17th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160117793 | Systems And Methods For Orchestrating External Graphics - Systems and methods that may be implemented to orchestrate external graphics, for example to support and extend switchable graphics capability beyond internal system components of a host information handling system so as to include an external discrete graphics processing unit (xGPU) that is not integrated or embedded within the chassis enclosure of the host information handling system, and that is coupled to the host information handling system from outside the host system chassis enclosure. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117794 | MODIFYING GRADATION IN AN IMAGE FRAME INCLUDING APPLYING A WEIGHTING TO A PREVIOUSLY PROCESSED PORTION OF THE IMAGE FRAME - An apparatus and methods for modifying gradation in an image frame determine a blend factor indicating a first weighting associated with a previously processed portion of the image frame. The apparatus and methods generate a weighted value associated with a current region of the image frame based on the current region of the image frame and based on applying the first weighting to the previously processed portion of the image frame so as to modify the gradation in the image frame. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117795 | POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A point cloud data processing system permitting free-form data selection of the cloud data includes an image forming module, a coordinate conversion module, a selection module, and a determination module. The image forming module graphs a three-dimensional image of the point cloud file. The coordinate conversion module transforms the three-dimensional image into a planar image. The selection module performs a polygon-shaped selection operation and shows a polygon-shaped region based a point cloud area selected in such a manner that the polygon-shaped region circumscribes the point cloud area selected. The determination module graphs a bounding box based on the outline of the polygon-shaped region, and determines whether graphical points lie inside both the bounding box and the polygon-shaped region. Graphical points that lie within both are further marked with color or other marking process, and graphical points which are not within both can be deleted or edited. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117796 | Content Adaptive Decoder Quality Management - In one example, a quality management controller of a video processing system may optimize a video recovery action through the selective dropping of video frames. The video processing system may store a compressed video data set in memory. The video processing system may receive a recovery quality indication describing a recovery priority of a user. The video processing system may apply a quality management controller in a video pipeline to execute a video recovery action to retrieve an output data set from the compressed video data set using a video decoder. The quality management controller may select a recovery initiation frame from the compressed video data set to be an initial frame to decompress based upon the recovery quality indication. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117797 | Image Processing Apparatus and Image Processing Method - In an image processing apparatus which performs registration between a referring image and a moving image, the image processing apparatus sets a control grid on the moving image in order to deform the moving image. The image processing apparatus extracts feature points from the moving image and the referring image, respectively. The apparatus searches positions corresponding to the extracted feature points from the referring image and the moving image. The apparatus sets the initial positions of control points on the control grid set on the moving image by using the searched-out positions. The extracted feature points correspond to each other on the referring image and the moving image, respectively, and are feature portions on the respective images. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117798 | Image Zooming - Image zooming is described. In one or more implementations, zoomed croppings of an image are scored. The scores calculated for the zoomed croppings are indicative of a zoomed cropping's inclusion of content that is captured in the image. For example, the scores are indicative of a degree to which a zoomed cropping includes salient content of the image, a degree to which the salient content included in the zoomed cropping is centered in the image, and a degree to which the zoomed cropping preserves specified regions-to-keep and excludes specified regions-to-remove. Based on the scores, at least one zoomed cropping may be chosen to effectuate a zooming of the image. Accordingly, the image may be zoomed according to the zoomed cropping such that an amount the image is zoomed corresponds to a scale of the zoomed cropping. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117799 | IMAGE UP-SCALE DEVICE AND METHOD - An image scale device for up-scaling an input image by generating data signals for a plurality of additional pixels, the additional pixels added to the input image to generate an up-scaled image, the device comprising an RGB interpolator configured to generate red (R), green (G), and blue (B) data signals for each of the additional pixels on the basis of the R, G, and B data signals of an arbitrary pixel among pixels of the input image that are adjacent to the respective additional pixel, and a W interpolator configured to generate a white (W) data signal for each of the additional pixels on the basis of W data signals of the pixels of the input image that are adjacent to the respective additional pixel. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117800 | PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE ACQUISTION DEVICE AND METHOD - A photographic image acquisition device comprising a primary image sensor optically coupled to a primary imaging lens and at least one secondary image sensor optically to a secondary imaging lens, the optical axes of the primary and the secondary lenses set parallel to each other, both image sensors set in the same geometric plane, such that both focal plane arrays receive optical projections of the same scene. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117801 | PARTIAL EXPANSION METHOD OF ENCODED IMAGES AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for partially up/downscaling an image encoded on a macroblock basis utilizing a computer. The method and apparatus performs operations of: creating map data of the encoded image so as to be able to find a filestream position corresponding to a macroblock in the encoded image to be decoded; creating a shrunken image of the encoded image; receiving a first control request from a user to display a first part in the encoded image; displaying on a display device, a second part in the shrunken image corresponding to the first part in the encoded image; decoding macroblocks containing the first part in the encoded image, using the map data; and displaying on the display device, the first part in the encoded image using the decoded macroblocks so as to replace the second part in the shrunken image therewith. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117802 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROJECTION DEVICE - A display control device includes: an acquirer that receives inclination information on an occupant's head in a mobile body from a detector that detects the inclination; and a controller that controls a displayer to generate a predetermined image representing a presentation image superimposed on an object as viewed from the occupant when the presentation image is displayed on a display medium, based on recognition results of the object ahead of the mobile body and the inclination information. When the object is recognized, with the head not inclined, the controller causes the displayer to generate a first predetermined image representing a first presentation image indicating a horizontal direction, and with the head inclined, the controller causes the displayer to generate a second predetermined image representing a second presentation image obtained by rotating part of the first presentation image by an angle which is determined according to the inclination. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117803 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PROPERLY EMPHASIZING DIFFERENCES IN BRIGHTNESS BETWEEN BRIGHT SPOTS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A technique that makes it possible to obtain a natural photographed image which does not give a feeling of strangeness and emphasizes differences in brightness between bright stars and low-brightness stars, without depending on a photographic scene. In a case where photographing the starry sky, the number of bright spots is detected from a picked-up image, and image processing performed on the picked-up image is controlled to at least blurring processing or edge emphasis processing or neither the blurring processing nor the edge emphasis processing, according to the number of detected bright spots. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117804 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENHANCING EDGE OF IMAGE AND DIGITAL CAMERA - A method and a device for enhancing an edge of an image are provided. The method includes: obtaining a first gradient value of a pixel; determining whether the pixel is at a rough edge according to the first gradient value; if yes, obtaining a first edge enhancement value of the pixel and obtaining a first edge enhancement result of the pixel according to the first edge enhancement value; if no, obtaining a second gradient value of the pixel; determining whether the pixel is at a tiny edge according to the second gradient value; if yes, obtaining a second edge enhancement value of the pixel and obtaining a second edge enhancement result of the pixel according to the second edge enhancement value; if no, obtaining the pixel value of the pixel as the edge enhancement result of the pixel; and repeating above steps until each pixel of the image is processed. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117805 | Removing Noise from an Image Via Efficient Patch Distance Computations - In embodiments of removing noise from an image via efficient patch distance computations, weights are computed for patches of pixels in a digital image, and the computed weights are multiplied by respective offset values of offset images that are pixelwise shifted images of the entire digital image. The weights can be applied to the pixels in the digital image on a patch-by-patch basis to restore values of the pixels. Additionally, the digital image can be pixelwise shifted to generate the offset images of the digital image, and the digital image is compared to the offset images. Lookup tables of pixel values can be generated based on the comparisons of the digital image to the offset images, and integral images generated from the lookup tables. Distances to the patches of pixels in the digital image are computed from the integral images, and the computed weights are based on the computed distances. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117806 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Source image data is subjected to a logarithmic process (gamma correction process) (S | 2016-04-28 |
20160117807 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device includes a generation unit and a smoothing processor. The generation unit calculates an edge strength on the basis of a stairs tone strength indicative of differences between a first parameter and a second parameter. The first parameter is a first gradient based on pixel values of a pixel of interest in an input image and adjacent pixels included in a first range with respect to the pixel of interest. The second parameter is one of a variance based on pixel values of the pixel of interest and the adjacent pixels, and a second gradient based on the pixel value of the pixel of interest and adjacent pixels included in a second range. The smoothing processor performs a nonlinear smoothing operation on the pixel value of the pixel of interest and the adjacent pixels included in the first range on the basis of the calculated edge strength. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117808 | IMAGE CONVERSION UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Embodiments relate to a data conversion unit that includes: a bit mode transformer configured to transform a first bit mode image into a second bit mode image; a fixed frequency band component detector configured to detect a fixed frequency band component; and a image processor configured to apply a filter mask to regions of the second bit mode image opposite to the fixed frequency band component and output an interpolated second bit mode image. Such an image conversion unit can allow the gradation of a converted image to become finer. As such, the converted image can be more softly displayed. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117809 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A subtraction image is generated by performing subtraction between a mask image serving as a radiation image obtained by capturing an object, at least of a specific region of which does not include contrast medium, and a live image serving as a radiation image obtained by capturing the object which includes the contrast medium. The emphasis degree serving as the degree of emphasis processing for the subtraction image is determined based on at least either the mask image or live image. The emphasis processing is performed for the subtraction image based on the emphasis degree. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117810 | Method and Apparatus for Rendering an Image for an Entire Web Page on Physical Devices - In at least one embodiment, a system and method described herein provides a concrete and tangible solution to solve a problem of remotely and programmatically activating and manipulating a device to capture screen shots of a complete web page and, in at least one embodiment, prevent and, if necessary, recover from device crashes. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117811 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A TARGET TRAJECTORY OF A CAMERA EMBARKED ON A DRONE AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM - For generating a target trajectory of a drone equipped with a vehicle, the drone moving in an indoor or outdoor environment, the method comprises acquiring (S | 2016-04-28 |
20160117812 | Image Based Signal Response Metrology - Methods and systems for measuring overlay error between structures formed on a substrate by successive lithographic processes are presented herein. Two overlay targets, each having programmed offsets in opposite directions are employed to perform an overlay measurement. Overlay error is measured based on zero order scatterometry signals and scatterometry data is collected from each target at two different azimuth angles. In addition, methods and systems for creating an image-based measurement model based on measured, image-based training data are presented. The trained, image-based measurement model is then used to calculate values of one or more parameters of interest directly from measured image data collected from other wafers. The methods and systems for image based measurement described herein are applicable to both metrology and inspection applications. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117813 | Hand-held medical-data capture-device having optical detection of vital signs from multiple filters and interoperation with electronic medical record systems via an authenticated communication channel - In one implementation, an apparatus estimates body core temperature from an infrared measurement of an external source point using a cubic relationship between the body core temperature and the measurement of an external source point is described, estimates temperature from a digital infrared sensor and determines vital signs from a solid-state image transducer, or determines vital signs from a solid-state image transducer and estimates body core temperature from an infrared measurement of an external source point using a cubic relationship between the body core temperature and the measurement of an external source point; after which the estimated and/or determined information is transmitted to an external database. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117814 | METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING PULMONARY ARTERY AND PULMONARY VEIN, AND METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING BLOOD VESSELS USING SAME - A method for distinguishing between pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins and a method for quantifying blood vessels are disclosed. The method for distinguishing between pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins includes: forming a set of pulmonary vessels for points corresponding to pulmonary vessels, wherein each of the points of the set of pulmonary vessels has weight information; forming a tree from the points of the set of pulmonary vessels by using the weight information; and distinguishing between the pulmonary arteries and the pulmonary veins by separating the tree into a plurality of regions. The method for quantifying blood vessels includes: extracting blood vessels as a three-dimensional set of voxels based on medical images of an organ; finding the voxels of blood vessels included in a region of interest of the organ; and quantifying length information of the blood vessels by using the found voxels. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117815 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING TO DETERMINE PATIENT-SPECIFIC BLOOD FLOW CHARACTERISTICS - Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117816 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING TO DETERMINE PATIENT-SPECIFIC BLOOD FLOW CHARACTERISTICS - Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117817 | METHOD OF PLANNING, PREPARING, SUPPORTING, MONITORING AND/OR SUBSEQUENTLY CHECKING A SURGICAL INTERVENTION IN THE HUMAN OR ANIMAL BODY, APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT SUCH AN INTERVENTION AND USE OF THE APPARATUS - A method of planning, preparing, supporting, monitoring and/or subsequently checking a surgical intervention in the human or animal body, for introducing at least one implant, in which, with the aid of an imaging assistance means (“IAM”), at least two multidimensional images of at least one portion of the body are displayed, and at least two images which differ with respect to the number of dimensions of the image. The multidimensional images are identified and processed with the aid of the IAM. Information and/or data on implants and/or 2D and/or 3D images of implants is/are supplied to the IAM, which uses an interface to transmit data online during the surgical intervention to equipment for planning, supporting, monitoring and/or subsequently checking a surgical intervention. The IAM is supplied with reference data, target values, standard values and/or general non-patient-specific data and/or information on implants which, before being supplied, is/are compared with standard values. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117818 | COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS (CAD) APPARATUS AND METHOD USING CONSECUTIVE MEDICAL IMAGES - A Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) apparatus may include: an image receiver configured to receive consecutive medical images; an image analyzer configured to divide the received consecutive medical images into sequence groups by a predetermined number, separate images in a sequence group, among the sequence groups, into a first image group and a second image group, and perform parallel analysis on the first image group and the second image group; and a display configured to output on a screen a result of the analyzing of the first image group and the second image group. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117819 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING TO DETERMINE PATIENT-SPECIFIC BLOOD FLOW CHARACTERISTICS - Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117820 | IMAGE REGISTRATION METHOD - An image registration method for registering a first image taken from a first viewpoint and a second image taken from a second viewpoint is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a first reference image by photographing a reference target from a first viewpoint; obtaining a second reference image by photographing the reference target from a second viewpoint; obtaining reference coordinate-difference values that indicate difference in coordinates of corresponding pixels between the first reference image and the second reference image; obtaining parallax registration-error values based on a distance of a photographing target from the first viewpoint and the second viewpoint; obtaining a registration result of a first image of the photographing target taken from the first viewpoint and the second image of the photographing target taken from the second viewpoint based on the reference coordinate-difference values; and correcting the registration result based on the parallax registration-error values. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117821 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING IMAGES - There are provided an apparatus and method for registering images. The apparatus includes at least one processor configured to implement: a first transform model estimator configured to generate a first transform model based on corresponding feature points between a first image and a second image; a second transform model estimator configured to generate a second transform model based on corresponding feature points between a first partial image of the first image and a second partial image of the second image, the second partial image being generated based on the first partial image; and a registrator configured to register the first image and the second image by transforming the first partial image using the first transform model and the second transform model. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117822 | SELECTION STRATEGY FOR EXCHANGING MAP INFORMATION IN COLLABORATIVE MULTI-USER SLAM SYSTEMS - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for selecting a part of SLAM map information of a first device for transmission to a second device in a collaborative SLAM environment. In one embodiment, the functions implemented include: determining whether a 3D registration transformation between a map of the first device and a map of the second device is available; and transmitting a part of map information of the first device to the second device according to one of a first strategy or a second strategy based on whether or not a 3D registration transformation between the map of the first device and the map of the second device is available. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117823 | Imaging System and Method for Use in Surgical and Interventional Medical Procedures - A system and method for displaying images of internal anatomy includes an image processing device configured to provide high resolution images of the surgical field from low resolution scans during the procedure. The image processing device digitally manipulates a previously-obtained high resolution baseline image to produce many representative images based on permutations of movement of the baseline image. During the procedure a representative image is selected having an acceptable degree of correlation to the new low resolution image. The selected representative image and the new image are merged to provide a higher resolution image of the surgical field. The image processing device is also configured to provide interactive movement of the displayed image based on movement of the imaging device, and to permit placement of annotations on the displayed image to facilitate communication between the radiology technician and the surgeon. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117824 | POSTURE ESTIMATION METHOD AND ROBOT - An image recognition method according to one aspect of the present invention acquires a camera image generated by capturing a subject using a camera (three-dimensional sensor). A plurality of coordinates corresponding to a plurality of pixels included in a predetermined area in the camera image are acquired. Subject distance information indicating a distance from the subject to the camera in the plurality of pixels is acquired. Then the posture of the subject surface included in the subject in the predetermined area is estimated based on the plurality of coordinates and the plurality of pieces of subject distance information that have been acquired. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117825 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND ALLOCATION INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a measurement information acquisition unit, an image acquisition unit, an image recognition unit, and a generation unit. The measurement information acquisition unit acquires measurement information obtained by measuring a space in which at least one device and at least one object are allocated. The image acquisition unit acquires an image obtained by imaging the space. The image recognition unit recognizes the at least one device from the image. On the basis of the measurement information and a result of the recognition of the at least one device, the generation unit generates allocation information that represents allocation of the at least one device and the at least one object in the space and that enables identification of the at least one device. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117826 | LOCATING THE BODY SURFACE POSITION OF A CT SCANNED SUBJECT - CT scanning techniques and systems thereof are disclosed. In various embodiments, a body surface measuring point of a subject on a scanning bed can be identified according to a frontal image captured by a first image capturing device. A measuring projection angle can be acquired using the body surface measuring point. A lateral image of the subject can be captured using a second image capturing device. Based on the lateral image, a vertical distance between the body surface measuring point and the scanning bed, a current height and the initial height of the scanning bed, a horizontal position of the body surface measuring point under the initial height can be acquired. A horizontal position of the body surface measuring point under the current height can be determined based on above acquired parameters. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117827 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING LOITERING OBJECTS - A method for visualizing loitering objects includes: detecting at least one object determined to have been in a selected area of an input image for a preset time period; obtaining representative still images of each of the detected at least one object in respective time periods during the preset time period; and displaying the representative still images in a time order, or generating a video summary in which images of each of the detected at least one object, respectively included in the representative still images, are displayed together on a single image with indication of the time order. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117828 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING POSITION OF TARGET BY USING IMAGES ACQUIRED FROM CAMERA AND DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE SAME - A method for estimating a position of a target by using an image acquired from a camera is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) setting multiple virtual estimated reference points by dividing a view-path; (b) comparing altitude values of the respective estimated reference points with those of respective points on terrain; (c) searching neighboring virtual estimated reference points among the multiple virtual estimated reference points to satisfy a requirement under which a difference between an altitude z | 2016-04-28 |
20160117829 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - Electronic devices and methods for processing images are provided. The method includes obtaining a first image and a second image through a first image sensor, extracting depth information from at least one third image obtained through a second image sensor, applying the extracted depth information to the obtained first image and displaying the first image, and applying the extracted depth information to the obtained second image. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117830 | OBJECT DETECTION AND TRACKING USING DEPTH DATA - Methods and systems for detecting and/or tracking one or more objects utilize depth data. An example method of detecting one or more objects in image data includes receiving depth image data corresponding to a depth image view point relative to the one or more objects. A series of binary threshold depth images are formed from the depth image data. Each of the binary threshold depth images is based on a respective depth. One or more depth extremal regions in which image pixels have the same value are identified for each of the binary depth threshold images. One or more depth maximally stable extremal regions are selected from the identified depth extremal regions based on change in area of the one or more respective depth extremal regions for different depths. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117831 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an image processing section periodically performing image processing for a periodically captured image, a diagnosing section comparing an image processing result obtained from diagnostic image data with an expected value data which indicates a reference for a normal processing result of image processing of the diagnostic image data and determining whether the image processing result obtained from the diagnostic image data is normal, by making the image processing section perform image processing for the diagnostic image data which is directly accessible by the image processing section in parallel with image processing periodically performed by the image processing section for the captured image, and an output controlling section outputting the processing result of image processing for the captured image as valid to a control section on condition that the image processing result obtained from the diagnostic image data is determined as normal by the diagnosing section. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117832 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING FOREGROUND IMAGE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method and an apparatus for separating a foreground image are disclosed. The method includes obtaining an input image and depth information of the input image; roughly dividing the input image to obtain a rough foreground region based on the depth information of the input image; obtaining motion information of the input image, and generating a three-color image from the rough foreground region based on the motion information; and separating the foreground image from the generated three-color image. According to the method, the three-color image is generated based on the depth information and the motion information, thus a foreground object can be accurately separated from the three-color image. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117833 | ONLINE BACKGROUND MODEL EXTRACTION - Apparatus and method for extracting a background model from a video stream of frames. Each frame is divided into a rectangular array of blocks, and a block descriptor of each block is compared with the previous frame's corresponding block descriptor. When a block descriptor is substantially the same as the corresponding block descriptor of the preceding frame for at least a predetermined number of frames, then the background model is updated according to the block descriptor. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117834 | AUTOMATIC, COMPUTER-BASED DETECTION OF TRIANGULAR COMPOSITIONS IN DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES - An intelligent system detects triangles in digital photographic images, including portrait photography. The method extracts a set of filtered line segments as candidate triangle sides and/or objects as candidate triangle vertices. A modified RANSAC algorithm is utilized to fit triangles onto the set of line segments and/or vertices. Two metrics may then be used evaluate the fitted triangles. Those with high fitting scores are considered as detected triangles. The system can accurately locate preeminent triangles in photographs without any knowledge about the camera parameters or lens choices. The invention can also help amateurs gain a deeper understanding and inspirations from professional photographic works. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117835 | Method and System for Image Processing to Classify an Object in an Image - In an image processing method, an object is located within an image. An area around the object is determined and divided into at least first and second portions based upon image information within the area. The object can then be classified based upon both image information in the first portion of the area and image information in the second portion of the area. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117836 | IMAGE EDITING USING LEVEL SET TREES - A method comprising: mapping an image onto multiple level sets connected by multiple branches, wherein each of said level sets corresponds to a predefined range of values for an attribute of said image; associating multiple pixels of said image to said multiple level sets in accordance with the value of each pixel; identifying a source level set associated with a source pixel of said multiple pixels; for each of said multiple pixels, determining that a distance between said source pixel and one of said multiple pixels is within a predefined threshold, wherein said distance is calculated as a function of a first distance between said source level set and said level set associated with said one of said multiple pixels; in one embodiment, the determined distance is applied to an image processing application to produce a processed image, and the processed image is rendered on a rendering medium. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117837 | MODIFICATION OF AT LEAST ONE PARAMETER USED BY A VIDEO PROCESSING ALGORITHM FOR MONITORING OF A SCENE - There is provided a method, a device and a system for modifying at least one parameter used by a video processing algorithm, such as a motion detection algorithm, an object detection algorithm, or an object tracking algorithm, for monitoring of a scene ( | 2016-04-28 |
20160117838 | MULTIPLE-MEDIA PERFORMANCE MECHANISM - Embodiments of a system and method are disclosed for adjusting the execution of a multi-media performance in response to a live performance. Embodiments track and receive data regarding elements of the live performance, analyze the live performance data, determine the pace of the live performance, and use this data to appropriately execute elements of the accompanying multi-media performance. Some embodiments may perform this analysis and adjustment automatically. Certain embodiments may use voice detection devices, motion detection devices and musical detection devices to track the live performance. The live performance may be analyzed in relation to an electronic script, which may contain instructions related to the execution of the multi-media elements. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117839 | IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE, IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an image output device includes an extractor, a search unit, an associate unit, and a controller. The extractor is configured to extract a first parameter that varies in accordance with a movement of an object from at least one first image of the object, and extract a second parameter that varies in accordance with a movement of the object from each second image of the object. The search unit is configured to search for a second parameter similar to the first parameter. The associate unit is configured to associate the first image from which the first parameter is extracted with the second image from which the second parameter that is retrieved with respect to the first parameter is extracted. The controller is configured to instruct an output unit to output an image based on the first and second images that are associated to each other. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117840 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a tracking unit configured to identify a tracking region including a tracking object in an image, an identification unit configured to identify a motion region inside the tracking region in the image, a derivation unit configured to derive a ratio of the motion region relative to the tracking region, and a determination unit configured to determine whether to continue tracking the tracking object based on the derived ratio. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117841 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS - An object detection apparatus for detecting an object around a moving object carrying the apparatus by transmitting a probe wave and receiving reflections of the probe wave from the object via a plurality of ranging sensors attached to the moving object. In the apparatus, a tentative same-object determiner is configured to, if it is determined by a same-object determiner that the objects detected in the current and previous cycles are not the same, determine whether or not the objects detected in the current and previous cycles are likely to be the same. A determination suspender is configured to, if it is determined that the objects detected in the current and previous cycles are likely to be the same, suspend determining that the objects detected in the current and previous cycles are not the same. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117842 | OBJECT EXTRACTION FROM VIDEO IMAGES - A computer implemented method of object extraction from video images, the method comprising steps a computer is programmed to perform, the steps comprising: receiving a plurality of video images, deriving a plurality of background templates from at least one of the received video images, calculating a plurality of differences from an individual one of the received video images, each one of the differences being calculated between the individual video image and a respective and different one of the background templates, and extracting an object of interest from the individual video image, using a rule applied on the calculated differences. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117843 | BREAST IMAGING REPORTING AND DATA SYSTEM (BI-RADS) TISSUE COMPOSITION - Breast density is a significant breast cancer risk factor measured from mammograms. Disclosed is a methodology for converting continuous measurements of breast density and calibrated mammograms into a four-state ordinal variable approximating the BI-RADS ratings. In particular, the present disclosure is directed to a calibration system for a specific full field digital mammography (FFDM) technology. The calibration adjusts for the x-ray acquisition technique differences across mammograms resulting in standardized images. The approach produced various calibrated and validated measures of breast density, one of which assesses variation in the mammogram referred to as Vc (i.e. variation measured from calibrated mammograms). The variation in raw mammograms [i.e. Vr] is a valid breast density risk factor in both FFDM in digitized film mammograms. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117844 | Pigment Identification of Complex Coating Mixtures with Sparkle Color - A method that includes obtaining, using a processor, image data from a target coating. The method also includes performing, using the processor, an image analysis to determine at least one sparkle point from the image data, and performing, using the processor, a hue analysis to determine a sparkle color from the sparkle point. The method further includes calculating, using the processor, a sparkle color distribution, and generating, using the processor, a coating formulation that is the same or substantially similar in appearance to the target coating. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117845 | CONTAMINATION LEVEL ESTIMATION METHOD FOR HIGH VOLTAGE INSULATORS - The contamination level estimation method for high voltage insulators collects samples of naturally contaminated insulators and builds an image data set for the collected insulators. Flashover voltages of several insulators samples are measured. ESDD levels of the collected insulators are estimated. Images are input to image processing algorithms to extract representative features. The images are segmented. Transforming the image from RGB color space into grayscale model excludes the background from the image. Subsequently, the segmented images are transferred back to RGB color space model using matrix manipulation. Since contaminants on the insulator surface affect the color of the insulator, the segmented image is transformed from RGB to HSV color space which is used for extracting statistical and linear algebraic features from the hue image. A trained artificial neural network correlates the extracted features to the contamination levels enabling testing of other contaminated insulators. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117846 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOSSY COMPRESSION OF IMAGE COLOR PROFILES - In one embodiment, an image containing a number of colors is received. The image is divided into a number of sections, and an importance value is determined for each section. For each section of the image, a frequency of each color is determined. For each color in the image, a weighted score is calculated based on the frequency of that color in a particular section, and the importance value in the particular section. The weighted scores are used to adjust an error metric used to determine an approximation function for a color profile to transform the image from a first color space to a second color space, where the error metric measures the difference between the approximation function and an ideal function curve for the transformation. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117847 | Signal Response Metrology For Image Based And Scatterometry Overlay Measurements - Methods and systems for measuring overlay error between structures formed on a substrate by successive lithographic processes are presented herein. Two overlay targets, each having programmed offsets in opposite directions are employed to perform an overlay measurement. Overlay error is measured based on zero order scatterometry signals and scatterometry data is collected from each target at two different azimuth angles. In addition, methods and systems for creating an image-based measurement model based on measured, image-based training data are presented. The trained, image-based measurement model is then used to calculate values of one or more parameters of interest directly from measured image data collected from other wafers. The methods and systems for image based measurement described herein are applicable to both metrology and inspection applications. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117848 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, POI INFORMATION CREATION SYSTEM, WARNING SYSTEM, AND GUIDANCE SYSTEM - Even when the brightness of an image in a video changes, detection of an object in the background is realized by accurately separating the object in the background from the background of the image. An image processing device in accordance with the present invention executes a process of converting a color space of a processing target image and acquiring color information on the converted color space, a process of calculating, for the target image, an average value of the brightness of color information on a target region that contains an object to be detected, and a process of comparing, for the target region, the brightness of color information on each pixel with the calculated average value, a process of generating a corrected image with corrected brightness/darkness, and a process of extracting the object on the basis of the corrected image (See FIG. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117849 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR DETERMINING COLOR OF INTERFACE CONTROL - Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for determining a color of an interface control, which can enhance visual attraction of a user interface and improve user experience. The method includes: acquiring at least one pixel from a desktop wallpaper; acquiring a color value of the at least one pixel; and determining a color value of each pixel in the interface control according to the color value of the at least one pixel. At least one pixel is determined from a desktop wallpaper, and a color of an interface control is determined according to a color value of the at least one pixel, so that color and style matching between the desktop wallpaper and the interface control can be implemented, thereby enhancing visual attraction of a user interface and improving user experience. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117850 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR METAL ARTIFACT REDUCTION - A method includes receiving, with at least one processor, a first projection dataset corresponding to X-rays at a first energy level projected towards a subject at a first set of view angles and receiving, with the at least one processor, a second projection dataset corresponding to X-rays at a second energy level projected towards the subject at a second set of view angles. The method further includes identifying, with the at least one processor, a metal trace from at least one of the first projection dataset and the second projection dataset. Moreover, the method includes converting, with the at least one processor, at least a portion of the first projection dataset to a pseudo dataset at the second energy level. The method also includes generating, with the at least one processor, a final image of the subject based on the second projection dataset, the pseudo dataset, and the metal trace. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117851 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING STATICTICAL GRAPHS ON A TERMINAL DISPLAY - A method of displaying statistical graphs on a terminal display includes the steps of: obtaining a count of subgraphs to be displayed in a statistical graph, the count having a value of N; selecting N number of sample points from a line in a color coordinate space; obtaining N number of colors corresponding to the N number of sample points for displaying the statistical graph, wherein colors of neighboring subgraphs correspond to neighboring sample points of the line, the N number of colors form a one to one relationship with the N sample points respectively; and displaying the statistical graph. The number of statistical data types can be used to select a same number of different colors to obtain a statistical graph with color gradients formed by its subgraphs for displaying. It solves the problem of the present statistical systems, with only a fixed number of colors for rendering statistical graphs, when the amount of statistical data types are tremendous, running out colors. As a result, the displaying effect of statistical results is more clear and precise, with less amount of CPU computation and less amount of energy usage. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117852 | Enabling Consumers to Customize a Piece of Artwork - A piece of artwork defined using a vector image format can be customized by the consumer. The consumer can select patterns to be applied to the shapes of the artwork as well as manipulate the appearance of the patterns once applied to the shapes. The manipulations can include translation, rotation, scaling, and inversion of the patterns. The manipulations that a consumer makes can be recorded so that they can be reapplied to a version of the artwork having a desired size. Multiple shapes can be grouped to facilitate applying and manipulating a pattern consistently across the grouped shapes. Relative values for manipulations can be generated to facilitate applying the manipulations consistently across versions of the artwork that have different aspect ratios. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117853 | UAV FLIGHT DISPLAY - Methods, systems, and devices are provided for displaying flight information related to a UAV. The UAV may carry a payload via a carrier that may permit the payload to move relative to the UAV. UAV related information including UAV state information and payload state information can be provided to a remote display terminal. The UAV state information can include position information as well as attitude information of the UAV. The payload state information can include attitude information of the payload relative to the UAV. The remote display terminal can be configured to simultaneously display the UAV state information and the payload state information so as to provide the user with an intuitive, comprehensive, yet efficient user interface. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117854 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - The present invention makes it possible to see an original text string which (i) is contained in a captured image and (ii) has been translated, even after a translation of the original text string is displayed. The text string decoration display control section ( | 2016-04-28 |
20160117855 | RENDERING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A rendering apparatus includes a tile binning unit configured to determine a plurality of tiles including at least one primitive, and configured to generate tile data associated with the plurality of tiles. The rendering apparatus includes a visibility test unit configured to perform a visibility test on the at least one primitive included in the plurality of tiles, based on the tile data. The rendering apparatus further includes a rendering unit configured to perform rendering on a visible primitive among the at least one primitive as a result of the visibility test. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117856 | POINT CLOUD PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE USING SAME - A point cloud processing method is provided. The method includes: depicting, at a computing device, a three-dimensional image based on a point cloud data set; converting, at the computing device, the three-dimensional image to a two-dimensional image; dragging, at the computing device, a brush to form a coverage are; determining, at the computing device, whether a point is within the coverage area by comparing coordinates of each point in the two-dimensional image with coordinates of area boundary of the coverage area; and painting, at the computing device, the point within the coverage area to specific color. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117857 | AFFECTED REGION DISPLAY - A system and method for providing image guidance for placement of one or more medical devices at a target location. The system can be used to determine one or more affected regions corresponding to the operation of one or more medical devices and display at least a portion of the one or more affected regions. The affected regions can correspond to predicted affected regions and/or dynamic affected regions and can be based at least in part on a variance parameter of the medical device. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117858 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SIMPLIFYING POINT CLOUD OF OBJECT - In a method for simplifying point clouds of an object using a computing device, a point cloud of the object is obtained from a scanning device connected to the computing device, and the point cloud is meshed into triangulated grids. The triangulated grids are selected from the point cloud, and a number of simplification passes to simplify the triangulated grids is received from an input device. The triangulated grids of triangles are classified according to a shape of each grid and a location of each grid in the point cloud. Each type of triangulated grid is simplified to obtain simplified grids by performing a loop triangular grid function with the number of simplification passes. The simplified grids are smoothed and the cloud model of the object can be displayed. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117859 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A THREE DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF A SUBJECT - In one embodiment a method of generating a three dimensional model of a subject is disclosed. The method comprises receiving point cloud data for a subject; receiving user inputs indicating a plurality of cubes, and a grouping of the cubes into a plurality of blocks to form a representation of a class of subjects; generating a first mesh comprising a plurality of quadrilaterals by subdividing patches corresponding to faces of blocks of the plurality of blocks; fitting the first mesh to the point cloud data to generate a fitted mesh; iteratively generating further meshes, each comprising a plurality of quadrilaterals by subdividing patches of the fitted mesh from the previous iteration and fitting the further mesh to the point cloud data; and outputting as the three dimensional model of the subject the iteratively generated fitted mesh. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117860 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMMERSIVE AND INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA GENERATION - An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an optical sensing system that comprises at least one camera, the at least one camera being configured to acquire an image of a physical environment. The apparatus further comprises a processing system. The processing system comprises an orientation and position determination module configured to detect salient features from the image, and determine a change in orientation and/or position of the apparatus with respect to the physical environment based on the detected salient features. The processing system also comprises a rendering module configured to determine a rendering of the physical environment based on the image and on the determined change in orientation and/or position of the apparatus, and provide data related to the rendering of the physical environment to a display system. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117861 | USER CONTROLLED REAL OBJECT DISAPPEARANCE IN A MIXED REALITY DISPLAY - The technology causes disappearance of a real object in a field of view of a see-through, mixed reality display device system based on user disappearance criteria. Image data is tracked to the real object in the field of view of the see-through display for implementing an alteration technique on the real object causing its disappearance from the display. A real object may satisfy user disappearance criteria by being associated with subject matter that the user does not wish to see or by not satisfying relevance criteria for a current subject matter of interest to the user. In some embodiments, based on a 3D model of a location of the display device system, an alteration technique may be selected for a real object based on a visibility level associated with the position within the location. Image data for alteration may be prefetched based on a location of the display device system. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117862 | CONTEXT-AWARE TAGGING FOR AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENTS - A method for tag-based search includes capturing an image, extracting a tag from the image, identifying a location associated with the captured image, and querying stored content for information that matches the location and the tag. Local storage is checked for the information first, and remote storage may be checked subsequently. Any located information may be used to augment the image. Information located in the remote storage may be saved in the local storage until it reaches a certain age, until it fails to be accessed for a threshold period of time, or until the location moves outside a threshold radius associated with a location of the information located in the remote storage. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117863 | AUGMENTED REALITY VIEW OF PRODUCT INSTRUCTIONS - In a system for presenting augmented reality views of product instructions a method may include receiving a request from a client device, the request including image data. The method may further includes identifying an object in the image data and generating an augmented reality view of the identified object. The method may further include transmitting the augmented reality view to the client device. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117864 | RECALIBRATION OF A FLEXIBLE MIXED REALITY DEVICE - The technology provides embodiments for recalibration of outward facing cameras supported by a see-through, head mounted, mixed reality display system having a flexible portion between see-through displays for the eyes. Each outward facing camera has a fixed spatial relationship with a respective or corresponding see-through display positioned to be seen through by a respective eye. For front facing cameras, the fixed spatial relationship allows a predetermined mapping between positions on an image sensor of each camera and positions on the respective display. The mapping may be used to register a position of a virtual object to a position of a real object. A change in a first flexible spatial relationship between the outward facing cameras can be automatically detected. A second spatial relationship between the cameras is determined. A registration of a virtual object to a real object may be updated based on the second spatial relationship. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117865 | GENERATING DIGITAL ELEMENTS USING NON-DETERMINISTIC SELECTION - A list of attribute categories associated with a plurality of graphical assets to construct a simulated element of a graphical simulation is received. An element profile for the simulated element using the list of attribute categories is determined, wherein the element profile comprises an attribute value for each attribute category of the list of attribute categories. A list of graphical assets from the plurality of graphical assets that match the element profile is identified. A set of graphical assets from the identified list of graphical assets to be used to construct the simulated character is selected non-deterministically from the list, and the simulated element is subsequently constructed using the selected set of graphical assets. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117866 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN INTEGRATED PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an integrated parking management system for automated parking identification, parking fee payment and parking status monitoring comprising: an in-vehicle unit configured to determine a geographic position of a vehicle; a parking management server configured to determine an available parking space and corresponding parking fee based on the geographic position data received from the in-vehicle unit. The system further comprises a handheld unit configured to determine validity of a parking status of the vehicle, and report to the parking management server. The functions of the In Vehicle Unit can also be realized in a software only implementation for integration and execution on alternative platforms. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117867 | PUBLIC TRANSPORT ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - The present invention discloses an electronic system for public traffic, which is integrated with at least one wireless communication system. When or after a passenger gets on and pays by a mobile phone, information about the owner of the mobile phone is detected so as to check or freeze a fund or an overdraft limit of a full fare in an account corresponding to the mobile phone of the passenger. When the fund or overdraft limit is lower than the full fare or a certain numerical value, there will be a prompt of “Insert coins” or “Please recharge”. After the passenger gets off, by detecting or communicating with the wireless communication system of the mobile phone of the passenger by an electronic vehicle device, it is automatically judged that the passenger has got off; or by judging a distance relationship or position relationship between the electronic vehicle device and the mobile phone of the passenger, it is automatically judged that the passenger has got off, and the fare to be paid by the passenger is deducted at the same time or later. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117868 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING CUSTOM FLEET VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SCRIPTS - System and methods are disclosed for gathering vehicle data from a vehicle engine computer installed in an engine of a vehicle and a plurality of sensors disposed about the vehicle and providing functionality for a third-party to install and then execute custom scripts within a telematics application to change default functionalities of the telematics application when processing the vehicle data. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117869 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING HEALTH OF VIBRATION DAMPING COMPONENTS - A method for health monitoring of a damper associated with a landing gear is described which includes receiving sensor data from a pressure transducer and an accelerometer and optionally a thermal sensor operably mounted on or near the damper, a computer system, and applying, using the computer system, a diagnostic algorithm to the sensor data to induce and predict the health of the damper. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117870 | VEHICLE INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD AND DEVICE - A vehicle information acquisition method and device: a diagnostic device collects vehicle information; and a mobile intelligent terminal is able to be in communication with the diagnostic device via a WLAN, and accesses the diagnostic device via a webpage to acquire the vehicle information displayed on the webpage. Thus, a user can acquire vehicle driving information in real time simply by utilizing the mobile intelligent terminal to access a WLAN. The present invention is more convenient to use and is applied in a wider range compared with the vehicle information acquisition method in the prior art. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117871 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERING A VEHICLE MONITORING DEVICE - System and method for registering a vehicle monitoring device with a central monitoring system, comprising determining a monitoring device identifier, determining a vehicle identifier from an on-board diagnostic system, establishing a communication link between the vehicle monitoring device and the central monitoring system, and sending the monitoring device identifier and vehicle identifier to the central monitoring system from the vehicle monitoring device. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117872 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT IN EVENT RECORDING SYSTEMS - A vehicle event recorder is provided that includes a camera for capturing a video as discrete image frames, and that further includes a managed loop memory and a management system for generating a virtual ‘timeline dilation’ effect. To overcome size limits in the buffer memory of the video event recorder, the maximum time extension of a video series is increased by enabling a reduction in temporal resolution in exchange for an increase in the temporal extension. Memory cells are overwritten in an ‘interleaved’ fashion to produce a reduced frame rate for the recording of certain time periods connected to an event moment. In time periods furthest from the event moment, the resulting frame rate is minimized while in time periods closest to the event moment, the resulting frame rate is maximized. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117873 | INTERFACE OF AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM - According to at least one embodiment, a computer-implemented method to interface with an automation system is disclosed. One or more activation parameters and deactivation parameters may be identified associated with a mobile control panel. A concealed interface of the mobile control panel may be activated based at least in part on the one or more activation parameters. The activated interface of the mobile control panel may be deactivated based at least in part on one or more sleep parameters. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117874 | Remote Guest Access to a Secured Premises - Application software for a mobile utilizes a functionality of the mobile device to determine a location and determine whether the location is within a predetermined area surrounding an access control device that controls access to the secured premises. In response to determining that the mobile device is located within the predetermined area, the application software can display identification information for owners or tenants of the secured premises. Upon receipt of a selection received from a user input of the mobile device, the mobile device can communicate with a device of the owner over any suitable communication network in order to be granted access to the secured premises by operation of the access control device. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117875 | METHOD FOR USING A SENSOR TO DETECT A USER'S PRESENCE FOR UNLOCKING AN ACCESS TO A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND SENSOR ASSOCIATED THEREWITH - A method for detecting a user's presence for unlocking an access to a motor vehicle, uses a sensor which performs the detection in an acquisition phase and a measurement phase. The method is remarkable in that the acquisition phase and the measurement phase are concomitant. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117876 | METHOD OF CONTROL OF PERSONS AND APPLICATION TO THE INSPECTION OF PERSONS - The invention relates to a method of control of persons, in which various control/inspection steps are implemented at various control points intended to be crossed by a person, characterized by the implementation of the following operations:—when a person passes a first point: • acquisition of biometric data of the person, • generation of a secure identity token, on the basis of biometric and/or identification data of the person, the token being an encrypted biometric signature obtained on the basis of a biometric datum acquired on the person, • generation of a public identifier associated with said token and storage of said identifier in a data base in association with the identity tokens or the data on the basis of which they are generated,—when a person passes at least one other control point, • acquisition of an identity datum and/or of a biometric datum about the same biometric trait or traits of those about which the biometric datum was acquired on passing the first control point, and on the basis of which the identity token (J) was generated, • determination of the public identifier of the person, by implementing an authentication of said person on the basis of the datum or data acquired and of the data stored in the database. The invention also relates to a system for controlling and for inspection of persons for the implementation of the method. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117877 | PORTABLE DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system includes: a vehicle-mounted communication device and a portable device. The communication device includes: a vehicle transmission unit which transmits a plurality of first signals to the portable device, and a vehicle reception unit which receives a second signal transmitted from the portable device. The portable device includes: a portable device reception unit which receives the first signals, a portable device controller which detects signal intensities of the received first signals, and which compares the signal intensities of the first signals, and a portable device transmission unit which transmits the second signal according to control of the portable device controller. The portable device controller sets an output value of the second signal to a predetermined value when a difference between the compared signal intensities of the first signals is equal to or less than a threshold. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117878 | HIGHLY SECURE COMBINATION LOCK SYSTEM - A combination lock system has:
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20160117879 | SYSTEM FOR CAUSING GARAGE DOOR OPENER TO OPEN GARAGE DOOR AND METHOD - A system and a method for causing a garage door to open using a garage door opener having a wireless receiver is provided. The system comprises an interface coupled to an environment sensor and configured to receive data from the environment sensor. The system can include processing electronics coupled to the interface and configured to receive the data from the interface and to use the received data to determine whether an environmental condition exists. The processing electronics provide a command to cause the garage door opener to open the garage door based on the determination of whether the environmental condition exists. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117880 | STACKING PURGE-BIN - Apparatus and methods for a stacking purge-bin (“SPB”) are provided. The SPB may be configured to rotate. The SPB may include a plurality of receiving sections. One or more tangible items retracted by the SSK may be stored in each receiving section. Rotating the SPB between each retraction may prevent tangible items from two consecutive retractions from being stored in a single receiving section. Preventing tangible items from two consecutive retractions from being stored in a single receiving section may allow each tangible item to be associated with transaction information corresponding to a retraction. The SPB may store separators. A separator may be inserted between tangible items received from two consecutive retractions. Separating between tangible items received from two consecutive retractions may allow each tangible item to be associated with transaction information corresponding to a retraction. Transaction information associated with a retraction may be marked on the separator. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117881 | PICK THE BOARD - A “Pick the Board” game allows players to compete for cash prizes by selecting (either manually or automatically through a “quick pick”) the winners of an entire week's (or other time period's) worth of designated sporting events, such as football games, basketball games, baseball games, etc. Importantly, participants are not charged any entry fee for participating in the game and winners receive cash prizes. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117882 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AND REDEEMING PARTIAL WAGERING GAME OUTCOMES - Methods, computer readable media and systems related to wagering games, and in particular those that concern providing and redeeming partial game outcomes. One example method includes receiving a completion request from a player who is operating a gaming device to complete at least one partial game outcome. The partial game outcome was previously provided to the player, who used a first device that is different than the gaming device. This example method includes determining that the player is entitled to a complete game outcome, displaying the partial game outcome on the gaming device, determining the complete game outcome, and then displaying the complete game outcome. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117883 | Method and System of Wagering - The present inventions provides a device and method of wagering on a game of chance. The game of chance is divided into a set of individual game rounds, each game round played in accordance with the nature of the type of game of chance that it mimics, but without providing a payable award. A paytable different than that generally accorded the type of game associated with the game round is provided. The paytable provides one or more point for a favorable outcome. The points are accumulated during play of the game rounds. At the conclusion of the last play of a game round, accumulated points are compared to one or more point ranges provided by the paytable. The point ranges are associated with an award. When the player has accumulated sufficient points such that they are within one of the point ranges, the player is paid the award associated with that range of points. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117884 | DUAL MODE GAMING SYSTEM WITH BINGO PROGRESSIVE PLUG-IN - A dual mode progressive bingo video gaming system that allows the switching between Class II and Class III gaming rules on a play by play basis and encourages play on the system by enhancing the player's experience with a bingo-based progressive jackpot integrated into games on the gaming system or that can be added as a separate plug-in module to virtually any base game regardless of classification. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117885 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRIGGERING AND DISTRIBUTION OF DIGITAL SCRATCHER TICKETS - A system for displaying a digital scratcher ticket on a device having an interactive display. A backend data storage and processing unit creates and stores data corresponding to a digital scratcher ticket having a unique identifier. A trigger mechanism storage and processing generates a trigger signal for use by the device. Upon receipt of the trigger signal by the device, the device receives the stored data corresponding to a digital scratcher ticket created by the backend data storage and processing unit. The device then validates the data with the backend data storage and processing unit. The validated data is used to display the digital scratcher on the interactive display, but the displayed digital scratcher ticket is hidden until a user of the device interacts with the interactive display to reveal the digital scratcher ticket. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117886 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A BONUS TO A PLAYER BASED ON A CREDIT BALANCE - An apparatus and method allow a value of a credit balance on a gaming device to be determined. If the value is not less than a predetermined threshold, a benefit is provided to the player of the gaming device. In various embodiments, the benefit may be, e.g., an increase in the player's credit balance. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117887 | Method and System of Wagering - The present invention provides a device and method of wagering on a game of chance. The game of chance is divided into a set of individual game rounds, each game round played in accordance with the nature of the type of game of chance that it mimics, but without providing a payable award. A paytable different than that generally accorded the type of game associated with the game round is provided. The paytable provides one or more point for a favorable outcome. The points are accumulated during play of the game rounds. At the conclusion of the last play of a game round, accumulated points are compared to one or more point ranges provided by the paytable. The point ranges are associated with an award. When the player has accumulated sufficient points such that they are within one of the point ranges, the player is paid the award associated with that range of points. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117888 | WAGERING APPARATUS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A system, method and apparatus provides a unique betting product where players make selections in one or more different events. Players who are in contention to win may be offered an opportunity to sell their tickets, in whole or in part, in response to a full or partial buy-out offer made at any time prior to completion of a wagering event. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117889 | CLASS OF FEATURE EVENT GAMES SUITABLE FOR LINKING TO MULTIPLE GAMING MACHINES - A gaming method, apparatus and system for playing a game of chance is disclosed in which a plurality of gaming machines may be linked together for mutually competitive play. According to one embodiment, two or more gaming machines are linked to a centrally located display exhibiting a game board comprising one or more groups of earmarkable cells in one or more groups. Players on the gaming machines wager and attempt to achieve winning outcomes which earmark cells in the group with designators of their respective gaming machines. When a predetermined number or configuration of cells of a group are earmarked, an award may be distributed to those gaming machines having earmarked cells according to the number of designators within that group associated with each gaming machine. The game of chance may be configured for play on an individual gaming machine. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117890 | SCREEN ACTIVITY MODERATION IN A SKILL WAGERING INTERLEAVED GAME - Systems and methods for operating a screen activity moderated skill wagering interleaved game are disclosed. A screen activity moderated skill wagering game is provides an entertainment game and a gambling game. The entertainment game is provided by an entertainment system and is managed by a game world operating system. The gambling game is provided by a real credit operating system. The screen activity moderated skill wagering interleaved game also provides screen activity moderation to adjust gambling activity within the gambling game based on the level of screen activity within the entertainment game. During periods of high intensity game play within the entertainment game, the screen activity moderated skill wagering interleaved game in some embodiments adjusts the gambling activity within the gambling game inversely based on the level of screen activity. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117891 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WAGERING BASED ON MULTIPLE FINANCIAL MARKET INDICATORS - A method for wagering, comprises receiving a bet regarding a spin of the reels of a slot machine. The method continues by determining a first symbol for a first reel of the slot machine based at least in part upon a first value and a second value. The first value is associated with a value of a digit of a first financial market indicator at a first point in time, and the second value is associated with the value of a digit of a second financial market indicator at the first point in time. The method continues by determining a second symbol for a second reel of the slot machine, and by determining a third symbol for a third reel of the slot machine. The method concludes by determining an outcome of the bet based at least in part upon the first symbol, the second symbol, and the third symbol. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117892 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SMART DEPOSIT RETRIEVAL - A system includes a processor and an interface. The interface receives, from a terminal, planned-deposit information. The terminal is at a location that is remote from a deposit location. The processor associates a deposit identifier with the planned-deposit information and stores the planned-deposit information and the deposit identifier in a memory. | 2016-04-28 |