Patents Examined by Jeffrey A Brier
  • Patent number: 11074672
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of processing and displaying images captured using an in vivo capsule camera are disclosed. One or more overlapped areas between a target image and each image in a neighboring image group are determined, which comprises at least two neighboring images around the target image. Marked pixels in the target image are then determined, where a pixel in the target image is designated as a marked pixel if the pixel is within an overlapped area between the target image and at least one neighboring image. If the total number of the marked pixels in the target image exceeds a threshold and the number of the marked pixels associated with the overlapped area(s) between the target image and any image in the neighboring image group is below the threshold, the target image is excluded from a set of images to be displayed on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: CapsoVision Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon C. Wilson, Yi Xu, Kang-Huai Wang, Chenyu Yu
  • Patent number: 11049304
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for identifying biases of one or more users during a shared augmented reality session and modifying the display. A first login is detected of an augmented reality. A first set of biases associated with the first user are generated. Visual data is received from a device associated with the first user profile. A masked overlay for display is generated and displayed to the first user based on the received visual data and the first set of biases. A second login of the augmented reality session is received. A second set of biases associated with the second login is generated. In response to analyzing a generated heat map, a positivity score is calculated. Changes are monitored for, in the first set of biases and second set of biases. The masked overlay is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Liam S. Harpur, Lin Sun
  • Patent number: 10978026
    Abstract: The invention includes a method including the steps of obtaining a plurality of images, each of the images in the plurality having at least one corresponding region, generating a merged image, the merged image also having the corresponding region. The step of generating includes selecting an image source from the plurality of images to source image data for the corresponding region in the merged image by comparing attributes of the corresponding regions of the plurality of images to identify the image source having preferred attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Kreeger, Andrew P. Smith, Ashwini Kshirsagar, Jun Ge, Yiheng Zhang, Haili Chui, Christopher Ruth, Xiangwei Zhang, Liyang Wei, Jay Stein
  • Patent number: 10964293
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to managing display hardware for visualizing data a network computer. A modeling engine may provide a data model includes a plurality of data objects and a display model that includes a plurality of display objects that may be based on the plurality of data objects. Action objects may be associated with display objects in the display model. A display engine may display the display model on a hardware display based on context information that includes performance characteristics of the hardware display. In response to a trigger events, action objects may be displayed on the hardware display based on the context information. In response to detecting input signals associated with the action objects the display model may be modified based on the action objects. The modified display model may be displayed on the hardware display based on the context information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Tableau Software, LLC
    Inventors: Vasily Khudyakov, Jewel Loree, Felipe Luis Naranjo
  • Patent number: 10445908
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of handling polygons is disclosed, including polygons which are complex and include degeneracies. The method includes receiving an input polygon with at least one boundary, the at least one boundary having at least one vertex joining edges of the polygon boundary; determining an edge direction for each of the edges; determining a signed exterior or interior angle of each vertex angle wherein, if the exterior angle between the edges is ?pi or pi to within a predetermined threshold, determining the signed angle of the vertex angle including assigning a sign based on the winding of the edges of the polygon boundary, a sequence of angles of polygon vertices which can be directly computed or retrieved from a memory, the geometrical property that all exterior angles of the polygon sum to ?2pi or 2pi, and the known sign of the polygon area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: ELECTRONIC ARTS INC
    Inventor: Ashton Mason
  • Patent number: 10417916
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying contextual correlations of objects of a lateral map (LMAP) display to objects of a vertical situational display (VSD) which includes: receiving a first set of latitude objects of graphic representations of a plurality of conditions on the LMAP display wherein the graphic representations represent a particular condition; receiving a second set of vertical objects of graphic representations of a plurality of conditions on the VSD; and correlating using correlation solutions the first and second set of latitude and vertical objects graphically represented of the particular condition between the LMAP display and the VSD to provide a correlation of both the latitude objects and the vertical objects within the LMAP display for rendering on the LMAP display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Prabhudev Bhuyar, Girish Benakatti, Atmacharan Ajjavara
  • Patent number: 10410050
    Abstract: In a minimally invasive surgical system, a plurality of video images is acquired. Each image includes a hand pose image. Depth data for the hand pose image is also acquired or synthesized. The hand pose image is segmented from the image using the depth data. The segmented image is combined with an acquired surgical site image using the depth data. The combined image is displayed to a person at a surgeon's console of the minimally invasive surgical system. Processing each of the video images in the plurality video images in this way reproduces the hand gesture overlaid on the video of the surgical site in the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Simon P. DiMaio, Tao Zhao
  • Patent number: 9996978
    Abstract: Systems and methods of simulating first-person control of remoted-controlled vehicles are described herein. The system may include one or more of a remote-controlled (RC) vehicle, a display interface, an input interface, and/or other components. The RC vehicle may have an image capturing device configured to capture in-flight images. View information representing the captured images may presented on a display worn and/or otherwise accessible to user. The input interface may allow the user to provide control inputs for dictating a path of the RC vehicle. Augmented reality graphics may be overlaid on the view information presented to the user to facilitate gameplay and/or otherwise enhance a user's experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Logan Olson, Michael P. Goslin, Clifford Wong, Timothy Panec
  • Patent number: 9823816
    Abstract: A display system including a display apparatus and an upgrading apparatus are provided along with a control method. A display apparatus includes an image processor which processes an image signal, a display which displays the processed image thereon, a connector to which an upgrading apparatus comprising at least one upgrading function is connected and a controller which communicates with the upgrading apparatus and controls the display to display thereon a user interface (UI) screen displaying at least one upgrading function list generated by the upgrading apparatus in response to a user selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong-ju Na, Ho-woong Kang, Kil-soo Park
  • Patent number: 9767609
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to determining a pose of a device. One disclosed embodiment provides a method comprising receiving sensor information from one or more sensors of the device, and selecting a motion-family model from a plurality of different motion-family models based on the sensor information. The method further comprises providing the sensor information to the selected motion-family model and outputting an estimated pose of the device according to the selected motion-family model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Ethan Eade, Michael John Ebstyne, Frederick Schaffalitzky, Drew Steedly
  • Patent number: 9613395
    Abstract: Techniques for operation chart rescaling are described. In at least some embodiments, an operations chart is provided that tracks various parameters for an operation. The operations chart can include visual indicia of operation parameters, such as an operation value indicator that indicates a current operation value. A progress indicator can also be included that provides a visual indication of operation progress. In response to a change in an operation value for the operations chart (e.g., a change in data rate), the operations chart can be rescaled to visually reflect the change in operation value. In at least some implementations, techniques are employed to smooth visual movement of chart elements during a rescaling operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Francisco Alvarez Cavazos, Jonathan M. Class, Jordi Mola, Guillermo Ortiz Peña, Benjamin N. Truelove
  • Patent number: 9589377
    Abstract: A real-time spectrum analyzer for measuring time domain data of an input signal includes an ADC, a resampler and a density histogram memory unit. The ADC has a first sample rate and is configured to acquire and digitize the input signal at the first sample rate to provide first samples. The resampler has a second sample rate and is configured to acquire the first samples at the second sample rate to provide second samples grouped in sample sets, where the second sample rate is selected so that each sample set includes an integer number of second samples per an integer number of periods at a frequency of interest of the input signal. The density histogram memory unit is configured to store at least a portion of the second samples output by the resampler for generating a continuous real-time gap-free density histogram corresponding to the time domain data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Keysight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Robin A. Bordow
  • Patent number: 9437047
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method, an electronic apparatus, and a computer readable medium for retrieving a map. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, a picture of a printed map is obtained. A block area surrounded by a road outline in the picture is defined. A map service is queried to find an electronic map having a map area corresponding to the block area according to contents of the printed map. A plurality of 3-D models of a plurality of buildings located in the map area is retrieved. The 3-D models are mapped on the picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Lung Chang, Ruey-Jer Chang
  • Patent number: 9024972
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for receiving measurements from one or more inertial sensors (i.e. accelerometer and angular rate gyros) attached to a device with a camera or other environment capture capability. In one embodiment, the inertial measurements may be combined with pose estimates obtained from computer vision algorithms executing with real time camera images. Using such inertial measurements, a system may more quickly and efficiently obtain higher accuracy orientation estimates of the device with respect to an object known to be stationary in the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew L. Bronder, Michael A. Dougherty, Adam Green, Joseph Bertolami, Robert M. Craig
  • Patent number: 8963949
    Abstract: A method is disclosed that includes receiving multiple sequential images captured by an image capture device. The method includes selecting a subset of the multiple sequential images that are aligned to each other. The method further includes averaging pixel values from each image in the subset of the multiple sequential images to produce a combined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Babak Forutanpour, Jingqiang Li
  • Patent number: 8830235
    Abstract: An irregular connectivity mesh representative of a surface having an arbitrary topology is processed using a non-uniform relaxation procedure. The non-uniform relaxation procedure minimizes differences between vectors normal to faces of pairs of triangles having a common edge and located within a designated neighborhood of a given vertex. The relaxation procedure may be used to construct subdivision and pyramid algorithms for performing processing operations such as upsampling, downsampling and filtering on irregular connectivity meshes. The signal processing algorithms may be utilized in applications such as smoothing, enhancement, editing, texture mapping and compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignees: Alcatel Lucent, California Institute of Technology, Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Igor V. Guskov, Peter Schröder, Wim Sweldens
  • Patent number: 8743147
    Abstract: The present invention provides a character highlighting control apparatus including a character pixel extractor and a highlighting degree controller. The character pixel extractor is configured to extract a pixel corresponding to a character part from input image data. The highlighting degree controller is configured to carry out control in such a way that a maximum emission luminance of a display device is linked with input image data, to thereby selectively increase an emission luminance of an extracted pixel on a display screen and avoid increase of an emission luminance of a background part on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Ozawa, Mitsuru Tada
  • Patent number: 8564623
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing an integrated data visualization interface for multi-dimensional microscopy image and measurement data are disclosed. The integrated data visualization interface utilizes the known dimensional relational relationships between the images to automatically provide synchronized and coordinated visualization and manipulations across multiple related images and measurement data in multiple dataset viewer components (e.g., image grids, browsable image strips, tables, and graphs). Other features of the dataset viewer components are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Molecular Devices, LLC
    Inventors: Avrum I. Cohen, Jerry M. Rubinow, Steven P. Boyd, Arad Shaiber
  • Patent number: 8482582
    Abstract: A system and method for label placement is disclosed that achieves the twin goals of practical efficiency and high labeling quality by employing cartographic heuristics. A caller defines map and label properties. Then labels are pulled within a map boundary. Labels are next ordered by priority in descending importance. The order of testing labels is determined. Attempts are made to move overlapping labels. This is an iterative process; therefore there must be criteria that halt the procedure. Upon reaching an acceptable solution, the label properties are adjusted to reflect the new label placements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Inventor: Theodore J Gelber
  • Patent number: 8451274
    Abstract: A method of displaying characters is adapted to a displaying device. First, the displaying device receives and analyzes a frame to obtain subtitle data including a first character. Then, the subtitle data is analyzed to obtain at least one first location of the first character on the frame. Finally, the first character is displayed at the at least one first location in a first time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Wei-Pung Tsay, Shu-Ming Liu