Patents Examined by Nathnael Aynalem
  • Patent number: 11700357
    Abstract: Methods and systems for sharing image data between vehicles. The system includes an image sensor of a first vehicle configured to detect image data of an environment around the first vehicle as it traverses a road. The system also includes a transceiver of the first vehicle configured to communicate the detected image data. The system also includes a transceiver of a second vehicle configured to receive the detected image data. The system also includes a display screen of the second vehicle configured to display a view of the environment around the road based on the detected image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Masashi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11673515
    Abstract: An articulated stand including a first part and a second part. The first part is configured for holding an electronic device. The first part includes a ball pivot with a chamber and a connector. The chamber defined through the ball pivot. The connector accommodated at least partially in the chamber. The connector configured to electrically connect with a cable connector. The second part including a ball housing portion receiving the ball pivot to form a ball joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited.
    Inventors: Artur Boron, Grzegorz Szostek
  • Patent number: 11677972
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for video decoding includes decoding a binary coded syntax element carrying an identification of a picture segment in a high level syntax structure comprising fixed length codewords and reconstructing the picture segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Byeongdoo Choi, Stephan Wenger, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11667240
    Abstract: A module system for a motor vehicle includes at least one camera pod adapted to be mounted to the motor vehicle at least temporarily extending to the outside and/or from an exterior surface, with said camera pod including at least one camera and at least one port for fitting at least one modular peripheral device and/or adapter of a peripheral device; and at least one interface module adapted to be mounted to the motor vehicle at least temporarily extending into the inside and/or being accessible from the inside, with the interface module being electrically connected to the at least one camera pod. A rear view device and a motor vehicle include the at least one module system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company Limited
    Inventors: Andrea König, Alexandru Dobrete, Peter Hein, Ilka Rötzer
  • Patent number: 11665350
    Abstract: A video encoding method, performed by a computer device, includes: obtaining a reference frame corresponding to a current frame from a video input to be encoded; determining a sampling manner corresponding to the current frame; sampling the reference frame based on the sampling manner according to resolution information of the current frame, to obtain a target reference frame corresponding to the reference frame; and encoding the current frame according to the target reference frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LTD
    Inventors: Xinwei Gao, Xu Nan Mao, Chen Chen Gu
  • Patent number: 11661037
    Abstract: A vehicle front structure which includes a bracket and a washer. The bracket is disposed between a part of a back surface of a license plate and a front grille. The bracket fastens the license plate to the front grille. The washer moves forward on the back side of the license plate in an area without the bracket in order to clean a sensing surface of a sensor which monitors the front of the vehicle. The bracket includes one or more of supporting portions which protrude on the washer side and support the license plate from the back side of the license plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shunsuke Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11661093
    Abstract: Installation for transporting vehicles hauled by a cable, including an image acquisition system generating an image representative of a compartment of a vehicle, and an electronic control unit retrieving an identifier of the vehicle and recording the identifier and the representative image associated with the identifier in a non-volatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: POMA
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Vichier Guerre
  • Patent number: 11659201
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for calculating scaling ratios are described. An example method can include obtaining a current picture of video data and one or more scaling windows associated with the current picture and/or a reference picture selected for use in coding the current picture; determining a first size of the current picture and/or a second size of the reference picture, the first size including a first height and a first width and the second size including a second height and a second width; based on the one or more scaling windows and the first size and/or the second size, determining one or more scaling ratios associated with the current picture and/or the reference picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vadim Seregin, Adarsh Krishnan Ramasubramonian, Muhammed Zeyd Coban
  • Patent number: 11659205
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure includes receiving a bitstream including residual information; deriving quantized transform coefficients for a current block based on the residual information included in the bitstream; deriving residual samples for the current block based on the quantized transform coefficients; and generating a reconstructed picture based on the residual samples for the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jungah Choi, Sunmi Yoo, Jin Heo, Ling Li, Jangwon Choi, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11641453
    Abstract: A server, an on-board device, a vehicle, a non-transitory storage medium storing a program, and a method for providing information are provided. The server includes circuitry configured to: receive information on an image capture date and time and an image capture location from an on-board device that is configured to capture an image of surroundings of a vehicle and produces the captured image, the surroundings including a sidewalk; store brightness information of the sidewalk on the image capture date and time, the brightness information being detected based on the captured image and the image capture location; and send the brightness information to a mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Jun Okamoto, Josuke Yamane, Risako Yamamoto, Kazuki Sugie, Masatoshi Komiyama
  • Patent number: 11634074
    Abstract: An image acquisition unit acquires camera images obtained by cameras, which are configured to photograph a periphery of the vehicle. An image synthesizing unit projects data of the camera images on a virtual projection surface, which corresponds to the periphery of the vehicle, and forms a synthetic image showing the periphery of the vehicle, which is viewed from a virtual view point, by using the data projected on the projection surface. A travelling-environment determination unit determines whether a travelling environment of the vehicle is an off-road or an on-road based on a signal from an other on-board device of the vehicle. The image synthesizing unit is configured to change a shape of the projection surface, which is for forming the synthetic image, according to whether the travelling-environment determination unit determines that the travelling environment is an off-road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichi Moriyama, Yasuyoshi Sawada, Yamato Yorifuji, Jun Kamishima
  • Patent number: 11625845
    Abstract: A depth measurement assembly (DMA) includes an illumination source that projects pulses of light (e.g., structured light) at a temporal pulsing frequency into a local area. The DMA includes a sensor that capture images of the pulses of light reflected from the local area and determines, using one or more of the captured images, one or more TOF phase shifts for the pulses of light. The DMA includes a controller coupled to the sensor and configured to determine a first set of estimated radial distances to an object in the local area based on the one or more TOF phase shifts. The controller determines a second estimated radial distance to the object based on an encoding of structured light and at least one of the captured images. The controller selects an estimated radial distance from the first set of radial distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Hall
  • Patent number: 11627330
    Abstract: An image decoding method, according to the present invention, can comprise the steps of: deriving a spatial merge candidate of a current block; generating a merge candidate list for the current block on the basis of the spatial merge candidate; acquiring motion information on the current block on the basis of the merge candidate list; and performing motion compensation for the current block by using the motion information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: KT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bae Keun Lee
  • Patent number: 11623609
    Abstract: A processor-implemented vehicle controlling method includes: determining whether an object in a vehicle is a living object based on radio detection and ranging (radar) information received from a radar sensor; in response to a determination that the object is a living object, determining bioinformation of the object based on the radar information; and adjusting a temperature in the vehicle based on the bioinformation and temperature information received from a temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinyong Jeon, Seung Tae Khang
  • Patent number: 11625847
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an around view synthesis system, including: a plurality of cameras each mounted in a vehicle to capture respective different areas around the vehicle; a boundary setting unit setting a synthesis boundary of images captured in an overlapping region where images captured by the plurality of cameras are overlapped; and an image synthesizer receiving the images captured by the plurality of cameras and synthesizing the received images according to the synthesis boundary set by the boundary setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yeo Min Yun
  • Patent number: 11606574
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for coding video data in which frames from a video source are partitioned into a plurality of tiles of common size, and the tiles are coded as a virtual video sequence according to motion-compensated prediction, each tile treated as having respective temporal location of the virtual video sequence. The coding scheme permits relative allocation of coding resources to tiles that are likely to have greater significance in a video coding session, which may lead to certain tiles that have low complexity or low motion content to be skipped during coding of the tiles for select source frames. Moreover, coding of the tiles may be ordered to achieve low coding latencies during a coding session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Dazhong Zhang, Peikang Song, Beibei Wang, Giribalan Gopalan, Albert E. Keinath, Christopher M. Garrido, David R. Conrad, Hsi-Jung Wu, Ming Jin, Hang Yuan, Xiaohua Yang, Xiaosong Zhou, Vikrant Kasarabada, Davide Concion, Eric L. Chien, Bess C. Chan, Karthick Santhanam, Gurtej Singh Chandok
  • Patent number: 11603043
    Abstract: Provision of a sense of distance by motion parallax is easily realized. A display image is obtained by superimposing an image showing a vehicle on a captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from the vehicle. For example, the image showing the vehicle is a computer graphics image. For example, a change is made in a superimposed positional relationship between the captured image and the image showing the vehicle in accordance with motion of a viewpoint of a driver. Since the display image is not only made from the captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from the vehicle, but the display image is obtained by superimposing the image showing the vehicle on the captured image, it is possible to easily provide a sense of distance by motion parallax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Nagata, Takashi Saitoh, Koji Aoyama, Kazuki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11597320
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a control device configured to execute automatic driving control of a vehicle; an image capturing device configured to capture a surrounding image of the vehicle; and a recording device configured to record the surrounding image. The control device includes: a function classifying unit configured to classify functions of the automatic driving control into a first automatic driving function and a second automatic driving function; a state determining unit configured to determine whether the recording device is in a recordable state; and a function restricting unit configured to permit use of the first automatic driving function in a case where the state determining unit determines that the recording device is in the recordable state, and to prohibit the use of the first automatic driving function in a case where the state determining unit determines that the recording device is not in the recordable state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kishimoto, Yoshifumi Nakamura, Noriyuki Imaeda, Jun Ishii, Daiki Higuchi
  • Patent number: 11590933
    Abstract: A method of controlling an operating condition of a seat belt warning mechanism and a power window of the vehicle is provided. The method, implemented by a computing device of the vehicle, includes detecting, using a sensor of the vehicle, an animal in an interior of the vehicle, activating, automatically and without user intervention, an operating mode for the vehicle responsive to detecting the animal, and controlling, based on the operating mode, an operating condition of a seat belt warning mechanism of the vehicle and an operating condition of a power window of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Derek A. Thompson, Krishna V. Buddharaju
  • Patent number: 11584297
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes: a plurality of imaging units configured to capture images around the vehicle; an image compositing unit configured to composite the images captured by the imaging units to generate a composite image; an image display unit configured to display the composite image generated by the image compositing unit; and an acquiring unit configured to acquire information about an object around the vehicle. The imaging units are arranged such that imaging areas thereof overlap with each other. The image compositing unit is configured to set a boundary between the captured images in the composite image such that the boundary is provided in a part where the imaging areas of the imaging units overlap with each other. In a case where the acquiring unit acquires the information about the object, the image compositing unit changes the boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yamanaka