Patents Examined by Fernando Alcon
  • Patent number: 12656180
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing temperature information includes a receiver configured to receive a first image and a second image of a same scene, the first image being captured by a visible light camera and the second image being captured by an infrared camera, an image editing device configured to set a reference area for an object selected by a user based on pixel values in the second image and generate an edited image with the reference area displayed in the first image or the second image, and a transmitter configured to transmit the edited image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: HANWHA VISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hye Lyoung Choi, Sang Yun Lee
  • Patent number: 12659553
    Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) receiving, from a content-distribution system, video comprising a watermark; (ii) extracting the watermark from the video; (iii) based on the extracted watermark, determining a content-creation attribute of the video that indicates a process by which the video was created, wherein the determining comprises using the watermark to select the content-creation attribute from among a set of two or more content-creation attributes comprising organically-generated video and synthetically-generated video; and (iv) in response to determining the content-creation attribute of the video, causing a content-presentation device to perform an action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil Ramesh, Michael Cutter, Charles Brian Pinkerton, Karina Levitian
  • Patent number: 12652444
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for segmenting digital videos into topic chapters. In particular, in some embodiments, the disclosed systems generate, utilizing a text encoder, a text representation for a transcript sentence of a video transcript. In addition, in some embodiments, the disclosed systems generate, utilizing a frame encoder, a set of frame representations for a set of video frames associated with the transcript sentence. Moreover, in some embodiments, the disclosed systems generate, utilizing a cross-modal attention model, a text-aware visual representation from the text representation and the set of frame representations. Furthermore, in some embodiments, the disclosed systems determine a topic-boundary label for the transcript sentence from the text representation and the text-aware visual representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Fabian David Caba Heilbron, Franck Dernoncourt, Linzi Xing, Quan Tran, Seunghyun Yoon, Trung Bui, Zhaowen Wang
  • Patent number: 12644701
    Abstract: A hand-held device that includes sensor components that enable the detection and measurement of surface features such as roughness or texture. Motion data (e.g., velocity and trajectory) may also be captured. The hand-held device may also include components for emulating surface features. The hand-held device may also recreate, cancel, or alter curves or roughness on virtual or real surfaces, and recreate or cancel curves or roughness on real surfaces. A hand-held device may include the sensor components, the emulation components, or both. The hand-held device may, for example, be used as an accessory in an extended reality (XR) system, or may be a standalone device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas C Soldner, Arthur Y Zhang, Simon Fortin-Deschenes, Robert D Silfvast, Timo Birnschein
  • Patent number: 12641316
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a communicator configured to receive data corresponding to content, a memory and at least one processor, and the at least one processor is configured to, based on a chatting service being present that is related to the content based on the received data, control to output an image including text information related to the content and a highlighted time point identified based on at least one of an image corresponding to the content and an audio corresponding to the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gippeum Choi, Doil Kwon, Myungjae Kim, Jaehwang Lee, Minseok Choi
  • Patent number: 12639853
    Abstract: A method for calibrating cameras and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) includes: obtaining image sequences acquired by the cameras; matching feature points of different images in the image sequences, to obtain matched feature points; selecting target feature points from the matched feature points; converting the target feature points into three-dimensional points, and determining poses of the cameras based on the three-dimensional points and pixel points of the images in the image sequences that correspond to the three-dimensional points; and optimizing parameters between an IMU and the cameras according to the poses of the cameras and a pose of the IMU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Haichuan Wang, Ji Jiao
  • Patent number: 12634562
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an estimation processing unit that estimates at least some of a video latency time from a reproduction instruction of a video signal to video presentation based on the video signal, an acoustic latency time from a reproduction instruction of an acoustic signal to acoustic presentation based on the acoustic signal, and a haptic sense latency time from a reproduction instruction of a haptic signal to haptic sense presentation based on the haptic signal, and a latency time determination unit that determines an additional latency time related to the haptic sense presentation on the basis of an estimation result of the estimation processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamano, Osamu Ito, Ryo Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 12627785
    Abstract: Methods, devices and data stream are provided for signaling and decoding information representative of restrictions of navigation in a volumetric video. The data stream comprises metadata associated to video data representative of the volumetric video. The metadata comprise data representative of a viewing bounding box, data representative of a curvilinear path in the 3D space of said volumetric video; and data representative of at least one viewing direction range associated with a point on the curvilinear path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL VC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Bertrand Chupeau, Gérard Briand, Renaud Dore
  • Patent number: 12626535
    Abstract: A posture estimating device includes: at least one sensor attached to the person to be measured, the at least one sensor acquiring walking data based on an acceleration of three axes and an angular velocity of the three axes at at least one location of the person to be measured; a processing circuitry that estimates, using an estimation model trained by machine learning, the whole body posture of the person to be measured during the predetermined motion from the walking data acquired by the sensor; and an output device that outputs estimation data. The estimation model is generated in advance by training by machine learning based on the walking data acquired by the sensor during the predetermined motion and based on posture data obtained by measuring the whole body posture of the person to be measured at a timing when the walking data is acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Okamoto, Satoru Abe, Shunsuke Yamagata, Masanori Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 12625272
    Abstract: A process and system for detection and telemetry using electromagnetic radiation pulses allows characterization of a radial velocity distribution as a function of a separation distance within an exploration zone. An impulse response from the system is used for decomposing a measurement signal which is collected for each acquisition sequence performed for a useful measurement. The result of the decomposition includes an estimate of the radial velocity distribution as a function of the separation distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AÉROSPATIALES
    Inventors: David Tomline Michel, Laurent Mugnier, Matthieu Valla
  • Patent number: 12615412
    Abstract: It may occur that various addressable ads are used to help fill an entire addressable break which have little or no monetary value for being played (often referred to as “evergreen or “filler” ads). Such ads and other types of candidate ads for replacement are replaced in real time with programmatically delivered Internet Protocol (IP) based ads (IP ads).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: Aaron S. Hoff, Brian J. Smith
  • Patent number: 12613493
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a holographic sheet and a hologram display apparatus including the same. The hologram sheet may include a prism array configured to refract light incident from the outside, and a reflective sheet disposed to face the prism array and configured to reflect the light refracted by the prism array and generate a floating image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jae Gyu Park, Sung Il Kim, Sung Hoon Hong
  • Patent number: 12597166
    Abstract: A high-precision positioning result in self-positioning is provided. An information processing apparatus acquires a first coordinate position inside an image of each light source included in an image captured with an imaging device among multiple light sources whose coordinate positions are known in a three-dimensional space to derive at least a coordinate position or an orientation of an own device in the three-dimensional space based on a coordinate position of the light source included in the image in the three-dimensional space and the first coordinate position. The apparatus estimates a height of the imaging device in the three-dimensional space to perform positioning processing using information on the estimated height of the imaging device, acquires a second coordinate position of the light source on the image corresponding to the positioning processing result, and corrects the height of the imaging device based on the first coordinate position and the second coordinate position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo Iizuka, Naotomo Miyamoto, Masaaki Kikuchi, Taichi Murakami
  • Patent number: 12588580
    Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a set of ground engaging elements that perform a ground engaging operation. The agricultural machine includes a rearward sensor mounted to the agricultural machine to sense an area of ground behind the agricultural machine and generate a rearward sensor signal. The agricultural machine includes rearward zone generator logic that determines a first zone and a second zone, wherein the first zone and the second zone represent portions of the area of ground behind the agricultural machine. The agricultural machine includes rearward residue generator logic configured to receive the rearward sensor signal and determine a first residue metric indicative of the amount of residue in the first zone. The agricultural machine includes control logic that controls one or more aspects of the ground engaging operation on the area of ground based on the first residue metric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Adam D. Sporrer, Ricky B. Theilen, Lucas B. Larsen, Kyle J. Trost
  • Patent number: 12581154
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method, device, storage medium and program product for video information display. The method comprises: receiving a trigger operation for a comment control in a video playback interface; and in response to the trigger operation, displaying an information display panel, wherein the information display panel displays a first tab and a second tab, the first tab being associated with video comment information of a currently played video, and the second tab being associated with video related object information about the currently played video. Displaying the first and second tabs in the information display panel of the video playback interface, associating the first tab with video comment information about the currently played video, and associating the second tab with video related object information about the currently played video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Beijing Youzhuju Network Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huizhen Niu, Siyi Liu
  • Patent number: 12581171
    Abstract: Proper descriptive data control within content may be needed, for example to prevent a spoiler. By properly managing descriptive data, viewers may receive relevant information at the correct moment. This approach may foster a more personalized viewing experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Adam D. Eng, David A. Eng
  • Patent number: 12574594
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for controlling media content based on user presence information. A user interaction with playing of a first media asset generated for presentation at a consumption device may be identified, and in response, historical wireless signal characteristics of a wireless network, over which wireless signals are used to generate for display the first media asset, may be determined. While a second media asset is generated for display, the second media asset at the consumption device may be modified based on user presence information determined by comparing current wireless signal characteristics of the wireless network to the historical wireless signal characteristics of the wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Adeia Guides Inc.
    Inventors: Serhad Doken, Reda Harb
  • Patent number: 12574601
    Abstract: The present invention is a program receiving display device adapted for a digital broadcasting service and an IPTV service, comprising: a first program stream acquisition unit that acquires a first program stream that constitutes a program content, based on a broadcast signal from a station selected according to a channel number from received broadcast waves; a second program stream acquisition unit that requests distribution of a second program stream, which is equivalent to the first program stream, via a communication network to a specific distribution server according to link information associated with the channel number and that acquires the second program stream distributed from the specific distribution server in response to the request; and a main control unit that performs control to select at least one of the first program stream or the second program stream, and to display the program content based on the selected program stream on a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: INFOCITY, Inc.
    Inventors: Takamichi Mitsuhashi, Toshihide Hayashi, Gota Iwanami
  • Patent number: 12563247
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for tracking video usage/views at any communication device/platform, wherein the video is distributed thorough different social networks or messaging platforms, said method comprising the steps of: generating for each original video hash code which identifies the video and registering video at a designated server; tracking video streaming request by the video player or by communication device marking the video in the metadata or header the video was tracked (location ip address) identifying tracked video by computing hash code of the video and transmitting computed hash to designated commination server; aggregating reports of transmitted hash code at the designated server, identifying the original video for each transmitted hash code; computing number of views/stream request for each original video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Idomoo LTD
    Inventor: Danny Kalish
  • Patent number: 12563257
    Abstract: A video production method and device, an apparatus and a storage medium. The method includes: displaying a material card for video production in a material adding area of a displayed video production interface; in response to a selection operation for the material card in the material adding area, displaying, in a card editing area of the video production interface, one or more material elements contained in the selected material card; and in response to a triggered video presentation operation, playing a video content in a video presentation interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shaozhe Yuan, Yunhang Li