19th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190138738 | PROTECTION OF AND ACCESS TO DATA ON COMPUTING DEVICES - Techniques for changing the presentation of information on a user interface based on presence are described. In an example, a computer system determines, based on an image sensor associated with the system, a first presence of a first user relative to a computing device. The computer system also determines an identifier of the first user. The identifier is associated with operating the computing device. The operating comprises a presentation of the user interface by the computing device. The computer system also determines, based on the image sensor, a second presence of a second person relative to the computing device. The computer system causes an update to the user interface based on the second presence. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138739 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING A SECURE DATABASE USING PROGRAMMABLE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WITH DYNAMIC PARTIAL RECONFIGURABILITY - A programmable logic device that is interposed between a client device and a database server is provided. The client device may issue read and write queries to the programmable logic device. The programmable logic device may serve as a cache. For read queries, confidential data that is stored locally on the programmable device or retrieved from the database server may be encrypted before sending it back to the client device. Non-confidential data may be left unencrypted and can be sent back to the client device in unencrypted form. The programmable logic device may be partially reconfigured during runtime to update database securities settings without causing unnecessary downtime for the overall system. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138740 | PROTECTION OF AND ACCESS TO DATA ON COMPUTING DEVICES - Techniques for data sharing between two computing devices are described. In an example, a computer system determines a first presence of a first user relative to a first computing device. The computer system also determines a first identifier of the first user. The first identifier is associated with operating the first computing device. The operating comprises sharing data with a second computing device. The computer system also determines a second presence of a second user relative to the second computing device. The computer system also determines a second identifier of the second user. The second identifier associated with operating the second computing device. The computer system cause the data to be shared with the second computing device based on the first presence, the first identifier, the second presence, and the second identifier. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138741 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device capable of controlling an access right of an application and a controlling method thereof are provided. The controlling method of the electronic device for executing the application includes, in response to an event for inquiring about whether to allow an access right to a function of the electronic device required for executing an application, displaying a user interface (UI) to confirm whether to allow the access right, and in response to a user command being input through the UI, matching and storing a state of the application according to the event and a determination of whether to allow the access right according to the user command. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138742 | RIGHTS-BASED SYSTEM - A rights-based system is described in which vouchers are employed for creating, managing, distributing, and redeeming rights in digital contexts. A voucher is a digital, possession-based rights representation. An authorization component of the system validates the vouchers and issues corresponding tokens. Access to digital resources is provided in response to presentation of the tokens which are validated by matching voucher refresh values to corresponding values maintained by the system. New refresh values are generated and inserted in the vouchers each time they are redeemed. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138743 | Differentially Private Processing and Database Storage - A hardware database privacy device is communicatively coupled to a private database system. The hardware database privacy device receives a request from a client device to perform a query of the private database system and identifies a level of differential privacy corresponding to the request. The identified level of differential privacy includes privacy parameters (ε,δ) indicating the degree of information released about the private database system. The hardware database privacy device identifies a set of operations to be performed on the set of data that corresponds to the requested query. After the set of data is accessed, the set of operations is modified based on the identified level of differential privacy such that a performance of the modified set of operations produces a result set that is (ε,δ)-differentially private. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138744 | SENSITIVE DATA SERVICE ACCESS - A system for accessing data includes and interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a request to move stored data to a new location and requestor information. The stored data comprises sensitive data. The processor is configured to determine whether read access, storage access, and deletion access are allowed based at least in part on the requestor information; in the event that read access, storage access, and deletion access are allowed: read the sensitive data at an original location using an original token, store the sensitive data to the new location and receive a new token associated with the new location, and delete the original token and the sensitive data at the original location. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138745 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR IMPROVING A SOCIAL NETWORK SITE COMPUTER NETWORK, AND TERMINAL, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - A method, at a terminal in a digital communications network, comprising: establishing direct or indirect communication access and linkage between the user-operated terminal and at least one remote computer(s) on which are stored, or by which access is available to prevent legible display of, stored user account object data; displaying indicia, or broadcasting data, representative of or indicating one or more predetermined criteria for selecting a subset of the stored user account object data; collecting data, representative of, or indicating, only the subset of the stored user account object data; and transmitting instructions to prevent legible display of the subset of the stored user account object data, according to the collected data representative of, or indicating, the one or more predetermined criteria for selecting the subset of the stored user account object data, from the terminal to the at least one remote computer(s). A terminal, system, and computer readable medium are also disclosed. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138746 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AND POPULATING A DATA INVENTORY - In particular embodiments, a data processing data inventory generation system is configured to: (1) generate a data model (e.g., a data inventory) for one or more data assets utilized by a particular organization; (2) generate a respective data inventory for each of the one or more data assets; and (3) map one or more relationships between one or more aspects of the data inventory, the one or more data assets, etc. within the data model. In particular embodiments, a data asset (e.g., data system, software application, etc.) may include, for example, any entity that collects, processes, contains, and/or transfers personal data (e.g., such as a software application, “internet of things” computerized device, database, website, data-center, server, etc.). For example, a first data asset may include any software or device (e.g., server or servers) utilized by a particular entity for such data collection, processing, transfer, storage, etc. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138747 | DETECTING PERSONAL THREAT DATA IN DOCUMENTS STORED IN THE CLOUD - Methods, systems, and software for identifying threat data in documents stored in cloud-based storage services. A service is provided that enables users who store documents on cloud-based storage services to have their documents scanned for threat data comprising personal and/or confidential data such as social security numbers, credit card numbers, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers. The documents are streamed from the storage services and scanned to detect one or more types of personal threat data. The detected personal threat data are then presented to users in redacted form. Detecting and presentation of personal threat data is performed in a manner under which threat data is never stored in non-volatile storage in an un-redacted form. A Web service seamlessly enables users to request their documents to be scanned for personal threat data, view detected personal threat data in redacted forms, and access documents identified as containing personal threat data. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138748 | REMOVING PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE DATA BEFORE TRANSMISSION FROM A DEVICE - A device for removal of personally identifiable data receives monitoring data acquired by a sensor. The monitoring data including personally identifiable data relating to one or more individuals being monitored. The system processes the acquired monitoring data to remove the personally identifiable data by at least one of abstraction or redaction while the monitoring data is located on the device. The processed monitoring data having the personally identifiable data removed can thereby be transmitted external to the device with reduced security risk. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138749 | TOTAL PERIODIC DE-IDENTIFICATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention is directed to providing a total periodic de-identification management apparatus capable of setting de-identification and degrees of adequacy of non-identified data as unit components, providing work flow information so that an operator can select desired unit components, and performing de-identification to correspond to total periodic work flow parsing information including the combination of the unit components selected by the operator. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138750 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AND POPULATING A DATA INVENTORY FOR PROCESSING DATA ACCESS REQUESTS - In particular embodiments, a data processing data inventory generation system is configured to: (1) generate a data model (e.g., a data inventory) for one or more data assets utilized by a particular organization; (2) generate a respective data inventory for each of the one or more data assets; and (3) map one or more relationships between one or more aspects of the data inventory, the one or more data assets, etc. within the data model. In particular embodiments, a data asset (e.g., data system, software application, etc.) may include any entity that collects, processes, contains, and/or transfers personal data (e.g., a software application, database, website, server, etc.). A data asset may include any software or device (e.g., server or servers) utilized by a particular entity for such data collection, processing, transfer, storage, etc. The system may then utilize the generated model to fulfil a data subject access request. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138751 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DATA RESIDENCY PROTECTION USING REMOTE PROXIES - Computerized embodiments are disclosed for keeping personally identifying information within a protected domain environment when interacting with a computerized service environment. A restriction to be imposed on access to personally identifying information that is stored within a protected domain environment is received. A data residency protection component is generated based on the received restriction, stored in a data residency database that is accessible to the computerized service environment, and transmitted to a remote computerized system included in the protected domain environment. The data residency protection component is configured to, when executed: monitor data communications from the protected domain environment to detect the personally identifying information, generate a protected communication by isolating the personally identifying information, and transmitting the protected communication having the personally identifying information isolated. The record corresponding to the data residency protection component is reference to avoid creating a second data residency protection component that counteracts the restriction. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138752 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING USERS PRIVACY - An electronic device protecting privacy is provided. The electronic device includes a communication module configured to perform wireless communication, and a control module configured to select one of an active scan and a passive scan by controlling the communication module. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138753 | REMOTE RE-ENROLLMENT OF PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTIONS - As a PUF device ages, the response characteristics of the device change. Thus, mappings made on the original PUF outputs can drift and become invalid. Re-enrollment or re-mapping of hidden values to PUF response characteristics can resolve the changing nature of the PUF. Unfortunately, an adversary may tamper with the PUF during re-enrollment compromising security of the PUF. Accordingly, techniques of securely and remotely re-enrolling a PUF device are described. During an initial enrollment of the PUF device, multiple sets of enrollment values of the PUF device can be generated. For remote re-enrollment, a first initial set of enrollment values can be used to authenticate the PUF device. Upon authentication using the first initial set, the PUF device can re-enroll the PUF device and account for changes in PUF characteristics. A second set of initial enrollment values can then be used to verify that the PUF device is unaltered. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138754 | Techniques For Preventing Voltage Tampering Of Security Control Circuits - An integrated circuit includes a comparator circuit that generates a control signal based on a comparison between a threshold voltage and a supply voltage. The integrated circuit also includes a clock signal generation circuit that generates a clock signal and that receives the control signal. The clock signal generation circuit decreases a frequency of the clock signal to a reduced frequency in response to the control signal indicating that the supply voltage has decreased below the threshold voltage. The integrated circuit also includes a secure device manager circuit that has a timing circuit. The clock signal is provided to a clock input of the timing circuit. The timing circuit receives supply current from the supply voltage. The secure device manager circuit performs a security function for the integrated circuit using the timing circuit in response to the clock signal with the reduced frequency. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138755 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR FILTERING MEMORY ACCESS TRANSACTIONS RECEIVED FROM ONE OR MORE I/O DEVICES - Technologies for secure I/O include a compute device having a processor, a memory, an input/output (I/O) device, and a filter logic. The filter logic is configured to receive a first key identifier from the processor, wherein the first key identifier is indicative of a shared memory range includes a shared key identifier range to be used for untrusted I/O devices and receive a transaction from the I/O device, wherein the transaction includes a second key identifier and a trust device ID indicator associated with the I/O device. The filter logic is further configured to determine whether the transaction is asserted with the trust device ID indicator indicative of whether the I/O device is assigned to a trust domain and determine, in response to a determination that the transaction is not asserted with the trust device ID indicator, whether the second key identifier matches the first key identifier. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138756 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Manageability and Secure Routing and Endpoint Access - A solution is presented to securing endpoints without the need for a separate bus or communication path. The solution allows for controlling access to endpoints by utilizing a management protocol by overlapping with existing interconnect communication paths in a packet format and utilizing a PCI address BDF (Bus number, Device number, and Function number) for verification. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138757 | MODULAR DEVICES WITH LATCHES - An example modular device includes a housing having an upper side, a lower side, and a sidewall having a first opening. The modular device also includes an attachment tab to attach the peripheral device to a second modular device at the upper side. The modular device further includes a latch disposed within the housing. The latch includes a main body having a second opening aligned with the first opening to receive an anti-theft device. The latch also includes a latch arm extending from the main body to control an engagement of the attachment tab with the second modular device. The latch further includes a latch unlocking tab exposed at the lower side to control a position of the latch. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138758 | PEAK DETECTOR CIRCUIT - A peak detector circuit includes a first capacitor coupled to an inverter and a first switch in parallel with the inverter. An input of the inverter couples to second and third switches. The second switch couples to an input voltage node. The third switch couples to an output voltage node of the peak detector circuit. The peak detector circuit includes a second capacitor coupled to the third switch and a third capacitor coupled to the second capacitor by way of a fourth switch. The third capacitor couples via a fifth switch to a power supply voltage node or a ground. A periodic control signal causes the first, second, and third switches to repeatedly open and close and a second control signal causes the fourth and fifth switches to open and close to adjust an output voltage on the output voltage node towards an input voltage on the input voltage node. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138759 | INFORMATION BEARING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system includes an information bearing medium and an information reading unit. The information bearing medium has a two-dimensional array of unit data zones. Marks are provided on some of the unit data zones so as to form a digital code. Mark patterns of any two Y-directional adjacent unit data zone strings based on the arrangement of marks in an X-direction differ from each other. The information reading unit generates a data string on the basis of a unit signal formed from a plurality of signals output from a group of detection units that detect the marks in synchronization and recognizes the digital code of the information bearing medium on the basis of a group of the data strings sequentially obtained from the array of the unit data zones. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138760 | Systems, Methods and Associated RFID Antennas for Processing a Plurality of Transponders - An RFID system for selectively communicating with a targeted transponder from among a group of multiple adjacent transponders is provided. The RFID system may include a transponder conveyance system adapted to transport at least one targeted transponder from a group of multiple adjacent transponders through a transponder encoding area along a feeding direction and an antenna having a resonant inductor and a ferrite material, wherein the ferrite material at least partially covers the resonant inductor and defines an exposed portion of the resonant inductor. In one antenna-transponder alignment, the exposed portion extends substantially parallel to the feeding direction. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138761 | CARD READER AND CARD READER CONTROL METHOD - A card reader use in a higher-level device may include a card transfer path; a card insertion detecting mechanism; a transfer roller; a turn detecting mechanism structured to detect a turn of the transfer roller; a card detecting mechanism; and a control unit. The control unit structured such that, if the card detecting mechanism switches from the OFF situation to the ON situation after the card insertion detecting mechanism switches from the OFF situation to the ON situation, even though no turn of the transfer roller is detected by the turn detecting mechanism, the control unit of the card reader sends a control unit of the higher-level device an alarm signal for notifying that a skimming device has been inserted through the insertion slot. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138762 | Passport Shield - Various switchable RFID devices are disclosed. These switchable RFID devices may include one or more RFID tags and one or more switches. Some of these one or more switches are optionally wireless. In various embodiments, the switchable RFID devices include cellular phones, security devices, identity devices, financial devices, remote controls, and the like. The switchable RFID devices are optionally disposed in a passport. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138763 | Passport Including Readability States - Various switchable RFID devices are disclosed. These switchable RFID devices may include one or more RFID tags and one or more switches. Some of these one or more switches are optionally wireless. In various embodiments, the switchable RFID devices include cellular phones, security devices, identity devices, financial devices, remote controls, and the like. The switchable RFID devices are optionally disposed in a passport. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138764 | Passport RFID Readability - Various switchable RFID devices are disclosed. These switchable RFID devices may include one or more RFID tags and one or more switches. Some of these one or more switches are optionally wireless. In various embodiments, the switchable RFID devices include cellular phones, security devices, identity devices, financial devices, remote controls, and the like. The switchable RFID devices are optionally disposed in a passport. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138765 | Passport Incluidng RFID Shielding - Various switchable RFID devices are disclosed. These switchable RFID devices may include one or more RFID tags and one or more switches. Some of these one or more switches are optionally wireless. In various embodiments, the switchable RFID devices include cellular phones, security devices, identity devices, financial devices, remote controls, and the like. The switchable RFID devices are optionally disposed in a passport. The passport may include shielding. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138766 | Passport Including Metallic Fibers - Various switchable RFID devices are disclosed. These switchable RFID devices may include one or more RFID tags and one or more switches. Some of these one or more switches are optionally wireless. In various embodiments, the switchable RFID devices include cellular phones, security devices, identity devices, financial devices, remote controls, and the like. The switchable RFID devices are optionally disposed in a passport. The passport may include radio frequency shielding. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138767 | REAL-TIME LOCATION SYSTEM (RTLS) TAG WITH BATTERY AND ENERGY HARVESTING, WHICH TRANSMITS A LOCATION SIGNAL WHEN THE BATTERY IS INOPERATIVE - An energy harvesting tag for use in a real time location system (RTLS) includes a battery powered transceiver where a photocell and energy storage device are used to provide power to the transceiver and a microprocessor when the battery is dead or inoperative. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138768 | RFID MOTION TRIGGERING - A RFID reader RFID reader may include an antenna that outputs signals and receive signals reflected from an object moving relative to the antenna, and circuitry configured to receive the reflected signals from the antenna. The reflected signals may determine that the motion has occurred relative to the antenna or be cancelled using a signal generated based on the reflected signals. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138769 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ANTENNAS - Systems and methods for a distributed antenna network are provided. One system includes a plurality of antenna modules coupled via a communication line, with each antenna module configured to be switched between a through state and a connected state using radio-frequency identification (RFID) control signals. The system further includes a plurality of antennas, with each antenna connected to a corresponding antenna module. A controller is coupled to the communication line and configured to transmit RFID control signals to the plurality of antenna modules to selectively activate one of the antenna modules by switching the antenna module to the connected state to thereby activate an antenna connected to the antenna module in the connected state. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138770 | SYSTEM OF RFID READER UNITS TRANSMITTING SYNCHRONIZED MODULATION USING ASYNCHRONOUS CARRIER WAVES - A UHF RFID system is disclosed in which an RFID transponder or tag can be simultaneously powered and interrogated by multiple RFID transceivers. The architecture of the system is such that each transceiver generates its own carrier wave, with a frequency that might be equal to or different from the other units, and the interrogation data is distributed throughout a network of transceivers and modulated by each transceiver unit onto their own carrier waves. During an interrogation period, one or more of the transceivers will be configured as the master unit, generating and distributing the protocols commands. The other units can be configured as transmitters, receivers or transceivers. After each period the units may be given different roles. The proposed setup yields a system with the capability to power and interrogate RFID tags with multiple readers, without compromising the required modulation depth and protocol handling. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138771 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, VESSEL, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND OPERATION METHOD - An information management system, comprising a first vessel having a first memory that stores first information, a second vessel having a second memory that stores second information, a detection circuit capable of detecting a proximity signal corresponding to approach of the second vessel to the first vessel, and a processor that adds the first information to the second memory that stores the second information, based on the proximity signal that has been detected by the detection circuit. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138772 | READING APPARATUS - A reading apparatus for reading commodity information relating to a commodity from a RFID tag attached to the commodity includes a placement section, a first antenna, one or more second antennas, a reflection member, and a reading controller. The placement section is configured to support the commodity. The first antenna is configured to emit radio waves in a direction facing the placement section. The one or more second antennas are arranged below the first antenna in such a manner that a direction of an emitting plane from which radio waves are emitted is different from that of the emitting plane of the first antenna | 2019-05-09 |
20190138773 | METHOD FOR THE TAMPER-EVIDENT AND TRACEABLE MARKING OF AN ASSEMBLY OF TWO ELEMENTS - The invention relates to a method for the tamper-evident and traceable marking of an assembly of a first element and a second element, the marking method comprising steps of assembling the first element and the second element, placing a radio tag marker on a first surface of the first element, the first surface being facing a second surface of the second element, and applying a first layer of locking varnish to a third surface, the third surface comprising the first surface and the second surface, in order to cover the marker, the first layer of locking varnish, once dried, guaranteeing that the marking is tamper-evident and the radio tag marker affording tracing of the marking. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138774 | OPTICAL IMAGING DEVICES AND METHODS - The present invention relates to optical imaging devices and methods for reading optical codes. The image device comprises a sensor, a lens, a plurality of illumination devices, and a plurality of reflective surfaces. The sensor is configured to sense with a predetermined number of lines of pixels, where the predetermined lines of pixels are arranged in a predetermined position. The lens has an imaging path along an optical axis. The plurality of illumination devices are configured to transmit an illumination pattern along the optical axis, and the plurality of reflective surfaces are configured to fold the optical axis. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138775 | AN AUTHENTICATION METHOD FOR PRODUCT PACKAGING - A method for authenticating a product packaging includes reading a printed optical-machine-readable-code on the product packaging using a mobile device, determining if the printed optical-machine-readable-code includes a command for reading an RFID, and—executing the command on the mobile device for reading the RFID, wherein the printed optical-machine-readable-code and the RFID are positioned at the same location on the product packaging. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138776 | BARCODE FOR HEADSTONES - Loving Memories is the only product of its kind that engages mourners by providing an instant account of their beloved lost ones by the simple use of a barcode-linked application. Loving Memories is uniquely designed to hopefully aid later generations so that individuals can have a glimpse at the joy and experiences shared by their great, great grandfathers and grandmothers, aunts and uncles and the like, even after their passing. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138777 | BARCODE PROCESSING - Provided are techniques for barcode processing. A barcode is detected. Then the barcode is classified as any of a first class code that needs to be preserved and a second class code that does not need to be preserved. For the barcode classified as the first class code, a content referred to by the barcode is saved. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138778 | A SYSTEM FOR PRODUCT AUTHENTICATION AND METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure envisages a system for product authentication comprises a non-replicable security tag, at least one mobile device and a server. The security tag comprises a background print layer and a foreground print layer. The foreground print layer includes a tag identifier and a variable image pattern. The mobile device scans the security tag and 5 facilitates a first level authentication of the tag locally on the mobile device. The server is configured facilitate a second level authentication for the tag over a network. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138779 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION - A method and an apparatus for fingerprint recognition are disclosed. The apparatus for the fingerprint recognition may extract a plurality of fingerprint feature points from a fingerprint image and may configure a group among the plurality of fingerprint feature points. The apparatus for the fingerprint recognition may also calculate a distance value between first fingerprint feature points included in the group and may use the distance value to generate a distance value sequence. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138780 | PALM PRINT IMAGE MATCHING TECHNIQUES - In some implementations, a method may be used for matching palm print images. A search template that identifies at least a plurality of distinctive search orientation blocks within a search orientation field may be initially generated for a search palm print image. A reference template may be obtained. A mated distinctive reference orientation block may be identified for each of the distinctive search orientation blocks. One or more regions of the search orientation field that include the distinctive search orientation blocks may be compared against one or more corresponding regions of the reference orientation field. An orientation similarity score between the search palm print image and the reference palm print image may be computed based on the comparison. A match may finally be determined if the computed orientation score satisfies a predetermined threshold value. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138781 | FINGERPRINT SENSOR AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A fingerprint sensor and a terminal device are provided, including: a first drive circuit, configured to generate a periodic driving signal according to a periodic first input signal, periods of the first input signal and the driving signal being both a predetermined period; each second drive circuit corresponding to a column of voltage integrators respectively, the each second drive circuit being configured to generate a column select signal according to a second input signal, the column select signal being used for controlling an operating state of a corresponding column of voltage integrators; and each of N columns of voltage integrators configured to receive the driving signal and the column select signal generated by a corresponding second drive circuit, and charge or integrate a fingerprint capacitor according to the driving signal and the column select signal. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138782 | FINGERPRINT SENSOR AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A fingerprint sensor and a terminal device are provided. The fingerprint sensor includes a plurality of integration circuits ( | 2019-05-09 |
20190138783 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display panel including a display region, repeating units are provided in the fingerprint recognition region of the display region, each repeating unit includes pixel units, and each pixel unit includes sets of sub-pixels; first and second signal lines are provided in the fingerprint recognition region, each set of sub-pixels is connected to one first signal line and one second signal line; for two adjacent sets of sub-pixels in one pixel unit, a spacing between the first signal line corresponding to one of the two adjacent sets of sub-pixels and the second signal line corresponding to the other is smaller than a spacing between the first signal line corresponding to a set of first sub-pixels and the second signal line corresponding to a set of second sub-pixels; the set of first sub-pixels and the set of second sub-pixels are closest to each other in two adjacent pixel units. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138784 | STRUCTURE FROM MOTION FOR DRONE VIDEOS - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, first and second models for a structure of an object, based respectively on ground-level and aerial observations of the object. Model parameters are determined for a three-dimensional (3D) third model of the object based on the first and second models; the determining comprises a transfer learning procedure. Data representing observations of the object is captured at an airborne unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operating at an altitude between that of the ground-level observations and the aerial observations. The method also comprises dynamically adjusting the third model in accordance with the operating altitude of the UAS; updating the adjusted third model in accordance with the data; and determining a 3D representation of the structure of the object, based on the updated adjusted third model. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138785 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOY RECOGNITION - A computer-implemented method for recognizing a plurality of real-world toy construction elements of a toy construction system assembled to form a real-world toy construction model, each real-world toy construction element comprising coupling members for detachably connecting the real-world toy construction element with one or more other real-world toy construction elements of the toy construction system so as to form the real-world toy construction model; wherein the method comprises: receiving at least one captured image of the real world toy construction model; processing the at least one captured image so as to at least preliminarily recognise at least a first real-world toy construction element in the at least one captured image as a first known real-world toy construction element from stored digital representations of a plurality of known real-world toy construction elements of the toy construction system, each digital representation comprising connectivity information indicative of how the corresponding real-world toy construction element can be detachably connected to other real-world toy construction elements of the toy construction system; detecting image data of at least a second real-world toy construction element in the image within a proximity of the recognised first real-world toy construction element; recognising the second real-world toy construction element as a second known real-world toy construction element from said stored digital representations of said plurality of known real-world toy construction elements of the toy construction system; wherein recognising the second real-world toy construction element is based at least in part on the connectivity information associated with the first and second known toy construction elements. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138786 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF OBJECTS - A method and system for analysis of an object of interest in a scene using 3D reconstruction. The method includes: receiving image data comprising a plurality of images captured of the scene, the image data comprising multiple perspectives of the scene; generating at least one reconstructed image by determining three-dimensional structures of the object from the imaging data using a reconstruction technique, the three-dimensional structures comprising depth information of the object; identifying the object from each of the reconstructed images, using a trained machine learning model, by segmenting the object in the reconstructed image, segmentation comprises isolating patterns in the reconstructed image that are classifiable as the object, the machine learning model trained using previous reconstructed multiple perspective images with identified objects; and outputting the analysis of the reconstructed images. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138787 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACIAL AGE IDENTIFICATION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for facial age identification, an electronic device, and a computer readable medium include: obtaining estimated facial age of a person in an image to be identified; selecting N image samples from an image sample set of known age according to the estimated facial age and age of two or more preset age gaps with the estimated facial age, the N being not less than 2; obtaining a comparison result of ages between the image to be identified and the selected N image samples; and obtaining probability information for determining a person's facial age attribute information according to statistical information formed by the comparison result. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138788 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO SPEED UP FACE RECOGNITION - A method, system, device, and/or a non-transitory computer readable medium to provide a customized application associated with a television experience based on the recognition of users located in front of a television display and in the field of view of a camera. The method may include performing an initializing operation, the initializing operation including enrolling a plurality of users in a database of a computer system, acquiring a wide image using the camera and scanning the wide image for biometric information; and performing an identification operation requested by the application including, acquiring a second wide image with the camera, extracting an active area from the second wide image, storing the extracted active area as a second fast scanning area image, and extracting the biometric data of a face appearing in the second fast scanning area image. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138789 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES - A display system is provided. The display system includes an image capturing module, a processing unit, and a display device. The image capturing module is configured to capture a facial image of a viewer. The processing unit is configured to perform the following instructions. A facial feature is identified based on the facial image, and a left eye position and a right eye position are computed. A left eye viewing vector and a right eye viewing vector are computed based on the left eye position and the right eye position, respectively. A left eye view and a right eye view are generated based on the left eye viewing vector and the right eye viewing vector, respectively. An image fusion processing is performed on the left eye view and the right eye view to render a fused image. The display device is configured to display the fused image. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138790 | DRIVER MONITORING SYSTEM - A driver monitoring system | 2019-05-09 |
20190138791 | KEY POINT POSITIONING METHOD, TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - When a target image is captured, the device provides a portion of the target image within a target detection region to a preset first model set to calculate positions of face key points and a first confidence value. The face key points and the first confidence value are output by the first model set for a single input of the portion of the first target image into the first model set. When the first confidence value meets a first threshold corresponding to whether the target image is a face image, the device obtains a second target image corresponding to the positions of the first face key points; the device inputs the second target image into the first model set to calculate a second confidence value, the second confidence value corresponds to accuracy key point positioning, and outputs the first key points if the second confidence value meets a second threshold. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138792 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING FEATURE FROM INPUT IMAGE - At least one example embodiment discloses a method of extracting a feature from an input image. The method may include detecting landmarks from the input image, detecting physical characteristics between the landmarks based on the landmarks, determining a target area of the input image from which at least one feature is to be extracted and an order of extracting the feature from the target area based on the physical characteristics and extracting the feature based on the determining. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138793 | Image Optimization During Facial Recognition - Described is a technique for optimization an image for facial detection. More specifically, described is a process of predicting the location of a face within an image and adjusting image settings based on at least a portion of the predicted location of the face. An image may be adjusted based on the characteristics of a metering region, which may be selected prior to performing facial detection. For example, the metering region may be a specified shape with dimensions equal to a certain percentage of the input image and placed at a specified location. The result of using such a metering region is that the image adjustments may be based on a portion of the face, and therefore, may be optimized for facial detection. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138794 | FACE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A face recognition system based upon a facial motion including an image capturing device, a storage device and a processing unit. The storage device stores facial information of an intended user. The facial information contains data of the intended user's facial feature and is associated with a binding operation. The image capturing device captures a facial video clip where a user makes a series of facial expressions over a time frame. The facial video clip of the user contains image frames. The processing unit extracts at least one facial feature of the user from the image frames and calculates the variation of that over the time frame. The processing unit compares the variation of the facial feature of the user with the facial information of the intended user. If the deviation between them falls within a threshold, the processing units goes on to perform the binding operating. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138795 | Automatic Object Detection and Recognition via a Camera System - Systems and methods for automatically detecting and recognizing human faces by a smart camera system are described herein. A camera located in a physical space may detect a triggering event and begin recording video and/or audio for a predetermined time period. The camera also processes the video to determine if any human faces are present. If so, the camera updates the metadata file associated with the recorded video with information identifying specific video frames that contain a human face. The recorded video and metadata file are transmitted to video analysis software, which performs further facial analysis on the selected video frames, in an attempt to identify the person(s) detected in the video. Results of the facial recognition process are presented on a user computing device. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138796 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, FACIAL IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including an image acquiring portion configured to acquire a photographed image obtained by photographing a user wearing a head mounted display, an expression estimating portion configured to estimate an expression of the user from an image of a mouth of the user included in the photographed image, an facial image producing portion configured to produce a facial image responding to the estimated expression of the user, and an output portion configured to output an image including the facial image. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138797 | CONFIGURATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A configuration system provided to configure the setting of facilities in a vehicle. A registered user enrolls a default facial motion and associated with the default facial motion with a configuration profile containing configurations of some of or all of the facilities. The registered user's facial information obtained from the default facial motion is stored in a storage module of the configuration system. When a user sits into the vehicle and makes a facial motion, an image capture module of the configuration system captures the facial motion. An image processing module of the configuration system retrieves facial information of the user based on the facial motion. The image processing module further compares the user's facial information with the registered user's facial information. If the two approximately match, a control unit of the configuration system modifies the settings of the facilities conforming with the configuration profile. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138798 | TIME DOMAIN ACTION DETECTING METHODS AND SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - Time domain action detecting methods and systems, electronic devices, and computer storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining a time domain interval in a video with an action instance and at least one adjacent segment in the time domain interval; separately extracting action features of at least two video segments in candidate segments, where the candidate segments comprises video segment corresponding to the time domain interval and adjacent segments thereof; pooling the action features of the at least two video segments in the candidate segments, to obtain a global feature of the video segment corresponding to the time domain interval; and determining, based on the global feature, an action integrity score of the video segment corresponding to the time domain interval. The embodiments of the present disclosure benefit accurately determining whether a time domain interval comprises an integral action instance, and improve the accuracy rate of action integrity identification. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138799 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSE ESTIMATION - A method and a system for pose estimation are provided. The method includes: extracting a plurality of sets of part-feature maps from an image, each set of the extracted part-feature maps encoding the messages for a particular body part and forming a node of a part-feature network; passing a message of each set of the extracted part-feature maps through the part-feature network to update the extracted part-feature maps, resulting in each set of the extracted part-feature maps incorporating the message of upstream nodes; estimating, based on the updated part-feature maps, the body part within the image. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138800 | POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM - A position information server receives position information of a subject from a distance sensor, decides a position information generation process to be executed by the distance sensor on the basis of the received position information, and transmits instruction information related to the position information generation process to the distance sensor. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138801 | SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS IN A GROUP-HOUSED ENVIRONMENT - Implementations directed to providing a computer-implemented method comprising receiving, from a motion sensing device, a plurality of image frames that includes information regarding a plurality of animals housed in a group-housed environment, determining a coordinate space of the group-housed environment based on an analysis of a first image frame of the image frames, generating, based on the analysis of the first image frame, an ellipsoid model for each animal based on defined surface points for each animal weighted according to a likely proximity to a crest of a spine of the respective animal, and tracking a position and an orientation of each animal within the image frames by enforcing shape consistency of the ellipsoid models, and adjusting the position of each of the ellipsoid models based on the defined surface points for each animal and a maximum likelihood formulation of a movement distance for each animal. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138802 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING HUMAN BODY GENDER IN MICROWAVE IMAGE - This invention relates to a method and a device for human body gender detection in a microwave image. The structure feature of a human body itself as well as the constructed vertical direction spatial distribution histogram and horizontal direction spatial distribution histogram are used to accurately locate the chest position and the crotch position of the human body. A human body chest subimage is extracted according to the chest position, and a human body crotch subimage is extracted according to the crotch position. Then, the feature values of the human body chest subimage and the human body crotch subimage are respectively extracted by a feature value extraction algorithm, and the human body gender is automatically identified according to the feature values. The technical solution of this invention is simple, and after experimental verification, can be effectively applied in actual microwave security check system. This technical solution has high real time and high robustness, and its correct recognition rate meets the operating requirements. As such, the problem of how to identify human body gender in real time and accurately in a microwave security check system is solved. Besides, because the present invention can accurately locate the chest position and the crotch position of a human body, the human body's private part can be shielded and protected effectively according to this invention. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138803 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - To make an object image to be displayed on an image processing apparatus that executes bidirectional communication, for example, be an optimum display image according to types of information of a display unit, an object, a viewer, and the like. A display area information acquisition unit acquires display area information of the display unit, and an image acquisition unit acquires an input image including the object to be displayed on the display unit. Further, an image information analysis unit executes input image analysis processing, and a display mode determination unit determines a display mode of the object to be displayed on the display unit, applying an analysis result, and displays an output image generated according to the determined display mode on the display unit. Processing for a missing portion of the object in the case of performing full-size display, correction of a line of sight position, and the like are executed, and natural display of the object is executed. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138804 | COMPUTER AND DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION METHOD - A computer that extracts an attribute which is a text string contained in an predetermined examination target document stores template information for managing a plurality of templates in which a type of attribute is defined, executes a text recognition process on image data of the document, extracts an attribute corresponding to the type of attribute using a result of the text recognition process and the plurality of templates, selects a template based on the extracted attribute, generates output information that includes the attribute extracted using the selected template and is used for the examination; determines a type of confirmation operation performed on the output information, before the examination, based on a comparison result between an evaluation value indicating credibility of the output information and a threshold, and corrects the determined type of confirmation operation based on the text string contained in the document. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138805 | EVALUATING IMAGE-TEXT CONSISTENCY WITHOUT REFERENCE - Embodiments describing an approach to evaluate text and image consistency. Receiving one or more images. Receiving one or more text documents. Identifying relevant text in the one or more text documents. Determining the consistency between the one or more images and the one or more text documents. Creating one or more image and text consistency scores based on the determined consistency between the one or more images and the one or more text documents, and outputting the one or more image and text consistency scores for evaluating text and image consistency. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138806 | SIGNAL ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FEATURES EXTRACTION AND INTERPRETATION THEREOF - Development of sensor data based descriptive and prescriptive system involves machine learning tasks like classification and regression. Any such system development requires the involvement of different stake-holders for obtaining features. Such features typically obtained are not interpretable for 1-D sensor signals. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods that perform signal analysis for features extraction and interpretation thereof wherein input is raw signal data where origin of a feature is traced to signal data, and mapped to domain/application knowledge. Feature(s) are extracted using deep learning network(s) and machine learning (ML) model(s) are implemented for sensor data analysis to perform causality analysis for prognostics. Layer(s) (say last layer) of Deep Network(s) contains the automatically derived features that can be used for ML tasks. Parameter(s) tuning is performed based on the set of features that were recommended by the system to determined performance of systems (or applications) under consideration. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138807 | IRIS LIVENESS DETECTION FOR MOBILE DEVICES - An approach for an iris liveness detection is provided. A plurality of image pairs is acquired using one or more image sensors of a mobile device. A particular image pair is selected from the plurality of image pairs, and a hyperspectral image is generated for the particular image pair. Based on, at least in part, the hyperspectral image, a particular feature vector for the eye-iris region depicted in the particular image pair is generated, and one or more trained model feature vectors generated for facial features of a particular user of the device are retrieved. Based on, at least in part, the particular feature vector and the one or more trained model feature vectors, a distance metric is determined and compared with a threshold. If the distance metric exceeds the threshold, then a first message indicating that the plurality of image pairs fails to depict the particular user is generated. It is also determined whether at least one characteristic, of one or more characteristics determined for NIR images, changes from image-to-image by at least a second threshold. If so, then a second message is generated to indicate that the plurality of image pairs depicts the particular user of a mobile device. The second message may also indicate that an authentication of an owner to the mobile device was successful. Otherwise, a third message is generated to indicate that a presentation attack on the mobile device is in progress. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138808 | MONITORING SYSTEM - A monitoring system includes an imaging device, a controller, storage, and a notifying section. The imaging device captures an image of an imaging area to generate captured image data indicating a captured image. The controller detects events based on the captured image data. The events include a pre-event and a post-event detected after the pre-event has ended. The controller changes a first flag from an off state to an on state upon detecting the pre-event, and holds the first flag in the on state even after the pre-event has ended. The controller changes the second flag from the off state to the on state upon detecting the post-event, and directs the notifying section to notify of consecutive event occurrence information indicating that consecutive events have occurred. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138809 | Processing Content Based on Natural Language Queries - Disclosed are systems and methods for summarizing content or preparing missed portions of content based on natural language queries. A natural language query can be received. One or more portions of summarized or missed content can be determined based on the natural language query, and transmitted to a user device. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138810 | CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED VIDEO OVERLAY INSERTION - There is provided a system and method for automated overlay insertion to a video. The method includes: associating each overlay with one or more overlay categories; detecting scene categories within each frame and a confidence probability value; adjusting the confidence probability values based on preceding frame groupings; matching overlay categories to comparable adjusted scene categories; generating a selection score for each overlay category that is relative to the probability value for the matched adjusted scene category; randomly selecting an overlay from the one or more overlays, the probability for each overlay based on the respective selection score; and inserting the selected overlay into the video. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138811 | VIDEO REPRESENTATION OF FIRST-PERSON VIDEOS FOR ACTIVITY RECOGNITION WITHOUT LABELS - A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product are provided for activity recognition. The method includes receiving, by a processor, a plurality of videos, the plurality of videos including labeled videos and unlabeled videos. The method also includes extracting, by the processor with a feature extraction convolutional neural network (CNN), frame features for frames from each of the plurality of videos. The method additionally includes estimating, by the processor with a feature aggregation system, a vector representation for one of the plurality of videos responsive to the frame features. The method further includes classifying, by the processor, an activity from the vector representation. The method also includes controlling an operation of a processor-based machine to react in accordance with the activity. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138812 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH ACTIVITY RECOGNITION - A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product are provided for activity recognition in a mobile device. The method includes receiving a plurality of unlabeled videos from one or more cameras. The method also includes generating a classified video for each of the plurality of unlabeled videos by classifying an activity in each of the plurality of unlabeled videos. The method additionally includes storing the classified video in a location in a memory designated for videos of the activity in each of the classified videos. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138813 | Digital Video Fingerprinting Using Motion Segmentation - Methods of processing video are presented to generate signatures for motion segmented regions over two or more frames. Two frames are differenced using an adaptive threshold to generate a two-frame difference image. The adaptive threshold is based on a motion histogram analysis which may vary according to motion history data. Also, a count of pixels is determined in image regions of the motion adapted two-frame difference image which identifies when the count is not within a threshold range to modify the motion adaptive threshold. A motion history image is created from the two-frame difference image. The motion history image is segmented to generate one or more motion segmented regions and a descriptor and a signature are generated for a selected motion segmented region. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138814 | Temporal Multi-Scale Clockwork Memory Networks for Object Detection in Videos - A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product are provided for object detection utilizing an online flow guided memory network. The method includes receiving a plurality of videos, each of the plurality of videos including a plurality of frames. The method also includes generating, with a feature extraction network, a frame feature map for a current frame of the plurality of frames. The method additionally includes aggregating a memory feature map from the frame feature map and previous memory feature maps from previous frames on a plurality of time axes, with the plurality of time axes including a first time axis at a first frame increment and a second time axis at a second frame increment. The method further includes predicting, with a task network, an object from the memory feature map. The method also includes controlling an operation of a processor-based machine to react in accordance with the object. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138815 | Method, Apparatus, User Terminal, Electronic Equipment, and Server for Video Recognition - The present invention discloses a method, a device, a client-side apparatus, an electronic device and a server for video content recognition. The method comprises: acquiring a target image arbitrarily selected by a user in a video; sending a request for video content recognition to a server, wherein the request for video content recognition includes the target image; and receiving a result of video content recognition from the server. The result of video content recognition comprises information related to the target image and found via searches on a search engine. According to the present disclosure, the information related to the target image in a video arbitrarily selected by the user can be flexibly provided to the user. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138816 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTING VIDEO OBJECT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method and an apparatus for segmenting a video object, an electronic device, a storage medium, and a program include: performing, among at least some frames of a video, inter-frame transfer of an object segmentation result of a reference frame in sequence from the reference frame, to obtain an object segmentation result of at least one other frame among the at least some frames; determining other frames having lost objects with respect to the object segmentation result of the reference frame among the at least some frames; using the determined other frames as target frames to segment the lost objects, so as to update the object segmentation results of the target frames; and transferring the updated object segmentation results of the target frames to the at least one other frame in the video in sequence. The accuracy of video object segmentation results can therefore be improved. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138817 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION - Embodiments described herein disclose methods and systems for dynamic object recognition. Using location and information from the recognition process, historical data for a dynamic object, and associated data from secondary objects, a more complete data set can be generated for the dynamic object. The dynamic object data set can then be stored for later recognition and a more complete and human-like understanding of the dynamic object, useful in a variety of automated tasks. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138818 | Automatic Camera Ground Plane Calibration Method and System - A surveillance camera system and method is disclosed. The system includes one or more surveillance cameras that capture images of scenes, and one or more calibration systems that automatically generate ground planes from the captured images from the surveillance cameras. Foreground objects in the scenes are then analyzed against the ground planes to determine whether the ground planes may require updating and/or recalculation. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138819 | AUTHENTICATION BY NAVIGATION-CORRELATED SENSING - A system for authenticating a vehicle includes a processor subsystem; and memory comprising instructions, which when executed by the processor subsystem, cause the processor subsystem to perform the operations comprising: receiving, at a cloud service, vehicle location data describing a location of the vehicle at a first time; receiving attestation data from a witness device, the attestation data corresponding to the first time; producing a validation result by analyzing the vehicle location data and the attestation data to determine whether the location of the vehicle at the first time is consistent with the attestation data; and providing the validation result to a user device for presentation on the user device. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138820 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT - A method for detecting an object with the aid of a system, the system having a plurality of modules connected in series one after the other, at least one connection between a predefinable module and its immediately following module being implemented in each case with the aid of a filter and storage module connected in series, the first module of the modules connected in series being connected to an acquisition unit, and the last module of the modules connected in series being connected to a detection module. The method includes temporal filtering. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138821 | CAMERA BLOCKAGE DETECTION FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEMS - System and methods for detecting blockages in images are described. A method may include receiving a plurality of images captured by a camera installed on a vehicle. The method may include identifying one or more candidate blocked regions in the plurality of images. Each of the candidate blocked regions may contain image data caused by blockages in the camera's field-of-view. The method may further include assigning blockage scores to the one or more candidate blocked regions based on region-associations among the one or more candidate blocked regions in the plurality of images. In response to a determination that one of the blockage scores is above a predetermined blockage threshold, the method may include transmitting a blockage alarm signal to the vehicle. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138822 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION OF A VEHICLE - A system for detecting a surrounding object may receive, from a camera, a first image including a plurality of pixels relating to one or more objects and receive, from one or more LiDARs, a first point set including a plurality of points corresponding to the plurality of pixels. The system may also, based on the first point set, determine 3D coordinates and reflection intensities of the plurality of points, based on which the system may generate a segment result by classifying the plurality of points. The system may further transform the 3D coordinates of the plurality of points into 2D coordinates and determine an object type of the one or more objects based on the 2D coordinates, the 3D coordinates, the segment result, and the first image. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138823 | AUTOMATIC OCCLUSION DETECTION IN ROAD NETWORK DATA - The present embodiments provide for automatically detecting the location and severity of occluded regions within input data. A grid representation of a scene is generated from a data set, characterizing spaces of the grid representation as free, occupied, and hidden/occluded. The grid is bounded, and a connected component analysis is performed on the hidden space to identify the occluded regions. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138824 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR DETERMINING THE LATERAL POSITION OF A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE RELATIVE TO THE LANES OF A CARRIAGEWAY - A method, a device and a computer-readable storage medium with instructions for determining the lateral position of a transportation vehicle relative to the lanes of a carriageway. An image processing unit acquires geometry information and property information relating to carriageway markings. A position-determining unit determines an approximate position of the transportation vehicle. An evaluation unit determines the lateral position of the transportation vehicle by comparing the determined geometry information and property information of the carriageway markings with carriageway marking geometries at the approximate position determined for the transportation vehicle, from a lane geometry map. The lane geometry map contains lane center geometries and lane edge geometries with a high level of accuracy with respect to one another. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138825 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING SENSOR DATA IN VEHICLE - The present disclosure provides an apparatus for associating sensor data in a vehicle. The apparatus includes a plurality of sensors configured to sense an external object and a processor configured to be electrically connected with the plurality of sensors. The processor is configured to obtain a sensor data set for a target located around the vehicle using the plurality of sensors, select at least a portion of sensor data included in the sensor data set based on at least one of target information, a curvature of a road where the vehicle or the target is traveling, or a type of a sensor configured to sense the target, and generate track data for the target by associating at least the portion of the sensor data. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138826 | Spatial and Temporal Information for Semantic Segmentation - Systems and methods for segmenting an image using a convolutional neural network are described herein. A convolutional neural network (CNN) comprises an encoder-decoder architecture, and may comprise one or more Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) layers between the encoder and decoder layers. The LSTM layers provide temporal information in addition to the spatial information of the encoder-decoder layers. A subset of a sequence of images is input into the encoder layer of the CNN and a corresponding sequence of segmented images is output from the decoder layer. In some embodiments, the one or more LSTM layers may be combined in such a way that the CNN is predictive, providing predicted output of segmented images. Though the CNN provides multiple outputs, the CNN may be trained from single images or by generation of noisy ground truth datasets. Segmenting may be performed for object segmentation or free space segmentation. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138827 | State Prediction Device and State Prediction Method - To provide a technology for accurately estimating the state change of an observation object, there are included a step for acquiring first sensor information that is obtained by observation of a state of an observation object at a first time by a periphery monitoring sensor (S | 2019-05-09 |
20190138828 | Spoof Detection for Biometric Validation - The invention provides an Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) system capable of acquiring two orthogonally polarized depth scans from a target such as the fingerprint region of a finger. In the preferred embodiment the birefringence of tissue components and, optionally, other aspects of the target are measured in order determine a characteristic of the target, such as whether it is real of fake finger. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138829 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING AN EDGE CNN SYSTEM FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS - The disclosed technology for building an edge convolutional neural network (CNN) system for IoT includes training on-site processors to analyze image data and identify motorized vehicles, bicycles and people in near-real-time, using a big cloud CNN, a small cloud CNN and an on-site CNN. At least five hundred site-specific images from cameras are analyzed using the big cloud CNN to produce a machine-generated training set that includes an image that has regions, and for each region, coordinates of bounding boxes for objects in the region, and classification of contents of the bounding boxes as a motorized vehicle, bicycle or person; and the training set. The machine-generated training set gets used to train the small cloud CNN; and coefficients from the trained small cloud CNN get transferred to the on-site CNN, thereby configuring the on-site CNN to recognize motorized vehicles, bicycles and people in images from the cameras in near-real-time. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138830 | Methods and Devices for Cognitive-based Image Data Analytics in Real Time Comprising Convolutional Neural Network - A real time video analytic processor that uses a trained convolutional neural network that embodies algorithms and processing architectures that process a wide variety of sensor images in a fashion that emulates how the human visual path processes and interprets image content. Spatial, temporal, and color content of images are analyzed and the salient features of the images determined. These salient features are compared to the salient features of objects of user interest in order to detect, track, classify, and characterize the activities of the objects. Objects or activities of interest are annotated in the image streams and alerts of critical events are provided to the user. Instantiation of the cognitive processing can be accomplished on multi-FPGA and multi-GPU processing hardware. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138831 | MAGNETIC INK CHARACTER READER AND MAGNETIC INK CHARACTER READING METHOD - A magnetic ink character reader includes a transport unit configured to move a medium along a transport path, a reader configured to magnetically read magnetic ink characters printed on the medium, while the medium is moved along the transport path and to output a signal waveform corresponding to the magnetic ink characters, and a processor configured to compare a transportation direction of the medium through the reader to a forward reading direction of the reader, and to invert, in horizontal and vertical directions, the signal waveform output from the reader when the transportation direction is not the forward reading direction. The processor performs magnetic character recognition using the signal waveform from the reader when the transportation direction is the forward reading direction and the inverted signal waveform when the transportation direction is a reverse reading direction opposite the forward reading direction. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138832 | OPTICAL ENCODER CAPABLE OF IDENTIFYING ABSOLUTE POSITIONS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure is related to an optical encoder which is configured to provide precise coding reference data by feature recognition technology. To apply the present disclosure, it is not necessary to provide particular dense patterns on a working surface. The precise coding reference data can be generated by detecting surface features of the working surface. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138833 | ACCURATE ROI EXTRACTION AIDED BY OBJECT TRACKING - An image data processing method includes receiving frame image data of N frames, where N>1, detecting a region of interest in one of the N frames, tracking locations of the region of interest in at least one of the N frames, and providing a merged location of the region of interest based on the locations of the region of interest in the N frames. Some embodiments include providing T of the merged locations of the region of interest for T respective groups of N frames, where T>1, providing respective statistical data for each of the T merged locations, and providing a final location of the region of interest based on the T merged locations and the statistical data for the T merged locations. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138834 | Dynamic Graceful Degradation of Augmented-Reality Effects - In one embodiment, a method includes generating, by a device, first tracking data using a first tracking algorithm, based on first video frames associated with a scene. An augmented-reality (AR) effect may be displayed based on the first tracking data. The device may generate a first confidence score associated with the first tracking data and determine that the first confidence score is above a threshold. The device may generate, based on second video frames subsequent to the first video frames, second tracking data using the first tracking algorithm. The device may determine that an associated second confidence score is below a threshold. In response, the device may generate, based on third video frames subsequent to the second video frames, third tracking data using a second tracking algorithm different from the first. The device may then display the AR effect based on the third tracking data. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138835 | ASYNCHRONOUS OBJECT ROI DETECTION IN VIDEO MODE - An image data processing method includes receiving, from an image sensor, frame image data of a plurality of frames; receiving a plurality of control rules comprising a respective control rule for each of the frames, wherein each of the control rules identifies one of a plurality of process regions and one of a plurality of object detectors; identifying a region of interest in each frame by a location and a category, comprising applying the object detector identified by the respective control rule to the respective frame image data in the process region identified by the respective control rule; identifying a final region of interest based on the identified regions of interest; and reporting the final region of interest. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138836 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATION OF COLLECTABLE OBJECTS - Provided is a system and method for authentication of collectable objects. A hi-resolution digital camera in communication with a nonvolatile data storage device having a data partition capable of being made immutable is provided. The nonvolatile data storage device is compatible with a computerized device, and the hi-resolution digital camera is operated to record at least one hi-resolution digital image of at least one unique appearance characteristic of a collectable object at an image resolution of at least 300 pixel dots per inch at 1:1 image scale. The at least one hi-resolution digital image is stored in the data partition of the nonvolatile data storage device, together with additional image data. A tamper-resistant marking associated with the collectable object is placed on the nonvolatile data storage device | 2019-05-09 |
20190138837 | METHODS FOR MOBILE IMAGE CAPTURE OF VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS IN A NON-DOCUMENT - Various embodiments disclosed herein are directed to methods of capturing Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) from images captured by a mobile device. Capturing VIN data can be useful in several applications, for example, insurance data capture applications. There are at least two types of images supported by this technology: (1) images of documents and (2) images of non-documents. | 2019-05-09 |