Patents Examined by Jared Walker
  • Patent number: 12660102
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle player with optimized applicability including a main body that includes a screen member, a control board member and a bracket member, the screen member electrically connected to the control board member and including an upper installation portion and a lower installation portion respectively arranged on a top end and a bottom end of a rear side thereof; the control board member installed on one of the upper and lower installation portions and the bracket member installed on the other of the upper and lower installation portions. Such improved vehicle player can freely disassemble and assemble the bracket member so that a single spindle structure and a corresponding combination double spindle structure can be switched. In addition, the main body is equipped with a detachable casing to further enhance the adaptability of the vehicle player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: SHENZHEN COROADS ELECTRONICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Jianhong Wu, Wen Lai
  • Patent number: 12659456
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing prediction for encoding or decoding uses intra prediction with sub-partitions. The sub-partitions are oriented either horizontally or vertically and can use wide-angle modes different than that of the video block they originate from. Reference samples for a sub-partition are those of the video block when reference samples for the sub-partition are not available, such as due to direction. In an embodiment, when a sub-partition is square, conventional intra prediction directions are used. Reference samples can be used from a block above and right of the video block or left and below the video block using a mapping along a prediction direction, vertically, or horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
    Inventors: Fabien Racape, Gagan Rath, Fabrice Urban
  • Patent number: 12652384
    Abstract: Intra prediction modes are determined for entry in most probable mode lists for encoding in video encoders and decoding in video decoders. In at least one embodiment, coding modes are derived to determine reference samples to use from inter coded neighboring blocks. In one embodiment, up to five neighboring blocks are used. The reference samples are used in an intra prediction mode to determined prediction samples. The reference samples are used for prediction in encoding or decoding. In at least one embodiment, one of several motion models can be used to extract the intra motion mode. The intra motion modes are used to fill a most probable mode list. The motion model, intra mode, or reference frame can be signaled from an encoder to a decoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
    Inventors: Karam Naser, Franck Galpin, Tangi Poirier, Kevin Reuze
  • Patent number: 12646402
    Abstract: A device may include a housing configured to be worn by a user, a sensor configured to detect a safety event, and a low-power communication module configured to transmit a low-power alert signal to a nearby central. The central may be configured to transmit a higher-power signal to a remote backend in response to receiving the low-power alert signal, initiating a safety protocol, such as a notification to a nearby user of a potential safety event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Arthur Calderon, Matthew David Thomas, Oren Levy, Asif Masood, Wei Wu, Glenn Schultz, Christian Almer, Alona Shykalluk, Dwaine Kenney, Wael Samir Barakat
  • Patent number: 12647604
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reduction of reference data transfer and coding efficiency improvement. The method includes performing pre-analysis on a decimated version of an image, and utilizing the predictions of the pre-analysis to transfer smaller reference area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Hyung Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 12627776
    Abstract: A media device, such as a set-top-box, may receive an indication that a video doorbell on the premises has been activated. The indication may activate an application associated with the video doorbell within the set-top-box. While the application is in use, a communication pathway may be created between the set-top-box and the video doorbell. For example, audio and/or video detected by the video doorbell may be sent, directly or indirectly, via the application, to the set-top-box for display on a television or other display. Furthermore, while the application is in use, user voice data for a user associated with the media device may be captured by a voice-enabled remote control and routed to the set-top-box or smart television and then to the video doorbell for output at the video doorbell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Ramasamy Thalavay Pillai
  • Patent number: 12621415
    Abstract: A system for causing a display of a video on an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) display of a land vehicle; it has a camera for generating the video, the camera for fastening to the vehicle; and a router for communicating with the camera, comprising a wireless input/output interface; and a controller configured to receive via the input/output interface an Internet signal through tethering using a short-range wireless network generated by the portable computer; generate an Internet signal from the local wireless network generated by a portable computer to enable WiFi by the vehicle; transmit a command to the camera to start producing a video and to transmit the video to the router; receive the video from the camera; and transmit wirelessly the received video to an IP address of a web server hosted locally by the router; and a method of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Inventors: Jack Wisnia, Feng Du
  • Patent number: 12615393
    Abstract: A video data processing method, performed by a computer device, includes: obtaining reconstructed video data; obtaining one or more candidate pixel threshold pairs, wherein at least one of the one or more candidate pixel threshold pairs include two candidate pixel thresholds having first relationship that is asymmetric; determining one or more distortion costs associated with correcting a target reconstructed video frame of the reconstructed video data in a target correction mode according to the one or more candidate pixel threshold pairs; screening, according to the one or more distortion costs, a target pixel threshold pair of the reconstructed video data, in the target correction mode, from the one or more candidate pixel threshold pairs; and obtaining a target correction result of the reconstructed video data by correcting, in the target correction mode according to the target pixel threshold pair, one or more reconstructed video frames of the reconstructed video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LTD
    Inventors: Han Zhang, Hongbin Zhang, Wei Kuang
  • Patent number: 12614396
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of providing a proximity warning using a head-worn device. A distance is determined between the head-worn device and a relevant object, such as a cyclist, jogger or vehicle, using image-processing techniques. A speed of the head-worn device is determined using a GPS receiver or other position components located in the head-worn device or an associated user device. A braking distance for the head-worn device is determined based on the speed of the head-worn device, and compared to the distance to the relevant object. A warning notification is provided by the head-worn device if the distance to the relevant object is less than the braking distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Sharon Moll, Tomasz Zakrzewski
  • Patent number: 12607397
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body, a door, at least one camera mounted to the main body and/or the door and at least one computing device. The camera(s) is/are positioned to have a field of view that includes an entrance opening leading to a storage compartment and an interior side of the door when the door is open. The camera(s) is/are configured to capture images of an item being loaded into or being removed from the storage compartment. The computing device(s) can instruct the camera(s) to capture the images, analyze the captured images and determine whether the images contain an object of interest. The computing device(s) can assign a sensed door angle and an object location to images containing the object of interest. The computing device(s) can assign a direction of movement for the object of interest based on the sensed door angle and changes in the object location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Springhouse Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: John Anderson, Tyler Sanborn, Boris Kontorovich, Charles Parks, Jennifer O'Neil, Bryce Copenhaver, Robert Marsh, Travis Ruddy
  • Patent number: 12586380
    Abstract: An image analysis device includes: an image converter configured to generate target image frames based on video image frames captured by a terminal device; a plurality of image analyzers respectively comprising a plurality of image analysis models, the plurality of image analyzers being configured to: generate a plurality of analysis results by analyzing the target image frames respectively using the plurality of image analysis models different from each other, and perform a respective independent analysis scheduling regardless of analysis execution states of other image analyzers; and a security state determiner configured to determine a security mode of the terminal device based on the plurality of analysis results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaemyun Kim, Eunkyung Kim, Dayun Kang, Byeongjoon Noh
  • Patent number: 12581178
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a camera assembly arrangement for a vehicle rear view cover. In an embodiment, the rear view cover comprises a plurality of alignment elements and at least one attachment element, and a camera cradle of the camera assembly comprises at least one attachment arm that secures the camera assembly to the at least one attachment element of the rear view cover. The camera cradle further comprises a plurality of spring elements configured to press a camera module against the plurality of alignment elements of the rear view cover to align the at least one attachment arm of the camera cradle with the at least one attachment element of the rear view cover and to restrict movement of the camera assembly when secured to the rear view cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company Limited
    Inventors: Levente Acs, Thomas Baggi, Francis Charlet, Steve Horne, Mikhail Kudryavtsev, Tobias Schwenger, Thorsten Staiger, Steve Rawding, Wilfried Bonny
  • Patent number: 12563304
    Abstract: A measurement device includes: a vision sensor that is arranged facing an illumination surface of an illumination unit emitting light, and acquires pixel data asynchronously in accordance with the amount of light incident on each of a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally; an imaging control unit that causes the vision sensor to capture an image; and a measurement unit that measures information related to a target object on the basis of the image captured by the imaging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Susumu Takatsuka, Hiroki Tetsukawa, Hidehito Sato
  • Patent number: 12556718
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method includes determining weights of a plurality of channel blocks comprised in a neural network to encode an image, selecting one or more channel blocks from the plurality of channel blocks to encode the image based on the weights and a compression rate of the image, and generating an encoded image by encoding the image using a sub-neural network comprising channels comprised in the one or more channel blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rong Pan, Pei You, Ge Gao
  • Patent number: 12555383
    Abstract: A video surveillance system including a movable video camera, a plurality of stationary video cameras, wherein the movable video camera is geographically dynamic while recording or streaming video, and a video management system comprising a processing unit, and a user screen or display comprising a user interface window. The processing unit is configured to determine a geographical position and a time instant of the movable video camera, and respective geographical positions of the plurality of stationary video cameras, select a subset of stationary video cameras arranged nearby the movable video camera, present a video stream of the movable video camera in a primary tile, present the respective video streams of the subset of stationary video cameras in respective secondary tiles of the user interface window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: MILESTONE SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Oleksii Zatvornytskyi, Peter Posselt Vergmann
  • Patent number: 12548340
    Abstract: According to some embodiments a system is provided. The system comprises a remote monitoring computing system that is configured to receive an alarm signal from a premises monitoring system that is configured to monitor a premises where the alarm signal is associated with an alarm event at the premises, in response to the alarm signal, obtain, from a content storage computing system, metadata corresponding to video provided by a camera at the premises, in response to the metadata, store the video in a data store of the remote monitoring computing system, and enforce an access control policy on the video in the data store where the access control policy restricts access to the video in the data store based on time and a plurality of roles of a plurality of users of the remote monitoring computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: The ADT Security Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence David Folsom, Thomas Nakatani, Susan Carie Small, Dmitry Vaynriber, Thomas Henry King, Mitchell Patrick Smith, Jason Adukuzhiyil George
  • Patent number: 12536627
    Abstract: A method for processing a stream of input images is provided. The method includes receiving a stream of input images, and applying a digital effect to the stream of input images. The digital effect is one or more from the group of: a pan, a tilt, or a zoom, of the stream of input images. The method further includes selecting an analytical projection type, from a plurality of analytical projection types, that maps pixels of the input stream of images to projected pixels of a modified stream of images, generating the modified stream of images, using the selected analytical projection type, thereby correcting a geometric distortion within the stream of input images, while applying the digital effect, and displaying the modified stream of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Karlton David Powell
  • Patent number: 12537953
    Abstract: A method of encoding a video stream in a video encoder is provided that includes computing an offset into a transform matrix based on a transform block size, wherein a size of the transform matrix is larger than the transform block size, and wherein the transform matrix is one selected from a group consisting of a DCT transform matrix and an IDCT transform matrix, and transforming a residual block to generate a DCT coefficient block, wherein the offset is used to select elements of rows and columns of a DCT submatrix of the transform block size from the transform matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2025
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Mangesh Sadafale, Madhukar Budagavi
  • Patent number: 12529618
    Abstract: A system for a PPE device is disclosed that includes an infrared camera that captures an image sequence of a user wearing the PPE device. The system also includes a gas profile generator that analyzes the image sequence and generates a gas profile of the PPE device. The system also includes an analyzer that determines a status of the PPE device based on the gas profile. The system also includes a communication component that communicates the status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Marie D. Manner
  • Patent number: 12531968
    Abstract: An apparatus, such as a doorbell, may include a doorbell housing. The doorbell housing may include a front surface facing exterior of a premises and a rear surface facing interior of the premises. A camera, doorbell activator, motion sensor, and/or light source may be at least partially positioned within the doorbell housing. An antenna may be positioned within the doorbell housing. The antenna may be configured to send a wireless signal comprising data to a data receiving device inside the premises. A reflective member may be positioned within the doorbell housing and configured to reflect at least a portion of the wireless signal that is sent toward the front surface of the doorbell housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Stefans, Michael Rekstad, Henry Homza, Abraham Thomas, Michael Jou, Kenneth Egan, David Urban