Patents Examined by Richard T Torrente
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Patent number: 10674134Abstract: A higher compression rate or better rate/distortion ratio may be achieved by adopting or predicting second coding parameters used for encoding a second view of the multi-view signal from first coding parameters used in encoding a first view of the multi-view signal. In other words, redundancies between views of a multi-view signal are not restricted to the views themselves, such as the video information thereof, but that the coding parameters in encoding these views in parallel show similarities, which may be exploited in order to further improve the coding rate.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: GE VIDEO COMPRESSION, LLCInventors: Thomas Wiegand, Detlev Marpe, Karsten Mueller, Philipp Merkle, Gerhard Tech, Hunn Rhee, Heiko Schwarz
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Patent number: 10666979Abstract: An image processing device and an image processing method for generating a celestial sphere image are provided such that the pixels near the poles of the sphere are kept from increasing in density when the image is mapped to the sphere surface. An encoder encodes, with respect to an omnidirectional image generated by equidistant cylindrical projection to include a top image, a middle image, and a bottom image in a vertical direction, the middle image into an encoded stream at a high resolution, and the top image and the bottom image into encoded streams at a resolution lower than the high resolution in systems including image display systems.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Nobuaki Izumi
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Patent number: 10659676Abstract: A subject tracking apparatus is configured to track a subject in continuously obtained photographic images. In the photographic image, a position of the subject in the photographic image and reliability that represents subject probability are obtained. The position of the subject to a target position in the photographic image is moved a tracking state of the subject is changed on a basis of the reliability.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryosuke Tsuji, Nobushige Wakamatsu
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Patent number: 10650592Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing a rotated spherical viewpoint (RSV). In one or more embodiments, the RSV is implemented using equirectangular projections (ERPs). The RSV methodologies described herein are particularly suitable for panning within virtual reality (VR) or 360° panoramic content as there is minimal, if any, geometric distortions at the edge of a given viewport. Moreover, the RSV methodologies described herein may reduce the bandwidth requirements of, for example, devices operating in a client-server architecture. Additionally, the computation requirements for providing RSV are minimal and can be provided using relatively simple rotation transforms.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventor: Adeel Abbas
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Patent number: 10645309Abstract: In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing maximum likelihood image binarization in a coded light range camera.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Alexander Bronstein, Aviad Zabatani, Ron Kimmel, Michael Bronstein, Erez Sperling, Vitaly Surazhsky
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Patent number: 10645286Abstract: Cameras with panoramic scanning range comprising a folded digital camera in which an optical path folding element (OPFE) that folds a first optical path from an object or scene into a second optical path substantially parallel with an optical axis of a lens of the folded camera, the OPFE being rotatable around the lens optical axis, and systems incorporating such cameras.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Corephotonics Ltd.Inventors: Roy Fridman, Gil Bachar, Ruthy Katz, Itamar Zinger, Paz Ilan
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Patent number: 10645311Abstract: A system and method for automated operation of a camera system provides for a positioning system that moves the camera system to a field of view to search for objects or events of interest to track. If objects or events of interest are detected prior to the expiration of a dwell timer, the dwell timer is interrupted and tracking of the objects or events of interest is initiated. To prevent the security camera from being distracted indefinitely by unimportant objects, the positioning system changes the field of view of the security system upon expiration of a track timer. Alternatively, if the security camera does not identify an object to track prior to expiration of a dwell timer, then the positioning system changes the field of view of the camera system to search for other objects or events of interest.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics, LLCInventor: Ian Westmacott
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Patent number: 10645360Abstract: An exemplary method includes a first physical computing device of a virtual reality system acquiring, from a capture device physically disposed at a vantage point in relation to a three-dimensional (“3D”) scene, surface data for the 3D scene, the surface data including a first instance of a multi-bit frame, separating the first instance of the multi-bit frame into a most significant byte (“MSB”) frame and a least significant byte (“LSB”) frame, compressing the MSB frame, and transmitting the LSB frame and the compressed MSB frame to a second physical computing device of the virtual reality system by way of the network interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Richard John Kern, II, Nazneen Khan
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Patent number: 10638169Abstract: A video streaming method for transitioning between multiple sequences of coded video data may include receiving and decoding transmission units from a first sequence of coded video data. In response to a request to transition to a second sequence of coded video data, the method may determine whether a time to transition to the second sequence of coded video data can be reduced by transitioning to the second sequence of coded video data via an intermediate sequence of coded video data. If the time can be reduced, the method may include receiving at least one transmission unit from an intermediate sequence of coded video data that corresponds to the request to transition, decoding the transmission unit from the intermediate sequence, and transitioning from the first sequence to the second sequence via the decoded transmission unit from the intermediate sequence.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yeping Su, Chris Y. Chung, Xiaosong Zhou, James Oliver Normile, Hsi-Jung Wu, Thomas Jansen, Hyeonkuk Jeong, Joe S. Abuan, Douglas Scott Price
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Patent number: 10630943Abstract: In some embodiments, the security and/or automation system, collectively referred to herein as automation system, may include a system for remotely monitoring a residence while respecting the privacy of occupants of the residence and the need for safety and security concerns. When a user is actively monitoring a residence, the system may provide a notification to occupants that remote monitoring is active. The remote monitoring may comprise video feed viewing of the residence, review of still images, audio review, and the like. The remote monitoring may allow review of multiple areas or rooms of a residence, the outside of a residence, and the like. The notifications may alert an occupant when a user is remotely viewing an audio feed, a video feed, images, or the like. However, the user may be disable the notifications if so desired.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Vivint, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Mahar, Matthew J. Eyring, Clint Huson Gordon-Carroll, Jeremy B. Warren, James Ellis Nye, Jefferson Huhta Lyman
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Patent number: 10616582Abstract: A device for processing video data stores one or more context statuses for a binary arithmetic coder at a bit depth of K; initializes an N-bit binary arithmetic coder with values for context variables for one of the one or more stored context statuses from previously coded blocks; codes the one or more blocks of the video data with the initialized N-bit binary arithmetic coder, wherein N and K are both positive integer values and K is smaller than N. A device for processing video data determines a set of one or more fixed filters with K-bit precision and determines a set of one or more derived filters with N-bit precision based on the set of one or more fixed filters with K-bit precision, wherein K and N are integers and K is less than N.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Li Zhang, Jianle Chen, Xiang Li, Marta Karczewicz
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Patent number: 10607197Abstract: A mobile device camera stand includes a flat, planar base comprising a platform for receiving a document, an adjustable shaft projecting from the base at a first end of the shaft, and a flat, planar cradle having a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface connected to a second end of the shaft. The top surface of the cradle receives a mobile device having a camera, and the cradle includes a cutout such that the camera is placed on the cutout such that the cutout does not obstruct the camera, thereby enabling the camera to image the document.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLCInventors: John Shi, Corey Lee, Xiaoxue Sherman He, Sudhir Patni, Blake Castle
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Patent number: 10604081Abstract: A vehicle auxiliary display device includes: a first camera configured to acquire a first image of a position of a user; a second camera configured to acquire a second image within a first range on an outside of a pillar of a vehicle; and a processor configured to determine a shielding area of the pillar shielding the user's line of sight based on the first image, extract an image of the shielding area from the second image based on the second image, and send the image of the shielding area to the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Zifeng Wang, Nannan Hu, Yan Ren, Lei Cao, She Lin, Guodong Huang, Changlin Leng
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Patent number: 10589676Abstract: A display system for a vehicle includes an interior camera disposed in an interior cabin of a vehicle and having a field of view interior of the vehicle that encompasses an area at or near a user input for an accessory, with the user input being accessible by a driver of the vehicle when the driver is normally operating the vehicle. A display device is viewable by the driver when the driver is normally operating the vehicle. The display device is operable to display images derived from image data captured by said interior camera. The display device displays images depicting the driver's hand as the driver's hand approaches the user input for the accessory for actuating the user input to adjust or control the accessory.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Norbert Kunze, Ruediger Boegel
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Patent number: 10595033Abstract: An image-processing apparatus and method for variable length coding of header data for image compression, includes retrieval of an input image stored in a first storage space in a memory. The input image is partitioned into a plurality of blocks. A header section is generated comprising a sequence of header bits having a first number of bits for a first block of the plurality of blocks based on application of a sequential encoding scheme on the first block. The header section in which the sequence of header bits may indicate a coding type, a transform type, a prediction type, and a QP value selected in the sequential encoding scheme, is encoded. The selected QP value may be encoded by variable length coding to reduce the first number of bits to a second number of bits in the encoded header section.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Mohammed Golam Sarwer, Ali Tabatabai
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Patent number: 10587882Abstract: A video image decoding device receives, as the code string to be decoded, a first code string to be decoded including information based on an encoded residual coefficient and header information or a second code string to be decoded including a residual image obtained in encoding of the code string to be decoded and header information. The video image decoding device, when the code string to be decoded that is received by the receiver is the first code string to be decoded, adds the residual decoded image and the predictive image to each other to generate and output a reconstructed image and, when the code string to be decoded received by the receiver is the second code string to be decoded, adds a residual image included in the second code string to be decoded and the predictive image to each other to generate and output a reconstructed image.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Hideyuki Ohgose, Kiyofumi Abe, Hiroshi Arakawa, Tatsuro Juri, Kazuhito Kimura
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Patent number: 10586312Abstract: A method for video compression through image processing and object detection, based on images or a digital video stream of images, to enhance and isolate frequency domain signals representing content to be identified, and decrease or ignore frequency domain noise with respect to the content. A digital image or sequence of digital images defined in a spatial domain are obtained. One or more pairs of sparse zones are selected, each pair generating a selected feature, each zone defined by two sequences of spatial data. The selected features are transformed into frequency domain data. The transfer function, shape and direction of the frequency domain data are varied for each zone, thus generating a normalized complex vector for each feature. The normalized complex vectors are then combined to define a model of the content to be identified.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: COGISEN S.R.L.Inventor: Christiaan Erik Rijnders
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Patent number: 10578850Abstract: A fluorescence microscopy inspection system includes light sources able to emit light that causes a specimen to fluoresce and light that does not cause a specimen to fluoresce. The emitted light is directed through one or more filters and objective channels towards a specimen. A ring of lights projects light at the specimen at an oblique angle through a darkfield channel. One of the filters may modify the light to match a predetermined bandgap energy associated with the specimen and another filter may filter wavelengths of light reflected from the specimen and to a camera. The camera may produce an image from the received light and specimen classification and feature analysis may be performed on the image.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: NANOTRONICS IMAGING, INC.Inventors: Matthew C. Putman, John B. Putman, Vadim Pinskiy, Denis Sharoukhov
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Patent number: 10567801Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide method and apparatus for video coding. In some examples, an apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines an intra prediction mode for generating a prediction image of a current block, determines one or more primary transforms according to signaling information that is extracted from a coded video bitstream, and determines a secondary transform according to the determined intra prediction mode and the determined one or more primary transforms. The processing circuitry also reconstructs a residue image of the current block based on one or more coefficients of an input block extracted from the coded video bitstream, the determined one or more primary transforms, and the determined secondary transform. The processing circuitry then reconstructs an image of the current block based on the prediction image and the residue image of the current block.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Xin Zhao, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
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Patent number: 10547856Abstract: A bitrate allocation engine allocates bitrates for distributed encoding of source data. Upon receiving a chunk of source data, the bitrate allocation engine generates a curve based on multiple points that each specify a different visual quality level and corresponding encoding bitrate for encoding the chunk. Subsequently, the bitrate allocation engine computes an optimized encoding bitrate based on the generated curve and an optimization factor that is associated with different visual quality levels and corresponding encoding bitrates for multiple chunks of the source data. The bitrate allocation engine then causes the chunk to be encoded at the optimized encoding bitrate. Advantageously, the resulting encoded chunk is optimized with respect to the optimization factor for multiple chunks of the source data.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: NETFLIX, INC.Inventors: Jan De Cock, Anne Aaron