Patents Examined by Andrew Shin
  • Patent number: 11961169
    Abstract: A digital makeup artist system includes a mobile device, a database system storing cosmetic routine information, common makeup looks, cosmetic products for skin types and ethnicity, and user look preferences of a user. The mobile device includes a user interface for interacting with a digital makeup artist. The digital makeup artist performs an interactive dialog with the user in order to capture needs of the user, including types of makeup look, indoor or outdoor look, skin condition, facial problem areas, favorite facial features. The computation circuitry analyzes the user's face image to identify face parts, analyzes the face image to determine facial characteristics, and generates image frames to be displayed in synchronization with the interaction with the digital makeup artist based on the analyzed face image, needs of the user, the stored cosmetic routine information, common makeup looks, cosmetic products for skin types and ethnicity, and the user look preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Mindy Christine Troutman, Sandrine Gadol, Francesca Cruz
  • Patent number: 11956334
    Abstract: A process includes receiving data representing states of a plurality of nodes of a cluster. The process includes, based on the states, generating data to display, in a text mode on a display device, a plurality of text character status indicators. First text character status indicators are arranged in a first grid that correspond to a physical layout of first nodes in a first computer system rack, and each first text character status indicator represents a status of a corresponding first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Peter Guyan, Lee M. Morecroft, Andrew J. Barrington
  • Patent number: 11941741
    Abstract: A graphics system includes an effect engine and a graphics pipeline. The graphics pipeline performs pipeline operations on graphical objects in a frame. The graphics pipeline includes at least a fragment shader stage. An application programming interface (API) provides an instruction that specifies a subset of the graphical objects in the frame for the effect engine to execute. When detecting the instruction, the graphics pipeline invokes the effect engine to perform a predefined set of graphics operations on the subset of the graphical objects in the frame. The predefined set of graphics operations has a higher computational complexity than the pipeline operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MediaTek Inc.
    Inventors: Chien-Chih Wang, Ying-Chieh Chen
  • Patent number: 11910791
    Abstract: A graded early warning system for pest quantity counting includes: at least one image capturing device used to capture images of at least one pest trapping device in an environment to generate at least one pest trapping image; at least one environment monitoring and sensing device used to detect the environment to generate at least one environment parameter; at least one pest detecting and identifying device used to detect quantities and species of multiple pests based on the at least one pest trapping image; and a cloud server used to receive the at least one pest trapping image, the at least one environment parameter, and the quantities and species of multiple pests; wherein the cloud server immediately establishes pest probability models, generates early warning signals, and prompts suppression decisions according to the at least one environment parameter and the quantities and species of multiple pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Ta-Te Lin, Dan Jeric Arcega Rustia, Lin-Ya Chiu
  • Patent number: 11915366
    Abstract: The embodiments disclose a method comprising creating 3D models of an orchard with multiple plants in the form of a densified point cloud using oblique aerial RGB imaging and photogrammetry, identifying and segmenting individual plants of the orchard from the 3D models, simulating sunlight radiation in the 3D models, determining a shading effect of branches and neighboring plants on each individual plant at any time of the day, determining canopy light interception of each plant, analyzing canopy geometry of each plant in the 3D models, forecasting potential yield of each plant based on the measured canopy light interception and calculating nitrogen and water requirements of each plant based on the potential yield and other predetermined field, environmental and climate factors and validating the yield forecasting model using the canopy light interception data by measuring the actual yield for each plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Alireza Pourreza
  • Patent number: 11908150
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for three-dimensional scanning and measurement by a device having a processor. The processor is configured to receive images of an object from at least two angles; preprocess the images using morphological refinement; create a source point cloud based on the images; remove outliers from the source point cloud; globally register the source point cloud to generate a transformed source point cloud; compare the transformed source point cloud with a target point cloud to generate a stitched point cloud that thereby creates a stitched 3D model; measure the resulting stitched 3D model; and provide the resulting stitched 3D model for comparison to a digitized item to assess sizing of the 3D model to the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Xesto Inc.
    Inventors: Mehmet Afiny Affan Akdemir, Christian Garcia Salguero, Victoria Sophie Howe
  • Patent number: 11908151
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for three-dimensional scanning and measurement by a device having a processor. The processor is configured to receive images of an object from at least. two angles; preprocess the images using morphological refinement; create a source point cloud based on the images; remove outliers from the source point cloud; globally register the source point cloud to generate a transformed source point cloud; compare the transformed source point cloud with a target point cloud to generate a stitched point cloud that thereby creates a stitched 3D model; measure the resulting stitched 3D model; and provide the resulting stitched 3D model for comparison to a digitized item to assess sizing of the 3D model to the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Xesto Inc.
    Inventors: Mehmet Afiny Affan Akdemir, Christian Garcia Salguero, Victoria Sophie Howe
  • Patent number: 11900512
    Abstract: A content sharing device includes a content acquisition circuit configured to acquire main content and sub-content, at least one of which is derived from digital ink, and a transmission processing circuit configured to, in response to receipt of a request made by a terminal device operated by a user, select either first provision data or second provision data depending on usage rights of the user and transmit the first or second provision data that has been selected to the terminal device. The first provision data includes only the main content, while the second provision data includes both the main content and the sub-content. The sub-content includes content generated using a plurality of content elements that are generated before the main content is published or content generated using a plurality of content elements that are generated after the main content is published.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobutaka Ide
  • Patent number: 11892411
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for determining quantitative hormone and chemical analyte results from qualitative test results. An image is taken of an ovulation test device. The image is analyzed to identify a darkness intensity ratio (T/C ratio) between a darkness value of a test-line to a darkness value of a control-line. Additionally, a quantitative substance level may be determined using the T/C ratio, by identifying the type of test device and referencing a data structure that relates quantitative substance levels to T/C ratios for the identified type of test device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Easy Healthcare Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaolian Liu, Li Zou
  • Patent number: 11887232
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for enhanced animation generation based on generative modeling. An example method includes training models based on faces and information associated with persons, each face being defined based on location information associated with facial features, and identity information for each person. The modeling system being trained to reconstruct expressions, textures, and models of persons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc.
    Inventor: Hau Nghiep Phan
  • Patent number: 11830236
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a device for generating an avatar, an electronic equipment, a medium and a product. In the method, a to-be-detected face image of a current user is acquired. The to-be-detected face image is analyzed and at least one original component of the to-be-detected face image is obtained. Each original component of the at least one original component of the to-be-detected face image is matched with each candidate component in a component set corresponding to the each original component, and a target component corresponding to the each original component of the to-be-detected face image is obtained. The target component corresponding to the each original component of the to-be-detected face image is assembled into a personalized avatar of the current user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shaoxiong Yang
  • Patent number: 11798203
    Abstract: Methods are provided for generating a prescription map for the application of crop inputs. In one method, the user draws a boundary on a map within a user interface and the system identifies relevant soil data and generates a soil map overlay and legend for changing the application prescription for various soils and soil conditions. In another method, the user instead drives a field boundary which is recorded on a planter monitor using a global positioning receiver, and the system generates a soil map and legend for changing the application prescription.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CLIMATE LLC
    Inventors: Derek A. Sauder, Timothy A. Sauder, Steven D. Monday
  • Patent number: 11790582
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for providing a vision simulation of a patient who has an eye condition. A composite image representing a real-world scene is obtained. The composite image includes multiple image layers, where each image layer represents objects that are at a particular viewing distance in the real-world scene. A first eye model representing the eye optics of the patient is generated. A second eye model representing the eye optics of a viewer is generated. The second eye model is modified by performing a mathematical function. A simulated image representing the vision of the patient is generated by convolving the first eye model and the modified second eye model with the composite image. In some embodiments, a tone mapping algorithm may also be applied to the simulated image to simulate a nighttime scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Ramesh Sarangapani, Lu Yin
  • Patent number: 11776187
    Abstract: A digital makeup artist system and method for a mobile device, a database system storing cosmetic routine information, common makeup looks, cosmetic products for skin types and ethnicity, and user look preferences of a user. The mobile device includes a user interface for interacting with a digital makeup artist. The digital makeup artist performs an interactive dialog with the user in order to provide advice, including requesting a cosmetic consultation, acquiring information including types of makeup look, indoor or outdoor look, skin condition, facial problem areas, favorite facial features. The method determines facial characteristics, and generates image frames to be displayed in synchronization with the interaction with the digital makeup artist to provide the advice, based on the face image, needs of the user, the stored cosmetic routine information, common makeup looks, cosmetic products for skin types and ethnicity, and the user look preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Mindy Christine Troutman, Sandrine Gadol, Francesca D. Cruz
  • Patent number: 11752940
    Abstract: A display controller controls a display device provided for a mobile object to display a display image including at least one item of contents of data. The display controller includes an image data acquisition unit configured to obtain image data from an imaging device configured to capture an image around the mobile object, and a display-image generation unit configured to generate the display image. The display-image generation unit changes a display mode of the at least one item of contents of data included in the display image to increase visual recognizability of a desired item of contents of data included in the at least one item of contents of data to a level at least higher than visual recognizability of an area in the image data not including the desired item of contents of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Katagiri, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Masato Kusanagi, Yuuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11748845
    Abstract: Systems, processes, and techniques to automatically detect and enlarge a speaking one of plurality of participants on one side of a video conference. In at least one embodiment, the speaking participant is identified using one or more heuristics and/or one or more neural networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Akarsh Umesh Zingade, Jianyuan Min, Shuye Han, Rochelle Pereira
  • Patent number: 11748936
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a virtual view of a virtual camera based on an input scene are described. A capturing device typically includes a physical camera and a depth sensor and captures an input scene. A controller determines an actual pose of the capturing device and a desired pose of the virtual camera for showing the virtual view. The controller defines an epipolar geometry between the actual pose of the capturing device and the desired pose of the virtual camera. The controller generates an output image for the virtual camera based on an epipolar relation between the actual pose of the capturing device, the input scene, and the desired pose of the virtual camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Michael Slutsky, Albert Shalumov
  • Patent number: 11747634
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a virtual content to a physical object is described. A processor includes an augmented reality application. The augmented reality application creates virtual content at the head mounted device, and associates the virtual content with predefined conditions based on data from sensors embedded in the head mounted device at a time of creation of the virtual content. The virtual content is displayed in a display of the head mounted device in response to sensor data satisfying the predefined conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Matthew Kammerait
  • Patent number: 11727654
    Abstract: Implementations of the subject matter described herein relate to mixed reality object rendering based on ambient light conditions. According to the embodiments of the subject matter described herein, while rendering an object a wearable computing device acquires light conditions of the real world, thereby increasing the reality of the rendered object. In particular, the wearable computing deice is configured to acquire an image of an environment where the wearable computing deice is located. The image is adjusted based on a cement parameter used when the image is captured. Subsequently, ambient light information is determined based on the adjusted image. In this way, the wearable computing deice can obtain more real and accurate emblem light information, so as to render to the user an object with enhanced reality. Accordingly, the user can have a better interaction experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Guojun Chen, Yue Dong, Xin Tong, Yingnan Ju, Pingchao Yu
  • Patent number: 11727614
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for detecting user interactions to edit a digital image from a client device and modify the digital image for the client device by using a web-based intermediary that modifies a latent vector of the digital image and an image modification neural network to generate a modified digital image from the modified latent vector. In response to user interaction to modify a digital image, for instance, the disclosed systems modify a latent vector extracted from the digital image to reflect the requested modification. The disclosed systems further use a latent vector stream renderer (as an intermediary device) to generate an image delta that indicates a difference between the digital image and the modified digital image. The disclosed systems then provide the image delta as part of a digital stream to a client device to quickly render the modified digital image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Akhilesh Kumar, Baldo Faieta, Piotr Walczyszyn, Ratheesh Kalarot, Archie Bagnall, Shabnam Ghadar, Wei-An Lin, Cameron Smith, Christian Cantrell, Patrick Hebron, Wilson Chan, Jingwan Lu, Holger Winnemoeller, Sven Olsen