Modification Of Displayed Image Patents (Class 348/333.12)
  • Patent number: 12217649
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes: an imaging device; and at least one processor and/or at least one circuit which function as: a detecting unit configured to detect a target subject in images captured by the imaging device; an acquiring unit configured to acquire an image capturing the target subject from an external apparatus; and a display control unit configured to display an image acquired from the external apparatus based on the detection result of the detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masato Uchihara
  • Patent number: 12198489
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory storing one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to: obtain a first image including one or more faces captured at a first time by one or more cameras, each of the one or more faces corresponding to a person, among one or more persons; detect a first person, among the one or more persons, by performing facial recognition operation on the one or more faces in the image obtained from the camera; detect a body region corresponding to a face region of the first person; track the body region in a second image captured by the one or more cameras at a second time subsequent to the first time; and output information to control a bather to open based on a determination that the body region is approaching the barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kris Ranganath, Kannan Veeranan Gandhi, Arun Chandrasekaran, Rody Bagtes
  • Patent number: 12184818
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing method and an image processing device which can generate second print image data for recording an optimum image based on information from an image of a first print, and a printing method and a print output system which output a second print in which the optimum image is recorded. An image processing method includes an acquisition step of acquiring first print image data from a first print having first and second regions, a determination step of determining image processing to be applied, based on information acquired from at least one region, and a generation step of generating second print image data for outputting a second print having a third region corresponding to the first region by performing the image processing on the first print image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yukinori Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 12185016
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus comprises an image pickup unit, a cutout image generation unit for cutting out a specified area in a pickup image taken by the image pickup unit to generate a cutout image enlarged at a specified magnification, an image display unit for displaying one or both of the pickup image taken by the image pickup unit and the cutout image generated by the cutout image generation unit, a display image control unit for controlling a method of displaying an image the image display unit displays, a manual focus operation unit for the user to control through manual operation the focus position of the image pickup unit, and a manual zoom operation unit for the user to control the zoom magnification of the image pickup unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Hirooka, Hiroshi Chiba
  • Patent number: 12184988
    Abstract: The technical problem of enhancing the quality of an image captured in low light conditions by a front facing camera is addressed by providing an adaptive front flash system. An adaptive front flash system automatically adjusts configuration parameters of an overlaid view that operates in lieu of a front flash, termed a front flash view. The configuration parameters are adjusted based on characteristics of the output of the digital image sensor of the front facing camera. Examples of configuration parameters of the front flash view include one or more of brightness of the display, color temperature of the front flash view, and transparency of the front flash view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Christine Barron, Ryan Chan, Bertrand Saint-Preux, Shoshana Sternstein
  • Patent number: 12156089
    Abstract: As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for using machine learning to make intelligent vendor recommendations. In use, a service to be provided at a specified location is identified. A plurality of vendors available to provide the service at the specified location are identified. A plurality of machine learning models are used to make a plurality of predictions for each vendor of the plurality of vendors, the plurality of predictions being associated with the vendor providing the service at the specified location. A vendor of the plurality of vendors is selected for provisioning the service at the specified location, based on the plurality of predictions made for each vendor of the plurality of vendors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: AMDOCS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Eric Ohayon
  • Patent number: 12132985
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a device housing having a front side and a rear side, a first image capture device positioned on the front side, and a second image capture device positioned on the rear side. One or more processors of the electronic device cause, in response to user input received at a user interface requesting the second image capture device capture an image of an object, the first image capture device to capture another image of a user delivering the user input. The one or more processors then define an image orientation of the image of the object to be the same as another image orientation of the other image of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Rahul Bharat Desai, Amit Kumar Agrawal, Mauricio Dias Moises
  • Patent number: 12102391
    Abstract: A system and method for registration and coordinated manipulation of augmented reality image components includes registering a model of patient anatomy to a first image of the patient anatomy captured using an imaging device to determine a baseline relationship between the model and the first image, tracking movement of a computer-assisted device used to manipulate the imaging device, updating the baseline relationship based on the tracked movement, and generating a composite image by overlaying the model on a second image of the patient anatomy according to the updated relationship. In some embodiments, the model is semi-transparent. In some embodiments, registering the model to the first image includes adjusting the model relative to the first image based on one or more inputs received from a user and generating a model to image transformation based on the adjustments to the model. The model to image transformation captures the baseline relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Mahdi Azizian
  • Patent number: 12075185
    Abstract: A method that can detect targets is described. The method includes setting an integration time for each of a plurality of readout circuits based on a speed of the target. The readout circuits are configured to read pixels in an image detector. The pixels have a pitch of less than ten micrometers. The integration time is not more than five hundred microseconds and corresponds to a subframe of a fast frame image. The method also includes performing integrations of each readout circuit based on the integration time. Thus, a plurality of subframes are provided. A number of the subframes are averaged to provide the fast frame image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Cyan Systems
    Inventors: John Caulfield, Jon Paul Curzan
  • Patent number: 12055808
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a display panel including a display area, a light source unit, a camera, a modulating element, and a control unit. The control unit permits light emission executed, displays an image in the display area, and switching the modulating element to the light-shielding state, in a light emission period. The control unit prohibits the light emission executed, switching the modulating element to the transmissive state, and makes the camera take in the external light transmitted through the display area and the modulating element, in a capturing period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Kentaro Okuyama
  • Patent number: 12035067
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for automatically reframing a video for a conference participant. Video of the participant is captured, and a first position of the participant is detected. An offset for the first position of the participant is then calculated to determine a relative distance from the center of the video frame. The captured video is modified based on the offset and is then presented in the video conference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventor: Tao Chen
  • Patent number: 12032754
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus performs control, in a first control mode, so that a first display item is displayed on a display region of a display unit, the first display item indicating a position based on inertial information of a controller. The information processing apparatus performs control, in a second control mode, so that a second display item is displayed on the display region, the second display item indicating a position according to a first operation performed on a specified operation member in a first area of the display region. The information processing apparatus performs, in a case where the position indicated by the first display item is included in a second area of the display region in the first control mode, switching from the first control mode to the second control mode in response to a specified operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kouji Ikeda
  • Patent number: 12020410
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus that can obtain a high-definition image by reducing an alignment mistake of a plurality of images. The image processing apparatus includes an alignment unit that performs sequential alignment that aligns adjacent images and reference alignment that aligns images other than a reference image to the reference image, and a control unit that controls the alignment unit to align a plurality of images that include a same object and are continuously picked up by an image pickup unit in time series by combining the sequential alignment and the reference alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomomi Uesugi, Koichi Washisu, Mitsuhiro Saito
  • Patent number: 11962932
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a video processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The method includes: displaying, when a predetermined application program enters a shooting mode, a predetermined shooting interface in a current interface of the application program, the shooting interface having a predetermined initial background; obtaining an image frame of a target object and the initial background; combining the image frame as a foreground with the initial background for displaying in the shooting interface; starting, in response to receiving a first shooting start instruction, generation of video data based on the image frame and the initial background; and stopping, in response to receiving a first shooting stop instruction, generation of video data to obtain first video data as generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheng Li
  • Patent number: 11960799
    Abstract: Introduced here computer programs and associated computer-implemented techniques for generating measurements of physical structures and environments in an automated matter through analysis of data that is generated by one or more sensors included in a computing device. This can be accomplished by combining insights that are derived through analysis different types of data that are generated, computed, or otherwise obtained by a computing device. For instance, a computer program may enable or facilitate measurement of arbitrary dimensions, angles, and square footage of a physical structure based on (i) images generated by an image sensor included in the corresponding computing device and (ii) measurements generated by an inertial sensor included in the corresponding computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Flyreel, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Palmer, Vu Tran, Brian Webb, Brian Keller
  • Patent number: 11943546
    Abstract: Introduced here are computer programs and associated computer-implemented techniques for achieving high-fidelity color reproduction in the absence of any known reflectance spectrums. That is, high-fidelity color reproduction can be achieved without portable references, such as gray cards and color checkers. To accomplish this, a new reference spectrum—the “reference illuminant spectrum”—is introduced into scenes to be imaged by image sensors. The reference illuminant spectrum is created by a multi-channel light source whose spectral properties are known.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: RINGO AI, INC.
    Inventors: Jay Hurley, Matthew D. Weaver, Jeffrey Saake
  • Patent number: 11930268
    Abstract: A shooting method includes: receiving N inputs performed by a user on a preset marquee; and updating a display position of the marquee and sequentially shooting N target images in response to the N inputs. The target image is an image of a target area on a shooting preview interface, and the target area is a whole area of the shooting preview interface or an area selected by the marquee; and N is a positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yufei Zhao
  • Patent number: 11910077
    Abstract: A camera device including a housing, and a radio frequency circuit, a communications module, and a heating drive circuit that are disposed in the housing. The housing is provided with a window panel, and the window panel is provided with a hole to form a window. The window is provided with a window lens capable of receiving and transmitting a radio frequency signal, and the window lens is provided with a first terminal. The radio frequency circuit is connected to the communications module, and the radio frequency circuit and the heating drive circuit are provided with a common second terminal. The first terminal is electrically connected to the second terminal, to form a radio frequency channel including the communications module, the radio frequency circuit, and the window lens, and a heating channel including the heating drive circuit and the window lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guoqing Wang
  • Patent number: 11862055
    Abstract: A position detection method includes projecting a first pattern image on a display surface, the first pattern image including a first region having a first color corresponding to a first portion of a first identification information indicating the first region and a second region having a second color corresponding to a first portion of a second identification information, obtaining a first captured image by capturing the display surface, projecting a second pattern image onto the display surface including the first region having a third color which corresponds to a second portion of the first identification information and the second region having a fourth color corresponding to a second portion of the second identification information, obtaining a second captured image by capturing the display surface, associating a first position in an image projected with a second position in a third captured image obtained by capturing the display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shiki Furui, Fumiya Horikawa
  • Patent number: 11812138
    Abstract: An image capture system provides automated prompts for aiding a user in capturing images for use in 3D model creation. While a user is preparing to capture an image, the system provides visual indications that indicate whether a quality-based condition is satisfied. Based on the visual indications, a user can determine whether an image, if captured, would likely be suitable for use in creating a 3D model. Determining if the quality-based condition is satisfied may include monitoring output generated by one or more sensors and comparing the output against a threshold value. Additionally, the system may analyze the visual content or metadata associated with an image to determine if the quality-based condition is satisfied and request user input to further identify certain image features that were identified by the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Manish Upendran, William Castillo, Derek Halliday
  • Patent number: 11805334
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to obtain a signal indicating an address of a pixel in which a change in luminance has occurred and time of the change and a generation unit configured to generate a time-series image indicating a position of at least one pixel in which a change in luminance has occurred and a direction of the change in luminance based on the signal, wherein, when the time-series image is to be displayed in reverse chronological order, the generation unit generates the time-series image in which the direction of the change in luminance is reversed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Aihiko Numata
  • Patent number: 11734397
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for image protection are provided. A first device includes a computer and a first camera. The first device identifies a picture that has a hallmark. The first device transmits a message requesting authorization to have a copy of the picture. The message contains data representative of the hallmark. The first device receives a response message. The first device determines whether the response message authorizes capture of a copy of the picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sai Prasanth Vuppala, Phani Kumar V. U. Ayyagari, Madan K Chukka, Manish Anand Bhide, Purnachandra Rao Jasti
  • Patent number: 11699001
    Abstract: Introduced here computer programs and associated computer-implemented techniques for generating measurements of physical structures and environments in an automated matter through analysis of data that is generated by one or more sensors included in a computing device. This can be accomplished by combining insights that are derived through analysis different types of data that are generated, computed, or otherwise obtained by a computing device. For instance, a computer program may enable or facilitate measurement of arbitrary dimensions, angles, and square footage of a physical structure based on (i) images generated by an image sensor included in the corresponding computing device and (ii) measurements generated by an inertial sensor included in the corresponding computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Flyreel, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Palmer, Vu Tran, Brian Webb, Brian Keller
  • Patent number: 11683592
    Abstract: The technical problem of enhancing the quality of an image captured in low light conditions by a front facing camera is addressed by providing an adaptive front flash system. An adaptive front flash system automatically adjusts configuration parameters of an overlaid view that operates in lieu of a front flash, termed a front flash view. The configuration parameters are adjusted based on characteristics of the output of the digital image sensor of the front facing camera. Examples of configuration parameters of the front flash view include one or more of brightness of the display, color temperature of the front flash view, and transparency of the front flash view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Christine Barron, Ryan Chan, Bertrand Saint-Preux, Shoshana Sternstein
  • Patent number: 11665322
    Abstract: The monitoring camera is capable of performing artificial intelligence, and includes a capturing unit configured to capture an image of the imaging area, a detection unit configured to detect a person in the captured image of the imaging area based on the artificial intelligence, and a controller configured to determine a position of a face of the person in the captured image and determines a camera parameter of the monitoring camera based on a brightness or a moving speed of the face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: I-PRO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Koga, Jun Ikeda, Satoshi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 11595627
    Abstract: A liquid crystal projector includes a liquid crystal panel having a pixel circuit that modulates light based on video data corresponding to each of pixels, and a shift device configured to shift the modulated light by the pixel circuit so that a position of a projected pixel on a screen by the modulated light is shifted for each of the pixels, wherein the pixel circuit modulates n pixels of a first group, n being an integer of 2 or more, from among pixels of an image specified by video data in first frame period, and modulates n pixels of a second group in second frame period next to the first frame period, and the n pixels of the first group are different from the n pixels of the second group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hosaka
  • Patent number: 11589933
    Abstract: A robotic surgical system may be used to perform a surgical procedure. Providing guidance for the robotic surgical system includes integrating a Point of View (PoV) surgical drill with a camera to capture a PoV image of a surgical area of a subject patient; displaying an image of the surgical area, based on a viewing angle of the PoV surgical drill, thus enabling the surgeon to operate on the surgical area using the PoV surgical drill. The PoV surgical drill operates based on the surgeon's control of a guidance drill. The content of the images may change based on a change in the viewing angle of the PoV surgical drill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: IX INNOVATION LLC
    Inventors: Justin Esterberg, Jeffrey Roh
  • Patent number: 11558544
    Abstract: In some examples, an electronic device comprises an image sensor and a processor. The processor is to detect a feature of a frame of a video received via the image sensor, determine whether the feature indicates an object of interest, and, responsive to a determination that the feature indicates the object of interest, limit a first field of view of the image sensor to the object of interest and overlay the first field of view with a second field of view. The second field of view is unlimited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Rafael Dal Zotto, Hiren Bhatt
  • Patent number: 11513608
    Abstract: A method of controlling a user interface using an input image is provided. The method includes storing operation executing information of each of one or more gesture forms according to each of a plurality of functions, detecting a gesture form from the input image, and identifying the operation executing information mapped on the detected gesture form to execute an operation according to a function which is currently operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Yong Kim, Ji-Young Kang, Dae-Sung Kim, Seok-Tae Kim, Bo-Young Lee, Seung-Kyung Lim, Jin-Young Jeon
  • Patent number: 11500454
    Abstract: The technical problem of providing user interface elements that can be activated without physical contact with any specific device is addressed by configuring an augmented reality component to display a touchless user selectable element that can be activated in response to detecting collision of an object from the output of a digital image sensor of a camera with a user selectable element. The augmented reality component detects collision of the touchless user selectable element with an object from the person image, such as a hand object, and, in response, triggers a predetermined action, such as, for example, starting or stopping recording of the output of a digital image sensor or capturing a still image of the output of a digital image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Mykhailo Lavreka, Yurii Husiev, Denys Poluyanov
  • Patent number: 11503205
    Abstract: A photographing method and device, a storage medium and an electronic apparatus are disclosed. The method includes the following. A current photographing scene is determined based on a current preview image. Based on the current photographing scene, pre-stored historical adjustment information of a photographing parameter matching the current photographing scene is acquired. Current adjustment information is determined based on the historical adjustment information. Adjustment is performed on the current preview image on the basis of the current adjustment information, and an adjusted current preview image is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Yan Chen, Yaoyong Liu
  • Patent number: 11496672
    Abstract: Placement of a face depicted within a video may be determined. One or more stabilization options for the video may be obtained. Stabilization option(s) may include angle stabilization option, a position stabilization option, and/or a size stabilization option. The video may be stabilized based on the placement of the face and the stabilization option(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventor: Guillaume Oules
  • Patent number: 11494549
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a mobile data analysis system generates mobile reports. In this context, a mobile report represents information collected by a mobile device user and provided as input to a report form displayed by an associated mobile device. The collected information may, for example, include information relating to an activity or event, information relating to a particular person, entity, or location, or any combination thereof. A mobile report may be based on a report template. A report template defines one or more data fields and other property information to be included in a mobile report. A mobile report may be sent to a server to generate one or more data objects, and one or more data object links between the data objects from a first mobile report, the data objects from a second mobile report, and exiting data objects that are maintained at the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Cooper Bills, David Skiff, Zachary Bush, Ben Thomas, Evan Minamoto, Allen Cai, Alex Cochran
  • Patent number: 11494065
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to improve usability. One embodiment of the present invention is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing an information processing apparatus to function as: a first display control unit configured to display an area a user can edit on a fingernail area in a finger image on a first screen that displays the finger image for each finger; and a second display control unit configured to display a second screen that enlarges and displays the editable area in response to user instructions to designate a position outside the area in a specific finger image corresponding to the area of an editing target via the first screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Natsumi Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 11490001
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor configured to capture a subject to generate image data; an audio input device configured to input audio to generate an audio signal indicating audio to be collected during image capturing with the image sensor; a setting interface configured to set the imaging apparatus to an auto mode being an operation mode operable to automatically change a directivity of the audio input device in response to an instruction of a user; and a controller configured to control a sound collection area for collecting sound from the subject in the audio signal, wherein with the auto mode being set by the setting interface, the controller is configured to control the sound collection area to cover the subject by changing the directivity of the audio input device in linkage with an image shooting state of the imaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kasugai, Shinichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11457137
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus of the present invention includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image captured on any one of a plurality of conditions in a predetermined period; a display control unit configured to implement control so that a plurality of images acquired by the acquisition unit are classified into groups correspondingly to the plurality of conditions and displayed; and a selection unit configured to implement control so that an operation target image is selected in accordance with user operation from the plurality of images that are classified and displayed by the display control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takahiro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11394869
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imager configured to capture a subject to generate a captured image; a recognizer configured to recognize the subject on the captured image; and a controller configured to control a focusing operation based on a focusing region set on the captured image, wherein the controller, when the subject is recognized to be present in a first determination region in a state where the focusing region is set on a predetermined region fixedly arranged on the captured image, sets the focusing region depending on a recognition result of the recognizer instead of the predetermined region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Fukugawa, Naoko Takeda, Masahiro Murakami, Kuniyoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11380032
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an input receiving section that receives an input of a captured image in which a first object and a second object installed in association with the first object are recorded; a first image acquisition section that acquires a first object image that is an image of the first object extracted from the captured image; a second image acquisition section that acquires a second object image that is an image of the second object extracted from the captured image; and a display control section that displays both the first object image and the second object image, the display control section displaying the first object image and the second object image in a state where the second object image is movable relative to the first object image or in a state where the second object image is editable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Yoshihito Suezawa
  • Patent number: 11336829
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes an obtainment unit capable of obtaining a captured image, and a control unit that performs control to display the captured image on a display device, wherein the control unit performs control to, when the orientation of the display device is horizontal, display the captured image in a first size on the display device, display a first item in a first region located along a first side of the display device, and display a second item in a second region located along a second side of the display device, and when the orientation of the display device is vertical, display the captured image in the first size on the display device, and display the first item and the second item nearer than when the orientation of the display device is horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akio Yoshikawa, Takashi Seki
  • Patent number: 11330187
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an operation member configured to receive user operation to specify at least a part of a brightness range of a first image using a percentage; a combining unit configured to generate a second image by combining a pattern image with a region of the first image, the region corresponding to the part of the brightness range specified by the user operation; and an output unit configured to output the second image to a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daiyu Ueno
  • Patent number: 11317017
    Abstract: A portable communication device is provided that includes a transceiver, a memory, a touchscreen, an imaging device, and a processor. The processor is configured to obtain, using the imaging device, a first image including objects external to the portable communication device based at least in part on a first focus and a first exposure. When the objects are persons, the processor is configured to display, via the touchscreen, the first image, graphical user interface (GUI) items corresponding to each face region of the persons. The processor is also configured to move at least one of the GUI items according to a user input detected via the touchscreen, and based at least in part on the user input, replace the displayed first image with a second image using at least one of a second focus or a second exposure determined with respect to the moved position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventors: Jong Pil Shin, Do Hwan Choi, Jong Hyun An, Chang Woo Park, Ha Ran Jung
  • Patent number: 11245835
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first operation member; a second operation member; and at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a control unit configured to perform control so as to execute a predetermined function in accordance with an operation to the first operation member and to execute the predetermined function in accordance with an operation to the second operation member, and, in a case where operations to both the first operation member and the second operation member are made, to execute the predetermined function in accordance with the operation to the first operation member without responding to the operation to the second operation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuya Ehira
  • Patent number: 11233931
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire an image, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire distribution information of an evaluated value corresponding to the image, an output unit configured to output the image or the distribution information of the evaluated value, a first operation unit that is an automatic reset type switch instructing switching of content that is output from the output unit; and a control unit configured to perform output control for switching the output unit between an output of the image and an output of the distribution information of the evaluated value according to switching of the first operation unit between activation and deactivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masaaki Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 11222563
    Abstract: The handwriting support device includes a beam splitter that reflects light from an image display surface such that a virtual image of an image displayed on the image display surface is visible on a writing surface facing the image display surface and transmits the light from a writing surface side such that the writing surface side is visible, a memory and a processor being configure to perform control for non-display of an image object, which overlaps with a real object on the writing surface and does not overlap with a tip of the writing instrument, among a plurality of image objects in a case where a first image including the plurality of image objects indicating writing target regions is displayed on the image display surface and the real object including the writing instrument is inserted into a space between the beam splitter and the writing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Sano, Masayuki Naya
  • Patent number: 11184516
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus comprises a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device; and a controller configured to control shooting, wherein if (a) an accepted shooting instruction is a shooting start request issued by remote control from the external device via the communication unit, (b) a self-timer shooting function, which starts counting a timer time in response to the shooting instruction and starts shooting at an end of the counting, is enabled, and (c) the timer time is set to a first time longer than a predetermined time, the controller changes the timer time to a second time shorter than the predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoki Shimma
  • Patent number: 11074029
    Abstract: A value-added remote display service wireless routing server device includes one or more user-end image medium transmission electronic devices, a value-added routing server, a destination-end image medium display device and an actuation device connected to each user-end image medium transmission electronic device and having actuateable operation buttons. Each user-end image medium transmission electronic device transmits image data through a wired or wireless local area network to the value-added routing server, which, based on network band width and data processing capability, presets magnification/reduction resolution and designated displaying location to the image data transmitted from each user-end image medium transmission electronic device and transmits corresponding image display screen data to the destination-end image medium display device for displaying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Magic Control Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Pei-Chung Liu
  • Patent number: 11055922
    Abstract: A virtual reality visual indicator apparatus comprising a virtual reality image capture device comprising a plurality of cameras configured to capture a respective plurality of images of a scene, the respective plurality of images of the scene configured to be connected at stitching regions to provide a virtual reality image of the scene; and a visual indicator provider configured to transmit, into the scene, a visual indicator at a location of at least one stitching region prior to capture of the respective plurality of images of the scene and provide no visual indicator during capture of the respective plurality of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventor: Alejandro Sanguinetti
  • Patent number: 11057551
    Abstract: An image capturing and display apparatus comprises a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements for converting incident light from the outside of the image capturing and display apparatus to electrical charge signals, and a plurality of light-emitting elements for emitting light of an intensity corresponding to the electrical charge signals acquired by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. A pixel region is defined as a region in which the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged in an array. Signal paths for transmitting signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements to the plurality of light-emitting elements lie within the pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yosuke Nishide, Yu Maehashi, Masahiro Kobayashi, Katsuyuki Hoshino, Akira Okita, Takeshi Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11044436
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a setting unit configured to set a parameter; an export unit configured to perform export processing of a RAW moving image using the set parameter; a first selecting unit configured to select at least one of RAW moving images on which export processing is performed, in accordance with a user operation; and a second selecting unit configured to automatically select, from RAW moving images not selected by the first selecting unit, a RAW moving image whose a parameter used for export processing matches that of a RAW moving image selected by the first selecting unit, wherein the export unit collectively performs re-export processing which uses a parameter different from the parameter used for the export processing, on the RAW moving image selected by the first selecting unit and the RAW moving image selected by the second selecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryota Shoji
  • Patent number: 11032610
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to determine engagement levels of audience members are disclosed. An example computer readable storage medium includes computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to at least analyze image data from a sensor to determine whether an environment in which media is to be presented by a first device includes a second device with an illuminated display, and when the environment includes the second device with the illuminated display, determine whether the illuminated display of the second device is associated with a media presentation by the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Alejandro Terrazas