Patents Examined by Heather R. Jones
  • Patent number: 11194461
    Abstract: A system and method for performing image scrolling are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for image scrolling determines the scroll rate for image scrolling. The scroll rate is based on selection of a scroll rate range, through a user input device, and is further based on movement indicated by the user input device. The system writes a sequence of images from the image cache to the frame buffer for image scrolling on the display at the determined scroll rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventors: Brigil Vincent, Maneesh Chirangattu
  • Patent number: 11195292
    Abstract: An automobile-mounted imaging apparatus and a computer readable storage medium for detecting a distance to at least one object. The apparatus comprises circuitry configured to select at least two images from images captured by at least three cameras to use for detecting the distance to the at least one object based on at least one condition. Alternatively or additionally, the apparatus comprises circuitry configured to select two cameras of at least three cameras for detecting the distance to the at least one object based on at least one condition. Alternatively or additionally, the apparatus comprises circuitry configured to determine which of at least two cameras to use for detecting the distance to the at least one object based on at least one condition from at least three cameras capturing images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Tsunashima
  • Patent number: 11190753
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed are for detecting moving objects that are in a field of view of a head-mountable device (HMD). In various implementations, the HMD includes a display, an event camera, a non-transitory memory, and a processor coupled with the display, the event camera and the non-transitory memory. In some implementations, the method includes synthesizing a first optical flow characterizing one or more objects in a field of view of the event camera based on depth data associated with the one or more objects. In some implementations, the method includes determining a second optical flow characterizing the one or more objects in the field of view of the event camera based on event image data provided by the event camera. In some implementations, the method includes determining that a first object of the one or more objects is moving based on the first optical flow and the second optical flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Peter Meier
  • Patent number: 11184675
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to identify jump points indicative of potential time points from which to resume consumption of the media asset in response to receiving a request to skip a portion of a media asset being consumed. The jump points include a first jump point identified based on a content viewing profile and a second jump point identified based on a scene information associated with the media asset. A preview image is displayed at each of the identified jump points. Systems and methods are also described to pause the skipping operation at the identified jump points and provide a preview at the respective jump points. Systems and method are further described to identify jump points based on analysis of the portion of the media asset being skipped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Charishma Chundi
  • Patent number: 11178352
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a body, a first processing circuit provided at the body, a gimbal carried by the body, an image collection circuit carried by the gimbal, a second processing circuit provided at the gimbal, a third processing circuit provided at the body, and a signal transmission line. One end of the signal transmission line is connected to the second processing circuit, and another end of the signal transmission line is connected to the third processing circuit. The second processing circuit is configured to encode a multi-channel first signal output by the image collection circuit to output a second signal. The third processing circuit is configured to receive the second signal through the signal transmission line, decode the second signal to obtain a decoded second signal, and transmit the decoded second signal to the first processing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junping Ma, Qiang Zhang, Zisheng Cao
  • Patent number: 11170818
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Tadamasa Toma, Noritaka Iguchi, Takahiro Nishi, Hisaya Katou
  • Patent number: 11166085
    Abstract: A method includes identifying media content items for a playlist, each media content item has an introductory segment, main segment, and ending segment, determining a length of an ending segment of a first media content item and a length of an introductory segment of a second media content item, selecting an interstitial to be added to the playlist between a main segment of the first media content item and the second media content item. A length of the interstitial exceeds a combined length of the ending segment of the first media content item and the introductory segment of the second media content item. The method also includes adding a spacing between the ending segment and the introductory segment, and inserting the interstitial in the playlist between the main segment of the first media content item and the second media content item based on the spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Justin Lewis, Abhiram Kasina
  • Patent number: 11159776
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device in which a processing system receives from a multimedia content server a plurality of content streams; each of the content streams includes a portion of an original content stream. The processing system transcodes the plurality of content streams based on a viewport prediction to produce a plurality of viewport streams; the viewport prediction is based at least in part on a visibility map associated with a viewer of the content. The processing system delivers each of the viewport streams to a client device associated with the viewer; each of the viewport streams is buffered at the client device in a separate buffer. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Bo Han, Wenxiao Zhang, Pan Hui, Tan Xu, Cheuk Yiu Ip
  • Patent number: 11159748
    Abstract: A studio in a box includes displays arranged along the interior of the studio. A camera and microphone is arranged in the studio to capture a multimedia production, using content shown on the displays as background for the production. Other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Inventor: Guy Cohen Paz
  • Patent number: 11137828
    Abstract: A system includes a video recorder configured to record video data, a sensor configured to sense movement of an object and output sensor data representative of the movement of the object, a transformer configured to transform the sensor data into a haptic output signal, a haptic output device configured to generate a haptic effect to a user based on the haptic output signal, a display configured to display a video, and a processor configured to synchronize the video data and the haptic output signal, and output the video data to the display and the haptic output signal to the haptic output device so that the haptic effect is synchronized with the video displayed on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: IMMERSION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Lacroix, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Jamal Saboune
  • Patent number: 11132224
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of security technology, and in particular to a fine granularity real-time supervision system based on edge computing. A fine granularity real-time supervision system based on edge computing is provided, comprising: an intelligent video monitoring device, an edge computing module, an edge computing node, and a cloud computing center. The system can reduce the redundant information of the system and realizes fine granularity management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Essence Information Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Li Zhu, Chenyu Zhang, Ying Lin, Hao Xu, Jian Sun, Zhentao Zhang, Xiyong Zhu, Zexin Wu, NianXiang Zeng, Xuesong Liu
  • Patent number: 11132399
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and a method for generating a summary based on trip information. The program and method include operations for: determining that one or more criteria associated with a user correspond to a trip taken by the user during a given time interval; retrieving a plurality of visual media items generated by a client device of the user during the given time interval; determining location information for the plurality of visual media items; automatically generating a trip graphic to represent the trip based on the plurality of visual media items generated by the user during the given time interval and the determined location information; and causing the trip graphic to be displayed on the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Collins, Benedict Copping, Justin Huang
  • Patent number: 11125623
    Abstract: Satellite onboard imaging systems having a look-down view and a toroidal view of the Earth are disclosed. In one embodiment, a satellite onboard imaging systems include an infrared sensing system and a controller. The infrared sensing system includes a first imager configured to have a first field of view that observes a look-down view of the Earth from a satellite and a second imager configured to have a second field of view that observes a toroidal view of the Earth centered at the satellite. The controller is coupled to the first imager and the second imager and operable to process image data from the first imager and the second imager. The controller is further operable to output indications of thermal energy of an identical, or different objects based on the first thermal image signal, the second thermal image signal, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: L3 Cincinnati Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory Gosian, Dave Hartup
  • Patent number: 11102453
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for intelligently activating light devices for optimized lighting conditions in a scene, where optimized illumination is provided by a subset of light devices within an array of light devices in communication with the camera. The systems and methods detect a target within a camera's field of view and determine an optimized illumination of the target according to a video analytics model. Lighting is adjusted in accordance with the determined optimized illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Dye Abalos, Ian Matthew Snyder
  • Patent number: 11100803
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for analyzing a driving tendency and a system for controlling a vehicle. The apparatus includes: an image sensor disposed in a vehicle so as to have a field of view exterior of the vehicle, the image sensor configured to capture image data; and a controller comprising at least one processor configured to process the image data captured by the image sensor, wherein the controller is configured to: identify a plurality of objects present in the field of view, responsive at least in part to processing of the image data; determine whether an event is generated, based on at least one of a processing result of the image data and pre-stored driving information of the vehicle; analyze a driving tendency of a driver, based on the driving information and the processing result of the image data, when it is determined that the event is generated; and set a driving level corresponding to the driving tendency of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventor: YoungSub Sohn
  • Patent number: 11095847
    Abstract: A method of processing a video includes capturing a first set of video data at a first definition, transmitting the first set of video data at a second definition lower than the first definition wirelessly to a user terminal, receiving a video edit request wirelessly from the user terminal, and finding video corresponding to edited video data described by the video edit request, thereby forming a second set of video data at a third definition. The video edit request is formed from editing the received first set of video data at the second definition at the user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuyue Ai, Gaoping Bai, Weifeng Liu, Taiwen Liang, Yajun Lai
  • Patent number: 11089238
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for providing personalized videos featuring multiple persons. An example method includes receiving a user selection of a video having at least one frame with at least a target face and at least one further target face and receiving an image of a source face and a further image of a further source face. The method further includes modifying the image of the source face to generate an image of a modified source face and modifying the further image of the further source face to generate an image of a modified further source face. In the at least one frame of the video, the target face is replaced with the image of modified source face and the at least one further face is replaced with the modified further source face to generate a personalized video. The personalized video is sent to at least one further user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Shaburov, Alexander Mashrabov, Grigoriy Tkachenko, Ivan Semenov
  • Patent number: 11085794
    Abstract: A surveying device 3 configured to perform a survey by tracking, as a survey target, a prism 13 attached to a camera 11 of a movable imaging device 2, includes an electronic distance meter 33 configured to measure a distance to the survey target; a horizontal angle detector 41 and a vertical angle detector 42 each configured to measure an angle; a main body 3a supporting these members; a time obtainer 47 configured to obtain a GPS time from a GPS satellite; a tilt sensor 48 configured to detect a posture of the main body 3a; a calibrator 49 configured to calibrate the tilt sensor 48; and a survey controller 40 that causes the calibrator 49 to perform calibration during a period in which the time obtainer 47 obtains the GPS time, as an advance preparation to be performed before the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Topcon Corporation
    Inventor: Motohiro Miyajima
  • Patent number: 11089380
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for searching media files using a set-top box (STB), a television receiver, digital video recorder (DVR), placeshifting device or other media device, or any type of network host that communicates with a media device of any sort. Search criteria is received from a user, and the search criteria is identified in listings of media programming available from one or more sources. In some implementations, a combined search result can be provided that identifies instances of the search criteria found in program guide listings, files stored on a digital video recorder (DVR), available on-demand content, or any other sources as desired. Some implementations may prioritize search results using information about files stored on a DVR, user preferences, or any other information as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Sling Media L.L.C.
    Inventors: John Paul, Myles Cagney, Peter Mark Hennessy
  • Patent number: 11082589
    Abstract: A visual inspection device includes a housing, a handle coupled to the housing that is grasped by a user while the device is in use, and an articulating camera unit coupled to the housing. The articulating camera unit includes a flexible cable with a first end coupled to the housing and a second end, a camera coupled to the second end of the flexible cable and operable to transmit image data through the flexible cable, and an articulation mechanism operable to articulate the camera relative to the flexible cable. The articulation mechanism includes a mount that is removably coupled to the housing. The articulating camera unit further includes a means for securing the mount to the housing in a plurality of different orientations relative to the housing. The visual inspection device further includes a display unit coupled to the housing to display an image transmitted by the articulating camera unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Gareth Mueckl, Jason R. Crowe, Benjamin Oliver Ryan Cabot