Patents Examined by Thai Tran
  • Patent number: 10080037
    Abstract: A method for decoding a video including a plurality of views, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: configuring a base merge motion candidate list by using motion information of neighboring blocks and a time correspondence block of a current block; configuring an extended merge motion information list by using motion information of a depth information map and a video view different from the current block; and determining whether neighboring block motion information contained in the base merge motion candidate list is derived through view synthesis prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Gun Bang, Gwang Soon Lee, Nam Ho Hur, Kyung Yong Kim, Young Su Heo, Gwang Hoon Park, Yoon Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 10075623
    Abstract: Techniques are provided to implement the display of synchronized sensor data and captured video signal. A mobile computing device receives a set of data points from a multi-sensor device. The set of data points may be assigned a timestamp value, obtained from an internal clock within the mobile computing device. Sets of data points and their assigned timestamp values are aggregated into an aggregated sensor dataset that represents the sets of data points over a particular period of time. Concurrent to receiving the sensor data, video frames are received. The video frames with an assigned timestamp value are stored in a video frame dataset that represents video frames over a particular period of time. The aggregated sensor dataset and the video frame dataset are synchronized and combined into a single combined video dataset based upon the assigned timestamp values of the sets of data points and the video frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Myriad Sensors, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifton Roozeboom, Andrew Bellay, David Bakker
  • Patent number: 10075029
    Abstract: The position misalignment detection device includes: a comparator configured to compare an electric current induced by a receiving coil in a receiver (RX) to which an electric power is transmitted from a transmitter (TX) with a non-contact power supply transmitter method; a frequency counter connected to the comparator, the frequency counter configured to count transmit frequency fi transmitted from the transmitter; and a register configured to store a counted value Fi counted by the frequency counter. There is provided the position misalignment detection device which can detect a position misalignment of the receiver on the transmitter during electric charging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideharu Hayashida, Tatsuya Iwasaki, Takeshi Nozawa, Kazuyoshi Yasuoka
  • Patent number: 10071723
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for operating a drive train (101) of a hybrid vehicle comprising an electrical system (102), the drive train (101) having at least one vehicle drive wheel (105) in addition to one first electrical machine (104) and the first electrical machine (104) being connected to the electrical system (102). According to the invention, in order to stabilize the voltage of the electrical system (102), the first electrical machine (104) is operated without being coupled to the drive wheels (105) of the hybrid vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Philip Fankhauser, Dimitrios Stavrianos, Klaus-Juergen Wald, Daniel Raichle, Torsten Heidrich, Martin Wirth
  • Patent number: 10068613
    Abstract: Techniques related to intelligent selection of scene transitions are disclosed. In some example embodiments, a sequence of video segments may be received as input. The video segments may include a first segment that is adjacent to a second segment. Properties of the first segment and the second segment may be detected. The properties may be used to determine one or more categories for one or more transitions for connecting the first segment to the second segment. The one or more categories may be used to determine one or more placements for the one or more transitions. A digital video that includes the one or more transitions may be generated as output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Animoto Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Wharton, Peter Sharp, Stephen J. Clifton
  • Patent number: 10070114
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for splitting light received from at least one subject into at least first and second components of light, converting the first component of light into a first electrical signal representing a base image of the at least one subject, dispersing the second component of light into at least a right component of light and a left component of light; converting the right component of light into a second electrical signal representing a right detection image at a first angle; and converting the left component of light into a third electrical signal representing a left detection image at a second angle different from the first angle. Additionally, the right detection image may be used to transform the base image into a right parallax image, and the left detection image may be used to transform the base image into a left parallax image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kuroki, Eiji Otani
  • Patent number: 10069308
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a solar cell installation includes several groups of solar cells. Each group of solar cells has a local power point optimizer configured to control power generation of the group. The local power point optimizer may be configured to determine an optimum operating condition for a corresponding group of solar cells. The local power point optimizer may adjust the operating condition of the group to the optimum operating condition by modulating a transistor, such as by pulse width modulation, to electrically connect and disconnect the group from the installation. The local power point optimizer may be used in conjunction with a global maximum power point tracking module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SunPower Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Klein, Jan Mark Noworolski
  • Patent number: 10070095
    Abstract: A media player may include a media reader to read media content from a recording medium inserted into the media reader. The media player may also include a media analysis component to identify one or more valid portions of the recording medium containing media content and one or more invalid portions of the recording medium without media content. In one embodiment, the media player includes an archival component to store the media content from the one or more valid portions in a storage medium and a playback component to play back the one or more valid portions of the media content from the storage medium concurrently with the identification of the one or more valid portions by the media analysis component and the storage of the media content by the archival component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: David J. Watson, James Bielman, Phillip Barrett, Nicole A. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 10062406
    Abstract: A video masking processing method and a video masking processing apparatus using the same are provided. The video masking processing method photographs frames constituting a video, detects at least one masking area to be masked in the photographed frames, masks an image in the detected at least one masking area, inserts masking information including information on the masking into the photographed frame, and stores the frame which has undergone the masking and has the masking information inserted thereinto. Therefore, since images related to personal information in a photographed video are masked, a user does not infringe others' privacy in a video normally photographed by a CCTV or a dashboard camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Park, Sung Hwan Jeong
  • Patent number: 10063064
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein include a transmitter that transmits a power transmission signal (e.g., radio frequency (RF) signal waves) to create a three-dimensional pocket of energy. At least one receiver can be connected to or integrated into electronic devices and receive power from the pocket of energy. A wireless power network may include a plurality of wireless power transmitters each with an embedded wireless power transmitter manager, including a wireless power manager application. The wireless power network may include a plurality of client devices with wireless power receivers. Wireless power receivers may include a power receiver application configured to communicate with the wireless power manager application. The wireless power manager application may include a device database where information about the wireless power network may be stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: ENERGOUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Douglas Bell, Michael Leabman
  • Patent number: 10063828
    Abstract: A method to be performed by a playback device includes determining whether the playback device has a function for converting first graphics in a second luminance range narrower than a first luminance range to second graphics in the first luminance range, when the playback device has the function, converting the first graphics to the second graphics, and displaying a video in the first luminance range with the second graphics being superimposed on the video, and when the playback device does not have the function, displaying the video with third graphics different from the second graphics being superimposed on the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadamasa Toma, Masayuki Kozuka, Hiroshi Yahata, Takahiro Nishi, Kengo Terada
  • Patent number: 10063106
    Abstract: A system and method for a self-system analysis in a wireless power transmission network is disclosed. According to some aspects of this disclosure a wireless power transmission network may include one or more wireless power transmitter managers, one or more wireless power receivers, servers, and clouds within a local network to provide wireless power transfer to electronic devices. Wireless power devices in the network may establish, but is not limited to a WiFi connection to share information among all the wireless power devices in the system. Wireless power transmitter managers may monitor everything that happens in the network. If a problem is detected by the wireless power transmitter manager, an analysis of the issue may be done by any device in the network with a copy of the device database. Then a recommendation may be generated for enhancing the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Energous Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas Bell, Michael Leabman
  • Patent number: 10055658
    Abstract: A state monitoring device mounted in a vehicle includes: a light emitter to emit light to irradiate a predetermined area; an imaging unit to image an imaging area including the predetermined area; a state monitoring unit to monitor a state of the driver based on an image generated by the imaging unit; a state determination unit to determine whether the driver is ready to drive the vehicle or unready to drive the vehicle; and a light emission control unit to execute specific processing to lower a light emitting function of the light emitter when the state determination unit determines that the driver is unready to drive the vehicle, specific processing to lower a light emitting function of the light emitter and not to lower the light emitting function of the light emitter when the state determination unit determines that the driver is ready to drive the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumiya Nagai
  • Patent number: 10056114
    Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for small-screen movie-watching using a viewport. These techniques enable viewers to experience movies and other media programs using a small screen as a viewport to the movie rather than dramatically compressing or cropping the movie to fit the small screen. A viewer may select whatever portion of the movie imagery he or she desires to experience through the small screen at a size sufficient to perceive details of plot elements and an environment in which the plot elements interact. Thus, the viewer may follow plot elements central to the plot while also exploring the environment that provides context for these plot elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Colby Nipper
    Inventors: Darren Mark Austin, Baback Elmieh, Douglas Paul Sweetland, Brian M. Collins, Mark Jason Oftedal, Jan J. Pinkava
  • Patent number: 10057547
    Abstract: A medical image recording device includes an image pickup device generating an image pickup signal by photoelectrically converting light reflected from a subject with use of an image pickup element, wherein an image pickup control unit displays, on a display unit, image data generated for each of frames constituting a video by processing the image pickup signal. A recording control unit records the image data on a memory card. A movement detection unit sequentially compares the image data between the adjacent frames, and calculates an amount of movement of the image pickup device from a positional shift of a main subject between the adjacent frames. If the amount of movement is within a preset range, a camera shake correction unit corrects a blur. If the amount of movement is greater than an upper limit of the range, the recording control unit stops recording of image data on the memory card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignees: ACP JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10051260
    Abstract: Apparatus for generating a dynamic structured light pattern for optical tracking in three-dimensional space, comprises an array of lasers, such as a VCSEL laser array, to project light in a pattern into a three-dimensional space; and an optical element or elements arranged in cells. The cells are aligned with subsets of the laser array, and each cell individually applies a modulation, in particular an intensity modulation, to light from the laser or lasers of the subset, to provide a distinguishable and separately controllable part of the dynamic structured light pattern. A method of generating a structured light pattern is disclosed, in which light is provided from an array of lasers, and light is individually projected from subsets of the array of lasers to provide differentiated parts of the structured light pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Nitay Romano, Nadav Grossinger, Yair Alpern, Emil Alon
  • Patent number: 10050469
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply device (U1) includes a converter (40), an inverter (41), a bidirectional chopper (24), and a controller (53). The bidirectional chopper (24) includes first to fourth transistors (Q11-Q14), first to fourth diodes (D11-D14), and first and second, coils (51, 52). In a charging mode, the controller (53) causes the first and fourth transistors (Q11, Q14) to be complementarily turned on and controls the ON period of each of the first and fourth transistors (Q11, Q14) so as to cause respective detected values of first current and second current (11, 12) flowing through the first coil and the second coil (51, 52) to be equal to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Nishimura, Hiroshi Masunaga, Masahiro Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 10049665
    Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for performing exact start and end recognition of voice based on video recognition. The method includes determining whether a speech starts based on at least one of first video and audio data before conversion into a voice recognition mode, converting into the voice recognition mode and generating second audio data including a voice command, when it is determined that speech starts, and determining whether the speech is terminated based on at least one of second video and audio data after conversion into the voice recognition mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Dongyeol Lee, Sangbum Suh
  • Patent number: 10051328
    Abstract: A method for programming a tactile stimulation device includes displaying a video playback scrubber showing a video in conjunction with a timeline and providing navigation controls for playing, advancing, and regressing the display of the video. A control panel for selecting an operational mode of the tactile stimulation device is displayed concurrently with the video playback scrubber. Commands are received either via the displayed control panel or by keyboard, each of the commands selects the operational mode and an associated period of time. Each of the commands is graphically represented on the displayed timeline according to the selected periods of time. The commands are saved, along with the associated selected periods of time, either as an independent file or annotated within the video file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN LOVE SENSE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eddy J. D. Olivares, II, Dan Liu
  • Patent number: 10051262
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a control circuit of a high-definition naked-eye portable stereoscopic video player and a stereoscopic video conversion method which enables the user to watch a stereoscopic video without wearing the stereoscopic glasses, wherein the control circuit includes a power supply. An HD video CH1 and an HD video CH2 are connected to the signal input terminal of a respective HDMI decoder through a respective HDMI plug interface, the signal output terminal of the HDMI decoder is connected to the signal input terminal of an FPGA programmable logic device. A DDR2 memory, a SRAM Static Random Access Memory, and a FLASH memory bi-directionally exchange data with the FPGA programmable logic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventor: Xiaofen Lu