Patents Examined by Jeffery Williams
  • Patent number: 11704869
    Abstract: Determining GPS coordinates of some image point(s) positions in at least two images using a processor configured by program instructions. Receiving position information of some of the positions where an image capture device captured an image. Determining geometry by triangulating various registration objects in the images. Determining GPS coordinates of the image point(s) positions in at least one of the images. Saving GPS coordinates to memory. This system and method may be used to determine GPS coordinates of objects in an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventors: Leonid I. Rudin, Ping Yu
  • Patent number: 11706403
    Abstract: Based on viewing tracking data, a viewer's view direction to a three-dimensional (3D) scene depicted by a first video image is determined. The first video image has been streamed in a video stream to the streaming client device before the first time point and rendered with the streaming client device to the viewer at the first time point. Based on the viewer's view direction, a target view portion is identified in a second video image to be streamed in the video stream to the streaming client device to be rendered at a second time point subsequent to the first time point. The target view portion is encoded into the video stream with a higher target spatiotemporal resolution than that used to encode remaining non-target view portions in the second video image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventor: Ajit Ninan
  • Patent number: 11706531
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image data encoding/decoding method and apparatus. A method for decoding a 360-degree image comprises the steps of: receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding a 360-degree image; generating a prediction image by making reference to syntax information obtained from the received bitstream; combining the generated prediction image with a residual image obtained by dequantizing and inverse-transforming the bitstream, so as to obtain a decoded image; and reconstructing the decoded image into a 360-degree image according to a projection format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek Kim
  • Patent number: 11703863
    Abstract: Methods and systems for operating a moving platform to locate a known target at an area associated with the target are disclosed. In an example method to locate the target at the area, a first moving platform, configured with a first type of sensor, is caused to move to the area. An attempt is made to locate, via the first moving platform and the first type of sensor, the target at the area. Based on the attempt, a second moving platform, configured with a second type of sensor, is caused to move to the area. The target is located via the second moving platform and the second type of sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Ray Ross, Renato M. Camarda
  • Patent number: 11695936
    Abstract: A method for encoding a multi-view frame in a video encoder is provided that includes computing a depth quality sensitivity measure for a multi-view coding block in the multi-view frame, computing a depth-based perceptual quantization scale for a 2D coding block of the multi-view coding block, wherein the depth-based perceptual quantization scale is based on the depth quality sensitive measure and a base quantization scale for the 2D frame including the 2D coding block, and encoding the 2D coding block using the depth-based perceptual quantization scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Do-Kyoung Kwon, Madhukar Budagavi, Ming-Jun Chen
  • Patent number: 11681944
    Abstract: “Semi-supervised” machine learning relies on less human input than a supervised algorithm to train a machine learning algorithm to perform entity recognition (NER). Starting with a known entity value or known pattern value for a specific entity type, phrases in a training data corpus are identified that include the known entity value. Context-value patterns are generated to match selected phrases that include the known entity value. One or more context-value patterns may be validated based on human input. The validated patterns identify additional entity values. A subset of the additional entity values may also be validated based on human input. Occurrences of validated entity values may be labeled in the training corpus. Sample phrases from the labeled training dataset may be extracted to form a reduced-size training set for a supervised machine learning model which may be further used in production to label data for any named entity recognition application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Shrihari Amarendra Bhat, Sameer Arun Joshi, Ravi Ranjan, Samarjeet Singh Tomar, Harendra Kumar Mishra
  • Patent number: 11678068
    Abstract: Dual cameras that simultaneously capture RGB and IR images of a scene can be used to remove glare from the RGB image, transformed to a YUV image, by substituting a glare region in the luminance component of the YUV image with the pixel values in a corresponding region of the IR image. Further, color information in the glare region may be adjusted by averaging over or extrapolating from the color information in the surrounding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chandrasekhar Nanjegowd, Vivian Dsouza
  • Patent number: 11677926
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for decoding an image. A method includes receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding the image; dividing a first coding block into a plurality of second coding blocks; generating a prediction block of a second coding block based on syntax information obtained from the bitstream; and reconstructing the second coding block based on the prediction block and a residual block of the second coding block, the residual block being obtained by performing a dequantization and an inverse-transform on quantized transform coefficients from the bitstream. The first coding block has a recursive division structure. The first coding block is divided based on at least one of a quad tree division, a binary tree division or a triple tree division.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek Kim
  • Patent number: 11668921
    Abstract: Driving an emitter to emit pulses of electromagnetic radiation according to a jitter specification in a hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging system is described. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes a driver for driving emissions by the emitter according to a jitter specification. The system is h that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of a hyperspectral emission, a fluorescence emission, and/or a laser mapping pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Donald M. Wichern
  • Patent number: 11668919
    Abstract: Driving an emitter to emit pulses of electromagnetic radiation according to a jitter specification in a laser mapping imaging system is described. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes a driver for driving emissions by the emitter according to a jitter specification. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises a laser mapping pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Donald M. Wichern
  • Patent number: 11668920
    Abstract: Driving an emitter to emit pulses of electromagnetic radiation according to a jitter specification in a fluorescence imaging system is described. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes a driver for driving emissions by the emitter according to a jitter specification. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 770 nm to about 790 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Donald M. Wichern
  • Patent number: 11663478
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for characterizing activity in a recurrent artificial neural network. In one aspect, a method for identifying decision moments in a recurrent artificial neural network includes determining a complexity of patterns of activity in the recurrent artificial neural network, wherein the activity is responsive to input into the recurrent artificial neural network, determining a timing of activity having a complexity that is distinguishable from other activity that is responsive to the input, and identifying the decision moment based on the timing of the activity that has the distinguishable complexity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: INAIT SA
    Inventors: Henry Markram, Ran Levi, Kathryn Pamela Hess Bellwald
  • Patent number: 11665306
    Abstract: A camera device for shooting at 360-degree angle and displaying images, and a control system are provided. The camera device includes a supporting platform, a supporting spindle, a supporting base, a rotating shooting bracket, and a video display device. The control system includes at least one wireless communication module configured to receive video data or control commands sent by an external control terminal, a storage module configured to store preset video data, and receive and store the video data transmitted from the wireless communication module, and a control module configured to be in communication connection with the wireless communication module, and the storage module. The control module includes an image processing unit and a display processing unit. The image processing unit obtains the video data stored in the storage module and performs analysis processing on the video data to obtain processed video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: MARVEL TECHNOLOGY (CHINA) CO., LIMITED
    Inventor: Huawei Hou
  • Patent number: 11657208
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory, machine-readable media to facilitate adaptive processing and content control are disclosed. Content composites may be created and configured according to a computational model that may include a hierarchical ordering of the content composites using a hierarchical data structure. The configured content composites may be presented with a graphical user interface of an endpoint device. Metrics of interactions with interface elements corresponding to the configured content composites may be determined using a processing device that monitors inputs. The computational model may be automatically trained using the metrics of interactions to create an adapted computational model. Adapted content composites may be created and configured according to the adapted computational model that may include a second hierarchical ordering using a second hierarchical data structure. The adapted content composites may be presented with the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Pluralsight, LLC
    Inventors: Krishna James Kannan, Nathan R. Walkingshaw, Gilbert Gomez Lee
  • Patent number: 11659144
    Abstract: Identifying a person committing a crime in video data captured by a security device. An information request message identifying the video data and a need for information about the video data is received. When the video data is determined suitable for sharing within a geographic network, an access control of the video data is set to allow a client device registered with the geographic network to display the video data. A display control value of the video data is set to direct display of a label with the video data to indicate the need for the information. A rating of usefulness of the information received from the client device is determined and a first value is added to an account associated with the client device based at least in part upon the rating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Darrell Sommerlatt
  • Patent number: 11652962
    Abstract: A system and method for moving and aligning tandem axle lock pins on a semi-trailer, having a viewer and a remote receiver that are placeable in communication with each other. The viewer is attachable to a trailer so that a camera on the viewer can be positioned such that the trailer slide rail and tandem axle slider frame of a trailer are within the field of vision. The remote receiver may be a smartphone which can access data from the camera so that the user can from a remote location, such as a cab of a tractor, determine the alignment and orientation of the trailer slide rail and the tandem axle slider frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Vanco Products, LLC
    Inventors: John Vanden Bos, Nathan Colvin, Matthew Colvin, Steve Colvin
  • Patent number: 11641464
    Abstract: An example method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current picture of a video and a bitstream of the video, a scaling ratio based on a first window in the current picture and a second window in a reference picture associated with the current picture; resampling the reference picture by using the determined scaling ratio; and performing the conversion based on the result of the resampling, wherein a dimension of the first window is W×H and a dimension of the second window is W?×H?, where W, H, W? and H? are integers, and wherein W, H, W? and H? satisfy a constraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Zhipin Deng, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11635633
    Abstract: A geometric phase optical element and a three-dimensional display apparatus including the same are provided. The geometric phase optical element includes: a liquid crystal layer; a first electrode on a surface of the liquid crystal layer; and a second electrode on another surface of the liquid crystal layer, wherein, when no voltage is applied to the first and second electrodes, the liquid crystal layer is configured such that a phase difference according to an arrangement of the liquid crystal is ? and light transmitted through the liquid crystal layer is diffracted by a first deflection angle, and when a first voltage that causes the phase difference according to the arrangement of the liquid crystal to become ?/2 is applied to the first and second electrodes, the liquid crystal layer is configured such that the light transmitted through the liquid crystal layer is diffracted by a second deflection angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Kim, Soonbum Kwon, Byonggwon Song, Jungkwuen An, Kanghee Won, Hongseok Lee, Jong-Young Hong
  • Patent number: 11627259
    Abstract: A device comprising a circuitry configured to obtain a sequence of digital images from an image sensor; select a region of interest within a digital image of the sequence of digital images; perform motion compensation on the region of interest to obtain a motion compensated region of interest based on motion information obtained from the sequence of digital images and a predefined accumulated time interval; define a mask pattern based on the compensated region of interest; apply the mask pattern to an electronic light valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Markus Kamm
  • Patent number: 11624947
    Abstract: An electronic device and one or more control methods thereof are provided. In one example, the electronic device may include a display device, one or more imaging devices, and a signal processing device. The display device may include a display panel and a non-display area at an edge of the display panel, the non-display area having one or more light-passing structures. Each of the one or more imaging devices may correspond to one of the one or more light-passing structures. Further, each of the one or more imaging devices may be disposed in an internal space of the electronic device. The signal processing device may be connected to each of the display device and the one or more imaging devices. The electronic device may increase an actual screen ratio of a rectangular image displayed on a user-oriented side of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bingyang Liu, Dongchuan Chen, Xueqiang Qian, Dan Wang, Xinli Ma, Hui Zhang