Patents Examined by Ricky Chin
  • Patent number: 11967112
    Abstract: Described is a method for detecting a calibration requirement for image sensors in a vehicle. The method includes detecting a ground pattern in a generated image associated with a surrounding of a vehicle. The method includes extracting at least one key point associated with the detected ground pattern, from the generated image. The method includes determining a relative motion parameter associated with the extracted at least one key point based on tracking of the extracted at least one key point over a period of time. The method further includes detecting the calibration requirement for the image sensor based on the determined relative motion parameter and generating an output signal based on the detected calibration requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: AitronX Inc.
    Inventors: Xinlu Tang, Chi Yan, Jiangwei Li, Jie Lin
  • Patent number: 11958608
    Abstract: A system for tracking passenger behaviors of passengers on a commercial passenger vehicle is provided. The system comprises: media playback devices located on the commercial passenger vehicle, the media playback devices being associated with passenger seats and configured to operate in an onboard check-in mode, and an onboard server in communication with the media playback devices and configured to receive, from a media playback device associated with a passenger seat of a passenger, passenger identification information of the passenger and update passenger boarding information to indicate a completion of a boarding process of the passenger. The onboard server is further configured to provide, to at least one of a ground terminal or a crew terminal, passenger boarding information that enables determination of a time interval between a start of the boarding process by each passenger and an end of the boarding process as indicated from the media playback devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC AVIONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Danny Ngoc Quang Tran
  • Patent number: 11944901
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: receiving, at at least one game server, an execution request for execution of a game program from a user terminal over a network and, in response, loading and executing the game program, where the execution request is associated with a play point in a video that shows previously played content of the game program; transmitting the video, by way of at least one of the at least one game server and at least one video server, to the user terminal over the network, where the video is displayed to a user of the user terminal and the execution request is initiated by the user; obtaining, at the at least one game server, certain game situation data that is identified based on the play point associated with the execution request, from a storage unit that stores respective game situation data which indicate respective situations of the game program that are associated with respective play points in the video; starting executing the game program, by the at least one game server, from a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Toshiya Ikenaga
  • Patent number: 11936920
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of providing a video stream from a system comprising a main unit and a plurality of sensors, wherein the main unit is configured to receive data from the plurality of sensors, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting a multi-view video stream from the main unit to a client, wherein the multi-view video stream represents a multi-view composed of sensor data views from the plurality of sensors in the system; receiving, in the main unit, a command from the client representing a zoom-in operation; computing an updated multi-view according to the received command; evaluating if the updated multi-view includes an area outside a dominating sensor data view in the updated multi-view that is greater than a predetermined threshold; if the area outside the dominating sensor data view is greater than the predetermined threshold, transmitting a multi-view video stream representing the updated multi-view; if the area outside the dominating sensor data view is less than, or
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: AXIS AB
    Inventors: Song Yuan, Mikael Murstam
  • Patent number: 11935377
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising an interface and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive pixel data corresponding to a monitored area. The processor may be coupled to the interface and may be configured to (i) process the pixel data arranged as video frames, (ii) perform computer vision operations to detect an object in the video frames, (iii) extract characteristics about the object detected, (iv) generate a three-dimensional (3D) map of the object utilizing the pixel data corresponding to the object, (v) determine whether the object is within a three-dimensional (3D) virtual security zone based on the 3D map of the object, and (vi) generate a trigger signal in response to all or a portion of the object being within the 3D virtual security zone. The 3D virtual security zone is generally determined by a user during a setup procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Ambarella International LP
    Inventor: Ruian Xu
  • Patent number: 11936930
    Abstract: A data processing method, a server, and a data collection device are provided. The method includes: obtaining, by a server, first network key performance indicator KPI data and performance data of a first set-top box STB, where the first network KPI data is network KPI data of a first video service stream, and the first STB is an STB that receives the first video service stream; and calculating, by the server, first video quality of experience QoE of the first video service stream based on an associated model, the first network KPI data, and the performance data of the first STB, where the associated model is a model obtained through training based on historical data, and the associated model is used by the server to calculate video QoE based on network KPI data and performance data of an STB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haonan Ye, Jian Cheng, Jian Chen, Gang Chen, Zhenhang Sun
  • Patent number: 11925308
    Abstract: According to some embodiments of the invention, a near-infrared fluorescence endoscopic dental imaging system includes an endoscope forming a plurality of lumens therein; a spectrometer optically coupled to a first lumen of the endoscope; a near-infrared camera optically coupled to a second lumen of the endoscope; a data processor in communication with the spectrometer and the near-infrared camera; and a display system in communication with the data processor. The near-infrared camera is configured to capture a near-infrared two-dimensional dental image of a specimen and transmit the near-infrared two-dimensional dental image to the data processor. The spectrometer is configured to capture fluorescent light from the specimen and provide a spectroscopic signal to the data processor. The display system is configured to communicate with the data processor to receive the near-infrared two-dimensional dental image and the spectroscopic signal and to display a two-dimensional dental image of the specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Jian Xu, Shaomian Yao, Zhongqiang Li
  • Patent number: 11928942
    Abstract: A system and method for premises theft prevention and detection. A system comprises a media capture device, a target area and target object at a workstation, and operably configured code in non-transitory computer readably storage media. A system recognizes a theft or misappropriation and can notify a business owner or police. The system is powered by machine-learning algorithms that progressively improve accuracy and precision in theft detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventor: Yanwei Liu
  • Patent number: 11930227
    Abstract: An ad in a movie can be a static ad having a position in the movie that cannot be moved, or a dynamic ad having a position in the movie that can be changed. When a viewer wishes to skip a portion of the movie containing the ad, the playback system determines whether the ad is static or dynamic. If the ad is static, only the portion of the movie preceding the static ad can be skipped; the ad is unskippable. This technique is referred to as “bounceback” since the end of the skip bounces back to the start of the static ad. If the ad is dynamic, it is moved to after the end of the skip. This technique is referred to as “slip-ad” since the ad slips to later in the movie. When a movie has multiple ads, some can be static and some can be dynamic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Open Text SA ULC
    Inventors: Thomas S. Gilley, Eric Hoffert, Rabih Nassar, Brenda Pomerance
  • Patent number: 11922464
    Abstract: A system and method facilitate digital marketing for sponsors of live television broadcasts. The system allows a user, using an application on a computing device while a piece of sponsored content is being broadcast, to express an interest in the broadcast piece of sponsored content and the interest of the user is communicated to a backend system that selects an endpoint destination associated with the broadcast piece of sponsored content wherein the endpoint destination is a pointer to further digital information about the broadcast piece of sponsored content. The system and method may periodically change the selected endpoint destination based on an event in the sponsored piece of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BRANDACTIF LTD.
    Inventor: Peter Lancaster
  • Patent number: 11917240
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and computer-program products are described herein for providing dynamic content serving. The dynamic content serving technology can identify, in real-time, programming arriving at a client device, identify the specific segment being received, and determine which pre-stored video segment may be used to replace the identified segment. A dynamic content controller component can also identify what devices, in addition to the client device, may also be served with supplemental information either related or unrelated to the program currently displayed on the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: INSCAPE DATA, INC.
    Inventors: Zeev Neumeier, W. Leo Hoarty
  • Patent number: 11917268
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, training of a neural network or other prediction model may be facilitated via live stream concept association. In some embodiments, a live video stream may be loaded on a user interface for presentation to a user. A user selection related to a frame of the live video stream may be received via the user interface during the presentation of the live video stream on the user interface, where the user selection indicates a presence of a concept in the frame of the live video stream. In response to the user selection related to the frame, an association of at least a portion of the frame of the live video stream and the concept may be generated, and the neural network or other prediction model may be trained based on the association of at least the portion of the frame with the concept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CLARIFAI, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Zeiler, Daniel Kantor
  • Patent number: 11886991
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described for machine-learning architectures for broadcast and multicast communications. In implementations, a network entity determines a configuration of a deep neural network (DNN) for processing broadcast or multicast communications transmitted over a wireless communication system, where the communications are directed to a targeted group of user equipments (UEs). The network entity forms a network-entity DNN based on the determined configuration of the DNN and processes the broadcast or multicast communications using the network-entity DNN. In implementations, the network entity forms a common DNN to process and/or propagate the broadcast or multicast communications to the targeted group of UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer
  • Patent number: 11877096
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for integrating a body camera with a locking mechanism. The techniques include assigning a body camera to a user and detecting a proximity of the body camera to a locking mechanism. The techniques also include determining a state of the locking mechanism, and automatically triggering recording of the body camera based at least in part on the proximity and the state of the locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anitha Swapna Erusalagandi, George Sridhar Bandhanadham
  • Patent number: 11866194
    Abstract: A visual system for an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft is illustrated. The system comprises an exterior visual device, a flight controller, and a pilot display. The exterior visual device is attached to the aircraft and is configured to detect an input of views of the exterior environment of the electric aircraft. The flight controller is communicatively connected to the aircraft, receives input from the exterior visual device, and generates an output of the view of the exterior environment of the aircraft as a function of the input. The pilot display is in the aircraft, receives the output of the view of exterior environment of the electric aircraft, and displays the output to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventor: Joshua E. Auerbach
  • Patent number: 11871077
    Abstract: A transmission method in the present disclosure includes; obtaining an image and image signal characteristics information indicating one of an opto-electrical transfer function (OETF) or an electro-optical transfer function (EOTF) as image signal characteristics of the image; and transmitting a signal including the image and the image signal characteristics information. According to the transmission method in the present disclosure, a receiving device that received a high dynamic range (HDR) image and a standard dynamic range (SDR) image transmitted through broadcasting or the like can display these images appropriately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma
  • Patent number: 11863840
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for alerting a user that the user will be unable to view a broadcast program based on an estimated time of arrival of the user to a media consumption device, and responsively providing the user with an option to record the broadcast program. These systems and methods are performed at least by identifying a plurality of broadcast programs that are indicated on a profile of a user, receiving an estimated time of arrival of the user to a location of a media consumption device, responsively determining whether the user will be unable to view a broadcast program of the plurality of broadcast programs, responsively providing the user with an option to record the broadcast program, and responsively causing the broadcast program to be recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Cara Lyn Hathaway, Walter R. Klappert
  • Patent number: 11856331
    Abstract: A system comprising a capture device and a database. The capture device may be configured to (i) capture video, (ii) perform video analysis to extract metadata corresponding to the captured video and (iii) communicate with a wireless communication device. The database may be configured to (i) communicate with the wireless communication device, (ii) store the metadata received from the wireless communication device, (iii) generate search results for a user based on the metadata and (iv) provide the user at least one of (a) the metadata and (b) the captured video based on the search results. The metadata may be used to determine license plates present in the captured video. The capture device may transmit the captured video to the database via the wireless communication device based on a request by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: WAYLENS, INC.
    Inventor: Jeffery R. Campbell
  • Patent number: 11854047
    Abstract: A system and method for digital marketing over a IP digital data steam system allows content to be provided to a user. The system may used an app (that may be a PWA) to permit the user to indicate an interest in a piece of content or an advertisement and receive supplemental content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Peter Gerard Lancaster
  • Patent number: 11854267
    Abstract: Techniques for a witness report assistant are provided. At least one camera captures at least one image of an incident scene. The incident scene is a location of an incident. A description is of the incident is received from a witness to the incident. The description of the incident includes a generic reference to an element of the incident scene. The description of the incident scene is transcribed to create a textual description. The element of the incident scene within the at least one image of the incident scene is identified. A specific identifier associated with the element of the incident scene is determined. The textual transcript of the description is supplemented with the specific identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Moh Lim Sim, Ling Hock Koh, Nur Diyana Mohd Asri, Chun Hock Lee, Mun Yew Tham