Patents Examined by William D Titcomb
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Patent number: 12699057Abstract: A visual inspection system includes: a visual calibration apparatus, including a calibration member and a calibration member moving apparatus, where the calibration member moving apparatus includes a movable mounting plate, the mounting plate is able to be located at a calibration position within a movement range of the mounting plate, the calibration position is located within an inspection range of a visual inspection apparatus, and the calibration member is disposed on the mounting plate; the visual inspection apparatus, configured to obtain an image of the calibration member and send the image of the calibration member to an upper computer, and the upper computer, configured to determine, based on the image of the calibration member, a systematic calibration result of the visual inspection apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2024Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignees: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED, CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX RUNZHI SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Wushu Li, Guijia Qiu
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Patent number: 12697183Abstract: A system includes an operator control system and a manipulator configured for operation by an operator control device of the operator control system and further configured to support an instrument. The system is configured to display an image of a field of view of an imaging device, the image of the field of view including an image of the instrument, receive a menu activation input, and display, in response to receiving the menu activation input and in the image of the field of view, a menu.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2023Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Tabish Mustufa, Heath Feather, Daniel H. Gomez, Brian D. Hoffman, Paul W. Mohr, Huan L. Phan
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Patent number: 12693185Abstract: A gas leak detection device and a detecting method are provided. The gas leak detection device includes a remote temperature sensor and a processor. The remote temperature sensors detect an area-to-be-monitored to obtain a plurality of thermal images. Each pixel position in the thermal images includes a corresponding temperature value. The processor obtains the thermal images from the remote temperature sensor, calculates a detected temperature value of each environmental block according to each of a plurality of environmental blocks in the thermal images, calculates a temperature judgment threshold based on the detected temperature value of each environmental block in a detection time period, determines whether a temperature of at least one region-of-interest is abnormal based on the temperature judgment threshold, and performs a warning operation when the temperature of the at least one region-of-interest is abnormal.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2024Date of Patent: July 28, 2026Assignee: VIA Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yeh Cho, Ting-Yuan Chang, Fan-Hao-Chi Fang
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Patent number: 12663912Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus and a method. The method includes: receiving an install command for installing a target third party application in the display apparatus from a user; in response to the install command for installing the target third party application, storing application data of the target third application in a first storage space in a memory in the display apparatus; receiving a display command for displaying an icon of the target third party application on a second application display page; in response to the display command, moving the application data of the target party application from the first storage space to a second storage space in the memory and display the icon of the target third party application on the second application display page.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2024Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignee: VIDAA (NETHERLANDS) INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS B.V.Inventors: Wenzhu Chen, Chen Sun, Futeng Niu, Qiuhao Hou
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Patent number: 12664799Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for automatically captioning images using swipe gestures as inputs. One example apparatus includes an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive an image. The electronic processor is configured to control a display to display the image. The electronic processor is configured to detect a first object in the image. The electronic processor is configured to detect a second object in the image. The electronic processor is configured to receive, from the display, a first swipe gesture. The electronic processor is configured to, responsive to receiving the first swipe gesture, determine a direction of the first swipe gesture relative to the first object and the second object. The electronic processor is configured to determine a word choice based on the first direction. The electronic processor is configured to generate a caption describing the image based on the word choice.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2023Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Bing Qin Lim, Cecilia Liaw, Ming Yeh Koh, Moh Lim Sim
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Patent number: 12657756Abstract: A user interface display system and method, a computer device and a storage medium are provided. The user interface display system includes an image acquisition module, a system control module and a display module. The image acquisition module is configured to acquire a scene picture; the system control module is configured to detect whether a target object is present in the scene picture, and track the target object and determine a current position of the target object in a scene in a case that the target object is present; determine a current coordinate point of the current position mapped to an interface coordinate system of a user interface according to the current position of the target object in the scene and a mapping relationship between a pre-established scene coordinate system and the interface coordinate system; and generate update information of interface components in the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2022Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xin Liu, Yao Zhang, Haotian Wu
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Patent number: 12657653Abstract: An image analysis device includes: an acquisition unit to acquire an input image; a detection unit to analyse the input image acquired by the acquisition unit and to detect an area corresponding to a component image constituting the input image and a type of the component image; an expansion unit to expand the area detected by the detection unit; an evaluation unit to evaluate an image included in the area expanded by the expansion unit on the basis of a rule according to the type; and an output unit to output the area corresponding to the component image from the area expanded by the expansion unit on the basis of an evaluation result given by the evaluation unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2023Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Itani, Saki Ito
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Patent number: 12651343Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for detecting mycoplasma using the measurement of a 3-D quantitative phase image. The method of detecting mycoplasma may include generating a three-dimensional (3-D) quantitative phase image of a sample by characterizing the sample by making quantitative a phase shift derived from light that passes through the sample, and determining whether the sample has been infected with mycoplasma by analyzing behavioral characteristics of the generated 3-D quantitative phase image.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2024Date of Patent: June 9, 2026Assignee: Tomocube, Inc.Inventors: Jaephil Do, Sumin Lee, Hye-Jin Kim
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Patent number: 12646143Abstract: A method for training an image processor having a neural network model is described. A first training set of images having a first image resolution is generated. A second training set of images having a second image resolution is generated. The second image resolution is larger than the first image resolution. The neural network model of the image processor is trained using the first training set of images during a first training session. The neural network model of the image processor is trained using the second training set of images during a second training session after the first training session.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2023Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: LEMON INC.Inventors: Tiancheng Zhi, Shen Sang, Jing Liu, Linjie Luo
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Patent number: 12647528Abstract: Systems and methods provide for optimizing video review using motion recap images. A video review system can identify background image data of a video clip including an amount of motion satisfying a motion threshold. The video review system can generate foreground mask data segmenting foreground image data, representing a moving object in the video clip, from the background image data. The video review system can select a set of instances of the moving object represented in the foreground image data. The video review system can generate a motion recap image by superimposing the set of instances of the moving object represented in the foreground image data onto the background data.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2023Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventor: Nathaniel Webster Storer
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Patent number: 12633165Abstract: An electronic device may include a camera and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to obtain an eye image of a user through the camera, obtain pupil data and a retina image from the obtained eye image, obtain an eye model including the retina image, based on the obtained pupil data and the obtained retina image, and identify at least one of a position of an eye or a gaze direction, based on the obtained eye model.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2023Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sunghwan Shin, Bonkon Koo, Doyoun Kim
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Patent number: 12632949Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a display control unit that displays defect information detected from an image in which an inspection target is captured, on a display unit in association with the image. The display control unit controls a method of displaying the defect information based on a display size of at least one of the image and the defect information.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2023Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kohei Iwabuchi, Yuuichi Nitto
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Patent number: 12625096Abstract: An example method includes measuring, by at least one of a polarized light device, a spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy device, or an eddy current device, an alpha phase data set indicative of an alpha phase of a crystalline structure of a material. The method includes receiving, by processing circuitry, the alpha phase data set, wherein the alpha phase data set comprises a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel of the plurality of pixels includes a position, a first Euler angle, a second Euler angle, and a third Euler angle, wherein the third Euler angle is missing or erroneous. The method also includes adjusting, by the processing circuitry, the third Euler angle of a pixel of the plurality of pixels and storing, by the processing circuitry and based on adjusting the third Euler angle of the pixel reducing a total beta phase misorientation, the alpha phase data set.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2024Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: Rolls-Royce CorporationInventor: Michael George Glavicic
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Patent number: 12625906Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing a reply to a query related to a media asset. A query may be received from a user while the media asset is being played on a first device, and in response to determining that the query is related to the media asset, a snapshot of the media asset may be captured, where the snapshot comprises a depiction of a first object and a second object, and the snapshot may be generated for display at a second device. In response to determining there is ambiguity whether the query is related to the first or second object, a disambiguating query based on the first and second objects of the snapshot may be generated for simultaneous output with the snapshot. In response to receiving a reply to the disambiguating query, a response to the query may be generated for output based on the reply.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2023Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: Adeia Guides Inc.Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Jeffry Copps Robert Jose
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Patent number: 12626062Abstract: A method for rendering context based information on a user interface includes receiving a user request to extract the context based information from a database. The database includes a plurality of documents and the request includes at least one search criteria required to determine a context of the user request. The method includes generating a list of documents corresponding to the context of the user request and rendering on a viewing portion of the user interface the list of documents corresponding to the context of the user request.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2025Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: AlphaSense OyInventors: Rajmohan Neervannan, Jaakko Kokko, Mathias Creutz
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Patent number: 12625596Abstract: User interfaces may enable users to initiate voice-communications with voice-controlled devices via a Wi-Fi network or other network via an Internet Protocol (IP) address. The user interfaces may include controls to enable users to initiate voice communications, such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) calls, with devices that do not have connectivity with traditional mobile telephone networks, such as traditional circuit transmissions of a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). For example, the user interface may enable initiating a voice communication with a voice-controlled device that includes network connectivity via a home Wi-Fi network. The user interfaces may indicate availability of devices and/or contacts for voice communications and/or recent activity of devices or contact.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2023Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Blair Harold Beebe, Katherine Ann Baker, David Michael Rowell, Peter Chin
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Patent number: 12604055Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a computing device is configured to modify an original video by applying a machine learning model. The computing device obtains multiple training data sets, with each particular training data set including an original video and a corresponding modified video. One or more frames from the original video are cropped to generate corresponding frames in the corresponding modified video. The computing device trains a machine learning model, using the training data sets, to generate modified videos from original videos such that one or more frames in the original videos are modified to generate corresponding frames in respective modified videos. Once the machine learning model is trained, the computing device obtains a target original video and applies the trained machine learning model to the target original video to generate a target modified video.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2023Date of Patent: April 14, 2026Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Paul M Bombach, James C Arndt, David N Chen, Todd E Kramer, Shaun M Poole, Rupamay Saha, Eugene M. Walden
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Patent number: 12591441Abstract: Use of generative artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) models is disclosed to determine sequences of user interactions with computing systems, extract common processes, and generate robotic process automation (RPA) robots. The generative AI/ML model may be trained to recognize matching n-grams of user interactions and/or a beneficial end state. Recorded real user interactions may be analyzed, and matching sequences may be implemented as corresponding activities in an RPA workflow.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2023Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: UiPath, Inc.Inventor: Prabhdeep Singh
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Patent number: 12591442Abstract: Use of generative artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) models is disclosed to determine sequences of user interactions with computing systems, extract common processes, and generate robotic process automation (RPA) robots. The generative AI/ML model may be trained to recognize matching n-grams of user interactions and/or a beneficial end state. Recorded real user interactions may be analyzed, and matching sequences may be implemented as corresponding activities in an RPA workflow.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2023Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: UiPath, Inc.Inventor: Prabhdeep Singh
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Patent number: 12579647Abstract: An evaluation apparatus, an evaluation method, and an evaluation program applicable to a quality evaluation of sintered bodies are provided. The evaluation apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a cross-sectional image obtained by photographing a cross-section of a sintered body group stained with a staining solution; a generation unit configured to extract a saturation component for each of sintered bodies from the cross-sectional image, thereby to generate a saturation component image; and a visualization unit configured to visualize the saturation component image.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignee: Resonac CorporationInventors: Yu Okano, Junya Sakaguchi, Takumi Nakajima, Shinya Hirasawa, Shimpei Takemoto, Yoshishige Okuno