Patents Examined by Robert Chevalier
  • Patent number: 11570396
    Abstract: Various embodiments of apparatus, systems and/or methods are described for independently controlling an audio stream relative to a video stream in audio trick mode. In one example, an audio stream and a video stream is received, where the audio stream comprises frames that correspond to corresponding frames of the video stream. The audio and video streams are played from a first time to a second time at a first speed. An input to time shift the audio stream independent of the video stream is received, and after receiving such, the audio stream is time shifted to the first time. Then, the audio stream may be re-played from the first time to the second time at a second speed different from the first speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: DISH NETWORK L.L.C.
    Inventors: Yunfeng Yang, John Barbieri
  • Patent number: 11559205
    Abstract: A biological measuring device includes a light source that emits first light illuminating an area on a living body, an imaging device that detects second light returned from the living body and acquires a first image including at least part of the living body, and a control circuit that controls the light source. If a specific part of the living body is not located in a predetermined coordinate range in the first image, the control circuit restricts emission of the first light from the light source. The predetermined coordinate range is set outside the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamasa Ando, Teruhiro Shiono, Masaaki Yanagida
  • Patent number: 11557218
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for digital content development is provided. The present invention may include identifying one or more keywords associated with a digital course received from a digital content developer. The present invention may include identifying one or more relevant digital courses of one or more digital learning platforms. The present invention may include analyzing one or more relevant digital courses using one or more analytical techniques. The present invention may include evaluating the course received from the digital content developer. The present invention may include generating one or more new digital courses for each of the one or more digital learning platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Martin G. Keen, Christopher John Rayns, Makenzie Manna, Kriti Kamra
  • Patent number: 11558440
    Abstract: An embodiment for simulating a live video presentation in a recorded video is provided. The embodiment may include receiving a previously recorded online meeting. The embodiment may also include transcribing and indexing the transcription of the previously recorded online meeting. The embodiment may further include receiving audio content from a user. The embodiment may also include searching for a response to the audio content in the transcription. The embodiment may further include in response to determining the response is found in the transcription, generating a solution for the audio content from the transcription. The embodiment may also include integrating the generated solution into the previously recorded online meeting. The embodiment may further include updating one or more video frames of the previously recorded online meeting based on the generated solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Girmaw Abebe Tadesse, Celia Cintas, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Komminist Weldemariam
  • Patent number: 11558581
    Abstract: A method performed by an electronic device for generating a slow motion video includes obtaining plural image frames captured at a frame rate from a camera of the electronic device, detecting motion information in a first image frame from among the plural image frames, and performing an interpolation operation using one or more image frames from among the plural image frames. The one or more image frames are image frames obtained during a predetermined time after the first image frame in which the motion information is detected. A second image frame obtained before the first image frame in which the motion information is detected is discarded from the electronic device. A third image frame obtained after the predetermined time from the first image frame in which the motion information is detected is discarded from the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gaurav Khandelwal, Divyanshu Kumar, Saiksha Dhananjay Shetty, Digadari Suman, Alok Shankarlal Shukla, Abhijit Dey, Kiran Nataraju
  • Patent number: 11544931
    Abstract: An analytics device for monitoring maintenance on an elevator system performed by an individual including: a processor; and a memory including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations including: capturing a first video stream using a first video camera; extracting sequences from at least the first video stream; extracting features from the sequences; and analyzing, using a long short-term memory model, the sequence to determine whether the maintenance performed on the elevator system by the individual is performed correctly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Amit Bhatia, Guoqiang Wang, Mahmoud El Chamie, Claudio Pinello, Ankit Tiwari, Massimiliano L. Chiodo
  • Patent number: 11540887
    Abstract: A technique of providing user guidance for surgical navigation is provided. A method implementation of the technique includes obtaining a predetermined spatial relationship between an optical tracking pattern and a through-hole extending through an implant, obtaining image data of the optical tracking pattern acquired by an imaging unit attached to a surgical instrument, obtaining a spatial relationship between the surgical instrument and the imaging unit at a point in time when the image data have been acquired, determining a spatial relationship between the surgical instrument and the through-hole, obtaining a plurality of predefined spatial relationships between the surgical instrument and the through-hole, and triggering simultaneous display of an indication of the plurality of predefined spatial relationships and an indication of the spatial relationship between the surgical instrument and the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker European Operations Limited
    Inventors: Alexis Christen, Jakob Kemper, Matthias Paulisch, Ulrich Hoffmann, Fabian Huegle, Lars Metz, Ulrich Spaelter
  • Patent number: 11545186
    Abstract: In the field of media editing, in one embodiment, a computer-implemented method may include steps for receiving a video at a user device, generating a reversed video portion based on a selected portion of the video, and generating a media file by combining at least a first portion of the video and a second portion of the reversed video portion. In some embodiments, the method further include receiving a user input at the user device, the user input indicative of playback of the selected portion of the video in a forward direction and in a reverse direction; updating the reversed video portion based on the user input to yield an updated reversed video portion; and combining the selected portion and the updated reversed video portion to produce the media file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Lomotif Private Limited
    Inventors: Paul Yang Zhiwen, Donald Lee
  • Patent number: 11545185
    Abstract: A system and method for frame accurate editing of high resolution live video streams is disclosed. A method includes providing a low resolution video stream displayed in a first viewing portion of an edit user interface, wherein the low resolution video stream corresponds to a high resolution video stream of the live video content, receiving, via the viewing portion of the user interface, user input identifying a first start point and a first end point within the low resolution video stream, and transmitting the first start point and the first end point to a server to obtain a respective intermediate video segment of an intermediate resolution video stream corresponding to the high resolution video stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Alper Turgut, Oztan Harmanci, Ismail R. Haritaoglu
  • Patent number: 11540006
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for classifying, based on most recent information associated with recorded content, the recorded content to an appropriate deletion classifier. A media guidance application may receive information about an event that is associated with a recorded media asset. The media guidance application may determine, based on the event and a current deletion classifier associated with the recorded media asset, whether the current deletion classifier associated with the recorded media asset needs to be updated to a new deletion classifier. The media guidance application may make this determination by accessing a deletion classification database containing rules for classifying recorded media assets into a variety of deletion classifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah, Gaurav Gupta, Nimit Dineshbhai Kalaria
  • Patent number: 11539922
    Abstract: A monitoring system includes a doorbell unit that includes a camera and a display and that is configured to receive a request to access the property. The monitoring system includes a monitor control unit that is configured to determine an authentication protocol for determining whether to grant the visitor access to the property. The monitor control unit generates a first image and transmits authentication data to a computing device. The monitor control unit provides the first image and instructions to output the first image on the display of the doorbell unit. The monitor control unit receives a second image captured by the camera of the doorbell unit. The monitor control unit determines whether the second image includes a representation of data that is based on processing the first image in combination with the authentication data. The monitor control unit grants or denies the visitor access to the property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventor: Lang Lin
  • Patent number: 11533449
    Abstract: There is provided a photographing device having two output interfaces that respectively used to output a first image frame and a second image frame. The first image frame is provided to a processor of the photographing device to perform the feature extraction and tag the second image frame accordingly. The tagged second image frame is for the image recording of an external back end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Huan Wu, Wen-Cheng Yen
  • Patent number: 11523741
    Abstract: An intraoral imaging apparatus, a medical apparatus, and a program capable of providing auxiliary data for determination regarding diseases having differences in intraoral findings are provided. The intraoral imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device that acquires an intraoral image; a light source that emits light to a subject of the imaging device; a storage apparatus that stores an algorithm for performing determination of a specific disease; and an arithmetic apparatus, in which the arithmetic apparatus executes: a determination process of determining a possibility of the predetermined disease based on the image and the algorithm; and an output process of outputting a result of the determination process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventor: Sho Okiyama
  • Patent number: 11524401
    Abstract: A method includes determining motion imitation information for causing a system to imitate a physical task using a first machine learning model that is trained using motion information that represents a performance of the physical task, determining a predicted correction based on the motion information and a current state from the system using a second machine learning model that is trained using the motion information, determining an action to be performed by the system based on the motion imitation information and the predicted correction; and controlling motion of the system in accordance with the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jian Zhang, Mario J. Srouji, Ruslan Salakhutdinov
  • Patent number: 11521656
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the embedding of visual objects into the image content of a video by a visual embed specialist, whilst maintaining the security of the video. A low-resolution version of the video content is sent by the video owner to the specialist for analysis to identify parts of the video that are suitable for visual object insertion. A high resolution version of those identified parts of the video is then sent to the specialist for visual object insertion. The specialist may then return the modified parts of the video and the content owner create a final version of the high-resolution video by replacing the relevant parts of the high-resolution video with the modified parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: MIRRIAD ADVERTISING PLC
    Inventors: Ram Srinivasan, Tim Harris, Philip McLauchlan
  • Patent number: 11523084
    Abstract: A stereoscopic imaging apparatus for use in a robotic surgery system is disclosed and includes an elongate sheath having a bore. First and second image sensors are adjacently mounted at the distal end to capture high definition images from different perspective viewpoints for generating three-dimensional image information. The image sensors produce an unprocessed digital data signal representing the captured images. A wired signal line transmits the unprocessed digital data signals along the sheath to a proximal end to processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to perform processing operations on the unprocessed digital data signals to produce respective video signals suitable for transmission to a host system or for driving a 3D display. A secondary camera is also disclosed and includes an elongate strip of circuit substrate sized for insertion through a narrow conduit, the strip of circuit substrate connecting between an image sensor and a processing circuit substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Titan Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Evan Rittenhouse Jones, Spencer James Costello
  • Patent number: 11523033
    Abstract: A camera mount assembly for holding a camera or other perception sensor that may be fixed with respect to a ground plane and used for incremental angle measurement of the camera or other perception sensor in three axes, such that the precise spatial relationships of imaged objects with respect to the orientation/position of the camera or other perception sensor may be determined. A base structure of the camera mount assembly may be affixed to a fixed or moveable support structure and multiple leveling devices and/or laser devices are provided to establish a reliable reference relative to the ground plane. Thus, the exact orientation of the camera or other perception sensor in space may be determined frame to frame, such that the precise orientation of imaged objects with respect to the orientation/position of the camera or other perception sensor relative to the ground plane may be determined over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventors: Roman Akulshin, John Downs, Sihao Ding, Harshavardhan Reddy Dasari
  • Patent number: 11516428
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of one aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range. The reproduction device decodes the coded data and converts the extended video obtained by decoding the coded data to the standard video on the basis of the brightness conversion definition information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Kazuo Yamamoto, Toshiya Hamada, Kuniaki Takahashi, Shinobu Hattori
  • Patent number: 11514669
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described which relate to the assistance or guidance of a user in the detection of an element in an area. A search assistant for searching for an element in an area may include a direction changer for changing the direction of emission of a visible signal on the basis of detected relative data of an element sought in the area, the relative data detected by at least one sensor such as an audio sensor or a video sensor. Such a search assistant may use a simple visible signal for guidance toward the element sought in the area. The technology used may be easy to implement, cheap and readily accessible, allowing guidance precision that depends solely on the precision of the known or detected location of the sought object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Nicolas Pellen, RĂ©gis Esnault, Christian Gregoire
  • Patent number: 11504209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a centering and guiding device (1) for a dental drill which comprises a body (10) including a guiding hole (15) for a dental drill and two arms (20, 30) pivotally coupled to the body (10). Each arm includes a respective free end (22, 32). Said arms (20,30) are capable of pivoting between a first open position, in which said respective free ends (22, 32) are mutually spaced apart to promote the movement of the device (1) from and towards an operating surface, and a second closed position, in which the free ends (22, 32) are approached to each other to match an operating surface. The device according to the invention also comprises an elastic element (40) to push the arms (20, 30) towards the closed position. According to the invention, each of said arms (20, 30) comprises a cylindrical end (27, 37), opposite to the corresponding free end (22, 32), accommodated in a corresponding seat (10A) defined by the body (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Carlo Marin