Patents Examined by Gordon G Liu
  • Patent number: 11816257
    Abstract: An embodiment combines the concepts of image enhancement and voice-sound command and control to enhance the experience of viewing images by tracking where the viewer is indicating with his/her voice. The result is to make the viewing experience more like viewing the original scene, or to enhance the viewing experience in new ways beyond the original experience, either automatically, or by interacting with a photographer's previously specified intentions for what should happen when the viewer identifies, with his/her voice sounds, including, but not limited to, words, voice tone, voice inflection, voice pitch, or voice loudness, a particular portion of an image or images taken by that photographer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Jeffrey T. Haley
  • Patent number: 11816399
    Abstract: Introduced here computer programs and associated computer-implemented techniques for modeling interior spaces based on an analysis of digital images of those interior spaces. These computer programs can be trained to accomplish this without using extensive sets of labeled data. Instead, these computer programs are able to effectively supplement labeled data with unlabeled data to accurately model interior spaces in settings where limited labeled data is available. Such an approach allows these computer programs to establish the layouts of interior spaces without extensive knowledge of those interior spaces and without users, who are responsible for generating the digital images, interacting with the surroundings in a meaningful way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Flyreel, Inc.
    Inventor: Phi Tran
  • Patent number: 11804006
    Abstract: In one implementation, an enhanced vision system includes a portable user device, a base station including a hardware processor and a memory storing a virtual effects rendering software code, and a display device communicatively coupled to the base station. The hardware processor executes the virtual effects rendering software code to detect the presence of the portable user device in a real-world environment, obtain a mapping of the real-world environment, and identify one or more virtual effect(s) for display in the real-world environment. The hardware processor further executes the virtual effects rendering software code to detect actuation of the portable user device, and to control the display device to display the virtual effect(s) in the real-world environment based on the mapping, and the position and orientation of the portable user device during the detected actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Chapman, Matthew Deuel, Daniel Baker, Dane Coffey, Mark R. Mine, Evan Goldberg
  • Patent number: 11805278
    Abstract: A method of processing image data for transmittal to a display device involves receiving a frame of image data, the frame being divided into tile groups composed of tiles of pixels, each having a number of colour component values of a first colour space. Each tile includes a number of colour component planes of the first colour space having the colour component values for the pixels forming the tile. Each tile group is processed in an execution unit, formed by arithmetic logic units (ALUs) and a local shared memory, where each ALU includes dedicated register space for use solely by the ALU, and each tile of each tile group is processed by a number of the ALUs of the execution unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventor: Sebastian Matysik
  • Patent number: 11797103
    Abstract: This patent provides a method and apparatus for improving display of images of a virtual scene on an extended reality display. Specifically, this patent provides a method and apparatus to use different portions of the display based on a look angle of a user. For example, if a user looks at a nearby virtual object, more medially positioned portions of the display are utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Edwin Douglas, Kathleen Mary Douglas, David Byron Douglas
  • Patent number: 11798186
    Abstract: A body shape indicator device (1) comprises a scanner (2) arranged to obtain a three-dimensional model of a person, a body volume calculator (11) for calculating the volume of at least first, second and third parts of the person's body from the three-dimensional model and a body shape calculator (19) for calculating an indication of the person's body shape based on part volume ratios calculated from the output from at least the body volume calculator. A method for determining the body shape of a person and a method of automated clothing selection based on the body shape as determined are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Select Research Limited
    Inventor: Richard Barnes
  • Patent number: 11790653
    Abstract: Implementations of the subject technology provides analyzing a recording of content. The subject technology generates metadata information based at least in part on the analyzing. The subject technology identifies, based at least in part on at least one of a user preference or a detected event, a region of interest or an object of interest in the recording of content. Based at least in part on the identified region of interest or object of interest, the subject technology generates a modified version of the recording of content. Further, the subject technology stores the modified version of the recording of content for subsequent playback on an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ranjit Desai, Maneli Noorkami
  • Patent number: 11790480
    Abstract: In tile-based graphics processing systems, a tiling unit determines which tiles of a rendering space a primitive is in, such that the primitives in a tile can be rendered. Rather than performing tiling calculations for each tile in a bounding box for a primitive, tiling tests can be performed for a subset of the tiles. Then the results of the tiling tests for the subset of tiles can be used to determine whether the primitive is in other tiles which are located within a region bounded by two or more of the tiles of the subset. In this way the tiling process can be implemented without performing tiling calculations for all of the tiles in the bounding box for a primitive. Reducing the number of tiling calculations can help to improve the efficiency of the graphics processing system (in terms of speed and power consumption) for rendering a primitive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Xile Yang
  • Patent number: 11787335
    Abstract: A periphery monitoring device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image from an imaging unit that captures an image of a periphery of a vehicle and positional information regarding an attention area set around the vehicle; and a controller configured to superimpose and display an own vehicle image showing a position of the vehicle and an indicator indicating a position of the attention area based on the positional information on a peripheral image as a bird's-eye view image based on the captured image, and to perform display such that a display mode of the indicator changes over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11782507
    Abstract: An embodiment combines the concepts of image enhancement and voice-sound command and control to enhance the experience of viewing images by tracking where the viewer is indicating with his/her voice. The result is to make the viewing experience more like viewing the original scene, or to enhance the viewing experience in new ways beyond the original experience, either automatically, or by interacting with a photographer's previously specified intentions for what should happen when the viewer identifies, with his/her voice sounds, including, but not limited to, words, voice tone, voice inflection, voice pitch, or voice loudness, a particular portion of an image or images taken by that photographer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventor: Jeffrey T. Haley
  • Patent number: 11771518
    Abstract: A system and method for augmenting an endoscopic display during a medical procedure including capturing a real-time image of a working space within a body cavity during a medical procedure. A feature of interest in the image is identified to the system using a user input handle of a surgical robotic system, and a graphical tag is displayed on the image marking the feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Andrew Hufford, David J. Meagher
  • Patent number: 11776182
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for providing an interactive computer-generated reality environment for creating a virtual drawing using one or more electronic devices. Specifically, the described techniques provide a user with a computer-generated reality environment, which can be based on different types of realities including virtual reality and mixed reality, for creating a virtual drawing on a drawing surface within the computer-generated reality environment. The computer-generated reality environment provides the user with a realistic and immersive experience while creating the virtual drawing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Edwin Iskandar
  • Patent number: 11776180
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards improved models trained using unsupervised domain adaptation. In particular, a style-content adaptation system provides improved translation during unsupervised domain adaptation by controlling the alignment of conditional distributions of a model during training such that content (e.g., a class) from a target domain is correctly mapped to content (e.g., the same class) in a source domain. The style-content adaptation system improves unsupervised domain adaptation using independent control over content (e.g., related to a class) as well as style (e.g., related to a domain) to control alignment when translating between the source and target domain. This independent control over content and style can also allow for images to be generated using the style-content adaptation system that contain desired content and/or style.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Ning Xu, Bayram Safa Cicek, Hailin Jin, Zhaowen Wang
  • Patent number: 11776178
    Abstract: A graphical chart indicating values for different types of shares of a business enterprise are described. A server can provide data representing price per share and enterprise values for a graphical chart. A selected enterprise value for the business enterprise can be received and values of different types of shares at that selected enterprise value can be determined. Data indicating the values of the different shares can then be provided for display upon the graphical chart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: FORGE GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventor: Greg Brogger
  • Patent number: 11771525
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for generating a digital model of a tooth structure for a gap between neighboring teeth of an arch form of a patient. Position of a tooth structure between neighboring teeth may be determined. Arch lines extending through the plurality of teeth may be determined. Intermediate points in the interdental gap may be determined. Longitudinal axis of the tooth structure relative to the neighbouring teeth may be derived. A digital model of the tooth structure may be aligned on the longitudinal axis and a digital model of the tooth structure may be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Oxilio Ltd
    Inventor: Islam Khasanovich Raslambekov
  • Patent number: 11769287
    Abstract: Automating conversion of drawings to indoor maps and plans. One example is a computer-implemented method of creating an indoor map from a CAD drawing, the method comprising: preprocessing an original CAD drawing to create a modified CAD drawing, a text database containing text from the original CAD drawing, a CAD vector-image of the modified CAD drawing, and a CAD raster-image of the modified CAD drawing; creating a floor-level outline; sensing furniture depicted on the floor, the sensing creates set of furniture entities; identifying a room depicted in the CAD drawing; and creating the indoor map for a floor using the floor-level outline, the room-level outline and the room identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Pointr Limited
    Inventors: Ege Çetintaş, Melih Peker, Umeyr Kiliç, Can Tunca
  • Patent number: 11756247
    Abstract: An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a focus identifier to identify a focus area, and a color compressor to selectively compress color data based on the identified focus area. Another embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a motion detector to detect motion of a real object, a motion predictor to predict a motion of the real object, and an object placer to place a virtual object relative to the real object based on the predicted motion of the real object. Another embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a frame divider to divide a frame into viewports, a viewport prioritizer to prioritize the viewports, a renderer to render a viewport of the frame in order in accordance with the viewport priorities, and a viewport transmitter to transmit a completed rendered viewport. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Deepak S. Vembar, Atsuo Kuwahara, Chandrasekaran Sakthivel, Radhakrishnan Venkataraman, Brent E. Insko, Anupreet S. Kalra, Hugues Labbe, Abhishek R. Appu, Ankur N. Shah, Joydeep Ray, ElMoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, James M. Holland
  • Patent number: 11750792
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for a system generates a virtual viewpoint image based on image data obtained by performing imaging from a plurality of directions using a plurality of cameras. The information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a foreground image based on an object region including a predetermined object in a captured image for generating a virtual viewpoint image and a background image based on a region different from the object region in the captured image, wherein the obtained foreground image and the obtained background image having different frame rates, and an output unit configured to output the foreground image and the background image which are obtained by the obtaining unit and which are associated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yano, Masahiro Handa, Michio Aizawa, Shogo Mizuno, Katsumasa Tanaka, Akihiro Matsushita, Keisuke Morisawa, Mai Komiyama, Kenichi Fujii, Atsushi Date
  • Patent number: 11737853
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and apparatuses to obtain an image, or a set of images, of a patient's teeth from one or more predetermined viewing angles. These methods and apparatuses may include the use an overlay comprising an outline of teeth for each predetermined viewing angle. The overlay may be used for automatically capturing, focusing and/or illuminating the teeth. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses for using a series of images of the patient's teeth including a set of predetermined views to determine if a patient is a candidate for an orthopedic procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Maurice K. Carrier, Jr., Phillip Thomas Harris, Sergey Vinnichenko, Samuel Blanco, Aleksandr Sergeevich Karsakov, Sebastien Hareng, Leon Rasovsky
  • Patent number: 11741655
    Abstract: A method and an intersection testing module in a ray tracing system for determining whether a ray intersects a three-dimensional axis-aligned box. It is determined whether a first condition is satisfied, wherein the first condition is, or is equivalent to, ? "\[LeftBracketingBar]" C x - C z ? D x D z ? "\[RightBracketingBar]" ? H z ? D x D z + H x . It is determined whether a second condition is satisfied, wherein the second condition is, or is equivalent to, ? "\[LeftBracketingBar]" C y - C z ? D y D z ? "\[RightBracketingBar]" ? H z ? D y D z + H y . It is determined whether a third condition is satisfied, wherein the third condition is, or is equivalent to, ? "\[LeftBracketingBar]" C x ? D y D z - C y ? D x D z ? "\[RightBracketingBar]" ? H y ? D x D z + H x ? D y D z .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Simon Fenney, Rostam King, Peter Smith-Lacey, Gregory Clark