Picture In Picture Patents (Class 348/565)
  • Patent number: 12111164
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described ensuring that a user will be able to consume selected media content in its entirety. In particular, a media guidance application described herein determines an amount of time (102) required to reach a destination (116) and compares this time to an amount of time required to consume media content (104). If the amount of time (104) exceeds the amount of time (102) required to reach the destination, it calculates a route (120) for a current trip in which the length of time required to traverse a calculated route corresponds to the play length of the selected media asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventor: Milan Indu Patel
  • Patent number: 12106778
    Abstract: A method for editing a multimedia resource includes: playing a first video bound with an initial editing draft, wherein the first video shows a process of producing the initial editing draft, and the initial editing draft indicates an initial editing operation for an original multimedia material; and displaying a multimedia-resource-editing operation page according to a target editing draft, in response to an editing triggering operation for the first video, where the target editing draft is obtained based on the initial editing draft, the target editing draft indicates a target editing operation for a target material, the target material corresponds to all or a part of the original multimedia material, and the target editing operation comprises all or a part of the initial editing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaorong Liu, Ziyun Chen
  • Patent number: 12052478
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for captions data handling, conversion between formats, and presentation are described herein. Segments of a content item may contain captions data in different formats, where conversion between one format to another may be required when one format is not compatible with a computing device or presentation settings. The captions data may be converted to a compatible format(s). The embedded captions data may be converted on a segment-by-segment basis and/or in real-time for streaming content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Toshiro Ozawa, Hirotaka Oku, Christopher Gordon
  • Patent number: 11964203
    Abstract: An information processing system, an information processing apparatus, a program, and an information processing method are less likely to reduce the operability of a game. Within a first screen on which information processing associated with a game is to be performed, a second screen on which predetermined information processing is to be performed is displayed. A screen frame of the second screen is detected based on screen frame data received from a player. The screen frame data specifies the screen frame of the second screen to be displayed. The information processing associated with the game to be performed on the first screen is adjusted based on a position and a dimension of the second screen within the first screen. The position and the dimension of the second screen are detected using the detected screen frame of the second screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: AKATSUKI INC.
    Inventor: Takuya Kozaki
  • Patent number: 11889147
    Abstract: An electronic device and method are provided for display of signing video through an adjustable user interface (UI) element. The electronic device receives a first media stream that includes a video. The electronic device determines a location of a signer in the video. The electronic device extracts a video portion that corresponds to the determined location in the video. The electronic device controls a playback of the video on the display device. The electronic device controls the display device based on the playback to render the UI element on the display device and display the extracted video portion inside the UI element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brant Candelore, Adam Goldberg, Robert Blanchard
  • Patent number: 11842448
    Abstract: A method and system for authoring a three-dimensional (3D) presentation can involve dividing a scene into a grid of equals-sized segments or non-equally sized segments, wherein one or more 360-degree cameras record the scene from a center of each segment, and a size of the each segment is proportional to a complexity of an environment captured in the scene. One or more objects can be created within the scene for a user interaction with a 3D presentation of the scene in the context of a video stream. A logical center of the object(s) can be used as a center point for recording a 360-degree video by the one or more 360-degree cameras for use as a low fidelity background video when the user interacts with the 3D presentation of the scene. The 3D presentation can be based on a 3D model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Phillips, Ziad Kaakani, Jason Urso
  • Patent number: 11822848
    Abstract: A display control method includes: receiving a first video signal provided by a first video source device to display one or more first images in the first video signal on a display device; when the display device is displaying the one or more first images, establishing a connection with a second video source device and receiving a second video signal provided by the second video source device through the connection; generating one or more composite images based on the one or more first images in the first video signal and one or more second images in the second video signal without receiving a user control input; and displaying the one or more composite images on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Ding-Wei Chen, Che-Han Liu
  • Patent number: 11818504
    Abstract: A conferencing device includes a power supply, a processor, a video out module, and a USB hub in communication with the processor and drawing power from the power supply. The conferencing device is configured to provide power from the power supply to an external host device in communication with the USB hub, receive control signals and video data from the external host device, and place video data from the external host device at a video out port of the conferencing device. Embodiments herein discuss the switching between and/or simultaneous presentation of video data for placement at the video out port as between two or more external host devices connected to the conferencing device based on the control signals sent from the external host devices. The conferencing device may be connected to another conferencing device to create a single logical conferencing device that can handle an expanded number of external host devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TARGUS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Decamp, II, Man Cheung Dan Tsang, Nicholas Anthony Markovsky
  • Patent number: 11797143
    Abstract: A method for controlling a small screen window includes: determining target blocked information, where the target blocked information includes indication information used to indicate that a target area of a first window is blocked by a second window, and the target area is a display area of a preset feature in the first window; determining a window display instruction based on the target blocked information, where the window display instruction includes an instruction for controlling one or more of a floating position of the second window on the first window, transparency of the second window, a size of the second window, and a shape of the second window; and controlling, according to the window display instruction, the second window to be displayed on the first window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiao Han, Jie Yi, Long Wang, Xia Wu
  • Patent number: 11778131
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves, systems, software, and computer-implemented methods for content generation. One example method comprises: generating, using a first camera, a plurality of images that represent a first scene-to-be-captured; providing, for display on a device, the plurality of images that represent the first scene-to-be-captured; receiving, at the device, a first input to capture a first scene; generating, using the first camera, a first image; generating, using a second camera on the device, a plurality of images that represent a second scene-to-be-captured; providing, for display on the device, the plurality of images that represent the second scene-to-be-captured; receiving, at the device, a second input to capture a second scene; generating, using the second camera, a second image; and generating a composite image comprising the first image and the second image, with at least a portion of the second image provided over at least a portion of the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: The Jemison Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Raj Mandavilli, Mae C. Jemison, Megan Pouncy
  • Patent number: 11749269
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing actions on network-connected objects in response to reminders on devices. An input from a first user device is received wherein keywords of the input correspond to an action identifier corresponding to an action. The system determines a plurality of network-connected devices capable of performing the action. A comparison is executed for each of the plurality of network-connected devices which identifies a device identifier from the words of the input determining a target device for performing the action. The system determines a plurality of criteria identifiers for performing the action on the target device. A comparison is executed for each of the criteria identifiers which identifies an action criterion from the words of the input. A command is transmitted, from the user device, for the action to be executed on the target device according to the action criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventor: David G. Wittke
  • Patent number: 11750876
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application disclose a method and apparatus for determining an object adding mode, an electronic device and a medium. A specific implementation of the method includes: obtaining a target video and a to-be-added object set to be added to a target video; determining time periods corresponding to storyboards of the target video; determining a presentation period of a to-be-added object in the to-be-added object set in the target video based on the time periods corresponding to the storyboards; generating object adding indication information based on the determined presentation period, where the object adding indication information includes time prompt information used to indicate the presentation period of the to-be-added object in the to-be-added object set in the target video. According to this implementation, automatic selection of time for adding the to-be-added object to the target video is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Feng Lan
  • Patent number: 11736777
    Abstract: A method for displaying rich media content through a user interface of a communication device. A first user interaction with the user interface is detected and it is determined, based partly upon detection of the first user interaction, that a first Activity of a plurality of Activities is finishing. An Overlay containing the media content is then rendered on the device display. The Overlay is associated with a backing Activity, the device operating system delaying execution of the backing Activity during a delay period initiated in response to the first user interaction. The method further includes inhibiting Activity-supported functionality of the Overlay facilitated by the backing Activity. A context object associated with the Overlay is created to contain an Activity context associated with a state of the Overlay during the delay period. The Activity context is transferred to the backing Activity and Activity-supported functionality of the Overlay enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: IQzone, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Aaron Feadler, James Alex Wolfinger, Sean Robert Wagner
  • Patent number: 11695991
    Abstract: Power aware adaptation for a power aware video streaming system may be based on the complexity information conveyed in different ways. A complexity level of a data stream, such as a video data stream, may be selected as a function of a remaining battery power of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and on a state set of a plurality of state sets that may be stored and/or managed by the WTRU. These state sets may correspond to, for example, different content sources and/or different complexity estimation algorithms and may be used to select the complexity level of the data stream. The data stream may then be received at the selected complexity level. The complexity level and/or a bitrate of the data stream may be adapted to accommodate, for example, the remaining battery power and/or other circumstances. The adaptation may be customized according to the objectives of use cases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuwen He, Markus Kunstner, Yan Ye, Ralph Neff
  • Patent number: 11680805
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described ensuring that a user will be able to consume selected media content in its entirety. In particular, a media guidance application described herein determines an amount of time (102) required to reach a destination (116) and compares time (104) exceeds the amount of time (102) required to reach the destination, it calculates a route (120) for a current trip in which the length of time required to traverse a calculated route corresponds to the play length of the selected media asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventor: Milan Indu Patel
  • Patent number: 11657778
    Abstract: A display presents picture-in-picture and/or picture-by-picture formatted visual information initiated by secondary information handling systems while the display presents primary visual information. The display broadcasts plural partial video buffer definitions to plural information handling systems that can selectively initiate network sessions to present visual images in areas of the display by storage of visual image information in a portion of the display video buffer. The secondary display area may present visual images for IoT or similar headless devices having relevance to an end user of a primary information handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Dengzhai Xiong, Eng Soon Tan
  • Patent number: 11659243
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for generating a playlist for a simultaneous presentation of a plurality of media assets. The system retrieves a user preference associated with a user profile and receives a selection of a first media asset and a second media asset from the plurality of media assets for presentation on a user device. The system parses the respective audio streams of the first media asset and the second media asset to identify one or more preferred audio segments based on the user preference and generates the playlist of the identified one or more preferred audio segments. Based on a generated audio playlist, the system generates, for presentation on the user device, the video stream for each of the first media asset and the second media asset and the playlist of the identified one or more preferred audio segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Santhiya Krishnamoorthi, Ramesh Arsam, Padmassri Chandrashekar, Daina Emmanuel, Jayshil Parekh, Harshavardhan Reddy Kalathuru, Vaibhav Gupta, Ashish Gupta, Senthil Kumar Karuppasamy, Anil Kumar, Reda Harb
  • Patent number: 11615768
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display apparatus capable of configuring layout information including rotation information of a display without user setting when a plurality of display apparatuses are connected, a method of controlling the display apparatus, and a display system. The display apparatus includes a display; a communication interface configured to communicate with at least one other display apparatus; and a controller configured to calculate position information of a display apparatus, to receive position information including rotation information of the at least one other display apparatus through the communication interface, and to output an output image signal to the display based on the position information of the display apparatus and the position information of the at least one other display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sae Rom Hong, Kook-Heon Kim
  • Patent number: 11589107
    Abstract: Systems and methods configured to determine a machine-readable optical code based on screen-captured video are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive, via a user interface of a client computing platform, an indication to begin a screen-captured video; initiate, based on the indication, the screen-captured video; effectuate an image decoding machine configured to parse and decode images and/or the video frames for information embedded into the images and/or the video frames to: parse the video frames for a text; for individual ones of the video frames with the text, extract embedded information from the text by performing at least optical character recognition; and decode the embedded information for metadata; and effectuate, via the user interface, presentation of information derived from the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Outlayr, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Michael Cartagena, Mark Jered Verrico, Jonathen Christopher Wong
  • Patent number: 11582537
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and computer-program products are described herein for providing dynamic content serving. The dynamic content serving technology can identify, in real-time, programming arriving at a client device, identify a specific media segment being received and/or displayed, and determine which pre-stored substitute media segment may be used to replace the identified segment. A picture-in-picture channel can be used to display the substitute media segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: INSCAPE DATA, INC.
    Inventors: Zeev Neumeier, Brian Reed
  • Patent number: 11546660
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for generating a playlist for a simultaneous presentation of a plurality of media assets. The system retrieves a user preference associated with a user profile and receives a selection of a first media asset and a second media asset from the plurality of media assets for presentation on a user device. The system parses the respective audio streams of the first media asset and the second media asset to identify one or more preferred audio segments based on the user preference and generates the playlist of the identified one or more preferred audio segments. Based on a generated audio playlist, the system generates, for presentation on the user device, the video stream for each of the first media asset and the second media asset and the playlist of the identified one or more preferred audio segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Santhiya Krishnamoorthi, Ramesh Arsam, Padmassri Chandrashekar, Daina Emmanuel, Jayshil Parekh, Harshavardhan Reddy Kalathuru, Vaibhav Gupta, Ashish Gupta, Senthil Kumar Karuppasamy, Anil Kumar, Reda Harb
  • Patent number: 11405588
    Abstract: A conferencing device includes a power supply, a processor, a video out module, and a USB hub in communication with the processor and drawing power from the power supply. The conferencing device is configured to provide power from the power supply to an external host device in communication with the USB hub, receive control signals and video data from the external host device, and place video data from the external host device at a video out port of the conferencing device. Embodiments herein discuss the switching between and/or simultaneous presentation of video data for placement at the video out port as between two or more external host devices connected to the conferencing device based on the control signals sent from the external host devices. The conferencing device may be connected to another conferencing device to create a single logical conferencing device that can handle an expanded number of external host devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: TARGUS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Decamp, II, Man Cheung Dan Tsang, Nicholas Anthony Markovsky
  • Patent number: 11323621
    Abstract: An image communication system includes a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal. The first communication terminal acquires an image captured by an image capturing device. The second communication terminal receives the image from the first communication terminal via a network, and displays the image on a screen of a display. The first communication terminal includes first circuitry that, in response to receipt of an operation of switching a view mode related to viewing of the image, transmits the image and first viewable area information to the second communication terminal. The first viewable area information is related to a viewable area of the image to be displayed on the screen. The second communication terminal includes second circuitry that receives the image and the first viewable area information and displays the viewable area of the image on the screen based on the first viewable area information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonori Aikawa, Kenichiro Morita, Hidekuni Annaka, Takeshi Homma, Takuya Soneda, Hideki Shiro, Takafumi Takeda
  • Patent number: 11297378
    Abstract: An image arrangement determination apparatus, a display controlling apparatus, an image arrangement determination method, a display controlling method, and a program that can determine appropriate arrangement of an individual frame image with respect to a synthetic frame image according to a given standard are provided. A captured image acquisition section (60) acquires a plurality of images including a first image and a second image. A margin specification section (62) specifies a margin when the first image is arranged by a given first arrangement method in a region occupied by a third image that is a delivery target. An arrangement determination section (64) determines an arrangement method by which the second image is to be arranged in the margin as a second arrangement method based on a shape of the margin and a shape of the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Masayuki Miyamoto, Yasunori Matsui
  • Patent number: 11277599
    Abstract: Provided is a 360-degree image data processing method performed by a 360-degree video reception apparatus. The method includes receiving 360-degree image data, obtaining information on an encoded picture and metadata from the 360-degree image data, decoding a picture based on the information on the encoded picture, rendering the decoded picture and an overlay based on the metadata, in which the metadata includes overlay related metadata, the overlay is rendered based on the overlay related metadata, the overlay related metadata includes information on an alpha plane of the overlay, and the information on the alpha plane of the overlay is included in a image item or a video track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyejung Hur, Sejin Oh, Jangwon Lee
  • Patent number: 11095933
    Abstract: The described examples provide for output of first content from a first source of a set top box output terminal for presentation in the full display area of display device. In response to receiving a wait request from a user input device, the outputting of the first content is switching to outputting second content from a second set top box source. While outputting the second content for presentation on the display device, the first content currently being provided by the first source is periodically output for a predetermined duration in a display device portion inset within the full display area that is presenting the second source content. In response to a return input from the user input device, the set top box switches from outputting the second content source to outputting first content currently obtained from the first source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Xiao Liu, Biao Liu
  • Patent number: 11089342
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for displaying of thumbnails of content to be played after viewing of a video advertisement. A method includes generating a thumbnail associated with video content, the video content to be provided for playback after playback of a video advertisement, and presenting the thumbnail during the playback of the video advertisement to inform a user of the video content, wherein a skip counter indicative of time left until skipping of the video advertisement is enabled is provided, and wherein the time left is less than a remaining playing time of the video advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Nicola Ann Crane, Jamieson Kerns, Shiva Jaini, Thomas James Broxton, Ramesh Sarukkai
  • Patent number: 11017743
    Abstract: A screen includes a substrate and a display layer located on top of the substrate. The display layer includes a primary display area and a secondary display area. A form of pixel distribution in the secondary display area differs from that in the primary display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian Bai, Lintao Zhang
  • Patent number: 10963151
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a display, an interface to exchange data with a mobile terminal, and a controller to, when mirroring with the mobile terminal is performed, control to display a mirrored image corresponding to an image displayed on a display of the mobile terminal, and when a zoom-in display input for a first area being a part of the mirrored image is received in state that the mirrored image is displayed, control to display a zoomed-in image of the first area of the mirrored image on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeseung Lee, Miyeon Kwon, Sangjin Ahn
  • Patent number: 10945023
    Abstract: In the present specification, various embodiments are disclosed of digital devices and methods of processing data in said digital devices. Here, a digital device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a user interface unit for receiving execution requests for a first application through to a fourth application; a decoder for decoding data on the applications for which the execution requests were made; a control unit; and an output unit for outputting first through to third display windows and application data in each of the display windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Haeryong Kim
  • Patent number: 10897648
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically determining when a single party is playing or requesting conflicting content on two different devices, and resolving the conflict accordingly. Systems automatically identify when a single user is playing back a content stream on one device, then requests another content stream on another device. If the two content streams conflict, the conflict is automatically resolved in a number of ways, including by automatically pausing or redirecting one of the content streams. Conflict identification may also be carried out with the assistance of an added state flag that indicates a device or stream that has audio priority in a conflict. Thus, for example, when one user requests two conflicting content streams, and only one stream is associated with the conditional audio enabled flag, audio of the flagged stream may be played, while the other stream is muted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventor: David Wittke
  • Patent number: 10897491
    Abstract: Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems including a display transmitter device, one or more display receiver devices, and a content server. A plurality of display contents may be delivered from a content server to a corresponding plurality of display receiver devices via a display transmitter device. A plurality of usage analytics information of the plurality of display contents of the plurality of display receiver devices may be received by the content server, along with corresponding identification information of the plurality of display receiver devices. The plurality of display contents may be selectively adjusted by the content server based on the plurality of usage analytics information of the plurality of display contents of the plurality of display receiver devices. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Karthik Veeramani, Rajesh Poornachandran, Rajneesh Chowdhury
  • Patent number: 10891706
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an arithmetic device that reduces a scale of an arithmetic processing unit which performs an arithmetic process between frames in a sensor. A frame memory stores pixel data of a frame that transitions in time sequence. An inter-frame arithmetic processing unit implements a predetermined arithmetic by column parallel in a row unit on the pixel data of a current frame and the pixel data of a past frame stored in the frame memory and updates the pixel data of the past frame stored in the frame memory on the basis of a result of the predetermined arithmetic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Hironobu Katayama, Shuji Uehara, Yoshinori Muramatsu, Tomohiro Yamazaki, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Masatoshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10878810
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing actions on network-connected objects in response to reminders on devices. An input from a first user device is received wherein keywords of the input correspond to an action identifier corresponding to an action. The system determines a plurality of network-connected devices capable of performing the action. A comparison is executed for each of the plurality of network-connected devices which identifies a device identifier from the words of the input determining a target device for performing the action. The system determines a plurality of criteria identifiers for performing the action on the target device. A comparison is executed for each of the criteria identifiers which identifies an action criterion from the words of the input. A command is transmitted, from the user device, for the action to be executed on the target device according to the action criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventor: David G. Wittke
  • Patent number: 10869100
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for presenting additional information related to an emergency alert. A media guidance application may detect that a new emergency alert has been received. The media guidance application may then perform a search of various content sources (e.g., program listings, the Internet, etc.) for content related to the emergency alert. The media guidance application may then present the search results in a contextual menu enabling the user to access content of the search results. The media guidance application may also provide more options, such as, recording or pausing media content that the user was in the process of consuming when the emergency alert was generated, and an option to the user not to bring up the contextual menu again if the same emergency alert is repeated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventor: Daniel Thomas Ward
  • Patent number: 10848830
    Abstract: A contextual navigational control for digital television is described. An apparatus, comprises a contextual navigation control interface (CNCI). The CNCI includes a first area that represents a plurality of cable television programs having a first level of relevance. A second area represents a first group of the plurality of programs having a second level of relevance. A third area represents a first subgroup of the first group having a third level of relevance. A fourth area represents a second subgroup of the first group having a fourth level of relevance. There may be additional areas representing additional sub-groups of relevance to the current viewing context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Moreau, John Carney
  • Patent number: 10848704
    Abstract: A remote controller and a method for controlling a screen using the remote controller are provided. The remote controller includes a first screen key; an output interface configured to output a control signal; and a controller configured to control the first screen key and the output interface. The controller outputs first control information corresponding to a press of the first screen key to a display by using the output interface. The first control information is information for scaling a content screen displayed on the display and for displaying the scaled content screen on a first screen area of split screen areas of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok-jae Lee, Ji-won Choo
  • Patent number: 10841655
    Abstract: The invention relates to the technical field of television, and more particularly, to a data storage framework and a television device. The television device comprises a main screen and a plurality of sub-screens. The data storage framework comprises: a processor; a basic database, and a differential database, wherein the basic database is configured to store configuration data items of the main screen; the differential database is configured to store configuration data items of the plurality of sub-screens different from those of the main screen; wherein the processor is connected to the basic database and the differential database, respectively; and during display configuration of the plurality of sub-screens, the processor combines the basic database and the differential database to form a synthetic database, and outputs the synthetic database to the plurality of sub-screens. Thus, the storage data are optimized; the storage space is saved; and lower cost is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: AMLOGIC (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenhua Song
  • Patent number: 10832058
    Abstract: A behavior recognition apparatus, a behavior recognition method, and a recording medium storing a control program for performing the behavior recognition method, each of which: receives an input of a movie obtained by capturing images of a site; recognizes one or more element behaviors constituting a standard work of a worker included in the input movie; and determines a start time and a required time for the standard work from the recognized one or more element behaviors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Haike Guan
  • Patent number: 10820039
    Abstract: A video playing method and a terminal device, the method including starting, by a terminal device, at least two playing instances based on an operation instruction of a user, where each of the at least two playing instances corresponds to a video display window, and where the video display window comprises a first video display window and a second video display window, playing first channel content in the first video display window and playing second channel content in the second video display window according to a display mode selected by the user, detecting an operation gesture of the user on the first video display window or the second video display window, and adjusting playing modes of the first channel content and the second channel content according to the operation gesture of the user and a current display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fangfang Xu, Hao Peng, Tao Yang, Zifu Hu, Wenjie Wang
  • Patent number: 10805599
    Abstract: A display system includes a content generator, an HMD (Head Mounted Display), and a computing device. The content generator generates image/video information. The HMD obtains a viewing-angle range relative to a user. The computing device is coupled to the HMD. The computing device receives the image/video information and the viewing-angle range. The computing device controls the HMD to display a main screen and a sub-screen according to the image/video information. The computing device adjusts the transparency of the sub-screen by comparing the viewing-angle range with an important-angle range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Chan-Yuan Hu, Chao-Kuang Yang
  • Patent number: 10776063
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus which displays an image on a display, comprises a communication interface configured to communicate with a display apparatus, and a controller configured to transmit an extended display image to be displayed on the display apparatus to the display apparatus via the communication interface, the extended display image being different from the image displayed on the display. While a user interface capable of accepting operations related to the extended display image is displayed together with the extended display image on the display apparatus, the controller causes the user interface to be displayed on the display if an instruction to stop transmission of the extended display image is input via the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Monden
  • Patent number: 10770112
    Abstract: Systems and methods for media aggregation are disclosed herein. The system includes a media system that can transform media items into one aggregated media item. A synchronization component synchronizes media items with respect to time. The synchronized media items can be analyzed and transformed into an aggregated media item for storage and/or display. In one implementation, the aggregated media item is capable of being displayed in multiple ways to create an enhanced and customizable viewing and/or listening experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Yossi Matias, Matthew Sharifi, Thomas Bugnon, Dominik Roblek, Annie Chen
  • Patent number: 10747410
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a first display control unit configured to enlarge and display a target object on a screen among a plurality of objects included in an image, and, based on receiving an instruction to display on the screen an object other than the target object being displayed on the screen from a user, to display a next object to be displayed, a second display control unit configured to display the image on the screen, and, in a case where the instruction from the user is received while display of the screen is controlled by the first display control unit, display an image on the screen with respect to each of the plurality of objects, the image indicating display order, and a changing unit configured to change the display order by receiving the user's operation for which display is controlled by the second display control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Taku Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 10743072
    Abstract: A method for receiving a broadcast signal includes receiving the broadcast signal including physical layer signaling data, signaling data, content data and service guide information, decoding the physical layer signaling data, wherein the mapping information and the information supporting channel scanning and service acquisition are further decoded from the signal frame based on the decoded physical layer signaling data; decoding the content data and the service guide information; displaying an image representing that the alternative camera view is available for the broadcast service; detecting a user input selecting the displayed image for the alternative camera view; and displaying the video component for the alternative camera view on a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Minsung Kwak, Seungryul Yang, Kyoungsoo Moon, Woosuk Ko, Sungryong Hong
  • Patent number: 10728487
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes an image reception unit that receives image data from an external device, a display unit that displays an image related to the image data, a setting changing unit that changes, in accordance with an instruction determined in advance, a setting determined in advance, an image determination unit that determines whether or not a prescribed pattern determined in advance is included in the image related to the image data, a storage unit that holds the instruction in association with the prescribed pattern in advance, and a control unit that, when the image determination unit determines that the prescribed pattern is included in the image related to the image data, causes the setting changing unit to change the setting in accordance with the instruction associated with the prescribed pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akira Yasuta
  • Patent number: 10701435
    Abstract: A method and system are provided. The method includes obtaining a television video from a background server and displaying the television video. A capture instruction for the television video is received from a remote control device. In response to receiving the capture instruction, the capture instruction is transmitted to the background server, and a video capture mode is entered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Zhong Wei Li
  • Patent number: 10687113
    Abstract: User interaction data is heuristically processed to determine its usefulness to a remote recommender system. The data is ranked according it its likely ability to indicate a user preference towards a particular content item. The amount of data sent to the recommender system can then be limited to data records falling in a predetermined range of usefulness. A controller may be provided to determine what range is necessary so that the minimum amount of training data is provided to the recommender system to drive the recommender system's performance towards a set level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
    Inventors: Ian Christopher Kegel, Tamas Jambor, Jun Wang
  • Patent number: 10664158
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, in which a screen split view of execution screens of a plurality of applications included in a recently used list is provided. In more detail, a mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, in which different screen split views are provided depending on whether a screen which is being output to a display unit is an input mode or non-input mode of an application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Eunhye Kim
  • Patent number: RE48384
    Abstract: Techniques are described to provide content access. In an implementation, a determination is made at a client that a high-definition channel has content that matches content provided by a standard-definition channel. Access is provided to the content via the high-definition channel and access is restricted to the content via the standard-definition channel up the client is capable of outputting the content and high definition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Rovi Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Peter J. Potrebic, Prashant K. Jha, Mark B. Tozer