Patents Examined by Fayyaz Alam
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Patent number: 10564036Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for segmenting colors in a sample image comprised of pixels using a processor configured by code executing for selecting at least one color value present within the sample image and for each color selected from the sample image comparing the color values of each pixel of the sample image to the selected color value and averaging the color values of each pixels of the sample image having a color value difference below a pre-determined threshold. The method also includes outputting the average color value as a color value data object; and associating each averaged color value with sample image.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: DATACOLOR INC.Inventors: Taeyoung Park, Hong Wei, Venkata R. Thumu, Kathleen A. Edwards
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Patent number: 10565432Abstract: In an approach to establishing personal identity using multiple sub-optimal images, a method includes receiving a set of sub-optimal input images, identifying a first and a second user feature in the set of sub-optimal input images, and determining a confidence score of the user features by comparison to user profile images. The method additionally includes determining a combined confidence score of the first user feature and the second user feature and determining whether features match a user by: (i) determining whether the combined confidence score is higher than a pre-determined threshold for the combined confidence score, (ii) determining whether the confidence score of the first user feature is higher than a pre-determined threshold for the user features, and (iii) determining whether the confidence score of the second user feature is higher than the pre-determined threshold for the user features.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yuk L. Chan, Deepti M. Naphade, Tin Hang To
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Patent number: 10558750Abstract: The technology disclosed presents a novel spatial attention model that uses current hidden state information of a decoder long short-term memory (LSTM) to guide attention and to extract spatial image features for use in image captioning. The technology disclosed also presents a novel adaptive attention model for image captioning that mixes visual information from a convolutional neural network (CNN) and linguistic information from an LSTM. At each timestep, the adaptive attention model automatically decides how heavily to rely on the image, as opposed to the linguistic model, to emit the next caption word. The technology disclosed further adds a new auxiliary sentinel gate to an LSTM architecture and produces a sentinel LSTM (Sn-LSTM). The sentinel gate produces a visual sentinel at each timestep, which is an additional representation, derived from the LSTM's memory, of long and short term visual and linguistic information.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.Inventors: Jiasen Lu, Caiming Xiong, Richard Socher
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Patent number: 10555715Abstract: An apparatus and method for imaging quality assessment of an imaging system employs an aggregate phantom and a processor for imaging analysis. The aggregate phantom includes a plurality of self-contained sections configured to be moved independently and re-assembled in the imaging system. Each section includes fiducial features of known relative location. The processor: quantitatively determines location of the fiducial features within an image of the aggregate phantom; compares the determined location within the image to the known relative location of the fiducial features to produce a distortion field; and distinguishes between actual geometric distortion of the imaging system and rigid-body transformations of sections of the aggregate phantom, in the distortion field. For extended fields-of-view, the aggregate phantom may be repositioned, and sets of images combined to determine a distortion field of the extended image.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: THE PHANTOM LABORATORY, INCORPORATEDInventors: Richard P. Mallozzi, Joshua R. Levy
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Patent number: 10548095Abstract: There is provided a communication device including: a communication unit that receives a beacon for a second communication service making secondary usage of a spectrum assigned to a first communication service; and a control unit that controls a transmission power to be used for transmission of a radio signal of the second communication service from the communication unit based on location data included in the beacon and indicating a location of a transmission source node of the beacon and a location of an interfered node interfered by the second communication service.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ryo Sawai, Ryota Kimura
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Patent number: 10548090Abstract: It is disclosed a base station of a cell having at least a first and a second antenna sector, where the base station is distributed in terms of location and a method performed in said base station for determining an uplink power control target for a UE that is connected to the first antenna sector. The method comprises estimating (42, 504), in the at least the first and the second antenna sectors, a thermal noise floor; and determining (44, 516) the uplink power control target based on a maximum of the estimated thermal noise floors in all of the at least the first and the second antenna sectors. The method improves uplink performance of cells with antenna sectors having different receiver sensitivity, and provides enhanced observability of UEs for cells extending over multiple base stations.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Yufeng Zhao, Ying Sun, Torbjörn Wigren
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Patent number: 10542499Abstract: Methods and devices for offloading and/or aggregation of resources to coordinate uplink transmissions when interacting with different schedulers are disclosed herein. A method in a WTRU includes functionality for coordinating with a different scheduler for each eNB associated with the WTRU's configuration. Disclosed methods include autonomous WTRU grand selection and power scaling, and dynamic prioritization of transmission and power scaling priority.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: INERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Ghyslain Pelletier, Paul Marinier, J. Patrick Tooher, Virgil Comsa, Diana Pani, Stephen E. Terry
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Patent number: 10528802Abstract: A computer-implemented method for estimating head pose angles of a user includes determining a first rotation between a first head pose axis associated with a first image of a plurality of images of the user and a camera axis associated with a camera taking the images. A second rotation is determined between a second head pose axis associated with a second image of the user and the camera axis. The first and second head pose axes are determined based on light reflections within the plurality of images. A head pose angle of the user can be estimated based on the first rotation and the second rotation. An alert can be generated based on the estimated head pose angle.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Lei Yang, Fatih Porikli, Hai Yu
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Patent number: 10529088Abstract: A method of determining the position and orientation of an invasive medical device is described using altered devices and a machine learning algorithm for detecting the position and orientation of such devices from imagery. Such predictions can subsequently be displayed to an operator to improve the speed and accuracy by which they perform procedures.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Inventors: Gabriel Fine, Nathan Silberman
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Patent number: 10521670Abstract: A system includes a plurality of summarization engines, each summarization engine to receive video content, via a processing system, and to provide a summary of the video content, thereby providing a plurality of summaries of the video content. The system includes a plurality of meta-algorithmic patterns, each meta-algorithmic pattern to be applied to at least two of the summaries to provide, via the processing system, a meta-summary of the video content using the at least two summaries, thereby providing a plurality of meta-summaries of the video content. The system includes an evaluator to evaluate the plurality of summaries and the plurality of meta-summaries and to determine similarity measures of the video content over each given class of a plurality of classes of video content, and to select a class of the plurality of classes based on the determined similarity measures.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Steven J Simske, Tong Zhang, Manav Das
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Patent number: 10509947Abstract: Multi-dimensional data can be mapped to a projection shape and converted for image analysis. In some examples, the multi-dimensional data may include data captured by a LIDAR system for use in conjunction with a perception system for an autonomous vehicle. Converting operations can include converting three-dimensional LIDAR data to multi-channel two-dimensional data. Data points of the multi-dimensional data can be mapped to a projection shape, such as a sphere. Characteristics of the projection shape may include a shape, a field of view, a resolution, and a projection type. After data is mapped to the projection shape, the projection shape can be converted to a multi-channel, two-dimensional image. Image segmentation and classification may be performed on the two-dimensional data. Further, segmentation information may be used to segment the three-dimensional LIDAR data, while a rendering plane may be positioned relative to the segmented data to perform classification on a per-object basis.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Zoox, Inc.Inventors: Bertrand Robert Douillard, Subhasis Das, Zeng Wang, Dragomir Dimitrov Anguelov
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Patent number: 10504215Abstract: A method of processing a distorted digital image depicting two adjacent pages of a notebook is disclosed. The method can also discriminate whether the distorted picture to be processed represents either a single page or two adjacent pages of a notebook, in order to carry out either a first processing algorithm if a single page has been captured or the method of processing a distorted digital image depicting two adjacent pages. The methods may be implemented via software with a PC, a smartphone or a tablet. A hardback notebook and a hardback agenda are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: MOLESKINE S.R.L.Inventors: Alexey Tsarenko, Peter Hobolt Jensen
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Patent number: 10504621Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to extract a first medical image relating to a region of interest from a second medical image. The processing circuitry is configured to add, to the second medical image, reconstruction matrix information added to the first medical image.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Katsuhiko Ishida, Tatsuya Watanabe, Kazuki Gatayama
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Patent number: 10504201Abstract: A server includes a hardware platform, a hypervisor platform, and a virtual machine operating as an independent guest computing device. The virtual machine executes a remote graphics generation protocol to generate a bitmap to be transmitted for display on a client machine associated with the virtual machine, determine a protection label to be inserted within the bitmap, and determine an optimization technique to be performed on the bitmap. The remote graphics generation protocol also determines if the optimization technique, if performed, alters the protection label. If yes, then the protection label is inserted within the bitmap without performing the optimization technique. If no, then the optimization technique is performed and the protection label is inserted within the bitmap.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.Inventor: Chris Mayers
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Patent number: 10492081Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system including a frequency mixer that combines a signal and a carrier wave to form a combined signal, and a transmitter that generates a transmission based on the combined signal. The system can also include a coupling device that emits the transmission as an electromagnetic wave guided by an outer surface of a transmission medium. The electromagnetic wave can propagate longitudinally along the surface of the transmission medium and at least partially around the surface of the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Robert Bennett, Donald J. Barnickel, Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Paul Shala Henry, Thomas M. Willis, III
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Patent number: 10482350Abstract: A drowsiness detection apparatus is provided. The drowsiness detection apparatus: an image capturing unit, an alarm apparatus, and a drowsiness determination circuit. The image capturing unit is configured to repeatedly capture a plurality of facial images of a user. The drowsiness determination circuit is configured to obtain an eye region from a current image of the facial images, calculate a vertical histogram of the eye region, and determine an eye part from the eye region according to the vertical histogram. The drowsiness determination circuit further compares the pixel height of the eye part with a closed-eye pixel threshold to perform closed-eye detection, and performs drowsiness detection on the user according to the results of the closed-eye detection. When the result of the drowsiness detection indicates that the user is drowsy, the drowsiness determination circuit transmits a control signal to the alarm apparatus to sound an alarm.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Wistron Corp.Inventors: Zhen-Te Liu, Yu-Yen Chen
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Patent number: 10455409Abstract: Policy and charging control for groups It is provided a method, comprising checking whether a first data connection to be established belongs to a predefined group of data connections; supervising whether a group session to a steering device is established, wherein the group session is dedicated to the group; prohibiting, if the first data connection belongs to the group and the group session is established, an apparatus performing the method from establishing a connection session to the steering device, wherein the connection session is dedicated to the first data connection only.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventor: Tuija Helena Hurtta
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Patent number: 10454531Abstract: According to one embodiment, a file transmission/reception device includes a communication direction managing unit and an application unit. The communication direction managing unit, in near field communication, cuts off a connection with an opposing device in a case where a conflict occurs with the opposing device, and, after being reconnected to the opposing device, switches the file transmission/reception device to any one mode of a master mode and a slave mode. The application unit performs transmission, reception, or transmission/reception of a file between the opposing device and the file transmission/reception device in the master mode or the slave mode in accordance with a mode specified by the communication direction managing unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinari Kumaki, Hidetomo Matsuo, Kazuya Nara
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Patent number: 10448551Abstract: A nozzle section is held by a nozzle holder to be vertically movable, and the nozzle section is biased downwards by springs. A height position reference section for which image recognition is possible is provided on an outer circumferential section of the nozzle section. Both a component held on the lower end of the nozzle section and the height position reference section are in the field of view of a camera that captures a side view image of an area around the lower end of the nozzle section. The side view image is processed, the height position reference section and a height position of the lower end of the component are recognized, a height difference from the height position reference section to the lower end of the component is measured, and it is determined whether the pickup orientation of the component is acceptable based on the height difference.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Iisaka, Hidetoshi Ito
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Patent number: 10430967Abstract: In order to shorten the time required for a setting operation of features, an information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire features used for deriving a positional attitude of an imaging device from an image captured by the imaging device, a setting unit configured to set a plurality of partial regions included in the image as a plurality of candidate regions to which a feature is to be added, an evaluation unit configured to evaluate the plurality of set candidate regions, a determination unit configured to determine a position and/or an orientation of a feature to be newly added based on the plurality of evaluated candidate regions, and an output unit configured to output the determined position and/or the orientation.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuichiro Hirota, Keisuke Tateno, Masahiro Suzuki, Daisuke Kotake, Akihiro Katayama, Masakazu Fujiki