20th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150131826 | AUDIO PRECOMPENSATION CONTROLLER DESIGN WITH PAIRWISE LOUDSPEAKER CHANNEL SIMILARITY - A method for determining an audio precompensation controller for an associated sound generating system comprising a total of N≧2 loudspeakers, each having a loudspeaker input. The audio precompensation controller has a number L≧2 inputs for L input signal(s) and N outputs for N controller output signals, one to each loudspeaker. It is relevant to: estimate (S | 2015-05-14 |
20150131827 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING HEARING AID COMPATIBILITY - An electronic device having hearing aid capability is disclosed. The electronic device includes a linear resonance actuator (LRA). The LRA is configured to produce both vibrations and a hearing aid compatible magnetic field. A processor coupled to the LRA is operable to control the LRA to generate a magnetic field for inductively coupling the electronic device to a hearing aid when a hearing aid compatibility (HAC) mode is enabled, wherein the generated magnetic field is encoded with audio information which corresponds to an audio signal. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131828 | HEARING AID WITH AN ANTENNA - A hearing aid with an assembly, the assembly includes: a first side; a second side; a signal processor; a wireless communications unit, the wireless communications unit being connected to the signal processor; and an antenna for electromagnetic field emission and electromagnetic field reception, the antenna being connected to the wireless communications unit, the antenna having an excitation point; wherein a first branch of the antenna extends from the excitation point and a second branch of the antenna extends from the excitation point, at least a part of the second branch extending from the first side to the second side, and wherein the second branch has at least one ground connection. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131829 | HEARING AID WITH AN ANTENNA - A hearing aid includes: a signal processor; a wireless communications unit, the wireless communications unit being connected to the signal processor; and an antenna for electromagnetic field emission and electromagnetic field reception, the antenna being connected to the wireless communications unit, the antenna having an excitation point; wherein a first branch of the antenna extends from the excitation point and a second branch of the antenna extends from the excitation point; and wherein the antenna has a first resonant frequency and a second resonant frequency. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131830 | HEARING AID WITH AN ANTENNA - A hearing aid with an assembly, the assembly includes: a microphone; a signal processor for processing a first audio signal into a second audio signal compensating a hearing loss of a user; a wireless communication unit configured for wireless data communication; and an antenna for emission of an electromagnetic field, the antenna being coupled with the wireless communication unit, the antenna having a total length between three quarters of a wavelength of the emitted electromagnetic field and five quarters of the wavelength; wherein a part of the antenna extends from a first side of the assembly to a second side of the assembly; and wherein the antenna has a midpoint located at the part of the antenna extending from the first side to the second side, or a distance between the midpoint of the antenna and the part of the antenna is less than a quarter of the wavelength. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131831 | HEARING AID WITH AN ANTENNA - A hearing aid with an assembly, the assembly includes: a first side; a second side; a signal processor; a wireless communications unit, the wireless communications unit being connected to the signal processor; and a monopole antenna for electromagnetic field emission and electromagnetic field reception, the antenna being connected to the wireless communications unit, the antenna having an excitation point; wherein at least a part of a first branch of the antenna extends from the excitation point along the first side of the assembly, the first branch having a first end, the first end being free or being coupled with the excitation point via a third branch; and wherein a second branch of the antenna extends from the excitation point, at least a part of the second branch extending in a space located between the first side of the assembly and the second side of the assembly. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131832 | HEARING AID WITH ADAPTIVE ANTENNA SYSTEM - A hearing aid includes: a signal processor; a wireless communications unit connected to the signal processor; and an antenna system with a data terminal and at least one control terminal, wherein the data terminal is connected to the wireless communications unit, the antenna system comprising a first antenna and one or more antenna feeds including a first antenna feed, the antenna system further comprising an antenna configurator for configuring the antenna system to operate in a selected antenna mode selected from a plurality of antenna modes including a first antenna mode and a second antenna mode according to a control signal transmitted on the at least one control terminal, wherein the antenna configurator is configured to apply a first antenna configuration to the data terminal when operating in the first antenna mode, and to apply a second antenna configuration to the data terminal when operating in the second antenna mode. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131833 | BATTERY ASSEMBLY FOR A HEARING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A battery assembly for powering a hearing device includes: a main part having at least a first surface and a second surface, the main part comprising a first electrode formed as an inductive coil; a first attachment member on at least a primary part of the first surface for attaching the main part to a hearing device housing of the hearing device; a second attachment member for attaching a direct current source to the main part; and an electronic circuit having a first input terminal and a second input terminal connectable to a first output terminal and a second output terminal, respectively, of the direct current source, wherein the electronic circuit is connected to the first electrode, and wherein the electronic circuit is configured for converting direct current from the direct current source to alternating current. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131834 | EAR WARMER WITH A SPEAKER SYSTEM - A frame has an interior side and an exterior side. The frame is configured to extend around the back of a user's head. A first membrane is coupled to at least a portion of the interior side of the frame. In one embodiment, a second membrane is coupled to the first membrane. The first membrane and the second membrane define a receptacle and an opening that communicates with the receptacle. In one embodiment, a speaker is disposed in the receptacle. A first electrical wire has a first end electrically coupled to the speaker and a second end including a connector. The connector can be disposed proximate to the opening of the receptacle. The connector is configured to be electrically coupled to a second electrical wire. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131835 | EASY ASSEMBLED AND DETACHED TOUCH PEN WITH SOUND EMISSION PATHS - An easy assembled and detached touch includes a pen body having a hollow portion, a touch end, a first opening, a second opening; the hollow portion having an oblong shape and penetrating through a front and a rear side thereof; the first opening and second opening is opened at an upper side of the pen body and is communicated to the hollow portion; the touch end having a conductive head; a sound guiding unit being a protrusion having a size approximately matched to that of the hollow portion; a sound path for guiding sound from one end to another end of the sound guiding unit; in assembly state; the sound path having one end coupled to an electronic device; and an inserting unit formed at the lateral side of the sound guiding unit which can be inserted into an insertion hole at a lateral side of the audio device. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131836 | SOUND GUIDING DEVICE AND SOUND GUIDING MEMBER IN MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - It is possible to enable sound, such as music or words, to be caught clearly without raising the sound volume in particular in the use of a mobile terminal device. In a mobile terminal device provided with a speaker on a rear surface side, a sound guiding device that guides sound generated by the speaker in a front direction has a case that covers the speaker when attached to the mobile terminal device. A sound guiding section that guides sound generated by the speaker roughly in the front direction and a sounding port through which the guided sound is emit bed to the outside are provided at a position of the case corresponding to the speaker of the mobile terminal device when the case is attached to the mobile terminal device. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131837 | Earbud Covers - An earbud cover is configured to be removably attached to, and at least partially cover, an audio earbud. The removable earbud cover includes at least one light guide configured to guide light from at least one optical emitter associated with the audio earbud to a region of a body of a subject wearing the audio earbud and/or guide light from the body of the subject to at least one optical detector associated with the audio earbud. The removable earbud cover may include at least one alignment member that facilitates stability of the audio earbud when inserted within an ear of the subject. The removable earbud cover may include at least one lens region, at least one light diffusion region, and/or at least one luminescence region in optical communication with the at least one light guide. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131838 | SOUND OUTPUTTING DEVICE - According to an aspect, a sound outputting device includes a front unit, a first side unit, a second side unit, a sound transmitting portion, and a piezoelectric speaker. The first side unit is coupled to one end portion of the front unit. The second side unit is coupled to another end portion of the front unit. The sound transmitting portion is provided in the first side unit for transmitting a sound via cartilage conduction. The piezoelectric speaker vibrates the sound transmitting portion. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131839 | Headphone Apparatus with cord storage - A headset apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprises: a headband; two speakers and a cord; the apparatus comprises grooves and/or channels for allowing the cord to be wrapped around the apparatus during a stowage position. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131840 | SPEAKER APPARATUS AND METHODS USEFUL IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH - An actuation system for generating a physical effect, the system comprising at least one array of translating elements each constrained to travel alternately back and forth along a respective axis, toward first and second extreme positions respectively, in response to activation of first and second forces respectively; and a controller operative to use the first and second forces to selectably latch at least one subset of said translating elements into the first and second extreme positions respectively. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131841 | RECEPTACLE FOR LOW-VOLTAGE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A low-voltage electronic device receptacle may include a back wall, one or more side walls extending from the back wall, and a flange extending outward from the one or more side walls, wherein the back wall includes a forwardly-extending generally convex protrusion making up greater than 10% of the back wall. An enclosure for installing a speaker in a building structure having first and second support members and an outer layer may include a receptacle including a back wall, one or more side walls, and a flange extending outwardly from the one or more side walls, wherein the receptacle may be positioned between the first and second support members, the back wall includes a generally convex protrusion extending toward the outer layer, and the speaker may be mounted to the outer layer and a portion of the speaker may deflect at least a portion of the protrusion away from the outer layer. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131842 | ELECTRONIC MACHINE, AND AUTOMOBILE AND ACCOMMODATION UNIT PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - Provided is an electronic machine that is provided with a speaker and that enables a direction of the speaker to be appropriately and arbitrarily changed. The electronic machine includes a speaker unit, housings, and a rotating device. The speaker unit is supported by the housing. The rotating device includes a first rotating device configured to rotate the speaker unit with respect to the housings about a direction intersecting with an axis of the housings serving as a rotational axis, and a second rotating device configured to rotate the speaker unit with respect to the housings about the axis of the housings serving as a rotational axis. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131843 | Support Base and Charger of Hand-Held Electronic Apparatus - A support base of a hand-held electronic apparatus configured for placing a hand-held electronic apparatus having a speaker is provided. The support base comprises an accommodating body which is formed with a hollow casing, and the shape of the accommodating body corresponds to a portion of the hand-held electronic apparatus such that the hand-held electronic apparatus can be placed therein. The characteristics of the present invention are as follows: The accommodating body comprises a first sound broadcasting hole and a second sound broadcasting hole, and when the hand-held electronic apparatus is placed in the accommodating body, the speaker of the hand-held electronic apparatus corresponds to the first sound broadcasting hole such that the speaker of the hand-held electronic apparatus can broadcast sound through the second sound broadcasting hole. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131844 | Method and Apparatus for Minimizing or Preventing Interference of Two-Way Radio Speaker Microphones Caused by Fine Metal Particles - A speaker microphone design that prevents, eliminates, and/or minimizes speaker mechanical failure caused by fine metal particles in the ambient environment. The contemplated invention includes embodiments that utilize one or more barrier cover installed at a location between the speaker diaphragm and the grille. The barrier cover can be a thin shell of various shapes and sizes, such as a dome-shaped structure. In other embodiments, the barrier cover can be a thin membrane, such as a Bayer® film. Additionally or alternatively, the speaker is positioned further back away from the grille, to provide a clearance space of at least 10 mm between the diaphragm and the grille. This novel design of clearance is also effective in preventing, eliminating, and/or minimizing speaker mechanical failure caused by fine metal particles in the environment. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131845 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE PROGRAMS FOR ENHANCED SPORTS ANALYTICS AND APPLICATIONS - A system for enhanced sports analytics and/or content creation includes: an object tracking system that generates coordinate data corresponding to object motion in a sports event; a data processing module that receives the coordinate data from the object tracking system, analyzes the coordinate data with an event recognition algorithm that identifies and characterizes events and outcomes of interest, and catalogs the data in accordance with the identified events and outcomes into event profile data; a database that receives and stores the event profile data generated by the data processing module; a user application that accesses the event profile data from the database; and at least one processing unit that executes instructions stored in at least one non-transitory medium to implement at least one of the object tracking system, the data processing module, or the user application. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131846 | GEOGRAPHIC-BASED SIGNAL DETECTION - The disclosure relates generally to geographic-based signal detection. One claim recites an apparatus comprising: an input for receiving a signal from a cell phone; an electronic processor for determining, based at least in part on the signal, whether the cell phone is physically located in a predetermined home area; and upon a condition of not being in the predetermined home area, communicating a machine-readable code detector to the cell phone for use as its primary machine-readable code detector to detect machine-readable code while outside of its predetermined home area. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided as well. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131847 | SYSTEM FOR EMBEDDING DATA - A method and system including receiving marking information, determining, at least in part, based on the marking 0 information, a plurality of color element additives, adding the plurality of color element additives to at least one color element of a video frame, wherein the at least one color element includes a color element R, a color element G, and a color element B. Related methods and systems are also described. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131848 | SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE BASED OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An exemplary object detection method includes generating feature block components representing an image frame, and analyzing the image frame using the feature block components. For each feature block row of the image frame, feature block components associated with the feature block row are evaluated to determine a partial vector dot product for detector windows that overlap a portion of the image frame including the feature block row, such that each detector window has an associated group of partial vector dot products. The method can include determining a vector dot product associated with each detector window based on the associated group of partial vector dot products, and classifying an image frame portion corresponding with each detector window as an object or non-object based on the vector dot product. Each feature block component can be moved from external memory to internal memory once implementing the exemplary object detection method. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131849 | MOBILE IMAGE ACQUISITION - A set of conditions associated with monitoring a given environment is received. One or more locations in the given environment are determined, based on at least a portion of the received set of conditions, for which data is to be acquired. The given environment is traversed through the one or more locations. Data at the one or more locations is acquired. The acquired data is stored for subsequent review. One or more of the above steps are performed under control of a processing device at least a part of which is mounted on a mobile platform that is configured to move through the given environment. Determination of the one or more locations in the given environment may further include determining an extended region to be observed. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131850 | IDENTIFYING USER ACTIVITIES USING EYE TRACKING DATA, MOUSE EVENTS, AND KEYSTROKES - A computing device classifies user activities for a person interacting with a computer user interface using one or more user interface devices. The computing device receives eye tracking data for the person, which includes a sequence of fixations ordered temporally. Each fixation corresponds to a plurality of consecutive measured gaze points. Each fixation has a duration and location based on the corresponding gaze points. For each fixation, the computing device determines a plurality of features for the fixation, including characteristics of the fixation, context features based on preceding or subsequent fixations, and user interaction features based on information from the user interface devices during the fixation. The computing device assigns a user activity label to the fixation according to the features. The label is selected from a predefined set. The computing device then analyzes the fixations and their assigned user activity labels to make recommendations. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131851 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING APPARENT SIZE AND ORIENTATION OF AN OBJECT TO IMPROVE VIDEO-BASED TRACKING IN REGULARIZED ENVIRONMENTS - A system and method for optimizing video-based tracking of an object of interest are provided. A video of a regularized motion environment that comprise multiple video frames is acquired and an initial instance of an object of interest in one of the frames is then detected. An expected size and orientation of the object of interest as a function of the location of the object is then determined. The location of the object of interest is then determined in a next subsequent frame using the expected size and orientation of the object of interest. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131852 | OBJECT POSITION DETERMINATION - In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media for human-computer interaction are described. In embodiments, an apparatus may include one or more light sources and a camera. Through capture of images by the camera, the computing device may detect positions of objects of a user, within a three-dimensional (3-D) interaction region within which to track positions of the objects of the user. The apparatus may utilize multiple light sources, which may be disposed at different distances to the display and may illuminate the objects in a direction other than the image capture direction. The apparatus may selectively illuminate individual light sources to facilitate detection of the objects in the direction toward the display. The camera may also capture images in synchronization with the selective illumination. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131853 | STEREO MATCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING DISPARITY MAP USING SAME - A stereo matching system comprising a face detection unit configured to detect a face area using either one of a reference image and a target image provided thereto to extract information about the detected face area and a support window setting unit configured to compare between the information about the detected face area by the face detection unit and a preset value to set the size of support window. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131854 | IMAGE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND IMAGE MEASURING PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - A partial image extracting unit extracts images of a predetermined size and constant magnification from a tissue region. A mask generating unit generates a mask for removing a region not intended for measurement from the tissue region for each extracted image. A complete mask generating unit generates a temporary complete mask in which the masks generated for each of the images are integrated together, and generates a complete mask in which close portions among unmasked portions in the temporary complete mask are unified into one or more target regions. A measuring unit measures information pertaining to an object to be measured included in the image, and this information is measured for each of the images extracted by the partial image extracting unit. A region information calculating unit calculates, for each target region, information pertaining to the object to be measured from the measured information and from the complete mask. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131855 | GESTURE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A gesture recognition device configured to detect a gesture from acquired image and generate command issued to a control target instrument according to the gesture, the gesture recognition device comprising: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image; a gesture acquisition unit configured to detect a target region performing a gesture from the acquired image, and acquire the gesture based on motion or a shape of the detected target region; a face detection unit configured to detect a face comprised in the acquired image; a correlation unit configured to correlate the detected target region with the detected face using a human body model representing a shape of a human body; a personal identification unit configured to identify a user corresponding to the detected face; and a command generation unit configured to generate a command issued to the control target instrument based on the identified user and the acquired gesture. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131856 | MONITORING DEVICE AND MONITORING METHOD - A monitoring device configured to monitor whether a look of a target person is in a proper state suitable for a working environment, and comprising: an image input unit configured to input an image of the target person; a detector configured to analyze the image input by the image input unit and detect a predetermined region of a human body of the target person; a state estimator configured to estimate a state of the predetermined region detected by the detector; a proper state acquisition unit configured to acquire proper state information on a proper state of the predetermined region according to the working environment; and a controller configured to determine whether a present state of the predetermined region of the target person is proper by comparing an estimation result of the state estimator to the proper state information, and perform control according to a determination result. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131857 | VEHICLE RECOGNIZING USER GESTURE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A vehicle is provided that is capable of preventing malfunction or inappropriate operation of the vehicle due to a passenger error by distinguishing a gesture of a driver from that of the passenger when a gesture of a user is recognized, and a method for controlling the same is provided. The vehicle includes an image capturing unit mounted inside the vehicle and configured to capture a gesture image of a gesture area including a gesture of a driver or a passenger. A controller is configured to detect an object of interest in the gesture image captured by the image capturing unit and determine whether the object of interest belongs to the driver. In addition, the controller is configured to recognize a gesture expressed by the object of interest and generate a control signal that corresponds to the gesture when the object of interest belongs to the driver. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131858 | TRACKING DEVICE AND TRACKING METHOD - A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for tracking a feature point in an image that causes a computer to execute a process, the process includes: calculating first values indicating degree of corner for respective pixels in another image, based on change of brightness values in horizontal direction and vertical direction; calculating second values indicating degree of similarity between respective areas in the another image and a reference area around the feature point in the image, based on comparison between the respective areas and the reference area; calculating third values indicating overall degree of corner and similarity, based on the first values and the second values; and tracking the feature point by identifying a point in the another image corresponding to the feature point in the image, based on the third values. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131859 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECT, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING OBJECT POSE INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for tracking an object, and a method and apparatus for calculating object pose information are provided. The method of tracking the object obtains object feature point candidates by using a difference between pixel values of neighboring frames. A template matching process is performed in a predetermined region having the object feature point candidates as the center. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce a processing time needed for the template matching process. The method of tracking the object is robust in terms of sudden changes in lighting and partial occlusion. In addition, it is possible to track the object in real time. In addition, since the pose of the object, the pattern of the object, and the occlusion of the object are determined, detailed information on action patterns of the object can be obtained in real time. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131860 | AIRPORT TARGET TRACKING SYSTEM - A system for tracking objects using an intelligent Video processing system in the context of airport surface monitoring. The system addresses airport surface monitoring operational issues such as all weather conditions, high robustness, and low false report rate. The output can be used to complement existing airport surface monitoring systems. By combining the use of multi-sensors and an adverse weather optimized system, the system is capable of producing an improved stream of information for the target object over traditional computer vision based airport surface monitoring systems. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131861 | MULTI-VIEW OBJECT DETECTION USING APPEARANCE MODEL TRANSFER FROM SIMILAR SCENES - View-specific object detectors are learned as a function of scene geometry and object motion patterns. Motion directions are determined for object images extracted from a training dataset and collected from different camera scene viewpoints. The object images are categorized into clusters as a function of similarities of their determined motion directions, the object images in each cluster are acquired from the same camera scene viewpoint. Zenith angles are estimated for object image poses in the clusters relative to a position of a horizon in the cluster camera scene viewpoint, and azimuth angles of the poses as a function of a relation of the determined motion directions of the clustered images to the cluster camera scene viewpoint. Detectors are thus built for recognizing objects in input video, one for each of the clusters, and associated with the estimated zenith angles and azimuth angles of the poses of the respective clusters. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131862 | HUMAN TRACKING SYSTEM - An image such as a depth image of a scene may be received, observed, or captured by a device. A grid of voxels may then be generated based on the depth image such that the depth image may be downsampled. A background included in the grid of voxels may also be removed to isolate one or more voxels associated with a foreground object such as a human target. A location or position of one or more extremities of the isolated human target may be determined and a model may be adjusted based on the location or position of the one or more extremities. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131863 | Representative Motion Flow Extraction For Effective Video Classification and Retrieval - Technologies are generally described herein for extracting a representative motion flow from a video. Technologies are also generally described herein for retrieving a video utilizing the representative motion flow. The representative motion flow may be extracted utilizing a sliding window approach to generate interesting motion flows. The representative motion flow may be generated based on the interesting motion flows. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131864 | WHEEL SLIP OR SPIN NOTIFICATION - Described embodiments include a system and method. A digital imaging device is configured to capture images of a region of a contact between a wheel of a terrestrial vehicle and a surface (“contact region”). A correlator is configured to correlate a first digital image of the contact region captured at a first time with a second digital image of the contact region captured at a second time. A kinematics circuit determines an incremental slide or slip of the wheel relative to the surface. A fraction status circuit combines at least two instances of the incremental slide or slip into data indicative of a slide or slip by the terrestrial vehicle relative to the surface. A communications circuit outputs an electronic signal indicative of the data indicative of a slide or slip by the terrestrial vehicle. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131865 | Foot Shape Measurer - An apparatus for measuring feet, for the purpose of gathering measurements for custom shoes, is disclosed. The apparatus is shaped like a shoe, and has an opening where the shoe lace opening is normally present on the shoe, in addition to openings near the big toe and the little toe. Each opening has holes for laces that are tightened so that the gap, or overlap, of the openings can be measured. Additionally, mats of known thickness can be used to measure the distance between the heel of the shoe and the heel of the foot. Furthermore, markings are used to identify the different shoe lace holes so measurements can be taken at multiple places along the top of the foot. Furthermore, a size indicator can be shown on the shoe, so that measurements can be taken on a picture of the foot in the shoe rather than on the foot and shoe themselves, and then scaled to actual size with reference to the size indicator. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131866 | METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING A GRID REPRESENTATIVE OF A PROPERTY DISTRIBUTION BY CONDITIONAL MULTIPOINT STATISTICAL SIMULATION - The invention is a method using a computer to construct a grid representative of the distribution of a physical property of an underground formation having application to petroleum reservoir development. A set of initial grid cells MI containing at least one conditioning point PC is defined. Each cell MI is then visited and assigned a value representative of the property using a filling method. At least one unvisited cell (MNV1, MNV2) adjacent to at least one already visited cell MV is then identified, and the number N of adjacent cells MV is determined for each cell (MNV1, MNV2). Each cell (MNV1, MNV2) is then visited and filled according to the decreasing values of N. The stages of identification and filling of cells (MNV1, MNV2) are repeated until each cell of the grid has been visited. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131867 | TREATMENT RECOMMENDING SYSTEM OF PLANT SYMPTOMS, METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A treatment recommending system of plant symptom includes an operation interface, an image capture unit, a processing unit and a storage unit for storing plant symptom data and diagnostic data. The processing unit may find target contour data presenting a plant part according to symptom description and symptom characteristic data. The image capture unit obtains plant image data corresponding to the target contour data. The processing unit analyzes the plant image data, and coordinates with the symptom characteristic data to determine corresponding treatment recommendation data. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131868 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING AN ANIMAL TO EXISTING ANIMAL PROFILES - Systems and methods are described that may be used to match an image of an unknown animal, such as a lost pet, with images of animals that have been registered with an online service. Matching of the images of animals may be done in a two stage process. The first stage determines one or more images based on a classification of the images on the visual characteristics. The second stage determines a degree of matching between the retrieved images and the image to be matched. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131869 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING A FIRST 3D SURFACE SUITABLE FOR COATING A FIRST OBJECT INTO A SECOND 3D SURFACE SUITABLE FOR COATING A SECOND OBJECT, AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAM AND PROCESSING DEVICE - Processing method for transforming a first surface into a second surface, according to which: a/ in a (k+1) | 2015-05-14 |
20150131870 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONICALLY ESTABLISHING OWNERSHIP OF A PHYSICAL MEDIA CARRIER - A method and system for allowing owners of a physical work, such as a book, to purchase an electronic version of the work by validating their ownership of the work using a personal electronic device, such as a smartphone, and marking the work. The owner is instructed to mark the work and to capture camera images of the work. The images are analyzed to identify the work, determine whether the work has been previously marked, and to verify that the work has been marked by the owner. Analysis may be performed remotely by a server in communication with the personal electronic device. Various means for authenticating ownership of the work are also disclosed, including 3D analysis, page curvature analysis, concurrent still image and video capture, detection of use of a video display to spoof the work, and geofencing. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131871 | FLOOR PLAN SPACE DETECTION - Methods, machine-readable media, and devices for floor plan space detection are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include receiving an image of a floor plan, enhancing the image of the floor plan through processing, detecting a location of a door associated with a space in the image of the floor plan through a histogram of gradient of pattern feature, setting a seed in the space based on the location of the door associated with the space, spreading the seed in the space until the seed reaches a boundary of the space, and associating the seed that has been spread with the space. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131872 | FACE DETECTION AND RECOGNITION - The present invention provides, in at least one aspect, methods and systems that detect at least one face in at least one digital image, determine and store area co-ordinates of a location of the at least one detected face in the at least one digital image, apply at least one transformation to the at least one detected face to create at least one portrait of the at least one detected face, rotate the at least one portrait at least until the at least one portrait is shown in a vertical orientation and a pair of eyes of the at least one face shown in the at least one portrait are positioned on a horizontal plane; and store the rotated at least one portrait. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131873 | EXEMPLAR-BASED FEATURE WEIGHTING - In an example embodiment, for each of the image exemplars, a first location offset between an actual landmark location for a first landmark in the image exemplar and a predicted landmark location for the first landmark in the image exemplar is determined. Then, a probability that the image recognition process applied using the first feature produces an accurate identification of the first landmark in the image exemplars is determined based on the first location offsets for each of the image exemplars. A weight may then be assigned to the first feature based on the derived probability. An image recognition process may then be performed on an image, the image recognition process utilizing a voting process, for each of one or more features, for one or more landmarks in the plurality of image exemplars, the voting process for the first feature weighted according to the weight assigned to the first feature. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131874 | DYNAMIC HANDWRITING VERIFICATION AND HANDWRITING-BASED USER AUTHENTICATION - Handwriting verification methods and related computer systems, and handwriting-based user authentication methods and related computer systems are disclosed. A handwriting verification method comprises obtaining a handwriting test sample containing a plurality of available parameters, extracting geometric parameters, deriving geometric features comprising an x-position value and a y-position value for each of a plurality of feature points in the test sample, performing feature matching between geometric features of the test sample and a reference sample, determining a handwriting verification result based at least in part on the feature matching, and outputting the handwriting verification result. The geometric features may further comprise values derived from the geometric parameters, such as direction and curvature values. The handwriting verification result can be further based on a count of unlinked feature points. Handwriting-based user authentication methods can employ such handwriting verification methods, or other handwriting verification methods. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131875 | System And Method For Creating A Unique Keepsake Representing A Deceased Body - A process and apparatus for tracking a deceased body. The apparatus includes a processor and at least one remote computer system adapted to read and store a unique biometric input from a deceased body. The biometric input is catalogued with a unique identifier. Prior to cremation of a deceased body at a crematorium, the biometric input is scanned and matched to stored data to verify the identity of the deceased body. The deceased body is cremated in a retort furnace, processed in cremains processor and stored in a locking urn with a keepsake including the identifier such that the identity of the remains is shown. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131876 | Electronic Apparatus with Segmented Guiding Function and Small-Width Biometrics Sensor, and Guiding Method Thereof - An electronic apparatus comprises a body, a human-machine interface device, a small-width biometrics sensor and a processing module. The human-machine interface device is disposed on the body. The small-width biometrics sensor is disposed on the body. The processing module, disposed on the body and electrically connected to the small-width biometrics sensor and the human-machine interface device, cooperates with the human-machine interface device and the small-width biometrics sensor to guide different physical portions of a finger of a user to directly contact or approach the small-width biometrics sensor according to indications of the human-machine interface device, so that the small-width biometrics sensor senses the finger to capture partial physical patterns of the finger. A guiding method of the electronic apparatus is also disclosed. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131877 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTHENTICATING AREA BIOMETRIC SCANNERS - Methods and apparatuses for authenticating a biometric scanner, such as area type finger print scanners, involves estimating unique intrinsic characteristics of the scanner (scanner pattern), that are permanent over time, and can identify a scanner even among scanners of the same manufacturer and model. Image processing and analysis are used to extract a scanner pattern from images acquired with the scanner. The scanner pattern is used to verify whether the scanner that acquired a particular image is the same as the scanner that acquired one or several images during enrollment of the biometric information. Authenticating the scanner can prevent subsequent security attacks using counterfeit biometric information on the scanner, or on the user authentication system. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131878 | METHOD AND MOBILE DEVICE FOR FINGERPRINT AUTHENTICATION - According to a fingerprint authentication method, fingerprint data is obtained through a fingerprint sensor, a degree of rotation of an electronic device including the fingerprint sensor when the fingerprint data is obtained is detected, a pattern of minutiae is extracted from the fingerprint data, a registration pattern for a registered fingerprint is rotated based on the degree of rotation, the pattern of minutiae is matched to the registration pattern, and the fingerprint data is authenticated on the basis of a match result. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131879 | APPARATUS BASED ON IMAGE FOR DETECTING HEART RATE ACTIVITY AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus and method based on image for detecting heart rate activity is provided. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of color images; based on a complexion target condition, defining a target region; performing color composition analysis on the target region to obtain red channel signal, green channel signal and blue channel signal, respectively; performing independent component analysis on separate red, green and blue channel signals to obtain separate first independent component signal, second independent component signal and third independent component signal; performing frequency domain transform, signal energy computation and signal optimization processes on separate first, second and third independent component signals to obtain a filter signal, comparing filter signal based on a pre-set condition to determine if target region belonging to a human, and performing a physiological information analysis. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131880 | METHOD OF, AND APPARATUS FOR, REGISTRATION OF MEDICAL IMAGES - An apparatus for registering medical image data representing a tubular structure comprises a data processing unit for obtaining first medical image data representing the tubular structure and second medical image data representing the tubular structure, a region identification unit for identifying the tubular structure in the first medical image data, defining in the first medical image data a volumetric region of interest comprising the tubular structure along the length of the tubular structure and defining a subset of the first medical image data corresponding to the region of interest, and a registration unit for performing a registration of the subset of the first medical image data with at least some of the second medical image data, wherein the registration comprises at least one of a rigid registration and an affine registration. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131881 | 2D VISUALIZATION FOR RIB ANALYSIS - An embodiment of the invention relates to a method of visualization, wherein a 2D transformed image is generated based on 3D image data. A corresponding computation unit, a system including a computation unit and a displaying unit, a medical imaging device, and a computer program are also disclosed. The method of visualization of an embodiment includes receiving 3D image data representing at least a portion of a spine and a plurality of ribs; and generating a 2D transformed image based on the three-dimensional image data, the 2D transformed image representing the plurality of ribs and the portion of a spine in a straightened configuration, and the angle of rotation of at least one of the ribs around its long axis being selected from a plurality of angles. Selecting an angle of rotation from a plurality of angles allows selecting the perspective for viewing the ribs in the 2D transformed image. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131882 | MEDICAL IMAGE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image data processing apparatus comprises a data receiving unit for receiving image data to be segmented, and an atlas selection unit for accessing a plurality of atlas data sets and selecting a subset of the atlas data sets for use in segmenting the image data, wherein the atlas selection unit is configured to select the subset of atlas data sets in dependence on the positions of one or more anatomical landmarks comprised in the plurality of atlas data sets. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131883 | JOINT ESTIMATION OF TISSUE TYPES AND LINEAR ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS FOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - The present invention is directed to a new joint estimation framework employing MAP estimation based on pixel-based latent variables for tissue types. The method combines the geometrical information described by latent MRF, statistical relation between tissue types and P-C coefficients, and Poisson noise models of PCD data, and makes possible the continuous Baysian estimation from detected photon counts. The proposed method has better accuracy and RMSE than the method using FBP and thresholding. The joint estimation framework has the potential to further improve the accuracy by introducing more information about tissues in human body, e.g., the location, size, and number of tissues, or limited variation of neighboring tissues, which will be easily formulated by pixel-based latent variables. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131884 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes a data acquiring part and a data processing part. The data acquiring part acquires first and second MR signals by applying at least one IR pulse under an application condition according to a relaxation time of a fluid. The first MR signals include MR signals, having negative values, from the fluid. The second MR signals include MR signals, having positive values, from the fluid. The data processing part generates first and second image data. The first image data depict the fluid as a lower signal region than that of a tissue. The second image data depict the fluid as a higher signal region than that of the tissue. The data processing part generates the first image data with a phase correction based on the second MR signals. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131885 | METHOD FOR REDUCING NOISE IN MEDICAL IMAGE - There is provided a method of reducing noise in a medical image while maintaining structure characteristics within the medical image. The method of reducing noise in the medical image includes: a step of estimating the amount of noise at each pixel by using a look-up table that previously stores physical properties of an image capturing device; a step of calculating a structure direction and a signal coherence at each pixel; a step of performing anisotropic smoothing by using an anisotropic smoothing filter kernel that reflects the structure direction and the signal coherence; and a step of obtaining a structure direction and a signal coherence from an image on which the anisotropic smoothing is performed, obtaining an anisotropic smoothing filter kernel that reflects the obtained structure direction and the signal coherence, and performing filtering that reflects statistical properties of the estimated amount of noise. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131886 | Method and System for Registering Intravascular Images - A method for co-registration of angiography and intravascular images is described in which intravascular images are in the form of a sequence of images obtained from an intravascular imaging device which is pulled back through a vessel. The method includes generating a three-dimensional reconstruction of the trajectory of the intravascular device within the vessel from two or more bi-dimensional angiography images of such vessel which have been obtained from different perspectives. The method also includes determining a first position of an element of the device within the 3D reconstruction of the trajectory and correlating the position of such element with a correspondent point in the reconstructed trajectory during pull back. Further, the method includes correlating each intravascular image of the sequence with a corresponding spatial position within at least one of the bi-dimensional angiography images. A corresponding system and computer program are also described. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131887 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO VISUALIZE AND ANALYZE DATA FROM IMAGE-BASED CELLULAR ASSAYS OR HIGH CONTENT SCREENING - Data processing system for generating representations and analyses of cytometric information for:—loading one set of data including:—one image of two wells on a plate each having one cell in a predetermined biological condition, each image being acquired with a microscope;—features of each cell from each image;—processing loaded data for obtaining representations and analyses of the data, from:—Histogram in one dimension;—Scattergram in two-dimensions;—Density in two-dimensions;—Plate layout management;—Cell montage;—Field;—Plate heatmap;—Dose response with regrouping of replicates;—Statistics information percentage of cell in different gates;—zFactor calculation with regrouping of replicates;—List of well for selection and list of biological condition for selection;—Statistics export capability;—Ready to print layout capability on the selected well or biological condition or all wells and biological conditions. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131888 | PREDICTIVE MODELING RELATING MOLECULAR IMAGING MODALITIES - Systems and methods are provided for generating a model relating parameters generated via a first molecular imaging modality to parameters generated via a second molecular imaging modality. First and second feature extractors extract, from images of a region of interest obtained via respective first and second molecular imaging modalities, respective sets of parameters for respective first and second sets of locations. A mapping component associates respective locations of the first and second sets of locations according to their spatial relationship within the region of interest to produce a training set. Each example in the training set comprises a set of parameters associated with a location in the first set of locations and a set of parameters associated with a location in the second set. A modeling component generates a predictive model relating the parameters associated with the first modality with at least one parameter associated with the second modality. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131889 | NECROTIC CELL REGION DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM TO STORE A NECROTIC CELL REGION DETECTION PROGRAM - A necrotic cell region detection apparatus includes an image acquiring unit, a segmentation unit, a band separate unit, a feature value calculating unit, a luminance calculating unit, and a judging unit. The image acquiring unit acquires a cell image. The segmentation unit divides the cell image into multiple regions so that a local imaging properties. The band separate unit separates a low-band image and a high-band image. The judging unit forms a feature space composed of the texture feature value calculated by the feature value calculating unit and the luminance average value calculated by the luminance calculating unit, and judges a region formed by necrotic cell in the feature space. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131890 | COIN GRADING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for identifying counterfeit coins, comprising receiving surface image data and edge image data of the coin at a processor. Identifying a plurality of defects using the processor. Comparing each of the plurality of defects to a database of known authentic coin image data defects to determine whether the coin is authentic. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131891 | METHOD FOR DETECTING DEFECT IN PATTERN - Provided is a method of detecting a defect of a pattern using vectorization to increase accuracy and efficiency in OPC modeling and OPC verification. The method includes acquiring a target layout image associated with a target pattern, acquiring a pattern image associated with a pattern formed on a substrate, extracting an edge image from the pattern image, producing a first vector form based on the target layout image, producing a second vector form based on the edge image, and comparing the first vector form with the second vector form. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131892 | DEFECT ESTIMATION DEVICE AND METHOD AND INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Acquired mask data of a defect portion is sent to a simulated repair circuit | 2015-05-14 |
20150131893 | Motion and Focus Blur Removal from Pattern Images - A moving wafer imaging system processes wafer images to remove motion and focus blur by performing a blind deconvolution to determine an approximate point spread function. The approximate point spread function, estimated image noise and a Gaussian point spread function are used to compute a weighted point spread function. The weighted point spread function is used to filter out motion focus blur. Noise is then removed with a low-pass filter. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131894 | VERIFICATION OF CIRCUIT STRUCTURES INCLUDING SUB-STRUCTURE VARIANTS - A method for controlling the functional output of a verification tool upon receipt of a circuit description comprises searching for a predetermined base pattern in the circuit description. The method further comprises searching for predetermined sub-patterns that are assigned to the base pattern, in the circuit description. The method further comprises the validation of each found sub-pattern based on a predetermined rule to minimize the set of reported errors that based on verification of the circuit description. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131895 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING OPTICAL ROLL SCANNING TO IDENTIFY DEFECTS IN ROLL COMPONENTS USED IN AN IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE - A system and method are provided for employing a unique optical roll scanning technique, scheme or process for detecting and identifying periodic surface defects associated with rolls usable in image production devices. An apparatus is provided for mounting the roll to implement an inspection technique that facilitates forming an image of a surface of the roll by rotating the roll through an entire cycle above a full width scanner device. The formed image of the surface of the scanned roll is filtered and analyzed particularly by applying a Fourier analysis technique, and/or by subjecting the filtered image data to a series of fast Fourier transforms (FFTs), potentially including 2D FFTs. The analysis process allows detected periodic defects in the formed image of the surface of the roll under analysis to be characterized by a magnitude of a response in a spatial frequency domain. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131896 | SAFETY MONITORING SYSTEM FOR HUMAN-MACHINE SYMBIOSIS AND METHOD USING THE SAME - A safety monitoring system for human-machine symbiosis is provided, including a spatial image capturing unit, an image recognition unit, a human-robot-interaction safety monitoring unit, and a process monitoring unit. The spatial image capturing unit, disposed in a working area, acquires at least two skeleton images. The image recognition unit generates at least two spatial gesture images corresponding to the at least two skeleton images, based on information of changes in position of the at least two skeleton images with respect to time. The human-robot-interaction safety monitoring unit generates a gesture distribution based on the at least two spatial gesture images and a safety distance. The process monitoring unit determines whether the gesture distribution meets a safety criterion. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131897 | Method and Apparatus for Building Surface Representations of 3D Objects from Stereo Images - A method and apparatus for extracting surface representation from images and video data for segmenting image plane according to the surface connectivity, and identifying areas of images taken by a moving camera according to the object surfaces wherefrom the areas of images are taken, are disclosed. The invention discloses a method and apparatus comprising a plurality of processing modules for extracting from images in a video sequence the occluding contours delineating images into regions in accordance with the spatial connectivity of the correspondent visible surfaces, and diffeomorphism relations between areas of images taken from different perspective centers for identifying image areas of different frames as of the surface of same object, and specifying the fold contours of the surfaces that owns the contour, and thus producing the surface representations from video images taken from persistent objects by a moving camera. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131898 | BLIND IMAGE DEBLURRING WITH CASCADE ARCHITECTURE - Blind image deblurring with a cascade architecture is described, for example, where photographs taken on a camera phone are deblurred in a process which revises blur estimates and estimates a blur function as a combined process. In various examples the estimates of the blur function are computed using first trained machine learning predictors arranged in a cascade architecture. In various examples a revised blur estimate is calculated at each level of the cascade using a latest deblurred version of a blurred image. In some examples the revised blur estimates are calculated using second trained machine learning predictors interleaved with the first trained machine learning predictors. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131899 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR LEARNING A DISCRIMINANT IMAGE REPRESENTATION - Systems, devices, and methods for generating an image representation obtain a set of low-level features from an image; generate a high-dimensional generative representation of the low-level features; generate a lower-dimensional representation of the low-level features based on the high-dimensional generative representation of the low-level features; generate classifier scores based on classifiers and on one or more of the high-dimensional generative representation and the lower-dimensional representation, wherein each classifier uses the one or more of the high-dimensional generative representation and the lower-dimensional representation as an input, and wherein each classifier is associated with a respective label; and generate a combined representation for the image based on the classifier scores and the lower-dimensional representation. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131900 | Image Cropping Using Supervised Learning - Software for supervised learning extracts a set of pixel-level features from each source image in collection of source images. Each of the source images is associated with a thumbnail created by an editor. The software also generates a collection of unique bounding boxes for each source image. And the software calculates a set of region-level features for each bounding box. Each region-level feature results from the aggregation of pixel values for one of the pixel-level features. The software learns a regression model, using the calculated region-level features and the thumbnail associated with the source image. Then the software chooses a thumbnail from a collection of unique bounding boxes in a new image, based on application of the regression model. The software uses a thumbnail received from an editor instead of the chosen thumbnail, if the chosen thumbnail is of insufficient quality as measured against a scoring threshold. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131901 | METHOD OF MAKING CAMOUFLAGE - Methods are disclosed relating to the production of camouflage that include steps such as harvesting a set of objects that have a diversity of color from the environment, placing the set of objects within a scene, capturing a set of images of the scene, adjusting color in the set of images, assembling a composite image, printing the composite image, making color adjustments and reprinting the composite image. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131902 | Digital Image Analysis - The present invention provides a method for analyzing a digital image comprising a plurality of pixels representing a scene. The method comprising steps of obtaining pixel chromaticity information, providing, combinations each having a corresponding surface and a corresponding illuminant, performing a global scene surface-illuminant classification by determining hypothesis scores, accumulating hypothesis scores, thereby obtaining a global illuminant/surface statistic representing an estimate of a distribution of illuminants and/or surfaces in the scene as represented by the digital image. Other methods are also provided. Apparatuses for carrying out the methods are also provided. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131903 | IMAGE PROCESSING FOR PRODUCTIVITY APPLICATIONS - Image processing for productivity applications is provided. An image may be received by a computing device. The computing device may detect the edges comprising the received image and adjust the image based on a skew state of the detected edges. The computing device may then process the adjusted image to correct imbalances. The computing device may then assign an image classification to the processed image. The computing device may then adjust the processed image based on the assigned image classification. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131904 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method which can accurately reproduce a dynamic range of an image. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131905 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing device and method, which realize improvement in encoding efficiency for color difference signals and reduction in address calculations for memory access. In a case where a block size of orthogonal transform is 4×4, and a macroblock of luminance signals is configured of four 4×4 pixel blocks appended with 0 through 1, the four luminance signal blocks are corresponded with one color difference signal 4×4 block appended with C. At this time, there exist four motion vector information of mv | 2015-05-14 |
20150131906 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, PRINTING MEDIUM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - When obtaining subband signals by performing multiresolution decomposition on image data using a broad-sense pinwheel framelet or a pinwheel wavelet frame, having a degree, that is a set of an approximate filter with no orientation and a plurality of detail filters with respective orientations, and acquiring processed image data by the subband signals in a decomposition phase of the multiresolution decomposition, or processed image data that has been reconstructed into an image by summing the subband signals in a synthesis phase of the multiresolution decomposition, the present invention performs attenuation or amplification of the subband signals in the decomposition phase of the multiresolution decomposition that correspond to at least one of the filters. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131907 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An device, method and program may properly perform gamut conversion of content and be applied to a gamut conversion device. A restoration conversion state confirming unit performs confirmation such as gamut conversion state of image data read out from an optical disc and the existence or not of restoration metadata. An information exchange unit communicates with an output device via a communication unit and performs information exchange such as the existence or not of restoration processing functionality and gamut conversion functionality and the like. A determining unit determines whether or not restoration processing is performed with a playing device based on information obtained by the restoration conversion state confirming unit and the information exchange unit. Similarly, the determining unit determines whether or not to perform gamut conversion processing with the playing device based on information obtained by the restoration conversion state confirming unit and the information exchange unit. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131908 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION METHOD AND DEVICE - A character recognition method may include at least the following steps. A location step may include acquiring an image and locating a character region of the image. The character region may include a character and a local background. The method may further include a background judgment step for determining whether the local background is a complex background; a determination step for determining a color of the character if the local background is a complex background; a construction step for constructing a mask for the character by combining the color of the character and a character region; and a first recognition step for extracting the character from the character region by using the mask, recognizing the character, and outputting the recognition result. A character recognition device is further provided. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131909 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GENERATING PANORAMA IMAGES - In accordance with an example embodiment a method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. The method comprise assigning weights to at least one first feature and at least one second feature. The at least one first feature may be associated with a first image and the at least one second feature may be associated with a second image. The weights are assigned based on a distance of the at least one first feature and the at least one second feature from a central portion of the corresponding one of the first image and the second image. The method further includes registering the first image and the second image based at least on the assigned weights to determine transforms between the first image and the second image. The first image and the second image may be based on the determined transform. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131910 | Semantic Parsing of Objects in Video - Methods, systems, and computer program products for parsing objects in a video are provided herein. A method includes producing a plurality of versions of an image of an object derived from a video input, wherein each version has a different resolution of said image of said object; computing an appearance score at each of a plurality of regions on the lowest resolution version of said plurality of versions of said image for at least one attribute for said object, wherein said appearance score denotes a probability of the at least one attribute appearing in the region; determining a configuration of the at least one attribute in the lowest resolution version based on at least the appearance score in each of the plurality of regions in the lowest resolution version; and displaying said configuration. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131911 | PATTERN PROCESSING APPARATUS, PATTERN PROCESSING METHOD, AND PATTERN PROCESSING PROGRAM - A pattern processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, an adjacent element identification unit, a connection unit, and an assigning unit. The acquisition unit acquires a pattern image in which a plurality of pattern elements are arrayed in a grid, together with coordinate information of the pattern elements. The adjacent element identification unit identifies, for each of the pattern elements thus acquired, adjacent elements, in at least two directions, each having the shortest distance to the each of the pattern elements. The distances between the each of the pattern elements and other pattern elements are calculated using the coordinate information. The connection unit connects and groups, as a connected component, the pattern elements that are adjacent to one another. The assigning unit assigns position information in the array in order from the pattern element which is a starting point, among the pattern elements included in the connected component, according to a predetermined regularity. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131912 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OFFLINE CHARACTER RECOGNITION - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and character recognition device for character recognition includes a character recognition device for receiving an image representing a character comprising one or more strokes. A set of first parameters associated with each of the one or more first strokes is determined. Each of the one or more first strokes is compared with the associated set of first parameters with a plurality of stored sets of second parameters, where each of the plurality of stored second strokes is associated with a stored set of second parameters. A second stroke is identified from among the plurality of stored second strokes corresponding to each of the one or more first strokes based on the comparison. The character is identified based on the identified one or more second strokes. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131913 | INTERACTIVE DRAWING RECOGNITION USING STATUS DETERMINATION - Interactive drawing recognition is described using status determination. In one example, a computer system status is determined and then used to determine a type of drawing. A user drawing is observed and a library of drawing templates associated with the determined drawing type is accessed. The observed drawing is compared to the drawing templates to identify the observed drawing, and attributes are assigned to the identified drawing. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131914 | SHAPE DATA GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - This shape data generation method include: setting an input shape that has a simple shape that has a same topology as the target shape for a target shape that is a shape of a transformation target identified from image data; identifying first vertices that satisfy a predetermined condition including a first condition that a normal line of a certain vertex of the plural vertices crosses with the target shape, among plural vertices of the input shape; transforming the input shape so that a first vertex is moved in a direction of a normal line of the first vertex by a first distance that is shorter than a distance up to the target shape; and performing the identifying and the transforming a predetermined number of times while changing the input shape after the transforming as the input shape to be processed. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131915 | ADAPTIVE DENOISING WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PATCHES - In techniques for adaptive denoising with internal and external patches, example image patches taken from example images are grouped into partitions of similar patches, and a partition center patch is determined for each of the partitions. An image denoising technique is applied to image patches of a noisy image to generate modified image patches, and a closest partition center patch to each of the modified image patches is determined. The image patches of the noisy image are then classified as either a common patch or a complex patch of the noisy image, where an image patch is classified based on a distance between the corresponding modified image patch and the closest partition center patch. A denoising operator can be applied to an image patch based on the classification, such as applying respective denoising operators to denoise the image patches that are classified as the common patches of the noisy image. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131916 | CONTEXTUALIZING NOISY SAMPLES BY SUBSTANTIALLY MINIMIZING NOISE INDUCED VARIANCE - A system for contextualizing noisy samples by substantially minimizing noise induced variance may include a memory, an interface, and a processor. The memory is operative to store exemplars. The processor is operative to receive, via the interface, a sample which includes exemplar content corresponding to one of the exemplars, and noise. Variance induced by the noise may differentiate the sample from one or more of the exemplars. The processor may generalize the sample and the exemplars in order to substantially minimize the variance. The processor may compare the generalized sample to the generalized exemplars to identify the exemplar corresponding to the exemplar content of the sample. The processor may contextualize the sample based on a document type of the identified exemplar. The processor may present the contextualized sample to a user to facilitate interpretation thereof, and in response thereto, receive data representative of a user determination associated with the noise. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131917 | MEDIA DECODING METHOD BASED ON CLOUD COMPUTING AND DECODER THEREOF - A media decoding method based on cloud computing and decoder thereof are provided by embodiments of the present invention, which are easy to use and applicable to a media of any form, and its requirement for computer resource is low. The method includes: extracting representing features from a media code stream to be decoded; searching in the cloud for a media object which has similar representing features with the media code stream to be decoded by using a feature matching method and the representing features extracted; filling, replacing and improving parts or segments of the media code stream to be decoded with whole or parts of the media object. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131918 | DISTRIBUTED DOCUMENT PROCESSING - A system for document processing including decomposing an image of a document into at least one data entry region sub-image, providing the data entry region sub-image to a data entry clerk available for processing the data entry region sub-image, receiving from the data entry clerk a data entry value associated with the data entry region sub-image, and validating the data entry value. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131919 | TEXTURE DECOMPRESSION FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSORS - Various apparatuses and methods are disclosed for processing texture data compressed with a first compression algorithm and texture data compressed with a second compression algorithm. A processing system may be used to determine whether the compressed texture data is compressed with the first or second compression algorithm, and process the compressed texture data using a decompression algorithm corresponding to the compression algorithm used to compress the texture date. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131920 | Method and Apparatus for Encoding Image and Method and Apparatus for Decoding Image - An image encoding apparatus and method and an image decoding apparatus and method are disclosed. The image encoding method may include extracting a ROI from an input image, determining a compression rate of a remaining region excluding the ROI of the image based on a network state between the image transmitting apparatus and the image receiving apparatus, and encoding the remaining region based on the compression rate. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131921 | CODING AND DECODING METHOD FOR IMAGES OR VIDEOS - A coding and decoding method for images or videos is provided by embodiments of the present invention to improve coding and decoding efficiency. The method includes: establishing a visual dictionary, wherein, the visual dictionary includes one or more visual words; extracting features from a specific object in an image; determining whether there is a visual word in the visual dictionary matching the specific object by using a feature matching method; obtaining the index of the visual word matched and a geometric relationship between the specific object and the visual word matched, wherein, the geometric relationship is represented by a project parameter; entropy coding the index of the visual word matched and the project parameter instead of entropy coding the specific object. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131922 | METHOD FOR REMOVING NOISE OF IMAGE SIGNAL AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method of removing noise of an image signal includes receiving a first frame and a second frame, generating a spatial filtering frame by performing spatial filtering on the second frame, generating a temporal filtering frame by performing temporal filtering on the first frame, and generating a second filtering frame, using the temporal filtering frame, the spatial filtering frame, and the second frame. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131923 | DYNAMIC DIGITAL IMAGE COMPOSITING USING IMAGE TEMPLATES - Techniques are disclosed for dynamic digital image compositing using a digital image template. A request is received to generate a composite digital image at a user-specified resolution based on a master digital image. Each of a plurality of digital image templates includes image data representing a different, particular resolution of the master digital image. The digital image templates can be stored in a common file with the master digital image. One of the digital image templates associated with a resolution that is at least as high as and closest to the user-specified resolution is selected for compositing. Composite image data is then generated based on the selected digital image template. Next, the composite image is rendered based on the composite image data and scaled to the user-specified resolution. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131924 | Creation of Rectangular Images from Input Images - Stitched images generated from combinations of multiple separate images mostly have irregular boundaries. Users generally prefer rectangular boundaries. Techniques for warping an image with irregular boundaries to give the image rectangular boundaries are disclosed herein. Preliminary warping of the image into the rectangle provides a rectangular shape on which to overlay a mesh. The image is reverted to its original shape with irregular boundaries and the mesh is warped accordingly. Global optimization is applied to the image by finding an energy minimum, or reduced energy below a threshold, for a function that gives the image a rectangular shape while preserving shapes and preserving straight lines. The mesh is warped according to the solution of the function and the image is stretched and/or compressed along with the mesh. This approach generates results that are qualitatively more visually attractive than other contemporary techniques. | 2015-05-14 |
20150131925 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - The image processing apparatus includes a candidate image acquisition unit acquiring candidate images for use in creating a composite image, a processed image determination unit determining about whether candidate images are unprocessed original images or processed images, an image count determination unit determining about whether or not the number of original images included in the candidate images is equal to or greater than a threshold value set in advance based on the determination result by the processed image determination unit, and a use image determination unit which determines when the number of original images is equal to or greater than the threshold value, only the original images are used in creating the composite image and determines when the number of original images is less than the threshold value, the original images and the processed images are used in creating the composite image or stops the creation of the composite image. | 2015-05-14 |