Transparency (mixing Color Values) Patents (Class 345/592)
  • Patent number: 11967017
    Abstract: A computing system, having stored thereon a design software, is configured to generate a design file representing a three-dimensional space that embodies a design. The computing system is further configured to render a three-dimensional view of the three-dimensional space in a graphical user interface. In response to receiving a user input of placing a three-dimensional object in the three-dimensional space, the computing system then renders the three-dimensional object in the three-dimensional view of the three-dimensional space in the graphical user interface as a silhouette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: DIRTT ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LTD., ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Blodgett, Paul Williams Mattson
  • Patent number: 11968344
    Abstract: A watermark image may be generated that includes a first set of encoded pixels each of which is assigned a first transparency value and a second set of encoded pixels each of which is assigned a second transparency value, the second transparency level being different from the first transparency level. The encoded pixels may be distributed among a set of blank pixels such that each encoded pixel neighbors one or more blank pixels in the watermark image, and in particular at least two blank pixels in the watermark image. Herein, each blank pixel may be assigned the second transparency value. The watermark image may be overlaid and blended over a background source image to create an encoded source image. A decoder system may recover encoded information from the encoded source image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Abdullah Hassan Gharaibeh, Michal Dabrowski, Ryan Matthew Haggarty, Igor Foox-Rapoport, Wan Wang, Duncan Geoffrey Hector Wood, Dany Kuminov, Matthew Young-Lai, Bhavin Vyas, George Jacob Levitte, Jean Semere
  • Patent number: 11958496
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device for recognizing an intention of a driver for a lane change assistant in an at least partially autonomous motor vehicle, a corresponding system, and a method and computer program. It is provided that steering of a driver does not directly cause lateral acceleration, as is currently the case, but rather serves the vehicle as an input medium for the intention of the driver to imminently initiate lateral acceleration, for example a turn-off procedure or a change of travel lane. As a result of the signal from the control element, a safe, drivable trajectory that will subsequently be traveled automatically by the vehicle is calculated. This may also include more complex driving maneuvers, such as a change of multiple travel lanes. As a result, driving is made more convenient and safer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Stefan Gläser, Monique Engel
  • Patent number: 11949831
    Abstract: Systems and methods relate generally to exposure correction of an image transparency. In an example method thereof, an adaptable filter having an adjustable transparency panel and a microcontroller is obtained. The image transparency is backlit to obtain first analog image information by the adaptable filter. An exposure level associated with the first analog image information is sensed. A transparency level of the adjustable transparency panel is adjusted responsive to the sensed exposure level. Second analog image information is obtained from the adjustable transparency panel provided to a sensor array. The second analog image information is the first analog image information with the adjusted transparency level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Pugh
  • Patent number: 11940639
    Abstract: In some implementations, an optical device includes a one-way mirror formed by a polarization selective mirror and an absorptive polarizer. The absorptive polarizer has a transmission axis aligned with the transmission axis of the reflective polarizer. The one-way mirror may be provided on the world side of a head-mounted display system. Advantageously, the one-way mirror may reflect light from the world, which provides privacy and may improve the cosmetics of the display. In some implementations, the one-way mirror may include one or more of a depolarizer and a pair of opposing waveplates to improve alignment tolerances and reduce reflections to a viewer. In some implementations, the one-way mirror may form a compact integrated structure with a dimmer for reducing light transmitted to the viewer from the world.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Magic leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Chulwoo Oh, Ravi Kumar Komanduri, David Kleinman, Vaibhav Mathur, David Manly
  • Patent number: 11929006
    Abstract: A display device of the present disclosure includes an image display device and a control unit, in which the image display device includes an image formation device, and an optical device that displays an image emitted from the image formation device in front of an observer while superimposing the image on a real image of an outside world, the control unit controls an operation of the image formation device, and in a case where a black display edge that is an edge of an area where black is displayed exists in the image, the control unit performs reversing processing and luminance increasing processing of the black display edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Ogawa, Atsushi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11921997
    Abstract: User interfaces and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, a plurality of source artifacts is displayed. A selector is operable to indicate a selected set of the source artifacts. An output artifact is displayed having an output attribute that represents a combination of source attributes from the source artifacts in the selected set. An amount of contribution to the first output attribute by respective ones of the source artifacts in the first selected set is based on a coordinate of the selector relative to coordinates of the source attributes in the first selected set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Janne Hellsten, Tero Tapani Karras, Samuli Matias Laine
  • Patent number: 11900545
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for creating effects based on facial features. A mesh comprising a set of vertices based on detecting key points of at least one facial part may be created. A mask may be created based on rendering the mesh. A filter may be created by applying a function to a texture based on the mask. A portion of at least one image may be extracted based at least in part on the mask. The portion may correspond to the at least one facial part. An effect may be created on the extracted portion using the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Lemon Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael Schager, Zhe Huang, Kewei Chen, Nite Luo, Clement Boissiere
  • Patent number: 11887288
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes display control means for displaying, on display means, a blend image obtained by performing blend processing at a variable transmissivity in accordance with an instruction of an operator using an optical coherence tomography (OCT) image and an OCT angiography (OCTA) image of mutually corresponding regions in a subject that are acquired by an OCT, setting means for setting a region of interest in the displayed blend image, and execution means for executing processing on the set region of interest in at least one image of the OCT image and the OCTA image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Yamazoe, Yoshihiko Iwase, Riuma Takahashi, Hiroki Uchida, Ritsuya Tomita
  • Patent number: 11887507
    Abstract: A virtual reality system for use with law enforcement training is described. Simulation software receives a selection of a base scenario layout from a first user and an action associated with a parameter of the scenario to modify the scenario. The simulation software transmits the modified scenario to a user interface of a head-mounted display worn by a second user freely roaming a physical environment of the virtual reality system. The physical environment is defined at least partially by a physical coordinate system. The simulation software receives position data associated with an object and captured by one or more cameras within the physical environment, determines a position of the object from the position data, generates a virtual reality image of the object, adds the virtual reality image of the object into the modified scenario, and transmits the updated scenario to the user interface of the head-mounted display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Rotem Shiffman, Elad Dabush
  • Patent number: 11875602
    Abstract: An example non-transitory machine-readable storage medium includes instructions to, when executed by the processor, capture an image of a face of a user viewing a display device, identify a light source in the image, and identify light from the display device reflecting off the face of the user. The example instructions are also executable to determine a signature of the light in the image by 1) positively weighting a light measurement from the light source in the image and 2) negatively weighting a light measurement emanating from the display device and reflecting off the face of the user. The example instructions are also executable to modify a display device setting based on the signature of the light in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventor: Lee Atkinson
  • Patent number: 11861071
    Abstract: A local perspective method and device of a virtual reality equipment and a virtual reality equipment are disclosed. The method comprises: identifying a user's hand action; triggering a local perspective function of the virtual reality equipment if the user's hand action satisfies a preset trigger action; and under the local perspective function, determining a local perspective display area in a virtual scene according to a position of the user's hand action, so as to display a real scene in the local perspective display area. The local perspective method of the virtual reality equipment according to the present disclosure can determine the range of the area to be perspectively displayed by using the user's hand action. Compared with the conventional global perspective solution, it can be applicable to more and richer application scenarios, and can greatly improve the user's use experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: QINGDAO PICO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming Zhang
  • Patent number: 11842470
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes display control means for displaying, on display means, a blend image obtained by performing blend processing at a variable transmissivity in accordance with an instruction of an operator using an optical coherence tomography (OCT) image and an OCT angiography (OCTA) image of mutually corresponding regions in a subject that are acquired by an OCT, setting means for setting a region of interest in the displayed blend image, and execution means for executing processing on the set region of interest in at least one image of the OCT image and the OCTA image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Yamazoe, Yoshihiko Iwase, Riuma Takahashi, Hiroki Uchida, Ritsuya Tomita
  • Patent number: 11829121
    Abstract: An industrial integrated development environment (IDE) supports a virtual design environment that allows an automation system designer to perform project development via interaction with a virtual reality presentation of the plant facility. The industrial design environment can generate system project data for an automation project—including but not limited to device selections, industrial control programming, device configurations, visualizations, engineering drawings, etc. —based on the developer's manual interactions with the virtual reality presentation. These interactions can include, for example, placing and moving machines or other industrial assets within the virtualized environment, defining trajectories of motion devices or robots using manual gestures, or other such interactive input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew R Stump, Anthony Carrara, Eashwer Srinivasan, Christopher W Como, Sharon M Billi-Duran
  • Patent number: 11823449
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to detecting changes to a firebreak line in an environment. Aspects include obtaining a reference aerial image of an area of interest and a current aerial image of the area of interest and identifying, based on the reference aerial image, one or more firebreak lines in the area of interest. Aspects also include identifying, based on a comparison of the reference aerial image and the current aerial image, an anomaly in at least one of the one or more firebreak lines. Aspects further include transmitting an alert, based on detecting the anomaly, the alert including an indication of the detected anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paulo Henrique Graf Fernandes, Juscelino Candido De Lima Junior, Deborah Bruna Berto, Erich Casagrande Perusso, Paulo Henrique Almeida Cavoto
  • Patent number: 11822023
    Abstract: The purpose is to provide a navigation information device and a navigation information processing method capable of excellently grasping a surrounding situation of own ship and improving a visibility of a detection result by a sonar. The navigation information device is provided with a surrounding information generating module for generating surrounding information around the ship itself, a sonar information generating module for generating sonar information indicating the detection result by the sonar, and a display control module for performing control for enlarging one display area of a surrounding screen on which the surrounding information is displayed and a sonar screen on which the sonar information is displayed and reducing the other display area, as compared with corresponding display area before satisfying the predetermined condition, when the predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Komiyama
  • Patent number: 11796822
    Abstract: A modular sensor and display module comprises an enclosure with a rigid frame and front and back visor lens encapsulating sensors, waveguide optics, and display/projection devices that provide various functions for a typical head-mounted device. A front visor may conceal sensors and other components and may further provide dimming for holographic displays. The modular sensor and display module may include a standard interface for attachment to various fit systems, including, for example, headband, VR headset, glasses temples, helmet, and the like. A further module, such as a rear-attachment module, may be provided that can provide auxiliary compute, storage, and power resources for the modular sensor and display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Nicolas Denhez, Paul Andrew Bosveld, Louis Berger, Young Duk Song, Erik Holverson, Eric Witt
  • Patent number: 11763200
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining predictive model types are provided. A method may include generating a predictive model for a web page of a web site, wherein the web page includes a configuration defining one or more objects presented with the web page, and wherein each object is associated with a predictive model. The method may include determining one or more predictive model types that are associated with the predictive model, determining one or more performance indicators that correspond to each determined predictive model type, wherein performance indicators represent one or more benefits to a website, selecting a predictive model type of the predictive model out of the one or more predictive model types, wherein the predictive model type is selected based on a performance indicator corresponding to the selected predictive model type, and determining a configuration of the web page using the selected predictive model type of the predictive model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LIVEPERSON, INC.
    Inventors: Shlomo Lahav, Ofer Ron
  • Patent number: 11741673
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for mirroring 3D content from a first display (which may be a handheld 2D display) to a second display (which may be a 3D display, such as a light field display). The 3D content is initially displayed (e.g. as a 2D projection) on a the first display. The relative positions and/or orientations of the first and second displays are determined. The position of a user viewing the content may also be determined or may be inferred from the position and orientation of the first display. The second display is provided with information used to display the 3D content with a size and/or orientation that preserves the original apparent size and/or apparent orientation of that content from the perspective of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS
    Inventors: Tatu V. J. Harviainen, Marko Palviainen
  • Patent number: 11699259
    Abstract: A photo filter (e.g., artistic/stylized painting) light field effect system includes an eyewear device having a frame, a temple connected to a lateral side of the frame, and a depth-capturing camera. Execution of programming by a processor configures the stylized image painting effect system to apply a photo filter selection to: (i) a left raw image or a left processed image to create a left photo filter image, and (ii) a right raw image or a right processed image to create a right photo filter image. The stylized image painting effect system generates a photo filter stylized painting effect image with an appearance of a spatial rotation or movement, by blending together the left photo filter image and the right photo filter image based on a left image disparity map and a right image disparity map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventor: Sagi Katz
  • Patent number: 11699267
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of displaying overlapping objects is performed at a device including an optical see-through display, one or more processors, and a non-transitory memory. The method includes obtaining a request to display a first object in front of a second object. The method includes modifying a transparency of the first object in a region corresponding to an overlap between the first object and the second object. The method includes displaying the first object in front of the second object while maintaining visibility of the second object through the overlap between the first object and the second object based on the modified transparency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Tobias Eble
  • Patent number: 11691071
    Abstract: A method of providing an augmented reality game environment within a game space includes obtaining, by a processor, sensor data for the game space, determining, by the processor, a position of a player in the game space based on the sensor data, generating, by the processor, player image data of a peripersonal boundary of the player based on the determined position of the player for rendering a representation of the peripersonal boundary in the game space, the peripersonal boundary being disposed about, and spaced from, the determined position, obtaining, by the processor, player data for the player via an input modality, the player data being indicative of a player directive to modulate the peripersonal boundary, adjusting, by the processor, a size of the peripersonal boundary as a function of the player data, and updating, by the processor, the player image data based on the adjusted size of the peripersonal boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Roland Graf, Hun Seok Kim, Sun Young Park
  • Patent number: 11683606
    Abstract: An imaging device of the present disclosure includes a plurality of pixels each including a light receiving element that performs photoelectric conversion on incident light to generate an electrical signal, the pixels outputs a detection signal when detecting that an amount of change of the electrical signal exceeds a predetermined threshold, and a control section that reads out, when pixels of a pixel combination of two or more pixels including a pixel of interest both output detection signals, the detection signals. Further, electronic equipment of the present disclosure includes the imaging device including the plurality of pixels and a detection section that have the above-mentioned configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Futa Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11636631
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for displaying vehicle information for an on-demand service. The method may include sending a request for on-demand service to a server. The method may further include obtaining information of a vehicle related to the request for on-demand service. The information of the vehicle may include color information of the vehicle. The method may further include generating, by a processor, a user interface based on the information of the vehicle. The user interface may include at least one user interface element corresponding to the color information of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fenglong Nie
  • Patent number: 11620789
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for managing placement of transducer arrays on a subject/patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Novocure GmbH
    Inventors: Hadas Sara Hershkovich, Zeev Bomzon, Gil Zigelman, Shira Luk-Zilberman, Ori Kook, Oren Ben Zion Bakalo
  • Patent number: 11614619
    Abstract: Systems and methods for headset windowing may include determining a geometry of a first object used with a computing system in a work space; determining, based on information received from a sensor, when the user wearing a VR headset tilts their head to bring the first object into view of the VR headset; and displaying a first window on a display of the VR headset, the first window being dimensioned to conform to the geometry of the first object in view of the headset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
    Inventors: Juergen Stark, Michael Stark
  • Patent number: 11564606
    Abstract: The signal quality of an electrophysiological signal can be determined from information regarding proximal stability of an electrophysiology catheter at the time the signal is acquired and temporal stability of the electrophysiological signal. The proximal stability information can include a distance between the electrophysiology catheter and an anatomical surface, a velocity of the electrophysiology catheter, and/or contact force between the electrophysiology catheter and the anatomical surface. Graphical representations of signal quality scores can be output to a display in order to enable visualization thereof by a practitioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan O. Mangual-Soto, Louis-Philippe Richer, Chunlan Jiang, Cyrille Casset, Craig Markovitz
  • Patent number: 11570366
    Abstract: An image capturing control apparatus that enables a user to recognize a transparency of OSD for recording. A system controller sets a transparency of OSD superimposed on a captured LV image and sets whether or not to record the captured image in a state combined with the OSD, as an image file. The OSD is displayed in a state superimposed on the LV image at a transparency of OSD for display, regardless of a setting concerning recording of the image file, and in a case where it is set to record the LV image in the state combined with the OSD, the OSD is displayed according to a specific operation, in a state superimposed on the LV image, at a transparency of OSD for recording, regardless of the transparency of OSD for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shimpei Kitai
  • Patent number: 11551603
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a data driver and a frequency controller. The display panel displays an image based on an input image data. The data driver outputs a data voltage to the display panel. The frequency controller determines a driving frequency of the display panel based on the input image data and a play speed setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sehyuk Park, Hongsoo Kim, Jinyoung Roh, Hyojin Lee, Jaekeun Lim
  • Patent number: 11443008
    Abstract: Controlling contents of interfaces may include receiving multiple interfaces presented on a display screen. The multiple interfaces may include at least one primary task interface and each of the multiple interfaces may present at least one content item. A user engagement level with respect to content items presented via the multiple interfaces may be estimated. A degree of user effectiveness with respect to progression toward completing a primary task presented via the primary task interface may be determined. A content item may be selected from the multiple interfaces based on the user engagement level and the degree of user effectiveness. A presentation of the selected content item may be made in a controlled manner on an unused portion of at least one of the multiple interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Komminist Weldemariam, Shikhar Kwatra, John D. Wilson, Ashley D. Gritzman, Tonya Nyakeya
  • Patent number: 11443465
    Abstract: A method is provided for gathering probe data and using the gathered data to create map intersection turn paths. Methods may include: receiving probe data from a plurality of probes passing through an intersection; identifying a turn maneuver of the intersection including an incoming road link and an outgoing road link; generating a curve of the turn maneuver based on a geometry of the intersection and a scaling factor; filtering the probe data based on the generated curve to obtain remaining probe data; fitting a spline to the remaining probe data to generate a turn path representative of the turn maneuver; and providing for guidance of a vehicle based on the spline of the turn path. Embodiments including apparatuses and computer program products for creating map intersection turn paths are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.
    Inventor: Ole Henry Dorum
  • Patent number: 11403962
    Abstract: A weld training device to provide a trainee with a real-world look and feel of a welding torch without the need to provide a welding arc. The weld training device provides adaptive vibration to simulate a welding operation. The weld training tracks performance and provides feedback to a trainee via a local display and/or via a communication to an external computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Joseph C. Schneider
  • Patent number: 11398198
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display panel disposed closer to an observer and a second display panel disposed farther from the observer than the first display panel. An image display region of the second display panel is larger than an image display region of the first display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignees: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD., PASONA KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS INC.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Koudo, Tetsuo Fukami
  • Patent number: 11385778
    Abstract: A computing device can be running a current context and displaying a current interface for the current context when a communication is received on the device. The device can display an alert on a portion of a display screen in conjunction with the current interface being displayed. The alert can include information about the communication, which can allow a user to better determine whether or not the communication requires immediate attention. If the user ignores the alert, it will disappear in a specified amount of time. If the user chooses to deal with the communication, he/she can tap on the alert to bring up an overlay interface for replying to the communication without having to switch to another application specifically configured for handling (e.g., viewing, replying to) the communication. After the user replies to the communication using the overlay interface, he/she can be automatically brought back to the current interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy T. Gray, Aaron Michael Donsbach
  • Patent number: 11361549
    Abstract: A method for scene frame matching for automatic content recognition. The method includes receiving fingerprints indicative of frames of a media stream. The method also includes obtaining scene centroids of corresponding scenes of the media stream. Each scene includes fingerprints ranging from an initial frame having a corresponding initial fingerprint and a last frame having a corresponding last fingerprint. Each scene centroid represents a mean of fingerprints corresponding to a respective scene. The mean of fingerprints is determined by an average of pixel values corresponding to the fingerprints of the respective scene. For each scene centroid, the method includes determining a distance between the respective scene centroid and a target fingerprint of a corresponding target frame of the media stream and determining a target scene of the target frame as being the respective scene of the scene centroid having a shortest distance to the target fingerprint of the target frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventor: Juikun Chen
  • Patent number: 11361510
    Abstract: A plurality of visualization objects may be provided for representing one or more data sets in a virtual 3D space. The visualization objects may include funnels, containers, name cards, and so forth. The visualization objects can be arranged in a circular carousel that can be rotated around a position of a virtual camera or user in a VR/AR environment. Individual data points in the visualization objects can be rotated, sized, positioned, colored, or otherwise characterized based on attributes of the corresponding data points. Individual data points can also be animated as transitioning between visualization objects in a unified view. Voice commands can be interpreted as part of an interactive environment that can provide views of the visualization objects to multiple devices simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin L. Moroze, Brendon Charles Glazer, Kapaya Katongo, Kris L. Hanson, Hendrik van den Broek
  • Patent number: 11321889
    Abstract: A multi-layer light source includes an emissive layer and a textured lighting gel layer, the lighting gel layer being situated between the emissive layer and a 2D canvas or a 3D object. User inputs controlling the multi-layer light source are received, these user inputs being provided with the user interacting with the 2D canvas without switching to editing in 3D space. The multi-layer light source is configured based on the user inputs and, based on the configuration, emission of light rays from the multi-layer light source is determined. Areas of shadows cast by 3D objects are also determined. An image generation system determines, a color of a location (e.g., a pixel) on the 2D canvas or the 3D object that a light ray intersects based on the color that is in the lighting gel layer that the light ray passes through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Sun, Vineet Batra, Sumit Dhingra, Nathan Aaron Carr, Ankit Phogat
  • Patent number: 11244491
    Abstract: Provided are a method for exiting a split-screen, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The method includes the following. An instruction for exiting a split-screen is received. Current window information of a current window is obtained. First window information and first animation information are obtained according to the current window information. The first animation information is adjusted. The first window is drawn according to the first window information, first animation is obtained according to the first animation information adjusted, and switch, with the first animation, from the current window to the first window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Liangjing Fu, Tongxi Li, Dan Cao, Zhiyong Lin
  • Patent number: 11200716
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide systems and methods for overlay contrast control in augmented reality displays. In an example method, contrast enhancement data including data describing at least a portion of a background image for presentation under an informational overlay on a display device is accessed. The informational overlay includes at least one of a graphical element or a textual element to partially obscure a scene. Data identifying at least a portion of the information overlay under which the background image is to be presented is generated. The background image is presented on a display device atop the portion of the scene corresponding to the portion of the informational overlay, and the information overlay is presented on the display device atop the background image and the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: OPENTV, INC.
    Inventor: John Tinsman
  • Patent number: 11107444
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses may provide for technology to reduce rendering overhead associated with light field displays. The technology may conduct data formatting, re-projection, foveation, tile binning and/or image warping operations with respect to a plurality of display planes in a light field display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Travis Schluessler, Abhishek Venkatesh, John Gierach, Tomer Bar-On, Devan Burke
  • Patent number: 11062637
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit including a first pixel having a first color sub-pixel and a second color sub-pixel and a second pixel having a third color sub-pixel and another second color sub-pixel, an input gamma unit that converts first through third color grayscale data into first through third color luminance data, a buffer unit that stores the first through third color luminance data of a last pixel-column, a vertical rendering unit that increases the first and third color luminance data of the last pixel-column by using the first through third color luminance data of the last pixel-column as first and third color luminance data of an absent pixel-column adjacent to the last pixel-column, and an output gamma unit that converts the first through third color luminance data into the first and second color grayscale data or the third and second color grayscale data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventors: Geun Young Jeong, Weon Jun Choe
  • Patent number: 11042923
    Abstract: Apparatus, article of manufacture and methods for recommending a jewelry item that comprise receiving, at a jewelry interface, user-input data regarding: a selection of at least one jewelry item. The at least one jewelry item comprises a plurality of characteristics. User-input data also includes an indication of a level of importance for at least one characteristic of a jewelry item. Each level of importance corresponds to a co-efficient. An ideal profile is computed based in part on the selection of the at least one jewelry item and the indication of the level of importance, an ideal profile. A matching algorithm is applied to a plurality of jewelry items stored in an inventory. Based on the matching algorithm, at least one recommended jewelry item is identified as most closely matching the ideal profile. An indication of the at least one recommended jewelry item is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventors: Brian Watkins, Alex Berg, Josh Marion, Matthew Jordan Kirk, Simon Tam
  • Patent number: 11026570
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first acquisition portion acquiring a front image of an eye fundus, a second acquisition portion acquiring an En-Face image on the basis of a plurality of tomographic images of the eye fundus, and a display control portion controlling a display unit to display the En-Face image in a superimposed relation to the front image. The display control portion changes a depth range, at the eye fundus, of the En-Face image superimposed on the front image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Machida, Yukio Sakagawa
  • Patent number: 11030793
    Abstract: A photo filter (e.g., artistic/stylized painting) light field effect system includes an eyewear device having a frame, a temple connected to a lateral side of the frame, and a depth-capturing camera. Execution of programming by a processor configures the stylized image painting effect system to apply a photo filter selection to: (i) a left raw image or a left processed image to create a left photo filter image, and (ii) a right raw image or a right processed image to create a right photo filter image. The stylized image painting effect system generates a photo filter stylized painting effect image with an appearance of a spatial rotation or movement, by blending together the left photo filter image and the right photo filter image based on a left image disparity map and a right image disparity map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventor: Sagi Katz
  • Patent number: 11024247
    Abstract: An electronic device, including an antenna, includes a pixel array, a control circuit, and a gate driver. The control circuit is coupled with the antenna, and configured to receive a RF signal from the antenna. The gate driver is coupled with the control circuit and the pixel array, and includes multiple shift registers. Each of the multiple shift registers is configured to output a scan signal to the pixel array. The control circuit is configured to output a triggering signal to a first-stage shift register of the multiple shift registers. When the control circuit receives the RF signal, the triggering signal has a triggering pulse. When the first-stage shift register receives the triggering pulse, the first-stage shift register outputs the scan signal having an enabling voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ya-Ting Lin, Chung-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 10984238
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present invention provides a semi-supervised automatic marking method for spartina alterniflora in a hyperspectral image. According to the semi-supervised automatic marking method for spartina alterniflora in a hyperspectral image provided by the present invention, based on the dimensionality reduction on 108-dimensional data of 18 wave bands, unsupervised clustering is performed by the fast clustering algorithm based on the local density, and then the clustering result is matched with a marked spartina alterniflora data set, so that completely automatic marking of the data is realized, and automatic marking for spartina alterniflora is realized. The embodiment of the present invention also provides a semi-supervised automatic marking device for spartina alterniflora in a hyperspectral image. Through the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the present invention, recognition and marking for spartina alterniflora can be realized accurately and effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
    Inventors: Xin Liu, Yuqiang Sun, Guangbo Ren, Yabin Hu, Hongzhan Sun
  • Patent number: 10959545
    Abstract: An image display device includes an image display unit including a display panel, a shelf board, and an illumination unit. The display panel is switchable between an image display mode in which an image is displayed and a transmissive mode in which the display panel is in a transmissive state where objects behind image display unit is visible in a front view of the display panel. The shelf board is disposed projecting rearward from the rear surface of image display unit, and extends in the lateral direction. The illumination unit is disposed above the shelf board and emits light downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ina, Tadahiro Kugimaru, Ryouji Onishi, Jun Araya
  • Patent number: 10950159
    Abstract: An information display method and an information display system are provided. The information display method includes: capturing a background image of an information display area of the transparent display; using critical contrast values and color levels of the background image to calculate a display threshold; using the color levels of the background image and color levels of display information to calculate a recognition evaluation score; and determining whether the recognition evaluation score is greater than or equal to the display threshold. If the recognition evaluation score is greater than or equal to the display threshold, the display information is displayed in the information display area. If the recognition evaluation score is less than the display threshold, an optimized display parameter is calculated by using the display threshold, and optimized display information is displayed in the information display area of the transparent display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yi-Shou Tsai, Shin-Hong Kuo, Yu-Hsiang Liu
  • Patent number: 10930230
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display panel disposed closer to an observer and a second display panel disposed farther from the observer than the first display panel. An image display region of the second display panel is larger than an image display region of the first display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD., PASONA KNOWLEDGE PARTNER INC.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Koudo, Tetsuo Fukami
  • Patent number: 10916044
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of allowing a user to more intuitively perform operations for synthesis, the information processing apparatus including: a control unit configured to generate a synthesized object model by synthesizing a first object model and a second object model, and cause the generated synthesized object model to be displayed in association with an image corresponding to the first object model or the second object model. The control unit causes the first object model or the second object model to be moved, for the synthesis, in response to an input based on a user's motion with respect to a screen on which an object model or an image corresponding to the object model is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Imoto, Tomoya Narita