Patents Examined by James A. Thompson
  • Patent number: 11210774
    Abstract: According to one implementation, a pixel error detection system includes a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code. The hardware processor is configured to execute the software code to receive an input image, to mask, using an inpainting neural network (NN), one or more patch(es) of the input image, and to inpaint, using the inpainting NN, the masked patch(es) based an input image pixels neighboring each of the masked patch(es). The hardware processor is configured to further execute the software code to generate, using the inpainting NN, a residual image based on differences between the inpainted masked patch(es) and the patch(es) in the input image and to identify one or more anomalous pixel(s) in the input image using the residual image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc., ETH Zürich (EIDGENÖSSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZÜRICH)
    Inventors: Christopher Richard Schroers, Abdelaziz Djelouah, Sutao Wang, Erika Varis Doggett
  • Patent number: 11199714
    Abstract: A transformative, collapsible, portable and versatile personal display system is disclosed having a compact, lightweight collapsible structure enabling applications from eyeglass form virtual, augmented, mixed or experimental reality to a comfortable, portable wristwatch form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventor: Dennis Solomon
  • Patent number: 11194392
    Abstract: In a calibration process for an eye-tracking application, a calibration mark is displayed on an instrument, and the user is instructed to keep the gaze focused on the calibration mark. Next, a dynamic image is displayed on the instrument, and the user is instructed to move his head or the instrument as indicated by the dynamic image while keeping the gaze focused on the calibration mark. The ocular information of the user is recorded during the head movement or the instrument movement for calibrating the eye-tracking application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Ganzin Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ling Liu, Liang Fang, Po-Jung Chiu, Yi-Heng Wu, Ming-Yi Tai, Yi-Hsiang Chen, Chia-Ming Chang, Shao-Yi Chien
  • Patent number: 11191620
    Abstract: A method and a system for generating an augmented 3D digital model of an intraoral anatomical structure a subject. The method comprises: obtaining a 3D digital model of the intraoral anatomical structure including a plurality of mesh elements representative of a surface of the intraoral anatomical structure; generating, based on the 3D digital model, a 2D grid comprising an unfolded surface of the 3D digital model; the 2D grid including a plurality of 2D cells; assigning, to each one of the plurality of 2D cells, a respective value of at least one textural parameter, thereby generating a texture reference map; and based on the texture reference map, causing application of the at least one textural parameter to the 3D digital model to generate the augmented 3D digital model of the intraoral anatomical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Oxilio Ltd
    Inventor: Islam Khasanovich Raslambekov
  • Patent number: 11179130
    Abstract: This patent includes a method and apparatus for assigning a three-dimensional coordinate system to a segmented structure of a three-dimensional imaging examination of a tangible volume containing discrete structures. The boundary of a segmented structure, which corresponds to a discrete structure is determined through a segmentation algorithm. The assigned three-dimensional coordinate system has an origin and a set of coordinate axes. This allows each voxel within the segmented structure of the three-dimensional imaging examination to have a precise coordinate. This provides improved longitudinal analysis and more precise localization within the segmented structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventor: Robert Edwin Douglas
  • Patent number: 11183296
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing a contrast simulation of a CT or MRI scan is disclosed. Voxel(s) within a three-dimensional dataset are modified using an artificial intelligence algorithm to generate a virtual contrast three-dimensional dataset. The modification includes altering the numerical value(s) of voxels corresponding to body tissue(s) in accordance with said blood flow through said body tissue, such that an appearance of contrast is created. Multi-phase simulations can be performed to track contrast flow through the vascular tree. Some embodiments comprise inserting virtual contrast in conjunction with performing a deformity of the vascular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Edwin Douglas, David Byron Douglas
  • Patent number: 11176693
    Abstract: A system configured to process an input point cloud, which represents an object using unstructured data points, to generate a feature vector that has an ordered structure and a fixed length. The system may process the input point cloud using a basis point set to generate the feature vector. For example, for each basis point in the basis point set, the system may identify a closest data point in the point cloud data and store a distance value or other information associated with the closest data point in the feature vector. The system may process the feature vector using a trained model to generate output data, such as performing point cloud registration to generate mesh data, point cloud classification to generate classification data, and/or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Javier Romero Gonzalez-Nicolas, Sergey Prokudin, Christoph Lassner
  • Patent number: 11170537
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a display unit displaying a display image, an image generating unit generating the display image, and a target object information acquiring unit acquiring target object information relating to a target object present at the periphery of a vehicle and outputting the same to the image generating unit. If the distance from the vehicle to the target object exceeds a first reference value, the image generating unit generates an information image of the target object in a sharply visible region, and if the distance from the vehicle to the target object does not exceed the first reference value, the image generating unit generates the information image of the target object in a blurred region, and in that the information image in the blurred region is generated to be less sharply visible than the information image in the sharply visible region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Masuya, Takashi Mikami
  • Patent number: 11166787
    Abstract: Method for determining a coupling point for an attachment on a tooth of a subject comprising: obtaining a digital 3D representation of the tooth to which the attachment will be coupled; obtaining attachment data indicative of the attachment to be coupled to the tooth; determining, on the digital 3D representation of the tooth, a plurality of excluded areas for the coupling point based on the digital 3D representation of the tooth and the attachment data; determining the coupling point by identifying an area on the tooth which is not in the plurality of excluded areas; and storing, in a memory of the computer system, the determined coupling point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: ARKIMOS Ltd
    Inventor: Islam Khasanovich Raslambekov
  • Patent number: 11157747
    Abstract: A setting unit associates a position in an image that is imaged by a camera with a position in a map that is obtained in advance. A detection unit detects a person in the image that is imaged by the camera. A display unit converts a position of the person detected into an associated position in the map on the basis of a setting made by the setting unit, totalizes a result of human congestion state and human flow that represents human movement on the basis of the converted position, and displays a result that is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuichi Tsunematsu
  • Patent number: 11158031
    Abstract: A device comprises processing circuitry to receive an input polygon comprised of a plurality of segments connected by a plurality of points, some of the plurality of segments extending in a first direction and remaining ones of the plurality of segments extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The processing circuitry performs a first set of operations on the input polygon to generate an intermediate polygon having a plurality of vertices, a number of the plurality of vertices being fewer than a number of the plurality of points. The processing circuitry performs a second set of operations on the intermediate polygon based on traits of the plurality of vertices to generate a final polygon with a contour that represents the input polygon, the contour including at least one section that extends in a third direction different than the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: ReportsNow, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher J. Bruce
  • Patent number: 11151688
    Abstract: An image processing method for a screen inner hole of a display device is provided, including steps as follows: determining coordinates at a center and a radius r of the screen inner hole, and drawing a circle with the radius r to obtain a pixel range of an inner hole area, and calculating a pixel variance of the pixel range; analyzing an image configuration in the inner hole area and a peripheral area around the inner hole area, and determining whether key information is in the inner hole area; locating and determining a range of the inner hole area and a range of the peripheral area; and separately calculating, in the inner hole area and in the peripheral area, a pixel mean and a pixel variance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chuan Shuai
  • Patent number: 11151799
    Abstract: Provided is a method for monitoring a field based on augmented reality using a digital twin performed in a processor of a computing device of a manager located remotely from a physical space of a field, including: outputting a field twin model of a three-dimensional virtual space matched to the physical space of the field; acquiring location information of a field user for the physical space based on positioning sensor data received from a field sensor system arranged in the field; and displaying a first virtual content representing a location of the field user on the field twin model by matching location information of the field user for the physical space to the three-dimensional virtual space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: VIRNECT INC.
    Inventors: Tae Jin Ha, Chul Hee Lee, Soo Hwan Kim, Sung Ha Lee, Hye Jeong Nam, Ho Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11132767
    Abstract: A vehicular navigation apparatus may include: an input unit configured to receive an image; a display unit configured to display at least one of a navigation image and an input image; and a controller configured to receive the image from the input unit and to control operation of the display unit. Upon receiving the image from the input unit, the controller may be configured to extract a resolution of the input image and to determine whether the resolution of the input image is less than or equal to a reference resolution, and when the resolution of the input image is less than or equal to the reference resolution, the controller may be configured to control the operation of the display unit so as to simultaneously display the navigation image and the input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Kyung Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 11127126
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing method, including: determining coordinate values of one or more target pixels in an image, wherein the target pixels are used for dividing the image; carrying out a mapping operation on the coordinate values of the one or more target pixels to obtain first pixel data; reading the image to obtain second pixel data; and combining the first pixel data and the second pixel data to obtain a combined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xi Li, Hao Zhang, Lili Chen, Yukun Sun, Jinghua Miao, Xuefeng Wang, Jinbao Peng, Bin Zhao, Jianwen Suo, Lixin Wang, Qingwen Fan, Wenyu Li, Yuanjie Lu
  • Patent number: 11120766
    Abstract: An embodiment of an electronic processing system may include an application processor, persistent storage media communicatively coupled to the application processor, a graphics subsystem communicatively coupled to the application processor, an object space adjuster communicatively coupled to the graphics subsystem to adjust an object space parameter based on a screen space parameter, and a sample adjuster communicatively coupled to the graphics subsystem to adjust a sample parameter of the graphics subsystem based on a detected condition. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Feng, Altug Koker, Tomasz Janczak, Andrew T. Lauritzen, David M. Cimini, Nikos Kaburlasos, Joydeep Ray, John H. Feit, Travis T. Schluessler, Jacek Kwiatkowski, Philip R. Laws, Devan Burke, Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, Abhishek R. Appu
  • Patent number: 11113835
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a plant point cloud acquisition, registration, and optimization method based on a time of flight (TOF) camera, which includes the following steps: (1) placing a to-be-tested plant on a turntable, adjusting a view angle of the TOF camera, and aligning the TOF camera with the to-be-tested plant; (2) turning on the turntable so that it rotates automatically, and enabling the TOF camera to acquire point cloud data of the to-be-tested plant at intervals; (3) performing real-time preprocessing on each frame of point cloud data acquired by the TOF camera; (4) performing registration and optimization on every two adjacent frames of point cloud data, and then integrating the data to obtain complete plant point cloud data; and (5) using statistical filtering to remove the discrete noise in the plant point cloud data obtained in the registration and optimization process to obtain final point cloud data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Haiyan Cen, Yong He, Zhihong Ma, Hui Fang
  • Patent number: 11114001
    Abstract: A projector configured to generate a first image and a second image to be displayed by a projection section, the projection section displaying first pixels constituting the first image and second pixels constituting the second image so that the second pixels are shifted with respect to corresponding ones of the first pixels, includes a filter processing circuit configured to execute a filter process of limiting a frequency band of an image signal of an input image with a one-dimensional filter to generate an intermediate image, an image expanding circuit configured to expand the intermediate image to generate a second expanded image, and an image dividing circuit configured to divide some of second expanded pixels constituting the second expanded image into the first image and the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO ESPON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Manabu Saigo
  • Patent number: 11113845
    Abstract: A system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute information and/or spatial for a point cloud and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute and/or spatial information for the point cloud. To compress the attribute and/or spatial information, the encoder is configured to convert a point cloud into an image based representation. Also, the decoder is configured to generate a decompressed point cloud based on an image based representation of a point cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandros Tourapis, Khaled Mammou, Yeping Su, Fabrice A. Robinet, David W. Singer
  • Patent number: 11113524
    Abstract: A method includes identifying a real-world object in a scene viewed by a camera of a user device, matching the real-world object with a tagged object based at least in part on image recognition and a sharing setting of the tagged object, the tagged object having been tagged with a content item, providing a notification to a user of the user device that the content item is associated with the real-world object, receiving a request from the user for the content item, and providing the content item to the user. A computer readable storage medium stores one or more computer programs, and an apparatus includes a processor-based device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Glenn Black