Patents Examined by Omer Khalid
  • Method of providing external device list and image display device
    Patent number: 10779034
    Abstract: An image display device includes a display; a first input configured to receive a first image signal input from a first external device connected to the image display device; a second input configured to receive a second image signal input from a second external device connected to the image display device; and a controller coupled with the display, the first input and the second input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinyoung Choi, Gowoon Choi
  • Method and system for automated video image focus change detection and classification
    Patent number: 10740887
    Abstract: Various embodiments are provided for evaluating a focus status of a camera. A reference image is stored in a memory based on first image data received from the camera. Second image data is received from the camera in accordance with a predetermined schedule. A focus status of a test image of the second image data is classified, and it is determined whether the camera is in a state of focus based on the focus status of the test image. A focus of the camera is changed when the camera is determined not to be in the state of focus. A new reference image is stored in the memory based on third image data received from the camera, with the third image data being received after changing the focus of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Roger B. Greenway, Jr., Jonathan N. Thompson, James H. Whitcomb, Jr., Stephen B. Greenway
  • Video multiviewer systems
    Patent number: 10728466
    Abstract: A video multiviewer system is provided for use in the simultaneous viewing, at a viewing location, of video streams from multiple video sources, and comprises video prescaler means for deriving from each of multiple video input streams a respective set of one or more scaled video streams, the or at least some of the scaled video streams being of a different scale from that of the video input stream, the system further comprising a video stream combiner programmed or arranged to combine selected scaled video streams to enable the selected scaled video streams to be displayed at the viewing location, wherein the combiner and prescaler means are programmed or arranged to be linked together, in use, by means of a packet switched network via which said selected scaled video streams are relayed to the video stream combiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Crystal Vision Limited
    Inventor: Richard Trevor Lawrence
  • Remote controller, display apparatus and controlling method thereof
    Patent number: 10721433
    Abstract: A remote controller is provided. The remote controller includes a transmitter; a microphone configured to receive an audio signal output from an audio output apparatus; a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to perform communication with a display apparatus connected to the audio output apparatus and to transmit the audio signal received through the microphone to the display apparatus; and a processor configured to control the transmitter to transmit to the audio output apparatus a signal for controlling a power of the audio output apparatus based on information indicating whether there is a test tone in an audio signal received by the microphone and received from the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-jae Lee, Jong-jin Park, Min-sup Kim, Hyun-kyu Yun
  • Method for parallel detection of disparities in a high resolution video
    Patent number: 10666935
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for parallel detection of disparities in video from multiple customer devices under test in a system unit that comprises a central processing unit and is connected to a graphics card with a graphics processing unit, the method comprising: receiving a video signal from each of the devices under test; processing each of the received video signals in a dedicated CPU thread controlled by the CPU and a dedicated GPU thread controlled by the graphics processing unit; wherein within the CPU thread successive threads are uploaded to a memory for the graphics processing unit and the GPU thread is executed to process the frame, and the processed frames are collected from the memory for the graphics processing unit to check within the CPU thread whether disparities have occurred in the processed frame; wherein all the CPU threads are controlled by a main thread controlled by the CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Advanced Digital Broadcast S.A.
    Inventor: Bartosz Tomczyk
  • Laser diode priming to reduce latency
    Patent number: 10658814
    Abstract: A modulated light source comprises a laser diode and a drive circuit coupled operatively to the laser diode. The laser diode is configured to lase upon passing an above-threshold current for an accumulation period. The drive circuit is configured to draw a priming current through the laser diode over a priming period, the priming current being insufficient to cause the laser diode to lase during the priming period, but sufficient to shorten the accumulation period. The drive circuit is further configured to draw the above-threshold current through the laser diode after the priming period, thereby triggering emission from the laser diode following a shortened accumulation period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Algird Michael Gudaitis, Raymond Kirk Price, Niranjan Achugundla Puttaswamy, Sheethal Somesh Nayak, John Allen Tardif
  • De-interlacing data arrays in data processing systems
    Patent number: 10659723
    Abstract: A data processing system includes a scaler 18 operable to scale a received input data array to provide a scaled output version of the input data array. When it is desired to produce a de-interlaced and scaled output version of an input data array 21, 22, the input data array 21, 22 is provided to the scaler 18, and the scaler 18 scales the input data array 21, 22 so as to simultaneously de-interlace and scale the input data array and to produce a de-interlaced and scaled output version of the input data array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Arm Limited
    Inventors: Michal Karol Bogusz, Piotr Tadeusz Chrobak
  • Imaging system and imaging optical system
    Patent number: 10649185
    Abstract: An optical system includes a central portion having a magnification per unit angle of view which increases from a center to an outside at an increase rate and a circumferential portion being outside the central portion and having a magnification per unit of view which increases from the central portion to an outside at an increase rate smaller than the increase rate of the central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kensuke Masuda, Noriyuki Terao, Yoshiaki Irino, Tomonori Tanaka, Nozomi Imae, Toru Harada, Hirokazu Takenaka, Hideaki Yamamoto, Satoshi Sawaguchi, Hiroyuki Satoh
  • Shoppable video
    Patent number: 10638198
    Abstract: Techniques for facilitating shopping for items shown or used in a video are described. For example, a user interface that includes a video and one or more images is presented. Each of the one or more images may be related to a content of the video. Each of the one or more images may include a plurality of selectable sub-areas. A selection of a sub-area of the plurality of sub-areas of an image of the one or more images is received. The selection of the sub-area may indicate a request to perform an action that pertains to the content of the video. The action is identified based on the selection of the sub-area. The action is performed in response to the selection of the sub-area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Dane Howard, Darren Endo, Seyed-Mahdi Pedramrazi, Gregory Tariff, Sandra Lynn Godsey
  • Display device capable of changing frame rate and operating method thereof
    Patent number: 10638086
    Abstract: A display device includes a driving controller controlling a data driving circuit and providing a clock signal and a driving voltage in response to an image signal and a control signal received from an external source. The driving controller restores a data enable signal having a display period and a blank period in one frame on the basis of the control signal and sets a voltage level of the driving voltage applied to the gate driving circuit in accordance with a duration of the blank period. During a sequence of frames having a changing frame rate, the driving voltage for each respective frame may be set based on the duration of each respective blank period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gwangsoo Ahn, Po-yun Park, Hong-kyu Kim, Jimyoung Seo
  • Creation of a virtual DVR from a synchronized local DVR and network DVR
    Patent number: 10623817
    Abstract: Creating a virtual DVR from a synchronized local DVR and network DVR is provided. Oftentimes, video content recorded one a local DVR may be inaccessible for playback from an internet connected device. When a request to record a video content item is received, the request is synchronized between a local DVR and a network DVR. Accordingly, the video content item is recorded on both DVRs. If a playback request is received from a device in communication with the local DVR, the local DVR recording may be played from; and if an internet connected device is used for playback, the network DVR recording may be played. Further, the data and the metadata of the recorded content including bookmarks, viewing history, deletion requests, etc. may be synchronized. Appropriate advertising may also be inserted/replaced based on the time/location of viewing, the playback device, user profile data, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas D. Gravino, Slavisha Karach
  • Method and apparatus for transmitting image data, and method and apparatus for generating 3D image
    Patent number: 10602120
    Abstract: Transmitting image data, and generating a three-dimensional (3D) image, may include generating one or more images associated with corresponding fields of view of one or more viewpoints that a display is configured to provide to a user, generating image data based on the images, and transmitting the image data to a target device. The one or more images may be generated based on weaving one or more images to generate one or more panel images. An image device that may receive the image data may generate one or more first images based on the image data, select one or more second images from the first images, and generate a panel image based on weaving the selected second images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang Ho Cho, Dong Kyung Nam
  • Pulse wave detection device and pulse wave detection program
    Patent number: 10595732
    Abstract: A pulse wave detection device color converts a frame image of a moving image from RBG components to YIQ components, and identifies an eye section using the eye color of a user prepared in advance with a Q component. Next, the pulse wave detection device uses the Y values of the eye section to detect the brightness of the imaging environment. Then, the pulse wave detection device detects a pulse wave signal Qm on the basis of the average of the Q-values of a skin section in the frame image, corrects a change in the brightness by subtracting from Qm the average value Ye of the Y values of the eye section, and thereby outputs a post-brightness-correction Qm. As a result, a pulse wave can be successfully detected even if the brightness is changing because the user is moving in a vehicle or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: EQUOS RESEARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Jones, Hideo Yamada
  • Projection apparatus and operation method thereof
    Patent number: 10592714
    Abstract: A projection apparatus and an operation method thereof are provided. The projection apparatus may include a projector, a detector, and a processor. The projector may be configured to project an image to a projection area. The detector may be configured to detect an ID pattern disposed onto the projection area and a position of the ID pattern. The processor may be configured to generate a projection image including content corresponding to the detected ID pattern such that the content is projected to the position corresponding to the detected ID pattern. The processor may be further configured to control the projector to project the generated projection image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kil-soo Jung, Byung-chul Kim, Woo-sung Shim
  • Television channel display device and method thereof
    Patent number: 10595084
    Abstract: An Internet Protocol television system includes a set-top box that receives requests to display video streams being transmitted to a household. In response to the request, the set-top box provides a list of the video streams to a display device. The list includes options to terminate transmission of one or more of the streams. This allows a user to determine which video streams should be transmitted when bandwidth limitations are reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Marc Sullivan, Gregory Edwards, Joan Pearl
  • 3D display control system and method
    Patent number: 10587870
    Abstract: A 3D display control system and method are provided. The system includes: a display module, including a plurality of pixel units; an eye position detection device, configured to detect first position moving information and second position moving information; and a lens plate, located at a light emergent side of the display module, and configured to generate a plurality of first lens equivalent units and a plurality of second lens equivalent units, wherein at least one pixel unit directly below each first lens equivalent unit forms a first pixel unit group, and each first lens equivalent unit is configured to redirect light from the first pixel unit group directly therebelow toward a first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenqing Zhao, Xiaochuan Chen, Ken Wen
  • Method and system of rendering late or early audio-video frames
    Patent number: 10582258
    Abstract: A system, article, and method of rendering late or early audio-video frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Sean J Lawrence
  • Calibration jig
    Patent number: 10567746
    Abstract: A calibration jig for calibrating an image capturing device mounted on a machine is provided. A second rope is connected to a first rope at a first connection point. A third rope is connected to the first rope and the second rope at a second connection point and a third connection point respectively. The first, second, and third ropes, when taut, define the calibration triangle with the first, second, and the third connection points as vertices of the calibration triangle. A center rope is connected to the first connection point with a first anchor point associated with the machine. A first tether rope is connected to the second connection point of the calibration triangle with a second anchor point associated with the machine. A second tether rope is connected to the third connection point of the calibration triangle with a third anchor point associated with the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Russell Friend, David Paul Gitz, Maikel Orlando Torres Pineiro, Matthew Daniel Fike, Qi Chen, Jeffrey Walter Earleson
  • Projection apparatus and operation method thereof
    Patent number: 10552656
    Abstract: A projection apparatus and an operation method thereof are provided. The projection apparatus may include a projector, a detector, and a processor. The projector may be configured to project an image to a projection area. The detector may be configured to detect an ID pattern disposed onto the projection area and a position of the ID pattern. The processor may be configured to generate a projection image including content corresponding to the detected ID pattern such that the content is projected to the position corresponding to the detected ID pattern. The processor may be further configured to control the projector to project the generated projection image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kil-soo Jung, Byung-chul Kim, Woo-sung Shim
  • Providing information of tools by filtering image areas adjacent to or on displayed images of the tools
    Patent number: 10507066
    Abstract: An operator telerobotically controls tools to perform a procedure on an object at a work site while viewing real-time images of the object, tools and work site on a display. Tool information is provided by filtering a part of the real-time images for enhancement or degradation to indicate a state of a tool and displaying the filtered images on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon P. DiMaio, Brian D. Hoffman, Brandon D. Itkowitz, Paul W. Mohr, David W. Robinson, Tao Zhao, Wenyi Zhao