Patents Examined by Kenny A Cese
  • Patent number: 11135025
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for assisting in guiding and performing a procedure on a subject. The subject may be any appropriate subject such as inanimate object and/or an animate object. The guide and system may include various manipulable or movable members, such as robotic systems, and may be registered to selected coordinate systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor D. Snyder, Matthew F. Dicorleto, Joseph Moctezuma, David E. Macht, Jeremiah R. Beers, Katherine M. Puckett, Katharine E. Darling, Leonid Kleyman, Dany Junio, Dana Gazit-Ankori, Eliyahu Zehavi, Elad Ratzabi, Aviv Ellman, Timothy M. Conkin
  • Patent number: 11138711
    Abstract: A degradation detection device (10) includes: an image acquisition unit (11) that acquires an image sequence of a detection target; a matching point specification unit (12) that specifies matching points in the image sequence; a motion amount calculation unit (13) that, based on the specified matching points, for each frame that constitutes the image sequence, specifies motion occurring between the frame and a frame immediately previous thereto, and calculates a motion amount for each of the matching points along a time series; and a degraded region candidate specification unit (14) that specifies a region in which degradation has likely occurred in the image sequence, based on the motion amounts of the matching points that were calculated along the time series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Subhajit Chaudhury, Gaku Nakano
  • Patent number: 11134229
    Abstract: A model training method includes: constructing a mapping model between original color information values and standard color information values of images with a coefficient matrix; establishing an objective function of the mapping model based on a regular term of a variable exponent; determining original color information values and standard color information values of a plurality of sample images; and calculating the objective function from the original color information values and the standard color information values of the plurality of sample images to determine the coefficient matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yue Guo, Lei Liu, Yanjun Sun, Qian Zhang, Juan Wang
  • Patent number: 11132808
    Abstract: An OLED display structure, an OLED display device, and a spatial point positioning system and a method thereof are provided. The OLED display structure includes a light emitting layer which has a plurality of pixels, and infrared sub-pixels arranged between adjacent pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoliang Ding, Xue Dong, Haisheng Wang, Yingming Liu, Pengpeng Wang, Wei Liu, Huizhong Zhu
  • Patent number: 11120298
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a computing device includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives an input of tensor data. The processing circuitry sets a window in the tensor data. The processing circuitry compares, for each pair of coordinates in the tensor data within the window, a pixel value at the pair of coordinates with one or more thresholds, and selects a weight value corresponding to a comparison result. The processing circuitry adds the weight values selected for the respective pairs of coordinates to obtain a cumulative value. The processing circuitry derives a value based at least in part on the cumulative value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoki Watanabe, Satoshi Ito, Susumu Kubota
  • Patent number: 11113522
    Abstract: A system and method for matching a pattern may include generating a set of model descriptors representative of segment features of a first imaged object. A set of query descriptors representative of segment features of a second imaged object may be generated. A first model segment may be selected to align with the query segments to determine if any of the query segments correspond with the first model segment based on respective model descriptors and query descriptors. An hypothesis may be generated by computing a transformation to match the selected first model descriptor with a query descriptor. The hypothesis may be validated by a model fitting algorithm when comparing other transformed model descriptors with other query descriptors. Based on a consensus value from the model fitting algorithm, a determination as to whether a pattern match exists between the first and second images may be made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Datalogic IP Tech S.R.L.
    Inventors: Alessandro Franchi, Leonardo Mora
  • Patent number: 11114060
    Abstract: A cursor image detection comparison and feedback status determination method is disclosed. The method is based on a non-invasive data-extraction system architecture, and uses an image processing unit to perform detection comparison on a cursor image shown on an operation screen outputted from a machine controller. The method includes steps of obtaining cursor foreground and background images set by a user, and selecting an algorithm to process the cursor foreground and background images to generate a cursor mask, and reading a cursor image and applying the cursor mask on the cursor image for pattern comparison, transmitting information of a comparison result and a cursor feedback status to a software control system, so as to provide a correction system to perform a cursor process program and check whether the movement of the cursor meet a position controlled by a feedback and correction system, thereby completing closed-loop control for the cursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: ADLINK TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Tung Yang, Wei-Hung Chen, Shih-Hsun Lin, Wei-Jyun Tu, Chun-Hong Liu, Chien-Chung Lin, Chieh-Yuan Lo, Hsiao-Ling Chang
  • Patent number: 11100341
    Abstract: A lane line tracking method and device are provided. The method can include: projecting a lane line detection result of previous K frames preceding a current frame in a camera coordinate system to a world coordinate system, to obtain a first projection result, wherein K is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, and the previous K frames are consecutive K frames preceding the current frame; projecting the first projection result of the previous K frames in the world coordinate system to a camera coordinate system of the current frame, to obtain a second projection result; and determining, in the camera coordinate system of the current frame, lane line groups of the current frame, according to lane line groups in the second projection result of the previous K frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shufu Xie, Yuqiang Zhai, Tian Xia, Yu Ma
  • Patent number: 11080909
    Abstract: An image processing method to reduce access pressure of each image in an image set, where the image processing method includes obtaining a quantity of times each image layer in an image set is accessed, determining one or more first image layers, where a quantity of times the first image layer in the image set is accessed is greater than a first threshold, and the first image layer has at least two child image layers, generating a copy of the first image layer, and modifying some child image layers of the first image layer to child image layers of the copy of the first image layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinhui Cao, Zhe Wang, Jincheng Li
  • Patent number: 11069070
    Abstract: An autonomous store that tracks shopper movements and actions, and performs store cleaning actions based on analysis of shopper activity. Cleaning actions may include disinfecting the store or regions within the store using radiation, fogging or spraying, or ventilation. Cleaning actions may be targeted; for example, zones where shoppers linger or congregate may be cleaned more frequently or intensively, or shelves or items that shoppers touch may be cleaned after these interactions. Shopper activity information may be used to limit the number of shoppers in a store at once, for example by denying entry when the store is at capacity. The density of shoppers in regions of the store may be communicated to shoppers so that they can limit their interactions with other shoppers. Shopper activity history may be used for contact tracing by identifying other shoppers that may have been exposed to an individual who was in the store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ACCEL ROBOTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marius Buibas, Michael Brandon Maseda, Martin Alan Cseh, Samir Singh, Matthew Walker
  • Patent number: 11068976
    Abstract: The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A VIDEO REMOTE DEPOSIT CAPTURE PLATFORM (hereinafter “RDC-Video”) provides a platform for remote deposit by obtaining images of a check from streaming video captured by a video camera, wherein the RDC-Video transforms captured check images and/or entered check deposit information inputs via RDC-Video components into deposit confirmation outputs. For example, in one embodiment, a user may employ a personal computer connected to a web camera, and/or a smartphone with a built-in camera to initiate the remote deposit by holding a check in front of the camera, and the RDC-Video may capture images of the check and send them to a financial institution for deposit processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
    Inventors: Teddy Voutour, Bharat Prasad
  • Patent number: 11069084
    Abstract: An object identification method includes: establishing a training data base including a photographing distance of a training image and a training camera parameter; in photographing a target test object, obtaining a test image, a depth image, an RGB image and a test camera parameter; and based on the training database, the depth image and the test camera parameter, adjusting the RGB image wherein the adjusted RGB image having a size equivalent to the training image of the training database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hsin-Yi Chen, Chia-Liang Yeh, Hsin-Cheng Lin, Sen-Yih Chou
  • Patent number: 11068707
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide a person searching method and apparatus and an image processing device. The method includes: performing person detection on a reference image, determining a query person, and acquiring property information on the query person; performing person detection on at least one video surveillance image, determining all candidate persons, and acquiring property information on all the candidate persons; calculating a match score of each candidate person according to the property information on the query person and property information on each candidate person, and selecting a predetermined number of candidate persons in a descending order of the match scores; and calculating similarities between the query person and the selected candidate persons, and taking a candidate person in the selected candidate persons having a highest similarity with the query person as the query person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiantan Zhu, Zhiming Tan
  • Patent number: 11055521
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus and systems for real-time gesture recognition. One exemplary method for the real-time identification of a gesture communicated by a subject includes receiving, by a first thread of the one or more multi-threaded processors, a first set of image frames associated with the gesture, the first set of image frames captured during a first time interval, performing, by the first thread, pose estimation on each frame of the first set of image frames including eliminating background information from each frame to obtain one or more areas of interest, storing information representative of the one or more areas of interest in a shared memory accessible to the one or more multi-threaded processors, and performing, by a second thread of the one or more multi-threaded processors, a gesture recognition operation on a second set of image frames associated with the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: AVODAH, INC.
    Inventors: Trevor Chandler, Dallas Nash, Michael Menefee
  • Patent number: 11055852
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention is an apparatus which includes at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform obtaining an image for segmentation; forming a trimap of at least a portion of the image, the trimap comprising a three-region map having a definite foreground, a definite background, and an unknown region separating the foreground and the background, said unknown region initially having a preselected width; in a plurality of iterations, changing the width of the unknown region; for each of the plurality of iterations, determining a quality measure; and selecting the width for the unknown region having the best quality measure. The apparatus may also include at least one camera for obtaining the image for segmentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Tinghuai Wang, Lingyu Zhu
  • Patent number: 11055861
    Abstract: A computing system receives historical data. The historical data comprises physical actions taken in an experiment in a physical environment. The experiment comprises user-defined stages. The historical data comprises a recorded outcome, according to user-defined performance indicator(s) related to the user-defined stages, for each physical action taken in the experiment. The system generates, by a discrete event simulator, a computing representation of a simulated environment of the physical environment. The simulated environment comprises processing stages. The system obtains simulation data. The simulation data comprises simulated actions taken by the discrete event simulator. The simulation data comprises a predicted outcome, according to user-defined performance indicator(s) related to the processing stages, for each simulated action taken by the discrete event simulator. The system validates accuracy of the discrete event simulator at predicting the recorded outcome in the experiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammadreza Nazari, Afshin Oroojlooyjadid, Alexander Richard Phelps, Davood Hajinezhad, Bahar Biller, Jonathan Lee Walker, Hamza Mustafa Ghadyali, Kedar Shriram Prabhudesai, Xunlei Wu, Xingqi Du, Jorge Manuel Gomes da Silva, Varunraj Valsaraj, Jinxin Yi
  • Patent number: 11037032
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, methods, systems, and media for detecting the presence of are provided. In some embodiments, a method of detecting an analyte is provided, the method comprising: capturing an image of liquid crystals; determining one or more features based on the brightness of the pixels in the image; providing the one or more features to a trained support vector machine, wherein the support vector machine was trained using images captured of other liquid crystals when exposed to a first analyte and the other liquid crystals exposed to a second analyte; and receiving an indication from the support vector machine indicating whether the liquid crystals have been exposed to the first analyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventors: Nicholas Abbott, Yankai Cao, Victor Zavala Tejeda, Huaizhe Yu
  • Patent number: 11036965
    Abstract: A shape estimating apparatus includes an acquiring unit and an estimating unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire a two-dimensional image. The estimating unit has artificial intelligence, and is configured to provide the artificial intelligence with the two-dimensional image and cause the artificial intelligence to estimate a three-dimensional shape of a subject of the two-dimensional image. A learning result of machine learning performed using learning data containing supervisor data expressing a three-dimensional shape of a sample subject and a sample two-dimensional image obtained by capturing an image of the three-dimensional shape of the sample subject is set to the artificial intelligence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Tanichi Ando
  • Patent number: 11036994
    Abstract: A system may receive video data generated by a camera device positioned in a physical environment. The system may receive electromagnetic (EM) response signals generated by an array of 5G antenna devices. The system may refine the EM response signals. The system may determine location information for a metallic object. The system may generate a movement trajectory of the metallic object. The system may generate a feature vector comprising an aggregation of the refined EM response signals and the movement trajectory. The system may submit the feature vector to a machine learning framework. The system may classify the metallic object as a weapon. The system may generate a virtual render comprising a graphical indication of the metallic object. The system may combine the virtual render with the video input data and display the combined virtual render and video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Paul McCanney, Benjamin Lipczynski
  • Patent number: 11030488
    Abstract: This application discloses a technology for flattening a photographed page of a book and straightening texts therein. The technology uses one or more mathematical models to represent a curved shape of the photographed page with certain parameters. The technology also uses one or more photographic image processing techniques to dewarp the photographed page using the parameters of the curved shape. The technology uses one or more additional parameters that represent certain features of the photographed page to dewarp the photographed page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: VoyagerX, Inc.
    Inventors: Moogung Kim, Kunwoo Park, Eunsung Han, Sedong Nam