Patents Examined by Luis Perez Fuentes
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Patent number: 11756331Abstract: A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a body, an image sensor and a main system. The image sensor continually captures a first image outside the body, detects at least one motion of a user according to the first image, and generates a control signal related to the motion. The main system receives the control signal from the image sensor and executes a function or a service corresponding to the motion according to the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.Inventors: Guo-Zhen Wang, Han-Chang Lin
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Patent number: 11750782Abstract: Systems and methods of enhancing images use a contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization (CLAHE) algorithm in a field programmable gate array (FPGA). The images may be obtained by the imaging elements of a multiple imaging elements endoscope of an endoscopy system.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: EndoChoice, Inc.Inventors: Itay Sidar, Tal Davidson, Achia Kronman, Lior Mor, Idan Levy
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Patent number: 11741570Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing device. The image processing device includes an input unit, and a processor which retargets an image frame input through the input unit and acquires an output image frame, wherein the processor identifies an area, in which pixel values are to be padded, on the basis of the input image frame and information about the output image frame, identifies a first pixel block on the basis of a target pixel area included in the identified area, identifies a second pixel block on the basis of pixel values included in the first pixel block, and pads the target pixel area on the basis of pixel values included in the second pixel block, so as to able to acquire the output image frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONInventors: Hyungjun Lim, Suk Ju Kang, Sung In Cho, Youngsu Moon, Seung Joon Lee, Siyeong Lee
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Patent number: 11729398Abstract: When intra prediction is to be used, an encoder determines whether an adaptive basis selection mode is to be used and whether a size of the current block matches a determined size. When the adaptive basis selection mode is to be used and the size matches the determined size, the encoder fixes the first transform basis for the current block to a first determined transform basis in the adaptive basis selection mode, and generates first transform coefficients by performing first transform of residual signals of the current block using the first determined transform basis; quantizes the first transform coefficients when an intra prediction mode for the current block is a determined mode; and generates second transform coefficients by performing second transform of the first transform coefficients using a second transform basis, and quantizes the second transform coefficients, when the intra prediction mode is not the determined mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Masato Ohkawa, Hideo Saitou, Tadamasa Toma, Takahiro Nishi, Kiyofumi Abe, Ryuichi Kanoh
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Patent number: 11722665Abstract: An image signal decoding method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: splitting a current picture into a plurality of tiles; decoding split information indicating a slice type, wherein the split information indicates whether a rectangular slice is to be applied; and when the split information indicates that the rectangular slice is to be applied, determining a slice on the basis of information indicating the size of a slice.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: XRIS CORPORATIONInventor: Bae Keun Lee
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Patent number: 11722660Abstract: An example method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a current picture of a video and a bitstream of the video, whether to disable a coding tool for the current block; and performing the conversion based on the determining, wherein the coding tool is disabled when a dimension of a reference picture of one or more reference pictures of the current block is different from a dimension of the current picture, or a dimension of a scaling window in a reference picture of one or more reference pictures of the current block is different from a dimension of a scaling window in the current picture.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu
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Patent number: 11722697Abstract: A method for forming a combined image frame of a combined video stream comprises: capturing image frames of first and second video streams; encoding image data of the image frames of the first and second video streams, wherein each image frame of the first and second video streams are respectively encoded into first and second encoded data comprising a plurality of rows wherein each row has a height of a single coding unit and a width equal to a width of the image frame and is encoded as one or more slices; and combining the first and second encoded data into combined encoded data by interleaving rows of the first and second encoded data. The combined encoded data representing the combined image frame of the combined video stream.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Axis ABInventors: Viktor Edpalm, Alexander Toresson, Johan Palmaeus, Jonas Cremon
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Patent number: 11711541Abstract: According to the present invention, an image encoding/decoding method comprises the steps of: performing an intra prediction on a current block so as to generate a prediction block; performing filtering on a filtering target pixel in the prediction block on the basis of the intra prediction mode of the current block so as to generate a final prediction block; and generating a reconstructed block on the basis of a reconstructed differential block corresponding to the current block and on the final prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jin Ho Lee, Hui Yong Kim, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim
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Patent number: 11711539Abstract: An index, indicating a vector representing a spatial relationship between a block to be encoded and at least one block spatially at the periphery of the block to be encoded, is encoded in a case where an coding mode to encode the block to be encoded is a first coding mode, and an index, indicating a vector representing a spatial relationship between the block to be encoded and at least one block spatially at the periphery of the block to be encoded, and a vector correlated with a block within an image that is different from the image to be encoded, is encoded in a case where the coding mode to encode the block to be encoded is a second coding mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsuru Maeda, Masato Shima
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Patent number: 11699346Abstract: A parking management system that facilitates motorist guidance, payment, violation detection, and enforcement using highly accurate space occupancy detection, unique vehicle identification, guidance displays, payment acceptance, violation detection, enforcement data generation, electronic booting, and towing management is described. The system enables reduced time to find parking, congestion mitigation, accurate violation detection, and easier enforcement, and increased payment and enforcement revenues to cities.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Inventor: Balu Subramanya
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Patent number: 11689742Abstract: According to the present invention, an image encoding/decoding method comprises the steps of: performing an intra prediction on a current block so as to generate a prediction block; performing filtering on a filtering target pixel in the prediction block on the basis of the intra prediction mode of the current block so as to generate a final prediction block; and generating a reconstructed block on the basis of a reconstructed differential block corresponding to the current block and on the final prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jin Ho Lee, Hui Yong Kim, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim
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Patent number: 11684247Abstract: A video imaging system is provided. The video imaging system is configured to maintain a video image displayed on a display unit in a predetermined orientation based upon a use. The video imaging system includes an endoscope, a camera head unit, a camera control unit configured to determine a focal distance, and a display control unit. The display control unit is configured to process the focal distance to determine a use. The use is processed by the display control unit so as to maintain the video image in the predetermined orientation. The contextual information may be focal distance, image data or endoscopic orientation.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc.Inventor: Eric L Hale
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Patent number: 11683479Abstract: An example method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a current picture of a video and a bitstream of the video, whether to disable a coding tool for the current block; and performing the conversion based on the determining, wherein the coding tool is disabled when a dimension of a reference picture of one or more reference pictures of the current block is different from a dimension of the current picture, or a dimension of a scaling window in a reference picture of one or more reference pictures of the current block is different from a dimension of a scaling window in the current picture.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu
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Patent number: 11677933Abstract: A video encoding/decoding method and device according to the present invention may: determine a reference area for the intra prediction of the current block; derive the intra prediction mode of the current block; and decode the current block on the basis of the reference area and the intra prediction mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Ki Baek Kim
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Patent number: 11676464Abstract: A delivery monitoring system comprises a portable camera positioned on a delivery person; a camera activation application executed by a mobile electronic device to control a video-generating operation of the portable camera; and a special-purpose processor that outputs a data instruction to an electronic locking device to unlock an entrance to a location for delivering an item by the delivery person only when the portable camera is recording video.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Walter Lark, Bart Stein, Thomas Nguyen, Brett Provance
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Patent number: 11677941Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes using default motion candidates for video coding, are described. An exemplary method for video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, one or more motion candidates for a geometry partition mode using one or more pairwise average candidates that are obtained by averaging a pair of candidates in a motion candidate list for the current block. The geometry partition mode includes partitioning the current block into multiple partitions. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
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Patent number: 11657626Abstract: An emotion estimation apparatus includes a recording section that records one or more events that cause a change in an emotion of a person and prediction information for predicting, for each event, an occurrence of the event; an event predicting section that predicts the occurrence of the event, based on detection of the prediction information; and a frequency setting section that sets a frequency with which an estimation of the emotion is performed. If the occurrence of the event is predicted by the event predicting section, the frequency setting section sets the frequency to be higher than in a case where the occurrence of the event is not predicted, and also sets the frequency based on the content of the event.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Okuma, Takashi Okada, Kota Saito, Seungho Choi, Yoshikazu Matsuo, Naoki Kikuchi, Katsuya Ikenobu
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Patent number: 11650390Abstract: A camera module according to the present invention may comprise: a barrel that accommodates a lens therein; a printed circuit board formed under the barrel and mounted with an image sensor; a body portion integrally formed with the barrel; a holder comprising a leg portion formed by being extended downward from the lower end of the body portion to the same height as the image plane of the lens; and a fixing portion formed downward from the leg portion to have a predetermined thickness to fix the holder to the printed circuit board, wherein the thickness of the fixing portion may be equal to the height from the upper surface of the printed circuit board to the image plane of the image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Inventor: Do Young Choi
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Patent number: 11652998Abstract: An example method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, that one or more samples of the video outside the current block are unavailable for a coding process of the conversion. The coding process comprises an adaptive loop filter (ALF) coding process. The method also includes performing, based on the determining, the conversion by using padded samples for the one or more samples of the video. The padded samples are generated by checking for availability of samples in an order.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Yue Wang
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Patent number: 11653002Abstract: A method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, an operation associated with a list of motion candidates based on a condition related to a characteristic of the current block. The list of motion candidates is constructed for a coding technique or based on information from previously processed blocks of the video. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yang Wang, Yue Wang