Camera Connected To Computer Patents (Class 348/207.1)
  • Patent number: 12236652
    Abstract: An image sensor is positioned such that a field-of-view of the image sensor encompasses at least a portion of a rack storing items. The image sensor generates angled-view images of an object. A pixel position of a body part of a person is determined in at least a subset of the received image frames, thereby determining a set of pixel positions of the body part. An aggregated body part position is determined based on the set of pixel positions. If the aggregated body part position is determined to correspond to a position associated with the object, a trigger signal is provided indicating an interaction event has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: 7-ELEVEN, INC.
    Inventors: Sumedh Vilas Datar, Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy, Shahmeer Ali Mirza
  • Patent number: 12238390
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided for generating and selecting video clips for inclusion in video sequences based on still frame images. A method may include encoding first embeddings for a first video including first images of an item at a first scene, the first embeddings indicative of features of the first scene; encoding second embeddings for a second video including second images of the item at a second scene, the second embeddings indicative of features of the second scene; encoding third embeddings for the first video, the third embeddings indicative of features of a first type of camera shot used for the first images; encoding fourth embeddings for the second video, the fourth embeddings indicative of features of a second type of camera shot used for the second images; and generating, based on the first, second, third, and fourth embeddings, a video sequence for the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shilpa Pundi Ananth, Sai Sree Harsha, Pooja Ashok Kumar, Yashal Shakti Kanungo, Sumit Negi, Brittney C. Gannon, Lauren K. Johnson
  • Patent number: 12211271
    Abstract: To determine the head pose of a user, a head-mounted display system having an imaging device can obtain a current image of a real-world environment, with points corresponding to salient points which will be used to determine the head pose. The salient points are patch-based and include: a first salient point being projected onto the current image from a previous image, and with a second salient point included in the current image being extracted from the current image. Each salient point is subsequently matched with real-world points based on descriptor-based map information indicating locations of salient points in the real-world environment. The orientation of the imaging devices is determined based on the matching and based on the relative positions of the salient points in the view captured in the current image. The orientation may be used to extrapolate the head pose of the wearer of the head-mounted display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Georg Zahnert, Joao Antonio Pereira Faro, Miguel Andres Granados Velasquez, Dominik Michael Kasper, Ashwin Swaminathan, Anush Mohan, Prateek Singhal
  • Patent number: 12205377
    Abstract: An information processing device of the present invention includes a detection means that detects the content of an image, a determination means that determines a processing mode for the image based on the result of detection of the content of the image, and an execution means that executes processing for a captured image corresponding to the processing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Muneaki Onozato, Satoshi Terasawa, Yuji Shinozaki, Hiroo Ikeda, Junko Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 12186643
    Abstract: A system includes a camera capturing images in a first field of view of a sports ball bouncing and rolling, a storage arrangement, and a processing arrangement. The storage arrangement includes a three-dimensional 3D model of a part of a sports play area and the processing arrangement is configured to: detect a pixel location of a ball in an image; determine, based on intrinsic and extrinsic calibration parameters, a camera-ball line comprising a straight line passing through the camera in the direction of the sports ball and to determine, based on the 3D model, an intersection point of the camera-ball line with the 3D model. The processor outputs the intersection point as a 3D position of the ball in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: TRACKMAN A/S
    Inventors: Fredrik Tuxen, Michael Ungstrup
  • Patent number: 12192586
    Abstract: A method for presenting a face in a video call includes: obtaining a key feature point of a facial expression of a user based on a face image of the user; driving a three-dimensional (3D) head image of the user by using the key feature point of the facial expression of the user, to obtain a target 3D avatar of the user, where the target 3D avatar of the user has an expression of the user; rotating the target 3D avatar based on a preset presentation angle, to obtain a target 3D avatar at the preset presentation angle; and transmitting the target 3D avatar at the preset presentation angle to a peer video call device. A user can see a 3D avatar that is of a user and that is at a preset presentation angle in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenkang Xu, Wei Huang, Junhao Zhang, Xiaolin Huang
  • Patent number: 12170664
    Abstract: Embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product that enable secure access to cameras in smart buildings. Some embodiments control outbound video from an environment such as a local network through an intelligent on-event video pushing mechanism. The local intelligent on-event video pushing mechanism hides the IP address of a source video camera, transcodes the video to a reduced size for wide area distribution, and pushes video to a recipient upon an event triggered received within the local environment (e.g., the local network.) Embodiments enable a remote video client on the far-side of the local network firewall to view the video streams of cameras on the near-side of the local network firewall when an event or trigger occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: MUTUALINK, INC.
    Inventors: Anand Setlur, Joseph R. Mazzarella, Michael S. Wengrovitz, Derrell Lipman
  • Patent number: 12167819
    Abstract: A robotic cleaner executing operations such as capturing data indicative of locations of objects in a workspace through which the robot moves; generating or updating a map of at least a part of the workspace based on at least the data; and navigating based on the map or an updated map of the workspace. The robotic cleaner may include a side brush with a main body with at least one attachment point and at least one bundle of bristles attached to the at least one attachment point of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: AI Incorporated
    Inventor: Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi
  • Patent number: 12165264
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and platforms for generating and deploying an augmented reality (AR) experience using a decoupled content management system is described herein. A method for providing an AR experience can include selecting a plurality of digital content associated with the AR experience from a content database at a decoupled CMS, defining one or more triggering mechanisms for actuating the AR experience, selecting one or more augmented reality assets based on a selected media asset type, generating an AR bundle comprised of at least one of the selected plurality of digital content, the one or more triggering mechanisms and the one or more augmented reality assets, and publishing the AR bundle to an end user application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: BUNDLAR
    Inventors: Lewis B. Gardner, John Martin, Thomas Gardner, Zachary William Martin, Matthew Wren, Gareth Davies
  • Patent number: 12141251
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for continuous identity authentication based on gesture data. In one aspect, a method includes receiving gesture data corresponding to one or more gestures received on a touch screen of the mobile device from an individual, generating specific features extracted from the one more gestures, comparing the specific features with gesture data collected on the mobile device from a user previously interacting with the mobile device, and verifying that an identity of the individual matches an identity of the previous user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Jumio Corporation
    Inventors: Sashi Kanth Saripalle, Spandana Vemulapalli, Stephanie Firehammer
  • Patent number: 12142021
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a camera; a processor configured to control the camera; and a memory configured to be electrically connected to the processor and to store a network model trained to determine a degree of matching between an input image frame and predetermined feature information, wherein the processor is configured to: identify a representative image frame based on a degree of matching obtained by applying image frames, selected from among a plurality of image frames, to the trained network model, while the plurality of image frames are captured through the camera, identify a best image frame based on a degree of matching obtained by applying image frames within a specific section including the identified representative image frame, to the trained network model, and provide the identified best image frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junkwon Choi, Sangkyu Kang, Dongjin Jung, Kyuchun Han
  • Patent number: 12135563
    Abstract: A robotic device including a medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor effectuates operations including: capturing images and sensor data of an environment as the robotic device drives back and forth in straight lines; generating or updating a map of the environment based on at least one of the one or more images and the sensor data; recognizing one or more rooms in the map based on at least one of the one or more images and the sensor data; determining at least one of a position and an orientation of the robotic device relative to the environment based on at least one of the one or more images and the sensor data; and actuating the robotic device to adjust a heading of the robotic device based on the at least one of the position and the orientation of the robotic device relative to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: AI Incorporated
    Inventors: Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi, Lukas Robinson, Chen Zhang, Brian Highfill
  • Patent number: 12108192
    Abstract: An electronic system, a method, and a computer program product generate an image stream with spherical background effects for multiple participants presented in a shared virtual venue during a video call. The method includes generating a composite image stream of the first foreground image superimposed at a first assigned location and a second foreground image superimposed at a second assigned location on a spherical background image. The method includes communicating the composite image stream to first and second electronic devices oriented to respective first and second vantage points associated with the first and second assigned locations of a virtual venue presented within the spherical background image. The method includes rotating the spherical background image relative to the first and the second vantage point presented to a respective display device of the first and the second electronic devices in relation to movement of a corresponding first participant and second participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal, Jeffrey S. Vanhoof, Bill Ryan, Daniel M Vacura
  • Patent number: 12096113
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that enables appropriate sharing of processing in accordance with a remaining capacity of a battery. Provided is a mode switching unit that switches a mode depending on at least one of a remaining capacity of a battery or heat, the mode switching unit switching between a first mode in which a first device executes predetermined processing and a second mode in which a second device executes the predetermined processing. The predetermined processing is processing by an AI function. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system including a surveillance camera and a server that distributes data from the surveillance camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Ishikawa, Satoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12088544
    Abstract: Systems and methods herein save ephemeral media content to a conversation thread between two users who are bidirectional connections on a social media platform. The systems and methods receive, on a first device associated with a first user, media content item from a second device associated with a second user, display the received media content item on the first user device, and while causing display of the received media content item, receive a selection from the first user device. In response to receiving the selection, the systems and methods save the media content item to a conversation thread between the first user and the second user and display an indication that the media content item is saved within the conversation thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Jacob Catalano, Jeremy Baker Voss
  • Patent number: 12075144
    Abstract: A cellular trail camera system is disclosed and may include a housing; a mounting bracket for mounting the camera; a visible sensor; an infrared sensor; and a plurality of Fresnel lenses each operable to be individually mounted to or with the infrared sensor and to focus infrared light to the infrared sensor from a different direction. One of the Fresnel lenses may be mounted to or with the housing during operation. The housing may include a wireless transceiver, which may communicate via a cellular network. The camera may communicate with a wireless communication device via the wireless transceiver. The camera may communicate images and/or video to the wireless device. The infrared sensor may include a plurality of elements. The camera may be powered by a solar cell that is mounted on the camera or remote from the camera. The visible sensor may be activated when the infrared sensor detects a heat-generating object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: DEER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Stern, Garrison Peel, Jeff Peel
  • Patent number: 12062239
    Abstract: An information processing device of the present invention includes a detection means that detects the content of an image, a determination means that determines a processing mode for the image based on the result of detection of the content of the image, and an execution means that executes processing for a captured image corresponding to the processing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Muneaki Onozato, Satoshi Terasawa, Yuji Shinozaki, Hiroo Ikeda, Junko Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 12059632
    Abstract: The systems and methods disclosed herein relate to play enhanced with augmented reality, the disclosed systems comprising: a user device, the user device comprising, a camera, and a computer system, the computer system further comprising: at least one processor; a graphical user interface and a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code configured for: collecting at least one frame of video with an image capture module; identifying user controlled objects in the at least one frame of video with an object recognition module, and rendering an augmented reality display on the user device with an augmented reality module, the augmented reality display including an augmented background and a rendering of the at least one user controlled object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Inventor: Nickolay Lamm
  • Patent number: 12058428
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment may include a first camera module, and a flash module disposed adjacent to the first camera module, where the flash module may include an LED configured to emit light, and an optical lens disposed in the traveling direction of the light emitted from the LED. The optical lens may include a first surface in the direction facing the LED and a second surface in the direction opposite the first surface, and the second surface of the optical lens may include a first translucent area including a central area where the light emitted from the LED is incident and a second translucent area spaced apart from the first translucent area. Various other embodiments may be also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taeuk Kang, Jiwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 12047705
    Abstract: An image capture device may be physically connected to a computing device using a data cable. The image capture device may masquerade as an ethernet card to the computing device over the physical connection. The image capture device may communicate with the computing device over the physical connection using a wireless communication protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventor: Daryl Stimm
  • Patent number: 12047673
    Abstract: In an approach, a processor receives a photograph requirement from an image of an application, the photograph requirement associated with a photograph to be uploaded to the application. A processor adjusts a camera setting based on the photograph requirement. A processor captures the photograph in accordance with the adjusted camera setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Phani Kumar V. U. Ayyagari, Harikrishna Manchineni, Sai Prasanth Vuppala, Manish Anand Bhide
  • Patent number: 12033373
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving first image data for a first image from an electronic device, the first image data including first information associated with a first object identified by the electronic device as being in the first image. Second image data for a second image is received from the electronic device subsequent to receiving the first image data. The second image data includes second information associated with a second object identified by the electronic device as being in the second image. Location information is determined based on the first information and the second information and sent to the electronic device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Crawford Gibbon, Zhu Liu, Eric Zavesky, Benjamin J. Stern
  • Patent number: 12023575
    Abstract: First and second resilient deformable spheres each have a pattern such as dots or a grid of lines projected or printed/deposited onto their inner surfaces, a camera positioned to image the pattern. When the spheres are deformed, the patterns are distorted. Distortions in the patterns are mapped to input signals to a computer simulation or other computer program. The spheres may each be attached to respective ends of a hollow tube also bearing the pattern such that not only can the spheres be squeezed, but the assembly also can be twisted to deform the pattern in the tube for further correlation to input signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis Castleman
  • Patent number: 12019941
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that enable screen sharing to be easily and reliably performed. Provided is an information processing apparatus including a processing unit that generates, on the basis of a message transmitted from a sharing source device that performs screen sharing, identification information that identifies the information processing apparatus serving as a sharing candidate device as a candidate for screen sharing, provides the sharing source device with device information regarding the information processing apparatus, and outputs the generated identification information. The present technology can be applied to a device that performs screen sharing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Hideaki Miyahara
  • Patent number: 12020345
    Abstract: An image signal processor for generating a converted image based on a raw image includes processing circuitry configured to store data corresponding to a plurality of lines of a received image in a line buffer, perform an image processing operation by filtering the data stored in the line buffer based on at least one filter, and divide the raw image into a plurality of sub-images and request the plurality of sub-images from a memory in which the raw image is stored, such that the plurality of sub-images are sequentially received by the line buffer, a width of each of the plurality of sub-images being less than a width of the line buffer, and the plurality of sub-images being parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 12011656
    Abstract: Images of distortions in a pattern on the interior of a hollow hand-grippable object are input to a machine learning (ML) model, which is trained to return a command responsive to the inputting. The command is used for controlling play of at least one computer simulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis Castleman
  • Patent number: 12012170
    Abstract: An object is to provide a screen image projection system for moving object having a smaller and/or lighter head-mounted part. The present technology provides a screen image projection system for moving object (100) including a screen image projection device (101) mounted on a moving object, and an optical element for screen image display light diffraction (103) arranged in front of human eyes that move along with the moving object, the optical element for screen image display light diffraction (103) diffracting screen image display light projected from the screen image projection device (101) and causing the screen image display light to reach the human eyes. The present technology also provides a component of the screen image projection system and a method for projecting a screen image in the screen image projection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaharu Suzuki, Hiroshi Ikuta
  • Patent number: 12002449
    Abstract: A system and method for providing aural guidance in imaging a document is disclosed. Visually impaired people may have difficulty when imaging a document with a mobile computing device. The system and method may analyze the image of the document in the imaging device, and output one or more aural directions in order for the user to move the document and/or camera for proper imaging of the document. In that regard, those with visual impairments may be assisted in imaging documents using a mobile computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Harmony Jane Clauer Salyers
  • Patent number: 12001021
    Abstract: In a display system configured to display images at multiple depth planes, images perceived to be substantially full color or multi-colored may be formed using component color images that are distributed in unequal numbers across a plurality of depth planes. The distribution of component color images across the depth planes may vary based on color. In some embodiments, a display system includes a stack of waveguides that each output light of a particular color, with some colors having fewer numbers of associated waveguides than other colors. The stack of waveguides may include multiple pluralities of different numbers of waveguides, each plurality configured to produce an image by outputting light corresponding to a particular color. A display controller can introduce blur and/or change pixel size for images to be presented for at least one depth plane, based on the contents of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian T. Schowengerdt, Hong Hua, Hui-Chuan Cheng, Christophe Peroz
  • Patent number: 11997428
    Abstract: A system for controlling the display of at least first and second images captured by respective first and second imaging devices, the control system including one or more controllers, the control system receives a first data stream including first image data representing a first image captured by a first imaging device, receive a second data stream comprising second image data representing a second image captured by a second imaging device, process the first image data and the second image data to generate first analytics image data and second analytics image data, the first analytics image data corresponding to the first image and the second analytics image data corresponding to the second image, receive an input selecting one of the first image and the second image for display and processing the corresponding one of the first image data and the second image data to generate viewer image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: GORILLA TECHNOLOGY UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Christoforos Charalambous, Odd Vidar Erik Ruben Nydren, Henry Hyde-Thomson, Matt Hobbs, Christopher Hallam
  • Patent number: 11991477
    Abstract: An output control apparatus is communicable with a communication apparatus through a communication network. The communication apparatus includes a first image capturing device configured to capture a subject at a remote site to acquire a first image and a second image capturing device configure to capture a part of the subject to acquire a second image. The output control apparatus includes circuitry to: receive the first image transmitted from the communication apparatus; output the received first image so as to be displayed on a display; receive, from the communication apparatus, the second image acquired by capturing a part of the subject corresponding to a display position of the first image displayed on the display; output the received second image so as to be displayed on the display; and control the display to display the first image and the second image that are output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi Itoh
  • Patent number: 11983853
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating training data using synthesized input images for training a machine learning model for image enhancement in accordance with embodiments of the invention are described. The system may access a target image (e.g., captured by an imaging device), and generate an input image that corresponds to the target image. The input image and target image may then be used (e.g., as part of a training data set) to train the machine learning model. For example, a generated input image corresponding to a target image may represent a version of the target image as if it were captured in low light. The target image may be a target illuminated output to be generated by enhancing the input image. The input image and target image may be used to train a machine learning model to enhance images such as those captured in low light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Plattforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Bo Zhu, Haitao Yang, Liying Shen, Ege Ozgirin
  • Patent number: 11979645
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for dynamically generating a graphical code that is placed within an advertisement, which may in in turn be placed dynamically over video or image content delivered to a client device. A portion of a stored advertisement unit may be created to have a color-coded section designated to be later replaced with a graphical code. When a user requests to view image or video content on or in which a given advertisement will be shown, a server may generate a tag that contains a URI that includes tracking parameters to identify what advertisement was scanned and/or other data associated with the advertisement, a publisher, or a client device. A graphical code may be generated to represent the given URI, then that graphical code may be inserted into a previously color-coded area of an ad creative before delivery to a client device for presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: GumGum, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Weiner, Jagadish Kamath
  • Patent number: 11978174
    Abstract: A method includes extracting, using a backbone of a machine learning model, a plurality of features from an image of a foot and predicting, using a first portion of the machine learning model and based on one or more features of the plurality of features, a first aspect of the foot. The method also includes predicting, using a second portion of the machine learning model and based on one or more features of the plurality of features, a second aspect of the foot different from the first aspect, generating, using at least the first aspect and the second aspect, a two-dimensional model of a shoe, and superimposing the two-dimensional model of the shoe onto the image of the foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuelong Li, Gitika Karumuri, Miriam Bellver Bueno, Sunil Sharadchandra Hadap, Ashwin Swaminathan, Amogh Gupta, Xin Shen
  • Patent number: 11979605
    Abstract: A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes receiving a bitstream comprising a plurality of coded sequences of point cloud coding (PCC) frames. The plurality of coded sequences of PCC frames represent a plurality of PCC attributes including geometry, texture, and one or more of reflectance, transparency, and normal. Each coded PCC frame is represented by one or more PCC network abstraction layer (NAL) units. The mechanism also includes parsing the bitstream to obtain, for each PCC attribute, an indication of one of a plurality of video codecs used to code the corresponding PCC attribute. The mechanism also includes decoding the bitstream based on the indicated video codecs for the PCC attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ye-Kui Wang, Fnu Hendry, Vladyslav Zakharchenko
  • Patent number: 11947745
    Abstract: A handwriting data processing method is applied to a pen display having wireless communication function and a data processing device. The handwriting data processing method includes the steps of: the data processing device obtaining a handwriting data from the pen display in a wireless communication manner; the data processing device generating a compressed screen image and transmitting the data of the compressed screen image and the handwriting data, which is not compressed, to the pen display in the wireless communication manner; the pen display uncompressing the data of the compressed screen image and overlapping the uncompressed screen image and the handwriting data to form a complete screen image and displaying the complete screen image. By the handwriting processing method, the machine time of the processor of the pen display is effectively lowered, significantly reducing the delay phenomenon of the displayed handwriting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: USI ELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiang Chen, Chi-Hua Shih, Huang-Chu Liu, Jan-Yi Hsiao
  • Patent number: 11950017
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for redundantly storing and authenticating event related video data from one or more cameras using a video recording manager device. Additional copies of event related video data are persisted across various storage devices including any combination of internal camera storage, remote storage, and one or more storage mediums associated with the video recording manager device. The stored video data is augmented with authentication metadata to preserve the authenticity such that the video data is suitable as evidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Digital Ally, Inc.
    Inventors: Peng Han, James W. Farnham, IV, Joshua L. Turner, Douglas C. Fletcher
  • Patent number: 11941763
    Abstract: A viewing system which presents augmented reality of a 3D model representing an appearance of a target, comprises: an obtainer which is able to obtain a captured image of the target; a creator which is able to create a 3D model of the target based on the captured image obtained by the obtainer; and a presenter which is able to present the 3D model of the target created by the creator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11935154
    Abstract: A method and system for transforming an input image via a plurality of image transformation stylizers includes receiving the input image; providing the input image, information about the plurality of image transformation stylizers and at least one of user data, history data, and contextual data to a trained machine-learning (ML) model for selecting a subset of the plurality of image transformation stylizers; receiving as an output from the ML model the subset of image transformation stylizers; executing the subset of the image transformation stylizers on the input image to generate a plurality of transformed output images; ranking the plurality of transformed output images based on at least one of the input image, the user data, the history data, and the contextual data; and providing the ranked plurality of transformed output images for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ji Li, Fatima Zohra Daha, Bei Liu, Huan Yang, Jianlong Fu
  • Patent number: 11917266
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided for generating and selecting video clips for inclusion in video sequences based on still frame images. A method may include encoding first embeddings for a first video including first images of an item at a first scene, the first embeddings indicative of features of the first scene; encoding second embeddings for a second video including second images of the item at a second scene, the second embeddings indicative of features of the second scene; encoding third embeddings for the first video, the third embeddings indicative of features of a first type of camera shot used for the first images; encoding fourth embeddings for the second video, the fourth embeddings indicative of features of a second type of camera shot used for the second images; and generating, based on the first, second, third, and fourth embeddings, a video sequence for the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shilpa Pundi Ananth, Sai Sree Harsha, Pooja Ashok Kumar, Yashal Shakti Kanungo, Sumit Negi, Brittney C. Gannon, Lauren K. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11907281
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media for displaying relevant data based on facial recognition. The method may include displaying a graphic user interface (GUI) on a display of a user device for a face recognition search process, and determining whether a facial recognition user input has been received. In response to determining the facial recognition user input has been received, a request message may be generated, the request message include an image, and the request message may be transmitted to a facial recognition service. A response may be received from the facial recognition service, and the GUI may be updated to display one or more information cards based on the received response, the one or more information cards being associated with the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Andrew Hwang, Joseph Bergman, Alexander Tsai
  • Patent number: 11901791
    Abstract: A functional module is provided. The functional module is applied to an electronic device, and includes a housing, a functional member, and a motor assembly. Both the functional member and the motor assembly are disposed in the housing. The motor assembly includes a motor and an output shaft. The motor is configured to drive the output shaft to rotate. The output shaft protrudes from one side of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Min Cheng, Chui-Hung Chen, Ching-Yuan Yang, Cheng-Han Chung
  • Patent number: 11893797
    Abstract: An information processing device of the present invention includes a detection means that detects the content of an image, a determination means that determines a processing mode for the image based on the result of detection of the content of the image, and an execution means that executes processing for a captured image corresponding to the processing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Muneaki Onozato, Satoshi Terasawa, Yuji Shinozaki, Hiroo Ikeda, Junko Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11895395
    Abstract: A remote assistance system includes a terminal device and a remote device, the terminal device including a first processor configured to: transmit information of multiple images obtained by capturing a subject from respectively different directions to the remote device; receive display information for displaying a guidance image that guides a user to a requested capture position, the guidance image being derived by the remote device using the image information; and display the guidance image indicated by the received display information, the remote device including a second processor configured to: receive the information of multiple images from the terminal device; display images indicated by the received information of multiple images; receive a selection of an image captured from the requested capture position from among the displayed images; derive the display information using the selected image; and transmit the derived display information to the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Iida, Hirotake Sasaki, Takeshi Nagamine
  • Patent number: 11877070
    Abstract: An endoscopic camera system having an optical assembly; a first color image sensor transmitting a first low dynamic range image; a second color image sensor transmitting a second low dynamic range image; a monochrome image sensor transmitting a monochrome image; an HDR processor coupled to the first color image sensor and the second color image sensor for receiving the first low dynamic range image and the second low dynamic range image, the HDR processor being configured to combine the first low dynamic range image and the second dynamic range image into a high dynamic range image; and a combiner coupled to the HDR processor and the monochrome image sensor, the combiner being configured to combine the high dynamic range image with the monochrome image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Dominik Steiner, Efrain Morales Correa
  • Patent number: 11877052
    Abstract: A method for filming an event by an autonomous drone, the method may include acquiring, by the autonomous drone, a current set of images of the event; generating signatures of the current set of images to provide current signatures; searching for one or more relevant concept structures out of a group of concept structures; wherein each relevant concept structure comprises at least one signature that matches at least one of first signatures; wherein each concept structure is associated with filming parameters; and determining, at least in part, based on the filming parameters associated with at least one of the one or more relevant concept structures, next filming parameters to be applied during an acquisition of one or more next sets of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Cortica Ltd.
    Inventor: Karina Odinaev
  • Patent number: 11871133
    Abstract: An imaging system including: image sensor including pixels arranged on photo-sensitive surface; and processor configured to: obtain information indicative of gaze direction of user's eye; identify gaze position on photo-sensitive surface; determine first region and second region on photo-sensitive surface, wherein first region includes and surrounds gaze position, while second region surrounds first region; read out first pixel data from each pixel of first region; select set of pixels to be read out from second region based on predetermined sub-sampling pattern; read out second pixel data from pixels of selected set; generate, from second pixel data, pixel data of remaining pixels of second region; and process first pixel data, second pixel data, and generated pixel data to generate image frame(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Varjo Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Mikko Ollila
  • Patent number: 11863864
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a photographer is guided so that all construction phots can be taken. A program according to one embodiment of the present disclosure causes a terminal to function as: an information acquiring part configured to acquire an item to be photographed and the order in which the item is to be photographed, the item indicating a photographing object and what stage of construction the photographing object is in; and a presenting part configured to present the item and the order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomomi Kukita, Daisuke Satou
  • Patent number: 11861893
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a reading support system includes a processing device. The processing device includes an extractor and a type determiner. The extractor extracts a plurality of regions from a candidate region. The candidate region is a candidate of a region in which a meter is imaged. The regions respectively include a plurality of characters of the meter. The type determiner determines a type of the meter based on positions of the regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chiayu Lin
  • Patent number: 11847404
    Abstract: A service control system controls access to secured online testing services, such as accredited or standardized tests, examinations in educational courses, tutoring services, and continuing professional development courses or seminars. The secured services may be published by an educational publishing platform and made available to users through online configured browser applications executing on the users' devices. Based on access conditions associated with a secured testing service and the capturing and processing of one or more images, the service control system determines how users are authorized to access the services. When users have been authorized to access a service or a subset of the service, the service may be distributed through the browser applications executing on the users' devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Chegg, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Le Chevalier, Charles F. Geiger