Patents Examined by Timothy J. Henn
  • Patent number: 11831993
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires, using an image obtained by capturing a device including a light-emitting marker with exposure times shorter than a time corresponding to one frame, information regarding a position and a posture of the device. The light-emitting marker is caused to emit light for light emission times equal to or shorter than the exposure times. The information processing apparatus causes the light-emitting marker to emit light in a predetermined flashing pattern, and identifies the exposure times on a time axis of the device on the basis of whether or not the image appears in the captured image, to thereby synchronize the exposure and the light emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tsuru, Kenzo Nishikawa, Winesh Sharwin Raghoebardajal
  • Patent number: 11825187
    Abstract: A transferring preview stream method provides services to share a preview stream from one client selecting a function of taking photos or videos to another client selecting a function of preview. Clients engaging in a communication session and executing a camera function are configured to periodically receive current location information provided by their location-aware components and transfer it to system for establishing a predetermined area based on their current location information, camera function group and relationship table. The method may be intended to set up transmission sessions between clients in the camera function group for transferring preview streams from clients selecting the function of taking photos or videos to another clients selecting the function of preview.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Ping-Chun Wang
  • Patent number: 11825240
    Abstract: A monitoring system 1 is proposed, having a camera network 3 for the video-based monitoring of a monitoring region 2, wherein the camera network 3 comprises a plurality of cameras 3a, b for recording a partial monitoring region 2a, b of the monitoring region 2 in each case, wherein the plurality of cameras 2a, b are configured to provide monitoring images 6a, b of the partial monitoring regions 2a, b, having at least one sensor device 7a, b for detecting at least one person-related object information item, having a monitoring device 5 for recognizing persons 4 in the monitoring images 6a, b, wherein the monitoring device 5 comprises a person detection module 10, the person detection module 10 being configured to detect persons 4 in the monitoring images 6a, b, wherein the monitoring device 5 comprises an assignment module 11, the assignment module 11 being configured to assign an item of person-related object information from a partial monitoring region 7a, b to a person 4 in the same partial monitoring regio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gregor Blott, Jan Rexilius
  • Patent number: 11812170
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging element that includes a charge accumulation unit that accumulates a charge photoelectrically converted by a photoelectric conversion unit, a reset transistor that selectively applies a reset voltage to the charge accumulation unit, an amplification transistor having a gate electrode being electrically connected to the charge accumulation unit, and a selection transistor connected in series to the amplification transistor. Additionally, the solid-state imaging element includes a first wiring electrically connecting the charge accumulation unit and the gate electrode of the amplification transistor, a second wiring electrically connected to a common connection node of the amplification transistor and the selection transistor and formed along the first wiring, a and third wiring electrically connecting the amplification transistor and the selection transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Kawai
  • Patent number: 11812166
    Abstract: A display system includes a camera, a processor and a display. The camera is configured to shoot a first image and a second image in order. The processor is configured to generate a third image when a difference between the first image and the second image is larger than or equal to a preset difference value. The display is configured to display the first image and the third image in order when the difference is larger than or equal to the preset difference value. A display method and an image capture device are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: AVer Information Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Wei Huang, Han-Yen Chang
  • Patent number: 11809067
    Abstract: An image capture device includes an image sensor and a heat controller. The image capture device includes a heat spreader that extends between the image sensor and the heat controller. The heat spreader dissipates heat from the image sensor to the heat controller. The image capture device includes an electronics unit spaced from the image sensor. The image capture device includes a compressive insulator that contacts the heat spreader and the electronics unit, and the compressible insulator thermally separates the electronics unit and the heat spreader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventor: Ihab A. Ali
  • Patent number: 11812165
    Abstract: A video capture method includes: controlling an image sensor to capture a plurality of first sensor output frames at a first frame rate during a first period; during the first period, checking if a motion blur condition is met; in response to the motion blur condition being met during the first period, controlling the image sensor to capture a plurality of second sensor output frames at a second frame rate during a second period following the first period, wherein the second frame rate is higher than the first frame rate; and processing consecutive sensor output frames captured by the image sensor during the first period and the second period, to generate a plurality of output frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Ying-Jui Chen, Jing-Ying Chang, Keh-Tsong Li, Tai-Hsiang Huang, I-Hsien Lee
  • Patent number: 11805313
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus capable of shifting to a power-saving mode with high accuracy in a case where a user puts the terminal apparatus in a bag or pocket A luminance distribution acquisition section acquires luminance distribution around the terminal apparatus. A storage area stores a learned model generated from time series information including the luminance distribution acquired by the luminance distribution acquisition section. A determination section determines, based on the time series information and the learned model, whether a user operation of the terminal apparatus has been terminated or in progress. A power supply section shifts the terminal apparatus to the power-saving mode according to a result of the determination performed by the determination section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takayuki Hoshina
  • Patent number: 11805311
    Abstract: A display of an electronic apparatus includes first to third display portions that at least partially have flexibility and are integrally configured. The display has a first bending portion at a boundary between the first display portion and the second display portion and has a second bending portion at a boundary between the second display portion and the third display portion. A first hinge portion is relatively rotatably coupled to the first and second display portions. A second hinge portion is relatively rotatably coupled to the second and third display portions. The display is configured to be bendable at each bending portion as a start point in response to rotation of each hinge portion. The first bending portion and the second bending portion do not intersect each other and substantially perpendicularly intersect on extended lines of the first bending portion and the second bending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuki Sugaya, Yohei Yamada, Keisuke Fukuyo, Takashi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11800208
    Abstract: An image sensor converts an optical image formed by an imaging optical system to video signals. A heat dissipation section discharges heat generated in an image sensor to the outside. The imaging optical system, the image sensor, the heat dissipation section, and a battery chamber are arranged on an extension line of an axis of the system in the mentioned order. The battery chamber has an upper surface tilted forward in a direction in which the image sensor is disposed with respect to the axis by a predetermined angle. A projected shadow of a portion, close to the heat dissipation section, of an upper end portion of the battery chamber, which is projected from an upper surface side of the image capturing apparatus, overlaps the heat dissipation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Yamagata, Yoshinobu Shibayama, Manabu Abe, Koichi Shigeta, Yuko Teruya, Hideki Toichi, Masato Ito, Hayato Mano, Yusuke Mogi, Masato Yokosawa, Yosaku Endo
  • Patent number: 11800041
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an image processing method. The method may include: obtaining an image frame obtained through photographing and performing background separation on the image frame to obtain a subject frame and a background frame; obtaining a plurality of target background frames based on the background frame, in which the plurality of target background frames contain the same background content, and sizes of the background content in the plurality of target background frames are inconsistent; and synthesizing a target subject frame and the plurality of target background frames respectively to obtain a plurality of target image frames, and encoding the plurality of obtained target image frames into a video file, in which the target subject frame is one frame of an image in the subject frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jing Xu, Lin Liu, Dan Zhu
  • Patent number: 11758268
    Abstract: Techniques to selectively capture media using a single user interface element are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a touch controller, a visual media capture component, and a storage component. The touch controller may be operative to receive a haptic engagement signal. The visual media capture component may be operative to be configured in a capture mode based on whether a haptic disengagement signal is received by the touch controller before expiration of a first timer, the capture mode one of a photo capture mode or video capture mode, the first timer started in response to receiving the haptic engagement signal, the first timer configured to expire after a first preset duration. The storage component may be operative to store visual media captured by the visual media capture component in the configured capture mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Ruben, Daniel James Smith, Nilesh Vinubhai Patel, Mykyta Lutsenko, William Joseph Flynn, III, Andrei Victor Constantin Gheorghe
  • Patent number: 11747716
    Abstract: An accessory apparatus including an optical member, and configured to be detachably attached to an image pickup apparatus, includes a communication unit. The communication unit is configured to communicate with the image pickup apparatus with a first communication for the image pickup apparatus to perform notification to the accessory apparatus that the image pickup apparatus communicates with the accessory apparatus, and a second communication and a third communication to be used for performing communication between the image pickup apparatus and the accessory apparatus that has received the notification. A time interval between two request signals for requesting standby of communication between the image pickup apparatus and the accessory apparatus with the third communication is longer than that with the second communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeshi Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11750932
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit that acquires a first pixel signal output from a first pixel, a second acquisition unit that acquires a second pixel signal output from a second pixel having a size smaller than that of the first pixel, a temperature detection unit that detects temperature; a composition gain determination unit that determines a composition gain corresponding to the detected temperature, and a composition unit that composes the first pixel signal and the second pixel signal multiplied by the composition gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11729497
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device, which includes a power supply, a first sensor acquiring first data including information about an external object, a second sensor acquiring second data including image information about the external object, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry includes always-on domain processing circuitry configured to determine whether to need to perform face detection or QR code detection based on the first data and outputting a first control request signal of requesting a power supply to the second sensor based on a result of the determination, and not-always-on domain processing circuitry configured to control the power supply in response to the first control request signal such that a power is supplied to the second sensor, wherein the always-on domain processing circuitry is configured to perform the face detection or the QR code detection based on the second data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seunghun Kim, Kyungah Jeong, Hyeong-Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 11722767
    Abstract: A method, a first communication device and a computer program product for selecting an active camera from a front facing camera and a rear facing camera for use during a video communication session. A request is detected, via a processor, to transition to a video communication session between the first communication device and a second communication device. The first communication device receives, from the second communication device, first context identifying data that identifies which of at least one front facing camera or at least one rear facing camera to activate. The first context identifying data is generated at the second communication device based on information within the exchanged communication. At least one front facing camera or at least one rear facing camera identified by the received first context identifying data is selected and activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal, Rahul B. Desai
  • Patent number: 11716533
    Abstract: Pulsed fluorescence imaging without input clock or data transmission clock is disclosed. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes a plurality of bidirectional data pads and a controller in communication with the image sensor. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of: electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 770 nm to about 790 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Donald M. Wichern
  • Patent number: 11696007
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus, having an imaging element has top, bottom, front, and rear sides, includes exterior members, a control circuit on a control circuit board to control the imaging apparatus, a display panel on the rear side as one of the exterior members, and a heat release fan. The control circuit board and the display panel are arranged sequentially in a direction of an optical axis from the front side to the rear side. A duct having a vent formed on the duct rear side as one of the exterior members extends from the rear side to the front side and from the top side to the bottom side and connects to a bottom side vent formed on the bottom side as one of the exterior members. The heat release fan is inside the duct near the bottom side below the control circuit board as one of the exterior members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Yoshida, Kenji Ishii, Koji Tamura
  • Patent number: 11695890
    Abstract: An image capture device may automatically capture images. An image sensor may generate visual content based on light that becomes incident thereon. A depiction of interest within the visual content may be identified, and one or more images may be generated to include one or more portions of the visual content including the depiction of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Clark Weber, Nicholas Ryan Gilmour, Vadim Polonichko
  • Patent number: 11696014
    Abstract: A method for improving settings of a camera, the method comprising: obtaining a first set of setting parameters that are adjustable by an auto-setting algorithm, the setting parameters of the first set being set as a function of a task to be performed based on images obtained from the camera; obtaining a second set of setting parameters, the setting parameters of the second set being setting parameters of the camera, values of which are settable remotely from the camera; determining, as a function of the first and second sets of setting parameters, whether the auto-setting algorithm and the camera are compatible to perform the task; and if the auto-setting algorithm and the camera are compatible to perform the task, executing the auto-setting algorithm to adjust values of setting parameters of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Milestone Systems A/S
    Inventors: Romain Bellessort, Tristan Halna Du Fretay