Patents Examined by Stephen R Smith
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Patent number: 11956409Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Jun Tian, Xiaozhong Xu, Shan Liu
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Patent number: 11950023Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SanJet Technology Corp.Inventor: Yun-Song Liao
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Patent number: 11936978Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: AXIS ABInventor: Fredrik Larsson
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Patent number: 11935565Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Eric Zavesky, James Pratt
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Patent number: 11917326Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATIONInventor: Takuji Teruuchi
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Patent number: 11917117Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daichi Adachi, Hajime Sato
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Patent number: 11887630Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 29, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Inventors: Fan Wu, Xiaoran Zhang, Qiong Shan, Xin Li, Wenhai Zhang, Jinmin Li, Longkai Wen, Lifeng Zeng
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Patent number: 11887333Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: SOMFY ACTIVITES SAInventor: Fabien Rousseau
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Patent number: 11881233Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventors: Padmassri Chandrashekar, Daina Emmanuel, Jayshil Parekh, Reda Harb
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Patent number: 11869542Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventor: Venugopal Srinivasan
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Patent number: 11863910Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Satou, Tomomi Kukita, Tatsuya Shouji, Hiroki Ueda
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Patent number: 11847768Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: AccuVein Inc.Inventors: Vincent Luciano, Fred Wood
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Patent number: 11843755Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: ZSPACE, INC.Inventors: Clifford S. Champion, Jonathan J. Hosenpud, Baifang Lu, Alex Shorey, Robert D. Kalnins
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Patent number: 11838485Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Gwang Soon Lee, Jun Young Jeong, Kug Jin Yun, Hong Chang Shin, Ho Min Eum
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Patent number: 11804249Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: JBF Interlude 2009 LTDInventors: Jonathan Bloch, Tal Zubalsky, Yuval Hofshy, Barak Feldman
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Patent number: 11800189Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Michael Ronald Cieslak, Jiayao Yu, Kai Chen, Farnaz Azmoodeh, Michael David Marr, Jun Huang, Zahra Ferdowsi
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Patent number: 11792501Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Peter L. Venetianer, Thomas Christopher Hansen, Qifan Liang, Ryan Lee
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Patent number: 11783865Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Junpeng Xiao, Huijun Yu
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Systems and methods for facilitating setting of television program series recording priority ranking
Patent number: 11758219Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: DISH NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITEDInventor: Deepak Sharma -
Patent number: 11736801Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: OWL LABS INC.Inventors: Tom Bushman, Ilya Moskovko, Howard Brown