Patents Examined by Thai Q. Tran
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Patent number: 11443772Abstract: A computer implemented method of triggering events in a video, the method comprising: providing a list of objects with their states and corresponding events in video such that each state from the list triggers at least one event of the corresponding events, wherein each object from the list has at least one state triggering at least one event of the corresponding events from the list in video; detecting at least one object from the list that at least partially and at least occasionally is presented in frames of the video; tracking the at least one object and its state; triggering at least one event of the corresponding events from the list in video in case the state of the at least one object matches with one of its states from the list.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Elena Shaburova, Victor Shaburov
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Patent number: 11445272Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of multimedia, and provides a video processing method and apparatus. The video processing method according to the present disclosure includes: performing semantic analysis on subtitles of a video to acquire compressed subtitles; determining a weight of each frame of images in the video based on a preset image processing strategy; acquiring a shortened video images by extracting a plurality of image frames in an order of the weights of all frames of images from high to low, according to a preset video shortening proportion; and generating a shortened video according to the shortened video images and the compressed subtitles.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignees: BEIJING JINGDONG SHANGKE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD., BEIJING JINGDONG CENTURY TRADING CO., LTD.Inventor: Junfu Wang
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Patent number: 11438544Abstract: The present application discloses an image transmission device and method. The image transmission device includes a receiver configured to receive pixel data in image data from a camera in sequence and buffer the pixel data into a memory, and determine, upon reception of a line of pixel data, a line number of the line of pixel data in the image data and a frame number of the image data; and a processor configured to obtain the line of pixel data, the line number of the line of pixel data and the frame number of the image data from the receiver, package the obtained line of pixel data, line number of the line of pixel data and frame number of the image data into a data packet, and transmit the data packet to a server.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: BEIJING TUSEN WEILAI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ming Wang, Jie Sun
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Patent number: 11431951Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the field of terminal technologies, and describe a method for displaying a dynamic image and a terminal, which resolve a problem that power consumption of a terminal caused by an existing method in which three-dimensional real-time rendering is used is relatively high. The method may be applied to a terminal, and can includes obtaining, from a video file based on a preset factor, a plurality of pieces of image frame data in a one-to-one correspondence to a plurality of image frames. The method may also include decoding the plurality of pieces of image frame data, to obtain the plurality of image frames. Furthermore, the method can include successively displaying the plurality of image frames obtained through the decoding, to present the dynamic image. The dynamic image includes the plurality of image frames, and the preset factor includes at least one of the following factors: a time point and orientation data.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Kang Li, Jun Liang, Shilong Chen, Liang Xiao
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Patent number: 11425352Abstract: A method for synthesizing an image of a view from images of N (N>2), implemented by an image synthesis device. The method includes: projecting, to a position corresponding to the image of the view to be synthesized, N depth maps associated with the N views, respectively; for at least one given pixel of at least one projected depth map, for which a depth value has been associated on completion of projection, modifying the depth value of the at least one given pixel if an item of reliability information associated with the depth value is at a certain value, the modification using the depth value of a pixel whose position corresponds to that of the at least one given pixel, in at least one other projected depth map, which generates at least one modified projected depth map.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: ORANGEInventors: Patrick Boissonade, Joël Jung
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Patent number: 11425459Abstract: A computerized system for guaranteed advertisement impressions recognizes an identifier of a media content segment (e.g., an advertisement) to be played before playing of a recorded program as a result of selection of or initiation of playing a recorded program. In some embodiments, the system recognizes an identifier of a media content segment at or during initiation of playing the of the media content segment, or during playback of a media content stream including a recorded program. In in response to the recognition of the identifier, the system ignores (or disables the remote control sending), for a predetermined time period, all commands to skip or fast forward through all or part of the media content segment.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.Inventor: Danny J. Minnick
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Patent number: 11423947Abstract: An image recording method in an image processing apparatus, includes the steps of acquiring, from a plurality of cameras, respective video images which the plurality of cameras start capturing in the sea before a first light that is lit in a first color is turned on and end capturing after a second light that is lit in a second color is turned on after the first tight is turned on, detecting, for each of the video images, a difference in luminance between chronologically adjacent frames in the video image, associating times of frames between the video images on the basis of the difference, and recording the video images with the associated times in a recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and TechnologyInventors: Tetsuya Miwa, Dhugal Lindsay, Masafumi Shimotashiro, Hiroshi Takahashi, Atsushi Arai
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Patent number: 11423945Abstract: A method and system for providing real time video collaboration production may include receiving a first video content portion from a first collaborator, the first video content portion being associated with a first sequence indicator, receiving a second video content portion from a second collaborator, the second video content portion being associated with a second sequence indicator, determining an order for the first video content portion and the second video content portion based on the first sequence indicator and the second sequence indicator, automatically integrating the first video content portion with the second video content portion based on the order to create an integrated video content portion, and providing the integrated video content portion for real-time display to the first collaborator and the second collaborator.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Rolly Seth
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Patent number: 11423941Abstract: A method and device for implementing Write-A-Movie technology. The method includes: obtaining a screenplay of a movie; generating, according to the screenplay, an action list by performing natural language processing (NLP) on the screenplay, the action list comprising a plurality of actions with attributes, the attributes of each action including a subject, a predicate, and a location of the action; rendering, according to the action list, three-dimensional (3D) data in 3D scenes of the movie, the 3D data reflecting, for each action, the subject performing the action at the location in a corresponding 3D scene; determining camera sequence of cameras for shooting two-dimensional (2D) frames in the 3D scenes by performing an auto-cinematography optimization process; and generating a 2D video of the movie by combining the 2D frames shot by the cameras based on the determined camera sequence.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: TCL RESEARCH AMERICA INC.Inventor: Haohong Wang
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Patent number: 11425338Abstract: A food management system includes a computing apparatus, and a refrigerator including a storage chamber and configured to transmit an image of the storage chamber to the computing apparatus. The computing apparatus may include a communication device; and a processing device configured to identify a food from an image received from the refrigerator through the communication device and to transmit information related to the food identified by the refrigerator through the communication device. The processing device may identify the food using different processes from different images.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Byoung Ik Kang, Seong Joo Han
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Patent number: 11418730Abstract: The image capture system of the present disclosure comprises an illuminator comprising at least one infrared light LED or laser and one visible light LED, an image sensor that is sensitive to infrared light and visible light, a memory configured to store instructions, and a processor configured to execute instructions to cause the image capture system to emit infrared light, receive image data comprising at least one infrared image, and determine depth maps, visible focus settings, or infrared exposure settings based on the infrared image data.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Lumileds LLCInventors: Arjen Van Der Sijde, Nicola Bettina Pfeffer, Charles André Schrama
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Patent number: 11418857Abstract: A method for controlling virtual reality (VR) video playing and an apparatus are provided. In this method, a video server device renders a jump icon in a video image. When a user wants to perform video jump based on video content, a jump icon corresponding to a scene in which the user is interested may be selected to form an input. The video server obtains, based on the input of the user, a jump time of a jump target video corresponding to the jump icon, and plays the jump target video for the user from the jump time. The jump target video may be a video that is being played, or may be another video. According to the application, a video can be switched based on preferences of the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Duoci Kuai, Bingjie Peng, Wei He, Liang Wu, Yong Yang
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Patent number: 11418710Abstract: A composite reception and emission apparatus comprises: a plurality of first-type devices that receives or emits energy; a plurality of second-type devices whose type is different from a type of the first-type devices; and a base body. The first-type devices and the second-type devices measure a full solid angle, and are arranged on the base body such that a device closest to each of the first-type devices in an orientation space is at least one of the second-type devices, and a device closest to each of the second-type devices in the orientation space is at least one of the first-type devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Yasunobu Hashimoto, Hiroaki Ono, Osamu Kawamae, Nobuo Masuoka
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Patent number: 11412172Abstract: Disclosed are a video recording method, a video recording device, an Internet Protocol camera and a storage medium. In this disclosure, a relative timestamp of a current image uploaded by an image sensor is compared with a recording timestamp of a current recording frame, then an image to be recorded corresponding to the current recording frame is determined according to a comparison result, and finally video recording is performed according to the image to be recorded.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: GOERTEK INC.Inventor: Ming Wang
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Patent number: 11410701Abstract: A computer-implemented method performed in connection with a video comprising a plurality of video frames, the computer-implemented method being performed in a computerized system comprising a processing unit and a memory, the computer-implemented method involving: using the processing unit to detect a plurality of content components within at least one of the plurality of video frames; based on a video modification instruction received from a user, modifying at least one of the plurality of the detected content components; storing an information on the modified at least one of the plurality of the detected content components in the memory; using the central processing unit to overlay the modified at least one of the plurality of the detected content components over the video; and causing the video with the overlaid modified content component to be displayed to the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventors: Laurent Denoue, Scott Carter, Matthew L. Cooper, Vikash Rugoobur
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Patent number: 11410702Abstract: 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: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Eric Zavesky, James Pratt
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Patent number: 11403745Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus, and measurement device for measuring distortion parameters of a display device, and a computer-readable medium. The display device includes a display screen and a lens located on a light exiting side of the display screen, and the method includes: acquiring a distortion image which is generated by imaging an initial image through the lens, wherein the initial image is an image displayed on the display screen, the initial image comprises a plurality of first corner points, and the distortion image comprises a plurality of second corner points which match the plurality of first corner points respectively; and determining the distortion parameters of the display device according to a locational relationship between the second corner points and a first corner points which match the second corner points.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Hongzhen Xue, Fuqiang Ma, Minglei Chu, Jiankang Sun, Guobing Yin, Zehua Dong, Lili Chen
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Patent number: 11399158Abstract: A vehicle control system: allows a first camera to repeatedly capture an image around a vehicle at a predetermined interval to determine, with a first accuracy, whether or not the captured image includes a possible facial image of a user of the vehicle; sets the polling interval in accordance with a predetermined polling interval setting condition; allows a second camera to capture an image around the vehicle to determine, with a second accuracy higher than the first accuracy, whether or not the captured image includes a facial image of the user in a case where the captured image is determined to include the possible facial image of the user; and permits the user to enter the vehicle in a case where the captured image is recognized to include the facial image of the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Haisong Liu, Ryo Morosawa, Seonghun Lee, Katsuyasu Yamane
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Patent number: 11398091Abstract: Repairing missing frames in a video includes obtaining video data from an image capture system, applying a first neural network model to the video data to detect that one or more frames are missing, where the first neural network model has been trained to detect missing frames based on training data in which an artificial gap has been introduced. In response to detecting that the one or more frames are missing, a second model is applied to the video data to generate one or more replacement frames. The one or more replacement frames are based on at least a first frame prior to the detected dropped one or more frames, and a second frame after the detected dropped one or more frames. Modified video data is generated using the plurality of frames and the replacement frames.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Kevin Harkness
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Patent number: 11393507Abstract: A method for generating an event log in view of at least one test routine for a device under test, a logging system for logging at least one event frame for a device under test, a method for training a machine learning circuit to extract event frames from multimedia data, and a method for extracting event frames from multimedia data using a machine learning circuit trained are described.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Andreas Dippon, Bernhard Sterzbach, Byron-Lim Timothy Steffan