Patents Examined by Jayanti K. Patel
  • Patent number: 12294690
    Abstract: A naked-eye 3D display film structure includes a polarization component and a light column lens assembly overlaid on the polarization component. The light column lens assembly has multiple arc-column-shaped lenses sequentially connected with each other. A hetero-component is disposed between each two adjacent arc-column-shaped lenses. The arc-column-shaped lenses and the hetero-components are sequentially connected with each other and periodically arranged. The hetero-components serve to enhance the intensity of the emergent light outgoing from the gaps periodically arranged between the arc-column-shaped lenses and destruct the forming condition of the Moiré pattern so as to reduce the periodical contrast of the emergent light of the respective arc-column-shaped lenses. Accordingly, the naked-eye observation 3D image quality and effect are enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Inventor: He-Yuan Jiang
  • Patent number: 12289456
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for video coding of chroma coded in derived-mode Intra prediction are disclosed. If derived-mode (DM) Intra prediction is selected for a current chroma block, a corresponding luma block area is determined by locating a first upper-left pixel address of the corresponding luma block area corresponding to that of the current chroma block. Further, one or more candidate luma coding modes are determined from a sub-block set consisting of one or more sub-blocks of the corresponding luma block area, where if the sub-block set consists of only one sub-block, the sub-block set excludes a corner sub-block located at a top-left corner of the corresponding luma block area. Additionally, a current chroma Intra mode for the current chroma block is derived based on information comprising the candidate luma coding modes, and Intra-prediction encoding or decoding is applied to the current chroma block using the current chroma Intra mode derived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: HFI INNOVATION INC.
    Inventors: Jing Ye, Xiaozhong Xu, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 12283177
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for monitoring control. The systems may obtain one or more monitoring images associated with a monitoring region captured by a monitoring device. The systems may determine whether a target event occurs in the monitoring region based on the one or more monitoring images. In response to determining that the target event occurs in the monitoring region, the systems may obtain a target time period associated with operations of a warning light associated with the monitoring device based on at least one parameter of the monitoring device. The systems may control the operations of the warning light based on the target time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianmiao Wang, Fenghai Qian, Feiyue Zhu, Yumin Dong, Yi Wu
  • Patent number: 12283065
    Abstract: A method and system for 3D contour reconstruction of AM parts based on light field imaging, belonging to the field of image reconstruction technology is provided. The method includes constructing an EPI-UNet framework, where a preset light field dataset is used to construct a training set, learning labels from the disparity maps corresponding to the preset light field dataset are obtained, and EPI-UNet framework is trained to obtain a predicted disparity vector with the training set and learning labels. Two mappings including disparity and depth mapping, and disparity and 3D mapping, are established to get 3D contour of the AM part. The experiments of validation for accuracy and 3D contour reconstruction of AM parts were performed. By applying light field multi-view vision to the AM process and combining the rich angle and spatial domain view information of the light field, this disclosure provides a reliable quality assurance for AM monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: WUHAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hui Li, Xiuhua Li, Shengnan Shen
  • Patent number: 12284365
    Abstract: A method including: extracting a set of video features representing properties of a video segment; generating a set of bitrate-resolution pairs based on the set of video features, each bitrate-resolution pair in the set of bitrate-resolution pairs defining a bitrate and defining a resolution estimated to maximize a quality score characterizing the video segment encoded at the bitrate; accessing a distribution of audience bandwidths; selecting a top bitrate-resolution pair in the set of bitrate-resolution pairs; selecting a bottom bitrate-resolution pair in the set of bitrate-resolution pairs; selecting a subset of bitrate-resolution pairs in the set of bitrate-resolution pairs based on the distribution of audience bandwidths, the subset of bitrate-resolution pairs defining bitrates less than the top bitrate and greater than the bottom bitrate; and generating an encoding ladder for the video segment comprising the top bitrate-resolution pair, the bottom bitrate-resolution pair, and the subset of bitrate-resolu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Mux, Inc.
    Inventors: Nick Chadwick, Adam Brown, Jon Dahl, Masroor Hasan, Ben Dodson
  • Patent number: 12278996
    Abstract: Disclosed are a loop filtering implementation method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium. The method comprises: obtaining an picture to be filtered, wherein the picture to be filtered is generated from an original picture during the video encoding of a video to be encoded, the video to be encoded comprises an original picture frame, and the original picture frame comprises the original picture; based on the picture to be filtered, separately obtaining at least two colour components of the picture to be filtered; determining the fusion information of the picture to be filtered, wherein the fusion information is obtained by fusing the at least two colour components; and based on the fusion information, performing loop filtering processing on the picture to be filtered to obtain at least one colour component subsequent to filtering the picture to be filtered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuai Wan, Mingze Wang, Yanzhuo Ma, Junyan Huo, Fuzheng Yang
  • Patent number: 12268574
    Abstract: Intraoral scanning systems configured to perform computer-implemented methods for identifying dental features. The methods may include engaging a trained machine learning network to identify one or more dental features in one or more regions of a patient's dentition. Each of the dental features may be present in at least one of multiple records. Each of the records may include multiple images of the patient's dentition and may be taken with a different imaging modality. The confidence score may be determined or adjusted using a 3D model of the patient's dentition. The confidence score may be determined or adjusted based on the region of the patient's dentition within each record. The methods may include displaying an indicator of each dental feature that has a confidence score that is above a threshold on the 3D model of the patient's dentition, and modifying the display as a user adjusts the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Sabina, Avi Kopelman, Eric Kuo, Gilad Elbaz, Assaf Weiss, Doron Malka, Ofer Saphier, Eliahou Franklin Nizard, Ido Tishel, Shai Ayal, Maayan Moshe
  • Patent number: 12269169
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for managing simulated environments are described. A simulated environment is accessed which represents a physical environment, and representations of objects are included, maintained, or removed in the simulated environment based on whether objects are represented in image data of the physical environment, and based on whether objects are occluded by other objects in the image data of the physical environment. Future occlusion can also be predicted based on motion paths of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan McCully Moore, Emma Amelia Fajeau
  • Patent number: 12273497
    Abstract: A system for determining the distance, D between an object and a base line B, which is a line between a first camera's and a second camera's centres. The system comprises a first camera, a second camera and a processing system configured to receive data from the first camera and the second camera and to determine the position of an object, wherein the first and second cameras are oriented with their optical axes an angle ? to the base line, wherein ? is substantially non-right angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: BIOSECO SP. Z O.O.
    Inventors: Dawid Gradolewski, Adam Jaworski, Damian Dziak, Damian Kaniecki, Wlodek Kulesza
  • Patent number: 12273529
    Abstract: An image decoding method includes a step of deriving a modified transform coefficient, wherein the step of deriving the modified transform coefficient includes the steps of: deriving a first variable indicating whether the transform coefficient exists in an area excluding a DC location of the current block; parsing an LFNST index based on the derivation result; and deriving the modified transform coefficient based on the LFNST index and an LFNST matrix, and based on the fact that the current block is divided into a plurality of sub-partition blocks, the LFNST index can be parsed without deriving the first variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Jaehyun Lim, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12265212
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) microscope includes various insertable components that facilitate multiple imaging and measurement capabilities. These capabilities include Nomarski imaging, polarized light imaging, quantitative differential interference contrast (q-DIC) imaging, motorized polarized light imaging, phase-shifting interferometry (PSI), and vertical-scanning interferometry (VSI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corporation
    Inventors: James Jianguo Xu, Ken Kinsun Lee, Rusmin Kudinar, Ronny Soetarman, Hung Phi Nguyen, Zhen Hou
  • Patent number: 12262127
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to perceiving scene features using event sensors and image sensors. Paths may be scanned across objects in a scene with one or more beams. Images of the scene may be captured with frame cameras. Events may be generated based on detection of beam reflections that correspond to the objects. Trajectories may be based on the paths and the events. A distribution of intensity associated with the trajectories may be determined based on the energy associated with the traces in the images. Centroids for the trajectories may be determined based on the distribution of the intensity of energy, a resolution of the frame cameras, or timestamps associated with the events. Enhanced trajectories may be generated based on the centroids such that the enhanced trajectories may be provided to a modeling engine that executes actions based on the enhanced trajectories and the objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Summer Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerard Dirk Smits, Steven Dean Gottke
  • Patent number: 12244798
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes image processing circuitry to determine an uncovered region of a background image in a current video frame relative to the background image in a previous video frame, the uncovered region obscured in the previous video frame by a first foreground region of the previous video frame, and the uncovered region uncovered in the current video frame based on movement of a second foreground region in the current video frame relative to the first foreground region of the previous video frame, and encoder circuitry to generate an updated frame portion by encoding the second foreground region and dirty blocks of the background image corresponding to the uncovered region without encoding static blocks of the background image, the static blocks not corresponding to the uncovered region, and store the updated frame portion in the at least one memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Stanley Baran, Satish Kumar Bhrugumalla, Kristoffer Fleming, Charu Srivastava, James Holland, Jong Dae Oh
  • Patent number: 12244970
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by at least one scene camera of a plurality of scene cameras mounted on a vehicle. The method includes: providing camera poses of respective scene cameras of the plurality of scene cameras relative to a reference coordinate system associated with the vehicle, providing user attention data related to a user captured by an information capturing device, providing at least one attention direction relative to the reference coordinate system from the user attention data, determining at least one of the scene cameras among the plurality of scene cameras according to the at least one attention direction and the respective camera pose of the at least one of the scene cameras, and providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by the at least one of the scene cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lejing Wang, Thomas Alt
  • Patent number: 12238334
    Abstract: Measures are provided to encode a signal. An input frame (102) is received and down-sampled to obtain a down-sampled frame (103). The down-sampled frame (103) is passed to an encoding module (104) which encodes the down-sampled frame (103) to generate an encoded frame (105). A decoded frame is obtained from a decoding module (106) which generates the decoded frame by decoding the encoded frame (105). A set of residual data (113) is generated by taking a difference between the decoded frame and the down-sampled frame (103) and is encoded to generate a set of encoded residual data. The encoding comprises transforming the set of residual data into a transformed set of residual data. The set of encoded residual data is output to a decoder to enable the decoder to reconstruct the input frame. Measures are also provided to decode a signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: V-NOVA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Guido Meardi, Ivan Damnjanovic
  • Patent number: 12238266
    Abstract: A generation apparatus includes following units. A first acquisition unit acquires a first virtual viewpoint image generated based on a plurality of images captured by a plurality of image capturing apparatuses, and a first virtual viewpoint in a three-dimensional space including an image capturing space captured by the plurality of image capturing apparatuses. A second acquisition unit acquires a second virtual viewpoint image generated based on the plurality of captured images, and a second virtual viewpoint arranged with respect to a predetermined surface in the three-dimensional space and the first virtual viewpoint. A generation unit generates a third virtual viewpoint image corresponding to the first virtual viewpoint and including an image indicating a state where an object in the image capturing space is reflected on the predetermined surface, based on the first virtual viewpoint image, and the second virtual viewpoint image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazufumi Onuma
  • Patent number: 12231627
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present invention includes: a step for determining a reference sample line of a current block; a step for determining whether candidate intra-prediction modes identical to the intra-prediction mode of the current block exist; a step for deriving the intra-prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the determination; and a step for performing intra-prediction on the current block on the basis of the reference sample line and the intra-prediction mode. Here, at least one of the candidate intra prediction modes may be derived by adding or subtracting an offset to or from the maximum value among the intra-prediction mode of a neighboring block that is above the current block and the intra-prediction mode of a neighboring block that is to the left of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Bae Keun Lee
  • Patent number: 12231688
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document may include the steps of: deriving the position of the final significant coefficient in the current block and transform coefficients for the current block on the basis of residual information; determining whether the index of a sub-block including the final significant coefficient is 0 and whether the position of the final significant coefficient in the sub-block is greater than 0; determining whether a significant coefficient exists in a second area excluding a first area at the upper left end of the current block; and parsing an LFNST index from a bitstream when the position of the final significant coefficient is determined to be greater than 0 in the sub-block in which the index is 0, and the significant coefficient does not exist in the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Seunghwan Kim, Jaehyun Lim
  • Patent number: 12225197
    Abstract: A point cloud coding method, including: partitioning a point cloud, and determining a current coding block; determining a quantization parameter optimization enable identifier, a hierarchical level index, and a quantization parameter offset parameter of the current coding block; determining, according to the hierarchical level index and the quantization parameter offset parameter, a quantization step Qstep corresponding to a level of detail; and upon detecting that the quantization parameter optimization enable identifier is a first value, performing operations for one or more points included in the current coding block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Yuan, Xiaohui Wang, Ming Li, Lu Wang, Qi Liu
  • Patent number: 12219157
    Abstract: A video decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure includes deriving one of a plurality of cross-component linear model (CCLM) prediction mode as a CCLM prediction mode of the current chroma block, deriving a sample number of neighboring chroma samples of the current chroma block based on the CCLM prediction mode of the current chroma block, a size of the current chroma block, and a specific value; deriving the neighboring chroma samples of the sample number, calculating CCLM parameters based on the neighboring chroma samples and the down sampled neighboring luma samples, deriving prediction samples for the current chroma block based on the CCLM parameters and the down sampled luma samples and generating reconstructed samples for the current chroma block based on the prediction samples, wherein the specific value is derived as 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS
    Inventors: Jangwon Choi, Jin Heo, Seunghwan Kim, Sunmi Yoo, Ling Li, Jungah Choi