Patents Examined by Nizar N Sivji
  • Patent number: 11580765
    Abstract: A method including providing a sensor device including one or several sensors. The sensor device is arranged to perform at least one high-power type measurement and at least one low-power type measurement and includes at least one image sensor arranged to depict a person by a measurement of said high-power type. Each of the low-power type measurements over time requires less electric power for operation as compared to each of the high-power type measurements. The method includes detecting a potential presence of the person using at least one of said low-power type measurements. The method includes producing, using one of the high-power type measurements, an image depicting a person and detecting a presence of the person based on im-age analysis of the image. The method includes detecting, using at least one of the low-power type measurements, a maintained presence of the person. The method includes failing to detect a maintained presence of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOBII AB
    Inventors: Dimitrios Koufos, Erland George-Svahn, Magnus Ivarsson
  • Patent number: 11562576
    Abstract: A system and method to adjust an augmented reality (AR) image involve a front-facing camera in a vehicle. The camera obtains an image that includes a road surface ahead of the vehicle. The system also includes a processor to detect lane lines of the road surface in three dimensions, to perform interpolation using the lane lines to determine a ground plane of the road surface, and to adjust the AR image to obtain an adjusted AR image such that all points of the adjusted AR image correspond with points on the ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Michael Baitaxe, Dan Levi, Omer Tsimhoni
  • Patent number: 11562179
    Abstract: A system for inspecting the reliability of an image. The system may include a processor in communication with a client device; and a storage medium. The storage medium may store instructions that, when executed, configure the processor to perform operations including: obtaining a plurality of images; categorizing the images into a plurality of image classes; calculating a plurality of probability outcomes; determining whether highest predicted probabilities of the images are less than a first threshold and whether an entropy of a predicted density of the probability outcomes exceeds a second threshold; indicating whether the image is associated with the image classes; ranking, the image amongst the plurality of images; filtering, a plurality of low reliability images according to a third threshold; providing, a likelihood of whether a user scanned a vehicle object associated with the image; and identifying a percentage of user scan failures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Chi-San Ho, Sunil Subrahmanyam Vasisht, Micah Price, Aamer Charania
  • Patent number: 11559362
    Abstract: Methods and systems for autonomous cardiac mapping are disclosed. An example system for autonomous cardiac mapping of a heart chamber includes a processor being configured to acquire a representative geometric shell of the heart chamber, control a robotic device to autonomously navigate a mapping probe to a plurality of locations within the heart chamber based at least in part on the representative geometric shell, and generate a three-dimensional electroanatomical map of the heart chamber based on electrical data collected by the probe at the plurality of locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Alireza Ghodrati, Leili Salehi
  • Patent number: 11556946
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus are to obtain a plurality of Internet Protocol addresses assigned to a media device associated with a panel member. Disclosed example apparatus are also to determine a most used Internet Protocol address from the plurality of Internet Protocol addresses, determine a geographic location corresponding to the most used Internet Protocol address, associate a geographic area with the media device in response to a determination that the geographic location corresponds to a location of an internet service provider, determine a demographic profile associated with the geographic area, and associate the demographic profile with the media device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Jan Besehanic, Paul Mears, Joseph G. Milavsky, Robert A. Luff, Arun Ramaswamy, David Howell Wright
  • Patent number: 11550934
    Abstract: A method is provided for identifying improperly redacted information in documents. The documents are analyzed to detect redacted areas and text elements and to identify an intersection between a redacted area and a text element. When an area of the intersection is greater than an intersection threshold, the document is identified as containing improperly redacted information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Tamir Zegman
  • Patent number: 11544948
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer programmable products are described herein for generating a robotic process automation bot script from a handwritten sketch. A digitally encoded image having a handwritten diagram with objects is received. The handwritten diagram is converted into a digital flowchart having a plurality of nodes. A confidence score is determined for the nodes based on (i) a textual similarity of contents of the node and a plurality of executable bot activities or (ii) a contextual similarity between a set of activities which measures how often they coappear in a plurality of reference bots. A robotic process automation bot script is generated by mapping the plurality of nodes to an executable bot activity of the plurality of executable bot activities based on the confidence score. The robotic process automation bot is then provided to a robotic process automation system for further modeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Bernhard Schaefer, Andreas Gerber
  • Patent number: 11544961
    Abstract: Techniques are described for passive three-dimensional (3D) face imaging based on macro-structure and micro-structure image sizing, such as for biometric facial recognition. A set of images of a user's face is processed to extract authentication deterministic macro-structure (DMAS) measurements. A database includes profile DMAS measurements, profile location definitions for deterministic micro-structure (DMIS) feature regions, and profile DMIS signatures computed for the DMIS feature regions. A first-level authentication determination can be based on comparing the authentication DMAS measurements with the profile DMAS measurements. Authentication DMIS signatures can be computed from sub-images obtained for the DMIS feature regions at the profile location definitions. A second-level authentication determination can be based on comparing the authentication DMIS signatures with the profile DMIS signatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi He, Bo Pi
  • Patent number: 11539450
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoonsung Park, Sungbum Park, Soonyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 11538174
    Abstract: A behavior recognition method includes extracting, by a computer, skeleton information including a plurality of joint positions for each frame of an image, calculating a first set of motion feature amounts from the skeleton information, calculating a plot position by plotting the first set of motion feature amounts on a feature amount space defined by a second set of motion feature amounts, the plot position being a position where the first set of motion feature amounts is plotted on the feature amount space, the feature amount space having a plurality of mapping areas in which respective ranges corresponding to predetermined higher-level behaviors to be recognized are mapped, and expanding, when a degree of divergence from a minimum distance to other distances among distances between the plot position and each of the plurality of mapping areas satisfies a predetermined criterion, a mapping area at the minimum distance from the plot position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Takahiro Saito
  • Patent number: 11532183
    Abstract: Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method for identification verification. The method may include receiving, from a computing device, a request for identification verification of an individual at a web server. The web server may include an orientation verification module and a facial recognition module. The method may include receiving at a database an identification card image and a picture image. The method may include verifying an orientation of the identification card image is oriented relative to an accepted orientation using the orientation verification module. The method may include, if the identification card image is not oriented relative to the accepted orientation, using the web server, iteratively rotating the identification card image in one or more increments and assessing if the identification card image is oriented at the accepted orientation until the identification card image is oriented at the accepted orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: CHECKPOINT ID, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Antrim, Andrey Stanovnov
  • Patent number: 11532162
    Abstract: A vehicle recognition unit of an information presenting device specifies a position of each of a plurality of vehicles, based on images captured by a plurality of imaging devices installed at a construction site. A vehicle designating unit receives designation of a designated vehicle, among the plurality of specified vehicles. A display control unit outputs a signal for displaying in an overlapping manner a proximity plot representing a position of another vehicle whose distance from the designated vehicle is less than a threshold on an overhead image of the construction site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Seki, Shunsuke Miyamoto, Kaoru Yasuda
  • Patent number: 11527105
    Abstract: A system and method for performing distributed facial recognition divides processing steps between a user engagement device/robot, having lower processing power, and a remotely located server, having significantly more processing power. Images captured by the user engagement device/robot are processed at the device/robot by applying a first set of image processing steps that includes applying a first face detection. First processed images having at least one detected face is transmitted to the server, whereat a second set of image processing steps are applied to determine a stored user facial image matching the detected face of the first processed image. At least one user property associated to the given matching user facial image is then transmitted to the user engagement device/robot. An interactive action personalized to the user can further be performed at the user engagement device/robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: C2RO CLOUD ROBOTICS INC.
    Inventors: Soodeh Farokhi, Amir Abbas Haji Abolhassani, Felix-Olivier Duguay, Aldo Enrique Vargas Moreno, Riccardo Badalone
  • Patent number: 11514604
    Abstract: An information processing device, an information processing method, and a program are provided. The information processing device includes a virtual object control unit that generates a control parameter that controls display of a first virtual object corresponding to a first real object and a second virtual object corresponding to a second real object on the basis of first posture information indicating a posture of the first real object and second posture information indicating a posture of the second real object, and a determination unit that makes a determination related to contact between the first virtual object and the second virtual object. The virtual object control unit generates the control parameter on the further basis of a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naofumi Fukasawa, Yasutaka Fukumoto, Yoshitaka Suga, Takahiro Tsujii, Noriyuki Suzuki, Yu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11514326
    Abstract: Drift regularization is provided to counteract variation in drift coefficients in analog neural networks. In various embodiments, a method of training an artificial neural network is illustrated. A plurality of weights is randomly initialized. Each of the plurality of weights corresponds to a synapse of an artificial neural network. At least one array of inputs is inputted to the artificial neural network. At least one array of outputs is determined by the artificial neural network based on the at least one array of inputs and the plurality of weights. The at least one array of outputs is compared to ground truth data to determine a first loss. A second loss is determined by adding a drift regularization to the first loss. The drift regularization is positively correlated to variance of the at least one array of outputs. The plurality of weights is updated based on the second loss by backpropagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsinyu Tsai, Sanjay Kariyappa
  • Patent number: 11508156
    Abstract: A vision system for a vehicle includes a camera and an electronic control unit (ECU) with an image processor. The ECU generates a reduced resolution frame of captured image data and the ECU determines a reduced resolution detection result based on pedestrian detection using the reduced resolution frame of captured image data. The ECU, responsive to processing by the image processor of image data, generates a cropped frame of captured image data and the ECU determines a cropped detection result based on pedestrian detection using the cropped frame of captured image data. Responsive to determining the reduced resolution detection result and determining the cropped detection result, the ECU merges the reduced resolution detection result and the cropped detection result into a final pedestrian detection result. The final pedestrian detection result is indicative of presence of a pedestrian within the field of view of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Tzu-Ming Su, I-Te Yu, Brijendra Kumar Bharti, Alexander Velichko, Nikhil Gupta, Xai Phan, Nadine A. Hazzouri
  • Patent number: 11503151
    Abstract: Disclosed are a communication device having a base station function of a Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) cellular system, and a communication system. The communication device includes an IP phone and a DECT adapter. The IP phone is connected to the DECT adapter, to form a base station; and the DECT adapter is configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one cordless handset via DECT, so as to register information of the at least one cordless handset with the IP phone. The present application enables the IP phone to be externally connected to the DECT adapter to support a DECT mode, so that the IP phone possesses a base station function of a DECT cellular system. It is not required to deploy multiple different systems. Such an IP phone and other base stations can form a Multi-Cell DECT system, expanding the coverage of a DECT signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: YEALINK (XIAMEN) NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yingkun Chu, Yun Liao, Lianchang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11503448
    Abstract: A radio communication device installed on a vehicle of this application comprises a radio communicator configured to perform a radio communication with a plurality of networks, a controller configured to perform location registration or a call origination via each of the plurality of networks, and a storage configured to store location registration results or call origination results for each of the plurality of networks. The controller is configured to select a network affording more favorable results than results of one of the plurality of networks based on the location registration results or call origination results stored in the storage, and perform location registration at a time of an emergency call origination by using the selected network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi Makabe
  • Patent number: 11501457
    Abstract: A method for identifying a dendritic pore is provided. Line and pore images are obtained from a digital image of a subject's skin. These line and pore images are overlaid to identify those pores having at least one line intersecting the pore as dendritic pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Mahathma Bandara Dissanayake, Naoki Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 11503453
    Abstract: An improved core network that allows a UE to still initiate and/or receive communications via a native SIM line even if the registration of a virtual line fails is described herein. For example, the UE may include embedded virtual line settings that, when enabled, cause the UE to transmit a virtual line registration request to the core network. The core network can determine whether the UE is authorized to register a virtual line. If the UE is authorized, the core network can register a native SIM line, register the virtual line, and transmit a single message to the UE indicating that the native SIM and virtual lines are registered. If the UE is not authorized, the core network still registers the native SIM line and transmits a single message to the UE indicating that the native SIM line is registered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Tanveer Akhtar, Sabuhi Kiran Zaifuddin