Patents Examined by Paulos M. Natnael
  • Patent number: 11343466
    Abstract: A video signal conversion device includes a frontend interface circuit, a FPGA video processor and a backend interface circuit. The frontend interface circuit receives a HDR video input signal from a video transmitting device. The FPGA video processor outputs a SDR first video output signal. A video receiving device receives the first video output signal and a HDR second video output signal from the FPGA video processor through the video bridge controller of the backend interface circuit by PCI-E.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: AVERMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ssu-Ming Cheng, Hong-Wei Liu, Chen-Hsiang Wu, Shi-Jie Lin, Yen-Cheng Yao, Chih-Sheng Wang
  • Patent number: 11343559
    Abstract: A receiving apparatus is provided. The receiving apparatus includes circuitry configured to receive reference time information and metadata including information for executing processing related to the reference time information. The circuitry is configured to execute processing related to the reference time information based on the metadata. The metadata includes a first offset value between the reference time information and a discontinuous time, a second offset value between the discontinuous time and a local time, and a date and time at which a change in a daylight savings time (DST) status is to occur. The local time is determined based on the reference time information and the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Takahashi, Yasuaki Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 11336882
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a biometric authentication system. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at one or more processing devices, data corresponding to a first set of pixels of an image sensor. The first set of pixels are exposed under illumination by a first source. Data corresponding to a second set of pixels of the image sensor is received, at the one or more processing devices. The second set of pixels are exposed under illumination by a second source that is spatially separated from the first source. A three-dimensional image is generated using the data corresponding to the first set of pixels as a first image of a pair of photometric stereo images, and the data corresponding to the second set of pixels as a second image of the pair of photometric stereo images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zikomo Fields, Srikanth Parupati
  • Patent number: 11330236
    Abstract: A projector controlling method including projecting a pattern image, capturing an image of the pattern image with an image sensor to acquire captured pattern image data, determining based on the captured pattern image data a flat surface range where a flat surface is present within the range over which the pattern image is projected, generating an on-screen-display superimposed image in such a way that the superimposed image is selectively projected within the flat surface range, and projecting the superimposed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shoichi Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11330200
    Abstract: Enhanced passthrough images are generated and displayed. A current visibility condition of an environment is determined. Based on the current visibility condition, a first camera or a second camera, which detect light spanning different ranges of illuminance, is selected to generate a passthrough image of the environment. The selected camera is then caused to generate the passthrough image. Additionally, a third camera, which is structured to detect long wave infrared radiation, is caused to generate a thermal image of the environment. Parallax correction is performed by aligning coordinates of the thermal image with corresponding coordinates identified within the passthrough image. Subsequently, the parallax-corrected thermal image is overlaid onto the passthrough image to generate a composite passthrough image, which is then displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Bleyer, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Raymond Kirk Price
  • Patent number: 11330222
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided, which includes a USB Type-C connector, display panel, a multiplexing circuit, a switch circuit, and a display controller. The USB Type-C connector is connected to a portable device, wherein a USB signal between the display apparatus and the portable device includes an image-transmission channel and a data-transmission channel. The multiplexing circuit separates the image-transmission channel from the data-transmission channel. The display controller controls a display mode of the display panel. In response to the display panel being in a first display mode, the display controller transmits a control signal to the switch circuit to control the multiplexing circuit to switch to a first operation mode. In response to the multiplexing circuit being in the first operation mode, the portable device acts as a host terminal in the image-transmission channel, and acts as a device terminal in the data-transmission channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chin-Hui Chen, Erh-Chia Joung, Kuei-Shan Chang
  • Patent number: 11330235
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a projection method and projection device. The method comprises: acquiring a sound signal sent by a user; performing locating to determine a positional relationship between the user and the projection device according to the sound signal sent by the user; determining a projected image orientation meeting viewing requirements of the user according to the positional relationship between the user and the projection device; and projecting an image to be projected onto a projection plane according to the projected image orientation. By use of the projection method provided by the disclosure, the projected image orientation may be automatically adjusted according to the viewing requirements of the user, and convenience and friendliness for human-computer interaction may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Jian Zhu, Xiangdong Zhang, Zhenyu Yu, Zhiping Luo, Dong Yan
  • Patent number: 11317071
    Abstract: A video signal processing method includes obtaining a first linear luminance signal based on a first linear red green blue (RGB) signal corresponding to a video signal, converting the first linear luminance signal into a first non-linear luminance signal, performing a piecewise luminance mapping on the first non-linear luminance signal to obtain a second non-linear luminance signal, converting the second non-linear luminance signal into a second linear luminance signal, calculating a luminance gain between the second linear luminance signal and the first linear luminance signal, and obtaining, based on a product of the luminance gain and the first linear RGB signal, an RGB display signal corresponding to the video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zheng Wang, Le Yuan, Renjian Wu, Fang Huang
  • Patent number: 11317054
    Abstract: A video processing method includes: receiving motion information of a display apparatus; determining, according to the motion information of the display apparatus and a motion threshold of the display apparatus, whether a motion state of the display apparatus affects the effect of the display apparatus using a frame rate up-conversion image processing method based on motion compensation to process a video that is to be displayed by the display apparatus; if yes, stopping using the frame rate up-conversion image processing method based on motion compensation to process the video that is to be displayed by the display apparatus; if no, continuing to use the frame rate up-conversion image processing method based on motion compensation to process the video that is to be displayed by the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yakun Wang, Lin Lin, Jian Sun, Jiyang Shao, Ziqiang Guo, Feng Zi, Binhua Sun, Bingxin Liu, Yadong Ding
  • Patent number: 11310488
    Abstract: In a method of operating an image sensor, the image sensor includes a pixel array and a plurality of column driving circuits that are connected to a plurality of columns of the pixel array. A test operation is performed by applying a test pattern to the plurality of column driving circuits while changing a level of a well-bias voltage applied to a transistor included in the plurality of column driving circuits. A bias setting operation for setting the level of the well-bias voltage is performed based on a result of the test operation. An image capture operation for detecting incident light and generating a frame image is performed based on the pixel array, the plurality of column driving circuits and the well-bias voltage set by the bias setting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyeok-Jong Lee
  • Patent number: 11310460
    Abstract: An image processing method includes: receiving first and second frames; generating multiple motion vectors based on the first and second frames, wherein one of the motion vectors corresponds to a first block of the first frame and a second block of the second frame; calculating a to-be-compensated position of a compensated block, a first motion vector between the compensated block and the first block, and a second motion vector between the compensated block and the second block; determining whether a sum of the to-be-compensated position, a compensation value, and the first motion vector or the second motion vector exceeds a target range in order to set a blending coefficient; modifying first data of the first block or second data of the second block based on the blending coefficient; and generating interpolated data based on the modified first data or the modified second data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chung-Ping Yu
  • Patent number: 11303846
    Abstract: An digital imaging system and method that is provided that is capable of receiving and processing multiple types of image formats. Thus, the system is capable of receiving image signals from multiple types of image sources, such as medical imaging devices, that may each use different image formats, and converting the image format of the received image signals to the image formats required by one or more predetermined devices, such as an image recording device and a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: MediCapture, Inc.
    Inventor: Alexander Yurusov
  • Patent number: 11297277
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a communication device for transmitting a video to an external device through first to third transmission lines, the communication device including: a transmission module configured to transit first color difference information and second color difference information concerned with adjacent two pixels through the first transmission line, to transmit first luminance information concerned with one of the two pixels through the second transmission line, and to transmit second luminance information concerned with the other of the two pixels through the third transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Nobuaki Suzuki, Makoto Sato, Masahiko Mawatari
  • Patent number: 11297278
    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: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Terada, Masayuki Kozuka, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma
  • Patent number: 11297373
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure present devices, methods, and computer readable medium for enabling controller device to control proprietary digital media players, network accessories, and virtual assistants, providing an overall improved user experience. The techniques disclosed herein reduce clutter because a single controller can control various different devices and accessories. The techniques discloses also can include identifying a change in the configuration information for the computing device. The technique for accessory control can include transmitting updated configuration information for the controller, the configuration information associating a function for the computing device with a user interface element value for the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Zaka Ur Rehman Ashraf, Anush G. Nadathur, Jared S. Grubb, Srinivas Rama
  • Patent number: 11297394
    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: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Rovi Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Putterman, Brad Dietrich, Gregory Peters, Richard Bullwinkle
  • Patent number: 11290676
    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: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo Terada, Masayuki Kozuka, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma
  • Patent number: 11277594
    Abstract: A control method for an image projection system including a plurality of projectors includes a determining step of determining, based on a stack number indicating the number of the projectors, projected images of which are superimposed one another, colors of pattern images projected by the respective projectors equivalent to the stack number and a projecting step of causing the respective projectors equivalent to the stack number to project the pattern images having the colors determined in the determining step. In the determining step, when the pattern images equivalent to the stack number are superimposed, the colors of the pattern images projected by the respective projectors equivalent to the stack number are determined such that the superimposed pattern images equivalent to the stack number have a specific color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Kudo, Hirohiko Kihara
  • Patent number: 11258927
    Abstract: A noise removal device includes a noise remover, a data compressor, a data decompressor, a stillness detector, and an output selector. For a second frame succeeding a first frame, the noise remover performs noise removal on input image data of the second frame to generate noise removed data, based on the input image data of the second frame and decompressed data of the first frame. For the second frame, the output selector: selects the input image data as output image data, when the stillness detector detects that the input image data is data of a still image; and selects the noise removed data as the output image data, when the stillness detector detects that the input image data is not the data of the still image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventor: Satoru Tanigawa
  • Patent number: 11258980
    Abstract: The video signal transmission and reception system performs transmission of a video signal and a control signal between the video signal transmitting device and the video signal receiving device via a common transmission line. The video signal transmitting device includes a video signal transmitter, a control signal transmitter and receiver, a filter circuit, a controller, and a camera. The video signal receiving device includes a video signal receiver, a control signal transmitter and receiver, a filter circuit, and a controller. By performing time management control performed by the controller or the controller such that the period of the transient state of transmission of the video signal is within the non-communication period of the control signal, interference between the video signal and the control signal in the period of the transient state of transmission of the video signal is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: THINE ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Rei Fujiki, Daisuke Iwama, Shun Ideguchi