Patents Examined by Nasim N Nirjhar
  • Patent number: 10970025
    Abstract: A system, comprising two display screens, each having a reflective surface that can act as a mirror when the display screen is turned off, a camera attached to each display screen, cables connecting each camera to the display screen to which it is not attached, and a switch for each display screen, that can turn the display screen on or off. Alternatively, there may be two-sided mirrors that can be flipped down to cover the display screens, and flipped up to uncover them. The images on the display screens may be split between two or more cameras. Alternatively, there may be three or more display screens, and a switch for each display screen, that can turn the display screen on or off, and if on, select which camera's input will be displayed on the display screen, or else a switch for each connection between a camera and a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventor: William Brian Richardson
  • Patent number: 10946799
    Abstract: A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera disposed at the vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera includes an imager and a processor that is operable to process image data captured by the imager. A video display screen is operable to display video images derived from image data captured by the camera. The processor generates a graphic overlay for display with the video images at the video display screen. The processor calibrates the graphic overlay by adapting the view orientation and position of the displayed video images utilizing a spatial transform engine to adapt the view orientation and position to a corrected position and orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Benjamin May
  • Patent number: 10931937
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display apparatus including a display panel including a plurality of subpixels. Each subpixel comprises a first region for displaying a subpixel image. The display apparatus further includes a plurality of pixel adjustors each of which is configured to adjust the first region of a corresponding one subpixel to display an initial subpixel image. Additionally, the display apparatus includes a plurality of optical elements at a first side of the display panel. Each of the plurality of optical elements is associated with at least one subpixel to generate a virtual subpixel image at a second side of the display panel corresponding to the initial subpixel image displayed by the at least one subpixel. Each of the plurality of optical elements independently controls a distance of the virtual subpixel image relative to the display panel and the second side is opposite to the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhongxiao Li
  • Patent number: 10924769
    Abstract: A method for encoding at least one image, including subdividing the image into a plurality of blocks and subdividing at least one current block into a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a rectangular or square shape and the second portion complements the first portion in the current block. The second portion has a geometric shape with m sides, wherein m>4. Then the first and second portions are encoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventor: Felix Henry
  • Patent number: 10911751
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, processing circuitry decodes a constrain flag from a coded video bitstream. The constrain flag is indicative of an exclusion of decoder-side motion vector derivation (DMVD) for reference sample reconstruction. Further, the processing circuitry decodes prediction information of a current block from the coded video bitstream. The prediction information is indicative of an intra prediction mode. Then, the processing circuitry determines, in a same picture as the current block, reference samples for a sample in the current block based on the intra prediction mode and based on the exclusion of the DMVD, and reconstructs the sample of the current block according to the reference samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Tencent America LLC
    Inventors: Meng Xu, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 10908493
    Abstract: A three-coordinate mapper, comprising a U-shaped chassis (11) which is formed by successively connecting a front cross-frame, a connecting frame and a rear cross-frame; a square front panel (12); a servo motor (13); a lead screw (14); one ends of four connecting rods (17) are hinged on a periphery of the nut (15); the other end of each of the four connecting rods (17) is hinged to one end of a support rod (18); a driven laser pointer (20) and a left camera (21), a right camera (22), an upper camera (23), and a lower camera (24); an intermediate camera (25) and a driving laser pointer (26); and, a plurality of auxiliary laser pointers (27). The three-coordinate mapper and the mapping method has high measurement precision and fast measurement speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TIANJIN CRDT FLUID CONTROL SYSTEM LTD.
    Inventor: Tianyi Xing
  • Patent number: 10893298
    Abstract: An apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry configured to receive a split direction syntax element, a first index syntax element, and a second index syntax element that are associated with a coding block coded with a triangular prediction mode. The coding block can be partitioned into two triangular prediction units according to a split direction indicated by the split direction syntax element. The first and second index syntax elements can indicate a first merge index and a second merge index to a merge candidate list constructed for the two triangular prediction units. The coding block can be reconstructed according to the split direction, the first merge index, and second merge index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Meng Xu, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 10884285
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an illuminator, a stage, a plurality of microlenses, an imaging element, and a controller. The controller is configured to control at least one of an irradiation position of light beams from the illuminator, and the position of the plurality of microlenses to realize a first state and a second state. A first angle of the light beams incident to each of the plurality of microlenses in the first state and a second angle of the light beams incident to each of the plurality of microlenses in the second state are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Echigo
  • Patent number: 10873737
    Abstract: A control method for a VR device is disclosed, which comprises the steps of receiving 360-degree video bitstreams, extracting sub-bitstreams included in the 360-degree video bitstreams, the sub-bitstreams including a Region of Interest (ROI) for the 360-degree video bitstreams, generating restoration data for the ROI from sub-bitstreams, and generating thumbnail data by remapping the restoration data for the ROI based on signaling information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyungyong Kim, Hongsuk Jeong
  • Patent number: 10871934
    Abstract: Methods, computing devices and display devices are disclosed for displaying virtual content at a target location that is determined relative to a shared anchor. Image data of a physical environment may be captured. A shared anchor tag may be identified in the image data. Based on identifying the shared anchor tag, shared anchor tag image data may be transmitted to a server. Based at least on data retrieved by the server, a data packet comprising a shared anchor associated with a second display device is received, wherein the shared anchor defines a three-dimensional location in the physical environment. A hologram is displayed at a target location determined relative to the location of the shared anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Gustav Paulovich, John Copic, Karim Audrey Luccin, Haley Nicole Eisenshtadt
  • Patent number: 10867379
    Abstract: A method for optically inspecting a mold (10) for manufacturing ophthalmic lenses such as contact lenses for possible mold defects, including: generating a set of images of the mold (10) for different azimuthal illumination angles (?1, ?9) using an illumination system (20) and an imaging system (30), the latter being aligned such that its focal plane cuts through the mold (10) at a specific axial position along a center axis of the mold (10); generating a focal plane image by averaging pixelwise over the set of images after having masked out in each image those regions that include direct specular reflections from the mold (10); repeating the previous steps for one or a plurality of different axial positions of the focal plane such as to generate a plurality of different focal plane images; identifying one or more image features in the plurality of focal plane images indicative for a possible mold defect; determining for each identified image feature in which focal plane image the identified image feature app
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Fabian Etzold, Arno Florian Warken, Daniel Kiefhaber, Giovanni Campanelli
  • Patent number: 10853959
    Abstract: A method of inspecting a device under test for defects includes detecting intensity and directional information of radiation rays emanating from a device under test by a light field camera, generating synthesized images of the device under test detected by the light field camera, and determining a depth of a defect in the device under test from the synthesized images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yoshitake, Taiki Murata, Satoshi Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 10855957
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a wireless augmented video system and method to monitor medical insurance billing fraud, drug or other theft and elder patient or child abuse by the caregivers. The wireless augmented system comprises; a wireless augmented monitoring devices, a cloud system monitoring center and a caregiver employing agency. The wireless wearable augmented monitoring devices further includes a smart wearable nametag apparatus and smart wearable wristband. A wireless cellular transceiver configured within the nametag apparatus to stream the augmented video stream in response to an event detected. The nametag apparatus also incorporates a memory element to buffer the augmented data prior to transmission, a SIM card to connect to any data cellular network, a Bluetooth to connect peripheral devices, a Wi-Fi component, color LCD screen for displaying current caregiver's name and photograph on the name tag, and LED power status display, a microphone, speaker and a micro USB port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Kapoustin, Shem Lachhman
  • Patent number: 10856001
    Abstract: A polygon unit-based image processing method, and a device for the same are disclosed. Specifically, a method for decoding an image on the basis of a polygon unit can comprise the steps of: deriving a motion vector predictor for a polygon apex forming the polygon unit; deriving a motion vector for the polygon apex on the basis of a motion vector difference for the polygon apex and the motion vector predictor; and deriving a prediction sample for the polygon unit from a division unit, which is specified by the motion vector, in a reference picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Sehoon Yea, Eunyong Son, Jin Heo
  • Patent number: 10852516
    Abstract: An imaging device having an optical system including a free-form surface lens with rotationally asymmetric shape that forms an image on an imaging surface such that a resolution of a first region in front of the predetermined region is higher than a resolution of a second region at a lateral side of the predetermined region. The free-form surface lens has a shape that forms the image such that a resolution of a portion at a predetermined first distance away from a center of the first region in a vertical direction is different from a resolution of a portion at the predetermined first distance away from the center of the first region in a horizontal direction, the vertical direction being orthogonal to the horizontal direction, in the imaging element, in which the first region and the second region are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Aihara, Shigenori Yatsuri, Yoshio Matsumura
  • Patent number: 10845188
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for capturing motion from a self-tracking device are disclosed. In embodiments, a device self-tracks motion of the device relative to a first reference frame while recording motion of a subject relative to a second reference frame, the second reference frame being a reference frame relative to the device. In the embodiments, the subject may be a real object or, alternately, the subject may be a virtual subject and a motion of the virtual object may be recorded relative to the second reference frame by associating a position offset relative to the device with the position of the virtual object in the recorded motion. The motion of the subject relative to the first reference frame may be determined from the tracked motion of the device relative to the first frame and the recorded motion of the subject relative to the second reference frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John Weiss, Vivek Pradeep, Xiaoyan Hu
  • Patent number: 10843629
    Abstract: A side mirror for a vehicle includes a camera, a mirror panel disposed at a portion of the side mirror, a display panel stacked on the mirror panel, and at least one processor configured to cause the side mirror to enter one of a mirror mode or a display mode based on vehicle traveling information, based on the side mirror being in the mirror mode, to output, on a portion of the display panel, a visualization on a mirror image that appears in the mirror panel, based on the side mirror being in the display mode, to output, on the display panel in the display mode, a side-rear image captured by the camera, and based on the side mirror being in the display mode, to provide, a visual effect to a portion of the side-rear image regarding ambient situation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Daebum Kim, Sangyol Yoon, Kihoon Han
  • Patent number: 10799101
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a special light image acquisition unit that acquires a special light image having information in a specific wavelength band, a generation unit that generates depth information at a predetermined position in a living body using the special light image, and a detection unit that detects a predetermined region using the depth information. The image processing apparatus further includes a normal light image acquisition unit that acquires a normal light image having information in a wavelength band of white light. The specific wavelength band is, for example, infrared light. The generation unit calculates a difference in a depth direction between the special light image and the normal light image to generate depth information at the predetermined position. The detection unit detects a position in which the depth information is a predetermined threshold or more as a bleeding point. The present technology is applicable to an endoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihiro Nakamura, Takami Mizukura, Tsuneo Hayashi, Daisuke Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10798364
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally discloses a three-dimensional (3D) image reconstruction capability. The 3D image reconstruction capability may be configured to support reconstruction of a 3D image of a scene. The 3D image reconstruction capability may be configured to support reconstruction of a 3D image of a scene based on lensless compressive image acquisition performed using a lensless compressive camera having a single aperture and a set of multiple sensors. The reconstructed 3D image of a scene may include (1) image data indicative of a set of multiple two-dimensional (2D) images reconstructed based on the set of multiple sensors of the lensless compressive camera (which may be represented as images) and (2) depth information indicative of depths at points or areas of an overlapping portion of the multiple images reconstructed based on the set of multiple sensors of the lensless compressive camera (which may be represented as a depth map).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Nokia of America Corporation
    Inventors: Xin Yuan, Hong Jiang, Gang Huang, Paul A. Wilford
  • Patent number: 10788311
    Abstract: A microscope system is made available, said microscope system including: a microscope with an observer beam path with at least one camera for obtaining at least one electronic image of an observation object with a deep channel with a base, a motor-driven mount and/or a motor-driven stand, on which the microscope is mounted, a detection unit for detecting the focal depth set at the microscope, an image processing unit connected to the detection unit for the receiving focal depth and connected to the at least one camera for receiving the at least one electronic image, which image processing unit establishes the image portion in the at least one electronic image constituting the base of the deep channel in the electronic image, and a control unit connected to the image processing unit for receiving the established alignment for outputting control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventors: Christoph Hauger, Gerald Panitz, Marco Wilzbach, Stefan Saur