Patents Examined by Paulos M. Natnael
  • Patent number: 10715778
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a video signal transmission device and the like that can support a variety of system specifications. The device includes a packer unit, an encoder unit, and a serializer. The packer unit generates, from a video signal of one or more pixels, a plurality of block signals having a packet configuration of size corresponding to the number of pixels and the number of tone bits of a color signal constituting a video signal. At this time, a control signal including a pulse having a width corresponding to the number of pixels and the number of tone bits is also generated. The encoder unit applies encoding processing having encoding efficiencies that are different between a first period and a second period of a control signal that are distinguished depending on existence or non-existence of a pulse to the block signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: THINE ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Miura, Yoshimichi Murakami, Shuhei Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10706809
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an external module comprising: an interface physically connected to a vehicle so as to exchange data with the vehicle; and a processor for receiving peripheral information of the vehicle and state information of the vehicle through the interface, acquiring the ADAS information, on the basis of the peripheral information of the vehicle and the state information of the vehicle, and performing control so as to allow a display inside the vehicle to display the ADAS information by transmitting the ADAS information, through the interface, to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunseok Shin, Daegeun Ha, Junyoung Yu, Taekyung Lee, Byeongrim Jo
  • Patent number: 10708565
    Abstract: In a converting method relating to picture luminance according to one aspect of the present disclosure, the picture luminance is formed by luminance values in a first luminance range. In this method, a first luminance signal that indicates code values obtained by quantizing the luminance value of the picture is obtained, code values, which are associated with the code values indicated by the obtained first luminance signal by quantization for a second luminance range different in a maximum value from the first luminance range are determined as converted code values, and the first luminance signal is converted into a second luminance signal indicating the converted code values. As a result, the converting method is further improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadamasa Toma, Masayuki Kozuka, Takahiro Nishi
  • Patent number: 10705217
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a plurality of imaging sensor nodes producing 3D structure of a scene is provided. The apparatus receives (500) location data from the sensor nodes, the location data indicating the locations of the moving objects, compares (502) the location data received from different sensor nodes at the same time instants with each other and determines (504) which detections of different sensor nodes relate to same moving objects. The apparatus further maps (600) the location data received from different sensor nodes to a common coordinate system and determines (602) the relationships of the fields of view of the sensor nodes with each other and the location data mapped to the common coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY
    Inventors: Otto Korkalo, Petri Honkamaa, Paul Kemppi, Tommi Tikkanen
  • Patent number: 10701306
    Abstract: An image displaying method capable of automatically adjusting a displaying speed according to content of the image is applied to an image displaying apparatus. The image displaying method includes acquiring video data containing a first group of images and a second group of images, acquiring a first time difference between a first beginning image frame of the first group of images and a second beginning image frame of the second group of images, comparing the first time difference with a predetermined threshold value, and adjusting the displaying speed of the first group of images in accordance with a comparison result. Each group of images is consisted of a beginning image frame and at least one non-beginning image frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: VIVOTEK INC.
    Inventor: Yen-Lo Chen
  • Patent number: 10699132
    Abstract: In a method, an area surrounding a first motor vehicle is scanned optically on the part of the first motor vehicle; a message is determined on the basis of the scanned information; the message is transmitted from the first motor vehicle to a second motor vehicle, a distance between the first and the second motor vehicle not exceeding a predetermined maximum value; a graphic representation of the area surrounding the first motor vehicle is determined on the basis of the message; and the representation is output on board the second motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Marlon Ramon Ewert
  • Patent number: 10691201
    Abstract: An example system for image stream switching. The system for image stream switching may include a processor, a display, and a storage. The storage may include instructions that when executed on the processor, cause the processor to provide, to the display, a first image stream from a multiple simultaneous image streams data, the first image stream including a first setting and a first frame. The storage may include instructions that when executed on the processor, cause the processor to detect a signal to switch an image stream setting. The storage may include instructions that when executed on the processor, cause the processor to provide, to the display, a second image stream from the multiple simultaneous image streams data in response to a detection of the signal, the second image stream including a second setting and a second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ramon C. Cancel Olmo, Dong Yeung Kwak
  • Patent number: 10687014
    Abstract: A display system includes a conversion apparatus converting video luminance including a luminance value in a first luminance range and a display apparatus connected thereto and displaying the video. The conversion apparatus includes a first acquisition unit, a first luminance converter, a second luminance converter, a quantization converter, and an output unit outputting a third luminance signal to the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Terada, Masayuki Kozuka, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma
  • Patent number: 10681344
    Abstract: A system and method for white spot Mura defects on a display. The system is configured to pre-process an input images to generate a plurality of image patches. A feature vector is then extracted for each of the plurality of image patches. The feature vector includes at least one image moment feature and at least one texture feature. A machine learning classifier then determines the presence of a defect in each patch using the feature vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yiwei Zhang, Janghwan Lee
  • Patent number: 10679324
    Abstract: A video processing method includes receiving a bitstream, and decoding, by a video decoder, the bitstream to generate a decoded frame. The decoded frame is a projection-based frame that has a 360-degree image/video content represented by triangular projection faces packed in an octahedron projection layout. An omnidirectional image/video content of a viewing sphere is mapped onto the triangular projection faces via an octahedron projection of the viewing sphere. An equator of the viewing sphere is not mapped along any side of each of the triangular projection faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Hung-Chih Lin, Chao-Chih Huang, Chia-Ying Li, Hui Ou Yang, Jian-Liang Lin, Shen-Kai Chang
  • Patent number: 10681320
    Abstract: One or more projection apparatuses, control methods for one or more projection apparatuses, and storage mediums for use therewith are provided herein. At least one projection apparatus includes: a projection unit including an optical unit, the projection unit being configured to project a projection image including a predetermined display item onto a projection surface; a sensor configured to sense a predetermined area corresponding to the predetermined display item on the projection surface; and a control unit configured to: (i) perform predetermined processing relating to the projection image in response to the sensor detecting a predetermined instruction in the predetermined area, and (ii) stop sensing performed by the sensor in a case where a state of the optical system of the projection unit changes while the projection image including the predetermined display item is being projected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junji Kotani, Hidetoshi Wada
  • Patent number: 10681317
    Abstract: In a color correction method, a reference area is selected in a document page, which is rendered to produce image data. The reference area can be a company logo, a letter or character in a line of text, or other graphic object. The reference area need not be a set calibration chart. The image data is used by a projector to display the document page on a screen. Ambient light may cause colors in the displayed document page to be noticeably different from the intended colors specified in the document page. A camera takes a picture of the displayed document page, and a target area is identified in the camera image based on a characteristic of the reference area that was previously selected. Corrected image data is generated based on a color difference between the reference area and the target area. The projector uses the corrected image data to display the document page, this time with colors that are closer to or the same as the intended colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.
    Inventor: Kurt Nathan Nordback
  • Patent number: 10674108
    Abstract: An image display device is a self-luminous type device including a light emitting portion, and a casing portion of a display device unit has a heat dissipating structure portion through which a part of the image display device is exposed for heat dissipation. In manufacturing the display device unit, when performing simple and reliable assembly while securing a high heat dissipation characteristic, for example, by using characteristics of a silicon substrate, high accurate positioning is performed in a display device positioning portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Totani, Masayuki Takagi, Yoshitaka Hama
  • Patent number: 10664228
    Abstract: A method for automatically controlling audio output of a television system that includes a television device is provided. The method includes, by a processor of the television device: in response to receipt of a source signal, controlling an audio output unit to output an audio signal extracted from the source signal; activating an ambient sound monitoring unit to obtain ambient sound data; determining based on at least the ambient sound data, whether the audio output needs to be adjusted; and when it is determined that the audio output needs to be adjusted, adjusting the audio signal based on at least the ambient sound data to generate an adjusted audio signal, and controlling the audio output unit to output the adjusted audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: TP VISION EUROPE B.V.
    Inventors: Gyana Ranjan Senapati, Anirudha Ramdas Zade
  • Patent number: 10659722
    Abstract: A video signal receiving apparatus receives a first and second video signals for transmitting a same video content. When determining a size adjustment amount of a second video included in the second video signal, the video signal receiving apparatus performs scaling processing on a second image included in the second video signal to generate a scaling image and performs shift processing on the second image to generate a shift image. The video signal receiving apparatus calculates a similarity degree between a first image included in the first video signal and the scaling image, calculates a similarity degree between the first image and the shift image, and uses the scaling image or the shift image having the higher calculated similarity degree as an image to be subjected to the next scaling processing and the next shift processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Takagi, Ren Imaoka
  • Patent number: 10652512
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for video processing. In one aspect, the device may obtain a video stream with a plurality of frames. The device can also map, for each frame of the plurality of frames, a first luminance level associated with the frame to a second luminance level based on a transfer function. In some aspects, the transfer function can also include a first function for a first luminance level range and a second function for a second luminance level range, the first function being non-linear and the second function being polynomial. Additionally, the device can indicate, for each frame of the plurality frames, the second luminance level within the video stream. Moreover, the transfer function can include a third function for a third luminance level range, wherein the third function may be between the first and second functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Ike Ikizyan
  • Patent number: 10645332
    Abstract: A subtitle displaying method including determining subtitle information of a video frame in a video when a play request for the video is received; identifying a key region in the video frame; determining a subtitle display region in a region in the video frame other than the key region; and displaying subtitle content in the subtitle information in the subtitle display region during playing the video. In the example embodiments of the present disclosure, the subtitle display region is determined to be placed in the region other than the key region, such that display content in the key region is prevented from being blocked by subtitles, thus improving viewing experience of viewers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventor: Lei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10645427
    Abstract: A multimedia device and a control method therefor are disclosed. The multimedia device according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a reception unit for receiving a stream segment, of a first bitrate, among stream segments, which constitute first content, of several bitrates; a display unit for displaying video data corresponding to the received stream segment of the first bitrate; and a control unit, wherein the control unit detects a size change of a screen on which the video data is displayed, requests a stream segment of a second bitrate, which is different from the first bitrate, on the basis of the detected size change of the screen, controls the reception unit such that the reception unit receives the requested stream segment of the second bitrate, and controls the display unit such that the display unit displays video data corresponding to the received stream segment of the second bitrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Inchul Lee
  • Patent number: 10636173
    Abstract: Methods and systems including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving, from a camera, a set of images in which the camera detected a particular event based on a first set of camera settings, determining that false detections in the set of images made by the camera based on the first set of camera settings were caused by localized errors, and in response, generating a second set of camera settings based on the localized errors and providing the second set of camera settings to the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventors: Allison Beach, Donald Madden, Weihong Yin, David James Hutz, Dave Conger, Christopher Silverman, Benjamin Asher Berg, Andrew Scanlon
  • Patent number: 10638105
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of multi-dynamic range multi-layer video blending with alpha channel sideband for video playback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ning Luo, Changliang Wang