Camera With Additional External Sensor (e.g., White Balance, Gps, Wheel, Etc.) Patents (Class 386/227)
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Patent number: 12130118Abstract: A firearm front sight post that is comprised of a camera assembly which captures an image or video, or a series of images or videos of what is in front of the firearm at the instant that the firearm is first fired, and at the instant that each and every subsequent shot is fired. The camera assembly is actuated by an actuation mechanism in communication with the trigger assembly of the firearm, and is activated when the trigger wall is met in the act of pulling the trigger of a firearm. The system is also comprised of a wireless transmitter that automatically sends the image/video from the camera assembly to a mobile application on a smartphone or other smart device, wherein the images/videos are encrypted, time-stamped and dated.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Inventor: James Baskett
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Patent number: 12067780Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by an electronic device, accessing activity data containing one or more non-image-based sensor signals from a first wearable device, where the activity data corresponds to an activity a user performs during a first timeframe, accessing from a first camera device, one or more cameras of the first camera device, where the video data corresponds to the first activity of the first user during the first timeframe, segmenting the activity data based on one or more features of the one or more non-image-based sensor signals to identify one or more segments of activity data corresponding to a second timeframe, classifying the one or more segments of the video data based on the one or more identified events associated with the first activity during the second timeframe, classifying the segments of the video data based on the one or more events during the second timeframe.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kathleen Sofia Hajash, Thomas Brenner, Brian Harms, Catherine S. Kim, Imran Mohammed
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Patent number: 12058512Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires a plurality of pieces of sound information, sound collection device position information, and target subject position information. In addition, the information processing apparatus specifies a target sound of a region corresponding to a position of a target subject from the plurality of pieces of sound information based on the acquired sound collection device position information and the acquired target subject position information. Further, the information processing apparatus generates target subject emphasis sound information indicating a sound including a target subject emphasis sound in which the specified target sound is emphasized more than a sound emitted from a region different from the region corresponding to the position of the target subject indicated by the acquired target subject position information in a case in which a virtual viewpoint video is generated.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Aoki, Fuminori Irie, Kazunori Tamura, Masahiko Miyata, Yasunori Murakami
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Patent number: 12026430Abstract: Provided is an information processing device and an information processing method, the information processing device including a control unit that, on the basis of a position of a recognized operation object, dynamically controls output of an information associated with at least one operation region in which the recognized operation object is located, the control unit being configured to, in a case where the recognized operation object is located in the operation region, control execution of a device function corresponding to the operation region in which the recognized operation object is located, and the operation region including a region incapable of being visually recognized by a user.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Shimizu, Kei Takahashi, Junichi Nagahara, Manabu Fujiki, Tomohiro Imura, Keiichi Kitahara
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Patent number: 12013199Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to recording devices coupled to guns that are configured to record events. In an embodiment, a gun-mounted recording device comprises: a sensor configured to: sense the gun is in use; and send an activation signal to a recording device in response to sensing the gun is in use. Further, the recording device is communicatively coupled to the sensor, wherein the recording device is configured to: transition from a lower-power state to a higher-power state in response to receiving the activation signal, wherein the recording device records wherein the higher-power state; and record at least one aspect of the gun's environment in response to transitioning from the lower-power state to the higher-power state.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: LASER AIMING SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Brian Hedeen, Mike Cisewski, Ethan Mork
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Patent number: 11737192Abstract: A lighting effect control method includes: obtaining a video frame image sequence by dividing frames of a to-be-tested video stream; sequentially acquiring one of untraversed video frame images in the video frame image sequence as a testing video frame image; according to a recognition result of the testing video frame image, determining that there is at least one target virtual object in the testing video frame image, and determining state information of the target virtual object in the testing video frame image, wherein the recognition result of the testing video frame image is obtained by performing an image recognition process on the testing video frame image; and controlling the lighting effect of a lighting device based on the state information.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN INTELLIROCKS TECH. CO., LTD.Inventors: Jie You, Wenlong Wu
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Patent number: 11467657Abstract: Magnetic sensor synchronization techniques for pose tracking in artificial reality systems include managing and sending, by one or more primary magnetic sensors, a wireless synchronization signal to other magnetic sensors to trigger sensing sampling. The primary magnetic sensor may generate and send sensor data to a wireless data hub that operates as a sensor data collector and transmits data for pose tracking in the system. Each of the other (non-primary) magnetic sensors, in response to receiving the wireless synchronization signal, updates its sampling starting clock based on new synchronization timing. Each of the magnetic sensors sends generated sensor data to its corresponding primary sensor or wireless data hub according to a different schedule to avoid conflicts between the various magnetic sensors. The synchronization process may be repeated a number of times if a sensor fails to receive or respond to a synchronization signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Yi Zhao, Mark David Hogan
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Patent number: 11380359Abstract: A video recording system is disclosed and claimed. In particular, the disclosed video recording system maintains a master stream of video and audio when recording is initiated, but also allows the user to create additional label streams by activating an input control. The label stream can be terminated by activating the input control a second time. The label stream comprises only the portion of the video and audio between the activations of the input control, while the master stream will contain all audio and video that is recorded on the device.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Inventor: Nishant Shah
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Patent number: 11277526Abstract: Systems and apparatus for sensing and video capture include at least one camera with an optical sensor that captures video image data of a first sampling rate. An auxiliary sensor captures auxiliary data at a second sample rate. A processor is communicatively connected to the optical sensor and auxiliary sensor. The processor transmits video image data captured at the first sample rate auxiliary sensor data captured at the second sampling rate across a data connection to a centralized computer that receives the video image data and the auxiliary sensor data and operate to present the video image data and the auxiliary sensor data on a graphical display.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Verint Americas Inc.Inventor: Roderick Matheson
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Patent number: 11234074Abstract: A sound pickup device includes a sound pickup unit, a mounting part, and a communication unit. The sound pickup unit includes a microphone array including a plurality of microphones. The sound pickup unit generates an acoustic signal that corresponds to ambient sound that has been picked up by the microphone array. An electronic device is mounted on the mounting part and the electronic device includes a camera that generates image data by imaging surroundings. The communication unit transmits the acoustic signal to the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshifumi Hirose, Yusuke Adachi
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Patent number: 11170042Abstract: A computer-implemented method of associating digital tags with digital files comprises storing a plurality of digital files having embedded therein content data and metadata including tags; receiving, via a user interface device of a client device, a first tag label containing alphanumeric text created and inputted by a user of the client device; modifying, using a controller device, a selected first one of the tags of the metadata in a first of the digital files to include the first tag label; receiving, via the user interface device or another user interface device, an instruction to search for all of the digital files having at least the first tag label; responsive to receiving the instruction, automatically searching for all of the digital files having at least the first tag label; and displaying, on a video display device associated with the client device, a first indication of the first tag label.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: MemoryWeb, LLCInventors: Christopher J. Desmond, Nancy L. Desmond, L. Michael Taylor
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Patent number: 11163823Abstract: A computer-implemented method of associating digital tags with digital files comprises storing a plurality of digital files having embedded therein content data and metadata including tags; receiving, via a user interface device of a client device, a first tag label containing alphanumeric text created and inputted by a user of the client device; modifying, using a controller device, a selected first one of the tags of the metadata in a first of the digital files to include the first tag label; receiving, via the user interface device or another user interface device, an instruction to search for all of the digital files having at least the first tag label; responsive to receiving the instruction, automatically searching for all of the digital files having at least the first tag label; and displaying, on a video display device associated with the client device, a first indication of the first tag label.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Memoryweb, LLCInventors: Christopher J. Desmond, Nancy L. Desmond, L. Michael Taylor
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Patent number: 10970807Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an obtainment unit configured to obtain an image from an image capturing apparatus, a selection unit configured to select either of an estimation accuracy priority mode which prioritizes estimation accuracy of at least either one of a position and an orientation of the image capturing apparatus over a frame rate, and a frame rate priority mode which prioritizes the frame rate over the estimation accuracy, an estimation unit configured to estimate at least either one of the position and the orientation of the image capturing apparatus based on a feature of the image according to the mode selected by the selection unit, and a control unit configured to cause a display unit to display an image based on at least either one of the estimated position and the estimated orientation of the image capturing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shinichi Aratani
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Patent number: 10877644Abstract: Systems and methods for providing multimedia highlight segments featuring real-life action related to fantasy sports competition. Links to highlight segments are provided in conjunction with fantasy sports contest information. A Highlight Center is provided with links to compilations of highlight segments featuring the best action culled from a pool of highlight segments. The user may be alerted of newly available highlight segments affecting fantasy scoring while the user watches a fantasy sports related television broadcast.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Rovi Technologies CorporationInventors: Patrick J. Hughes, David Barber
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Patent number: 10839855Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for user interaction with and curation of digital media content, such that users are able to specify a particular clip of video content, and utilize the clip in a desired way. The disclosed systems and methods allow users to view video content, select video clips within the video content, save video clips into a collection of video clips, and curate the collection of video clips. The disclosed systems and methods also allow users to view bookmarks indicating the positions of saved video clips within video content, and to interact with video clips within a video player.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Jody Belliveau, Edward Drake, Anthony Mutalipassi
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Patent number: 10822945Abstract: Data is stored in a first storage device or second storage device, where the first storage device and second storage device are located in a borehole of a geologic formation, and where a value of a storage attribute associated with the first storage device is different than a value of a storage attribute associated with the second storage device. A value based on an ambient condition downhole in the borehole is determined. The data is stored in the first storage device, if the value based on the ambient condition is less than or equal to a threshold or the data is stored in the second storage device, if the value based on the ambient condition is greater than the threshold.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Bradley David Dunbar, Robert W Arfele, Douglas Bruce Caraway, John Leslie Wisinger, Jr.
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Patent number: 10621228Abstract: A computer-implemented method of associating digital tags with digital files comprises storing a plurality of digital files having embedded therein content data and metadata including tags; receiving, via a user interface device of a client device, a first tag label containing alphanumeric text created and inputted by a user of the client device; modifying, using a controller device, a selected first one of the tags of the metadata in a first of the digital files to include the first tag label; receiving, via the user interface device or another user interface device, an instruction to search for all of the digital files having at least the first tag label; responsive to receiving the instruction, automatically searching for all of the digital files having at least the first tag label; and displaying, on a video display device associated with the client device, a first indication of the first tag label.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: NCM IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Christopher J. Desmond, Nancy L. Desmond, L. Michael Taylor
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Patent number: 10547810Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first signal transmission device provided with a first video cable configured to selectively transmit a first image signal transmitted by a first method and a second image signal transmitted by a second method, an audio cable configured to transmit a sound signal, and a first output connector connected to the first video cable and the audio cable; a second signal transmission device provided with a second video cable configured to transmit a third image signal transmitted by the second method, and a second output connector connected to the second video cable.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Ja Sung Koo
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Patent number: 10536683Abstract: Systems and methods for marking an event of interest within a spherical video segment are provided. The spherical video segment may define visual content viewable from a point of view. User input may designate an event of interest within the visual content. The user input may indicate a moment in time in the spherical video segment and a viewing angle of the event of interest. Tag information associated with the event of interest may be generated. The tag information may identify the moment in time and the viewing angle such that a subsequent presentation of the spherical video segment, proximate to the moment in time, includes an alert notification that the event of interest is outside a display field of view based on the viewing angle being outside the display field of view.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Joven Matias, David Newman, Ha Phan, Timothy Bucklin, Daryl Stimm
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Patent number: 10509823Abstract: The information providing system includes the communication unit, the content database, the search unit and the map information generation unit. The communication unit acquires place information indicating a place. The content database stores place information indicating a place and specifying information specifying an expression part where an expression related to the place appears in content in association with each other. The search unit acquires the specifying information stored in association with the place information indicating a place within a specified range from the place indicated by the place information acquired by the communication unit from the content database. The map information generation unit outputs the specifying information acquired by the search unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.Inventors: Yusuke Murata, Kenjiro Numazu, Ruka Sakurai
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Patent number: 10477120Abstract: A system for acquiring images in color and near-infrared, comprising: a matrix sensor, which comprises first, second, and third types of pixels sensitive to respective visible colors and a fourth type of panchromatic pixels sensitive in the near-infrared; and a signal processing circuit configured to reconstruct first and second sets of monochromatic images, a panchromatic image, a color image from the images of the first set and from the panchromatic image, and at least one image in the near-infrared from the images of the second set and from the panchromatic image. A visible-near-infrared bispectral camera comprises such an acquisition system and method implemented by means of such a camera.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: THALESInventors: Raphaël Horak, Yves Courcol, Ludovic Perruchot
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Patent number: 10430020Abstract: The present invention provides a method for opening a file in a folder, including: obtaining an operation performed on an icon area of a folder; determining whether the operation is performed on a preset area in the icon area of the folder, where the preset area displays information about a preset file in the folder; and if the operation is performed on the preset area in the icon area of the folder, opening the preset file. The present invention further provides a corresponding terminal. In embodiments of the present invention, an icon of a file in the folder is displayed on an icon of the folder. When the folder is not opened, a user may directly view, from the icon of the folder, an icon of a file that needs to be opened, so as to directly implement a trigger operation of opening the file, which is simple and convenient.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jie Xu, Zhiyan Yang
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Patent number: 10423658Abstract: A computer-implemented method of associating digital tags with digital files comprises storing a plurality of digital files having embedded therein content data and metadata including tags; receiving, via a user interface device of a client device, a first tag label containing alphanumeric text created and inputted by a user of the client device; modifying, using a controller device, a selected first one of the tags of the metadata in a first of the digital files to include the first tag label; receiving, via the user interface device or another user interface device, an instruction to search for all of the digital files having at least the first tag label; responsive to receiving the instruction, automatically searching for all of the digital files having at least the first tag label; and displaying, on a video display device associated with the client device, a first indication of the first tag label.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: NCM IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Christopher J. Desmond, Nancy L. Desmond, L. Michael Taylor
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Patent number: 10419715Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes: receiving, by a processing system, sensor data from a sensor device carried by a user or attached to the user's sports equipment during a sporting activity; identifying, by the processing system and based on the sensor data, an event engaged in by the user during a time period; determining, based on the sensor data, a position of the user during the event; identifying a camera that is operational and has the user in view during at least a portion of the time period; and selecting video footage of the event from the identified camera.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: ALPINEREPLAY, INC.Inventor: David J. Lokshin
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Patent number: 10216236Abstract: Systems and methods for managing temperatures of wearable device components are disclosed. In one aspects, a method includes determining a temperature of an electronic component of the wearable device, determining a rate of temperature change of the electronic component, and determining whether to increase or decrease a transmission rate limit of the electronic component based on the temperature and the rate, adjusting the transmission rate limit based on the determination, and limiting a rate of transmission of the electronic component based on the adjusted transmission rate limit.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Andrea Ashwood, Michael Wollman, Nicholas Larson, Patrick Timothy McSweeney Simons
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Patent number: 10192584Abstract: Accurate and concise summarization of a media production is achieved using cognitive analysis which groups segments of the production into clusters based on extracted features, selects a representative segment for each cluster, and combines the representative segments to form a summary. The production is separated into a video stream, a speech stream and an audio stream, from which the cognitive analysis extracts visual features, textual features, and aural features. The clustering groups segments together whose visual and textual features most closely match. Selection of the representative segments derives a score for each segment based on factors including a distance to a centroid of the cluster, an emotion level, an audio uniqueness, and a video uniqueness. Each of these factors can be weighted, and the weights can be adjusted in accordance with user input. The factors can have initial weights which are based on statistical attributes of historical media productions.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rahul P. Akolkar, Alexander M. Block, Manali J. Chanchlani, Kristi A. Farinelli
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Patent number: 10162421Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose an action recognition method and an action recognition apparatus. The method comprises: detecting a motion of at least one body position of a user by using at least one first-type sensor; in response to that a motion amplitude of the at least one body position does not exceed a preset threshold, activating at least one second-type sensor; and recognizing an action of the at least one body position of the user based on at least the detection result of the at least one second-type sensor. In the method and the apparatus of the embodiments of this application, different types of sensors can be selectively activated based on a motion amplitude, and relatively good action recognition precision and effects can be achieved by means of cooperation between various sensors.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Beijing Zhigu Rui Tuo Tech Co., Ltd.Inventor: Na Wei
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Patent number: 9900582Abstract: A sensor 4 targeted to be mounted on a plenoptic camera comprises at least one microimage area targeted to sense a microimage refracted by a microlens array, the microimage area being at least partially covered by a color filter array, wherein the color saturation of the color filter array decreases when getting away from a centroid (xi,j, yi,j) of the microimage area.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Benoit Vandame, Thierry Borel, Louis Chevallier
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Patent number: 9752840Abstract: An Internet of Things (IoT) Automated Intelligence Module (AIM) (or sensor module) is mounted on a firearm to gather weapons intelligence data (including video/audio data) when a critical event, such as the firearm un-holstering, and/or discharge, as well as emergency situation, is (are) detected. The IoT sensor module is capable of immediate detection of un-holstering of the firearm, firearm discharge(s), the number of the discharges, as well as 3-D positioning of the firearm at the time of discharge, and notification alerts to designated recipients (i.e., computer aided dispatch, commanders, supervisors, superintendents, etc.) of the firearm status change or critical events in the field. The captured video/audio and the weapon's intelligence data are transmitted to end-users' application desktops, mobile devices, and/or web-based interfaces to provide the designated recipients with situational awareness of personnel in the field and crucial information that can be used for post crime scene analysis.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2016Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignees: Zeroin Precision Systems, LLCInventor: Jonpaul Betro
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Patent number: 9705980Abstract: Systems and methods for visualization of performance parameters of distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: receiving data representing a geographic location of a client computer system issuing a plurality of requests to a server computer system, the data further comprising a plurality of values representing one or more parameters of request processing by the server computer system; and generating a sequence of video frames, each video frame of the sequence of video frames comprising a visual element of a pre-defined shape overlaid over a geographic map in a position corresponding to the geographic location of the client computer system, wherein a pre-defined attribute of the visual element visually represents one or more values of the plurality of values.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of AmericaInventors: Ethan Luke Michaud, Mathew Wade Pickering, Nathaniel John Bates, Janusz M. Juda, Thomas Steven Joyce, William Val Arneth, III, Latrisha Devon Whitehead, Gary Robert Couture, Louis Anthony Iannucci, Scott M. Blandford
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Patent number: 9589330Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processing unit configured to execute image processing on an image signal; a filtering unit configured to execute filtering processing; and a changing unit configured to, in a case where a range of a value which a predetermined color component of the image signal can take is changed from a first range to a second range narrower than the first range by the image processing, change the value of the predetermined color component of the filtered image signal based on the first range and the second range.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Ryosuke Mizuno
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Patent number: 9544490Abstract: An image processing device, an image processing method, and a recording medium storing an image processing program are provided. The image processing device includes an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on image data, a temperature obtaining unit configured to obtain an inner-device temperature and outer-device temperature of the image processing device, and a frame rate changing unit configured to change a frame rate of the image data processed by the image processing unit, based on a temperature difference between the inner-device temperature and the outer-device temperature. Each of the image processing method and the image processing program performs image processing on image data, obtains an inner-device temperature and outer-device temperature of the image processing device, and changes a frame rate of the image data, based on a temperature difference between the inner-device temperature and the outer-device temperature.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Takashi Tomiyasu
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Patent number: 9282279Abstract: A method for controlling capturing of multimedia content, the method comprising: capturing multimedia content by an apparatus, said multimedia content comprising at least an audio signal and a video signal; obtaining control information based on at least either of said audio signal or video signal; controlling pre-processing of the audio signal based on the control information obtained from the video signal; and/or controlling pre-processing of the video signal based on the control information obtained from the audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventor: Kari Järvinen
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Patent number: 9215367Abstract: The present invention is an image pickup apparatus including: an image processing section configured to be capable of outputting a cut-off image (cropped image) corresponding to an optical image formed on a specified area of an image pickup device; an image display device; a touch panel provided on the image display device; and a control section; wherein if the touch panel detects a drag operation during a live view display operation being performed on the image display device, the specified area is caused to relatively move with respect to the optical image according to a movement direction and movement distance of the drag operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventor: Tetsuya Kokufu
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Publication number: 20150117833Abstract: A recording method, apparatus, and terminal are provided. The present invention prevents a poor stereophonic effect of a recorded video caused by a change in a terminal's location status. The method includes acquiring a placement status parameter of a terminal according to current placement status of the terminal; determining that one photographing unit of at least one photographing unit is in a started state; determining a recording correspondence between at least two audio sensor units and two sound channels according to the acquired placement status parameter and the determined photographing unit in the started state; and adjusting volume of the at least two audio sensor units according to the recording correspondence, so that a difference between volume that passes through the two sound channels is less than a preset threshold. The present invention may be applied to audio processing technologies.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventor: Xi Chen
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Publication number: 20150098687Abstract: An event in a public safety (PS) network is recorded by mounting a video recording device for capturing images in a field of view (FOV) on a PS person, by tracking the PS person's point of view (POV) by mounting a motion sensor on the PS person's head for joint movement therewith to generate an output direction control signal indicative of a direction along which the POV is directed; by determining a context of the event in which the PS person is engaged by generating from a context sensor an output context signal indicative of the context of the event; and by automatically controlling operation of the video recording device based on the context and control signals by controlling one of direction of the FOV, angle of the FOV, size of the images, and resolution of the images.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2013Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INCInventors: SHERVIN SABRIPOUR, MICHAEL L. CHARLIER, CHI T. TRAN
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Publication number: 20150098688Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes: receiving, by a processing system, sensor data from a sensor device carried by a user or attached to the user's sports equipment during a sporting activity; identifying, by the processing system and based on the sensor data, an event engaged in by the user during a time period; determining, based on the sensor data, a position of the user during the event; identifying a camera that is operational and has the user in view during at least a portion of the time period; and selecting video footage of the event from the identified camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventor: David J. Lokshin
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Publication number: 20150078727Abstract: At a high level, embodiments of the invention relate to augmenting video data with presence data derived from one or more proximity tags. More specifically, embodiments of the invention generate forensically authenticated recordings linking video imagery to the presence of specific objects in or near the recording. One embodiment of the invention includes video recording system comprising a camera, a wireless proximity tag reader, a storage memory and control circuitry operable to receive image data from the camera receive a proximity tag identifier identifying a proximity tag from the proximity tag reader, and store an encoded frame containing the image data and the proximity tag identity in the storage memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Stanton E. Ross, Peng Han, Jeremy A. Dick
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Patent number: 8976266Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide a method and system for locating a picture, based on navigation functions of a mobile terminal. The method includes the follows. During a process of utilizing a photographic device to take a picture, current time information and geographical location information of current track point may be obtained and recorded by a mobile terminal, by using navigation functions carried by the mobile terminal. Picture shooting time carried by the picture taken and the time information obtained by the mobile terminal may be associated with each other, such that geographical location information where the picture is taken may be determined. Time of the photographic device is synchronous with time of the mobile terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company LimitedInventor: Yongjian Wu
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Patent number: 8953929Abstract: A video recording camera system provide remote control functionality through a wireless handset interface. In embodiments, a video recording camera includes an optical sensor, a processor coupled to the optical sensor to process an input image signal received from the optical sensor into an encoded video data stream, a non-volatile storage medium coupled to the processor to store, locally in the video recording camera, encoded video data stream as recorded video data, and a wireless transceiver. In embodiments, a cellular-enabled wireless communication handset communicatively couples to the video recording camera over a wireless personal area network (WPAN) supported by the camera's wireless transceiver. The handset serves as a gateway to the camera providing access to recorded video data or functions of the camera, via the WPAN, as determined based on communications conducted by the handset over a cellular communication link.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.Inventors: Justin Boland, Romulus Pereira, Narayan Mohanran
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Patent number: 8934754Abstract: Real-time access by a public authority emergency responder to surveillance video of a privately-controlled source is conditionally pre-authorized dependent on the existence of at least one pre-specified emergency condition, and recorded in a data processing system. A public authority emergency responder subsequently requests real-time access to the surveillance video (e.g., during an emergency), and if the pre-specified emergency condition is met, access is automatically granted, i.e., without the need for manual intervention. A pre-specified emergency condition could, e.g., be an alarm condition detected by a sensor at the site of the video surveillance, or a declared state of emergency, properly declared by an appropriate public official.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2012Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ronald L. Billau, Vincenzo V. Di Luoffo, Dan P. Dumarot, Matthew J. Paschal, Brandon W. Schulz, James E. Woodbury
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Patent number: 8929709Abstract: A system and method for automatic digital curation, annotation, and tagging of action videos receives, in a processing system, GPS data, and in some embodiments inertial data, from a sensor-based device carried by a sportsman during a sporting activity. The processing system processes the GPS data and the inertial data, if present to identify at least one sportsman event, and stores data identifying the sportsman event in a performance database. Video data from a video camera is stored in a video database, the video data including location, time, and direction information associated with frames of video. Timecode data in the video database is synchronized with timecode data in the performance database, and the data identifying the sportsman event is used to automatically select, annotate, tag or edit said video data.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2013Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: AlpineReplay, Inc.Inventor: David J. Lokshin
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Publication number: 20150003802Abstract: Audio and or video data is structurally and persistently associated with auxiliary sensor data (e.g., relating to acceleration, orientation or tilt) through use of a unitary data object, such as a modified MPEG file or data stream. In this form, different rendering devices can employ co-conveyed sensor data to alter the audio or video content. Such use of the sensor data may be personalized to different users, e.g., through preference data. For example, accelerometer data can be associated with video data, allowing some users to view a shake-stabilized version of a video, and other users to view the video with such motion artifacts undisturbed. In like fashion, camera parameters, such as focal plane distance, can be co-conveyed with audio/video content—allowing the volume to be diminished (or not, again depending on user preference) when a camera captures audio/video from a distant subject. Some arrangements employ multiple image sensors and/or multiple audio sensors—each also collecting auxiliary data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventor: John D. Lord
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Publication number: 20140376876Abstract: Enables recognition of events within motion data obtained from portable wireless motion capture elements and video synchronization of the events with video as the events occur or at a later time, based on location and/or time of the event or both. May use integrated camera or external cameras with respect to mobile device to automatically generate generally smaller event videos of the event on the mobile device or server. Also enables analysis or comparison of movement associated with the same user, other user, historical user or group of users. Provides low memory and power utilization and greatly reduces storage for video data that corresponds to events such as a shot, move or swing of a player, a concussion of a player, or other medical related events or events, such as the first steps of a child, or falling events.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: BLAST MOTION, INC.Inventors: Michael Bentley, Ryan Kaps, Bhaskar Bose, Sheehan Alam, Michael Gillian, Mazen Abdel-Rahman
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Publication number: 20140369661Abstract: System for filming a video movie in a real space comprising: —a filming camera (9), —a sensor (16), —a computerized pinpointing module (27) for determining the location of the filming camera, —a monitoring screen (15), —a computerized compositing module (32) for generating on the monitoring screen (15) a composite image of the real image and of a projection of a virtual image, generated according to the filming camera (9) location data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2012Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: SOLIDANIMInventors: Isaac Partouche, Jean-François Szlapka, Emmanuel Linot
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Patent number: 8909022Abstract: An example method may include continuously receiving, from a sensor of a computing device, media content collected from an ambient environment of the computing device on an ongoing basis. The method includes storing in a buffer an amount of the media content collected over a sliding time window, and removing stored media content from the buffer as the predetermined time period expires. The method may also include providing, by an operating system of the computing device, a listing of one or more applications configured to run on the computing device. The method further includes receiving, by the operating system of the computing device, a selection of an application from the listing of one or more applications, and based on the selection, causing the selected application to be initiated on the computing device and providing the portion of the media content to the application.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Glenn Kasten, James Fintan Kelly, Nirdhar Khazanie, Joshua Michael Armour
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Publication number: 20140341530Abstract: A method includes leveraging a sensor provided in a data processing device to estimate a distance between the data processing device and a user thereof, the data processing device and an object external to the data processing device and the user and/or the object and the user in conjunction with a processor of the data processing device communicatively coupled to a memory. The method also includes dynamically modifying, through the processor, a parameter of a video frame being played back on the data processing device, generated through the data processing device during capturing of a video of the object or captured through the data processing device during the capturing of the video of the object based on the estimated distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: November 20, 2014Inventors: Rahul Ulhas Marathe, Shounak Santosh Deshpande
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Publication number: 20140270689Abstract: Various embodiments provide a wearable camera that can be worn by a user. In one or more embodiments, the wearable camera can include a non-touch switch that can be utilized to access and activate various camera functionality.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Seang Y. Chau, Amy Aimei Han, Michael J. Lammers, Sang-Kyun Han
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Publication number: 20140227671Abstract: An event recording system for multiple sensor integration with real time user controlled commenting and flagging includes a portable tablet computer including multiple source integrating recording software configured to i) capture at least one video image during at least part of the event, ii) capture at least one audio record of at least a portion of the event; iii) capture multiple data inputs from data sensors during at least part of the event; iv) contemporaneously flag the common log file by at least one user during the event; and v) Integrate each video image, each audio record, each data input and each flag into a common time sequenced log file; at least one video camera and microphone coupled to the portable tablet computer during at least part of the event configured to supply at least one video image and one audio input during at least part of the event; and at least two independent sensors coupled to the portable tablet computer during at least part of the event configured to supply at least two daType: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Kb Port LLCInventors: Clifford P. Olmstead, Charles G. Miller
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Publication number: 20140219628Abstract: Video and sensor data from multiple locations in a venue, in which multiple individuals are engaged in athletic performances, is stored and edited to create individualized video programs of athletic performances of individuals. Each camera provides a video feed that is continuously stored. Each video feed is stored in a sequence of data files in computer storage, which data files are created in regular time intervals. Each file is accessible using an identifier of the camera and a time interval. Similarly, data from sensors is continuously received and stored in a database. The database stores, for each sensor, an identifier of each individual detected in the proximity of the sensor and the time at which the individual was detected. Each sensor is associated with one or more cameras.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Fleye, Inc.Inventor: Cameron Miner