Patents Examined by King Y. Poon
  • Systems, processes, and computer program products for delivery of printed paper by robot
    Patent number: 11119713
    Abstract: Embodiments provide automatic printing and delivery of a printed document from a virtual reality (VR) environment. The printed document may be delivered to the user while preserving the user's immersion within a virtual reality session. A printed-out copy of the document may be physically delivered to the user by a robot. In some embodiments, a virtual reality server may coordinate requests for printed documents, provide print and delivery status updates within the VR space, and control the robot's path to the delivery site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventors: Jacek Joseph Matysiak, Dilinur Wushour
  • Task execution on a graphics processor using indirect argument buffers
    Patent number: 11094036
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to techniques for operation of graphics systems and task execution on a graphics processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michal Valient, Sean P. James, Gokhan Avkarogullari, Alexander K. Kan, Michael Imbrogno
  • Method for guiding pose using augmented reality (AR) apparatus and multimedia device for same
    Patent number: 11080933
    Abstract: An extended reality (XR) device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The XR device is applicable to 5G communication technology, robot technology, autonomous driving technology, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, and a method for controlling the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Joonghee Lee
  • Surface tissue tracking
    Patent number: 11071459
    Abstract: Tissue surface tracking of tissue features is disclosed. First surface imaged features are tracked based on the first and second time spaced images at a first wavelength. Second surface imaged features are tracked based on the first and second time spaced tissue surface images at the second wavelength. Tracking metrics are obtained based on the tracking steps. The tracking steps are combined to provide a combined tracking metric. The combined tracking metric is used in a tissue surface navigation application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Alessandra Di Tullio, Franciscus Hendrikus Van Heesch, Caifeng Shan
  • Analytic image format for visual computing
    Patent number: 11068757
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a storage device and a processor. The storage device stores a plurality of images captured by a camera. The processor: accesses visual data associated with an image captured by the camera; determines a tile size parameter for partitioning the visual data into a plurality of tiles; partitions the visual data into the plurality of tiles based on the tile size parameter, wherein the plurality of tiles corresponds to a plurality of regions within the image; compresses the plurality of tiles into a plurality of compressed tiles, wherein each tile is compressed independently; generates a tile-based representation of the image, wherein the tile-based representation comprises an array of the plurality of compressed tiles; and stores the tile-based representation of the image on the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Christina R. Strong, Vishakha Gupta, Luis Carlos Maria Remis, Kushal Datta, Arun Raghunath
  • Generating body pose information
    Patent number: 11062476
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining a set of images that correspond to a person. The method includes generating a body pose model of the person defined by a branched plurality of neural network systems. Each neural network system models a respective portion of the person between a first body-joint and a second body-joint as dependent on an adjacent portion of the person sharing the first body-joint. Providing the set of images of the respective portion to a first one and a second one of the neural network systems. The first one and second one correspond to adjacent body portions. The method includes determining, jointly by at least the first one and second one of the plurality of neural network systems pose information for the first respective body-joint and the second respective body-joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Andreas N. Bigontina, Behrooz Mahasseni, Gutemberg B. Guerra Filho, Saumil B. Patel, Stefan Auer
  • Laser scanner with enhanced dymanic range imaging
    Patent number: 11054546
    Abstract: A system and method for measuring three-dimensional (3D) coordinates is provided. The method includes rotating a 3D scanner about a first axis, the 3D scanner having a light source, a light receiver and a color camera. A light beams are emitted from the light source and reflected light beams are received with the light receiver. A processor determines 3D coordinates of points on the object based on the emitted light beams and the reflected light beams. For each of the points an intensity value is measured based on the reflected light beams. A color image of the object is acquired with the color camera. The intensity values are fused with the color image to generate an enhanced image, the enhanced image includes color data. Color data is merged with the 3D coordinates of the points. The 3D coordinates of the points are stored with the color data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Ossig, Daniel Flohr
  • Systems and methods to compute the appearance of woven and knitted textiles at the ply-level
    Patent number: 11049291
    Abstract: Systems and methods configured to determine appearance of woven and knitted textiles at the ply-level are presented herein. Exemplary embodiments may: obtain an input pattern of a textile, the input pattern comprising a two-dimensional weave pattern; obtain appearance information, the appearance information including one or more of color, transparency, or roughness; determine ply curve geometry based on ply-level fiber details making up individual plys; generate an image simulating an appearance of the textile based on the two-dimensional weave pattern, the appearance information, and the ply curve geometry so that the image simulating the appearance of the textile takes into account the ply-level fiber details; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Luxion, Inc.
    Inventors: Zahra Montazeri, Søren Gammelmark, Shuang Zhao, Henrik Wann Jensen
  • Method for applying design guides
    Patent number: 11045293
    Abstract: A method for placing and using design guides in a virtual environment for use in dental treatment includes steps of obtaining a 3D representation of a dental setup a patient, obtaining a 2D image of at least a part of the face of the patient, aligning the 2D image and the 3D representation, generating at least one design guide based on facial features in the 2D image, and applying the at least one design guide to the 3D representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: 3Shape A/S
    Inventors: Rune Fisker, Danni Liljekrans, Kristoffer Rath Petersen
  • Laser scanner with projector
    Patent number: 11035980
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) measuring device and a method of operating is provided. The 3D measuring device includes a housing and a processor system including at least one of a 3D scanner controller. A 3D scanner is disposed within the housing and operably coupled to the processor system, the scanner having a light source, a beam steering unit, a first angle measuring device, a second angle measuring device, and a light receiver. The scanner cooperates with the processor system to determine 3D coordinates of an object point. A laser projector includes a second light source and a movable mirror system, the second light source positioned to emit light onto the movable mirror system. The processor system causes the light source to emit light and the mirror to move to generate a pattern on a surface in the environment based at least in part on the 3D coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jens Trollmann, Stefan Mueller
  • Operation mode control system and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 11025795
    Abstract: An operation mode control system includes an obtainment processing portion and a shift processing portion. The obtainment processing portion obtains sound volume data indicating a sound volume level of ambient sound around an image forming apparatus that is operating in a first mode in which all or a part of functions relating to image formation is restricted. The shift processing portion shifts, when a count of a number of times it is determined during a preset specific time period that the sound volume level is a first reference level or more, is a preset specific count or more, the image forming apparatus into a second mode in which it is possible for image formation to begin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Torii
  • Image processing apparatus converting target partial image data to partial print data using first profile or second profile
    Patent number: 11010648
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus performs a first generation process generating first partial print data by a first color conversion process using a first profile corresponding to a first direction, and a second generation process generating second partial print data using a second color conversion process using a second profile. When a color difference is smaller than a reference, the apparatus sets a printing direction to the first direction, and outputs the first partial print data to a print execution unit for printing the first partial print data while the main scan moves in the first direction. When the color difference is larger than or equal to the reference, the apparatus sets the printing direction to the second direction, and outputs the second partial print data to the print execution unit for printing the second partial print data while the main scan moves in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shota Morikawa, Masashi Kuno, Satoru Arakane
  • Optical character recognition parsing
    Patent number: 11003935
    Abstract: A method for image processing is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining an image associated with a check; obtaining target strings associated with a payor of the check and based on a user input; obtaining extracted strings by applying multiple optical character recognition (OCR) processes with different segmentation modes to the image; identifying, using an expandable and sliding window (ESW), matches between the plurality of target strings and the plurality of extracted strings; and selecting a winning match from the plurality of matches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Prosper Funding LLC
    Inventor: Paul Golding
  • Information processing method, information processing apparatus, and storage medium that generate, for each of a plurality of images, reliability information indicating reliability of date and time information, and notify a user accordingly
    Patent number: 10999454
    Abstract: An information processing method includes steps of obtaining a plurality of images and date and time information on the plurality of images, setting, for each of the plurality of images, reliability information indicating reliability of the date and time information as photographing date and time, scoring each of the plurality of images by analyzing, laying out at least a part of the plurality of images on a template based on the date and time information and a score obtained by the scoring, and notifying a message to a user based on the set reliability information. When an image that does not have photographing date and time information is obtained, low reliability information is set to the image. When the image is laid out on the template, the message is notified to a user based on the low reliability information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mizuki Hayakawa
  • Image processing apparatus, method and storage medium
    Patent number: 10999477
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a chromaticity value, which is a measurement result for a sheet to be measured, by using a sensor in which a light source has fixed characteristics; a designation unit configured to designate a condition under which the measurement result is acquired by the sensor; a determination unit configured to determine an optical brightening agent amount contained in the sheet; and a chromaticity value conversion unit configured to convert the chromaticity value, which is acquired by the acquisition unit, by using the condition designated by the designation unit and information about the optical brightening agent amount determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Aya Ito, Tomohisa Itagaki, Takaaki Yano
  • Face syncing in distributed computing environment
    Patent number: 10997763
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for face syncing in a distributed computing environment. In an embodiment, a method comprises: obtaining, by a processor, media assets that include faces of individuals; detecting, by the processor of a mobile device, the faces on the media assets; generating, by the processor, faceprints for the detected faces; clustering, by the processor, the faceprints into clusters; generating, by the processor, a face crop image for each cluster; and sending, by the processor, the face crop images to a network-based, distributed syncing service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin B. Thomson, Eric Circlaeys, Paul M. Bombach, Tony F. Kinnis, Baskaran Subramaniam
  • Emoji recording and sending
    Patent number: 10997768
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to generating and modifying virtual avatars. An electronic device having a camera and a display apparatus displays a virtual avatar that changes appearance in response to changes in a face in a field of view of the camera. In response to detecting changes in one or more physical features of the face in the field of view of the camera, the electronic device modifies one or more features of the virtual avatar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Guillaume Pierre André Barlier, Sebastian Bauer, Aurelio Guzman, Nicolas Scapel, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Medical image processing apparatus and method
    Patent number: 10977837
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to: acquire a series of medical imaging data sets acquired across multiple time phases, wherein the medical imaging data sets are representative of a first body part and a second body part in the vicinity of the first body part, and wherein the first body part and second body part undergo relative motion across the multiple time phases; and automatically determine a viewing surface for rendering a series of images from the medical imaging data sets, wherein the determining of the viewing surface is based on respective positions of the first body part and second body part in each of the series of medical imaging data sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Mohr, Saad Masood
  • Point of scan/copy redaction
    Patent number: 10977614
    Abstract: A method including scanning a document by a scanner to form a scanned document; determining a form of the document; and redacting a cell of the scanned document based upon the determined form of the document to thereby form a scanned redacted document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: TeraDact Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher K. Schrichte
  • Method for transmitting virtual reality image created based on image direction data, and computer readable medium storing program using the same
    Patent number: 10970931
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for transmitting a virtual reality image, a method for reproducing a virtual reality image, and a program using the same. A method for transmitting a virtual reality image includes an operation (S120) of creating an initial image frame by a server, an operation (S140) of determining image direction data corresponding to the initial image frame, an operation (S160) of creating a final image frame by coupling the image direction data to the initial image frame as meta information; and an operation (S180) of transmitting the final image frame to a client through wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: CLICKED INC.
    Inventors: Tae Wook Kim, Ha Ram Lee, Duk Young Jung