Patents Examined by Heather R. Jones
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Patent number: 11978487Abstract: A data transmission method according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: generating a plurality of MPUs, reference clock time information, and leading clock time information indicating a leading PTS that is a clock time at which a leading access unit in the MPU is presented, transmitting the generated plurality of MPUs, reference clock time information, and leading clock time information, wherein the leading clock time information indicates the leading PTS of the plurality of MPUs of which presentation is started after the leading clock time information is transmitted in the generated plurality of MPUs, and each of the generated plurality of MPUs indicates a time point at which each access unit that does not exist in a head of the MPU is presented as a relative value to a time point of another access unit in the MPU.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUSTInventors: Tadamasa Toma, Noritaka Iguchi, Takahiro Nishi, Hisaya Katou
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Patent number: 11978485Abstract: The present invention provides a video processing method and apparatus, and an electronic device and a storage medium. The video processing method comprises: obtaining video materials; obtaining an audio material; determining music points of the audio material, and extracting video segments from each of the video materials according to the music points; stitching the extracted video segments to obtain a composite video; and adding the audio material to an audio track of the composite video to obtain a target video. The present invention improves the efficiency of producing a rhythmic video and reduces production costs.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yan Wang, Shu Liu
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Patent number: 11979638Abstract: A method of reception and playback of audio and/or audiovisual contents in a receiver device capable of receiving a determined audio and/or audiovisual stream coming from a one-way or two-way network. A determined stream broadcast on a network is received and the contents transmitted by the stream are played back in the receiver device. A first event external to the receiver device is detected. It triggers interruption of the playback of the content in progress and recording of the instant of the interruption. Then a second external event is detected. It triggers determining the availability of the unplayed part of the interrupted content and the display of a menu to a user that he should play back the unplayed part. The introduction of a command then triggers retrieval of the unplayed part and the playback of the retrieved content part.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: TDFInventors: Dimitri Fague, Francois Lebrat, David Vincent
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Patent number: 11979219Abstract: A wireless transmission system (100) wirelessly transmits image information wirelessly transmitted by an image-capturing unmanned aerial vehicle (101), via a relay unmanned aerial vehicle (102, 103) operated by an operation controller (112, 113).Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventor: Kazu Miyakawa
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Patent number: 11974045Abstract: The present invention discloses a camera imaging method, a camera system and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The camera imaging method is applied to a camera system of the UAV. The camera system includes a signal trigger device and a signal receiving device. The method includes: acquiring, by the signal trigger device, a shooting instruction; generating, by the signal trigger device, a trigger signal with a preset trigger frame rate according to the shooting instruction; and performing, by the signal receiving device, exposure at the preset trigger frame rate according to the trigger signal; where the preset trigger frame rate is greater than a default exposure frame rate of the signal receiving device. According to the present invention, an exposure frame rate of the signal receiving device is adjusted to the preset trigger frame rate, so that the signal receiving device can perform exposure according to the preset trigger frame rate, and synchronous dual-light exposure is implemented.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Zhaozao Li
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Patent number: 11967346Abstract: An image capture device may experience motion while capturing a video. A video clip may be generated from the video. The beginning of the video clip may be identified based on acceleration of the image capture device during capture of the video, while the ending of the video clip may be identified based on speed of the image capture device during capture of the video.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Téo Marcin, Charles Laroche
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Patent number: 11962833Abstract: A source device for providing audio data and video data on one or more digital media interfaces is described, wherein the source device is configured to automatically adjust a time alignment between a provision of audio data and a provision of video data based on an information about a latency of an audio path and based on an information about a latency of a video path.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Stefan Kraegeloh, Thomas Heller, Rinat Zeh, Herbert Thoma
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Patent number: 11956527Abstract: Image processing can include storing a first image and a second image in response to a first command. The first image can be captured by a first camera and comprise first pixels and have a first field of view. The second image can be captured by a second camera and comprise second pixels and have a second field of view. A second command can be received and the first image can be edited based on the second command. The edited image can have a third field of view and comprise pixels based on the first pixels and the second pixels.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Cullum James Baldwin, Pasi Johannes Parkkila
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Patent number: 11936962Abstract: Provided is an information processing device includes a receiving unit that receives a segment file having a plurality of segments and a setting file in which a group to which the segment file belongs is set, and an extraction unit that extracts one or more MP4 samples included in a segment of the segment file and adds attribute information including a reproduction start time of the MP4 sample to the MP4 sample. The information processing device further includes a determination unit that determines a switching position at which the segment file belonging to the group after switching is output in units of the MP4 samples on the basis of an accepted switching operation of the group and the attribute information, and an output unit that outputs an output signal generated from the segment file belonging to the group after the switching from the switching position to an output device.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Toshiya Hamada
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Patent number: 11927747Abstract: The disclosure provides a camera module, a monitoring system and a vehicle camera, the camera module includes a lens barrel, a first lens and a heating element, the lens barrel includes a light entrance, the first lens is disposed at the light entrance, the first lens includes an image side surface, the heating element directly acts on the image side surface to heat the first lens. By directly applying the heating element to the image side surface of the first lens, the heating element can directly transmit heat energy to the first lens, thereby achieving the effect of defogging and defrosting automatically.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: JIANGXI LIANCHUANG ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaobai Hong, Kemin Wang, Xihuang Zhang
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Patent number: 11917251Abstract: Systems and methods are described for determining that a plurality of user profiles, stored in the memory, are associated with an account of a media application; generating for presentation a media asset during a first consumption session associated with the account; generating for presentation a selectable option to associate a current progress point of the media asset with one or more of the plurality of user profiles associated with the account; receiving a selection of one or more of the plurality of user profiles via the selectable option; during a second consumption session, receiving a request for accessing the media asset; and in response to determining that the second consumption session is associated with the selected one or more user profiles, resuming the media asset from the progress point associated with the selectable option.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.Inventors: Ishan Dhanwal, Simranjeet Gill, Anjum Makkar, Vivek Sehgal, Reda Harb
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Patent number: 11914134Abstract: A microscope system for imaging at least one region of a sample includes: an image generating unit for microscopic imaging of a section of a sample region to be imaged acquired in an observation beam path; a movement unit for moving the section to be imaged into the observation beam path of the image generating unit; a graphic user interface displayed on a display for establishing a movement range corresponding to the sample region to be imaged by way of at least one user input, the graphic user interface displaying a coordinate system and, after input of at least one point in the displayed coordinate system, the movement range is established as a defined movement volume; and a control unit for activating the movement unit as a function of the defined movement volume so as to approach a set of sections corresponding to the defined movement volume in succession.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH, LEICA INSTRUMENTS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Stefan Fabris, Jozsef Attila Gombos
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Patent number: 11910049Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for providing supplemental content to a group of users when the group of users is disinterested in content from a live content stream. When users are disinterested in a segment of the live content, the users will be provided with supplemental content to consume during the not interesting portion of the live content while other users that are viewing the live content will continue to receive the live content stream. After the segment of the live content is completed, the group of users will resume consumption of the live content stream.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventors: Dylan Matthew Wondra, Jean Michelle Somlo, Michaela Schlocker Logan, Mario Miguel Sanchez, William L Thomas
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Patent number: 11902681Abstract: An imaging system according to the present disclosure includes: an imaging device that is mounted in a vehicle, and captures and generates an image of a peripheral region of the vehicle; and a processing device that is mounted in the vehicle, and executes processing related to a function of controlling the vehicle on the basis of the image. The imaging device includes: a first control line, a first voltage generator that applies a first voltage to the first control line, a first signal line, a plurality of pixels that applies a pixel voltage to the first signal line, a first dummy pixel that applies a voltage corresponding to the first voltage of the first control line to the first signal line in a first period, a converter including a first converter that performs AD conversion on the basis of a voltage of the first signal line in the first period to generate a first digital code, and a diagnosis section that performs diagnosis processing on the basis of the first digital code.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Naoki Kawazu, Atsushi Suzuki, Junichiro Azami, Yuichi Motohashi
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Patent number: 11900633Abstract: A system and a method include an imaging device configured to capture one or more images of a first vehicle. A control unit is in communication with the imaging device. A model database is in communication with the control unit. The model database stores a three-dimensional (3D) model of the first vehicle. The control unit is configured to receive image data regarding the one or more images of the first vehicle from the imaging device and analyze the image data with respect to the 3D model of the first vehicle to determine a pose of the first vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Robert M. Cramblitt
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Patent number: 11889978Abstract: An intubation system includes an intubation instrument for capturing an image, wherein the intubation instrument has a first interface for providing an image signal representing the captured image, a display device with a second interface for receiving the image signal, wherein the display device is provided and designed to display the image captured by the intubation instrument, and a cable with a third interface at a first end of the cable and with a fourth interface at a second end of the cable. The first, second, third, and fourth interfaces are designed such that the first interface at the intubation instrument is connectable directly to the second interface at the display device and is alternatively connectable directly to the third interface at the cable, and such that the second interface at the display device is connectable directly to the first interface at the intubation instrument and is alternatively connectable directly to the fourth interface at the cable.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & CO. KGInventors: Ulrich Merz, Eugenia Fuhr, Toralf Popp, Urs Vogel
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Patent number: 11895376Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a content structure that can then be used as a content design building block. Specifically, new content can be automatically generated by combining, replacing or mixing and matching objects, actions, settings, effects, audio, etc., from any number of previously stored content structures to create a new content structure, which is then rendered as a new content segment. Content segments are then stitched together to generate a finished content stream. In this way, new and original content can be created without the traditionally expensive and labor-intensive filming or computer animation processes.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventor: Alan Waterman
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Patent number: 11877086Abstract: A method of generating at least one image of a real environment comprises providing at least one environment property related to at least part of the real environment, providing at least one virtual object property related to a virtual object, determining at least one imaging parameter according to the at least one provided virtual object property and the at least one provided environment property, and generating at least one image of the real environment representing information about light leaving the real environment according to the determined at least one imaging parameter, wherein the light leaving the real environment is measured by at least one camera.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sebastian Knorr, Daniel Kurz
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Patent number: 11863835Abstract: An interaction method, an interaction apparatus, and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: determining, in response to detecting a predefined size transformation operation, target transformation information of a target video based on whether a current size of the target video is a preset anchor point size, where the target video is a video played in a video play area; and transforming the target video based on the target transformation information, and playing the transformed target video.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: DOUYIN VISION CO., LTD.Inventors: Anni Wu, Xiaolin Li, Hongyu Yang, Yupeng Chen, Yingjie Sun, Panyi Yang
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Patent number: 11841224Abstract: Disclosed is an air-ground integrated landslide monitoring method and device. The monitoring method comprises the following steps: step one, performing high-precision (centimeter-level) vertical aerial photogrammetry and oblique photogrammetry on a monitored area by using an unmanned aerial vehicle, and quickly generating a digital topographic map, a digital orthographic map and a digital surface model; step two, performing accurate and intensive monitoring on the monitored area through a monitoring device; and step three, finally sending obtained data to a processor, and after the monitoring data are processed by the processor, sending the data to a remote-control center, so that real-time transformation and spatialization of dynamic landslide monitoring information are achieved. The present disclosure also provides a landslide monitoring device. The landslide monitoring device comprises a control box, a bottom plate and an unmanned aerial vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: NORTHWEST UNIVERSITYInventors: Haijun Qiu, Yaru Zhu, Bingzhe Tang, Shuyue Ma