Patents Examined by Yanna Wu
  • Patent number: 10481782
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the present invention provides a web-based visualization system of building or home automation, including: a web server, which is connected with at least two client devices and in the client devices are integrated at least one client display and a rendering engine. The rendering engine contains a resize engine, which is uploaded to the client devices when a client requests at least one dedicated web-side from the web server. The rendering engine includes a zoom in/out function of a displayed page on the client display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: ABB AG
    Inventors: Francois Mayis, Eric Ferro, Herve Jallabert
  • Patent number: 10474311
    Abstract: A video control, projection and display system is employed in a gaming establishment and used in conjunction with or without a gaming network or gaming components. The control system includes projection cameras or light sources which may generate and display images associated with the electronic gaming machines or with a player of the electronic gaming machines. The control system enhances the image by using pixel cloning, image blending pixel scaling, pixel movement, and pixel masking. The projection system may generate holographic images and may project images onto a variety of surfaces adjacent to the electronic gaming machines. The control system manages devices associated with the projection and display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: CLEMTEK LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Anthony Clemons
  • Patent number: 10460462
    Abstract: A three-dimensional image reconstruction system includes an image capture device, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), and an image processor. The image capture device captures image data. The inertial measurement unit (IMU) is affixed to the image capture device and records IMU data associated with the image data. The image processor includes one or more processing units and memory for storing instructions that are executed by the one or more processing units, wherein the image processor receives the image data and the IMU data as inputs and utilizes the IMU data to pre-align the first image and the second image, and wherein the image processor utilizes a registration algorithm to register the pre-aligned first and second images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Silvio Giancola, Bernard Semaan Ghanem, Jens Schneider, Peter Wonka
  • Patent number: 10460636
    Abstract: A method including, in a standard display mode, causing display of a graphical element at a position on a see through display that includes a light projection display that overlays a light filtration array such that the light projection display projects the graphical element at the position on the see through display and the light filtration array filters ambient light at the position on the see through display, transitioning from the standard display mode to a low power display mode, causing termination of display of the graphical element on the see through display based on the low power display mode, determining that an event has occurred, generating a notification that signifies the event, and causing actuation of the light filtration array such that a plurality of light filtration cells of the light filtration array are selectively actuated in a pattern that depicts the notification is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Marja Salmimaa, Toni Jarvenpaa, Jan Eskolin, Juha Nurmi
  • Patent number: 10460529
    Abstract: A computer system having a display generation component and one or more input devices displays a representation of a virtual three-dimensional object in a user interface region. In response to an input for rotating the object, when the input corresponds to a request to rotate the object about a first axis, the object is rotated by an amount that is determined based on a magnitude of the input and is constrained by a limit on the movement restricting rotation by more than a threshold amount. When the input corresponds to a request to rotate the object about a second axis, the object is rotated relative to the second axis by an amount that is determined based on a magnitude of the input, wherein, for an input with a magnitude above a respective threshold, the device rotates the object by more than the threshold amount of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Dascola, Stephen O. Lemay, David J. Addey, David Lui, Giancarlo Yerkes, Lisa K. Forssell
  • Patent number: 10453262
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for the creation of dynamically reflecting car mirrors in a virtual application using a proprietary layered panorama method. This approach utilizes the panoramic background as a source image for the reflection and specially produced masks for the mirrors in each stereo panoramic vehicle image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: RELAY CARS LLC
    Inventors: David Falstrup, Thom Denick, Alex McClain, Aaron Johnson, Seth Peterson, Pat Hadnagy
  • Patent number: 10453234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system (14) for displaying avionic data on at least one display space of an aircraft cockpit, comprising a processing module (23) configured to receive a message to be displayed indicating an event and to associate the content of this message with one of the display formats, a display module (25) configured to display the received message superimposed on at least one current display format, displayed in a respective display space and an acquisition module (27) configured to acquire a display control command relative to the received message. The display module (25) is further configured to display the display format associated with said message on at least one display space in case of acquisition of the display control command relative to said message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Luc Baron, Christophe Garnavault, Bruno Aymeric, Yannick Le Roux
  • Patent number: 10455259
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a text metadata encoding logic. The text metadata encoding logic includes a metadata generation logic configured to generate a first text metadata including metadata for each identified text field included in a first image frame. The metadata generation logic maybe further configured to associate the first text metadata with the first image frame. The first text metadata may be transmitted at a text metadata bit rate. The text metadata bit rate may be less than an image data transmit bit rate. Another embodiment provides a text metadata decoding logic. The text metadata decoding logic includes a metadata reader logic configured to decode a text metadata received with an image frame data. The text metadata may have been transmitted at a text metadata bit rate and the image frame data may have been transmitted at a first image transmit bit rate. The text metadata bit rate is less than the first image transmit bit rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Anand V. Bodas, Vishalakshi Raghurama
  • Patent number: 10453265
    Abstract: Method for the virtual try-on of garments (9) based on augmented reality with the aid of an electronic communication device (1) equipped with at least one screen (2) and one image acquisition organ (3), comprising at least the following steps: a) detecting with the aid of the image acquisition organ (3) at least the face and shoulders of at least one person (5, 6) positioned in front of the electronic communication device (1), b) defining digital data representative of the shape and dimensions of the face and shoulders of the person (5, 6) detected at step a), c) defining digital data representative of the position of the face and shoulders of the person (5, 6) on the screen (2) based on the data defined at step b), d) superimposing, on the screen (2) the image of a garment (9) from a database onto the image of the person (5, 6) by using the data defined in steps b) and c), e) maintaining, on the screen (2), the superimposition of the image of the garment (9) on the image of the person (5, 6) during the move
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: PAGE INTERNATIONAL—FZ—LLC
    Inventor: Michel Kovacevitch
  • Patent number: 10445929
    Abstract: Certain examples described herein relate to a three-dimensional threshold matrix. The three-dimensional threshold matrix may be used for three-dimensional halftoning. In one example, values for a predefined two-dimensional threshold matrix are shifted with respect to a third dimension to provide the three-dimensional threshold matrix. In one example, the three-dimensional threshold matrix may then be processed in association with a digital representation of a three-dimensional object to output discrete material arrangement instructions for at least one production material. The instructions may be used to control an additive manufacturing system to produce the three-dimensional object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Morovic, Jan Morovic, Jay S. Gondek, Juan Manuel Garcia Reyero Vinas
  • Patent number: 10445930
    Abstract: A method of using a learning machine to provide a biomechanical data representation of a subject based on markerless video motion capture. The learning machine is trained with both markerless video and marker-based (or other worn body sensor) data, with the marker-based or body worn sensor data being used to generate a full biomechanical model, which is the “ground truth” data. This ground truth data is combined with the markerless video data to generate a training dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Kase J. Saylor, Daniel P. Nicolella, David R. Chambers, Travis D. Eliason, Donald R. Poole
  • Patent number: 10446072
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises: a first display panel displaying a color image; a second display panel displaying a monochrome image; and an image processor generating first image data corresponding to the color image and second image data corresponding to the monochrome image based on an input video signal. The image processor generates the first image data and the second image data such that a graph representing transmittance of the first display panel for input gradation corresponding to the input video signal and a graph representing transmittance of the second display panel for the input gradation corresponding to the input video signal intersect each other at predetermined input gradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Koudo, Masahiro Ishii, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Ikuko Mori
  • Patent number: 10445927
    Abstract: An approach is provided for determining a polygon of a geographic database that overlaps a candidate polygon or candidate point. The geographic database represents stored polygons as respective polygon points with zero area. The approach involves determining proximate polygon points from among the respective polygon points with zero area that are within a distance threshold of the candidate polygon or the candidate point. The approach also involves retrieving one or more proximate polygons from the geographic database that correspond to the one or more proximate polygon points. The approach further involves determining an intersection between the one or more proximate polygons and the candidate polygon or the candidate point. The approach then involves selecting the polygon that overlaps the candidate polygon or the candidate point based on the determined intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Richard Kwant, Anish Mittal, David Lawlor
  • Patent number: 10445852
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to a hardware-supported flexible data structure for graphics processing. In some embodiments, dimensions of the data structure are configurable in an X direction, a Y direction, a number of samples per pixel, and an amount of data per sample. In some embodiments, these attributes are configurable using hardware registers. In some embodiments, the data structure is persistent across a tile being processed such that local memory context is accessible to both rendering threads of a render pass and mid-render compute threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Terence M. Potter, Robert Kenney, Aaftab A. Munshi, Justin A. Hensley, Richard W. Schreyer
  • Patent number: 10445912
    Abstract: A method including causing display of a first visual information that is a view from a first geographical location, receiving, by the apparatus, an indication of availability of a second visual information that is a view from a second geographical location, the second geographical location being in a first direction from the first geographical location, determining a position in the first visual information that corresponds with the first direction, and causing display of at least a portion of the second visual information such that the portion of the second visual information overlays the first visual information at the position in the first visual information is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: Nokia Technologies Oy, Fischerwerke GMBH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lasse Laaksonen, Arto Lehtiniemi, Mikko Tammi, Miikka Vilermo
  • Patent number: 10438377
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and device for processing a page. The method includes calculating an average brightness value of pixels in a page on a display; determining whether the average brightness value exceeds a preset brightness threshold; selecting target pixels from the page when the average brightness value exceeds the preset brightness threshold, wherein the target pixels include at least one of first target pixels and second target pixels, the first target pixels including sub-pixels, any two of which have a brightness difference that is less than a preset difference value, and the second target pixels including background pixels and character pixels; and performing a color reversion operation on the target pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guosheng Li
  • Patent number: 10438384
    Abstract: An image display system includes: a display device; a detecting device for detecting a position pointed by an input device, on a display screen of the display device; and a display control device that, in accordance with a drawing on the display screen using the input device, causes the display device to display an image corresponding to the drawing in conformity with a setting corresponding to the position on the display screen at which the drawing has been started. The settings are different from each other depending on the areas on the display screen defined by multiple reference points provided thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Michio Tomizawa, Koichi Ara
  • Patent number: 10433796
    Abstract: System and related method to visualize image data. The system comprises an input port (IN) for receiving i) image data comprising a range of intensity values converted from signals acquired by an imaging apparatus in respect of an imaged object, and ii) a definition of a first transfer function configured to map a data interval within said range of said intensity values to an image interval of image values. A transition region identifier (TRI) identifies from among intensity values outside said data interval, one or more transition intensity values representative of a transition in composition and/or configuration of said object or of a transition in respect of a physical property in relation to said object. A transfer function generator (TFG) generates for said intensity values outside said data interval a second transfer function. The second transfer function is non-linear and has a respective gradient that is locally maximal around said transition intensity values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Daniel Bystrov, Astrid Ruth Franz, Nicole Schadewaldt, Rafael Wiemker
  • Patent number: 10436600
    Abstract: In a vehicle image display system, a travel behavior of an own vehicle during automated driving to be subsequently performed is previously noticed to an occupant with display to be recognized intuitively and instantaneously. A vehicle image display system includes a first display device that uses a front windshield as a display screen and a second display device as a monitor device mounted on a dashboard, and displays, on a display screen of each display device, a moving image of a virtual image of the own vehicle travelling on an arrow of a symbol image indicating a travel course for lane change as having the arrow as a trajectory therefor so as to visually provide prior notice of the lane change to the occupant when the own vehicle in the automated driving system is about to perform the lane change as being deviated from a scheduled travel course.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: IMAGE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shuichi Tayama, Yukio Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10438407
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a method for providing spatial gradients of 3D CAD models of solid objects with respect to various parameters used in defining the solid object. A modeler is designed and implemented to provide spatial gradients of solid objects (when represented on a computer as 3D CAD models) with respect to the various parameters that define the objects. Although primarily based on finite difference operations, several additional steps are performed to ensure that the gradients computed are correct and valid for a general class of solid objects and the parameters that define the objects. No commercially available 3D CAD tool provides such ability for a general class of solid objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: AERION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sushrut S. Pavanaskar, Bharath Mukundakrishnan, Raymond P. D'Antuono, Dev G. Rajnarayan