Patents Examined by Sultana M Zalalee
  • Patent number: 12266059
    Abstract: A method of reality augmentation, including: (a) determining the identity of a container, for example chocolate spread, with a top opening; (b) acquiring an image of the container from a top thereof; (c) estimating a geometry of the filling of said container based on said identity and said image; and (d) overlaying an augmentation, for example, a coupon or a toy, on an image, based on said estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Inventors: Oded Melinek, Maier Fenster
  • Patent number: 12266052
    Abstract: When performing tile-based rendering a first, pre-pass operation in which primitives in a sequence of primitives for a tile are processed to determine visibility information for the sequence of primitives, the visibility information being usable to determine whether or not fragments for a primitive in the sequence of primitives should subsequently be processed further for the render output, is performed. Thereafter a second, main pass operation is performed in which the further processing of fragments for primitives that were processed during the first, pre-pass operation is controlled based on the determined visibility information for the sequence of primitives, such that for fragments for which the visibility information indicates that the fragments should not be processed further for the render output some or all of the processing during the second, main pass is omitted. The visibility information indicates which primitives should be rendered for which sampling positions of the render output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Arm Limited
    Inventors: Tord Kvestad Øygard, Philip Carlos Garcia, Sandeep Kakarlapudi
  • Patent number: 12266048
    Abstract: Technologies for transitioning between two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) display views for video conferencing are described herein. Video conferencing applications can have multiple display views for a user participating in a video conference. In certain situations a user may want to transition from a 2D display view of the video conference to a more immersive 3D display view. These transitions can be visually jarring and create an uncomfortable user experience. The transition from a 2D display view to a 3D display view can be improved by executing the transition to a 3D display view by manipulating visual properties of a virtual camera that is employed to generate the display views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew D. Wilson
  • Patent number: 12254586
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for an auto-focus tool for multimodality image review. In aspects, an image review system may provide for the display of a set of medical images representing one or more imaging modalities. The system may also provide an auto-focus tool that may be used during the review of the set of medical images. After receiving an instruction to activate the auto-focus tool, the system may receive a selection of an ROI in at least one of the images in the set of medical images. The auto-focus tool may identify the location of the ROI within the image and use the identified ROI location to identify a corresponding area or ROI in the remaining set of medical images. The auto-focus tool may orient and display the remaining set of medical images such that the identified area or ROI is prominently displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: Herschel A. Solis, Calvin J. Wong
  • Patent number: 12249107
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided to encode and decode a data stream carrying data representative of a three-dimensional scene, the data stream comprising color pictures packed in a color image; depth pictures packed in a depth image; and a set of patch data items comprising de-projection data; data for retrieving a color picture in the color image and geometry data. Two types of geometry data are possible. The first type of data describes how to retrieve a depth picture in the depth image. The second type of data comprises an identifier of a parametric function and a list of parameter values for the identified parametric function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Julien Fleureau, Renaud Dore, Franck Thudor
  • Patent number: 12229895
    Abstract: A Virtual reality system which comprises a head mounted display and positional tracking to determine the position and orientation of the head mounted display. A player wearing the head mounted display would view a virtual world. External physical objects such as a cup can be identified and displayed inside the virtual world displayed inside the head mounted display so that a player can drink out of the cup without having to remove the head mounted display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Out of Sight Vision Systems LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Cowen, Jon Muskin
  • Patent number: 12223572
    Abstract: Video or graphics, received by a render engine within a graphics processing unit, may be segmented into a region of interest such as foreground and a region of less interest such as background. In other embodiments, an object of interest may be segmented from the rest of the depiction in a case of a video game or graphics processing workload. Each of the segmented portions of a frame may themselves make up a separate surface which is sent separately from the render engine to the display engine of a graphics processing unit. In one embodiment, the display engine combines the two surfaces and sends them over a display link to a display panel. The display controller in the display panel displays the combined frame. The combined frame is stored in a buffer and refreshed periodically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Joydeep Ray
  • Patent number: 12223241
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) noise modeling using machine learning (ML). An example method can include collecting, using one or more sensors, a first set of data for a simulation environment and generating, using the first set of data, a point cloud that represents and/or describes the simulation environment. The method can further include collecting, using the one or more sensors, a second set of data for a real-world environment and generating a noise model using the second set of data and a neural network. The method can also include generating, using the noise model and the point cloud, a noisy point cloud that represents and/or describes the real-world environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Ashish Shrivastava, Surya Dwarakanath, Ignacio Martin Bragado, Amin Aghaei, Ambrish Tyagi
  • Patent number: 12217349
    Abstract: A computer-implemented inverse rendering method comprising: computing an adjoint image by differentiating an objective function that evaluates the quality of a rendered image, image elements of the adjoint image encoding the sensitivity of spatially corresponding image elements of the rendered image with respect to the objective function; sampling the adjoint image at a respective sample position to determine a respective adjoint radiance value associated with the respective sample position; emitting the respective adjoint radiance value into a scene model characterised by scene parameters; determining an interaction location of a respective incident adjoint radiance value with a surface and/or volume of the scene model; determining a respective incident radiance value or an approximation thereof at the interaction location; and updating a scene parameter gradient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
    Inventors: Wenzel Jakob, Merlin Nimier-David
  • Patent number: 12211123
    Abstract: Embodiments include receiving image data comprising a representation of teeth, wherein the image data comprises a set of pixel locations for the teeth and depth values associated with the pixel locations in the set of pixel locations. The method further includes generating new image based on applying one or more functions to the image data, wherein the one or more functions adjust one or more color channels of the set of pixel locations based at least in part on the depth values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yun Gao, Yingjie Li, Chao Shi
  • Patent number: 12202507
    Abstract: The following generally relates to using Augmented Reality (AR) to enhance the in-vehicle experience. In some examples, AR techniques are applied to provide AR indications of vehicle safety indicia to alert vehicle occupants to information that may not otherwise be perceptible. In other example, AR techniques are applied to provide emergency vehicle warnings to improve the likelihood of safe responses thereto. In yet other examples, AR techniques are applied to generated personalized outdoor displays, for example, to ameliorate conditions that may impair safe operation of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian M. Fields, Nathan L. Tofte, Aaron C. Williams, Joseph P. Harr, Vicki King
  • Patent number: 12198220
    Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating dynamic cache allocation in computing devices in computing devices. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes facilitating monitoring one or more bandwidth consumptions of one or more clients accessing a cache associated with a processor; computing one or more bandwidth requirements of the one or more clients based on the one or more bandwidth consumptions; and allocating one or more portions of the cache to the one or more clients in accordance with the one or more bandwidth requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiran C. Veernapu, Mohammed Tameem, Altug Koker, Abhishek R. Appu
  • Patent number: 12198247
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, from a camera, one or more frames of image data of a scene comprising a background and one or more three-dimensional objects, wherein each frame comprises a raster of pixels of image data; detecting layer information of the scene, wherein the layer information is associated with a depth-based distribution of the pixels in the one or more frames; and determining a multi-layer model for the scene, the multi-layer model comprising a plurality of discrete layers comprising first and second discrete layers, wherein each discrete layer is associated with a unique depth value relative to the camera. The method further includes mapping the pixels to the layers of the plurality of discrete layers; rendering the pixels as a first image of the scene as viewed from a first perspective; and rendering the pixels as a second image of the scene as viewed from a second perspective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yingen Xiong, Christopher Peri
  • Patent number: 12197883
    Abstract: Provided is a method for augmented reality-based image translation performed by one or more processors, which includes storing a plurality of frames representing a video captured by a camera, extracting a first frame that satisfies a predetermined criterion from the stored plurality of frames, translating a first language sentence (or group of words) included in the first frame into a second language sentence (or group of words), determining a translation region including the second language sentence (or group of words) included in the first frame, and rendering the translation region in a second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NAVER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chankyu Choi, Seungjae Kim, Juhyeok Mun, Jeong Tae Lee, Youngbin Ro
  • Patent number: 12198280
    Abstract: In an exemplary process, a set of parameters corresponding to characteristics of a physical setting of a user is obtained. Based on the parameters, at least one display placement value and a fixed boundary location corresponding to the physical setting are obtained. In accordance with a determination that the at least one display placement value satisfies a display placement criterion, a virtual display is displayed at the fixed boundary location corresponding to the physical setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy R. Pease, Alexandre Da Veiga, David H. Huang, Peng Liu, Robert K. Molholm
  • Patent number: 12190446
    Abstract: A process for receiving, from a computing device, a series of captured building images. The process continues by processing, in real-time, each building image in the series of captured building images to determine if each building image meets a minimum criterion, wherein the minimum criteria includes applicability to be used in constructing a specific digital multi-dimensional building model. The process continues by aggregating each image meeting the minimum criteria, determining when a base set of building images has been aggregated, wherein the base set of building images includes a threshold number images to model at least a partial multi-dimensional building model representing the series of captured building images, determining one or more facades present in the partial multi-dimensional building model, determining preliminary dimensions for one or more architectural features of the one or more facades and returning, incrementally (in real-time), the preliminary dimensions to the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Manish Upendran, William Castillo, Ajay Mishra, Adam J. Altman
  • Patent number: 12175559
    Abstract: A data processing method includes the following steps. An input image is received, the input image has a plurality of pixels, and each of the pixels has a pixel position. An valid region is defined in the input image, a plurality of valid pixels among the pixels are located in the valid region, and each valid pixel has a valid data. The valid data is written to the target address of the memory correspondingly according to a starting write address of the memory and a valid width of the input image, or according to the starting write address, the starting offset of the input image and the accumulation address of the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: eYs3D Microelectronics, Co.
    Inventor: Chi-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 12171625
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for animating models of the mandibular and maxillary arches of a patient in a corrected intermaxillary relationship, comprising: —providing three-dimensional numerical models (MD, MX) of the mandibular and maxillary arches of the patient; —providing a recording of the mandibular motion of the patient, said recording comprising a plurality of relative positions of the mandible of the patient with respect to the maxilla; —selecting, from said positions, a reference position (X) of the mandible with respect to the maxilla of the patient; —determining a target position (Y) for the mandible with respect to the maxilla, said target position defining a corrected intermaxillary relationship for the patient; —determining a rigid transformation between the reference position (X) and the target position (Y); —applying said rigid transformation (i) to the recording of the mandibular motion of the patient in order to animate the three-dimensional numerical models of the mandibular and max
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MODJAW
    Inventor: Maxime Jaisson
  • Patent number: 12165408
    Abstract: A method and a device are provided. The method includes obtaining spatial information of objects surrounding an augmented reality device, obtaining identification information of the surrounding objects, determining, based on the spatial information and the identification information of the surrounding objects, whether there is, among the surrounding objects, a dangerous object within a preset distance from the augmented reality device, and based on the determining, displaying, within a first distance from the augmented reality device, a first graphical user interface (GUI) for controlling reproduction of the content to be displayed through augmented reality technology, and displaying, within a second distance from the augmented reality device, a second GUI for displaying the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiin Kim, Jaeyong Lee, Jaemin Chun, Minseok Han
  • Patent number: 12165249
    Abstract: This application provides a display method and an electronic device. The method includes: in a process of displaying a first transition animation on a first screen of the electronic device, if the first transition animation displayed on the first screen is interrupted, continuing, by the electronic device, to play an unfinished part of the first transition animation on a switched-to second screen, allowing a transition animation of the electronic device to be applied to more scenarios to improve user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liwei Huang, Jie Ren, Kai Qian, Xia Wu