Patents Examined by Asmamaw G Tarko
  • Patent number: 12194923
    Abstract: A vehicular trailer hitching assist system includes a camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle and viewing a hitch ball of a trailer hitch of the vehicle. The system determines a position of the hitch ball within frames of image data, and determines an angle based on a lateral offset distance of the camera relative to the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle and a lateral offset distance of the hitch ball relative to the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle. The system determines height of the hitch ball based on the determined angle and the lateral offset distance of the camera and the lateral offset distance of the hitch ball. The system determines a hitch-ball ground position based on the determined height of the hitch ball. The system utilizes the determined height of the hitch ball and the determined hitch-ball ground position during a hitching maneuver of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Liang Zhang
  • Patent number: 12198386
    Abstract: A vehicle external environment imaging apparatus includes imaging devices and a controller. The imaging devices are disposed on a vehicle to perform imaging of a vehicle external environment. The controller generates information regarding a distance or a direction of a vehicle-external imaging target with imaging images of the imaging devices. At least two imaging devices are disposed on the vehicle to be able to perform duplicated imaging of a common imaging region. The controller generates, on the basis of a distance and a direction in an imaging image obtained by a first one of the at least two imaging devices, correction information regarding a distance, a direction or both of the vehicle-external imaging target based on an imaging position which is to be used in a monocular process on an imaging image of at least one the at least two imaging devices that is different from the first one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hajime Oyama
  • Patent number: 12187201
    Abstract: The invention relates to a management method of an assistance system for a windscreen of a cab of a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a camera assembly including at least one camera located on the top of the windscreen with an angle between 25° and 75° with respect to the windscreen, for providing a captured image of a wide angle field of view located in front of the vehicle, said wide angle field of view comprising a first front field of vision, a second field of vision of a front-view and a third rear field of the vision, the method comprising: Determining a state of the windscreen using the at least one camera and Processing the captured image, according to the state of the windscreen, to operate the windscreen system on the windscreen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventor: Nicolas Berne
  • Patent number: 12178403
    Abstract: Systems and methods for capturing and rendering light fields for head-mounted displays are disclosed. A mediated-reality visualization system includes a head-mounted display assembly comprising a frame configured to be mounted to a user's head and a display device coupled to the frame. An imaging assembly separate and spaced apart from the head-mounted display assembly is configured to capture light-field data. A computing device in communication with the imaging assembly and the display device is configured to receive light-field data from the imaging assembly and render one or more virtual cameras. Images from the one or more virtual cameras are presented to a user via the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventors: Joshua R. Smith, Samuel R. Browd, Rufus Griffin Nicoll, James Andrew Youngquist
  • Patent number: 12180686
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method provide visual representation of an area of interest proximate to a work vehicle (e.g., a loader) during operative movement. A first vehicle portion comprises a frame, and a second vehicle portion (e.g., front-mounted bucket) is moveable relative to the first portion, and may for example obscure the area of interest from view during at least part of a trajectory of bucket movement. At least two imaging devices are mounted on the work vehicle, at least one of which has a field of view including the area of interest at any given time throughout the trajectory of bucket movement. Image data is provided to a display unit representing the area of interest and based on inputs from one or more of the imaging devices, wherein a display of the area of interest is substantially maintained thereon throughout bucket movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Giovanni A. Wuisan, Rachel Bruflodt, Derek K. Pickett, Tianshuang Gao, Drake A. VanDerZyl
  • Patent number: 12177609
    Abstract: A communication apparatus (10) includes: a communication unit (11) configured to transmit sensor information detected using at least two or more sensors, the two or more sensors being adapted to detect states of a mobile body in directions different from one another with the mobile body being a base point; a moving state recognition unit (12) configured to recognize a moving state; a peripheral state recognition unit (13) configured to recognize a peripheral state of the mobile body; and a communication control unit (14) configured to determine a priority level of each of the two or more sensors based on the moving state and the peripheral state and perform communication control so that the sensor information detected by the sensor having a high priority level is transmittable in quality higher than that of the sensor information detected by the sensor having a low priority level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosei Kobayashi, Takanori Iwai
  • Patent number: 12170029
    Abstract: A camera with a field of view toward an external environment of an aircraft is disposed within an aircraft door such that an evacuation slide deployment path is within the field of view of the camera. A display device is disposed within an interior of the aircraft. A processor is operatively coupled to the camera and to the display device. The processor analyzes image data captured by the camera to identify a region within the captured image data that corresponds to the evacuation slide deployment path, determine whether the evacuation slide deployment path will generate a failed deployment outcome, and produce a warning associated with the evacuation slide deployment path in response to determining that the evacuation slide deployment path will generate the failed deployment outcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph T. Pesik, Jonathan Boer
  • Patent number: 12157416
    Abstract: A system for enhancing occupant awareness for a vehicle includes a camera system for capturing images of an environment surrounding the vehicle, a display for displaying information to the occupant of the vehicle and a controller in electrical communication with the camera system and the display. The controller is programmed to determine an activation state of the system. The controller is further programmed to capture an image of the environment surrounding the vehicle using the camera system in response to determining that the activation state is the activated state. The image has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the image includes a trailer connected to the vehicle and the second portion of the image. The controller is further programmed to display the second portion of the image to the occupant using the display based at least in part on the first portion of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Naserian, Allan Kenneth Lewis, Apral Singh Hara
  • Patent number: 12157417
    Abstract: A camera monitor system including a first mirror replacement assembly including a housing supporting a rear facing camera and a rear facing range sensor, a controller in communication with the mirror replacement assembly, the controller including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions for identifying at least one object in an image feed from the camera and determining an angular position of the object using image analysis, identifying a distance of the at least one object from the mirror replacement assembly using the range sensor; and fusing the distance and the angular position of the object into a single data set, and a display connected to the controller and configured to display a mirror replacement view including at least a portion of the image feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS AB
    Inventors: Liang Ma, Troy Otis Cooprider, Dominik Marx
  • Patent number: 12145508
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for displaying a scene for a vehicle towing a trailer. A method includes: determining, by the processor, an angle of the trailer relative to the vehicle; determining, by the processor, a simulated trailer based on the angle of the trailer; determining, by the processor, a projection matrix based on the simulated trailer; generating, by the processor, scene data based on image data from a camera of the vehicle and image data from a camera of the trailer using the projection matrix; and generating, by the processor, display data to display the scene to an occupant of the vehicle based on the scene data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Yovav Cohen Tene
  • Patent number: 12143756
    Abstract: A system may track a person at a location across multiple cameras in real time, while maintaining identification of the person through their visit. The person may not be personally identified; however, the person's presence in video frames captured by different cameras may be linked together. The linked frames may be evaluated by one or more analytics applications. For example, an analytics application may determine a trajectory of a person through a location and plot an overlay of that person's trip through the location on the map. This information may be used, for example, to optimize store layout, asset protection purposes, for counting a number of people at the location at a given time (e.g., for understanding busy hours of the location), determining whether social distancing or other health and/or safety measures may be in compliance, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Tapan Shah, Ramanan Muthuraman, Nicholas Scott Eggert
  • Patent number: 12131540
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for displaying subjects of a portion of content and searching for content related to a particular subject in the content. Media data of content is analyzed during playback, and a number of action signatures are identified. Each action signature is associated with a particular subject within the content. The action signature is stored, along with a timestamp corresponding to a playback position at which the action signature begins, in association with an identifier of the particular subject. Upon receiving a command, icons representing each of a number of action signatures at or near the current playback position are displayed. Upon receiving user selection of an icon corresponding to a particular signature, a portion of the content corresponding to the action signature is played back or a search interface is displayed including autocomplete suggestions related to the subject of the signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Shakir Sharfraz Ashfaq Ahamed, Gabriel C. Dalbec, Nicholas Lovell, Lance G. O'Connor, Sriram Ponnusamy, Susanto Sen
  • Patent number: 12120463
    Abstract: An example method includes receiving, from one or more sensors associated with an autonomous vehicle, sensor data associated with a target object in an environment of the vehicle during a first environmental condition, where at least one sensor of the sensor(s) is configurable to be associated with one of a plurality of operating field of view volumes. The method also includes based on the sensor data, determining at least one parameter associated with the target object. The method also includes determining a degradation in the parameter(s) between the sensor data and past sensor data, where the past sensor data is associated with the target object in the environment during a second environmental condition different from the first and, based on the degradation, adjusting the operating field of view volume of the at least one sensor to a different one of the operating field of view volumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Simon Verghese, Alexander McCauley
  • Patent number: 12113972
    Abstract: Adaptive resolution change and scalable coding for screen contents are described. One example is a method for video processing, comprising: determining, for a conversion between a picture or a video and a bitstream representation of the picture or the video, whether the picture or the video is native resolution based on an indication included in the bitstream representation; and performing the conversion based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Jizheng Xu, Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 12101470
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding an image to enhance inter prediction. According to the present invention, the method includes: determining a first reference picture and a second reference picture of a current block; determining both a first reference block in the first reference picture and a second reference block in the second reference picture; partitioning the current block into a plurality of sub blocks; and obtaining a prediction block of each of the sub blocks on the basis of reference candidate block index information of each of the sub blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Dong San Jun, Jung Won Kang, Sung Chang Lim, Hyun Suk Ko, Jin Ho Lee, Hui Yong Kim, Jin Soo Choi
  • Patent number: 12100213
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products, for processing a stream of image frames captured by a camera system. A hardcoded alert image frame is generated in response to detecting an event. The hardcoded alert image frame includes motion deltas and/or color changes with respect to an event image frame. A stream of encoded image frames is generated, in which stream the hardcoded alert image frame is inserted in display order after the encoded event image frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Axis AB
    Inventors: Viktor Edpalm, Song Yuan, Adnan Saleem, Rodrigo Such
  • Patent number: 12085705
    Abstract: The present invention relates in general to microscopy systems. In particular, the present invention relates to microscopes rendering digital images of samples, with the capability to digitally control the focus of the microscope system, and the software used to control the operation of the digital microscope system. Further, the present invention relates to a microscope structure that allows for compact and multi-functional use of a microscope, providing for light shielding and control with samples that require specific light wavelength characteristics, such as fluorescence, for detection and imaging. The microscope is adjustable, with a structure that can move along range(s) of motion and degree(s) of freedom to allow for ease of access to samples, shielding of samples, and manipulation of a display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Hsiung, Kelly Kroeger, Robert Archer, Veronika Kortisova, Teresa Rubio, Amber Iraeta
  • Patent number: 12081772
    Abstract: In a video encoding and decoding process, provided are a method and apparatus for determining whether a slice including an adjacent pixel located at the upper-left or lower-right side of a current pixel from among adjacent pixels used for an adaptive loop filter of the current pixel is different from a slice including the current pixel, when the slice including the adjacent pixel at the upper-left or lower-right location is different from the slice including the current pixel, determining a value of the adjacent pixel located at the upper-left or lower-right side as a value of a closest pixel in a horizontal direction of the adjacent pixel located at the upper-left or lower-right side from among pixels included in the slice including the current pixel, determining an adaptive loop filter including a filter coefficient for the current pixel and the adjacent pixels based on values of the current pixel and the adjacent pixels, correcting the value of the current pixel by using the values of the adjacent pixels,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woongil Choi, Minsoo Park, Minwoo Park, Seungsoo Jeong, Kiho Choi, Narae Choi, Anish Tamse, Yinji Piao
  • Patent number: 12081747
    Abstract: A method of filtering reconstructed video data including inputting a reconstructed luma picture sample array, setting a luma location corresponding to a current chroma sample to a location defined by a horizontal location in the chroma sample multiplied by a sub-width value and a vertical location in the chroma sample multiplied by a sub-height value, deriving luma sample locations inside the reconstructed luma picture sample array by using the luma location, and deriving a variable by using cross-component filter coefficients and the reconstructed luma picture sample array defined by at least one of the luma sample locations. The variable is modified by using a current chroma block of samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kiran Mukesh Misra, Frank Bossen, Christopher Andrew Segall, Sachin G. Deshpande
  • Patent number: 12069411
    Abstract: A method of building a video surveillance system for object detection and tracking relates to the field of computer vision, and to methods and means of detecting and tracking moving objects, for example, persons. The method consists in special adjustment of each camera of a video surveillance system by means of calibration elements, linking cameras to the location plan, plotting a coordinate match of a coordinate system of a two-dimensional image of each camera with a three-dimensional system of coordinates of a location plan, for example premises; detecting and tracking objects of interest. The method makes it possible to construct motion tracks of objects of interest in the coordinate system of the location plan by means of multicamera surveillance, to analyze the nature of behavior and motion of objects, assess their interaction and individual parameters, as well as to calculate the quantity thereof in location regions of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: RETAIL TECHNOLOGIES, LLP
    Inventor: Aleksandr Vladimirovich Abramov