Patents Issued in February 20, 2024
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Patent number: 11909901Abstract: As a user interacts with a voice application, a history of the prompts played to the user and the users responses are displayed to the user. The displayed prompts and displayed responses could be summaries of the prompts and responses, or they could be full transcriptions of the prompts and responses. A user may be able to select a prompt or response in the history to return to a certain point in the voice application. It may be possible for a user to save a history of the interactions that occurred when a voice application was performed, and to recall the history to continue on from a selected location in the history.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Xtone, Inc.Inventors: Vishal Dhawan, Timothy M Price, Minoj Sindhwani
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Patent number: 11909902Abstract: A communication terminal and a method of providing a unified natural language interface to the same are disclosed. The method includes: determining, when text information containing many characters is created, whether the text information conforms to one of preset grammatical constraints; extracting, when the text information conforms to one of the grammatical constraints, tokens of one or more of characters from the text information, and extracting, when the text information does not conform to one of the grammatical constraints, one or more characters having an attribute probability higher than a reference probability as a token; and analyzing the extracted tokens to determine a function to handle the extracted tokens, and executing the determined function based on the extracted tokens.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Sogang University Research & Commercialization FoundationInventors: Myeong Gi Jeong, Young Hee Park, Kwang Choon Kim, Jung Yun Seo, Choong Nyoung Seon
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Patent number: 11909903Abstract: A system and a method of managing contact information of a terminal recognized by a vehicle include: a communication unit, which communicates with one or more terminals located in a vehicle and recognizes the terminal, and which receives information stored in the recognized terminal; a connection confirming unit which confirms a function, to which the terminal recognized through the communication unit is connected through communication, among the functions provided by an Audio, Video, and Navigation (AVN) system of the vehicle; a priority calculating unit, which calculates a priority of the terminal with respect to other terminals according to the connection between the terminal confirmed by the connection confirming unit and the function provided by the AVN system and generates priority list information for maintaining contact information stored in the terminal; and a contact information renewing unit, which downloads and stores the contact information stored in the terminal in a linked database according toType: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Hyun-Woo Lee, Seo-Hwan Choi, Seong-Soo Yae, Paul Choo
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Patent number: 11909904Abstract: A selectively handsfree communications module for use in high speed pursuits includes first and second switches, which are operationally engageable to a control panel of a first radio mounted in a first vehicle and to the first radio, respectively. The first radio is equipped for two-way communication with one or both of a base station and at least one second radio of a second vehicle. The second switch is engageable to a floorboard of the first vehicle and can be actuated by a foot of an operator. Programming code, which is selectively positionable on a microprocessor of the first radio, enables the microprocessor to accept signals from the first and second switches. Switching of the first switch signals the microprocessor to operate the first radio in a handsfree operational mode, wherein a microphone and a transceiver of the first radio are actuated upon actuation of the second switch.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Inventor: William Thielman
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Patent number: 11909905Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are directed an application program configured to run on a user's mobile device can allow voice-activated call pick-up to the user, without the user having to use his or her hands for picking up the call. For example, the application program can initially be trained to a user's voice command. When an incoming call is received at the mobile device, the user can pick up the call by issuing a voice command. In some embodiments, the application program can determine whether to allow voice-activated pick-up of calls based on data collected from multiple sensors associated with the vehicle, the mobile device, or a remote source.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.Inventor: Svitlana Trygubova
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Patent number: 11909906Abstract: According to a method for pushing a notification provided in some embodiments of the present disclosure, a to-be-notified event is obtained; a first notification condition and a second notification condition are determined; a first notification page is displayed on the display when the first notification condition is met, to display, to a user, first association information when the first notification condition is met, for example, event status information, to-be-executed behavior information, and operation association information; and a second notification page is displayed on the display when the second notification condition is met after the first notification page is displayed, to display, to the user, second association information when the second notification condition is met. A plurality of notification pages are pushed for a to-be-notified event, and each notification page is pushed when a notification condition is met as the event develops.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.Inventors: Guo Zhu, Dawei Li, Ning Ding, Yongning Wang, Bo Ye, Xueyan Huang
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Patent number: 11909907Abstract: A home session management function (SMF) of a home public land mobile network (PLMN) receives, from a visited SMF of a visited PLMN from a visited SMF of a visited PLMN, a request for creation of a packet data unit (PDU) session of a wireless device. The request comprises first charging policy information determined based on a first policy of the visited PLMN. The home SMF sends, to the visited SMF and based on the request, a second charging policy information comprising: a charging method for the PDU session; and a charging parameter indicating a charging level for the PDU session.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Ofinno, LLCInventors: Weihua Qiao, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Kyungmin Park, Peyman Talebi Fard, Jayshree Bharatia, Jinsook Ryu
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Patent number: 11909908Abstract: Embodiments relate to an apparatus comprising means configured for: obtaining echo response data representative of the echo response of a communication line, wherein the echo response data specifies the echo response based on two dimensions and includes first dimension data and second dimension data, determining at least one property of the communication line based on processing the echo response data with a neural network, wherein the neural network comprises at least: a first convolutional branch for processing the first dimension data, a second convolutional branch for processing the second dimension data, a dense part for processing the outputs of the first and second convolutional branches.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Nicolas Dupuis, Gert-Jan Stockman, Philippe Dierickx, Paschalis Tsiaflakis
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Patent number: 11909909Abstract: The invention comprises a method and a computer program for determining an originating telephone number of a telecommunications terminal and associating it with at least one data transmitted to a server in the course of an installation of application software on a telecommunications terminal or linked with a download of the application software or included in the downloaded application software. In the course of detecting the voice call setup request, no call setup is performed by the server.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TELL-SEC AGInventor: Karl-Wilhelm Homburg
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Patent number: 11909910Abstract: Voice and video features of a software platform are integrated to enable customization of software services of the software platform on a customer-basis. Routing rules are defined to route calls to certain phone numbers or extensions to certain software services. Thereafter, when a call is received via a telephony system associated with the software platform, a routing rule customized for the software platform is identified based on information signaled with the call, such as a phone number or extension dialed to place the call. A software service is determined based on the routing rule, and the phone is connected with the software system that provides the software service.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.Inventors: Walter F. C. Anderson, Brendan James Ittelson
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Patent number: 11909911Abstract: A system for centralized captioned telephone service (“C-CTS”), which includes a C-CTS system (“C-CTSS”) for providing a transcription service to a user subscribed to the C-CTS during a phone call with a peer; a mobile communications device of the user which includes a first phone number assigned from a carrier of the user; a communications device of the peer which includes a second phone number; and a plurality of caption providers that communicate with the C-CTSS. The first phone number is associated with the C-CTSS and each of the caption providers provides a captioned telephone service. A carrier of the first phone number includes a voice network, a data network, and a database that stores the first phone number of the user which is subscribed to the C-CTS. The C-CTSS includes a database that stores the first phone number of the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: MEZMO CORPORATIONInventors: Sungho Lee, Wonjae Cha, John H. Lee
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Patent number: 11909912Abstract: Methods and apparatus for call traffic anomaly mitigation are described herein. One or more embodiments include receiving a scoring request including a telephone number associated with a telephone call at a scoring device from a call processing entity, receiving a violator list of telephone numbers and their corresponding severity values at the scoring device from an anomaly analyzer, determining a severity value associated with the telephone number by performing a lookup operation in the violator list, performing a random simulation using the severity value as a probability to determine an indicator value, and inputting the indicator value into a model to determine a call reputation score.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc.Inventors: Shaun J. Bharrat, John W. Hutchins
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Patent number: 11909913Abstract: A spam call prevention apparatus 11 includes: a response unit 111 configured to convey, to a phone terminal of a sender of a call, a response that, in a case where the call from the sender is evaluated as a spam or a fraud by a receiver of the call, the sender is billed a sum of money corresponding to a probability of being evaluated as the spam or the fraud; a notification unit 112 configured to notify, when the sender has requested, in responding to the response, the call to the receiver, a phone terminal of the receiver of a request for returning an evaluation result of evaluating the call from the sender after the call between the sender and the receiver has ended; and a determination unit 114 configured to determine, when the call from the sender has been evaluated as the spam or the fraud in the evaluation result, the sum of money corresponding to the probability of being evaluated as the spam or the fraud, as a sum of billing.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventor: Kenji Terada
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Patent number: 11909914Abstract: A system for routing emergency events reported by IoT devices to nearby Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs), comprising an IoT server and a phone call server. The IoT server configured to receive emergency messages from IoT devices associated with users and distributed in a plurality of geographical regions and transmit the emergency messages indicative of emergency events relating to the associated users and comprise at least a location of the IoT devices to the phone call server which is configured to adjust call routing record(s) used by the PSTN to associate certain caller IDs with the location of the IoT devices, and initiate emergency call(s) to the PSTN using the certain caller IDs. The PSTN forwards emergency calls to PSAPs located in geographical regions nearest to the IoT devices determined based on between the location of the IoT devices and the certain caller IDs in the adjusted call routing record(s).Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Carbyne Ltd.Inventor: Alexander Dizengof
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Patent number: 11909915Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing 911 or enhanced 911 (“E911”) address update. In various embodiments, in response to a trigger event, a computing system may determine whether E911 address data associated with a customer that is stored in an E911 database requires updating. If so, the computing system may update the E911 database with address data associated with the customer that has been validated or verified (if available). Where no validated or verified address associated with the customer is available, the computing system may send a message to the customer to provide updated 911 or E911 address data; may receive, from a user device associated with the customer via an API over a network(s) operated by the service provider, updated 911 or E911 address data from the customer; and may update the E911 database with the received updated 911 or E911 address data from the customer.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Bridget McAndrew, Anne Kempen, Sudhir Dadi, Corey Curtis, Michael Robles, Kevin Michelsen
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Patent number: 11909916Abstract: A data subscription system provides emergency event data to receiving systems. The data subscription system includes an event emitter and a distribution module. The event emitter receives event data describing an event in a computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system; the event is related to an emergency call. The event emitter identifies a subscription subscribed to the event based on a tenant identifier identifying a CAD tenant associated with the event, and adds a data message with the event data to a queue for the identified subscription. The distribution module retrieves the data message from the queue, transforms the data message based on one or more filtering or formatting rules, and transmits the transformed data message to a receiving system associated with the subscription.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: RapidDeploy, Inc.Inventors: Ivor Chalton, Lidia Finn, James P. Algatt, Ryan Matthew Fouts, Noam Fein
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Patent number: 11909917Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described for dynamically navigating interactive communication systems. An example method may comprise: receiving, from a user device, sound waves or audio information, the sound waves or audio information indicative of a request to initiate an interactive communication session with a communication system of a biller or merchant; interpreting, based on the sound waves or audio information, an intent of the communication session and an identity of the biller or merchant; retrieving a predetermined interaction coding associated with the biller or merchant; and initiating the interactive communication session with the communication system of the biller or merchant based on the predetermined interaction coding.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: PAYMENTUS CORPORATIONInventor: Dushyant Sharma
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Patent number: 11909918Abstract: A universal contact center service access point is mapped to a service access point specific to a determined modality to establish a connection between a user device and a contact center operator device and associated with that modality. A request for a contact center engagement is obtained from a user device, in which the request includes a universal contact center service access point. Responsive to the request, the universal contact center service access point is mapped, based on a record associating multiple modalities with the universal contact center service access point, to a service access point specific to one of those multiple modalities determined based on information associated with the user device. The contact center engagement is then facilitated over a connection, established based on the mapping, between the user device and a contact center operator device associated with the service access point.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.Inventors: Jin Li, Xu Hua Li
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Patent number: 11909919Abstract: An enhanced routing system determines a service provider best suited to fulfill a user's request to interact and establishes a communication session between the user's client device and a device of the service provider. The enhanced routing system may use user characteristics and behavior to select the service provider. For example, the enhanced routing system receives a request to connect to a customer service system from a user who has recently started a new job and has been accessing a banking application on his mobile phone. The enhanced routing system may determine that a payroll service provider is best suited to fulfill the user's request. For example, the enhanced routing system uses a machine learning model that has been trained on previously fulfilled requests. In this way, the enhanced routing system improves upon systems that continuously prompt the user for information by selecting a service provider without overburdening the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: ZENPAYROLL, INC.Inventors: Brandon Anthony Scott, Aurobind Ravichandran, Matthew Surjana Oey, Gregory Shunsuke Wilson
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Patent number: 11909920Abstract: Systems and methods for selectively routing an unanswered communication session to a voicemail system based at least on a voicemail system identifier (FQDN) mapped to a voicemail pilot number (present within the voicemail routing profile) are described herein. The system generates the voicemail routing profile in response to a provisioning request that identifies one or more messaging services, including a voicemail service, that are to be provided to a user profile. The voicemail profile is stored within a database that is accessed to obtain the voicemail routing profile when a user device registers with a communication network and is associated with the user profile. The system utilizes internal lookup tables and repository functions to identify the voicemail system associated with the user profile and the voicemail routing profile in response to a communication session being unanswered.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: Dhurjati Brahma
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Patent number: 11909921Abstract: Systems and methods for social media music streaming may include (1) creating a digital video room for a group of users that is configured to alternate between a lobby state and a live state and, in response to a triggering event, (2) toggling between (i) a lobby interface, corresponding to the lobby state, that enables asynchronous digital exchanges between the users of the group and (ii) a live interface, corresponding to the live state, that enables synchronous video conferencing between the users of the group. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.Inventor: Debashish Paul
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Patent number: 11909922Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processing operations configured to provide processing that automatically analyzes acoustic signals from attendees of a live presentation and automatically triggers corresponding reaction indications from results of analysis thereof. Exemplary reaction indications provide feedback for live presentations that can be presented in real-time (or near real-time) without requiring a user to manually take action to provide any feedback. As a non-limiting example, reaction indications may be presented in a form that is easy to visualize and understand such as emojis or icons. Another example of a reaction indication is a graphical user interface (GUI) notification that provides a predictive indication of user intent derived from analysis of acoustic signals.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Ji Li, Amit Srivastava, Derek Martin Johnson, Priyanka Vikram Sinha, Konstantin Seleskerov, Gencheng Wu
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Patent number: 11909923Abstract: In one embodiment, a system provides for end-user control over the automatic recognition of communication situations by detection of unique telecommunication event characteristics and the consequential responses to those situations by invocation of related programmatic responses. The system allows an end user to specify various patterns of telecommunication event characteristics that describe various situational aspects of incoming communications, such as the timing and originator of voice calls, the content of, timing of, and author of chat messages, etc., as well as appropriate sets of programmatic response actions to be performed in response to those communications, such as initiating conference calls, sending chat messages, routing calls to other users, etc.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Eolas Technologies Inc.Inventors: Steven Carl Landers, Michael D. Doyle
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Patent number: 11909924Abstract: The vehicular communication system is a communication device. The vehicular communication system incorporates a primary control circuit, an exterior control circuit, and a vehicle. The vehicle further comprises a cab and an exterior surface. The primary control circuit mounts within the cab of the vehicle. The external control circuit mounts on the exterior surface of the vehicle. The primary control circuit forms a first wireless communication link with a personal data device. The primary control circuit enables hands free operation of the personal data device within the cab of the vehicle. The primary control circuit forms a second wireless communication link with the external control circuit. The external control circuit enables hands free operation of the personal data device from the exterior of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Inventor: Leroy Mealancon
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Patent number: 11909925Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an image forming apparatus, an information processing method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The information processing apparatus in response to completion of a specific software activation process in the controller, transmits an activation completion notification to the operation device and the operation device in response to receiving the activation completion notification, updates a timeout period of a timer started after activation of software of the operation device to a shorter period of time and restart the timer, and in a case data communication is not established on the communication path within the updated timeout period, detects a malfunction and notifies the controller of the malfunction, and the controller performs a recovery process.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Nobuyuki Nitta, Ryuuichi Satoh
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Patent number: 11909926Abstract: An information processing apparatus that allows unique setting of an image processing apparatus even when print is instructed from a cooperation application. The information processing apparatus is connected to the image processing apparatus, a tenant server that holds machine information including first setting information about the image processing apparatus, and a user terminal.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kiichi Hasegawa
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Patent number: 11909927Abstract: An image processing apparatus that communicates with a chat server which controls displaying of received image data in a talk room of a chat service provided by the chat server, based on received information about the talk room, and controls transmission of a notification, based on received user information on a notification destination user, the image processing apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read an image of a document to generate image data based on the image, a registration unit configured to register the talk room of the chat service and the notification destination user in association with an object, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data generated by reading of the reading unit, the information about the talk room, and the user information on the communication destination user to the chat server, in response to selection of the object.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takuya Ushinohama, Yoshihiro Tsukada
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Patent number: 11909928Abstract: An information processing apparatus that changes a state of a monitoring process that waits for image data from an image processing apparatus between a working state and a non-working state as necessary. The information processing apparatus includes a first transmission unit that transmits identification information about the information processing apparatus to the image processing apparatus, a reception unit that receives image data that is generated by scanning a document by the image processing apparatus and is transmitted from the image processing apparatus using the identification information, a second transmission unit that transmits the received image data to a predetermined application in the information processing apparatus, and a setting unit that sets as to whether the second transmission unit transmits the received image data to the predetermined application.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shoichi Kanno
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Patent number: 11909929Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for the virtualization, aggregation, and distributed processing of facsimile communications. The Remote FAX Interconnect known as etherFAX® is a system and method that allows for the reception and delivery of information based on cloud computing infrastructure to or from one or more facsimile systems using Internet/web based communication protocols such as HTTP(S) as the transport between a facsimile capable application or hardware and the remotely accessible etherFAX® services.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: EtherFAX, LLCInventors: Robert N. Cichielo, Paul J. Banco
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Patent number: 11909930Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a mount on which an object is placed and a support member that is provided on an upper surface of the mount and that supports a supported unit that provides at least one of an operation and a display regarding a process, the support member including a protruding portion that protrudes outward at a lower end of the support member and having a rod shape formed by joining plural members adjacent to each other in a direction along the upper surface, the protruding portion being embedded below the upper surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Takuma Ayabe, Tsutomu Shiihara
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Patent number: 11909931Abstract: A feeding device includes: a feeder that feeds a first medium disposed on a top of plural media loaded; a detector that detects at least one of a curved state and an inclination of the first medium and following media including a second medium disposed immediately below the first medium; and a modifier that modifies a condition related to a feeding operation of the feeder based on the at least one of the curved state and the inclination detected by the detector.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yohei Onoue, Hiroaki Fujikura, Yoshiyuki Kitazawa
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Patent number: 11909932Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a sensor configured to detect first information related to a physical property value of a sheet, the sheet to have an image formed thereon; and a processor configured to: obtain second information related to a brand of the sheet; and store the first information and the second information in a memory, the first information being detected by the sensor, the second information being obtained by the processor.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Takahiro Tsujimoto, Akinori Kimata, Kenichi Hayashi, Noriyuki Jinbo, Shiro Umeda
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Patent number: 11909933Abstract: A method of detecting a digital stamp pattern involves operating a scanning device to create a page image scanned from a document page, inputting the page image into a one-shot trained neural network, the one-shot trained neural network configured to recognize a copy-guard digital stamp pattern using one-shot learning, analyzing the page image using the one-shot trained neural network to detect the copy-guard digital stamp pattern, and on condition the copy-guard digital stamp pattern is detected, issuing an electronic alert.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventor: Dongpei Su
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Patent number: 11909934Abstract: A digital image processor includes a region proposal network configured to transform digital image inputs into region proposals and bounding box refinement logic configured to transform the region proposals by determining a first set of the region proposals exhibiting dense spacing, determining a second set of the region proposals exhibiting sparse spacing, executing a first transformation to merge at least some of the region proposals exhibiting dense spacing to generate refined region proposals, executing a second transformation to join at least some of the region proposals exhibiting sparse spacing to generate additional ones of the refined region proposals, and applying an expansion transformation to the refined region proposals.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Waqas Rasheed, Dongpei Su, Kilho Shin, Sheng Li
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Patent number: 11909935Abstract: An image forming apparatus provided to perform a setting process according to a written instruction includes an identifying unit configured to, with respect to a first command included in the written instruction, identify a second command to cancel a process executed with the first command, a creation unit configured to, in a case where an instruction to execute a process with the first command is given according to the written instruction, create a written instruction to execute the second command identified by the identifying unit, and a control unit configured to, according to a user operation, execute the written instruction created by the creation unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshikazu Hayami
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Patent number: 11909936Abstract: An image forming apparatus records identification information of an external memory and identification information of a scan job as a log when the external memory is attached to start the scan job. When the external memory is removed in the middle of the scan job, scan data is temporarily saved together with the identification information of the job. When the removed external memory is attached, for example, in a ready state, log data is referred to determine whether the external memory is that removed in the middle of the job and whether the scan data associated with the external memory is saved. When it is determined that the scan data is saved, the scan data is saved in the external memory.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki Ishikura
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Patent number: 11909937Abstract: A processing system includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor obtains first read data of a sample image for image data included in user desired job data for image formation, searches job data stored in a storage section for data of a similar image to an image included in the obtained first read data to detect the data of the similar image, outputs a list of the detected data of the similar image, causes an image forming apparatus to form an image based on selected data selected from the data included in the list, obtains second read data of the formed image, and performs color adjustment on the selected data based on the first read data and the second read data.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Tanmoy Majumder
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Patent number: 11909938Abstract: A printing method includes: a color space conversion step; a gradation determination step of determining whether a pixel group forms a gradation; and a gradation region ink amount calculation step of calculating an ink amount of the pixel group determined to form the gradation. The gradation region ink amount calculation step includes an array information acquisition step of acquiring whether pixel values are arranged linearly, in a planar manner, or in a polyhedron manner in a uniform color space, a grating color value calculation step of determining a grating color value which is a color value of a grating point in the array, a grating ink amount calculation step of calculating, using the determined grating color value, a grating ink amount which is an ink amount of the grating point in the array, and an interpolation calculation step of calculating an ink amount of the pixel group determined to form the gradation by interpolation using the calculated grating ink amount.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuko Yamamoto, Takahiro Kamada, Mitsuhiro Yamashita, Takuya Ono
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Patent number: 11909939Abstract: A method of generating image data by acquiring first image data having a tone value of each pixel for each color and generating second image data. Generating the second image data by selecting a first pixel of the first image data; binarizing the tone value of the first pixel in response to a comparison result showing that the tone value of the first pixel is greater than the first threshold, binarizing the tone value of the first pixel in response to a comparison result showing that the tone value of the first pixel is smaller than the second threshold, and binarizing the tone value of the first pixel in response to a comparison result showing that the tone value of the first pixel is equal to or less than the first threshold and is equal to or greater than the second threshold.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventor: Masashi Kubota
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Patent number: 11909940Abstract: Methods, systems and computer readable media for color management are described. In some implementations, the method can include accessing one or more buildup curves associated with a combination of a substrate, one or more colorants and a colorant dispenser. The method can also include accessing a design file specifying a design and including one or more layer files each specifying a layer color. The method can further include generating, for each layer color, a corresponding colorization recipe based on the one or more buildup curves. The method can also include creating a production job instruction/metadata file having a link to the design instruction/metadata file and including parameters associated with the colorant dispensing job to be carried out using the design instruction/metadata file.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Airdye Intellectual Property LLCInventors: Jesse Leskanic, Andy Parrott, Patrick Tak Fu Chong, Evan Randolph Smith, Daniel J. Fuller
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Patent number: 11909941Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes: a receiver configured to obtain a captured image resulting from image capture of exciting light that is shed on an observed object and is provided by way of the observed object, and of fluorescent light that is excited by the exciting light and is provided from the observed object; and an image processor configured to perform image processing on the captured image. A light receiving surface of the image sensor is provided with a color filter. The captured image includes plural pieces of first component information about colors corresponding to the spectral characteristics of the plurality of filter groups, respectively. The image processor is configured to generate second component information by combining at least two pieces of first component information, and perform color correction processing that corrects the plural pieces of first component information based on the second component information.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.Inventor: Tatsuya Deguchi
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Patent number: 11909942Abstract: There is provided a parallax detecting apparatus. A first obtainment unit obtains a first viewpoint image and a second viewpoint image that have different viewpoints from each other in a first direction. A second obtainment unit obtains displacement information that specifies a displacement amount in a second direction between positions in the first viewpoint image and the second viewpoint image corresponding to a same position in a shooting range. The displacement amount varies in conformity with a parallax amount between the positions. The second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. A calculation unit performs correlation calculation processing with respect to each of a plurality of reference regions corresponding to a plurality of reference positions in the second viewpoint image. A detection unit detects a parallax amount at a base position in the first viewpoint image based on calculated correlations.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shin Tanaka
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Patent number: 11909943Abstract: The invention relates to a food preparation entity comprising a cavity (2) for receiving food (3) to be prepared and at least two cameras (4, 5) for capturing images of the food (3) included in the cavity (2), wherein said cameras (4, 5) are positioned such that images are captured from different points of view, wherein each camera (4, 5) comprises a certain field of view (4.1, 5.1), wherein immediately adjacent fields of view (4.1,5.1) of said cameras (4, 5) at least partially overlap and wherein a processing entity (6) is provided which is configured to calculate three-dimensional information of the food (3) included in the cavity (2) based on the images provided by the cameras (4, 5).Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Electrolux Appliances AktiebolagInventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Thorben Schiffler, Kersten Kaiser
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Patent number: 11909944Abstract: Dynamic calibration of cameras in a stereoscopic configuration may include: determining a disparity between first image data from a first camera and second image data from a second camera, wherein the first camera and the second camera are in a stereoscopic configuration, and wherein the disparity comprises a difference in placement of one or more objects in the first image data relative to the second image data; and adjusting one or more of the first camera or the second camera, based on the disparity and sensor data from a sensor other than the first camera and the second camera, to calibrate the stereoscopic configuration of the first camera and the second camera to achieve stereoscopic camera distance functionality.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: GHOST AUTONOMY INC.Inventors: Volkmar Uhlig, Prannay Khosla, Shaun M. Pacheco, Mohammadamin Khajehnejad, Ying Li, Bobak Farzin
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Patent number: 11909945Abstract: A display control device includes a first acquisition unit that acquires first viewpoint position information, and a first control unit that performs a control of displaying a first viewpoint video selected from among a plurality of viewpoint videos generated based on images obtained by imaging an imaging region from a plurality of viewpoint positions on a first display unit, in which the first control unit performs a control of displaying first specific information for specifying a first viewpoint position in the first viewpoint video in a case in which the first viewpoint position indicated by the acquired first viewpoint position information is included in the first viewpoint video and performs a control of changing a display size of the first specific information depending on an angle of view of the first viewpoint video displayed on the first display unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Fuminori Irie, Takashi Aoki, Kazunori Tamura, Masahiko Miyata
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Patent number: 11909946Abstract: A parallax barrier according to an example can include a first substrate and a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and second substrate, at least one insulating layer on the first substrate, a first electrode on the second substrate, a second electrode and a third electrode on the insulating layer to generate electric field in order to transmit and block selectively an image, a plurality of first spacers on the first substrate, and a plurality of second spacers on the second substrate. The first spacers and the second spacers can be formed in regions corresponding to each to maintain gap between the first substrate and the second substrate. Further, the first spacers can be spaced apart from the corresponding second spacers by a predetermined distance.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong-Ku Lee, Wook Jeon, Hee-Jin Im, You-Yong Jin
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Patent number: 11909947Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for displaying an image in a direction towards an observer observing the image from a viewpoint. The method comprises providing a display system including a tracking system for tracking or detecting the position of the observer, a display screen having a plurality of image pixels for displaying the image, a controller for controlling the direction of light emitted from said display screen, and a processing unit for generating a buffer image from a data source. The method further comprises tracking the observer and generating tracking data to the processing unit, generating the buffer image and embedding the tracking data as embedded data in the buffer image, outputting the buffer image to the display screen and displaying the image on the display screen, and reading the embedded data by the controller and directing light from the display screen in a direction towards the viewpoint.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Realfiction Lab ApSInventor: Steen Svendstorp Krener-Iversen
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Patent number: 11909948Abstract: A multiview backlight, multiview display, and method of multiview backlight operation include reflective multibeam elements configured to provide emitted light having directional light beams with directions corresponding to view directions of a multiview image. The multiview backlight includes a light guide configured to guide light and an array of the reflective multibeam elements, each reflective multibeam element including a plurality of reflective sub-elements and being configured to reflectively scatter out a portion of the guided light as the emitted light. The multiview display includes the multiview backlight and an array of light valves to modulate the directional light beams to provide the multiview image.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: LEIA INC.Inventors: David A. Fattal, Thomas Hoekman, Colton Bukowsky, Ming Ma
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Patent number: 11909949Abstract: A display panel, a display method thereof and a display device are provided. The display panel includes cylindrical lens array on light emitting side of display substrate. The display substrate includes back plate, pixel definition layer and sub-pixel unit array on back plate. Each sub-pixel unit is in pixel region defined by pixel definition layer and includes at least two secondary sub-pixels; and cylindrical lenses are corresponding to sub-pixel units, each cylindrical lens has cylindrical surface away from back plate, and focus point on surface of a sub-pixel unit away from back plate. In the display panel, multi-viewpoints parallax 3D display compatible with near-to-eye light field display and 2D display with sub-pixels of same gray scale is achieved, effectively reducing the crosstalk, improving Moire phenomenon and increasing stereo perception of the parallax 3D display and solving visual fatigue due to conflict between monocular focusing and binocular convergence.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Jian Gao
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Patent number: 11909950Abstract: Systems and methods for evaluating the performance of three-dimensional (3D) sensors can include, for example, obtaining, via a 3D sensor in a testing apparatus, range information of a scene within a field-of-view (FOV) of the 3D sensor. The scene includes a plurality of targets disposed within the testing apparatus. Each of the plurality of targets is located at a different distance from the 3D sensor in the testing apparatus. A validation of the performance of the 3D sensor at the different distances is performed at a same point in time, based on the range information. An indication of a result of the validation is provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Karl Bernard Swanson, Gregory Cartagena, Jing Ma, Olugbenga Osibodu, Albert William Saunders, IV, Stephen A. Caldara, William Joseph Klein, Dincer Bozkaya, Sara Jean Woo