Graphic Manipulation (object Processing Or Display Attributes) Patents (Class 345/619)
  • Patent number: 11797367
    Abstract: In some examples, a computing device may include a plurality of components, an embedded controller, and a read-only memory (ROM) to store a basic input output system (BIOS). A display device connected to the computing device may include a display panel and a timing controller. The embedded controller may be configured with instructions to determine that a power-on has been initiated, determine that a particular component of the plurality of components of the computing device has an issue that prevents booting the BIOS, and send a message from the embedded controller to the timing controller. The message may instruct the timing controller to display, on the display panel and before the CPU begins execution, one or more error messages associated with the particular component that has the issue preventing booting the BIOS. In some cases, a logo may be displayed along with the one or more error messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Geroncio Ong Tan, Yi Fan Wang, Hong-Ji Huang, Craig Lawrence Chaiken, Timothy Carlyle Shaw
  • Patent number: 11789279
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device configured to be attached to a display configured to display a display image. The wearable device features an optical component set featuring a lens, a first user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to a projection angle of the visual image, and a second user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to at least one of a color tone or a brightness of the visual image. A position of the visual image is changed by adjusting the projection angle of the visual image using the first user operable member so that the visual image is displayed at a position based on at least one of a shape or a size of the head of the user. The color tone or the brightness of the visual image is changed using the second user operable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Patent number: 11790297
    Abstract: A model-assisted annotating system is operable to receive a first set of annotation data, corresponding to a broad type of annotation data output. A first training step is performed to train a computer vision model using the first set of annotation data. A second set of annotation data corresponding to the broad type of annotation data output is generated performing an inference function utilizing the computer vision model on medical scans. Additional annotation data further specifies the broad type of annotation data output is received. A second training step is performed to generate an updated computer vision model using set of additional annotation data. A third set of annotation data corresponding to the specified type of annotation data output is generated by performing an updated inference function utilizing the updated computer vision model on medical scans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Enlitic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Lyman, Li Yao, Eric C. Poblenz, Jordan Prosky, Ben Covington, Anthony Upton, Lionel Lints
  • Patent number: 11789330
    Abstract: A driving method for driving a display comprising an electrophoretic material having at least one type of colored pigment particle, the method includes applying at least one pulse pair to reset the at least one type of colored pigment particle, applying a separation pulse, and applying a second pulse pair to reset the at least one type of colored pigment particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink California, LLC
    Inventor: Craig Lin
  • Patent number: 11792365
    Abstract: Systems and methods for using message data analysis for response recommendations are disclosed. For example, personalized emojis may be generated utilizing one or more image-capture techniques and/or analysis of image data depicting a user. Those personalized emojis may be saved to a library of personalized emojis may be utilized to respond to received messages. Analysis of received message may also be performed, and the results of the analysis may be utilized to recommend automatic responses, including previously-generated personalized emojis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Darvin Vida, Maksim Surguy, Christina Siegfried, Matthew Giuliari, Robert Mark Pickard
  • Patent number: 11790644
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for generating dense natural language descriptions for video content are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include at least one memory and logic, at least a portion of the logic comprised in hardware coupled to the at least one memory, the logic to receive a source video comprising a plurality of frames, determine a plurality of regions for each of the plurality of frames, generate at least one region-sequence connecting the determined plurality of regions, apply a language model to the at least one region-sequence to generate description information comprising a description of at least a portion of content of the source video. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yurong Chen, Jianguo Li, Zhou Su, Zhiqiang Shen
  • Patent number: 11783117
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display: concurrently displays a first electronic document and a second electronic document, the first electronic document including a displayed content object; detects a first user input that starts on the content object; in response to a determination that the first user input corresponds to a first command, creates and displays a copy of the content object in the second electronic document; and, in response to a determination that the first user input corresponds to a second command, distinct from the first command: selects the content object; displays an animation of the content object separating from the first electronic document; and initiates display of a plurality of icons proximate to the separated content object, the plurality of icons including at least one icon to initiate display of a user interface for sending the content object to one or more other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Laurent Baumann, Julien Yann Robert, Alexandre F. Carlhian, Alexandre Moha, Philippe Champeaux
  • Patent number: 11782569
    Abstract: A method includes, while a user device is using a first presentation mode to present content to a user, obtaining a current state of the user of the user device. The method also includes, based on the current state of the user, providing, as output from a user interface of the user device, a user-selectable option that when selected causes the user device to use a second presentation mode to present the content to the user. The method further includes, in response to receiving a user input indication indicating selection of the user-selectable option, initiating presentation of the content using the second presentation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Kristin A. Gray, Tim Wantland, Matthew Stokes, Bingying Xia, Karen Vertierra, Melissa Barnhart, Gus Winkleman
  • Patent number: 11782594
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes circuitry to display a display area at a first location. The display area is a portion of an input receiving area for receiving hand drafted input. The circuitry selects an object to be retained in the display area based on a user operation, receives an operation of moving the display area to a second location different from the first location in the input receiving area, and displays the display area in which the object is retained at the second location according to the operation of moving the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kanae Igarashi, Susumu Fujioka
  • Patent number: 11782740
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems for performing operations that include: receiving a first media object, such as a digital representation of a logo (e.g., JPEG, TIFF, PNG, BMP, etc.), wherein the first media object comprises at least color data that defines a set of colors of the media object; detecting the set of colors of the first media object responsive to receiving the first media object; selecting a portion of the set of colors of the first media object; and generating an interface to configure a second media object, the interface comprising a display of one or more configuration options that include a color selection, the color selection comprising a presentation of the portion of the set of colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Ashley Michelle Wayne, Giovanni Gardelli
  • Patent number: 11776220
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for modifying a visual property of an object based on a geographic location associated with a device. In some implementations, a method includes obtaining a request to display an object that is associated with a set of one or more visual properties including a visual property that is dependent on a theme. Based on a particular theme, a set of one or more physical elements is identified that corresponds to the object. The one or more physical elements are associated with respective values for the visual property. A value for the visual property associated with the object is determined based on the respective values associated with the set of one or more physical elements. The object is displayed in accordance with the value for the visual property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Scott Rick Jones, Ronald Vernon Ong Siy, Christopher Harlan Paul
  • Patent number: 11775115
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device dynamically assigns functionalities to one or more buttons depending on an orientation associated with the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dylan R. Edwards, Morgan A. Price, Bryant A. Jow, Nathan De Vries, Nahir A. Khan, Simon J. Parsons
  • Patent number: 11769287
    Abstract: Automating conversion of drawings to indoor maps and plans. One example is a computer-implemented method of creating an indoor map from a CAD drawing, the method comprising: preprocessing an original CAD drawing to create a modified CAD drawing, a text database containing text from the original CAD drawing, a CAD vector-image of the modified CAD drawing, and a CAD raster-image of the modified CAD drawing; creating a floor-level outline; sensing furniture depicted on the floor, the sensing creates set of furniture entities; identifying a room depicted in the CAD drawing; and creating the indoor map for a floor using the floor-level outline, the room-level outline and the room identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Pointr Limited
    Inventors: Ege Çetintaş, Melih Peker, Umeyr Kiliç, Can Tunca
  • Patent number: 11769588
    Abstract: A radiography control apparatus includes a display that includes a display screen and a hardware processor. In causing the display screen to display a list of information on an examination that is set for a patient and that relates to taking a radiographic image, the hardware processor causes the display screen to display, in a display area, an imaging item that is included in the examination and categorized into a category based on a set categorization criterion, separating the imaging item by the category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Kosuke Fukazu
  • Patent number: 11750733
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for video calling at a wrist-wearable device. The method includes receiving, at a wrist-wearable device that is coupled with one or more sensors, video data and audio data associated with a video call between a user of the wrist-wearable device and at least one other user distinct from the user. The method further includes while causing presentation of the video data via a display of the wrist-wearable device and the audio data via a speaker that is in communication with the wrist-wearable device, determining whether sensed data from the one or more sensors indicates that a video-viewing precondition is present at the wrist-wearable device. If the video-viewing precondition is not present at the wrist-wearable device, the method includes continuing to cause presentation of the audio data and ceasing to cause presentation of the video data at the wrist-wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Willy Huang
  • Patent number: 11740903
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and mechanisms for matrix computing which include machine embodiments with one or more matrix storage spaces for holding matrices and arrays for computing, where a matrix or an array is accessible by its columns, by its rows, or both, individually, or concurrently. A set of methods and mechanisms to build a large capacity instruction set with multi-length instructions to load, store, and compute with these matrices and arrays are also disclosed. Methods and access control mechanisms with keys to secure, share, lock and unlock regions in the storage space for matrices and arrays under the control of an operating system or a virtual machine hypervisor by permitted threads and processes are also disclosed. Methods and mechanisms to handle long immediate operands for use by shorter instructions using a payload instruction are also disclosed. The structure of the instructions with key instruction fields and a method for determining instruction length are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventor: Sitaram Yadavalli
  • Patent number: 11741598
    Abstract: A computing apparatus for aiding visualization of lesions in a medical image includes a communicator and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a user input for selecting a single point in the medical image to modify a lesion mask representing a lesion area in them medical image, determine a modified lesion mask corresponding to the received user input among a plurality of pre-generated plurality of candidate lesion masks, and provide the modified lesion mask with the medical image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: VUNO, INC.
    Inventor: Gwangbeen Park
  • Patent number: 11741179
    Abstract: A server receives from a client device that is executing a web browser application a request to initiate a remote application in the server. The server instantiates an instance of the remote application. The server intercepts draw commands associated with the remote application instance. The server provides the draw commands to the client to cause the web browser application to render portion(s) of output based on the draw commands. The server receives an input event from the web browser application. The server provides the client one or more draw commands based on the input event to cause the web browser application to render portion(s) of output based on those draw commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.
    Inventors: Trevor Sundberg, Killian Koenig, Darren Remington, Benjamin Buzbee, Michael Conrad, David Harnett
  • Patent number: 11741663
    Abstract: Using various embodiments, methods and systems to determine viewability metrics of a multidimensional object in a multidimensional digital environment are described. In one embodiment, a system is configured to render a viewport of a multidimensional digital environment displayed on a graphical user interface to determine a screen coverage metric of an object of interest on the viewport. Thereafter, the system is configured to render the viewport of the multidimensional digital environment displayed on the graphical user interface to determine a metric of visibility of the object of interest on the viewport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Trivver, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel LaMontagne, Sergey Kondratov, Igor Bitny
  • Patent number: 11741572
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and system for directed transfer of cross-domain data based on high-resolution remote sensing images. In the method of the present invention, first, an objective loss function which combines an image translation loss and a model adaptive loss of an image translation network model is established, thus overcoming the technical shortcoming that an existing data translation technique fails to take a specific task into full consideration and ignores a negative impact of data translation on the specific task. Further, a trained image translation network model is fine-tuned based on sample data, so that the image translation network model keeps translation towards the effect desired by the target model, thus avoiding over-interpretation or over-simplification during directed transfer of cross-domain data and improving accuracy of directed transfer of the cross-domain data based on the high-resolution remote sensing images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Zhejiang University
    Inventors: Jianwei Yin, Ge Su, Yongheng Shang, Zhengwei Shen
  • Patent number: 11716300
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments disclose techniques for optimizing the display of videos. During operation, a computing device receives a video stream to be displayed. The computing device determines a preferred orientation for the video stream, determines a present orientation for the computing device, and determines a mismatch between the preferred orientation and the present orientation. The computing device adjusts the video stream while displaying the video stream on the display. As the video stream plays, the computing device detects any rotation of the computing device, and if so, re-adjusts how the video stream is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventor: Guy Ravine
  • Patent number: 11714691
    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing a command stack for an application are disclosed and an embodiment includes receiving an input for executing a first command of the application, initiating execution of the first command, executing one or more second commands which are set to execute based on execution of the first command, completing execution of the first command, and including the first command in the command stack such that an association is defined between the first command and the one or more second commands. In one embodiment, defining the association in the command stack between the first command the one or more second commands may include generating a first nested command stack associated with the first command, including the one or more second commands in the first nested command stack, and including the first command and the first nested command stack in the command stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: DreamWorks Animation LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Bryson, Esteban D. Papp, Matthew C. Gong, Kirk Lansman, Atul Patil
  • Patent number: 11714536
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for editing avatars. In some embodiments, user interfaces are shown for editing an avatar and avatar stickers. In some embodiments, user interfaces are shown for editing colors of one or more avatar features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marco Triverio, Lisa K. Forssell, Marcel Van Os, Madeline Payne, Paul W. Salzman, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: 11710469
    Abstract: Methods and systems for depth-based foveated rendering in the display system are disclosed. The display system may be an augmented reality display system configured to provide virtual content on a plurality of depth planes using different wavefront divergence. Some embodiments include determining a fixation point of a user's eyes. Location information associated with a first virtual object to be presented to the user via a display device is obtained. A resolution-modifying parameter of the first virtual object is obtained. A particular resolution at which to render the first virtual object is identified based on the location information and the resolution-modifying parameter of the first virtual object. The particular resolution is based on a resolution distribution specifying resolutions for corresponding distances from the fixation point. The first virtual object rendered at the identified resolution is presented to the user via the display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Vaibhav Mathur, Lionel Ernest Edwin, Xiaoyang Zhang, Bjorn Nicolaas Servatius Vlaskamp
  • Patent number: 11711618
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including a display image generation section configured to generate display image data by performing a display projection process in a case where panorama image data to be a display target is judged to be a full circumference panorama image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventor: Atsushi Kimura
  • Patent number: 11704730
    Abstract: A system may include a processor that may receive account information having a plurality of transactions associated with a bank account. The processor may then determine an expected burn rate of funds based on the account information, determine an expected savings balance at a first time based on the account information and the expected burn rate, generate an event in response to the expected savings balance being below a threshold, and send an alert including the event to a computing device associated with the user. The alert may indicate a status of the expected savings balance via an electronic display of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Nathan J. Rowe, Michael Aaron McGlasson, Stephen Holloway, Lea B. Sims, Joseph Wall, Richard R. Rohrbough
  • Patent number: 11698705
    Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes: a display having a display area that is variable, at least one processor operably connected to the display. The processor implements the method, including: controlling the display to display a plurality of elements on the display, receiving a user input requesting resizing of the display area, in response to the user input, identifying a core element among the displayed plurality of elements, resizing the display area based on the received user input and the identified core element, wherein a first window in which the core element is displayed is resized in proportion to resizing of the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngrog Kim, Yangwook Kim, Younghak Oh
  • Patent number: 11659250
    Abstract: A system for navigating, exploring, and controlling immersive content and immersive advertisements provided on one or more OTT television applications using connected digital media players and/or user computing devices is presented. Immersive content and immersive advertisements are content and advertisements that can be viewed in 360 degrees so as to change the point of view and view the same content or advertisement from different angles. The user is enabled to control the playback, navigation, and exploration of the 360-degree immersive content and immersive advertisements using a digital trackpad in a downloadable 360-degree media player that can be applied as a separate application integration on a user's smartphone or other device or that can be integrated into the OTT mobile application. Other connected streaming devices can also integrate the 360-degree media player to allow for 360 degree exploration and viewing of the immersive content and immersive advertisements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Vuer LLC
    Inventor: Omar J. Delgado
  • Patent number: 11640198
    Abstract: A system for human interaction with virtual objects comprises: a touch sensitive surface, configured to detect a position of a contact made on the touch sensitive surface; a reference layer rigidly attached to the touch sensitive surface and comprising one or more patterns; a display device, configured to display a virtual object that is registered in a reference coordinate fixed with respect to the touch sensitive surface; one or more image sensors rigidly attached to the display device, configured to capture an image of at least a portion of the one or more patterns; and at least one processor, configured to determine a position and an orientation of the display device with respect to the touch sensitive surface based on the captured image, and identify an interaction with the virtual object based on the detected position of the contact made on the touch sensitive surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Firefly Dimension, Inc.
    Inventors: Ke Xu, Peng Shao
  • Patent number: 11635819
    Abstract: A haptic feedback device for providing haptic sensation comprises a haptic feedback interface that includes a plurality of haptic elements. The haptic feedback device detects a speed and a direction of travel associated with a plurality of moving objects in an upcoming scene of a video based on a look-ahead buffer of the video played on an external display device or the haptic feedback device. A haptic feedback is determined for the upcoming scene of the video based on the look-ahead buffer of the video and the detected speed and direction of travel associated with the plurality of moving objects. One or more movable haptic cues are generated on the haptic feedback interface using the plurality of haptic elements in synchronization with a current scene played on the external display device or the haptic feedback device, based on the determined haptic feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventor: Alex Hamid Mani
  • Patent number: 11631047
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for geocoding. An example method encompasses receiving, from a delivery data corpus, a delivery data comprising one or more addresses. The method thereafter comprises identifying, one or more tokens from said one or more addresses. Further the method leads to calculating, for each of said one or more tokens, an end token score and a sub-sequence token score. The method thereafter encompasses chunking, said one or more addresses based on said end token score and said sub-sequence token score to generate one or more address chunks. Further the method comprises generating, one or more polygon regions for each generated address chunks based on said chunking. Thereafter the method comprises merging, one or more generated polygon regions for each of the generated address chunks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: FLIPKART INTERNET PVT. LTD.
    Inventors: Vishal Srivastava, Priyam Tejaswin, Lucky Dhakad, Amar Kumar Dani, Mohit Kumar
  • Patent number: 11631209
    Abstract: A method for computer animation includes receiving, by a processor executing a multi-platform deformation engine system in association with a third-party game engine system, an input file that includes an asset geometry, where the asset geometry defines an asset mesh structure, where the asset geometry may exclude an internal support frame, and where logic for custom deformation steps may be included, altogether in a fashion portable and made to produce consistent results across multiple different software and/or hardware platform environments and/or across real-time and/or offline scenarios. The method also includes applying at least one deformer to the asset mesh structure, where the at least one deformer includes a plurality of user-selectable deformer channels, and where each deformer channel is associated with at least a portion of the asset mesh structure and configured to adjust a visual appearance of the associated portion of the asset mesh structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KITESTRING, INC.
    Inventors: Eric A. Soulvie, Richard R. Hurrey, R. Jason Bickerstaff, Clifford S. Champion, Peter E. McGowan, Robert Ernest Schnurstein
  • Patent number: 11625848
    Abstract: Embodiments provide multi-angle screen coverage analysis. In some embodiments, a system obtains a computer graphics generated image having at least one target object for analysis. The system determines screen coverage information and depth information for the at least one target object. The system then determines an asset detail level for the at least one target object based on the screen coverage information and the depth information. The system then stores the asset detail level in a database, and makes the asset detail level available to users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: UNITY TECHNOLOGIES SF
    Inventor: Kenneth Gimpelson
  • Patent number: 11618456
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling driving of a vehicle includes: an input device that receives an input signal corresponding to an operation of a driver; and a controller that sets a weight to a careless state of the driver based on a separation distance between the driver and the input device operated by the driver, a spaced angle, and a scheme of operating the input device, and calculates a braking application time point based on the weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Byeonghwa Kim, Junho Yang
  • Patent number: 11615591
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for the generation and editing of layer delineations within three-dimensional tomography scans. Cross sections of a subject are generated and presented to an operator, who has the ability to edit layer delineations within the cross section, or determine parameters used to generate new cross sections. By guiding an operator through a set of displayed cross sections, the methods can allow for a more rapid, efficient, and error-free segmentation of the subject. The cross sections can be nonplanar in shape or planar and non-axis-aligned. The cross sections can be restricted to exclude one or more user-defined regions of the subject, or to include only one or more user-defined regions of the subject. The cross sections can be localized to a point-of-interest. Iterative implementations of the methods can be used to arrive at a segmentation deemed satisfactory by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Voxeleron, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel B. Russakoff, Jonathan D. Oakley
  • Patent number: 11615219
    Abstract: A method of generating an information enhanced model of an industrial plant. The method includes providing a first digitalized topology of a plant by processing a spatial scan of the plant, wherein in course of the processing, plant structural elements and their interconnections are recognized and digitalized, providing a second digitalized topology of the plant, based on a process and instrumentation diagram, the second topology being representative of plant structural elements and their interconnections, and correlating the first and the second digitalized topology by at least semi-automatically identifying and interlinking corresponding structural elements in the first and second digitalized topology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Metzler, Nils Van Heijnsbergen
  • Patent number: 11610350
    Abstract: A fill pattern alignment system fills a geometric shape with a graphical cell in accordance with a pattern and aligned with the contours of the geometric shape. The intrinsic shape of the geometric shape being filled is determined and an orientation for the graphical cell at each location in the pattern is determined based on the intrinsic shape of the geometric shape. Accordingly, the orientation for each graphical cell being used to fill the geometric shape is variable based on the location of the graphical cell and the intrinsic shape of the geometric shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Vineet Batra, Praveen Kumar Dhanuka, Ankit Phogat
  • Patent number: 11605222
    Abstract: A helmet includes a transceiver configured to receive vehicle data from one or more sensors located on a vehicle. The helmet also includes an inertial movement unit (IMU) configured to collect helmet motion data of a rider of the vehicle and a processor in communication with the transceiver and IMU, and programmed to receive, via the transceiver, vehicle data from the one or more sensors located on the vehicle and determine a rider attention state utilizing the vehicle data from the one or more sensors located on the vehicle and the helmet motion data from the IMU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventors: Benzun Pious Wisely Babu, Mao Ye, Liu Ren
  • Patent number: 11599371
    Abstract: Methods and systems for secure applications running web view applications are disclosed. In some aspects, user data may be secured within a first security domain, that is inaccessible to a web view application running within a second application. The second application accesses the user data via a second security domain, when a request is received from the web view application to display a user interface. The second application then displays a user interface based at least in part, on the user data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: John Jensen, Dylan Shane Eirinberg, Alexander R. Osborne, William Wu
  • Patent number: 11593984
    Abstract: Systems and processes for animating an avatar are provided. An example process of animating an avatar includes at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory, receiving text, determining an emotional state, and generating, using a neural network, a speech data set representing the received text and a set of parameters representing one or more movements of an avatar based on the received text and the determined emotional state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmed Serag El Din Hussen Abdelaziz, Justin Binder, Sachin Kajarekar, Anushree Prasanna Kumar, Chloé Ann Seivwright
  • Patent number: 11587282
    Abstract: Methods and ray tracing units are provided for performing intersection testing for use in rendering an image of a 3-D scene. A hierarchical acceleration structure may be traversed by traversing one or more upper levels of nodes of the hierarchical acceleration structure according to a first traversal technique, the first traversal technique being a depth-first traversal technique; and traversing one or more lower levels of nodes of the hierarchical acceleration structure according to a second traversal technique, the second traversal technique not being a depth-first traversal technique. Results of traversing the hierarchical acceleration structure are used for rendering the image of the 3-D scene. The upper levels of the acceleration structure may be defined according to a spatial subdivision structure, whereas the lower levels of the acceleration structure may be defined according to a bounding volume structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Gregory Clark, John W. Howson, Justin DeCell, Steven J. Clohset
  • Patent number: 11582246
    Abstract: Techniques and systems to provide a more intuitive user overview of events data by mapping unbounded incident scores to a fixed range and aggregating incident scores by different schemes. The system may detect possible malicious incidents associated with events processing on a host device. The events data may be gathered from events detected on the host device. The incident scores for incidents may be determined from the events data. The incident scores may be mapped to bins of a fixed range to highlight the significance of the incident scores. For instance, a first score mapped to a first bin may be insignificant while a second score mapped to a last bin may require urgent review. The incident scores may also be aggregated at different levels (e.g., host device, organization, industry, global, etc.) and at different time intervals to provide insights to the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Crowd Strike, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel W. Brown
  • Patent number: 11575838
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for determining automatically a target field angle of an image capturing device. The method may include obtaining, by the image capturing device, at least two images for determining a target field angle of the image capturing device. The method may also include obtaining a field angle range of the image capturing device. Further, the method may include determining the target field angle by matching the at least two images based on the field angle range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chengzhe Meng, Huadong Pan
  • Patent number: 11568643
    Abstract: Embodiments of a wearable device can include a head-mounted display (HMD) which can be configured to display virtual content. While the user is interacting with visual or audible virtual content, the user of the wearable may encounter a triggering event such as, for example, an emergency condition or an unsafe condition, detecting one or more triggering objects in an environment, or determining characteristics of the user's environment (e.g., home or office). Embodiments of the wearable device can automatically detect the triggering event and automatically control the HMD to deemphasize, block, or stop displaying the virtual content. The HMD may include a button that can be actuated by the user to manually deemphasize, block, or stop displaying the virtual content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Powderly, Savannah Niles, Nicole Elizabeth Samec, Ali Amirhooshmand, Nastasja U. Robaina, Christopher M. Harrises, Mark Baerenrodt, Carlos A. Rivera Cintron, Brian Keith Smith
  • Patent number: 11562503
    Abstract: The invention relates to a camera system (1) for a vehicle (2). The camera system (1) is configured to acquire image data of a surrounding of the vehicle (2) and comprises a camera (10) and a control module (20). The control module (20) is configured to determine, whether a calibration of an intrinsic parameter of the camera system (1) is required, by determining an error in a back projection, a forward projection and/or a reprojection of the image data and by determining whether the error exceeds a predefined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventor: Carlos Silva
  • Patent number: 11557018
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus of transferring a display image to a client machine, the display image being an image to be displayed on a display device associated with the client machine, the image processing apparatus including: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to perform processing, the processing including: executing a first transfer process configured to transfer only moving image data as the display image; executing a second transfer process configured to transfer moving image data and still image data as the display image; and executing a control process configured to select either the executing of the first transfer process or the executing of the second transfer process, by using a frame rate of the display image and a state of a graphics processing unit (GPU) circuitry configured to perform a process related to an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Kohji Yamada
  • Patent number: 11541903
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using a surfel map to generate a prediction for a state of an environment. One of the methods includes obtaining surfel data comprising a plurality of surfels, wherein each surfel corresponds to a respective different location in an environment, and each surfel has associated data that comprises an uncertainty measure; obtaining sensor data for one or more locations in the environment, the sensor data having been captured by one or more sensors of a first vehicle; determining one or more particular surfels corresponding to respective locations of the obtained sensor data; and combining the surfel data and the sensor data to generate a respective object prediction for each of the one or more locations of the obtained sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Michael Montemerlo, Peter Pawlowski, David Yonchar Margines
  • Patent number: 11535275
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards digital map truth maintenance. Map inputs shared among multiple users of a shared overlay map service can have a range of credibility, from not credible to highly credible. The disclosed digital map truth maintenance technologies can be used to enhance credibility of shared map inputs. Credibility values can be calculated for map inputs, based on any of multiple factors. Map inputs having sufficiently high credibility, such as a credibility value determined to be above a threshold value, can be shared among multiple mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Deva-Datta Sharma, John Oetting
  • Patent number: 11538223
    Abstract: A system for modifying data representing a virtual environment includes: an environment navigation unit operable to control navigation within the virtual environment to generate one or more viewpoints within the virtual environment, an environment identification unit operable to identify one or more aspects of the geometry of the virtual environment visible in the one or more viewpoints, a geometry evaluation unit operable to evaluate the visibility of one or more aspects of the geometry based upon the identification for each of one or more viewpoints, and a data modification unit operable to modify one or more elements of data representing the virtual environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interacetive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Fabio Cappello, Maurizio Cerrato, Rosario Leonardi, Gregory James Bedwell, Nigel John Williams
  • Patent number: 11537263
    Abstract: An electronic device displays, on a display, a user interface that includes first and second interactive regions of an application. While displaying the user interface, the device detects an input by a contact on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to a user interface element in the first interactive region on the display. In response to detecting the input by the contact, when the input meets intensity-based activation criteria (e.g., the contact has a characteristic intensity above an intensity threshold), the device obscures the first interactive region of the application with the exception of the user interface element without obscuring the second interactive region of the application. When the input meets selection criteria (e.g., the contact has a characteristic intensity below the intensity threshold), the device performs a selection operation that corresponds to the user interface element without obscuring the first interactive region of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Nathan de Vries, David C. Graham, Freddy A. Anzures