Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140003298 | Internet Protocol Text Relay For Hearing Impaired Users | 01-02-2014 |
20140195229 | Methodology for Live Text Broadcasting - A Transcription Engine is able to broadcast over the Internet streaming text associated with the broadcast to registered and authenticated end users who may be hearing impaired or may have difficulty understanding the language used in the broadcast. The end users' understanding of the information being broadcast is improved because of the availability of the associated text. The Transcription Engine comprises an authentication server, a database server and a Transcription server. End users are first registered automatically at a website associated with the Transcription Engine. End users can then login and are authenticated automatically by the Transcription Engine prior to being given access to a live or recorded broadcast of associated broadcast. The end users obtain access to the associated text broadcast via the Internet after having been authenticated by the Transcription Engine. | 07-10-2014 |
20140278402 | Automatic Channel Selective Transcription Engine - An Automatic Channel Selective Transcription Engine (ACSTE) is provided that is capable of establishing a telephone call that provides automatic transcription of the voice signals of the different parties to the telephone call even during periods, in the telephone call, where two or more of the parties are speaking simultaneously. The ACSTE has access to the transmit voice signals of each of the parties to the telephone call. Each of the transmit voice signals is transmitted through its respective transmit voice channel. The transmit voice signals are processed, isolated and transcribed automatically to become associated text signals, which are transmitted over text channels to corresponding parties to the telephone call. | 09-18-2014 |
20140314220 | Two Way Automatic Universal Transcription Telephone - A two-way automatic transcription telephone, which can operate over analog and/or digital networks and, during a telephone call, is able to automatically transcribe in real time incoming voice signals and/or outgoing voice signals of the telephone into associated text that can be displayed on a display of the telephone. The incoming and outgoing voice signals are transcribed based on settings received by the telephone via its input keyboard or touch screen input. | 10-23-2014 |
20140357226 | Zone Based Radio Communication System - A geographic zone base (ZB) radio voice/text chat group communication system where users register to become subscribers of the communication system and join various zone based chat groups to become members of such groups. Any member can broadcast to all listening members of the chat group who, along with the member, are physically located within the geographic zone defined for the chat group. A chat group is created by a subscriber or by the communication system that operates and manages the chat groups. The communication system, in managing the chat groups, is coupled to a communication network (e.g., a cellular communication network) via the Internet and allow users of the cellular communication network to become members and participate in the ZB radio chat groups through the use of their cellular phones to transmit messages to the communication system via the Internet for broadcasting to their respective chat groups. | 12-04-2014 |
20140359138 | Communication System Having User Selectable Features - A communication system comprising a server capable of establishing telephone communications between at least two users of a communication network and transcribe audio and/or voice communication signals of either or both users of a telephone call established by the server and the transcription is done in accordance with user selectable feature information entered by the users during a registration procedure to the communication system at a website residing in a registration server in communication with the communication system. The communication system may be part of the PSTN or the Internet or both. | 12-04-2014 |
20140370942 | Feature Pack For A Portable Device - A feature pack coupled to and interfaced with a cellular phone, which is able to relieve the cellular telephone from performing tasks associated with several of battery power draining features of the cell phone thus preserving the power of the battery of the cellular telephone. The feature pack, while interfaced and coupled to the cellular telephone, uses its own circuitry and battery to perform these tasks. The feature has a compartment within which the cellular telephone (or other device with which it is coupled) is disposed. The feature pack has circuitry separate from the coupled device, but is able to use audio and other types of signals from the coupled device to perform such tasks as using speakers, microphones, recording voice and audio signals and communicating with external devices via a Blue Tooth interface. | 12-18-2014 |
20150036808 | Device for Non-Intrusive Screening of Telephone Calls And Method Thereof - A telephone with a call screening device is able to screen automated calls by transmitting a message containing an instruction upon detecting an incoming call. The instruction from the call screening device requests that the calling party respond to the message correctly and in time before the call screening device allows the telephone to ring and the call answered. The instruction contains, inter alia, a string of randomly generated numbers that the calling party is asked to dial as part of his/her response. In the event that the response is not received in time or the response is incorrect, the call screening device terminates the call without the phone ever ringing. | 02-05-2015 |
20150043572 | Efficient Allocation And Usage of Communication Channels for Text Streams - A communication system capable of allocating resources to provide text services to IP telephone users upon receiving requests for text services during a telephone call or during the establishment of the telephone call. The system uses available resources for text services efficiently in that it allocates the resources upon receiving a request for text services and de-allocates the resources upon termination of the telephone call or upon receiving a request for termination of text services during the telephone call. A party to the telephone call can make a request for text services or make a request to terminate text services during the telephone call by activating a button on its IP phone. | 02-12-2015 |
20150047048 | System For Selectively Displaying Information In a Secured Manner and Method Thereof - A communication system comprising a controlling server coupled to a controlled server via a socket communication channel to stream sensitive information to a desktop computer for viewing in a secured manner. The streamed information is not stored at the desktop. The controlling server streams the information to the desktop computer as long as the server is receiving a continuous uninterrupted flow of requests for information signals from the desktop computer. The user continuously depresses the mouse on the desktop to generate the continuous uninterrupted requests to view the sensitive information in a secure manner. The controlling server will immediately stop streaming the sensitive information and thus stop the display of the sensitive information upon detection of any interruption of the continuous transmission of request signals as would occur, for example, if the user were to unexpectedly leave the desktop unattended. | 02-12-2015 |
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20130293714 | FULL SPEED LANE SENSING USING MULTIPLE CAMERAS - A system and method for providing lane sensing on a vehicle by detecting roadway lane-markers, where the system employs multiple cameras providing images around the vehicle. The method includes detecting left-side and right-side lane boundary lines in the camera images, and then determining whether the lane boundary lines in the images are aligned from one image frame to a next image frame and are aligned from image to image. If the boundary lines are not aligned, then calibration of one or more of the cameras is performed, and if the lines are aligned, then a model fitting process is used to specifically identify the location of the boundary lines on the roadway. | 11-07-2013 |
20130293717 | FULL SPEED LANE SENSING WITH A SURROUNDING VIEW SYSTEM - A system and method for providing lane sensing on a vehicle by detecting roadway lane-markers, where the system employs a surround view camera system providing a top-down view image around the vehicle. The method includes detecting left-side and right-side lane boundary lines in the top-down view image, and then determining whether the lane boundary lines in the image are aligned from one image frame to a next image frame and are aligned from image to image in the top-down view image. If the boundary lines are not aligned, then calibration of one or more of the cameras is performed, and if the lines are aligned, then a model fitting process is used to specifically identify the location of the boundary lines on the roadway. | 11-07-2013 |
20130321629 | DYNAMIC GUIDELINE OVERLAY WITH IMAGE CROPPING - A method for dynamically registering a graphic upon a cropped image obtained from a camera device includes capturing an original image obtained from the camera device. Intrinsic calibration information for the camera device, extrinsic information for the camera device and vehicle information are monitored. The cropped image is generated based on cropping parameters to exclude undesirable content from the original image. The intrinsic calibration information is adjusted based on a relationship to the cropping parameters. The graphic is dynamically registered upon the cropped image based on the adjusted intrinsic calibration information for the camera device, the monitored extrinsic information for the camera device and the monitored vehicle information. | 12-05-2013 |
20140176724 | SPLIT SUB-PIXEL IMAGING CHIP WITH IR-PASS FILTER COATING APPLIED ON SELECTED SUB-PIXELS - An apparatus for capturing an image includes a plurality of lens elements coaxially encompassed within a lens housing. A split-sub-pixel imaging chip includes an IR-pass filter coating applied on selected sub-pixels. The sub-pixels include a long exposure sub-pixel and a short-exposure sub-pixel for each of a plurality of green blue and red pixels. | 06-26-2014 |
20140176781 | CAMERA HARDWARE DESIGN FOR DYNAMIC REARVIEW MIRROR - An apparatus for capturing an image includes a plurality of lens elements coaxially encompassed within a lens housing. One of the lens elements includes an aspheric lens element having a surface profile configured to enhance a desired region of a captured image. At least one glare-reducing element coaxial with the plurality of lens elements receives light subsequent to the light sequentially passing through each of the lens elements. An imaging chip receives the light subsequent to the light passing through the at least one glare-reducing element. The imaging chip includes a plurality of green, blue and red pixels. | 06-26-2014 |
20140192227 | GLARING REDUCTION FOR DYNAMIC REARVIEW MIRROR - A method for generating a glare-reduced image from images captured by a camera device of a subject vehicle includes obtaining a short-exposure image and a long-exposure image and generating a resulting high dynamic range image based on the short-exposure and long-exposure images. Pixel values are monitored within both the short- and long-exposure images. A light source region is identified within both the short- and long-exposure images based on the monitored pixel values. A glaring region is identified based on the identified light source region and one of calculated pixel ratios and calculated pixel differences between the monitored pixel values of the long- and short-exposure images. The identified glaring region upon the resulting high dynamic range image is modified with the identified light source region within the short-exposure image. The glare-reduced image is generated based on the modified identified glaring region upon the resulting HDR image. | 07-10-2014 |
20140193032 | IMAGE SUPER-RESOLUTION FOR DYNAMIC REARVIEW MIRROR - Method for applying super-resolution to images captured by a camera device of a vehicle includes receiving a plurality of image frames captured by the camera device. For each image frame, a region of interest is identified within the image frame requiring resolution related to detail per pixel to be increased. Spatially-implemented super-resolution is applied to the region of interest within each image to enhance image sharpness within the region of interest. | 07-10-2014 |
20140347469 | ENHANCED PERSPECTIVE VIEW GENERATION IN A FRONT CURB VIEWING SYSTEM - A system and method for creating an enhanced perspective view of an area in front of a vehicle, using images from left-front and right-front cameras. The enhanced perspective view removes the distortion and exaggerated perspective effects which are inherent in wide-angle lens images. The enhanced perspective view uses a camera model including a virtual image surface and other processing techniques which provide corrections for two types of problems which are typically present in de-warped perspective images—including a stretching effect at the peripheral area of a wide-angle image de-warped by rectilinear projection, and double image of objects in an area where left-front and right-front camera images overlap. | 11-27-2014 |
20140347470 | ENHANCED TOP-DOWN VIEW GENERATION IN A FRONT CURB VIEWING SYSTEM - A system and method for creating an enhanced virtual top-down view of an area in front of a vehicle, using images from left-front and right-front cameras. The enhanced virtual top-down view not only provides the driver with a top-down view perspective which is not directly available from raw camera images, but also removes the distortion and exaggerated perspective effects which are inherent in wide-angle lens images. The enhanced virtual top-down view also includes corrections for three types of problems which are typically present in de-warped images—including artificial protrusion of vehicle body parts into the image, low resolution and noise around the edges of the image, and a “double vision” effect for objects above ground level. | 11-27-2014 |
20140347485 | ENHANCED FRONT CURB VIEWING SYSTEM - A system and method for determining when to display frontal curb view images to a driver of a vehicle, and what types of images to display. A variety of factors—such as vehicle speed, GPS/location data, the existence of a curb in forward-view images, and vehicle driving history—are evaluated as potential triggers for the curb view display, which is intended for situations where the driver is pulling the vehicle into a parking spot which is bounded in front by a curb or other structure. When forward curb-view display is triggered, a second evaluation is performed to determine what image or images to display which will provide the best view of the vehicle's position relative to the curb. The selected images are digitally synthesized or enhanced, and displayed on a console-mounted or in-dash display device. | 11-27-2014 |
20150077560 | FRONT CURB VIEWING SYSTEM BASED UPON DUAL CAMERAS - Methods and systems are provided for generating a curb view virtual image to assist a driver of a vehicle. The method includes capturing a first and second real image from a first and second camera having a forward-looking field of view. The first and second images are de-warped and combined to form a curb view virtual image view of the vehicle, which is displayed on display within the vehicle. The system includes a first and second camera having a forward-looking field of view to provide a first and second real image. A processor coupled to the first camera and the second camera configured to de-warps and combines the first and second real images to form a curb view virtual image view for display within the vehicle. The curb view virtual image may be a top-down virtual image view or a perspective virtual image view. | 03-19-2015 |
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20100090086 | REARVIEW MIRROR BRACKET - According to various exemplary embodiments, an apparatus is provided for mounting a rearview display and one or more electronic components in a vehicle. An example of the apparatus comprises an inside rearview assembly for mounting an electronic component near a windshield of a vehicle including a mirror and an adjustable support connected to the mirror. The rearview assembly also includes a bracket configured to mount on the windshield, including an attaching structure configured to attach the bracket to the windshield and a support frame coupled to the attaching structure. The support frame has a portion set off from the windshield to accommodate the electronic component between the windshield and the set off portion. The support frame is connected to the adjustable support. | 04-15-2010 |
20110057782 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING VEHICLE REAR CAMERA IMAGES IN DIFFERENT MODES - A method for displaying images of a camera associated with a vehicle includes the steps of displaying the images in a first mode if a first condition is satisfied, and displaying the images in a second mode if a second condition is satisfied. | 03-10-2011 |
20140104424 | IMAGING SURFACE MODELING FOR CAMERA MODELING AND VIRTUAL VIEW SYNTHESIS - A method for displaying a captured image on a display device. A real image is captured by a vision-based imaging device. A virtual image is generated from the captured real image based on a mapping by a processor. The mapping utilizes a virtual camera model with a non-planar imaging surface. Projecting the virtual image formed on the non-planar image surface of the virtual camera model to the display device. | 04-17-2014 |
20140111637 | Dynamic Rearview Mirror Adaptive Dimming Overlay Through Scene Brightness Estimation - A vehicle imaging system includes an image capture device capturing an image exterior of a vehicle. The captured image includes at least a portion of a sky scene. A processor generates a virtual image of a virtual sky scene from the portion of the sky scene captured by the image capture device. The processor determines a brightness of the virtual sky scene from the virtual image. The processor dynamically adjusts a brightness of the captured image based the determined brightness of the virtual image. A rear view mirror display device displays the adjusted captured image. | 04-24-2014 |
20140114534 | DYNAMIC REARVIEW MIRROR DISPLAY FEATURES - A method for displaying a captured image on a display device. A scene is captured by at least one vision-based imaging device. A virtual image of the captured scene is generated by a processor using a camera model. A view synthesis technique is applied to the captured image by the processor for generating a de-warped virtual image. A dynamic rearview mirror display mode is actuated for enabling a viewing mode of the de-warped image on the rearview mirror display device. The de-warped image is displayed in the enabled viewing mode on the rearview mirror display device. | 04-24-2014 |