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  • STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20230076624
    Abstract: When a game object is located in an end range in a virtual space relating to a first end portion of a display range of a display image, the end range being in the display range, end control that causes the game object to remain in the end range is performed while a range of view is being moved in a first direction in the virtual space that is a direction perpendicular to the first end portion and aimed at inside of the display range and/or while the game object is performing an action of moving in a second direction opposite to the first direction. When the end control has continued for at least a waiting period, the game object is moved to a location other than the end range in a range in the virtual space relating to the display range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicants: NINTENDO CO., LTD., HAL LABORATORY, INC.
    Inventor: Takashi NEMOTO
  • System and method for 3D optical tracking of multiple in-flight golf balls
    Patent number: 10751569
    Abstract: A system for visually tracking the trajectory of an in-flight golf ball through an x-y-z space above a driving range includes a plurality of cameras for respectively creating a video stream of the x-y-z space. Each video stream is presented on a dedicated camera focal plane with information on respective azimuth angles ? and elevation angles ? from the particular camera to the in-flight golf ball. A central computer is connected with the camera focal plane of each camera to identify a start point for the golf ball, to track its trajectory in the x-y-z space, and to filter out background clutter. A visual display is provided to show the in-flight golf ball from its start point to a target point in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: INFORMATION SYSTEMS LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph R. Guerci, David R. Kirk, Jameson S. Bergin, Raymond M. Guerci, Joel R. Studer, Brian C. Watson, Jeffrey R. Ridgway
  • Scheduling playback of audio in a virtual acoustic space
    Patent number: 10334384
    Abstract: A method for processing audio data, the method comprising: receiving audio data corresponding to a plurality of instances of audio, including at least one of: (a) audio data from multiple endpoints, recorded separately or (b) audio data from a single endpoint corresponding to multiple talkers and including spatial information for each of the multiple talkers; rendering the audio data in a virtual acoustic space such that each of the instances of audio has a respective different virtual position in the virtual acoustic space; and scheduling the instances of audio to be played back with a playback overlap between at least two of the instances of audio, wherein the scheduling is performed, at least in part, according to a set of perceptually-motivated rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Xuejing Sun, Richard J. Cartwright, Michael P. Hollier, Michael Eckert
  • SCHEDULING PLAYBACK OF AUDIO IN A VIRTUAL ACOUSTIC SPACE
    Publication number: 20180279063
    Abstract: A method for processing audio data, the method comprising: receiving audio data corresponding to a plurality of instances of audio, including at least one of: (a) audio data from multiple endpoints, recorded separately or (b) audio data from a single endpoint corresponding to multiple talkers and including spatial information for each of the multiple talkers; rendering the audio data in a virtual acoustic space such that each of the instances of audio has a respective different virtual position in the virtual acoustic space; and scheduling the instances of audio to be played back with a playback overlap between at least two of the instances of audio, wherein the scheduling is performed, at least in part, according to a set of perceptually-motivated rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xuejing SUN, Richard J. CARTWRIGHT, Michael P. HOLLIER, Michael ECKERT
  • Arrangement for imaging multiple arrays of light beams
    Patent number: 5155623
    Abstract: Apparatus for combining information beams by using a space variant mirror in the context of free space optical switching and computing, where light beams comprise beamlets that are focused onto surfaces to form arrays of light spots. Beam combining is achieved by positioning the space variant mirror to coincide with the plane on which the spots are focused, and to thereby allow one beam to pass through the space variant mirror without loss and another beam to be reflected off the space variant mirror, also without loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventors: David A. B. Miller, Michael E. Prise
  • Pattern inspection method and apparatus
    Publication number: 20110262027
    Abstract: A color image of an inspection object is taken by an imaging means capable of taking a color image to obtain color information of an RGB color space. A gray-scale image of a color component of the RGB color space or another color space is generated, and the inspection object is detected by a pattern recognition technique. Alternatively, a binary image is generated from the generated gray-scale image, and the inspection object is detected by performing pattern recognition on the binary image. Color data of a pixel occupied by the detected inspection object is compared with color data of a non-defective inspection object which is previously prepared to judge whether or not the inspection object is defective. In addition, this judgment result is reflected in another manufacturing step through a network and product quality is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teppei Oguni, Tatsuji Nishijima, Akiharu Miyanaga
  • Linear estimation method for three-dimensional position with affine camera correction
    Patent number: 6137902
    Abstract: A plurality of cameras acquire images of a plurality of reference points located on known positions in a three-dimensional space, an image processor obtains the coordinates of projected points thereof on the respective images, and a plurality of affine cameras having linear relation between the three-dimensional space and images are assumed for calculating how the affine cameras project the respective reference points and correcting the coordinates of the projected points to be consistent with the projected points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: ATR Human Information Processing Research Laboratories
    Inventors: Keisuke Kinoshita, Zhengyou Zhang
  • Pattern inspection method and apparatus
    Publication number: 20060210142
    Abstract: A color image of an inspection object is taken by an imaging means capable of taking a color image to obtain color information of an RGB color space. A gray-scale image of a color component of the RGB color space or another color space is generated, and the inspection object is detected by a pattern recognition technique. Alternatively, a binary image is generated from the generated gray-scale image, and the inspection object is detected by performing pattern recognition on the binary image. Color data of a pixel occupied by the detected inspection object is compared with color data of a non-defective inspection object which is previously prepared to judge whether or not the inspection object is defective. In addition, this judgment result is reflected in another manufacturing step through a network and product quality is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Oguni, Tatsuji Nishijima, Akiharu Miyanaga
  • Pattern inspection method and apparatus
    Publication number: 20100329541
    Abstract: A color image of an inspection object is taken by an imaging means capable of taking a color image to obtain color information of an RGB color space. A gray-scale image of a color component of the RGB color space or another color space is generated, and the inspection object is detected by a pattern recognition technique. Alternatively, a binary image is generated from the generated gray-scale image, and the inspection object is detected by performing pattern recognition on the binary image. Color data of a pixel occupied by the detected inspection object is compared with color data of a non-defective inspection object which is previously prepared to judge whether or not the inspection object is defective. In addition, this judgment result is reflected in another manufacturing step through a network and product quality is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teppei Oguni, Tatsuji Nishijima, Akiharu Miyanaga
  • Control information communication arrangement for a time division switching system
    Patent number: 4322843
    Abstract: A time division switching system having distributed control processors is disclosed. The distributed processors exchange control messages and cooperate in the completion of talking paths between subscribers. Each control message includes an address portion defining the destination for the control message and is transmitted to a time-shared space division switch on the same time multiplex lines that speech representations are transmitted. Control messages are routed by the time-shared space division switch to a control distribution unit where the address portion is interpreted. When the address portion defines a distributed processor which controls the time-shared space division switch, the control distribution unit transmits the associated control message directly to that processor. Alternatively, when the address portion defines one of the other distributed processors the control distribution unit transmits the associated control message to the defined processor via the time-shared space division switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1982
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hugo J. Beuscher, John H. Davis, Maurice N. Ransom, Robert B. Walford
  • Pattern inspection method and apparatus
    Patent number: 7769226
    Abstract: A color image of an inspection object is taken by an imaging means capable of taking a color image to obtain color information of an RGB color space. A gray-scale image of a color component of the RGB color space or another color space is generated, and the inspection object is detected by a pattern recognition technique. Alternatively, a binary image is generated from the generated gray-scale image, and the inspection object is detected by performing pattern recognition on the binary image. Color data of a pixel occupied by the detected inspection object is compared with color data of a non-defective inspection object which is previously prepared to judge whether or not the inspection object is defective. In addition, this judgment result is reflected in another manufacturing step through a network and product quality is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Oguni, Tatsuji Nishijima, Akiharu Miyanaga
  • Pattern inspection method and apparatus
    Patent number: 7970200
    Abstract: A color image of an inspection object is taken by an imaging means capable of taking a color image to obtain color information of an RGB color space. A gray-scale image of a color component of the RGB color space or another color space is generated, and the inspection object is detected by a pattern recognition technique. Alternatively, a binary image is generated from the generated gray-scale image, and the inspection object is detected by performing pattern recognition on the binary image. Color data of a pixel occupied by the detected inspection object is compared with color data of a non-defective inspection object which is previously prepared to judge whether or not the inspection object is defective. In addition, this judgment result is reflected in another manufacturing step through a network and product quality is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Oguni, Tatsuji Nishijima, Akiharu Miyanaga
  • Pattern inspection method and apparatus
    Patent number: 8311315
    Abstract: A color image of an inspection object is taken by an imaging means capable of taking a color image to obtain color information of an RGB color space. A gray-scale image of a color component of the RGB color space or another color space is generated, and the inspection object is detected by a pattern recognition technique. Alternatively, a binary image is generated from the generated gray-scale image, and the inspection object is detected by performing pattern recognition on the binary image. Color data of a pixel occupied by the detected inspection object is compared with color data of a non-defective inspection object which is previously prepared to judge whether or not the inspection object is defective. In addition, this judgment result is reflected in another manufacturing step through a network and product quality is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Oguni, Tatsuji Nishijima, Akiharu Miyanaga
  • Signal reshaping for high dynamic range signals
    Patent number: 11582490
    Abstract: In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Jaclyn Anne Pytlarz
  • Signal reshaping for high dynamic range signals
    Patent number: 11570480
    Abstract: In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Jaclyn Anne Pytlarz
  • COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20120075430
    Abstract: A marker present in a real space is detected from each of a real image for a left eye and a real image for a right eye. The position and the orientation of each of imaging sections relative to the marker are calculated. A left virtual camera and a right virtual camera are set in accordance with the positions and the orientations of the imaging sections. A virtual model having a planar shape is placed in a marker coordinate system, and areas in the real image for a left eye and the real image for a right eye that correspond to the virtual model are set as a left texture area and a right texture area, respectively. Each of images included in a left texture area and a right texture area is applied, as a texture, to a deformation object into which the virtual model is deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicants: HAL Laboratory Inc., NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro ITO, Tetsuya Noge
  • Signal Reshaping for High Dynamic Range Signals
    Publication number: 20190364301
    Abstract: In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Robin ATKINS, Peng YIN, Taoran LU, Jaclyn Anne PYTLARZ
  • Signal reshaping for high dynamic range signals
    Patent number: 10432977
    Abstract: In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Dobly Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Jaclyn Anne Pytlarz
  • Signal Reshaping for High Dynamic Range Signals
    Publication number: 20180234704
    Abstract: In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Robin ATKINS, Peng YIN, Taoran LU, Jaclyn Anne PYTLARZ
  • SIGNAL RESHAPING FOR HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE SIGNALS
    Publication number: 20210243478
    Abstract: In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized. HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Robin ATKINS, Peng YIN, Taoran LU, Jaclyn Anne PYTLARZ
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