Patents Examined by Shadan E Haghani
  • Patent number: 12701251
    Abstract: A device for decoding encoded mesh data determines, based on the encoded mesh data, a base mesh; determine, based on the encoded mesh data, a set of coefficients; receives in the encoded mesh data a quantization parameter value; determines an inverse scaling factor based on the quantization parameter value; performs an inverse scaling, based on the inverse scaling factor and using integer precision arithmetic, on the set of coefficients to determine a set of de-quantized coefficients; determines a displacement vector based on the set of de-quantized coefficients; deforms the base mesh based on the displacement vector to determine a decoded mesh; and outputs the decoded mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Geert Van der Auwera, Adarsh Krishnan Ramasubramonian, Marta Karczewicz
  • Patent number: 12695903
    Abstract: The image decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: determining the availability of a block adjacent to a current block; configuring a merge candidate list for the current block on the basis of the result of the determined availability; and performing motion compensation for the current block on the basis of the merge candidate list, wherein the step of determining availability comprises the steps of inducing block availability information on the adjacent block and inducing the availability of motion information on the adjacent block, and the step of determining the availability of the adjacent block is such that when there is more than one adjacent block, the availability of adjacent blocks can be determined in accordance with a predetermined order restriction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hui Yong Kim, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Soo Choi, Jin woong Kim, Gwang Hoon Park, Kyung Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 12677070
    Abstract: A medical control device includes: a driving mode switch configured to switch a driving mode of a rolling shutter type image sensor in which a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arrayed in units of horizontal lines; and a dimming controller configured to control a light emitting element configured to emit light according to a supplied current, and switch control of the light emitting element according to the driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koji Kojima
  • Patent number: 12666163
    Abstract: Techniques are described for using computing devices to perform automated operations involving, for an image acquired at a building and having visual data that shows portions of multiple separate rooms or other spatial regions at the building, automatically analyzing and manipulating visual data of the image to perform white balancing corrections separately for different parts of the image corresponding to the different spatial regions, such as to separately correct for different illumination levels in the different spatial regions. The described techniques may further include using one or more resulting modified images with white balancing corrections in one or more further automated manners, such as to determine one or more types of building information (e.g., a building floor plan) for an as-built multi-room building, and optionally further using the determined building information to provide navigational data for the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: MFTB Holdco, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Wan, Jasmine Jayant Bhanushali, Haithem Albadawi
  • Patent number: 12647584
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of analysing a plurality of video camera feeds, the method comprising: encoding, at a first location, the plurality of video camera feeds using a layer-based encoding, including generating encoded data streams for each of a plurality of layers within the layer-based encoding, wherein different layers in the plurality of layers correspond to different spatial resolutions, higher layers representing higher spatial resolutions; transmitting, to a second location remote from the first location, encoded data streams for one or more lowest layers for the plurality of video camera feeds; decoding, at the second location, the encoded data streams to generate a set of reconstructions of the plurality of video camera feeds at a first spatial resolution; applying one or more video analysis functions to the set of reconstructions to identify one or more video camera feeds for further analysis; sending, to the first location for the identified one or more video camera feeds for f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: V-NOVA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Guido Meardi, Laurence Charles Venner
  • Patent number: 12646281
    Abstract: A self-checkout system and techniques for illuminating one or more items placed within a predefined zone of the self-checkout system are provided. In one aspect, a self-checkout system includes one or more cameras, a light source, and a computing device. The computing device is configured to implement an operation, including: receiving one or more images of one or more items placed within the predefined zone, the images being captured by the cameras; determining an identity of the one or more items placed within the predefined zone, based at least in part on the captured images; and causing the light source to project an illuminated indicator onto at least one item of the one or more items placed within the predefined zone, based on the identity of the at least one item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Yeshai Bouskila, Jeremy V. Patrick
  • Patent number: 12641324
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically capturing and replaying images. The method is applied to the system to automatically capture and replay an image of a sporting motion. The system includes a signal sensing device installed at a handheld sport equipment for sensing a sporting motion of the player holding the handheld sport equipment so as to output a sensing signal. The method includes steps of: capturing a sporting video of the sporting motion of the player holding the handheld sport equipment by an image capturing device; identifying a strike motion conforming to a specific strike from the sensing signal by an electronic device; automatically extracting a swing image corresponding to the strike motion from the sporting video captured by the image capturing device by the electronic device; and playing the swing image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jeen-Shing Wang, Wei-Chun Chiang, Shih-Chuan Huang
  • Patent number: 12631868
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described which provide a film through scope camera mount including a housing that includes a beam splitter, first and second mirrors, and a sensor. The camera mount system may receive an input optical signal from a first direction; split the input optical signal using the beam splitter such that a first portion of the input optical signal may be communicated out of the camera mount system in a second direction and a second portion of the input optical signal may be reflected lateral to the first direction; reflect the reflected signal vertically using the first mirror; reflect the vertically reflected signal in a second lateral direction using the second mirror; and receive the signal reflected by the second mirror in the sensor, which may comprise a visible light sensor and/or an infrared sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Maxview Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Peel, Garrison J. Peel, Benjamin B. Stern
  • Patent number: 12634515
    Abstract: A sparse motion field exchanges motion information between encoder and decoder. Side information indicates a suitable interpolation approach for interpolating the motion vectors of the dense motion field different from the signaled sparse motion field motion vectors. The side information is provided on a segment basis. The segments are derived at the encoder side and the decoder side similarly, based on the reference images and the sparse motion field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
    Inventors: Timofey Mikhailovich Solovyev, Fabian Brand, Jürgen Seiler, Andre Kaup, Elena Alexandrovna Alshina
  • Patent number: 12622496
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a weather protection cover for a horizontally arranged display unit of a field device of process and automation technology. The weather protection cover includes a protective unit, which is arrangeable in such a manner that at least a first section of the protective unit lies opposite the display unit and at least the first section protects the display unit against weather influences. The weather protection cover includes at least one reflecting component, which is arranged and embodied in such a manner that the reflecting component reflects a display of the display unit, such that the display is observable perpendicularly to the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Walser, Philipp Höre, Jan Schleiferböck
  • Patent number: 12621478
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for video coding. In one method, a decoder obtains a first flag that indicates whether a template-based intra mode derivation (TIMD) mode is applied to a current video block; and in response to determining that the TIMD mode is applied to the current video block based on the first flag, the decoder obtains a set of candidate list for the TIMD mode, where the set of candidate list includes a set of reference line list or a set of template candidate list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong-Jheng Jhu, Xiaoyu Xiu, Yi-Wen Chen, Wei Chen, Che-Wei Kuo, Ning Yan, Han Gao, Xianglin Wang, Bing Yu
  • Patent number: 12605058
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to remote medical examination of a patient, and, more specifically, to a remote exam attachment that, along with a user device, may capture images of an anatomical feature for examination of a patient. The remote exam attachment may include a lens and may couple to an examination tool, such as a speculum, a scope, or a tongue depressor, which may be used with a camera of the user device. The user device may be configured to adjust one or more settings of the camera, such as the zoom, field of view, aperture, and/or the like. The user device may further be configured to transmit an image captured in conjunction with the remote exam attachment to another user device. Accordingly, the remote exam attachment, along with the user device, may capture, display, and/or transmit images of an anatomical feature, facilitating remote examination of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Inventors: Presley M. Mock, Lynn Parr Mock
  • Patent number: 12604020
    Abstract: A video decoding method is applied to a decoder device to decode an encoded stream stored in memory. The decoder device includes a video decoder, a memory controller and a processor. The video decoding method includes: setting, by the memory controller, a decoded picture buffer in the memory according to a maximum number X of reference frames in the encoded stream, wherein the decoded picture buffer includes X+1 picture buffer areas, each picture buffer area is configured to store a decoded image, and X is a positive integer; determining an idle picture buffer area in the decoded picture according to status information of the decoded picture buffer; and controlling the video decoder to decode a current frame in the encoded stream to obtain a decoded image of the current frame and storing the decoded image of the current frame to the idle picture buffer area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: SIGMASTAR TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventor: Tao Jin
  • Patent number: 12598323
    Abstract: A video decoding method is disclosed. The method includes: determining a partitioning structure of the target block; reconstructing motion vectors, which correspond to a plurality of partitions split from the target block by the partitioning structure of the target block; using the motion vectors to generate prediction blocks that respectively correspond to the partitions and are equal in size to the target block; generating a prediction block of the target block by weighted averaging the prediction blocks corresponding to the partitions; and reconstructing the target block based on the prediction block of the target block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Min Hun Lee, Myung Oh Hong, Dong Gyu Sim, Seung Wook Park
  • Patent number: 12593056
    Abstract: A device may be configured to perform spatial extrapolation based on information included in a neural-network post-filter characteristics message. In one example, a neural-network post-filter characteristics message includes a syntax element indicating a purpose of the neural-network post-filter characteristics message is spatial extrapolation. In one example, a neural-network post-filter characteristics message includes a syntax element specifying a text string prompt used for generating contents of a spatial extrapolation image area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Sachin G. Deshpande
  • Patent number: 12586336
    Abstract: A wearable device is provided. The wearable device includes a plurality of light sources configured to emit light toward an eye of a user wearing the wearable device. The wearable device includes a camera configured to capture images of at least a part of the eye of the user wearing the wearable device. The wearable device includes at least one processor comprising processing circuitry. The wearable device includes memory, comprising one or more storage mediums, storing instructions. The wearable device performs eye tracking based on the images captured by the camera while the plurality of the light sources are controlled to emit light toward the eye of the user. The wearable device performs iris recognition based on at least one image captured by the camera while a portion of the plurality of the light sources is controlled to emit light toward the eye of the user and a remaining portion of the plurality of the light sources is deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jisu Ryu
  • Patent number: 12574549
    Abstract: Encoding using chroma intra prediction with filtering includes encoding a current block from a current frame, which includes obtaining a first chroma prediction value for a current chroma pixel using a current spatial intra prediction mode, obtaining a current luma prediction value for a current luma pixel collocated with the current chroma pixel, obtaining a second chroma prediction value for the current chroma pixel for the current chroma component by applying derived filter coefficients to the current luma prediction value, obtaining, as a third chroma prediction value for the current chroma pixel for the current chroma component, a weighted average of the first chroma prediction value and the second chroma prediction value, obtaining encoded chroma pixel data for the current chroma pixel by encoding the current chroma pixel using the third chroma prediction value, and including the encoded chroma pixel data in the encoded block data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Xiang Li, Debargha Mukherjee, Yaowu Xu, Jingning Han
  • Patent number: 12568225
    Abstract: A method of video encoding includes performing context modeling to determine a context model for each of a number of bins of syntax elements corresponding to residues of a region of a transform skipped block in a current picture. The number of the bins of syntax elements being context coded does not exceed a maximum number of context coded bins set for the region. The method further includes encoding, according to Block Differential Pulse Code Modulation (BDPCM), the syntax elements based on the determined context models. When the maximum number of context coded bins is reached, remaining bins of syntax elements are encoded based on a bypass model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Meng Xu, Xiang Li, Xiaozhong Xu, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 12563199
    Abstract: A method of video encoding performed in a video encoder is provided. In the method, context modeling is performed to determine a context model for each of a number of bins of syntax elements corresponding to residues of a region of a transform skipped block in a coded picture. The transform skipped block is coded with Block Differential Pulse-code Modulation (BDPCM) and divided into a plurality of regions. The number of the bins of syntax elements being context coded does not exceed a maximum number of context coded bins set for the region. The maximum number of context coded bins is determined based on a comparison between a threshold and a number of quantized residues in the region. A bit stream including coded bits of the bins of syntax elements is generated based on the determined context models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Meng Xu, Xiang Li, Xiaozhong Xu, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 12536700
    Abstract: A handheld three-dimensional (3D) measuring system operates in a target mode and a geometry mode. In the target mode, a target-mode projector projects a first line of light onto an object, and a first illuminator sends light to markers on or near the object. A first camera captures an image of the first line of light and the illuminated markers. In the geometry mode, a geometry-mode projector projects onto the object a first multiplicity of lines, which are captured by the first camera and a second camera. One or more processors determines 3D coordinates in the target mode and the geometry mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: FARO Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Francessco Bonarrigo, Paul C. Atwell, John Lucas Creachbaum, Nitesh Dhasmana, Fabiano Kovalski, Andrea Riccardi, William E. Schoenfeldt, Marco Torsello, Christopher Michael Wilson