Patents Examined by Masum Billah
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Patent number: 11689748Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for filtering and/or removing defects from content, such as high dynamic range (HDR) content. A plurality of parameters for filtering one or more pixels may be determined. The parameter(s) may be used to determine one or more filter weights, and the filter weight(s) may be applied to one or more pixels and one or more corresponding prior pixels to generate one or more filtered pixels. The filtered content and/or pixels thereof may later be encoded for storage and/or transmission to users.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventor: Alexander Giladi
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Patent number: 11689810Abstract: A camera orientation control system for changing one or more camera orientations of one or more cameras towards a potential incident that is not currently in a field of view of the one or more cameras. The camera control system processes image frames for head orientation extraction, determines an amount of synchronous alignment in a proportion of head objects of the head objects to computationally assess that they are towards a new direction, and controls at least one camera to move the field of view of at least one camera of the one or more cameras towards the new direction. The system is useful for incident detection and extending or augmenting the capabilities of CCTV infrastructure.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: University of TabukInventor: Abdulaziz Mohammed Almehmadi
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Patent number: 11678609Abstract: Disclosed is a fruit picking method based on a visual servo control robot, comprising: placing a throwing apparatus and a fixed photosensitive device at a first position to obtain a fixed photosensitive image; generating a first throwing path, a second throwing path, and a third throwing path; arranging recovery apparatuses; performing simultaneous rotational throwing processing to throw a first wireless photosensitive device, a second wireless photosensitive device, and a third wireless photosensitive device; receiving a first photosensitive image sequence and a second photosensitive image sequence of the first wireless photosensitive device and the second wireless photosensitive device; receiving a third photosensitive image sequence of the third wireless photosensitive device; generating a spatial position of a fruit on a to-be-picked fruit tree; and performing fruit picking processing using the visual servo control robot according to the spatial position of the fruit.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: GUANGDONG POLYTECHNIC NORMAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Yu Tang, Yiqing Fu, Jiahao Li, Jiepeng Yang, Jinfei Zhao, Weizhao Chen, Xiaodi Zhang, Zhiping Tan, Qiwei Guo, Xincai Zhuang, Huasheng Huang, Chaojun Hou, Jiajun Zhuang, Aimin Miao, Shaoming Luo
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Patent number: 11674839Abstract: A method comprising receiving, from a infrared image capture device, an image including a fluid storage tank storing a fluid, the image including an image intensity associated with a temperature of the fluid storage tank with an internal surface that is in contact with the fluid and an image intensity associated with a temperature of the first fluid storage tank with an internal surface that is not in contact with the fluid, generating feature maps, sliding a window to obtain a plurality of anchor shapes using a region proposal network, determining if each anchor shape contains an object to generate a plurality of regions of interest, extracting feature maps from each region of interest, classifying objects in each region of interest, identifying stored fluid using the objects, determining volume of stored fluid based on the stored fluid, and providing the volume to a digital device for display.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Plainsight Corp.Inventors: Logan Spears, Carlos Anchia, Corey Staten, Wei Xu
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Patent number: 11671555Abstract: To obtain imaging device capable of reporting more reliably an occurrence of trouble. The imaging device of the present disclosure includes an imaging sensor configured to generate image data, a diagnosis circuit configured to perform diagnosis processing for the imaging sensor and an output circuit configured to output a flag signal corresponding to a result of the diagnosis processing, wherein the flag signal is set to a ground level signal in response to the result of the diagnosis processing indicating an error.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Naoki Kawazu, Masaki Murozuka, Yuichi Motohashi, Atsushi Suzuki
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Patent number: 11671572Abstract: A virtual wave creation system comprises an eyewear device that includes a frame, a temple connected to a lateral side of the frame, and a depth-capturing camera. Execution of programming by a processor configures the virtual wave creation system to generate, for each of multiple initial depth images, a respective wave image by applying a transformation function that is responsive to a selected input parameter to the initial three-dimensional coordinates. The virtual wave creation system creates a warped wave video including a sequence of the generated warped wave images. The virtual wave creation system presents, via an image display, the warped wave video.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Sagi Katz, Matan Zohar, Ilya Levin
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Patent number: 11665430Abstract: In a state in which a side mirror of a vehicle is disposed at a closed position, an image capture deficiency range of the periphery of the vehicle cannot be imaged. The side mirror is rotated from the closed position to an open position when, in the state in which the side mirror is disposed at the closed position, a controller determines that a nearby object that is proximate to the vehicle is entering the image capture deficiency range. The controller makes this determination when the nearby object is not located in an imaging range according to the imaging section but is located in a detection range according to a clearance sonar.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Ryo Shirai
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Patent number: 11657251Abstract: A system and method for multi-agent reinforcement learning with periodic parameter sharing that include inputting at least one occupancy grid to a convolutional neural network (CNN) and at least one vehicle dynamic parameter into a first fully connected layer and concatenating outputs of the CNN and the first fully connected layer. The system and method also include providing Q value estimates for agent actions based on processing of the concatenated outputs and choosing at least one autonomous action to be executed by at least one of: an ego agent and a target agent. The system and method further include processing a multi-agent policy that accounts for operation of the ego agent and the target agent with respect to one another within a multi-agent environment based on the at least one autonomous action to be executed by at least one of: the ego agent and the target agent.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Alireza Nakhaei Sarvedani, Kikuo Fujimura, Safa Cicek
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Patent number: 11659154Abstract: An apparatus including a stereo camera and a processor. The stereo camera may comprise a first capture device and a second capture device in a vertical orientation. The first capture device may be configured to generate first pixel data and the second capture device may be configured to generate second pixel data. The processor may be configured to receive the first pixel data and the second pixel data, generate a vertical disparity image in response to the first pixel data and the second pixel data, generate a virtual horizontal disparity image in response to the first pixel data and the vertical disparity image and detect objects by analyzing the vertical disparity image and the virtual horizontal disparity image. An analysis of the virtual horizontal disparity image may enable the processor to detect the objects not detected in the vertical disparity image alone.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Ambarella International LPInventors: Omar Pighi, Alessandro Pacchioni
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Patent number: 11659183Abstract: A system and method for regenerating high dynamic range (HDR) video data from encoded video data, extracts, from the encoded video data, a self-referential metadata structure specifying a video data reshaping transfer function. The video data reshaping transfer function is regenerated using data from the metadata structure and the extracted reshaping transfer function is used to generate the HDR video data by applying decoded video data values to the reshaping transfer function.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: David M. Baylon, Zhouye Gu, Ajay Luthra, Koohyar Minoo, Yue Yu
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Patent number: 11655576Abstract: Disclosed are an operating mode determining method and an operating mode determining device for determining an operating mode of a clothing treatment apparatus using image information by executing an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm and/or machine learning algorithm in a 5G environment connected for the Internet of Things. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the operating mode determining method includes obtaining first image information obtained by photographing clothing through a camera of the clothing treatment apparatus, obtaining second image information obtained by photographing an entrance and exit of a user wearing the clothing through a camera for monitoring an entrance and exit of a room, and determining an operating mode of the clothing treatment apparatus according to an analysis result of the first image information and the second image information.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Suk Kyoung So
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Patent number: 11652974Abstract: A stereoscopic imaging device includes at least a first and a second image recording unit configured to record a first and a second original image of an object from different perspectives, wherein the original images differ at least with regard to one item of image information, an image display unit for imaging displayed images, an image processing unit for further processing the original images, and the image processing unit is configured to supplement at least one of the two original images with at least one item of image information from the other original image to generate a displayed image. In addition, a method for generating at least one displayed image that can be imaged on an image display unit is provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AGInventors: Alois Regensburger, Susanne Kohlhammer, Jonathan Essig
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Patent number: 11640010Abstract: An assembly for detection of foreign bodies in a multihead weigher includes an image recorder and a lighting module and an image evaluation module. The multihead weigher includes weighing containers for filling with bulk material, a selection of the bulk material being emptiable into chutes combined in the shape of a funnel upon arrival of a trigger signal. The image recorder records an image series, and the lighting module and the image evaluation module output a signal upon detection of a foreign body in the image series. The image recorder includes one or more cameras for optical capturing of the funnel, the one or more cameras being arranged inside of or above the funnel and being set up to capture one or more sections of an interior surface of the funnel between two horizontal planes.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: CLK GmbHInventors: Carsten Cruse, Christian Dabringhaus, Hendrik Haase, Sebastian Belz, Matthias Biefang
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Patent number: 11638039Abstract: A method and apparatus for encoding or decoding a video sequence includes applying a Cross-Component Linear Model (CCLM) to a video sequence, and applying an interpolation filter in the Cross-Component Linear Model (CCLM), wherein the interpolation filter is dependent upon a YUV format of the video sequence.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Liang Zhao, Xin Zhao, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
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Patent number: 11616947Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present disclosure comprises deriving a first candidate intra prediction mode based on a first neighboring block of a current block; deriving a second candidate intra prediction mode based on a second neighboring block of the current block; constructing MPM (Most Probable Mode) list of the current block based on the first candidate intra prediction mode and the second candidate intra prediction mode; deriving an intra prediction mode for the current block based on the MPM list; and generating a prediction sample for the current block based on the intra prediction mode, wherein the first neighboring block is a left neighboring block located at the lowermost side among neighboring blocks adjacent to a left boundary of the current block, and wherein the second neighboring block is an upper neighboring block located at the rightmost side among neighboring blocks adjacent to an upper boundary of the current block.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jin Heo, Seunghwan Kim, Ling Li
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Patent number: 11616942Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide for rendering and quality monitoring of rendering of a 360-degree video, where the video has a plurality of representations with different levels of quality in different regions. In an exemplary method, a client device tracks a position of a viewport with respect to the 360-degree video and renders to the viewport a selected set of the representations. The client adaptively adds and removes representations from the selected set based on the viewport position. The client also measures and reports a viewport switching latency. In some embodiments, the latency for a viewport switch is a comparable-quality viewport switch latency that represents the time it takes after a viewport switch to return to a quality comparable to the pre-switch viewport quality.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SASInventors: Yong He, Yan Ye, Ahmed Hamza
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Patent number: 11611712Abstract: The invention concerns a method consisting in using at least one vehicle camera (8, 10, 12) to automatically check whether certain elements of the vehicle (2) are in a safe condition before starting off and in informing the driver of the check results, for example by displaying the check results on the vehicle dashboard.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar ABInventor: Nicolas Berne
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Patent number: 11606567Abstract: Provided is a transform coefficient scan method including: determining a reference transform block for a decoding target block; deriving a scanning map of the decoding target block using scanning information of the reference transform block; and performing inverse scanning on a transform coefficient of the decoding target block using the derived scanning map. According to the present invention, picture encoding/decoding efficiency may be improved.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Sung Chang Lim, Hui Yong Kim, Se Yoon Jeong, Jong Ho Kim, Ha Hyun Lee, Jin Ho Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim
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Patent number: 11595594Abstract: An imaging apparatus including a light source is provided. The imaging apparatus includes a light-emitting device and a photoelectric conversion device in a pixel, and a pixel circuit has a function of outputting third data generated by multiplying obtained first data by second data (weight). Calculating the third data externally enables more detailed information on a subject with respect to a specific wavelength to be obtained. In addition, reading out collectively a plurality of pixels to which proper weight is given enables output of difference data between pixels and the like, which allows external calculation to be omitted.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Inventors: Takayuki Ikeda, Yusuke Negoro
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Patent number: 11594049Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, methods, systems, computer-readable storage medium. A method can include receiving, by a processing device, image data including one or more image frames indicative of a current state of a drive-thru area. The processing device determines a vehicle disposed within the drive-thru area based on the image data. The processing device receives order data with a pending meal order. The processing device determines a first association between the vehicle and the pending meal order based on the image data. The processing devices determine a meal delivery procedure associated with the based on the association between the vehicle and the pending meal order. The processing device performs may perform the meal delivery procedure. The processing device may provide the meal delivery procedure for display on a graphical user interface (GUI).Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Agot Co.Inventors: Evan DeSantola, Alex Litzenberger, Rassoul Mesbah, Prashasti Sar