Patents Examined by Nimesh Patel
  • Patent number: 11617056
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for displaying widgets. In some aspects, criteria for ranking widgets may be dynamically evaluated based on conditions associated with each widget. In some aspects, the conditions may consider a time or location of an event a social network user is scheduled to attend, and a relation to that time and location to a current time and/or current user location. Evaluation of the conditions may contribute to the determination of weights for each of the respective widgets, with the ranking based on the weights. Widgets with the highest rank may be invoked, and selectively displayed on an electronic display. Multiple possible parameter values for the displayed widgets may also be dynamically ranked and selected values applied when invoking the widget.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: William Alexander Strand, Travis M. Grigsby, Benjamin Ralph Hollis, Bobby Lo, Christie Marie Heikkinen
  • Patent number: 11615134
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating targeted media content capture an image from an image capture device. The system may analyze the image to recognize a visual identifier for each entity in the image, each of which may have one or more group identifiers. The system may aggregate the group identifiers to identify the number of each group in the audience area and select media content to display to the audience based on the aggregate numbers of each group identified in the audience area. The system may also derive time restrictions for groups identified in the audience area to help optimize how groups traverse through one or more areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Maris Jacob Ensing
  • Patent number: 11610436
    Abstract: Methods and systems for face recognition and response include extracting a face image from a video stream. A pre-processed index is searched for a watchlist image that matches the face image, based on a similarity distance that is computed from a normalized similarity score to satisfy metric properties. The index of the watchlist includes similarity distances between face images stored in the watchlist. An action is performed responsive to a determination that the extracted face image matches the watchlist image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventors: Biplob Debnath, Srimat Chakradhar
  • Patent number: 11610413
    Abstract: A system for driver identification includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a trip; and receive a set of albums, wherein an album of the set of albums includes one or more existing trips. The processor is configured to determine similarities for the trip to all trips in the set of albums; determine a first clustering based at least in part on the similarities; indicate that the trip is a provisionally assigned trip that is provisionally assigned to the album of the set of albums based at least in part on the first clustering; determine a second clustering for a set of provisionally assigned trips and all trips in the set of albums, wherein the set of provisionally assigned trips comprises qualified provisionally assigned trips; and determine updated trip assignments for an updated set of albums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Lytx, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11600118
    Abstract: The accuracy of identity authentication is further improved. There is provided an information processing apparatus including a first determiner that determines whether a face of a user and an identity verification document are captured in a moving image at a same time, a second determiner that makes, when the first determiner determines that the face and the identity verification document are captured at the same time, a notification of an action instruction, and determines whether the user acts in accordance with the action instruction, and a verifier that verifies, when the second determiner determines that the user acts in accordance with the action instruction, that the identity verification document belongs to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Aoyagi, Yoshiko Imanishi
  • Patent number: 11600111
    Abstract: A system and a method for face recognition are disclosed. The system also includes an image capturing subsystem configured to capture one or more images of faces. The system also includes a feature extraction subsystem configured to extract one or more features from the one or more images of faces. The system also includes a feature comparison subsystem configured to compare the one or more extracted features in a local database. The system also includes a feature transmission subsystem configured to transmit the one or more images and one or more extracted features to a remote server. The feature transmission subsystem is also configured to compare the one or more transmitted features to the one or more features pre-stored in the remote server. The system also includes a feature regeneration subsystem configured to regenerate the one or more matched features in the local database from the remote server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventors: Kshitij Sharma, Salil Manekar
  • Patent number: 11601808
    Abstract: This technology uses a bootstrap key (“BSK”) to securely onboard a computing device to a network. A unique BSK associated with an onboarding computing device is used to verify for various deployment models (1) that the computing device has proof the computing device is connecting to the correct wired or wireless network and (2) that the network has proof the computing device is trusted. The BSK may be an associated BSK or an embedded BSK. A computing device receives a signed voucher from the manufacturer authorized signing authority (“MASA”) before the computing device may onboard to a network. The MASA will issue a voucher to a Bootstrapping Remote Secure Key Infrastructure (“BRSKI”) registrar if the registrar proves knowledge of the computing device's BSK to the MASA or the registrar has an established trust relationship with the MASA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Eliot Lear, Owen Friel, Max Pritikin
  • Patent number: 11593628
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to an electronic device that includes a neural processor having multiple neural engine circuits that operate in multiple modes of different bit width. A neural engine circuit may include a first multiply circuit and a second multiply circuit. The first and second multiply circuits may be combined to work as a part of a combined computation circuit. In a first mode, the first multiply circuit generates first output data of a first bit width by multiplying first input data with a first kernel coefficient. The second multiply circuit generates second output data of the first bit width by multiplying second input data with a second kernel coefficient. In a second mode, the combined computation circuit generates third output data of a second bit width by multiplying third input data with a third kernel coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paolo Di Febbo, Waleed Abdulla, Chaminda N. Vidanagamachchi, Yohan Rajan
  • Patent number: 11594073
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a face recognition method and a face recognition device, the method including: a step for detecting one or more faces in an image frame; a step for updating a face object in a face list by using the one or more pieces of detected face information; and a step for recognizing an identity corresponding to the face object by using a plurality of feature vectors of the face object in the updated face list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SEOUL INDUSTRY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Young Min Yi, Kyung Chul Park
  • Patent number: 11593468
    Abstract: A method may include acquiring first physiological data relating to a first subject, extracting at least one first physiological feature from the first physiological data relating to the first subject, determining a first model relating to at least one first reference physiological feature, generating, based on the first model and the at least one first physiological feature, a second model, the second model relating to at least one second reference physiological feature corresponding to the second model, and determining, based on the second model and the at least one first physiological feature, at least one identification physiological feature relating to the first subject. In some embodiments, the at least one identification physiological feature may correspond to the at least one second reference physiological feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Vita-Course Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chuanmin Wei, Heng Peng, Jiwei Zhao
  • Patent number: 11570572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements to systems and methods for determining a current location of a client device, and for identifying and selecting appropriate geo-fences based on the current location of the client device. An improved geo-fence selection system performs operations that include associating media content with a geo-fence that encompasses a portion of a geographic region, sampling location data from a client device, defining a boundary based on the sampled location data from the client device, detecting an overlap between the boundary and the geo-fence, retrieving the media content associated with the geo-fence, and loading the media content at a memory location of the client device, in response to detecting the overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Samir Ahmed, Amit Gaur, Jean Luo, Yang Wen
  • Patent number: 11570741
    Abstract: A method and device for a user equipment, a base station and a service center is disclosed; the UE transmits first information, then receives X1 first signals and transmits a first measurement report; first information is used to determine X1 first antenna port(s); first measurement report includes K1 piece(s) of measurement information, and each of K1 piece(s) of measurement information is for one of X1 first signals; measurement information is used to determine at least the first two of the corresponding set of time length, first antenna port, or first angle; By designing first information and first measurement report, feedback information of beam selection is used to determine generation and transmission of positioning reference signal under the condition of the base station and the UE supporting beamforming, utilizing beamforming has strong directional characteristics to improve the accuracy of UE positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Qi Jiang, Xiaobo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11567461
    Abstract: In order to control a technical system using a control model, a transformation function is provided for reducing and/or obfuscating operating data of the technical system so as to obtain transformed operating data. In addition, the control model is generated by a model generator according to a first set of operating data of the technical system. In an access domain separated from the control model, a second set of operating data of the technical system is recorded and transformed by the transformation function into a transformed second set of operating data which is received by a model execution system. The control model is then executed by the model execution system, by supplying the transformed second set of operating data in an access domain separated from the second set of operating data, control data being derived from the transformed second set of operating data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventors: Kai Heesche, Daniel Schneegaß
  • Patent number: 11562505
    Abstract: This invention provides a system and method for displaying color match information on an acquired image of an object. A model/pattern having a plurality of color test points at locations of stable color is provided. A display process generates visible geometric shapes with respect to the color test points in a predetermined color. An alignment process aligns features of the object with respect to features on the model so that the geometric shapes appear in locations on the object that correspond to locations on the model. The geometric shapes can comprise closed shapes that surround a region expected to be stable color on the object. Such shapes can define circles, squares, diamonds or any other acceptable closed or open shape that is visible to the user on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Cognex Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Davis, Zihan Hans Liu, Nathaniel R. Bogan
  • Patent number: 11556759
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to comparison of biometric identifiers in memory are described. An example apparatus includes an array of memory cells, a plurality of logic blocks in complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) under the array, and a controller coupled to the array of memory cells. The controller is configured to control a first portion of the plurality of logic blocks to receive a first subset of a set of biometric identifiers from the array and to perform a first comparison operation thereon and control a second portion of the logic blocks to receive a second subset of the set of biometric identifiers from the array and to perform a second comparison operation thereon. The first and second subsets of the biometric identifiers are different biometric identifiers and the first and second comparison operations are performed to determine a match of the first and second subsets respectively to a stored template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Honglin Sun, Glen E. Hush, Richard C. Murphy
  • Patent number: 11557147
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for selecting a best facial image of a target human face. The methods may include determining whether a candidate facial image is obtained before a time point in a time period threshold, wherein the candidate facial image has a greatest quality score of the target human face among a plurality of facial images of the target human face; in response to a determination that the candidate facial image is obtained before the time point, determining the candidate facial image as the best facial image of the target human face; and storing the best facial image together with a face ID and the greatest quality score of the target human face in a face log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guang Chen, Xing Liu
  • Patent number: 11557055
    Abstract: When three-dimensional audio is produced by using headphones, particular HRTF-filters are used to modify sound for the left and right channels of the headphone. As the morphology of every ear is different, it is beneficial to have HRTF-filters particularly designed for the user of headphones. Such filters may be produced by deriving ear geometry from a plurality of images taken with an ordinary camera, detecting necessary features from images and fitting said features to a model that has been produced from accurately scanned ears comprising representative values for different sizes and shapes. Taken images are sent to a server (52) that performs the necessary computations and submits the data further or produces the requested filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Tomi A. Huttunen, Antti J. Vanne
  • Patent number: 11551457
    Abstract: A vehicle external environment recognition apparatus to be applied to a vehicle includes a road surface determination processor and a three-dimensional object determination processor. The road surface determination processor determines a road surface region that corresponds to a road surface in an image, plots representative distances of respective horizontal lines in the road surface region at respective vertical positions of the horizontal lines, and generates first and second road surface models. The second road surface model represents a farther portion of the road surface region from the vehicle than the first road surface model and differs in a gradient from the first road surface model. On a condition that an angle formed by the first and second road surface models is greater than a predetermined angle, the three-dimensional object determination processor cancels the second road surface model and extends far the first road surface model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshimi Okubo
  • Patent number: 11551473
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to thermal temperature measurement and facial recognition and discloses a gate mate comprising a detection passage system integrating temperature measurement and facial recognition, the gate mate comprises a face imaging camera lens, a thermopile sensor, a TOF (time-of-flight) optical ranging lens module, and an environmental temperature compensation module. The face imaging camera lens is used to detect and recognize human face and detect whether a front face of a measured person faces the face imaging camera lens. The thermopile sensor is used to detect a temperature of a forehead of the measured person and an environmental temperature. The TOF optical ranging lens module is used to detect a distance between the human face and the thermopile sensor. The environmental temperature compensation module is used to perform temperature compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: RECONOVA TECHNOLOGIES CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Haiyang Yu, Donghui Zhan, Jiangqiang Liu, Yutao Han, Zhihui Wen, Baozhi Jia
  • Patent number: 11527074
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving data generated using at least one sensor of a vehicle; and simultaneously performing multiple different prediction tasks on the data using a multi-task neural network, wherein the multi-task neural network comprises at least one shared parameter inference matrix comprising parameters shared between the multiple different prediction tasks, and the at least one shared parameter inference matrix was over-parameterized during training into at least one shared parameter matrix and multiple task-specific parameter matrices, each of the multiple task-specific parameter matrices being associated with a different one of the multiple different tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignees: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH, Nanyang Technological University
    Inventors: Shen Ren, Csaba Nemes, Regina Deak-Meszlenyi, Sinno Jialin Pan