Patents Examined by Shan E Elahi
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Patent number: 11070739Abstract: An endoscope system of the present invention includes: a first illumination unit that emits first illumination light for imaging two sets of image information about a subject at different depths; a second illumination unit that emits second illumination light having a wide band covering a visible band from a position different from the position of the first illumination light; an imaging unit that images a first illumination image and a second illumination image of the subject that is illuminated with the first illumination light and the second illumination light; a separation processing unit that separates the two sets of image information from the first illumination image; and a separated-image generating unit that generates two separated images by processing the second illumination image using the two sets of image information.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Matsumoto, Sho Shinji, Kenji Urushibata, Hiroyuki Kubo, Tetsuhiro Oka
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Patent number: 11070816Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable mediums are provided. A coded video bitstream including a current picture is received. A determination is made as to whether a current block in a current coding tree unit (CTU) included in the current picture is coded in intra block copy (IBC) mode based on a flag included in the coded video bitstream. In response to the current block being determined as coded in IBC mode, a block vector that points to a first reference block of the current block is determined; an operation is performed on the block vector so that when the first reference block is not fully reconstructed or not within a valid search range of the current block, the block vector is modified to point to a second reference block that is in a fully reconstructed region and within the valid search range of the current block; and the current block is decoded based on the modified block vector.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Xiaozhong Xu, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
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Patent number: 11070797Abstract: An image decoding method that is performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: forming a merge candidate list based on neighbouring blocks of a current block; deriving costs with respect to merge candidates included in the merge candidate list; deriving a revised merge candidate list based on the costs with respect to the merge candidates; deriving movement information of the current block based on the revised merge candidate list; and performing prediction on the current block based on the movement information, wherein the neighbouring blocks include spatial neighbouring blocks and temporal neighbouring blocks.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Naeri Park, Junghak Nam, Jungdong Seo, Jaeho Lee, Hyeongmoon Jang
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Patent number: 11050918Abstract: A method and an apparatus for processing data, and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: turning on at least one of a floodlight or a laser light, and operating a laser camera to collect a target image in response to a first processing unit receiving an image collection instruction sent by a second processing unit; and performing processing on the target image via the first processing unit, and sending the target image processed to the second processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventors: Haitao Zhou, Guohui Tan, Ziqing Guo, Xiao Tan
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Patent number: 11051035Abstract: An example method for coding video data includes determining, for a current block of a current picture of video data, the current block coded using an intra block copy (IBC) mode, whether a motion vector (MV) for identifying a prediction block for the current block is a legal MV. The example method further includes, responsive to determining that the MV is not a legal MV, reconstructing samples of the current block using an alternative processing method.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Yu Han, Wei-Jung Chien, Marta Karczewicz
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Patent number: 11044469Abstract: A method for constructing a most probable mode (MPM) list for prediction process corresponding to video block is provided. The method includes determining whether a left block of a current coding block is available, in response to determining that the left block of the current coding block is available, adding an intra prediction mode of the left block into an MPM list; determining whether an above block of the current coding block is available, in response to determining that the above block of the current coding block is available, adding an intra prediction mode of the above block into the MPM list; adding an offset to the prediction mode of the left block to obtain a new prediction mode; and adding the above-offset prediction mode into the MPM list when the above-offset prediction mode is not in the MPM list. The MPM list is used to improve coding efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Anand Meher Kotra, Biao Wang, Semih Esenlik, Jianle Chen, Zhijie Zhao, Han Gao
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Patent number: 11039085Abstract: A camera configured to maintain an image in a preferred orientation when the camera is passed from one user to another is provided. The camera detects a spatial orientation of the camera in at least a first position. The camera detects a vector information generated when the camera is passed from one user to another. The camera processes the spatial orientation and vector information so as to retain the image in a preferred orientation.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc.Inventor: Eric L Hale
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Patent number: 11032571Abstract: An image processing method includes performing horizontal division and vertical division on a longitude-latitude map or a sphere map of a to-be-processed image to obtain sub-areas of the longitude-latitude map or the sphere map, where a division location of the horizontal division is a preset latitude, a division location of the vertical division is determined by a latitude, there are at least two types of vertical division intervals in an area formed by adjacent division locations of the horizontal division, and a vertical division interval is a distance between adjacent division locations of the vertical division, and encoding images of the sub-areas.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yi Song, Qingpeng Xie, Peiyun Di
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Patent number: 11019327Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and structures providing accurate and easy to use size measurement of physiological features identified from endoscopic examination. In sharp contrast to the prior art, systems, methods, and structures according to the present disclosure employ structured light that advantageously enables size and/or distance information about lesions and/or other physiological features in a gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Advantageously, systems, methods, and structures according to the present disclosure are applicable to both capsule endoscopes and insertion endoscopes.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: CAPSOVISION, INC.Inventors: Gordon C. Wilson, Kang-Huai Wang, Ganyu Lu
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Patent number: 11012677Abstract: Systems having rolling shutter sensors with a plurality of sensor rows are configured for compensating for rolling shutter artifacts that result from different sensor rows in the plurality of sensor rows outputting sensor data at different times. The systems compensate for the rolling shutter artifacts by identifying readout timepoints for the plurality of sensor rows of the rolling shutter sensor while the rolling shutter sensor captures an image of an environment and identifying readout poses each readout timepoint, as well as obtaining a depth map based on the image. The depth map includes a plurality of different rows of depth data that correspond to the different sensor rows. The system further compensates for the rolling shutter artifacts by generating a 3D representation of the environment while unprojecting the rows of depth data into 3D space using the readout poses.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Michael Bleyer, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Raymond Kirk Price
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Patent number: 10993608Abstract: An endoscope system includes: a processor configured to perform image processing on endoscopic image data, the processor being connectable with multiple peripherals, the processor being configured to receive an input of a first audio command; a terminal device configured to wirelessly communicate with the processor and receive an input of a second audio command; a setting circuit configured to, in a case where the processor and the terminal device can communicate with each other, make a setting such that the first audio command that is receivable by the processor and the second audio command that is receivable by the terminal device differ from each other at least partly; and a first communication controller configured to, when the first audio command or the second audio command serves as an instruction to record the endoscopic image data, transmit the endoscopic image data to the terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Tashiro, Hideyuki Kugimiya
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Patent number: 10984259Abstract: In some embodiments, a first homography, created from two images of a roadway, is decomposed to determine an ego-motion, and the ego-motion is used to adjust a previous estimate of a road plane. The adjusted previous estimate of the road plane is combined with the current estimate of the plane to create a second homography, and the second homography is used to determine residual motion and vertical deviation in the surface of the roadway. In some embodiments, multiple road profiles each corresponding to a common portion of a roadway are adjusted in slope and offset by optimizing a function having a data term, a smoothness term and a regularization term; and the adjusted road profiles are combined into a multi-frame road profile. In some embodiments, road profile information for a predetermined number of data points is transmitted in periodic data bursts, with more than one data point per data burst.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Gideon Stein, Itay Blumenthal, Nadav Shaag, Yaakov Kingsley
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Patent number: 10979922Abstract: An estimation device includes a processor configured to: detect an error of data obtained by receiving a wireless signal from a medical device; correct the detected error; determine whether or not there is a noise due to an external generation source at a time of acquiring the wireless signal from the medical device, based on detection information relevant to the detected error or correction information relevant to the corrected error; and estimate a cause of the noise, based on the detection information or the correction information. The detection information is at least one of the number of detections of the error, continuousness of the error, and periodicity of the error, and the correction information is at least one of the number of corrections of the error, continuousness of data in which the error is corrected, and periodicity of data in which the error is corrected.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo Minai, Takeshi Nishiyama
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Patent number: 10977488Abstract: Included are: a calibration information acquiring unit for acquiring three-dimensional coordinates for at least one gaze target for calibration, the three-dimensional coordinates indicating a position of each gaze target for calibration; a sample acquiring unit for acquiring multiple samples indicating a line-of-sight direction of a user; a calibration model generating unit for generating multiple calibration models indicating three-dimensional coordinates that are candidates for a position of the user on the basis of the three-dimensional coordinates indicating a position of each of the gaze targets for calibration and the samples indicating the line-of-sight direction of the user gazing at each of the gaze targets for calibration; and a calibration parameter calculating unit for calculating calibration parameters on the basis of the generated calibration models.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Takahisa Hirata
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Patent number: 10965659Abstract: Provided are techniques for real-time cookie format validation and notification. It is determined that a web page with the real cookie is loaded onto a browser at a client. In response to determining that a control cookie does not exist for the real cookie, a matching cookie pattern for the real cookie is searched for in a cookie patterns database. In response to determining that the matching cookie pattern has been found for the real cookie, the control cookie is created. In response to determining that the matching cookie pattern has not been found for the real cookie, a notification is provided that the real cookie does not have a conforming format.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mauro Marzorati, Michael J. Santelia, Aaron K. Baughman, Brian W. Jensen
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Patent number: 10955912Abstract: Techniques for data sharing between two computing devices are described. In an example, a computer system determines a first presence of a first user relative to a first computing device. The computer system also determines a first identifier of the first user. The first identifier is associated with operating the first computing device. The operating comprises sharing data with a second computing device. The computer system also determines a second presence of a second user relative to the second computing device. The computer system also determines a second identifier of the second user. The second identifier associated with operating the second computing device. The computer system cause the data to be shared with the second computing device based on the first presence, the first identifier, the second presence, and the second identifier.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Tobii ABInventors: Daniel Ricknäs, Erland George-Svahn, Rebecka Lannsjö, Regimantas Vegele, Andrew Ratcliff, Guido Hermans, Mattias Hanqvist, Simon Hugosson, Dmitrios Koufos, Morgan Viktorsson, Jonas Alexanderson, Siavash Moghaddam, Jimmy Carlsten, Martin Chrzan
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Patent number: 10944891Abstract: A vision system camera, and associated methods of operation, having a multi-core processor, high-speed, high-resolution imager, FOVE, auto-focus lens and imager-connected pre-processor to pre-process image data provides the acquisition and processing speed, as well as the image resolution that are highly desirable in a wide range of applications. This arrangement effectively scans objects that require a wide field of view, vary in size and move relatively quickly with respect to the system field of view. This vision system provides a physical package with a wide variety of physical interconnections to support various options and control functions. The package effectively dissipates internally generated heat by arranging components to optimize heat transfer to the ambient environment and includes dissipating structure (e.g. fins) to facilitate such transfer. The system also enables a wide range of multi-core processes to optimize and load-balance both image processing and system operation (i.e.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Cognex CorporationInventors: Laurens Nunnink, Richard Reuter, Frank Winzen, Mario Joussen, Joerg Kesten, James A. Negro
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Patent number: 10937179Abstract: An apparatus, system and process for utilizing dual complementary pattern illumination of a scene when performing depth reconstruction of the scene are described. The method may include projecting a first reference image and a complementary second reference image on a scene, and capturing first image data and second image data including the first reference image and the complementary second reference image on the scene. The method may also include identifying features of the first reference image from features of the complementary second reference image. Furthermore, the method may include performing three-dimensional (3D) scene reconstruction for image data captured by the imaging device based on the identified features in the first reference image.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLCInventors: Vidya Ganapati, Eden Rephaeli
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Patent number: 10936337Abstract: A technique for rendering web content includes downloading a framework page from a framework server, the framework page including framework code which, when executed by a browser of a client machine, dynamically downloads a set of plugins from respective service providers. Each plugin includes its own plugin code configured to communicate with the respective service provider and with the framework code, to dynamically render web content specific to the service provider in the framework page running in the browser.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.Inventors: Feng Huang, Henry Ashman
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Patent number: 10932658Abstract: A wireless imaging system comprising a head unit and a light cable is provided. The head unit comprises a head unit case, a head unit electrical connector, an image sensor, a wireless transceiver, a central processing unit, and a user-input component. The light cable comprises a light cable electrical connector, a power cable, and an integrated light source. The integrated light source comprises an emissive radiation source having a first spectrum, an optical element located to direct emissions from the emissive radiation source, a volumetric spectrum converter, and an optical reflector located about the converter. The converter converts emissions directed from the emissive radiation source to emissions having a second spectrum different from the first spectrum. The reflector reflects the converter emissions towards the output filter.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: INFINITE ARTHROSCOPY, INC. LIMITEDInventors: Eugene Malinskiy, Ilya Malinskiy, Howard Fein, Brad Roskoph, Daniel Dudley