Patents Examined by Manav Seth
  • Patent number: 10739275
    Abstract: Disclosed is apparatus for inspecting a sample. The apparatus includes illumination optics for simultaneously directing a plurality of incident beams at a plurality of azimuth angles towards a sample and collection optics for directing a plurality of field portions of output light from two or more of the plurality of angles towards two or more corresponding sensors. The two or more sensors are arranged for receiving the field portions corresponding to two or more angles and generating two or more corresponding images. The apparatus further comprises a processor for analyzing the two or more images to detect defects on the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corporation
    Inventors: Guoheng Zhao, Sheng Liu, Ben-ming Benjamin Tsai
  • Patent number: 10740588
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The fingerprint sensor includes an active region including driving electrodes and sensing electrodes crossing the driving electrodes, tracer regions connected respectively to the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes, and shield layers disposed respectively on the tracer regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinmyoung Kim, Seogwoo Hong, Seokwhan Chung, Byungkyu Lee
  • Patent number: 10733415
    Abstract: The invention provides a computing device for processing fingerprint template data, wherein the computing device comprises modules configured for generating transformed fingerprint template data from original fingerprint minutiae template data, in which minutiae are represented at least by Cartesian or polar coordinates and an inherent minutiae direction, the computing device being configured to generate for each minutia of the original fingerprint minutiae data corresponding mega-vicinity data. The computing device may further comprise a comparator module being configured to compare two transformed fingerprint template data that comprises, for each minutia, mega-vicinity data of a first fingerprint and a second fingerprint. The computing device may further comprise a biometrics-secret binding module for protecting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Cross Match Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bian Yang, Guoqiang Li
  • Patent number: 10733802
    Abstract: Systems and methods for image based location estimation are described. In one example embodiment, a first positioning system is used to generate a first position estimate. A set of structure façade data describing one or more structure façades associated with the first position estimate is then accessed. A first image of an environment is captured, and a portion of the image is matched to part of the structure façade data. A second position is then estimated based on a comparison of the structure façade data with the portion of the image matched to the structure façade data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Jurgenson, Linjie Luo, Jonathan M Rodriguez, II, Rahul Sheth, Jia Li, Xutao Lv
  • Patent number: 10726533
    Abstract: A system and method include obtaining and authenticating image files from users such as insured users at the request of an entity such as an insurance provider. The requesting entity may supply an electronic address of the user and a unique identifier. The system may transmit a link to the electronic address. When selected, the link causes an image authentication application to be installed on a user device. The application takes the images securely and separately from a native camera application. Each image authentication application may be customized for each requesting entity. The authentication server may identify the requesting entity that made the request and identify a corresponding image authentication application to be provided to the electronic address. The images from the image authentication application may be authenticated via reverse image search, time, geolocation, and/or other information. The authenticated images and/or related data may be provided to the requesting entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: TruePic Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey McGregor, Craig Stack, Jason Lyons, Matthew Robben
  • Patent number: 10726229
    Abstract: A fingerprint detection device including a plurality of fingerprint sensing elements, and each fingerprint sensing element includes: a sensing electrode for forming a sensing capacitance from a relationship with a subject; an amplifier having a first input end connected to the sensing electrode and a second input end into which a bias signal, of which a potential is changed from a high level to a low level or from the low level to the high level during a fingerprint detection operation, is inputted; and a gain controller including a plurality of sub-feedback capacitances, the gain controller selectively connected between the first input end and an output end of the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Crucialtec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Hyun Kim, Taek Moo Kim, Dong Woon Kim
  • Patent number: 10718717
    Abstract: An inspection system to inspect the consistency and thermal seal quality of blister packages, the system comprising an illumination module and a color imaging device suitably integrated with an optical module. The blister packages that are thermally sealed are sequentially presented to the color imaging device within its Field of View whereupon the inspection captures multiple images of the illuminated top side of the sealed blister package using the said image pickup devise. The images then undergo analysis to determine the gray scale values of the sealing area. By comparing the gray level values with predetermined gray level values that are programmed at setup, a decision is made to reject the inspected item if the analyzed gray level values is not substantially the same as the predetermined gray level values, or to accept the inspected item if the analyzed gray level values is substantially the same as the predetermined gray level values or rejecting the blister if determined otherwise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: EMAGE VISION PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Sergey Smorgon, Bee Chuan Tan, Chern Fei Chua, Ya'akob Bin Mohamed
  • Patent number: 10719759
    Abstract: SLAM systems are provided that utilize an artificial neural network to both map environments and locate positions within the environments. In some example embodiments, a sensor arrangement is used to map an environment. The sensor arrangement acquires sensor data from the various sensors and associates the sensor data, or data derived from the sensor data, with spatial regions in the environment. The sensor data may include image data and inertial measurement data that effectively describes the visual appearance of a spatial region at a particular location and orientation. This diverse sensor data may be fused into camera poses. The map of the environment includes camera poses organized by spatial region within the environment. Further, in these examples, an artificial neural network is adapted to the features of the environment by a transfer learning process using image data associated with camera poses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Gershom Kutliroff
  • Patent number: 10702232
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting complex networks in MRI image data in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes an image processing system, including a processor, a display device connected to the processor, an image capture device connected to the processor, and a memory connected to the processor, the memory containing an image processing application, wherein the image processing application directs the processor to obtain a time-series sequence of image data from the image capture device, identify complex networks within the time-series sequence of image data, and provide the identified complex networks using the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventor: Leanne Maree Williams
  • Patent number: 10699149
    Abstract: A method and device for automatically identifying a point of interest in a depth measurement on a viewed object using a video inspection device is disclosed. The video inspect device determines the three-dimensional coordinates in a region of interest on the viewed object and analyzes those surface points to determine the desired measurement application (e.g., determining the deepest point, the highest point, or the clearance between two surfaces). Based on the desired measurement application, the video inspection device automatically identifies the point of interest on the viewed object and places a cursor at that location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Clark Alexander Bendall
  • Patent number: 10699396
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for weighting the image quality prediction of any visual-attention-agnostic quality metric with a saliency map. By accounting for the salient regions of an image or video frame, the disclosed systems and methods may dramatically improve the precision of the visual-attention-agnostic quality metric during image or video quality assessment. In one implementation, a method of saliency-weighted video quality assessment includes: determining a per-pixel image quality vector of an encoded video frame; determining per-pixel saliency values of the encoded video frame or a reference video frame corresponding to the encoded video frame; and computing a saliency-weighted image quality metric of the encoded video frame by weighting the per-pixel image quality vector using the per-pixel saliency values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Tunc Ozan Aydin, Nikolce Stefanoski, Aljoscha Smolic, Mark Arana
  • Patent number: 10692167
    Abstract: Some implementations may include a method for watermarking an identification document, the method including: modulating a spatial luminance pattern associated with a first digital watermark to encode a first portion of personally identifiable information; modulating a spatial chrominance distribution associated with a second digital watermark to encode a second portion of the personally identifiable information; and applying the first digital watermark and the second digital watermark to the identification document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: MorphoTrust USA, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Poder, Robert Andrew Eckel
  • Patent number: 10685387
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using location data to identify and provide services in association with items appearing in captured images. One of the methods includes receiving, from a device, an image and location data representing the device's physical location, determining, based on the location data, that a particular set of one or more locations are within a threshold distance of the device's physical location, accessing, for each of the one or more locations in the particular set, item information that indicates one or more items that are associated with the location, determining, based on the accessed item information, that the image likely shows a particular item that is associated with one or more locations in the particular set, and providing, to the device, instructions for presentation of information about (i) the particular item and (ii) one or more locations in the particular set that are associated with the particular item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Thomas Short, Mary Elizabeth Hamilton, Robert Dooley, David T. Nguyen, Leeann Chau Tuyet Dang
  • Patent number: 10679367
    Abstract: Various embodiments described herein relate to techniques for computing dimensions of a non-cuboid shaped object using angular estimates associated with 3D points captured in an image of a scene including the object. In this regard, a dimensioning system may capture at least one image of the scene including the object and identify one or more planes on the object from the captured at least one image. Further, a surface plane from amongst the one or more identified planes that contains a maximum number of three-dimensional (3D) surface points on the object is determined. Upon determination of the surface plane, angular estimation is determined representing angular values between a normal to the surface plane and a normal to a reference plane. Accordingly, the angular estimation is further used along with an estimated height of the object for computing the dimensions of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott McCloskey, Ryan Andrew Lloyd
  • Patent number: 10674953
    Abstract: An imaging device for monitoring a skin feature includes a camera, at least one processor and memory. The imaging device displays a body area guide, receives a selection of a body area, initiates an image sequence of the body area, the image sequence including capturing, using the camera, a plurality of images, determines whether all body areas have been imaged, analyzes the images, and provides the analyzed images to a clinician. The imaging device can be part of a system including a server in communication with a monitor, where the clinician views the images on the monitor. Additionally, each skin feature can be ranked in order of risk and presented to the clinician in that order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: WELCH ALLYN, INC.
    Inventors: Steven D. Baker, Robert James Kahlke
  • Patent number: 10671846
    Abstract: Techniques for efficiently identifying objects of interest in an environment and, thereafter, determining the location and/or orientation of those objects. As described below, a system may analyze images captured by a camera to identify objects that may be represented by the images. These objects may be identified in the images based on their size, color, and/or other physical attributes. After identifying these potential objects, the system may define a region around each object for further inspection. Thereafter, portions of a depth map of the environment corresponding to these regions may be analyzed to determine whether any of the objects identified from the images are “objects of interest”—or objects that the system has previously been instructed to track. These objects of interest may include portable projection surfaces, a user's hand, or any other physical object. The techniques identify these objects with reference to the respective depth signatures of these objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay Kamarshi, Prasanna Venkatesh Krishnasamy, Amit Tikare
  • Patent number: 10664727
    Abstract: An image pattern recognition device includes: a data reception unit that receives data; a supervision reception unit that receives supervision; and an artificial neural network processing unit that performs artificial neural network processing. The artificial neural network processing unit includes a first sub-network including one or more layers that process a main task, a second sub-network including one or more layers that process a sub-task, and a third sub-network including one or more layers that do not belong to any of the first sub-network and the second sub-network. The third sub-network includes a branch processing unit that outputs a value same as an input feature amount to a plurality of layers. The first sub-network includes a coupling processing unit that couples inputs from the plurality of layers and outputs a result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Shigenaka, Yukihiro Tsuboshita, Noriji Kato
  • Patent number: 10665071
    Abstract: A system and method for deadzone detection in a surveillance camera network is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a mobile user device held by an installer is moved through one or more critical paths within the premises while surveillance cameras of the network are capturing image data of the premises. An analytics system then tracks the installer/user device through the image data over the time interval for the critical path definition, and locates deadzones based on position information of the premises along the critical path and absence of installer/user device in the image data over the time interval. In another embodiment, an analytics system identifies individuals within image data captured from the cameras, tracks movement of the individuals across the fields of view of the cameras represented by the image data, and infers deadzones based on tracking the individuals and deadzone times calculated for each of the individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Burke, Peter Joseph Birkel
  • Patent number: 10648924
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating a high resolution image for a specimen from one or more low resolution images of the specimen are provided. One system includes one or more computer subsystems configured for acquiring one or more low resolution images of a specimen. The system also includes one or more components executed by the one or more computer subsystems. The one or more components include a model that includes one or more first layers configured for generating a representation of the one or more low resolution images. The model also includes one or more second layers configured for generating a high resolution image of the specimen from the representation of the one or more low resolution images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corp.
    Inventors: Jing Zhang, Grace Hsiu-Ling Chen, Kris Bhaskar, Keith Wells, Nan Bai, Ping Gu, Lisheng Gao
  • Patent number: 10643106
    Abstract: A system and method for procedurally synthesizing a training dataset for training a machine-learning model. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a training designer configured to describe variations in content of training images to be included in the training dataset and (2) an image definer coupled to the training designer, configured to generate training image definitions in accordance with the variations and transmit the training image definitions: to a 3D graphics engine for rendering into corresponding training images, and further to a ground truth generator for generating associated ground truth corresponding to the training images, the training images and the associated ground truth comprising the training dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventors: Jesse Clayton, Vladimir Glavtchev