Patents Examined by Eileen M Adams
  • Patent number: 12041359
    Abstract: A camera system includes a camera configured to capture first video of a scene in the form of first image frames. The camera system also includes an infrared sensor configured to capture second video of the scene in the form of second image frames. The system also includes a processor in communication with the camera and the infrared sensor. The processor is configured to obfuscate one or more portions of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Nabil I. Alshurafa, Josiah D. Hester
  • Patent number: 12041385
    Abstract: An image recording system includes a processor. The processor acquires a time series RAW image group including a plurality of time series RAW images in a first time section. The processor extracts, from the time series RAW image group, a recording candidate RAW image group included in a second time section as a part of the first time section. The processor records at least one RAW image included in the recording candidate RAW image group as a recording target RAW image which is a RAW image to be recorded. The processor selects the recording target RAW image from the recording candidate RAW image group. The processor converts the RAW image which is not selected as the recording target RAW image from the recording candidate RAW image group or the time series RAW image group to compressed data, and records the compressed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Yamato Kanda, Makoto Kitamura, Akihiro Kubota, Takao Tsuruoka
  • Patent number: 12035048
    Abstract: Disclosed is a front image generation device for heavy equipment, which generates a composite front image by using two or more cameras. The front image generation device includes: an upper camera disposed on a wheel loader and configured to generate a first front image; a lower camera disposed on the wheel loader and configured to generate a second front image; an image processor configured to generate a composite front image by compositing the first front image and the second front image; and a display configured to display the composite front image generated by the image processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: WISE AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jaehong Park, Jungpyo Lee
  • Patent number: 12019940
    Abstract: A display control device, which controls images to be displayed on a single display mounted on a vehicle, includes: multiple image determination units that determine the images to be displayed on the display; a state monitoring unit that successively monitors, as monitoring targets, the plurality of image determination units to determine whether an abnormality occurs in the plurality of image determination units; and a display mode determination unit that switches a display mode of the display in response to the state monitoring unit determining that an error image is displayed on the display due to the abnormality occurred in the plurality of image determination units. The display mode determination unit switches the display mode such that the error image is less likely to give discomfort to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuhiko Tanibata
  • Patent number: 12016737
    Abstract: Computer-assisted surgical systems and methods provide intraoperative playback of and interaction with recorded video images and/or a 3D model while displaying current video images. The methods and related surgical systems involve capturing, by a two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) video camera, current video images and recording the captured video images. A user interface displays the current video images and the recorded video images and/or the 3D model and enables a user to interact with either or both of them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: John W. Komp, Irena Cantrall, Francesca Rossetto, Robert W. Pierce, Fiona A. Morrison, Mark N. Florio
  • Patent number: 12015871
    Abstract: A set of glasses frames includes electronic components for video capture and is configured to continuously capture video in a twenty-second loop. On the frames is a capture button that, when pressed, causes the electronic circuitry to store the prior twenty seconds and the following twenty seconds, for a total of forty seconds of video in non-transitory memory. The electronic circuitry in the frames also includes a Bluetooth radio and a Wi-Fi radio, enabling the frames to communicate with a mobile device, and more particularly to provide the saved twenty-second video clips to an app running on the mobile device. The app allows for storage of the video clips on the phone, editing of the video clips, upload of the video clips to the Internet, and configuring user-adjustable settings on the electronic circuitry of the glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Inventors: Armaan Saini, Casey Spencer, Vivek Vinodh
  • Patent number: 12010982
    Abstract: An electrical transmission line cable suited for a variety of applications, including as a fishing line in a video fishing system. The electrical transmission line cable has a first conductor and a second conductor forming an electrical transmission line; a jacket containing the first conductor and the second conductor; and a transmission line primary dielectric element separating the first conductor and the second conductor, wherein the primary dielectric element is at least one of textile yarns, fiber yarns, or monofilaments. The electrical transmission line may be in a balanced configuration or an unbalanced configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: ReelView Fishing, Inc.
    Inventor: Dustin Alinger
  • Patent number: 12010437
    Abstract: An arrangement determination apparatus for determining an arrangement of a plurality of cameras that is used for generation of a virtual viewpoint image acquires information indicating an imaging target region, and determines an arrangement of the plurality of cameras based on the information in such a manner that images of the entire region of the imaging target region are captured by two or more cameras of the plurality of cameras and images of the entire region of the imaging target region are captured by different two or more cameras of the plurality of cameras that are different from the two or more cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michio Aizawa, Yasushi Shikata, Shinichiro Uno, Atsushi Date
  • Patent number: 12008880
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for detecting objects or patient safety events in a patient room. Artificial intelligence is utilized to enhance safety issue recognition capabilities by the methods and systems. Sensors collect a series of images and depth data in a room of a patient. Data (corresponding to images and depth data of an object or patent safety event) is received from the sensors and compared to stored data to identify the object or patient safety event. The images are communicated to a central video monitoring system and a user may be prompted to confirm if the object requires learning or a patient safety event occurred (or identify the object or patient safety event) or to provide additional parameters or actions. A patient safety learning system analyzes the data and incorporates the user response to enhance safety issue recognition capabilities of the system and reduce false alerts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Howard Kusens, Michael Kusens
  • Patent number: 12007246
    Abstract: A method of generating a scenic rating for segments of an electronic map involves obtaining probe data relating to the movement of a plurality of devices with respect to time in the area, and, for each one of a plurality of segments of the electronic map; identifying a set of positional data relating to the movement of devices along the navigable element represented by the segment, filtering the identified set of positional data relating to the movement of devices along the navigable element represented by the segment based on mode of transport to obtain one or more subset of the identified positional data relating to the movement of devices along the element represented by the segment which may be expected to relate to traversals of the navigable element for recreational purposes, using the or each obtained subset of the positional data to obtain one or more scenicity parameter which may be used in determining a scenic rating for the segment indicative of a scenicity of the navigable element represented by t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: TomTom Traffic B.V.
    Inventors: Antoine Carl van der Laan, Rene Beier, Peter Mieth
  • Patent number: 12008783
    Abstract: A reality capture device configured to perform a measuring process for generating a digital representation of an environment comprising a body defining a first axis, and an imaging unit with one or more 2D cameras configured to provide 2D image data of the environment. The device comprises a ToF camera arrangement configured for capturing 3D point-cloud data of the environment and comprising at least two time-of-flight cameras, wherein each time-of-flight camera comprises a sensor array and one or more laser emitters, the sensor array of each of the time-of-flight cameras having an optical axis and being configured to receive reflections of light pulses emitted by the one or more laser emitters of the respective time-of-flight camera, the time-of-flight cameras being arranged around the first axis so that each sensor array has one or two other sensor arrays as a neighbouring sensor array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Rainer Wohlgenannt, Lukas Heinzle, Garance Bruneau, Ralph Harti, Roland Graf, Roman Steffen, Simon Mark
  • Patent number: 12003851
    Abstract: A digital mirror assembly for capturing photos using a plurality of cameras includes a base. The base has a front surface and a back surface. A plurality of cameras is positioned on the front surface. Furthermore, a plurality of lights is positioned on the front surface. A microprocessor is positioned in an interior of the base. The microprocessor is in electric communication with a battery, a receiver, the plurality of lights, the plurality of cameras, and a screen. The screen is positioned on the front surface of the base. The screen can either be a reflective surface or a computerized interface. The computerized interface resembles they layout of a smart phone device. The user can connect to the internet using the receiver. A flash positioned on the front surface goes off when the each of the cameras captures a photo. An actuator turns the digital mirror assembly on and off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Inventor: Delvin Smith
  • Patent number: 12002278
    Abstract: Example implementations described herein are directed to integration of far infrared cameras in a vehicle system to detect objects based on relative temperature of objects. Such implementations can improve accuracy when paired, for example, with classification systems that classify objects based on the shape of the object, as both the shape and relative temperature can be used to ensure that the classification is accurate. Further, example implementations can synchronize far infrared cameras with other sensor systems to determine distance, energy, and absolute temperature of an object, which can also be used to enhance classification. Such classifications can then be provided to an advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), which can control the vehicle system in accordance with the object classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd
    Inventor: Takeo Shibata
  • Patent number: 11994470
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for producing an optimized phase mask for use in a single-molecule orientation localization microscopy (SMOLM) imaging system are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Washington University
    Inventors: Matthew Lew, Tingting Wu
  • Patent number: 11997409
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide a video processing method and apparatus, and terminal and storage medium. The method includes: turning on a first camera on a first side and a second camera on a second side of a terminal in response to a first preset operation, wherein the first side and the second side are opposite or have different directions; and using the first camera and the second camera for simultaneous video recording. According to the method of the disclosure, a video recording method is improved by using the cameras on two sides of the terminal for simultaneous video recording, so that more flexible choices may be provided for video presentation and editing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lili Wang, Chi Fang, Dong Wang, Wei Gao, Haizhou Zhu
  • Patent number: 11997390
    Abstract: This disclosure is related to positioning one or more glass plates between an image sensor and lens of a camera in a scanning camera system; determining plate rotation rates and plate rotation angles based on one of characteristics of the camera, characteristics and positioning of the one or more glass plates, and relative dynamics of the camera and the object area; and rotating the one or more glass plates about one or more predetermined axes based on corresponding plate rotation rates and plate rotation angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: NEARMAP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.
    Inventors: James Austin Besley, Mark Harold Tarlinton, David Arnold Bleads
  • Patent number: 11989860
    Abstract: Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to systems and techniques for spectral imaging using a multi-aperture system with curved multi-bandpass filters positioned over each aperture. The present disclosure further relates to techniques for implementing spectral unmixing and image registration to generate a spectral datacube using image information received from such imaging systems. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to using such a datacube to analyze the imaged object, for example to analyze tissue in a clinical setting, perform biometric recognition, or perform materials analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Spectral MD, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian McCall, Wensheng Fan, Jason Dwight, Zhicun Gao, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, John Michael DiMaio
  • Patent number: 11983936
    Abstract: A data collection device of an embodiment includes a processor. The processor is configured to execute a program to acquire an image obtained by capturing surroundings of a first vehicle, determine whether the first vehicle has performed a lane change during a determination period based on information indicating a traveling history of the first vehicle, and collect the image included in the determination period as training data for a determination model that determines whether there is an obstacle in a road in a case where it is determined that the first vehicle has not performed a lane change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichi Konishi
  • Patent number: 11985429
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to improving image quality in a scanning camera system via scan angle selection to obtain images having overlap for performing image stitching, dynamically tuning an aperture of a camera in the scanning camera system, updating pixel values of an image using vignetting data, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NEARMAP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.
    Inventors: James Austin Besley, Mark Harold Tarlinton, David Arnold Bleads
  • Patent number: 11975660
    Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera module configured for mounting at an in-cabin portion of a windshield of a vehicle and including a circuit board and a camera that views forward of the vehicle and through the windshield. The camera includes a CMOS imaging sensor array. A data processor is operable to process image data captured by the CMOS imaging sensor array. Image data captured by the CMOS imaging sensor array is encoded by a data encoder chip. Image data captured by the CMOS imaging sensor array that is encoded at the data encoder chip is carried as a data stream from the camera module to the data processor via a cable. Communication via the cable between the camera and the data processor is bidirectional. The data processor is located in the vehicle remote from the camera module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ove J. Salomonsson, Christopher L. Van Dan Elzen