06th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170039690 | Image Range Expansion Control Methods And Apparatus - Image data is adjusted for display on a target display. Maximum safe expansions for one or more attributes of the image data are compared to maximum available expansions for the attributes. An amount of expansion is selected that does not exceed either of the maximum safe expansion and the maximum available expansion. Artifacts caused by over expansion may be reduced or avoided. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039691 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus for synthesizing a first image including a transparency-process region and a non-transparency region, and a second image includes a memory to store transparency-process color information for performing a transparency-process, and circuitry to extract the non-transparency region and a part of the transparency-process region adjacent with each other as a process target region, comparing a color value of the non-transparency region and the first color value of the transparency-process region, changing the transparency-process color information from a first color value to a second color value depending on a comparison result, the second color value set closer to the color value of the non-transparency region, applying the second color value to the transparency-process region, enlarging the process target region, performing the transparency process to the enlarged process target region based on the second color value; and superimposing the enlarged process target region on the second image. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039692 | Method and System for Analog/Digital Image Simplification and Stylization - A computer program product includes instructions for a processor to perform a method of improving image structure and coherence, and/or for simplification/stylization. The method includes inputting the image, by: scanning the image; image capture using a camera; and/or image creation using a computer. Multi-channel images are converted into a single-channel image, which is separated into a first image component—the high spatial frequencies, and a second component image—the low spatial frequencies. The first and second component images are each formed by filtering to remove frequencies outside of respective upper and lower threshold frequencies. A gain multiplier is applied to the filtered first and second component images to control detail amplification. The first and second component images are each blurred at the respective upper and lower threshold frequencies. An improved stylized composite image results by subtracting the gain multiplied first component image from the gain multiplied second component image. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039693 | METHODS OF DETECTING DEFECTS IN REGISTRATION CONTROLLED PHOTOMASKS - A method of detecting defects of a photomask includes measuring registration errors of the photomask, correcting the measured registration errors using a registration control process with a laser beam, extracting deformation data of the photomask deformed by the registration control process, reflecting the extracted deformation data in defect detection parameters to obtain compensated defect detection parameters, and detecting defects of the photomask using the compensated defect detection parameters. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039694 | METHOD FOR DETECTING OBJECTS IN A WAREHOUSE AND/OR FOR SPATIAL ORIENTATION IN A WAREHOUSE - A method for detecting objects in a warehouse and/or for spatial orientation in a warehouse includes:
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20170039695 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING A PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF OBJECTS AND CONTENT RELATED THERETO FOR LOCATION-BASED SERVICES ON MOBILE DEVICE - A method including causing, at least in part, rendering of a perspective view showing one or more objects in a field of view. The method further including retrieving content associated with an object of the one or more objects in the field of view, and causing, at least in part, rendering of a graphic representation relating to the content on a surface of the object visible in the perspective view in a user interface for a location-based service of a mobile device. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039696 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING CRYSTAL ORIENTATION OF SILICON WAFER - A method and apparatus for detecting crystal orientation of a silicon wafer is proposed. The detection method uses a camera shooting device to irradiate the silicon wafer in a rotation manner in different angular directions and obtains the corresponding reflection intensities, based on which a reflection curve is drawn for a grain of interest in a polar coordinate system; normal directions of three or more faces of a regular octahedron of a grain <111> are determined by identifying a pixel brightness extreme value in the reflection curve, and then all normal vectors of the regular octahedron are calculated, so that a crystal orientation of the grain of interest may be calculated. The camera shooting device has a light source and one or more camera shooting probes. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039697 | IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD, IMAGE ANALYSIS DEVICE, IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEM, AND PORTABLE IMAGE ANALYSIS DEVICE - An image analysis device for analyzing image data acquired in time series, the image analysis device including: a feature quantity calculation unit for calculating feature quantity time-series data indicating time-series change in a feature quantity, from color information about each pixel of each image data, and storing the feature quantity time-series data in a feature quantity time-series DB; and a variation cycle calculation unit for extracting the feature quantity time-series data from the feature quantity time-series DB and calculating a variation cycle of the image data. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039698 | PATTERN OUTLINE EXTRACTION DEVICE, PATTERN OUTLINE EXTRACTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a pattern outline extraction device includes a control unit, a secondary storage unit and a memory. The control unit reads the image data of the patterns formed by changing the process condition, and extracts outlines of the patterns from the image data. The control unit superposes the outlines, and sets straight measurement lines. The control unit calculates variations on the measurement lines relative to measurement points on the measurement lines at points of intersection of the measurement lines and the outlines, and calculates variation-process condition correspondence information. The control unit calculates predicted variations on the measurement lines relative to the measurement points corresponding to a desired process condition based on the variation-process condition correspondence information, calculates calculated points that are obtained by adding the predicted variations to the measurement points on the measurement lines, and calculates a predicted outline by connecting the calculated points. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039699 | PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS, PATTERN IMAGING APPARATUS, AND PATTERN IMAGING METHOD - A pattern inspection apparatus includes a first stage to mount an inspection target object, located at the position displaced from the gravity center of the first stage, first and second two-dimensional scales on the first stage and opposite each other with respect to the gravity center, a second stage under a region overlapping with the gravity center of the first stage and not overlapping with the target object, to support and move the first stage, a calculation processing circuitry to calculate the position of the inspection target object, using position information measured by the first and second two-dimensional scales, a sensor to capture an optical image of a pattern on the inspection target object in the state where the first stage on which the inspection target object is mounted is moving, and a comparison unit to compare, for each pixel, the optical image with a corresponding reference image. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039700 | IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSMENT OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS COMPLICATION IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS - An image analysis method and an apparatus thereof for assessment of PD (peritoneal dialysis) complications in peritoneal dialysis are provided. An analysis procedure is executed on an image under test of a dialysis bag, so as to obtain a color location in a color space corresponding to the image under test. A prompt signal is sent when the color locations obtained in a time period gradually become close to a disease warning range after executing the analysis procedure on a plurality of images under test. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039701 | INTELLIGENT DYNAMIC PRELOADING AND PROCESSING - Provided herein are various systems and methods of adjusting images of an image series that are preloaded (and/or otherwise processed) in view of behavior data associated with viewing of other previous exams having similar characteristics (e.g., same modality) and/or by the same user. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039702 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A blood pressure measuring method and system. The method includes: obtaining at least one video that captures a first body area and a second body area of a testee; extracting multiple gray scale values for corresponding images that capture the first body area and multiple gray scale values for corresponding images that capture the second body area; drawing a pulse-wave waveform of the first body area based on the multiple gray scale values of the first body area, and drawing a pulse-wave waveform of the second body area based on the multiple gray scale values of the second body area; determining a pulse-wave propagation time based on the pulse-wave waveform of the first body area and the pulse-wave waveform of the second body area; and obtaining a blood pressure value of the testee based on a corresponding relation between the pulse-wave propagation time and blood pressure. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039703 | RAPID SCREENING DEVICE FOR BRAIN DISEASE - The present invention provides a rapid screening device for brain disease to diagnose a patient's disease of cranial nerves by the states of the patient's eyeball. The rapid screening device for brain disease comprises a sensing unit, a processing unit and a carrier. The sensing unit can capture an image of the patient's eyeball. The sensing unit outputs an image signal of the eyeball, wherein the image of at least one eyeball can be resolved from the image signal of the eyeball. The processing unit is connected to the sensing unit. The processing unit retrieves a plurality of images from the sensing unit within a predetermined time interval, and the processing unit executes an algorithm to generate a calculated result by the images of the image signals of the eyeball. The carrier is provided with the sensing unit and the processing unit, wherein the calculated result is used to diagnose or predict that the disease happens to the patient. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039704 | Detection of Borders of Benign and Malignant Lesions Including Melanoma and Basal Cell Carcinoma Using a Geodesic Active Contour (GAC) Technique - A method for automatic segmentation of dermoscopy skin lesion images includes automating a Geodesic Active Contour (GAC) initialization to be sufficiently large to encompass the lesion yet lie near the actual lesion contour. In addition, a new image plane is found by transforming the original RGB image to a smoothed image that allows the GAC to move without sticking on the minimum local energy. This method can eliminate the need for separate hair or noise removal algorithms. The method may include extraction of designated color planes to improve the initial contour and to automatically correct false segmentations. The method includes an algorithm to correct false protuberances and/or false inlets that may be present in the GAC border. A method is given to increase likelihood of including more actual lesion area. The method yields multiple border choices which may be presented to a classifier for optimal border selection. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039705 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERLEAVING SERIES OF MEDICAL IMAGES - After selecting two or more image series for comparison, images of the image series are interleaved so that they are alternatively displayed in a comparison pane on a display device. In one embodiment, after one or more image series are selected for comparison, an interleaved image series is created containing each of the images of the one or more selected image series, or, alternatively, the interleaved image series comprises links to the images arranged in the interleaved pattern. If differences exist in the images of the multiple image series, these differences may be more easily detectable as the display device cycles between the images. Comparison of images in an interleaved image series may be more advantageous if the images of each selected image series are of a common anatomical area, common image size, and the images are in the same order. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039706 | REGULARIZATION OF IMAGES - The present disclosure is directed to iterative regularized reconstruction methods. In certain embodiments, the methods incorporate locally-weighted total variation denoising to suppress artifacts induced by PSF modeling. In certain embodiments, the methods are useful for suppressing ringing artifacts while contrast recovery is maintained. In certain embodiments, the weighting scheme can be extended to noisy measures introducing a noise-independent weighting scheme. The present disclosure is also directed to a method for quantifying radioligand binding in a subject without collecting arterial blood. In certain embodiments, the methods incorporate using imaging data and electronic health records to predict one or more anchors, which are used to generate an aterial input function (AIF) for the radioligand. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039707 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: an information acquisition section configured to acquire information of an observation position and a visual line direction for observing an inside of a subject by using an objective optical system; a boundary position generation section configured to generate boundary position information indicating a boundary position of an angle-of-view region and another region of the objective optical system on a three-dimensional image of the subject; a non-angle-of-view region extraction section configured to extract a non-angle-of-view region not in the angle of view on the three-dimensional image based on the boundary position information generated by the boundary position generation section; and an image generation section configured to generate an identification image for a luminal organ model based on the three-dimensional image, the identification image being provided with identification information for identifying the non-angle-of view region. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039708 | QUANTITATING DISEASE PROGRESSION FROM THE MRI IMAGES OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENTS - Methods and systems are provided for the automated detection and analysis of structural tissue alterations related to myelin and axons/neurons in one or more biological structures of a patient's nervous system obtained from data from a medical imaging system, or the initial sensing or data collection processes such as, those that could be used to generate an image. In some embodiments, the method comprises, at a system having a memory and one or more processor for processing and displaying images of the biological structure, computationally processing at least a T1 weighted magnetic resonance image of the structure and a T2 weighted magnetic resonance image of the structure in order to analyze at least a portion of the structure of the nervous system using a plurality of stored tissue classifier elements to determine if the portion of the structure correlates with the presence of myelin. Such methods are useful for the detection of diseases associated with demyelination. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039709 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image sequence acquisition section acquires an image sequence including a plurality of images. A processing section performs an image summarization process that acquires a summary image sequence based on first and second deletion determination processes that delete some of the images included in the acquired image sequence. The processing section sets an attention image sequence including one at least one attention image included in the plurality of images, selects a first reference image from the attention image sequence, selects a first determination target image from the plurality of images, and performs the first deletion determination process that determines whether the first determination target image can be deleted based on first deformation information that represents deformation between the first reference image and the first determination target image. The processing section sets a partial image sequence from the image sequence, a plurality of images that have been determined to be allowed to remain by the first deletion determination process being consecutively arranged in the partial image sequence. The processing section selects a second reference image and a second determination target image from the partial image sequence, and performs the second deletion determination process that determines whether the second determination target image can be deleted based on second deformation information that represents deformation between the second reference image and the second determination target image. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039710 | PROCESSING APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, METHOD FOR OPERATING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A processing apparatus processes an image signal generated by pixels that have received light from an object irradiated with first wavelength light. The processing apparatus includes a processor having hardware. The processor is configured to: extract first and second image signals from the image signal of one frame generated by the pixels, the first image signal being generated by a pixel that has received the first wavelength light, the second image signal being generated by a pixel that has received second wavelength light that is fluorescence emitted in response to the first wavelength light; estimate an image signal to be generated by the pixel that has received the second wavelength light, based on the first image signal; and calculate a difference, on a corresponding image signal portion, between the second image signal and the estimated image signal, thereby to obtain a differential image signal. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039711 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CENTRAL PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN CT PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY IMAGES - A system and method for detecting central pulmonary embolisms in a subject's vasculature is provided. In some aspects, the method includes receiving, using the input, a set of images representing a vasculature of the subject's lungs, automatically analyzing the set of images to segment the main arteries associated with the subject's lungs and separate the main arteries from surrounding tissues. The method also includes automatically extracting central pulmonary embolism candidates from the set of images after segmenting and separating the main arteries, and automatically evaluating the central pulmonary embolism candidates in three-dimensional (3D) space by applying a series of rules. The method further includes automatically displaying a report indicating evaluated central pulmonary embolism candidates on a display. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039712 | RECONSTRUCTION METHOD OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUE IMAGE, APPARATUS THEREFOR, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE BIOLOGICAL TISSUE IMAGE - The present invention provides a method for classifying biological tissues with high precision compared to a conventional method. When measuring a spectrum which has a two-dimensional distribution that is correlated with a slice of a biological tissue, and acquiring a biological tissue image from the two-dimensional measured spectrum, the method includes dividing an image region into a plurality of small blocks, and then reconstructing the biological tissue image by using the measured spectrum and a classifier corresponding to each of the regions. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039713 | ANALYSIS SYSTEM, ANALYSIS PROGRAM, AND ANALYSIS METHOD - [Object] To provide an analysis system, an analysis program, and an analysis method suited for analyzing a 3-dimensional temporal state of an observation object. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039714 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR DIAGNOSING NEUROLOGICAL OR PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESSES - A technology which enables identifying, via a computer, a vessel in a third image. The third image is obtained from a subtraction of a second image from a first image. The second image and the first image are aligned on an imaging space. The first image is post-contrast. The second image is pre-contrast. The technology enables determining, via the computer, a voxel intensity mean value of a segment of the vessel in the third image. The technology enables obtaining, via the computer, a fourth image from a division of the third image by the voxel intensity mean value. The technology enables applying, via the computer, a filter onto the fourth image. The technology enables generating, via the computer, a filter mask based on the fourth image. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039715 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CALIBRATION METHOD, AND CALIBRATION PROGRAM - A positional calibration is enabled between an imaging device and a stage structure including X and Y stages that move independently of each other. An image processing apparatus performs the positional calibration of a camera coordinate system for an imaging device with a stage coordinate system using a reference position in a first image coordinate space indicating a position of a mark in an image captured when an X-stage is at a reference position, a displaced position in the first image coordinate space indicating a position of the mark in an image captured when the X-stage is at a first displaced position to which the X-stage moves in X-direction from the first reference position, and a virtual position in the first image coordinate space indicating a position of the mark in an image calculated using the characteristic value of a Y-stage. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039716 | Methods And Systems For Detecting A Chemical Species - Methods and systems for detecting at least one chemical species including obtaining a first image from a first electromagnetic radiation detector and obtaining a second image from a second electromagnetic radiation detector. The first image includes a first plurality of pixels and the second image includes a second plurality of pixels, each pixel having an associated intensity value. A first resultant image is generated. The first resultant image includes a plurality of resultant pixels, each pixel having an associated intensity value. One or more regions of interest are determined. The correlation between the first image, the second image, and the first resultant image is determined for the one or more regions of interest using a correlation coefficient algorithm to calculate a first correlation coefficient and a second correlation coefficient. The presence of the chemical species is determined based, at least in part, on the first correlation coefficient and the second correlation coefficient. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039717 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus configured to calculate deformation between a first image and a second image includes a calculation order determination unit that determines calculation order of a plurality of partial regions into which the second image is divided, a calculation unit that calculates the deformation between the first image and the second image for each of the plurality of partial regions in the determined calculation order of the plurality of partial regions, a deformed image generation unit that generates a deformed image by deforming the first image based on the calculated deformation of the plurality of partial regions, and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display the generated deformed image. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039718 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes: an input unit that inputs an image of real space captured by an image capturing apparatus; a measurement value input unit that inputs a measurement value regarding a position and orientation of the image capturing apparatus measured by a sensor attached to the image capturing apparatus; a position and orientation derivation unit that, based on three-dimensional information of a feature in the real space and the input image, derives a position and orientation of the image capturing apparatus; a determination unit that, based on the measurement value and the position and orientation of the image capturing apparatus derived by the position and orientation derivation unit, makes a determination as to whether derivation of the position and orientation of the image capturing apparatus performed by the position and orientation derivation unit has failed; and an output unit that outputs a result provided by the determination unit. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039719 | Gaze Detector Using Reference Frames in Media - Examples are directed to a gaze detector using reference frames in media, One example includes inserting reference frames between frames of media presented on a display at a first frequency, analyzing images of reflections of the reference frames, and determining a portion of the media that is being viewed by a user based on the reflections of the reference frames from a user. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039720 | OBJECT LEARNING AND RECOGNITION METHOD AND SYSTEM - An object recognition system is provided. The object recognition system for recognizing an object may include an input unit to receive, as an input, a depth image representing an object to be analyzed, and a processing unit to recognize a visible object part and a hidden object part of the object, from the depth image, by using a classification tree. The object recognition system may include a classification tree learning apparatus to generate the classification tree. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039721 | Pose detection using depth camera - A computer-implemented method, computerized apparatus and computer program product for detecting an object's pose using a depth image. An image of an object in a scene and depth data of the scene are obtained. At least one pose hypothesis, representing a hypothesized plane, are determined based on the image. An incidence plane, hypothesized to be coplanar with the object, is determined based on the depth data. A relation indicating a level of consistency is determined between the hypothesized plane and the incidence plane for the at least one pose hypothesis. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039722 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTIMATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION FROM TWO-DIMENSIONAL CONCEPT DRAWINGS - A method is for estimating a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a set of two-dimensional (2D) curves of a concept drawing, the estimate of the 3D representation corresponding to a 3D object underlying the concept drawing. The method comprises: obtaining a representation of a set of 2D curves a concept drawing that represent a 3D object underlying the concept drawing; determining an energy function based on the set of 2D curves, the energy function comprising one or more terms, each term reflective of a preference for a 3D representation based on a characteristic of the 2D curves which reflects how concept drawings are commonly perceived to represent 3D objects; and performing an optimization which minimizes the energy function to thereby determine the 3D representation. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039723 | Image Object Segmentation Using Examples - Systems and methods are disclosed herein for using one or more computing devices to automatically segment an object in an image by referencing a dataset of already-segmented images. The technique generally involves identifying a patch of an already-segmented image in the dataset based on the patch of the already-segmented image being similar to an area of the image including a patch of the image. The technique further involves identifying a mask of the patch of the already-segmented image, the mask representing a segmentation in the already-segmented image. The technique also involves segmenting the object in the image based on at least a portion of the mask of the patch of the already-segmented image. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039724 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING CHARACTER BACKGROUND FROM COLORED IMAGE - Provided is a method for removing character background in a color image that obtains an image for printing evaluation by removing a background design of a character from the color image of a printed object on which the character has been printed. The method includes separating a color input image into a character part and a background part, calculating a discriminant function for separating pixels of the character part and pixels of the background part based on pixel values, and generating a background-removed image by removing the background part from the input image by using the discriminant function. Moreover, an installation adjustment method of a line camera including adjusting, based on a signal acquired by capturing an installation adjustment chart fixed to the inspection drum, an installation position of the line camera that acquires an image of a large-size printed object arranged on an inspection drum, is executed by using an installation adjustment chart wherein a plurality of patterns formed by white background and black vertical lines are arranged by shifting in a vertical direction so that the vertical lines continue horizontally only in a predetermined rectangular region that is elongated in a scan line direction of the line camera. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039725 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPATIAL SEGMENTATION OF ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES - Spatial segmentation of lymph nodes in a 3-D medical image is automatically determined, based on a set of inputs provided by a user which define a low number of initial conditions for segmentation. In some embodiments, the automation comprises producing a lymph node segmentation from the 3-D image based on a 2-D image slice and a representative line segment on that slice. In some embodiments, segmentation comprises a two tiered approach (2-D segmentation, followed by 3-D segmentation) based on adaptation of the level set framework to the particular conditions of lymph node segmentation. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039726 | MULTI-SCALE ACTIVE CONTOUR SEGMENTATION - System and method for active contour segmentation where an image for a structure and an initial position on the image are received, a multi-scale image representation including successive image levels each having associated therewith a representation of the image is computed, a representation of the image at a given image level having a different image resolution that that of a representation of the image at a subsequent level, a given one of the levels at which noise in the image is removed is identified, the initial position is set as a current contour and the given level as a current level, the current contour is deformed at the current level to expand into an expanded contour matching a shape of the structure, the expanded contour is set as the current contour and the subsequent level as the current level, and the steps are repeated until the last level is reached. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039727 | Methods and Systems for Detecting Moving Objects in a Sequence of Image Frames Produced by Sensors with Inconsistent Gain, Offset, and Dead Pixels - Systems and methods of detecting dead pixels of image frames are described including receiving a sequence of image frames, aligning, from the sequence of image frames, pairs of image frames, and for a given pair of image frames, determining differences in intensity of corresponding pixels between the aligned pair of image frames. The method also includes, based on the differences in intensity of corresponding pixels between the aligned pair of image frames, generating mask images indicative of areas in the pairs of image frames having moving objects. The method further includes determining, within the mask images, common pixel locations indicative of areas in the pairs of image frames having moving objects over a portion of the sequence of image frames, and based on a number of the common pixel locations for a given pixel location being above a threshold, identifying the given pixel location as a dead pixel. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039728 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a generation unit, an obtaining unit, a determination unit, and a display control unit. The generation unit generates a movement trajectory of an object based on a plurality of images obtained from successive image capturing. The obtaining unit obtains setting information of a detection line for detecting passage of the object. The determination unit determines a display form of the movement trajectory according to a positional relationship of the detection line corresponding to the setting information obtained by the obtaining unit and the movement trajectory generated by the generation unit. The display control unit displays the movement trajectory on a display screen in the display form determined by the determination unit. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039729 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTELLIGENT VIDEO PRUNING - According to at least one example embodiment, a method and corresponding apparatus of pruning video data comprise detecting motion areas within video frames of the video data based on short-term and long-term variations associated with content of the video data. Motion events, associated with the content of the video data, are then identified based on the motion areas detected, corresponding filtered motion areas, and variation patterns associated with the video data. Based on the motion events identified, a storage pattern for storing video frames of the video data is determined. The video frames are stored according to the determined storage pattern. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039730 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method is provided. A first image is obtained at a first time point, the first image includes a first object image and a first background image, the first object image corresponds to the position of an object at the first time point. A second image is obtained at a second time point, the second image includes a second object image and a second background image, the second object image corresponds to the position of the object at the second time point, and the first and the second images are shot within substantially the same shooting range. A sum motion vector of the object is obtained according to the first and the second object images. The second object image is kept, and a process is applied to each pixel of the second background image in the second image to generate a third image. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039731 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PLANAR SURFACE DETECTION FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - A system, article, and method of planar surface detection for image processing. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039732 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and method capable of reproducing texture as if objects are actually present. An operation environment information analysis unit acquires and analyzes user's operation environment information for an image while the image is being displayed. The operation environment information analysis unit supplies the analyzed operation environment information as operation environment parameters to a property control unit. The property control unit causes an image combination unit to conduct texture control depending on visual environment parameters or operation environment parameters, thereby optimizing the texture control. The present disclosure is applicable to image processing apparatuses, for example. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039733 | GUI DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A graphical user interface (GUI) display method and apparatus, and a terminal device are provided. The method includes: generating a first instruction and a second instruction when it is detected that an interface element of a GUI is operated by a user and a current first display attribute parameter of the interface element does not correspond to a predetermined attribute parameter value; adjusting, in response to the second instruction, a value of a display attribute parameter of the interface element to a second display attribute parameter value; and executing the first instruction and displaying an interface element corresponding to the second display attribute parameter value. In the embodiments of the present invention, an operating manner of adjusting the display attribute of the interface element is convenient and does not interrupt a user operation in the GUI. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039734 | TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING FOR TIME-SENSITIVE APPLICATIONS - Disclosed aspects relate to the acquisition and processing of projection data using temporal characteristics of the imaged volume, such as the uptake and clearance of a contrast agent within the volume. Such temporal aspects may be used in the acquisition process, such as to differentially acquire images based on the propagation of the contrast agent. In addition, such temporal aspects may be used in the processing of projection data to generate differential projections (e.g., first or second order subtraction projections), compound projections synthesized using the absolute or relative maximum opacity values observed over time for a region of interest, or interpolated projections synthesized using observed opacity values at known or fixed time intervals and a derived peak opacity time. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039735 | COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SELF-CALIBRATION WITHOUT CALIBRATION TARGETS - Approaches related to performing calibration of a CT scanner or of processes (e.g., correction and/or reconstruction) performed on acquired CT scan data are described. In certain described approaches, calibration is attained without performing a calibration scan using a dedicated calibration phantom. In certain embodiments, calibration is performed using a feature intrinsic to the imaged object, such as a jacket disposed about a drilled core sample. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039736 | Method and Apparatus to Improve a 3D + Time Reconstruction - A method for making a three-dimensional surface reconstruction of an object from two or more bi-dimensional images of the object, so called 2D images, comprising:
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20170039737 | DECISION SUPPORT FOR DISEASE CHARACTERIZATION AND TREATMENT RESPONSE WITH DISEASE AND PERI-DISEASE RADIOMICS - Methods, apparatus, and other embodiments associated with classifying a region of tissue using textural analysis are described. One example apparatus includes an image acquisition logic that acquires an image of a region of tissue demonstrating cancerous pathology, a delineation logic that distinguishes nodule tissue within the image from the background of the image, a perinodular zone logic that defines a perinodular zone based on the nodule, a feature extraction logic that extracts a set of features from the image, a probability logic that computes a probability that the nodule is benign or that the nodule will respond to a treatment, and a classification logic that classifies the nodule tissue based, at least in part, on the set of features or the probability. A prognosis or treatment plan may be provided based on the classification of the image. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039738 | GATING WITH ANATOMICALLY VARYING DURATIONS - A method for reconstructing a radioactive emission image of an overall volume having first and second volumetric regions, each volumetric region having respectively independent dynamic characteristics. The method comprises the following steps: a) obtaining radioactive emissions from the overall volume, including the volumetric regions, b) reconstructing an initial radioactive emission image of the volumetric region according to the radioactive emissions, c) segmenting the initial radioactive emission image to delineate the first and second volumetric regions, and d) separately reconstructing the first and the second volumetric regions according to the respectively independent dynamic characteristics. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039739 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEMS - A graphics processing system for generating a render output using an input curve defined in a world space includes processing circuitry configured to determine a portion of a canonical curve defined in canonical space that corresponds to the input curve and the transformation needed to map the input curve to the portion of the canonical curve. For sampling points in the world space surrounding the input curve, the processing circuitry is configured to transform the sampling points from the world space to the canonical space using the determined transformation between the world space and the canonical space; and determine, in the canonical space, the closest point on the determined portion of the canonical curve to the transformed sampling point. The system also includes processing circuitry capable of using the determined closest points on the canonical curve for the transformed sampling points in the canonical space when generating a render output. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039740 | Fitting a Parametric Curve using Maximum Curvature - Maximum curvature techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a curve includes a first data point disposed between second and third data points. The first data point is freely moveable while the second and third data points are constrained from movement. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039741 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION - Innovations for computer-aided data visualizations are presented. A computer-aided data visualization is generated from data representing a plurality of measures. Example computer-aided data visualizations include a first enhanced graphical element. The first enhanced graphical element conveys information regarding a first derived measure, a first intrinsic measure, and a second derived measure or a second intrinsic measure from among the plurality of measures. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039742 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTEGRATED PLOT TRAINING - A method for correlating data collected from at least one sensor of machinery with a malfunction of the machinery includes storing, in a memory, one or more reference data sets where each reference data set is associated with a malfunction of the machinery. The method also includes receiving measurement data based on measurement information from the at least one sensor and displaying, with a display device, a first plot representing a reference data set of the one or more reference data sets where the first plot has a plot type associated with the reference data set. The method also includes displaying, with the display device, a second plot representing the measurement data where the second plot is plotted using the first plot based at least in part with the association of the plot type with the reference data set. Furthermore, the method includes displaying, with the display device, an explanation of an appearance of the second plot. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039743 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING PATH RENDERING - A method of performing path rendering includes selecting a tile including a path from tiles in a frame based on tile bin data, splitting the selected tile into a plurality of first sub-tiles, selecting a first sub-tile that does not include the path from the plurality of first sub-tiles, and updating an initial winding number of the selected first sub-tile. The tile bin data includes an initial winding number of each of the tiles in the frame. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039744 | Thermocline Display - Various implementations described herein are directed to a device having a display and a computer configured to receive data from one or more sensors. The data may include positional data and thermocline data. The computer may be configured to display a first image associated with a chart map of a body of water that identifies areas having a thermocline layer based on the positional data and the thermocline data. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039745 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An apparatus that creates an electronic album laying-out images in units of pages from a plurality of image files, comprising a management unit which manages, by classifying into a plurality of pre-set categories, templates that define a location region of an image to be located in a page, a setting unit which sets one of the plurality of categories for each page, a decision unit which analyzes image files that are targets to include in an electronic album, and decides images that are targets to lay out in each page, and a layout unit which lays out each decided image as a target to lay out to a page of interest, by using a template classified into a category set to a page of interest by the setting unit from the templates managed by the management unit. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039746 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A feature amount is analyzed for each of a plurality of images as layout target candidates. A kind of scene into which the plurality of images are classified is determined based on the analyzed feature amounts of the plurality of images. The images as evaluation targets are evaluated in accordance with an evaluation criterion corresponding to the kind of scene determined for the images as evaluation targets. An image to be laid out is selected from the plurality of images based on the evaluation for each of the plurality of images. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039747 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A display control apparatus includes an acquiring unit, a first control unit, a selecting unit, a second control unit, a switching unit, and an arranging unit. The acquiring unit acquires an image group including pieces of image data. The first control unit displays a layout image in which images selected from the acquired image group are arranged in slots. The selecting unit selects a change target slot in which an image to be changed is arranged from the slots in the displayed layout image. The second control unit displays candidate images which are selected based on the image arranged in the change target slot. The switching unit switches the displayed candidate images to candidate images selected based on an image arranged in a slot different from the change target slot. The arranging unit arranges a candidate image selected from the displayed candidate images in the change target slot. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039748 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a setting unit setting the number of pieces of image data to be selected, an identifying unit identifying, based on a photographing date and time of each piece of image data of an image data group, a photographing period of the image data group, a dividing unit dividing the identified photographing period into a plurality of photographing sections, a selection unit selecting image data from an image data group corresponding to a target photographing section based on predetermined criteria, and a generation unit generating a layout image by arranging an image based on the selected image data, wherein selection of image data is repeated by setting an unselected photographing section as a next target photographing section to select a number of pieces of image data corresponding to the set number, and wherein the number of photographing sections is determined according to the set number. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039749 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PRODUCT VISUALIZATIONS - This disclosure includes a method for electronically generating a single image for product visualization. The method comprises receiving a selection of a first variation of a first consumer product layer with a first depth attribute from a plurality of variations of the first consumer product layer, each variation comprising at least one surface. The method further includes receiving a selection of a second variation of a second consumer product layer with a second depth attribute from a plurality of variations of the second consumer product layer, each variation comprising at least one surface. The method also includes layering the first variation of the first consumer product layer in the single image based at least on the first depth attribute; and layering the second variation of the second consumer product layer in the single image based at least on the second depth attribute. Related systems and apparatuses are also disclosed. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039750 | AVATAR FACIAL EXPRESSION AND/OR SPEECH DRIVEN ANIMATIONS - Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with animating and rendering an avatar are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a facial expression and speech tracker to respectively receive a plurality of image frames and audio of a user, and analyze the image frames and the audio to determine and track facial expressions and speech of the user. The tracker may further select a plurality of blend shapes, including assignment of weights of the blend shapes, for animating the avatar, based on tracked facial expressions or speech of the user. The tracker may select the plurality of blend shapes, including assignment of weights of the blend shapes, based on the tracked speech of the user, when visual conditions for tracking facial expressions of the user are determined to be below a quality threshold. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039751 | COMMUNICATION USING INTERACTIVE AVATARS - Generally this disclosure describes a video communication system that replaces actual live images of the participating users with animated avatars. A method may include selecting an avatar; initiating communication; detecting a user input; identifying the user input; identifying an animation command based on the user input; generating avatar parameters; and transmitting at least one of the animation command and the avatar parameters. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039752 | GENERATING AN AVATAR FROM REAL TIME IMAGE DATA - Technology is disclosed for automatically generating a facial avatar resembling a user in a defined art style. One or more processors generate a user 3D head model for the user based on captured 3D image data from a communicatively coupled 3D image capture device. A set of user transferable head features from the user 3D head model are automatically represented by the one or more processors in the facial avatar in accordance with rules governing transferable user 3D head features. In some embodiments, a base or reference head model of the avatar is remapped to include the set of user head features. In other embodiments, an avatar head shape model is selected based on the user 3D head model, and the transferable user 3D head features are represented in the avatar head shape model. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039753 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR UNINSTALLING AN APPLICATION - Method, apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for uninstalling application are provided in the disclosure, which belongs to the technical field of mobile terminal technology. The method includes receiving, from a user of the a mobile terminal device, an uninstall instruction for removing an application from the mobile terminal device, uninstalling the application from the mobile terminal device according to the uninstall instruction, and performing an animation process on a graphic user interface (GUI) displayed on a display panel of the mobile terminal device to remove an icon associated with the application from the GUI in order to inform the uninstallation of the application to the user. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039754 | DYNAMIC SUBROUTINE LINKAGE OPTIMIZING SHADER PERFORMANCE - Allocation of memory registers for shaders by a processor is described herein. For each shader, registers are allocated based on the shader's level of complexity. Simpler shader instances are restricted to a smaller number of memory registers. More complex shader instances are allotted more registers. To do so, developers' high level shading level (HLSL) language includes template classes of shaders that can later be replaced by complex or simple versions of the shader. The HLSL is converted to bytecode that can be used to rasterize pixels on a computing device. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039755 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING - A graphics processing system generates interpolated vertex shaded attribute data for plural sampling points of plural fragments of a quad fragment that is being used to sample a primitive. The interpolated vertex shaded attribute data for the plural sampling points is generated using a reference position for the quad fragment that is defined with respect to a first coordinate system, together with rotated sampling point delta values for the primitive that are defined with respect to a second coordinate system. The rotated sampling point delta values allow the interpolated vertex shaded attribute data to be generated more efficiently for the plural sampling points. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039756 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC ALIGNMENT AND PROJECTION MAPPING - A system and method for automatic alignment and projection mapping are provided. A projector and at least two cameras are mounted with fields of view that overlap a projection area on a three-dimensional environment. A computing device: controls the projector to project structured light patterns that uniquely illuminate portions of the environment; acquires images of the patterns from the cameras; generates a two-dimensional mapping of the portions between projector and camera space and by processing the images and correlated patterns; generates a cloud of points representing the environment using the mapping and camera positions; determines a projector location, orientation and lens characteristics from the cloud; positions a virtual camera relative to a virtual three-dimensional environment, corresponding to the environment, parameters of the virtual camera respectively matching parameters of the projector; and, controls the projector to project based on a virtual location, orientation and characteristics of the virtual camera. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039757 | Methods and Apparatus for Building a Three-Dimensional Model from Multiple Data Sets - Methods and apparatus for a map tool displaying a three-dimensional view of a map based on a three-dimensional model of the surrounding environment. The three-dimensional map view of a map may be based on a model constructed from multiple data sets, where the multiple data sets include mapping information for an overlapping area of the map displayed in the map view. For example, one data set may include two-dimensional data including object footprints, where the object footprints may be extruded into a three-dimensional object based on data from a data set composed of three-dimensional data. In this example, the three-dimensional data may include height information that corresponds to the two-dimensional object, where the height may be obtained by correlating the location of the two-dimensional object within the three-dimensional data. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039758 | RESOLUTION ENHANCED 3D RENDERING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods are provided for rendering 3D images or video without significantly losing resolution or increasing the resolution. The systems and methods for 3D rendering technology can work with different types of 3D data frames that include left eye image and right eye image sub-frames. The 3D data frames render 3D imagery with side-by-side (SXS), top-and-bottom (TB), and frame packing (FP), as well as others such as full high definition 3D (FHD3D), frame sequential 3D, passive 3D rendering or the like. System and methods are provided for creating inverse pixel strips, and preparing 3D images that include the inverse pixel strips. Systems and methods are provided for expanding images in a plane without significant loss of resolution. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039759 | THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELING - Systems and methods of creating a 3 Dimensional (3D) model of an object suitable for 3D printing are described. A method comprises defining an initial cuboid of edge lengths Lx, Ly, Lz for creating the 3D model, wherein the initial cuboid implicitly includes inner cuboids such that starting from the initial cuboid each cuboid is recursively splitable into eight identical inner cuboids. Further, the method comprises iteratively, receiving an input specifying a size of an inner cuboid to be modified and a selection of a point on the screen. Based on the received user input, at least one inner cuboid which is to be modified is identified. Once the inner cube to be modified is identified, the inner cube may be modified by marking the at least one inner cuboid as filled or empty. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039760 | METHOD FOR CREATING A 3D REPRESENTATION AND CORRESPONDING IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - In a method for creating a 3D representation of a recording object it is provided, with respect to recorded individual images ( | 2017-02-09 |
20170039761 | Image Processing Method And Apparatus - An image processing method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes obtaining a two-dimensional target face image, receiving an identification curve marked by a user in the target face image, locating a facial contour curve of a face from the target face image according to the identification curve and by using an image segmentation technology, determining a three-dimensional posture and a feature point position of the face in the target face image, and constructing a three-dimensional shape of the face in the target face image according to the facial contour curve, the three-dimensional posture, and the feature point position of the face in the target face image by using a preset empirical model of a three-dimensional face shape and a target function matching the empirical model of the three-dimensional face shape. Using the method and apparatus, the complexity of three-dimensional face shape construction can be reduced. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039762 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING - A graphics processing pipeline comprises a tessellation stage that is configured to tessellate a patch into tessellation primitives. When tessellating the patch, the tessellation stage generates tessellation vertex coordinate pairs that define within a parameter space the locations of vertices of the tessellation primitives for the patch. The tessellation vertex coordinate pairs are initially represented using a first binary representation and are then encoded into a more convenient second binary representation, but without any loss of resolution in the data. The step of encoding comprises mapping at least one of the tessellation vertex coordinate pairs to a mapped coordinate pair that can be represented using the second binary representation, wherein the mapped coordinate pair defines a location within an area of the parameter space that would otherwise be unused, invalid and/or unreachable for the vertices of the tessellation primitives for the patch. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039763 | System and Method for Modeling Virtual Contaminants - A method and a computer system for modeling, in a virtual environment of a computer simulation, virtual contaminants in a scene to be rendered. A processing module, using a graphical user interface on a display device, is used for defining, in a model, a first additive zone of the scene over which a virtual contaminant is to be added, defining, in the model, a second subtractive zone of the scene over which the virtual contaminant is to be at least partially removed, the second subtractive zone being at least partially enclosed within the first additive zone and a memory module is used for storing the model, the model being made available through a storage module for rendering the virtual contaminants on the scene in the computer simulation. A preview mode is used for launching the computer simulation at a rate lower than the expected rate of the computer simulation. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039764 | INTERFACE FOR PLANNING FLIGHT PATH - A flight path of a physical aircraft vehicle is planned. A virtual three-dimensional model of a physical environment is provided. A placement indicator is tracked within the virtual three-dimensional model of the physical environment. Tracking the placement indicator includes tracking a location and an orientation of the placement indicator within the virtual three-dimensional model. A viewfinder display window that displays a simulated image captured from a simulated camera of a simulated vehicle located at the location of the placement indicator and oriented at a direction of the orientation of the placement indicator is provided. For the physical aircraft vehicle, at least a flight path and a camera image capture are planned using the placement indicator and the viewfinder display window within the virtual three-dimensional model. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039765 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME OVERLAY OF MAP FEATURES ONTO A VIDEO FEED - A method is provided for augmenting video feed obtained by a camera of a aerial vehicle to a user interface. The method can include obtaining a sequence of video images with or without corresponding sensor metadata from the aerial vehicle; obtaining supplemental data based on the sequence of video images and the sensor metadata; correcting an error in the sensor metadata using a reconstruction error minimization technique; creating a geographically-referenced scene model based on a virtual sensor coordinate system that is registered to the sequence of video images; overlaying the supplemental information onto the geographically-referenced scene model by rendering geo-registered data from a 3D perspective that matches a corrected camera model; creating a video stream of a virtual representation from the scene from the perspective of the camera based on the overlaying; and providing the video stream to a UI to be render onto a display. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039766 | MODULAR MULTI-MODE VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET - A modular virtual reality headset that may be operated in multiple modes. Embodiments enable a mount with modular receivers having electronic and mechanical interfaces that accept swappable modules. Swappable modules may include swappable display modules, swappable audio modules, and swappable sensor modules. Embodiments enable multiple modes of operation, including for example a virtual mode to display virtual reality environments, a real mode to display images of the real environment surrounding the user, and an augmented reality mode that overlays real scenes with other information. Embodiments may also provide multiple modes of operation for audio. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039767 | VIRTUALLY VISUALIZING ENERGY - The techniques describe herein use sensor(s) to scan a real-world environment and obtain data associated with geometry of the real-world environment that affects how energy propagates (e.g., locations of spatial objects in a room). The sensor(s) also detect energy (e.g., sound) in the real-world environment, from which a location of a source of the energy can be determined. The techniques combine the geometry data and the energy data to determine how the detected energy propagates from the location of the source through the real-world environment. The techniques can then cause a representation of the propagating energy to be displayed, to a user, as virtual content via a mixed reality device. Accordingly, a user is able to see energy that is otherwise invisible. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039768 | APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE CONTENT BASED ON POP-UP BOOK AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for displaying image content based on pop-up book includes: a database for storing multiple pieces of reference depth-based mesh information, acquired for each page of pop-up book where stereoscopic shapes stand when the pop-up book is opened, and image content corresponding to each page; a depth information acquisition unit for acquiring an image including depth information by capturing the current page where the stereoscopic shapes protrude as a result of opening the pop-up book at arbitrary point, and generating depth-based mesh information about the current page; and a display unit for recognizing the current page by matching the multiple reference depth-based mesh information with the depth-based mesh information about the current page, generated by the depth information acquisition unit, extracting image content corresponding to the recognized current page from the database, and projecting it onto the current page. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039769 | VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention relates to the technical field of augmented reality. A virtual reality display method is disclosed, comprising: acquiring a real scene picture; retrieving from the real scene picture a target image having the same shape and color with a sample image, and extracting the space coordinates of the target image; and shielding off or highlighting the target image according to the space coordinates. From the perspective of subtraction and on the basis of a real scene, the virtual reality display method and system according to the embodiment of the present invention achieve the effect of shielding off or weakening interference information of the real scene and highlighting the real subject of interest by means of shielding off or highlighting. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039770 | MIXED REALITY SOCIAL INTERACTION - Mixed reality social interactions are described. Techniques described herein include determining authentication information associated with a mixed reality display device and determining that a content item is visible in a mixed reality environment associated with the mixed reality display device. In an example, a content item may be determined to be visible based at least in part on content data indicating that the content item is owned by the mixed reality display device and/or has been shared with the mixed reality display device. The content data may also indicate an identification of a content item of the plurality of content items, an owner of the content item, and permissions associated with the content item. The techniques further describe causing a graphical representation of the content item to be presented via a display on the mixed reality display device. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039771 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MARKERLESS INJECTION OF ADS IN AR - A method is provided for markerless injection of content into an augmented reality scene by use of a mobile device. Through the mobile device, a camera feed of a scene is acquired, which includes a flat surface. A key frame of the flat surface is selected from the feed. After determining that the flat surface in the key frame meets a predetermined level of feature richness, digital content is injected by superimposing text, graphics, video content over at least a part of the key frame. The digital content can be viewed and interacted with by the user of the mobile device. In one embodiment, the digital content is an advertisement. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039772 | DISPLAY APPARATUS ASSEMBLY - A display apparatus assembly including: a display apparatus; and a speed measuring device that measures a movement speed of the display apparatus, wherein the display apparatus includes a glass-type frame that is mounted on a head of an observer and two image displaying devices for left and right eyes that are mounted in the frame, each of the image displaying devices includes an image forming device, an optical system that forms light output from the image forming device to be parallel light, and an optical device to which light output from the optical system is incident and in which the light is guided so as to be output, and a convergence angle is changed based on the movement speed of the display apparatus that is measured by the speed measuring device. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039773 | CONSTRUCTING AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENT WITH PRE-COMPUTED LIGHTING - Embodiments related to efficiently constructing an augmented reality environment with global illumination effects are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of displaying an augmented reality image via a display device. The method includes receiving image data, the image data capturing an image of a local environment of the display device, and identifying a physical feature of the local environment via the image data. The method further includes constructing an augmented reality image of a virtual structure for display over the physical feature in spatial registration with the physical feature from a viewpoint of a user, the augmented reality image comprising a plurality of modular virtual structure segments arranged in adjacent locations to form the virtual structure feature, each modular virtual structure segment comprising a pre-computed global illumination effect, and outputting the augmented reality image to the display device. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039774 | Augmented Reality Communications - Disclosed herein is a method of augmented reality communications involving at least one ar-computer connected to ar-eyewear having an ar-camera and an ar-display, as well as an ar video communication system suitable for augmented reality communications over a data-communications-network. The method comprising the acts of determining at least one data structure that delimits at least one portion of a field of view onto the surface of a mirror; if the at least one data structure includes an ar-bound-box, then selecting the ar-camera video using the ar-bound-box and sending a formatted-ar-camera-video using the ar-bound-box; and if the at least one data structure includes an ar-video-overlay, then receiving a received-video and displaying the received-video in the ar-video-overlay. The system includes: an ar-eye-wear including at least one ar-display, and at least one ar-camera; an ar-computer including at least an ar-video-communications-module and other-modules, the ar-computer connected with the ar-eyewear so as to enable the ar-video-communications-module and other modules to use the ar-display and the ar-camera. The ar-video-communications-module is configured for at least one of determining an ar-bound-box, selecting ar-camera video using an ar-bound-box, sending formatted-ar-camera-video, receiving video, determining an ar-video-overlay, and displaying video in an ar-video-overlay. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039775 | Virtual Apparel Fitting Systems and Methods - Embodiments disclosed herein include virtual apparel fitting systems configured to perform methods comprising generating a plurality of garment images for a garment based on a single digital image of the garment, wherein each garment image corresponds to a different size of the garment; generating a user image for a user based on a digital photograph of the user; receiving a selection comprising the garment; in response to receiving the selection comprising the garment, generating an image of the user wearing the garment based on an alignment of garment fit points in one garment image of the plurality of garment images with corresponding user fit points in the user image; and transmitting the image of the user wearing the garment to the user's computing device for display in a graphical user interface. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039776 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus acquires information representing directivity at the time of imaging a first image of an object obtained by a first apparatus, extracts an image of a target tissue from a second image of the object obtained by a second apparatus, and estimates a depicting appearance of the target tissue in the first image based on a relationship between the information representing the directivity and the image of the target tissue. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039777 | System and Method for Rendering Virtual Contaminants - Method and computer system for performing a computer simulation in which virtual contaminants are rendered on a scene thereof. A model defining a virtual environment of the computer simulation is loaded into memory module. The virtual environment defines a first additive zone and a second subtractive zone with vector paths therewithin and being at least partially enclosed within the first additive zone. An image generator module is used for adding a virtual contaminant over the first additive zone, removing, at least partially, the virtual contaminant within the second subtractive zone along the paths in 2D leaving a remaining virtual contaminant in the first additive zone and rendering an image for display comprising the remaining virtual contaminant in the virtual environment using a visual texture of the virtual contaminant. At least one border is defined along the paths for allowing smooth visual transition with one or more neighboring images. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039778 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPENSING - In some embodiments, the instant invention provides an exemplary method for dispensing that at least includes: initiating a movement of a dispensing object along a dispensing passage of a dispensing device; determining, by a displacement sensor, a magnitude of a displacement of the dispensing object along the dispensing passage based on remotely measuring, by the displacement sensor, a characteristic associated with the dispensing object during the movement of the dispensing object along the dispensing passage; generating an indication by the displacement sensor when the magnitude of the displacement is equal to or exceeds a pre-determined distance value; separating, based on the indication, a portion from the dispensing object to form a remaining portion of the dispensing object and a separated portion of the dispensing object; and dispensing the separated portion of the dispensing object from the dispensing device. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039779 | SUSTAINABLE REAL-TIME PARKING AVAILABILITY SYSTEM - The present invention relates in general to parking availability systems and methods of parking, and more specifically, to a parking system that manages individual parking spaces in real-time. Notably, the present invention gives a parking asset owner flexibility to adjust parking prices for individual parking spaces within a parking facility in real-time depending upon dynamic market conditions such as demand, convenience, and location. The purpose of the invention is to offer parking consumers a choice in parking price tiers to encourage turnover and maximize revenue streams for the parking asset owner. Additional benefits of the present invention to the parking asset owner include improved service to customers, obtaining LEED credits, reducing harmful carbon emissions, mitigating transportation demand, saving time through stream-lined parking operations, and eco-friendly solutions to parking problems not solved by traditional parking models. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039780 | Timing System - The invention relates to a timing system for measuring a runner's ( | 2017-02-09 |
20170039781 | TIME-MEASURING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a time-measuring system for measuring the running time of a runner ( | 2017-02-09 |
20170039782 | Device, System and Method for Aggregating Networks and Serving Data from Those Networks to Computers - Disclosed herein, in one example, is a device for aggregating networks in a vehicle and serving data, including video data, from those networks to a computer for integrating information from various systems in a vehicle, processing that information, and presenting the information to a user in a suitable format. The device for aggregating networks, in another example, is specific to a vehicle and serving data, including video data, from those networks to computers. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039783 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING VEHICLE DATA OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The present disclosure concerns a system and method with the steps: detecting of the signal strength of a mobile radio connection between the motor vehicle and a mobile radio network at detection positions of the motor vehicle; after it is ascertained from the detected signal strength that the mobile radio connection has been interrupted and the motor vehicle has been parked as of this time within a predetermined duration: storing of the position of the motor vehicle in which the motor vehicle was situated at the time of the interruption as a dead spot; relaying of predetermined vehicle data to a vehicle-external server device as soon as it is determined, after the storing of the dead spot, that the motor vehicle in a new trip has approached within a given distance of the memorized dead spot; providing of the relayed vehicle data by means of the vehicle-external server device. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039784 | AUTOMOBILE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE USING DYNAMIC TELEMATIC DATA PARSING - An on-board vehicle diagnostic device in communication with a vehicle is provided. The device includes a housing formed from a suitable material. The housing includes a plurality of connector pins. The pins are formed to interconnect with an OBD port, such as any OBD-II port found in a vehicle. The pins are additionally formed such that they engage the OBD-II port and remain connected to the port. The OBD-II port is located in the vehicle, and is in communication with an on-board vehicle processor. Also provided within the housing are a wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver. The wireless receiver may be configured to receive, from the on-board vehicle processor, vehicle diagnostic pin-readouts. The pin-readouts may include location information, such as GPS coordinates. The wireless receiver may be further configured to receive geofence coordinate information, which may correspond to a geographical area. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039785 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF FAILURE IN A VEHICLE - A method for determining a cause of fault in a vehicle. The method involves a fault report being received on a server outside the vehicle and a cause of fault being determined in the server based on the fault report and load collective data from the vehicle and/or based on the fault report and vehicle condition variables from the vehicle. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039786 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AN EARTH-MOVING OPERATION OF A MACHINE - A computer-implemented method for monitoring an operation performed by a machine having an implement is provided. The method includes determining a fuel consumption rate value of the machine. The method also includes generating a provisional value based at least in part on the fuel consumption rate value for the operation. The method further includes determining one or more thresholds for the operation. The one or more thresholds correspond to a normal fuel consumption rate value of the machine for the operation. The method further includes generating a status indicator, indicative of a score of the operation based at least in part on a comparison of the provisional value and the one or more thresholds. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039787 | METHOD FOR MANAGING HEALTH OF MACHINE - A method for parts management of a machine is provided. The method includes receiving operational information, identification information, and visual information associated with a plurality of components of the machine. The method further includes capturing visual information associated with at least a portion of the machine. The portion of the machine includes one or more target components. The method includes analyzing the visual information associated with the portion of the machine and the visual information associated with the plurality of components of the machine, to identify the one or more target components from the plurality of components. The method further includes displaying, using augmented reality, the operational information and the identification information associated with the one or more target components superimposed with the visual information associated with the one or more target components on the mobile inspection device. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039788 | System and Method for Wirelessly Authenticating a Device Having a Sensor - A method for wireless authentication of a device to a machine is provided. The device has a sensor and the method includes sensing, by a sensor of the device, a first input pattern of physical parameters received at the device. The method includes wirelessly transmitting, from the device, an identification signal to a machine upon said sensing of the first input pattern. The method includes wirelessly receiving, at the device, an authentication signal indicating an authentication of the device, wherein the device is configured to interact with the machine upon the wireless receiving of the authentication. | 2017-02-09 |
20170039789 | SELF-PROVISIONING ACCESS CONTROL - A processor-implemented access control method includes receiving credential and policy directory information to configure an access controller to allow self-provisioning of the access controller through periodic, automated query of the directory by the access controller; acquiring from the directory, credential and policy information for one or more individuals who may require access; storing in a local cache the acquired credential and policy information; receiving an access request to allow an individual access; comparing the access request to the credential and policy information in the cache; and when the comparison indicates a match, granting the individual access. | 2017-02-09 |