Patents Examined by Antonio Caschera
  • Patent number: 11503207
    Abstract: A display control method includes: image texture data of a first display area are extracted; a pixel mapping is performed on the image texture data to enable the first display area and the second display area to obtain consistent visual display effects; and the image texture data of the first display area are updated to the pixel-mapped image texture data for displaying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ruyue Geng, Wei Nie, Tongwei Zhou
  • Patent number: 11494581
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an object collating device and an object collating method that enable matching of images of a dividable medical article with desirable accuracy and easy confirmation of matching results. In the object collating device according to the first aspect, when the object is determined to be divided, the first image for matching is collated with the image for matching (the second matching image) for the objects in the undivided state, so that the region to be matched is not narrowed, and matching of the images of the dividable medical article is achieved with desirable accuracy. In addition, since the first and second display processing is performed on the images for display determined to contain the objects of the same type, matching results can easily be confirmed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM TOYAMA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Takamori, Shinji Haneda
  • Patent number: 11488549
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a pump configured to deliver insulin, a processor, and a user interface including a color display. Color on the display can be used to bring a user's attention to a change in status of the device or a detected change in status of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Blomquist, Timothy B. Bresina, Gail Beth Bynum, Michael D. Welsch
  • Patent number: 11475618
    Abstract: To track certain difficult facial features during speech such as the corners of the mouth and the teeth, a camera sensor system generates RGB/IR images and the system also uses light intensity change signals from an event driven sensor (EDS), as well as voice analysis. In this way, the camera sensor system enables improved performance tracking (equivalent to using very high-speed camera) at lower bandwidth and power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoyong Ye, Yuichiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11468546
    Abstract: A processor performing postprocessing obtains an input image containing both bright and dark regions. The processor obtains a threshold between a first pixel value of the virtual production display and a second pixel value of the virtual production display. The processor modifies the region according to predetermined steps producing a pattern unlikely to occur within the input image, where the pattern corresponds to a difference between the original pixel value and the threshold. The processor can replace the region of the input image with the pattern to obtain a modified image. The virtual production display can present the modified image. A processor performing postprocessing detects the pattern within the modified image displayed on the virtual production display. The processor calculates the original pixel value of the region by reversing the predetermined steps. The processor replaces the pattern in the modified image with the original pixel value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Unity Technologies SF
    Inventors: Joseph W. Marks, Luca Fascione, Kimball D. Thurston, III, Millie Maier, Kenneth Gimpelson, Dejan Momcilovic, Keith F. Miller, Peter M. Hillman, Jonathan S. Swartz
  • Patent number: 11467713
    Abstract: Systems and methods include a server configured to provide an application to a remote computing device. The application displays a project image including a photo of a paintable structure and a hot spot located at a predefined location within the project image and configured to draw attention by at least one of blinking, pulsing, and enlarging. The application displays a first link and a second link in response to a cursor being controlled to touch or roll over the hot spot. The application displays at least one of a color name and a color number associated with a paint color at the predefined location of the hot spot in response to receiving input selecting the first link, and displays a color summary including a list of paint colors used in the project image in response to receiving input selecting the second link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Behr Process Corporation
    Inventors: John Buzyn, Bernadette Irizarry, Douglas Milsom, Damien Reynolds, Donna Une, Marc Webb
  • Patent number: 11436996
    Abstract: A content processing system for modifying the brightness of one or more image frames of content, the system comprising a content analysis unit operable to identify brightness information for each of two or more image frames within the content, a variation detection unit operable to detect a variation in the brightness of at least two image frames within the content, and a brightness modification unit operable to modify the brightness of one or more image frames in dependence upon the detected brightness variation so as to reduce the variation in brightness between frames of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher William Henderson
  • Patent number: 11434005
    Abstract: Unmanned vehicles can be terrestrial, aerial, nautical, or multi-mode. Unmanned vehicles may be used to survey a property in response to or in anticipation of a security threat or damage to the property. For example, an unmanned vehicle may analyze information about the property and based on the information provide graphics and information associated with the surveying of the property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Cory Matheson, Anthony Scott Farnsworth, Kathleen L. Swain, Michael J. Allen, Benjamin Ethington, Jordan A. Newmark
  • Patent number: 11430217
    Abstract: A method for image colorization includes receiving, from a camera, an input image including a plurality of input image pixels. One or more input interest pixels of the plurality of input image pixels are classified as corresponding to an object of interest. A display image is generated having a plurality of display image pixels each having pixel values based on relative temperature values of objects in a real-world environment, the display image pixels including display interest pixels corresponding to the input interest pixels. The display interest pixels are colorized with a color selected based on a recognized class of the object of interest to give a colorized display image, the selected color being independent of the relative temperature values of the object of interest. The colorized display image is displayed with the display interest pixels colorized with the selected color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Kirk Price, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Michael Bleyer, Mikael Froejk Figueroa
  • Patent number: 11423815
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a display apparatus, a control method and a recording medium, the display apparatus including: a display; an information obtaining part; and a processor configured to: obtain an information on a plurality of viewing positions of a plurality of users regarding a screen of the display by the information obtaining part, identify a viewing position, on which a distribution is concentrated, among the plurality of viewing positions based on the obtained information, and control to compensate an image quality of an area corresponding to the identified viewing position among a plurality of areas of the screen based on a viewing angle at the identified viewing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Anjin Song, Juyong Kim, Junho Song
  • Patent number: 11417294
    Abstract: A system to calibrate, monitor, and communicate compliance reporting of monochromatic imagery on an image presentation device includes a local terminal in operative communication with a remote host. The local terminal includes an image presentation device, an application-specific integrated circuit (“ASIC”), and a terminal application in communication with the ASIC. The terminal application is configured to initiate a verification task, via the ASIC, pertaining to an operating condition of the image presentation device and to communicate a verification report about a result of the verification task to a remote host. A system provides a mechanism to remotely monitor and calibrate medical imaging image presentation device and diagnosis devices to certify diagnosis quality and retain trustworthy data for legal compliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Armstel Inc.
    Inventor: Simon Jiang
  • Patent number: 11409917
    Abstract: A display device includes a display comprising a plurality of pixels. The display also has a plurality of regions. At least one of the plurality of regions is a protected region and the protected region includes at least one protection pixel. The display device also includes an image generator configured to receive a source image data for display content, identify a portion of the display content that includes sensitive data, and output the display content such that at least a portion of the protected region containing the sensitive data is displayed in at least one of a protection wavelength and a protection brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Fletcher Robinson, Thomas John Jenkinson
  • Patent number: 11393372
    Abstract: A system for creating a broad spectrum lighting apparatus for illuminating a subject. The system includes a lighting panel formed by an array of colored light emitting diodes (LEDs) representing pixels corresponding to red pixels, green pixels, blue pixels, and pixels corresponding to at least color other than red, green or blue. A control interface converts a video signal consisting of red, green, blue (RGB) data into a full spectrum light display including all of the LEDS to create a higher quality white than would have been possible with only RGB LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: CHAUVET & SONS, LLC
    Inventors: Frieder Hochheim, Jim Bogdanowicz, Mark Primrose
  • Patent number: 11386873
    Abstract: A method for of encoding an application screen comprises partitioning graphic data into a plurality of graphic layers and classifying each of the plurality of graphic layers as either a screen content (SC) or a non-screen content (non-SC) layer. The method further comprises classifying each of the plurality of graphic layers as either a screen content (SC) or a non-screen content (non-SC) layer. Further, the method comprises rendering and encoding the one or more SC layers using a first codec and the one or more non-SC layers using a second codec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Tae Meon Bae, Sicheng Li, Yen-kuang Chen, Guanlin Wu, Shaolin Xie, Minghai Qin, Qinggang Zhou
  • Patent number: 11388391
    Abstract: Head-mounted Displays (HMDs) are commonly used for virtual reality, mixed reality, and augmented reality. HMDs are, by definition, worn on the head of a user to provide a display in the line of sight of the user. By viewing the display, the user is able to experience one of the aforementioned types of reality. Oftentimes, HMDs are configured to integrate live video captured from the user's perspective, especially in the case of the HMD providing augmented reality where a virtual environment is combined with video of the real world. The present disclosure provides a configuration for a HMD having an array of image sensors to accurately capture image data to form the live video from the user's perspective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jan Robert Menzel
  • Patent number: 11386589
    Abstract: A method for image generation and colorization includes displaying a drawing board interface; obtaining semantic labels of an image to be generated based on user input on the drawing board interface, each semantic label indicating a content of a region in the image to be generated; obtaining a color feature of the image to be generated; and automatically generating the image using a generative adversarial network (GAN) model according to the semantic labels and the color feature. The color feature is a latent vector input to the GAN model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: PING AN TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuchuan Gou, Minghao Li, Bo Gong, Mei Han
  • Patent number: 11380232
    Abstract: A display screen quality detection method, an apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes receiving a quality detection request sent by a console deployed on a display screen production line, where the quality detection request includes a display screen image captured by an image capturing device on the display screen production line, performing image preprocessing on the display screen image, and inputting the preprocessed display screen image into a defect detection model to obtain a defect detection result, where the defect detection model is obtained by training with a historical defect display screen image using a deep convolutional neural network structure and an instance segmentation algorithm, determining, according to the defect detection result, quality of a display screen corresponding to the display screen image. The technical solution has high defect detection accuracy, good system performance, and high business expansion capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventors: Yawei Wen, Jiabing Leng, Minghao Liu, Yulin Xu, Jiangliang Guo, Xu Li
  • Patent number: 11380284
    Abstract: A color space mapping method includes: confirming data volume of original data, and determining a data extraction ratio according to the data volume; determining a preset order of extracting the original data according to the data extraction ratio; extracting the original data in the preset order, calculating feature data according to the extracted original data, and calculating a feature coefficient according to the original data and the feature data; generating a 3D pixel gray scale table according to the feature coefficient and the feature data; transmitting the 3D pixel gray scale table to a color processing area, to allow a target TV terminal to read a stored data content of the 3D pixel gray scale table for image color mapping; and performing the image color mapping through the 3D pixel scale table. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium and a color space mapping device are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen TCL New Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yixin Chen, Renli Xie
  • Patent number: 11380077
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to creating and editing avatars, and navigating avatar selection interfaces. In some examples, an avatar feature user interface includes a plurality of feature options that can be customized to create an avatar. In some examples, different types of avatars can be managed for use in different applications. In some examples, an interface is provided for navigating types of avatars for an application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Scapel, Arian Behzadi, Lisa K. Forssell, Robert Garcia, III, Aurelio Guzman, Marcel Van Os, Christopher Wilson, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: 11373343
    Abstract: Generating, at a server of a generative adversarial network (GAN) for color selection, a training set of color palettes. A color palette generator of the server generates a first set of color palettes based on the training set of color palettes. The first set of color palettes may be compared with a reference set of color palettes to predict a curated set of color palettes. Colors from the curated set of color palettes may be removed that are within a predetermined distance from one another in a color space. The GAN may be validated by performing cluster analysis to determine outlier latent dimensions to be changed for the color selection by the GAN. Proposed color palettes may be generated based on the GAN to be displayed on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Sollami, Amir Hossein Raffiee, Owen Winne Schoppe