Patents Examined by Kent W. Chang
  • Patent number: 11663778
    Abstract: A method and system of generating an image of a subject from the viewpoint of a virtual camera includes obtaining a plurality of source images of a subject and pose data for each source camera or cameras that captured the source images. Virtual camera pose data is also obtained indicating a pose of a virtual camera relative to the subject. Each source image is distorted based on a difference in pose of the corresponding source camera and the pose of the virtual camera. A weighting is determined for each distorted image based on a similarity between the pose of the corresponding source camera and the pose of the virtual camera. The distorted images are then blended together in accordance with the weightings to form an image of the subject from the viewpoint of the virtual camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Damian Hosfield, Nicola Orrù, Ian Henry Bickerstaff
  • Patent number: 11657570
    Abstract: A method of creating a 3D model of a physical object includes adaptively and iteratively generating a number disparity maps from image data representing a plurality of images of the physical object iteratively captured by a plurality of cameras having electrically adjustable focal lengths by varying at least one of the focal lengths of the plurality of cameras and a distance of the physical object from the plurality of cameras during capture of the images until one of the disparity maps is determined to have a least a threshold level of disparity, and converting the one of the disparity maps into the 3D model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Praveen Kumar Pandian Shanmuganathan
  • Patent number: 11574439
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for creating three dimensional models of building objects by creating a point cloud from a plurality of input images, defining edges of the building object's surfaces represented by the point cloud, creating simplified geometries of the building object's surfaces and constructing a building model based on the simplified geometries. Input images may include ground, orthographic, or oblique images. The resultant model may be scaled according to correlation with select image types and textured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman
  • Patent number: 11574441
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for creating three dimensional models of building objects by creating a point cloud from a plurality of input images, defining edges of the building object's surfaces represented by the point cloud, creating simplified geometries of the building object's surfaces and constructing a building model based on the simplified geometries. Input images may include ground, orthographic, or oblique images. The resultant model may be scaled according to correlation with select image types and textured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman
  • Patent number: 11574442
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for creating three dimensional models of building objects by creating a point cloud from a plurality of input images, defining edges of the building object's surfaces represented by the point cloud, creating simplified geometries of the building object's surfaces and constructing a building model based on the simplified geometries. Input images may include ground, orthographic, or oblique images. The resultant model may be scaled according to correlation with select image types and textured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman
  • Patent number: 11551369
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that overcome the limitations of conventional techniques by bridging a gap between user interaction with digital content using a computing device and a user's physical environment through use of augmented reality content. In one example, user interaction with augmented reality digital content as part of a live stream of digital images of a user's environment is used to specify a size of an area that is used to filter search results to find a “best fit”. In another example, a geometric shape is used to represent a size and shape of an object included in a digital image (e.g., a two-dimensional digital image). The geometric shape is displayed as augmented reality digital content as part of a live stream of digital images to “assess fit” of the object in the user's physical environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Preeti Patil Anadure, Mukul Arora, Ashwin Ganesh Krishnamurthy
  • Patent number: 11538218
    Abstract: A system for a three-dimensional reproduction of an off-road vehicle can include camera modules, sensors, interface circuitry, processing circuitry, and memory; the sensor can collect vehicle data and map data; the processing circuitry can adjust the vehicle data and the map data; the processing circuitry can graphically reproduce the off-road vehicle by the adjusted vehicle data and the adjusted map data, and the reproduction is in a three-dimensional representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Varun J. Prabhakar
  • Patent number: 11495191
    Abstract: A display device, an electronic system and a control method are disclosed. The display device includes a memory device. The memory device includes a memory array, an input/output logic circuit and a control logic circuit. The memory array includes a plurality of sub-arrays and each sub-array stores extended display identification data. The input/output logic circuit is configured to receive an identification data request from a host device and determine whether to perform an identification data access process according to the identification data request The control logic circuit is configured to read extended display identification data stored in a target sub-array of the plurality of sub-arrays of the memory array according to memory address information in response to determining to perform the identification data access process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Feng-Yuan Chen, Chou-Chieh Chang
  • Patent number: 11443079
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for generating an interior design pertaining to a floor plan and creating a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the interior design for achieving high quality interior décor for residential as well as commercial properties. An aspect of the present disclosure pertains to a system for generating and visualizing the interior design in the 3D representation that includes a two-dimensional image receive module to receive a two-dimensional input image of the floor plan, a shape determination module to determine shape of a defined space of the floor plan, an object position determination module to determine position of one or more objects in the defined space, an object placement module to place the one or more objects in the defined space, and a three-dimensional representation generation module to generate a 3D representation of the interior design pertaining to the floor plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SNAPTRUDE INC.
    Inventor: Syed Altaf Hussain Ganihar
  • Patent number: 11430195
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus which can improve user-friendliness of a description screen for assembly of parts in creation of a robot. The apparatus performs display control to separately display a plurality of parts for creation of a robot, display a line connecting joint surfaces of the respective parts, and display animation in which the respective parts are jointed in accordance with the line connecting the joint surfaces in assembly order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayaka Satoh, Mitsuo Okumura, Takehiko Sasaki, Masaaki Isozu, Shohei Takahashi, Marika Nozue
  • Patent number: 11402935
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed, which has excellent touch sensitivity due to a corner area of a screen, wherein the corner area is formed to be curved. The display device comprises a substrate including a touch area having a corner touch area; a plurality of gate lines arranged on the substrate in a first direction; a plurality of data lines arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction; a plurality of pixel areas defined by crossing the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines; a plurality of common electrodes arranged to overlap at least one pixel area; and a plurality of touch link lines electrically connected with the plurality of common electrodes and extended in a direction parallel with the first direction or the second direction, wherein, among the plurality of common electrodes, the first common electrodes arranged on the corner touch area have shape different from that of the second common electrodes arranged on the other touch area except the corner touch area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: JunYeob Lee
  • Patent number: 11380283
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus including a flexible display having at least a portion thereof positioned at a first surface of the electronic apparatus and changing in size to be exposed according to driving of a motor, a first sensor configured to sense a pressure applied to at least one of the first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, and a controller configured to sense a first input to at least one of the first surface and the second surface, and, when a pressure corresponding to the first input satisfies a predetermined condition, control, based on the first input, a size of the display to be exposed at the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hongjo Shim, Seounghwan Seol, Youngmo Kim, Sungwook Chang
  • Patent number: 11373577
    Abstract: The present application discloses a shift-register unit. The shift-register unit includes a first sub-unit including a first input circuit coupled via a first node to a first output circuit. The first input circuit is configured to control a voltage level of the first node in response to a first input signal and the first output circuit is configured to output a shift-register signal and a first output signal in response to the voltage level of the first node. Additionally, the shift-register unit includes a second sub-unit including a second input circuit coupled via a second node to a second output circuit. The second input circuit is configured to control a voltage level of the second node in response to the first input signal and the second output circuit is configured to output a second output signal in response to the voltage level of the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: Hefei BOE Joint Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuehuan Feng, Yongqian Li, Xing Zhang
  • Patent number: 11372447
    Abstract: A trigger device is provided. The trigger device includes a controller, a screen assembly, an extendible support assembly operable to support the screen assembly, and a drive assembly operable to drive the support assembly. The drive assembly is provided with a first contact, and the support assembly is provided with a second contact movable relative to the second contact. During retraction or extension of the support assembly, the first contact and the second contact move relative to each other between a contacting state and a separating state. The controller determines whether the support assembly is in the retraction state or the extension state according to the contacting state or the separating state of the first contact and the second contact, so as to control display of the screen assembly. A smart bracelet is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN ROYOLE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Le Liao, Xinyuan Xia
  • Patent number: 11371347
    Abstract: A method for real-time presentation of information to an operator of a mining operation, the information relating to at least a first stone block to be removed from an exploitation site, the method comprising capturing with a camera a video stream of the mining operation of the first block, recognizing the first block in the video stream; extracting image data of the first block from the video stream; determining, based on the image data, at least one parameter of the first block, obtaining, based on the parameter, information related to the mining operation; and visualizing the video stream in real time to the operator on a display, the video stream comprising an image of the first block, wherein visualizing the video stream comprises using augmented reality techniques to visualize the image of the first block in an accentuated manner, and overlay the video stream with the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: MY VIRTUAL REALITY SOFTWARE AS
    Inventor: Urban Mäder
  • Patent number: 11367262
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing an acceleration structure are disclosed. The method includes: determining a position of an entity; mapping the position to a 3D (three-dimensional) voxel grid coordinate in the acceleration structure, which comprises a central grid structure and six additional grid structures each comprising a set of voxels; determining a first offset value corresponding to the 3D voxel grid coordinate that corresponds to either the central grid structure or one of the six additional grid structures; and determining a second offset value corresponding to the 3D voxel grid coordinate that corresponds to a particular voxel within either the central grid structure or one of the six additional grid structures corresponding to the first offset value, wherein data corresponding to the entity is stored in memory a location based on the first offset value and the second offset value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Henrik Halén, David Andreas Brinck
  • Patent number: 11360547
    Abstract: An operating method of the display device includes detecting, through at least one sensor, at least one sensing value corresponding to the at least one sensor, identifying a touch area on the display device that is touched by a mobile device, based on the at least one sensing value, receiving status information about an operation that is being executed by the mobile device, from the mobile device, and performing a function corresponding to the identified touch area, based on the received status information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suhwan Jin, Kunsok Kang, Daeyeon Yun, Seungil Yoon, Eungsik Yoon, Taedon Hwang
  • Patent number: 11360620
    Abstract: A touch display device includes: a touch panel including N touch electrodes; a sensor sensing unit block including M sensor sensing units and to sense two or more touch electrodes among the N touch electrodes; a front multiplexer to select two or more touch electrodes from among the N touch electrodes and connect the selected touch electrodes to the sensor sensing unit block. The front multiplexer is configured to select M touch electrodes, which are disposed in a sensing active region corresponding to a first sensing period, from among the N touch electrodes, and to match and connect the M touch electrodes to the M sensor sensing units, wherein M is greater than or equal to 2, and N is greater than M. The M sensor sensing units are configured to simultaneously sense the M touch electrodes disposed in the sensing active region during the first sensing period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: KiYong Kim, HyeongWon Kang, Youngwoo Jo, HongJu Lee
  • Patent number: 11361726
    Abstract: A display device that achieves both high-accuracy sensing by a touch sensor unit and smooth input using the touch sensor unit is provided. The display device includes a display unit and the touch sensor unit. The touch sensor unit performs touch sensing operation at a different timing from display image rewriting by the display unit, whereby the high-accuracy sensing can be achieved. The display unit has a function of rewriting a display image only in a region that needs to be rewritten. In the case where the entire display region is not necessarily rewritten, the time for the sensing operation by the touch sensor unit can be lengthened, whereby the smooth input can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Kouhei Toyotaka, Kei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11353923
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present invention, a head mounting device (HMD) may comprise: a facial wearing part which is worn on a user's face and outputs an image to both of a user's eyes; a wearing band part mounted on an upper side of the facial wearing part; and a support part which is mounted on the wearing band part to support a user's head, wherein the facial wearing part may comprise a housing in which an optical device is disposed, a guide member which extends over a first surface of the housing and is formed corresponding to a contour of the user's face, and a fixing plate which is mounted on the housing with a part of the guide member interposed between the fixing plate and the housing so as to fix the guide member to the housing. The head mounting device as mentioned above can be various according to embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventors: Jae-Uk Han, Sung-Min Kim