Patents by Inventor Robert Sanchez

Robert Sanchez has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12250388
    Abstract: A video data stream is rendered reducible in a manner so that the reduction leads to a restriction of pictures of the reduced video data stream to merely a predetermined subarea of the pictures of the original video data stream and in a manner so that transcoding, such as re-quantization, may be avoided and a conformance of the reduced video data stream relative to the codec underlying the original video data stream be maintained. This is achieved by providing the video data stream with information including an indication of the predetermined subarea and replacement indices for redirecting the indices included by the payload portion so as to refer to, and/or replacement parameters for adjusting the first set of coding parameter settings so as to result in, a second set of coding parameter settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Robert Skupin, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Thomas Schierl, Cornelius Hellge, Karsten Grueneberg, Thomas Wiegand
  • Patent number: 12249328
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for coordinating interactions between a user device and a plurality of accessory devices. In one example, a user device receives information identifying one or more accessory devices in communication with the user device. The user device may implement accessory interaction instances for each of the identified accessories. A first accessory interaction instance can be associated with a first accessory among the identified accessories and receive a first audio input from the first accessory corresponding to a user request. The first accessory interaction instance can process a portion of the received audio input and receive a first response from a server computer. The user device may then transmit the first response to the first accessory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jared S. Grubb, Robert M. Stewart, Gabriel Sanchez, Anshul Jain, Zaka ur Rehman Ashraf, David J. Chandler, Andrew Byrne, Anumita Biswas, Minsub Lee, Mahesh Shanbhag
  • Publication number: 20250076973
    Abstract: Wearable systems and method for operation thereof incorporating headset and controller localization using headset cameras and controller fiducials are disclosed. A wearable system may include a headset and a controller. The wearable system may alternate between performing headset tracking and performing controller tracking by repeatedly capturing images using a headset camera of the headset during headset tracking frames and controller tracking frames. The wearable system may cause the headset camera to capture a first exposure image an exposure above a threshold and cause the headset camera to capture a second exposure image having an exposure below the threshold. The wearable system may determine a fiducial interval during which fiducials of the controller are to flash at a fiducial frequency and a fiducial period. The wearable system may cause the fiducials to flash during the fiducial interval in accordance with the fiducial frequency and the fiducial period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary C. Nienstedt, Daniel Roberts, Christopher Michael Lopez, Brian Edward Oliver Bucknor, Samuel A. Miller, Nathan Yuki Baumli, Dominik Michael Kasper, Manel Quim Sanchez Nicuesa, Andrea Lampart, Rafa Gomez-Jordana Manas, Martin Georg Zahnert, Nikola Stan, Emily Elizabeth Mount
  • Patent number: 12244865
    Abstract: An electronic device for decoding a picture from a data stream is disclosed, the electronic device includes a processor. The processor configured to decode a first syntax element indicating a bit rate value and a second syntax element indicating a bit rate scale. The processor is also configured to determine a fraction of a reference level corresponding to a subpicture of the picture, using a subpicture level information (SLI) supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message. The processor is further configured to determine a bit rate of the subpicture based on the fraction, the first syntax element, and the second syntax element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Karsten Sühring, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl, Robert Skupin, Thomas Wiegand
  • Patent number: 12244816
    Abstract: A video encoder according to embodiments is provided. The video encoder is configured for encoding a plurality of pictures of a video by generating an encoded video signal, wherein each of the plurality of pictures includes original picture data. The video encoder includes a data encoder configured for generating the encoded video signal including encoded picture data, wherein the data encoder is configured to encode the plurality of pictures of the video into the encoded picture data. Moreover, the video encoder includes an output interface configured for outputting the encoded picture data of each of the plurality of pictures. Furthermore, a video decoders, systems, methods for encoding and decoding, computer programs and encoded video signals according to embodiments are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Adam Wieckowski, Robert Skupin, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl, Detlev Marpe, Karsten Sühring, Thomas Wiegand
  • Patent number: 12239567
    Abstract: A system suitable for collecting and transporting urine away from the body of a person or animal may include an assembly having a fluid impermeable casing having a fluid reservoir at a first end, a fluid outlet at a second end, and a longitudinally extending fluid impermeable layer coupled to the fluid reservoir and the fluid outlet and defining a longitudinally elongated opening between the reservoir and the outlet. The assembly can further include a fluid permeable support disposed within the casing with a portion extending across the elongated opening, and a fluid permeable membrane disposed on the support and covering at least the portion of the support that extends across the elongated opening, so that the membrane is supported on the support and disposed across the elongated opening. The assembly can further include a tube having a first end disposed in the reservoir and a second, fluid discharge end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: PureWick Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Sanchez, Camille R. Newton, Joseph M. Forehand, Raymond J. Newton
  • Publication number: 20250064622
    Abstract: A system suitable for collecting and transporting urine away from the body of a person or animal may include an assembly having a fluid impermeable casing having a fluid reservoir at a first end, a fluid outlet at a second end, and a longitudinally extending fluid impermeable layer coupled to the fluid reservoir and the fluid outlet and defining a longitudinally elongated opening between the reservoir and the outlet. The assembly can further include a fluid permeable support disposed within the casing with a portion extending across the elongated opening, and a fluid permeable membrane disposed on the support and covering at least the portion of the support that extends across the elongated opening, so that the membrane is supported on the support and disposed across the elongated opening. The assembly can further include a tube having a first end disposed in the reservoir and a second, fluid discharge end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Robert A. Sanchez, Camille R. Newton, Joseph M. Forehand, Raymond J. Newton
  • Publication number: 20250063221
    Abstract: File format concepts for video coding are described. Embodiments allow for an efficient extraction of sub-streams from a video file. Further embodiments allow for a flexible switching between sub-streams of a video file. Further embodiments allow for a flexible handling of decoder initializations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Dimitri PODBORSKI, Karsten GRUENEBERG, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas SCHIERL, Robert SKUPIN, Thomas WIEGAND
  • Patent number: 12230031
    Abstract: A concept for a video data stream extraction is presented which is more efficient namely which is, for example, able to more efficiently deal with video content of a type unknown to the recipient with videos of different type differing, for instance, in view-port-to-picture-plane projection, etc., or which lessens the extraction process complexity. Further, a concept is described using which a juxtaposition of different versions of a video scene, the versions differing in scene resolution, may be provided more efficiently to a recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Dolby Video Compression, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Skupin, Cornelius Hellge, Benjamin Bross, Thomas Schierl, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Karsten Suehring, Thomas Wiegand
  • Patent number: 12231664
    Abstract: A video data stream is rendered reducible in a manner so that the reduction leads to a restriction of pictures of the reduced video data stream to merely a predetermined subarea of the pictures of the original video data stream and in a manner so that transcoding, such as re-quantization, may be avoided and a conformance of the reduced video data stream relative to the codec underlying the original video data stream be maintained. This is achieved by providing the video data stream with information including an indication of the predetermined subarea and replacement indices for redirecting the indices included by the payload portion so as to refer to, and/or replacement parameters for adjusting the first set of coding parameter settings so as to result in, a second set of coding parameter settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Robert Skupin, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Thomas Schierl, Cornelius Hellge, Karsten Grueneberg, Thomas Wiegand
  • Publication number: 20250049570
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are described herein to provide improved steerability for delivering a prosthesis to a body location, for example, for delivering a replacement heart valve to a native heart valve location. A delivery component can have a plurality of slots that provide for desired bending of the delivery component, particularly compound bending of the delivery component that can facilitate steering of the delivery component in three dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Alexander H. Cooper, David Robert Landon, Julio Cesar Sanchez, Glen T. Rabito, J Brent Ratz, Arshad Quadri, Kevin M. Stewart, Patrick Chow
  • Patent number: 12225236
    Abstract: A first aspect provides concepts for handling coded layer video sequence boundaries in multilayered video bitstreams having inter-layer references. A second aspect provides concepts for handling, signaling and deriving of picture output timing, e.g. with respect to an access unit specific signaling and an output layer specific signaling of a number of repetitions of a picture output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Karsten Sühring, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl, Robert Skupin, Thomas Wiegand
  • Publication number: 20250047843
    Abstract: Video codec for supporting temporal inter-prediction, configured to perform padding of an area of a referenced portion of a reference picture which extends beyond a border of the reference picture, which referenced portion is referenced by an inter predicted block of a current picture by selecting one of a plurality of intra-prediction modes, and padding the area using the selected intra-prediction mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Jens BRANDENBURG, Tobias HINZ, Adam WIECKOWSKI, Jackie MA, Valeri GEORGE, Christian LEHMANN, Heiko SCHWARZ, Detlev MARPE, Thomas WIEGAND, Robert SKUPIN, Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Thomas SCHIERL
  • Publication number: 20250037356
    Abstract: A method of augmenting a view of a real-world environment with a view of a volumetric video object on a user device is disclosed. The method includes determining a current pose information (CPI) indicating a current pose of the view of the real-world environment and a desired pose of the volumetric video object in the real-world environment. The method further includes sending the CPI to a remote server. The method further includes receiving a rendered view of the volumetric video object that has been rendered in accordance with the CPI from the remote server. The method also includes augmenting the view of the real-world environment by at least mapping the rendered view of the volumetric video object onto a planar mapping surface arranged according to the desired position of the volumetric video object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl, Peter Eisert, Anna Hilsmann, Robert Skupin, Yago Sanchez, Jangwoo Son, Gurdeep Singh Bhullar, Serhan Gül, Dimitri Podborski
  • Publication number: 20250039416
    Abstract: Concepts for a video coding are described. A first aspect provides a concept for determining an interlayer reference picture for inter-predicting a picture of a multi-layered video data stream. A second aspect provides a concept for the usage of an interlayer prediction tool in multi-layered video data streams. A third aspect is concerned with a determination of a maximum temporal sublayer of an OLS or a maximum temporal sublayer to be decoded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Karsten SÜHRING, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas SCHIERL, Robert SKUPIN, Thomas WIEGAND
  • Publication number: 20250030853
    Abstract: A video decoder for decoding an encoded video signal including encoded picture data and indication data of a picture of a video to reconstruct the picture of the video is provided. The video decoder includes an interface configured for receiving the encoded video signal, and a data decoder configured for reconstructing the picture of the video by decoding the encoded picture data using the indication data. The picture is partitioned into a plurality of coding areas. One or more coding areas of the plurality of coding areas include two or more coding tree units of the plurality of coding tree units, wherein each coding area of the one or more coding areas which includes two or more coding tree units exhibits a coding order for the two or more coding tree units of the coding area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Valeri GEORGE, Tobias HINZ, Jackie MA, Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Robert SKUPIN, Thomas SCHIERL, Jens BRANDENBURG, Christian LEHMANN, Adam WIECKOWSKI, Heiko SCHWARZ, Detlev MARPE, Thomas WIEGAND
  • Patent number: 12206893
    Abstract: Video/picture coding of improved coding efficiency with supporting varying resolution and/or efficiently handling region-wise packing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEW ANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Robert Skupin, Cornelius Hellge, Valeri George, Thomas Schierl, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Karsten Sühring, Thomas Wiegand
  • Patent number: 12205688
    Abstract: An EMS medical record acquisition system is provided. The system is configured to provide medical record information to an EMS rescuer in a mobile EMS environment. The system includes a user device, a patient identification data source, and a medical record digest system. The digest system is coupled to the user device and to the patient identification source. The digest system receives identification data from the patient identification source, queries a medical record repository using the identification data, receives a medical record for the patient from the medical record repository, generates a reference code based on the identification data, stores the medical record with the reference code, transmits the reference code to the user device, receives a query including the reference code from the user device, generates a digest at least a portion of the medical record, and provides the digest to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: ZOLL Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Mario Sanchez, Jr., Gary A. Freeman, Peter G. Goutmann, Gregory G. Howard, Robert W. Krier, Gregory D. Mears, Frederick W. Forester, Kevin M. Zahora
  • Publication number: 20250024056
    Abstract: Various concepts which further improve multi-view/layer coding concepts, are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Robert SKUPIN, Karsten Suehring, Yago Sanchez De La Fuente, Gerhard Tech, Valeri George, Thomas Schierl, Detlev Marpe
  • Patent number: 12171685
    Abstract: A system suitable for collecting and transporting urine away from the body of a person or animal may include an assembly having a fluid impermeable casing having a fluid reservoir at a first end, a fluid outlet at a second end, and a longitudinally extending fluid impermeable layer coupled to the fluid reservoir and the fluid outlet and defining a longitudinally elongated opening between the reservoir and the outlet. The assembly can further include a fluid permeable support disposed within the casing with a portion extending across the elongated opening, and a fluid permeable membrane disposed on the support and covering at least the portion of the support that extends across the elongated opening, so that the membrane is supported on the support and disposed across the elongated opening. The assembly can further include a tube having a first end disposed in the reservoir and a second, fluid discharge end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: PureWick Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Sanchez, Camille R. Newton, Joseph M. Forehand, Raymond J. Newton