09th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180060968 | Repositioning a Value Axis - Various embodiments of a trading screen allow a market value indicator to go out of view without necessarily triggering a command to reposition a value axis. The value axis may be repositioned to bring the market value indicator back in view when the market value indicator satisfies a threshold condition. The threshold condition is defined such that it is possible for the market value indicator to go out of view and not trigger a command to reposition the value axis. Various embodiments automatically reposition the value axis in a way that can provide the user with more overall control of the trading screen than previous trading screens. Further, the user may gain increased confidence in using the trading display, particularly with respect to single action order entry, because there is less risk of the value changing on the display during order entry. These advantages and others will be evident to a person of ordinary skill in the art of the embodiments described herein. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060969 | System And Network For Tiered Optimization - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media, and apparatuses for optimizing policy underwriting and insurance policy coverage are described herein. Insurance information related to a new homeowner insurance policy may be retrieved from one or more insurance system databases. The insurance information may comprise an insurance policy premium. An unrestrained rating plan premium may be determined based on a plurality of premium components. The plurality of premium components may comprise at least one multiplicative factor and at least one additive factor determined from the insurance information. An underwriting score may be determined based on the unrestrained rating plan premium and the insurance policy premium. In response to determining that the underwriting score fails to meet a predetermined underwriting score threshold, the new homeowner insurance policy may be rejected. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060970 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXT-BASED DRIVER MONITORING - The disclosure provides electronic systems and methods for monitoring and improving driver behaviour. Driver maneuver data is obtained and used along with contextual data in order to determine enhanced estimates of driver and route riskiness. The output of the determination can be used by a variety of users including insurance providers. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060971 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK FOR DYNAMIC INFORMATION PROCESSING - The present disclosure includes techniques pertaining to computer implemented systems and methods for dynamic information processing. In one embodiment, the present disclosure includes a computer-implemented method comprising receiving, in a software defined network, configuration information comprising one or more category codes and at least one location code corresponding to one or more transactions on the software defined network and receiving electronic documents having the same and different data fields. The configuration information is used to identify location specific mapping operators to transform input data to output data. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060972 | IDENTIFYING AND RECOMMENDING POTENTIAL BENEFITS - Potential benefits that may be applicable to a taxpayer are identified based upon other tax returns for other similar taxpayers, specifically based upon a common external entity that may provide or be associated with the benefit. Identified potential benefits are then recommended to the user. Steps may include receiving a set of taxpayer information related, at least in part, to a subject tax return of the subject taxpayer; identifying an external entity identified on the subject tax return; analyzing a filed return data store to determine benefits reported on tax returns that are indicative of the external entity; identifying a potential benefit associated with the external entity; determining an estimated criterion for the potential benefit; determining whether the subject taxpayer is likely eligible for the potential benefit, based upon the estimated criterion and the set of taxpayer information; and recommending the potential benefit to the subject taxpayer. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060973 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PACING PAGE RECOMMENDATIONS - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine a plurality of candidate entities for recommendation to a user of a social networking system based on candidate criteria. A recommendation pace rating is determined for each of the plurality of candidate entities based on historical recommendation data. A first entity of the plurality of candidate entities is selected for recommendation to the user based on the recommendation pace ratings. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060974 | SOCIAL NETWORKING RELATIONSHIPS PROCESSING METHOD, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A social networking relationships processing method includes: accessing a first forward-relationships set corresponding to a user identification of a first user in multiple data centers; obtaining an inverted-reverse-relationships set corresponding to the user identification of the first user; determining whether a difference between the first forward-relationships set of the first user and the inverted-reverse-relationship set corresponding to the user identification exists; in response to determining that the difference between the forward-relationships set and the inverted-reverse-relationships set exits, identifying a second user that causes the difference; respectively accessing first relationship information of the first user and second relationship information of the second user stored in associated data centers; and updating at least one of the first forward-relationships set of the first user or a second reverse-relationships set of the second user according to the relationship information of the first user and the second user from the associated data centers. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060975 | OPTIMIZING SPLIT FERTILIZER APPLICATION - In an embodiment, a method comprises: receiving pre-planting data representing a lower bound date value and an upper bound date value of dates for a pre-planting application of fertilizer to an agricultural field; side-dressing data representing a lower bound date value and an upper bound date value of dates for a side-dressing application; fertilizer cost data representing a cost of a fertilizer application; labor cost data representing a cost of applying fertilizer to the field; and expected profit data. Based on the received data, one or more penalty constraints are determined. Based on the received data, a fertilizing schedule is generated. The schedule comprises the one or more valid calendar dates on which fertilizing the agricultural field is recommended and the one or more valid fertilizer amounts to be applied to the agricultural field on the one or more valid calendar dates to maximize a yield from the agricultural field. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060976 | PRIVACY-PRESERVING SMART METERING - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide method, system and computer program product for privacy preserving smart metering. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a plurality of customer-encrypted meter readings are received, each of the plurality of customer-encrypted meter readings being encrypted by a customer using a customer key, then a summation of customer keys is obtained, next the plurality of customer-encrypted meter readings are summed, and the summation of the plurality of customer-encrypted meter readings is decrypted based on the obtained summation of customer keys. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060977 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING FLUID RESOURCES - Methods and systems for providing fluid resources are disclosed. A system or method may comprise developing an accurate fluid resource need that allows for expedited true up of fluid resource deliver from resource suppliers to a utility provider. The system and methods for delivering a fluid resource may include calculating a regression line based on fluid resource usage, and an associated temperature during the usage period, and a forecasted temperature for a future time period when the fluid resource will needed. The regression line may be used to obtain the amount fluid resource needed from resource suppliers for deliver by a utility provider to customers. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060978 | System, method, and apparatus for settlement for participation in an electric power grid - Systems and methods for market-based financial settlement in an electric power grid are disclosed. A settlement processor is constructed and configured for IP-based communication with at least one active grid element via at least one coordinator. The at least one active grid element is registered with the at least one coordinator to participate within the electric power grid. The at least one coordinator tracks the at least one active grid element in the electric power grid. The at least one active grid element transmits at least one IP-based settlement message to the settlement processor via the at least one coordinator. The at least one IP-based settlement message comprises at least one kilowatt packet (KWP) unit, and the at least one KWP unit is based on measurement data for a participation of the at least one active grid element in the electric power grid. The settlement processor provides a market-based financial settlement for the participation of the at least one active grid element based on the at least one KWP unit in real time or near real time. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060979 | METHODS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS WHICH RELATE TO TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS - There is provided a computer-implemented method of providing an itinerary search result, the method including the steps of: (i) presenting in a computing device user interface events proximate to a selected date, wherein the events are obtained from a calendar on the device; (ii) providing a selectable option in the user interface to select an itinerary search corresponding at least in part to the presented calendar events; (iii) receiving a selection of the selectable option; (iv) sending an itinerary search request to a server; (v) receiving an itinerary search result from the server, and (vi) presenting the itinerary search result in the user interface on the device. Related devices, systems and computer program products are disclosed. Further methods, devices, systems, servers and computer program products which relate to travel arrangements are disclosed. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060980 | SEARCH WITH HOME TOUR NAVIGATION - A search with home tour navigation receives housing input (e.g., a user's housing preferences), calculates a route based on the selected/determined houses and displays the calculated route (e.g., a fastest route). The search with home tour navigation is able to factor in elements such as traffic, open house times, agent availability and/or any other factors and provide users and agents with additional capabilities such as communication and check-in/check-out features. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060981 | NETWORK-LEVERAGED REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A network-leveraged real estate transaction assistance system is provided to facilitate matching, engaging, contracting, and communicating between parties to a real estate and/or property rental transaction by a network-leveraged system. The network-leveraged real estate transaction assistance system may include a property rental and real estate transaction assistance platform, database, platform components, renter component, matching component, communication component, broker-assisted component, landlord direct component, landlord management component, lead marketplace component, guaranteed rental income protection, renter profile validation aspect, and tenant exchange. A method for facilitating matching, engaging, contracting, and communicating between parties to a real estate and/or property rental transaction by a network-leveraged system using the network-leveraged real estate transaction assistance system is also provided. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060982 | LEGAL RESEARCH RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for assisting with legal research and for aiding in the discovery of information and documents relevant to a user's research focus. The inventive systems receive identifications of relevant documents explicitly or implicitly from a user's research session and, based on issues relevant to those documents and other connections to those documents, recommends similar documents to the user for their consideration. Recommendations may be ranked and filtered and the recommendations and their ranking may be based at least in part on aggregated research session information from previous research sessions. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060983 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING DOCUMENTS - Systems and methods are provided for analyzing documents. In one implementation, a computer implemented method is provided for analyzing a patent application and providing a visual representation. According to the method, a selection is received from a user to view claims of the patent application in a claim tree hierarchy and a computer displays the claims in the claim tree hierarchy on a display. The claim tree hierarchy visually depicts relationships between the claims. The method identifies one or more words of at least one of the claims that constitutes an element and displays, in the claim tree hierarchy, the words constituting the element in association with the claim. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060984 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTENT PROCESSING TO DETERMINE PRE-REQUISITE SUBJECT MATTERS IN MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A method and a system are provided for content processing to determine pre-requisite subject matters for subject matters in multimedia content. The method determines a set of pre-requisite concepts and a set of outcome concepts for each of a set of multimedia content of a course. The method determines a concept coverage score based on at least the determined set of pre-requisite concepts and the determined set of outcome concepts. The method further determines a relevance score of each pre-requisite concept that corresponds to the set of pre-requisite concepts. The method further determines a weighted score for one of the first set of multimedia content based on the determined concept coverage score and the determined relevance score of one or more of the set of pre-requisite concepts. Further, the method determines a set of pre-requisite subject matters for the subject matters based on at least the determined weighted score. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060985 | ONLINE 24/7 VIRTUAL COACHING PLATFORM - An online 24/7 virtual coaching platform is provided. The coaching platform includes remotely coupling a plurality of coaches to a computer; providing a database for the computer, wherein the computer is adapted to retrievably store a credential of each of the plurality of coaches, wherein the computer is adapted to identify an availability of each of the plurality of coaches; providing a preference selection functionality for the computer, wherein the computer is adapted to prompt a user for a selection from a plurality of market segments, wherein the plurality of market segments includes a list of coaching areas and a list of expertise levels; and in response to receiving the selection, determining at the computer an associated coach from the plurality of coaches based in part on the selection and the credential of the associated coach. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060986 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, ROAD STRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND ROAD STRUCTURE MANAGEMENT METHOD - According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes an input, a first storage, an acquirer, and a second storage. The input receives image data from an imager that captures, from a vehicle, an image of surroundings of the vehicle. The first storage stores, in correlation with each other, identification information for identifying a road structure contained in the image data for guiding the vehicle, and category information indicating a category of the road structure. The acquirer acquires location information representing a spot at which the vehicle is traveling. The second storage stores, in correlation with one another, the image data from which the road structure is detected based on the identification information stored in the first storage, the category information, and the location information indicating a spot at which the vehicle is traveling at the time of capturing the image data containing the road structure. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060987 | IDENTIFICATION OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR IN HUMAN ACTIVITY BASED ON INTERNET OF THINGS COLLECTED DATA - A system including at least one first sensor coupled to a tool, the at least one first sensor outputting data about an operation of the tool, at least one second sensor, the at least one second sensor outputting physiological data of a worker operating the tool, at least one environmental sensor outputting data about an environment of the worker operating the tool, a database device storing patterns including historic data of the operation of the tool, historic data of the physiological data in connection with operation of the tool and historic data of the environment of the worker, and a processor comparing the data about the operation of the tool, the physiological data of a worker operating the tool and the data about the environment of the worker operating the tool to the database of patterns, the processor detecting at least one anomaly and generating at least one alert. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060988 | System and Method for Optimization of On-Demand Microtransit - A system and method for optimization of on-demand microtransit is provided. A list of possible stops of one or more vehicles is maintained. A plurality of requests for transportation are received, each of the requests associated with at least one traveler. Travelers to be transported by one of the vehicles are selected. A set of a minimal number of the stops is selected, the set comprising at least one stop that is within a predefined walking distance of the origin location of each of the selected travelers and at least one stop within the predefined walking distance of the destination location of each of the selected travelers. Potential routes are identified for the vehicle that include the stops in the set. The potential routes are evaluated using a plurality of constraints and one of the routes is selected for fulfilling the requests of the selected travelers. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060989 | System, method and device for digitally assisted personal mobility management - “User terminal device for accompanying a user of the device while travelling in a geographic region served locally by at least one transport provider, such as a transport authority and/or transport operator, offering passenger transport such as public transport services therein, said terminal device being configured to receive and store a digital token containing digitally signed data and issued by a remote mobility management system trusted, by default, by the transport provider, said token being allocated to the user as a digital proof of the user's subscription to the system, wherein the token exhibits a temporally limited right to utilize the transport services within the region, said signed data being optionally established using a private signing key associated with the system, to transmit a number of wireless signals to the system, including signals indicative of the times and corresponding locations of device during the user's stay within the region to facilitate the system keeping track of the movement and related usage of transport services in the region by the user, and to indicate, responsive to a triggering event, the token including said digitally signed data wirelessly to a proximate verification apparatus associated with the transport provider, optionally other electronic mobile communication terminal device carried by an inspector or a stationary or vehicle-installed verification apparatus, to enable the verification apparatus to inspect the user's subscription based on the indicated token data and check the authenticity of the signature through the application of verification data associated with the system and preferably stored in the apparatus, said verification data optionally including a public key associated with the system. Related system and methods are presented.” | 2018-03-01 |
20180060990 | REAL-TIME RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR ON-DEMAND SERVICES - A method and system for determining and updating a value pertaining to supply and/or demand conditions of a service in a specified geographic region is provided. The method and system enable resources to be managed over multiple geographic regions. The system determines an initial value pertaining to supply and/or demand conditions in the specified geographic area based on data collected from provider and requester devices. The system determines whether the initial value requires real-time update to account for unpredictable and fast-changing variations in supply and/or demand conditions that can cause imbalance in resource allocation across the multiple geographic regions. If the system determines that the initial value requires real-time update, the system generates a real-time value based on supply and/or demand information pertaining to conditions in nearby geographic regions. The system facilitates the provision of the service using real-time value or the initial value, depending on the determination. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060991 | PLACEMENT SYSTEM FOR MOBILE OBJECTS - A placement system for mobile objects accesses a storage means for storing dispatch information related to factors that influence the dispatch of vehicles in association with locations on a map, displays a map on a user terminal, receives the input of a location on the map, refers to dispatch information and determines dispatch candidate locations that are candidates for dispatching a vehicle on the basis of their location on the map, and displays dispatch candidate locations on the map. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060992 | Systems and Methods for Allocating Networked Vehicle Resources in Priority Environments - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media provide for allocating vehicle resources to future vehicle requirements based on priority environments, such as in or near ‘hot spots,’ or other priority locations, where requests for vehicle resources are or are expected to be particularly high. In one embodiment, a vehicle resource allocation system allocates vehicles to requested locations such that vehicles of a fleet become more readily available to a hot spot, without requiring vehicles to be directed specifically to the hot spot. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060993 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITIZING SAMPLES UNDER A MICROSCOPE - The embodiments herein provides a system and method for capturing images or videos observed through a microscope by focusing the image and selecting the appropriate field of view using a smart computing device or any device with a camera capable of capturing images or videos, being programmed and configured to communicate with at least one of the short range communication protocols. The smart computing device is attached to the eyepiece of the microscope. The image is captured by activating an application installed on the smart computing device and is displayed in a split screen view. The user is enabled to focus the image and select the appropriate field of view using the split screen image. The smart computing device communicates with a robot attached to the control knobs of the microscope for focusing the image and selecting the appropriate field of view. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060994 | System and Methods for Designing Unobtrusive Video Response Codes - System for conveying a stream of information visually and obtrusively. The system includes an encoding device employing a spatio-temporal coding scheme that omits light, including codes embedded therein that are invisible to a user. A receiver that might be a cell phone camera receives light from the encoding device and computer apparatus is programmed with software to decode the received light to generate the stream of information. The encoding device is preferably a video display. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060995 | On-Die Tessellation Distribution - The tessellation processing rate of a graphics processor may be increased using of local tessellation work redistribution. The redistribution mechanism may avoid the need for large on-die buffers and, as the distribution is local, the performance and power penalty incurred by use of off-chip memory accesses may also avoided in some embodiments. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060996 | INTELLIGENT PROVISIONING OF VIRTUAL GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNIT RESOURCES - A system and method for placing virtual computing instances in a distributed computer system utilizes virtual graphic processing unit (vGPU) requirements of the virtual computing instances to place the virtual computing instances on a plurality of hosts of the distributed computer system. Each virtual computing instance with vGPU requirements is placed on one of the plurality of hosts in the distributed computer system based on the vGPU requirements of that virtual computing instance. Each virtual computing instance without vGPU requirements is placed on one of the plurality of hosts in the distributed computer system without any vGPU consideration. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060997 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus configured to perform a two-dimensional (2D) fast Fourier transform (FFT) with respect to image data includes a first core and a second core, each of the first core and the second core including a plurality of processors configured to perform a one-dimensional (1D) FFT; and a controller configured to control the first core and the second core to perform a primary two-dimensional (2D) FFT and a secondary 2D FFT with respect to the image data by repeatedly performing the 1D FFT. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060998 | Techniques and devices for rendering computer graphics objects - This application contains a collection of inventions related to the generation of images using computer graphics. A method to reuse the data contained in FIFOs by restarting the read pointer from a predetermined value. A method for performing the triangle belonging test by using a scanning technique alternating the scanning direction and computing the distance from a group of sampling points to the triangle edge towards which the scanning is moving and to the line from which the scanning is moving from. A method for determining the starting point for rasterization without having to invert the angular coefficient of the line equation, by using window dividers. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060999 | CONSTRUCTION AND EVOLUTION OF INVARIANTS TO ROTATIONAL AND TRANSLATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS FOR ELECTRONIC VISUAL IMAGE RECOGNITION - A spherical harmonic is defined which is an operationally optimal small finite subset of the infinite number of spherical harmonics allowed to exist mathematically. The composition of the subset differs depending on its position on virtual hemisphere. The subsets are further divided into small spherical tesserae whose dimensions vary depending on the distance from the hemispherical center. The images of the outside visual scenes are projected on the flat surface of the webcam and from there are read and recalculated programmatically as if the images have been projected on the hemisphere, rotational invariants are then computed in the smallest tesserae using numerical integration, and then invariants from neighboring tesserae are added to compute the rotational invariant of their union. Every computed invariant is checked with the library and stored there if there is no match. The rotational invariants are solely used for visual recognition and classification and operational decision making. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061000 | IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD - An imaging device incorporated in an omnidirectional video capturing system including an imager, a memory, and a transmitter. The imager includes imaging lenses to capture images from a plurality of directions. The memory stores projective transformation data. The projective transformation data includes photographing direction data representing the plurality of directions and projection data representing image heights of the images associated with angles at which light rays enter the imaging lens. The transmitter reads the projective transformation data stored in the memory, and transmits frame data of the images and the projective transformation information to an image processing device of the omnidirectional video capturing system. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061001 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display control device includes an image acquirer that acquires captured image data output from an imager that captures an image of a surrounding of a vehicle, and a display processor that displays an image of the captured image data, the image being transformed so that a corner image is moved to outside of a display region at a ratio greater than that of an image of another part, on a display. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061002 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING OMNIDIRECTIONAL VIDEO, METHOD OF RECEIVING OMNIDIRECTIONAL VIDEO, DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING OMNIDIRECTIONAL VIDEO, AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING OMNIDIRECTIONAL VIDEO - According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for transmitting omnidirectional video is disclosed. The method of transmitting omnidirectional video according to an embodiment of the present invention includes acquiring an image for the omnidirectional video, projecting the image for the omnidirectional video onto a 3D projection structure, packing the image projected onto the 3D projection structure in a 2D frame, encoding the image packed into the 2D frame, and transmitting a data signal containing the encoded image and metadata about the omnidirectional video. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061003 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD ON COMPUTER - A method includes defining a virtual space including a virtual camera; an operation object; and a target object. The method includes detecting a position of a head-mounted device and a position of a part of a body other than a head. The method includes moving the virtual camera in accordance with movement of the head-mounted device. The method includes moving the operation object in accordance with movement of the part of the body. The method includes selecting the target object in accordance with movement of the operation object. Selecting the target object includes correcting a direction or a position of the target object based on a positional relationship between the operation object and the target object; and associating the target object, the corrected direction or the corrected position, with the operation object. The method includes moving the target object in accordance with movement of the operation object. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061004 | DETERMINING MULTISPECTRAL OR HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE DATA - This disclosure concerns the determination of electronic multispectral or hyperspectral images, such as by a processor in a camera. The processor receives first image sensor signals that are associated with a first wavelength and with multiple first imaging elements at respective first imaging element locations. The processor determines a spline approximation to the first image sensor signals across the first imaging element locations and determines the multispectral or hyperspectral image data by interpolating the spline approximation at the pixel location. Finally, the image data is stored on a data store. Using splines to interpolate the image sensor signals outperforms other methods, which means increased image quality due to more accurate interpolation. More specifically, using splines leads to a more accurate spectrum at each point and reduced spectral error compared to other methods. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061005 | DECIMATION STRATEGIES FOR INPUT EVENT PROCESSING - In an embodiment, a touch sensitive device includes a touch interface having conductors and a signal generator for generating signals on the conductors. A touch processor identifies touch on the touch interface by processing touch signals present on the conductors, and outputting a stream of touch events. A decimator receives the stream of touch events and outputs a modified stream of touch events for use by the touch sensitive device, the modified stream of touch events may include predicted or estimated usable touch events. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061006 | METHOD FOR ENSURING PERFECT STITCHING OF A SUBJECT'S IMAGES IN A REAL-SITE IMAGE STITCHING OPERATION - The present invention is to provide a method for ensuring perfect stitching of a subject's images in a real-site image stitching operation, which enables an electronic device to read two real-site images which are taken respectively of different parts of the same site and each of which has an overlap area of a common subject; to determine and choose an optimal stitching path bypassing the subject; to construct a mask diagram such that, within a difference diagram of the overlap areas, the farther a pixel on one side of the optimal stitching path is from the optimal stitching path, the greater the pixel's value, and the farther a pixel on the other side of the optimal stitching path is from the optimal stitching path, the smaller the pixel's value; and to stitch and fuse the overlap areas together through a fusion algorithm, with the mask diagram serving as a weight. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061007 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY - A construction machine is equipped with a plurality of monitor cameras that capture the area surrounding a body of the machine. An image processor generates a synthetic bird's eye view image by synthesizing the plural camera images captured by each monitor camera into one. The image processor divides the synthetic bird's eye view image using one or more section lines into plural areas A, B, C, D, and expands the image size for area D corresponding to a blind spot behind and to the right side of the machine. At the same time, the image processor reduces the image size of the remaining areas A, B, C by a corresponding amount, in order to thereby generate a conversion image | 2018-03-01 |
20180061008 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An imaging system and method includes an imaging sensor, a processor in communication with the imaging sensor, a protective window or other exposed optical surface located between the imaging sensor and the scene to be captured by the imaging sensor, and a heater system in thermal communication with the window or other exposed optical surface. The imaging sensor configured to capture images of a scene, each of the captured images comprising a plurality of pixels. The processor is configured to receive information representing the images comprising the plurality of pixels captured by the imaging sensor, determine if rain splash artifacts or bright/dark non-uniformities are present, and remove artifacts in the information representing the images. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061009 | FLASH AND NON-FLASH IMAGES IN FLASH ARTIFACT REMOVAL - A computer-implemented flash artifact removal apparatus is described. The apparatus has at least a memory storing a flash image depicting a person's face captured in the presence of a flash illumination, and a non-flash image depicting the person's face captured without flash illumination. A plurality of pixels in the flash image comprise artifacts as a result of flash light reflecting from one or more eyes of the person. The apparatus has a flash artifact removal component which corrects the flash image by replacing at least some of the plurality of pixels in the flash image with pixels computed from at least the non-flash image. The flash artifact removal component is configured to detect edges of features of the one or more eyes in the non-flash image and to detect the plurality of pixels to be replaced in the flash image on the basis of the detected edges. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061010 | PROTECTING INDIVIDUALS PRIVACY IN PUBLIC THROUGH VISUAL OPT-OUT, SIGNAL DETECTION, AND MARKER DETECTION - A method for protecting anonymity of an individual in public is presented. The computer-implemented method may include registering a plurality of facial features associated with the individual, and, in response to capturing an image of the individual from a video stream, determining whether the facial features associated with the individual are registered. The computer-implemented method may further include, in response to the determination that the facial features associated with the individual are registered, obscuring the facial features of the individual captured from the video stream with an unidentifiable image. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061011 | AUTOMATIC ORIENTATION ADJUSTMENT OF SPHERICAL PANORAMA DIGITAL IMAGES - The present disclosure includes methods and systems for correcting distortions in spherical panorama digital images. In particular, one or more embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods correct for tilt and/or roll in a digital camera utilized to capture a spherical panorama digital images by determining a corrected orientation and generating an enhanced spherical panorama digital image based on the corrected orientation. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods identify line segments in a spherical panorama digital image, map the line segments to a three-dimensional space, generate great circles based on the identified line segments, and determine a corrected orientation based on the generated great circles. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061012 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO IMAGE POST-PROCESSING FOR CORRECTING ARTIFACTS - Apparatus and methods for video image post-processing for correcting, e.g., spatial and/or temporal artifacts. Embodiments described herein obtain frames of video data from a native source and perform super resolution on these captured frames of video data in order to increase the size of these frames. Forward and backward pixel motion calculations are then performed on these calculated super resolution frames. Additionally, superpixel calculations are performed on various objects contained within these super resolution frames and occlusion masks are generated. Interpolated frames of data are then generated by taking into consideration, for example, these generated occlusion masks and the super resolution interpolated frames of data are down sampled back down to their original size. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061013 | Image anti-aliasing System - The present invention discloses an image anti-aliasing system, which comprises an edge detection unit, a directional filter, a low-angle directional filter, a directional filtering fusion unit and a result fusion unit; the edge detection unit outputs the edge direction and edge confidence according to an input image, the directional filter outputs a directional filtering result based on the input image and the edge direction, the low-angle directional filter outputs a low-angle directional filtering result according to the input image and the edge direction; the directional filtering fusion unit weights and combines the result output from the directional filter and the result output from the low-angle directional filter according to the edge direction, and outputs a result of weighted combination of two directional filtering results; the result fusion unit outputs an optimized image according to the edge confidence, the input image and the result of the directional filtering fusion unit. The present invention can well handle directional filtering in any direction and it has good effect to low-angle aliasing. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061014 | Contrast Adaptive Video Denoising System - The present invention discloses a contrast adaptive video denoising system, which comprises a frame memory for buffering the filtered frame; an inter-frame difference calculating module for inter-frame difference of the current input frame of the video and a previous filtered frame in the frame memory; a contrast calculating module for calculating the local contrast of the current input frame and inputting it into a low-contrast region detection module, a calculated low-contrast region confidence together with the inter-frame difference are input into a motion detection module to calculate the motion probability for each pixel. The motion adaptive temporal filtering module performs motion adaptive temporal filtering by using the current input frame of the video and the previous filtered frame in the frame memory as well as the motion probability of each pixel, and finally outputs the current filtered frame to store in the frame memory. Said system can solve the problems of motion tailing and blurring caused by conventional video denoising systems when processing low-contrast motion videos. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061015 | Video Denoising System Based on Noise Correlation - The present invention discloses a video denoising system based on noise correlation, said system comprises a unit for estimating correlation of noises of adjacent pixels, which receives input of the inter-frame difference and motion probability, and estimates correlation of noises of adjacent pixels according to correlation of inter-frame differences between adjacent pixels in a still region, and outputs a noise correlation coefficient; a maximum filtering weight adjusting unit, which adaptively adjusts the maximum weight for temporal filtering according to the noise correlation coefficient and outputs the maximum weight for temporal filtering; the maximum weight for temporal filtering can control the range of fluctuation of the temporal filtering weight and the difference between the denoising effects for different pixels. The system of the present invention can solve the problem of “speckle” noise occurred when the video noises have adjacent correlation in the conventional temporal denoising system for videos. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061016 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING DATA REPRESENTATIVE OF A BOKEH ASSOCIATED TO LIGHT-FIELD DATA - There are several types of plenoptic devices having a proprietary file format. At present, there is no standard supporting the acquisition and transmission of multi-dimensional information for an exhaustive over-view of the different parameters upon which a light-field depends. As such, acquired light-field data for different cameras have a diversity of formats. The notion of pixel beam, which represents a volume occupied by a set of rays of light in an object space of an optical system of a camera is introduced. The method according to the invention enables to provide data representative of a bokeh associated to a pixel beam. Such data representative of bokeh associated to a pixel beam enables the displaying of an image with good bokeh properties. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061017 | ENHANCED CONFIGURATION OF A PROFILE PHOTO SYSTEM - Embodiments can provide a computer implemented method in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory, the memory comprising instructions that are executed by the processor to cause the processor to implement a system for providing profile photo enhancement, the method comprising receiving, from a specification source, one or more specifications for image acceptance criteria; receiving, from an uploading user, an image; examining, through an image processing toolbox, the image to determine if all of the image acceptance criteria are met; if all image acceptance criteria are met, accepting the image; and if one or more image acceptance criteria are not met, processing the image. Acceptance criteria can include a predetermined number of focus items, predetermined length and width constraints, predetermined color constraints, predetermined shape constraints, predetermined focus constraints, predetermined contrast ratio constraints, a predetermined number of human faces present in the image, and predetermined human face orientation constraints. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061018 | METHOD OF MULTI-VIEW DEBLURRING FOR 3D SHAPE RECONSTRUCTION, RECORDING MEDIUM AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of multi-view deblurring for 3-dimensional (3D) shape reconstruction includes: receiving images captured by multiple synchronized cameras at multiple viewpoints; performing iteratively estimation of depth map, latent image, and 3D motion at each viewpoint for the received images; determining whether image deblurring at each viewpoint is completed; and performing 3D reconstruction based on final depth maps and latent images at each viewpoint. Accordingly, it is possible to achieve accurate deblurring and 3D reconstruction even from any motion blurred images. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061019 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a memory configured to store a plurality of image restoration filters depending on an F-number, an acquirer configured to acquire a plurality of first image restoration filters according to an imaging condition from among the plurality of image restoration filters, and an image restorer configured to perform a restoration process for an image through a predetermined calculation process based on the plurality of first image restoration filters, the image being obtained via an imaging optical system that includes an optical element that is configured to change a transmittance. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061020 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing method of highly accurately correcting an optical degradation of an image pickup apparatus while also suppressing adverse effects is provided. The image processing method includes a step of obtaining a partial area of an input image shot by using an image pickup apparatus, a step of obtaining previously learnt correction information varying in accordance with a position of the partial area, and a correction step of generating a corrected partial area in which an optical degradation of the partial area caused by the image pickup apparatus is corrected by using the partial area and the correction information. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061021 | IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD OF PROJECTOR AND IMAGE CORRECTION SYSTEM - An image correction method of projector and an image correction system are provided. An image capturing apparatus shoots a physical calibration panel to obtain a first image, and shoots an outputting image of a calibration panel pattern on a projection screen outputted from the projector to obtain a second image. A processor analyzes the first image to obtain a first calibration parameter and a first homography matrix, and performs an undistorting operation for the second image based on the first calibration parameter to obtain a third image. The processor analyzes the third image to obtain a second calibration parameter and a second homography matrix of the projector. The processor performs a compensating operation for an original image to be outputted from the projector based on the second calibration parameter, the second homography matrix and the first homography matrix to obtain a compensated image. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061022 | MAGNETIC FIELD DISTORTION CALCULATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A region extraction unit extracts first and second shape-invariant regions corresponding to each other from first and second three-dimensional images acquired by an MRI apparatus. A first registration unit acquires a first deformation vector by performing rigid registration between the first and second shape-invariant regions. A second registration unit acquires a second deformation vector by performing non-rigid registration between the first and second three-dimensional images in each shape-invariant region. A magnetic field distortion vector calculation unit calculates a magnetic field distortion vector, which represents relative magnetic field distortion between the first and second three-dimensional images based on the first and second deformation vectors. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061023 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A density region setting unit sets a specific density region having a preset width with respect to a subject region of a radiation image. A compression processing unit performs a dynamic range compression process with respect to the radiation image on the basis of a first compression amount for compressing at least one of the maximum value or the minimum value among pixel values of the subject region into the specific density region and a preset second compression amount for compressing at least one of a high-density region or a low-density region in the specific density region, to generate a dynamic range compression image. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061024 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, first and second correction units, first and second calculation units, and a determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires image data pieces obtained by temporally successively capturing images of an object. The first correction unit acquires first correction data by performing fluctuation correction on processing target image data using temporally neighboring image data pieces among the acquired image data pieces. The first calculation unit calculates, as first displacement data, an amount of displacement between reference and the processing target image data or the first correction data. The determination unit determines a moving object region. The second calculation unit calculates second displacement data by interpolating the first displacement data in the determined moving object region based on the first displacement data or the first correction data. The second correction unit corrects based on the second displacement data to obtain second correction data. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061025 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set at least one of a plurality of display modes including a first display mode and a second display mode, and a processing unit configured to perform first gradation conversion processing on input image data when the first display mode is set, and to perform second gradation conversion processing on the input image data when the second display mode is set, wherein the second gradation conversion processing improves a gradation of a part of a gradation range of the input image data to a further extent than the first gradation conversion processing. Upon reception of an instruction for displaying an enlarged image of a part of an image region of the input image data in a state where the first display mode is set, the first display mode is canceled and the second display mode is set. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061026 | DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display method of displaying, on a display device, video of video data where luminance of video is defined by a first EOTF indicating a correlation of HDR luminance and code values. The method includes: acquiring the video data; performing, regarding each of multiple pixels making up the video in the acquired video data, first determining of determining whether luminance of that pixel exceeds a first predetermined luminance; performing, regarding each of the multiple pixels, dual tone mapping where luminance of that pixel is reduced by a different format in a case of the luminance of the pixel being found to exceed the first predetermined luminance from the first determining, and a case of the luminance of the pixel being found to be equal to or lower than the first predetermined luminance; and displaying the video on the display device using the results of the dual tone mapping. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061027 | IMAGE FILTERING BASED ON IMAGE GRADIENTS - Image processing methods and systems apply filtering operations to images, wherein the filtering operations use filter costs which are based on image gradients in the images. In this way, image data is filtered for image regions in dependence upon the image gradients for the image regions. This may be useful for different scenarios such as when combining images to form a High Dynamic Range (HDR) image. The filtering operations may be used as part of a connectivity unit which determines connected image regions, and/or the filtering operations may be used as part of a blending unit which blends two or more images together to form a blended image. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061028 | IMAGE LIGHTING TRANSFER VIA MULTI-DIMENSIONAL HISTOGRAM MATCHING - Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed at relighting a target image based on a lighting effect from a reference image. In one embodiment, a target image and a reference image are received, the reference image includes a lighting effect desired to be applied to the target image. A lighting transfer is performed using color data and geometrical data associated with the reference image and color data and geometrical data associated with the target image. The lighting transfer causes generation of a relit image that corresponds with the target image having a lighting effect of the reference image. The relit image is provided for display to a user via one or more output devices. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061029 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a deterioration degree detector which detects a deterioration degree of each pixel of image data, a deterioration degree change determination unit which determines a degree of a change of the deterioration degree in a predetermined region including a reference pixel and a neighboring pixel therearound in the image data on the basis of the deterioration degree, a correction value setting unit which sets a correction value to correct a deterioration of the reference pixel on the basis of the degree of the change of the deterioration degree, and a correction processor which corrects data regarding the reference pixel on the basis of at least the correction value. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061030 | METHOD FOR GENERATING 2D SCAN VIDEOKYMOGRAPHIC IMAGES BY USING REAL-TIME OR PRE-STORED ULTRA-HIGH SPEED LARYNGEAL ENDOSCOPY IMAGES, 2D SCAN VIDEOKYMOGRAPHIC IMAGE GENERATION SERVER FOR PERFORMING SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING SAME - A method by which a planar scan videokymographic image generation server generates planar scan videokymographic images by using real-time or pre-stored ultra-high speed laryngeal endoscopy images. The method includes the steps of: (a) acquiring monochrome or color ultra-high speed laryngeal endoscopy images; (b) setting a target region and a unit pixel for generating the 2D scan videokymographic images from the ultra-high speed laryngeal endoscopy images; (e) extracting pixel information of each frame of the ultra-high speed laryngeal endoscopy images according to the unit pixel for the target region; (d) generating frames of the planar scan videokymographic images by combining the extracted pixel information of each frame; and (e) generating a planar scan videokymographic video by combining the frames of the planar scan videokymographic images. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061031 | Model-Based Scatter in Multi-Modality Multi-Energy SPECT Reconstruction - In SPECT reconstruction, multi-modal reconstruction is combined with model-based multi-energy image formation. The scatter modeling of the model-based image formation uses resampling to facilitate convolution with the scatter kernels while maintaining resolution for the multi-energy projection. This combination of multi-modal and model-based multi-energy image formation simultaneously addresses the inaccuracy of the image formation process for complicated energy spectra and image blurring due to degradation of resolution. Varying the reconstruction by iteration may provide some of the benefits while reducing computational burden. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061032 | THICKNESS MEASUREMENT OF SUBSTRATE USING COLOR METROLOGY - A metrology system for obtaining a measurement representative of a thickness of a layer on a substrate includes a camera positioned to capture a color image of at least a portion of the substrate. A controller is configured to receive the color image from the camera, store a predetermined path in a coordinate space of at least two dimension including a first color channel and a second color channel, store a function that provides a value representative of a thickness as a function of a position on the predetermined path, determine a coordinate of a pixel in the coordinate space from color data in the color image for the pixel, determine a position of a point on the predetermined path that is closest to the coordinate of the pixel, and calculate a value representative of a thickness from the function and the position of the point on the predetermined path. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061033 | ENHANCEMENT OF A PROFILE PHOTO SYSTEM - Embodiments can provide a computer implemented method in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory, the memory comprising instructions that are executed by the processor to cause the processor to implement a system for providing profile photo enhancement, the method comprising receiving, from an online platform, one or more specifications for image acceptance criteria; receiving, through an uploading user, a plurality of images; receiving, through a requesting user, a request to view an image; selecting a particular specification for image acceptance criteria; for each image in the plurality of images: examining, through an image processing toolbox, the image to determine if the image acceptance criteria are met; if all acceptance criteria are met, providing the image to the requesting user; if one or more acceptance criteria are not met, taking one or more actions to process the image, reexamining, through the image processing toolbox, the processed image to determine if the image acceptance criteria are met; if all acceptance criteria are met, providing the processed image to the requesting user; and if one or more of the image acceptance criteria are not met, disregarding the processed image for the particular specification for image acceptance criteria. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061034 | Deformation Detection and Automatic Calibration for a Depth Imaging System - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for detecting deformation of a structured light depth imaging system and automatic re-calibration for the depth imaging system. In one embodiment, a depth imaging device includes a light projector, a camera and a processor. The light projector emits light corresponding to a projected pattern image having a plurality of features with known locations in the projected pattern image. The camera captures the light reflected by an environment of the depth imaging device and generates a reflected pattern image as a two-dimensional (2D) projection of the environment. The reflected pattern image includes a plurality of features that correspond to the features of the projected pattern image. The processor detects a misalignment for a distance or an orientation between the light projector and the camera based on a relationship between the features in the projected pattern image and the features in the reflected pattern image. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061035 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA, IMAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE-PROCESSING PROGRAM - There are provided an imaging section imaging a subject and generating a plurality of images; an evaluating section performing evaluation on the plurality of images generated by the imaging section; a selecting section selecting, based on an evaluation result of the evaluating section, a part of images from among the plurality of images generated by the imaging section; a recognizing section performing scene recognition on a plurality of images selected by the selecting section; and a determining section determining, based on a recognition result of the recognizing section, reproduction order of the plurality of images subjected to the scene recognition. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061036 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF DEPTH CAMERAS - A system for determining positional information of a camera, includes: a plane determination module configured to determine a first plane and a second plane based on a depth image; a plane-association module configured to associate the first plane determined by the plane determination module with a first tool-plane, and to associate the second plane determined by the plane determination module with a second tool-plane, the first and second tool-planes having known positional relationship with respect to each other; and a positional determination unit configured to determine the positional information of the camera based on an output from the plane-association module. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061037 | DYNAMIC, PERSISTENT TRACKING OF MULTIPLE FIELD ELEMENTS - A targeting system includes a personal display system, an attitude determination unit and processing circuitry. The personal display system generates or enables a live view of a physical environment including a field element. The attitude determination unit measures an attitude of the targeting system. The processing circuitry determines a relative LOS from the targeting system to the field element based on the attitude and a geographic location of the targeting system, and a geographic location of the field element. The processing circuitry determines a relative position in the live view from its center of the field of view to the field element therein based on the relative LOS, and causes the personal display system to display a primary view that overlays and thereby augments the live view, with the primary view including an icon at the relative position that thereby overlays the field element in the live view. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061038 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND PROFILING ABSORBENT MATERIAL IN AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE - Disclosed herein are apparatus, systems and methods of measuring the weight and distribution of the fluff pulp and super absorbent polymer (SAP) or absorbent gelling material (AGM) of absorbent articles. The apparatus may be located at a position after the absorbent cores are formed. Each absorbent article is passed between the light emitter and the camera as well as between the radio transmitter and the radio detector. The camera and radio detector receive the signal transmitted by the light emitter and the radio transmitter respectively through the absorbent articles. The encoder synchronizes the transmission of data by the camera and the radio receiver to the movement of the web. The computer receives the signal data from radio detector and the image data from the camera from each absorbent article and uses the data to determine at least the weight of the fluff pulp and SAP/AGM in the absorbent core. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061039 | Measuring Optical Turbulence Using Cell Counting Algorithms - Methods for characterizing atmospheric turbulence along an optical path from a laser transmitter to a laser receiver can include the steps of counting the number of laser speckles at the receiver imaging plane, and then finding Fried's parameter r | 2018-03-01 |
20180061040 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO TRACK A BLADE - Methods and apparatus to track a blade are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a blade that is pivotable, first and second optical targets operatively coupled to the blade, and a first camera for collecting first imaging data of the first optical target within a first field of view. The example apparatus also includes a second camera for collecting second imaging data of the second optical target within a second field of view. The example apparatus also includes a selector to select at least one of the first or second imaging data, and a processor to determine an orientation of the blade based on the selected imaging data. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061041 | WAFER INSPECTION APPARATUS AND WAFER INSPECTION METHOD USING THE SAME - A wafer inspection apparatus includes a linear stage configured to support a chuck on which a wafer is disposed and to move the chuck along a guide rail, wherein the guide rail extends in a first direction, an image sensor module overlapping the linear stage, and a rotary stage supported by the linear stage. The rotary stage is configured to rotate the chuck in a state where a center of the wafer is aligned with the image sensor module. The image sensor module includes a light source directing light onto the wafer, and an image sensor extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061042 | SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING OBJECTS USING AUGMENTED REALITY - A method of comparing measured three-dimensional (3D) measurement data to an object is provided. The method includes obtaining 3D coordinates on the object with a 3D measurement device to measure at least one dimensional characteristic. An AR marker is associated with the object. The AR marker is read with an AR-marker reader and, in response, transmitting the first collection of 3D coordinates and an electronic dimensional representation of the object to a computing device having a camera and a display. The camera is positioned to view an area and to generate a camera image of the area. The camera image is displayed on the integrated display. The at least one dimensional characteristic and the virtual object are displayed in the camera image on the integrated display. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061043 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF A PART OF AN ASSEMBLY WITHIN A WORK CELL - A method and system for determining the presence or absence of a part of an assembly within at least one user-defined, 3-D detection region within a work cell are provided. The system includes a 3-D or depth sensor having a field of view at the work cell. The sensor has a set of radiation sensing elements which detect reflected, projected radiation to obtain 3-D sensor data. A processor processes the sensor data from the sensor to obtain a 3-D graphic of the at least one detection region. A display displays the 3-D graphic from a viewpoint to determine the presence or absence of the part within the detection region. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061044 | Method and System for Monitoring a User to Prevent Pressure Ulcers - The present invention relates to the monitoring of users to prevent pressure ulcers using imaging technologies to detect a user's posture, track the user's poses, detect changes in a user's posture, quantify changes in a user's posture, determine pressure areas from the user's poses, and alert caregivers when a user's current positioning and/or lack of movement may result in the formation of a pressure ulcer. The invention relates to the use of devices that can form images in low to high lighting conditions for monitoring a user to prevent pressure ulcers. These devices include, but are not limited to, thermographic cameras (also known as infrared cameras and thermal imaging camera), image intensifiers (also known as image intensifier tubes), and active illumination. The invention relates to both the hardware used to monitor users to prevent pressure ulcers as well as the algorithms and analytics used to detect a user's posture, detect changes to a user's posture, quantify changes in a user's posture, track the user's poses, determine pressure areas from the poses, as well as detect conditions that may lead to a pressure ulcer. The invention can be used in a variety of environments including, but not limited to, a hospital setting, home setting, and public settings (such as an airplane). | 2018-03-01 |
20180061045 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE IMAGING SYSTEMS - A system includes an imaging acquisition unit, a reconstruction unit, and a determination system. The imaging acquisition unit is configured to perform a scan to acquire imaging information of a patient. The reconstruction unit is configured to reconstruct an image using the imaging information. The determination system is communicatively coupled to the imaging acquisition unit and the reconstruction unit. The determination system includes at least one processor configured to: acquire performance information corresponding to the scan; determine a scan quality for the scan based on the performance information; determine an update to a protocol used to at least one of acquire the imaging information or reconstruct the image; and provide control information to at least one of the imaging acquisition unit or the reconstruction unit to implement the determined update for at least one of performing a subsequent scan or reconstructing a subsequent image. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061046 | SKIN LESION SEGMENTATION USING DEEP CONVOLUTION NETWORKS GUIDED BY LOCAL UNSUPERVISED LEARNING - A dermoscopic lesion area is identified by: Obtaining a dermoscopic image and running a convolutional neural network image classifier on the dermoscopic image to obtain pixelwise lesion prediction scores. Segmenting the dermoscopic image into super-pixels, and computing for each super-pixel an average of the pixelwise prediction scores for pixels within that super-pixel. Computing a mean prediction score across the plurality of super-pixels. Assigning a confidence indicator of “1” to each super-pixel with a prediction score equal or greater than the mean prediction score, and a confidence indicator of “0” to each super-pixel with a prediction score less than the mean prediction score. Constructing a super-pixel graph G=(V,E,W) wherein | 2018-03-01 |
20180061047 | DETERMINATION OF A CLINICAL CHARACTERISTIC USING A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT RECORDING MODALITIES - A method for determining a clinical characteristic of a body vessel segment including providing, to a computing device, a three-dimensional reconstruction of a body vessel containing the body vessel segment. A segmented angiography recording of the body vessel segment is provided to the computing device. The computing device extracts at least one global feature of the body vessel from the three-dimensional reconstruction and extracts at least one local feature of the body vessel segment from the angiography recording. The clinical characteristic is determined for the body vessel segment as a function of the at least one extracted local feature and the at least one extracted global feature. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061048 | COMPUTER APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING MULTIPARAMETRIC MRI MAPS FOR PATHOLOGIES AND GENERATING PRESCRIPTIONS - Image processing and analysis technique includes using a computer apparatus to assess a patient's magnetic resonance images or derived multiparametric maps for pathology and then automatically generate a prescription based at least in part on that assessment. The parametric maps are derived from an MRI sequence from which multiparametric maps are derivable. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061049 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING IN VIVO TISSUE VOLUMES USING MEDICAL IMAGING DATA - Computer-aided methods and computer-based systems designed to elicit information from imaging data of a volume of in vivo tissue to facilitate clinical determinations and/or pathological evaluation. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061050 | Statistical Mapping in an Optoacoustic Imaging System - Electromagnetic energy is deposited into a volume, an acoustic return signal from energy deposited in the volume is measured, and a parametric map that estimates values of at least one parameter as spatially represented in the volume is computed. A reference level of a region of interest is determined, and upper and lower color map limits are specified, with at least one of them being determined in relation to the reference level. The parametric map is then rendered in the palette of a color map by mapping the estimated values of the parametric map onto the color map according to the color map limits. Two wavelengths of energy can be applied to the volume, and the parametric map computation can be adapted by applying an implicit or explicit model of, or theoretical basis for, distribution of electromagnetic energy fluence within the volume pertaining to the two wavelengths. The actual electromagnetic energy fluence caused by each wavelength has a propensity, due to variability within the volume, to differ from the modeled or theoretical electromagnetic energy fluence. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061051 | DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD IN DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN PROGRAM - Provided are a diagnosis assisting device, an imaging processing method in the diagnosis assisting device, and a non-transitory storage medium having stored therein a program that facilitate a grasp of a difference in an diseased area to perform a highly precise diagnosis assistance. According to an image processing method in a diagnosis assisting device that diagnoses lesions from a picked-up image, a reference image corresponding to a known first picked-up image relating to lesions is registered in a database, and when a diagnosis assistance is performed by comparing a query image corresponding to an unknown second picked-up image relating to lesions with the reference image in the database, a reference image is created from the reference image by geometric transformation, or a query image is created from the query image by geometric transformation. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061052 | TECHNIQUES FOR SELECTING OBJECTS IN IMAGES - Disclosed are various embodiments for automatically selecting and modifying objects within an image that are similar to an object previously selected by a user. A user first selects an object in a displayed image. Object feature descriptors are generated describing a shape formed by edges of the object, and image feature descriptors are generated describing shapes formed by edges automatically detected in the image. The object feature descriptors are compared with the image feature descriptors to automatically identify other objects in the image having edges similar to the selected object. The pixels of the user selected object and the automatically identified objects are modified according to a user specified function. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061053 | PRODUCT INSTALLATION ALIGNMENT ASSISTANCE - In an approach to alignment assistance, one or more computer processors receive one or more calibration parameters associated with an installation of a product. The one or more computer processors determine one or more boundaries for product registration associated with a receiving surface for the product. The one or more computer processors overlay, based, at least in part, on the received calibration parameters and the one or more boundaries for product registration, one or more alignment markings in a field of view of the receiving surface. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061054 | Automated Cephalometric Analysis Using Machine Learning - A system and method are described for automating the analysis of cephalometric x-rays. Included in the analysis is a method for automatic anatomical landmark localization based on convolutional neural networks. In an aspect, the system and method employ a deep database of images and/or prior image analysis results so as to improve the outcome from the present automated landmark detection scheme. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061055 | 2D VEHICLE LOCALIZING USING GEOARCS - Examples include methods, systems, and articles for localizing a vehicle relative to an imaged surface configuration. Localizing the vehicle may include selecting pairs of features in an image acquired from a sensor supported by the vehicle having corresponding identified pairs of features in a reference representation of the surface configuration. A three-dimensional geoarc may be generated based on an angle of view of the sensor and the selected feature pair in the reference representation. In some examples, a selected portion of the geoarc disposed a known distance of the vehicle away from the portion of the physical surface configuration may be determined. Locations where the selected portions of geoarcs for selected feature pairs overlap may be identified. In some examples, the reference representation may be defined in a three-dimensional space of volume elements (voxels), and voxels that are included in the highest number of geoarcs may be determined. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061056 | Temperature Compensation for Structured Light Depth Imaging System - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method of compensating temperature shifts of a structured light pattern for a depth imaging system. In some embodiments, a depth imaging device includes a light source, an imaging sensor and a processor. The light source emits light corresponding to a pattern. A temperature drift of the light source can cause a shift of the pattern. The imaging sensor receives the light reflected by environment in front of the depth imaging device and generates a depth map including a plurality of pixel values corresponding to depths of the environment relative to the depth imaging device. The processor estimates the shift of the pattern based on a polynomial model depending on the temperature drift of the light source. The processor further adjusts the depth map based on the shift of the pattern. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061057 | Video Object Tagging using Synthetic Images and Segmentation Hierarchies - There is provided a system including a memory and a processor configured to obtain a first frame of a video content including an object and a first region based on a segmentation hierarchy of the first frame, insert a synthetic object into the first frame, merge an object segmentation hierarchy of the synthetic object with the segmentation hierarchy of the first frame to create a merged segmentation hierarchy, select a second region based on the merged segmentation hierarchy, provide the first frame including the first region and the second region to a crowd user for creating a corrected frame, receive the corrected frame from the crowd user including a first corrected region including the object and a second corrected region including the synthetic object, determine a quality based on the synthetic object and the second corrected region, and accept the first corrected region based on the quality. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061058 | IMAGE SEGMENTATION USING NEURAL NETWORK METHOD - The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for segmenting three-dimensional images. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method for segmenting a three-dimensional image is provided. The method may include receiving a three-dimensional image acquired by an imaging device, and selecting a plurality of stacks of adjacent two-dimensional images from the three-dimensional image. The method may further include segmenting, by a processor, each stack of adjacent two-dimensional images using a neural network model. The method may also include determining, by the processor, a label map for the three-dimensional image by aggregating the segmentation results from the plurality of stacks. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061060 | EDGE DETECTION WITH SHUTTER ADAPTION - A method for determining leading edge location in an image captured by an optical navigation sensor with auto shutter adaptation includes: plotting average pixel values per sensor column on a graph; determining an average value according to the average pixel values as a threshold value; defining a weighted location in the leading half of the captured image according to the threshold value; and determining the leading edge location according to the defined weighted location. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061061 | Image Analyzing Apparatus that Corrects Isolated Pixels in Target Image Data - Plural pieces of reference data are stored for plural pixel arrangement patterns. Each piece of reference data indicates which of first-type edge pixels needs to be subjected to determination to determine whether an outside neighboring first-type pixel adjacent to the first-type edge pixel exists. A piece of reference data corresponding to a target pixel block is specified as target reference data. A reference-data-based judgment is executed on the target pixel block to perform the determination onto those first-type edge pixels that are indicated by the target reference data as need to be subjected to the determination. A correction is executed on the target pixel block to correct the type of at least one first-type pixel contained in the target pixel block into the second type in a case where a result of the reference-data-based judgment indicates that no outside neighboring first-type pixel exists with respect to the target pixel block. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061062 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor that: divides each of pixels of image data in units of blocks, and compresses the image data using a maximum value and a minimum value of a pixel value in each of the divided blocks; extracts a maximum value and a minimum value of each of the blocks from the compressed image data; detects an edge of an object on the basis of at least one of the extracted maximum value and the minimum value of each of the blocks; performs edge correction of the compressed image data by increasing or decreasing the maximum value and the minimum value of each of the blocks within a correction range from the detected edge; and decompresses the image data that have undergone edge correction, using the maximum value and the minimum value of each of the blocks. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061063 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MEASURING OBJECT MOTION USING CAMERA IMAGES - A method and corresponding apparatus for measuring object motion using camera images may include measuring a global optical flow field of a scene. The scene may include target and reference objects captured in an image sequence. Motion of a camera used to capture the image sequence may be determined relative to the scene by measuring an apparent, sub-pixel motion of the reference object with respect to an imaging plane of the camera. Motion of the target object corrected for the camera motion may be calculated based on the optical flow field of the scene and on the apparent, sub-pixel motion of the reference object with respect to the imaging plane of the camera. Embodiments may enable measuring vibration of structures and objects from long distance in relatively uncontrolled settings, with or without accelerometers, with high signal-to-noise ratios. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061064 | GENERATION OF EVENT VIDEO FRAMES FOR CONTENT - According to some aspects, methods and systems may include receiving, by a computing device, metadata identifying an event occurring in a video program, and determining an expected motion of objects in the identified event. The methods and systems may further include analyzing motion energy in the video program to identify video frames in which the event occurs, and storing information identifying the video frames in which the event occurs. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061065 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that causes a display to display an image captured by one or more image capturing apparatuses is provided. The information processing apparatus obtains one or more pieces of path information indicating a change in a position of an object captured by the one or more image capturing apparatuses, and causes the display to display map information overlapped with the one or more pieces of path information and at least one of information related to a time corresponding to the path information and information that can specify an image capturing apparatus corresponding to the path information. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061067 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR X-RAY IMAGING DEVICE - This disclosure presents an image processing method and related X-ray imaging device The method comprises: calculating a relative displacement between two first images that are already in auto registration as a first displacement vector; calculating a difference between position information fed back by a position sensor on the X-ray imaging device when imaging exposure is performed on the two first images respectively as a second displacement vector; calculating a first error of the first displacement vector relative to the second displacement vector; calculating a registration level corresponding to the first error in accordance with a pre-stored training model which is a mathematical distribution model of second errors between a plurality of third displacement vectors and a plurality of corresponding fourth displacement vectors; and labeling the registration level on the two first images that are already in auto registration. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061068 | Depth/Disparity Map Post-processing Method and Device - A method and a device for post-processing depth/disparity maps adopt a strategy of combining edge information and segmentation information when detecting irregular edge regions. The method includes dividing a color image into super pixels when performing image segmentation on a color image; partitioning a grayscale range into a preset number of intervals, and for each super pixel, statistically obtaining a histogram of all the pixel points that fall within the intervals; determining, in a current super pixel, whether a ratio of the number of pixels contained in the interval having a maximum interval distribution value, to the total number of pixels in the current super pixel is less than the first threshold; and if so, further dividing the current super pixel using a color-based segmentation method. The disclosed method and device improve accuracy of color image division while ensuring image processing speed, thus improving detection accuracy of the irregular edge regions. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061069 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Coordinates on a two-dimensional image that respectively correspond to points on a three-dimensional space that configures an object included in a field of view based on a viewpoint are specified. A depth map is generated based on a result of assignment processing that assigns distance information of a first point corresponding to first coordinates to a first area including the first coordinates and assigns distance information of a second point corresponding to second coordinates to a second area including the second coordinates, the first and second coordinates belonging to coordinates on the two-dimensional image. A distance from the viewpoint to the first point is longer than a distance from the viewpoint to the second point, and the first area is smaller than the second area. The points configuring the object include the first and second points. | 2018-03-01 |