Object Tracking Patents (Class 348/169)
  • Patent number: 12367629
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for analyzing personality or aptitude based on a metaverse and artificial intelligence that is performed in a personality or aptitude analysis system, the method including acquiring at least one of voice information, visual information, and biometric information for a user, analyzing personality or aptitude of the user by using at least one of the voice information, visual information, and biometric information, generating data for each user including a result of analyzing the personality or aptitude of the user, and creating an avatar of the user by using the data for each user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: WHOBORN INC.
    Inventor: Young Sik Bae
  • Patent number: 12361710
    Abstract: Metadata is generated for a digital video project in a manner that facilitates mixing video with other content to render a composite video file. The metadata may include global information for the project, per-frame information that acts as a representation of continuous values throughout a video; and key-frame information which is a representation of discrete events throughout the video. The per-frame information may include, for example, point-wise location of specific objects and/or polygons/rectangles of tracked objects. The key-frame information may include information regarding scene changes, information regarding changes in emotion of a person and/or information regarding changes in pose of a person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Pinata Farms, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Carrier, Carlos Adame, Lukas Schulte, Orest Kupyn, Asaad Hakeem
  • Patent number: 12354740
    Abstract: A remote control for controlling a medical apparatus having at least one driven movable components is provided. The remote control comprises a sensor configured to detect a position and a motion of the remote control, and at least one release switch. The remote control is configured to emit a control signal capable of controlling a motion of the at least one driven movable component according to a motion of the remote control detected by the sensor when a control of the motion of the at least one driven movable component is released by actuating the at least one release switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: TRUMPF MEDIZIN SYSTEME GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Jäger, Matthias Köhler, Leonard Zeh, Nick Neuendorf, Bertram Müller
  • Patent number: 12348699
    Abstract: A three-dimensional reconstruction method of generating a three-dimensional model including a three-dimensional point cloud using images obtained by image capturing devices that capture a common three-dimensional space includes acquiring the images captured at corresponding timings and generating three-dimensional points based on the acquired images. The generating includes generating one or more first three-dimensional points based on a result of a first matching performed on points in two or more first images obtained by two or more first image capturing devices, of the image capturing devices, having fields of view with higher similarity than a predetermined threshold, and generating one or more second three-dimensional points based on a result of a second matching performed on points in two or more second images obtained by two or more second image capturing devices, included in the image capturing devices, having fields of view with lower similarity than the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Toru Matsunobu, Toshiyasu Sugio, Satoshi Yoshikawa, Masaki Fukuda
  • Patent number: 12345634
    Abstract: A method for detecting amorphous and/or crystalline structures of phosphate and/or sulphate salts on or within a substrate involves providing an LWIR imaging system with an infrared light emitting source (A) configured to emit infrared light over the range of 8 to 14 micrometers, an LWIR detecting device (B) configured to detect the intensity of electromagnetic radiation scattered, emitted, and/or reflected by the substrate, and control circuitry for the LWIR detecting device. The method further comprises providing the substrate, irradiating it with the infrared light emitting source, acquiring a stream of temporally consecutive images using the LWIR detecting device, and selecting, based on processing the acquired stream of images with the control circuitry, at least one focused image where the amorphous and/or crystalline structures of phosphate and/or sulphate salts are substantially in focus of the LWIR detecting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: OMYA INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Roger Bollstrom, Gilbert Botty
  • Patent number: 12347023
    Abstract: A system and method for a virtual environment with multiple display devices connected to one or more computing systems with hardware and software that replicates the camera and speaker (3D sounds) setup needed to create the portals in the real-world environment corresponding to virtual environments that are viewable through the portals with designated point of views corresponding to the real-world locations of the display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Inventor: Cary Harr
  • Patent number: 12335612
    Abstract: The technical solutions described herein are systems and methods for multi-mode image capture device operation. The system can obtain, from a first image capture device in accordance with a first mode, a first set of images corresponding to a first range of angles about an axis. The system can obtain, from a second image capture device in accordance with the first mode, a second set of images corresponding to a second range of angles about the axis. The system can cause, responsive to an interruption of the first mode, the second image capture device to obtain a third set of images corresponding to the first range of angles about the axis in accordance with a second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Pano AI, Inc.
    Inventors: Sonia Kastner, Seva Safris, Kira Greco, Sean Donohue, Ryan McKenzie White
  • Patent number: 12330818
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling docking with a spacecraft includes at least one camera for generating at least one image pixel stream of the spacecraft. A field programmable gate array (FPGA) receives the at least one image pixel stream from the at least one camera, compresses a dynamic range of the at least one image pixel stream and detects a sub-region from the at least one image pixel stream having a compressed dynamic range, processes the at least one image pixel stream to generate at least one texture map for the at least one image pixel stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Falcon Exodynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Klug, Joseph Vermeersch, Matthew Banfield, Adriel Bustamante, Jonathan Wolff
  • Patent number: 12327364
    Abstract: This document describes techniques and systems for generating a fused object bounding box based on uncertainty. At least two bounding boxes, each associated with a different sensor, is generated. A fused center point and yaw angle as well as length, width, and velocity can be found by mixing the distributions of the parameters from each bounding box. A discrepancy between the center points of each bounding box can be used to determine whether to refine the fused bounding box (e.g., find an intersection between at least two bounding boxes) or consolidate the fused bounding box (e.g., find a union between at least two bounding boxes). This results in the fused bounding box having a confidence level of the uncertainty associated with the fused bounding box. In this manner, better estimations of the uncertainty of the fused bounding box may be achieved to improve tracking performance of a sensor fusion system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies AG
    Inventor: Bin Jia
  • Patent number: 12323701
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for controlling an image sensor, a storage medium, and a movable object. The apparatus for controlling an image sensor includes: a data obtaining unit configured to obtain parameter data related to one or more moving scenarios; and an instruction generation unit configured to generate, based on the parameter data, an instruction for controlling operation modes of the image sensor, where the moving scenarios are scenarios in which a movable object with the image sensor is located; and the operation modes correspond to setting manners of active pixels of the image sensor. According to the solutions of one or more embodiments of the disclosure, different operation modes are set for the image sensor in different scenarios, so that while sensing requirements in different scenarios are met, the power consumption can be reduced and requirements for a system can be lowered as far as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: NIO TECHNOLOGY (ANHUI) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jiong Chen, Xianglong Gao, Yunyue Cai, Hao Rong, Yan Shi
  • Patent number: 12298764
    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing one or more autonomous features for autonomous and semi-autonomous control of one or more vehicles are provided. More specifically, image data may be obtained from an image acquisition device and processed utilizing one or more machine learning models to identify, track, and extract one or more features of the image utilized in decision making processes for providing steering angle and/or acceleration/deceleration input to one or more vehicle controllers. In some instances, techniques may be employed such that the autonomous and semi-autonomous control of a vehicle may change between vehicle follow and lane follow modes. In some instances, at least a portion of the machine learning model may be updated based on one or more conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: PRONTO.AI, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Levandowski, Eli Riggs
  • Patent number: 12292916
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying media files on a device are provided. The device provides a first mode that displays a subset of media files, determined by a user query, from a plurality of media files. Once activated, the first mode persists on the device prior to becoming inactive. A second mode of the device displays the plurality of media files. The second mode is active when the first mode is inactive. An instruction is received from a user. When the instruction specifies the first mode by inclusion of a user query, a corresponding subset of files is obtained from a remote system. The subset of files is sequentially displayed until the period of time has elapsed according to the first mode. When the instruction does not specify a query, the plurality of files is polled for from a remote device and sequentially displayed according to the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Andrew John Gasparovic, Andrew Fergus Simpson, Christopher Joseph Findeisen, Rajat Kumar Paharia, Ravi Gauba, Ying Zhang
  • Patent number: 12268112
    Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a traveling vehicle body, a detector to detect objects in an area surrounding the traveling vehicle body, a detection adjuster to adjust a detection direction of the detector, a position sensor to detect a position of the traveling vehicle body, and an information acquirer to acquire information relating to an entrance/exit of an agricultural field. The detection adjuster is operable to perform a first adjustment of orienting the detection direction toward an end point of the entrance/exit when the traveling vehicle body is traveling toward the entrance/exit and a distance from the position of the traveling vehicle body to the entrance/exit included in the information is a predetermined value or less, and a second adjustment of orienting the detection direction toward the end point of the entrance/exit or a space forward of the end point in a traveling direction when the traveling vehicle body is traveling on the entrance/exit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Tamatani, Yuji Okuyama, Kazuo Sakaguchi, Yusuke Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12271203
    Abstract: A search system according to an embodiment is a search system including one or more boarding-type mobile objects moving within a predetermined area and a mobile object management server managing the boarding-type mobile objects and includes a receiver that receives registration of information on a search target, an imaging controller that activates an imager mounted on the one or more boarding-type mobile objects when the registration of the information on the search target is received by the receiver, an acquirer that acquires an image of surroundings of the boarding-type mobile object captured by the imager, and a determiner that determines whether the search target is included in the image acquired by the acquirer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sachiko Yamamoto, Shinichiro Kobashi, Makoto Hasegawa, Marika Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 12272148
    Abstract: Approaches presented herein provide for semantic data matching, as may be useful for selecting data from a large unlabeled dataset to train a neural network. For an object detection use case, such a process can identify images within an unlabeled set even when an object of interest represents a relatively small portion of an image or there are many other objects in the image. A query image can be processed to extract image features or feature maps from only one or more regions of interest in that image, as may correspond to objects of interest. These features are compared with images in an unlabeled dataset, with similarity scores being calculated between the features of the region(s) of interest and individual images in the unlabeled set. One or more highest scored images can be selected as training images showing objects that are semantically similar to the object in the query image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventors: Donna Roy, Suraj Kothawade, Elmar Haussmann, Jose Manuel Alvarez Lopez, Michele Fenzi, Christoph Angerer
  • Patent number: 12253607
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to detecting mirrored lidar returns and modifying lidar data using clustering techniques. In some examples, lidar data including a set of lidar points may be captured by a vehicle operating in an environment. The vehicle may combine the lidar data from numerous lidar devices to have a common frame of reference. In some examples, the vehicle may determine a cluster of the lidar points based on elevation data and azimuth data. The vehicle may compare range data of the clusters to determine whether such lidar points are indicative of a lidar return associated with an error (including multipath reflections). Based on determining that the difference in ranges of two lidar points is above a threshold value, the vehicle may determine how to use the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventor: Nehemia Girma Terefe
  • Patent number: 12248535
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for reducing camera false detections. One of the methods includes providing, to a neural network of an image classifier that is trained to detect objects of two or more classification types, a feature vector for a respective training image; receiving, from the neural network, an output vector that indicates, for each of the two or more classification types, a likelihood that the respective training image depicts an object of the corresponding classification type; accessing, from two or more ground truth vectors each for one of the two or more classification types, a ground truth vector for the classification type of an object depicted in the training image; and adjusting one or more weights in the neural network using the output vector and the ground truth vector; and storing, in a memory, the image classifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: ObjectVideo Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Sravanthi Bondugula, Gang Qian, Sung Chun Lee, Sima Taheri, Allison Beach
  • Patent number: 12249094
    Abstract: An inter-device positional relationship estimation apparatus includes an analysis information acquisition unit that acquires time-series analysis information, a recommendation processing unit that estimates unanalyzed detailed information in time-series analysis information applying a predetermined recommendation algorithm, an initial map creation unit that calculates a neighborhood determination point indicating a degree of correlation of detailed information between fixed devices to create an initial map, and a device relationship map creation unit that calculates neighborhood points indicating a degree of correlation of detailed information between respective devices including a moving device or/and a new fixed device to calculate a detection probability and a movement time between devices and create a device relationship map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Misao Kataoka, Hirofumi Noguchi, Takuma Isoda, Kyota Hattori
  • Patent number: 12242718
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a portable electronic device includes: a display; one or more processors; memory; and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or mor processors. The one or more programs include instructions for: detecting a user-defined gesture on the display while the portable electronic device is in a user-defined-gesture recording mode; creating a representation of the user-defined gesture; associating the representation of the user-defined gesture with an emoji character; and storing the representation of the user-defined gesture and the association of the representation of the user-defined gesture with the emoji character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bradford Allen Moore, Bas Ording, Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill, Stephen J. Chick, Kenneth Kocienda
  • Patent number: 12243241
    Abstract: A method for tracking and/or characterizing multiple objects in a sequence of images. The method includes: assigning a neural network to each object to be tracked; providing a memory that is shared by all neural networks; providing a local memory for each neural network, respectively; supplying images from the sequence, and/or details of these images, to each neural network; during the processing of each image and/or image detail by one of the neural networks, generating an address vector from at least one processing product of this neural network; based on this address vector, writing at least one further processing product of the neural network into the shared memory and/or into the local memory, and/or reading out data from this shared memory and/or local memory and further processing the data by the neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Cosmin Ionut Bercea
  • Patent number: 12238421
    Abstract: An image capture apparatus, remotely controllable by an operation apparatus, includes an image capturing unit capturing an image, a communication unit communicating with the operation apparatus, an image processing unit detecting an object in the image, and a control unit performing framing control of the image including the object, based on a framing operation from the operation apparatus, after the communication unit transmits the image to the operation apparatus, and a delay acquisition unit acquiring a delay time in the communication processing. The image processing unit calculates a framing control amount based on a predicted movement amount of the object in the delay, an actual movement amount of the object before and after the delay, and a framing operation amount from the operation apparatus. The control unit performs the framing control based on the framing control amount, and the delay acquisition unit acquires the delay time, before shooting, in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryosuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12236682
    Abstract: A multi-mode tracking method according to the present disclosure includes receiving, a sensor signal, obtaining a sensor-based location of a sports participant based on the sensor signal, obtaining a first credibility information related to a credibility of the sensor-based location, receiving a sports image captured at a camera disposed peripheral to a playfield, the sports image including the sports participant in the playfield, obtaining an image-based location of the sports participant, obtaining an second credibility information related to a credibility of the image-based location, wherein the credibility of the image-based location is related to an occlusion related to the sports participant, calculating an weight value based on the first credibility information and the second credibility information, calculating a location of the sports participant based on the weight value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Fitogether Inc.
    Inventors: Jinsung Yoon, Jonghyun Lee
  • Patent number: 12231800
    Abstract: A method and a device for image processing, an imaging system, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining an initial video shot by a photographing apparatus at a fixed angle of view, where the initial video includes a plurality of frames of images; cropping, based on a preset trajectory, the plurality of frames of images in the initial video; and combining the cropped plurality of frames of images to obtain a target video. In this way, a video with a smoothly moving field of view may be obtained based on a video shot at a fixed angle of view, thereby improving a user's shooting experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bing Li, Wen Zou, Fangpei Yang, Guangyuan Lin
  • Patent number: 12223705
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing semantic segmentation of three-dimensional data are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system can be configured to obtain sensor data including three-dimensional data associated with an environment. The three-dimensional data can include a plurality of points and can be associated with one or more times. The computing system can be configured to determine data indicative of a two-dimensional voxel representation associated with the environment based at least in part on the three-dimensional data. The computing system can be configured to determine a classification for each point of the plurality of points within the three-dimensional data based at least in part on the two-dimensional voxel representation associated with the environment and a machine-learned semantic segmentation model. The computing system can be configured to initiate one or more actions based at least in part on the per-point classifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Chris Jia-Han Zhang, Wenjie Luo, Raquel Urtasun
  • Patent number: 12223666
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining a first imaging scan and a second imaging scan of a single subject brain. The first imaging scan is converted to a first dataset, and the second imaging scan is converted to a second dataset. A sequence-adaptive multimodal segmentation algorithm is applied to the first dataset and the second dataset. The sequence-adaptive multimodal segmentation algorithm performs automatic intensity-based tissue classification to generate a first labelled dataset and a second labeled dataset. The first labeled dataset and the second labeled dataset are automatically co-registered to each other to generate a transformation matrix based on the first labeled dataset and the second labeled dataset. The transformation matrix is applied to align the first dataset and the second dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Nitin Tandon, Mehmet Kadipasaoglu, Kevin Pham, Cristian Donos, Kiefer Forseth, Patrick Sarahan Rollo
  • Patent number: 12219300
    Abstract: A method for processing image data according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes obtaining first image data indicating a hyperspectral image of a target captured in first background light, generating, on a basis of the first image data, first spectral data indicating an estimated spectrum of the first background light, and generating, from the first image data, at least one piece of second image data indicating at least one image of the target in at least one type of second background light, which is different from the first background light, using at least one piece of second spectral data indicating at least one spectrum of the at least one type of second background light and the first spectral data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Inada, Atsushi Ishikawa, Toshio Mochida, Taku Hirasawa, Kazuya Hisada, Yumiko Kato
  • Patent number: 12205323
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus for estimating a camera pose using multi-view images of a 2D array structure and a method using the same. The method performed by the apparatus includes acquiring multi-view images from a 2D array camera system, forming a 2D image link structure corresponding to the multi-view images in consideration of the geometric structure of the camera system, estimating an initial camera pose based on an adjacent image extracted from the 2D image link structure and a pair of corresponding feature points, and estimating a final camera pose by reconstructing a 3D structure based on the initial camera pose and performing correction so as to minimize a reprojection error of the reconstructed 3D structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Joon-Soo Kim, Kug-Jin Yun, Jun-Young Jeong, Suk-Ju Kang, Jung-Hee Kim, Woo-June Park
  • Patent number: 12205382
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for automatic license plate recognition of a vehicle, the apparatus includes a user device configured to receive a user input containing reference indicators and associate a right to the reference indicators, an image capturing device configured to capture vehicle images of a vehicle containing a license plate region, an image processing module configured to receive the vehicle images from the image capturing device and process the vehicle images, a computer vision module configured to determine an obscurity of the license plate region, and identify indicators as a function of the license plate region, an image inpainting module configured to reconstruct the license plate region based on the obscurity of the license plate using an image inpainting technique, and a validation module configured to validate the indicators as a function of the reference indicators and grant the user the right as a function of the validation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventors: Joseph Allen Steele, III, Josh David Schumacher, Tyler Ellison Ebding, Franklin Christopher Brooks
  • Patent number: 12200835
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an LED light source recognition method, device, apparatus, and medium based on deep learning, belonging to the field of indoor positioning and navigation technology. The method includes the following. In an LED lighting environment, a spline frame is obtained through a CMOS camera, in which the spline frame is an image having dark stripes. The spline frame is input to a target detection model, a dark stripe detection result output by the target detection model is obtained. The multiple rectangular boxes are preprocessed, and based on the predicted classification corresponding to each preprocessed rectangular box, an image feature encoding sequence of the spline frame is determined. The image feature encoding sequence is compared with a light source feature encoding sequence corresponding to each LED light source to determine the light source feature encoding sequence that best matches the spline frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Hubei University of Economics
    Inventors: Wenping Liu, Sihan Li, Yufu Jia, Qian Deng, Zhenjiang Liu, Minglei Li, Yamin Li
  • Patent number: 12200304
    Abstract: Systems and methods for recommending a media asset relating to a character unknown to a user are provided herein. The systems and methods may receive a first media asset viewed by a user, determine a first character in the first media asset, and include the first character in the character viewing profile for the user. Further, the systems and methods may receive a second media asset, including the first character, determine that a second character appears in the second media asset, and determine that the second character is not in the character viewing profile. The systems and methods may recommend a third media asset to the user for the second character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Adeia Guides Inc.
    Inventors: Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah, Ashwini Dharwa, Gaurav Gupta, Harsha Neerakani
  • Patent number: 12200361
    Abstract: An imaging support method includes acquiring a focal length of an imaging apparatus, detecting a subject image position of a target subject image showing a target subject in a captured image obtained by capturing an imaging region including the target subject by the imaging apparatus, and performing registration control for setting the detected subject image position to a specific position in the captured image by increasing a ratio of application of an image region movement component compared to a lens moving mechanism in a case where the acquired focal length is greater than or equal to a threshold value, and increasing a ratio of application of the lens moving mechanism compared to the image region movement component in a case where the focal length is less than the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Fujikawa, Shinichiro Fujiki, Junichi Tanaka, Atsushi Kawanago
  • Patent number: 12192718
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for operating an audio device, in particular for carrying out a morphing process, wherein audio output data are generated from audio input data containing at least one sample and/or at least one block of samples by means of at least one function stored in a data device, wherein at least one parameter of the at least one function is changeable and/or is changed in operation of the audio device, wherein at least one item of topicality information of the at least one parameter, which information indicates a state of change of the at least one parameter, is updated after the change has been made, wherein the audio output data is generated depending on the topicality information of the at least one parameter by means of the at least one changed or the at least one unchanged parameter of the at least one function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: ASK Industries GmbH
    Inventor: Victor Kalinichenko
  • Patent number: 12182721
    Abstract: A method comprising: receiving, as input, training images, wherein at least a majority of the training images represent normal data instances; receiving, as input, a target image; extracting (i) a set of feature representations from a plurality of image locations within each of the training images, and (ii) target feature representations from a plurality of target image locations within the target image; calculating, with respect to a target image location of the plurality of target image locations in the target image, a distance between (iii) the target feature representation of the target image location, and (iv) a subset from the set of feature representations comprising the k nearest the feature representations to the target feature representation; and determining that the target image location is anomalous, when the calculated distance exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM LTD.
    Inventors: Yedid Hoshen, Liron Bergman, Niv Cohen, Tal Reiss
  • Patent number: 12175714
    Abstract: A system and method are presented that scans a vector graphics file for image elements that appear over a background image. The image elements represent individual objects and movement or actions for those objects. The image elements, each possibly represented by multiple shapes, arrows, lines, or shading, are identified and parsed into a standard class definition. In one embodiment, the class definitions and the rule set applied to perform this parsing are pre-defined according to the content of the SVG file. The image elements are then redrawn over a new background image, which has multiple segments that correspond to the original background image but where each segment has a different segment transformation that defines translation and/or scaling required to move between the image segments. The image elements are then scaled and translated according to the multiple segment transformations, and then are presented over the new background image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Pro Quick Draw LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Erich Bischoff, Troy Bigelow
  • Patent number: 12169128
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for wearable navigation systems. In some examples, a wearable navigation system may determine the distance between an object and one or more distance sensors based on signals received from an environment, where the distance sensors are part of a sensor package. In some aspects, the wearable navigation system may determine, using an inertial measurement unit, a position, speed, and acceleration of the wearable navigation system, where the inertial measurement unit is part of the sensor package. In some cases, the wearable navigation system may determine, by a Central Processing Unit (CPU) coupled to the sensor package, information associated with the object with respect to the wearable navigation system. In some instances, the wearable navigation system may generate, by an actuator system coupled to the sensor package, feedback signals in response to information associated with the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: STRAP TECHNOLOGIES INC
    Inventors: Diego Roel-Chapa, Adolfo Cota-Foncerrada, Carlos Jesús Zúñiga Aguilar
  • Patent number: 12169765
    Abstract: A machine learning scheme can be trained on a set of labeled training images of a subject in different poses, with different textures, and with different background environments. The label or marker data of the subject may be stored as metadata to a 3D model of the subject or rendered images of the subject. The machine learning scheme may be implemented as a supervised learning scheme that can automatically identify the labeled data to create a classification model. The classification model can classify a depicted subject in many different environments and arrangements (e.g., poses).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Xuehan Xiong, Zehao Xue
  • Patent number: 12162162
    Abstract: A method for analyzing a sensor assembly configuration of an at least semi-autonomous robot includes determining a plurality of spatial segments that spatially subdivide an environment of the robot. The method further includes determining an available individual component performance of a respective individual component of the sensor assembly configuration in relation to the spatial segments. The method further includes determining a sensor assembly requirement that must be satisfied by the sensor assembly configuration in relation to the spatial segments. A linear optimization function with parameters that include the spatial segments, the individual component performances, and the sensor assembly requirements is generated and then solved according to the method. The solution of the linear optimization function indicates if the environment of the robot is configured to be captured by the sensor assembly configuration in accordance with the sensor assembly requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Schneider
  • Patent number: 12165399
    Abstract: Systems and methods to determine an activity associated with an object of interest are presented. The method includes receiving a sequence of a plurality of frames that capture an area of interest during a threshold period of time, wherein an object of interest is present in the area of interest during the threshold period of time. The method also includes analyzing the plurality of frames to detect the object of interest. The method also includes tracking the object of interest in the area of interest during the threshold period of time. The method also includes extracting data indicative of the object of interest. The method also includes predicting, based on the data indicative of the object of interest, an activity associated with the object of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Daili Zhang, Varun Tyagi, Fahad Ahmad, Julien Christian Marck, Olivier Roger Germain
  • Patent number: 12167116
    Abstract: A device and method with object recognition is included. In one general aspect, an electronic device includes a camera sensor configured to capture a first image of a scene, the camera sensor is configured to perform at least one type of physical camera motion relative to the electronic device, the at least one type of physical camera motion includes rolling, panning, tilting, or zooming the camera sensor relative to the electronic device, and a processor configured to control the camera sensor to perform a physical motion of the physical camera motion type based on detecting an object in the first image, acquire a second image captured using the camera sensor as adjusted based on the performed physical motion, and recognize the object in the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung In Yoo, Youngjun Kwak, Sungyoul Park, Solae Lee, Hana Lee, Jiho Choi
  • Patent number: 12166779
    Abstract: A device detects anomalies on an input stream of events. Each event includes a value. The device has: a modeling unit configured to represent each event into at least one histogram over a predefined tree data structure to obtain a model of the input stream; a change detection and adaptation module configured to detect a long term change of the distribution of the events in the input stream based on the model of the input stream; and a scoring unit configured to calculate an anomaly score representing the probability of an anomaly in the input stream of events based on the model of the input stream and the detected long term change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cristian Axenie, Radu Tudoran, Stefano Bortoli, Mohamad Al Hajj Hassan, Goetz Brasche
  • Patent number: 12159393
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method can include augmenting a set of images of collectables to generate a set of synthetic images of collectables. The method can further include combining the set of images of collectables and the set of synthetic images of collectables to produce a training set. The method can further include training a set of machine learning models based on the training set. Each machine learning model from the set of machine learning models can generate a grade for an image attribute from a set of image attributes. The set of image attributes can include an edge, a corner, a center, or a surface. The method can further include executing, after training, the set of machine learning models to generate a set of grades for an image of collectable not included in the training set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Collectors Universe, Inc.
    Inventors: David Shalamberidze, Kevin C. Lenane
  • Patent number: 12152906
    Abstract: A surveying instrument for executing a relocation functionality, which determines first coordinates of a stationary target point associated with the start signal, in response to a start signal, a first actuator and a second actuator are controlled such that the stationary target point remains within a detection area of a tracking unit of the surveying instrument, determines second coordinates of the stationary target point, receives an end signal, wherein the second coordinates of the stationary target point are associated with the end signal, and based at least in part on the first and second coordinates of the stationary target point, and determines a relative pose of the surveying instrument with respect to a first setup location and a second setup location, wherein the first setup location is associated with the first coordinates and the second setup location is associated with the second coordinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Elvir Malkoč, Josef Müller, Johannes Hotz
  • Patent number: 12143723
    Abstract: A method for reducing camera motion blur comprises, before acquiring an image frame for a video stream, a camera measurement unit measuring data related to a camera module motion during a time window; determining camera module motion based on the measured data and predicting a camera motion blur during acquisition of the image frame based at least on the determined camera module motion and the lens projection model; determining whether the predicted camera motion blur exceeds a threshold; in response to determining that the predicted camera motion blur exceeds the threshold, determining a reduction of the provisional exposure time determined to acquire the image frame so that the predicted camera motion blur reaches the threshold, determining whether a corresponding increase in the provisional gain determined to acquire the image frame is below a maximum gain value, adjusting the provisional exposure time and gain, and acquiring the image frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: FotoNation Limited
    Inventors: Razvan Condorovici, Bogdan Petcu, Piotr Stec
  • Patent number: 12141989
    Abstract: An estimation apparatus includes one or more hardware processors configured to detect a first object included in time-series images, and generate a tracking trajectory of the first object; detect a state change event indicating an appearance, a disappearance, a bend, or a stay of the tracking trajectory, and extract a coordinate of the first object in which the state change event has occurred; and estimate a determination region based on the coordinate. Accordingly, the estimation apparatus is able to estimate more accurately an image region to be analyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuto Yamaji, Daisuke Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12135383
    Abstract: A process to partition a video feed to segment live player activity includes receiving, on a first recurring basis, a transmission of a central video feed from a first camera. The central video feed is calibrated against a spatial region represented in at least two dimensions that is encompassed by the central video feed. The process includes receiving, on a second recurring basis, a respective time-stamped position information from each tracking device in a plurality of tracking devices. Each tracking device is worn by a corresponding subject on the spatial region and transmits positional information that describes a time-stamped position of the corresponding subject in the spatial region. The process uses the received information and the calibration to define a first sub-view of the central video feed associated with a first subject. The first sub-view comprises a corresponding sub-frame associated with the first subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Infinite Athlete, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Schwartz, Michael Naquin, Christopher Brown, Steve Xing, Pawel Czarnecki, Charles D. Ebersol
  • Patent number: 12136264
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for obfuscating location data associated with a physical environment. In some implementations, a method includes obtaining, via an environmental sensor, environmental data corresponding to a physical environment. A first portion of the environmental data that corresponds to a first location is identified. In response to the first location being of a first location type, location data indicative of the first location is obfuscated from the environmental data by modifying the first portion of the environmental data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Ian M. Richter
  • Patent number: 12136239
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electro-hydraulic varifocal lens-based method for tracking a 3D trajectory of a moving object. The method includes the following steps of: (1) obtaining a functional relation between a focusing control current and camera's intrinsic parameters; (2) obtaining a functional relation between focusing control currents of the electro-hydraulic varifocal lens and an optimal object distance; (3) initializing an object tracking algorithm, and taking an object tracking box as a subsequent focusing window; (4) carrying out first autofocusing, recording a focusing control current value after the autofocusing is completed, as well as a size and center point coordinates of the object tracking box; (5) calculating and recording coordinates of the object in 3D space; and (6) repeating steps (4) and (5) for the same object, and sequentially connecting the recorded coordinates of the object in 3D space into a trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shaorong Xie, Hengyu Li, Jingyi Liu, Yueying Wang, Shuang Han, Jun Luo
  • Patent number: 12131531
    Abstract: Real-time light-detection and ranging point decimation is provided. A system of a vehicle can allocate, based on a resolution for data points, a region in the memory for a tree data structure. The region can have a fixed-size for a duration of a flight performed by the vehicle. The system can receive, subsequent to allocating the region in the memory, first points captured by a sensor of the vehicle at a first resolution, and convert the points to second points having a second resolution that is less than the first resolution. The system can then provide, for storage in the region in the memory, the tree data structure that stores the second points. The tree data structure can be used in a terrain map generation function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jonathan Andrew Drosdeck
  • Patent number: 12126902
    Abstract: A method for stabilizing an image based on artificial intelligence includes acquiring tremor detection data with respect to the image, the tremor detection data acquired from two or more sensors; outputting stabilization data for compensating for an image shaking, the stabilization data outputted using an artificial neural network (ANN) model trained to output the stabilization data based on the tremor detection data; and compensating for the image shaking using the stabilization data. A camera module includes a lens; an image sensor to output an image captured through the lens; two or more sensors to output tremor detection data with respect to the image; a controller to output stabilization data based on the tremor detection data using an ANN model; and a stabilization unit to compensate for an image shaking using the stabilization data. The ANN model is trained to output the stabilization data based on the tremor detection data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: DEEPX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lok Won Kim, You Jun Kim
  • Patent number: 12118796
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to a vision system that detects persons exiting an environment, comprising detecting, by a processor using a plurality of image frames from at least one sensor, persons that exited the environment during a first period of time. The vision system further determines, by the processor, an exit count for the first period of time and retrieves, from a database, historical egress data comprising a detected historic exit count and a corrected historic exit count of the environment for a second period of time corresponding to the first period of time. The vision system calculates an error rate for the second period of time based on a ratio of the detected historic exit count and the corrected historic exit count, determines and stores a corrected exit count for the first period of time by adjusting the exit count using the error rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Michael C. Stewart, Natasha Mishell Astudillo, Harsh Gaurangbhai Motka, Joseph Celi