Patents Examined by Neil Mikeska
  • Patent number: 9609211
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of image conversion operation for panorama dynamic IP camera. Three wide-angle cameras are used for obtaining a panorama dynamic image, and then to be compressed and transferred through Internet to a PC/smartphone/tablet for being decompressed and image conversion operation, so that a user can use the PC/smart phone/tablet to slide a touch screen thereof for viewing the desired dynamic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shaw Hwa Hwang, Bing Chih Yao, Kuan Lin Chen, Yao Hsing Chung, Chi Jung Huang, Li Te Shen, Shun Chieh Chang, Cheng Yu Yeh, Chao Ping Chu, Ning Yun Ku, Tzu Hung Lin, Ming Che Yeh
  • Patent number: 9595108
    Abstract: A system and method for capturing images from various angles of an object that is resting on an orientation indication background, using a camera of a mobile device and visible light. The images are processed to construct a three dimensional image model and a representation of the three dimensional image model are displayed on an electronic display screen and manipulated or embedded into a video game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: EyeCue Vision Technologies LTD.
    Inventors: Ronen Horovitz, Ran Kaftory, Shai Feder
  • Patent number: 9596446
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of encoding a video data signal for use with a multi-view stereoscopic display device a method of decoding a video data signal, a video data signal, an encoder of a video data signal for use with a multi-view stereoscopic display device, a decoder of a video data signal, a computer program product comprising instructions for encoding a video data signal and a computer program product comprising instructions for decoding a video data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Hendrikus Alfonsus Bruls, Meindert Onno Wildeboer, Wiebe De Haan
  • Patent number: 9591307
    Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for determining an intra prediction mode. The method includes: splitting a maximum coding unit into coding units of a first size; acquiring an edge direction of each of the coding units of the first size; grouping adjacent coding units of the first size based on uniformity of edge directions of the adjacent coding units of the first size; determining a size range of coding units to be applied to intra prediction on the intra prediction coding unit group; performing the intra prediction on the intra prediction coding unit group by using coding units having sizes included in the determined size range; and determining a coding unit for the intra prediction and an intra prediction mode of the coding unit by comparing costs according to the performed intra prediction on the coding units having the sizes included in the size range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-kwon Na, Ki-won Yoo
  • Patent number: 9584832
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for efficiently coding video data during circumstances of network congestion, or instances when a decoder is unable to handle incoming video at the intended frame rate. A video coder may code frames of a video sequence according to motion estimation prediction in which each frame of the video sequence is constrained to be coded as one of an I-frame or a P-frame. The video coder may determine for each coded P-frame, a distance from the respective P-frame and a most-recently coded reference frame, and if the distance matches a predetermined threshold distance, the respective P-frame may be marked as a reference frame. The coded video data of the I-frame(s), the reference P-frames and the non-reference P-frames may be transmitted in a channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Brandon J. Corey
  • Patent number: 9584797
    Abstract: A autostereoscopic display system includes an autostereoscopic display configured to project images representing a left-eye view and a right-eye view of an image, an emitter configured to emit a tracer beam having a directional relationship to that of the projected images, a sensor configured to detect reflections of the tracer beam, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to control an emission of the tracer beam, receive feedback data from the sensor, use the feedback data to determine an impact site on the viewer corresponding to the tracer beam and adjust a direction of the tracer beam based on the impact site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare
  • Patent number: 9569819
    Abstract: Various implementations are described. Several implementations relate to filtering of depth maps. According to a general aspect, a first depth picture is accessed that corresponds to a first video picture. For a given portion of the first depth picture, a co-located video portion of the first video picture is determined. A video motion vector is accessed that indicates motion of the co-located video portion of the first video picture with respect to a second video picture. A second depth picture is accessed that corresponds to the second video picture. A depth portion of the second depth picture is determined, from the given portion of the first depth picture, based on the video motion vector. The given portion of the first depth picture is updated based on the depth portion of the second depth picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Po-Lin Lai, Dong Tian
  • Patent number: 9549164
    Abstract: Externally-set mask patterns are corrected into corrected mask patterns in a variable correction degree. A depth map is processed for each of areas designated by the corrected mask patterns respectively. The depth map is for an input image. A different-viewpoint image is generated on the basis of the input image and the processed depth map. The different-viewpoint image relates to a viewpoint different from the viewpoint concerning the input image. A texture in the input image is analyzed to obtain an analyzation result. The correction of the externally-set mask patterns into the corrected mask patterns includes varying the correction degree in response to the obtained analyzation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: JVC Kenwood Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuyuki Nagai
  • Patent number: 9536294
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein to a package essence analysis method comprising receiving, by a computer, first and second video files; indexing, by a computer, the first and second video files; decoding, by a computer, a selected frame of the first video file by referencing a first frame image using the index of the first video file; decoding, by a computer, a selected frame of the second video file by referencing a second frame image using the index of the second video file; and performing, by a computer, video quality analysis by comparing the decoded selected frame of the first video file to the decoded selected frame of the second video file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Home Box Office, Inc.
    Inventor: Elmer Gehman Musser, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9530224
    Abstract: Disclosed are an intra prediction method of a chrominance block using a luminance sample and an apparatus using the same. An image decoding method comprises the steps of: calculating an intra prediction mode of a chrominance block on the basis of an LM mapping table when the chrominance block uses an LM; and generating a prediction block for the chrominance block on the basis of the calculated intra prediction mode of the chrominance block. When intra prediction mode information of chrominance blocks are decoded, mutually different tables are used depending on whether or not an LM is used, so that encoding and decoding can be performed without an unnecessary waste of bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Joon Jeon, Seung Wook Park, Jae Hyun Lim, Jung Sun Kim, Joon Young Park, Young Hee Choi, Jae Won Sung, Byeong Moon Jeon
  • Patent number: 9528938
    Abstract: Biopsy imaging devices with an imaging stage configured to rotate and tilt a biological sample, as well as a method for using it, are described. The stage can use rotating bearings or extendible, telescoping arms. The device has a white light for taking normal pictures and a near-infrared laser light for causing a fluorescence-biomolecule probed sample to fluoresce for fluorescence images in a light-tight housing. A set of both types of pictures are taken from angles around, above, and below the biopsy sample with one or more cameras to generate a 3-D model in a computer of the biopsy with fluorescence markings. The 3-D model can then be rendered and viewed on a display by a surgeon to determine if sufficient margins were removed from the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: LI-COR, Inc.
    Inventor: Han-Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 9521402
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a stereoscopic display device and a manufacturing method thereof, which comprises: the display panel comprises a first row sub-pixel and a second row sub-pixel adjacently disposed in the column direction, the display control unit acquires a plurality of viewpoint images and divides the plurality viewpoint images into a first group viewpoint image and a second group viewpoint image, the display control unit further controls the first row sub-pixel to periodically display the content of each viewpoint image in the first group viewpoint image, and controls the second row sub-pixel to periodically display the content of each viewpoint image in the second group viewpoint image; the grating lens comprises a first row lens unit and a second row lens unit adjacently disposed in the column direction, which respectively cover on the first row sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel, the lens unit of the first row lens unit and the lens unit of the second row lens unit are staggered from each
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Qiaosheng Liao
  • Patent number: 9509890
    Abstract: A solid image pickup apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a device chip including a first principal surface and a second principal surface, a CMOS device and an electrode portion being formed on the first principal surface; a holding block including a joining surface joined to the second principal surface and an inclined surface inclined inward at a predetermined angle relative to the joining surface; a wiring board including a distal end portion including a connection portion connected to the electrode portion on the first principal surface, an extending portion that is in contact with the inclined surface, the extending portion being joined to the inclined surface via a bonding layer; and a flexure portion flexed at the predetermined angle between the distal end portion and the extending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9498721
    Abstract: Systems and methods for extracting an image of a physical object constructed of for example bricks are presented. The method and system may detect boundaries and edges of a background using an edge detection operator, perform a perspective transformation calculation to compute a corrected virtual grid that is substantially aligned with the physical object's image, locate a color calibration palette in the digital image and extract color value information for pixels of the color calibration palette, and discern bricks as part of the physical object's image, the discernment being based in part on a determination of the brick's color compared to the color palette and the background color, the discerned bricks forming the extracted image. A computer readable medium may include instructions causing a system to extract an image of a physical object constructed of bricks according to the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: EYECUE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Ronen Horovitz, Ran Kaftory
  • Patent number: 9503707
    Abstract: A method of aligning the optical axes of two cameras, wherein the cameras are parts of a camera apparatus and the two cameras can be used for producing 3D films, wherein plural steps are automatically run through. The invention also relates to a method of controlling a camera rig comprising two cameras for producing 3D films according to the table of values according to such method, wherein during shooting upon zooming at least one camera is automatically moved via camera motors. The invention also relates to a camera rig comprising two cameras that are preferably juxtaposed or superimposed having a control which realizes a method as explained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Inventors: Christian Wieland, Robert Siegl, Martin Borchert, Steven J. Schklair
  • Patent number: 9503717
    Abstract: A method for encoding a video sequence is provided that includes entropy encoding syntax elements representative of transform coefficients generated as the video sequence is processed, wherein entropy encoding syntax elements representative of a transform coefficient includes binarizing the syntax elements representative of the transform coefficient to generate a plurality of binary symbols (bins), coding a portion of the plurality of bins in context coding mode, and coding a remaining portion of the plurality of bins in bypass coding mode. The method further includes reducing the number of bins that are coded in context coding mode for each transform coefficient in a plurality of subsequent transform coefficients that are entropy encoded after a specified number of transform coefficients have been entropy encoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Vivienne Sze, Madhukar Budagavi
  • Patent number: 9503696
    Abstract: A system for detecting volcanic plumes using a camera on an aircraft, a distant point-like source of light, and a computerized method of processing images acquired by the camera to detect phenomena indicative of the presence of volcanic plumes in a volume of space intersected by light from the light source. A computer system is programmed to determine whether the image data from the camera has characteristics indicating that the imaged light had passed through a volcanic plume or not. In response to detection of a volcanic plume in the flight path of an aircraft, the computer system outputs an alert activation signal to an alert device that produces a visible or audible alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Brian J. Tillotson
  • Patent number: 9479784
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a device for encoding a video by using a data unit of a hierarchical structure, and a method and a device for decoding the same. A video encoding device includes: a hierarchical encoder configured to encode a picture of a video based on a data unit of a hierarchical structure; and an entropy coder configured to determine a context model used for entropy coding of a symbol based on hierarchical information of a data unit to which the symbol of the encoded picture belongs, and to entropy encode the symbol using the determined context model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun-il Lee, Hae-kyung Jung, Min-su Cheon
  • Patent number: 9479682
    Abstract: A video signal processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a motion vector detection unit and a plurality of interpolated image generation units. The motion vector detection unit detects an interpolated motion vector which represents a motion between a first broad image and a second broad image. Each of the interpolated image generation units generates an interpolated partial image corresponding to a divided area by using a first partial image of a first frame, a second partial image of a second frame, and the interpolated motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naohiro Hohjoh
  • Patent number: 9472042
    Abstract: Techniques are described to substantially reduce a return of wrong DVD or return of a right DVD in an improperly sized DVD case to a DVD rental kiosk. An RFID tag on the DVD, as well as an RFID tag on the case, are sensed external to the kiosk. A controllable shutter normally closes the return slot and is driven open only upon detecting the correct predetermined condition or conditions. A supplemental camera may be employed to detect if a single DVD in its case is being placed proximate the return slot by the user. Help screens are employed as part of the above described system to reduce potential customer frustration from returning a DVD to the wrong DVD rental kiosk and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: NCR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Steven Hassenzahl