Patents Examined by Paulos M. Natnael
  • Patent number: 10448100
    Abstract: A display apparatus including: a display; a user input configured to issue a command for executing a GUI; and a processor configured to process a first image including an object to be displayed on the display, and process the GUI corresponding to an outline of the object to be displayed on the display in response to receiving the command for executing the GUI from the user input while the first image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kye-rim Lee, Ronan Bouroullec, Erwan Bouroullec, Gael Hugo, Song-ah Choi
  • Patent number: 10445594
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to an onboard display system for solving the problem of display image with poor clarity in the prior art, achieving a better grasp to situation outside the vehicle and driving safety of the driver. The onboard display system includes a camera module and a display. The camera module is installed at a predetermined position outside the vehicle for taking traffic images during driving and sending them to the display. The display is arranged inside the vehicle and adhered to the front windshield of the vehicle or hang before the front windshield of the vehicle for displaying the traffic images it received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICSS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei He, Seung Yik Park
  • Patent number: 10440239
    Abstract: A system and a method for detecting presence of a living hold in a video stream are disclosed. The method comprises pre-processing N consecutive frames for eliminating noise. An edge score may be calculated for the N consecutive frames, and a clip threshold primary and a clip threshold secondary may be defined. The method further comprises identifying primary edges and secondary edges in the N consecutive frames. Successively, a percentage of fixed primary edges and percentage of fixed secondary edges may be determined. Presence of the living hold may be confirmed based on the value of the percentage of fixed primary edges and the percentage of fixed secondary edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Interra Systems
    Inventors: Raman Kumar Gupta, Rishi Gupta, Shekhar Madnani, Bhupender Kumar
  • Patent number: 10439911
    Abstract: A receiver is configured to be coupled to a television and data service provider headend via a hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) network. The receiver comprises front-end circuitry operable to receive a signal that carries a plurality of television and/or data channels, and digitize the received signal to generate a digitized signal. The receiver comprises channelizer circuitry operable to select a first portion of the digitized signal, and select a second portion of the digitized signal. The receiver comprises processing circuitry operable to process the selected second portion of the digitized signal to recover information carried in the plurality of channels. The receiver comprises monitoring circuitry operable to analyze the selected first portion of the digitized signal to measure a characteristic of the received signal; and control the transmission of network management messages back to the headend based on the measured characteristic of the received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Maxlinear, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Gallagher, Patrick Tierney, Jun Huang
  • Patent number: 10432886
    Abstract: A display system is provided. The display system includes a display apparatus configured to display an image, an image providing apparatus configured to provide an image, and a remote control device configured to transmit a control signal for controlling the image providing apparatus. The display apparatus is further configured to control the remote control device to transmit at least one control signal to the image providing apparatus, and acquire apparatus information of the image providing apparatus by analyzing an image provided by the image providing apparatus to the display apparatus in response the image providing device receiving the at least one control signal transmitted by the remote control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-il Yoon, Kwan-young Kim, Sergei Sudakov, Jae-min Soh, Ji-hyo Lee, Sang-jin Choi, Hyun-kyu Yun
  • Patent number: 10424267
    Abstract: To facilitate selection of a display manner in a display device capable of displaying an image(s) based on a plurality of image signals, the display device according to the present invention includes: a video inputter including a plurality of input terminals configured to acquire a plurality of image signals including image data to be displayed by a display unit; a detector configured to detect characteristics of the image signals; a group determinator configured to classify the image signals into at least one group based on the characteristics detected by the detector; and an output control unit configured to output information indicating a display mode of the display unit associated with at least one group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Funada
  • Patent number: 10425626
    Abstract: The laser projection display device (1) includes a laser beam source (5), a laser driver (4) driving the laser beam source, and an image processing unit (2) supplying a display image signal to the laser driver. The image processing unit applies a preliminary emission signal (53) to perform preliminary emission to an image signal (50) in a predetermined period (t0 to t1) immediately before a black pixel signal is switched to a signal except for the black pixel signal when the image signal has a black pixel duration. In particular, the preliminary emission process is performed when the laser beam source is operated in a dark image region while being reduced in maximum light intensity, and, as the preliminary emission signal, a signal (L0) corresponding to a light intensity which is 1/10 or less a maximum light intensity (La) in the dark image region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Yuya Ogi, Yoshiho Seo
  • Patent number: 10425623
    Abstract: A control device includes a data storing unit, a synchronization control unit, a light emission control unit, and a luminance adjustment unit. The light emission control unit derives a luminance adjustment parameter for adjusting a light emission luminance of light emitting elements when a video image is displayed with a total number of vertical lines in a current frame such that a total light emission amount of the light emitting elements during one frame period when the video image is displayed with the total number of vertical lines in the current frame is equal to a total light emission amount of the light emitting elements during one frame period when a video image is displayed with a pre-set minimum number of vertical lines. The luminance adjustment unit adjusts, based on the luminance adjustment parameter, the light emission luminance of the light emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Ishii
  • Patent number: 10419731
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and techniques related to virtual image projection systems. In some examples, the system may include a scanning mirror arrangement for receiving a light beam and reflecting the light beam to a projection surface and a dynamic optical lens for focusing the light beam at a focal plane so that the light beam reflected from the projection surface is collimated or diverging enabling the projected image to be perceived as a virtual image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: NORTH INC.
    Inventors: Lucio Kilcher, Nicolas Abele
  • Patent number: 10419807
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: an image processor; a display unit; a remote controller which includes a touch input unit to detect motion of a user; a remote control signal receiver which receives a remote control signal from the remote controller corresponding to the motion of a user; and a controller which displays the content information window as if the content information window enters from an outside of a display area to an inside of the display area in accordance with the motion that a user moves from an outside of an area of the touch input unit to an inside of the area, or stops displaying the content information window as if the content information window exits from the inside of the display area to the outside of the display area in accordance with the motion that a user moves from the inside of the area of the touch input unit to the outside of the touch input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong-hwan Kwon
  • Patent number: 10412350
    Abstract: A heat transport device includes a loop heat pipe configured in the form of a loop, and a control unit configured to control an amount of heat generated by a heat generating part when the loop heat pipe starts up. The loop heat pipe includes an evaporating unit configured to receive heat of a heat generating part as a cooling target and evaporate a hydraulic fluid, a condensing unit configured to radiate heat and condense vapor obtained by evaporation of the hydraulic fluid, a vapor pipe which connects the evaporating unit and the condensing unit to each other, and a liquid pipe which connects the condensing unit and the evaporating unit to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsuya Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10405053
    Abstract: Media content is received in a windows management application. The media content is from a set of content including zero or more television signal content and zero or more application content. The media content is incorporated into a television signal containing a window configuration. The television signal is then sent from the windows management application to a television where it is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Putterman, Brad Dietrich, Gregory Peters, Richard Bullwinkle
  • Patent number: 10404974
    Abstract: An audio-visual system includes an audio source configured to produce multiple audio. The system includes one or more multi-view (MV) pixels, each configured to emit beamlets in different directions in a beamlet coordinate system. The system includes a processor that receives a specification of multiple listening/viewing zones located in a listening/viewing zone coordinate system. The processor associates multiple audio and visual contents with the multiple listening/viewing zones, respectively, and determines an audio mapping that translates between the listening/viewing zone coordinate system and the audio source and a visual mapping that translates between the listening/viewing zone coordinate system and the beamlet coordinate system. For each of multiple audio generated from the multiple audio contents, the processor, using the audio mapping, identifies an audio parameter value to produce the audio at a corresponding listening/viewing zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Misapplied Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Henry Dietz, Albert Han Ng, David Steven Thompson
  • Patent number: 10402945
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program for processing at least one video sequence are provided, e.g., for transforming a video sequence to a different format, wherein the at least one video sequence includes a plurality of time-successive image frames. The system is configured to provide a predetermined set of at least one feature, and associate a weighted value to each feature. The system is further configured to provide a predetermined 10 set of at least one imaging process, and to provide a processed video sequence in which the one or more imaging processes have been applied to the video sequence as a function of features detected in the video sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: IMINT IMAGE INTELLIGENCE AB
    Inventor: Simon Mika
  • Patent number: 10404955
    Abstract: The examples relate to various implementations of a software configurable lighting device utilizing a projection and/or waveguide-based lighting system that offers the capability to present an image display and/or provide general illumination lighting of a space according to an image display selection and/or general illumination distribution selection. A controller generates control signals that cause the projection and/or waveguide-based lighting system to output the selected images and general illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Ravi Kumar Komanduri, Guan-Bo Lin
  • Patent number: 10397494
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein enable a switching device to automatically select AV port(s) coupled to electronic device(s) that a user would like to use to watch and/or listen to content. The AV port(s) may be automatically selected based on receiving a command, determining that a particular remote control device is being used, and/or determining that a particular piece of content has been selected. Upon detection of such events, a source device for providing content is identified from among a plurality of source devices. Thereafter, an AV port from among a plurality of AV ports to which the identified source device is connected is identified. The identified AV port is then selected so that the identified source device becomes connected to an AV port to which a sink device is connected. In this way, the switching device can provide content from the identified source device to the sink device for presentation thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Caavo Inc
    Inventors: Vinod Gopinath, Ashish Aggarwal
  • Patent number: 10397537
    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: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: THINE ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Miura, Yoshimichi Murakami, Shuhei Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10380715
    Abstract: A video processing method includes: receiving an omnidirectional image/video content corresponding to a viewing sphere, generating a sequence of projection-based frames according to the omnidirectional image/video content and an octahedron projection layout, and encoding, by a video encoder, the sequence of projection-based frames to generate a bitstream. Each projection-based frame has a 360-degree image/video content represented by triangular projection faces packed in the octahedron projection layout. The omnidirectional image/video content of the 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: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Hung-Chih Lin, Chao-Chih Huang, Chia-Ying Li, Hui Ou Yang, Jian-Liang Lin, Shen-Kai Chang
  • Patent number: 10375304
    Abstract: An apparatus has first and second generation units which generate, from input image data, color component data for luminance output and color component for color difference output, first and second convertors which converts tones of each piece of the color component data for luminance output and for color difference output, a combining unit combining each piece of the color component data obtained by the first and second convertors to generate respective pieces of combined color component data; a separation unit respectively separating luminance data and color difference data from the combined color component data; and a correction unit correcting a tone of each of the luminance data and color difference data. The second convertor has a characteristic for outputting a non-negative value in a range, of negative infinity to a positive threshold set in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Fumitaka Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10375385
    Abstract: A video timing test equipment for measuring light integration time of a camera. The video timing test equipment may comprise: a control unit and shutter timing test unit. The control unit may generate input timing signals adjustable by a user. The shutter timing test unit may comprise a single timing light emitting diode (LED), a single timing infrared (IR) LED, and an output controller. The output controller may regulate the illumination of the timing LED and timing IR LED based on the input timing signals. The shutter timing test unit may also comprise a UTC time display, edge time display, and pulse width display. The UTC time display may depict a UTC time as to when light integration begins or ends. The edge time display may depict an offset time associated with the start or end of light integration. The pulse width display may depict the duration of light integration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the the Navy
    Inventors: Jason Witzel, James Alexander Rogers