Patents Examined by Brian Yenke
  • Patent number: 9588325
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical imaging processing system. The system includes a screen, an incident light source, and at least one optical transmission medium, where the optical transmission medium is disposed in an optical imaging path in which the incident light source is emergent and is projected to the screen; an light incident face of the optical transmission medium faces the incident light source, and an light exiting face of the optical transmission medium faces the screen, where at least one cavity is included between the light incident face and the light exiting face of the optical transmission medium, and a cross-section shape of the cavity is an isosceles trapezoid; and the cavity includes a light transmission area and a light blanking area used for object accommodation, and the optical imaging path bypasses the light blanking area and penetrates through the optical transmission medium through the light transmission area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Cambridge Enterprise Limited
    Inventors: Brian Robertson, Kun Ll, Daping Chu, Jun Yao
  • Patent number: 9591270
    Abstract: An apparatus and method can be used with a remote vehicle such as an unmanned aviation system (UAS) or unmanned aviation vehicle (UAV). The system can be an apparatus including a camera, electronics, and a communication unit. The electronics provide a display image on a combiner. The camera is disposed to receive the display image from the combiner and provide a camera image. The communication unit provides data associated with the camera image from the camera to a remote location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen E. Tyson
  • Patent number: 9591301
    Abstract: An apparatus for calibrating a camera comprises a camera; an input unit configured to receive a segmentation diagonal ratio of the environment quadrangle; a memory configured to store a program; and a processor configured to perform camera calibration based on the program, wherein the program is configured to: extract diagonal parameters of a centered quadrangle from the image; estimate length of a projection center line; estimate a projection angle; estimate an angle between diagonals of a projection quadrangle; estimate a projection center point; and estimate extrinsic and intrinsic parameters of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Joo-Haeng Lee
  • Patent number: 9584788
    Abstract: In an approach for storing frames of a video, a computer divides a video into one or more frames. The computer identifies a frame type associated with an individual frame within the divided one or more frames, wherein the identified frame type includes one of the following: an I-frame, a B-frame, and a P-frame. The computer stores the individual frame within a corresponding storage location based on the associated identified frame type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David S. C. Chen, Hsiao-Yung Chen, Wei-Te Chiang, En-Shuo Hsu, Yu-Hsing Wu
  • Patent number: 9582881
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, method, and computer readable media for calibration of one or more extrinsic image sensor parameters. A system may calibrate a multi-camera surround view system, for example as may be employed in a vehicle, based on image data comprising one or more ground plane landmarks. The system may determine a ground plane projection of the image data, for example through a Radon transformation. A signal associated with at least one of the one or more ground plane landmarks in the ground plane projection(s) may be determined, for example through application of the projection-slice theorem. The landmark signal may be utilized as a response in an automated calibration loop to optimize one or more extrinsic parameter values associated with the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Koba Natroshvili
  • Patent number: 9579047
    Abstract: Various patient monitoring systems can include a sensor configured to collect three dimensional information. The systems can identify a location of a patient support surface based on the three dimensional information. The systems can set a two dimensional planar threshold based on the patient support surface. The systems can identify a patient location above the patient support surface based on the three dimensional information and compare the patient location to the two dimensional planar threshold. Exceeding the threshold can be indicative of a high risk of a patient fall. An alert can be generated based on the threshold being exceeded. The systems can repeat the identification of the patient support surface location and the setting of the threshold to account for changes in the patient area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: CareView Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Clark, Derek del Carpio, Kenneth Chapman
  • Patent number: 9578378
    Abstract: Provided are a video display device and a method of operating the same. The method includes: executing an enhanced service playing application not dependent on any single channel; obtaining an uncompressed audio video (AV) content; playing the uncompressed AV content through the display unit; attempting to obtain contents information on the uncompressed AV content on the basis of a part of the uncompressed AV content; transmitting an enhanced service request message to an enhanced service providing server not dependent on any single channel by the enhanced service; receiving an enhanced service from the enhanced service providing server; and playing the enhanced service through the display unit by the enhanced service playing application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyoungsoo Moon, Joonhui Lee, Hyeonjae Lee, Jinpil Kim, Aettie Ji, Kyungho Kim, Sanghyun Kim
  • Patent number: 9578320
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and other embodiments associated with correcting defects in an image sensor output are described. According to one embodiment, an imaging device includes image sensor array logic, calibrated noise logic, and defect logic. The image sensor array logic is configured to generate an image array of output pixels in a Bayer pattern. The calibrated noise logic is configured to generate a noise estimate for each pixel. The defect logic is configured to detect a potential defect in a pixel-under-test of the image array of output pixels based on the noise estimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventor: Huai Dong Li
  • Patent number: 9571805
    Abstract: A display apparatus comprises an image output module for outputting an image, a projection module for generating an image through a light source and projecting the generated image to the image output module, and a case having an opaque inside. The projection module and the image output module are connected to two opposite ends, respectively, of the case. The projection module includes a light source, a driving circuit for driving the projection module, a scan line forming module for forming a scan line according to a particular pattern previously defined, a short focal-length lens, and an inverting circuit for left-to-right inverting the generated image, wherein the scan line is formed by switching on or off a pixel according to the particular pattern for an image signal generated through the light source, and wherein the generated image is projected to the image output module through a rear projection scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Inventors: Youngho Jeong, Soonwook Hong
  • Patent number: 9570036
    Abstract: A method and device for processing a video image are provided. The method comprises: receiving an original video image; adjusting a signal clock frequency of the original video image to acquire a processed video image; after a command signal input by a user is received, capturing the processed video image according to a preset size to acquire a video image corresponding to a display window of the preset size; and encoding the video image corresponding to the display window of the preset size to acquire an encoded video image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: LEYARD OPTOELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weilin Lei, Changjun Lu
  • Patent number: 9571808
    Abstract: There is provided a video format determination device including a video input unit that receives video having a feature amount for each pixel, a region representative value calculation unit that divides a left-eye video region and a right-eye video region in a three-dimensional video format to be determined in input video into small regions, and then computes representative values of feature amounts of the respective small regions for each of the left-eye video region and the right-eye video region, a correction value calculation unit that calculates a correction value to correct the representative values, a data correction unit that corrects the representative values, an inter-region correlation calculation unit that calculates the correlation between the left- and right-eye video regions, and an evaluation determination unit that evaluates the correlation to determine whether input video is in the three-dimensional video format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Aoyama, Mitsuo Sato, Tomoichi Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 9571740
    Abstract: An image recognition device capable of accurately recognizing an object by efficiently selecting a specific object area as a recognition target, from detected object areas. The image recognition device recognizes a specific object area from images sequentially input in time series. An object detection section detects object areas from each image. An appropriateness determination section determines whether or not each detected object area is appropriate as a recognition target. A recognition target-selecting section selects an object area for use as the recognition target, from the detected object areas, based on a result of determination by the appropriateness determination section. An image recognition device recognizes whether or not the object area selected by the recognition target-selecting section is the specific object area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryosuke Tsuji
  • Patent number: 9565427
    Abstract: A high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) test system including an HDMI test device that includes a display, a microcontroller, first and second input ports, an output port, a first cable connector, a second cable connector, and a third cable connector. The HDMI test device couples to an external device and receives an HDMI signal from the external device via the first cable connector. The microcontroller receives the HDMI signal from the first input port and converts the signal to a video signal, wherein the display displays an image associated with the video signal. The microcontroller transmits a test HDMI signal to the third cable connector, receives the test signal from the second cable connector and compares the test signal transmitted to the third cable connector and the test signal received from the second cable connector to determine continuity of an HDMI cable coupled with the second and third cable connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Steren Electronics International, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Blake, Brandon Clark
  • Patent number: 9565408
    Abstract: A projection apparatus includes a projection optical system, an output display element, an operation unit acquiring an adjustment instruction, a geometric correction adjustment unit, and a geometric correction unit. The output display element having an element region including pixels that modulate projection light by a quadrangular effective element region in the element region. The geometric correction adjustment unit transforms the effective element region to shift a vertex of the effective element region along a side, according to the adjustment instruction. The geometric correction unit performs an operation of projecting an input image on the effective element region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 9565728
    Abstract: An LED drive circuit (1) includes: a booster circuit (2); a light emitting pattern generator (5); and a switching switch (3) for, (i) during an on period, feeding back, to the booster circuit (2), an electric current flowing to an LED (7), and (ii) during an off period, feeding back, to the booster circuit (2), a voltage signal obtained by dividing an output voltage of the booster circuit (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norikazu Yagi
  • Patent number: 9558538
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a dynamic range converter includes a first color space converter to convert a source color space of a source video having a source dynamic range to nonlinear color space signals. A linearizer configured converts the nonlinear color space signals to linearized color space signals having a mastering dynamic range via a piecewise linear interpolation of a transfer function. A color volume transformer applies dynamic color transform metadata associated with the source video on a frame by frame basis to generate master adjusted color space signals from the linearized color space signals. A delinearizer converts the master adjusted color space signals to nonlinearized color space signals via a piecewise linear interpolation of an inverse transfer function in accordance with a display dynamic range. A second color space converter converts the nonlinearized color space signals to display domain signals. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: ViXS Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Arthur Wallace, Xiaowen Wu
  • Patent number: 9560330
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a dynamic range converter includes a plurality of circuits, including at least one configurable circuit that operates based on configuration data. The plurality of circuits include a first color space converter to convert a source color space of a source video having a source dynamic range to nonlinear color space signals. A linearizer configured converts the nonlinear color space signals to linearized color space signals having a mastering dynamic range via a piecewise linear interpolation of a transfer function. A color volume transformer applies dynamic color transform metadata associated with the source video to generate master adjusted color space signals from the linearized color space signals. A delinearizer converts the master adjusted color space signals to nonlinearized color space signals via a piecewise linear interpolation of an inverse transfer function in accordance with a display dynamic range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: VIXS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Bradley Arthur Wallace, Xiaowen Wu, Jie Feng, Xinghai Li
  • Patent number: 9558788
    Abstract: In an exemplary method, a computer-implemented media service system provides a graphical user interface view associated with a first functional area of the media service for display on a display screen, detects a peek request input while the graphical user interface view is displayed, and provides, in response to the peek request input and for display with the graphical user interface view, an activity indicator indicating a tracked activity associated with the second functional area of the media service. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon and Redbox Digital Entertainment Services, LLC
    Inventors: Brian F. Roberts, Christina S. Siegfried, Ann Gordon Prather
  • Patent number: 9554062
    Abstract: A video switcher includes: a reception unit which receives video data within a range of a prescribed bandwidth via a network from video output apparatuses; a transmission unit which selects one or more pieces from among received video data, and transmits the selected one or more pieces to a video processing apparatus; a selection unit which dynamically sets a priority degree of each piece of video data, and selects video data to be received; and a control unit which controls a transmission and reception of video data. When a bandwidth necessary for a reception of new video data is insufficient, the selection unit selects video data for which reception is to be stopped from among video data being received based on the priority degree, and the control unit performs a control so as to stop a reception of selected video data and start a reception of the new video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuto Masuda
  • Patent number: 9554104
    Abstract: A projection system includes a projection apparatus, at least one image capture apparatus, and an arithmetic apparatus. The projection apparatus projects image light indicating image content and pattern light indicating a pattern image in which projection coordinates defined in a projection coordinate system are coded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventor: Ryuji Fuchikami