Patents Examined by Frank F Huang
  • Patent number: 12047552
    Abstract: Some embodiments of a method may include: identifying two-dimensional (2D) content present in an image of a real-world scene; retrieving metadata comprising depth information associated with the 2D content; generating a plurality of focal plane images using the metadata, the plurality of focal plane images comprising depth cues for the 2D content; and displaying the plurality of focal plane images as a see-through overlay synchronized with the 2D content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Seppo T. Valli, Pekka K. Siltanen, Louis Kerofsky, Ralph Neff
  • Patent number: 12041999
    Abstract: A smart rescue helmet for use by a rescuer at an action site is described. It includes a number of features enclosed in an outer shell which includes a shock-absorbing canopy and a visor. The features include a control module comprising a microcomputer contained inside the smart rescue helmet, a near-field display, a visible band camera, a thermal imaging camera, a sensor module monitoring physiological parameters along with a position of the rescuer; and a communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Brandbull International S.A. Oddzial w Polsce
    Inventor: Kamil Górecki
  • Patent number: 12048039
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control method applied to a first electronic device and a second electronic device in a physical environment. The first electronic device and the second electronic device are configured to communicate with each other through a first wireless connection established between the first electronic device and the second electronic device. The control method includes: by at least one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device, determining whether to update a map of the physical environment; and in response to a determination to update the map of the physical environment, establishing a second wireless connection different from the first wireless connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, wherein the second wireless connection is configured to transmit a map updated data, and the map updated data is configured to update the map of the physical environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Kai-Hsiu Chen, WeiChih Kuo, Wei-Shen Ou
  • Patent number: 12035040
    Abstract: A collation device includes a light source unit; a camera unit that receives light emitted from the light source unit and reflected in a collation area of an object to acquire a photographed image of the collation area; and a processor configured to, by executing a program: detect a positional relationship between the light source unit and the camera unit by using the photographed image, and notify of a collation result between the photographed image and a registered image prepared in advance by using the positional relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yukari Motosugi, Nobuhiro Kitagawa, Kazuhiro Hirata, Shigeru Yamamoto, Masahiro Igusa, Minoru Oshima, Tetsuya Kimura, Momoko Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 12034945
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a processing method of a video signal, the processing method comprising the steps of: scaling a transform coefficient for a current block on the basis of an intermediate scaling factor array; when the flag indicates that a low frequency non-separable transform is applied to the current block, obtaining a residual for the current block by applying an inverse transform of a non-separable transform and an inverse transform of a primary transform on the scaled transform coefficient, wherein the primary transform is a transform applied to a residual signal of a spatial domain before the low frequency non-separable transform; and reconstructing the current block on the basis of the residual and a predictor of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUMAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaehong Jung, Juhyung Son, Dongcheol Kim, Geonjung Ko, Jinsam Kwak
  • Patent number: 12034927
    Abstract: An image is divided into rectangular regions each including at least one block row, and the image is divided into rectangular slices or slices to be processed in raster order. In a case where the image is divided into the rectangular slices, based on first information for specifying a rectangular region to be processed first and second information for specifying a rectangular region to be processed last, the rectangular regions in the rectangular slice is specified. Based on the number of blocks in a vertical direction in each of the specified rectangular regions, the number of pieces of information for specifying a start position of coded data of the block row in the rectangular slice is specified. A bitstream in which at least the pieces of information, the first and second information, and the coded data are multiplexed is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Okawa, Masato Shima
  • Patent number: 12028605
    Abstract: A method for image collection, a computer storage medium, and a vehicle are provided. The method includes the following. An initial photographing direction of a mobile device associated with a vehicle is obtained, in response to determining that a predetermined condition is satisfied. An in-vehicle photography apparatus of the vehicle is adjusted to an initial orientation, to match a photographing direction at the initial orientation of the in-vehicle photography apparatus with the initial photographing direction of the mobile device. A drive signal configured to adjust the photographing direction of the in-vehicle photography apparatus is generated, based on a detecting signal of a sensor of the mobile device, such that the photographing direction of the in-vehicle photography apparatus synchronously varies with a pose of the mobile device. A surrounding image collected via the in-vehicle photography apparatus is transmitted to the mobile device, to display the surrounding image at the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI QWIK SMART TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hongren Shi
  • Patent number: 12028400
    Abstract: A method for determining an initial bitrate for a communication includes receiving a communication request to establish a digital communication between a first user device and a second user device associated with a plurality of features including a geographical identifier identifying a geographical location associated with the first user device, a first network type connection associated with the first user device, a second network type connection associated with the second user device, and an average bitrate for a previous digital communication of the first user device. The method includes determining, using an initial bitrate predictor model configured to receive the plurality of features as feature inputs, an initial bitrate for the digital communication between the first user device and the second user device, and establishing the digital communication between the first user device and the second user device at the determined initial bitrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Ying Wang, Christoffer Rodbro
  • Patent number: 12028543
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a decoding method and apparatus, an encoding method and apparatus, and a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: HANGZHOU HIKVISION DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fangdong Chen
  • Patent number: 12028600
    Abstract: An imaging device having an imaging field of view, the imaging device including at least one illumination port configured to output light for illuminating a target; an imaging sensor to detect light traveling along an optical path to the imaging sensor; and a first movable window positioned upstream of the sensor with respect to a direction of travel of light along the optical path, wherein the first movable window is configured to move into the optical path in a deployed position for modifying light received from the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick Allen Moore, Anton Walter Lamprecht, Lesley Myron Otsig, Paul Roald Westwick, Muhammad Nasir al-Din bin Zulkafly, Bernard Harris, Donna Hohertz, Sergio Bernardo
  • Patent number: 12022122
    Abstract: A device may be configured to signal decoded picture buffer information according to one or more of the techniques described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Sachin G. Deshpande
  • Patent number: 12022069
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide a video encoding and decoding method and devices relate to artificial intelligence technologies applied to video encoding and decoding, and are implemented to reduce decoding complexity and improve filtering efficiency when the video quality is not significantly affected by performing video filtering using machine learning technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Han Zhu, Xiaozhong Xu, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 12022126
    Abstract: A method of encoding video data is disclosed. The method comprising: signaling a first syntax element specifying whether each subpicture consists of one and only one rectangular slice, or each subpicture consists of one or more rectangular slices; signaling a second syntax element specifying a number of rectangular slices in each picture referring to a picture parameter set in a case that the first syntax element specifies that each subpicture consists of one or more rectangular slices; determining whether or not a third syntax element is to be signaled based on the second syntax element; signaling the third syntax element, specifying whether or not fourth syntax elements are present in the picture parameter set, based on the second syntax element; and signaling the fourth syntax elements, specifying a difference in indexes between two rectangular slices, based on the second syntax element and the third syntax element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Sachin G. Deshpande
  • Patent number: 12015798
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs a method of encoding and decoding video data. The method comprises: receiving bitstream encoding a transform block, wherein the transform block includes a non-zero region and a zero-out region; checking whether there is any non-zero coefficient within the zero-out region; in accordance with a determination that there is no non-zero coefficient within the zero-out region of the transform block: determining a scan order index of a last non-zero coefficient of the transform block along a scanning direction; in accordance with a determination that the scan order index of the last non-zero coefficient is greater than a predefined threshold: receiving, from the bitstream, a value for multiple transform selection (MTS) index; and applying respective transforms to transform coefficients of the transform block in both horizontal and vertical directions based on the value of the MTS index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoyu Xiu, Tsung-Chuan Ma, Yi-Wen Chen, Xianglin Wang, Hong-Jheng Jhu, Bing Yu
  • Patent number: 12003709
    Abstract: Visual data transmission by an air-gapped system, including: transmitting, by an air-gapped system comprising at least one first computing device, a visual encoding of data via a display; detecting, during capture of the visual encoding of the data by a second computing device via a camera, an error; generating, by the second computing device in response to the error, and alert; and retransmitting, in response to a user input to the air-gapped system, at least a portion of the visual encoding of the data via the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reinhold Geiselhart, Rene Blath, Frank Kuster
  • Patent number: 12002290
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide for intelligently switching between cloud processing mode and edge processing mode based on a variety of criteria, such as the desired eye-tracker settings (e.g., minimum tracker rate, ideal tracker rate, and processing mode) and the available network capabilities (e.g., latency, bandwidth, and the like). The criteria used for determining whether buffered cloud processing is viable include such parameters as upload bandwidth, tolerable processing delay, buffer drain rate, buffer fill rate, and maximum session duration. The cloud processing system may be used instead of available edge processing in cases where there are benefits to doing so, e.g., the cloud processing system provides added functionality, such as improved data analytics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: EYETECH DIGITAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Caleb Robert Hinton, Miles Kirkland Manning, Robert Jacob Nelson
  • Patent number: 12003892
    Abstract: A medical image assistance system and a medical image assistance method are provided. During a medical process, an image capturing apparatus located at a local location captures a first image and transmits the first image to a control device located at the local location, and the control device transmits the first image captured by the image capturing apparatus to an electronic apparatus located at a remote location. The electronic apparatus performs a marking operation on the first image to generate a second image, and transmits the second image to the control device. The control device transmits the second image to a head-mounted display apparatus located at the local location so that the head-mounted display apparatus simultaneously displays the second image and a real-time local image. The first image and the second image are at least partially the same in content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Chien Wu, Chen Hsiang Shih, Yi-Fa Wang, I-Han Chen
  • Patent number: 11997282
    Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus for a mobile platform, a mobile platform, and a medium. The image processing method may include acquiring a current image to be encoded; acquiring an encoding quality evaluation parameter of an encoded historical image and a network state evaluation parameter of a wireless communication link, wherein the encoded historical image may be sent to a receiving end through the wireless communication link; and based on the encoding quality evaluation parameter and the network state evaluation parameter, determining whether to execute a target area image processing algorithm on the current image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Zhao, Wenyi Su, Shizhen Zhou
  • Patent number: 11991476
    Abstract: The system aims to solve the problems of security during the production of drug preparations by dematerializing the manufacturing order using a graphic interface combined with a comparative video analysis. The comparison can trigger a suitable warning with real-time monitoring and preferably subsequent inspection of the preparation. A secure imaging system for drug preparations on a predetermined site includes a dynamic graphic interface including at least one processing camera having a focal distance adjusted for the detection of objects and connected to a digital unit for managing video signals from the processing camera. The unit makes a comparison between the stored data of the in-process preparation using first images corresponding to the video signals and steps for preparing stored prescriptions and selects a prescription in accordance with the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: EUREKAM
    Inventors: Benoit Lefranc, Loic Tamarelle, Gael Le Baccon
  • Patent number: 11989945
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assisting in the detection of elements in an environment, comprising: the acquisition of a first wide-field image of an environment by a first sensor (14A) having a first field of view and a first resolution, the generation of a fused image from first narrow-field images of the environment acquired by a second sensor (14B) having a second field of view strictly less than the first field of view and a second resolution finer than the first resolution, In response to the detection of a difference relating to an element on a second wide-field image acquired by the first sensor (14A), compared to the first wide-field image, the acquisition of a second narrow-field image imaging the difference, and the update the fused image with the second narrow-field image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Dominique Delacourt, Olivier Cocle, Olivier Verdy, Dominique Bon, Ludovic Perruchot, Alain Le Meur, Frédéric Le Gusquet