Patents Examined by Helen Shibru
  • Playback method and apparatus
    Patent number: 9686587
    Abstract: A video/audio playback method is provided which can provide simultaneous, multi-language support for consumers of television and multimedia. The method includes steps of: receiving a first playback data and a second playback data; converting first character information in the first playback data into a first audio signal; and simultaneously playing the first audio signal, and a second audio signal corresponding to the second playback data. The first audio signal and the second audio signal respectively correspond to a first playback language and a second playback language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventor: Hung-Chi Huang
  • Mobile display device
    Patent number: 9681121
    Abstract: Mobile display device (100) for enabling a user to obtain either three-dimensional [3D] or two-dimensional [2D] viewing of content, comprising a 3D display (120) for enabling the 3D viewing of the content, a 2D display (140) for enabling the 2D viewing of the content, a display processor for displaying the content as 3D content 124 on the 3D display and for displaying the content as 2D content (144) on the 2D display, the 3D display and the 2D display being arranged on opposite faces (122, 142) of the device for enabling the user to obtain either the 3D viewing or the 2D viewing of the content by turning (102) the device about-face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: ULTRA-D COÖPERATIEF U.A.
    Inventors: Hans Zuidema, Waltherus Antonius Hendrikus Roelen, Abraham Karel Riemens
  • Image recording system
    Patent number: 9667908
    Abstract: An image recording system including a component capable of displaying and processing of images such as a central processing unit (CPU)/digital signal processor (DSP) that may be installed in a network video recorder (NVR) so that the image recording system may be used to implement a video summary/video synopsis technology in an embedded NVR/digital video recorder (DVR)/set-top box (SETTOP) system having a Host CPU and a plurality of DSP cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SungBong Cho, SungHoon Lee, SeokHo Chae, HyoJin Kim
  • Automatic generation of video from spherical content using audio/visual analysis
    Patent number: 9652667
    Abstract: A spherical content capture system captures spherical video content. A spherical video sharing platform enables users to share the captured spherical content and enables users to access spherical content shared by other users. In one embodiment, captured metadata or video/audio processing is used to identify content relevant to a particular user based on time and location information. The platform can then generate an output video from one or more shared spherical content files relevant to the user. The output video may include a non-spherical reduced field of view such as those commonly associated with conventional camera systems. Particularly, relevant sub-frames having a reduced field of view may be extracted from each frame of spherical video to generate an output video that tracks a particular individual or object of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy MacMillan, David A. Newman, Balineedu Chowdary Adsumilli
  • Systems and methods for modifying a segment of an uploaded media file
    Patent number: 9640219
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for modifying a subsection of uploaded media are presented. An instruction component receives a media file and a media enhancement instruction that includes enhancement data and media interval data for a first segment of the media file. A processing component modifies the first segment of the media file associated with the media interval data based on the enhancement data to generate an edited first segment of the media file. A finalization component generates an edited version of the media file that includes the edited first segment of the media file and at least a second segment of the media file that is not modified based on the enhancement data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: David Matthew Patierno, Reed Morse, Jason Toff
  • Audio and video management for parallel transcoding
    Patent number: 9635334
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments directed to transcoding a bit stream comprising audio and video frames that contains discontinuities. The video and/or audio portion of the bit stream may be divided into segments, where some of the segments are transcoded in parallel using a plurality of transcoder devices. In some embodiments, a discontinuity is detected in the bit stream before encoding, where the discontinuity is associated with a shift in a set of time stamps associated with the bit stream. A magnitude of the discontinuity is determined. The transcoding system aligns at least a portion of the audio frames to the series of video frames according to at least the discontinuity and the magnitude of the discontinuity. In other embodiments, the discontinuity is detected after encoding by analyzing time stamps that have been established during the transcoding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander Garland MacInnis, Hongtao Zhu, Jason William Herrick, Brian Francis Schoner, Junlin Li
  • Transmitter and receiver for transmitting and receiving multimedia content, and reproduction method therefor
    Patent number: 9628771
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reproducing a multimedia content are provided. The apparatus includes: a receiver which is configured to receive, through different paths, a first signal including a left-side image and a first synchronization information item, and a second signal including a right-side image and a second synchronization information item; and a signal processor which is configured to synchronize and reproduce the left-side image and the right-side image using the first synchronization information item and the second synchronization information item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong-seok Park, Jae-jun Lee, Yu-sung Joo, Yong-seok Jang, Hee-jean Kim, Dae-jong Lee, Moon-seok Jang, Yong-Tae Kim
  • Object positioning method and device based on object detection results of plural stereo cameras
    Patent number: 9615080
    Abstract: Disclosed are an object positioning method and an object positioning device based on object detection results of plural stereo cameras. The method comprises a step of obtaining, when each of the plural stereo cameras continuously carries out tracking and detection with respect to each of objects, positional information of the corresponding object; a step of generating, based on the positional information of the corresponding object, a trajectory of the corresponding object; and a step of carrying out a merging process with respect to the trajectories generated corresponding to the plural stereo cameras so as to determine at least one object position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin Wang, Shengyin Fan
  • System and method for presenting and viewing a spherical video segment
    Patent number: 9602795
    Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting and viewing a spherical video segment is provided. The spherical video segment including tag information associated with an event of interest may be obtained. The tag information may identify a point in time and a viewing angle at which the event of interest is viewable in the spherical video segment. An orientation of a two dimensional display may be determined based upon output signals of a sensor. A display field of view within the spherical video segment may be determined and presented on the display based upon the orientation of the display. The display field of view may be captured as a two dimensional video segment. If the viewing angle of the event of interest is outside the display field of view proximate the point in time, a notification may be presented within the display field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Joven Matias, David Newman, Ha Phan, Timothy Bucklin
  • Stereo camera calibration using proximity data
    Patent number: 9602806
    Abstract: Approaches discussed herein enable a computing device, such as a phone or tablet computer, to automatically recalibrate cameras used to capture three-dimensional images. A proximity sensor can be used to determine the distance to an object at approximately the time that three-dimensional image data is captured that includes a representation of the object. The apparent distance to the object, from the disparity of the three-dimensional image data, can be compared against the detected distance as measured by the proximity sensor. The difference between the detected and apparent distance, or the corresponding disparity values, can be used to determine a relative misalignment among the cameras, when then can be used to update the appropriate calibration parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Stafford, Jennifer Silva, Edward Ackley Falk, Robert King Myers
  • Method and apparatus for notifying motion
    Patent number: 9576192
    Abstract: A method for notifying a motion includes decoding watermark information superimposed on sound or video, outputting timing information obtained as a decoding result, analyzing a motion of a user with reference to a table, determining whether or not a predetermined timing comes based on the timing information, performing determination regarding the motion of the user based on an analysis result if it is determined that the predetermined timing comes, and performing notification based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiko Kawahara, Morito Morishima
  • Mapping pixels to underlying assets in computer graphics
    Patent number: 9570108
    Abstract: A system for presenting video and methods for manipulating and delivering the video are presented. An interface may be implemented to access data related to the creation and animation of the video, a reference to the creation data stored with the video itself. Upon selection a portion of the video, using the references stored with the video, the tools needed to edit the selected portion of the video may be presented. The objects and illustration assets utilized to animate a scene may be stored in a memory device such that the objects and assets may be retrieved using a hierarchy of references initially accessed via the reference stored with the selected portion of the video. According to an embodiment, the selected portion may be a frame or a pixel and the reference stored with the frame metadata, pixel value, or image channel or image layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Brian E. Goldberg
  • Multiple views recording
    Patent number: 9570112
    Abstract: A system and method for providing multiple views recording is provided. In example embodiments, an indication to record serial events including a first event and a second event on a same channel is received. A recording stream is started at a beginning of the first event and ends at an end of the second event. View markings are inserted in the recording stream that differentiate a first view corresponding to the first event from a second view corresponding to the second event. Thus, the recording stream creates a single file that contains multiple views. The single file is stored for later playback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: OpenTV, Inc.
    Inventors: Pierre Willard, Amarendra N. Gogoi, Chandrika Kasi
  • Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program
    Patent number: 9549162
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a display control unit that causes a content view which displays statistic information of characters appearing in video content and a relationship view which displays character-relation information of the characters appearing in the video content, to be displayed on a predetermined display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyosuke Yoshida, Kenji Tanaka, Yukihiro Nakamura, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Kentaro Fukazawa, Kazumasa Tanaka
  • Information processing apparatus, image capturing apparatus, and control methods for the same
    Patent number: 9544529
    Abstract: The information processing apparatus which plays video sent from a image capturing apparatus, comprises a list requesting unit which sends a request for segment list to the image capturing apparatus to acquire the segment list, a determination unit that determines a segment to be requested among the segments indicated in the acquired segment list, a first segment requesting unit that sends a request for the determined segment to the image capturing apparatus, a first segment acquisition unit that acquires the requested segment, and a playing unit that plays the acquired segment, wherein the list requesting unit sends a request for a latest segment list to the image capturing apparatus, whenever the segment is acquired a predetermined number of times by the first segment acquisition unit, and the determination unit determines a segment to be requested, based on the latest segment list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mayu Yokoi, Toshinori Koba
  • Imaging system and methods with variable lateral magnification
    Patent number: 9538096
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for producing images having variable lateral magnification. One example of such a method includes receiving a first image having a first level of magnification and representing a first field of view, simultaneously receiving a second image having a second level of magnification and representing a second field of view, the second level of magnification being higher than the first level of magnification and the second field of view being narrower than the first field of view, and digitally processing the first and second images to produce a composite image having a variable lateral magnification derived from the first and second levels of magnification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventor: Benjamin P. Dolgin
  • Image processing apparatus, image processing method and program thereof
    Patent number: 9521355
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a plurality of continuous image frames, and a frame generator configured to obtain a predetermined number of image frames from the plurality of continuous image frames stored in the storage unit and synthesize the predetermined number of image frames to sequentially produce video reproduction frames. The frame generator uses same image frames, which are used to produce one video reproduction frame, to produce another video reproduction frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Endo
  • System and method of recording media content
    Patent number: 9521386
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a first data stream including first media content. The first data stream corresponds to a first channel. The method further includes detecting a channel change request from the first channel to a second channel. The method also includes storing user history data at a media device. The user history data indicates a portion of the first media content that had been received when the channel change request was detected. The method includes providing, to a display device, second media content of a received second data stream corresponding to the second channel. The method further includes, in response to detecting a second channel change request to return to the first channel, providing to a display device, the first media content of the first data stream beginning from a location of the first media content indicated by the user history data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: James Gordon Beattie, Jr., Stephen Griesmer, Stephen Triano
  • Methods and systems for seeking to non-key frames
    Patent number: 9520155
    Abstract: Methods and systems for seeking to a non-key frame in a compressed video. The compressed video has a plurality of frames, each with a playback timestamp. At least one of the frames is a key frame. A selection of a non-key frame is received, and a temporally proximate key frame is identified. The set of frames between the identified key frame and the selected frame is played in a reduced time interval, and the selected frame is displayed as if it were a key frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: JBF Interlude 2009 LTD
    Inventors: Jonathan Bloch, Barak Feldman, Tal Zubalsky, Yuval Hofshy, Tomer Lahav
  • Indication of trickplay availability via a remote control device
    Patent number: 9516273
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for receiving a controllability indicator at a portable communication device, the controllability indicator received from a stationary communication device. The controllability indicator indicates whether a trickplay feature is available for controlling a presentation of multimedia content, and is determined from a characterization of the multimedia content. The method further includes presenting a trickplay indicator at the portable communication device according to the controllability indicator to indicate whether the trickplay feature is available. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: James Carlton Bedingfield, Sr., John R. Stefanik