Patents Examined by Stephen R Smith
  • Patent number: 11956409
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for audio processing. In some examples, an apparatus for media processing includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives first 3 degrees of freedom (3 DoF) information associated with a first media content for a scene in a media application. The first 3 DoF information includes a first revolution orientation for describing the first media content on a first sphere centered at a user of the media application. The processing circuitry determines that a rendering platform for rendering the first media content is a six degrees of freedom (6 DoF) platform, and calculates, first spatial location information of the first media content based on the first revolution orientation and first parameters of the first sphere. The first spatial location information is used in first 6 DoF information associated with the first media content for rendering the first media content on the 6 DoF platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Jun Tian, Xiaozhong Xu, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11950023
    Abstract: An intelligent automobile networking system, which includes a cloud server, a dash camera installed on a vehicle communicatively coupled to the cloud server for recording the video and position information related to the driving of the vehicle, an IP camera installed on a place exclude the dash camera and the cloud server to record surveillance images of that place, and a mobile device is communicatively coupled to the cloud server, the dash cam and the IP camera, wherein, two-way information between the vehicle and the field installed with the IP camera can be received, shared and commonly managed, and the system App is cross-platform installed on the cloud server, the mobile terminal and the dash camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SanJet Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Yun-Song Liao
  • Patent number: 11936978
    Abstract: A method, performed by an image-capturing device, for installing the image-capturing device on a network. The image-capturing device operates according to an installation mode in which a limited set of persistent software settings of the image-capturing device can be changed and an installation-mode video stream which is privacy safe is anonymously accessible. The method comprises providing the installation-mode video stream in response to connecting the image-capturing device to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: AXIS AB
    Inventor: Fredrik Larsson
  • Patent number: 11935565
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that includes a processing system with a processor, and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations such as receiving user input comprising a keyword identifying an object, monitoring a video recording during a generation of the video recording by a camera, wherein the monitoring includes detecting the object being captured by the camera, creating a video clip from the video recording, wherein the video clip comprises a start point and a stop point in the video recording determined by a machine learning algorithm, and sending a notification of the creating of the video clip. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Zavesky, James Pratt
  • Patent number: 11917326
    Abstract: A recording reproduction apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a captured data acquisition unit that acquires first captured data captured by a first camera that captures an image of an outside of a vehicle; an event detection unit that detects an event regarding the vehicle; a recording controller that stores the first captured data in a period including at least a timing of occurrence of the event as event recording data; a reproduction controller that reproduces the event recording data; a display controller that causes a display unit to display the event recording data reproduced by the reproduction controller; and an attachment/detachment detection unit that detects an attachment/detachment state of the display unit to/from the vehicle, in which the reproduction controller starts, when it has been detected by the attachment/detachment detection unit that the display unit has been detached from the vehicle, reproduction of event recording data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuji Teruuchi
  • Patent number: 11917117
    Abstract: a processing system comprises a plurality of image capturing units configured to capture a space including an object and configured to be used for generating a virtual viewpoint image representing a view from a virtual viewpoint; and a presenting unit configured to perform presentation for determining an orientation of the object in the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daichi Adachi, Hajime Sato
  • Patent number: 11887630
    Abstract: Provided are a multimedia data processing method, a multimedia data generation method, and a related device, which relate to the technical field of computers. The processing method comprises: acquiring multimedia data; displaying an editing page, wherein the editing page displays material data in the multimedia data; in response to a marking operation being carried out on at least one piece of material data, marking the at least one piece of material data; and in response to a template generation instruction, removing the marked material data from the multimedia data and generating a template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Fan Wu, Xiaoran Zhang, Qiong Shan, Xin Li, Wenhai Zhang, Jinmin Li, Longkai Wen, Lifeng Zeng
  • Patent number: 11887333
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining a solar mask for a facility that comprises a step (E10) of positioning a mobile terminal at a predetermined location of a photovoltaic panel. Following the step (E10), the method comprises a step (E20) of taking a single photograph with a camera of the mobile terminal and a step (E30) of determining an orientation of the camera, during the step (E20), by means of an orientation detection device and a controller of the mobile terminal. The method further comprises a step (E40) of extending at least one contour of the photograph, in at least one direction, and a step (E60) of superimposing data from the extended photograph with a sun path diagram, in a common reference frame, so as to determine the solar mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA
    Inventor: Fabien Rousseau
  • Patent number: 11881233
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for generating meme content. A content item is tagged with one or more first tags based on metadata for the content item. The content item having the one or more first tags is received at user equipment. The content item is tagged with one or more second tags based on a user profile. A segment of the content item is identified based on the first and second tags. The identified segment is stored for use in generating meme content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Padmassri Chandrashekar, Daina Emmanuel, Jayshil Parekh, Reda Harb
  • Patent number: 11869542
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to perform speed-enhanced playback of recorded media are disclosed. Example apparatus to playback media disclosed herein comprise at least one memory, machine-readable instructions, and processor circuitry to execute the machine-readable instructions to parse an audio frame included in the media to determine a number of skip bytes included in the audio frame, compare the number of skip bytes to a threshold, associate the audio frame with a plurality of candidate frames identified in the media when the number of skip bytes satisfies the threshold, and calculate a speed-enhanced playback rate for the media based on the plurality of candidate frames identified in the media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Venugopal Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 11863910
    Abstract: The workload in creating a document for reporting a construction status is reduced. A task support apparatus includes a first acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of captured images associated with pieces of attribute information from a terminal device configured to associate the captured images with the pieces of attribute information; a second acquiring unit configured to acquire an insertion rule and/or a description rule of a document for reporting a construction status; and a generating unit configured to generate image information based on the pieces of attribute information, associated with the plurality of captured images acquired by the first acquiring unit, and the insertion rule and/or the description rule acquired by the second acquiring unit. The pieces of attribute information each include a construction detail and a photographing timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Satou, Tomomi Kukita, Tatsuya Shouji, Hiroki Ueda
  • Patent number: 11847768
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for insuring the proper alignment of a detected vein pattern and a projected vein pattern are disclosed. The apparatus enhances the visual appearance of veins so that an error that can lead to improper patient care or injury can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: AccuVein Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Luciano, Fred Wood
  • Patent number: 11843755
    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing methods for cloud-based rendering of interactive augmented reality (AR) and/or virtual reality (VR) experiences. A client device may initiate execution of a content application on a server and provide information associated with the content application to the server. The client device may initialize, while awaiting a notification from the server, local systems associated with the content application and, upon receipt of the notification, provide, to the server, information associated with the local systems. Further, the client device may receive, from the server, data associated with the content application and render an AR/VR scene based on the received data. The data may be based, at least in part, on the information associated with the local system. The providing and receiving may be performed periodically, e.g., at a rate to sustain a comfortable viewing environment of the AR/VR scene by a user of the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ZSPACE, INC.
    Inventors: Clifford S. Champion, Jonathan J. Hosenpud, Baifang Lu, Alex Shorey, Robert D. Kalnins
  • Patent number: 11838485
    Abstract: A method of producing an immersive video comprises decoding an atlas, parsing a flag for the atlas, and producing a viewport image using the atlas. The flag may indicate whether the viewport image is capable of being completely produced through the atlas, and, according to a value of the flag, when the viewport image is produced, it may be determined whether an additional atlas is used in addition to the atlas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Gwang Soon Lee, Jun Young Jeong, Kug Jin Yun, Hong Chang Shin, Ho Min Eum
  • Patent number: 11804249
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing adaptive and responsive media are disclosed. In various implementations, a video for playback is received at a user device having a plurality of associated properties. Based on at least one of the properties, a first state of the video is configured, and the video is presented according to the first state. During playback of the video, a change in one of the device properties is detected, and the video is seamlessly transitioned to a second state based on the change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: JBF Interlude 2009 LTD
    Inventors: Jonathan Bloch, Tal Zubalsky, Yuval Hofshy, Barak Feldman
  • Patent number: 11800189
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for performing operations comprising receiving, with a messaging application, user input to access a graphical image modification feature of the messaging application; in response to receiving, causing display of a video; accessing a first configuration rule of a plurality of configuration rules that associates a first device property rule with the graphical image modification feature of the messaging application; determining that the first configuration rule is satisfied by a first property of the client device; and in response to determining that the first configuration rule is satisfied by the first property of the client device, causing display of a first plurality of graphical image modification options each associated with performing a different modification to the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Ronald Cieslak, Jiayao Yu, Kai Chen, Farnaz Azmoodeh, Michael David Marr, Jun Huang, Zahra Ferdowsi
  • Patent number: 11792501
    Abstract: A device, method and system for installing video analytics parameters at a video analytics engine is provided. An example device determines that a classification of a first camera is one or more of similar to, and same as, a respective classification of at least one second camera. The example device retrieves, from a memory, video analytics parameters associated with the at least one second camera, the video analytics parameters stored at the memory in association with the respective classification. The example device causes installing of the video analytics parameters at a video analytics engine associated with the first camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Peter L. Venetianer, Thomas Christopher Hansen, Qifan Liang, Ryan Lee
  • Patent number: 11783865
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for displaying a video playback page, an electronic device, and a medium. A specific implementation of the method includes: displaying the video playback page, where the video playback page includes a video playback view and a progress adjustment control for adjusting video playback progress; and updating a progress displayed in the progress adjustment control based on a playback progress of a currently played video in the video playback view at intervals of a target duration, where the target duration is determined based on a size of a screen of a video playback device and a total duration of the currently played video. This implementation realizes differentiation of callback duration for videos of different durations, thereby avoiding a video freeze caused by setting a fixed callback duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpeng Xiao, Huijun Yu
  • Patent number: 11758219
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating setting of television program series recording priority ranking include functionality that monitors television series program viewing habits of a user for a plurality of different television program series. The system then changes television program series recording priority rankings to resolve recording conflicts based on the monitoring of the television series program viewing habits. In some embodiments, the system first sends a notification to the user of an option to upgrade a recording priority ranking. Additionally, the system may record television program episodes whose recordings were skipped due to them having a lower recording priority ranking. The system may record such skipped television program episodes during the next time slot in which a skipped episode is rebroadcast and does not conflict with a higher priority broadcast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: DISH NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventor: Deepak Sharma
  • Patent number: 11736801
    Abstract: A system includes a camera for capturing a first panorama view. The system determines a first bearing of a person within the first panorama view, and a first gaze direction of the person within the first panorama view. The system receives, from an external source, a second panorama view, a second bearing of the person within the second panorama view, and a second gaze direction of the person within the second panorama view. The system selects, by comparing the first gaze direction and the second gaze direction, a selected panorama view and a selected bearing of the person. The system forms a localized subscene video signal based on the selected panorama view along the selected bearing of the person. The system generates a stage view signal based on the localized subscene video signal, and composites a composited signal comprising the stage view signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: OWL LABS INC.
    Inventors: Tom Bushman, Ilya Moskovko, Howard Brown