04th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200027208 | HOUGH TRANSFORM-BASED VASCULAR NETWORK DISORDER FEATURES ON BASELINE FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY SCANS PREDICT RESPONSE TO ANTI-VEGF THERAPY IN DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA - Embodiments facilitate prediction of anti-vascular endothelial growth (anti-VEGF) therapy response in DME or RVO patients. A first set of embodiments discussed herein relates to training of a machine learning classifier to determine a prediction for response to anti-VEGF therapy based on a vascular network organization via Hough transform (VaNgOGH) descriptor generated based on FA images of tissue demonstrating DME or RVO. A second set of embodiments discussed herein relates to determination of a prediction of response to anti-VEGF therapy for a DME or RVO patient (e.g., non-rebounder vs. rebounder, response vs. non-response) based on a VaNgOGH descriptor generated based on FA imagery of the patient. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027209 | PREDICTING RESPONSE TO ANTI-VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR THERAPY WITH COMPUTER-EXTRACTED MORPHOLOGY AND SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT FEATURES OF LEAKAGE PATTERNS ON BASELINE FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY IN DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA - Embodiments facilitate prediction of anti-vascular endothelial growth (anti-VEGF) therapy response in DME patients. A first set of embodiments discussed herein relates to training of a machine learning classifier to determine a prediction for response to anti-VEGF therapy based on a set of graph-network features and a set of morphological features generated based on FA images of tissue demonstrating DME. A second set of embodiments discussed herein relates to determination of a prediction of response to anti-VEGF therapy for a DME patient (e.g., non-rebounder vs. rebounder, response vs. non-response) based on a set of graph-network features and a set of morphological features generated based on FA imagery of the patient. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027210 | VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING PLATFORM FOR INFERENCING, ADVANCED PROCESSING, AND MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONS - In various examples, a virtualized computing platform for advanced computing operations—including image reconstruction, segmentation, processing, analysis, visualization, and deep learning—may be provided. The platform may allow for inference pipeline customization by selecting, organizing, and adapting constructs of task containers for local, on-premises implementation. Within the task containers, machine learning models generated off-premises may be leveraged and updated for location specific implementation to perform image processing operations. As a result, and using the virtualized computing platform, facilities such as hospitals and clinics may more seamlessly train, deploy, and integrate machine learning models within a production environment for providing informative and actionable medical information to practitioners. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027211 | Knockout Autoencoder for Detecting Anomalies in Biomedical Images - A mechanism is provided in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory, the memory comprising instructions that are executed by the processor to specifically configure the processor to implement a knockout autoencoder engine for detecting anomalies in biomedical images. The mechanism trains a neural network to be used as a knockout autoencoder that predicts an original based on an input image. The knockout autoencoder engine provides a biomedical image as the input image to the neural network. The neural network outputs a probability distribution for each pixel in the biomedical image. Each probability distribution represents a predicted probability distribution of expected pixel values for a given pixel in the biomedical image. An anomaly detection component executing within the knockout autoencoder engine determines a probability that each pixel has an expected value based on the probability distributions to form a plurality of expected pixel probabilities. The anomaly detection component detects an anomaly in the biomedical image based on the plurality of expected pixel probabilities. An anomaly marking component executing within the knockout autoencoder engine marks the detected anomaly in the biomedical image to form a marked biomedical image and outputs the marked biomedical image. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027212 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A PILL BOX - The invention relates to a method for preparing a pillbox ( | 2020-01-23 |
20200027213 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING BIOMIMETIC NERVE GRAFT MODEL FOR NERVE FASCICLES OF EXTREMITIES - The present invention provides a method for establishing a biomimetic nerve graft model for nerve fascicles of the extremities, which comprises the steps of: establishing a database of fascicles structures from nerve fascicles of the extremities with an imaging technique; obtaining information of a defective nerve trunk to be repaired of the extremities; and matching and fitting the information of the defective nerve trunk to be repaired of the extremities with/to the data in the database of fascicles structures, to establish a biomimetic nerve graft model that conforms to the characteristics of fascicles microstructure for nerve fascicles of the defective nerve trunk. In the present invention, the imaging technique and clinical data are fully utilized, to establish a biomimetic nerve graft model conforming to the characteristics of fascicles microstructure for varying types of detects, thus providing more accurate model information for repair of nerve trunk defects in the extremities. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027214 | EDGE DETECTION USING FUZZY GRADIENT INFORMATION - Techniques of detecting edges of objects in images include applying an adaptive threshold to a sigmoidal membership function of a fuzzy gradient of the image brightness. For example, when a computer configured to detect edges of an object of an image receives a grayscale image, the computer computes gradients of the image brightness at each pixel to form a gradient matrix. The computer then creates a fuzzy gradient matrix by applying a sigmoidal membership function to each element of the gradient matrix to form a smoothed gradient matrix. The computer then performs an adaptive threshold operation on the smoothed gradient matrix to produce the edges of the object of the image. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027215 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE EXPRESSION METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a three-dimensional shape expression method and device thereof. The method includes following steps: extracting a hybrid type framework of a three-dimensional shape; obtaining a segmentation of the three-dimensional shape by segmenting the hybrid type framework; obtaining a sub-structure of the three-dimensional shape according to the segmentation of the three-dimensional shape; and establishing an expression of the three-dimensional shape by using a bag-of-words model according to the sub-structure of the three-dimensional shape. The embodiments of the present disclosure are capable to express a three-dimensional shape with an easy and high-efficient method. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027216 | Unsupervised Image Segmentation Based on a Background Likelihood Estimation - A method for unsupervised image segmentation based on a background likelihood estimation is described herein. The method includes calculating a distance for each pixel in an input image and transforming each distance into a probability of the distance of belonging to a background of an input image or a foreground of the input image. The method also includes transforming each probability into a log likelihood value to form a unary term and minimizing an energy function including the unary term to obtain a set of foreground labels and a set of background labels. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027217 | IMAGE RECOGNITION APPARATUS - An image recognition apparatus is provided with: a divider configured to divide a frame image into a plurality of areas, wherein the frame image is obtained by imaging or capturing a scene outside through a window glass on which a wiper is mounted, from an interior of a moving body; a determinator configured to determine whether or not at least one of the wiper and an attached substance to the window glass appears, for each of the plurality of areas; an object detector configured to detect an object included in such an area of the plurality of areas that it is determined that the wiper and the attached substance do not appear; and a tracking device configured to track a tracking target, which is an object included in two or more frame images, on the basis of a detection result of the object detector. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027218 | MULTI-SURFACE IMAGE PROJECTION ITEM TRACKING SYSTEM - A projected image item tracking system that analyzes projected camera images to determine items taken from, placed on, or moved on a shelf or other area in an autonomous store. The items and actions performed on them may then be attributed to a shopper near the area. Projected images may be combined to generate a 3D volume difference between the state of the area before and after shopper interaction. The volume difference may be calculated using plane-sweep stereo, or using convolutional neural networks. Because these methods may be computationally intensive, the system may first localize a change volume where items appear to have been displaced, and then generate a volume difference only within that change volume. This optimization results in significant savings in power consumption and in more rapid identification of items. The 3D volume difference may also indicate the quantity of items displaced, for example from a vertical stack. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027219 | DENSE OPTICAL FLOW PROCESSING IN A COMPUTER VISION SYSTEM - A computer vision system is provided that includes an image generation device configured to generate consecutive two dimensional (2D) images of a scene, and a dense optical flow engine (DOFE) configured to determine a dense optical flow map for pairs of the consecutive 2D images, wherein, for a pair of consecutive 2D images, the DOFE is configured to perform a predictor based correspondence search for each paxel in a current image of the pair of consecutive 2D images, wherein, for an anchor pixel in each paxel, the predictor based correspondence search evaluates a plurality of predictors to select a best matching pixel in a reference image of the pair of consecutive 2D images, and determine optical flow vectors for each pixel in a paxel based on the best matching pixel selected for the anchor pixel of the paxel. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027220 | TEMPORALLY CONSISTENT BELIEF PROPAGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A temporally consistent belief propagation system includes a disparity map buffer that provides a disparity map of a previous time; a belief propagation unit that generates an energy function according to a first image of a present time, a second image of the present time, a first image of the previous time and the disparity map of the previous time; and a disparity generating unit that generates a disparity map of the present time according to the energy function. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027221 | ELECTRIC CHARACTERISTIC ACQUISITION APPARATUS - In an electrical characteristic acquisition apparatus, a condition under which an electrical characteristic of a target object is acquired can be inputted by an operator, and an electrical characteristic of the target object is acquired under the input condition. In a case where a condition is inputted as a condition under which an electrical characteristic of the target object is acquired, an erroneous determination is made due to the different conditions that the target object is not an electrical component which complies with the nominal value, or, in a case where a difference between a value representing an electrical characteristic of the target object and a nominal value of the target object is larger than a permissible tolerance, an erroneous determination is made that the target object is defective. Here, these erroneous determinations are prevented from being made. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027222 | PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE USING THE SAME - A panoramic photographing method for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and an UAV using the same are provided. The panoramic photographing method includes steps of: disposing a digital camera on an UAV; recording a flying altitude and a flying angle of the UAV of each of photographed pictures when a panoramic photographing process is performed; performing an image stitching process, determining overlapped regions of the two photographed pictures, and obtaining a feature operation region by way of division according to the flying altitude and the flying angle of the UAV; and performing a feature operation in the overlapped regions of the two photographed pictures to determine an image stitching location, and thus generate a panoramic picture. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027223 | TECHNIQUES FOR ACCURATE POSE ESTIMATION - The described technology regards an augmented reality system and method for estimating a position of a location of interest relative to the position and orientation of a display, including receiving and selectively filtering a plurality of measurement vectors from a rate-gyroscope. Systems of the described technology include including a plurality of sensors, a processing module or other computation means, and a database. Methods of the described technology use data from the sensor package useful to accurately render graphical user interface information on a display. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027224 | MEANS FOR PRODUCING AND/OR CHECKING A PART MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS - A method for producing and/or checking a part made of composite materials formed from one fabric having a surface whose texture exhibits a main orientation, including the following steps: obtaining a first image representing the texture of the fabric; determining an estimation relating to the main orientation of the texture, by determining for each pixel of the first image, an orientation of gradients relating to the luminance level of said pixel; determining an estimation of a global distribution of the orientations of gradients of the pixels of the first image; determining the main orientation as a function of the estimation of the global distribution of the orientations of gradients of the pixels of the first image; determining a deviation between the estimation relating to the main orientation and a setpoint value; and producing the part as a function of the deviation and/or emitting a check signal dependent on the deviation. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027225 | Methods for Generating Aerial Photographing Path for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Computer Devices, and Storage Mediums - The present application relates to methods, apparatuses, computer devices, and storage mediums for generating an aerial photographing path for a UAV. A method according to an embodiment includes acquiring an inputted aerial photographing landmark; obtaining a UAV aerial photographing safe space according to the aerial photographing landmark; constructing a viewing angle quality scalar field of the aerial photographing landmark; and generating an aerial photographing path set in the UAV aerial photographing safe space according to the viewing angle quality scalar field. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027226 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - Electronic devices and methods for processing images are provided. The method includes obtaining a first image and a second image through a first image sensor, extracting depth information from at least one third image obtained through a second image sensor, applying the extracted depth information to the obtained first image and displaying the first image, and applying the extracted depth information to the obtained second image. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027227 | COMPENSATING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SCANS - A method of processing optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans, comprising: receiving OCT data comprising an OCT signal indicative of the level of scattering in a sample, the OCT data including the OCT signal for at least one scan through the sample, with the OCT signal having been measured at varying depth and position through the sample in each scan; processing the OCT data for each scan with depth to produce a indicative depth scan representative of the OCT signal at each depth through all of the scans; fitting a curve to the indicative depth scan, the curve comprising a first term which exponentially decays with respect to the depth and a second term which depends on the noise in the OCT signal; and calculating a compensated intensity for the OCT signal at each point through each scan, the compensated intensity comprising a ratio of a term comprising a logarithm of the OCT signal to a term comprising the logarithm of the fitted curve. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027228 | METHOD OF RECONSTRUCTING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE USING STRUCTURED LIGHT PATTERN SYSTEM - A method of reconstructing a three dimensional image using a structured light pattern system is provided as follows. A class identifier of an observed pixel on a captured image by a camera is extracted. The observed pixel has a coordinate (x, y) on the captured image. A first relative position of the x coordinate of the observed pixel in a tile domain of the captured image is calculated. A second relative position of one of a plurality of dots in a tile domain of a reference image using the extracted class identifier is calculated. A disparity of the observed pixel using the first relative position and the second relative position is calculated. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027229 | ANNOTATION CROSS-LABELING FOR AUTONOMOUS CONTROL SYSTEMS - An annotation system uses annotations for a first set of sensor measurements from a first sensor to identify annotations for a second set of sensor measurements from a second sensor. The annotation system identifies reference annotations in the first set of sensor measurements that indicates a location of a characteristic object in the two-dimensional space. The annotation system determines a spatial region in the three-dimensional space of the second set of sensor measurements that corresponds to a portion of the scene represented in the annotation of the first set of sensor measurements. The annotation system determines annotations within the spatial region of the second set of sensor measurements that indicates a location of the characteristic object in the three-dimensional space. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027230 | OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE DURING TARGET TRACKING - A method for controlling a movable object includes obtaining current location information of an obstacle while the movable object tracks a target, and determining whether a location of the obstacle corresponds to a reactive region relative to the movable object based on the current location information of the obstacle. In response to determining that the location of the obstacle corresponds to the reactive region, one or more movement characteristics of the movable object is adjusted in a reactive manner to prevent the movable object from colliding with the obstacle. In response to determining that the location of the obstacle does not correspond to the reactive region, the one or more movement characteristics of the movable object is adjusted in a proactive manner to maintain a distance between the movable object and the obstacle to be larger than a predefined distance. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027231 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device | 2020-01-23 |
20200027232 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIZING OBJECTS VIA A COMPUTING DEVICE - The present disclosure generally relates to the measurement of objects. Using unique processes, the present systems and methods can determine the size of an object using a computing device. For example, in certain embodiments, the present systems and methods receive a physical object such as a finger, determine the size of the finger in pixels, and convert the size of the finger in pixels into a ring size. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027233 | SENSOR-BASED MOVING OBJECT LOCALIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A moving object localization system includes: a sensor that detects a moving object and measures positional information of the moving object; and a server that collects measured information from the sensor and calculates a position of moving object. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027234 | LOCATION INFORMATION IDENTIFYING METHOD, LOCATION INFORMATION IDENTIFYING DEVICE, AND LOCATION INFORMATION IDENTIFYING PROGRAM | 2020-01-23 |
20200027235 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE VIEWING DIRECTION OF A PERSON - The invention relates to a device for monitoring the viewing direction of a person, wherein the device comprises at least a first detection means for detecting the viewing direction of the person, and a second detection means for detecting at least one object, wherein the device moreover comprises at least one computing unit, which is configured to establish if the viewing direction of the person determined by the first detection means is directed at the object detected by the second detection means, and wherein the device comprises at least one output means, which is configured to output an optical and/or acoustic signal, depending upon one or multiple parameter(s), wherein the signal is output in a region which lies in a direction between the person and the object and/or in the region of the field of vision of the person facing the object, wherein one of the parameters relates to the result of the computing unit that the viewing direction of the person is not directed at the object. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027236 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR 3D ASSOCIATION OF DETECTED OBJECTS - An electronic device, method, and computer readable medium for 3D association of detected objects are provided. The electronic device includes at least one image sensor, an inertial measurement sensor, a memory, and at least one processor coupled to the at least one image sensor, the inertial measurement sensor, and the memory. The at least one processor is configured to capture an image of an environment using the at least one image sensor, detect an object in the captured image, define a bounded area in the image around the detected object, receive head pose data from the inertial measurement sensor, and determine a location of the detected object in a 3D space using the head pose data and the bounded area in the captured image. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027237 | IMAGE PROCESSING - Imaging methods, imaging apparatus and computer program products are disclosed. An imaging method comprises: receiving image data of a 3-dimensional object; and allocating a confidence level to at least a portion of an image frame of the image data using a machine-learning algorithm, the confidence level indicating a likelihood of that image frame having a specified element imaged on a specified plane through the 3-dimensional object. In this way, particular elements when imaged in a desired way can be identified from image data of the 3-dimensional object. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027238 | METHOD FOR MERGING IMAGES AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - The present disclosure provides a method for merging images. The method includes capturing N images by using N imaging devices of a UAV, N being an integer greater than 1; identifying an image of an occluding object in each image; and merging the N images based on the image of the occluding object in each image to obtain a merged image without the occluding object. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027239 | ITERATIVE IMAGE POSITION DETERMINATION - Herein is disclosed an image location iteration system comprising one or more processors configured to receive from one or more unmanned aerial vehicles a plurality of images and corresponding detected positions; determine an alignment of the plurality of images according to one or more image features; calculate a first set of measured locations for the plurality of images according to the alignment and the detected positions; and calculate a second set of measured locations the plurality of images according to the alignment and a first subset of the detected positions. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027240 | Pedestrian Tracking Method and Electronic Device - A pedestrian tracking method includes obtaining, within a detection period, an upper body detection box of a to-be-tracked pedestrian appearing in a to-be-tracked video; obtaining a detection period whole body box of the to-be-tracked pedestrian based on the upper body detection box; and obtaining, within the tracking period based on the detection period whole body box, a tracking period whole body box corresponding to an upper body tracking box. It can be learned that the to-be-tracked pedestrian may be tracked using the tracking period whole body box. An aspect ratio of the detection period whole body box may change. Therefore, even if the to-be-tracked pedestrian appears in an abnormal posture within the detection period, an accurate tracking period whole body box of the to-be-tracked pedestrian can still be obtained. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027241 | AUTO-CALIBRATION FOR VEHICLE CAMERAS - In various embodiments, methods, systems, and vehicles are provided for calibrating vehicle cameras. In certain embodiments, a vehicle includes a camera, a memory, and a processor. The camera is disposed onboard the vehicle, and is configured to generate a camera image in which an object is detected onboard the vehicle. The memory is configured to store map data relating to the detected object. The processor is disposed onboard the vehicle, and is configured to perform an initial projection using the map data and initial values of calibration parameters for the camera; and update values of the calibration parameters using a comparison of the initial projection with the camera image. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027242 | IMAGING SYSTEM, CALIBRATION METHOD, AND CALIBRATOR - A calibrator for a camera includes a controlling circuit, a photographing circuit, a calculating circuit, and an instructing circuit. The controlling circuit is configured to control a movable body to move into a shooting area of the camera. A marker is provided on the movable body for calibration of the camera. The photographing circuit is configured to control the camera to photograph the marker. The calculating circuit is configured to calculate at least one parameter of the camera based on the photographed marker. The instructing circuit is configured to transmit the at least one parameter to the camera to calibrate the camera. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027243 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CALIBRATION DATA, CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING CALIBRATION DATA - An apparatus comprises a first interface for receiving a plurality of partially overlapping images of an object from a corresponding plurality of cameras being arranged along a first and a second direction according to a camera pattern. The apparatus comprises an analyzing unit configured for selecting at least one corresponding reference point in an overlap area of a set of images, and for determining displacement information along the first and the second direction of the reference point in each of the other images of the set of images. A misalignment of the plurality of images along the first and the second direction is compensated by the displacement information so as to obtain aligned images. The apparatus comprises a determining unit configured for determining offset information between principal points of the plurality of cameras using at least three aligned images. The apparatus comprises a second interface for providing calibration data based on the displacement information and based on the offset information. The calibration data allows for calibrating the plurality of images so as to comply to the camera pattern. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027244 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit and a generation unit. The extraction unit is configured to use a learning model that extracts a combining region from a subject image to extract the combining region from a first subject image of a first subject. The generation unit is configured to generate a combined image obtained by combining the extracted combining region with a target region of a corrected image in which transparency of the target region in a second subject image of a second subject has been corrected to a threshold or more. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027245 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS CONFIGURED TO TRACK MULTIPLE EYE-GAZE AND HEARTRATE RELATED PARAMETERS DURING USERS' INTERACTION WITH ELECTRONIC COMPUTING DEVICES - Embodiments of the present disclosure include receiving a sequence of images of a face of a user. A three-dimensional (3D) model of the face is generated and 3D facial points associated with flat facial surfaces are determined. The 3D facial points are projected onto a screen coordinate plane to produce a two-dimensional (2D) facial points. A hue is determined for each pixel associated with each of the 2D facial points in each image. A mean hue value is determined for each image. A spectral representation of a variation in each mean hue value across the sequence of images is determined. A frequency of a main hue is determined based on a largest weight of the variation in each mean hue value. A heart rate of the user is determined based on facial blood circulation according to the frequency of the main hue, and an activity recommendation is displayed. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027246 | GEOMETRY ENCODER - A method includes receiving geometric data to be encoded, generating a signature for the geometric data based on the at least one property associated with the geometric data, enumerating a set of first options, enumerating a set of second options, encoding the geometric data using the enumerated first option and the enumerated second option, decoding the encoded geometric data, selecting one of the enumerated second options based on a cost function, and training a classifier based on the signature, the enumerated first option and the selected second option. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027247 | DATA COMPRESSION USING CONDITIONAL ENTROPY MODELS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for compressing and decompressing data. In one aspect, a method comprises: processing data using an encoder neural network to generate a latent representation of the data; processing the latent representation of the data using a hyper-encoder neural network to generate a latent representation of an entropy model; generating an entropy encoded representation of the latent representation of the entropy model; generating an entropy encoded representation of the latent representation of the data using the latent representation of the entropy model; and determining a compressed representation of the data from the entropy encoded representations of: (i) the latent representation of the data and (ii) the latent representation of the entropy model used to entropy encode the latent representation of the data. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027248 | INDEXATION OF MASSIVE POINT CLOUD DATA FOR EFFICIENT VISUALIZATION - A method for pre-processing point clouds comprising large amounts of point data. The method comprises converting the points' coordinates to Morton indices, sorting the Morton indices and sequentially determining intervals based on predefined criteria, which intervals define the leaf nodes and form the basis and starting point for the generation of a tree index structure comprising the leaf nodes, nodes, branches and nodes connecting the branches. Point data contained within a node or sub-trees of a node are quantizable. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027249 | PROVIDING A DARK VIEWING MODE WHILE PRESERVING FORMATTING - A method for improving visibility of contents displayed on a GUI by providing a dark viewing mode that preserves user-generated formatting and/or style contained in the contents is disclosed. The method includes receiving content for displaying on the display, parsing the received content into one or more objects, based on at least a formatting characteristic of the objects, and comparing for each object a first color characteristic of the object with a second color characteristic to determine if a contrast between the first color characteristic and the second color characteristic satisfies a threshold requirement. Upon determining that the threshold requirement is not satisfied, the method includes adjusting the first characteristic, and displaying the objects with the adjusted first characteristic. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027250 | ADAPTIVE THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE GENERATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - An adaptive three-dimensional space generation system and a method therefor are provided. The adaptive three-dimensional space generation method comprises allowing an adaptive three-dimensional space generation system to determine whether a space is a first-type space or a second-type space depending on structural characteristics of the space based on a plurality of images captured from different locations in the space, allowing the adaptive three-dimensional space generation system to adaptively select an image for texturing the space among the images depending on whether the space is the first-type space or the second-type space, and performing texturing of the space based on the image selected by the adaptive three-dimensional space generation system. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027251 | MACHINE LEARNING IN ITERATIVE IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION - In order to reduce the time and effort required to generate high-quality image reconstructions, a machine-trained neural network may assign a quality score to an image at each iteration of a reconstruction. The neural network may confirm that the iterative reconstruction process increases image quality as each iteration converges to the solution of an optimization problem. The image quality score generated by the neural network may drive the reconstruction toward better image quality by contributing to a regularization term of a cost function minimized by the optimization problem. The neural network may allow for multiple reconstruction of image data to be performed rapidly and for the highest image quality reconstruction to be identified. Additionally, the neural network may provide exit criteria of the iterative reconstruction or may contribute to the optimization problem. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027252 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTI-DIRECTIONAL X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method for processing a multi-directional X-ray computed tomography (CT) image using a neural network and an apparatus therefor are provided. The method includes receiving a predetermined number of multi-directional X-ray CT data and reconstructing an image for the multi-directional X-ray CT data using a neural network learned in each of an image domain and a sinogram domain. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027253 | DETECTION AND/OR CORRECTION OF RESIDUAL IODINE ARTIFACTS IN SPECTRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) IMAGING | 2020-01-23 |
20200027254 | CORRECTION OF SHARP-EDGE ARTIFACTS IN DIFFERENTIAL PHASE CONTRAST CT IMAGES AND ITS IMPROVEMENT IN AUTOMATIC MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION - A method for correcting image data from a differential phase contrast imaging system is provided. Data comprising distorted data due to spatial variation is obtained. The data is corrected by correcting the distorted data. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027255 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a controller circuit configured to calculate a number of multiple micro-triangles included in a region of each pixel of the multiple pixels, the region being covered by the right triangle, each micro-triangle of the multiple micro-triangles and the first micro-triangle being congruent, and calculate an area of the region of each pixel of the multiple pixels, the region being covered by the right triangle, on a basis of the number of the multiple micro-triangles and the area of the first micro-triangle. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027256 | AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNIQUES - A visual characteristic on a physical surface in the physical space is determined from an image of a physical space, with the physical surface including a first area inside the visual characteristic and a second area outside of the visual characteristic. A first region of virtual space that corresponds to the first area and a second region of virtual space that corresponds to the second area is determined based at least in part on the visual characteristic. Information that includes a position and orientation of a digital object relative to the first region and the second region in the virtual space is determined based at least in part on the visual characteristic. The digital object is rendered at a position and orientation in the virtual space in accordance with the information. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027257 | EVENT ENHANCEMENT USING AUGMENTED REALITY EFFECTS - There are provided systems and methods for providing event enhancement using augmented reality (AR) effects. In one implementation, such a system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing an AR effect generation software code. The hardware processor is configured to execute the AR effect generation software code to receive a venue description data corresponding to an event venue, to identify the event venue based on the venue description data, and to identify an event scheduled to take place at the event venue. The hardware processor is further configured to execute the AR effect generation software code to generate one or more AR enhancement effect(s) based on the event and the event venue, and to output the AR enhancement effect(s) for rendering on a display of a wearable AR device during the event. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027258 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A VISUAL EFFECT OF OBJECT ANIMATION - The present invention provides a method and system for generating a visual effect of animation including recording multiple takes of a scene having puppet movement. The puppet includes an object action generated by multiple objects interchangeable in the different takes. Each object represents a different phase of the object action. The method and system electronically captures each take of the scene, each taking include one of the objects. Between takes, the current object is removed and replaced with the next object. After all takes are electronically captured, the method and system electronically merges the multiple takes to generate the merged scene including the visual effect of animation. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027259 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MACHINE-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR PRESENTING ANIMATIONS OVERLYING MULTIMEDIA FILES - Provided are systems, methods, and machine-readable storage media for presenting animations overlying multimedia files in accordance with the present disclosure. Embodiments are described for linking an animation to a multimedia file and presenting the animation overlying a concurrent playback of the multimedia file (e.g., its content). Embodiments are described for including additional elements to the presentation of the animation outside of the playback of the animation, including residual elements that relate to the content of the animation and/or allow a user to receive further information about the content of the animation. Embodiments are described for linking an animation to more than one multimedia file. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027260 | USING TEXTURES IN GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEMS - When a renderer of a graphics processor is to perform a graphics rendering operation that uses one or more texture layers in accordance with contribution control data that controls the contribution that each texture layer makes to the rendering operation for a group of fragments, the renderer determines contribution control data for each fragment in the group, and based on the determined contribution control data, either: fetches and uses the texture data values for a texture layer for each fragment in the group from memory, or does not fetch texture data values for a texture layer for each fragment in the group from memory and instead uses a dummy value for the texture layer for each fragment in the group for the graphics rendering operation. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027261 | RENDERING 360 DEPTH CONTENT - As user device can receive and display 360 panoramic content in a 360 depth format. 360 depth content can comprise 360 panoramic image data and corresponding depth information. To display 360 depth content, the user device can generate a 3D environment based on the 360 depth content and the current user viewpoint. A content display module on the user device can render 360 depth content using a standard 3D rendering pipeline modified to render 360 depth content. The content display module can use a vertex shader or fragment shader of the 3D rendering pipeline to interpret the depth information of the 360 depth content into the 3D environment as it is rendered. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027262 | ARCHITECTURE FOR CONTEXTUAL MEMORIES IN MAP REPRESENTATION FOR 3D RECONSTRUCTION AND NAVIGATION - Systems and techniques for an architecture for contextual memories in map representation for 3D reconstruction and navigation are described herein. In an example, a system for contextual memory mapping is adapted to receive a data set of physical world sensor readings. The system may be further adapted to generate voxel data from the data set, the voxel data includes voxel coordinates and a physical world occupancy indicator. The system may be further adapted to select a block of addresses in the memory to store the voxel data. The system may be further adapted to generate a hash map to map voxel coordinates to memory locations in the block of addresses, the voxel coordinates having a contextual relationship that is maintained by the hash map. The system may be further adapted to store the voxel data at memory addresses based on the hash map. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027263 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFINITE SYNTHETIC IMAGE GENERATION FROM MULTI-DIRECTIONAL STRUCTURED IMAGE ARRAY - This present disclosure relates to systems and processes for interpolating images of an object from a multi-directional structured image array. In particular embodiments, a plurality of images corresponding to a light field is obtained using a camera. Each image contains at least a portion of overlapping subject matter with another image. First, second, and third images are determined, which are the closest three images in the plurality of images to a desired image location in the light field. A first set of candidate transformations is identified between the first and second images, and a second set of candidate transformations is identified between the first and third images. For each pixel location in the desired image location, first and second best pixel values are calculated using the first and second set of candidate transformations, respectively, and the first and second best pixel values are blended to form an interpolated pixel. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027264 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING REGISTERED IMAGES - Disclosed herein are a method and a system for creating a registered image that integrates the information of CT and CBCT images. With the present method and system, medical practitioners can precisely transform the information of CT image-based treatment plan into the CBCT image so as to accurately control the dosage and location of a radiation therapy. Accordingly, also disclosed herein are methods of treating a cancer in the subject with the aid of the method and/or system of the present disclosure. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027265 | THREE DIMENSIONAL MAP GENERATION BASED ON CROWDSOURCED POSITIONING READINGS - A method, product and system for three dimensional map generation based on crowdsourced positioning readings. The method comprising obtaining a plurality of positioning readings of a plurality of mobile devices. Each reading of the plurality of positioning readings is indicative of an altitude, latitude and longitude of a mobile device, and is determined using one or more sensors of the mobile device. The method comprises clustering the plurality of positioning readings to determine clusters of positioning readings. for each cluster, an altitude value is computed, based on an altitude of each positioning reading in the cluster, whereby determining an estimated altitude based on non-accurate altitude readings. The three-dimensional map is generated based on the plurality of positioning readings and the altitude value of each cluster. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027266 | BUILDING CONTOUR GENERATION FROM POINT CLOUDS - Systems and methods for generating building contours from point cloud data. The point cloud data is analyzed to identify one or more buildings. The contours of these buildings are then determined and these contours are decomposed into linear primitives. The results are then regularized and the final contours are generated from these regularized primitives. The contours can then be used in visualizations of building models. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027267 | AUTOMATED SPATIAL INDEXING OF IMAGES BASED ON FLOORPLAN FEATURES - A spatial indexing system receives a sequence of images depicting an environment, such as a floor of a construction site, and performs a spatial indexing process to automatically identify the spatial locations at which each of the images were captured. The spatial indexing system also generates an immersive model of the environment and provides a visualization interface that allows a user to view each of the images at its corresponding location within the model. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027268 | POLYGON MODEL GENERATING APPARATUS, POLYGON MODEL GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A polygon model generating apparatus, a polygon model generation method, and a program each capable of highly precisely generate a polygon model whose surface, is set along the contour of a group of points, are provided. An initial polygon model generating part ( | 2020-01-23 |
20200027269 | Network, System and Method for 3D Shape Generation - This invention is related to a network for generating 3D shape, including an image feature network, an initial ellipsoid mesh, and a cascaded mesh deformation network. The image feature network is a Visual Geometry Group Net (VGGN) containing five successive convolutional layer groups, and four pooling layers sandwiched by the five convolutional layer groups; and the cascaded mesh deformation network is a graph-based convolution network (GCN) containing three successive deformation blocks, and two graph unpooling layers sandwiched by the three successive deformation blocks. This invention is also related to a system and a method thereof. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027270 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INTERACTING WITH VIRTUAL OBJECTS - The present group of inventions relates to methods and systems intended for interacting with virtual objects, involving determining a control unit to be used for interacting with virtual objects, determining characteristic graphics primitives of a virtual object, determining the spatial position of the control unit, correlating the spatial position of the control unit to the graphics primitives of the virtual object, and performing the desired actions with regard to the virtual object. In accordance with the invention, images are used from a user's client device which has a video camera and a display, a control unit image library is created on the basis of the received images, and the obtained image library is used for determining the graphics primitives of the control unit. Then, the spatial position of the control unit is determined by calculating the motion in space of the control unit graphics primitives. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027271 | AUTOMATED IMAGE AUGMENTATION USING A VIRTUAL CHARACTER - An image processing system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing an image augmentation software code, a three-dimensional (3D) shapes library, and/or a 3D poses library. The image processing system also includes a two-dimensional (2D) pose estimation module communicatively coupled to the image augmentation software code. The hardware processor executes the image augmentation software code to provide an image to the 2D pose estimation module and to receive a 2D pose data generated by the 2D pose estimation module based on the image. The image augmentation software code identifies a 3D shape and/or a 3D pose corresponding to the image using an optimization algorithm applied to the 2D pose data and one or both of the 3D poses library and the 3D shapes library, and may output the 3D shape and/or 3D pose to render an augmented image on a display. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027272 | ROOM-SCALE VIRTUAL REALITY MOBILE UNIT - A virtual reality system, including one or more modular walls configured to define an interior area, at least one modular wall having a monochromatic interior surface, a camera positioned within the interior area, the camera configured to capture an image of a player with the monochromatic interior surface as a background, one or more processors configured to generate a virtual scene, to receive the image of the player, and to generate a composite image including at least a portion of the image of the player composited into the virtual scene, and a display configured to receive and display the composite image. The one or more modular walls may define a number of interior areas for multiple players. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027273 | IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE - The present invention relates to an image output device provided in a vehicle. The image output device includes: an image output unit; and a processor obtaining a plurality of coordinate values constituting a certain building from a map, generating a graphic object, which overlaps at least a portion of the building, using the coordinate values when the building is searched from within a predetermined range with respect to the vehicle, and outputting the generated graphic object through the image output unit. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027274 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING - A computer implemented method for updating a point map on a system having first and second communicatively coupled hardware components includes the first component performing a first process on the point map in a first state to generate a first change. The method also includes the second component performing a second process on the point map in the first state to generate a second change. The method further includes the second component applying the second change to the point map in the first state to generate a first updated point map in a second state. Moreover, the method includes the first component sending the first change to the second component. In addition, the method includes the second component applying the first change to the first updated point map in the second state to generate a second updated point map in a third state. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027275 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESOLVING HEMISPHERE AMBIGUITY USING A POSITION VECTOR - Embodiments resolve hemisphere ambiguity at a system comprising sensors. A hand-held controller of the system emits magnetic fields. Sensors positioned within a headset of the system detect the magnetic fields. A first position and orientation of the hand-held controller is determined within a first hemisphere with respect to the headset based on the magnetic fields. A second position and orientation of the hand-held controller is determined within a second hemisphere, diametrically opposite the first hemisphere, with respect to the headset based on the magnetic fields. A normal vector is determined with respect to the headset, and a position vector identifying a position of the hand-held controller with respect to the headset in the first hemisphere. A dot-product of the normal vector and the position vector is calculated, and the first position and orientation of the hand-held controller is determined to be accurate when a result of the dot-product is positive. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027276 | Method and Apparatus for Representing a Virtual Object in a Real Environment - The invention relates to a method for representing a virtual object in a real environment, having the following steps: generating a two-dimensional image of a real environment by means of a recording device, ascertaining a position of the recording device relative to at least one component of the real environment, segmenting at least one area of the real environment unmarked in reality in the two-dimensional image for identifying at least one segment of the real environment in distinction to a remaining part of the real environment while supplying corresponding segmentation data, and merging the virtual object with the two-dimensional image of the real environment with consideration of the segmentation data such that at least one part of the segment of the real environment is removed from the image of the real environment. The invention permits any collisions of virtual objects with real objects that occur upon merging with a real environment to be represented in a way largely close to reality. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027277 | XR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an XR device and a method for controlling the same, and more particularly, is applicable to the fields of 5G communication technology, robot technology, autonomous driving technology, and artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The method for controlling an XR device comprises executing a home appliance arrangement application in the XR device by a user, displaying an indoor space on a screen of the XR device, displaying at least one home appliance on the screen of the XR device, selecting the at least one home appliance and a specific space in the indoor space by the user, and guiding at least one of a capacity of the at least one home appliance and an arrangement position of the specific space to the user based on the specific space. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027278 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing system that acquires video data captured by an image pickup unit; detects an object from the video data; detects a condition corresponding to the image pickup unit; and controls a display to display content associated with the object at a position other than a detected position of the object based on the condition corresponding to the image pickup unit. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027279 | 2D-3D SCULPTURE PAINTINGS - We disclose a method for synthesizing by computer an artwork where 2D and 3D contents are integrated within a same composition. Such an artwork creates plausible effects for the viewers by showing a different relationship between 2D and 3D at each viewing angle. Methods are proposed for ensuring the continuity between the 2D and the 3D parts in terms of mesh geometry and reflected colors. The user selects from a given scene a region of interest (ROI) to be reproduced in 3D. A flat rendering grid is created that matches the topology and tesselation of the ROI. The ROI is attached to the rendering grid. To enhance the continuity between the 2D and the 3D parts of a scene object, the 2D part of the object can be represented as bas-relief. Designers can create 2D-3D sculpture paintings for decoration, exhibitions, and homes. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027280 | DEPTH RAY LAYER FOR REDUCED VISUAL NOISE - The described technology includes a depth ray shader stored in memory and executable to receive a depth map defining a depth in association with each pixel in a three-dimensional scene and define a color gradient between a first pixel value and a second pixel value, wherein each sequential step in the color gradient between the first pixel value and the second pixel is assigned to a corresponding depth of increasing magnitude relative to a reference point. The depth ray shader is further executable to provide an instruction to a graphics engine to cause the graphics engine to apply a depth ray layer to a select portion of the three-dimensional scene, the depth ray layer altering each pixel in the selected portion to assume a pixel value defined within the color gradient to correspond to a depth of the pixel specified by the depth map. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027281 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Acquisition means of a display control device acquires taken images taken at a predetermined frame rate by image taking means, which is movable in a real space. First display control means estimates a current position and orientation of the image taking means based on the taken images, and combines a virtual image with one of the taken images to be displayed, the virtual image showing a view of a virtual three-dimensional object as seen from a virtual viewpoint based on a result of the estimation. Second display control means processes, in a frame subsequent to a frame on which the first display control means has performed display control, the virtual image based on movement information on a movement of the image taking means, and combines the processed virtual image with another one of the taken images to be displayed. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027282 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR TIMING COMPETITIVE ATHLETIC EVENTS - A competitive event timing system is provided that collects and processes race data for one or more event participants progressing along a racecourse. The competitive event timing system of this embodiment includes a race management device, a plurality of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices, and a plurality of mobile detection devices located at a point along a racecourse. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027283 | VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, VEHICLE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND VEHICLE MANAGEMENT METHOD - In order to quickly respond to a question for vehicle information from a vehicle user at a remote location and offer the user a sense of relief, a vehicle management system of the present invention comprises a telematics communication unit which is mounted on a vehicle and acquires vehicle information and, a vehicle information server which receives from the telematics communication unit the vehicle information and a time at which the vehicle information is acquired, stores the received vehicle information and time, and transmits the stored vehicle information and time to a speech processing system as a response to a question when receiving the question about the vehicle information from the speech processing system. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027284 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing method includes: obtaining, from vehicles, sensor data obtained from sensors of the vehicles; performing object detection processes each using a different one of the sensor data; determining a style of a presentation for monitoring or controlling the vehicles, using results of the object detection processes; and controlling the presentation made by a presentation device according to the style determined. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027285 | MONITORING DEVICE - A monitoring apparatus provides vehicle telematics data. The monitoring apparatus includes a sensor for sensing vehicle and engine motion induced vibration in part of a vehicle and for generating vibration associated data. The sensor is coupled to part of the vehicle. Engine motion induced vibration associated data is processed to extract a characteristic of the vehicle or the engine. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027286 | MULTI-SENSOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR ADAS - A vehicle sensor system for providing data for performance of vehicle features may include a plurality of sensors arranged on a vehicle, each sensor having a sensor profile, a memory configured to maintain the sensor profile, and a controller in communication with the plurality of sensors and memory and configured to receive data from each of the plurality of sensors in order at least one vehicle feature, detect a failure of a first sensor in which the first sensor fails to provide sensor data necessary to provide the vehicle feature, and use sensor data received from the second sensor to provide the vehicle feature in response to the sensor profile of the second sensor including a required attribute of the first sensor. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027287 | VEHICLE SYSTEM PROGNOSIS DEVICE AND METHOD - A method for determining a vehicle system prognosis includes detecting a predetermined characteristic of a vehicle with one or more sensors, receiving a plurality of sensor signals from the one or more sensors and determining an input time series of data based on the sensor signals, clustering a matrix of time series data, generated from the input time series of data, into a predetermined number of hyperplanes, extracting extracted features that are indicative of an operation of a vehicle system from a sparse temporal matrix based on data point behavior with respect to two or more hyperplanes within the sparse temporal matrix and determining an operational status of the vehicle system based on the extracted features, the sparse temporal matrix being based on the predetermined number of hyperplanes; and communicating the operational status of the vehicle system to an operator or crew member of the vehicle. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027288 | SYSTEM FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF VIBRATIONS - The invention relates to a system for representing vibrations for a vehicle, comprising a vehicle seat with an upper part and a lower part, which are mounted movably relative to each other by means of a vibration device, wherein at least a first sensor, which is adapted to detect at least one first characteristic of a first acceleration of the upper part relative to the lower part, is arranged on the upper part, and wherein at least one second sensor, which is adapted to detect at least one second characteristic of a second acceleration of the lower part relative to a subsurface of the vehicle, is arranged on the lower part, wherein a display device is arranged with a first section and a second section, in each case exhibiting a complete division into at least two, preferably three segments, wherein the size ratios of the at least two segments to one another can be updated depending on a current value of the at least one first characteristic or the at least one second characteristic. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027289 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT AN ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTION OF A VEHICLE - A method for carrying out an on-board diagnostic function of a vehicle includes activating an on-board diagnostic function of the vehicle and subjecting a predefined gas pedal value of the vehicle to low-pass filtering in order to obtain a smoothed gas pedal value. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027290 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE WIPING USE OF A WIPER BLADE, AND WIPER SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for determining the wiping use of a wiper blade ( | 2020-01-23 |
20200027291 | ONBOARD APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An onboard apparatus comprises a communication unit; and a controller configured to execute: detecting start of running of a vehicle provided for sharing a ride, detecting a driver at the start of running, detecting change of the driver after the start of running and measuring passage information including at least one of running time and running distance from the start of running until the change of the driver, and transmitting the measured passage information to an information processing apparatus via the communication unit along with identification information for identifying the driver detected before the change of the driver. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027292 | Systems and Methods to Test an Autonomous Vehicle - The present disclosure provides systems and methods to test an autonomous vehicle. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can receive, from one or more test nodes of a preconfigured test track, log data indicating positions of elements of the test track over a period of time. Log data indicating parameters of an autonomous vehicle over the period of time can be received from the autonomous vehicle. The log data indicating the positions of the elements of the test track over the period of time can be compared with the log data indicating the parameters of the autonomous vehicle over the period of time to determine a performance metric of the autonomous vehicle on the test track over the period of time. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027293 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING MOTION PATTERN OF A USER FOR AUTHENTICATION - Systems and methods for using accelerations derived from a motion pattern for multi-factor authentication, the method including receiving, filtering, and determining an identifying pattern from acceleration data representative of the user and using the identifying pattern for secured access authentication. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027294 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING A PASSIVE KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM AGAINST A RELAY ATTACK - A method is provided for authenticating a transceiver in a keyless entry system for a vehicle. The method uses a collision avoidance radar system on the vehicle for authenticating a key fob radar transceiver. A lower power radar signal is transmitted from the vehicle. The lower power radar signal is transmitted below an ambient noise level to make the radar signal difficult for an attacker to detect. The key fob transceiver is then authenticated as being a legitimate transceiver for accessing the vehicle using the low power radar signal. A distance bounding scheme may be used to determine if the key fob is within a predetermined distance. Challenge/response communications may be used to authenticate that the key fob is the legitimate key fob. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027295 | Delivery Security System - A method and system for providing access to a location secured by an electronically activated locking mechanism, the method comprising: detecting a geographical position of a mobile device. Determining that the detected geographical position of the mobile device is proximate to the location secured by the electronically activated locking mechanism. Transmitting a signal causing the electronically activated locking mechanism to unlock. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027296 | VOTER-VERIFIED DIGITAL VOTING AUDIT TRAIL - Methods, systems, and devices are described that provide for a voter-verified digital voting audit trail. One or more votes cast by a voter may be identified at a voting system, and a digital image that lists the identified votes may be generated. The digital image may be stored in a memory and displayed to the voter. The voter may be prompted to provide a voter verification of the displayed votes. Upon receiving the verification from the voter, the voter verification of the digital image containing the votes may be stored to provide a voter-verified digital audit trail. A cast vote record is generated based on the verified votes, and linked to the stored digital image and voter verification. The cast vote record may be provided to a tabulation system that may tabulate votes from multiple voters. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027297 | VOTING TECHNIQUES USING VIRTUAL OR AUGMENTED REALITY - Methods, systems, and devices for voting are described that provide for a virtual or augmented reality based voting. A virtual or augmented reality device may be coupled with a voting server and configured to authorize a voting session for a voter. The virtual or augmented reality device, upon authorization of the voter, may present an associated ballot to the voter, such that the voter may see a virtual ballot, and mark selections on the ballot using gestures. The ballot may presented across the full field of view and can be extensible to be as long as needed to satisfy any full face requirements of a jurisdiction. Virtually generated ballots may dynamically present different languages, size of fonts, colors, or combinations thereof. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027298 | CASH PROCESSING SYSTEM - A cash processing system capable of diversified cash processes by means of a cash processor, and reducing calculator resources to achieve cost reduction. The cash processing system has a cash processor and a server connected to the cash processor through a network. The server provides an extension function program according to a download request from the cash processor. The cash processor includes: a first storage unit which stores a basic function program; a second storage unit which stores an extension function program; and a control unit which executes the basic function program and the extension function program. The control unit stores, according to the reception of a processing request which instructs the execution of the cash process, downloads, from the server, an extension function program that corresponds to the cash process included in the processing request, and stores the extension function program in the second storage unit. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027299 | METAL DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A metal detection device for detecting metal within notes being placed into a note recycler and handling machine includes a note guide having a note passage. The note passage has a first side and a second side. A first printed circuit board (PCB) is disposed within the first side of the note passage of the note guide. The first PCB includes a substrate and a planar metallic coil deposited on the substrate. A second PCB is disposed within the second side of the note passage of the note guide. The second PCB includes a substrate and a planar metallic coil deposited on the substrate. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027300 | MULTIPURPOSE CASHBAG LEVEL AND BANKNOTE PRESENCE IN ESCROW DETECTOR - This disclosure relates to a cashbag sealing system. The system comprises a banknote transport mechanism operable to transport a banknote to a storing unit. The storing unit includes a banknote storing bag detachably coupled to the storing unit, and an escrow plate operable to escrow the banknote before the banknote transported to the storing unit is stored in the banknote storing bag, wherein the escrow plate is operable to move from a horizontally extending hold position to a downwardly or obliquely downwardly extending release position, and wherein the banknote transported to the storing unit is escrowed on the escrow plate when the escrow plate is located at the hold position. The system further comprises a sensor configured to detect a presence of the banknote on the escrow plate, and measure a level of banknotes in the banknote storing bag. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027301 | MODULAR AUTOMATED TRANSACTION MACHINE - A modular ATM is disclosed herein and can include a safe with a first port, at least one currency cassette and dispenser both positioned in the safe, a recycler, and a plurality of linking transport assemblies. The dispenser can move banknotes between the cassette and the first port. The recycler can be positioned on the safe, have second and third ports, and move banknotes between the second and third ports. The recycler can be positionable in a plurality of different orientations and offsets relative to the safe. The plurality of linking transport assemblies can each be individually engageable with the recycler. Each of the linking transport assembly moves banknotes between the first port of the safe and the second port of the recycler. Each linking transport assembly is individually positionable between the safe and the recycler. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027302 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING MOBILE DEVICE APPLICATION TO LOCATE ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINES - The present disclosure relates generally to a system that utilizes an application running on a mobile device to notify a user of the state of an electronic gaming machine in wireless communication with the mobile device. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027303 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING A REMOTE DEVICE BASED ON EVENT OUTCOMES - A system and method for selecting a remote device based on event outcomes includes a network associated with at least a server configured to receive event data of a particular event, classify components of the event data, and allocate components of the event data to tables including assignable coordinates. During the particular event, users within the network are able to provide user outcome entries to the assignable coordinates based on a prediction of which assignable coordinate will reflect the occurrence of an outcome of the particular event. Upon conclusion of the particular event, a determination of optimal user outcome entries provided to assignable coordinates associated with the outcome of the particular event is made, and a token is transmitted to a remote device associated with the user that provided the optimal user outcome entry. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027304 | Smart Bin Lottery Ticket Dispenser with Remote Electronic Display - A lottery ticket dispenser system includes a physical dispenser array having a plurality of separate bins for receipt of a supply of interconnected lottery tickets. A control system is in communication with a drive mechanism in each bin to initiate a dispense sequence upon receipt of a ticket dispense command. A central lottery server is in communication with the control system. An electronic display device is in communication with the central lottery server and is configured to present a virtual dispenser array with bin positions that mimics the physical dispenser array. The central lottery server transmits lottery ticket images to the electronic display device that correspond to the lottery tickets in the physical dispenser array and bin position assignments for the lottery ticket images in the virtual dispenser array. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027305 | METHOD OF AND GAMING SYSTEM FOR PLAYING A SYMBOL MATCHING GAME - A system apparatus and method which provides a player of a gaming system the ability to wager on accepted move inputs, wherein such move inputs cause like symbols to be removed from the symbol arrangement and replaced with new symbols, and wherein awards are provided when the such removed symbols allow for reward symbols to be released. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027306 | NETWORKED SLOT MACHINE SYSTEM WITH COMPETITIVE DUAL MODE WAGERING - An electronic system to implement a networked interactive game. A slot machine game based on a random number generator operates alongside a side game which can require physical dexterity. Awards from both the slot machine game and the side game are combined and accumulated throughout the game. Computer generated animation is utilized to enhance the side game and provide opportunity for the player to use dexterity to earn more credits. A plurality of machines are networked and communicate their scores (win points) to a central server which administers the game and identifies each winning machine and its respective award. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027307 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC GAMING - A system for electronic gaming is described which includes a plurality of individual game stations each of which is constructed and arranged with a user interface. Upstream from each game station is a third party subsystem which includes a corresponding database. This third party subsystem is in data communication with each game station. Also upstream from the plurality of game stations is a gaming server subsystem which includes a database. A central determinate translator system is constructed and arranged in communication either directly or indirectly with each game station and provides a communication link and interface between the gaming server subsystem and each game station. | 2020-01-23 |