Human Body Observation Patents (Class 348/77)
  • Patent number: 11908344
    Abstract: This application relates to teaching applications of virtual reality technology, and provides a three-dimensional (3D) integrated teaching field system based on a flipped platform and a method for operating the same. The system includes a device deployment module, a teaching resource matching module, an acquisition and processing module and an edge computing module. The method includes spatial division of the 3D comprehensive teaching field system in an offline classroom, device deployment, edge computing, holographic display, data acquisition, motion positioning, and construction of a teaching interactive environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Central China Normal University
    Inventors: Zongkai Yang, Zheng Zhong, Di Wu, Xu Chen
  • Patent number: 11908230
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a display device; a battery; a digitizer positioned between at least the display device and the battery and including a first circuit board; a fingerprint sensor including a second circuit board and a third circuit board; and a processor electrically connected to the display device, the digitizer, and the fingerprint sensor. The first circuit board may include a first conductive pattern for recognizing an input device, the second circuit board may include a second conductive pattern for recognizing the input device, the third circuit board may include a third conductive pattern for recognizing a fingerprint, and the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern may be electrically connected. Various other embodiments that can be recognized through the specification are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jihun Heo, Hyunwoo Kim, Jihoon Park
  • Patent number: 11900540
    Abstract: A method for 3D imaging of a sample, in a vessel having a longitudinal axis orthogonal to a horizontal plane, includes capturing, by at least three cameras located at different positions around the vessel, respective 2D images of the sample. Each image comprises pixels having associated pixel values. The optical axis of a first camera is inclined or declined at a first angle relative to the horizontal plane, with the first angle being greater than or equal to zero degrees. The optical axis of a second camera is inclined or declined at a second, larger angle relative to the horizontal plane. The method also includes generating a 3D image of the sample based on the pixel values associated with the 2D image pixels, and one or more look-up tables that collectively indicate, for pixels in each image, expected paths for light traversing the vessel and the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Graham F. Milne, Dmitry Fradkin, Thomas Clark Pearson
  • Patent number: 11890990
    Abstract: A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head accommodating an interior mirror reflective element. The mirror reflective element has a mirror transflector that transmits near infrared light incident thereon, transmits visible light incident thereon and reflects visible light incident thereon. A camera is disposed within the mirror head and views through the mirror transflector. The camera includes an imaging sensor having a quantum efficiency (QE) of at least 15% for near infrared light having a wavelength of 940 nm. First, second and third near infrared illumination sources are disposed within the mirror head and operable to emit near infrared light that passes through the mirror transflector. The near infrared illumination sources are at respective locations at the mirror reflective element and, when powered, illuminate respective seat regions for a driver-monitoring function or an occupant-detection function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Huizen, Justin E. Sobecki, Austen C. Peterson, Ian A McCabe, Rodney K. Blank, Niall R. Lynam
  • Patent number: 11892747
    Abstract: A visual sensor having a light sensitive element and a processor, the processor being adapted to recognize whether a cap is on or off the light sensitive element by recognizing a unique identification pattern coded into the light sensitive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventor: Tomer Kimhi
  • Patent number: 11867611
    Abstract: A system is used to excite an object at a vibration frequency, in order to induce stationary or travelling waves having the vibration frequency on the surface of the object. An optical interferometer is configured to use optical interference to determine vibration amplitude and phase data of the stationary or travelling wave at each of a plurality of points on the surface, relative to a reference phase. A processing system is used to apply a spatial derivative filter to the vibration phase data, and the resulting spatial-derivative-of-phase data is processed to determine a property of the object, and is further processed to generate graphical-representation data for outputting on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: OPTONOR AS
    Inventor: Eiolf Vikhagen
  • Patent number: 11843876
    Abstract: An optical filter array is used in a photodetection device that generates image data separately for each of N (where N is an integer greater than or equal to 4) wavelength bands. The optical filter array includes a plurality of optical filters. The plurality of optical filters include plural types of optical filters differing in transmittance from each other in each of the N wavelength bands. Assuming that pi is an average of transmittances of the plurality of optical filters for light in an ith wavelength band (where i is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N) of the N wavelength bands, a standard deviation of the average ?i of the transmittances for the N wavelength bands is less than or equal to 0.13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishikawa, Yasuhisa Inada, Kazuya Hisada
  • Patent number: 11833087
    Abstract: A surgical monitoring system including a machine vision sensor, an electronic controller communicatively coupled to the machine vision sensor, the electronic controller including a processor and a memory storing a computer readable instruction set, where, when the computer readable instruction set is executed by the processor, the electronic controller, detects a position of a subject with the machine vision sensor, detects a position of a person support apparatus, compares the detected position of the subject with the detected position of the person support apparatus, and determines if the detected position of the subject and the detected position of the person support apparatus indicates that the subject is not aligned with the person support apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Allen Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua C. Hight, Varad Narayan Srivastava
  • Patent number: 11835932
    Abstract: A room device comprising two or more connectors (2a, 2b, 15) for providing building power to the room device (1); a device controller (3a) configured to operate a heating, ventilation and/or air-conditioning system (4); a device memory (3b) in operative communication with the device controller (3a); wherein the device memory (3b) and the device controller (3a) require building power for standard operation; a transponder controller (5a) and an antenna (5c); a transponder memory (5b) being powerable by the transponder controller (5a); a device firmware stored in the device memory (3b), the device firmware including instructions causing the device controller (3a) upon providing building power to the room device (1) to: connect to the transponder controller (5a) such that the device controller (3a) is in operative communication with the transponder controller (5a); transfer the initial configuration data stored in the transponder memory (5b) to the device memory (3b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventor: Sylvain Magnavacca
  • Patent number: 11827150
    Abstract: Object overlay for vehicle occupants includes determining that visibility of an object in a view of a vehicle occupant through a transparent surface of the vehicle is degraded, the object being in an environment in which the vehicle travels, selecting from an image repository a reference image of the object, extracting, from the reference image, an image portion comprising an image of a least a portion of the object, transforming the extracted image portion to correspond to the view of the vehicle occupant, the transforming producing a transformed image portion, and displaying the transformed image portion on the transparent surface and interposed in a line-of-sight of the vehicle occupant to the object in the environment such that the transformed image portion overlays at least a portion of the vehicle occupant's view through the transparent surface to the object in the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Saxena, Harish Bharti, Deepak Bajaj, Zheng Xie, Sandeep Sukhija
  • Patent number: 11826165
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring musculoskeletal (MSK) health conditions of an individual, including joint flexibility, strength, and endurance as part of their overall care plan are described here. The overall system includes: a sensor that can be worn anywhere on the human body, an engaging app on a mobile-computing device, and software-based analytics and care management engine running on a cloud-computing infrastructure. The sensor is tuned to measure any human joint movement in any direction or axis as well as elevation and temperature. Methods performed by the various devices and systems and how it improves MSK health are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: PLETHY, INC.
    Inventors: Raja Sundaram, Ravi Jagannathan, Hari Harikrishnan
  • Patent number: 11817104
    Abstract: A user device (e.g., voice assistant device, voice enabled device, smart device, computing device, etc.) may receive/detect audio content (e.g., speech, etc.) that includes a wake word and/or words similar to a wake word. The user device may require a wake word, a portion of the wake word, or words similar to the wake word to be detected prior to interacting with a user. The user device may, based on characteristics of the audio content, determine if the audio content originates from an authorized user. The user device may decrease and/or increase scrutiny applied to wake word detection based on whether audio content originates from an authorized user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Hans Sayyadi, Nima Bina
  • Patent number: 11809999
    Abstract: Object recognition scanning systems and methods for implementing artificial intelligence based item determination are disclosed herein. Example object recognition scanning systems and methods include imaging, by an imager having a field of view (FOV) extending over a scanning area, one or more items within the FOV, and receiving image data of an item imaged by the imager during a scanning session. A trained object recognition model, taking the image data as input, determines a product identification probability for the item. The object recognition scanning systems and methods include executing one of: (a) a first decoding sequence including, (b) a second decoding sequence, or (c) a mismatch detection sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Barkan, Mark Drzymala, Darran Michael Handshaw
  • Patent number: 11793407
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems related to determining biometric data using an array of infrared (IR) illuminators are described. In an example, a method can include projecting a number of IR dots on a user using a dot projector and an array of IR illuminators, capturing an IR image of the number of IR dots using an IR camera, comparing a number of pixels of the captured IR image to a number of corresponding pixels of a baseline IR image using a processing resource, and determining biometric data of the user at least partially based on comparing the captured IR image to the baseline IR image using the processing resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: Carla L. Christensen, Bhumika Chhabra, Zahra Hosseinimakarem
  • Patent number: 11779246
    Abstract: A system and method to measure blood oxygenation levels and total hemoglobin on individually selected blood vessels, to provide a representation of the subject condition and of tissue perfusion that may be used for diagnosing specific tissue conditions. Reflection spectra from individual blood vessels or a collection of vessels are measured by using wide-field imaging for selecting target vessels and a narrow-field confocal detection system to enable measuring local blood oxygenation and hemoglobin. Optical fibers may be used to illuminate the target vessel and to detect light diffusively reflected therefrom. The reflection spectra may be analyzed in a spectrometer to extract the ratio of the deoxy- to oxyhemoglobin and to determine their absolute concentration for computing total hemoglobin levels. An alternative implementation uses image processing on camera images of a blood vessel, generated at an isosbestic wavelength of the deoxy- and oxyhemoglobin, and optionally also at neighboring wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Dvir Yelin
  • Patent number: 11776308
    Abstract: A frictionless access control system and method embodying satellite cameras for facial recognition are disclosed. The cameras capture image data of individuals at an access point such as a door. Preferably, two or more cameras are placed on opposite sides of the access point to increase the likelihood that the individuals are captured in the image data. A facial cropper module extracts facial patches from the image data, and a facial signature module computes facial signatures from the facial patches. A facial recognition module receives the computed facial signatures from the facial signature module, matches the computed facial signatures to stored facial signatures, and sends user identity information of individuals corresponding to the stored facial signatures to the facial signature module when the computed facial signatures match the stored facial signatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Peter Alexander Ainsworth, Ian C. Westmacott, Martin J. Donaghy, John McKenna, Derek Boyes, Terry Neill, Frederick Michael McBride, Walter A. Martin
  • Patent number: 11775164
    Abstract: It is possible for a user to measure his/her head-related transfer characteristics with high accuracy. There is provided an information processing device 10 including: an interface control unit 140 that controls a user interface related to measurement of a head-related transfer function of a user, in which the interface control unit controls an output of guide information guiding a direction of a head of the user to a designated direction. In addition, there is provided an information processing method including: controlling a user interface related to measurement of a head-related transfer function of a user by a processor 871, in which the controlling of the user interface further includes controlling an output of guide information guiding a direction of a head of the user to a designated direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koyuru Okimoto, Toru Nakagawa, Tetsu Magariyachi
  • Patent number: 11759099
    Abstract: An optical scanning imaging/projection apparatus includes a light source that outputs illumination light and projection light in the visible range, an optical scanner that scans the illumination light and the projection light, which are output from the light source, along a predetermined scanning trajectory, a switch that switches the output from the light source so that the illumination light and the projection light are alternately output, an optical detector that detects observation light generated by a subject irradiated with the illumination light, a storage that stores data in which an intensity of the detected observation light detected is associated with information indicating a detection position on the scanning trajectory, and a projection light controller that controls, on the basis of the data stored in the storage unit, an intensity of the projection light to be applied to each position on the scanning trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ken Fujinuma
  • Patent number: 11753859
    Abstract: A vehicle operation detection device is applicable to a vehicle including a vehicle body in which an opening portion is provided, an opening and closing body which opens and closes the opening portion, an actuator which causes the opening and closing body to perform opening and closing operations, and a camera which captures an image around the opening portion, and is configured to detect a gesture of a user for starting at least one of the opening operation and the closing operation. The device includes: a direction specifying unit that specifies a direction of the user with respect to the vehicle based on the image captured by the camera; and a gesture detection unit that detects the gesture including a motion in a direction associated with the direction of the user, based on the image captured by the camera, when the direction specifying unit specifies the direction of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Tamura
  • Patent number: 11748936
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a virtual view of a virtual camera based on an input scene are described. A capturing device typically includes a physical camera and a depth sensor and captures an input scene. A controller determines an actual pose of the capturing device and a desired pose of the virtual camera for showing the virtual view. The controller defines an epipolar geometry between the actual pose of the capturing device and the desired pose of the virtual camera. The controller generates an output image for the virtual camera based on an epipolar relation between the actual pose of the capturing device, the input scene, and the desired pose of the virtual camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Michael Slutsky, Albert Shalumov
  • Patent number: 11747425
    Abstract: A method for reconstructing single-slice image data sets from k-space measured data sets that have been acquired simultaneously from at least two slices from an examination object. The method includes an iterative modification and hence an optimization of the underlying k-space trajectories in the reconstruction of individual image data sets from collapsed measured data sets acquired from a plurality of slices and hence a retrospective reduction of interference in the individual image data sets that are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Mario Zeller, Flavio Carinci
  • Patent number: 11741739
    Abstract: A display device may include: a first substrate including pixel areas; a circuit element layer disposed on a first surface of the first substrate, and including at least one conductive layer; a light emitting element layer disposed on the circuit element layer; pixels each including a circuit element and a light emitting element disposed on the circuit element layer and the light emitting element layer in a corresponding one of the pixel areas; a first light transmitting hole array layer including first light transmitting holes distributed in the circuit element layer; and a photo sensor array layer disposed on a second surface of the first substrate and configured to overlap with the first light transmitting hole array layer, the photo sensor array layer comprising photo sensors. The first light transmitting holes may include openings distributed in the at least one conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Jin Sung, Ji Hun Ryu, Yun Ho Kim, Il Nam Kim, Won Sang Park, Jong In Baek, Katsumasa Yoshii
  • Patent number: 11722644
    Abstract: A Phacoemulsification surgical system provides a live video feed from a camera that is attached to a surgical microscope. The live video feed is shown as part of a graphical user interface (GUI) of phacoemulsification surgical console either in a picture in picture or a full-screen format. The video feed is either static or displayed on-demand as needed during a surgical procedure. The displaying of a live video feed directly on the phacoemulsification surgical console allows for surgical assistants to interact with the live video feed and phacoemulsification surgical system parameters and/or GUI controls without having to refocus on an external object between near and far distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Edith W. Fung, Katrina T. Lieu, Jacob S. Childs, Stephen M. Christopher, Timothy L. Hunter, Sandra H. Keh
  • Patent number: 11703599
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for estimating a moving speed of a detected pedestrian at an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) is disclosed. A pedestrian is detected in a plurality of frames of point clouds generated by a LIDAR device installed at an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV). In each of at least two of the plurality of frames of point clouds, a minimum bounding box enclosing points corresponding to the pedestrian excluding points corresponding to limbs of the pedestrian is generated. A moving speed of the pedestrian is estimated based at least in part on the minimum bounding boxes across the at least two of the plurality of frames of point clouds. A trajectory for the ADV is planned based at least on the moving speed of the pedestrian. Thereafter, control signals are generated to drive the ADV based on the planned trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: BAIDU USA LLC, BAIDU.COM TIMES TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiang Liu, Bin Gao, Fan Zhu
  • Patent number: 11703373
    Abstract: For patient weight estimation in a medical imaging system, a patient model, such as a mesh, is fit to a depth image. One or more feature values are extracted from the fit patient model, reducing the noise and clutter in the values. The weight estimation is regressed from the extracted features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Ruhan Sa, Birgi Tamersoy, Yao-jen Chang, Klaus J. Kirchberg, Vivek Kumar Singh, Terrence Chen
  • Patent number: 11660057
    Abstract: A method for visualizing tissue of a subject includes receiving a first series of first imaging modality frames generated by imaging a region of tissue of the subject, and a first series of second imaging modality frames generated by imaging the region of tissue; displaying the first series of first imaging modality frames in combination with the first series of second imaging modality frames; storing a plurality of first imaging modality frames and a plurality of second imaging modality frames of the first series of second imaging modality frames in a memory; receiving a second series of first imaging modality frames generated by imaging the region of tissue; and displaying the second series of first imaging modality frames in combination with one or more of the second imaging modality frames of the first series of second imaging modality frames stored in the memory for visualizing the region of tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Lina Gurevich, Arthur E. Bailey
  • Patent number: 11664104
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for providing feedback to a patient using an inhaler of a specific type for inhaling a therapeutic aerosol according to instructions for use provided to the patient with the inhaler. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a sequence of digital audio signals and a sequence of digital video signals emitted from the patient while using the inhaler, recognising the type of the inhaler by processing the video signals, recognising whether the patient has deviated from the instructions by processing the audio and video signals, and recognising the type of the deviation; and presenting to the patient one or more feedback messages indicating whether a deviation was recognised, and if so, what type of deviation occurred, and optionally an inhalation manoeuvre without the deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: VisionHealth GmbH
    Inventors: Sabine Häussermann, Alexandros Sivris, Jonas Benedikt Natzer
  • Patent number: 11657247
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a physical instrument are described herein. The physical instrument comprises a reference array platform having a top surface and a bottom surface. A reference array including one or more different fiducial markers is disposed on the top surface of the reference array platform. The reference array platform may have a bent physical configuration or a tilted physical configuration. An adhesive layer is disposed on the bottom surface of the reference array platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Medivis, Inc.
    Inventors: Long Qian, Christopher Morley, Osamah Choudhry
  • Patent number: 11642961
    Abstract: An optical arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a head up display light field emitter that emits a light field. At least one mirror is positioned to reflect the light field such that the light field is again reflected by a windshield of the vehicle, and such that the light field is visible to a driver of the vehicle as a virtual image. The at least one mirror has a transparent section. A driver monitoring camera is positioned to capture an image of a face of the driver through the transparent section of the at least one mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
    Inventor: John Avery
  • Patent number: 11641517
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces. In some examples, the electronic device transitions between user interfaces for capturing photos based on data received from a first camera and a second camera. In some examples, the electronic device provides enhanced zooming capabilities that result in visual pleasing results for a displayed digital viewfinder and for captured videos. In some examples, the electronic device provides user interfaces for transitioning a digital viewfinder between a first camera with an applied digital zoom to a second camera with no digital zoom. In some examples, the electronic device prepares to capture media at various magnification levels. In some examples, the electronic device enhanced capabilities for navigating through a plurality of values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Behkish J. Manzari, Alan C. Dye, Stephen O. Lemay, Pavel Pivoñka
  • Patent number: 11628845
    Abstract: A method and a device for driver state evaluation are provided. In a detection step, in a sensor-aided manner, a driver's viewing direction in a field of view defined relative to the vehicle is detected and a solid angle oriented to the viewing direction is determined depending on at least one parameter that influences the field of view. In an evaluation step, at least one object point of the three-dimensional surroundings of the driver is evaluated on the basis of the latter's position with respect to the solid angle determined and an attentiveness-related driver state is ascertained depending on this evaluation and is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Florian Bade, Martin Buchner, Julia Niemann
  • Patent number: 11622677
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an endoscopic system. The system may include a single optical fiber. The system may further include a light source which transmits light into the single optical fiber. An image sensor may be provided within the endoscopic system and disposed at a distal end of the single optical fiber. The endoscopic system may be additionally fitted with a diffuser on the distal end of the single optical fiber which outputs a light cone that is broader than an output of the single optical fiber without the diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Jeremiah D. Henley, Donald M. Wichern
  • Patent number: 11598971
    Abstract: A compact light source for a projection display is disclosed enabling eye-glass display using a Fresnel mirror reflecting light without a distance as conventional prism type reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Fusao Ishii, Mikiko Nakanishi, Kazuoki Ichikawa, Yuji Aburakawa
  • Patent number: 11590982
    Abstract: A system for characterizing driver behavior includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a set of vehicle data, wherein the set of vehicle data comprises embedded image vectors that characterize vehicle data over a short time scale. The processor is configured to determine, using a long time scale model, a long time scale label based at least in part on the embedded image vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Lytx, Inc.
    Inventor: Jesse Daniels
  • Patent number: 11594066
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor-compatible overlay material which uses anisotropic conductive material to enable accurate imaging of a fingerprint through an overlay is disclosed. The anisotropic conductive material has increased conductivity in a direction orthogonal to the fingerprint sensor, increasing the capacitive coupling of the fingerprint to the sensor surface, allowing the fingerprint sensor to accurately image the fingerprint through the overlay. Methods for forming a fingerprint sensor-compatible overlay are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Roman Ogirko, Hans Klein, David G. Wright, Igor Kolych, Andriy Maharyta, Hassane El-Khoury, Oleksandr Karpin, Oleksandr Hoshtanar, Igor Kravets
  • Patent number: 11588659
    Abstract: A system for home automation includes: at least one actuator for controlling at least one lighting device, arrangement including at least one window blind, or heating device; at least one sensor designed as an operable switch or operable system and able to be switched into different modes; a processing unit; a bus-type data transmission device connecting the processing unit to the at least one sensor and the at least one actuator. The sensor includes a measuring device for registering an actual mode of the sensor and a memory for storing sensor mode information. The processing unit includes: memory access for acquiring sensor mode information stored in a memory of the sensor via the bus-type data transmission device; and a control device to transmit an actuator control signal via the bus-type data transmission device, in order to control the at least one actuator in accordance with the sensor mode information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SMART PLACE AG
    Inventors: David Bleiker, Marco Bleiker
  • Patent number: 11579677
    Abstract: In one example, a device to process analog sensor data is described. For example, a device may include at least one analog sensor to generate a first set of analog voltage signals and a crossbar array including a plurality of memristors. In one example, the crossbar array is to receive an input vector of the first set of analog voltage signals, generate an output vector comprising a second set of analog voltage signals that is based upon a dot product of the input vector and a matrix comprising resistance values of the plurality of memristors, detect a pattern of the output vector, and activate a processor upon a detection of the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Miao Hu, Tsung-Ching Huang, Chin-Hui Chen, Raymond G Beausoleil, John Paul Strachan
  • Patent number: 11580786
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an updating method for configuration parameters of an electronic device, a device and a computer-readable medium, wherein the updating method includes: acquiring fingerprint information collected by a fingerprint sensor at the electronic device; determining whether the fingerprint information is collected in a trusted mode; acquiring, in response to determining that the fingerprint information is collected in the trusted mode, a target configuration parameter of the electronic device for anti-spoofing detection according to the fingerprint information; and updating, in response to that the target configuration parameter of the electronic device and/or a current configuration parameter of the electronic device satisfies a preset condition, the current configuration parameter of the electronic device based on the target configuration parameter of the electronic device, wherein the current configuration parameter is used by the electronic device for anti-spoofing detection of a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Chiang, Yu-Chun Cheng
  • Patent number: 11568683
    Abstract: Facial biometric systems and methods employ digital fingerprints that represent facial characteristics. These systems and methods may perform various digital fingerprint related processes including induction (acquiring of the facial data, generation of a digital fingerprint and storing in a database) and authentication (a process of using the digital fingerprint of the face to perform biometrics). The facial biometric system and method combines these processes with a particular set of hardware to perform the facial biometrics process that is novel and provides benefits and capabilities not achievable by other biometric systems and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: ALITHEON, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Saxon Ross, Evan Murphy Keech, David Justin Ross, Will Charles Shannon, Mark Tocci
  • Patent number: 11551380
    Abstract: An augmented reality interventional system which provides contextual overlays (116) to assist or guide a user (101) or enhance the performance of the interventional procedure by the user that uses an interactive medical device (102) to perform the interventional procedure. The system includes a graphic processing module (110) that is configured to generate at least one contextual overlay on an augmented reality display device system (106). The contextual overlays may identify a component (104) or control of the interactive medical device. The contextual overlays may also identify steps of a procedure to be performed by the user and provide instructions for performance of the procedure. The contextual overlays may also identify a specific region of the environment to assist or guide the user or enhance the performance of the interventional procedure by identifying paths or protocols to reduce radiation exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Molly Lara Flexman, Aleksandra Popovic, Ashish Panse
  • Patent number: 11544933
    Abstract: A smart reader system for a scale having a display is disclosed. The smart reader system includes an image capture device for capturing an image of the display; and an attachment device for mounting on the scale, the attachment device configured to receive the image capture device; and a computing device configured to identify, using a machine learning model, a weight from the image of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventors: Lishao Wang, Shiwei Liu, Zibo Wang
  • Patent number: 11529745
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a razor accessory with a camera to assist the user of a shaving razor, which razor accessory is configured to be mechanically attached to the shaving razor. The razor accessory may be provided with sensors to track the shaving movements of a user. The present disclosure also provides an application for a wearable computer device to track the shaving movements of a user. The razor accessory and/or the wearable computer is communicatively connected to a vendor platform via an Internet-of-Things (IoT) gateway, which may provide feedback to assist and optimize the user's shaving experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Bic Violex Single Member S.A.
    Inventor: Pete Zafiropoulos
  • Patent number: 11527092
    Abstract: Images of a hand may be used to identify users. Quality, detail, and so forth of these images may vary. An image is processed to determine a first spatial mask. A first neural network comprising many layers uses the first spatial mask at a first layer and a second spatial mask at a second layer to process images and produce an embedding vector representative of features in the image. The first spatial mask provides information about particular portions of the input image, and is determined by processing the image with an algorithm such as an orientation certainty level (OCL) algorithm. The second spatial mask is determined using unsupervised training and represents weights of particular portions of the input image as represented at the second layer. The use of the masks allows the first neural network to learn to use or disregard particular portions of the image, improving overall accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Miriam Farber, Manoj Aggarwal, Gerard Guy Medioni
  • Patent number: 11514658
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for modeling three-dimensional (3D) meshes using multi-view image data. An example method can include determining, based on a first image of a target, first 3D mesh parameters for the target corresponding to a first coordinate frame; determining, based on a second image of the target, second 3D mesh parameters for the target corresponding to a second coordinate frame; determining third 3D mesh parameters for the target in a third coordinate frame, the third 3D mesh parameters being based on the first and second 3D mesh parameters and relative rotation and translation parameters of image sensors that captured the first and second images; determining a loss associated with the third 3D mesh parameters, the loss being based on the first and second 3D mesh parameters and the relative rotation and translation parameters; determining 3D mesh parameters based on the loss and third 3D mesh parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ashar Ali, Gokee Dane, Gerhard Reitmayr
  • Patent number: 11514717
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for providing a notification that a person is at a particular location. For example, a resident device may receive from a user device an image that shows a face of a first person, the image being captured by a first camera of the user device. The resident device may also receive, from another device having a second camera, a second image showing a portion of a face of a second person, the second camera having a viewable area showing a particular location. The resident device may determine a score indicating a level of similarity between a first set of characteristics associated with the face of the first person and a second set of characteristics associated with the face of a second person. The resident device may then provide to the user device a notification based on determining the score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hendrik Dahlkamp, Vinay Sharma, Nitin Gupta, Floris Chabert, Andrew C. Edwards, Mitchell Williams, Jonghoon Jin, Nicholas M. Fraioli, Aravindhan K. Krishnan, Patrick L. Coffman
  • Patent number: 11513601
    Abstract: Described herein is a method for enabling human-to-computer three-dimensional hand gesture-based natural interactions from depth images provided by a range finding imaging system. The method enables recognition of simultaneous gestures from detection, tracking and analysis of singular points of interests on a single hand of a user and provides contextual feedback information to the user. The singular points of interest of the hand: include hand tip(s), fingertip(s), palm center and center of mass of the hand, and are used for defining at least one representation of a pointer. The point(s) of interest is/are tracked over time and are analyzed to enable the determination of sequential and/or simultaneous “pointing” and “activation” gestures performed by a single hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Depthsensing Solutions SA/NV
    Inventors: Gilles Pinault, Utku Salihoglu, Carlos Augusto Pinheiro de Sousa, Julien Thollot, Laurent Guigues
  • Patent number: 11490877
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for identifying a characteristic of one or more ultrasound images, wherein each image is of a subject imaged by an ultrasound probe using an ultrasound imaging process. The method includes obtaining a manipulation signal indicative of a manipulation of the ultrasound probe during the imaging process. A portion of the manipulation signal, which indicates the manipulation of the probe during a time period, is obtained. The obtained portion is associated with one or more ultrasound images. A neural network system is then used to classify a characteristic of the one or more ultrasound images based on both the obtained portion of the manipulation signal and the one or more images themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Binyam Gebrekidan Gebre
  • Patent number: 11462047
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided having a camera under a display. The electronic device includes a display screen having display pixels and openings separating the display pixels, and a camera located proximate to the display and configured to obtain image data through the openings separating the display pixels. The image data includes near field image data and far field image data. The camera includes a first lens and an imaging sensor assembly. The imaging sensor assembly is configured to detect near field image data at the display screen and far field image data spaced from the display screen. The electronic device also includes a processor that is configured to capture the near field image data in a first mode, capture the far field image data in a second mode, and identify a user of the electronic device based on the near field image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Mengnan Wang, Daryl C. Cromer, John W. Nicholson, Howard Locker
  • Patent number: 11457815
    Abstract: A mobile-platform imaging device uses compression of the target region to generate an image of an object. A tactile sensor has an optical waveguide with a flexible, transparent first layer. Light is directed into the waveguide. Light is scattered out of the first layer when the first layer is deformed. The first layer is deformed by the tactile sensor being pressed against the object, A force sensor detects a force pressing the tactile sensor against the object and outputs corresponding force information. A first communication unit receives the force information from the force sensor. A receptacle holds a mobile device with a second communication unit and an imager that can generate image information using light scattered out of the first layer. The first communication unit communicates with the second communication unit and the mobile device communicates with an external network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY—OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
    Inventor: Chang-Hee Won
  • Patent number: 11457182
    Abstract: A surveillance system for mobile surveillance access to remote areas comprising a housing sized to be manually portable, and a power supply, an input port, a video converter, an encoder, and a router all within the housing. The power supply is configured to provide power to the system. The input port is configured to receive a video stream from a camera. The video converter is configured to convert the video stream from a digital signal to an analog signal. The encoder is configured to convert the video stream into a reduced bitrate digital stream having a bitrate less than or equal to 3 megabits per second. The router is configured to transmit the reduced bitrate digital stream over at least two of a plurality of communication paths simultaneously. The system is manually portable and configured to livestream the video stream to the internet in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Serastar Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary B. Higman, Darren L. Kessner