20th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220157040 | TRIGGERING IMAGE PROCESSING BASED ON INFRARED DATA ANALYSIS - A method for triggering image processing based on vibration data analysis may include receiving vibration data captured using a vibration sensor mounted to a shelving unit including; analyzing the vibration data to determine whether a vibration is a result of an engagement of a person with a retail shelf; in response to a determination that the vibration is the result of the engagement of the person with the retail shelf, triggering analysis of an image of captured after the beginning of the engagement of the person with the retail shelf; in response to a determination that the vibration is not the result of the engagement of the person with the retail shelf, forgoing triggering the analysis of the image; and providing information based on a result of the analysis of the image. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157041 | IMAGE CLASSIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - This application relates to an image recognition technology in the field of computer vision in the field of artificial intelligence, and provides an image classification method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining an input feature map of a to-be-processed image; performing convolution processing on the input feature map based on M convolution kernels of a neural network, to obtain a candidate output feature map of M channels, where M is a positive integer; performing matrix transformation on the M channels of the candidate output feature map based on N matrices, to obtain an output feature map of N channels, where a quantity of channels of each of the N matrices is less than M, N is greater than M, and N is a positive integer; and classify the to-be-processed image based on the output feature map, to obtain a classification result of the to-be-processed image. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157042 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A control unit ( | 2022-05-19 |
20220157043 | DISTRIBUTED RETRIEVAL METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Embodiments of this application disclose a distributed retrieval method performed by a distributed retrieval system including a retrieval node and an access node. The retrieval node receives a retrieval request forwarded by an access node, at least two video memory blocks are searched for matching features matching a to-be-detected feature of an image, each video memory block being a unique physical storage unit with a fixed length, and then returns retrieval results to the access node, the retrieval results being used for indicating the features matching the to-be-detected feature. Because cache spaces are allocated between the at least two video memory blocks using a blockchain structure, the features can be continuously stored in the video memory blocks, thereby overcoming the problem of data discretization brought about by a storage hole caused by deletion in the related art. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157044 | DETECTOR FOR IDENTIFYING AT LEAST ONE MATERIAL PROPERTY - Described herein is a detector for identifying at least one material property m. The detector includes at least one sensor element including a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area. The sensor element is configured for recording at least one reflection image of a light beam originating from at least one object. The detector includes at least one evaluation device configured for determining the material property by evaluation of at least one beam profile of the reflection image. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157045 | AUTOMATIC EARLY-EXITING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for processing with an auto exiting machine learning model architecture, including processing input data in a first portion of a classification model to generate first intermediate activation data; providing the first intermediate activation data to a first gate; making a determination by the first gate whether or not to exit processing by the classification model; and generating a classification result from one of a plurality of classifiers of the classification model. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157046 | Image Classification Method And Apparatus - This application relates to an image recognition technology in the field of computer vision of artificial intelligence, and provides an image classification method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining an input feature map of a to-be-processed image; performing feature extraction processing on the input feature map based on a feature extraction kernel of a neural network, to obtain an output feature map, where each of a plurality of output sub-feature maps is determined based on the corresponding input sub-feature map and the feature extraction kernel, at least one of the output sub-feature maps is determined based on a target matrix obtained after an absolute value is taken, and a difference between the target matrix and the input sub-feature map corresponding to the target matrix is the feature extraction kernel; and classifying the to-be-processed image based on the output feature map, to obtain a classification result of the to-be-processed image. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157047 | Feature Point Detection - A method to train a model for feature point detection involves obtaining a first image and a second image. The method involves generating a first score map for the first image and a second score map for the second image using the model. The method involves selecting a first plurality of interest points in the first image based on the first score map. The method involves selecting a second plurality of interest points in the second image based on the second score map. Pairwise matching of a first interest point among the first plurality of interest points with a second interest point among the second plurality of interest points is performed. Correctness of the pairwise matches is checked based on a ground truth, to generate a reward map. The score map and the reward map are compared and used to update the model. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157048 | Method and System for Classification and Visualisation of 3D Images - A computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system for classification and visualisation of a 3D medical image comprises a classification component comprising a 2D convolutional neural network (CNN) that is configured to generate a prediction of one or more classes for 2D slices of the 3D medical image. The system also comprises a visualisation component that is configured to: determine, for a target class of said one or more classes, which slices belong to the target class; for each identified slice, determine, by back-propagation to an intermediate layer of the CNN, a contribution of each pixel of the identified slice to classification of the identified slice as belonging to the target class; and generate a heatmap that provides a visual indication of the contributions of respective pixels. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157049 | TRAINING DATA GENERATOR, TRAINING DATA GENERATING METHOD, AND TRAINING DATA GENERATING PROGRAM - A three-dimensional space generating unit | 2022-05-19 |
20220157050 | IMAGE RECOGNITION DEVICE, IMAGE RECOGNITION SYSTEM, IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITRY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image recognition device includes an image acquisition unit, a composite image generating unit, and a pattern information generating unit. The image acquisition unit is configured to acquire a plurality of pieces of image data captured in accordance with a passage of time. The composite image generating unit is configured to generate composite image data in which the plurality of pieces of image data are arranged. The pattern information generating unit is configured to generate pattern information that is information on a change pattern of each of the pieces of image data in accordance with the passage of time by acquiring a CNN model that is a trained convolutional neural network model and inputting input data that is based on the composite image data to the acquired CNN model. The pattern information indicates whether flicker occurs in an image of the image data. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157051 | SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC MEASUREMENT, AND RELATED METHODS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA - A method of determining one or more shading conditions associated with a structure is provided. A method may include determining an azimuth of a reference roof edge relative to an orientation of a first image of a structure. The method may further include determining a relative azimuth of the reference roof edge from a lower hemisphere of a second, different image captured proximate the structure. In addition, the method may include determining one or more shading conditions associated with the structure based on the azimuth of the reference roof edge and the relative azimuth of the reference roof edge. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157052 | HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS DURING PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURING - Provided is a method for monitoring a manufacturing process of an agricultural product. The method utilizes hyperspectral imaging and comprises scanning at least one region along a sample of agricultural product using at least one light source of a single or different wavelengths; generating hyperspectral images from the at least one region; determining a spectral fingerprint for the sample of agricultural product from the hyperspectral images; and comparing the spectral fingerprint so obtained to a spectral fingerprint database containing a plurality of fingerprints obtained at various points of the manufacturing process, using a computer processor, to determine which point in the manufacturing process the sample has progressed to. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157053 | TARGET RECOGNITION METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON MASK RCNN NETWORK MODEL - A target recognition method and device based on a MASK RCNN network model are disclosed. The method comprises: determining a multi-stage network as a basic network; selecting at least one intermediate layer capable of extracting a feature map from the basic network, and inputting respectively a feature map output by the intermediate layer and a feature map output by an end layer of the basic network to corresponding MASK RCNN recognition networks to construct a network model based on the MASK RCNN, wherein the feature map output by the intermediate layer and the feature map output by the end layer have different sizes; training the MASK RCNN recognition networks with a data set and stopping training until a preset training end condition is satisfied; and recognizing the target using the MASK RCNN recognition networks after trained. This solution is very suitable for small target recognition of a flying UAV. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157054 | Object Detection In Images - In implementations of object detection in images, object detectors are trained using heterogeneous training datasets. A first training dataset is used to train an image tagging network to determine an attention map of an input image for a target concept. A second training dataset is used to train a conditional detection network that accepts as conditional inputs the attention map and a word embedding of the target concept. Despite the conditional detection network being trained with a training dataset having a small number of seen classes (e.g., classes in a training dataset), it generalizes to novel, unseen classes by concept conditioning, since the target concept propagates through the conditional detection network via the conditional inputs, thus influencing classification and region proposal. Hence, classes of objects that can be detected are expanded, without the need to scale training databases to include additional classes. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157055 | OBJECT DETECTIONS FOR VIRTUAL REALITY - An example virtual reality (VR) system includes a VR headset, a plurality of monitoring stations, and an image processing device. Each of the monitoring stations includes an image sensor to capture images of the VR headset and an environment in which the VR headset is used. The image processing device is to process the images captured by the monitoring stations to detect an object in the environment, and to transmit, to the VR headset, information that includes notification of the object detected. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157056 | Method, Device, and System for Generating Affordances Linked to a Representation of an Item - In one implementation, a method of generating an affordance linked to an SR representation of an item is performed in a device including one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, and one or more displays. The method includes identifying an item; generating an affordance-item pair that corresponds to the item; detecting an input selecting the affordance-item pair; and displaying, on the one or more displays, a simulated reality (SR) environment that includes an SR representation of the item in response to detecting the user input selecting the affordance-item pair. In some implementations, the method includes obtaining an image data frame that includes the item. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157057 | SEMI SUPERVISED ANIMATED CHARACTER RECOGNITION IN VIDEO - The technology described herein is directed to a media indexer framework including a character recognition engine that automatically detects and groups instances (or occurrences) of characters in a multi-frame animated media file. More specifically, the character recognition engine automatically detects and groups the instances (or occurrences) of the characters in the multi-frame animated media file such that each group contains images associated with a single character. The character groups are then labeled and used to train an image classification model. Once trained, the image classification model can be applied to subsequent multi-frame animated media files to automatically classifying the animated characters included therein. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157058 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING, COMPRESSING AND/OR INDEXING INFORMATION RELATING TO A MEETING - A method of visualising a meeting between one or more participants on a display includes, in an electronic processing device, the steps of: determining a plurality of signals, each of the plurality of signals being at least partially indicative of the meeting; generating a plurality of features using the plurality of signals, the features being at least partially indicative of the signals; generating at least one of: at least one phase indicator associated with the plurality of features, the at least one phase indicator being indicative of a temporal segmentation of at least part of the meeting; and at least one event indicator associated with the plurality of features, the at least one event indicator being indicative of an event during the meeting. The method also includes the step of causing a representation indicative of the at least one phase indicator and/or the at least one event indicator to be displayed on the display to thereby provide visualisation of the meeting. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157059 | VIDEO UNDERSTANDING NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a Temporal Information Aggregation (TIA) neural network block to extract underlying multiscale temporal information. By applying TIA, information in different temporal scales may be effectively extracted. The TIA block may be implemented as a block and thus may be inserted into any architectures. The extracted multi-scale temporal information contributes to the final output as a residual. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157060 | MULTI-TOD SURROUND CAMERA DEVICE FOR DETECTING DRONE INTRUSION, AND DRONE INTRUSION DETECTION AND CAPTURE METHOD USING SAME - A multi-TOD surround camera device according to an embodiment of the present invention is directed to a multi-TOD surround camera device for detecting a drone intruding into a no-fly zone, the multi-TOD surround camera device being capable of rapidly detecting a drone intruding into a no-fly zone even at night or in bad weather, the multi-TOD surround camera device including: a high-performance TOD camera configured to photograph an upper space during the nighttime; a daytime camera configured to photograph the upper space during the daytime; an LED light projector configured to radiate search light at night; and a plurality of TOD cameras configured to photograph a surrounding 360-degree space. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157061 | METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING TARGET DETECTION CONFIDENCE LEVEL, ROADSIDE DEVICE, AND CLOUD CONTROL PLATFORM - A method and apparatus for ascertaining a target detection confidence level are provided. The method may include: ascertaining, for each frame of a to-be-processed image in a to-be-processed video, a height of a target detection box in the to-be-processed image from a detection box corresponding one by one to each target object included in the to-be-processed image, the target detection box being at a highest position of the to-be-processed image; and ascertaining a confidence level of a detection result for a detection box in the to-be-processed image according to the height of the target detection box in the to-be-processed image, in response to ascertaining that the height of the target detection box in the to-be-processed image is not lower than heights of target detection boxes in all to-be-processed images prior to the to-be-processed image in the to-be-processed video. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157062 | VIBRATION DATA ANALYSIS AND IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR ROBUST ACTION RECOGNITION IN RETAIL ENVIRONMENT - A method for using vibration data analysis and image analysis for robust action recognition in a retail environment may include receiving vibration data captured using1 one or more vibration sensors mounted to a shelving unit including at least one retail shelf; receiving at least one image captured using at least one image sensor from a retail environment including the shelving unit; analyzing the vibration data and the at least one image to detect an action performed in the retail environment; and providing information based on the detected action. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157063 | INFRARED DATA ANALYSIS FOR FOREGOING IMAGE PROCESSING - A method for forgoing image processing in response to infrared data analysis may include receiving infrared input data captured using one or more infrared sensors; analyzing the infrared input data to detect a presence of an object in an environment of a retail shelf; in response to no detected presence of an object in the environment of the retail unit, analyzing at least one image of the retail shelf captured using at least one image sensor; and in response to a detection of presence of an object in the environment of the retail unit, forgoing analyzing the at least one image of the retail shelf captured using the at least one image sensor. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157064 | TRACKING POSITIONS USING A SCALABLE POSITION TRACKING SYSTEM - A scalable tracking system processes video of a space to track the positions of objects within a space. The tracking system determines local coordinates for the objects within frames of the video and then assigns these coordinates to time windows based on when the frames were received. The tracking system then combines or clusters certain local coordinates that have been assigned to the same time window to determine a combined coordinate for an object during that time window. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157065 | VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE MONITORING METHOD - A vehicle monitoring system includes at least one camera, and a server that is communicably connected to the camera and a client terminal. The camera captures an occupant's face of a vehicle entering an angle of view of the camera, and transmits a captured video to the server. The server acquires an analysis results of an attribute of the vehicle, an analysis result of the occupant's face, and an analysis result of the number of occupants based on the captured video, and accumulates the acquired analysis results as analysis results of the captured video, and sends the analysis result to the client terminal in correlation with a snapshot of the captured video. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157066 | MULTIPLEX PROCESSING OF IMAGE SENSOR DATA FOR SENSING AND AVOIDING EXTERNAL OBJECTS - A monitoring system for an aircraft has sensors configured to sense objects around the aircraft and provide data indicative of the sensed objects. The system contains a first type of computing module that processes data obtained from all the sensors and a second type of computing module dedicated to processing data from a particular sensor. The second module may characterize and locate a detected object within the processed image data. Both the first and second modules generate a likelihood of detection of an object within their processed image data. A scheduler module calculates a percentage of computing resources that should be assigned to processing data from a respective image sensor in view of this likelihood and assigns a dedicated compute module to an image sensor requiring a higher percentage of attention. Processing resources may therefore be focused on geospatial areas with a high likelihood of object detection. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157067 | DETERMINING A SOURCE OF DANGER ON A ROADWAY - In a method for determining a source of danger on a roadway in a detection area in front of or behind a vehicle with the aid of a camera of the vehicle, an image of the detection area is captured with the aid of the camera, image data corresponding to the image are generated, a first image area of the image is determined with the aid of the image data using a neural network, which first image area corresponds to the roadway in the detection area, and a second image area of the image is determined with the aid of the first image area using the neural network, which second image area corresponds to the source of danger on the roadway in the detection area. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157068 | System and Method of Determining a Curve - A neural network is configured to process image data captured by a vehicle-mounted camera. The neural network includes common processing layers (a trunk) and separate, parallelizable processing layers (branches). An object detection branch of the neural network is trained to detect objects that may be visible from the vehicle-mounted camera, such as cars, trucks, and traffic signs. A curve determination branch is trained to detect and parameterize salient curves, such as lane boundaries and road boundaries. The curve determination branch itself is configured with a trunk and branch architecture, having both common and separate processing layers. A first branch computes a likelihood that a curve is present in a given location of the image data and a second branch further localizes the curve within the given location if such a curve is present. Training of the different branches of the neural network may be decoupled. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157069 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATED UNSUPERVISED ONTOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF STRUCTURAL APPEARANCES IN ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS - The method is for dividing dark objects, substructures and background of an image from an electron microscope into segments by analyzing pixel values. The segments are transformed and aligned so that the transformed objects, sub-structures and background are meaningfully comparable. The transformed segments are clustered into classes which are used for ontological investigation of samples that are visualized by using electron microscopy. A triangle inequality comparison can be used to further cluster groups of objects to transfer understanding from different interactions between objects and to associate interactions with each other. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157070 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURFACE MODELING USING POLARIZATION CUES - A computer-implemented method for surface modeling includes: receiving one or more polarization raw frames of a surface of a physical object, the polarization raw frames being captured with a polarizing filter at different linear polarization angles; extracting one or more first tensors in one or more polarization representation spaces from the polarization raw frames; and detecting a surface characteristic of the surface of the physical object based on the one or more first tensors in the one or more polarization representation spaces. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157071 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORM RECOGNITION USING VISUAL SIGNATURES - Systems and methods for form recognition using visual signatures are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a first form of a first document defined by a first plurality of grids and a second form of a second document defined by a second plurality of grids are received. A determination is made as to whether the first form is similar to the second form by computing a pairwise difference between a first grid of the first plurality of grids with a second grid of the second plurality of grids. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157072 | USING IDENTITY INFORMATION TO FACILITATE INTERACTION WITH PEOPLE MOVING THROUGH AREAS - A system receives a digital representation of a biometric for a person, uses the digital representation of the biometric to determine and/or otherwise retrieve identity information associated with the person, and uses the identity information to perform one or more actions related to the person's presence in one or more areas. For example, the system may estimate a path for the person and signal an agent electronic device based on the path. In another example, the system may determine a presence of a person within the area and/or transmit information to an agent electronic device regarding the determined presence. In still another example, the system may receive a request to communicate with the person and forward the communication to the person using the identity information. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157073 | USING IDENTITY INFORMATION TO FACILITATE INTERACTION WITH PEOPLE MOVING THROUGH AREAS - A system receives a digital representation of a biometric for a person, uses the digital representation of the biometric to determine and/or otherwise retrieve identity information associated with the person, and uses the identity information to perform one or more actions related to the person's presence in one or more areas. For example, the system may estimate a path for the person and signal an agent electronic device based on the path. In another example, the system may determine a presence of a person within the area and/or transmit information to an agent electronic device regarding the determined presence. In still another example, the system may receive a request to communicate with the person and forward the communication to the person using the identity information. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157074 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING PHOTOSENSOR UNITS - A display device is provided including a substrate. The substrate includes a display region that includes a plurality of pixels and a sensing region provided in at least one region of the display region. A circuit element layer is disposed on the substrate, the circuit element layer includes a plurality of conductive layers. A light emitting element layer is provided on the circuit element layer. The light emitting element layer includes a plurality of light emitting elements. A sensor layer is disposed on the substrate. The sensor layer includes a plurality of photo sensor units each including sensor pixels. The photo sensor units are arranged in an irregular pattern in the sensing region. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157075 | TOUCH SCREEN AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch screen and a display device are provided. The touch screen includes a fingerprint area and a touch control area, wherein the fingerprint area is provided with a fingerprint recognition module, the touch control area is provided with a touch control module, and the fingerprint recognition module and the touch control module are disposed on a same layer. By disposing the touch control module and the fingerprint recognition module on the same layer, a fingerprint recognition function and a touch control function can be integrally realized. Compared with conventional fingerprint recognition devices, the present disclosure omits a process of attaching the fingerprint recognition module. Therefore, manufacturing costs of products are reduced, thicknesses of the products are reduced, and quality and function of the products are effectively improved. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157076 | FINGERPRINT SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A fingerprint sensor and a display device include a substrate. A circuit element layer is disposed on a first surface of the substrate and includes a semiconductor layer, conductive layers and at least one opening portion. A light emitting element layer is disposed on the circuit element layer and includes at least one light emitting element. A sensor layer is disposed on a second surface of the substrate and includes at least one light sensor corresponding to the opening portion. The opening portion is defined by non-overlapping of the semiconductor layer and the conductive layers, the opening portion has a closed loop shape in plan view, and at least a portion of the closed loop shape includes a curve, or an internal angle of the at least a portion of the closed loop shape is an obtuse angle. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157077 | Method for verifying the identity of a user by identifying an object within an image that has a biometric characteristic of the user and separating a portion of the image comprising the biometric characteristic from other portions of the image - A method for identifying a user using an image of an object of the user that has a biometric characteristic of the user, like a fingerprint or a set of fingerprints of fingertips, the method comprising: obtaining, by an optical sensor of a mobile device, the image of the object; providing the image or a part of the image to a neural network; processing the image or the part of the image by the neural network, comprising distinguishing, by the neural network, a portion of the image or the part of the image comprising the region of interest, ROI, from another portion of the image; extracting from the image or the part of the image, the ROI; storing the portion comprising the ROI in a storage device and/or providing the portion comprising the ROI as input to an identification means, comprising extracting the biometric characteristic of the ROI and processing the extracted biometric characteristic in order to determine whether the extracted biometric characteristic identifies the user. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157078 | ADAPTIVE LEARNING AND MATCHING OF FACE MODALITIES - Technologies are provided herein for adaptively learning and matching modalities of face images. A face image is obtained and a biometric signature is generated of the face image. The biometric signature is compared with a stored biometric signature obtained from data storage. Differences are determined between the biometric signature and the stored biometric signature and compared with a proximity threshold. As a result of the comparison with the proximity threshold, Processor(s) the identity of the person in the face image may be determined or the face image may be stored in data storage in association with the identity of the person. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157079 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION OF AUTHORIZATION OF A SUBJECT TO USE A SUBSTANCE DELIVERY DEVICE - System and method for identification and verification of authorization of a subject to use a substance delivery device. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157080 | HISTORY BASED FACE SEARCHING - Computerized systems, and method and computer readable media that store instructions for unsupervised signature based forensic search. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157081 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided are an information processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring an information processing application transmitted by a first client, and executing a predetermined command in accordance with a timer-based task mechanism to transmit a first prompt message for reviewing the information processing application to a second client; identifying, in response to an operation instruction on the second client, the information processing application as a target information processing application; acquiring an information processing request for the target information processing application transmitted by the first client in accordance with an asynchronous mechanism, and processing the information processing request; and feeding, in response to a polling initiated by the first client, a processing result of the information processing request back to the first client when the processing the information processing request is completed. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157082 | MOBILE TERMINAL - Provided is a mobile terminal characterized by comprising: a display unit which outputs visual information; a depth camera which captures a subject and acquires a depth image; a memory which stores a vein pattern of a user's hand; and a control unit connected to the display unit, the depth camera, and the memory. The control unit identifies the shape of the user's hand from the depth image, authenticates the user using a pre-stored user vein pattern, and when the user is authenticated, executes a specific application in response to a three-dimensional gesture of the user's hand, and omits an authentication procedure required by the specific application. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157083 | GESTURE TRACKING SYSTEM - Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that identify a gesture based on event camera data and frame-based camera data (e.g., for a CGR environment). In some implementations at an electronic device having a processor, event camera data is obtained corresponding to light (e.g., IR light) reflected from a physical environment and received at an event camera. In some implementations, frame-based camera data is obtained corresponding to light (e.g., visible light) reflected from the physical environment and received at a frame-based camera. In some implementations, a subset of the event camera data is identified based on the frame-based camera data, and a gesture (e.g., of a person in the physical environment) is identified based on the subset of event camera data. In some implementations, a path (e.g., of a hand) by tracking a grouping of blocks of event camera events in the subset of event camera data. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157084 | UNSUPERVISED SIGNATURE-BASED PERSON OF INTEREST DATABASE POPULATION - Computerized systems, and method and computer readable media that store instructions for history based face recognition. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157085 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CREATING AN EMISSIONS MODEL OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for creating an emissions model of an internal combustion engine. The method begins with a provision of a plurality of measurement series at an internal combustion engine. There then follows a filtering of the measurement series using various low-pass filters, and ascertaining, from the filtered measurement series, those measurement series, when provided as an input variable for the emissions model during optimization of the emissions model, the smallest deviation from predicted emissions of the emissions model for measured emissions is achieved. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157086 | VEHICLE COMPONENT FAULT DETECTION - A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive one or more parameters of a vehicle condition to be monitored, allocate an unreserved parameter identifier to each of the parameters, assign respective memory spaces to each of the allocated unreserved parameter identifiers, and store the parameters in the memory spaces. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157087 | INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD - The present invention provides an information provision system that provides a user with information for coping with a problem by using an information terminal having a camera and a display, wherein the information terminal includes at least one processor with a memory comprising instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to at least: identify a problem area in a captured image obtained by the camera; detect agitation of the user; and suitably display, on the display, a plurality of procedure screens indicating contents of a procedure for coping with the identified problem area, in accordance with an answer from the user, and the at least one processor is configured to change a procedure screen to be displayed on the display in response to detection of agitation of the user. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157088 | AUTOMOTIVE SENSOR CALIBRATION SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODOLOGY - A method of calibrating an Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) sensor on a vehicle includes receiving a signal at a handheld vehicle diagnostic tool from an onboard vehicle computer, with the signal including a list of ADAS sensors located on the vehicle. The list is displayed on the diagnostic tool and user input is received on the diagnostic tool identifying a selected ADAS sensor from the list. Calibration instructions associated with the selected ADAS sensor are displayed in response to receiving the user input. An image is projected onto a projection surface adjacent the vehicle, with the projected image being associated with calibrating the selected ADAS sensor. Computer executable instructions are executed on the diagnostic tool to autonomously calibrate the selected ADAS sensor using the projected image in response to receipt of the user input and projecting the image onto the projection surface. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157089 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECONFIGURABLE ON-VEHICLE DATA ROUTING - Systems and methods for reconfigurable on-vehicle data routing are provided. In one embodiment, a data link communication system comprises: a router to communicate with at least one communication bus and at least one data bus, and monitor data communicated over the communication data buses, wherein the communication bus communicates data link messages with an off-vehicle service provider system, wherein the data bus transports data between the router and a plurality of on-vehicle systems; a routing control logic; and a conditional logic database, wherein the database comprises definitions of one or more datatypes and definitions for at least one data forwarding command; wherein, in response to receiving a first set of data associated with a datatype defined by the database, the logic executes the at least one data forwarding command to control the router to output a second set of data to one or more of the plurality of on-vehicle systems. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157090 | ON-VEHICLE SECURITY MEASURE DEVICE, ON-VEHICLE SECURITY MEASURE METHOD, AND SECURITY MEASURE SYSTEM - The on-vehicle security device | 2022-05-19 |
20220157091 | STATE ESTIMATION DEVICE, STATE ESTIMATION METHOD AND STATE ESTIMATION PROGRAM - In estimation of a future state of a first product (an estimation-target individual), a first estimated extrapolation value is calculated from data (data 2) on a past side of data relevant to the first product, and a second estimated extrapolation value is calculated from data (data 1) relevant to a second product (a same-type different-individual of the estimation-target individual) that is different from the first product. A synthesis ratio between the first estimated extrapolation value and the second estimated extrapolation value is decided from data (data 3) on a present side of the data relevant to the first product, and an estimation value is calculated by performing synthesis between the first estimated extrapolation value and the second estimated extrapolation value based on the decided synthesis ratio. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157092 | BLACK BOX DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FOR INTELLIGENT DRIVING VEHICLE - This application discloses a black box data management method for an intelligent driving vehicle. A black box device first obtains black box data based on a black box trigger event, evaluates a storage level of the black box data based on an event type of the black box trigger event and a data type; and stores the black box data based on the storage level and according to a preset rule. A method is disclosed for recording and storing the black box data in the intelligent driving vehicle, thereby improving the effectiveness of black box data of the intelligent driving vehicle and enhancing vehicle safety. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157093 | DATA RECORDING DEVICE - A data recording device includes a mode storage unit configured to store a plurality of acquisition modes in which at least one of an acquisition timing of the data and an acquisition period of the data is determined. The data recording device includes a data extracting unit configured to extract some data out of the detected data. The data recording device includes a data storage unit configured to store the data extracted by the data extracting unit. The mode storage unit stores occurrence conditions of each of a plurality of events which occur in a vehicle and stores one acquisition mode in correlation with each of the plurality of events. The data extracting unit extracts the data in accordance with rules of the acquisition mode corresponding to the event of which the occurrence conditions are satisfied. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157094 | System and Method for Analyzing Vehicle Data - A system and method are provided for analyzing vehicle data. The method is executed by a device having a processor and includes obtaining a geographic map image of a geographic area, the map image plotting a set of vehicle data indicative of at least one driving path traveled by the vehicle. The method also includes analyzing the at least one driving path in the map image and a model generated from data associated with the geographic area, to identify at least one driving pattern within the geographic area; and providing an indication of the at least one driving pattern to contribute to a risk assessment associated with a driver of the vehicle. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157095 | METHOD OF PROCESSING VEHICLE DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES AND CONTROLLER THEREFOR - The invention relates to a method of collecting and evaluating multiple sources of vehicle driving data and system thereof. The multiple sources of vehicle data is correlated based on associated groups, a first index is generated for each associated group and the first indexes are weighted, a second overall index representative for the level of manipulation of vehicle data is at last created based on the weighted indexes. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157096 | VEHICULAR CONTROL SYSTEM, ANOMALY DETECTION METHOD FOR VEHICULAR CONTROL SYSTEM, AND ANOMALY DETECTION PROGRAM FOR VEHICULAR CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicular control system includes a first unit for transmitting data, a second unit for receiving the data, and a data communication line between a first connection portion connected to the first unit and a second connection portion connected to the second unit. The vehicular control system determines whether the first unit is in a data transfer performable state in which the first unit can transfer data to the second unit or in a data transfer nonperformable state in which the first unit cannot transfer data to the second unit. When the first unit is in the data transfer nonperformable state, a predetermined anomaly reporting signal different from the data is transmitted from the first connection portion to the second connection portion via the data communication line. When the first unit is in the data transfer performable state, the anomaly reporting signal is not transmitted to the second connection portion. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157097 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING VEHICLE COMPONENT CONDITIONS - A system and method for determining vehicle component conditions is provided. A predictive model is built for a vehicle component and values are mapped for a feature of the vehicle component using the predictive model. A threshold is applied to the mapped values. An occurrence of a fault of the vehicle component is predicted when one or more of the mapped values exceeds the threshold and an extended optimal interval during which the fault is predicted to occur is identified. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157098 | IDENTIFYING A FAILED TURBOCHARGER OF A PLURALITY OF TURBOCHARGERS - A controller may obtain data associated with operation of an engine of a machine that comprises a first engine bank associated with a first set of turbochargers and a second engine bank associated with a second set of turbochargers, and may determine, based on the data, that the engine is in an operating state that requires the first and second sets of turbochargers to be operative. The controller may determine, based on the data, a difference in operation of the first engine bank and the second engine bank and identify, based on the data, a turbocharger failure condition associated with a particular set of turbochargers, of the first and second sets of turbochargers. The controller may identify, based on the data, a particular turbocharger, of the particular set of turbochargers, as a failed turbocharger, and may perform one or more actions based on identifying the particular turbocharger. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157099 | DRIVE DATA-RECORDING APPARATUS, DRIVE ASSIST SYSTEM, DRIVE DATA-RECORDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A drive data-recording apparatus includes: an outside situation information acquisition part that acquires outside situation information indicating a situation of an outside of a movable body during traveling of the movable body; a capability information acquisition part that acquires capability information indicating an outside recognition capability of a driver of the movable body; and an information-processing part that processes the outside situation information based on the capability information. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157100 | Control Method for a Gate Device, Terminal, Gate Device and System - The present invention provides a control method for a gate device, a terminal, a gate device and a system. The control method includes the following steps: Acquiring a first face feature value of a user sent by a terminal; Acquiring and processing a face image of the user collected by a first camera module to acquire a second face feature value; Matching the first face feature value and the second face feature value according to a preset matching rule; and opening the gate device channel of the gate device in case of a successful matching. Compared with the existing technology, the gate device channel can be opened in a convenient and fast way. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157101 | Premises Access System - User access to a physical location (e.g., a homes, businesses, or other locations) may be granted for certain limited tasks based on one or more access procedures stored in a registry and associated with an identity of the user. Such access may be given without including an interaction with an owner, administrator, or manager of the location. User individuals may self-identify themselves to an access server or registry after arriving at the premises and receive corresponding access privileges via one or more devices within the premises based on access procedures stored in the access registry. The access procedures may be executed by the access server through communications with access devices within or about the premises and may be tailored based on the type of user individual or type of access requested. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157102 | SMART LOCK SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A door lock system can comprise a door lock movable between a locked state and an unlocked state. The door lock system can detect a first indication suggestive of a presence of a mobile computing device of a visitor. The door lock system can also detect a second indication suggestive of an identity of the visitor. Further, the door lock system can validate that the first indication and the second indication are associated with a known identity of the visitor. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157103 | SUPERVISED IN HOME TESTING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERSONAL PATHOGEN STATUS VERIFICATION AT POINT OF ENTRY INTO AN AREA OF CONGREGATION - A supervised testing system and system for personal pathogen status verifying allows an entity to control access to an area of congregation (AOC) at one or more points of entry (POE) is a configurable manner. In one embodiment, the system may be used for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but may be similarly used for other pathogens. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157104 | ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM WITH LOCAL MOBILE KEY DISTRIBUTION - A system includes an application on a mobile device operable to communicate with a local portal, the application is operable to receive a mobile key from the local portal and from that to retrieve a mobile credential for authorizing a user to access an access control. A method of local key distribution can include entering a pre-shared password to a local portal to encrypt a mobile credential; communicating the encrypted mobile credential to an application on the mobile device; and entering the pre-shared password to the application on the mobile device to decrypt the mobile credential. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157105 | KIOSK - A system for confirming an individual's identity prior to access to a secure area. The system includes a network, the network connecting the components of the system to one another. The system also includes a database, the database storing information including a user profile. The system further includes a security kiosk. The security kiosk in electronic communication with the database over the network and configured to allow a user to confirm his/her identity by sending one or more pieces of identifying information to the database for comparison to the user's profile. The system additionally includes an access portal. The access portal in electronic communication with the database and the security kiosk over the network. The access portal configured to prevent access to a secure area prior to confirmation of the user's identify and allow access to the secure area after confirmation of the user's identity by the security kiosk. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157106 | ULTRA-WIDE BAND DEVICE FOR ACCESS CONTROL READER SYSTEM - A reader system for an access control system includes first and second antennas and first and second controllers. The first controller is configured to communicate with a credential device using a first communication protocol via the first antenna to exchange a credential with the credential device. The second controller is configured to communicate with the credential device using a second communication protocol via the second antenna to perform ranging for the credential device and is configured to communicate with the first controller via a communication link. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157107 | VOTING METHOD AND DEVICE AND BALLOT SHEET - The voting method ( | 2022-05-19 |
20220157108 | DOCUMENT-COLLECTING APPARATUS OF AUTOMATED TRANSACTION MACHINE AND METHOD - A document-collecting apparatus of an automated transaction can include a document-retaining spool, a document-retaining-spool shaft, a web-supply spool, a web-supply-spool shaft, a web, and a single motor. The document-retaining-spool shaft can extend through an orifice in a center of the document-retaining spool. The web-supply-spool shaft can extend through an orifice in a center of the web-supply spool. The web can have a first end wound around the document-retaining spool and a second end opposite to the first end and wound around the web-supply spool. The single motor can be operatively connected to and can selectively drive the document-retaining-spool shaft and the web-supply-spool shaft. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157109 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND FOREIGN OBJECT DETECTION METHOD - A sheet processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a coil that is disposed in a feeding member and configured to produce a magnetic field, the feeding member feeding a inserted sheet to a transport path; and a control circuitry that is configured to evaluate a value based on an impedance of the coil by selecting either a first evaluation criterion or a second evaluation criterion, and, based on an evaluation result, determine presence or absence of a foreign object in the feeding member. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157110 | EDGE SENSING APPARATUS IN AUTOMATED TRANSACTION MACHINE - A sensing apparatus can be configured to detect an edge of a paper that is received by an automated transaction machine (ATM). The paper can move along a path located inside the ATM, the path having opposite first and second sides. The sensing apparatus can include a light emitter and a light detector on the first side of the path, with the light emitter positioned so that it can emit light across the path to the second side. The light detector can be configured to detect light from the light emitter and can emit a signal corresponding to an amount of detected light. The sensing apparatus can also include a control circuit that can control a flow of power to the light emitter, and the control circuit can also receive the signal emitted by the sensor. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157111 | VOLUME AND TIME EFFICIENT SMART DISPENSING SYSTEMS - Provided herein are automated time and space efficient item dispensing systems having a plurality of storage compartments and one or more adjustable grippers, for fast and accurate automatic dispensing of items or sets of items. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157112 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES FOR ROLLING PLAYS IN A POSSESSION WAGER - The present disclosure provides a method to create new wagers and optimize odds in an online play by play sports betting game by creating odds for the beginning of an offensive possession for what the offensive possession will result in, allowing the user to wager on one or more of the offensive possession results wager odds, then after a play concludes create new wagering odds for the continuation of the offensive possession for the next possible outcomes of the play and allow the user to wager on the new or old wagering odds for what the offensive possession will result in. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157113 | PLAYER REPRESENTATION WAGER DISPLAY - A method of informing a user of a sports betting application of his or her performance compared to the user's friends or other users, e.g., this user just fell behind his friend, or this user is doing the best out of his group of friends. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157114 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING ENHANCED BETTING ODDS METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS - Embodiments include utilizing artificial intelligence and/or machine learning to produce sports analytics based on historical score data for specific teams, players, events, or other relevant data. Machine learning can be applied to the historical data in order to improve the betting odds. Correlations between event outcomes and available parameters can be analyzed in advance and in real time by an odds module to give accurate and up-to-date odds. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157115 | SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING ANIMATED LEADERBOARDS - Various types of graphical leaderboards for electronic multiplayer gaming events are disclosed. Examples of player-specific graphical leaderboards that may be presented to individual players in the multiplayer gaming event to provide leaderboard information tailored to their own scores are disclosed, as well as player-agnostic graphical leaderboards that may present relative ranking information for a plurality of players in a player-non-specific manner. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157116 | SYMBOL FRAME MECHANICS FOR RANDOM BASED GAME OUTCOMES - A symbol frame mechanic for a gaming device is described. The symbol frame mechanic generates a random based game outcome in a first game instance that includes a special symbol and determines that the special symbol lands within a symbol window position with a preexisting symbol frame. The symbol frame mechanic generates an upgraded symbol frame at the symbol window position. The symbol frame mechanic resets a count indicative of a number of remaining spins left before the preexisting symbol frame expires to a designated number of remaining spins. The symbol frame mechanic generates a random based game outcome in a second game instance that includes a credit symbol. The symbol frame mechanic determines that the credit symbol lands within the symbol window position with the upgraded symbol frame and triggers a payout for the credit symbol that lands in the upgraded symbol frame. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157117 | SYSTEMS FOR MULTIPLE LEGAL GAME PROVIDERS AND MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS WITH ASYNCHRONOUS META GAMES - A wireless communications system is provided. A computer system runs on at least one platform on which a plurality of different lottery transactions for different jurisdictions are supported and run from the at least one platform. The system allows for play of a lottery transaction by a pool of at least two participants. At least one computer readable storage medium stores computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one network processor in the workflow server residing in the mobile communications network, implement components including: a workflow module comprising sets of workflow instructions for processing different types of lottery game packets from a plurality of different jurisdictions; and a deep packet inspection module for inspecting a received lottery game packet and providing information about the lottery game packet to the workflow module. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157118 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING PLAYER IDENTITY AT A TABLE GAME - Systems, processes and articles of manufacture provide for a player identity verification system that allows a gaming establishment (e.g., a casino) to determine or verify a player's identity upon certain qualifying activities being determined (e.g., when a player is initiating a wagering session at a table game or placing a wager). In accordance with one embodiment, a live image of a player participating in a qualifying activity (e.g., placement of a wager) is compared to a stored image of a player that is associated with one or more casino chips being used as the wager; a verification of the identity of the player placing the wager is performed by matching the live image to the stored image. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157119 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DURATIONAL PROMOTIONS TO PLAYERS - One aspect of the disclosure relates to providing durational promotions to players in an online game. The system may adjust the outcome probabilities of winning in a slot machine type of game once the player's content drops below a predetermined threshold so that the player will experience some substantial winning in the initial period. The system may adjust the outcome probabilities of winning in the slot machine type of game for a period of time once a player has purchased content to continue to play the game. This may temporarily adjusting outcome probabilities within the game in favor of a player that has recently made a purchase. This may facilitate positive player experiences subsequent to making purchases, thereby increasing further purchases and/or the likelihood thereof. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157120 | UNIFIED DIGITAL WALLET - A unified wallet manager (UWM) virtualized as a single virtual service in which all transactions relative to the UWM are treated as immutable facts permanently stored in append-only queues or ledgers from the time of their creation. A rules engine reads conversion requests in request calls to the service, and determines which rule or rules to apply to convert funds from one ledger to another, in the same or different vertically scaled gaming systems. The UWM is a peer of other vertical gaming systems, and the gaming systems access the UWM via an API server and data egresses from the UWM through an ETL process from a database cluster. The immutable queues allow for data reconstruction using any desired data model. The ledger stores funds of many different types, including real money, points, play money, and others. Third parties can integrate with the UWM through an integration hub connected to the UWM. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157122 | DIGITAL CURRENCY IN A GAMING SYSTEM - There is disclosed a gaming machine. The gaming machine includes an electronic arrangement configured to receive digital currency data from an electronic device that is remote to the gaming machine. The digital currency data represents a store of value of a digital currency. The gaming machine further includes a data transfer arrangement configured to transfer the digital currency data via a data network to a data storage arrangement that is remote to the gaming machine. The gaming machine further includes a data recording arrangement configured to create record data representing a record of a unique attribute of the digital currency data. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157123 | RETROFIT DEVICES FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL TICKET-IN AND TICKET-OUT ON A GAMING MACHINE - A gaming system compatible with patron-controlled portable electronic devices, such as smart phones or tablet computers, is described. The gaming system can include electronic gaming machines that are compatible to receive both virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers that are redeemable for credits on the electronic gaming machines. Information associated with a virtual ticket voucher can be stored on a patron-controlled portable electronic device and then can be wireless transmitted to the electronic gaming machines. The electronic gaming machines can be configured to issue virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers that can be redeemed for cash or additional game play on another electronic gaming machine. In one embodiment, the electronic gaming machine can be configured to issue a virtual ticket voucher to a patron-controlled portable electronic device. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157124 | GAMING MACHINE - The present invention provides a gaming machine that can allow active participation in a game without loss of interest even in the midst of a free game. The present invention includes: an operation reception device that receives an operation by a player; a display that scrolls a video reel on which a plurality of symbols are aligned, and then display a game result by rearranging the plurality of symbols; and a controller that executes a base game and a plurality of chance games that require betting, and a plurality of free games that require no betting. The controller executes, during execution of a free game, a skill game in which a video reel being scrolled is stopped in accordance with an operation by a player on the operation reception device. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157125 | GAMING MACHINE - The present invention provides a gaming machine that can achieve a balance between a profit given to a player and a profit of a gaming facility. The gaming machine is provided with: a display that displays a game result by scrolling a video reel including a plurality of symbols and then rearranging the plurality of symbols; and a controller that executes a base game and a plurality of chance games that require betting, and a plurality of free games that require no betting. The controller causes a shift from a first chance game among the plurality of chance games to a first free game among the plurality of free games when a first shift condition is satisfied, causes a shift from a second chance game among the plurality of chance games to a second free game among the plurality of free games when a second shift condition different from the first shift condition is satisfied, and sets a probability of establishment of the second shift condition to be higher than a probability of establishment of the first shift condition. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157126 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CONDUCTING A PLAYER-BANKED DOMINOES WAGERING GAME - A computer-implemented method of administering a player-banked dominoes wagering game on a computer user interface depicting a specialized gaming table and having the steps of providing an electronic depiction of a specialized domino playing table, providing an electronic depiction of at least one specialized set of randomly ordered dominoes tiles each with varying ranks and in accordance with gaming regulations in various gaming jurisdictions, receiving a wager from a plurality of players participating in a player-banked dominoes game to have a wager pot, distributing a domino from randomly ordered domino tiles to a domino playing surface that is shared by all of the plurality of players participating in the player-banked domino game, and determining if the domino played by each player is a valid play according to the game rules, and if so allowing, if not disallowing the domino to be placed in the line of play. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157127 | MULTI-EVENT MEDIA FEED INTEGRATION FOR UNIFIED VIDEO STREAMING FOR SPORTSBOOK APPLICATION - Apparatuses, computer-readable media, and methods for obtaining and presenting a user wager in addition to an integrated media stream comprising media feeds of a selection of sporting events that are available for wagering via a sportsbook application are described. For instance, a processing system including at least one processor may obtain a first user wager associated with a first sporting event via at least one interface screen of the sportsbook wagering application, present, via the at least one interface screen, an integrated media stream comprising media feeds of a selection of sporting events from among a plurality of sporting events, where each of the selection of sporting events is associated with a respective media feed and is also available for at least one type of wagering via the sportsbook wagering application, where the selection of sporting events includes the first sporting event, and present, via the at least one interface screen, the first user wager in addition to the integrated media stream. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157128 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR WAGER SELECTION - A method of selecting wagers inside a micro-market with on-screen gestures. A user can use a gesture, such as swipe right for a run, swipe left for a pass, or swipe to other bets. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157129 | GAME SYSTEM AND BET MANAGEMENT DEVICE - The present invention is to reduce the probability of occurrence of a mistake regarding the management work for a secret bet. A game system | 2022-05-19 |
20220157130 | WAGER MARKET CREATION AND MANAGEMENT - Methods and systems for managing a wagering system may receive a stream of state information of a live sporting event in real time and determine initial and possible future states of a first performance parameter of the event based on the stream. After a beginning of the game and before the start of the event, a probability of occurrence is calculated for possible future states of the first performance parameter, based on historical data. During an initial state of the first performance parameter, a signal operative to open a first market for betting on the possible future states based on the probability of occurrence is transmitted. Before an end of the initial state, a signal operative to close the first market is transmitted, and then an outcome of the first performance parameter is determined based on the stream. Payouts of the first market are resolved based on the outcome. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157131 | AUTOMATIC GAME PLAY - A game may be played in accordance with a variety of different strategies. For example, a game may have an aggressive strategy, a passive strategy, an optimal strategy, and so on. In some embodiments, a player may delegate one or more gaming decisions to an automated process that makes decisions according to one or more gaming strategies. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157132 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES AND METHODS ENHANCING GAMING OUTCOME OPPORTUNITIES - Embodiments of the present invention set forth systems, apparatuses and methods for providing game features. In a game of chance involving at least one outcome, a plurality of alternative outcomes can be derived for a gaming event, such as when one of the outcomes will provide a payout at or above a certain level. The player is presented with an opportunity to select among the alternative outcomes, without being aware of the particular characteristics or values associated with the outcomes. While the player will only select the outcome having the payout at/above the threshold level a certain percentage of the time, the opportunity can be presented to the player more often, while keeping the mathematical probabilities the same or similar if desired, thereby providing the player with the feeling of getting higher value opportunities more often. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157133 | AN AUTOMATED SELF SERVICE SYSTEM - The present invention provides a self-service system ( | 2022-05-19 |
20220157134 | AUTOMATED SHOPPING CART - Technologies are shown for automatically registering items in an automated physical shopping cart involving receiving image data for items in the cart, detecting a change in a weight of items in the cart and, determining whether a correlated item was identified in the image data. If no correlated item was identified, a message is displayed indicating that no correlated item was detected and a user can be prompted. A user device may be used to scan items and display messages for the cart. Items may be scanned using image recognition to determine item information. An item weight may be determined based on the change in the weight of items in the cart and priced accordingly to weight. A notification for an item in the cart may be provided to an inventory or a shopping list application indicating that the correlated item was added to the cart. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157135 | WORK ZONE ALERT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An exemplary method and system is disclosed that facilitates a readily-re-deployable and self-enclosed geofencing and proximity-based intrusion sensing and alerting system in a roadway or construction work zone. The sensing and alerting system is configured in the form factor of a safety cone, barricade or drum to sense and uses acoustic-echoes or LiDAR-based sensing to detect intruders that are in proximity to the sensing and alerting system to generate a siren or loud audible alert, as well as flashing lights, to warn workers of such intrusion. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157136 | FACILITY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for surveillance of a facility including facility elements. The system includes a central computing unit providing a digital model of the facility providing topological or logical or functional relationships of the facility elements, surveillance sensors adapted for surveillance of a plurality of the facility elements and for generation of surveillance data, communication means for transmitting data from the surveillance sensors to the central computing unit, and state derivation means configured to analyse the surveillance data and derive a state of a respective facility element. The central computing unit is configured to record a state pattern by combining states of at least one facility element based on at least one relationship of the facility element provided by the facility model, provide a state pattern critical-noncritical classification model which considers relationships provided by the facility model, and perform a criticality-classification based on the relationship. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157137 | FACILITY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for surveillance of a facility including facility elements. The system includes a central computing unit providing a digital model of the facility providing topological or logical or functional relationships of the facility elements, surveillance sensors adapted for surveillance of a plurality of the facility elements and for generation of surveillance data, communication means for transmitting data from the surveillance sensors to the central computing unit, and state derivation means configured to analyse the surveillance data and derive a state of a respective facility element. The central computing unit is configured to record a state pattern by combining states of at least one facility element based on at least one relationship of the facility element provided by the facility model, provide a state pattern critical-noncritical classification model which considers relationships provided by the facility model, and perform a criticality-classification based on the relationship. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157138 | FACILITY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for surveillance of a facility including facility elements. The system includes a central computing unit providing a digital model of the facility providing topological or logical or functional relationships of the facility elements, surveillance sensors adapted for surveillance of a plurality of the facility elements and for generation of surveillance data, communication means for transmitting data from the surveillance sensors to the central computing unit, and state derivation means configured to analyse the surveillance data and derive a state of a respective facility element. The central computing unit is configured to record a state pattern by combining states of at least one facility element based on at least one relationship of the facility element provided by the facility model, provide a state pattern critical-noncritical classification model which considers relationships provided by the facility model, and perform a criticality-classification based on the relationship. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157139 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROPERTY MONITORING - An outdoor camera integrated into an alarm system for property monitoring, configured to monitor a property. The alarm system can have a base station that communicates with all the components of the alarm system, such as an outdoor camera, which can be equipped with an imaging sensor and software capabilities to conduct analysis on data collected by the outdoor camera to determine information about a human or non-human visitor at the property. The outdoor camera provides information about detected events at the property to the base station, where the data can be used to take appropriate action at the property and communicate with either the user or a monitoring service. | 2022-05-19 |
20220157140 | FLAME DETECTING ARRANGEMENT - In accordance with one or more embodiments herein, a flame detecting arrangement | 2022-05-19 |