Patents Examined by Dramos Kalapodas
  • Patent number: 12063911
    Abstract: A game scoring camera system is disclosed for capturing images of game animals for the purpose of scoring the antlers using an accepted scoring method. One or more cameras are used in a multiscopic arrangement for capturing two-dimensional (2-D) images which are then converted to three-dimensional (3-D) data models, the resulting 3-D data models being used for determining measurements of various antler structures for calculating a score for the set of antlers captured in the images, the score being based on existing antler scoring systems. Some embodiments include one or more cameras, each being mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle or drone, for capturing images during an aerial survey of game animals located within a particular area. Other embodiments include at least two cameras mounted in a stationary configuration for capturing images of game animals located within a particular area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Inventor: Kennon Guglielmo
  • Patent number: 12059999
    Abstract: A display system for at least one wheel of at least one vehicle comprising: At least one LED display device for displaying information on a wheel of a vehicle; A computer in association with the at least one LED display device, the computer comprising GPS; A main server; Wherein the LED display device is linked to the computer and the computer is in wireless communication with the main server via a wireless network; in use, the server has stored in memory a plurality of information packets for display by the LED display device, each information packet has an associated location and/or time for being displayed, the main server wirelessly sends at least one information packet and associated time and/or location to the associated computer of the at least one vehicle, when the at least one vehicle is in the desired location and/or time the computer instructs the at least one LED display device to display the associated information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Inventors: Guy Margetson, Michael Beadman, Ben Crundwell
  • Patent number: 12063458
    Abstract: The application is directed to techniques and processes for integrating multiple security systems. For instance, a system may receive first data from a first security system, where the first data indicates that the first security system detected a security event. The system may then analyze the first data to determine a type of the security event, a time frame of the security event, and/or a threat level of the security event. Based at least in part on the analyzing, the system may determine a security procedure for a second security system. The second security system may be located proximate to the first security system and/or may be included in a same security system network as the first security system. The security procedure may include changing a mode of the second security system and/or causing an electronic device of the second security system to generate image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: James Siminoff
  • Patent number: 12063366
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document may comprise the steps of: if a current block is partitioned into sub-partition transform blocks, deriving a prediction sample of the current block on the basis of intra prediction mode information; determining an LFNST set including LFNST matrices on the basis of an intra prediction mode derived from the intra prediction mode information; selecting one of the LFNST matrices on the basis of the LFNST set and the LFNST index; deriving transform coefficients for the sub-partition transform blocks on the basis of the selected LFNST matrix; and deriving residual samples for the current block on the basis of the transform coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Seunghwan Kim, Mehdi Salehifar, Jaehyun Lim
  • Patent number: 12052420
    Abstract: A method of video processing includes performing a prediction for a current video block or for a subblock split from the current video block; generating residual samples corresponding to the current video block or the subblock; obtaining quantized residual samples; and coding the quantized residual samples to perform a conversion on the current video block, a first one-dimensional (1-d) transform being applied to the residual samples before residual samples are quantized and/or a second 1-d transform being applied to the quantized residual samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 12052411
    Abstract: An adjustment device includes a wearable electronic device and a case in which the wearable electronic device is disposed (e.g., seated). The wearable electronic device includes displays (e.g., display apparatuses) which display virtual images for a left eye and a right eye of a user, screen display portions which transmit light sources generated by the displays to the left eye and the right eye, and eye tracking cameras for the left eye and the right eye. The case includes a stator which fixes the wearable electronic device, and a focal lens which is disposed within an eye relief of the fixed wearable electronic device and forms each of images of the virtual images output from the screen display portions of the wearable electronic device on a portion of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungbin Hong, Chulkwi Kim
  • Patent number: 12047595
    Abstract: Systems and methods herein address reference frame selection in video streaming applications using one or more processing units to decode a frame of an encoded video stream that uses an inter-frame depicting an object and an intra-frame depicting the object, the intra-frame being included in a set of intra-frames based at least in part on at least one attribute of the object as depicted in the intra-frame being different from the at least one attribute of the object as depicted in other intra-frames of the set of intra-frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventors: Aurobinda Maharana, Arun Mallya, Ming-Yu Liu, Abhijit Patait
  • Patent number: 12046030
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a refrigerator may include a storage compartment, an outer door, one or more cameras provided in the outer door, a global DB configured to store a plurality of default food identification items and a plurality of default product names respectively corresponding to the plurality of default food identification items, and a local DB configured to store edited product names and a food identification item corresponding to the edited product names, and a processor configured to photograph an internal image of the storage compartment through the one or more cameras, obtain a food identification item from the photographed internal image, determine whether the obtained food identification item is stored in the local DB, and when the food identification item is not stored in the local DB, determine whether the obtained food identification item is stored in the global DB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehong Kim, Hangil Jeong, Hyoeun Kim, Heeyeon Choi, Kamin Lee, Hyejeong Jeon
  • Patent number: 12041269
    Abstract: New intra planar modes are introduced for predicting digital video data. As part of the new intra planar modes, various methods are offered for predicting a first sample within a prediction unit, where the first sample is needed for referencing to when processing the new intra planar modes. And once the first sample is successfully predicted, the new intra planar modes are able to predict a sample of video data within the prediction unit by processing a bi-linear interpolation of four previously reconstructed reference samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaehyun Lim, Byeongmoon Jeon, Seungwook Park, Jaewon Sung, Jungsun Kim, Yongjoon Jeon, Joonyoung Park, Younghee Choi
  • Patent number: 12028514
    Abstract: A method, performed by a decoding apparatus, of decoding motion information, including: obtaining change information indicating whether to change motion information of a neighboring block of a current block; based on the change information indicating to change the motion information, determining a prediction direction of the current block by changing a prediction direction of the neighboring block; based on the prediction direction of the neighboring block being a first uni-direction and the prediction direction of the current block being a second uni-direction or a bi-direction, selecting a reference picture of the second uni-direction of the current block from a second reference picture list; obtaining a motion vector of the second uni-direction of the current block; and reconstructing the current block using a reference block indicated by the motion vector of the second uni-direction of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minwoo Park, Seungsoo Jeong, Minsoo Park, Kiho Choi, Woongil Choi, Yinji Piao
  • Patent number: 12022078
    Abstract: The present application disclose a picture processing method and apparatus, which are applicable to a video picture processing scenario. The method includes: obtaining at least two transform coefficient blocks, where each of the at least two transform coefficient blocks includes at least two transform coefficients that correspond to different frequency points; determining, according to a preset frequency point scanning order, the transform coefficients that are in the at least two transform coefficient blocks and that correspond to a selected frequency point; and encoding, according to a preset coefficient scanning order, each transform coefficient corresponding to the selected frequency point, to obtain picture encoded information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haitao Yang, Lian Zhang, Xiang Ma
  • Patent number: 12015783
    Abstract: Methods and systems for improved content encoding are described herein. An encoder may allocate a time budget for encoding each frame of a content item. When the encoder takes longer than the allocated time budget to encode at least a portion of a given frame(s) of the content item at a first resolution, the encoder may take a number of actions in order to allow the encoder to “catch up,” such as encoding frames at a second resolution. Once the encoder catches up and the allocated time budget is not being exceeded, the encoder may resume encoding frames of the content item at the first resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Giladi, Dan Grois, Yasser Syed, Ali C. Begen
  • Patent number: 12015785
    Abstract: A decoder may determine first motion information, from of a plurality of motion information, for a block. The decoder may generate, for each respective motion information of the plurality of motion information, a reconstructed block. The decoder may generate the reconstructed block, for each respective motion information of the plurality of motion information, based on: a prediction block generated for the respective motion information; and a reconstructed residual block based on the first motion information. The decoder may determine second motion information, from the plurality of motion information, for the block based on a visual quality of each of the reconstructed blocks. The decoder may signal, based on the second motion information, the first motion information in a bit stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Tae Meon Bae, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Kalyan Goswami
  • Patent number: 12003745
    Abstract: A method of visual media processing includes determining a size of a buffer to store reference samples for prediction in an intra block copy mode; and performing a conversion between a current video block of visual media data and a bitstream of the current video block, using the reference samples stored in the buffer, wherein the conversion is performed in the intra block copy mode which is based on motion information related to a reconstructed block located in same video region with the current video block without referring to a reference picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Jizheng Xu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 12003731
    Abstract: An example device for decoding video data includes a memory configured to store video data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: determine a number of multiple transform selection (MTS) candidates for a current block of video data, the number being greater than zero and different than four, the MTS candidates being MTS candidates other than a DCT2 candidate; determine one of the MTS candidates of the number of MTS candidates for the current block; inverse transform a transform block for the current block using the determined one of the MTS candidates to produce a residual block; and decode the current block using the residual block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Bappaditya Ray, Vadim Seregin, Marta Karczewicz
  • Patent number: 11997276
    Abstract: An image decoding apparatus comprises a decoder which decodes data indicating a plurality of values corresponding to a part of a quantization matrix; a generator which derives the plurality of values from the data and generates the matrix; and an inverse quantizing unit which performs the inverse quantizing on an object block using the matrix, wherein, if width or height of the matrix is larger than or equal to a predetermined size, the generating unit generates the matrix by associating a first value among the plurality of values with a first element corresponding to DC component in the matrix, associating a second value with a second element adjacent to the first element, and, for the elements other than the first and second elements, associating each of one or more values with a plurality of elements of the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masato Shima
  • Patent number: 11997317
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video data processing. In some examples, an apparatus for video data processing includes processing circuitry. For example, the processing circuitry determines a first syntax element for coding control in a first scope of coded video data in a bitstream. The first syntax element is associated with a coding tool of persistent Rice adaptation defined in a range extension of a video standard for a statistics based Rice parameter derivation in a residual coding. In response to the first syntax element being a first value indicative of disabling of the coding tool in the first scope, the processing circuitry decodes the first scope of coded video data that includes one or more second scopes of coded video data without invoking the coding tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Byeongdoo Choi, Shan Liu, Stephan Wenger
  • Patent number: 11997279
    Abstract: In general, encoding or decoding a picture part can involve a first CABAC probability model associated with a first flag indicating use of an affine mode and a second CABAC probability model associated with a second flag indicating use of either the affine mode or a second mode different from the affine mode, where the first and second CABAC probability models are different and are determined independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Franck Galpin, Fabrice Le Leannec, Philippe Bordes
  • Patent number: 11991360
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to secondary transform of video blocks with adaptive kernel options. For example, a method for decoding a video block in an video stream is disclosed. The method may include comprising parsing and processing the video stream to generate: a set of secondary transform coefficients associated with the video block; an intra-prediction mode associated with the video block; and a kernel index indicating a secondary transform kernel among a group of secondary transform kernels. The method may further include identifying the group of secondary transform kernels based on the intra-prediction mode; and performing an inverse secondary transform of the set of secondary transform coefficients to generate primary transform coefficients of the video block based on the secondary transform kernel among the group of secondary transform kernels identified by the kernel index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Madhu Peringassery Krishnan, Xin Zhao, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11991590
    Abstract: A backup camera system integrates various capabilities in a common housing to deliver enhanced safety and convenience functions for less cost and improved utility. Apparatus such as an inertial measurement unit (IMU) may be used to automatically detect when the vehicle is moving in reverse, such that no signal is required from the vehicle to determine that the vehicle is moving in reverse. The IMU may further detect a crash situation. A sound or light generator may provide an alert to an area surrounding the vehicle. Integrated communications capabilities provide for remote control of various functions and the exchange of signals and information to remote devices facilitating vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure or infrastructure-to-vehicle communications. The system may further integrate proximity detection, imaging and computer-readable code interpretation, and GPS location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Enterprise Electronic LLC
    Inventors: David J. Pearson, Jeff Vogel, Benson Brady, Jeffrey Allan Makelim