Patents Examined by Paulos M. Natnael
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Patent number: 11190730Abstract: A system and method for filling light for signal communication are provided. The system may include at least one transmission controller. The at least one transmission controller may include a closed loop suppression module coupled to a node and a Video Output, wherein the Video Output is configured to output a reverse control signal, the node is coupled to the Video Output and is configured to receive the reverse control signal, and the closed loop suppression module is configured to: receive the reverse control signal, and adjust at least one of a voltage of the node or a voltage of the Video Output according to the voltage of the reverse control signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Zhiji Deng
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Patent number: 11178348Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that utilize machine learning techniques to improve object classification in thermal imaging systems. In an example embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes receiving, at a computing device, one or more infrared images of an environment. The method additionally includes, applying, using the computing device, a trained machine learning system on the one or more infrared images to determine an identified object type in the environment by at least: determining one or more prior thermal maps associated with the environment; using the one or more prior thermal maps and the one or more infrared images, determining a current thermal map associated with the environment; and determining the identified object type based on the current thermal map. The method also includes providing the identified object type using the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Alexander McCauley, Ralph H. Shepard, Brandyn White, Simon Verghese
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Patent number: 11178313Abstract: Disclosed are an image display method, a device, a smart TV, and a readable storage medium. The image display method includes: acquiring an original image signal of a current frame image; extracting evenly spaced rows of data from the original image signal of the current frame image to form a pre-processed image signal; acquiring each row of data in the pre-processed image signal, scanning the each row of data, synchronously acquiring at least two rows of scan images corresponding to the each row of data to form a display image of the current frame image; and acquiring a frame frequency of the original image signal and a vertical synchronization signal of the display image, controlling a period of a backlight pulse signal according to the frame frequency, controlling a duty cycle of the backlight pulse signal according to a period of the vertical synchronization signal, and displaying the display image.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: SHENZHEN TCL NEW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Wenwu Liao, Hongwei Bai
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Patent number: 11172175Abstract: A projector includes: a determination unit determining whether a daisy chain function executed by the projector when daisy-chained to another device is set as enabled or not; and a setting unit setting a display source to which an image signal to be a source of an image displayed by the projector is inputted, to one of the plurality of interfaces. The setting unit sets a supporting interface supporting the daisy-chaining as the display source when it is determined by the determination unit that the daisy chain function is set as enabled. The setting unit does not change the display source to an interface other than the supporting interface even when the image signal is not inputted to the supporting interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiki Fujimori
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Patent number: 11170733Abstract: A projector and a projection method are provided. The projector is coupled to a display card and includes a light source, a light valve, a projection lens, and a processor. The light source provides an illumination beam. The light valve converts the illumination beam into an image beam. The projection lens projects the image beam to the outside of the projector to form an imaged image. The processor receives an input image signal from the display card, and generates a control signal corresponding to the input image signal according to a refresh rate of the input image signal. When the refresh rate is greater than a threshold, the imaged image has a first resolution. When the refresh rate is less than the threshold, the light valve performs a pixel shifting operation, so that the imaged image has a second resolution. The first resolution is less than the second resolution.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Hsin-Yueh Chang, Li-Ming Chen
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Patent number: 11165997Abstract: An image projection apparatus configured to project a first range with a predetermined image quality includes a shifting unit configured to shift a position where a projection image is projected, a determining unit configured to determine whether a target position shifted by the shifting unit is located in a second range different from the first range, and a notifying unit configured to notify a user of a predetermined notice when the target position is located in the second range.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Atsushi Ishii
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Patent number: 11153474Abstract: Provided is a method and system including at least one imaging device disposed within an area to be monitored, and configured to capture one or more images and video segments of the area; a computing device in communication with the imaging device, that transmits and receive data to and from the at least one imaging device, performs video analytics to detect objects, compares between different video segments (i.e., frames) and still images within a plurality of time lapse periods of the area to be monitored, and selects different video segments and still images to be captured of the area, by the at least one imaging device, and parameters to determine the video analytics to be performed, based on the results of the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Ubicquia IQ LLCInventor: Morne Neser
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Patent number: 11153475Abstract: A camera detects devices, such as other cameras, smart devices, and access points, with which the camera may communicate. The camera may alternate between operating as a wireless station and a wireless access point. The camera may connect to and receive credentials from a device for another device to which it is not connected. In one embodiment, the camera is configured to operate as a wireless access point, and is configured to receive credentials from a smart device operating as a wireless station. The camera may then transfer the credentials to additional cameras, each configured to operate as wireless stations. The camera and additional cameras may connect to a smart device directly or indirectly (for instance, through an access point), and the smart device may change the camera mode of the cameras. The initial modes of the cameras may be preserved and restored by the smart device upon disconnection.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Richard T. Brockway, III, Jeffrey S. Youel, John S. Chen, Fabrice Barbier
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Patent number: 11138703Abstract: Disclosed is a method for processing a video stream including a set of images liable to contain a transition effect, the method including the following steps: detecting a fade-type transition effect within the set of images of the video stream and, where appropriate, calculating minimum and maximum brightnesses LMIN and LMAX for each image of the set of images containing the fade; estimating minimum and maximum brightnesses EMIN and EMAX for all of the images not containing the detected transition effect; determining minimum and maximum brightnesses SMIN and SMAX for a standard dynamic range; calculating minimum and maximum brightnesses TMIN and TMAX depending on the minimum and maximum brightnesses LMIN, LMAX, EMIN, EMAX, SMIN and SMAX calculated and determined beforehand; transmitting the calculated minimum and maximum brightnesses TMIN and TMAX with a view to dynamic range compression.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: ATEMEInventor: Thomas Guionnet
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Patent number: 11132557Abstract: The present application discloses a logo extraction device, and a brightness adjusting method and device for a logo. The logo extraction device includes an acquiring module, a gray-scale converting module, a weight processing module, and an extraction module. In the present application, by increasing a number of key frames in a process of logo extraction and using video frame weighting, the logo is extracted and thereby accuracy of logo extraction is improved.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yang Rao, Leli Peng
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Patent number: 11134297Abstract: In the described examples, a video integrated circuit (IC) chip includes a video input port (VIP) that receives a video stream. The video IC chip also includes a processing unit coupled to a non-transitory memory and is configured to detect the presence of a data stream provided to the VIP, cause the VIP to switch a target partition for the data stream from a given partition in the memory to another partition in the memory and to write the data stream to the other partition in the memory.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventor: Christopher James Broadhurst
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Patent number: 11128817Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Michael Bleyer, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Raymond Kirk Price
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Patent number: 11119390Abstract: A photographing device includes a camera module assembly, a glass disposed external to the camera module assembly to protect the camera module assembly, and a temperature sensor configured to detect an internal temperature of the photographing device. The photographing device also includes a heating element disposed on the glass. The photographing device further includes a controller configured to obtain the external temperature and to control the heating element to heat the glass when a difference between the internal temperature and the external temperature reaches a predetermined temperature.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hao Liu, Xifeng Zhao, Ran Liao, Xin Chen
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Patent number: 11122259Abstract: A test voltage sample and hold circuitry is disclosed in a readout circuitry of an image sensor. This circuitry samples a voltage at demand value based on a ramp voltage shared by the ADC comparators of the readout circuitry. The value of the sampled voltage is controlled by a control circuitry which is able to predict and calculate at what time a ramp generator may carry the demand voltage value. The sampled voltage is held by a hold capacitor during readout of one row and is accessed during the next row by the control circuitry as test data to drive a device under test (DUT) which may be any portion of the image sensor to be tested. Measured data out of the DUT is compared with expected data. Based on the result of the comparison, a signal indicates the pass or fail of the self-test concludes a self-test of the DUT.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Zhiyong Zhan, Tongtong Yu, Xin Wang, Liang Zuo, Kenny Geng
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Patent number: 11115617Abstract: An apparatus, method and system for connecting High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) devices. A loopback device connects between a first source device and a sink device on a first connection; a second source device connects to the sink device on a second connection. The loopback device manages the first connection, passes transition-minimized differential signaling (TMDS) or fixed-rate link (FRL) signals through to the sink device, and outputs audio received from the sink device on the audio return channel (ARC) or enhanced audio return channel (eARC). In this manner, audio that originates from any source device may be output without requiring a direct connection to the loopback device.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Christian Wolff, David Matthew Fischer
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Patent number: 11115616Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kengo Terada, Masayuki Kozuka, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma
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Patent number: 11115606Abstract: A motherboard is capable of outputting image data and includes an image transmission port, an on-board video graphics array (VGA) card, a switching circuit, a control circuit, and a first network connection port. The image transmission port is configured to receive an external image signal. The on-board VGA card is configured to provide an internal image signal. The switching circuit selectively uses the external image signal or the internal image signal as image data. The control circuit selectively uses the image data or Ethernet network data as output data. The first network connection port is configured to transmit the output data.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yin-Yu Lin, Chia-En Liu, Chun-Chung Huang
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Patent number: 11107121Abstract: Master computing device and method for determining an actual number of impressions provided by a synchronized group of devices comprising the master and one or more slave computing device. The master device transmits a synchronization request to the slave device(s) and determines a number of negative responses received from the slave device(s) in response to the synchronization request. A negative response indicates that one slave device is not capable of displaying digital content. The master device determines a number of displays D capable of displaying digital content based on the number of negative responses received. The master device determines a metric representative of the actual number of impressions provided by the master device and the slave device(s). The metric is calculated based on the number of displays D. The master device transmits the metric to a server and the server calculates the actual number of impressions using the metric.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Broadsign Serv, Inc.Inventors: Giovan Gentile, Bryan Mongeau
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Patent number: 11106418Abstract: An image display apparatus includes an input unit that receives an image from a first external apparatus, an output unit that outputs an image to a second external apparatus, a communication unit that performs communication with the first external apparatus or the second external apparatus, a receiving unit that receives a control signal that is transmitted from the first external apparatus and indicates that the first external apparatus transits to an image signal transmission stopping state, an inquiry unit that inquires of the second external apparatus about whether or not the second external apparatus supports the transmission stopping state, and a control unit that, in a case the control signal is received, switches a response to the control signal according to a result of the inquiry of the inquiry unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tomoaki Komiyama
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Patent number: 11102461Abstract: A projection system includes a projection device including a projector unit and a camera unit, a signal transmitter unit mounted to a projection screen, and a processing unit. The camera unit captures an image of a projection image projected by the projector unit onto the projection screen, and the processing unit obtains a position of the projection image accordingly. The processing unit obtains a position of the projection screen based on signals wirelessly transmitted by the signal transmitter unit and adjusts setting parameter(s) related to the projector unit based on a comparison between the positions of the projection image and the projection screen to reduce dimensional and/or positional differences between the two.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: TPKTouch Systems (Xiamen) Inc.Inventors: Ning Zhang, Xiao Xin Bai, Qi Jun Zheng, Yan Jun Xie, Kwan Sin Ho