Patents Examined by Daniel T Tekle
  • Patent number: 12167166
    Abstract: A multi-channel image receiving method includes receiving, from a network camera supporting a plurality of channels, access information for registering a first channel among the plurality of channels and profile information on a second channel other than the first channel, registering the first channel as a regular channel by using the access information, registering the second channel as a virtual channel by using the profile information, requesting the network camera to transmit an image through the second channel by using the profile information, and receiving and storing the image transmitted from the network camera through the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: HANWHA VISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong Pil Ko
  • Patent number: 12165419
    Abstract: A movable apparatus includes a camera unit including an optical system for forming an optical image with a high-resolution area and a low-resolution area on a light reception surface of an imaging unit, the camera unit being installed on the lateral side of the movable apparatus, and A tan(h1/(d1+x1))??v/2<?v<A tan(h1/(d2+x1))+?v/2, for example, is satisfied when a vertical angle of view of the high-resolution area is ?v, a vertical direction angle of an optical axis of the optical system is ?v, an offset between a viewpoint position of a driver in a long axis direction of the movable apparatus and the camera unit is x1, an offset in a height direction of the camera unit from the ground is h1, distances from the viewpoint position of the driver in a long axis direction are d1 and d2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomoaki Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 12165675
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for generating content. The system identifies first and second objects in a plurality of frames of a source content segment. The system creates a data structure for each object, where data structures comprise attributes of the respective objects. Furthermore, the data structures are generated such that each object may be reconstructed based on the data of the respective data structure. Later, one of the data structures is modified by changing an attribute. Then, a resulting content segment is generated by a system that reconstructs a first modified object based on the first modified data structure and reconstructs the second object based on the second data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Adeia Guides Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Waterman
  • Patent number: 12155957
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure disclose a video effect processing method and a video effect processing device. The method includes: detecting audio of a video; acquiring a video frame in the video when the audio is detected at a preset rhythm; performing effect processing on the target object in the video frame to obtain an effect processed video frame; and displaying and playing the effect processed video frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoqi Li, Jingjin Zhou
  • Patent number: 12131519
    Abstract: A method and a system for pollutant identifying and early warning based on cluster analysis include steps of: installing multiple high-definition cameras on a river or a sluice dam, capturing pollutant images in front of the sluice dam at certain intervals, and transmitting the pollutant images captured by the high-definition cameras to a computer; reading the pollutant images transmitted to the computer; extracting a main pollutant color in the pollutant images through cluster analysis; calculating a difference between the main pollutant color and RGB data in a pollutant color gamut database, and setting an aberration threshold to identify the pollutant color; performing scale conversion with two sets of common point image pixel coordinates and actual plane coordinates to calculate a current pollutant area; and judging whether a polluted area exceeds a critical value according to a preset pollutant area threshold, thereby realizing early warning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute
    Inventors: Li Lin, Kefeng Zhao, Liangyuan Zhao, Jian Tang, Pingan Luo, Zheng Jing, Huiqun Cao, Zhenhua Wang, Huan Li, Haiyang Jin, Xiong Pan, Xiaohuan Cao
  • Patent number: 12131539
    Abstract: Cameras having storage fixtures within their fields of view are programmed to capture images and process clips of the images to generate sets of features representing product spaces and actors depicted within such images, and to classify the clips as depicting or not depicting a shopping event. Where consecutive clips are determined to depict a shopping event, features of such clips are combined into a sequence and transferred, along with classifications of the clips and a start time and end time of the shopping event, to a multi-camera system. A shopping hypothesis is generated based on such sequences of features received from cameras, along with information regarding items detected within the hands of such actors, to determine a summary of shopping activity by an actor, and to update a record of items associated with the actor accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Broaddus, Jayakrishnan Kumar Eledath, Tian Lan, Hui Liang, Gerard Guy Medioni, Chuhang Zou
  • Patent number: 12120421
    Abstract: A method of providing an event-initiated video sequence, comprises a pre-event video sequence and a post-event video sequence. The pre-event image frames are stored in a non-processed format until such time that an event is taking place. By postponing the image processing of the pre-event video sequence, power savings are accomplished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: AXIS AB
    Inventors: Axel Keskikangas, Viktor Edpalm, Mattias Pettersson
  • Patent number: 12101584
    Abstract: Systems and methods for recording programs using a user's equipment and a network recording device are provided. An interactive television application may determine whether the user's equipment has sufficient resources (e.g., tuners or space) to record a program selected for recording. If the interactive television application determines that the user's equipment does not have sufficient resources, the interactive television application may select, automatically or in response to a user instruction, the program for recording with a network recording device. In some embodiments, the user may have to pay for the use of the network recording device, or may be required to purchase a given tier level of service. The interactive television application may play back programs from the network recording device as VOD offerings, or may direct the network recording device to transfer recorded programs to the user's equipment when it has sufficient resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventor: Michael L. Craner
  • Patent number: 12101560
    Abstract: A mobile imaging unit includes a 360-degree camera disposed on a golf cart, a motorized-zoom-lens-equipped camera on a motorized camera platform, a microphone, a GPS receiver, and a direction detector of a lens. The mobile imaging unit determines an imaging target area of the motorized-zoom-lens-equipped camera by using a current position and golf course map information, drives the motorized camera platform, and stores video data captured in a magnified state, with the video data being accompanied by time information and area identification information. A digest creating device selects, as video data to be subjected to image analysis and extraction of a highlight scene, either video data from the 360-degree camera or video data from the motorized-zoom-lens-equipped camera in accordance with the area identification information accompanying the stored video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: KYOEISEIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Shinohara
  • Patent number: 12094493
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques that may be used to automatically identify and index events within a media content file. Such techniques may comprise receiving, from at least one recording device, a media content, receiving sensor data determined to correspond to the media content, determine a context associated with the at least one recording device based on the sensor data, identifying, based on one or more data patterns detected within the sensor data and based on the contextual data, at least one event, generating an index corresponding to the identified event, and storing an indication of the generated index in association with the media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: Getac Technology Corporation, WHP Workflow Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Guzik, Muhammad Adeel
  • Patent number: 12096156
    Abstract: The present application is directed to creating intrusion zones for security systems. For example, a client device may cause a graphical user interface (GUI) to be displayed on a display, the GUI configured for creating an intrusion zone for an audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device. The GUI may include one or more motion zones associated with a field of view of the A/V recording and communication device. While displaying the GUI, the client device may receive a first input selecting a motion zone from the one or more motion zones, at least a portion of the motion zone being associated with the intrusion zone, a second input for setting a conditional setting for the intrusion zone, and a third input selecting an activation mode of the security system to associate with the intrusion zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: James Siminoff
  • Patent number: 12088965
    Abstract: A monitoring camera video sharing system includes a user terminal for viewing of video data of a monitoring camera, and a server for storing access permission data including first user information and monitoring camera information. The first user information includes an access right to the video data of the monitoring camera, and the monitoring camera information indicates information of the monitoring camera. The server updates the access permission data by adding an access right to the video data of the selected monitoring camera to second user information based on sharing processing of the access permission data to the second user information, and sets the video data of the selected monitoring camera linked to the access permission data and specified by the monitoring camera information such that the video data of the selected monitoring camera is accessible by the user terminal based on the second user information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: i-PRO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haru Kamada, Takeshi Wakako, Koji Kawamoto, Kaoru Tsurumi, Masaki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 12079984
    Abstract: Monitoring operations of a polishing system includes obtaining a time-based sequence of reference images of a component of the polishing system performing operations during a test operation of the polishing system, receiving from a camera a time-based sequence of monitoring images of an equivalent component of an equivalent polishing system performing operations during polishing of a substrate, determining a difference value for the time-based sequence of monitoring images by comparing the time-based sequence of reference images to the time-based sequence of monitoring image using an image processing algorithm, determining whether the difference value exceeds a threshold, and in response to determining the difference value exceeds the threshold, indicating an excursion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Sidney P. Huey, Thomas Li, Benjamin Cherian
  • Patent number: 12075168
    Abstract: The portable device is provided with a photograph unit to acquire, at a first time interval, images with a super wide angle of which a maximum value reaches all peripheral directions around the portable device; a traveling direction calculation unit to calculate a traveling direction of the portable device at a second time interval; an image segmentation unit to segment, as a traveling direction image, an image of a predetermined range where the traveling direction is positioned at a center thereof, from a latest acquired image every time the traveling direction calculation unit calculates the traveling direction; and a display control unit to display the traveling direction image on a predetermined traveling direction display region of a display of the portable device. The display control unit displays a video image designated by a user on a first display region, which is different from the traveling direction display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Yasunobu Hashimoto, Ikuya Arai
  • Patent number: 12067269
    Abstract: An exemplary surveillance system is provided having a plurality of data generating devices, and nodes for data handling of the data streams generated form the data generating devices. The system may be configured to fragment the data streams and store the fragments among the plurality of nodes of the system. The system may be configured to redundantly transmit data through the nodes so the fragmented data stream arrive at the desired location for storage. The data transmission may permit redirection or retransmission based on node or data transmission failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Thissl Holding, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Mendiola, Jonathan Adam, Darren Furtado
  • Patent number: 12061326
    Abstract: A detection section detects a position of a container in a vertical direction, and an imaging optical system controller acquires an adjustment value of an imaging position of an imaging optical system according to the detected position. A correction section corrects the adjustment value according to a change in a refractive index of the container according to a temperature of the container. The imaging optical system controller adjusts an imaging position of an observation target on the basis of the corrected adjustment value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yasushi Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 12063344
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium capable of suppressing influence of motion parallax and image distortion. There is provided a reproduction device including an image processing unit that performs processing including: projecting an image captured from a specific position in a real space on a projection surface arranged according to a reference position set in a virtual space; acquiring a head movement amount of a user viewing the projected image; changing, according to the head movement amount with respect to the reference position in a first direction that is at least one of a left-right direction or an up-down direction as viewed from the user, a first relative distance between the reference position and a user position in the first direction; changing, according to the head movement amount with respect to the reference position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takayoshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 12056846
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for the non-uniform downsampling of captured panoramic images. In one embodiment, a computing device is disclosed that includes a processing apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable apparatus comprising a storage medium have one or more instructions stored thereon. The one or more instructions, when executed by the processing apparatus, being configured to: receive captured images, the captured images obtained using two or more image sensors; non-uniformly downsample the received captured images; and encode the non-uniformly downsampled images. In some variants, the non-uniformly downsampled images take into account a desired area of interest within the captured images. In some implementations, the computing device includes an image capture device. Methods and non-transitory computer readable apparatus are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl Stimm, David Newman
  • Patent number: 12052496
    Abstract: An event of interest may be tracked using a distributed intelligence video surveillance system. The distributed intelligence video surveillance system includes a lead video camera and a plurality of child video cameras that are configured to communicate with the lead video camera. One of the plurality of child video cameras may receive a video image and perform analytics and event generation for any events of interest found within the video image. The child video camera extracts metadata for any found events of interest and communicates the extracted metadata to the lead video camera. The lead video camera communicates the extracted metadata to others of the plurality of child video cameras so that the others of the plurality of child video cameras can be alerted to track the found events of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Amit Grewal, Bhavya Kumar, Lalitha M. Eswara, Rajeev Sharma
  • Patent number: 12047631
    Abstract: A network digital video recording (nDVR) system may take into account the capabilities of a requesting user's local DVR when managing network recordings. The user's local DVR may include a temporary buffer that is normally used to record what the DVR is tuned to, and may be used for local trickplay functionality such as pausing live television. The nDVR features described herein may track the usage of the user's temporary DVR buffer, and use that in determining what to stream in response to a user's playback request. The nDVR system can also determine if the user's local DVR has an unused tuner at a time of a program recording, and can instruct the user's local DVR to also tune to the program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Walker, Bruce Bradley, Thomas Day, Robert Gaydos, John Leddy, Weidong Mao