Patents Examined by Howard D Brown, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12262001
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image encoding method performed by an image encoding apparatus may comprise determining an intra-prediction mode of a current block, configuring a reference sample of intra prediction by using at least one of a neighbor pixel of the current block in a current picture and a pixel of a reference picture, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra-prediction mode and the reference sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University
    Inventors: Jung Won Kang, Hyun Suk Ko, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Ho Lee, Ha Hyun Lee, Dong San Jun, Seung Hyun Cho, Hui Yong Kim, Jin Soo Choi, Gwang Hoon Park, Tae Hyun Kim, Dae Young Lee
  • Patent number: 12259231
    Abstract: A method for intraoral scanning, including introducing an intraoral scanner (IOS) head into an oral cavity, acquiring an image of a field of view (FOV), processing the acquired FOV image and adjusting at least one image acquisition parameter based on said processing, and an intraoral scanner (IOS) including an IOS head including at least one imager imaging a field of view (FOV), at least on light emitter that illuminates said FOV and circuitry that controls said imager and/or said light emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: DENTLYTEC G.P.L. LTD.
    Inventors: Benny Pesach, Amitai Reuvenny
  • Patent number: 12253689
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi perspective photography camera device, for capturing perspective images of a macroscopic 3D scene, comprising: —a hollow casing (10a-10b, 11, 13) housing: —a lens array (8) to be placed at a conjugate plane of an aperture diaphragm (2) of a photographic objective (OB), between the photographic objective (OB) and a photosensitive pixel array sensor (9), to simultaneously receive and transmit to the sensor (9) light representative of a plurality of different perspectives of the macroscopic 3D scene (S), one perspective per array lens; —a field diaphragm (5) to be placed at a plane where an image provided by said photographic objective (OB) is to be formed; and—a converging lens (6) having a focal length fR, and that is placed between the field diaphragm (5) and the lens array (8), at a distance equal to fR from the field diaphragm (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSITAT DE VALÈNCIA
    Inventors: Manuel Martínez Corral, Genaro Saavedra Tortosa, Gabriele Scrofani, Emilio Sánchez Ortiga
  • Patent number: 12247197
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for classifying microbial cells according to morphological features of microcolonies. A dark-field objective is employed to acquire a dark-field image of a microcolony during a microcolony growth phase that is characterized by phenotypic expression of microcolony morphological features which evolve with time and are differentiated among classes of microbial cell types. The dark-field image is processed to classify the microcolony according to two or more microbial cell types, such as Gram status and/or speciation. The dark-field objective may have a numerical aperture selected to facilitate the imaging of microcolony morphological features, residing, for example, between 0.15 and 0.35. A set of dark-field images of a microcolony may be collected during the microcolony growth phase and processed to classify the microcolony. Classification may be performed according to a temporal ordering of the dark-field images, for example, using a recurrent neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Inventors: Samad Talebpour, Anna Khimchenko, Maryam Asadishekari, Stephen Wesley Leonard
  • Patent number: 12244871
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described for processing video. Video content comprising a plurality of frames may be received. A visual element of a first frame of the plurality of frames positioned in an oblique direction relative to one or more of a first axis and a second axis orthogonal to the first axis may be determined. One or more regions associated with the first frame and comprising the visual element may be determined. One or more encoded regions of the first frame may be generated based on partitioning the one or more regions comprising the visual element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Grois, Alexander Giladi
  • Patent number: 12238257
    Abstract: A display terminal includes: circuitry that receives an instruction to play back a wide-view image having a wide angle of view, the wide-view image being a moving image and having been recorded for distribution to a communication terminal; and in response to the instruction to play back the wide-view image, controls a display to display a predetermined-area image representing a predetermined area of the wide-view image, based on point-of-view information for specifying the predetermined area of the wide-view image being having been distributed and displayed at the communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoya Sawada, Hidekuni Annaka, Daisuke Saitoh, Takeshi Homma
  • Patent number: 12228524
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to systems and methods for locating an anomaly along an inside surface of a conveyance pipe containing two mediums separated by a two medium interface. The systems and methods include an assembly transportable within the conveyance pipe. The assembly includes an enclosure that is at least partially transparent and is positionable to be located both above and below the two medium interface. An upper camera and a lower camera enclosed within the enclosure are operable to capture images of the inside surface of the conveyance pipe above and below the two medium interface. A data acquisition unit is in electronic communication with the upper camera and the lower camera, and includes a processor programmed to determine a presence and a location of the anomaly by analyzing the captured images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SonDance Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Jeffery M Wilkinson, Jay C Bowen, Stephen P Rowland, Cris K Weber
  • Patent number: 12226070
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for contextually controlling a surgical device is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a computer system, perioperative data from the surgical device, the perioperative data associated with a surgical procedure; receiving, by the computer system, images from a scope, the images visualizing the surgical device during the surgical procedure; determining, by the computer system, an attribute of the surgical device from the images; determining, by the computer system, procedural context data based at least on the perioperative data and the attribute of the surgical device; and controlling, by the computer system, the surgical device according to the procedural context data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, David C Yates
  • Patent number: 12226074
    Abstract: A method for imaging involves scanning an anatomical object within a patient and capturing reflected IR light with a plurality of cameras that are separate from the scanner. The IR images captured by the IR cameras are associated together to create an integrated image based on parallax between the IR cameras and the scanner. The integrated image is associated with a separate or optical light image of the anatomical object to generate an intra-operative 3D image that can be created in real-time. Systems for effectuating such imaging may include multiple surgical instruments supporting various cameras positioned to capture different fields of view and to increase parallax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: John W. Komp
  • Patent number: 12227906
    Abstract: In a system comprising construction machine, transport vehicle with loading space and image recording device, wherein the image recording device is arranged at the construction machine and aligned, as a minimum, also towards the loading space of the transport vehicle, it is specified for the following features to be achieved: that a reception and display device is arranged at or in the transport vehicle, wherein the data recorded by the image recording device are transmitted to the reception and display device via a transmission device arranged at the construction machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventor: Helmut Borkowski
  • Patent number: 12231783
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices and systems for an optimized sensor layout for an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle. In one aspect, the system includes a vehicle capable of semi-autonomous or autonomous operation. A plurality of forward-facing cameras is coupled to the vehicle and configured to have a field of view in front of the vehicle. At least three forward-facing cameras of the plurality of forward-facing cameras have different focal lengths. A right-side camera is coupled to the right side of the vehicle, the right-side camera configured to have a field of view to the right of the vehicle. A left-side camera is coupled to the left side of the vehicle, the left-side camera is configured to have a field of view to the left of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventor: Lei Nie
  • Patent number: 12213653
    Abstract: A medical device with a valve for autoclavability is disclosed. The medical device may include a cavity. A channel connects the cavity to an autoclave environment. The channel has a distal end and proximal end. The distal end of the channel may open to the autoclave environment and the proximal end may open to the cavity. A valve may be positioned in or near the channel. The valve may permit gas to flow from the cavity when a pressure inside the cavity is greater than a pressure in the autoclave environment outside the cavity. The valve may also prevent gas from flowing into the cavity when the pressure in the autoclave environment outside the cavity is greater than the pressure inside the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Dental SmartMirror, Inc.
    Inventors: Gidon Oded Elazar, Dan Zidkiahu Harkabi, Omri Mordechai Farbstein
  • Patent number: 12219131
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present invention may comprise the steps of: deriving a merge candidate from a candidate block; generating a first merge candidate list including the merge candidate; specifying any one of a plurality of merge candidates included in the first merge candidate list; deriving affine vectors of a current block on the basis of motion information of the specified merge candidate; deriving a motion vector of a sub-block in the current block on the basis of the affine vectors; and performing motion compensation on the sub-block on the basis of the motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: KT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bae Keun Lee
  • Patent number: 12219119
    Abstract: The invention relates to a TOF camera system comprising several cameras, at least one of the cameras being a TOF camera, wherein the cameras are assembled on a common substrate and are imaging the same scene simultaneously and wherein at least two cameras are driven by different driving parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Depthsensing Solutions SA/NV
    Inventors: Daniel Van Nieuwenhove, Julien Thollot
  • Patent number: 12212823
    Abstract: Auto exposure processing for spherical images improves image quality by reducing visible exposure level variation along a stitch line within a spherical image. An average global luminance value is determined based on luminance values determined for first and second images, which are based on auto exposure configurations of first and second image sensors used to obtain those first and second images. Delta luminance values are determined for the first and second images using the average global luminance value. The first and second images are then updated using the delta luminance values, and the updated first and second images are used to produce a spherical image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Guillaume Matthieu Guérin, Sylvain Leroy, Yoël Taïeb, Giuseppe Moschetti
  • Patent number: 12212759
    Abstract: A point cloud decoding method includes: receiving a point cloud file transmitted by a data source, the point cloud file including at least one point cloud media track; parsing file encapsulation information of the at least one point cloud media track, to obtain quality indication information carried in the file encapsulation information, the quality indication information being used for representing point cloud quality of the at least one point cloud media track; and selecting and decoding a point cloud media track with designated point cloud quality from the point cloud file according to the quality indication information carried in the file encapsulation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Ying Hu
  • Patent number: 12212750
    Abstract: A video coding device may be configured to perform transform data coding according to one or more of the techniques described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seung-Hwan Kim, Christopher Andrew Segall
  • Patent number: 12201279
    Abstract: An ingestible device comprising a capsule, a camera, an antenna, and a propulsion component id disclosed. The camera can capture images of various in vivo environments as the ingestible device traverses the gastrointestinal tract, and these images can be wirelessly transmitted to an electronic device located outside of the living body. The images may be transmitted to the electronic device for review by an operator responsible for controlling the ingestible device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: ENDIATX, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel V. Moyer, Torrey P. Smith, James G. Erd, Daniel A. Luebke, Benjamin J. Bonnes, Marcus X. Luebke, Rachel N. New, William J. Buxton
  • Patent number: 12206887
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present invention includes reconstructing a residual block by inverse-quantizing and inverse-transforming an entropy-decoded residual block, generating a prediction block by performing intra prediction on a current block, and reconstructing an picture by adding the reconstructed residual block to the prediction block, wherein generating the prediction block includes generating a final prediction value of a prediction target pixel included in the current block based on a first prediction value of the prediction target pixel and a final correction value calculated by performing an arithmetic right shift on a two's complementary integer representation for an initial correction value of the prediction target pixel by a binary digit of 1. Accordingly, upon image encoding/decoding, computation complexity may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hui Yong Kim, Jin Ho Lee, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim
  • Patent number: 12201271
    Abstract: A method of imaging tissue of a subject using an electronic rolling shutter imager includes sequentially resetting rows of pixels of the rolling shutter imager from a first row to a last row for a first amount of time; illuminating the tissue of the subject with illumination light over an illumination period that begins once the last row of the rolling shutter imager has been reset and lasts for at least the first amount of time; accumulating charge at the rows of pixels over at least the illumination period based on light that is received from the tissue of the subject while the tissue of the subject is illuminated with the illumination light; sequentially reading charge accumulated at the rows of pixels from the first row to the last row once the illumination period has ended; and generating an image frame from the rows of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: William Huei Liang Chang, Bryan Larson, John Shen, Benjamin Feingold, Ajay Ramesh