Patents Examined by Hung Dang
  • Data processing system for automatically generating excitement levels with improved response times using prospective data
    Patent number: 10056116
    Abstract: A data processing system automatically generates excitement levels with improved response times using prospective data. One embodiment includes accessing data that provides state information for an event at different times during the event, automatically generating a plurality of excitement levels based on the accessed data, and reporting the generated excitement levels. Each of the excitement levels of the plurality of excitement levels corresponds to a different sample time during the event. For each sample time, the generating of the plurality of excitement levels comprises calculating an excitement level based on accessed data prior in time to the sample time and accessed data subsequent in time to the sample time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: THUUZ, INC.
    Inventors: Warren Joseph Packard, Alan Levin
  • Terminal apparatus, content transmission method, and content playback system
    Patent number: 10057086
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes: by way of a gateway apparatus configured to perform communication with an in-vehicle apparatus capable of playing back a content through a CAN bus, a first communication section configured to transmit command information for changing a mode of the in-vehicle apparatus to the in-vehicle apparatus; and a second communication section configured to transmit content data to the in-vehicle apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kunihiro Orito
  • Camera module for a motor vehicle and method of mounting a camera module
    Patent number: 10054757
    Abstract: A motor vehicle camera module (12) having a lens assembly (20), a housing (22) forming a front end (50) surrounding an opening (28), an image sensor (24) carried by a back wall (32) within the housing (22) adjacent an image plane (A). The housing (22) having a lens holder (53) between the front end (50) and the back wall (32). The camera module (12) has a tube (26) fixed to the lens holder (53) at the front end (50). The tube (26) surrounds the opening (28) and extends from the opening (28) into the housing (22). The lens assembly (20) is connected to a tube bottom end section by threads (71, 72). The thermal expansion coefficient of the tube (26) is higher than that of the lens holder (53). The threads (71, 72) extends over less than half of the axial length (hL) of the lens assembly (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: VEONEER SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Per Knutsson, Peter Fredriksson
  • Automatic generation of video and directional audio from spherical content
    Patent number: 10056115
    Abstract: A spherical content capture system captures spherical video and audio content. 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. For each sub-frame, a corresponding portion of an audio track is generated that includes a directional audio signal having a directionality based on the selected sub-frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Patrick Campbell, Zhinian Jing, Timothy Macmillan, David A. Newman, Balineedu Chowdary Adsumilli
  • Video recording device
    Patent number: 10057536
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a video recording device (1) comprising at least one receiver (2) that receives digital broadcast signals that belong to more than one channel, more than one source input (3) that enables external video sources (S1, S2) to be connected, an interface unit (4) that enables a source list (L), where the receivers (2) and the source inputs (3) are listed, to be displayed for the user by means of a display (D), a recording unit (5) that enables the digital broadcast signal received by means of the receiver (2) to be recorded, a memory (6) wherein the recorded content is stored, and a control unit (7) that allows that at least some of the external video sources (S1, S2) connected to the source inputs (3) can be switched to while the recording unit (5) continues the recording process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: ARCELIK ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventors: Ayhan Ak, Mustafa Ozgur Baydarol, Ali Haktan Isilak, Engin Mercan
  • Recording medium, playback device, and playback method
    Patent number: 10057557
    Abstract: A recording medium according an aspect of the present disclosure has recorded therein a main video stream where a main video has been encoded, and a sub-video stream where a sub-video, that is to be superimposed on the main video and displayed, has been encoded. The sub-video stream includes bitmap data indicating a design of the sub-video and palette data specifying the display color of the design. The palette data includes first palette data for a first luminance dynamic range (SDR), and second palette data for a second luminance dynamic range (HDR) that is broader than the first dynamic range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Tadamasa Toma
  • Flip-up eyeshield assembly
    Patent number: 10048509
    Abstract: An eyeshield assembly configured to couple to a brim of a head covering includes a pivot arm with a latch surface. The pivot arm is configured to move between a latched position, when the eyeshield assembly is in a use position, and a released position, when the eyeshield assembly is in a non-use position. The eyeshield assembly also includes a latch arm with a distal end configured to receive the latch surface of the pivot arm when the pivot arm is in the latched position. Additionally, the eyeshield assembly includes a hinge assembly operably coupled to the pivot arm and including a biasing element. The biasing element is configured to pivot the pivot arm relative to the latch arm to move the pivot arm from the latched position to the released position without human intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: VEYES, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Repko
  • Data reproduction apparatus, control method for data reproduction apparatus, and recording medium storing control program
    Patent number: 10049703
    Abstract: A data reproduction apparatus includes a display, a touch panel, a recording unit, an output unit, a display control unit, and an output controller. The output unit outputs contents recorded in the recording unit. The display control unit controls the display to show first display and second display. The first display represents a finite time period and a reproduction point indicating a reproduction target in relation to the finite time period. The second display represents a partial period which is part of the finite time period, and the reproduction point in relation to the partial period. The output controller controls the output unit to output the contents corresponding to the reproduction point in accordance with a touch position detected by the touch panel, when the touch position is on the first display or on the second display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Yasutaka Daishaku
  • Display apparatus and control method thereof
    Patent number: 10049700
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display unit, adapted to playback a sequence of images, comprises: a detection configured to detect an attitude of the display apparatus or the display unit; a control unit configured to control the display unit to pause playback of the sequence of images, if the detected attitude of the display apparatus is not substantially aligned with the orientation of an image to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Hosoe
  • Digital video recorder that enables recording at a selected resolution
    Patent number: 10051320
    Abstract: A particular method includes identifying a request to record media programming at a media recorder. The request specifies a recording resolution. The method includes determining a resolution of the media programming and comparing whether the resolution matches the recording resolution. The method includes converting the media programming at the resolution to the recording resolution with in response to determining that the resolution is different than the recording resolution, wherein the media programming is stored at the recording resolution at a storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Joseph Farah
  • Techniques to save or delete a video clip
    Patent number: 10043551
    Abstract: Examples include a determination how to manage storage of a video clip generated from recorded video based upon a sensor event. Managing storage of the video clip may include determining whether to save or delete the video clip based on an imprint associated with an object that indicates whether the object is included in the video clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Glen J. Anderson, Kathy Yuen, Joshua Ekandem, Omesh Tickoo, Ravishankar Iyer
  • Method of determining at least one behavioural parameter
    Patent number: 10036902
    Abstract: A method of determining at least one behavioral parameter of a wearer for designing an ophthalmic eyeglass lens includes: a) acquiring a first data set from a first representation of the head of the wearer in three dimensions; b) determining the relative position in space of at least three particular points of the head based on the data set; c) acquiring a second data set from a second representation of the head in a natural posture, including at least one image of each of the three particular points; d) identifying the image of each of the particular points from step b) on the representation of step c); e) deducing information relating to the position and/or to the orientation of the head of the wearer during the determination of the second representation from this identification; and f) determining the behavioral parameter of the wearer based on the information from step e).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE)
    Inventors: Konogan Baranton, Guilhem Escalier, Sebastien Gayat
  • Method for cooling a connector system
    Patent number: 10039208
    Abstract: A cage can include a thermal plate positioned so as to be aligned with a bottom of a channel. An adjustable biasing system is provided to urge a module toward the thermal plate. The adjustable biasing system may be a riding heat sink. The thermal plate may include a fin to help increase its surface area. A housing with a card slot aligned with the channel can be provided in the cage to provide a receptacle that has a card slot aligned with the channel. A receptacle so configured allows for greater thermal energy to be removed from a module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Jay H. Neer, Kent E. Regnier, Cleaver Brinkerhoff, Harold Keith Lang
  • Material for eyewear and eyewear structure
    Patent number: 10035184
    Abstract: Eyewear and eyewear structures comprising bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys and methods of making eyewear structures from such bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys are described. The bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys provide form and shape durability, the minimum use of fasteners in the eyewear structure, high resistance to chemical and environmental effects, and low-cost net-shape fabrication for intricate eyewear design and shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: CORNERSTONE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
    Inventor: James W. Kang
  • Continuous capture with augmented reality
    Patent number: 10038885
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving one or more audio/visual recordings from a user, the audio/visual recordings continuously capturing audio/visual information around the user, the audio/visual recordings being made by a client computing device of the user automatically and without manual user input and with one or more sensors of the client computing device; processing the audio/visual recordings to extract one or more audio/visual segments, each audio/visual segment covering a specific time period or relating to a specific event in the user's life; and posting the audio/visual segments to one or more points, respectively, along a timeline corresponding to the user's life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Nicholas Papakipos, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig, Erick Tseng, Yoon Kean Wong
  • Subsea power supply arrangement
    Patent number: 10039205
    Abstract: A subsea power supply arrangement includes a closed power supply module realized to contain a pressure-compensated main fluid volume; and a number of power cell arrangements arranged in the interior of the closed power supply module. At least one power cell arrangement includes a metal capacitor housing realized to contain a capacitor bank in a fluid volume, and a barrier between an interior fluid volume of the power cell arrangement and the main fluid volume. A subsea power cell arrangement for use in such a subsea power supply arrangement is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESLLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Fredrik Gundersen Aarskog
  • Body-mountable devices with two layers
    Patent number: 10028702
    Abstract: A body-mountable device may include a first layer, a second layer, and an electronic structure. The first layer may include a first topographical feature, while the second layer may include a second topographical feature. The first topographical feature and the second topographical feature may be reciprocally-shaped. The second layer may be mounted on the first layer such that the first topographical feature interfaces with the second topographical feature, thereby mechanically securing the second layer to the first layer. The electronic structure, which may include an antenna, a sensor, and an electronic device, may be embedded in the second layer. In an example in which the body-mountable device is an eye-mountable device, the first layer may be a posterior lens, and the second layer may be an anterior lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Sy-En Han, Daniel Patrick Barrows
  • Display device
    Patent number: 10025358
    Abstract: A display device includes a plate-shaped display unit; a mounting unit disposed on a back surface side of the display unit, a direction normal to a back surface of the display unit being a thickness direction of the mounting unit; an erect portion that erects towards the back surface side of the display unit along a lateral side of the mounting unit, the erect portion protruding towards a display unit side in a greater manner than the mounting unit; and a plate material that opposes the back surface of the display unit and that is interposed between the display unit and the erect portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Yoshida, Makoto Bando, Goki Yamaguchi, Daisuke Mihara
  • Digital video recorder with additional video inputs over a packet link
    Patent number: 10028018
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a video system. The video system includes a digital video recorder comprising a first camera interface configured to receive video captured from a first plurality of cameras, a packet interface configured to receive in a packet format video captured by a second plurality of cameras, and a storage system configured to store the video captured by the first plurality of cameras and the video captured by the second plurality of cameras. The video system also includes a video encoder coupled to the digital video recorder by a packet link, where the video encoder includes a second camera interface configured to receive video captured from the second plurality of cameras and an output interface configured to transfer in the packet format the video captured by the second plurality of cameras for delivery to the digital video recorder over the packet link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Verint Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Hugo Martel, Charles Gregory Lampe, Louis Marchand, Jim Moran
  • Eye tracking wearable devices and methods for use
    Patent number: 10025379
    Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for eye-tracking, e.g., including a freeform optical assembly and/or a modular design. In an exemplary embodiment, a device and method are provided that includes a wearable device on a user's head, the wearable device including a scene camera oriented to capture images of the user's surroundings. The user may perform a predetermined action with the user's eye to activate a photo feature of the wearable device, gaze at a region within the user's surroundings, the wearable device determining a focal point and limited field-of-view for the camera imaging field based on the center point, and activate the camera to capture an image of the limited field-of-view centered around the focal point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Eliot Francis Drake, Gholamreza Amayeh, Angelique Kano, Dave Le Blanc, Zhiming Liu, Lewis James Marggraff, Rory Pierce, Nelson G. Publicover, Christopher N. Spitler, Michael Vacchina