Patents Examined by Steven Elbinger
  • Patent number: 9524702
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device including a display controller configured to cause a display part to display a first captured image. In a case where a modification target region is detected from the first captured image, the display controller causes the display part to display a composite image in which a part or all of a second captured image is composited on the modification target region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuo Ukigaya, Hiroshi Kimoto, Tomohiko Gotoh, Makoto Murata, Takeshi Yaeda, Naoki Shibuya
  • Patent number: 9519667
    Abstract: Method of determining the spatial storage of an object by means of a flexible hierarchical structure containing a set of elements of an n-tree. Method comprises: Obtaining an object for placement in one of the set of elements of the n-tree. Determining if the boundary of the object goes beyond the boundaries of the most suitable element that is intersected by a portion of the object when the object is placed in this most appropriate element. Increasing the size of the most suitable element by adding to it a zone of presence of the object, the boundary of the zone of presence of the object being distant from the boundary of the most suitable element by the maximum value of the projection of the object beyond the boundaries of the most suitable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: YANDEX EUROPE AG
    Inventor: Anton Vasilyevich Korzunov
  • Patent number: 9497501
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a see-through display and a virtual reality engine. The see-through display is configured to visually augment an appearance of a physical space to a user viewing the physical space through the see-through display. The virtual reality engine is configured to cause the see-through display to visually present a virtual monitor that appears to be integrated with the physical space to a user viewing the physical space through the see-through display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Mount, Stephen Latta, Adam Poulos, Daniel McCulloch, Darren Bennett, Ryan Hastings, Jason Scott
  • Patent number: 9466130
    Abstract: A method of enhancing an image includes displaying an image, receiving eye-tracking information associated with the displayed image, and identifying a region of interest in the displayed image using the eye tracking information. The method further includes enhancing the region of interest and displaying the enhanced region of interest adjacent to or superimposed upon an unenhanced region of the displayed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventor: Lawrence Scarff
  • Patent number: 9448532
    Abstract: Method for computing the code for the reconstruction of three-dimensional scenes which include objects which partly absorb light or sound. The method can be implemented in a computing unit. In order to reconstruct a three-dimensional scene as realistic as possible, the diffraction patterns are computed separately at their point of origin considering the instances of absorption in the scene. The method can be used for the representation of three-dimensional scenes in a holographic display or volumetric display. Further, it can be carried out to achieve a reconstruction of sound fields in an array of sound sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SEEREAL TECHNOLOGIES S.A.
    Inventors: Enrico Zschau, Nils Pfeifer
  • Patent number: 9449427
    Abstract: An electronic device can utilize one or more sensors and/or imaging elements to determine the relative position of at least one light source relative to the device. In various embodiments, the intensity of light can be determined in various directions around the device. By determining the relative intensity around the device, an approximate direction of one or more light sources can be determined. Utilizing the relative position of each light source, the electronic device can properly light or shade a graphical object to be rendered by the device, or otherwise process image information captured by the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Leo B. Baldwin, Volodymyr V. Ivanchenko, Kenneth M. Karakotsios, Isaac S. Noble
  • Patent number: 9424660
    Abstract: A method and system for media encoding using changed regions. The method includes detecting the changed regions and a static portion of a desktop of a computing device. The amount of changed regions may be determined. The changed regions may be encoded in response to the amount of changed regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Changliang Charlie Wang
  • Patent number: 9426443
    Abstract: An image processing system according to an embodiment is an image processing system having a terminal device including a display unit that displays a medical image. The image processing system includes an acquiring unit and a display controller. The acquiring unit acquires a position of the terminal device relative to a predetermined target. The display controller causes the display unit to display a medical image in accordance with the relative position of the terminal device relative to the target acquired by the acquiring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumasa Arakita, Shinsuke Tsukagoshi, Tatsuo Maeda, Takumi Hara, Kenta Moriyasu
  • Patent number: 9418475
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and techniques relating to generating three dimensional (3D) models from range sensor data. According to an aspect, multiple 3D point clouds, which are captured using one or more 3D cameras, are obtained. At least two of the 3D point clouds correspond to different positions of a body relative to at least a single one of the one or more 3D cameras. Two or more of the 3D point clouds are identified as corresponding to two or more predefined poses, and a segmented representation of the body is generated, in accordance with a 3D part-based volumetric model including cylindrical representations, based on the two 3D point clouds identified as corresponding to the two predefined pose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: University of Southern California
    Inventors: Gerard Guy Medioni, Jongmoo Choi, Ruizhe Wang
  • Patent number: 9418482
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to identifying visited travel destinations from a set of digital images associated with users of a social networking system. For example, one or more computing devices provide access to an individual user's account, including the individual user and other users affiliated with the individual user via the social networking system. One or more digital images are received from a computing device associated with the individual user and from one or more second computing devices associated with the other users of the social networking system. From each digital image, a geo-location is determined for each digital image. The one or more computing devices display each geo-located image on a map at a position corresponding to the determined geo-location for the geo-located image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Tsung-Lin Yang, Bryce Evans, Keith Noah Snavely, Yihui Xie, Andrew C. Gallagher
  • Patent number: 9372593
    Abstract: In some implementations, a cursor can be rendered based on a three-dimensional model. In some implementations, the three-dimensional cursor can be manipulated to change the orientation of the three-dimensional cursor based on the context of the cursor. In some implementations, parameters associated with the three-dimensional model can be manipulated based on the context of the three-dimensional cursor to change the appearance of the cursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas V. King, Duncan Robert Kerr
  • Patent number: 9355601
    Abstract: Processing data for a display including pixels, each pixel having color sub-pixels, comprises receiving pixel data. Once the pixel data is received, processing data for a display includes converting the pixel data to sub-pixel rendered data, the conversion generating the sub-pixel rendered data for a sub-pixel arrangement including alternating red and green sub-pixels on at least one of a horizontal and vertical axis. Next processing data for a display includes correcting the sub-pixel rendered data if a condition exists and outputting the sub-pixel rendered data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Candice Hellen Brown Elliott
  • Patent number: 9350798
    Abstract: Various arrangements for transitioning between data visualizations are presented. A first and second general path may be determined that define a first and second shape, respectively. A plurality of pairs of drawing commands may be created such that each pair of the plurality of pairs of drawing commands includes a first drawing command from the first general path and a second drawing command from the second general path. The plurality of pairs of drawing commands may be modified such that each pair of the plurality of pairs of drawing commands includes a single type of drawing command. A visual transition may be output for presentation between the first shape and the second shape using the modified plurality of pairs of drawing commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brendon Glazer, Prashant Singh, Hugh Zhang, Jairam Ramanathan, Baofeng Yu
  • Patent number: 9324183
    Abstract: Dynamic window and cursor shadows are described. In some implementations, graphical user interface display objects can be configured with elevation offset information to give the display objects a three-dimensional surface that can have pixels of varying height. In some implementations, shadows that are rendered upon display objects configured with pixel elevation offset information can be adjusted to reflect the three-dimensional surface of the objects thereby better approximating real-life shadows. In some implementations, shadows can be dynamically rendered in real-time and adjusted according to the elevations of display objects onto which they are cast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas V. King, Duncan Robert Kerr
  • Patent number: 9317746
    Abstract: Techniques may be used to accommodate occlusion. An occlusion accommodation application may determine a display position of a display of a computing device, an eye position of an eye of a user and an object position of an object. The object may be positioned between the display and the eye of the user. The occlusion accommodation application may identify, in real-time, an occluded area based on the display position, object position and the eye position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Garth Shoemaker
  • Patent number: 9299189
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a stack of individual images of a scene are created. Each individual image corresponds to a respective light source or light source group associated with the scene. The individual images are combined to produce a combined image. The combined image is displayed. In response to user input indicating adjustments to a light source or light source group, an operator is applied to a corresponding individual image of the stack of individual images. An updated combined image is displayed on the display screen. Values for light sources or light source groups are generated based on the applied operator. The generated values are provided to a design session in a modeling environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Bentley Systems, Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul L. Chater, Jerry D. Flynn
  • Patent number: 9293118
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising an image recognition unit that detects whether an image preset as a marker image exists in a captured image; a spatial recognition unit that, when the marker image is detected by the image recognition unit, constructs a real-world coordinate system computed from a position and orientation of the marker image, and computes information corresponding to a position and orientation of the information processing apparatus in the constructed real-world coordinate system; and a virtual object display unit that acquires at least one of the data stored in the storage unit, data existing on a network, and data transmitted from the one or more other information processing apparatuses and received by the communication interface, places the acquired data in the constructed real-world coordinate system, and controls the display unit to display the acquired data as one or more virtual objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventor: Daisuke Matsui
  • Patent number: 9286858
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a hit testing method and apparatus. The method includes: replacing color values of pixels of objects displayed on the screen with corresponding identifier (ID) values of the objects; storing the ID values in a bitmap array, wherein each element of the bitmap array corresponds to one or more pixels of a respective object; in response to capturing a hit event, acquiring a hit coordinate on the screen corresponding to the hit event; determining a bitmap array element corresponding to the hit coordinate; and identifying an object related to the hit event, according to the ID value associated with the bitmap array element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Yang Yu
  • Patent number: 9274675
    Abstract: A mobile terminal for displaying a three-dimensional image and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a display unit configured to display a three-dimensional image including a plurality of objects; a memory unit configured to store property information of a plurality of applications respectively corresponding to the plurality of objects; and a controller configured to, upon detection of a selection of the plurality of objects, execute the plurality of applications, generate priority information in order to determine the priority levels of the executed applications based on the property information, and arrange the executed applications on the three-dimensional image based on position information mapped to the priority information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Geumju An
  • Patent number: 9269183
    Abstract: A method for reducing the number of samples tested for rendering a screen space region of an image includes constructing a bilinear approximation per primitive for a screen space region which is to be rendered, wherein the screen space region includes a plurality of sample points. The bilinear approximation is used to estimate coverage of a predefined primitive against one or more sample points within the screen space region. At least one sample point in the screen space region which is not covered by the predefined primitive is excluded from testing in the rendering of the screen space region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Samuli Laine, Tero Karras