Patents Examined by Weiming He
  • Patent number: 9269173
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a resistance value acquiring unit that acquires a resistance value of at least one component corresponding to a physical quantity that is transmitted between two components, using inter-component information having component identifiers respectively indicating two components; a display information generating unit that generates, using the inter-component information, display information for displaying a transmission path diagram, which is an image showing a transmission path having nodes respectively associated with at least two components, and is an image in which information indicating the resistance value acquired by the resistance value acquiring unit is arranged at a node associated with at least one component from which the resistance value has been acquired; and an output unit that outputs the display information generated by the display information generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: SOFTWARE CRADLE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Eto
  • Patent number: 9251621
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing optimal correction to depth mapping between captured and displayed stereoscopic content. The solution is derived in a continuous form that can be implemented through CGI scaling techniques compatible with image rendering techniques. Similar correction can be implemented with variable depth-dependent camera separation and disparity re-mapping. The latter is applicable to correcting existing stereoscopic content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: RealD Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Robinson, Charles J. Ozinga
  • Patent number: 9251761
    Abstract: A gray scale correction method for a display device includes a step of setting a target value including a target luminance and a target chromaticity of a color display pixel (S22), a step of measuring tristimulus values of each of a plurality of reference colors and each of a plurality of comparative colors in accordance with a prescribed gamma characteristic (S24), a step of finding a reference value and a comparative value from the measured tristimulus values (S26), and a step of correcting a gray scale based on the target value, the reference value and the comparative value (S28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Shigeta, Nobuo Okano
  • Patent number: 9251585
    Abstract: A method for coregistration of multi-modal images obtained in different geometries includes acquiring multi-modal image data, wherein the multi-model image data includes image data of a first modality and image data of a second modality, wherein the image data of the respective modalities have different geometries, defining a volume of interest in the multi-modal image data, segmenting the image data of the first modality and incorporating segmentation data of the first modality into a reconstruction of the second modality, and applying a registration of the second modality image data to the first modality image data according to a similarity measure through the volume of interest, wherein an output of the registration comprises superimposed multi-modal image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Fred S. Azar, Arjun G. Yodh, Regine Choe, Kijoon Lee
  • Patent number: 9251553
    Abstract: A pipelined video pre-processor includes a plurality of configurable image-processing modules. The modules may be configured using direct processor control, DMA access, or both. A block-control list, accessible via DMA, facilitates configuration of the modules in a manner similar to direct processor control. Parameters in the modules may be updated on a frame-by-frame basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Satishchandra G. Rao, Boris Lerner, Robert Bushey, Michael Meyer-Pundsack, Benno Kusstatscher, Sreejith Kazhayil, Gokul Muthusamy, Gopal Karanam, Praveen Sanjeev
  • Patent number: 9251765
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a composite processing unit that generates a composite image for display by including a through image generated based on a captured image signal obtained by performing photoelectric conversion for light incident from a subject in an image for a compositing process and composites a captured image of a recording time point in the image for a compositing process in accordance with a compositing arrangement state of the through image in the composite image for display, and a display control unit that performs display control for the composite image for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seigo Sen
  • Patent number: 9171346
    Abstract: Provided is a method for the movement of an image object. In the method: A. determining the direction of movement of an image object to be moved, and a module X corresponding to same; B. moving the module X along the direction of movement by one unit; determining whether or not an overlap exists between the module X and another module; if not, terminating the process; otherwise, determining the module having the overlap with the module X as a blocking module; restoring the module X to the original position before swapping locations with the blocking module; determining whether or not all other modules apart from the module X and the blocking module can be properly placed; if yes, terminating the process; otherwise, executing step C; C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: CHINA MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 9104096
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes: an image data acquiring unit which acquires two pieces of image data having horizontal parallax; a composition unit which generates display data by composing the two pieces of image data; a line image overlapping unit which overlaps two longitudinal line images with an image based on the display data, and independently moves the two longitudinal line images in a horizontal direction; a parallax information derivation unit which derives parallax information about parallax between the two longitudinal line images; a parallax information overlapping unit which additionally overlaps the parallax information with the image based on the display data; and a display unit which displays the images based on the display data, on which the longitudinal line images and the parallax information are overlapped, such that a producer may easily and accurately identify parallax of each subject image in the display data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsutomu Koike
  • Patent number: 9083922
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for determining and providing color metadata for a downlink data channel. In accordance with the present invention color metadata is determined such that gamut mapping is defined by a transmitted source gamut which enables adapted mapping that preserves saturation and contrast levels of the source for a downlink data channel. The metadata is then provided to a downlink data channel for color management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Ingo Tobias Doser, Jurgen Stauder, Laurent Blonde, Julien Thollot, David J. Bancroft, Wolfgang Endress
  • Patent number: 9069243
    Abstract: A system for producing and viewing a three-dimensional/stereoscopic image comprises a two-dimensional substrate having a number of blank regions that has been filled in/colored by a user with selected colors calculated to produce a stereoscopic image when viewed through a stereoscopic viewer. The colored regions are separated by black lines and together operate to form a desired image. The image has a background that is predominately black. The black lines and/or background can be provided before or after the user has colored in the blank regions. When the colored image comprising the black lines and black background is viewed through a stereoscopic viewer, the user perceives a three-dimensional image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Imperial Toy, LLC
    Inventor: Peter Sgromo
  • Patent number: 9007374
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, that enable selection and individual feature highlighting in detailed three-dimensional ground infrastructure models such as, for example, three-dimensional terrain surface models that are composed from a large number of distinct ground assets such as individual roads, land parcels, and water areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventor: Henrik Buchholz
  • Patent number: 9001144
    Abstract: A selector of an image processing apparatus may select, from a plurality of sub-pixels included in a first pixel, at least one sub-pixel to be anti-aliased. A processor of the image processing apparatus may calculate a color value of the first pixel by performing an anti-aliasing process with respect to each of the selected at least one sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Sogang University
    Inventors: In Sung Ihm, Bong Jun Jin, Chan Min Park, Won Jong Lee, Seok Yoon Jung
  • Patent number: 8976186
    Abstract: This invention provides an image processing apparatus and an image processing method. By calculation of the pixel difference that is the difference of each corresponding pixels between the current image and the previous image with its neighbor pixel difference, this invention can determine the blending value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Chung-Ping Yu, Cheng-Han Li
  • Patent number: 8970579
    Abstract: For generating a 3D geometric model (44) and/or a definition of the 3D geometric model from a single digital image of a building facade (4), a facade structure is detected from the digital image by dividing the facade (4) along horizontal lines into horizontal layers representative of floors (41), and by dividing the horizontal layers along vertical lines into tiles (42). The tiles (42) are further subdivided into a hierarchy of rectangular image regions (43). 3D architectural objects (45) corresponding to the image regions (43) are determined in an architectural element library. The 3D geometric model (44) or the definition of the 3D geometric model is generated based on the facade structure, the hierarchy and the 3D architectural objects (45). The library-based generation of the 3D geometric model makes it possible to enhance simple textured building models constructed from aerial images and/or ground-based photographs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Procedural AG
    Inventors: Pascal Muller, Gang Zeng, Luc Van Gool
  • Patent number: 8902257
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising an input unit which inputs an image, a first region calculating unit which calculates a first region in the image, a second region calculating unit which calculates a second region, which is surrounding the first region in the image and an image deformation unit which magnifies the image included in the first region while deforming an image included in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiaki Nakasu, Norihiro Nakamura, Isao Mihara, Yasunobu Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 8896633
    Abstract: This is directed to adjusting the size of displayed text in response to receiving user instructions. An electronic device can display text or other content using one or more default sizes. A user can direct the device to increase a display size of text by providing a corresponding input. In response to receiving the instruction, the electronic device can increase the display size of the text and display the beginning of the text (e.g., the beginning of a sentence), even though an input may be detected in a region near the end of the text. In some cases, when the user instructs the device to increase the display size of text beyond a maximum level, the electronic device can provide an audio output corresponding to the text instead of or in addition to increasing the display size of the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Jorge Fino
  • Patent number: 8878836
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a datastream into which multiview image information is inserted. The method of decoding a multiview image datastream includes extracting multiview image information including information on at least one view image of a multiview image, from at least one elementary stream of the multiview image datastream; extracting a multiview image parameter regarding the multiview image based on the number of elementary streams and a correlation between view images of the multiview image; and restoring the multiview image by using the extracted multiview image parameter and the extracted multiview image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-tae Kim, Jae-yeon Song, Gun-ill Lee, Seo-young Hwang, Dae-sik Kim, Jae-seung Kim
  • Patent number: 8854391
    Abstract: A method and systems for providing and processing images of a virtual world scene. The method includes: rendering the scene of the virtual world to generate a plurality of rendering results, generating at least one image stream based on at least part of the plurality of rendering results, and sending the at least one image stream to the client. The system for providing the images includes: rendering means to generate a plurality of rendering results; image stream generation means for generating at least one image stream; and sending means for sending said at least one image stream to a client. After providing the images, the images are processed by receiving means for receiving, at a client, two image streams and merging means for merging the two image streams into a single image stream for playing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Jun Lan, Qi Cheng Li, Jian Wang, Yi Min Wang, Zi Yu Zhu
  • Patent number: 8854386
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling writing of data to a graphic memory is provided. In the method and apparatus, a plurality of consecutively input data pieces are controlled to be not consecutively written to the same memory area in terms of time or space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Kon Bae, Sang-Hoon Lim, Kyu Young Chung, Won Sik Kang, Dong Hyuk Shin, Kyung Lip Park
  • Patent number: 8836694
    Abstract: In a mobile phone, a display section capable of 3D display, which includes a high-definition liquid crystal, has a liquid crystal layer for generating a parallax barrier on the front surface thereof. A central controlling section judges suitability in 3D display of content based on the contents of the content before displaying the content in the display section, and displays the content in 3D when the content is judged to be suitable for 3D display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Watanabe