Patents Examined by Steven Elbinger
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Patent number: 10139903Abstract: Embodiments relate to displaying textual data. Aspects of the embodiments includes receiving a request to display textual data and displaying textual data in a region within a display area. Displaying textual data includes sequentially presenting successive components of the textual data at a fixed position relative to the display area. Aspects of the embodiments also includes monitoring a point of gaze of a user based on biometric information, and based on detecting that the point of gaze is away from the region, automatically stopping the displaying by the processor at a time point corresponding to a current component, and determining a previous component of the textual data displayed at a previous time point. Aspects of the embodiments further include, based on detecting that the point of gaze has returned to the region, commencing by the processor the displaying at the previous component and continuing to display successive components of the textual data.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, Emily M. Metruck, Charles J. Stocker, IV
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Patent number: 10140678Abstract: Techniques to improve graphics processing unit (GPU) performance by introducing specialized code paths to process frequent common values are described. A shader compiler can determine instruction that, during operation, may output a common value and can introduce an enhanced shader instruction branch to process the common value to reduce overall computational requirements to execute the shader.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Saurabh Sharma, Abhishek Ventakesh, Travis T. Schluessler, Thomas F. Raoux, Rahul P. Sathe, Jon Hasselgren
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Patent number: 10139904Abstract: An embodiment of a computer implemented method of displaying textual data includes receiving a request to display textual data and displaying textual data in a region within a display area. Displaying textual data includes sequentially presenting successive components of the textual data at a fixed position relative to the display area. The method also includes monitoring a point of gaze of a user based on biometric information, and based on detecting that the point of gaze is away from the region, automatically stopping the displaying by the processor at a time point corresponding to a current component, and determining a previous component of the textual data displayed at a previous time point. The method further includes, based on detecting that the point of gaze has returned to the region, commencing by the processor the displaying at the previous component and continuing to display successive components of the textual data.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, Emily M. Metruck, Charles J. Stocker, IV
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Patent number: 10096133Abstract: The systems and methods described herein can pre-process a blendshape matrix via a global clusterization process and a local clusterization process. The pre-processing can cause the blendshape matrix to be divided into multiple blocks. The techniques can further apply a matrix compression technique to each block of the blendshape matrix to generate a compression result. The matrix compression technique can comprise a matrix approximation step, an accuracy verification step, and a recursive compression step. The compression result for each block may be combined to generate a compressed blendshape matrix for rendering a virtual entity.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.Inventor: Dmitry Andreevich Andreev
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Patent number: 10068366Abstract: A method, computer readable medium, and system are disclosed for generating multi-view image data. The method includes the steps of processing primitive data of a model to generate processed primitive data that includes multiple position vectors for each vertex in the primitive data, the number of position vectors associated with each vertex being equal to the number of views in at least two views being generated. The method further includes storing the processed primitive data in a buffer. Finally, the processed primitive data may be read from the buffer for each view in the at least two views and transmitted to a raster pipeline to generate image data corresponding to a particular view.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: NVIDIA CorporationInventors: Ziyad Sami Hakura, Eric B. Lum, Henry Packard Moreton, Emmett M. Kilgariff
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Patent number: 10038889Abstract: Methods and apparatus for receiving content including images of surfaces of an environment visible from a default viewing position and images of surfaces not visible from the default viewing position, e.g., occluded surfaces, are described. Occluded and non-occluded image portions are received in content streams that can be in a variety of stream formats. In one stream format non-occluded image content is packed into a frame with occluded image content with the occluded image content normally occupying a small portion of the frame. In other embodiments occluded image portions are received in an auxiliary data stream which is multiplexed with a data stream providing frames of non-occluded image content. UV maps which are used to map received image content to segments of an environmental model are also supplied with the UV maps corresponding to the format of the frames which are used to provide the images that serve as textures.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: NextVR Inc.Inventors: David Cole, Alan McKay Moss
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Patent number: 9993311Abstract: A method and system are provided for visualizing a surgical path for a surgical tool. The method comprises a step of receiving anatomical information about a position of at least one anatomical structure in a region to undergo surgery, geometric information describing the surgical path and at least one safety margin defining a minimal distance between the surgical tool and the anatomical structure. The method further comprises defining a critical segment of the surgical path, in which critical segment a distance to the anatomical structure is smaller than the safety margin. Then a graphical representation of the surgical path is provided, wherein the critical segment is highlighted.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2010Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Johannes Cornelis Koudijs, Martin Bergtholdt, Heinrich Schulz, Hubert Cecile Francois Martens, Gerrit-jan Bloem, Johan Gerard Kleibeuker
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Patent number: 9983841Abstract: A multiscreen display is formed in which changes in luminance between an image overlap area and areas outside the image overlap area are less visible across a range of low to high gradations. An offset correction value Doffset that is linearly decreased at the lowest gradation of the input image signal so that the offset correction value becomes 0 at gradations higher than the predetermined gradation Lset, is added to an input image signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Akihiro Ouchi
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Patent number: 9969266Abstract: In a display control device, in accordance with speed limit information input from an input unit, a control unit senses change in a speed limit of a road where a vehicle travels and after that, in accordance with vehicle information input from the input unit, determines whether or not whether necessity to increase conspicuity of notification of the change in the speed limit. When it is determined that the necessity is high, a display unit is caused to switch display on a display medium from a first presentation image to a second presentation image that indicates a second speed limit by a first switching method. When it is determined that the necessity is not high, the display of the first presentation image is switched to the display of the second presentation image by a second switching method different from the first switching method.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Mochizuki, Koichi Emura, Shigeru Kobayashi, Takenori Matsumoto
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Patent number: 9947114Abstract: An apparatus and methods for modifying gradation in an image frame determine a blend factor indicating a first weighting associated with a previously processed portion of the image frame. The apparatus and methods generate a weighted value associated with a current region of the image frame based on the current region of the image frame and based on applying the first weighting to the previously processed portion of the image frame so as to modify the gradation in the image frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2014Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: ATI Technologies ULCInventors: Boris Ivanovic, Tiberiu Visan
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Patent number: 9916690Abstract: This invention solves the problem that objects in the field of view of reading glasses using multifocal lenses for correcting ocular refractive errors such as presbyopia appear distorted. This image display device is provided with the following: a distance computation unit that computes the distance to a subject in a field-of-view image; a visual-acuity-information acquisition unit that stores visual-acuity information for the user in advance; a corrected-image generation unit that generates and outputs a corrected image on the basis of the field-of-view image and an eye image generated from the field-of-view image, the distance information, and the visual-acuity information; and a display unit that displays the corrected image by superimposing same onto the user's field of view. Since the corrected image is superimposed without the use of lenses, lenses being the cause of the abovementioned distortion, the user can see close objects clearly.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kunio Nobori, Ayako Maruyama, Yumiko Kato, Tsuyoshi Inoue
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Patent number: 9916020Abstract: A computing system includes a computing device and an image composing unit for generating a common video signal for a display device. The computing device is adapted to partition a display area of the display device into a plurality of sections. One of the sections is related to another computing device. The computing device is further adapted to receive an input signal from an input device. The input signal is relatable to a position within the display area. The computing device is further adapted to provide the other computing device with the input signal depending on the position being in one of the sections related to the other computing device.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2010Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Alf Ludwig, Roland Claus Beck
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Patent number: 9898157Abstract: A technique to improve the efficiency for generating a filter for separating elements to be displayed from elements constituting data. At a client, a content acquisition unit acquires content from a server. A content division unit divides the content into elements. An element display unit randomly displays the elements at positions different from positions at which the elements of the content in an original form are displayed. A selected-element identification unit identifies an element selected by a user from the elements. A filter generation unit generates a filter based on the identified element and saves the filter in a filter saving unit. A filtering unit applies the filter saved in the filter saving unit to the content. A content display unit displays the filtered content.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sanehiro Furuichi, Tomohiro Shioya
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Patent number: 9875565Abstract: An information processing device communicates with display terminals. The information processing device includes an image information acquisition section adapted to obtain image information, a display control section adapted to perform control of displaying an image based on the image information obtained, a drawing information acquisition section adapted to obtain drawing information adapted to draw a second image so as to be superimposed on a first image displayed based on first image information, a determination section adapted to determine whether or not the first image information is the same as delivered image information having already been delivered to the terminal device, and a delivery control section adapted to deliver the drawing information to the terminal device without delivering the first image information in a case in which it is determined that the first image information and the delivered image information are the same as each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takashi Natori, Takayuki Shimizu, Hirohiko Kihara
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Patent number: 9865033Abstract: The display of images, such as panoramic images, in a limited display space can be aided through the use of motion-based control, whereby a user can rotate and/or translate a computing device in order to view different portions of the image, including translating or zooming within the image. Sensors can be used to determine the motion for adjusting the display. The same or other sensors can also assist a user in capturing such an image. For example, a compass can determine the relative orientation of the device and a gyroscope can determine rotation of the device, to determine an appropriate path of motion for the capture and any deviation from that path. The user can be provided with information enabling the user to follow the path with an appropriate device orientation.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ario Jafarzadeh, Vivek Shah, Charles Eugene Cummins, Nicholas Ryan Gilmour, John Matthew Nance, Mihir Kumar Choudhary, Nikhil Raghu Varma
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Patent number: 9858635Abstract: An application processor includes a first scaler including a first vertical scaler and a first horizontal scaler, and a second scaler including a second vertical scaler and a second horizontal scaler, wherein the second vertical scaler is selectively shared between the first scaler and the second scaler in response to a determination of resolution for an image being processed.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Chul Yoon, Seong Woon Kim, Sang Hoon Lee
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Patent number: 9851880Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for facilitating rotation of images in response to gestures. A user can provide a gesture to effectuate a desired rotation of an image. In some implementations, a user might provide a rotation gesture (i.e., a circular pattern) to cause an in-plane image rotation or a stroke gesture (i.e., a straight line pattern) to cause an out-of-plane image rotation. Using intuitive gestures, such as touch gestures, the user can control the direction and axis of rotation as well as the amount of rotation, for example, to accomplish a desired rotation of an image.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventor: Byungmoon Kim
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Patent number: 9842363Abstract: Method, computer program product, and system to provide an extended vision within an environment having a plurality of items, where the extended vision is based on a field of view of a person determined using a first visual sensor, and is further based on at least a second visual sensor disposed within the environment. Image information from the first and second visual sensors is associated to produce combined image information. Selected portions of the combined image information are displayed based on input provided through a user interface.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings CorporationInventors: Monsak Jason Chirakansakcharoen, Dean Frederick Herring, Ankit Singh, David John Steiner
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Patent number: 9832342Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for transmitting an image, which improve display effect of the image. The method includes receiving an image with a first resolution from a source terminal; sending a request for obtaining the image to a server according to an identifier of the image; and receiving the image with a second resolution from the server, wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: XIAOMI INC.Inventors: Jingwei Cai, Zhukun Liu, Cheng Qian
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Patent number: 9804813Abstract: A method comprising the steps of: displaying primary data having a first sensitivity level on a first display screen that is operatively coupled to a first computer; capturing an image of the first display screen with an image capture device that is operatively coupled to a second computer that is communicatively isolated from the first computer such that no data is shared between the first and second computers; executing with the second computer a display recognition and characterization algorithm to recognize the primary data based only on the captured image of the first display screen; and augmenting the primary data by displaying secondary data on a second display, wherein the secondary data is related to, and has a higher sensitivity level than, the primary data.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the NavyInventors: Sunny James Fugate, Chun-Che Peng, Daniel C. Grady