Patents Examined by Frank Johnson
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Patent number: 12659532Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods, which among other things, acquire a digital rights management (DRM)-protected media content frame. The systems and methods package the DRM-protected media content frame to disguise the DRM-protected media content frame as a WebRTC-compliant video frame by including the DRM-protected media content frame as a payload for a WebRTC-compliant video frame container that includes a WebRTC-compliant coder and decoder (codec) header to produce a WebRTC-compliant video frame container package. The systems and methods may then transmit through a WebRTC video channel the WebRTC-compliant video frame container package.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2024Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Inventors: David C. Eisenbacher, Olga Kornienko
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Patent number: 12614395Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for performing 3D object detection. Such techniques may include obtaining one or more inputs associated with one or more two-dimensional (2D) views of a scene; selecting a set of 2D views of the scene from a plurality of 2D views of the scene based on the one or more inputs, the set of 2D views comprising a first 2D view of the scene and a second 2D view of the scene; and performing three-dimensional (3D) object detection in the scene based on the set of 2D views.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2024Date of Patent: April 28, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Shizhong Steve Han, Hong Cai, Haiyan Wang, Yinhao Zhu, Yunxiao Shi, Fatih Murat Porikli, Sourab Bapu Sridhar, Senthil Kumar Yogamani
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Patent number: 12608928Abstract: A method and apparatus of utilizing an edge device comprising storing in a memory a pre-installed trained machine learning model, the machine learning model comprising a fixed base portion and a flexible portion. The method further comprises, when the edge device is installed, collecting data using one or more sensors on the edge device, and using the fixed base portion of the machine learning model on the data for a first aspect classification, while using the flexible portion of the machine learning model for a second aspect classification. The method further comprises calibrating the flexible portion of the machine learning model during the use.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 21, 2026Assignee: Samsara Inc.Inventors: Narendran Rajan, Sharan Srinivasan, Jing Wang, Yan Wang
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Patent number: 12608803Abstract: A system and method for processing a video stream captured during a clinical procedure. A method includes receiving image data from a scope during a procedure; forwarding the image data to a display as the scope is inserted into a patient; forwarding the image data to a cloud service to identify a landmark in the image data using a first machine learning model; receiving landmark details from the cloud service in response to a detected landmark and outputting the image data with landmark annotations; receiving and forwarding further image data to the display as the scope is further manipulated within the patient; forwarding the further image data to a cloud service that is configured to detect lesions using a second machine learning model; and receiving lesion details from the cloud service in response to a detected lesion and outputting the further image data with lesion annotations via the display.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2025Date of Patent: April 21, 2026Assignee: UTECH PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Rakesh Madan, Zohair Hussain
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Patent number: 12597262Abstract: A system includes a first sensor system of a first modality and a second sensor system of a second modality. The system further includes a computing system that is configured to detect and identify objects represented in sensor signals output by the first and second sensor systems. The computing system employs a hierarchical arrangement of transformers to fuse features of first sensor data output by the first sensor system and second sensor data output by the second sensor system.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: April 7, 2026Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLCInventors: Georg Kuschk, Marc Unzueta Canals, Sven Möller, Michael Meyer, Karl-Heinz Krachenfels
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Patent number: 12583386Abstract: A method for detecting a target pedestrian around a vehicle, a method for moving a vehicle, and a device are applied to an automobile electronic product. The method includes the following steps: monitoring a monitor area of a current vehicle in real time and acquiring a target trajectory; judging whether there is the target pedestrian in the monitor area according to the target trajectory, where if a judged result is true, there being the target pedestrian in the monitor area; and otherwise, performing no processing. According to the present application, the method for detecting a target pedestrian around a vehicle includes the following steps: judging whether there is a target vehicle owner around the vehicle; informing the vehicle owner; and then selecting, by the vehicle owner, whether a vehicle communication module is connected for communication. A first level communication initiative is mastered on an electronic rearview mirror, so that the problem that the vehicle owner is harassed is avoided.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 24, 2026Assignee: HUIZHOU DESAY SV AUTOMOTIVE CO., LTD.Inventor: Peng Zhang
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Patent number: 12575718Abstract: An endoscopy system according to the present disclosure includes an adapter for coupling a mobile device to an endoscope. A guide can be included that enables proper alignment of the adapter with the mobile device so that a generally centered image is presented on the mobile device from the endoscope. Further, various embodiments of the adapter can include integrated optical lenses.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2023Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignee: Cornell UniversityInventors: Michelle Yu, Anais Rameau, Mark Lee, Elliot Morse
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Patent number: 12573219Abstract: An invention disclosing a device and method for the counting and identification of bacterial, mold or yeast colonies based on hyperspectral image capture and processing. A device for acquisition of hyperspectral images comprising camera capable of hyperspectral imaging, a hole inspection lens array and a light source arranged in or around a light housing is described. A method comprising a deep learning algorithm is made available for the processing of acquired hyperspectral data in order to detect, identify and count bacterial, mold or yeast samples contained within a Petri dish. In particular, the use of a hole inspection lens array allows acquisition of hyperspectral images of the complete inner surface of a Petri dish which, combined with the use of a deep learning algorithm ensure a high level of accuracy and sampling frequency.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: March 10, 2026Assignee: Micro TechniXInventor: Wouter Christiaens
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Patent number: 12574588Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for selecting images using motion data. Video data and motion metadata can be received from a camera. A frame in the video data can be selected using the motion metadata. An image can be generated using the selected frame. A user interface comprising an element based on the image can be generated.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: March 10, 2026Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Christopher Ganster, Craig Skinfill, James Miller
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Patent number: 12549811Abstract: Example apparatus disclosed herein includes a grouper to generate a first presence indication based on a threshold number of segments of image data including patterns of light values corresponding to a first human pulse. Disclosed example apparatus also include a face identifier to identify a first location associated with a human face in an environment associated with the image data based on thermal imaging data from a thermal imaging device, and output the first location associated with the human face in the environment associated with the image data.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2024Date of Patent: February 10, 2026Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventor: Michael Alan Hicks
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Patent number: 12548351Abstract: Systems and methods for a vision-based machine learning model for lane connectivity in autonomous or semi-autonomous driving. An example method includes obtaining images from a multitude of image sensors positioned about a vehicle; compute forward pass-through backbone networks of a machine learning model, wherein the output of the backbone networks are fused via a transformer network; aggregating information output from the transformer network across time and/or space; and determining lane connectivity information.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2023Date of Patent: February 10, 2026Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Cho, Ethan Knight, Tony Duan, Alex Xiao, Jason Lee
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Patent number: 12506975Abstract: A vehicle window color stripe processing method and a vehicle window color stripe processing apparatus, a storage medium and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: extracting a first vehicle window image in a to-be-processed image, where the first vehicle window image is an image with color stripes; and inputting the first vehicle window image into a pre-trained vehicle window color stripe processing model and obtaining a second vehicle window image output by the pretrained vehicle window color stripe processing model. The second vehicle window image is an image without color stripe, or, the intensity of color stripes in the second vehicle window image is lower than that of the color stripes in the first vehicle window image.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: December 23, 2025Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVIEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yubao Zhu, Fuqiang Wang, Yue Sun
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Patent number: 12498314Abstract: A method for aquatic microplastic identification is provided. The method includes steps as follows: emitting a laser beam from a laser source, such that the laser beam passes through a liquid sample with MP samples in a sample channel and then a polarizer and is received by polarization camera; capturing a sample image of the MP samples by the polarization camera, wherein the sample image comprises interference patterns resulting from superposition of object and reference waves; and feeding the interference patterns into a morphology analyzing module for real-time tracking and analyzing by using a lightweight convolutional neural network (CNN) model, so as to classify the MP samples.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2024Date of Patent: December 16, 2025Assignee: The University of Hong KongInventors: Yanmin Zhu, Yuxing Li, Yin Mun Edmund Lam
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Patent number: 12482247Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for fusing raw sensor data captured by a camera sensor and one or more depth sensors to generate a dense depth map. An example process includes receiving raw camera data captured by a camera sensor and descriptive of a scene, receiving raw depth data captured by one or more depth-sensing sensors and descriptive of the scene, and providing the raw camera data and the raw depth data to a neural network, which is configured to fuse the raw camera data and the raw depth data. The example process can further include generating a depth map of the scene based on the fusion of the raw camera data and the raw depth data.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2023Date of Patent: November 25, 2025Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLCInventor: Guy Satat
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Patent number: 12477160Abstract: Techniques for a computer-implemented service that utilizes a machine learning model to identify the salient and/or non-salient regions in a video frame are described. According to some embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a frame of a video at a content delivery service, generating, by a machine learning model of the content delivery service, a per pixel salience score map for the frame, and inserting, by the content delivery service, secondary content into the frame based at least in part on the per pixel salience score map for the frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 18, 2025Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Prabhakar Gupta, Honey Gupta, Abhinav Aggarwal, Mayank Sharma, Anil Kumar Kumar Nelakanti, Kumar Keshav
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Patent number: 12462571Abstract: A data extraction device, which extracts an image for transmission from images obtained by capturing surroundings outside a vehicle with an imaging device mounted on the vehicle each time the vehicle travels an extraction distance, includes: processing circuitry configured to acquire an image obtained by capturing the surroundings outside the vehicle; determine, as an object to be analyzed, an image captured at a position advanced by the extraction distance from a position at which a previously extracted image has been captured, and calculate an obstruction distance which indicates an actual distance from an imaging start position of the image having been determined as the object to be analyzed to a position of an obstruction included in the determined image; output the calculated obstruction distance as a next extraction distance; and extract the image that has been determined as the object to be analyzed.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 4, 2025Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei Kamada, Hideki Fukuhara, Masahiro Nakatsukasa
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Patent number: 12437533Abstract: Systems and methods for determining varying phenomena in an environment. In an embodiment, an system includes a processor configured to receive a sequence of remote sensing data regarding an environment, wherein the environment comprises a target area where changes have occurred and a surrounding area where few or no changes have occurred; process the RS data to determine signals for the changes that have occurred in the target area and where no changes have occurred in the surrounding area, wherein the signals comprise reflected sunlight radiation or returned light or radiation of different wavelengths captured by the sensor; process the signals to determining environment data indicting varying phenomena in the environment, wherein the varying phenomena in the environment comprise changes in the physical characteristics of the target area and an amount of radiation captured by the RS data; and provide the environment data for display via a user device.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2023Date of Patent: October 7, 2025Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA ATATE UNIVERSITYInventors: Zhaocheng Wang, Enrique Vivoni
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Patent number: 12425729Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on an object being focused by another imaging apparatus; and a control unit configured to perform control to display an object item corresponding to the object being focused by the other imaging apparatus on a basis of the information acquired by the acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2022Date of Patent: September 23, 2025Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Naohiko Tsuchida
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Patent number: 12423974Abstract: A vision sensor includes a memory; a pixel array including a plurality of pixels configured to generate an event signal by detecting an event in which an intensity of incident light changes; and an event detection circuit configured to read the event signal from the pixel array and configured to process the event signal, wherein the event detection circuit configured to: store, in the memory, a state map including a first state corresponding to a presence of an event of each of the plurality of pixels, and a second state corresponding to an absence of the event, and correct the event occurring in a selected pixel, based on the state map stored in the memory.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2023Date of Patent: September 23, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Keunjoo Park, Junseok Kim, Junhyuk Park, Bongki Son
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Patent number: 12394217Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus for detecting a state of a road surface. The apparatus includes an input interface, an image divider, a parameter calculator, and a classifier. The input interface is configured to obtain recording information of the road surface, such as a camera recording. The image divider is configured to divide the recording information into a plurality of windows, wherein each window includes a plurality of image elements, and wherein each image element includes at least two different pieces of information, such as a spectral absorption of the road surface and/or a polarization of the reflected light. The parameter calculator is configured to calculate at least two parameters per window by using the at least two different pieces of information of each image element in the window.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: August 19, 2025Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Dietrich Dumler, Franz Wenninger, Wolfgang Gerner, Harald Gossner