Patents Examined by Edward Martello
  • Patent number: 11106915
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for generating in a gaze tracking device augmented reality representations for objects in a user line-of-sight. A determination is made of user coordinates of a user position and coordinates of an axis of a line-of-sight of the user from the gaze tracking device. Requested object information is received indicating objects along the axis of the line-of-sight at different distances from the user position, including a first object in the line-of-sight that is visible to the user at a first distance from the user position and at least one additional object. Each of the at least one additional object is at a further distance from the user position than the first distance. Descriptions of the objects are rendered to the user in a view of the gaze tracking device along the axis of the line-of-sight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raghuveer Prasad Nagar, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Reji Jose, Kavita Prasad
  • Patent number: 11107269
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for a technique to improve the culling efficiency of coarse depth testing. One embodiment provides for a graphics processor that includes a depth pipeline that is configured to perform a method to track a history of source fragments that are tested against a destination tile. When a combination of partial fragments sum to full coverage, the most conservative source far depth value is used instead of the previous destination far depth value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Saikat Mandal, Vasanth Ranganathan
  • Patent number: 11100607
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes: a memory configured to store information regarding an artificial intelligence model including a plurality of layers; and a processor configured to perform interpolation processing on an input image and to process the interpolated image using the artificial intelligence model to obtain an output image, wherein the processor is configured to be operated in a first mode or a second mode based on an update of parameters used in at least one of the plurality of layers being required, the first mode including a mode in which the output image is obtained based on an image processed using the artificial intelligence model in which the parameters are updated and based on the interpolated image, and the second mode includes a mode in which the output image is obtained based on the interpolated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Insang Cho, Kiwon Yoo, Wonjae Lee, Daesung Cho, Chanyoung Hwang
  • Patent number: 11094284
    Abstract: An image processing device and image processing method that reduce the probability that the power consumption of two processing systems will be maximized simultaneously. Such image processing device includes an image processing circuit, a conversion circuit receiving a first pixel data array outputted from the image processing circuit and converting the first pixel data array into a second pixel data array by converting an arrangement of pieces of pixel data included in the first pixel data array pixel by pixel, the first pixel data array being an aggregate of a plurality of pieces of pixel data, the pieces of pixel data being pieces of data corresponding to a plurality of pixels, each of the pieces of pixel data having a plurality of bits, an aggregate of the pixels forming a pixel array, and a processing unit processing the second pixel data array outputted from the conversion circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Matsuzaki, Masato Yamamoto, Takashi Nakamae, Tsubasa Ito
  • Patent number: 11094074
    Abstract: A computing system is provided. The computing system includes a visible light camera, a thermal camera, and a processor with associated storage. The processor is configured to execute instructions stored in the storage to receive, from the visible light camera, a visible light image for a frame of a scene and receive, from the thermal camera, a thermal image for the frame of the scene. The processor is configured to detect image discrepancies between the visible light image and the thermal image and, based on the detected image discrepancies, determine a presence of a transparent object in the scene. The processor is configured to, based on the detected image discrepancies, output an identification of at least one location in the scene that is associated with the transparent object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Kirk Price, Yuri Pekelny, Michael Bleyer
  • Patent number: 11087528
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of generating a three-dimensional object is performed by a device including one or more processors, non-transitory memory, one or more input devices, and a display. The method includes detecting a first set of one or more user inputs indicative of a two-dimensional profile and detecting a second set of one or more user inputs indicative of a two-dimensional floor plan. The method includes generating, based on the two-dimensional profile and the two-dimensional floor plan, a three-dimensional object and displaying the three-dimensional object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Jérôme Couture-Gagnon
  • Patent number: 11062437
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to instruct image capture of a vehicle from a plurality of predefined perspectives, the perspectives defined to result in images providing a 360 degree capture of a vehicle surface. The processor is also configured to receive a plurality of images, at least one from each perspective, of a vehicle from a mobile device camera. The processor is further configured to build a 3-D model of the vehicle surface from the images and compare the 3-D model to a stored reference model of the vehicle surface in order to recognize damage to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Frederic Stefan
  • Patent number: 11061006
    Abstract: A review image is displayed prior to measurement of an analysis target sample. The review image includes a waveform image and a numerical value image showing a measurement condition determined for a measurement segment of interest. The waveform image includes a waveform portion which is a part of a chromatogram, and a marker array showing a period of a circulating ion measurement. The marker array includes a plurality of markers which are displayed in an overlapping manner over the waveform portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: JEOL Ltd.
    Inventor: Masako Ota
  • Patent number: 11062427
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes: a memory configured to store information regarding an artificial intelligence model including a plurality of layers; and a processor configured to perform interpolation processing on an input image and to process the interpolated image using the artificial intelligence model to obtain an output image, wherein the processor is configured to be operated in a first mode or a second mode based on an update of parameters used in at least one of the plurality of layers being required, the first mode including a mode in which the output image is obtained based on an image processed using the artificial intelligence model in which the parameters are updated and based on the interpolated image, and the second mode includes a mode in which the output image is obtained based on the interpolated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Insang Cho, Kiwon Yoo, Wonjae Lee, Daesung Cho, Chanyoung Hwang
  • Patent number: 11042292
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating, rendering, manipulating (e.g., slicing), and communicating stroke objects that form ink data. In a method of generating a stroke object, pen event data indicative of pen down, pen movement, and pen up events are sequentially received to generate point objects that collectively form a stroke object. The point objects serve as control points for interpolating curve segments. Further, a start parameter indicative of a start point within a starting curve segment of the curve segments at which display of the stroke object starts, and an end parameter indicative of an end point within an ending curve segment of at which display of the stroke object ends, are generated for the stroke object. When rendering the stroke object, a system limits display of the stroke object to a range bound by the start and end parameters, as opposed to displaying the entire stroke object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Branimir Angelov, Stefan Yotov, Heidi Wang, Plamen Petkov
  • Patent number: 11043022
    Abstract: Using various embodiments, methods and systems to determine viewability metrics of a multidimensional object in a multidimensional digital environment are described. In one embodiment, a system is configured to render a viewport of the multidimensional digital environment displayed on the graphical user interface. The viewport includes the object of interest. The object of interest includes a multidimensional digital object. The object of interest is rendered with a first set of colors. The system is further configured to determine a first number of pixels representing a total number of pixels in the first set of colors and to determine a second number of pixels in the viewport representing a total number of pixels of the viewport. Thereafter, a ratio is calculated by dividing the first number of pixels by the second number of pixels. The metric of viewability is then derived by the calculated ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Trivver, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel LaMontagne, Sergey Kondratov, Igor Bitny
  • Patent number: 11043017
    Abstract: A 3-dimensional image is displayed in high resolution colors by generating a 3-dimensional model as a triangular mesh, converting the mesh into a grid of voxels, and assigning attribute values to a portion of the voxels. Laplacian interpolation based on the portion of the voxels is applied for iteratively calculating interpolated attribute values of other voxels. The voxels are rendered as a colored image according to the attribute values on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Lior Zar, Natan Sharon Katz, Benjamin Cohen
  • Patent number: 11029147
    Abstract: A method for facilitating surgery using an augmented reality system, comprises retrieving patient data relating to a surgical procedure on a patient, generating virtual content comprising a virtual three-dimensional (3D) anatomical model based on the patient data, and displaying the virtual content, such that, when viewed by the first user, the virtual 3D anatomical model appears to be fixed at a physical location, whereby the virtual 3D anatomical model may be viewed by the first user from any angle or orientation merely by walking around the physical location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Rony Abovitz, Brian T. Schowengerdt, Mathew D. Watson
  • Patent number: 11024081
    Abstract: A predefined virtual theme defines a specific virtual way of movement within a virtual environment. A route is selected which best matches the predefined virtual theme Movements of the motor vehicle are detected during a journey along the selected route. The virtual reality glasses are controlled so that a vehicle occupant wearing the virtual reality glasses moves virtually within the virtual environment according to the detected movements of the motor vehicle and according to the predefined virtual way of movement of the predefined virtual theme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marcus Kühne, Daniel Profendiner, Nils Wollny
  • Patent number: 11023198
    Abstract: An information processing system includes first and second information processing apparatuses. The first information processing apparatus includes a first display controller. The first display controller performs control to display a parent message and a child message on a first display. The second information processing apparatus includes a second display controller and a receiver. The second display controller performs control to display a file attached to a parent message and a sticky note which shows the content of a child message on a second display. The receiver receives a file attached to a parent message and a child message from the first information processing apparatus. When the receiver has received the file and the child message, the second display controller performs control to display a sticky note which shows the content of the child message on the second display such that the sticky note is superposed on the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 11024265
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is described comprising a first acquisition unit configured to acquire image data from an image capturing apparatus and a second acquisition unit configured to acquire display installation information indicating a configuration of one or more display screens in a display installation to be simulated. A generation unit is provided to generate, based on the display installation information and the acquired image data, a simulation image that simulates display of the image on the display installation. A display control unit is provided to display the simulation image on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masatoshi Ishii
  • Patent number: 11018952
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for visualizing current and historical access policy of a group based policy. A first group based policy and a second group based policy are received at a computing device, where each group based policy includes policy rules defining a range of destination internet protocol addresses, a range of source internet protocol addresses and a range of access ports. The computing device renders a three dimensional representation of the first group based policy, based on the policy rules of the first group based policy. The computing device renders a three dimensional representation of the second group based policy, based on the policy rules of the second group based policy. The computing device displays the representations of the first group based policy and second group based policy on a graphical interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Sanjay Agrawal, Ruchir Gupta, Syed Basheeruddin Ahmed, Yi Yang, Meenakshi Kaushik
  • Patent number: 11010610
    Abstract: A microscope of the type used by a pathologist to view slides containing biological samples such as tissue or blood is provided with the projection of enhancements to the field of view, such as a heatmap, border, or annotations, substantially in real time as the slide is moved to new locations or changes in magnification or focus occur. The enhancements assist the pathologist in characterizing or classifying the sample, such as being positive for the presence of cancer cells or pathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Martin Christian Stumpe
  • Patent number: 11010946
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to detect a location to place an advertisement in a media asset, the method comprising, identifying a plurality of points in a video frame of a media asset, detecting a color associated with each point of the plurality of points, calculating a change in color between each point of the plurality of points, comparing the change in color between each point of the plurality of points with a threshold, identifying, based on the comparing, an area within the frame that constitutes a surface; and selecting an advertisement to be placed on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Susanto Sen, Radhika Dewan, Vikram Makam Gupta
  • Patent number: 10997779
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating an image file of a 3D body model of a user wearing a garment, comprising: (i) receiving one or more two dimensional images of a model wearing a garment, which images provide a view of an outer surface of the garment; (ii) for each two dimensional image, segmenting an image of the garment to produce a set of segmented garment images; (iii) using the set of segmented garment images to generate a complete 3D garment model; (iv) receiving a 3D body model of a user; (v) simulating the complete 3D garment model worn on the 3D body model of the user and, (vi) generating an image file of the 3D body model of the user wearing the complete 3D garment model, using the simulated complete 3D garment model worn on the 3D body model of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: METAIL LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Chen, Sukrit Shankar, Dongjoe Shin, David Chalmers, Jim Downing, Tom Adeyoola