Patents Examined by Yi Wang
  • Patent number: 9767532
    Abstract: A method and system is implemented at an electronic device for displaying output from an application on a fixed orientation display. The electronic device includes a display module and an application. The application sends a request to display output from the application in a second orientation with second dimensions, and receives from the electronic device a notification that a display associated with the electronic device is a fixed orientation display with a first orientation and first dimensions. The application then obtains application data verifying that it is able to scale the output for displaying in an orientation and dimensions different from the requested second orientation and second dimensions, and determines optimal dimensions to display the output from the application based on the first orientation and first dimensions associated with the fixed display. The electronic device then scales output data to match the determined optimal dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Brady, Dianne Hackborn, Jason Bayer
  • Patent number: 9769095
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for defining, at a first computing device, at least a portion of a display area associated with the first computing device. A specialized communication from a second computing device is received at the first computing device. The specialized communication is rendered at the first computing device in at least the portion of the display area. Use of an application within at least the portion of the display is prevented at least while the specialized communication is accessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Corville O. Allen, Faheem Altaf, Robert E. Loredo, Henri F. Meli
  • Patent number: 9761041
    Abstract: A three-dimensional region of interest (ROI) is established with a high degree of accuracy, by a simple method without increasing a burden on the operator, in generating a three-dimensional projected image from medical volume data according to rendering, achieving more efficient interpretation of three-dimensional image and streamlining of diagnostic flow, with the use of the diagnostic image generation apparatus. An energy map is generated on a predetermined tomographic plane, assuming a preset start point as a reference and searching for a path that minimizes the energy, and then the path is set as a boundary of the three-dimensional ROI. The start point may be decided on the basis of the boundary inputted by a user, or the user may set the start point. The user may be allowed to adjust the boundary having been set. The boundary may also be determined on another plane orthogonal to the predetermined tomographic plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ogino, Yoshimi Noguchi, Takuma Shibahara
  • Patent number: 9761045
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a three-dimensional (3-D) model is aligned with a view of a physical environment captured by a camera. An augmented reality view is generated by superposing elements of the 3-D model and the view of the physical environment. At least some of the elements of the 3-D model are initially hidden within the augmented reality view. A virtual window is imposed that penetrates a surface within the augmented reality view. The virtual window clips the view of the physical environment and elements of the 3-D model that intersect the virtual window to reveal initially-hidden elements of the 3-D model located beyond the virtual window. The augmented reality view with the virtual window is displayed on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Bentley Systems, Incorporated
    Inventors: Stéphane Côté, Robert Snyder, Renaud Gervais
  • Patent number: 9762848
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for automatic adjustment of video orientation are provided. A computer-implemented method may include receiving a video comprising a plurality of image frames, detecting an orientation change in the video, determining a standard orientation for the video, and adjusting the video to the standard orientation by resizing one or more of the image frames and by rotating one or more of the image frames to the standard orientation. The adjusted video in the standard orientation then may be provided to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Maciek S. Nowakowski, Balazs Szabo
  • Patent number: 9760541
    Abstract: The present solution provides a variety of delivery techniques for delivering contextualization services to augment content and advertisement to display within content being viewed on a page on a mobile device. The present solution is directed to using any one or more innovative delivery techniques to prompt the user to augmented content and/or advertisements at the point of a user viewing content on a mobile device, such as while a user is scrolling through textual content of a web page on their mobile device. These innovative delivery techniques provide triggering points on the limited screen of mobile devices to deliver contextualized content and/or advertisement on the display of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Inventors: Jason Richman, Daniel Mason, Timon Chiang, Preethy Vaidyanathan, Kevin Tung, Raymond Chan, Sami Ali Adib, Jim Smith
  • Patent number: 9761025
    Abstract: A method of creating a graphical representation of data points in the form of a heatmap wherein the heatmap represents a plurality of multi-directional flow values between the data points, the method including the steps of: positioning data points on a heatmap for graphical representation, calculating bi-directional flow values between at least a first and second data point, determining the intensity and direction of a predominant flow from the bi-directional flow values, and graphically representing the predominant flow and bi-directional flows between the data points in the heatmap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: New BIS Safe Luxco S.à r.l
    Inventors: Andrew John Cardno, Peter Stewart Ingham, Bart Andrew Lewin, Ashok Kumar Singh
  • Patent number: 9761035
    Abstract: Methods and systems for dynamic user interfaces are provided. A user interface allows a user to receive information about a computer system's state and to make changes to state, such as with touch screen devices. Dynamic user interfaces provide advanced methods of interfacing with the computer system, receiving information, and changing computer state. Advanced methods include improved gestural controls like interrupting or fast-forwarding an animated transition. Advanced methods of receiving information from the computer system are also provided, such as real-time data updates mid-animation and meaning conveyed through motion of and/or configuration change of UI elements. Defined animation pathways in the system can have different relative velocities as a function of percentage completion regardless of the duration(s) of the animation pathways, allowing for more fluid UIs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: MINDSTREAM INTERFACE DYNAMICS, INC.
    Inventor: Jeremy Flores
  • Patent number: 9747862
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system is presented by which images of virtual objects displayed in augmented reality systems, virtual reality systems, or immersive display systems for realistic rendering of wide field of view, may be corrected to provide for reduction of registration errors regarding real objects or locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: CastAR, Inc.
    Inventor: Carroll Philip Gossett
  • Patent number: 9747723
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes: displaying an event on a first display device associated with a client device, the event comprising at least one video scene; enabling an electronic device to communicate with the client device; receiving a user input requesting augmented reality content associated with the at least one video scene; identifying a relevant portion of the augmented reality content to render on a second display associated with the electronic device, wherein the relevant portion comprises video frames corresponding to the at least one video scene and additional content surrounding the video frames; and rendering the relevant portion on the second display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurent Gardes, Yann Prat, Olivier Lacour, Didier De Marrez, Laurent Chauvier
  • Patent number: 9633451
    Abstract: An image data processing method is provided. The image data processing method includes the following steps: receiving image data, wherein the image data is in a first pixel format; shuffling the image data according to a relationship between the first pixel format and a second pixel format to generate shuffled data; and compressing the shuffled data by a compression module which is suitable for compressing image data in the second pixel format so as to generate compressed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Hsilin Huang
  • Patent number: 9626784
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image display system includes a first generator and a second generator. The first generator generates a first image which includes first text data representing at least a portion of text data and which is displayed by a first display device of stationary type. The second generator generates a second image which includes second text data representing at least a portion of the first text data and which is displayed by a second display device that is worn by a first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kokojima, Masahiro Baba
  • Patent number: 9627006
    Abstract: Provided are a content information display method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving a content file list; receiving additional information having a same property from among additional information on each of content files included in the content file list; generating a graph representing a degree of the property by comparing the received additional information on each content file with additional information on another content file; and displaying the graph and the content file list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-kun Lee, Young-mi Kang, Hye-rin Kim, Ju-il Um, Young-shil Jang
  • Patent number: 9595117
    Abstract: A vessel suppression process is performed on RGB image data. A display of capillary vessels is suppressed by the vessel suppression process. After the vessel suppression process, tone of the RGB image data is reversed. Thereby, a suppressed-and-reversed image is produced. Even after the tone reversal, the capillary vessels do not interfere with observation of a ductal structure in the suppressed-and-reversed image, because the display of the capillary vessels is suppressed. In the suppressed-and-reversed image, the ductal structure is darker than a mucous membrane due to the tone reversal, so that the color of the ductal structure is close to that of an indigo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Kubo
  • Patent number: 9571810
    Abstract: A method for generating a target perspective model referenced for depth map generation includes at least following steps: receiving a first input image; utilizing a region-based analysis unit for analyzing a plurality of regions in the first input image to extract image characteristics of the regions; and determining the target perspective model according to at least the image characteristics. Another method for generating a target perspective model referenced for depth map generation includes: receiving a first input image; determining a first perspective model in response to the first input image; and utilizing a perspective model generation unit for generating the target perspective model by a weighted sum of the first perspective model and at least one second perspective model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Lin Chang, Chao-Chung Cheng, Te-Hao Chang
  • Patent number: 9563975
    Abstract: A makeup support apparatus includes an image capturer that captures an image of a user's face, a display that displays the captured image, and a guide superimposer that superimposes a guide image upon the displayed image. The guide image indicates a region of the user's face in which makeup is to be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomofumi Yamanashi
  • Patent number: 9524080
    Abstract: Systems and methods for customizing behavior of a computing system based on details of interactions with the computing system by a user, such as a direction, intensity, or magnitude of a particular input from a user input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: D.R. Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Evan K. Fram
  • Patent number: 9514711
    Abstract: A method of enhancing a visual image of a display is described. The visual image is displayed on a first display of a display device having a first display pixel density and a first display dimension. The display device detects an enhancer device oriented in an operable position to the display device. The enhancer display device has a second display having a second display pixel density higher than the first display pixel density and a second display dimension less than the first display dimension. A spatial orientation is determined between the first display of the display device with the second display of the enhancer display device. The display device sends the visual image and the spatial orientation to the enhancer display device to display a portion of the visual image that is defined by the spatial orientation on the second display in the second display pixel density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marzia E. Castellani, Fabrizio Loppini, Ciro Ragusa, Roberto Ragusa
  • Patent number: 9514710
    Abstract: A method of enhancing a visual image of a display is described. The visual image is displayed on a first display of a display device having a first display pixel density and a first display dimension. The display device detects an enhancer device oriented in an operable position to the display device. The enhancer display device has a second display having a second display pixel density higher than the first display pixel density and a second display dimension less than the first display dimension. A spatial orientation is determined between the first display of the display device with the second display of the enhancer display device. The display device sends the visual image and the spatial orientation to the enhancer display device to display a portion of the visual image that is defined by the spatial orientation on the second display in the second display pixel density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marzia E. Castellani, Fabrizio Loppini, Ciro Ragusa, Roberto Ragusa
  • Patent number: 9514718
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: a terminal device; and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes: a holding unit that holds a plurality of pieces of workflow information each including information that specifies a process constituting a service; a receiving unit that receives service identification information, device identification information, and an image transmitted from a terminal device; a selecting unit that selects a piece of the workflow information corresponding to the service identification information and the device identification information from the pieces of the workflow information; and an executing unit that executes a service in which the image is processed into an image including a movie in accordance with the workflow information selected by the selecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsushi Itoh, Jun Murata, Nobuyuki Kishi, Tetsuya Sakayori, Takayuki Kunieda, Takanobu Tanaka, Hiroshi Yamaguchi