Patents Examined by Christopher Braniff
  • Patent number: 10958812
    Abstract: An image capture device in accordance with the present disclosure includes a cover coupled to a mount to surround a stereoscopic-camera unit. The stereoscopic-camera unit includes a circuit board coupled to a frame having a top brace, a bottom brace, and lens holders. The top brace and bottom brace each are formed a similar material as the circuit board (e.g., a FR4 material), such that the top and bottom braces share a similar coefficient of expansion with the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Shoppertrak RCT Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. Rendlen
  • Patent number: 10958942
    Abstract: A method for processing spherical video data is described including a data processor providing spherical video data in the form of projected video frames to an input of an encoder process, a projected video frame including one or more pixel regions, the one or more pixel regions representing pixels of spherical video data projected onto one or more 2D projection surfaces of a projection model, preferably an equirectangular or a 3D polyhedron projection model, for projecting spherical video data onto a rectangular 2D surface of a video frame; wherein the providing of spherical video data may comprise: generating a set of modified projected video frames on the basis of a projected video frame, the generating including applying different shift and/or rotation operations to pixels, preferably one or more pixel regions, of the selected projected video frame; applying an image analysis algorithm to the modified projected video frames, the image analysis algorithm determining an image analysis parameter for a least
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: Koninklijke KPN N.V., Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Omar Aziz Niamut, Emmanuel Thomas
  • Patent number: 10957131
    Abstract: A server includes a server controller, a server communication unit, and a server storage unit, and is adapted to be connected to a communication terminal via the server communication unit. The server controller stores a video taken by a vehicle during traveling, in the server storage unit, such that the video is associated with a road on which the vehicle is traveling, determines a scheduled traveling route, in response to a request from the communication terminal, obtains the video corresponding to each of one or more roads that constitute the scheduled traveling route, from the server storage unit, and sends the video to the communication terminal, on which the video is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Keiko Kameda, Misa Ejiri, Shintaro Naruse, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Naoya Oka, Kensuke Koike, Hiroyuki Monji
  • Patent number: 10950000
    Abstract: A conductive-wire position inspecting device includes: a reference body disposed in a radial direction of a stator core; an imaging device configured to image a conductive wire and the reference body; and a calculating device configured to find a relative position and a relative angle of the conductive wire with respect to the reference body, based on an obtained image. In addition, the conductive-wire position inspecting device includes a determining device configured to determine whether or not the found relative position and relative angle are within respective permissible ranges, and if they are within the permissible ranges, determine the position of the conductive wire to be acceptable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Hokazono, Yoshiyuki Izumi, Yasuyuki Kimura, Masahiko Kamiyama, Naoki Ito, Yutaka Matsumoto, Daisuke Ueno
  • Patent number: 10949681
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining an optical flow based on an image sequence recorded by a camera of a vehicle. In the process, at least one input signal, which represents vehicle surroundings and/or a driving situation of the vehicle identified using at least one sensor of the vehicle and/or a result of a previous ascertainment of the optical flow, and an image signal representing the image sequence are received. A time difference value is determined using the input signal. At least two individual images of the image sequence which are offset from one another by the time difference value are selected, using the image signal. Coinciding pixels in the individual images are detected to ascertain the optical flow using the coinciding further pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christopher Herbon, Daniel Dornbusch
  • Patent number: 10951827
    Abstract: The DNVG includes a digital light sensor, a digital display, and an eyepiece. The digital light sensor is arranged to detect visible and near infrared light from an object and provide a digital signal based on the detected light. The digital display is arranged to provide a digital image of the object based on the digital signal provided by the digital light sensor. The eyepiece is configured to provide the digital image from the digital display to an eye of a user of the night vision goggles. The eyepiece includes a lens assembly and a reflector having a reflector surface, the lens assembly imaging light from the digital image via the reflective surface to the eye of the user. Alternatively, the eyepiece includes waveguide optics transporting imaging light from the digital image to the eye of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Bobby D. Foote, Ty O'Brien
  • Patent number: 10939114
    Abstract: An encoder includes memory and circuitry which: (i) encodes an image block; (ii) when encoding the image block: binarizes coefficient information indicating coefficients of the image block; and controls whether to apply arithmetic encoding to a binary data string obtained by binarizing the coefficient information; and (iii) when binarizing the coefficient information: binarizes the coefficient information according to a first syntax structure when arithmetic encoding is applied to the data string and a predetermined condition is not satisfied; binarizes the coefficient information according to a second syntax structure when arithmetic encoding is applied to the data string and the predetermined condition is satisfied; binarizes the coefficient information according to the second syntax structure when no arithmetic encoding is applied to the data string; and subtracts 1 from a value of an initial non-zero coefficient when no arithmetic encoding is applied to the data string when encoding the image block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Yusuke Kato
  • Patent number: 10930126
    Abstract: This application is directed to an electronic device that uses at least a low-power computer vision component to determine whether to activate a camera. For instance, the electronic device may cause the camera to operate in a low-power mode, such as by turning the camera off. The electronic device may then detect motion of an object using a motion sensor. Additionally, the electronic device may generate first image data using the computer vision component, where the first image data represents the object. After generating the first image data, the electronic device may use the computer vision component to analyze the first the image data in order to determine that the object includes a type of object, such as a person. Based at least in part on the determination, the electronic device may activate the camera and generate second image data using the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Changsoo Jeong, James Siminoff
  • Patent number: 10931871
    Abstract: A method including: putting a pre-set detection apparatus in a pipeline to be detected, collecting, every pre-set time, movement information about and pipeline image thereof; at each collection moment, calculating, according to movement information collected, first position where detection apparatus is located; calculating, according to pipeline image photographed, second position where detection apparatus is located; determining, according to first position and second position, position where detection apparatus is located so as to position pipeline according to position at each collection moment. By performing position information extraction by means of inertial navigation and video combined positioning algorithm, accurate positioning of pipeline position is realized, so as to accurately position crack inside pipeline according to photographed image and positioned pipeline position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Qingquan Li, Jiasong Zhu, Chisheng Wang, Zhipeng Chen
  • Patent number: 10924712
    Abstract: A trauma scene monitoring system includes a medic-worn illumination device, a casualty-worn informatics system, and a remote monitoring station. The illumination device includes a frame with boom-mounted light sources positioned below the wearer's eyes near the zygomatic bones, thus orienting the light sources to project light in the direction of the wearer's view. Also included are audio/video means to capture audio/video information from a scene attended by the medic, and a telemetry unit to transmit that information to the remote monitoring station. The casualty-worn informatics system is integrated within a headband worn by a monitored individual. The informatics system includes sensors to provide the monitored individual's vital statistics and a telemetry unit to transmit data concerning the monitored individual to the remote monitoring station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: First-Light USA, LLC
    Inventor: Jeremy B. Ross
  • Patent number: 10918444
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and a system for registering and tracking an anatomical structure of a patient. A method includes acquiring a first stereoscopic image dataset including video images having different viewing angles, and providing a first image content showing the anatomical structure; registering the first image dataset to a 3D image dataset showing the anatomical structure; acquiring a second stereoscopic image dataset comprising video images having different viewing angles and providing a second image content showing the anatomical structure, which differs from the first image content; and tracking the anatomical structure based on the second image dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: BRAINLAB AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Stopp, Johannes Manus
  • Patent number: 10909385
    Abstract: An image monitoring system is provided with: a region forecast acquiring unit (101) for acquiring a region forecast which is predictive information about a predetermined item designated as a factor causing a change in a capture environment that is the environment of a capture region, wherein the predictive information serves as predictive information about the predetermined item at a future time in a predetermined region including the capture region where an image to be image-analyzed is captured; a change index specifying unit (102) for specifying, based on the acquired region forecast, a change index including at least a change timeslot that is a timeslot during which the change in the capture environment is brought about; and a detection sensitivity setting unit (103) for altering, based on the specified change index, a setup parameter that is a parameter for detecting an abnormality in the image analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuji Aoyama, Shunichi Kinoshita, Tomoki Nishikawa, Kazuhiko Kimura, Mitsuko Ooga
  • Patent number: 10904592
    Abstract: This is provided to achieve capability of avoiding hindrance of accurate reflection of intention at the time of production due to execution of frame interpolation on the reception side. A predetermined container including a video stream obtained by performing encoding operation on moving image data of a predetermined frame rate is transmitted. Information for restricting frame interpolation is inserted into one or both of a layer of the container and a layer of the video stream. For example, the information for restricting frame interpolation includes information for prohibiting frame interpolation. Moreover, for example, the information for restricting frame interpolation includes information indicating the number of times of frame repeats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ikuo Tsukagoshi
  • Patent number: 10897627
    Abstract: A partial decoder and event detection logic are deployed in a non-volatile memory system to offload processing from a host system while maintaining high video recording performance and backward compatibility with conventional host system logic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Ramanathan Muthiah
  • Patent number: 10893258
    Abstract: A displacement-oriented view synthesis system includes a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) warping devices each coupled to receive at least one input image captured from a corresponding reference view, and each performing 3D warping on the input image to generate at least one corresponding warped image in a target view; a view blending device coupled to receive the warped images, and performing view blending on the warped images to generate at least one blended image in the target view; and an inpainting device coupled to receive the blended image, and performing inpainting on the blended image to generate a synthesized image in the target view. The inpainting is performed according to a difference displacement between frames of different views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: National Taiwan University, Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Yu-Seng Hsu, Sih-Sian Wu, Liang-Gee Chen
  • Patent number: 10887670
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes circuitry configured to perform high dynamic range (HDR) opto-electronic conversion on HDR video data to obtain HDR transmission video data. An encoder receives input of at least the HDR transmission video data and output a video stream including coded video data, and a transmitter sends the video stream. The circuitry is further configured to insert HDR conversion characteristic meta-information into the video stream, the HDR conversion characteristic meta-information indicating a characteristic of the HDR conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ikuo Tsukagoshi
  • Patent number: 10877715
    Abstract: A teleconferencing system for providing remote assistance comprises a local user apparatus that captures both the field of view of the local user along with physiological state of the local user, and a remote user apparatus to allow the remote user to view what the local user is seeing and doing. The local user and remote user have a shared view and a shared audio link, and the remote user can provided assistance to the local user in performing tasks at the local site. Additionally the physiological state of the local user is monitored, and from the physiological state data, an estimate of the emotional state or physiological state of the local user is provided to the remote user. The remote user can interact or assist the local user, including controlling the amount and/or type of assistance provided to the local user based on their current emotional state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    Inventor: Mark Nathan Billinghurst
  • Patent number: 10873753
    Abstract: A platform for data flow processing is provided. The platform, which can be a computing device includes one or more swappable pods or cards in one or more chassis, coupled through a module messaging interface network. Each of the one or more swappable pods or cards having one or more hardware modules or one or more software modules and one or more of the plurality of swappable pods or cards having a portion for user-definable hardware modules or user-definable software modules. The plurality of swappable pods or cards being user-configurable to implement data flow processing architectures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: CONCURRENT VENTURES
    Inventors: Jesse D. Beeson, Jesse B. Yates
  • Patent number: 10869024
    Abstract: Binocular augmented reality display devices and corresponding methods allow alignment calibration to be performed by an end user. According to one approach, a camera is positioned to have a field of view which includes simultaneously part of a projected image from the left-eye display and part of a projected image from the right-eye display. By projecting via each display at least part of a calibration image and identifying within the camera-sampled image right-field and left-field alignment features, an alignment correction can be derived. Alternative approaches employ correlation of images sampled by forward-looking cameras rigidly associated with the respective right-eye and left-eye display units, or require a user to input a manual adjustment for aligning transversely-swapped camera images with the real world view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Lumus Ltd.
    Inventor: Yochay Danziger
  • Patent number: 10861327
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for ranging are described. A multi-phase distributed ranging technique includes transmitting and receiving vehicle information messages during a first time interval, where the vehicle information messages include at least a vehicle identifier and resource information. The multi-phase technique further includes transmitting and receiving ranging signals during a second time interval, and determining times of arrival of received ranging signals. A centralized ranging technique includes receiving resource assignments from an access point, transmitting ranging signals according to the resource assignments, and determining times of arrival of received ranging signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Michaela Vanderveen, Hong Cheng, Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Libin Jiang