Patents Examined by Yi Yang
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Patent number: 10838484Abstract: A wearable device can have a field of view through which a user can perceive real or virtual objects. The device can display a visual aura representing contextual information associated with an object that is outside the user's field of view. The visual aura can be displayed near an edge of the field of view and can dynamically change as the contextual information associated with the object changes, e.g., the relative position of the object and the user (or the user's field of view) changes.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Alysha Naples, Jonathan Lawrence Mann, Paul Armistead Hoover
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Patent number: 10832613Abstract: In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for image format conversion using luminance-adaptive dithering. For instance, in one example, a method includes acquiring an image in a first format, wherein the first format is associated with a first electro-optical transfer function, identifying a second format to which to convert the image, wherein the second format is associated with a second electro-optical transfer function, and applying dithering to the image in the second format, based on an evaluation of a luminance-dependent metric against a predefined threshold, wherein the luminance-dependent metric is computed from at least one of the first electro-optical transfer function and the second electro-optical transfer function.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Peshala Pahalawatta
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Patent number: 10803673Abstract: A method of non-destructive testing of an aeronautical component, including a righting processing including Generation of a median surface of the component extracted from a tomographic volume, the median surface dividing the component into two parts, Determination of a field of normal vectors normal to the median surface, Flattening of the median surface to form a flattened median surface in a plane, Reconstruction of a righted volume containing the component righted about the flattened median surface, the reconstruction being performed by mapping between voxels of the righted volume along directions orthogonal to the flattened median surface and between voxels of the volume along the normal vectors of the median surface which are associated with these respective orthogonal directions, Analysis of the righted volume thus obtained so as to identify the anomalies of the component.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: SAFRANInventors: Vincent Jerome Morard, Lionel Christian Jean-Loic Gay
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Patent number: 10803297Abstract: In an approach to determining quality score of images for user identification, one or more processors receive a set of input images for a first user. One or more processors may determine a quality score for each image in the set of input images with respect to an ability of each respective image to identify the first user, wherein the quality score pertains to both: (i) a quality the image, and (ii) a quality of a subject of the image. One or more processors may additionally determine a first set of output images based on the quality score for each image in the set of input images. One or more processors may further identify the first user based on the first set of output images.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yuk L. Chan, Deepti M. Naphade, Tin Hang To
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Patent number: 10783716Abstract: A digital medium environment is described to generate a three dimensional facial expression from a blend shape and a facial expression source. A semantic type is detected that defines a facial expression of the blend shape. Transfer intensities are assigned based on the detected semantic type to the blend shape and the facial expression source, respectively, for individual portions of the three dimensional facial expression, the transfer intensities specifying weights given to the blend shape and the facial expression source, respectively, for the individual portions of the three dimensional facial expression. The three dimensional facial expression is generated from the blend shape and the facial expression source based on the assigned transfer intensities.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Adobe Inc.Inventor: Mehmet Ersin Yumer
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Patent number: 10783689Abstract: A user interface may be presented to a user that may provide an intuitive interface configured for generating animations. The user interface may be users of varying levels of expertise, while retaining the freedom of authoring complex narratives in an animation. A given narrative may be constrained by user input related to one or more of events to occur in an animation, individual animation components that may be included in the events, and/or other input. The system may be configured to “fill in” missing gaps in a narrative to generate a consistent animation while still meeting one or more narrative constraints specified by user input. By way of non-limiting example, gaps may be “filled in” by effectuating non-user selections of one or more of events, animation components, and/or other information used to generate an animation.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Shoulson, Mubbasir Kapadia, Robert Sumner
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Patent number: 10776996Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method are provided. The image processing method may generate a mask for preventing a virtual light source from being sampled on an area of a current image frame based on virtual light source information of a previous image frame, applying the mask to the current image frame, sampling the virtual light source in the current image frame to which the mask is applied, and rendering the current image frame based on the virtual light source sampled in the current image frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seung In Park, Min Su Ahn, In Woo Ha, Kee Chang Lee, Hyong Euk Lee
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Patent number: 10755416Abstract: A survey application generates a survey of components associated with a three-dimensional model of an object. The survey application receives video feeds, location information, and orientation information from wearable devices in proximity to the object. The three-dimensional model of the object is generated based on the video feeds, sensor data, location information, and orientation information received from the wearable devices. Analytics is performed from the video feeds to identify a manipulation on the object. The three-dimensional model of the object is updated based on the manipulation on the object. A dynamic status related to the manipulation on the object is generated with respect to reference data related the object. A survey of components associated with the three-dimensional model of the object is generated.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Inventor: Brian Mullins
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Patent number: 10726636Abstract: This disclosure presents systems and methods to adapt an interactive experience based on user height. Presence of a beacon within a real-world environment may be detected. A set of vertical displacements between the beacon and a presentation device installed on a head of a user may be determined over a period of time. An average vertical displacement may be determined from the set of vertical displacements. A value of a height dimension of a virtual object may be specified based on the average vertical displacement.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: R. Hunter Gough, Jason Yeung
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Patent number: 10726759Abstract: According to one aspect, a color modification system for displays in vehicles may comprise a display module comprising a display element capable of displaying color images; an image processing system; and a user identification system in communication with the image processing system; the image processing system may be capable of selectively modifying the colors of the images. The image processing system may be in communication with the display module. The user identification system may be capable of providing inputs to the image processing system; and the image processing system may be capable of selectively modifying the colors of the color images based on inputs received from the user identification system. The system may further comprise at least one imager capable of capturing color images and to transmit the color images to the image processing system.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATIONInventor: Peter Wm. VanderWel
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Patent number: 10713851Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate generally to systems and methods for analyzing and manipulating images and video. According to particular embodiments, the spatial relationship between multiple images and video is analyzed together with location information data, for purposes of creating a representation referred to herein as a surround view for presentation on a device. A real object can be tracked in the live image data for the purposes of creating a surround view using a number of tracking points. As a camera is moved around the real object, virtual objects can be rendered into live image data to create synthetic images where a position of the tracking points can be used to position the virtual object in the synthetic image. The synthetic images can be output in real-time. Further, virtual objects in the synthetic images can be incorporated into surround views.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Fyusion, Inc.Inventors: Stefan Johannes Josef Holzer, Alexander Jay Bruen Trevor, Martin Saelzle, Stephen David Miller, Radu Bogdan Rusu
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Patent number: 10706126Abstract: Described herein is a method for implementing augmented reality associated to carrier means comprising a medium of a physical or digital type, wherein the method comprises in sequence the steps of incorporating an information content within an optical image of the medium, transferring the optical image that incorporates the information content onto the carrier means, decoding the information content, and reproducing the information content on an electronic device, wherein said step of reproducing enables the user to display the augmented reality.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: PIKKART S.R.L.Inventors: Davide Baltieri, Lorenzo Canali, Giovanni Zuffolini
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Patent number: 10699363Abstract: Video data and auxiliary data may be sent between a processor and a display device via a single cable using a link aggregator. As such, the link aggregator may receive a first parallel signal that may include the video data and a second parallel signal that may include auxiliary data from the processor. The link aggregator may then send the first parallel signal and the second parallel signal as an aggregated signal to the display device. Upon receiving the aggregated signal at the display device, the link aggregator may de-aggregate the aggregated signal into the first parallel signal and the second parallel signal. The link aggregator may then send the first parallel signal and the second parallel signal to a timing controller of the display device, such that the timing controller may display the video data using the display device.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sreeraman Anantharaman, Colin Whitby-Strevens
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Patent number: 10691393Abstract: A processing circuit of a display panel, a display method and a display device are provided. The display panel is divided into a plurality of display regions. The processing circuit includes: a plurality of display control circuits corresponding to the plurality of display regions respectively; a sight line acquisition circuit configured to acquire a focused region of the display panel on which sight lines of human eyes are focused; and a control circuit configured to determine from the plurality of display regions a first display region overlapping the focused region and a second display region not overlapping the focused region, enable the display control circuit corresponding to the first display region to output first image data, and enable the display control circuit corresponding to the second display region to output second image data having a refresh rate smaller than the first image data.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Tiankuo Shi, Xue Dong, Dong Chen, Xiaomang Zhang, Wei Sun, Lingyun Shi, Yan Li, Xiaochuan Chen, Shengji Yang
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Patent number: 10672144Abstract: A method, client terminal and server for displaying an image, and a method and a server for sending an image are disclosed. The image display method includes providing an input interface; receiving an input information from a user via the input interface, wherein the input information being used for determining an observation point; and displaying a projection image of at least one of an observation object or an observation area, wherein the projection image is an image formed by projecting the at least one of the observation object or the observation area onto a projection plane corresponding to the observation point. The present disclosure can display a viewing effect corresponding to an observation point.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Zhonglian Shengshi Culture (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yuan Tian
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Patent number: 10650586Abstract: Various techniques associated with automatic mesh generation are disclosed. One or more center curves of an outline of an object or figure are first determined. Next, for each of a plurality of points of each of the one or more center curves, a pair of rays is cast from a center curve in opposite directions, wherein the rays collide with opposite sides of the outline, and a collision pair is generated that comprises a line connecting collision points of the pair of rays on opposite sides of the outline. A mesh model of the object or figure is generated by mapping each of a set of collision pairs to polygons used to define the mesh model.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Outward, Inc.Inventors: Clarence Chui, Christopher Murphy
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Patent number: 10628982Abstract: A visual characteristic on a physical surface in the physical space is determined from an image of a physical space, with the physical surface including a first area inside the visual characteristic and a second area outside of the visual characteristic. A first region of virtual space that corresponds to the first area and a second region of virtual space that corresponds to the second area is determined based at least in part on the visual characteristic. Information that includes a position and orientation of a digital object relative to the first region and the second region in the virtual space is determined based at least in part on the visual characteristic. The digital object is rendered at a position and orientation in the virtual space in accordance with the information.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Vulcan Inc.Inventors: Richard Earl Simpkinson, Carlos Miguel Lugtu, Eric Thomas Smith
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Patent number: 10621438Abstract: A hybrid hyperspectral augmented reality device is disclosed. The hybrid hyperspectral augmented reality device includes multi-level imaging sensors which at least two of a long wave infrared sensor capable of detecting an object blocked from visual line of sight thereof, a hyperspectral imaging sensor capable of detecting chemical properties of the object, and a frequency modulated millimeter-wave imaging radar capable of long range spot scanning of the object. The hyperspectral imaging augmented reality device also includes a wearable computing unit capable of co-registering data from the multi-level spectral imaging sensors and determining, based on said co-registered data, a threat level and geospatial location for the object.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: SYSO OUInventor: Diwaker Jha
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Patent number: 10600216Abstract: A data visualization system that automatically optimizes tick mark alignment to improve readability and conceptual accessibility of multiple graphs presented in a common display area. The data visualization system optimizes the tick mark alignment by normalizing the orders of magnitudes of the data sets and minimizing an objective function that balances tick resolution versus unused chart space on the common axis. The data visualization system may optionally color code the graphs and data ranges represented on the common axis to improve readability. Automatic scaling and tick mark alignment of the data sets is based on the display dimensions, which allows the graphs to be quickly re-optimized and redrawn on the fly. For example, the graphs may be automatically re-optimized and redrawn in response to display screen rotation, display area resizing, and display on different devices in a manner that appears to be effectively instantaneous to the typical user.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Flowfinity Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Dmitry Mikhailov, Vadym Stetsiak
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Patent number: 10573023Abstract: An augmented reality system is provided for use with a medical imaging scanner. The AR system obtains a digital image from a camera, and identifies a pose of a gantry of the medical imaging scanner based on content of the digital image. The gantry includes a movable C-arm supporting an imaging signal transmitter and a detector panel that are movable along an arc relative to a station. A range of motion of the movable C-arm along the arc is determined based on the pose. A graphical object is generated based on the range of motion and the pose, and is provided to a display device for display as an overlay relative to the medical imaging scanner.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Neil Crawford, Norbert Johnson