Changing The Image Coordinates Patents (Class 382/293)
  • Patent number: 11922672
    Abstract: One or more computer processors establish a geofence surrounding a display having a plurality of pixels capable of change based on one or more display capabilities. The one or more computer processors monitor for a change in at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels. The one or more computer processors identify a photosensitive user within the established geofence. The one or more computer processors responsive to the at least one pixel change associated with the display, calculate a photosensitivity score utilizing a model trained for one or more photosensitive conditions associated with the photosensitive user. The one or more computer processors adjust the display to show a change on the at least one pixel based on the calculated photosensitivity score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Clement Decrop, Thomas Jefferson Sandridge, Jeremy R. Fox, Zachary A. Silverstein
  • Patent number: 11915435
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method of image cross-correlation improves the sub-pixel accuracy of the correlation surface and subsequent processing thereof. One or both of the template or search windows are resampled using the fractional portions of the correlation offsets X and Y produced by the initial image cross-correlation. The resampled window is then correlated with the other original window to produce a resampled cross-correlation surface. Removing the fractional or sub-pixel offsets between the template and search windows improves the “sameness” of the represented imagery thereby improving the quality and accuracy of the correlation surface, which in turn improves the quality and accuracy of the FOM or other processing of the correlation surface. The process may be iterated to improve accuracy or modified to generate resampled cross-correlation surfaces for multiple possible offsets and to accept the one with the most certainty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Grant B. Boroughs
  • Patent number: 11875429
    Abstract: An apparatus for image reconstruction that includes input circuitry configured to acquire, from an image sequence, first and second 2D projection data of a region of interest of an object at respective acquisition times; and provide first 3D object data of a first object in a region of interest and second 3D object data of a second object in a region of interest. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to generate a first registration of the first and/or second 3D object data to the first 2D projection data and a second registration of the first and/or second 3D object data to the second 2D projection data; provide a vector field defining motion of the second object relative to the first object between the acquisition times based on the registrations; generate corrected projection data using the vector field; and generate a motion-compensated image sequence based on the corrected projection data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Christian Haase, Michael Grass, Dirk Schaefer
  • Patent number: 11871110
    Abstract: Techniques related to calibrating fisheye cameras using a single image are discussed. Such techniques include applying a first pretrained convolutional neural network to an input fisheye image to generate camera model parameters excluding a principle point and applying a second pretrained convolutional neural network to the fisheye image and a difference of the fisheye image and a projection of the fisheye image using the camera model parameters to generate the principle point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Fan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11867818
    Abstract: A method for performing a simultaneous location and mapping of a scanner device includes detecting a set of lines in a point cloud, and identifying a semantic feature based on the set of lines. The method further includes assigning a first scan position of the scanner device in the surrounding environment at the present time t1 as a landmark, and linking the landmark with the portion of the map. The method further includes determining that the scanner device has moved, at time t2, to the scan position that was marked as the landmark based on identifying said semantic feature in another scan-data. In response, a second scan position at time t2 is determined. Also, a displacement vector is determined for the map based on a difference between the first scan position and the second scan position. Subsequently, a revised second scan position is computed based on the displacement vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FARO Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Brenner, Aleksej Frank, Ahmad Ramadneh, Oliver Zweigle
  • Patent number: 11869205
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure can facilitate determining a three-dimensional surface representation of an object. In some embodiments, the system includes a computer, a calibration module, which is configured to determine a camera geometry of a set of cameras, and an imaging module, which is configured to capture spatial images using the cameras. The computer is configured to determine epipolar lines in the spatial images, transform the spatial images with a collineation transformation, determine second derivative spatial images with a second derivative filter, construct epipolar plane edge images based on zero crossings of second derivative epipolar planes image based on the epipolar lines, select edges and compute depth estimates, sequence the edges based on contours in a spatial edge image, filter the depth estimates, and create a three-dimensional surface representation based on the filtered depth estimates and the original spatial images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Henry Harlyn Baker
  • Patent number: 11842471
    Abstract: Systems and methods herein describe a metadata verification system that is configured to access a digital satellite image, generate a first discrete Fourier transform (DFT) pattern based on an ortho-rectified digital satellite image, generate a second DFT pattern based on rational polynomial coefficient (RPC) data of the digital satellite image, compare the first DFT pattern to the second DFT pattern, generate a score based on the comparison, and generate a determination of whether the digital satellite image has been manipulated based on the score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Mayachitra, Inc.
    Inventors: Chandrakanth Gudavalli, Michael Gene Goebel, Tejaswi Nanjundaswamy, Lakshmanan Nataraj, Shivkumar Chandrasekaran, Bangalore S. Manjunath
  • Patent number: 11828852
    Abstract: A method for performing a simultaneous location and mapping of a scanner device includes detecting a set of lines in a point cloud, and identifying a semantic feature based on the set of lines. The method further includes assigning a first scan position of the scanner device in the surrounding environment at the present time t1 as a landmark, and linking the landmark with the portion of the map. The method further includes determining that the scanner device has moved, at time t2, to the scan position that was marked as the landmark based on identifying said semantic feature in another scan-data. In response, a second scan position at time t2 is determined. Also, a displacement vector is determined for the map based on a difference between the first scan position and the second scan position. Subsequently, a revised second scan position is computed based on the displacement vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: FARO Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Brenner, Aleksej Frank, Ahmad Ramadneh, Oliver Zweigle
  • Patent number: 11831874
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for performing semi-global matching (SGM) path cost compression. In some examples, the techniques may perform disparity-dependent sub-sampling of a set of SGM path costs where the sub-sampling ratio is determined based on a candidate disparity level. The sub-sampled SGM path costs may be stored in a memory. When retrieved from memory, the sub-sampled SGM path costs may be interpolated to reconstruct the other path costs not stored in the memory. The reconstructed path costs may be used for further SGM processing. In further examples, the techniques may perform disparity-dependent quantization on the SGM path costs or the sub-sampled SGM path costs, and store the quantized SGM path costs in memory. The techniques of this disclosure may reduce bandwidth as well as reduce the memory footprint needed to implement an SGM algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Do-Kyoung Kwon, Jing-Fei Ren, Darnell Moore
  • Patent number: 11831917
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method of decoding an image includes receiving a bitstream in which the image is encoded; obtaining index information for specifying a block division type of a current block in the image; and determining the block division type of the current block from a candidate group pre-defined in the decoding apparatus. The candidate group includes a plurality of candidate division types, including at least one of a non-division, a first quad-division, a second quad-division, a binary-division or a triple-division. The method also includes dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; and decoding each of the sub-blocks with reference to syntax information obtained from the bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek Kim
  • Patent number: 11831915
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method of decoding an image includes receiving a bitstream in which the image is encoded; obtaining index information for specifying a block division type of a current block in the image; and determining the block division type of the current block from a candidate group pre-defined in the decoding apparatus. The candidate group includes a plurality of candidate division types, including at least one of a non-division, a first quad-division, a second quad-division, a binary-division or a triple-division. The method also includes dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; and decoding each of the sub-blocks with reference to syntax information obtained from the bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek Kim
  • Patent number: 11831914
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method of decoding an image includes receiving a bitstream in which the image is encoded; obtaining index information for specifying a block division type of a current block in the image; and determining the block division type of the current block from a candidate group pre-defined in the decoding apparatus. The candidate group includes a plurality of candidate division types, including at least one of a non-division, a first quad-division, a second quad-division, a binary-division or a triple-division. The method also includes dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; and decoding each of the sub-blocks with reference to syntax information obtained from the bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek Kim
  • Patent number: 11831916
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method of decoding an image includes receiving a bitstream in which the image is encoded; obtaining index information for specifying a block division type of a current block in the image; and determining the block division type of the current block from a candidate group pre-defined in the decoding apparatus. The candidate group includes a plurality of candidate division types, including at least one of a non-division, a first quad-division, a second quad-division, a binary-division or a triple-division. The method also includes dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; and decoding each of the sub-blocks with reference to syntax information obtained from the bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek Kim
  • Patent number: 11818396
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method of decoding an image includes receiving a bitstream in which the image is encoded; obtaining index information for specifying a block division type of a current block in the image; and determining the block division type of the current block from a candidate group pre-defined in the decoding apparatus. The candidate group includes a plurality of candidate division types, including at least one of a non-division, a first quad-division, a second quad-division, a binary-division or a triple-division. The method also includes dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; and decoding each of the sub-blocks with reference to syntax information obtained from the bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek Kim
  • Patent number: 11816813
    Abstract: An image processor comprising an input module for receiving image data from an image sensor; an image processing module arranged to perform one or more operations on at least a portion of the image data to generate processed image data; and a characteristic processing module arranged to perform one or more characteristic processing operations on at least a portion of the characteristic data to generate processed characteristic data. The portion of the characteristic data is associated with the portion of the image data; the one or more characteristic processing operations are associated with the one or more image processing operations. The image processor further comprises an output module for outputting the processed image data and processed characteristic data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Arm Limited
    Inventors: David Hanwell, Alexey Kornienko, Nerhun Yildiz
  • Patent number: 11797337
    Abstract: A computerized efficient data processing management method for imaging applications first performs a data flow graph generation by computing means using at least one image data and at least one requested task to generate a data flow graph. The method then applies a task execution scheduling using the data flow graph generated, a caching system configuration, the at least one image data and at least one requested task to schedule execution of the at least one requested task to generate task execution output. In addition, an adaptive data processing method performs caching system update and an optimal data processing method further performs data flow graph update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH
    Inventors: Christopher Birnbaum, Shih-Jong James Lee, Tuan Phan
  • Patent number: 11758191
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method of decoding an image includes receiving a bitstream in which the image is encoded; obtaining index information for specifying a block division type of a current block in the image; and determining the block division type of the current block from a candidate group pre-defined in the decoding apparatus. The candidate group includes a plurality of candidate division types, including at least one of a non-division, a first quad-division, a second quad-division, a binary-division or a triple-division. The method also includes dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; and decoding each of the sub-blocks with reference to syntax information obtained from the bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek Kim
  • Patent number: 11758188
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method of decoding an image includes receiving a bitstream in which the image is encoded; obtaining index information for specifying a block division type of a current block in the image; and determining the block division type of the current block from a candidate group pre-defined in the decoding apparatus. The candidate group includes a plurality of candidate division types, including at least one of a non-division, a first quad-division, a second quad-division, a binary-division or a triple-division. The method also includes dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; and decoding each of the sub-blocks with reference to syntax information obtained from the bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek Kim
  • Patent number: 11758190
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method of decoding an image includes receiving a bitstream in which the image is encoded; obtaining index information for specifying a block division type of a current block in the image; and determining the block division type of the current block from a candidate group pre-defined in the decoding apparatus. The candidate group includes a plurality of candidate division types, including at least one of a non-division, a first quad-division, a second quad-division, a binary-division or a triple-division. The method also includes dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; and decoding each of the sub-blocks with reference to syntax information obtained from the bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek Kim
  • Patent number: 11758189
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method of decoding an image includes receiving a bitstream in which the image is encoded; obtaining index information for specifying a block division type of a current block in the image; and determining the block division type of the current block from a candidate group pre-defined in the decoding apparatus. The candidate group includes a plurality of candidate division types, including at least one of a non-division, a first quad-division, a second quad-division, a binary-division or a triple-division. The method also includes dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; and decoding each of the sub-blocks with reference to syntax information obtained from the bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek Kim
  • Patent number: 11743576
    Abstract: A control section 35 compares angles of view of a main captured image generated by a main imaging section 21 and a subordinate captured image generated by a subordinate imaging section 22. In a case where a result of comparison, by the control section 35, of the angles of view indicates that the angle of view of the main captured image is narrower than the angle of view of the subordinate captured image, an image synthesis section 24 generates a display image by superimposing the main captured image on the subordinate captured image or superimposing the reduced subordinate captured image on the main captured image. In a case where the angle of view of the main captured image is narrower than the angle of view of the subordinate image, the main captured image is set as the display image. It is possible to easily decide a composition during shooting by using the subordinate captured image. It is also possible to confirm an imaging status by using the main captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Yagisawa
  • Patent number: 11734789
    Abstract: Systems and methods for correcting image distortion in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a method for correcting distorted images. The method includes steps for receiving a set of term coefficients associated with a lens that captured a set of one or more distorted images, and mapping each of the set of distorted images to a new target image based on the set of term coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Immersive Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Micheal Woodrow Burns, Jon Clagg, Kunal Bansal
  • Patent number: 11720766
    Abstract: A method for automatically recognizing content of labels on objects includes: capturing visual information of an object using a scanning system including one or more cameras, the object having one or more labels on one or more exterior surfaces; detecting, by a computing system, one or more surfaces of the object having labels; rectifying, by the computing system, the visual information of the one or more surfaces of the object to compute one or more rectified images; and decoding, by the computing system, content of a label depicted in at least one of the one or more rectified images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: PACKSIZE LLC
    Inventors: Francesco Peruch, Carlo Dal Mutto, Jason Trachewsky
  • Patent number: 11720606
    Abstract: Geospatial data is gathered for generation of a geodatacube encompassing data from multiple geospatial data sets for efficient processing and optimization. A method for gathering, storing and processing geospatial data includes identifying a plurality of geospatial data sets for intake, each defining a geospatial data parameter. For each geospatial data set, a plurality of subregions is defined such that each subregion corresponds to a portion of the geographic entity having the same value for the data parameter defined by the respective geospatial data set. In other words, subdividing the geographic entity along demarcations defined by variances in the data parameter(s) defined by the geospatial data set. A number of geospatial data sets for intake are arranged into layers, where each layer defines the data parameter for the respective subregions of the geographic entity. A partition defining polygons common to all layers represents a union of the subregions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: AVALARA, INC.
    Inventor: David Berthiaume
  • Patent number: 11710295
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a shape data output program that causes at least one computer to execute process, the process includes, normalizing each shape data of a plurality of pieces of shape data for each component in each coordinate axis direction to create unit shape data; classifying the plurality of pieces of shape data based on the created unit shape data of each of the pieces of shape data; specifying, based on dimensions of sites of each shape data in classified group, a dimensional relationship between different sites of the shape data in the group; and outputting information indicating the specified dimensional relationship in association with the unit shape data of the shape data in the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Noriyasu Aso, Masatoshi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11668576
    Abstract: Systems and methods of using sensor data for coordinate prediction are disclosed herein. In some example embodiments, for a place, a computer system accesses corresponding service data comprising pick-up data and drop-off data for requests, and accesses corresponding sensor data indicating at least one path of mobile devices of the requesters of the requests, with the at least one path comprising at least one of a pick-up path ending at the pick-up location indicated by the pick-up data and a drop-off path beginning at the drop-off location indicated by the drop-off data. In some example embodiments, the computer system generates at least one predicted geographic location using the paths indicated by the sensor data, and stores the at least one predicted geographic location in a database in association with an identification of the place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shivendra Pratap Singh, Upamanyu Madhow, Vikram Saxena, Livia Zarnescu Yanez, Chandan Prakash Sheth, Sheng Yang, Alvin AuYoung
  • Patent number: 11663706
    Abstract: Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for segmenting an image of a video stream with a client device, identifying an area of interest, generating a modified area of interest within one or more image, identifying a first set of pixels and a second set of pixels, and modifying a color value for the first set of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Kudriashov, Fedir Poliakov, Maksim Gusarov
  • Patent number: 11625852
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium for predicting object pose. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an image of an object having one or more feature points; providing the image as an input to a neural network subsystem trained to receive images of objects and to generate an output including a heat map for each feature point; applying a differentiable transformation on each heat map to generate respective one or more feature coordinates for each feature point; providing the feature coordinates for each feature point as input to an object pose solver configured to compute a predicted object pose for the object, wherein the predicted object pose for the object specifies a position and an orientation of an object; and receiving, at the output of the object pose solver, a predicted object pose for the object in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Mrinal Kalakrishnan, Adrian Ling Hin Li, Nicolas Hudson
  • Patent number: 11601677
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method of decoding an image includes receiving a bitstream in which the image is encoded; obtaining index information for specifying a block division type of a current block in the image; and determining the block division type of the current block from a candidate group pre-defined in the decoding apparatus. The candidate group includes a plurality of candidate division types, including at least one of a non-division, a first quad-division, a second quad-division, a binary-division or a triple-division. The method also includes dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; and decoding each of the sub-blocks with reference to syntax information obtained from the bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek Kim
  • Patent number: 11410268
    Abstract: An image processing method includes: performing inspection on an image to be processed, and determining a contour line of a target object in the image to be processed and regions of the target object; determining, for a selected first region, first adjustment parameters of target pixel points in the first region according to set parameters; determining, for a second region adjacent to the first region, second adjustment parameters of reference pixel points in the second region; and adjusting the image to be processed according to the first and second adjustment parameters to determine an adjusted image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING SENSETIME TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Wentao Liu, Chen Qian
  • Patent number: 11340517
    Abstract: A projection lens module and a projector are provided. The projector includes an optical engine and a projection lens module. The optical engine includes a casing, a light source, a light valve, and a prism, where the light source, the light valve, and the prism are disposed in the casing. The light source emits an illumination beam to the light valve. The light valve modulates the illumination beam to generate an image beam and projects the image beam to the projection lens module. The prism is disposed on an optical path of the image beam. The projection lens module is connected to the casing of the optical engine and is configured to project the image beam. The projection lens module includes a projection lens and a smooth picture actuator, where the smooth picture actuator is fixed to the projection lens and is located outside the optical engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Kuang-Hsiang Chang, Ching-Chuan Wei, Tsung-Hsin Liao
  • Patent number: 11334755
    Abstract: An image transformation method includes: causing a first display device to display one or more calibration patterns. One or more first images include a corresponding calibration pattern of the one or more calibration patterns. The one or more first images are captured by an image capture device disposed at a non-zero capture angle with respect to the first display device. The method also includes determining based on the one or more first images, a transformation to be applied to account for the non-zero capture angle; obtaining a second image of a human user; applying the transformation to the second image to generate a transformed spoof representation of the human user for capture by the image capture device being held at the non-zero capture angle with respect to the first display device; and causing the first display device to display the transformed spoof representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: EyeVerify Inc.
    Inventors: Yash Joshi, Matthew Barrow, Reza R. Derakhshani
  • Patent number: 11223728
    Abstract: Method and apparatuses are provided in which it is determined whether a document is included in an image provided from a camera of the electronic device. When the document is not included in the image, a first user interface is provided to a display of the electronic device that includes the image and at least one first graphic object for photographing the image. When the document is included in the image, a second user interface is provided to the display for providing a function related to the document. The second user interface includes the image, the at least one first graphic object, a second graphic object indicating that the document exists in the image, and at least one third graphic object for performing the function related to the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventors: Kyunghwa Kim, Minhee Kang
  • Patent number: 11218699
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for performing semi-global matching (SGM) path cost compression. In some examples, the techniques may perform disparity-dependent sub-sampling of a set of SGM path costs where the sub-sampling ratio is determined based on a candidate disparity level. The sub-sampled SGM path costs may be stored in a memory. When retrieved from memory, the sub-sampled SGM path costs may be interpolated to reconstruct the other path costs not stored in the memory. The reconstructed path costs may be used for further SGM processing. In further examples, the techniques may perform disparity-dependent quantization on the SGM path costs or the sub-sampled SGM path costs, and store the quantized SGM path costs in memory. The techniques of this disclosure may reduce bandwidth as well as reduce the memory footprint needed to implement an SGM algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Do-Kyoung Kwon, Jing-Fei Ren, Darnell Moore
  • Patent number: 11216943
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a two-dimensional whole image of a recording region captured by means of a plurality of individual images, each having its own viewing direction and its own distance, wherein a spatial orientation of a main image plane of each individual image relative to a main image plane of the respective further individual image is determined on the basis of an overlap of the respectively captured subregions, and at least a plurality of the individual images are combined in accordance with the spatial orientations to form the whole image. The whole image area is the surface of a torus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Anders Adamson, Markus Erbacher, Steffen Hauth, Björn Voss
  • Patent number: 11210806
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for enhancing urban surface model with image data obtained from a satellite image. Three dimensional models of an urban cityscape obtained from digital surface models may comprise surface location information but lack image information associated with the cityscape, such as the color and texture of building facades. The location of the satellite at the time of recording the satellite image interest may be obtained from metadata associated with the satellite image. A 3D model of a cityscape corresponding to the satellite image may be subjected to a transformation operation to determine portions of the 3D model that are viewable from a location corresponding to the location of the satellite when taking the picture. Visible facades buildings of the 3D model ma be identified and mapped to portions of the satellite image which may then be used in rendering 2D images from the 3D model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: ObjectVideo Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Gang Qian, Yunxian Zhou, David Conger, Allison Beach
  • Patent number: 11127126
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing method, including: determining coordinate values of one or more target pixels in an image, wherein the target pixels are used for dividing the image; carrying out a mapping operation on the coordinate values of the one or more target pixels to obtain first pixel data; reading the image to obtain second pixel data; and combining the first pixel data and the second pixel data to obtain a combined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xi Li, Hao Zhang, Lili Chen, Yukun Sun, Jinghua Miao, Xuefeng Wang, Jinbao Peng, Bin Zhao, Jianwen Suo, Lixin Wang, Qingwen Fan, Wenyu Li, Yuanjie Lu
  • Patent number: 11122168
    Abstract: A document checking apparatus includes an image scanning device, a printing device, an output tray, and a controller. The image scanning device is configured to scan a document image sheet by sheet from a document including plural sheets. The output tray is as an output destination of both the document outputted from the image scanning device and a print sheet outputted from the printing device. The controller is configured to perform checking of the document image, and if an error is detected in the checking of the document image, control the printing device and thereby insert the print sheet as an interleaving sheet immediately before or immediately after a sheet where the error is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Harada, Shinji Hayashi, Atsushi Fujiki, Nozomu Inami, Shuichi Masui
  • Patent number: 11030420
    Abstract: Some implementations disclosed herein provide techniques and arrangements to enable translating language characters in media content. For example, some implementations receive a user selection of a first portion of media content. Some implementations disclosed herein may, based on the first portion, identify a second portion of the media content. The second portion of the media content may include one or more first characters of a first language. Some implementations disclosed herein may create an image that includes the second portion of the media content and may send the image to a server. Some implementations disclosed herein may receive one or more second characters of a second language corresponding to a translation of the one or more first characters of the first language from the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jun Du, Lei Sun, Jian Sun, Qiang Huo
  • Patent number: 11004183
    Abstract: A method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) includes performing an echo planar imaging acquisition using inverted up/down phase encoding directions and reconstructing acquired images having geometric distortions along the phase encoding directions due to off-resonant spins; feed-forward estimating by a convolutional neural network (CNN) a phase distortion map from the acquired images; where the CNN is trained to minimize a similarity metric between un-warped up/down image pairs; and performing geometric distortion correction of the acquired images using the phase distortion map to unwarp the acquired images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Benjamin Zahneisen, Dominik Fleischmann, Kathrin Baeumler
  • Patent number: 10969572
    Abstract: An electronic visual food probe for viewing the interior of a body of food being cooked. The probe has a food-safe, heat resistant and elongated stem designed for insertion into the body of food. A thermally insulated cavity formed in one end of the stem has a window that allows light into and out of the cavity. A light source illuminates the interior of the food exposed to the window. An electronic image sensor receives the light reflected from the interior surfaces of the food proximate the window and generates an elongated color image of the reflected light. An electronic display system receives the elongated color image from the image sensor and displays it on an electronic display for viewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventor: Douglas D. Churovich
  • Patent number: 10970576
    Abstract: A method for capturing image data of a user is provided that includes displaying, by a computing device, a perspective view of a virtual computing device. Moreover, the method includes changing, by the computing device, the perspective view of the virtual computing device while the computing device moves, changing, by the computing device, the display of the virtual computing device to provide notification that the computing device is in an acceptable position for capturing image data of a user, and capturing, by a camera included in the computing device, facial image data of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: DAON HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Mircea Ionita, Michael Peirce
  • Patent number: 10904426
    Abstract: A portable electronic device with a touch screen display for photo management is disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which the portable electronic device displays an array of thumbnail images corresponding to a set of photographic images. The device replaces the displayed array of thumbnail images with a user-selected photographic image upon detecting a user contact with a corresponding thumbnail image in the array. The user-selected photographic image is displayed at a larger scale than the corresponding thumbnail image. The portable device displays a different photographic image in replacement of the user-selected photographic image in accordance with a scrolling gesture. The scrolling gesture comprises a substantially horizontal movement of user contact with the touch screen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Matas, Greg N. Christie, Paul D. Marcos, Scott Forstall, Marcel Van Os, Bas Ording, Imran Chaudhri
  • Patent number: 10887509
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive a selection to include at least a first media content item, out of a collection of media content items, for presentation in one or more collages. A set of layouts can be dynamically provided based on the selection of at least the first media content item. A preview of the set of layouts can be dynamically presented. The preview of the set of layouts can visually represent the one or one more collages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: John Samuel Barnett, Joshua Barton Dickens, Bryan Kenneth Summersett
  • Patent number: 10630911
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an image processing method and an image processing device. The method includes: retrieving a first image of a specific scene, and capturing a first subject from the first image; determining a first brightness based on the first subject; using the first brightness as a reference value of a bracketing mechanism, and performing the bracketing mechanism to capture a plurality of second images of the specific scene; synthesizing the second images as a first high dynamic range image; capturing a second subject from the first high dynamic range image, wherein the second subject has a second brightness; when the second brightness is lower than the first brightness by a predetermined threshold, optimizing the second subject; synthesizing the optimized second subject with the first high dynamic range image as a second high dynamic range image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: ALTEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsu-Lien Huang, Kai-Lin Chan
  • Patent number: 10614636
    Abstract: Techniques for providing local geo-positioning using three-dimensional (3D) augmented reality (AR) markers are disclosed. A 3D AR marker located within an occupied space of a user can be displayed on a display of a computing device when the AR marker is within a field of view of the computing device. The 3D AR marker can be identified based on information stored in a storage device of the computing device. Physical attribute information of the 3D AR marker and location information for the 3D AR marker can be retrieved. A distance between the computing device and the 3D AR marker based can be determined based on the physical attribute information. A location of the computing device can then be determined based on the determined distance between the computing device and the 3D AR marker and the location information of the 3D AR marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Qiaochu Tang, Geoffrey Dagley, Micah Price, Jason Hoover, Stephen Wylie
  • Patent number: 10616578
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for performing semi-global matching (SGM) path cost compression. In some examples, the techniques may perform disparity-dependent sub-sampling of a set of SGM path costs where the sub-sampling ratio is determined based on a candidate disparity level. The sub-sampled SGM path costs may be stored in a memory. When retrieved from memory, the sub-sampled SGM path costs may be interpolated to reconstruct the other path costs not stored in the memory. The reconstructed path costs may be used for further SGM processing. In further examples, the techniques may perform disparity-dependent quantization on the SGM path costs or the sub-sampled SGM path costs, and store the quantized SGM path costs in memory. The techniques of this disclosure may reduce bandwidth as well as reduce the memory footprint needed to implement an SGM algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Do-Kyoung Kwon, Jing-Fei Ren, Darnell Moore
  • Patent number: 10599936
    Abstract: A method for correcting the distortion of a first imaging optical unit of a first measurement system is provided, wherein the first imaging optical unit has a first measurement accuracy and the method comprises the steps of: a) providing a first sample with first marks, b) measuring the positions of the first marks by use of a second measurement system comprising a second imaging optical unit, which has a second measurement accuracy that is better than the first measurement accuracy, c) establishing on the basis of the positions measured in step b) and predetermined intended positions of the first marks position errors of the first marks on the first sample produced during the manufacture of the first sample, d) measuring the positions of the first marks by use of the first measurement system, e) establishing the measurement error of the first imaging optical unit when determining the position of each first mark on the basis of the positions measured in step d), the position errors established in step c) a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Seidel, Carsten Schmidt, Michael Himmelhaus
  • Patent number: 10582085
    Abstract: Method, device, and storage medium for image processing, and apparatus for image formation are provided. The method includes obtaining original image data and detecting a tilt angle of an image according to the original image data. The method also includes performing a binarization processing on the original image data to obtain binarized image data. The binarization processing and detecting the tilt angle are performed in parallel. Further, the method includes performing a rotation correction on the binarized image data according to the detected tilt angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: ZHUHAI SEINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yangxiao Ma
  • Patent number: 10489893
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for performing image rectification using a single image and information identified from the single image. An image recognition application receives an input image, identifies a plurality of objects in the input image, estimates rectification parameters for the plurality of objects, identifies a plurality of candidate rectification parameters using a voting procedure on the rectification parameters for the plurality of objects, estimates final rectification parameters based on the plurality of candidate rectification parameters, computes a global transformation matrix using the final rectification parameters, and performs image rectification on the input image using the global transformation matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jorge Moraleda, Ekta Prashnani, Michael J. Gormish, Kathrin Berkner, Silvio Savarese