Patents Examined by Trang U. Tran
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Patent number: 10652510Abstract: A projection system including a processing device and a first projector is provided. The first projector includes a first projection unit and a first image capturing unit. The first projection unit is configured to sequentially project a first reference image and a second reference image. The first image capturing unit is configured to sequentially obtain a first captured image and a second captured image. The processing device is adapted to compare the first captured image and the second captured image to obtain a position of an image region having a pixel value change among the first captured image and the second captured image. The processing device defines the position of the image region having the pixel value change as a valid identification region. In addition, an automatic setting method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Chi-Wei Lin, Chien-Chun Peng, Yung-Chiao Liu
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Patent number: 10652474Abstract: A method for adjusting the angle of an element of a photographing unit of a head mounted display is provided by the present disclosure, including determining a rotation angle of a user's head when the user's head rotates, and adjusting an angle of the element of the photographing unit of the head mounted display according to the rotation angle, to align a photographing lens with a specific subject. A head mounted display is provided by the present disclosure, thus automatically capturing a photographing scene may be realized.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: SHENZHEN ROYOLE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Chao Han, Hongyan Shi
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Patent number: 10643312Abstract: Provided is a smoothed image generating device which is capable of rapidly smoothing brightness information. A smoothed image generating device (1) includes: a reduced-size divided data generating section (11) which generates reduced-size divided data by extracting some of a plurality of regions from divided data, the divided data being obtained by dividing, into the plurality of regions, brightness data obtained by extracting brightness information from imaging data on a subject having uniform brightness; a smoothing processing section (12) which generates smoothed reduced-size divided data by carrying out a smoothing process with respect to the reduced-size divided data; and a smoothed image generating section (13) which generates smoothed image data, which is identical in size to the divided data, by interpolating between a plurality of regions constituting the smoothed reduced-size divided data.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasushi Ishii
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Patent number: 10638125Abstract: On-demand, post-production de-mura of a television is described herein. An example system includes a television that comprises a screen and a local de-mura application. The system also includes a mobile device that comprises a mobile de-mura module. In operation, the mobile de-mura module identifies and quantifies mura in the screen of the television for a given IRE index. These operations are repeatedly performed in a measurement loop that iterates over a range of IRE indexes. Raw uniformity data is generated from such iterations. The local de-mura application uses the uniformity data to de-mura the screen and improve gray uniformity performance of the television. Further, the mobile de-mura module and the local de-mura application are configured to fine tune and further de-mura the screen by iterating a verification loop over a range of IRE indexes, wherein operation of the verification loop is substantially similar to operation of the measurement loop.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Roku, Inc.Inventors: Taiquan Lu, Steve ShawJong Liu
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Patent number: 10628968Abstract: A system and method for determining an IR image offset and calibrating a depth sensing camera to account for the offset is provided. An RGB-D camera may image a checkerboard pattern at a known distance and location. The checkerboard pattern may be provided on a planar device, such as a board. A three-dimensional primitive shape may be placed at in a known location in relation to the checkerboard. Depth data may be obtained from the checkerboard with the primitive shape. As the system knows the actual depth of the primitive shape, a depth offset may be calculated from the returned depth information from the RGB-D camera. The system may determine the offset between the depth information and the color image. The offset may be taken into account to produce more accurate RGB-D images.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Duy-Nguyen Ta-Huynh, Alexander Alspach, Naveen Suresh Kuppuswamy
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Patent number: 10630931Abstract: One or more devices, systems, and/or methods for presenting real-time videos of views that are obstructed are provided. For example, a first video may be received from a first camera. The first video comprises a real-time representation of a view opposing a first side of an obstruction. The first video is processed using a set of video parameters to generate a second video. The second video is transmitted to a display device. The second video is displayed on a display area positioned on a second side of the obstruction. A third video, comprising a real-time representation of the display area, is received. The set of video parameters are modified to generate a modified set of video parameters, based upon a comparison of the third video with the first video. The first video is processed using the modified set of parameters to generate an updated instance of the second video.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Oath Inc.Inventors: Eric Theodore Bax, Kimberly Williams, Lisa Giaffo, John Donald, Tanisha Sharma
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Patent number: 10609323Abstract: A universal tuning module may include an oscillator, a first tuner configured to process a first television signal, a second tuner configured to process a second television signal, a first switch configured to pass its input containing information associated with an output of the oscillator to said first tuner, and a second switch configured to pass its input containing information associated with the output of the oscillator to the second tuner.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Rafael Microelectronics, Inc.Inventors: Kuan-Ming Chen, Meng-Ping Kan, Hao-Yun Tang
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System and method for providing and automobile image and information capturing and processing system
Patent number: 10609304Abstract: An automobile image and information capturing system and method may allow a user to capture and record various vehicle related incidents, including, accidents, thefts, break-ins and other incidents that require reconstruction and visual documentation. Instead of having to rely on external cameras that most likely will not capture usable or complete visual evidence, the present invention provides systems and methods of providing high quality video and still image surveillance from multiple overlapping perspectives. In one preferred embodiment, the present invention consists of (1) a main processor; (2) a plurality of sensor packs; and (3) a Power Over Ethernet battery hub. The sensor packs may employ a plurality of systems and methods for image capture including, but not limited to (1) ultrasonic; (2) LiDAR; (3) visual distance measure devices; and (4) infrared cameras. Multiple image capturing systems and methods may be used simultaneously, or may be triggered independently via different conditions.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Inventors: Joshua Soper, Barry Soper -
Patent number: 10602102Abstract: A projection system for projecting an image onto a projection body having a curve in one direction by projection units includes processors and memory, which upon execution, causes the projection system to extract a set of grid points indicating distortion of a projected image from captured calibration images; to convert each set of grid points of a target projection unit commonly extracted from captured calibration images having a calibration pattern projected on the projection body in different imaging ranges in association with the one direction onto a common coordinate system; to combine the converted sets of grid points on the common coordinate system in accordance with position; and to calculate a correction coefficient based on the combined sets of grid points.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Ishikawa, Yukinaka Uchiyama
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Patent number: 10598892Abstract: A focusing control device includes: an evaluation value calculation unit that causes an imaging element which images a subject through a focus lens to image the subject for each of positions of the focus lens while moving the focus lens movable in an optical axis direction, and calculates evaluation values for determining a focusing position of the focus lens based on signals acquired by performing any filtering process selected among a plurality of filtering processes in which passbands are different on captured image signals acquired through the imaging; a focusing position determination unit as defined herein; and a focusing control unit that performs focusing control to move the focus lens to the focusing position, and the focusing position determination unit increases number of the selected evaluation values as a lower frequency limit of the passband becomes lower, as the filtering process selected by the evaluation value calculation unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Koichi Tanaka
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Patent number: 10596319Abstract: Systems and methods for compounding medications. The system includes a number of compounding devices, and a central computer system. The central computer system receives requests, at least some of which require the compounding of one or more medications, and pushes assignments of respective compounding tasks to the compounding devices. The assignments are made in accordance with a set of rules designed to promote efficient use of compounding resources and avoid waste.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Aesynt IncorporatedInventors: Giuseppe Trovato, Andrea Schiavinato, Luca Amato, Charles Marsh, Larry McCutchan
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Patent number: 10594522Abstract: Methods and systems for impairment shifting may comprise receiving radio frequency (RF) signals in a receiver, downconverting the signals to baseband frequencies, and synchronizing the receiver to received signals. The frequency of a local oscillator (LO) may be adjusted to shift residual impairments to fall between desired baseband signals where they are least visible. The received RF signals may comprise analog, satellite, or cable, television signals. The LO frequency may be adjusted to configure the DC offset impairments to fall between luminance and chrominance harmonics. The LO frequency may be adjusted to configure I/Q imbalanced impairments from residual in-phase and quadrature mismatch of a picture carrier signal to fall about 300 kHz from a sound carrier signal in the analog television signals. The LO frequency may be adjusted to configure the I/Q imbalanced impairments from residual I/Q mismatch of a sound carrier signal to fall between luminance and chrominance harmonics.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Maxlinear, Inc.Inventors: Chengzhi Zhou, Shuang Yu
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Patent number: 10582152Abstract: A system includes a downstream facing port (DFP) coupled to a video source, an upstream facing port (UFP) coupled to a video sink, and a cable. The cable includes a first end that is connected to the DFP and a second end that is connected to the UFP. The cable is configured to carry a differential auxiliary transmission signal and detect polarity in the differential auxiliary transmission signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Charles Michael Campbell, Anwar Sadat, Mark Edward Wentroble
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Patent number: 10574890Abstract: An example mobile camera includes a first convolutional neural network to recognize a first feature in first sensor data in response to the first feature being detected in the first sensor data; a state transitioner to transition the mobile camera from a first feature detection state to a second feature detection state in response to the first convolutional neural network recognizing the first feature, the mobile camera to operate using higher power consumption in the second feature detection state than in the first feature detection state; a second convolutional neural network to recognize a second feature in second sensor data in the second feature detection state; and a communications interface to send to an external device at least one of first metadata corresponding to the first feature or second metadata corresponding to the second feature.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Movidius Ltd.Inventors: David Moloney, Alireza Dehghani
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Patent number: 10567653Abstract: A method of rotating a surveillance camera having an acceleration sensor and being controllable by a processor to maintain a tilt-angle to conform to a command tilt-angle, includes the steps of moving the surveillance camera tilt to a predetermined command tilt-angle in response to a signal from the processor; periodically calculating estimated tilt-angles by using acceleration values in at least one axis of an acceleration sensor; calculating a difference value between an estimated tilt-angle of a current period and an estimated tilt-angle of a previous period; and when the difference value between the estimated tilt-angles exceeds a set limit, moving the camera to another position to correct the tilt angle according to the difference calculate.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.Inventors: Dae Bong Kim, Cheol Ho Kim, Young Mi Kim, Sang Hyun Cho, Jong In Park
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Patent number: 10567694Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method for controlling the sound of the electronic apparatus are provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a display configured to display content; a speaker configured to output sound; a communicator configured to receive information from an external remote control device; and a controller configured to control the display, the speaker, and the communicator, wherein the controller is configured to, in response to the communicator receiving first control information from the remote control device while the display displays first content and the speaker outputs a first sound corresponding to the first content, control the display to display second content and control the speaker to continuously output the first sound.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Da-hye Park, Pil-Seung Yang, Chan-hong Min, Sung-wook Baek, Young-ah Seong, Say Jang
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Patent number: 10554963Abstract: An interconnect apparatus performs real time scoring and data throughput measurement of parallel data channels. The scoring and measurement information is communicated as feedback across the interconnect. Processing circuitry in the interconnect apparatus routes data to channels that have the best performance and reduces the data rate on channels that have lower performance based on the feedback information. This provides a method of dynamic load balancing to achieve optimal video data rates in a dynamic impedance environment. The interconnect apparatus also adjusts phase and data sampling times for improved fidelity of data transported across the interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventor: Tyler L. Hook
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Patent number: 10553961Abstract: Antenna modules and systems, and applications and methods of manufacturing thereof, are described herein. An example radio frequency (RF) signal transmitter includes a data signal port to receive a baseband data signal; a carrier signal port to receive an initial carrier signal; and an antenna module coupled to the signal ports. The antenna module includes: a substrate with a front face that has a phased array of active antenna elements that includes at least two columns of the active antenna elements; and a rear face that has, for each column, a RF signal launcher to receive a RF data signal for the column; and a transmitting module mounted to the rear face. The transmitting module has, for each column of active antenna elements: a combiner to form the RF data signal; and a RF signal port to transmit the RF data signal to the RF signal launcher.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Beam Semiconductor Ltd.Inventors: Alberto Milano, Rafi Popovich, Abraham Saad, Jacob Reshef
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Patent number: 10554865Abstract: In a display controller for generating a video sync signal using an external clock, he display controller includes an initializer configured to initialize an internal parameter in response to a frame start signal. A sync signal generation circuit is configured to count the external clock, increase the internal parameter, and generate the video sync signal according to a result of comparing the internal parameter that has been increased with a setting value. An original use of the external clock may not be generating the video sync signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong Hyup Lee, Min Chul Kim, Sung Hoo Choi
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Patent number: 10542270Abstract: Systems and methods for dense captioning of a video include a multi-layer encoder stack configured to receive information extracted from a plurality of video frames, a proposal decoder coupled to the encoder stack and configured to receive one or more outputs from the encoder stack, a masking unit configured to mask the one or more outputs from the encoder stack according to one or more outputs from the proposal decoder, and a decoder stack coupled to the masking unit and configured to receive the masked one or more outputs from the encoder stack. Generating the dense captioning based on one or more outputs of the decoder stack. In some embodiments, the one or more outputs from the proposal decoder include a differentiable mask. In some embodiments, during training, error in the dense captioning is back propagated to the decoder stack, the encoder stack, and the proposal decoder.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.Inventors: Yingbo Zhou, Luowei Zhou, Caiming Xiong, Richard Socher