Patents Examined by Tracy Y Li
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Patent number: 11240426Abstract: Pulsed hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging in a light deficient environment 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 controller configured to synchronize timing of the emitter and 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 a hyperspectral emission, a fluorescence emission, or a laser mapping pattern.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Donald M. Wichern
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Patent number: 11216687Abstract: An image detection scanning method for object surface defects and an image detection scanning system thereof are provided. The method includes capturing a test image according to test light, determining whether the test image is normal, generating a coincidence signal if the test image is normal, coinciding the object with the detection position according to the coincidence signal, sequentially moving one of a plurality of areas on a surface of the object to the detection position, providing detection light facing the detection position, the detection light illuminating the detection position with a light incident angle of less than or equal to 90 degrees relative to a normal line of the area located at the detection position, and capturing a detection image of each of the areas sequentially located at the detection position according to the detection light after the object is coincided with the detection position.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventor: Kun-Yu Tsai
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Patent number: 11218729Abstract: A target view to a 3D scene depicted by a multiview image is determined. The multiview image comprises multiple sampled views. Each sampled view comprises multiple texture images and multiple depth images in multiple image layers. The target view is used to select, from the multiple sampled views of the multiview image, sampled views. A texture image and a depth image for each sampled view in the selected sampled views are encoded into a multiview video signal to be transmitted to a downstream device.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Haricharan Lakshman, Ajit Ninan
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Patent number: 11218723Abstract: A video coder may determine a motion vector of a non-adjacent block of a current picture of the video data. The non-adjacent block is non-adjacent to a current block of the current picture. Furthermore, the video coder determines, based on the motion vector of the non-adjacent block, a motion vector predictor (MVP) for the current block. The video coder may determine a motion vector of the current block. The video coder may also determine a predictive block based on the motion vector of the current block.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Yi-Wen Chen, Wei-Jung Chien, Yu-Chen Sun, Li Zhang, Sungwon Lee, Xiang Li, Hsiao-Chiang Chuang, Jianle Chen, Vadim Seregin, Marta Karczewicz
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Patent number: 11212558Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes encoding information of a current node included in an N-ary tree structure of three-dimensional points included in three-dimensional data, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. In the encoding, reference to information of a first node included in neighboring nodes spatially neighboring the current node is permitted, and reference to information of a second node included in the neighboring nodes is prohibited, the first node having a same parent node as the current node, the second node having a different parent node from the parent node of the current node.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Toshiyasu Sugio, Tatsuya Koyama
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Patent number: 11206415Abstract: An electronic device includes a video encoding pipeline configured to encode source image data. The video encoding pipeline includes a first transcode engine and a second transcode engine. The electronic device also includes processing circuitry configured to determine a target throughput for a bin stream and determine whether to encode the bin stream using only the first transcode engine or both the first and second transcode engines based on the target throughput. The processing circuitry is also configured to cause only the first transcode engine to encode the bin stream or both the first and second transcode engines to encode the bin stream based on determining whether to encode the bin stream using only the first transcode engine or both the first and second transcode engines.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Athanasios Leontaris, Yaxiong Zhou, Francesco Iacopino
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Patent number: 11202078Abstract: A system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute information for a dynamic point cloud and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute information for a dynamic point cloud. The dynamic point cloud may include multiple versions of the point cloud at multiple moments in time Attribute values for the point cloud may be compressed at a reference frame using an intra-prediction process and may be compressed at one or more reference frames using an inter-prediction process that takes advantage of temporal relationships between different frames (e.g. versions) of the dynamic point cloud at the different moments in time.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alexandros Tourapis, Jungsun Kim, Khaled Mammou, Liviu Traian Christian Tulvan, Marius Preda
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Patent number: 11190795Abstract: A method of processing a video signal is disclosed. The present invention includes obtaining a current macroblock type, obtaining skip or direct mode indication information on a partition of the current macroblock according to the current macroblock type, deriving a motion vector of the partition according to the skip or direct mode indication information, and predicting a pixel value of the partition using the motion vector. Accordingly, the present invention obtains a pixel value of a reference block close to an original video using a motion vector, thereby enhancing a reconstruction ratio of the macroblock. As a macroblock uses skip or direct prediction indication information, it is unnecessary to separately code skip mode indication information and direct mode indication information on the macroblock, whereby an information size to be coded can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seung Wook Park, Jung Sun Kim, Young Hee Choi, Byeong Moon Jeon, Joon Young Park
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Patent number: 11190763Abstract: A method by which a decoding device performs image decoding, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: deriving an intra prediction mode of a current block; deriving neighboring samples including left neighboring samples and upper neighboring samples of the current block; deriving reference samples for prediction of a target sample among the neighboring samples on the basis of the position of the target sample of the current block and the prediction angle of the intra prediction mode; determining an interpolation filter for the target sample; and deriving the prediction sample of the target sample on the basis of the interpolation filter and the reference samples.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Sunmi Yoo, Jaeho Lee, Jangwon Choi, Jungdong Seo, Jin Heo
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Patent number: 11182897Abstract: A medical image processing device includes circuitry configured to: calculate relative information including relative positional relation of a pathologically diagnosed position in a subject with respect to an observation image of the subject captured by an imager, by using data on the observation image and pathological diagnosis information on the subject; and generate, based on the relative information, data on a displayed observation image resulting from addition of the pathological diagnosis information to the data on the observation image.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.Inventor: Takeshi Honda
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Patent number: 11178404Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include a method for video coding. The method includes receiving input data associated with a current block in an image frame, selecting a reference pixel set from a plurality of candidate neighboring pixel sets adjacent to an edge of the current block, generating an intra predictor of the current block based on the selected reference pixel set and an intra prediction mode of the current block, and encoding or decoding the current block based on the intra predictor to output encoded video data or a decoded block. Each set of the candidate neighboring pixel sets is arranged in parallel with the edge of the current block.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.Inventors: Xiaozhong Xu, Shan Liu
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Patent number: 11172210Abstract: A method of processing image data at a server is provided. Image data from one or more images is received at a preprocessing network comprising a set of inter-connected learnable weights, the weights being dependent upon one or more display settings of a display device. The image data is processed using the preprocessing network to generate a plurality of output pixel representations corresponding to different display settings of the display device. The plurality of output pixel representations are encoded to generate a plurality of encoded bitstreams. At least one selected bitstream is transmitted from the server to the display device, wherein the at least one encoded bitstream is selected on the basis of the one or more display settings of the display device.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: ISIZE LIMITEDInventors: Ioannis Andreopoulos, Srdjan Grce
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Patent number: 11166004Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a three-dimensional computational imaging method and apparatus based on a single-pixel sensor, and a storage medium. The method includes the following. A stripe coding is combined with a two-dimensional imaging coding through a preset optical coding to generate a new optical coding, and the new optical coding is loaded into an spatial light modulator (SLM); a two-dimensional spatial information and depth information of a scene are coupled into a one-dimensional measurement value by using a single-pixel detector and the SLM loaded with the new optical coding; and the two-dimensional spatial information and the depth information of the scene are reconstructed, from the one-dimensional measurement value through a decoupling algorithm, for three-dimensional imaging.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Liheng Bian, Jun Zhang, Xianbin Cao, Huayi Wang
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Patent number: 11166018Abstract: An image coding method includes: generating a first flag indicating whether or not a motion vector predictor is to be selected from among one or more motion vector predictor candidates; generating a second flag indicating whether or not a motion vector predictor is to be selected from among the one or more motion vector predictor candidates in coding a current block to be coded in a predetermined coding mode, when the first flag indicates that a motion vector predictor is to be selected; and generating a coded signal in which the first flag and the second flag are included in header information, when the first flag indicates that a motion vector predictor is to be selected.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUSTInventors: Toshiyasu Sugio, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Hisao Sasai
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Patent number: 11159789Abstract: Systems and methods which provide Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) based intra prediction for video coding are described. GAN based intra prediction as implemented according to embodiments may be modeled as an inpainting task. For example, intra prediction may be formulated as a learning based inpainting task, wherein a latent variable is designed to control different generation modes. GAN based intra prediction provided according to embodiments of the invention may be implemented alone or in combination with one or more other video compression technique, such as a direction intra prediction technique. The intra prediction module of such a HEVC encoder/decoder may be redesigned to also apply GAN based inpainting in intra prediction, wherein Rate-Distortion Optimization (RDO) may be performed to select the best intra prediction mode between the intra prediction approaches.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: City University of Hong KongInventors: Tak Wu Sam Kwong, Linwei Zhu, Yun Zhang
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Patent number: 11159813Abstract: A method of decoding JVET video includes receiving a bitstream indicating how a coding tree unit was partitioned into coding units, and parsing said bitstream to generate at least one predictor based on an intra prediction mode signaled in the bitstream. The predictor may be generated by interpolating neighboring pixels for each pixel within a coding block. The computation may be more accurate by deriving a value for a bottom right neighboring pixel.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: Krit Panusopone, Seungwook Hong, Limin Wang
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Patent number: 11153583Abstract: A video encoder or video decoder can be configured to obtain multi-layer video data that includes at least a first layer and a second layer; determine a layer identification value for the first layer and a layer identification value for the second layer, wherein the layer identification value for the second layer is higher than the layer identification value for the first layer; store decoded pictures of the first layer and decoded pictures of the second layer in a decoded picture buffer; and in response to determining that a picture of a layer is an instantaneous decoding refresh (IDR) picture, remove from the decoded picture buffer, all decoded pictures of a layer the IDR picture belongs to, while leaving in the decoded picture buffer all decoded pictures with layer identifications lower than a layer identification of the layer the IDR picture belongs to.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Vadim Seregin, Muhammed Zeyd Coban, Adarsh Krishnan Ramasubramonian, Marta Karczewicz
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Patent number: 11147443Abstract: A medical apparatus is described for providing visualization of a surgical site. The medical apparatus includes an electronic display disposed within a display housing, the electronic display configured to produce a two-dimensional image. The medical apparatus includes a display optical system disposed within the display housing, the display optical system comprising a plurality of lens elements disposed along an optical path. The display optical system is configured to receive the two-dimensional image from the electronic display, produce a beam with a cross-section that remains substantially constant along the optical path, and produce a collimated beam exiting the opening in the display housing. The medical apparatus can also include an auxiliary video camera configured to provide an oblique view of a patient on the electronic display without requiring a surgeon to adjust their viewing angle through oculars viewing the electronic display.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: CamPlex, Inc.Inventor: John Tesar
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Patent number: 11146813Abstract: Prediction information of a current block is decoded. The prediction information indicates an affine merge model, and the current block includes control points. A first candidate control point motion vector (CPMV) for a first control point of the control points is determined based on one of at least two CPMVs of a first neighboring block of the first control point and a translational motion vector of a second neighboring block of the first control point. Affine merge candidates for the current block are derived based on candidate CPMVs for the control points of the current block. The candidate CPMVs of the control points includes the first candidate CPMV. Parameters of the affine merge model are determined based on one of the affine merge candidates that is defined according to the prediction information. At least a sample of the current block is reconstructed according to the affine merge model.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Guichun Li, Xiaozhong Xu, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
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Patent number: 11140401Abstract: Techniques for coding and deriving (e.g., determining) one or more coded-block-flags associated with video content are described herein. A coded-block-flag of a last node may be determined when coded-block-flags of preceding nodes are determined to be a particular value and when a predetermined condition is satisfied. In some instances, the predetermined condition may be satisfied when log2(size of current transform unit) is less than log2(size of maximum transform unit) or log2(size of current coding unit) is less than or equal to log2(size of maximum transform unit)+1. The preceding nodes may be nodes that precede the last node on a particular level in a residual tree.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Bin Li, Jizheng Xu