25th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190188750 | DISTRIBUTED MARKETING PLATFORM - A system for providing access to a distributed marketing platform is disclosed. In particular, the system may be utilized to allow a local marketer to access marketing resources for one or more brands through the use of a sub-account. The system may generate the sub-account for the local marketer, which may be utilized by the local marketer to access a master account associated with a particular brand that the local marketer desires to connect with. Access to the master account and its resources may be granted to the sub-account if the local marketer submits valid key and account information to an online portal associated with the master account. Additionally, the sub-account may be allowed to connect to other master accounts associated with other brands by using the online portal and without violating master account agreements of direct-solicitation and cross-promotion of the master accounts to the sub-account. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188751 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXTUAL VIRTUAL LOCAL ADVERTISEMENT INSERTION - A system and method for presenting advertising, the method including but not limited to presenting on a first end user device, a first personalized advertisement in a first avatar's view of a virtual world and presenting on a second end user device, a second personalized advertisement in a second avatar's view of the virtual world. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188752 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for experiential marketing, and more particularly, to experiential marketing that customizes experiences and events based on the specific preferences of selected consumers, comprising registering one or more consumers with an experiential marketing platform; collecting data of the one or more consumers identifying a targeted subset of the one or more consumers based on the data; identifying one or more preferred experiences of the targeted subset; and hosting an experiential marketing event relating to the one or more preferred experiences for the targeted subset. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188753 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR AUDIENCE SEGMENT ATTRIBUTE IDENTIFICATION - Disclosed in some examples are systems, methods, devices, and machine-readable mediums for providing information about the actual viewing audience of an online advertisement. When an online advertisement is displayed to a viewer, the online advertisement image may contain a tracking pixel pointing to a system which, when retrieved, causes a data object to be installed on the viewer's computer. Later, the viewer may return to the system as part of participation in an otherwise unrelated online survey. The system may recognize the data object, and insert questions related to the online advertisement in the survey. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188754 | METHOD OF ADVERTISING TO A TARGETED BUYER - A method of advertising to a targeted consumer, via an application based consumer profiling algorithm which determines the interests of a consumer in a particular geographical position then queues relevant pre-loaded advertisements on an out-of-home (OOH) medium. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188755 | LIST-BASED COUPON SYSTEM AND METHODS - A list-based coupon system that enables users to create a list of items to obtain, purchase or locate within a store or other geographic area, and provides users with coupons under a variety of different conditions. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188756 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING DISTRACTION LEVEL OF USERS TO SELECT TARGETED ADVERTISEMENTS - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments such as determining a media device is in operation and identifying a user is in proximity to the media device. Further embodiments include determining a distraction level for the user in response to determining a first application in use on the media device. Additional embodiments include identifying a marketing profile for the user. Also, embodiments include selecting a target advertisement according to the distraction level and the marketing profile, and providing the target advertisement to be presented on the media device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188757 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROGRAMMATIC TARGETED DIGITAL ADVERTISING - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for programmatic digital advertisements that are personalized and uniquely targeted to individually-identified consumers via non-personal, but individually accessed devices. The consumer accessing a non-personal device is identified and data cookie pertaining to the user is created and sent to third-party programmatic advertising exchanges for the use in real time bidding, private marketplace deals, or programmatic guaranteed sales. This allows for personalized digital advertisements to be delivered to a specific user accessing a non-personal device. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188758 | MULTI-STAGE CONTENT ANALYSIS SYSTEM THAT PROFILES USERS AND SELECTS PROMOTIONS - A system that analyzes a user's communications to select a promotion that is presented to the user. The analysis may occur in two stages: a first stage analyzes a single communication from a user to determine whether the user is a potential target for a promotion; for potential targets, a second stage analyzes a history of communications from the user to generate a user profile. The system may then select a promotion based on the profile. The profile may include a set of profile tags that are considerably more detailed and granular than traditional demographic data; tags may for example indicate user affiliations with groups or ideas (such as religions or political parties), or user life cycle stages. Using these rich, detailed user profile tags, the system may achieve promotion response rates far above those from traditional advertising, which relies on cookies or simple demographic categories. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188759 | Apparatus, System, and Method for Digital Audio Services - A system and method for providing digital audio services is described. One embodiment is a method for proving digital audio services, comprising receiving, using a communications interface, an audio stream from a content provider; determining a timestamp for a first audio stream segment; determining a timestamp for a second audio stream segment; updating playlist with a representation of the audio stream; receiving query for content information; and sending offer information, in response to receiving the query for content information. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188760 | Dynamic Pricing of Application Programming Interface Services - Systems and methods are provided for dynamic pricing of application programming interface (API) services such as machine learning API services. For example, a computing platform of an API service provider is configured to receive a request for a machine learning API service from a client computing device, obtain a dataset from the client computing device, utilize a classification engine to classify one or more attributes of the dataset and to classify an expected level of performance of the machine learning API service applied to the dataset based on the one or more classified attributes of the dataset, dynamically determine a pricing for the machine learning API service based on the classified expected level of performance of the dataset, and present the determined pricing for the machine learning API service on the client computing device. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188761 | Method and System for the Payment of a Service and/or a Product with Respect to a Vehicle Location - The present invention relates to a method for the payment of a service and/or a product with respect to a vehicle and a parking location, wherein said vehicle is managed by a user, wherein said vehicle comprises a vehicle device, wherein said method comprises amongst other things the following steps: the arrival of said vehicle at said parking location; the transmission of a session request comprising a coordinate to a back-end infrastructure by said vehicle device; the receipt of an availability and/or a price indication of said parking location by said vehicle device of said back-end infrastructure; if said parking location is available, the initiation of a parking session belonging to said service and/or said product. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188762 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - In an information processing apparatus, an invoice data storage unit stores therein invoice data in which at least one payment destination is previously set, and a data processing unit obtains a designated payment destination for each invoice data, and adds up invoice amounts indicated in the invoice data, for each payment destination. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188763 | PARTITIONED PRIVATE INTERCONNECTS TO PROVIDER NETWORKS - Methods and apparatus for partitioned private interconnects to provider networks are described. At least a portion of available bandwidth of a private physical interconnect between a provider network and a connectivity intermediary's network is designated as the bandwidth limit of an interconnect partition set up on behalf of a customer at the request of the intermediary. The intermediary's network comprises one or more devices to which at least one of the customer's devices is connected. Access to one or more resources of the provider network via the interconnect is enabled. Traffic monitoring results associated with the interconnect are used to enforce the designated bandwidth limit of the partition. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188764 | HIGH END NAIL POLISH MARKETING AND CUSTOMIZATION BOUTIQUE - A nail polish boutique comprised of a store front, a displayed inventory of a plurality of nail polishes, and nail polishes offered by a plurality of companies from different countries. The store front offers a custom nail polish mixing service, and uses a computer system maintaining sale and product selection records for each identified customer on a computer database including any furnished custom nail polish formulations. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188765 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY DISPLAYING RECOMMENDED DIGITAL PRINT PRODUCTS ON A COMPUTER USER INTERFACE - A system and method for dynamically displaying a digital representation of one or more recommended print products on a user interface of a computing device is provided. The method comprises providing a digital representation of each of a plurality of print products stored in a computer memory, wherein the plurality of print products are categorized into at least one of a plurality of print product groups that include a first print product group; identifying a geographic location or a time of year; selecting the first print product group using the processor of the computing device, wherein the first print product group is selected based on the identified geographic location or time of year; and displaying the digital representations corresponding to at least one of the plurality of print products included within the first print product group on the user interface. Other aspects are also disclosed. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188766 | Lighting And Internet Of Things Design Using Augmented Reality - An augmented reality-based lighting design method includes displaying, by an augmented reality device, a real-time image of a target physical area on a display screen. The method further includes displaying, by the augmented reality device, a lighting fixture 3-D model on the display screen in response to a user input, where the lighting fixture 3-D model is overlaid on the real-time image of the target physical area. The method also includes generating, by the augmented reality device, a bill of materials (BOM) that includes a lighting fixture corresponding to the lighting fixture 3-D model. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188767 | Automated Operation of Automobile Parts eStores with Automated Selection of Parts and Dynamic Pricing - Some embodiments relate to systems and methods for selection of auto parts with automatic part selection and dynamic pricing. A system may automatically connect to a plurality of auto parts electronic stores over a wide area network and receive user input specifying parts that the user desires to purchase. The user input may include vehicle information terms that may be mapped to an auto parts vocabulary particular to each respective auto parts electronic store. Required vehicle information and specific conditions for each auto parts electronic store may be automatically completed using the auto parts vocabulary particular to each auto parts electronic store and part/pricing information may be received from at least two of the auto parts electronic stores in response. At least a subset of the part/pricing information from the at least two auto parts electronic stores may be displayed. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188768 | DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTED RESULTS FOR SEARCH INTERFACE - Several systems, apparatuses, and methods are described. A data transmission that includes data indicating a first search query for an item of a publication system is received from a client machine. A first plurality of search results is determined from listed items based, at least in part, on the first search query, and the first plurality of search results are each associated with a price. A range of prices associated with a first subset of the search results is determined based on a price distribution range including a median price associated with the first search results, or a utility cost function using a plurality of price quantiles and a plurality of price values included in different price quantiles. The determined first search results and the range of prices associated with the first subset of the first search results are transmitted to the client machine for display. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188769 | CUSTOMIZED PREDICTIVE FINANCIAL ADVISORY FOR A CUSTOMER - A system, method and computer program product provide for intervening in a financial transaction to discourage a bad decision by a customer. An execution decision by a customer is analyzed. A cautionary rule that is violated by the execution decision is identified. A suggestion in a personally persuasive persona presented on at least one user interface device to the customer. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188770 | INTELLIGENT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM - An initial matrix is generated through reducing the dimensionality of initial behavior data defined at an initial space. Purchase data associated with objects is evaluated iteratively to determine mappings associating objects with one or more of the subjects. Based on the determined mappings, an object vector matrix is generated based on average measures over subject vectors included in the initial subject matrix. An updated subject vector matrix including updated subject vectors is generated based on the object vector matrix and the purchase data. Updated object vector matrix versions and subject vector matrix versions are iteratively generated based on latest generated version of the matrixes. According to a validation criteria applied over the iterative generation process, a final object vector matrix and a final subject vector matrix are determined. The final determined matrixes may be analyzed to determine recommendations for objects and subjects. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188771 | Systems and Methods for Transaction-Based Real Time Pre-Intent Recommendations for a Sequential Purchase - A method for providing a real-time purchase recommendation includes receiving customer profile data associated with a customer and authorization request data associated with a request to authorize an attempted purchasing using a financial account associated with the customer. The method includes determining attempted purchase data including an identity of a merchant, a merchant location, and a purchase category associated with the attempted purchase. The method includes generating a sequential purchase recommendation based on the attempted purchase data, wherein the sequential purchase recommendation is a real-time recommendation for one or more goods or services for future purchase sequentially following the attempted purchase. The method further includes transmitting a message including the sequential purchase recommendation to a customer computing device associated with the customer. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188772 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME NAVIGATIONAL GUIDANCE AND PURCHASE RECOMMENDATIONS - A method for providing real-time navigational guidance includes: storing merchant profiles, each including a merchant identifier, geographic location, and wait time; storing product profiles, each including a product identifier and participating merchant identifiers; receiving a product list from a computing device, the list including a plurality of product identifiers; identifying, for each of the plurality of product identifiers, a corresponding product profile that includes the respective product identifier; identifying, for each of the plurality of product identifiers, a participating merchant profile that includes a merchant identifier included in the corresponding product profile; generating a navigational guidance plan for purchase of each product indicated in the product list including stops at merchants related to identified participating merchant profiles based on the geographic location and wait time included in the participating merchant profiles; and transmitting the navigational guidance plan to the computing device. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188773 | DETERMINING THERMAL INSULATION LEVELS OF CLOTHING TO WEAR AT A DESTINATION - The disclosure relates to determining thermal insulation levels of clothing a user should wear when traveling to a destination. To do this, a thermal insulation level of clothing worn by a user and levels worn by a crowd can be analyzed from images including the user or the crowd. A thermal sensitivity bias for the user can be determined by comparing those levels for similar locations. Environment data can then be collected for the destination. A thermal insulation level of clothing worn by the crowd for the destination can be predicted based on the environment data. This level can be adjusted with the bias for the user to generate a thermal insulation level of clothing to be worn by the user at the destination. An image having clothing with that level can be displayed to recommend a style of clothing for the user to wear at the destination. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188774 | RECOMMENDATION ENGINE FOR MICRO SERVICES - A request is received to perform an exploration in a predictive and maintenance service application. A sequence of explorations is added in an evidence package. The evidence package includes the list of micro services. The sequence of explorations in the evidence package are analyzed. Based on the analysis, a user behavior corresponding to the performed exploration is identified. The user behavior is provided as input to the machine learning algorithm. Configuration data corresponding to the exploration and the evidence package is stored in a configuration database. The machine learning algorithm is executed in an execution engine. The execution engine is a micro service. Based on execution of the machine learning algorithm, the list of micro services is automatically identified as recommendations. The list of micro services is displayed as recommendations in the predictive and maintenance service application. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188775 | DATABASE SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAINTAINING AND ENABLING RETAIL PURCHASES THROUGH RECIPES - In some embodiments, systems and methods provide retail-specific instantiations of products of recipes. Some embodiments comprise a control circuit; a recipe database storing a hierarchical recipe data structure; an inventory database; and a point-of-sale system. The control circuit is configured to maintain the recipe data structure to comprise: a plurality of genericized recipe component (RC) records; a plurality of tiers of RC records; and the plurality of recipe component instantiation (RCI) records; and the control circuit is configured to: obtain a recipe identifier; identify a genericized RC record; parse through the tiers of RC records and identify unique product identifiers instantiated for the corresponding RCI records; exclude unique product identifiers having less than a minimum on-hand threshold; generate a virtual shopping cart comprising a set of unique product identifiers; and cause the point-of-sale system to purchase the products corresponding to the set of unique product identifiers. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188776 | DATA STRUCTURE SYSTEMS AND METHODS THAT RECEIVE AND GENERICIZE RECIPES - In some embodiments, systems and methods incorporate customer-supplied recipes, comprising: a control circuit; a recipe database; a network interface coupled with an external network; wherein the control circuit is configured, to: receive recipe information of a recipe; define a genericized recipe component (RC) record with the recipe; identify, for each ingredient, a unique product identifier; obtain a set of rules that genericize a recipe as a function of linking defined within the recipe data structure; apply the first set of rules to: parse, for each identified unique product identifier, the recipe data structure and identify, based on linking corresponding to an RCI record, a primary RC record; and create a genericized recipe from the generic classes of products corresponding to the identified primary RC records, and exclusively associating the genericized recipe with the genericized RC record. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188777 | IDENTIFYING ITEMS IN IMAGES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using location data to identify and provide services in association with items appearing in captured images. One of the methods includes receiving, from a device, an image and location data representing the device's physical location, determining, based on the location data, that a particular set of one or more locations are within a threshold distance of the device's physical location, accessing, for each of the one or more locations in the particular set, item information that indicates one or more items that are associated with the location, determining, based on the accessed item information, that the image likely shows a particular item that is associated with one or more locations in the particular set, and providing, to the device, instructions for presentation of information about (i) the particular item and (ii) one or more locations in the particular set that are associated with the particular item. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188778 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION BASED MOBILE COMMERCE - In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for facilitating financial transactions over a network includes communicating with a user via a first mobile communication device over the network, obtaining a geo-location of the first mobile communication device, communicating with a merchant via a second mobile communication device over the network, obtaining a radius of coverage for the second mobile communication device, determining whether the geo-location of the first mobile communication device is within the radius of coverage of the second mobile communication device, and providing a listing to the first mobile communication device of one or more items for sale by the merchant when the first mobile communication device is within the radius of coverage of the second mobile communication device. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188779 | Systems and Methods for Distributing Products' Information - A system for distributing products information an associated methods are disclosed. The product information system having a network connected to the product information system, the network connected to customer devices, store devices, manufacturer devices and at least one workplace, wherein product information is transmitted from the customer devices, store devices, and manufacturer devices to the product information system through the network, wherein the product information system is in communication with the at least one workplace, the at least one workplace having at least one workstation device, and wherein the at least one workstation device is capable of displaying and interacting with the processed product information. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188780 | EMBEDDING A WIDGET INTO A WEBPAGE - A method and system of using widgets embedded in web pages as virtual storefronts is disclosed. A user of a social networking site may create a merchant account with a transaction service provider. The user embeds a storefront widget provided by the transaction service provider in the user's profile page on the social networking site and the user can use the storefront widget to input information about products that the user is selling. Other users of the social networking site view the user's profile page and the storefront widget will display the products that the user is selling. The other users may interact with the storefront widget to purchase the products that the user is selling. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188781 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSERVING USER DEVICE RESOURCES DURING AN ONLINE OR VIRTUAL SHOPPING SESSION - In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to adjustment of the display of a simulated online store on a user device based on computing usage at the user device. In some embodiments, the system includes: a shopping server for receiving a user request to view a simulated shopping environment; a user device resource module for determining the computing resource usage of the user device; and a control circuit for causing the display of simulated shopping images at the user device in an interactive simulation view, communicating with the user device resource module, determining a real time computing resource usage of the user device, and in certain circumstances, providing additional computing resources to display the simulated shopping environment at the user device at a first, higher consumption level or adjusting the display of the simulated shopping environment at the user device to a second, lower consumption level. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188782 | Intelligent Shelf Display System - An apparatus and a method are provided for an intelligent shelf display system that creates an intimate customer experience and helps retailers increase operational efficiencies. The system is comprised of a cabinet top to display animated and/or graphical content and is mounted on top of in-store shelves. A fascia to display animated and/or graphical content is extended along each shelf of the in-store shelves. A media player executes multiple media files that are simultaneously displayed on the cabinet top and the fascia. The cabinet top and the fascia display content to entice customers to approach the shelves, and then the fascia switch to displaying pricing information once a customer is nearby. A proximity sensor detects the presence of the customer. Stock sensors track the inventory stocked on the in-store shelves. Alerts are created once the merchandise remaining on the shelves is reduced to a predetermined minimum threshold quantity. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188783 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLACING A PURCHASE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA TAGGING - A system and method for purchasing an item seen in a picture or video on social media by tagging Stylust in the comment section of such picture or video, and preferably including the name of the item requested for purchase. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188784 | SYSTEM, PLATFORM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED SHOPPING - A system, platform, device and method are herein provided for an apparatus, system, and method to facilitate personalized online shopping. In some embodiments, a method is provided for personalized shopping that includes the steps of: running a personalized shopping assistant application on a mobile user computing device to access product matching data from one or more product data sources; running the personalized shopping assistant application on the mobile user computing device to acquire anatomical data about one or more application users, based on anatomical data capture from one or more image capture sources; running the personalized shopping assistant application generate a personalized user shopping avatar based on the anatomical data capture of at least a selected part of the user anatomy; and running the personalized shopping assistant application to match one or more products from the one or more product data sources to one or more personalized user shopping avatars. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188785 | LEASE-BASED MANAGEMENT FOR ATOMIC COMMIT PROTOCOLS - A transaction manager can obtain a first lease that dedicates a set of virtual resources to the transaction manager for a first time interval. The transaction manager can send a commit request to one or more resource managers regarding a first transaction. The transaction manager can store respective responses from each respective resource manager. The transaction manager can determine if each response is affirmative, and, if each response is affirmative, the transaction manager can complete the first transaction. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188786 | LEASE-BASED MANAGEMENT FOR ATOMIC COMMIT PROTOCOLS - A transaction manager can obtain a first lease that dedicates a set of virtual resources to the transaction manager for a first time interval. The transaction manager can send a commit request to one or more resource managers regarding a first transaction. The transaction manager can store respective responses from each respective resource manager. The transaction manager can determine if each response is affirmative, and, if each response is affirmative, the transaction manager can complete the first transaction. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188787 | ANALYTICS ENGINE FOR MULTIPLE BLOCKCHAIN NODES - A first device receives, via a blockchain node of the first device, data and constraints associated with a smart contract, where the smart contract is deployed via a blockchain node associated with a second device, the first and second devices are provided in a blockchain network, through their blockchain nodes. The first device provides, via the blockchain node, the data and constraints to an analytics engine of the first device, and performs, via the analytics engine, a data analytics technique on the data and constraints to generate an offer with optimized parameters. The first device provides the offer with the optimized parameters to the smart contract associated with the second device, and receives, via the blockchain node, a confirmation of a transaction associated with the smart contract. The first device causes the offer with the optimized parameters to be implemented based on receiving the confirmation of the transaction. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188788 | MACHINE EXECUTABLE INTELLIGENT AGENTS AND AUGMENTED REALITY - Among other things, records are maintained for machine-executable intelligent assistance agents. The record for an assistance agent includes information about (1) a user to which the agent belongs, (2) a domain or facet of activity of the user, (3) a goal of the assistance agent within the domain or facet of activity, and (4) a principle of conduct of the assistance agent. Each assistance agent is executed to provide assistance only to the user to which the assistance agent belongs, only in the domain or facet, and only in accordance with the goal and the principle of conduct. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188789 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SERVICING AND COFUNDING OF INSTALLMENTS - A method for servicing a co-funded installment includes: storing agreement data entries, each related to a co-funding agreement and including a merchant identifier, acquirer identifier, and one or more installment parameters; receiving a transaction message for a payment transaction, the transaction message including a specific merchant identifier, a specific acquirer identifier, and transaction data; identifying at least one agreement data entry where the included merchant identifier corresponds to the specific merchant identifier and where the included acquirer identifier corresponds to the specific acquirer identifier; identifying a plurality of installment terms based on the transaction data and the one or more installment parameters included in one of the at least one identified agreement data entries; and transmitting the identified plurality of installment terms. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188790 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT CHOICE IN CURRENCY - An apparatus for calculating and executing currency exchanges including a currency gain module that compares a predominant base currency against one or more complementary currencies to calculate their respective percentage gains in the base currency over time, a currency pullback module that calculates a pullback score for each complementary currency over time, and a currency path module that determines one or more currency paths comprising one or more successive trades in which a complementary currency exceeding a gain threshold and satisfying a pullback threshold is traded. The currency gain module, the currency pullback module, and the currency path module comprise one or more of logic hardware and executable code, the executable code stored on one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188791 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TRADING ORDERS RECEIVED FROM MARKET MAKERS - According to one embodiment, a method of managing trading is provided. A first offer for a particular instrument in a particular market is received from a first market maker at a first offer price. A first bid for the same particular instrument in the same particular market is received from a second market maker at a first bid price, the first bid price being higher than or equal to the first offer price. As a result of the first bid price being higher than or equal to the first offer price, the first offer price is automatically increased to a price higher than the first bid price such that a trade is not executed between the first offer and the first bid. In some embodiments, such method may be used to protect market makers from unwanted trades caused by inherent latency in the market makers' pricing engines and/or networks. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188792 | CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP CLEARING - An electronic trading system is configured to trade credit default swap (CDS) futures contracts on an open exchange. The CDS futures contract allows the buyer and seller isolate and trade the credit risk of a third party. The third pay may be a corporation, sovereign government, or any entity that issues bonds or notes. The CDS futures contract seller effectively pays the premium over time in increments determined by market rates and through the natural operation of the open market. The CDS futures contract buyer makes a contingency payment if the CDS futures contract goes in-the-money (ITM). Both sides of the contract are guaranteed by the exchange as a counterparty. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188793 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ESCROW WALLETS AND CLOSING WALLETS FOR TRANSACTIONS - A method includes creating a seller escrow wallet. The seller escrow wallet only displays a content of the wallet, is non-custodial, maintains an ability to return tokens stored within the wallet to an original account via a request, transfers tokens purchased by the seller to the wallet, and utilizes a master wallet to facilitate a transfer of the tokens from the seller wallet to a buyer wallet associated with the buyer. Upon a sale of the tokens, the method includes moving the tokens from the seller wallet to the master wallet using addresses that identify at least one of the seller and the buyer, receiving a payment at the master wallet from the buyer for the tokens and upon receiving the payment at the master wallet, releasing the tokens to the buyer and transferring the payment to the seller. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188794 | COMPUTER PROCESSING OF STATE USING KEY STATES - A system for providing order book state includes an exchange data interface to receive order data from an electronic exchange system. The order data is representative of orders at the electronic exchange system for an instrument. The system further includes a converter to convert order data into order event data by applying any rule used by the exchange system to execute the orders and instructions to compile the order event data into computed order books. Each computed order book is a representation of an actual order book for the instrument at the exchange system at a respective time. The system further includes an analyst interface to output representations of the computed order books. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188795 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DISPLAY OF MARKET DATA IN AN ELECTRONIC TRADING SYSTEM - A system for managing trading orders comprises a memory operable to store a first order associated with a particular trading product, wherein the first order is associated with a first price comprising a first root value. The system further comprises a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and operable to receive a second order associated with the particular trading product. The second order is associated with a second price; and the second price comprises a second root value and a particular fractional pip value. The processor is further operable to disclose the first root value and the second root value while suppressing the particular fractional pip value. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188796 | PERSONAL PROPERTY INVENTORY CAPTIVATOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Personal property inventory systems and methods include a computing device that analyzes images of rooms in a residence to identify personal property items. Identified personal property items are compared to a predetermined schedule of items that is based in part on purchase transaction data for at least one resident. If an item on the schedule is not one of the identified personal property items, an inquiry to a user in the residence is made to clarify whether or not the item is in the room. Based on the analyzed images and the received answers, a personal property inventory is generated. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188797 | CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEM INCORPORATING RISK ANALYTIC ALGORITHM - According to some embodiments, a risk monitoring data store may contain a set of electronic data records, with each electronic data record being associated with a stream of sensor data received via a communication network from a remote set of sensor systems located at a risk monitoring site. A risk analytics platform computer may receive information associated with the sensor data in substantially real-time and analyze the received sensor data, using at least one risk analytics algorithm, to detect an abnormal pattern associated with a predicted elevated level of risk at the risk monitoring site. The risk analytics platform computer may also automatically transmit a result of the analysis to a risk operations platform. The risk operations platform may then implement an active risk mitigation adjustment at the risk monitoring site responsive to the result of the analysis. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188798 | SUBSCRIPTION HEALTHCARE COVERAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A subscription healthcare coverage system and method providing lower-cost and less-complex healthcare coverage for individuals, including employees of businesses, having flat initial fees, business-provided discounts, adjustments of fees upon renewal based on past use, secure direct instant communications with covered individuals, businesses, and healthcare providers through common electronic devices, accumulation of data in a secure, quickly-accessible form, and administration based on the application of defined rules to accumulated data. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188799 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RISKS AND REDUCING COSTS FOR INSURANCE COMPANIES - A system and computer-implemented method for managing risks and reducing costs for insurance companies is provided. The system comprises a customer portal to create a profile corresponding to each of one or more customers. The system further comprises a member management module to compute an individual score corresponding to each of the one or more customers, associate each of the one or more customers with one or more pre-defined groups, monitor activities of the one or more customers and update the computed individual score. Furthermore, the system comprises a group management module to update a pre-defined group score. The system also comprises an analytical engine configured to communicate with existing systems to facilitate computing insurance premium of each of the one or more customers based on at least one of: the corresponding updated individual score, the updated score of the one or more groups and the monitored activities. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188800 | CONTROLLING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES TO OPTIMIZE TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS - Aspects of the disclosure relate to controlling autonomous vehicles to optimize traffic characteristics. A computing platform may receive vehicle guidance data from autonomous vehicle control systems of vehicles. Subsequently, the computing platform may identify a number of the vehicles currently operating in an autonomous mode based on the vehicle guidance data. Thereafter, the computing platform may identify a target number of the vehicles to be operated in an autonomous mode in order to optimize traffic characteristics. Then, the computing platform may generate messages directing selected vehicles to switch into autonomous mode in order to achieve the target number. Subsequently, the computing platform may send the messages directing the selected vehicles to switch into autonomous mode in order to receive incentives. Thereafter, the computing platform may award the incentives to the selected vehicles that switch into the autonomous mode as directed by the messages. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188801 | KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TOOL INTERFACE - According to some embodiments, a communication may be received from a customer in connection with an insurance policy. A system may then transmit, to a service representative device, data associated with an insurance knowledge management enterprise portal displaying information to facilitate interaction with the customer. A type of insurance event associated with the communication from the customer may be determined, and customized data associated with the insurance knowledge management enterprise portal may be transmitted to the service representative device, the customized data being based at least in part on the type of insurance event associated with the communication from the customer. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188802 | SEGMENTATION AND BALANCING SYSTEM - According to some embodiments, data may be received indicative of a plurality of insurance claims along with an indication of an appropriate claim segment classification for each insurance claim. A first claim handler may then be automatically selected for a first insurance claim based at least in part on: (i) a first segment classification associated with the first insurance claim, (ii) numbers of other insurance claims currently assigned to claim handlers, and (iii) load factors associated with claim handlers. An indication of the selected first claim handler may then be transmitted. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188803 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATION OF SMALL BUSINESS RISK AND SPEND PROFILES - A method for aggregating entity transaction data across multiple transaction accounts includes: storing a plurality of entity profiles, wherein each entity profile is associated with an entity including a unique entity identifier and a plurality of transaction data entries, each transaction data entry including transaction data associated with a payment transaction involving one of a plurality of transaction accounts associated with the associated entity; receiving transaction data for a processed payment transaction, wherein the transaction data includes a specific unique entity identifier associated with an entity involved in the processed payment transaction and a separate account identifier associated with a transaction account used to fund the processed payment transaction; identifying a specific entity profile where the included unique entity identifier corresponds to the specific unique entity identifier; and storing, in the identified specific entity profile, the received transaction data. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188804 | PLATFORM FOR AUTOMATED SOCIAL MEDIA REGULATORY COMPLIANCE MONITORING - A system for automated social media regulatory compliance monitoring is provided, comprising a compliance data service configured to: provide an interface for an administrative user to define a compliance rule, store the compliance rule in a database; a social media collection service configured to: monitor and collect data from at least a social source associated with a monitored user, and store the collected data; a compliance monitoring engine configured to: retrieve the collected data, retrieve the compliance rule from the compliance database, and process and analyze the collected data to determine whether the collected data contains noncompliant. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188805 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SOCIAL CREDIT SCORES WITHIN AN AUGMENTED MEDIA INTELLIGENCE ECOSYSTEM - Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, devices, and the like for augmented media intelligence using Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing (NLP), data analytics and data visualization. In one embodiment, a system is introduced that can retrieve real-time data from social media platforms to perform augmented media intelligence analysis and take real time actions if necessary. In another embodiment, the augmented media intelligence is designed to use the machine learning and natural language processing capabilities and social currency means for obtaining social media scores within the augmented media intelligence system. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188806 | Business-Oriented Social Network Employing Recommendations and Associated Weights - A computer-implemented method and system is provided that involves a plurality of users of a social network. The method and system are configured to interact with the plurality of users to generate recommendations, wherein each recommendation is made by a first user and recommends a second user, and store data representing the recommendations. Total recommendation weights corresponding to the plurality of users as well as recommendation weights corresponding to the recommendations are dynamically calculated, and data representing the total recommendation weights corresponding to the plurality of users and data representing the recommendation weights corresponding to the recommendations is stored in data storage. Data representing the total recommendation weight corresponding to a given user can be displayed in conjunction with the display of at least part of a profile of the given user. A representation of a given recommendation and data representing the recommendation weight corresponding to the given recommendation can be displayed together. Other features and aspects are described and claimed. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188807 | TRANSPORTER VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND TRANSPORTER VEHICLE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A transporter vehicle management system includes: a loading weight data acquisition unit that acquires loading weight data indicating a loading weight of a load on a transporter vehicle; a vehicle speed data acquisition unit that acquires vehicle speed data indicating a traveling speed of the transporter vehicle; a road surface data acquisition unit that acquires road surface data indicating a condition of a road surface on which the transporter vehicle travels; a current damage amount calculation unit that calculates a current damage amount of the transporter vehicle on the basis of the loading weight, the traveling speed, and the condition of the road surface; a target amount calculation unit that calculates a target loading weight or a target traveling speed in which the current damage amount is set to a predetermined value; and an output unit that outputs the target loading weight or the target traveling speed. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188808 | PARTS TRACE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND PARTS TRACE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A parts trace management system includes: a manufacturing line to which parts with a signboard attached thereto are supplied; a reader configured to read a signboard that is removed when the parts start to be supplied to the manufacturing line; and a storage unit configured to store a read time of a group of signboards including the signboard collected at a predetermined time, the read time being read by the reader. A group of products using the parts with the signboard attached thereto is narrowed down by defining a time period from a read time of a group of signboards collected two times before the collection of the signboard to a read time of a group of signboards collected immediately after the collection of the signboard as a time period during which the parts with the signboard attached thereto are used in the manufacturing line. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188809 | CUSTOMIZED COSMETIC MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for manufacturing customized cosmetics according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may manufacture customized cosmetics in consideration of an individual skin characteristic and external environment information by combining a dosage form reference component corresponding to a skin state measured by subdividing a face of a user according to each predetermined region and an auxiliary dosage form reference component corresponding to the external environment information. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188810 | PRODUCTION ALLOCATION DETERMINING APPARATUS AND PRODUCTION ALLOCATION DETERMINING METHOD - A production allocation determining apparatus is configured to calculate a total supply function model representing a relationship between a total supply quantity and a marginal cost; calculate, based on current supply quantities, change rate constraints, and on capacity upper and lower limits, supply quantity upper and lower limits of the respective producers at a time s; calculate an optimum price based on the total supply function model, a predicted value of a demanded quantity at the time s, and on the supply quantity upper and lower limits; and calculate, based on the supply quantity upper and lower limits, the supply function models, and on the optimum price, optimum supply quantities. Calculation of the supply quantity upper and lower limits, calculation of the optimum price, and calculation of the optimum supply quantities are repeatedly executed from the time s=t to the time s=1. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188811 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FINANCIAL ASSESSMENTS BASED ON CONSTRUCTION SITE IMAGES - Systems and methods for generating financial assessments based on construction site images are provided. For example, image data captured from a construction site using at least one image sensor may be obtained. Further, at least one electronic record associated with the construction site may be obtained. The image data and the at least one electronic record may be analyzed to generate at least one financial assessment related to the construction site. For example, the image data may be analyzed to identify at least one discrepancy between the at least one electronic record and the construction site, and the identified at least one discrepancy may be used in the generation of the at least one financial assessment. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188812 | HOSPITAL BED EVENT NOTIFICATION - An aspect provides a method, including receiving an indication that a tag associated with a real time location system has been detected at a pre-determined location, the detected tag being associated with a patient in a hospital; and assigning a status of the patient based on detection of the tag; and updating a bed availability indication based on detection of the tag. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188813 | HEALTHCARE ACCOUNTABILITY AND SUPPORT PLATFORM - An interactive healthcare accountability and support system includes a server having a processor, memory having a database and storing instructions, and a tool box to establish controls that are set to dynamically and algorithmically compile and transform health related data and information displayed on multiple GUIs without requiring new or changes to the stored instructions. Client devices are coupled to the server, each having a processor and devices for inputting and viewing algorithmically compiled and transformed health related data and information. The GUIs including first GUIs and second GUIs. The first GUIs are selectively customizable by parameters to collect, analyze and dynamically display an action plan for the patient based on health related data and information input by the patient. The second GUIs, accessible by a user different than the patient, include tools and functions to dynamically customize the first GUIs in real time. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188814 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCREENING OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION - A device, system and method for screening of personally identifiable information is provided. An incident type of a particular incident is determined. Responsive to determining that potential evidence associated with the particular incident includes personally identifiable information, the potential evidence being of a particular evidence type including one or more of media and metadata generated by a user or a device associated with the user, a personally identifiable information processing mode is selected to process the potential evidence as a function of the incident type of the particular incident and an evidence type of the potential evidence. When selected mode is a storing mode, a record of the potential evidence is generated that included the personally identifiable information to be stored in an electronic storage device. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188815 | User Operational Space Context Map-Actuated Risk Prediction and Reduction Cognitive Suit - Generating a risk and constraint labeled context map of an operational space is provided. The risk and constraint labeled context map of the operational space corresponding to a user of a cognitive suit is generated to drive the cognitive suit contextually using three-dimension reconstruction, virtual reality, and semi-supervised learning. Labeled risks and constraints in the risk and constraint labeled context map are associated with cognitive suit actuation events to deploy a set of mitigation strategies to address the labeled risks and constraints. An apparatus embedded in the cognitive suit is actuated to deploy the set of mitigation strategies in response to sensing a labeled risk or labeled constraint proximate to the user along a trajectory of the user in the operational space. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188816 | INTERMEDIATE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Mobile collection and vetting of user supplied information is described. The systems, techniques, devices, methods, and approaches described herein can be used to obtain, validate, and vet information, such as customs information, in a mobile environment. In embodiments, methods comprise receiving information input via a mobile device. The information is encapsulated by an intermediate to escort the information through a firewall to the database. In response to vetting the information to determine if it meets one or more criteria, the method involves creating a record associated with a unique identifier, information that bio-identifies a user, or an indication of a determination that results from the vetting. In this embodiment, the method includes generating an electronic receipt for communication to the mobile device, the electronic receipt including the unique identifier. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188817 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS FOR VALET PARKING SERVICE, USE SUPPORT METHOD FOR VALET PARKING SERVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM INCLUDING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - A management apparatus for a valet parking service that a valet driver parks a vehicle of a service user in place of the service user includes a transmission unit including a communication unit and a processor. The transmission unit is configured to transmit information, indicating a plurality of valet driver candidates available to park the vehicle in place of the service user, to a terminal of the service user together with information indicating an attribute of each of the plurality of the valet driver candidates. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188818 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL - A method for determining an estimated time of arrival (ETA) may include obtaining a service request from a terminal and determining a reference image relating to the service request. The method may also include obtaining a trained neural network model. The method may further include determining an ETA relating to the service request based on the reference image and the trained neural network model, and transmitting the ETA to the terminal. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188819 | HARDWARE-ADAPTABLE WATERMARK SYSTEMS - There are many advantages to implementing a watermark-based system using dedicated hardware, rather than using software executing on a general purpose processor. These include higher speed and lower power consumption. However, hardware implementations incur substantial design and development costs. Moreover, because each watermarking application has its own design constraints and parameters, it has not been cost-effective to develop a hardware chip design for each, since such chips would typically not be manufactured in volumes sufficient to bring per-unit costs down to an acceptable level. The present technology provides various techniques for making watermarking hardware adaptable, so that a single chip can serve multiple diverse watermark applications. By so-doing, the advantages of hardware implementation are made available where it was formerly cost-prohibitive, thereby enhancing operation of a great variety of watermark-based systems. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188820 | VISION SYSTEM WITH TEAT DETECTION - A vision system that includes a robotic arm and a three-dimensional (3D) camera operably coupled to a processor. The processor is configured to acquire a 3D image and identify a teat of the dairy livestock within the 3D image. The processor is further configured to determine a distance between a portion of a robotic arm and an approach vector for the teat, to compare the distance between the portion of the robotic arm and the approach vector for the teat and the attachment range threshold value, and to send instructions to the robotic arm based on the comparison. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188821 | System and Method for Digitally Watermarking Digital Facial Portraits - Some implementations may include a method for watermarking an identification document, the method including: modulating a spatial luminance pattern associated with a first digital watermark to encode a first portion of personally identifiable information; modulating a spatial chrominance distribution associated with a second digital watermark to encode a second portion of the personally identifiable information; and applying the first digital watermark and the second digital watermark to the identification document. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188822 | PARALLEL DATA TRANSFER TO INCREASE BANDWIDTH FOR ACCELERATED PROCESSING DEVICES - Techniques for improving data transfer in a system having multiple accelerated processing devices (“APDs”) are described herein. In such a system, multiple APDs are coupled to a processor (e.g., a central processing unit (“CPU”)) via a general interconnect fabric and to each other via a high speed interconnect. The techniques herein increase the effective bandwidth for transfer of data between the CPU and the APD by transmitting data to both APDs through the portion of the interconnect fabric coupled to each respective APD. Then, one of the APDs transfers data to the other APD or to the processor via the high speed inter-APD interconnect. Although data transferred “indirectly” through the helper APD takes slightly more time to be transferred than a direct transfer, the total effective bandwidth to the target is increased due to the high-speed inter-APD interconnect. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188823 | Task Assembly for SIMD Processing - A cache system in a graphics processing system stores graphics data items for use in rendering primitives. It is determined whether graphics data items relating to primitives to be rendered are present in the cache, and if not then computation instances for generating the graphics data items are created. Computation instances are allocated to tasks using a task assembly unit which stores task entries for respective tasks. The task entries indicate which computation instances have been allocated to the respective tasks. The task entries are associated with characteristics of computation instances which can be allocated to the respective tasks. A computation instance to be executed is allocated to a task based on the characteristics of the computation instance. SIMD processing logic executes computation instances of a task outputted from the task assembly unit to thereby determine graphics data items, which can be used to render the primitives. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188824 | COMPILER MANAGED MEMORY FOR IMAGE PROCESSOR - A method is described. The method includes repeatedly loading a next sheet of image data from a first location of a memory into a two dimensional shift register array. The memory is locally coupled to the two-dimensional shift register array and an execution lane array having a smaller dimension than the two-dimensional shift register array along at least one array axis. The loaded next sheet of image data keeps within an image area of the two-dimensional shift register array. The method also includes repeatedly determining output values for the next sheet of image data through execution of program code instructions along respective lanes of the execution lane array, wherein, a stencil size used in determining the output values encompasses only pixels that reside within the two-dimensional shift register array. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188825 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A method includes defining a virtual space including a virtual camera; an operation object; and a target object. The method includes detecting a position of a head-mounted device and a position of a part of a body other than a head. The method includes moving the virtual camera in accordance with movement of the head-mounted device. The method includes moving the operation object in accordance with movement of the part of the body. The method includes selecting the target object in accordance with movement of the operation object. Selecting the target object includes correcting a direction or a position of the target object based on a positional relationship between the operation object and the target object; and associating the target object, the corrected direction or the corrected position, with the operation object. The method includes moving the target object in accordance with movement of the operation object. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188826 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A method includes defining a virtual space including a virtual camera; an operation object; and a target object. The method includes detecting a position of a head-mounted device and a position of a part of a body other than a head. The method includes moving the virtual camera in accordance with movement of the head-mounted device. The method includes moving the operation object in accordance with movement of the part of the body. The method includes selecting the target object in accordance with movement of the operation object. Selecting the target object includes correcting a direction or a position of the target object based on a positional relationship between the operation object and the target object; and associating the target object, the corrected direction or the corrected position, with the operation object. The method includes moving the target object in accordance with movement of the operation object. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188827 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure includes a processing device, a method, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The processing device includes circuitry configured to acquire a plurality of images captured in a time series by an image sensor, each of the plurality of images is based on light in one of a plurality of predetermined polarization directions and in one of a plurality of predetermined wavelength bands. The circuitry is further configured to stitch together at least a part of the plurality of images corresponding to a single polarization direction and a single predetermined wavelength band from the plurality of predetermined wavelength bands to generate a composite image. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188828 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING IMMERSIVE DATA - Provided are a method and an apparatus for managing immersive data in an immersive system. The method includes: generating a truncated three-dimensional (3D) geometry including a truncated plane corresponding to a field of view (FOV) of a user, obtaining the immersive data comprising a plurality of frames based on the FOV of the user, mapping a frame from among the plurality of frames onto the truncated plane formed according to the FOV of the user, and projecting the frame onto the FOV of the user. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188829 | Method, Apparatus, and Circuitry of Noise Reduction - A method of noise reduction is discloses. The method comprises identifying a plurality of candidate matching blocks in a reference frame for a current patch; obtaining at least one filtering result based on the plurality of candidate matching blocks; determining at least one reference block from a plurality of candidate motion vectors; and generating a de-noised patch for the current patch according to the at least one filtering result and the at least one reference block. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188830 | Adversarial Learning of Privacy Protection Layers for Image Recognition Services - Mechanisms are provided to implement an adversarial network framework. Using an adversarial training technique, an image obfuscation engine operating as a generator in the adversarial network framework is trained to determine a privacy protection layer to be applied by the image obfuscation engine to input image data. The image obfuscation engine applies the determined privacy protection layer to an input image captured by an image capture device to generate obfuscated image data. The obfuscated image data is transmitted to a remotely located image recognition service, via at least one data network, for performance of image recognition operations. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188831 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRAWING BEAUTIFICATION - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for beautifying raw drawing data include a beautification engine having a raw data processor that receives the drawing data and identifies a set of segments in the data. A beautification director constructs a structural representation of the set of segments data that specifies a topological relationship between the segments. A single primitive beautifier identifies a segment in the structural representation to be beautified and a single primitive beautification action is applied to the segment to generate beautified raw drawing data. A multiple primitive beautifier identifies adjacent segments in the structural representation to be beautified and a multiple beautification action is applied to the adjacent segments to generate further beautified drawing data. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188832 | Automatic Defective Digital Motion Picture Pixel Detection - A computer-implemented method for automatically identifying defective pixels captured by a motion picture camera within a sequence of frames is disclosed. The method comprises applying a spatio-temporal metric for each pixel in each frame. The metrics are analyzed to determine which pixels have values exceeding a threshold. The operator is provided a graphical display allowing the operator to select either to repair and store the repaired frame with the sequence of motion picture frames of pixel data or just store the sequence of motion picture frames of pixel data. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188833 | A METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REMOVING WEATHER ELEMENTS FROM IMAGES - A method, apparatus and computer program product for removing weather elements, such as rain, from images are provided. In this regard, imagery from self-driving cars or video surveillance may be blurred by weather elements. The weather elements may be removed by utilizing pure weather element images. The pure weather element images may be processed by machine learning techniques to model pure weather element data, and generate a pure weather element dictionary. Imagery including both weather elements and background scenery may then be processed accordingly, and the weather elements removed based on the learned pure weather element dictionary. Resulting weather-free images may then be generated. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188834 | RAPID IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD FOR A SIMPLIFIED ADAPTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM - A computer-aided image correction method for images with at least spatially partially coherent light requiring only a phase-modulated image as input. It does not reconstruct the phases on the image sensor, but rather assumes that they should ideally all be the same. With this assumption, the invention formulates a constraint and an update rule. The result of the iteration is an amplitude distribution of the lightwave field, which could have been measured directly if aberrations in the form of wavefront distortions had not contributed to the actual image acquisition. Further, a device that can, using the image correction method, be used as an adaptive optic for imaging instruments. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188835 | CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT AND REDUCTION OF NOISE IN IMAGES FROM CAMERAS - The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method including identifying one or more blocks in an electronic image that depicts text characters. The method includes identifying one or more text blocks among the blocks that depict the text characters. The method includes identifying an average text contrast for each of the text blocks. The method includes identifying a type for each pixel in each of the text blocks based on the average text contrast. The method includes performing local adaptive filtering on a first neighborhood of pixels around each pixel in each of the text blocks to determine a brightness for the pixel based on the identified type. The method includes storing, in at least one memory, the electronic image including the determined brightness for each pixel in each of the text blocks. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188836 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - A method and apparatus for processing an image are provided. A specific embodiment of the method includes: acquiring a target image and a to-be-inserted image, and determining an insertion area in the target image; adjusting, based on an average lightness value of the insertion area and an average lightness value of the to-be-inserted image, a lightness value of a pixel included in the to-be-inserted image, an average lightness value being used to represent a lightness of an image; and adjusting, in response to determining that a difference between a color attribute value of the acquired to-be-inserted image and a color attribute value of the insertion area is outside a preset range, the color attribute value of the to-be-inserted image such that the difference is within the preset range. This embodiment improves the pertinence of adjusting image data. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188837 | Image Processing Method and Apparatus - An image processing method and apparatus, where the method includes determining a maximum value in nonlinear primary color values of all components of each pixel of a first to-be-processed image, determining dynamic parameters of a first transfer function, converting the maximum value of each pixel into a transfer value based on the first transfer function for which the dynamic parameters are determined, calculating a ratio between the transfer value and the maximum value of each pixel, and adjusting a dynamic range for the nonlinear primary color values of all the components of each pixel based on the ratio to obtain nonlinear primary color values of all components of each corresponding pixel of a first target image. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188838 | Method, Device and System for Image Fusion - The present disclosure discloses an image fusion method, device and system. The image fusion method comprises: obtaining a visible light image generated by a visible light sensor and an invisible light image generated by an invisible light sensor, wherein there is a correspondence between the visible light image and the invisible light image; synthesizing the visible light image and the invisible light image to create a first synthetic image; denoising the visible light image and the first synthetic image; and fusing the denoised visible light image and the denoised first synthetic image to generate a second synthetic image. In embodiments of the present disclosure, the visible light image and the first synthetic image that is fused with the invisible light image are denoised respectively before the final image fusion to denoising the fused image. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188839 | GENERATING MULTI-FOCAL DEFECT MAPS USING OPTICAL TOOLS - A method comprises obtaining a wafer comprising a plurality of components, wherein each of the plurality of components exposes a first surface of the component present in a first focal plane and a second surface of the component present in a second focal plane. The method comprises generating, by an optical tool, a first image of the first surface and a second image of the second surface of one of the plurality of components. The method comprises comparing, by a processor, the first image with a first reference image to produce a first value and the second image with a second reference image to produce a second value. The method comprises generating, by the processor, a wafer map indicating a quality state of the one of the plurality of components based on the first and second values. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188840 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEFECT CLASSIFICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING DEFECT OF SEMICONDUCTOR, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEFECT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM - A semiconductor defect classification device includes feature extractors that are configured to receive images of semiconductor patterns on a wafer and to extract features of the images from the images, and a classifier that is configured to receive the features of the images and first meta information about the wafer and to use machine learning to classify a defect of the semiconductor patterns associated with the images based on the features of the images and the first meta information. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188841 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The embodiments of the disclosure set a condition when image data is generated, in association with a position of image data. An image processing device makes a plurality of light emission states of a plurality of light emitting units different according to an illumination condition, and acquires a plurality of pieces of image data obtained by imaging in the plurality of different light emission states. The image processing device generates image data to be used for image measurement from a plurality of pieces of acquired image data on the basis of a generation condition defined in association with a position in the image data. In the image processing device, at least one of the illumination condition and the generation condition is determined so that the generated image data becomes image data suitable for a purpose of the image measurement. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188842 | MEASUREMENT PROCESSING DEVICE - A measurement processing device includes an imaging unit, an image acquisition unit, a display unit, a measurement point display control unit, a corresponding-point calculation unit, a corresponding-point image generation unit, and a corresponding-point image display control unit. The measurement point display control unit causes a measurement point indicating a measurement position designated by a user to be displayed on a first image. The corresponding-point image generation unit generates a corresponding-point image that includes the corresponding point calculated by the corresponding-point calculation unit and a region in the vicinity of the corresponding point in the second image and is constituted of all or a part of the second image. The corresponding-point image display control unit causes the corresponding-point image to be displayed so that a straight line passing through the measurement point and the corresponding point is orthogonal to the parallax direction on a display screen. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188843 | GATHERING MISSING IMAGES - A system and method of identifying images of geographic locations that are needed and collecting the needed images. One or more processors may determine that an image of a first geographic location is needed by analyzing images of an image source. The one or more processors may receive information identifying a location of a client device, determining whether the location of the client device is proximate to the first geographic location based on the information identifying the location of the client device, generate a notification identifying the at least one required image, and provide the notification to the client device with instructions for displaying notification when the client device's location is determined to be proximate to the first geographic location. In response to the notification the one or more processors may receive an image, associating the image with one of the set of locations, and storing the association. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188844 | MICRONEEDLE ARRAY IMAGING DEVICE, MICRONEEDLE ARRAY IMAGING METHOD, MICRONEEDLE ARRAY INSPECTION DEVICE, AND MICRONEEDLE ARRAY INSPECTION METHOD - Provided are a microneedle array imaging device, a microneedle array imaging method, a microneedle array inspection device, and a microneedle array inspection method which enable inspection of a microneedle array with high accuracy based on an obtained image. A microneedle array | 2019-06-20 |
20190188845 | IDENTIFYING APPARATUS, IDENTIFYING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An identifying apparatus may include: an imaging unit configured to store multiple identifiers that are trained to identify, from images of objects, the presence or absence of a detection target included in the objects, the identifiers being stored in association with attributes of the objects, and to capture an image of a predetermined object; a specifying unit configured to specify an attribute of the predetermined object; a selecting unit configured to select, from the multiple identifiers, a first identifier stored in association with the specified attribute; an input unit configured to input the image of the predetermined object to the first identifier; and an output unit configured to output the presence or absence of the detection target included in the predetermined object, which is output from the first identifier. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188846 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, SETTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus may include: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of classifiers that identify an object, the classifiers having different characteristics; a measurement unit configured to measure identification accuracy and execution time of each of the plurality of classifiers for a specific object; an output unit configured to output the identification accuracy and the execution time of each of the plurality of classifiers; a selection unit configured to select, from the classifiers whose identification accuracy measured by the measurement unit meets a first condition, a classifier whose execution time meets a second condition; and a setting unit configured to perform setting to cause the selected classifier to operate on an identification apparatus. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188847 | UTILIZING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITH CAPTURED IMAGES TO DETECT AGRICULTURAL FAILURE - A device receives images of a field on a farm, and filters the images of the field to generate filtered images. The device isolates planting lanes in the filtered images, where the planting lanes include lanes formed by crops in the field, and the planting lanes are isolated via a masking technique or a sliding windows technique. The device identifies plant gaps in the planting lanes, where the plant gaps correspond to portions of the planting lanes that are missing crops, the plant gaps are identified based on a heat map when the masking technique is utilized to isolate the planting lanes, and the plant gaps are identified based on sliding windows when the sliding windows technique is utilized to isolate the planting lanes. The device superimposes the plant gaps over the images to generate a visual representation of stressed areas in the field, and performs an action based on the visual representation of the stressed areas. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188848 | Automatic Contour Annotation of Medical Images Based on Correlations with Medical Reports - Mechanisms are provided to implement a neural network, a concept extractor, and a machine learning model that operate to provide automatic contour annotation of medical images based on correlations with medical reports. The neural network processes a medical image to extract image features of the medical image. The concept extractor processes a portion of text associated with the medical image to extract concepts associated with the portion of text. The machine learning model correlates the extracted image features with the extracted concepts. An annotated medical image is generated based on the correlation of the extracted image features and extracted concepts. An annotation of the annotated medical image specifies a region of interest corresponding to both an extracted image feature and an extracted concept, thereby automatically mapping the portion of text to a relevant region of the medical image. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188849 | GENERATING SIMULATED PHOTOGRAPHIC ANATOMICAL SLICES - Methods and systems for generating a simulated anatomical photograph based on a medical image generated by an imaging modality. One method includes receiving, with an electronic processor, the medical image, anatomically segmenting the medical image, with the electronic processor, to determine a plurality of anatomical structures represented in the medical image, and determining, with the electronic processor, how each of the plurality of anatomical structures is photographically depicted by accessing at least one knowledge base. The method also includes generating, with the electronic processor, the simulated anatomical photograph based on the plurality of anatomical structures and how each of the plurality of anatomical structures is photographically depicted, wherein the pixels of the simulated anatomical photograph represent a simulated cross-sectional anatomical photograph of the plurality of anatomical structures, and displaying, with the electronic processor via a display device, the simulated anatomical photograph within a user interface. | 2019-06-20 |