Patents Examined by Jerome Grant, II
  • Patent number: 11645776
    Abstract: A system and method for generating recommendations during image capture are provided. The method comprises obtaining a camera live stream from a camera in a user device, the camera live stream including image data of a particular product; determining one or more baseline image features common to images of one or more products of a collection based at least on image analysis of image data of the images of the one or more products of the collection; comparing the one or more baseline image features to one or more image features of the image data of the particular product to generate one or more recommendations; and generating, for display together with the camera live stream on the user device, the one or more recommendations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Shopify Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Lui, Guduru Sai Nihas, Salim Batlouni
  • Patent number: 11640677
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for navigation using planar landmarks. In some implementations, images depicting an area of a property captured by a camera are obtained. Landmarks in the area are identified based on the images. An expected stability for each of the landmarks are determined. A map for the area is generated based on the expected stability for each of the landmarks. The map is transmitted to one or more electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Todd Kerzner, Ahmad Seyfi, Timon Meyer, Donald Gerard Madden, Babak Rezvani, Glenn Tournier
  • Patent number: 11636321
    Abstract: There is provided with a data processing apparatus that carries out a computation corresponding to a neural network containing a plurality of layers. A processing unit includes a plurality of processors that, through pipeline processing, sequentially calculate data of each of blocks, each block corresponding to a part of a feature plane in one layer. A control unit determines a calculation order for the data of the blocks on the basis of structure information of the neural network, and sends a command that controls the calculation order to the plurality of processors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Ariizumi
  • Patent number: 11625589
    Abstract: Residual semi-recurrent neural networks (RSNN) can be configured to receive both time invariant input and time variant input data to generate one or more time series predictions. The time invariant input can be processed by a multilayer perceptron of the RSNN. The output of the multilayer perceptron can be used as an initial state for a recurrent neural network unit of the RSNN. The recurrent neural network unit can also receive time invariant input, and process the time invariant input with the time invariant input to generate an output. The outputs of the multilayer perceptron and the recurrent neural network unit can be combined to generate the one or more time series predictions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Qi Tang, Youran Qi
  • Patent number: 11621792
    Abstract: The current embodiments relate to a real-time automated classification system that uses machine learning system to recognize important moments in broadcast content based on log data and/or other data received from various classification systems. The real-time automated classification system may be trained to recognize correlations between the various log data to determine key moments in the broadcast content. The real-time automated logging system may determine and generate metadata that describe or give information about what is happening or appearing in the broadcast content. The real-time automated logging system may automatically generate control inputs, suggestions, recommendations, and/or edits relating to broadcast content based upon the metadata, during broadcasting of the broadcast content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLC
    Inventors: William R. Beckett, III, Andrew James Barsh
  • Patent number: 11610331
    Abstract: Provided is a method of generating data for estimating a three-dimensional (3D) pose of an object included in an input image, the method including acquiring the input image including at least one moving object, estimating location information about each joint of a plurality of joints of the object included in the input image using a prediction model pretrained to estimate the location information about each joint of the plurality of joints of the object, and generating animation data that represents a movement of the object based on the estimated location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: LINE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suntae Kim, Dong Hyun Hwang, Nicolas Monet, Soonmin Bae
  • Patent number: 11610389
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for positioning a key point, a device, and a storage medium are provided. The method may include: extracting a first feature map and a second feature map of a to-be-positioned image, the first feature map and the second feature map being different feature maps; determining, based on the first feature map, an initial position of a key point in the to-be-positioned image; determining, based on the second feature map, an offset of the key point; and adding the initial position of the key point with the offset of the key point to obtain a final position of the key point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Wang, Zipeng Lu, Hao Sun, Hongwu Zhang, Shilei Wen, Errui Ding
  • Patent number: 11610438
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an information management unit that registers boarding information on users regarding boarding and biometrics information on the users acquired by a check-in procedure of the users in association with each other; and a comparison unit that compares target biometrics information, which is biometrics information acquired in a procedure up to the boarding for one of the users, with registered biometrics information, which is the biometrics information registered by the information management unit, and the comparison unit selects the registered biometrics information to be compared with the target biometrics information based on status regarding the procedure up to the boarding of the user corresponding to the registered biometrics information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Sakaguchi, Tomohiro Hatae, Cheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11595623
    Abstract: A system and method for image recognition registration of an athlete into a sporting event. The athlete is registered in the sporting event using image recognition technology. A digital commencement image of the athlete taken by a camera (106) as the athlete crosses a starting line. The digital commencement image is compared with a stored profile image of the athlete to identify the athlete and enter them into the event without the need for the athlete to pre-register for the particular event. Enhanced recognition techniques incorporating pattern recognition may be used to increase identity accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: Todd Martin
  • Patent number: 11592400
    Abstract: Inspection data that corresponds to potential defects of an object may be received. A first set of locations of first potential defects can be identified. The first set of locations of the first potential defects can be imaged with a review tool to obtain a first set of review images. The first potential defects can be classified based on the first set of review images to obtain first classification results of the first potential defects. An instruction can be determined for the review tool based on the first classification results, the instruction being associated with detecting potential defects. Using the instruction, a second set of locations of second potential defects of the plurality of potential defects to be imaged with the review tool can be identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials Israel Ltd.
    Inventors: Saar Shabtay, Moshe Amzaleg, Zvi Goren
  • Patent number: 11587241
    Abstract: A technique for detecting an environmental change to a delivery zone via an unmanned aerial vehicle includes obtaining an anchor image and an evaluation image, each representative of the delivery zone, providing the anchor image and the evaluation image to a machine learning model to determine an embedding score associated with a distance between representations of the anchor image and the evaluation image within an embedding space, and determining an occurrence of the environmental change to the delivery zone when the embedding score is greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Wing Aviation LLC
    Inventors: Ali Shoeb, Dinuka Abeywardena
  • Patent number: 11580662
    Abstract: An example method includes causing a light projecting system of a distance sensor to project a three-dimensional pattern of light onto an object, wherein the three-dimensional pattern of light comprises a plurality of points of light that collectively forms the pattern, causing a light receiving system of the distance sensor to acquire an image of the three-dimensional pattern of light projected onto the object, causing the light receiving system to acquire a two-dimensional image of the object, detecting a feature point in the two-dimensional image of the object, identifying an interpolation area for the feature point, and computing three-dimensional coordinates for the feature point by interpolating using three-dimensional coordinates of two points of the plurality of points that are within the interpolation area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Magik Eye Inc.
    Inventor: Akiteru Kimura
  • Patent number: 11582355
    Abstract: Data corresponding to an image selected by a user is transmitted to a printing apparatus by a program being executed, and it is determined whether printing based on the data has been completed by the printing apparatus. Then, an input screen for the user to input a rating of the program is displayed on a display used by an information processing apparatus on a condition that the printing has been determined as having been completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koji Ito
  • Patent number: 11580360
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for detecting intermediate reinforcement learning goals. One of the methods includes obtaining a plurality of demonstration sequences, each of the demonstration sequences being a sequence of images of an environment while a respective instance of a reinforcement learning task is being performed; for each demonstration sequence, processing each image in the demonstration sequence through an image processing neural network to determine feature values for a respective set of features for the image; determining, from the demonstration sequences, a partitioning of the reinforcement learning task into a plurality of subtasks, wherein each image in each demonstration sequence is assigned to a respective subtask of the plurality of subtasks; and determining, from the feature values for the images in the demonstration sequences, a respective set of discriminative features for each of the plurality of subtasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Pierre Sermanet
  • Patent number: 11574482
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to estimating grouped observations. In some implementations, a method includes detecting a license plate of a vehicle. The method further includes capturing a plurality of images of the license plate. The method further includes computing candidate regions associated with the license plate based on the images of the license plate. The method further includes computing candidate characters of the license plate based on the candidate regions and the images of the license plate. The method further includes selecting target characters from the candidate characters based on one or more predetermined selection criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nishimura, Nikolaos Georgis
  • Patent number: 11574477
    Abstract: In implementations for highlight video generated with adaptable multimodal customization, a multimodal detection system tracks activities based on poses and faces of persons depicted in video clips of video content. The system determines a pose highlight score and a face highlight score for each of the video clips that depict at least one person, the highlight scores representing a relative level of the interest in an activity depicted in a video clip. The system also determines pose-based emotion features for each of the video clips. The system can detect actions based on the activities of the persons depicted in the video clips, and detect emotions exhibited by the persons depicted in the video clips. The system can receive input selections of actions and emotions, and filter the video clips based on the selected actions and emotions. The system can then generate a highlight video of ranked and filtered video clips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Gang Wu, Viswanathan Swaminathan, Uttaran Bhattacharya, Stefano Petrangeli
  • Patent number: 11574481
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting blockages in images are described. An example method may include receiving a plurality of images captured by a camera installed on an apparatus. The method may include identifying one or more candidate blocked regions in the plurality of images. Each of the candidate blocked regions may contain image data caused by blockages in the camera's field-of-view. The method may further include assigning scores to the one or more candidate blocked regions based on relationships among the one or more candidate blocked regions in the plurality of images. In response to a determination that one of the scores is above a predetermined blockage threshold, the method may include generating an alarm signal for the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaoyan Mu, Xiaohan Hu
  • Patent number: 11568675
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated makeup application allow a user to select and apply desired makeup styles to the user's face. The systems and methods include a computer application with a graphical user interface which allows selection of a look from a plurality of preconfigured looks. A camera coupled with a robotic arm records a face map and color coding and sends that data to be stored on a virtual server database. The application calculates formula quantity and a pump extracts desired formula amounts from appropriate formula cartridges which it releases into reservoirs on the robotic arm's head. An airbrush compressor mixes the formula and plug triggers release one of several airbrush nozzles to start spraying the user's face with formula. A cleaning mechanism is provided between makeup applications and after the final application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventor: Elizabeth Whitelaw
  • Patent number: 11568655
    Abstract: Autonomous driving system methods and devices which trigger vehicular actions based on the monitoring of one or more occupants of a vehicle are presented. The methods, and corresponding devices, may include identifying a plurality of features in a plurality of subsets of image data detailing the one or more occupants; tracking changes over time of the plurality of features over the plurality of subsets of image data; determining a state, from a plurality of states, of the one or more occupants based on the tracked changes; and triggering the vehicular action based on the determined state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min-An Chao, Neslihan Kose Cihangir, Rafael Rosales
  • Patent number: 11564767
    Abstract: A spinal disorder diagnosis and treatment planning system is provided. The diagnosis and treatment planning system includes a mixed reality holographic display including at least one processor, at least one camera, at least one sensor, and being configured to acquire data points corresponding to a surface of a body adjacent to vertebral tissue. A computer database is configured to transmit imaging of the body including the vertebral tissue to the mixed reality holographic display. The mixed reality holographic display is configured to display a first holographic image of the vertebral tissue superimposed with a body image including the surface. Methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerald Redmond, Thomas A. Carls