Patents Examined by Jianxun Yang
  • Patent number: 12266165
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instruction stored in the memory. The processor is configured to execute the one or more instructions to obtain a subjective assessment score for each of a plurality of sub-regions included in an input frame, the subjective assessment score being a Mean Opinion Score (MOS); obtain a location weight for each of the plurality of sub-regions, the location weight indicating characteristics according to a location of a display; obtain a weighted assessment score for each of the plurality of sub-regions, based on the subjective assessment score for each of the plurality of sub-regions and the location weight for each of the plurality of sub-regions; and obtain a final quality score for the entire video frame, based on the weighted assessment score for each of the plurality of sub-regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wookhyung Kim, Anant Baijal, Cheulhee Hahm, Namuk Kim, Jayoon Koo, Ilhyun Cho
  • Patent number: 12266205
    Abstract: Techniques for evaluating height data are disclosed herein. Height values for a tracked object are obtained over a specified period of time. Clusters including at least one of the height values are generated. The cluster having the largest amount of height values is identified. A height of the tracked object is estimated from the identified cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: SHOPPERTRAK RCT LLC
    Inventor: Zhiqian Wang
  • Patent number: 12266171
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing method including identifying a plurality of real-world objects or a plurality of virtual objects included in an image recognized by a device, obtaining depth information of each of the plurality of identified real-world objects or virtual objects, and outputting light of a virtual image corresponding to the plurality of identified real-world object or virtual object based on the depth information of each of the plurality of identified real-world objects or virtual objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gennadiy Kis, Andrii Bugaiov
  • Patent number: 12260531
    Abstract: A method for training and using a convolutional neural network with images having on-purpose distortion is disclosed. By distorting on-purpose the image to create zone of interest with higher number of pixels, the resulting output from the neural network is improved. The distorted images are created using an imager device either comprising an optical system specifically designed to output distorted images or comprising software or hardware image distortion manipulation algorithm to create the distorted images from normal images. Also described is a method for training the neural network using a distorted image generator from various existing datasets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: IMMERVISION, INC.
    Inventors: Patrice Roulet, Pierre Konen, Pascale Nini, Simon Thibault, Jocelyn Parent, Viacheslav Natashyn, Julie Buquet
  • Patent number: 12254405
    Abstract: Technologies are provided for processing data in neural networks. An example method can include processing, by each layer of a neural network, a row in a first stripe of a data input, the row being processed sequentially in a horizontal direction and according to a layer-by-layer sequence; after processing the row, processing, by each layer, subsequent rows in the first stripe on a row-by-row basis, each subsequent row being processed sequentially in the horizontal direction and according to the layer-by-layer sequence; generating an output stripe based on the processing of the row and subsequent rows; processing, by each layer, a second stripe of the data input, each row in the second stripe being processed in the horizontal direction and according to the layer-by-layer sequence, wherein rows in the second stripe are processed on a row-by-row basis; and generating another output stripe based on the processing of the second stripe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: David Hansen, Alireza Shoa Hassani Lashdan, Sivakumar Chidambaram, Haoping Xu, Jeffrey Kar Fai Wong, Stone Yun, Darren Gnanapragasam
  • Patent number: 12249002
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method that provides watermark-based image reconstruction to compensate for lossy encoding schemes. The method can generate a difference image describing the data loss associated with encoding an image using a lossy encoding scheme. The difference image can be encoded as a message and embedded in the encoded image using a watermark and later extracted from the encoded image. The difference image can be added to the encoded image to reconstruct the original image. As an example, an input image encoded using a lossy JPEG compression scheme can be embedded with the lost data and later reconstructed, using the embedded data, to a fidelity level that is identical or substantially similar to the original.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Innfarn Yoo, Feng Yang, Xiyang Luo
  • Patent number: 12243106
    Abstract: Techniques for building and managing data models are provided. According to certain aspects, systems and methods may enable a user to input parameters associated with building one or more data models, including parameters associated with sampling, binning, and other factors. The systems and methods may automatically generate program code that corresponds to the inputted parameters and display the program code for review by the user. The systems and methods may build the data models and generate charts and plots depicting aspects of the data models. Additionally, the systems and methods may combine data models and select champion data models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Weixin Wu, Philip Sangpil Moon, Scott Farris
  • Patent number: 12236650
    Abstract: In some examples, processing circuitry receives at least a first mesh frame associated with a first time instance and a second mesh frame associated with a second time instance. The first mesh frame includes a first two dimension (2D) map with first patches having three-dimension (3D) information mapped to 2D. The second mesh frame includes a second 2D map with second patches having 3D information mapped to 2D. The processing circuitry identifies that a first patch in the first patches is a reference matching patch for a second patch in the second patches. Further, the processing circuitry determines first re-map transform parameters for a temporal alignment of the second patch to the first patch, and generates a new second 2D map that includes a transformed second patch that is transformed from the second patch according to the first re-map transform parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Tencent America LLC
    Inventors: Jun Tian, Xiang Zhang, Xiaozhong Xu, Chao Huang, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 12236505
    Abstract: A system and method for flood hazard estimation inputs a satellite elevation map and applies a machine learning model to output a geographic map representing flood hazard areas. The machine learning model is trained using a generative adversarial network (GAN) to produce an output of a deterministic hazard mapping algorithm. A GAN objective applies a loss function, reweighted to increase the importance of high hazard areas. The method retrieves a DEM topography file representing elevation data of an identified terrain, and applies a sink-filling algorithm to detect and fill sinks in the DEM topography. The algorithm subtracts the DEM elevation data to generate a filled topography, and identifies flattest regions of the filled topography. The algorithm then generates a flood hazard map by merging the filled topography and the DEM elevation data, using a weighting function that balances the detected sinks and the flattest regions of the filled topography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: BANK OF MONTREAL
    Inventors: Kian Kenyon-Dean, Bo Zhao, Keyvan Kasiri, Yevgeniy Vahlis, Todd Fraser, Lyndsay Morrison, Michael Torrance, Stella Wu
  • Patent number: 12236711
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing a missing child search service based on face recognition using deep learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: OneMoreSecurity Inc.
    Inventor: Min-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 12223724
    Abstract: A fraudulent act recognition device is configured to be operatively coupled to a camera that monitors operation of a settlement terminal by a purchaser. The fraudulent act recognition device includes a controller configured to recognize a commodity registration operation of the settlement terminal initiated by the purchaser. The controller is configured to review imaging data provided by the camera to recognize an action of the purchaser who performs the commodity registration operation. The controller is configured to determine whether an action of the purchaser is indicative of a fraudulent act. The controller is configured to provide a notification in response to a determination that the action of the purchaser is indicative of the fraudulent act.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daisuke Miyagi
  • Patent number: 12219659
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique that combines a 5G communication system for supporting a data rate that is higher than that of a beyond 4G system with IoT technology, and a system thereof. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety related services. Disclosed is a method for causing a cellular network itself to receive provisioning of a SIM profile to make it possible to use a normal cellular network service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngkyo Baek, Duckey Lee, Jonghan Park, Hyewon Lee
  • Patent number: 12211227
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first detector configured to detect an object based on captured image information generated by an image capturing apparatus; a second detector configured to, in response to the object being detected by the first detector, detect a user operation carried out with regard to the object, the user operation involving a change in a state of the object; and a display controller configured to, in response to the user operation being detected by the second detector, generate an image that is associated with the object and the user operation, to display the generated image on a display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kensuke Ueda, Nobutaka Matsushima
  • Patent number: 12202152
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a spatial calibration method and apparatus of a robot ontology coordinate system based on a visual perception device and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining first transformation relationships; obtaining second transformation relationships; using a transformation relationship between a visual perception coordinate system and an ontology coordinate system as an unknown variable; and resolving the unknown variable based on an equivalence relationship between a transformation relationship obtained according to the first transformation relationships and the unknown variable and a transformation relationship obtained according to the second transformation relationships and the unknown variable, to obtain the transformation relationship between the visual perception coordinate system and the ontology coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Wanchao Chi, Le Chen, Yonggen Ling, Shenghao Zhang, Yu Zheng, Xinyang Jiang, Zhengyou Zhang
  • Patent number: 12198341
    Abstract: The present invention provides a personalized registration method for a template library of anatomical morphology and mechanical properties of materials of bone CT images. In the method, a large number of bone CT images of healthy persons are used to build a statistical model capable of containing anatomical morphology and mechanical properties of materials of bones, the parameterized description of bones of a patient is realized by a personalized registration method for the statistical model and bone CT images, a prosthesis template library is built by using images of the patient and registration parameters, and the template library is matched with the CT images of the patient by the personalized registration method to retrieve template images and prosthesis models similar to the bone conditions of the patient from the template library as the initial reference template for design of personalized prosthesis implants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hongkai Wang, Haoyu Zhai, Jinwu Wang, Hairong Tao, Kang Li, Xiao Zhang, Xiaomin Cheng, Moyu Shao
  • Patent number: 12192850
    Abstract: Techniques are described for providing location-based information and functionality to people and computing devices in various ways. In at least some situations, the techniques include enabling multiple people in a common geographic area to interact in various ways, such as via devices capable of communications (e.g., cellular telephones, computing devices with wired and/or wireless communications capabilities, etc.), while in other situations at least some users who are remote from a particular geographic area may be allowed to intercommunicate with one or more other users or other entities in or related to that geographic area. In addition, the techniques include enabling the creation and maintenance of location-based virtual groups of users (also referred to as “clouds”), such as for users of mobile and/or fixed-location devices. Such clouds may enable various types of interactions between group members, and may be temporary and/or mobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Holden, Jeffrey M. Ayars, Gregory J. Conklin, Shafiq Shariff, Nathaniel Blake Scholl, John Kim
  • Patent number: 12190502
    Abstract: Systems and methods for image optimization are provided. The system may obtain an image to be processed. The system may determine a quality feature of the image. The system may input the image and the quality feature into an image processing model. The system may also determine an optimized image of the image based on an output of the image processing model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenjing Cao
  • Patent number: 12169919
    Abstract: A vessel image, which maps a vessel structure, and a device image, which maps a device, are created. A processor, depending on the device image and the vessel image, creates an overlaying image. At least one filter algorithm is applied to the device image, creating a filtered device image. The overlaying image is created by overlaying of the vessel image with the filtered device image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Stefan Böhm, Boris Stowasser
  • Patent number: 12160409
    Abstract: A system and method of anonymization of a face in a set of images by at least one processor, the method including: receiving a first set of images; extracting from the first set of images a first face, depicting a person and having a first set of attributes; and performing a perturbation of the first face to produce a second face having a second set of attributes, wherein the second set of attributes is adapted to be visually perceived by a viewing entity as being substantially equivalent to the first set of attributes, and wherein the second face is adapted to be visually perceived by a viewing entity as not pertaining to the depicted person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: DE-IDENTIFICATION LTD.
    Inventors: Eliran Kuta, Sella Blondheim, Gil Perry, Yoav Hacohen
  • Patent number: 12154279
    Abstract: A system and method for learning temporally consistent video synthesis using fake optical flow that include receiving data associated with a source video and a target video. The system and method also include processing image-to-image translation across domains of the source video and the target video and processing a synthesized temporally consistent video based on the image-to-image translation. The system and method further include training a neural network with data that is based on synthesizing of the source video and the target video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teruhisa Misu, Kumar Akash, Kaihong Wang