18th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140119549 | Monitoring microphone transmission quality by analyzing signals from an embedded sounder - A system and method is described for monitoring the recording quality of a microphone. Some microphones, mostly in fixed installations, already feature a (piezo) sounder built into the microphone housing which is used to assess whether the microphone is functioning properly. At random or fixed intervals, the sounder produces a known signal; the microphone signal is then measured to determine if the microphone is working The disclosed invention comes down to extension of this principle by not only testing if the signal is reproduced at the correct level, but also using the sounder to measure the transmission quality of the microphone. The sounder produces a signal designed for this purpose. Upon playback of this test signal, the microphone signal is analysed to determine the overall transmission quality of the microphone, and evaluate the influence of factors that degrade quality, such as noise, bandwidth limiting, dynamic range and reverberation. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119550 | Transmit Audio in a Target Space - Implementations disclosed herein relate to transmitting audio in a target space relative to an electronic device ( | 2014-05-01 |
20140119551 | Audio Playback System Monitoring - In some embodiments, a method for monitoring speakers within an audio playback system (e.g., movie theater) environment. In typical embodiments, the monitoring method assumes that initial characteristics of the speakers (e.g., a room response for each of the speakers) have been determined at an initial time, and relies on one or more microphones positioned in the environment to perform a status check on each of the speakers to identify whether a change to at least one characteristic of any of the speakers has occurred since the initial time. In other embodiments, the method processes data indicative of output of a microphone to monitor audience reaction to an audiovisual program. Other aspects include a system configured (e.g., programmed) to perform any embodiment of the inventive method, and a computer readable medium (e.g., a disc) which stores code for implementing any embodiment of the inventive method. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119552 | LOUDSPEAKER LOCALIZATION WITH A MICROPHONE ARRAY - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for source localization using a microphone array. Such an embodiment, among others, utilizes circuitry to process audio signals and microphone signals to remove an echo (produced by a nearby loudspeaker) from the microphone signals using a plurality of adaptive echo cancellation filters. Location information is then determined for the loudspeaker based on the plurality of adaptive echo cancellation filters used to remove the echo. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119553 | ACOUSTIC DAMPENING COMPENSATION SYSTEM - At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a communication device that includes a microphone configured to detect an acoustic signal from an acoustic environment, and a processor, configured to detect an acoustical dampening between the acoustic environment and the microphone, based on a change in a characteristic of the acoustic signal and, responsive to the acoustical dampening, apply a compensation filter to the acoustic signal to form a compensated acoustic signal that is reproduced. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119554 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY IN WIRELESS HEADSETS - Headsets, systems, devices, and methods for storage and presentation of an audio or visual file are presented. Embodiments relate to storing the audio or visual file in non-volatile memory and playing or displaying the audio or visual file through at least one speaker or display if a playback command is received from an external server or a sensor condition is met. In some embodiments, the playback command is received wirelessly. According to some embodiments, the sensor condition is based on a location or a signal availability. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119555 | EARPHONE DEVICE HAVING INTEGRATED ANTENNA - An earphone device having an integrated antenna, comprising a coaxial cable, a receiver and a signal processing module. The coaxial cable includes a first end and a second end. The receiver includes an antenna module and a speaker module, where the antenna module and the speaker module are in connection and are electrically connected to the first end of the coaxial cable. The signal processing module includes a baseband unit and a radio frequency unit, where the baseband unit and the radio frequency unit are in connection and are electrically connected to the second end of the coaxial cable. Thus, the earphone device having an integrated antenna of the instant disclosure can reduce the surface area of the main board effectively to enhance the efficiency of the antenna. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119556 | SPEAKER DEVICE - A vibrating film | 2014-05-01 |
20140119557 | PERSONAL AUDIO ASSISTANT DEVICE AND METHOD - A wearable accessory for delivery of personalized audio service includes a first microphone for capturing sound, a first speaker for playing media, a logic circuit for creating a personalized Head Related Transfer Function (HRTF) to enhance listening experience of the media, a communication module for accessing the Internet and to provide access to the media in response to capturing the sound, and a memory storage unit for storing information related to the captured sound. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119558 | PERSONAL AUDIO ASSISTANT DEVICE AND METHOD - A system includes a first microphone that captures audio, a communication module communicatively coupled to the first microphone, a logic circuit communicatively coupled to the first microphone and communication module, a speaker operatively coupled to the logic circuit, and an interaction element. The interaction element and logic circuit are configured to initiate control of audio content for output from the speaker in response to at least one voice command detected in captured audio. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119559 | PERSONAL AUDIO ASSISTANT DEVICE AND METHOD - A personal audio assistant includes a housing for a device, a first microphone within or on the housing where the first microphone captures audio, a communication module within the housing, a logic circuit communicatively coupled to the device, and an interaction element. The interaction element and logic circuit are configured to initiate control of audio content or initiate at least an operation of the device in response to an analysis of the audio. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119560 | Jam Jack - This invention explains the use of a device that uses either WiFi or BLUETOOTH technologies to interface to musical equipment. The use of these technologies eliminates the need to use cables to transmit the signals from instrument to interface and also allows for easy collaboration and sharing of music, musical ideas and the like. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119561 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF WIRELESS SPEAKERS - An apparatus is described that includes an AV receiver with a wireless audio module (WAM) host. The apparatus further includes a plurality of wireless speakers each having a WAM device to enable bi-directional communications with the WAM host. The apparatus further includes a wireless input/output device or a plurality of wireless input/output devices embedded in speakers to enable bidirectional communications with the WAM host in order to automatically configure the plurality of wireless speakers to optimize audio parameters of the wireless speakers. The automatic configuration includes determining a location for each speaker in order to identify each speaker. The automatic configuration further includes setting time delay parameters for each speaker. The automatic configuration further includes setting volume parameters for each speaker. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119562 | Method of frequency assignment of a wireless radio transmission system and a wireless radio audio transmission system - There is provided a method of frequency assignment of wireless radio audio transmission systems having a plurality of wireless transmitters and at least one wireless receiver. The wireless transmitters can represent first wireless transmitters which in the switched-on condition can approach another wireless transmitter below an established minimum spacing and second wireless transmitters which in the switched-on condition cannot approach below the minimum spacing. The wireless transmitters serve for example to transmit an audio signal wirelessly to the at least one wireless receiver. The transmission frequencies of the first wireless transmitters are assigned having regard to possible intermodulation effects. The transmission frequencies of the second wireless transmitters are assigned having regard to the relative spatial distances of the second wireless transmitters relative to each other. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119563 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING BIOMETRICS TO PREDICT AND SELECT MUSIC PREFERENCES - Systems and methods for using biometrics to select music preference are provided. A system for using biometrics to select music preferences for a user in a vehicle, comprises a music selection module electrically coupled to at least one biometric sensor in the vehicle, wherein the at least one biometric sensor senses a characteristic of the user and outputs data for the sensed characteristic to the music selection module, and wherein the music selection module selects a music selection for the user based on the sensed characteristic data, and a controller module electrically coupled to the music selection module to control playing of the music selection, wherein the controller module receives an output including the music selection from the music selection module. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119564 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING BIOMETRICS TO PREDICT AND SELECT MUSIC PREFERENCES - Systems and methods for using biometrics to select music preference are provided. A system for using biometrics to select music preferences for a user in a vehicle, comprises a music selection module electrically coupled to at least one biometric sensor in the vehicle, wherein the at least one biometric sensor senses a characteristic of the user and outputs data for the sensed characteristic to the music selection module, and wherein the music selection module selects a music selection for the user based on the sensed characteristic data, and a controller module electrically coupled to the music selection module to control playing of the music selection, wherein the controller module receives an output including the music selection from the music selection module. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119565 | SOUND PLAYING SYSTEM OF A CLUSTER - Disclosed is a sound playing system of a cluster which improves a driver's recognition of and quality of sounds played by the cluster. The sound playing system transmits driving information of a vehicle to a driver through the sound played by the cluster, and may include: a micom mounted in the cluster for supervising various controls such as sound control; a sound source chip mounted in the cluster for selecting sound sources according to a command of the micom; and a speaker for generating sound waves by the selected sound sources and outputting a sound. A database of sounds may be stored in the micom, and the micom may transmit information regarding sounds to the sound source chip based on the database so as to control selection of the sound sources. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119566 | PLAYBACK DEVICE - A playback device including: a housing: an attachment portion to a first position on an attachment surface; a speaker that plays back sound in a predetermined direction in accordance with a first audio signal having a first band; and a vibration portion that vibrates in accordance with a second audio signal having a second band that is lower than the first band, the vibration portion having an abutment surface that abuts at a second position on the attachment surface. The attachment member, the speaker, and the vibration portion are attached to the housing. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119567 | ELECTRONIC ACCESSORY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An electronic accessory system for a vehicle includes an accessory module housing electronics, which includes a CMOS camera and a vehicle bus node and a digital signal processor. When the accessory module is mounted at a vehicle windshield, the vehicle bus node is connected to a vehicle bus of the vehicle. At least one of (a) data generated by the electronics is conveyed to the vehicle bus via the vehicle bus node and (b) the vehicle bus conveys data to the electronics via the vehicle bus node. The digital signal processor is operable at a computational speed of at least 75 million instructions per second, and may include at least one of (a) at least 40 kilobytes of on-chip memory, (b) at least one serial port, (c) at least one DMA port, (d) at least one timer and (e) at least one interrupt capability. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119568 | Adaptive Microphone Beamforming - The present invention relates to adaptive beamforming in audio systems. More specifically, aspects of the invention relate to a method for adaptively estimating a target sound signal by establishing a simulation model simulating an audio environment comprising: a plurality of spatially separated microphones, a target sound source, and a number of audio noise sources. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119569 | Reduction of Haptic Noise Feedback in System - An information handling system has a haptic generation module to generate haptic effects including haptic noise and a haptic noise reduction module. The haptic noise reduction module receives characteristics of sound representative of haptic noise generated by a haptic generation module of a device and entering an audio input module of the device, the characteristics including frequencies and timing. It also detects the generation of haptic effects, the generations occurring after the receiving characteristics. It also reduces the effects of haptic noise on digital data representing audio input to the device based upon the received characteristics of the sound. It may reduce the effects by subtracting amplitudes of audio waves representing the haptic noise from amplitudes of audio waves representing the audio input. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119570 | Equalization of Speaker Arrays - Methods and apparatus are described by which equalization and/or bass management of speakers in a sound reproduction system may be accomplished. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119571 | Method and Device for Automatically Adjusting Sound Volume - The disclosure provides a method and a device for automatically adjusting sound volume, wherein the method includes: detecting and acquiring magnitude of a current flowing through a loudspeaker and/or an earphone; quantizing the acquired magnitude of the current to acquire a quantized value of current audio; adjusting sound volume according to a comparison result between the quantized value of the current audio and a audio value which is set by a user. With the disclosure, sudden change of sound volume caused by the change of music files or different music types can be effectively avoided, so as to protect hearing of the user and avoid the user from being frightened due to extremely high sound volume, thereby improving user experience. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119572 | SPEECH CODING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING BI-DIRECTIONAL MIRROR-IMAGE PREDICTED PULSES - A method of decoding speech data generated from a speech signal includes receiving the speech data having at least one main pulse in a subframe of the speech data, and generating a first predicted pulse, based on the at least one main pulse, on one side of the main pulse in the subframe of the speech data, where the first predicted pulse has a lower gain than the main pulse. The method also includes generating a second predicted pulse, as a mirror image of the first predicted pulse on a reverse time scale, on the other side of the main pulse in the subframe of the speech data, and reconstructing the speech signal using the at least one main pulse, the first predicted pulse and the second predicted pulse. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119573 | System and Method for Capacitive Signal Source Amplifier - In accordance with an embodiment, a system for amplifying a signal provided by a capacitive signal source includes a first voltage follower device, a second voltage follower device, and a first capacitor. The first voltage follower device includes an input terminal configured to be coupled to a first terminal of the capacitive signal source, and the second voltage follower device includes an input terminal coupled to the first output terminal of the first voltage follower device, and an output terminal coupled to a second output terminal of the first voltage follower device. Furthermore, first capacitor has a first end coupled to a first output terminal of the first voltage follower device, and a second end configured to be coupled to a second terminal of the capacitive signal source. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119574 | PERSONAL AUDIO ASSISTANT DEVICE AND METHOD - A personal audio assistant includes a housing for an electronic device, a first microphone for capturing audio, a logic circuit communicatively coupled to the first microphone, a communication module communicatively coupled to the first microphone and a user interaction element. The interaction element, logic circuit, and communication module are configured to form a peer-to-peer network. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119575 | WORKSITE AUDIO DEVICE WITH WIRELESS INTERFACE - Systems and methods including a wireless device in communication with, controlling, and providing streaming media to a worksite audio device. The worksite audio device, such as a radio, includes a rugged structure enabling its use on construction sites. The worksite audio device is powerable via a power tool battery pack or AC source, and includes a charger circuit to charge an inserted power tool battery using power from the AC source. The worksite audio device is in communication with an external wireless device, such as a smart phone. The worksite audio device outputs to the smart phone battery status information, such as temperature and state of charge, as well as other information about the audio device. The smart phone displays the status information received from the audio device. Additionally, a user may control the audio device via a graphical user interface of the smart phone. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119576 | Piezoelectric Speaker - A piezoelectric speaker that includes a configuration in which a first piezoelectric speaker and a second piezoelectric speaker are respectively arranged adjacent primary surfaces of a plate-shaped base member. The first piezoelectric speaker and the second piezoelectric speaker have the same arrangement, and respective individual piezoelectric elements thereof are arranged so as to correspond to each other when viewed from the direction orthogonal to the primary surfaces of the base member. The first and second piezoelectric speakers include a piezoelectric polymer sheet and electrode patterns of substantially the same shape on both surfaces of the polymer sheet. According to this arrangement, plural individual piezoelectric elements are aligned with each other. A single type of acoustic driving signal is supplied to these plural individual piezoelectric elements in a synchronized manner. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119577 | Diaphragm - A diaphragm is disclosed in the invention, which comprises a one-piece diaphragm body and a plurality of mass blocks mounted on the diaphragm body. Each of the mass blocks substantially has the same radial distance from the center of the diaphragm. The mass blocks are divided into three or more arrays each of which includes one or more mass blocks. the arrays are distributed along the circumference direction of the diaphragm body, and the mass blocks in each array are distributed along the circumference direction of the diaphragm. The mass blocks are elastic and made of materials with internal damping, such as rubber, silicone or foam rubber. At least one of the mass blocks is connected to an annular roll fixed on the peripheral edge of the diaphragm body, and the mass blocks are bonded to the diaphragm body. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119578 | VIBRATION MODULE FOR SOUND TRANSDUCER - The present invention relates to a vibration module for a sound transducer and, more particularly, to a vibration module for a sound transducer which can prevent sound leakage by minimizing contacts between a diaphragm and a voice coil. The vibration module for the sound transducer according to the present invention comprises: a substrate having an inner portion and an outer portion, an electrical connection portion for applying electrical signals to a voice coil being provided on the inner portion and a terminal being provided on the outer portion, for performing electrical connection between the electrical connection portion and the terminal; a first diaphragm attached between the inner portion and outer portion of the substrate; and the voice coil mounted on the inside of the inner portion of the substrate with a certain distance from the first diaphragm and electrically connected to the electrical connection portion. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119579 | ELECTROMECHANICAL-ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER WITH LOW THICKNESS AND HIGH TRAVEL RANGE AND RELEVANT MANUFACTURING METHOD - An electroacoustic transducer has a ring-shaped magnetic assembly that generates a magnetic field, an elastic suspension connected to the magnetic assembly, a support connected to the elastic suspension and supporting a coil adapted to move in the magnetic field generated by the magnetic assembly, and an acoustic membrane connected to the support of the coil in order to vibrate and emit a sound. The magnetic assembly has a thin housing and support structure made of non-magnetic material, and a plurality of magnets with magnetic axis (A) and axial anisotropy, said magnets being disposed side by side, inside said thin housing and support structure that acts as bearing structure for the transducer and as containment structure for the magnets. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119580 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - In an exemplary information processing system including an information processing section, a first loudspeaker, and a second loudspeaker, predetermined music data composed of two channels is separated into first channel music data and second channel music data. A first sound source object associated with one of the first channel music data and the second channel music data, a second sound source object associated with the other one, and a virtual microphone are placed in a virtual 3-dimensional space. The reproduction volume of a sound reproduced from the first loudspeaker, and the reproduction volume of a sound reproduced from the second loudspeaker are determined based on the direction of the virtual microphone and the positional relationship between the virtual microphone and each of the first sound source object and the second sound source object. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119581 | System and Tools for Enhanced 3D Audio Authoring and Rendering - Improved tools for authoring and rendering audio reproduction data are provided. Some such authoring tools allow audio reproduction data to be generalized for a wide variety of reproduction environments. Audio reproduction data may be authored by creating metadata for audio objects. The metadata may be created with reference to speaker zones. During the rendering process, the audio reproduction data may be reproduced according to the reproduction speaker layout of a particular reproduction environment. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119582 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF SIGNALS FOR MULTIPLE DATA SINKS - A data source sends a synchronization signal and information to several data sinks that use the synchronization signal and a specified parameter to determine when to process the information. The data source and data sinks may comprise wireless nodes such as, for example, a wireless audio source that sends multi-channel data to a pair of wireless earpieces. The wireless earpieces use the synchronization signal and a latency interval to determine the appropriate time to output audio based on the audio channels. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119583 | THRESHOLD-DERIVED FITTING METHOD FOR FREQUENCY TRANSLATION IN HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICES - Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for a threshold-derived fitting rationale using frequency translation for hearing assistance devices. In various method embodiments, a first audiogram is received for a first hearing assistance device for a wearer, and a second audiogram is received for a second hearing assistance device for the wearer. The first audiogram and the second audiogram are compared to audiometric thresholds to determine if frequency translation should be enabled. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119584 | HEARING AID WITH A PUMP ARRANGEMENT - A hearing aid comprising a behind-the-ear unit comprising a pump arrangement which is fluidly connected to an inflatable part of an in-the-ear unit. The pump arrangement comprises one inlet valve and two outlet valves which are arranged in series. The valve leakage of the two outlet valves is not identical. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119585 | INFLATABLE EAR PIECE AND A METHOD OF ITS MANUFACTURE - An inflatable ear piece is used in a hearing aid. The inflatable ear piece defines an inflatable part, which defines an inflatable cavity. The inflatable cavity, when inflated, defines an inflated state in which the inflatable part abuts an inner wall of an auditory canal when provided therein, and, when deflated to a deflated state, allows for insertion and/or retraction of the ear piece from the auditory canal. The inflatable ear piece comprises one or more biasing means that are arranged to bias the inflatable part away from a totally collapsed state and into the deflated state. The biasing means is secured to an inner wall of the inflatable cavity. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119586 | HEARING AID ASSEMBLY - A hearing aid assembly comprising: a behind-the-ear part adaptor which is adapted to be connected to a behind-the-ear part; an ear piece which is adapted to be secured in the auditory canal of a user, such that sound may propagate into the auditory canal; and an interconnecting tube which is arranged between the behind-the-ear part adaptor and the ear piece, the interconnecting tube defining a first lumen and a second lumen each of which interconnects the behind-the-ear part adaptor and the ear piece, and wherein the interconnecting tube comprises a first connector and the behind-the-ear part adaptor comprises a second connector, the first and the second connectors being adapted to be connected to each other such that interconnecting tube is connected to the behind-the-ear part adaptor. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119587 | WATERPROOF PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC SPEAKER - A waterproof piezoelectric ceramic speaker comprises a ceramic composite and a vibration membrane. The ceramic composite includes a ceramic plate and a driving electrode assembly arranged on the ceramic plate and supplying a driving voltage to the ceramic plate to generate vibration for the ceramic plate. The vibration membrane includes a first vibration layer and a second vibration layer respectively adhered to two opposite surfaces of the ceramic composite. The first vibration layer and the second vibration layer respectively have a resonance member adhered to the ceramic plate and resonating with the ceramic plate synchronously, a waterproof member connecting with the resonance member to seal the driving electrode assembly, and a bonding member extending from a perimeter of the resonance member to seal the resonance member. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119588 | ACOUSTICAL TRANSVERSE HORN FOR CONTROLLED HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL SOUND DISPERSION - An acoustical horn is disclosed which is configured to re-direct spherical acoustic wave fronts radiated from a transducer with a minimum amount of distortion. The acoustical horn includes top and bottom portion which are asymmetrically-shaped with respect to each other. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119589 | EARBUD ATTACHMENT - A circular in-ear headphone or earbud attachment can be attached to in-ear headphones or earbuds to provide traction and outward pressure to the ear of a user in order to secure an earbud in place and increase the quality of the fit. Additionally, the attachment can favorably increase the sound experience of the wearer. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119590 | SPLITTER FOR EARPHONES AND HEADPHONES - A set of earphones includes a splitter having a splitter body, having first and second ends. A signal wire extends from the first end of the splitter. Left and right earphone wires extending from the second end of the splitter. A sleeve projecting from the second end of the splitter, surrounding the left and right earphone wires. A cinch is slidably mounted on the left and right earphone wires, a portion of the cinch is adapted to fit in the sleeve projecting from the second end of the elongate body, for stowing the cinch when not in use. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119591 | MICRO-SPEAKER - A micro-speaker is disclosed. The micro-speaker includes a frame defining a hollow space, a diaphragm attached to the frame, a voice coil positioned on the diaphragm, a cover covering the diaphragm and attached to the frame forming a housing, a yoke received in the hollow space and attached to the frame, a magnet received in the yoke, and a pole plate attached on the magnet. The yoke includes a bottom wall, and two ends of the base wall are provided with a groove corresponding to the magnetic gap, respectively. A width of the groove is greater than a thickness of the voice coil. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119592 | SOUND TRANSDUCER WITH VENTILATION STRUCTURE - The present invention discloses a sound transducer with a ventilation structure capable of securing a flow path of air introduced from within and outside of the sound transducer to the maximum. The sound transducer with a ventilation structure includes a frame, a magnetic circuit installed within the frame, a voice coil vibrating according to mutual electromagnetic force with the magnetic circuit upon receiving an electrical signal, a vibration plate vibrating according to vibrations of the voice coil to generate a sound, and a drain hole formed to be adjacent to the corner of the frame and allowing air to flow between the interior and exterior of the frame. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119593 | DETERMINING POSE FOR USE WITH DIGITAL WATERMARKING, FINGERPRINTING AND AUGMENTED REALITY - Image recognition and augmented reality experiences utilize auxiliary data extracted from an image or video, or image fingerprints, or a combination of both. One claim recites a method comprising: receiving a plurality of imagery frames captured by a device sensor; identifying a plurality of key points in each of the plurality of imagery frames; resolving image pose by utilizing relative relationships of the key points between different frames of the plurality of frames; modifying imagery of at least one of the plurality of frames based on resolved image pose; and deriving a fingerprint from modified imagery. Of course other claims and combinations are provided as well. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119594 | PEOPLE COUNTER INCLUDING SETTING INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR SETTING THE SAME - Disclosed is a people counter including a setting interface and a setting method thereof. Since a reference width used to count of a moving object within an image is visibly arranged and displayed on a screen so that a detected width of the moving object can be compared with the reference width, setting and verification for count is very easy. In addition, since the interface can be freely moved for adjustment and comparison of a reference width using a pointing device such as a mouse, thereby providing verification and resetting which are intuitive and practical over conventional manual adjustment schemes, count accuracy can be easily increased in different environments depending on conditions or type of moving objects within an image. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119595 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING AND WARPING IMAGE STACKS - A set of images is processed to modify and register the images to a reference image in preparation for blending the images to create a high-dynamic range image. To modify and register a source image to a reference image, a processing unit generates a correspondence map for the source image based on a non-rigid dense correspondence algorithm, generates a warped source image based on the correspondence map, estimates one or more color transfer functions for the source image, and fills the holes in the warped source image. The holes in the warped source image are filled based on either a rigid transformation of a corresponding region of the source image or a transformation of the reference image based on the color transfer functions. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119596 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING GESTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for recognizing a gesture adopted by an electronic device to recognize a gesture of at least a hand. In the method, a hand image of the hand is captured and the hand image includes a hand region. A geometric center of the hand region is calculated. At least a concentric circle is disposed on the hand region with the geometric center as the center of the concentric circles. A number of intersection points of each concentric circle and the hand region is calculated respectively to determine a feature vector of the gesture. According to the feature vector, a hand recognition is performed to recognize the gesture of the hand. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119597 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRACKING THE POSITION OF A PERIPHERAL VEHICLE - The present disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for tracking a position of a peripheral vehicle. The apparatus includes: a processor; memory; an image obtaining unit configured to receive one or more images from one or more cameras disposed on a vehicle; a peripheral vehicle detecting unit configured to analyze the one or more images to detect a peripheral vehicle in the peripheral one or more images; a position tracking unit configured to track the peripheral vehicle detected in the peripheral one or more images; a view converting unit configured to generate a view-converted image by converting a view of the peripheral image based on the tracked position of the peripheral vehicle; and an output controlling unit configured to output the view-converted image to a display provided in the vehicle. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119598 | Systems and Methods of Merging Multiple Maps for Computer Vision Based Tracking - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for merging multiple maps for computer vision based tracking are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of merging multiple maps for computer vision based tracking comprises receiving a plurality of maps of a scene in a venue from at least one mobile device, identifying multiple keyframes of the plurality of maps of the scene, and merging the multiple keyframes to generate a global map of the scene. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119599 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING HUMAN HANDS USING PARTS BASED TEMPLATE MATCHING WITHIN BOUNDED REGIONS - Systems and methods for tracking human hands using parts based template matching within bounded regions are described. One embodiment of the invention includes a processor; an image capture system configured to capture multiple images of a scene; and memory containing a plurality of templates that are rotated and scaled versions of a finger template. A hand tracking application configures the processor to: obtain a reference frame of video data and an alternate frame of video data from the image capture system; identify corresponding pixels within the reference and alternate frames of video data; identify at least one bounded region within the reference frame of video data containing pixels having corresponding pixels in the alternate frame of video data satisfying a predetermined criterion; and detect at least one candidate finger within the at least one bounded region in the reference frame of video data. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119600 | DETECTION APPARATUS, VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a detection apparatus includes a detector and a detection area setting module. The detector is configured to detect a human face within a detection area which is a part of or a whole of an image captured by a camera, by varying a distance between the human face to be detected and the camera. The detection area setting module is configured to set the detection area narrower as the distance is longer. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119601 | COMPOSITION DETERMINATION DEVICE, COMPOSITION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A composition determination device includes: a subject detection unit configured to detect a subject in an image based on acquired image data; an actual subject size detection unit configured to detect the actual size which can be viewed as being equivalent to actual measurements, for each subject detected by the subject detection unit; a subject distinguishing unit configured to distinguish relevant subjects from subjects detected by the subject detection unit, based on determination regarding whether or not the actual size detected by the actual subject size detection unit is an appropriate value corresponding to a relevant subject; and a composition determination unit configured to determine a composition with only relevant subjects, distinguished by the subject distinguishing unit, as objects. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119602 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING MOTION DETECTION - The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for implementing motion detection. The method includes: obtaining a pixel value of an image to be detected in a video image sequence, a pixel average value of same positions in a preset number of frame images before the image to be detected, and scene luminance values of the preset number of frame images before the image to be detected; obtaining a pixel scene luminance value and an average scene luminance value by calculation according to the pixel value and the scene luminance values; obtaining P1 according to the pixel value and the pixel average value, and obtaining P2 according to the pixel scene luminance value and the average scene luminance value; and obtaining P3 by integrating the P1 and P2, and detecting, according to the P3, whether the image to be detected includes a motion image region. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119603 | METHODS OF AND APPARATUSES FOR RECOGNIZING MOTION OF OBJECTS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS - A method of recognizing motion of an object may include periodically obtaining depth data of a first resolution and two-dimensional data of a second resolution with respect to a scene using an image capturing device, wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution; determining a motion tracking region by recognizing a target object in the scene based on the depth data, such that the motion tracking region corresponds to a portion of a frame and the portion includes the target object; periodically obtaining tracking region data of the second resolution corresponding to the motion tracking region; and/or analyzing the motion of the target object based on the tracking region data. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119604 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A SUPPORTING SURFACE REGION IN AN IMAGE - A method of detecting a supporting surface region in an image captured by a camera is disclosed. An object in the image is detected. One or more regions of the image in which a lower part of the detected object exists are determined. A degree of confidence for each of the regions is determined. The degree of confidence indicates likelihood of a corresponding region being a supporting surface region. One or more of the regions are selected based on each corresponding degree of confidence. Similarity of other regions in the image to at least one of the selected regions is determined. The supporting surface region is detected based on the determined similarity. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119605 | Method for Recognizing Traffic Signs - The invention relates to a method for the recognition of traffic signs that at least include one main sign and one assigned additional sign, and to a respective device. A method according to the invention comprises the following steps: | 2014-05-01 |
20140119606 | System and Method for Real-Time Environment Tracking and Coordination - A configurable real-time environment tracking and command module (RTM) is provided to coordinate one or more than one devices or objects in a physical environment. A virtual environment is created to correlate with various objects and attributes within the physical environment. The RTM is able to receive data about attributes of physical objects and accordingly update the attributes of correlated virtual objects in the virtual environment. The RTM is also able to provide data extracted from the virtual environment to one or more than devices, such as robotic cameras, in real-time. An interface to the RTM allows multiple devices to interact with the RTM, thereby coordinating the devices. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119607 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: a data processing section which processes input image data and obtains output image data; a face detecting section which detects a face image on the basis of the input image data and obtains information about a face image region in which the face image exists; and a processing controller which controls the process of the data processing section on the basis of the information about the face image region obtained in the face detecting section. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119608 | System and Methods for Improving Accuracy and Robustness of Abnormal Behavior Detection - A surveillance system which improves accuracy and robustness of abnormal behavior detection of a monitored object traversing a space includes a metadata processing module, a model building module, and a behavior assessment module. The metadata processing module generates trajectory information for a monitored object and determines attributes of the monitored object. The model building module generates and updates normal motion models based on at least one of the trajectory information, the attributes, and an abnormal behavior score. The behavior assessment module generates the abnormal behavior score based on one of a plurality of methods. A first one of the plurality of methods defines wrong direction behavior. A second one of the plurality of methods defines wandering/loitering behavior. A third one of the plurality of methods defines speeding behavior. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119609 | IMAGE RECOGNIZING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image recognizing apparatus includes a sample image acquiring unit configured to acquire a sample image having one or more target objects therein from a camera; and a reference range setting unit configured to calculate image locations and image heights for the respective target objects from the sample image and set a reference range of the image heights depending on the image positions. Further, the image recognizing apparatus includes a selection unit configured to determine whether a candidate area of each target object in the sample image acquired by the camera falls within the reference range to select an effective candidate area. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119610 | MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A measuring apparatus is provided. The measuring apparatus includes a first region of interest setting unit configured to set first regions of interest to a target for observation, a second region of interest setting unit configured to set a second region of interest to a part not including the first regions of interest, a first moving vector calculating unit configured to calculate moving vectors of first parts of the first regions of interest, a second moving vector calculating unit configured to calculate a moving vector of a second part of the second region, and a corrected moving vector calculating unit configured to perform a correction based on the moving vector of the second part on each of the moving vectors of the first parts to calculate a corrected moving vector. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119611 | LIST MODE DYNAMIC IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION - A nuclear imaging apparatus ( | 2014-05-01 |
20140119612 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC QUANTIFICATION OF DENDRITE ARM SPACING IN DENDRITIC MICROSTRUCTURES - A method to automatically quantify dendrite arm spacing in dendritic microstructures. Once a location of interest in a cast material specimen has been identified, the information contained in it is automatically analyzed to quantify dendrite cell size information that is subsequently converted into a quantified dendrite arm spacing through an empirical relationship or a theoretical relationship. In one form, the relationship between DCS and DAS is such that the DAS in dendritic structure of cast aluminum alloys may be automatically determined from the measurement of one or more of dendrite cell size and the actual volume fraction of the eutectic phases in the local casting microstructure. Non-equilibrium conditions may be accounted for in situations where a theoretical volume fraction of a eutectic phase of the alloy in equilibrium condition is appropriately modified. Thus, in situations where equilibrium conditions—such as those where the casting is cooled very slowly during solidification—does not apply (such as during rapid cooling and consequent solidification), the eutectic measured in the non-equilibrium condition, which can be smaller than the theoretical value in equilibrium, can be accounted for. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119613 | AUTOMATIC GEMSTONE ORIENTATION - A method and apparatus for orientating discrete objects, such as gemstones, is described. The method comprises providing the objects on a travelling path; providing a pair of opposed walls ( | 2014-05-01 |
20140119614 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a dish image obtained by shooting a single or multiple dishes, and a first dish recognition unit configured to recognize the single or multiple dishes included in the dish image with reference to dish data selected, from dish data registered in advance, based on a condition regarding at least one of a person relating to the dish image, a shooting environment of the dish image, a shooting place of the dish image, and a shooting time of the dish image. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119615 | PRODUCT, IMAGE, OR DOCUMENT AUTHENTICATION, VERIFICATION, AND ITEM IDENTIFICATION - The present disclosure provides methods, reagents, and apparatus for authenticating and identifying products. Methods of the disclosure are easy to implement but difficult to replicate, simulate, alter, transpose, or tamper with. In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method of authenticating products using a product authentication code defined by a frequency array of a population of entities, and an item identifier defined by the specific manifestation of the product authentication code. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119616 | MACHINE VISION VERIFICATION - Embodiments of systems and methods for directly reading and verifying characters on a personalized document, are provided. A surface of the personalized document is illuminated independently or simultaneously by first and second light sources. The first light source has a ring shape, surrounds the personalized document in 360 degree, and transmits a grazing incident light to illuminate the surface of the personalized document. An incident light from the second light source is reflected by a beam splitter and illuminates the surface of the personalized document in a direction generally perpendicular to the surface. Light reflected from the surface of the personalized document in a direction generally perpendicular to the surface thereof is collected by a camera. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119617 | BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION - A system for biometrically authenticating a user includes:
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20140119618 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FACE RECOGNITION - A control method of an apparatus for face recognition includes acquiring an image through an image acquirer, extracting a facial image from the acquired image, determining whether the extracted facial image meets a predetermined quality condition to decide use/non-use of the extracted facial image and performing a face recognizing operation by using the extracted facial image if the extracted facial image meets the predetermined quality condition. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119619 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE PRODUCT FOR SEARCHING FOR A LATENT FINGERPRINT WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY CONSTRUCTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF THE SEARCHED SPACE - A system including an imaging device configured to capture one or more images of a designated area with illumination at a low optical transmission wavelength which makes a latent print or a contaminant within the designated area visible in a visible spectrum in the one or more captured images with clarity to determine an identification from the latent print or contaminant in the one or more images, and a computing system configured to create a three-dimensional image from the one or more images to provide a composite image of the designated area with the latent print or contaminant visible with clarity to determine an identification from latent print or contaminant in the composite image is disclosed. A method and a non-transitory processor readable storage medium are also disclosed. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119620 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECOGNIZING FINGERPRINT - Provided are a method, apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium for conveniently recognizing a fingerprint. A fingerprint recognition method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: checking a position-state of a fingerprint sensing unit to set a flag value; collecting a plurality of fingerprint image segments sequentially acquired by the fingerprint sensing unit; and changing a matching order of the fingerprint image segments according to the flag value to perform the fingerprint recognition. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119621 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAPID QUANTITATIVE DYNAMIC MOLECULAR IMAGING SCANS - Methods and systems for controlled administration of a tracer and quantification of uptake of the tracer by a target organ are described herein. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119622 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLOUR IMAGING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE - A device for determining the surface topology and associated color of a structure, such as a teeth segment, includes a scanner for providing depth data for points along a two-dimensional array substantially orthogonal to the depth direction, and an image acquisition means for providing color data for each of the points of the array, while the spatial disposition of the device with respect to the structure is maintained substantially unchanged. A processor combines the color data and depth data for each point in the array, thereby providing a three-dimensional color virtual model of the surface of the structure. A corresponding method for determining the surface topology and associate color of a structure is also provided. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119623 | TEMPLATE MATCHING METHOD FOR IMAGE-BASED DETECTION AND TRACKING OF IRREGULAR SHAPED TARGETS - An image processing method includes: obtaining an input image; enhancing an object in the input image; and after the input image is enhanced, applying a low-pass filter using a processor to obtain a processed image. A computer product includes a non-transitory medium storing a set of instructions, an execution of which causes a method to be performed, the method comprising: obtaining an input image; enhancing an object in the input image; and after the input image is enhanced, applying a low-pass filter to obtain a processed image. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119624 | VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS OF PATHOLOGIES - Systems and methods are provided for volumetric analysis of pathologies. A segmentation component is configured to determine, for each of a series of images of a region of interest containing a pathological feature, a set of segmentation boundaries within the image representing a cross-section of the pathological feature. A mesh generation component is configured to link the sets of segmentation boundaries from adjacent images in the series of images to generate a polygonal mesh representing a volumetric reconstruction of the pathological feature. A volumetric measurement component is configured to calculate volumetric parameters from the volumetric reconstruction representing the pathological feature. A user interface is configured to provide the calculated volumetric parameters to an associated display. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119625 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM FOR SEGMENTING IMAGE OF OBJECT FROM IMAGE OF ORGAN - A method, an apparatus, a computer readable recording medium, and a medical imaging system are provided for segmenting an image of an object from an image of an organ. The method includes: generating a reference model of the object by using a priori knowledge related to the object of the organ; determining whether the first image includes a first area in which a shape of the object is unidentified; and in response to determining that the first image excludes the first area, segmenting a second image of the object from the first image, and in response to determining that the first image includes the first area, estimating a progression direction of the first area from the reference model to segment the second image from the first image. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119626 | METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING IMAGES OF A MULTI-CHANNEL MRI SYSTEM - This disclosure provides an method for reconstructing a multi-channel magnetic resonance image (MRI), comprising: measuring k-space data at each channel of a multi-channel MRI system coil array; reinforcing the consistency of the k-space data to suppress the noise in the k-space data by a linear relationship among the k-space data at different channels; and reconstructing a magnetic resonance image by the multi-channel k-space data wherein the consistency of the k-space data is reinforced | 2014-05-01 |
20140119627 | Method for improved estimation of tracer uptake in physiological image volumes - A method of estimating the true uptake of a tracer in a physiological image acquired with a physiological image modality that has limited spatial resolution comprises: co-registering an anatomical image volume and the physiological image volume such that both image volumes have corresponding voxels; segmenting the anatomical image volume into a number of non-overlapping anatomical regions; combining each of the segmented anatomical regions with a function representative of the limited spatial resolution of the physiological image modality to generate a blurred anatomical region volume for each of the segmented regions; assuming the physiological image in each voxel to be a linear sum of the image intensities of the corresponding voxels in the blurred region volumes in that voxel; estimating, for each voxel, a value representative of the contribution to that voxel from each blurred region volume based on the uptake measured by the physiological image for that voxel and for nearby voxels; and using the estimated values for the voxels to estimate a true uptake of the tracer in each voxel and to thereby establish a corrected physiological image volume. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119628 | IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - A method of projection domain processing based on a local transform and shrinkage for use in reconstructing digital images from a set of projections, the method including providing a target image of a target object, providing projection data of the target object, producing filtered projection data by applying a sparsifying transform and a shrinkage function to the projection data, followed by an inverse of the sparsifying transform, producing a restored image by applying a reconstruction transform to the filtered projection data, comparing the restored image to the target image, and producing an optimized projection domain shrinkage function by adapting the shrinkage function to minimize differences between the restored image and the target image. Related apparatus and methods are also described. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119629 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an extraction unit configured to extract a region where light is depolarized from a polarization-sensitive tomographic image of a subject, and a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, a region determined as a region invading a predetermined layer of the subject, in a part of the region where light is depolarized. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119630 | DOSE-OPTIMIZED PROTOCOL FOR AC AND LOCALIZATION ON HYPRID SCANNERS - A hybrid imaging system including a first imaging system configured to acquire low resolution anatomical data of a first field of view of an anatomical structure. A second imaging system is configured to acquire functional data of the first field of view of the anatomical structure. A reconstruction processor is configured to reconstruct the functional data based on attenuation data into an attenuation corrected image. In response to the attenuation corrected image showing regions of interest, with the first imaging system or another imaging system acquiring high resolution data of one or more portions of the first field of view containing the regions of interest. The reconstruction processor reconstructs the high resolution anatomical data into one or more high resolution images of the regions of interest. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119631 | TEMPLATE MATCHING METHOD FOR IMAGE-BASED DETECTION AND TRACKING OF IRREGULAR SHAPED TARGETS - A method of generating a template image includes: receiving an input from a user representing identifications of an object in different respective slices of a volumetric image; using the input to determine a volume-of-interest (VOI) that includes voxels in a subset of the volumetric image; and determining the template image using at least some of the voxels in the VOI, wherein the act of determining the template image comprises performing a forward projection of the at least some of the voxels in the VOI using a processor. An image processing method includes: obtaining a volumetric image; performing forward projection of voxels in the volumetric image from different positions onto a first plane using a processor; and summing projections on the first plane resulted from the forward projection from the different positions to create a first image slice in the first plane. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119632 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RADIOLOGICAL SECOND OPINIONS - A computer-implemented method for providing a radiological opinion includes the steps of: (a) receiving an order for a radiological opinion by means of a web-based application accessible to a user; (b) launching an upload/scan application accessible to the user; (c) scanning a user-selected folder or drive for DICOM images; (d) parsing the DICOM images found in step (c); (e) uploading the DICOM images parsed in step (d); (f) routing the uploaded DICOM images to a picture archiving communication system; (g) generating a radiology order; (h) routing the radiology order to a radiology information system; (i) receiving a radiological opinion; and (j) routing the radiological opinion to the user. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119633 | SYSTEMS, PROCESSES, METHODS AND MACHINES FOR TRANSFORMING IMAGE DATA INTO SIZING AND VOLUME MEASUREMENTS FOR TISSUE - Automated islet measurement systems (AIMS) in combination with tissue volume analysis (TVA) software effectively gauges volumetric and size-based data to generate heretofore unavailable information regarding, for example, populations of islet cells, stem cells and related desiderata. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119634 | GLASS BOTTLE INSPECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - The glass bottle inspection method and apparatus performs successively producing differential images from original images successively captured from the glass bottle to be inspected while the glass bottle is being rotated about its own axis, comparing the differential images with the template to judge whether the glass bottle is defect-free or not, and combining all the differential images obtained from the glass bottle to be inspected in one inspection cycle to produce a differential composite image, using the differential composite image as a provisional template when all the differential images obtained from the glass bottle in one inspection cycle are judged as representing a defect-free glass bottle, and correcting the template using the provisional template. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119635 | Emission Curve Tracer Imaging - An apparatus, a method, and a computer-program product for identifying a location of abnormal emission on integrated circuits are disclosed. The location of abnormal emission on integrated circuits is identified by measuring an emission intensity for each of a plurality of voltages for each pixel in an emission image of an integrated circuit; generating a plot of the measured emission intensities as a function of the plurality of voltages for each area in the emission image of the integrated circuit; determining differences in emission intensities of the generated plot for a selected area compared to a plot for a corresponding area known to have no abnormal emission; and identifying location of abnormal emission corresponding to the selected area the detected difference of which exceeds a pre-determined threshold. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119636 | AUTOMATED DETECTION OF POTENTIALLY DEFECTIVE PACKAGED RADIO-FREQUENCY MODULES - Systems and methods for identifying defective individual packaged modules are presented. A Printed Circuit Board (PCB) having a set of individual module substrates can be received. Further, capturing an image of the PCB and loading a PCB recipe associated with the PCB can be performed. The image of the PCB can be captured by an image capture module that can include one or more cameras. For each individual module substrate, a portion of the image corresponding to the individual module substrate can be compared to the PCB recipe. In addition, it can be determined based on the comparison whether the individual module substrate matches the PCB recipe within a degree of tolerance. In response to determining that the individual module substrate does not match the PCB recipe within the degree of tolerance, a location of the individual module substrate within a map of the PCB can be stored. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119637 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING PACKAGED RADIO-FREQUENCY MODULES IDENTIFIED AS BEING POTENTIALLY DEFECTIVE - Systems and methods for processing potentially defective individual packaged modules are presented. A Printed Circuit Board (PCB) that includes a set of individual module substrates can be received and an image of a first side of the PCB can be captured by an image capture module which can include one or more cameras. Based on the captured image, it can be determined whether the set of individual module substrates includes previously identified (e.g., inked) individual module substrates that correspond to potentially defective individual module substrates. In response to determining that the set of individual module substrates includes inked individual module substrates, a map of the inked individual module substrates can be created. Based on the map, locations corresponding to the inked individual module substrates can be marked with a laser on a second side of the PCB. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119638 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT TO EVALUATE A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER FABRICATION PROCESS - Systems, methods and computer program products for computerized evaluation of a semiconductor wafer fabrication process are described. An exemplary method comprises receiving an SEM image of a printed semiconductor wafer area and a reference image reflecting a circuit design pattern, enhancing the SEM image to produce a feature image, and comparing the feature image to the reference image to determine whether the positions of the images are the same. Based upon this analysis, evaluation of the fabrication process used to print the circuit on the SEM image can be conducted in an efficient and uniform manner. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119639 | WATER-BODY CLASSIFICATION - Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for classifying a water-body. For example, initial water-body segmentation may be used to segment imagery into water-body features or non-water-body features to create an initial water-body map. The initial water-body map may be refined based upon confidence scores assigned to pixels within the imagery. In one example, a confidence score may correspond to a confidence that a stereo matching technique produced a correct elevation for a pixel. A relatively low confidence score may indicate that the pixel corresponds to water (e.g., due to a lack of features/texture on water), while a relatively high confidence score may indicate that the pixel does not correspond to water (e.g., due to presence of features/texture, such as roads, building corners, etc.). In this way, confidence scores may, for example, be used to refine the initial water-body map to create a final water-body map. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119640 | SCENARIO-SPECIFIC BODY-PART TRACKING - A human subject is tracked within a scene of an observed depth image supplied to a general-purpose body-part tracker. The general-purpose body-part tracker is retrained for a specific scenario. The general-purpose body-part tracker was previously trained using supervised machine learning to identify one or more general-purpose parameters to be used by the general-purpose body-part tracker to track a human subject. During a retraining phase, scenario data is received that represents a human training-subject performing an action specific to a particular scenario. One or more special-purpose parameters are identified from the processed scenario data. The special-purpose parameters are selectively used to augment or replace one or more general-purpose parameters if the general-purpose body-part tracker is used to track a human subject performing the action specific to the particular scenario. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119641 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION APPARATUS, CHARACTER RECOGNITION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A character recognition apparatus includes an extracting unit extracting a feature point for a line in a handwritten character, first and second generation units, a learning unit, and a determination unit. The first generation unit generates first feature data from feature points for lines including an in-same-character line (first line) and being selected from lines in character-code-specified handwritten characters (known lines). The second generation unit generates second feature data from feature points for lines including an after-character-transition line (second line) and being selected from known lines. The learning unit causes a discriminator to learn classifications for first and second lines based on the first and second feature data. The determination unit determines whether each line in character-code-unknown handwritten characters is a first or second line, based on which classification is determined by the discriminator for feature data for the line. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119642 | Segmenting Human Hairs and Faces - Systems for segmenting human hairs and faces in color images are disclosed, with methods and processes for making and using the same. The image may be cropped around the face area and roughly centered. Optionally, the illumination environment of the input image may be determined. If the image is taken under dark environment or the contrast between the face and hair regions and background is low, an extra image enhancement may be applied. Sub-processes for identifying the pose angle and chin contours may be performed. A preliminary mask for the face by using multiple cues, such as skin color, pose angle, face shape and contour information can be represented. An initial hair mask by using the abovementioned multiple cues plus texture and hair shape information may be created. The preliminary face and hair masks are globally refined using multiple techniques. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119643 | Image Matting and Alpha Value Techniques - Image matting and alpha value techniques are described. In one or more implementations, techniques are described in which matting operations are applied to image data that is in a raw or substantially raw image format. This may be used to decompose image data into foreground and background images as well as to generate an alpha value that describes a linear combination of the foreground and background images for a respective pixel. Further, implementations are also described in which a plurality of alpha values is generated for each of a plurality of pixels. These alpha values may be utilized to support a variety of different functionality, such as matting operations and so on. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119644 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ADAPTIVE COLOR CORRECTION FOR PILL RECOGNITION IN DIGITAL IMAGES - A system and method for correcting colors in an image in order to identify pills. The system includes a surface that includes a background upon which pills are positioned and a border of known color adjacent to the background. The system also includes a digital camera and a processor. The processor is used to receive and process the image, use target objects on the surface to identify areas of the image that correspond to the known characteristics and features of the surface, perform image diagnostics to determine if the image can be used, and correct image color based on comparison of identified areas of the image that correspond with the known characteristics and features of the surface. Various graphical displays or cues can assist a user in obtaining a usable image. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119645 | COLOR-MAPPING WAND - A device includes a freely manipulable color-mapping wand. The wand includes at least one color detector for measuring an intensity of light within at least one spectral range that is incident from a region of a surface. A navigation sensor produces a signal that is interpretable to yield a position of at least a portion of the color-mapping wand. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119646 | MULTI-CLASS DISCRIMINATING DEVICE - A multi-class discriminating device for judging to which class a feature represented by data falls. The device has a first unit for generating plural first hierarchical discriminating devices for discriminating one from N, and a second unit for combining score values output respectively from the plural first hierarchical discriminating devices to generate a second hierarchical feature vector and for entering the second hierarchical feature vector to generate plural second hierarchical discriminating devices for discriminating one from N. When data is entered, the plural first hierarchical discriminating devices output score values, and these score values are combined together to generate the second hierarchical feature vector. When the second hierarchical feature vector is entered, the second hierarchical discriminating device which outputs the maximum score value is selected. The class corresponding to the selected second hierarchical discriminating device is discriminated as the class, into which the feature represented by the entered data falls. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119647 | Method and Apparatus for Decoding Mixed Code - Provided are a method and apparatus for decoding a mixed code that is a combination of first and second code images. In the method, a mixed code image is obtained by receiving the original image having the mixed code image and removing noise from the original image. Next, the colors, shades, and brightnesses of pixels of the mixed code image are categorized into groups based on a predetermined threshold, the mixed code image is divided into first and second code images, and first and second information are extracted by decoding the first and second code images, respectively. The first and second code images can be effectively decoded by decoding interpretation information, construction information, error control information, and code direction information stored in the first and/or second code images. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119648 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION - A method of transmitting data, including obtaining luma element values and chroma element values of respective pixels included in a pixel block having a predetermined size; obtaining a plurality of partitions in which the luma element values and the chroma element values are based on a spatial position of the pixels in the pixel block; and selectively transmitting the plurality of partitions according to a data rate of the image data. | 2014-05-01 |