding the picture on the basis of the information on the encoded picture; and rendering the decoded picture and an overlay on the basis of the metadata, wherein the metadata includes overlay-related metadata, the overlay is rendered on the basis of the overlay-related metadata, and the overlay-related metadata includes information on a region of the overlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyejung Hur, Sejin Oh, Soojin Hwang, Jangwon Lee
  • Patent number: 10848776
    Abstract: A system for decoding a video bitstream includes receiving a bitstream and a plurality of enhancement bitstreams together with receiving a video parameter set and a video parameter set extension. The system also receives an output layer set change message including information indicating a change in at least one output layer set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Dolby International AB
    Inventor: Sachin G. Deshpande
  • Patent number: 10846538
    Abstract: An image recognition system includes sensors and a server. Each of the sensors includes a processing unit to perform (i) first image recognition on time-series images chronologically captured, (ii) a first estimation as to whether a predetermined event has occurred by a target of the images, and (iii) generation of transmission data based on the first estimation that the predetermined event occurred. The transmission data may include a feature map of a multilayered neural network or image portions, which include the imaged target respectively clipped from the time-series images. The server may obtain the transmission data and perform second image recognition with greater accuracy than that of the sensors, to perform a second estimation as to whether the predetermined event has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Keisuke Hayata
  • Patent number: 10825151
    Abstract: A head up display includes: a display source configured to project a correction image and a corrected driving information image onto a transflective component; a polarization controller configured to control a polarization direction of light emitted from the display source; a receiver configured to receive a distorted correction image displayed on the transflective component; and a processor connected with the receiver, and configured to compare the distorted correction image received by the receiver with a correction image pre-stored in the processor to obtain a first image distortion, and to correct a driving information image to be displayed according to the first image distortion to obtain the corrected driving information image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xitong Ma, Naifu Wu, Xiangyang Liu, Rui Sun, Lihua Geng
  • Patent number: 10819960
    Abstract: An endoscope including an image pickup module in a distal end section, wherein the image pickup module including an image pickup unit including an image pickup device, a light emitting element configured to emit an optical signal from a light emission surface, and a ferrule disposed in the image pickup unit, in which the light emission surface is inclined at a first angle of not less than 35 degrees nor more than 55 degrees to the distal end section central axis, a fiber distal end portion is inclined at a second angle of not less than 35 degrees nor more than 55 degrees to the distal end section central axis, and the optical fiber extends toward the distal end section central axis, and is arranged along a bending section central axis in a bending section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideharu Miyahara, Yusuke Nakagawa, Kosuke Kawahara
  • Patent number: 10819943
    Abstract: A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera module disposed at the vehicle windshield and having a camera, a control and a recording device. The system includes a continuous loop recording of image data captured by the camera while the vehicle is operated. The control includes an image processor that processes image data captured by the camera for at least one driver assistance system of the vehicle. Responsive to a user input, the control exits the continuous loop recording and the recording device saves image data captured by the camera in non-volatile memory of the recording device. Responsive to the user input, the recording device saves in the non-volatile memory captured image data saved by the continuous loop recording prior to the user input and saves in the non-volatile memory image data captured by the camera after the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Christopher L. Van Dan Elzen
  • Patent number: 10798413
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatuses, and systems for encoding and decoding an image. The present invention provides an intra prediction unit that receives an input image, calculates a correlation between a Luma area block and Chroma area block in the input image in intra prediction, removes high frequency ingredients by low-pass filtering an encoded luma pixel based on the calculated correlation, and generates a prediction block by applying an LM chroma mode, which is an extended chroma mode technique, to the luma pixel removed therefrom the high frequency ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: University-Industry Foundation (UIF), Yonsei University
    Inventors: Yoonsik Choe, Jang Won Choi