Zoom Patents (Class 348/240.99)
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Patent number: 11823715Abstract: Cut-out processing for cutting out a portion of a region of a captured image, display control processing of a first screen including a captured image display region for displaying the captured image and a cut-out image display region for displaying a cut-out image cut out in the cut-out processing, display control processing for making display transition from the first screen to a second screen in which a cut-out region obtained from the captured image is set, processing for receiving a first user operation of designating, in the second screen, at least one set of coordinates and a second user operation of designating a subject, and processing for setting a cut-out region on the basis of the first user operation or the second user operation are performed.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Ikeda, Nobuho Ikeda
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Patent number: 11812924Abstract: A surgical robotic system is disclosed to include an operating table, a plurality of robotic arms and surgical instruments, a user console, and a control tower. The plurality of robotic arms are mounted on the operating table and can be stowed folded under the table for storage. The user console has one or more user interface devices, which function as master devices to control the plurality of surgical instruments.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Inventors: Pablo E. Garcia Kilroy, Karen S. Koenig, Andrea Bajo, Robert T. Wiggers, Joan Savall, Eric M. Johnson
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Patent number: 11812150Abstract: An imaging device comprises a processor configured to control a display operation of a display unit, in which the processor acquires a specified portion specified by a first user operation in an object image including an object to be imaged, performs enlargement display control of enlarging a part of the object image and displaying the enlarged part in a display area of the display unit in response to a second user operation, and sets an enlargement reference point in the object image according to the specified portion in the enlargement display control.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuhiro Aoki, Yuya Hayashi, Yuki Katada
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Patent number: 11778307Abstract: A foldable electronic device may include: a foldable housing foldable along at least one axis; a first display disposed on a first surface of the foldable housing; a second display disposed on a second surface of the foldable housing; a first camera; a second camera; at least one sensor; a memory; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: provide a first preview to the first display by using the first camera in a folded state; receive a region configuration input for the first preview through the first display; after the reception of the region configuration input, sense unfolding of the foldable electronic device by using the at least one sensor; and provide a second preview corresponding to the region configuration input through the second display by using the second camera in an unfolded state. In addition, various other embodiments can be understood through the specification.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jongwoon Jang, Deukkyu Oh, Kwangtaek Woo, Gisoo Lee
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Patent number: 11778325Abstract: An image processing apparatus adjusts a band of a filter that extracts a high-frequency component from frequency characteristics of an image according to a change in imaging setting.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Mitani, Masafumi Wakazono, Tomoki Numata
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Patent number: 11756305Abstract: A control apparatus and method that captures video image includes acquiring a parameter for recognition processing with respect to acquired image data and changing the acquired parameter according to a change in zoom magnification of an image capturing unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Keiji Adachi
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Patent number: 11758322Abstract: A sound pickup method includes splitting a sound pickup signal of a microphone of which sound pickup in a predetermined range is blocked by an acoustic obstacle, into a plurality of sound pickup signals and subjecting at least one sound pickup signal among the plurality of sound pickup signals to band limitation processing, and comparing characteristic amounts of the plurality of sound pickup signals including the sound pickup signal after being subjected to the band limitation processing and controlling a gain of the microphone in accordance with a result of comparing the characteristic amounts.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventor: Satoshi Ukai
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Patent number: 11734793Abstract: An optical apparatus captures images of a wide-angle scene with a single camera having a continuous panomorph zoom distortion profile. When combined with a processing unit, the hybrid zoom system creates an output image with constant resolution while allowing continuous adjustment in the magnification and field of view of the image without interpolation like a digital zoom system or without any moving parts like an optical zoom system.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: IMMERVISION, INC.Inventors: Patrice Roulet, Jocelyn Parent, Xavier Dallaire, Pierre Konen, Pascale Nini
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Patent number: 11727683Abstract: Methods and systems for displaying information in augmented reality are described. In one embodiment, a system comprises a camera, a memory, a display, and a processor configured to (a) detect a first prescription drug in a field of view of a camera by detecting a glyph printed on a label on a container of the first prescription drug, (b) determine a first identifier associated with the first prescription drug using optical character recognition, (c) determine whether a user has access to additional data about the first prescription drug, (d) request the additional data about the first prescription drug from a database, and (e) display the additional data in augmented reality adjacent to the first prescription drug on the display such that the additional data moves when the field of view of the camera changes such that the additional data remains displayed adjacent to the first prescription drug.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: Matt D. McDole, Sivaram Adhiappan, Robert K. Gaddy, Carlos G. Ruiz, Murat Sanli
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Patent number: 11729501Abstract: To provide a system, a method and the like for acquiring more images or more quickly focused images. A control device acquires information regarding a situation of a range captured by an imaging device, determines a mode according to an assumed situation of the range captured by the imaging device among a plurality of focusing modes, and transmits designation information specifying the determined mode to the imaging device. The imaging device receives the designation information from the control device, and captures an image using the mode specified by the received designation information.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Keiichi Chono, Masato Tsukada, Chisato Funayama, Ryuichi Akashi, Yuka Ogino, Takashi Shibata, Shoji Yachida, Hiroshi Imai, Emi Kitagawa, Yasuhiko Yoshida, Yusuke Mori
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Patent number: 11700446Abstract: An information processing apparatus, comprising a display control unit configured to display, in a display area of a display device, an image captured by an imaging apparatus, an area designation unit configured to designate an area for the image displayed in the display area, an enlargement unit configured to extract and to enlarge and display a part of the image displayed in the display area, a determination unit configured to determine whether a position of the designated area is outside the display area as a result of enlarging and displaying the part of the image displayed in the display area, and a notification unit configured to notify, when a determination is made such that the position of the designated area is outside the display area, of the determination.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hideyuki Ikegami
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Patent number: 11683584Abstract: An electronic device and method thereof are provided. An electronic device includes a UWB communication module configured to transmit a first ranging message, at a first transmission interval, for measuring at least one of a distance to or a direction of an external electronic device; a display; and a processor configured to display, on the display, an image of a first magnification in correspondence to the measured distance to and/or direction of the external electronic device; adjust the magnification of the image to a second magnification; and control, based on the second magnification, the UWB communication module to transmit a second ranging message, to the external electronic device, at a second transmission interval.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Inventors: Sangheon Kim, Muyeol Lee, Jiwoo Lee
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Patent number: 11659268Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a control unit configured to control the imaging unit to automatically capture an image, a registration unit configured to register a subject, and an association unit configured to associate the subject registered by the registration unit with a specific date. The control unit performs control so that a subject registered by the registration unit, with which the date associated by the association unit is the current day, is to be preferentially captured over a subject with which the date associated by the association unit is not the current day or no date is associated by the association unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yasuhiro Mizobuchi
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Patent number: 11653097Abstract: A method for switching between a first lens and a second lens in an electronic device includes displaying, by the electronic device, a first frame showing a field of view (FOV) of the first lens; detecting, by the electronic device, an event that causes the electronic device to transition from displaying the first frame to displaying a second frame showing a FOV of the second lens; generating, by the electronic device and based on the detecting the event, at least one intermediate frame for transitioning from the first frame to the second frame; and switching, by the electronic device and based on the detecting the event, from the first lens to the second lens and displaying the second frame, wherein the at least one intermediate frame is displayed after the displaying the first frame and before the displaying the second frame while the switching is performed.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ravi Prasad Mohan Kini, Gururaj Bhat, Pavan Sudheendra, Girish Kulkarni, Vineeth Thanikonda Munirathnam, Sanjay Narasimha Murthy, Balvinder Singh
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Patent number: 11638615Abstract: An intelligent surgical tool control system, comprising a tool management system; an indicating means to indicate at least one surgical event; a communicable database for storing, for each item of interest, its identity, its present 3D position and at least one previous 3D position; and at least one processor to identify, from a surgical event, an output surgical procedure. The tool management system can comprise a maneuvering mechanism to maneuver a surgical tool in at least two dimensions; and a controller to control at least one of activation and deactivation of a surgical tool and articulation of a surgical tool. The indicating means can indicate a surgical event selected from movement of a moving element and presence of an item of interest, where movement is determinable if the current 3D position of the moving element is substantially different from a previous 3D position of the same.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Asensus Surgical US, Inc.Inventors: Tal Nir, Gal Atarot, Motti Frimer
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Patent number: 11582391Abstract: An electronic device includes a first camera, a second camera, a display, a memory, and a processor. The processor collects a first image obtained by the first camera with respect to an external object and a second image obtained by the second camera with respect to the external object, generates a third image with respect to the external object using a first area of the first image and a second area of the second image, which corresponds to the first area, identifies an input associated with the third image displayed through the display, and displays an image generated using at least one of the first image, the second image, or depth information in response to the input. The generating operation of the third image includes generating the depth information with respect to the third image.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chi Sun Kim, Chang Hyun Chun, Dong Hyun Yeom
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Patent number: 11577169Abstract: A game perspective control method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: in response to an character selection operation acting on a second display area of a graphical user interface, a target game character is selected in a game scene; a perspective switching control is provided on the second display area, the perspective switching control being configured to switch between a game scene area where a current position of the target game character is located and a game scene area where a target position of the target game character is located; and, in response to a perspective switching operation acting on the perspective switching control, a first display area is controlled to display a game scene corresponding to the perspective switching operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.Inventor: Yiming Wei
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Patent number: 11570351Abstract: A method for correcting focus drift of an imaging system. The method includes an imaging system obtaining a plurality of images of an object of interest with each image obtained at a different focus of the imaging system. A processor then determines image property values of each image of the plurality of images and determines an image quality metric from each image of the plurality of images. The processor then compares the image quality metric to a reference metric and determines, based on the comparison, if a focus drift has occurred, and further adjusts a focus of the imaging system if a focus drift has occurred.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventor: Harry E. Kuchenbrod
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Patent number: 11557054Abstract: A method for performing region-of-interest (ROI)-based depth detection with aid of a pattern-adjustable projector and associated apparatus are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Hsueh-Tsung Lu, Ching-Wen Wang, Cheng-Che Tsai, Wu-Feng Chen
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Patent number: 11558514Abstract: An information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium and for processing information are provided. The information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive image data; cause a display to display the received image data; and move, in response to a user instruction, a portion of the image data from a first place to a second place on the display. The portion of the image data is a partial region of an entire region of the image data. While the portion of the image data is being moved from the first place to the second place, the portion of the image data is displayed at the first place.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Kengo Tokuchi
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Patent number: 11548443Abstract: A display system includes a display (400) configured to display an image, and a display controller (120) configured to control the display such that a periphery image indicating a peripheral situation of a vehicle viewed from a predetermined virtual viewpoint is displayed in a predetermined display region on a display surface, and change the predetermined display region on the basis of a traveling state of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Oniwa, Fue Kubota, Hironori Takano
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Patent number: 11528419Abstract: A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a housing, and a first lens module and a second lens module disposed in the housing and individually movable in an optical axis direction, the first and second lens modules being configured to generate rolling friction on one of both sides of each of the first and second lens modules and sliding friction on the other of both sides when the first and second lens modules are moved.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bo Sung Seo, Young Bok Yoon, Young Hwan Kwon
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Patent number: 11514600Abstract: An information processing device including an acquiring unit that acquires information related to a feature quantity specifying a predetermined target transmitted from a terminal device held by the target, a specifying unit that specifies the target on the basis of the information related to the feature quantity from among images captured by at least some of a plurality of imaging devices installed at different positions, and a control unit that presents information related to the target to a predetermined output destination in accordance with a specifying result of the target from the image.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Wakita, Atsushi Okamori
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Patent number: 11463625Abstract: An electronic appliance, includes: an imaging apparatus; a display apparatus; and a control apparatus, the control apparatus being configured to: extract, from a moving image captured by the imaging apparatus, subjects included in the moving image and information items each on one of the subjects; generate enlarged-view target information for selecting an enlarged-view target from among the subjects, with reference to the information items; select the enlarged-view target from among the subjects, with reference to the enlarged-view target information; and enlarge a region including the enlarged-view target, and cause the display apparatus to display the moving image.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsuhiro Haneda, Noriaki Murakami, Shohei Takai, Takanori Saito
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Patent number: 11451707Abstract: A system including image capture eyewear, a processor, and a memory. The image capture eyewear includes a support structure, a selector connected to the support structure, a display system (e.g., LEDs or a display) connected to the support structure to distinctly display assignable recipient markers, and a camera connected to the support structure to capture an image of a scene. The processor executes programming in the memory to assign recipients to the assignable recipient markers, receive a captured image of the scene, receive an indicator associated with the assignable recipient markers distinctly displayed at the time the image of the scene was captured, and transmit the captured image to the recipient assigned to the distinctly displayed assignable recipient markers.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Yu Jiang Tham, Mitchell Bechtold, Antoine Ménard
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Patent number: 11425306Abstract: Aspect for a device for generating video content are described. The device includes a first camera and one or more processors coupled to the first camera and configured to receive a first set of frames captured by the first camera at a first rate, process the first set of frames to generate video content for display, receive a selection to zoom in or zoom out, during the zoom in or zoom out to a zoom threshold for the first camera, receive a second set of frames captured by the first camera at a second rate that is less than the first rate, process the second set of frames to generate video content for display, and generate video content for playback, at a third rate that is less than the first rate, that includes the first set of frames and the second set of frames.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Shubhobrata Dutta Choudhury, Sai Krishna Bodapati
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Patent number: 11373400Abstract: Methods and systems for displaying information in augmented reality are described. In one embodiment, a system comprises a camera, a memory, a display, and a processor configured to (a) detect a first prescription drug in a field of view of a camera by detecting a glyph printed on a label on a container of the first prescription drug, (b) determine a first identifier associated with the first prescription drug using optical character recognition, (c) determine whether a user has access to additional data about the first prescription drug, (d) request the additional data about the first prescription drug from a database, and (e) display the additional data in augmented reality adjacent to the first prescription drug on the display such that the additional data moves when the field of view of the camera changes such that the additional data remains displayed adjacent to the first prescription drug.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: Matt D. McDole, Sivaram Adhiappan, Robert K. Gaddy, Carlos G. Ruiz, Murat Sanli
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Patent number: 11323620Abstract: A method for power consumption optimization in a wearable camera comprises: monitoring a bitrate of a video stream captured by the wearable camera. Upon the bitrate being above a first bitrate threshold, activating a movement sensor of the wearable camera. Upon activation of the movement sensor, analyzing whether activation of the movement sensor is beneficial for reducing the bitrate. In case activation of the movement sensor is beneficial for reducing the bitrate, keeping the movement sensor active and performing image stabilization based on movement data from the movement sensor, otherwise, deactivating the movement sensor. Also, a wearable camera is presented.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: AXIS ABInventor: Song Yuan
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Patent number: 11310416Abstract: There is provided a control device that controls a moving apparatus to which an image capturing apparatus including a zoom lens is mounted, the device comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain lens information including information pertaining to a zoom position of the zoom lens; and a control unit configured to control movement of the moving apparatus based on the lens information.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyasu Morita
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Patent number: 11303865Abstract: A projection device and an auto-focus method thereof are provided. The projection device includes a storage device, an image determining circuit, and an auto-focus circuit. The storage device is configured to temporarily store at least two image signals of image data in different time sequences. The image determining circuit is electrically connected to the storage device and is configured to access the image signals to determine whether a target image signal of the image signals meets an auto-focus condition, wherein the auto-focus condition includes the image determining circuit comparing the image signals to determine whether the target image signal is a static image, so as to correspondingly output a focusing signal. The auto-focus circuit is electrically connected to the image determining circuit and is configured to perform, according to the focusing signal, an auto-focus operation on an image projected by the projection device.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventor: Hung-Ru Lin
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Patent number: 11252332Abstract: An information processing apparatus that includes a camera unit including an imaging sensor that captures an image; a display that displays an image; and a processor that: clips an image region having a size corresponding to a photography zoom power from an image captured by the camera unit; adjusts a clipping position at a time of clipping the image region from the image; and controls the display to display the clipped image region on the display.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Junichi Kosaka
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Patent number: 11245830Abstract: An image capture apparatus includes an image capture device, a driving device configured to drive to change an orientation of the image capture device; an input device configured to receive input of voice, and a controller configured to, if the input voice is an instruction to shoot an image, perform control of stopping the driving device and causing the image capture device to capture an image at a stopping position, and also of moving the orientation of the image capture device from the stopping position by a predetermined amount in positive and negative directions in the drive direction and causing the image capture device to capture images at the position after being moved in the positive direction and the position after being moved in the negative direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Katsuhiro Ito
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Patent number: 11224330Abstract: A medical imaging device including at least two cameras. The medical imaging device includes an elongated and narrow distal tip connected to a rigid elongated shaft member, wherein the distal tip includes a front camera and a first side camera. The cameras of the disclosed medical imaging device can be configured to provide variable cameras' magnifications, which in some cases may vary from one camera to another. The cameras of the medical imaging device may be provided with dissimilarity in the cameras' magnification factors. Such dissimilarities are used to show the same object in the same size in a panoramic image captured simultaneously by the multiple cameras, as the multiple cameras have multiple distances to the object.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: SURGICAL LTD 270.Inventors: Avraham Levy, Moshe Levi, Victor Levin, Golan Salman, Amram Aizenfeld, Leonid Krivopisk
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Patent number: 11206355Abstract: An image processing apparatus adjusts a band of a filter that extracts a high-frequency component from frequency characteristics of an image according to a change in imaging setting.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Mitani, Masafumi Wakazono, Tomoki Numata
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Patent number: 11206363Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a camera module, a memory, a gyro sensor, and a processor. The housing may include a front plate, a rear plate, and a lateral member surrounding a space between the front plate and the rear plate. The camera module may include a first camera disposed in the space and performing shooting based on a first direction, a second camera disposed in the space and performing shooting based on a second direction, and an image signal processor for correcting images. The processor may be configured to control at least one of the first camera or the second camera to capture images, to identify a camera switching command while capturing the images, to acquire gyro motion information through the gyro sensor in response to the camera switching command, and to control the image signal processor to correct the captured images.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wonseok Song, Bohee Lee, Sehyun Lee, Junghwan Jo
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Patent number: 11206352Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for image or video shooting. The method is applied to a terminal that includes a first camera, a second camera, and a third camera. The second camera is a black-and-white camera, and the first camera, the second camera, and the third camera are cameras using prime lenses. The third camera is a color camera using a tele-photo lens. The method includes determining at least one camera from the first camera, the second camera, and the third camera based on a target zoom ratio as a target camera. The method further includes capturing, by using the target camera, at least one image that includes a target scene. The method further includes obtaining an output image of the target scene based on the at least one image that includes the target scene. According to the present disclosure, an approximately 5× lossless zoom effect is achieved.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yinting Wang, Xi Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Jinwei Chen, Haidong Gao, Changqi Hu, Ruihua Li
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Patent number: 11206356Abstract: An apparatus includes a first capturing unit configured to obtain a first image; and a second capturing unit configured to obtain a second image having a wider angle of view than an angle of view of the first image. The apparatus controls each of a first display device corresponding to one eye of a user and a second display device corresponding to the other eye of the user to display an image based on the first image or the second image. In a case where no subject exists in the first image, the apparatus causes at least one of the first display device and the second display device to display the second image.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryuta Suzuki, Takashi Ichimiya, Kouji Ikeda
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Patent number: 11197091Abstract: A sound pickup method includes splitting a sound pickup signal of a microphone of which sound pickup in a predetermined range is blocked by an acoustic obstacle, into a plurality of sound pickup signals and subjecting at least one sound pickup signal among the plurality of sound pickup signals to band limitation processing, and comparing characteristic amounts of the plurality of sound pickup signals including the sound pickup signal after being subjected to the band limitation processing and controlling a gain of the microphone in accordance with a result of comparing the characteristic amounts.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventor: Satoshi Ukai
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Patent number: 11115600Abstract: An image processing device receives image data from an image frame captured by an image sensor of an image capture device. The image processing device moves a lens of the image capture device while still receiving the image data from the image frame, for instance as part of an autofocus operation. The image processing device determines multiple positions of the lens from the beginning of the movement to the end of the movement based on a lens position sensor, based on differences between the image frame and other consecutive image frames, or based on interpolation. The image processing device performs field of view compensation on the image data by cropping one or more rows of the image data based on the positions of the lens.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Wen-Chun Feng, Hui Shan Kao, Jian-Jia Su
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Patent number: 11095812Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention discloses an image processing method, an apparatus, and a device. The method is applied to a terminal having two specially manufactured cameras. A first sub-image that is of a to-be-photographed object and that is photographed by a first camera is obtained, where a corresponding field-of-view range is [0, ?1]; a second sub-image that is of the to-be-photographed object and that is photographed by a second camera is obtained, where a corresponding field-of-view range is [?2, ?3], and quality of the first sub-image and the second sub-image satisfies a definition requirement of an extra-large aperture; and the first sub-image and the second sub-image are spliced and fused to obtain a target image that has a larger field-of-view range and satisfies the extra-large aperture.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: An Li, Qingping Wang, Tizheng Wang
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Patent number: 11076101Abstract: A method of correcting an optical axis of a zoom lens includes obtaining a degree of optical axis misalignment corresponding to a current zoom lens state of a camera, considering the current zoom lens state of the camera and data previously stored to define a relationship between a state of the zoom lens of the camera and the degree of optical axis misalignment, determining digital zoom information to compensate for the degree of optical axis misalignment, considering the degree of optical axis misalignment, and generating correction image data by cropping and magnifying image data photographed by the camera to correspond to the digital zoom information.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.Inventors: Cheol Ho Kim, Dae Bong Kim, Young Sang Kwon
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Patent number: 11076102Abstract: Systems and methods to improve safety and more efficient Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicle (AV) systems for vehicular operation through the application of multiple thermal sensors arranged in systems where the resolution, Field Of View (FOV), and aiming angle of individual sensors are varied. In particular two configurations are discussed in detail, a three-sensor arrangement for forward and forward off angle data acquisition, and a two or three sensor arrangement for blind spot and pinch point awareness for towing applications. In some forward-looking three-sensor embodiments, the center sensor may provide a high-quality narrow field of view of radiometric data for use with tracking algorithms to identify pedestrian and large animal targets for long range driver identification. The side sensors may provide radiometric data for peripheral vision on short/medium range approaching targets for situational awareness at crosswalks and turning corners.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Seek Thermal, Inc.Inventor: Tim LeBeau
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Patent number: 11036040Abstract: A digital microscope is provided. The digital microscope includes an adjustable imaging system configured to display an object on an electronic display device, a control device which adjusts the imaging system, and a distance capturing device configured to determine a distance between an observer and the display device. The control device determines a perceivable structure size, perceivable on the display device, depending on the distance, and adjusts the imaging system to permit a resolved structure size, resolved by the display device, to be identical to the perceivable structure size within a given tolerance range.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AGInventors: Alois Regensburger, Christoph Hauger
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Patent number: 11030288Abstract: A device and a method for authenticating using biometric information in an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display, and at least one processor. The at least one processor detects an execution of an application which provides an authentication service based on biometric information, changes at least one biometric information recognition related variable, in response to detecting the execution of the application, and controls to display an application execution screen including at least one authentication guide image corresponding to the at least one biometric information recognition related variable. Other embodiments may also be possible.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sung-Jin Yoon
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Patent number: 10999522Abstract: A control apparatus includes a processor is configured to function as an information acquisition unit configured to acquire object size information from image data by a first method and a second method in continuous imaging, and an imaging control unit configured to perform an exposure while performing follow-up drive of an optical system so as to reduce a difference between the object size information and target size information.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yusuke Kazami
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Patent number: 10924680Abstract: An image capture control apparatus that comprises an operation member configured to accept an MF operation that is an instructional operation for manual focus, and that switches a display magnification of a live view to one of a plurality of display magnifications including a first magnification and a second magnification that represents a greater enlargement than the first magnification, performs control to display a guide indicating a degree of focus at a focus detection position, and performs control to, when the live view is displayed at the second magnification, switch the live view to display at the first magnification and display the guide together with the live view at the first magnification if the MF operation is performed.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Seiji Ogawa
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Patent number: 10911686Abstract: A zoom control device includes: a zoom magnification ratio change speed setting unit that sets a main image zoom magnification ratio change speed and a monitoring image zoom magnification ratio change speed according to a zoom operation by a user; and a zoom control unit that conducts a zoom control on a main image so that a zoom magnification ratio changes according to the main image zoom magnification ratio change speed, and conducts a zoom control on a monitoring image so that the zoom magnification ratio changes according to the monitoring image zoom magnification ratio change speed. The zoom magnification ratio change speed setting unit is configured to set the main image zoom magnification ratio change speed by smoothing the monitoring image zoom magnification ratio change speed.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masafumi Wakazono, Takahiro Mori, Kouji Yamamoto, Masakazu Ebihara, Masaya Kinoshita, Yuki Ono
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Patent number: 10873814Abstract: An apparatus including a predetermined shape, the apparatus including at least three microphones, wherein at least one pair from the at least three microphones comprises including two microphones which are separated by a shorter distance of the predetermined shape than at least one other microphone pair of the predetermined shape; and a processor configured to: receive at least three microphone audio signals from the at least three microphones; analyse at least the microphone audio signals from the two microphones to determine a directional ambiguity decision; and analyse the microphone audio signals from at least one of the other microphone pairs to determine at least one sound characteristic other than the direction ambiguity.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Juha Vilkamo, Miikka Vilermo, Mikko Tammi
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Patent number: 10861862Abstract: Embodiments of ferroelectric memory devices and methods for forming the ferroelectric memory devices are disclosed. In an example, a ferroelectric memory cell includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a doped ferroelectric layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The doped ferroelectric layer includes oxygen and one or more ferroelectric metals. The doped ferroelectric layer further includes a plurality of dopants including at least one dopant from one of Group II elements, Group III elements, or Lanthanide elements. The plurality of dopants are different from the one or more ferroelectric metals.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: WUXI PETABYTE TECHNOLOGIES CO, LTD.Inventor: Zhenyu Lu
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Patent number: 10848665Abstract: An alignment guide may be provided in the field of view of a camera associated with a mobile device used to capture an image of a check. When the image of the check is within the alignment guide in the field of view, an image may be taken by the camera and provided from the mobile device to a financial institution. The alignment guide may be adjustable at the mobile device. The image capture may be performed automatically by the camera or the mobile device as soon as the image of the check is determined to be within the alignment guide. The check may be deposited in a user's bank account based on the image. Any technique for sending the image to the financial institution may be used.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)Inventors: Bharat Prasad, Minya Liang, Reynaldo Medina, III