26th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150178499 | PROTECTING MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION - Methods are detailed for online fraud prevention. In one approach state information of a first and a second device is monitored, both of which are associated with one user. During a multi-factor authentication procedure which utilizes at least one of the first and the second devices for authorizing a transaction by an Internet domain, a security server participates in a supplemental security procedure which is conditional on the monitored state information. In another approach the second device receives a message that is ostensibly related to multi-factor authorization by an Internet domain, and in response sends a query about state information of the first device. Based on the response to the query that indicates the state information, the second device performs a supplemental security procedure. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178500 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PROTECT MEMORY REGIONS DURING LOW-POWER STATES - A disclosed example method involves configuring a processor to, when transitioning the processor system to a low-power mode, use a key and a random or pseudo-random value to generate a first signature based on a sample of memory regions to be protected during the low-power mode, the memory regions based on a manufacturer required regions table and a third-party required regions table. The disclosed example method also involves configuring a processor to, during a resume process of the processor system from the low-power mode, generate a second signature based on the sample of the memory regions protected during the low-power mode. The disclosed example method also involves configuring a processor to, when the first signature matches the second signature, cause the processor system to resume from the low-power mode, and when the first signature does not match the second signature, generate an error. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178501 | DISPLAYING PRIVATE INFORMATION ON PERSONAL DEVICES - A computing device is described that includes one or more processors and at least one module operable by the one or more processors to determine whether the computing device is currently designated to display private information, receive an incoming communication, and determine that the incoming communication includes content that is private information. The at least one module is further operable by the one or more processors to, if the computing device is currently designated to display private information, output, for display, an indication of the incoming communication, and, if the computing device is not currently designated to display private information, refrain from outputting, for display, the indication of the incoming communication. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178502 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING MESSAGE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method of controlling a message of an electronic device includes receiving a screen capture request while displaying a messenger screen, selecting a security message from a plurality of messages displayed on the messenger screen, and editing out the security message and storing the security message into an image file. a display configured to display a messenger screen, a memory configured to store an image file, and a processor configured to, upon a request for capturing a screen, capture the messenger screen, select a security message from a plurality of messages displayed on the messenger screen, edit out the security message on the messenger screen, and store the security message in the image file. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178503 | OPTIMIZED HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD FOR ECC POINT DOUBLING USING JACOBIAN COORDINATES OVER SHORT WEIERSTRASS CURVES - An optimized hardware architecture and method introducing a simple arithmetic processor that allows efficient implementation of an Elliptical Curve Cryptography point doubling algorithm for Jacobian coordinates. The optimized architecture additionally reduces the required storage for intermediate values to one intermediate value. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178504 | VIRTUAL MACHINE ASSURANCES - Briefly, aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to virtual machines. In aspects, when a host is reset or powered on, a measured boot is performed. If the measured boot indicates that the host is in a state that satisfies a policy for gaining access to a cryptographic key, the cryptographic key may be obtained. The cryptographic key may be used, directly or indirectly, to decrypt data of a virtual storage device. This decrypted data may then be used to instantiate a virtual machine. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178505 | BIOGENETIC INFORMATION SECURITY - In one embodiment, an encryption device may retrieve authentic genetic information from a genetic information database, generate false genetic information based on the authentic genetic information, encrypt the false genetic information to produce encrypted genetic information, assign identifiers to respective segments of the encrypted genetic information, transmit the encrypted genetic information to be genetically analyzed to a gene analyzer, receive, from the gene analyzer, an analysis of the encrypted genetic information, and decrypt the analysis of the encrypted genetic information to parse the analysis of the authentic genetic information. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178506 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATABASE ENCRYPTION - A method for encrypting a database, according to which a dedicated encryption module is placed inside a Database Management Software above a database cache. Each value of the database is encrypted together with the coordinates of said value using a dedicated encryption method, which assumes the existence of an internal cell identifier that can be queried but not tampered. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178507 | Optimal Re-Encryption Strategy for Joins in Encrypted Databases - Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for selecting columns for re-encrpytion in join operations. In some implementations, actions include determining a first column and a second column to be joined, receiving a first key corresponding to the first column and a second key corresponding to the second column, receiving a first rank associated with the first key and a second rank associated with the second key, selecting the second column for re-encryption based on the first rank and the second rank, and providing the first column, the second column, and the first key for performing a join operation, the second column being re-encrypted based on the first key. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178508 | CONTROLLING AN ANALYSIS SYSTEM OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES - A method for controlling an analysis system is presented. The method comprises receiving, by an encryption unit, authentication data of a user. In the case of a successful authentication, a user-specific security code is generated by the encryption unit. The security code is outputted by the encryption unit to the authenticated user. The security code and the user-ID are received by an authentication unit coupled to the analysis system via a user-interface coupled to the authentication unit. The security code is decrypted by the authentication unit. If the decrypted security code matches with the user-ID, the user is authenticated at the authentication unit and an authentication signal is generated by the authentication unit for permitting the user to initialize at least one function of the analysis system. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178509 | TRIGGER BASED PORTABLE DEVICE MORPHING - Embodiments relate to morphing a portable device. An aspect includes a method including executing an application among a set of applications of the portable device to obtain an input, and comparing, using a processor, the input to a plurality of triggers. The method also includes activating, using the processor, a profile of the portable device, based on the input matching one of the plurality of triggers, the profile corresponding with the one of the plurality of triggers and being one of a plurality of profiles, each of the plurality of profiles defining enabled applications, security settings for information access by the portable device, and redundancy settings of the portable device including frequency of document backup. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178510 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHILD AUTHENTICATION - Methods and systems for child authentication are described. In one embodiment, a communication enablement request may be received to enable electronic communications between a first child and a second child. A confirmation acceptance code may be electronically generated. The confirmation acceptance code may be associated with the first child and the second child. The confirmation acceptance code may be received from a parental representative of the second child. The electronic communication may be enabled between the first child and the second child based on the receiving of the confirmation acceptance code from the parental representative of the second child. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178511 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SHARING PSYCHOLOGICAL OR PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF A USER - Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that responds to requests for biometric measurements of a user from various entities by referencing privacy settings associated with the various biometric measurements to determine whether or not to share a particular biometric measurement with each of the entities. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178512 | METHOD, HOST, STORAGE, AND MACHINE-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PROTECTING CONTENT - Methods and apparatuses for protecting content in a storage device are described. In one method, a host device obtains from the storage device first information on a controller of the storage device and second information on a memory of the storage device. The host device also obtains third information calculated based on the first information and the second information, and permits access to encrypted content stored in the storage device based on the third information. The host device is configured to receive the encrypted content from the storage device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178513 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF VERIFYING PROPER EXECUTION OF A SECURE MODE ENTRY SEQUENCE - A method and system of verifying proper execution of a secure mode entry sequence. At least some of the exemplary embodiments may be a method comprising delivering an instruction from a memory to a processor across an instruction bus (the instruction at least partially configures the processor for secure mode of operation different that privilege modes of the processor), verifying delivery of the instruction across the instruction bus, and checking for proper execution of the instruction using a trace port of the processor. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178514 | System and Method for Managing Software Licenses - A method for managing software licenses in a cloud environment includes receiving, by a license services system associated with the cloud environment, a request to use a first application from a first user associated with a first subscribing entity, and receiving, by the license services system, a request to use a second application from a second user associated with a second subscribing entity. The method also includes permitting, by the license services system, the first user to execute the first application if a license for the first application is available to the first subscribing entity, and permitting, by the license service system, the second user to execute the second application if a license for the second application is available to the second subscribing entity. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178515 | DEVICE-BASED PIN AUTHENTICATION PROCESS TO PROTECT ENCRYPTED DATA - Techniques are disclosed for providing a device-based PIN authentication process used to protect encrypted data stored on a computing system, such as a tablet or mobile device. A client component and a server component each store distinct cryptographic keys needed to access encrypted data on the client. The mobile device stores a vault encryption key used to decrypt encrypted sensitive data stored on the mobile device. The vault key is encrypted using a first encryption key and stored on the mobile device. The first encryption key is itself encrypted using a second encryption key. The second encryption key is derived from the PIN value. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178516 | RESTRICTING ACCESS TO CONTENT - Various embodiments restrict or enable access to content items of an account based on login information or content request properties. For example, a synchronized online content management system can receive a request including one or more content request properties from a client device to access a user account. Access rules for the user account can be obtained and applied based on the content request properties to generate an access status. In one instance, the client device is provided with full account access if the access status indicates that the client device is an authorized device. In another instance, if the client device is an unauthorized device, at least one aspect of access to the user account is restricted. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178517 | SECURITY MECHANISM FOR INCREASED PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION - Apparatus, systems, and methods provide a mechanism to enhance the management of data security in a system for users of the systems. Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to manage security of data in an electronic system on an application-by-application basis. Such application-by-application basis can be applied in addition to managing data security globally in the electronic system. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178518 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING AN ACCESS REQUEST - A system for verifying a request for access to data is provided, the system comprising a first module | 2015-06-25 |
20150178519 | DISPLAYING AN ANCESTRY GRAPH WITHIN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE - Systems and methods for displaying an ancestry graph within a social networking service are provided. A first and a second ancestry graphs are received via accounts of a first and a second user of a social networking service. Each ancestry graph including members of a subset of social contacts of the respective user and ancestry relationships between the respective user and the members of the subset of the social contacts. An ancestry relationship between a third user and the first user of the social networking service is determined, where the first ancestry graph includes the second user and the second ancestry graph includes the third user. The ancestry relationship between the third user and the first user and a suggestion for adding the third user to the first ancestry graph is provided to the first user via the account of the first user. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178520 | AUTO INCORPORATION OF NEW COMPONENTS INTO A HIERARCHIAL NETWORK - A first computing device receives one or more messages, wherein the one or more messages includes information regarding one or more components, wherein each component is part of one or more systems and wherein each system includes one or more sub systems. The first computing device determines that a first system has changed based on the first computing device comparing the one or more messages to a hierarchical model, wherein the change to the first system includes a change associated with a first component of the first system. The first computing device determines a position of the first component within the first system and within one or more sub-systems of the first system based on the one or more messages. The first computing device updates the hierarchical model to include the first component in a hierarchical location that corresponds to the determined position of the first component. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178521 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICITY VERIFICATION - A system for authenticity verification includes: a unique product identity generation system (UPIDGS) configured for generating a unique product identity (UPID) code corresponding to a product; an anomaly generation and identification system (AGIS) connected with the UPIDGS and configured for generating an anomaly to be inserted into a standard pattern attached to the product; a database and information management system (DBIMS) connected with the UPIDGS and the AGIS; and a unique product identity verification system (UPIDVS) connected with the DBIMS and configured for receiving information from the DBIMS and verifying the authenticity of the product based on the authenticity of the 2D codes and the anomaly. The 2D codes are attached to the product and captured by the DBIMS. The AGIS is configured to locate and identify the anomaly from the product. The DBIMS is configured to determine the authenticity of the 2D codes and the anomaly. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178522 | Diagnosing a Magnetic Reader - The illustrative embodiments provide a magnetic reader assembly, a magnetic reader subassembly, a computer implemented method, and a computer program product for diagnosing a magnetic reader subassembly. A processor generates a test signal during a diagnostic period. The processor then receives a return signal from the magnetic reader subassembly. The processor then compares the test signal and the return signal and diagnoses an operational status of the magnetic reader subassembly in response to the comparison of the test signal and the return signal. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178523 | SYSTEM HAVING AN IMPROVED USER INTERFACE FOR READING CODE SYMBOLS - A system for reading code symbols includes a camera, a user interface system, and a processor communicatively coupled to the camera and the user interface system. The user interface system includes a visual display. The processor is configured for (i) capturing an image including a code symbol, (ii) displaying the image on the visual display, (iii) determining whether the code symbol in the image is readable by the processor, and (iv) displaying on the visual display a positive indicator overlaying the code symbol in the image when the processor determines that the code symbol in the image is readable by the processor. The processor is further configured for reading the code symbol in the image in response to a selection input received from the user interface system. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178524 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRING CIRCUIT VERIFICATION OF VEHICLE - A system for wiring circuit verification of a vehicle includes a wiring, an RFID receiver, a main server, and a work instruction monitor. An RFID product label is attached with the wiring. The RFID receiver is configured to recognize wiring product information by communicating with the RFID product label in the vehicle. The main server is configured to receive the wiring product information from the RFID receiver to extract a circuit component of a wiring part number applied to the vehicle and refer to design data to verify whether wiring circuits are matched with each other. The work instruction monitor is configured to display a result of the verification to determine whether a wiring circuit matchability problem is present. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178525 | CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND USER DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A contactless communication device is provided which includes a field strength detecting circuit configured to detect a strength of a field induced on an antenna; a card circuit configured to demodulate a signal received via the antenna during a reception interval of a card mode; a processing unit configured to process the demodulated signal; and a reader circuit configured to transmit data via the antenna during a transmission interval of the card mode, the data provided from the processing unit, wherein an output power of the reader circuit is adjusted according to the field strength detected. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178526 | NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION WITH MATCHING CIRCUITRY - A matching circuit of a near field communication (NFC) device includes a resonance unit connected between a first terminal and a second terminal of an antenna. The antenna is responsive to an electromagnetic wave. The resonance unit includes a first capacitor connected between the first terminal and the second terminal of the antenna. A matching unit is configured to perform impedance matching between the antenna and an NFC chip. The matching unit is connected between the first terminal and the second terminal of the antenna. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178527 | RFID TAG ISSUING DEVICE - An RFID tag issuing device includes a guide member extending in a first plane along which an RFID tag is guided, an antenna substrate having a surface forming a second plane that is not parallel to the first plane and an antenna disposed on the surface to emit a signal towards the RFID tag, and a signal processor configured to generate the signal to be emitted from the antenna. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178528 | RFID TAG TEMPERATURE ADAPTATION - An RFID system and tag, and a method for identifying objects using an RFID system are disclosed. In an embodiment, an RFID tag comprises a microchip for storing an identification sequence, a tag antenna coupled with the microchip for receiving and transmitting the RF signal; and a ferrous metal portion disposed near the IC and the tag antenna. The ferrous metal portion is sensitive to, and heats up when subjected to, magnetic induction. The heat of the ferrous metal is propagated to the RFID tag such that the tag reaches its operating temperature more quickly. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178529 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT AN EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH A PERSON RELATIVE TO A BED - A system and method to detect an event associated with a first object relative to a second object and a support is provided. The system can include an antenna at a support to receive the first object, a tag reader in communication with the antenna and a tag located on the second object. In response to detecting a change in impedance of the antenna associated with the presence of the first object, the tag reader communicates a presence signal. In response to detecting the tag within a threshold proximity of the tag reader, the tag reader generates a tag signal. A remoter server is operable to detect an association of the first and second objects based on a comparison a time associated with each of the tag signal and the presence signal, and in response then creates an output indicative of a detected event based on the association for illustration. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178530 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an information processing system including a server device, and a non-contact communication tag readable through NFC. The non-contact communication tag includes an identification information retaining unit that retains identification information for uniquely identifying the tag, an authentication information retaining unit that retains authentication information to be used in authentication of the non-contact communication tag, and a NFC unit that transmits the identification information and the authentication information to another device, which will transmit the received identification information and authentication information to the server device, in NFC with the other device. The server device includes an information acquisition unit that acquires the identification information, the authentication information, and other information transmitted from the other device, an authentication unit that authenticates the non-contact communication tag using the authentication information, and a process execution unit that executes a process according to the other information and the identification information after the authentication. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178531 | SENSORY HEAD WITH STORAGE AND POWER - A sensor system, apparatus, and method. The sensor system can include a mobile unit and a sensory head having a power source, wherein the sensory head is releasably coupled with the mobile unit. The sensory head includes at least one sensor that measures one or more characteristics of a test piece. The sensory head is placed in proximity to the test piece, then detached from the mobile unit. While the sensory head is detached from the mobile unit, the at least one sensor can measure the one or more characteristics of the test piece. Measurement date is then uploaded to a remote device. Once measurements are completed, the sensory head is attached to a mobile unit and detached from the test piece. Thus the sensor system, apparatus, and method can measure the characteristic over a period of time while the sensory head is detached from the mobile unit. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178532 | WEARABLE RFID STORAGE DEVICES - Systems, methods, and devices related to a multifunctional digital data storage device which is wearable by the user as a decorative ornament. A wearable device, such as a ring or a wristwatch, is equipped with a transceiver, a storage module, and an antenna. The storage module contains identification data, financial information, and other data which may be used to activate accounts, open digital locks, make payments for transactions at retailers, as well as facilitate other transactions. The device may also be provided with other capabilities such as a heart rate monitor. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178533 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - An image capturing device includes an image forming device including a sensor defining an optical reception axis, at least one reading distance, and a region framed by the sensor on a substrate at said at least one reading distance. An illumination device includes an array of adjacent light sources defining an optical illumination axis. The light sources are individually drivable, and each light source is adapted to illuminate an area of a size much smaller than the size of said region framed by the sensor. The illumination axis does not coincide with the reception axis. A driver of the light sources is adapted to drive the light sources so as to switch off at least the light sources that illuminate outside of the boundary of the region framed by the sensor on the substrate at said at least one reading distance. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178534 | TERMINAL HAVING ILLUMINATION AND EXPOSURE CONTROL - There is set forth herein an indicia reading terminal having a first illumination and exposure control configuration and a second illumination and exposure control configuration, the first illumination and control configuration having a first associated illumination control and a first associated exposure control, the second illumination and exposure control configuration having a second associated illumination control and a second associated exposure control, wherein with the first illumination control active an average energization level of the illumination subsystem during exposure of one or more frames is higher than with the second illumination control active, and wherein with the first exposure control active an average exposure period of the image sensor array is shorter than with the second exposure control active. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178535 | INDICIA READING APPARATUS - There is set forth herein an indicia reading apparatus having an image sensor array including a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and columns of pixels. The image sensor array can include a frame exposure period in which a certain subsequent and further subsequent row exposure periods have common exposure initiation times and each group of rows has sequential exposure termination times. An indicia reading apparatus can be controlled so that a light source bank of an illumination pattern assembly for projecting an illumination pattern is energized during an illumination period that overlaps a frame exposure period. The apparatus can be further controlled so that an illumination period terminates at or prior to an exposure termination time of the certain row. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178536 | INDICIA READING TERMINALS AND METHODS EMPLOYING LIGHT FIELD IMAGING - A terminal for decoding decodable indicia includes a plenoptic imaging subsystem comprising an image sensor array and plenoptic imaging optics operable to project a plenoptic image of a space containing the decodable indicia onto the image sensor array, a hand held housing encapsulating a least a portion of the plenoptic imaging subsystem, a trigger for initiating operation of the plenoptic imaging subsystem to obtain plenoptic image data of the decodable indicia, and an illumination source for projecting illumination onto the decodable indicia; an aimer for projecting an aimer pattern onto the decodable indicia. The terminal is operable, responsive to detecting that the trigger has been actuated by an operator, to obtain plenoptic image data from the image sensor array, to obtain first rendered image data based on at least a portion of the plenoptic image data, and to attempt to decode the decodable indicia represented in the rendered image data. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178537 | OPTICAL GRID ENHANCEMENT FOR IMPROVED MOTOR LOCATION - Methods for performing a scheme that results in a refined measurement pattern within an optical grid are provided. Physically adjusting spacing of elements within an optical grid to achieve enhanced resolution is historically unfeasible, as reduction of the spacing causes light sensors of the optical grid to pick up false signals when reading light beams. Technology introduced by the present invention generates a virtual reduced spacing of the elements within the optical grid by using two signals that are slightly different. These slightly different signals can accomplish, at least, quarter-grid spacing resolution within the optical grid. Additionally, the enhanced resolution derived from the virtual reduced spacing is employed to govern movement of a motor. The motor movement is in response to one or more changes of direction such that the motor is operating in its linear range. Advantageously, the virtual reduced spacing allows for substantial movement in a non-linear phase, while only limited movement in a linear phase is necessary to locate accurately a target within the optical grid. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178538 | IMAGE MODULE INCLUDING MOUNTING AND DECODER FOR MOBILE DEVICES - This invention provides a module for a handheld device. The module includes an imager with optics and image acquisition/processing processors that provide high speed acquisition and handling of acquired image data—such as IDs. The acquired image data is processed by the device processor using a module application that resides within the device. The module includes indicators and/or alarms that can indicate success in reading an ID. A subframe removably mounts within the module's main body/frame and carries the device. The subframe can vary to accommodate different devices within a single main body/frame geometry. The main body/frame includes appropriate structures (ports) to enable optical transmission to, for example, cameras and illuminators so that various native functions of the device can be employed as desired. The main body/frame can also house a battery and charging assembly that supplies power to the device and allows charging through-for example and inductive charging unit. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178539 | IMAGE MODULE INCLUDING MOUNTING AND DECODER FOR MOBILE DEVICES - This invention provides a module for a handheld device. The module includes an imager with optics and image acquisition/processing processors that provide high speed acquisition and handling of acquired image data—such as IDs. The acquired image data is processed by the device processor using a module application that resides within the device. The module includes indicators and/or alarms that can indicate success in reading an ID. A removable retaining component mounts within the module's base portion and carries the device. The retaining component (either a top cover and gasket or subframe) varies to accommodate different devices. The base portion includes appropriate ports to enable optical transmission to, for example, cameras and illuminators so that various native functions of the device can be employed as desired. The base portion also houses a battery and charging assembly e.g. and inductive charging unit. A grip handle/trigger is optionally provided to the base portion. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178540 | HOST FEEDBACK OF SCAN STATUS FOR SCANNERS WIELDED BY HAND - A multi-mode ring scanner (MMRS) has a ring unit for wearing on a finger. The MMRS optionally has a wrist unit coupled to the ring unit, such as via a cable. The MMRS optionally communicates wirelessly with a computing device. The ring unit has one or more scanners (such as an optical scanner or an RFID tag reader). The ring unit optionally has two paddle switches for activation by inward pressure from fingers adjacent to the finger. The two switches enable specifying operation of the MMRS in a plurality of modes and/or to communicate a plurality of information codes to the computing device. The computing device is optionally enabled to assign a function to each combination of activation of the two switches. A scanning system including the MMRS optionally provides feedback to a user based on feedback from a host processor. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178541 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE FOR READER TARGETED TO CODES, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING PROGRAM - There is provided a signal processing device for remedying an error in reading bar-codes derived from a defect of the bar-code printed on a label, a way to hold the bar-code reader's sensor to the bar-code and so forth. The signal processing device comprises: a variable amplifier configured to output a signal, as an output signal thereof, corresponding to an input signal, an offset and a gain of the variable amplifier being able to be adjusted; a comparing means configured to compare a level of the output signal of the variable amplifier with a plurality of thresholds; a detecting means configured to detect either or both of a shift of the offset of the variable amplifier and an excess or deficiency of the gain of the variable amplifier based on the result of the comparison executed in the comparing means; and an adjusting means configured to adjust either or both of the offset and the gain of the variable amplifier based on the result of the detection executed in the detecting means. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178542 | FINGER BIOMETRIC SENSOR INCLUDING DRIVE SIGNAL LEVEL UPDATING AND RELATED METHODS - A finger biometric sensor may include an array of finger biometric sensing pixels and processing circuitry coupled thereto. The processing circuitry may be capable of acquiring initial data from the array based upon an initial drive signal level and with a finger positioned adjacent the array, and determining an updated drive signal level based upon the initial data. The processing circuitry may also be capable of acquiring finger biometric data from the array of finger biometric sensing pixels based upon the updated drive signal level and with the finger positioned adjacent the array. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178543 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTHENTICATING SWIPE BIOMETRIC SCANNERS - Methods and apparatuses for authenticating a biometric scanner, such as swipe type finger print scanners, involves estimating unique intrinsic characteristics of the scanner (scanner pattern), that are permanent over time, and can identify a scanner even among scanners of the same manufacturer and model. Image processing and analysis are used to extract a scanner pattern from images acquired with the scanner. The scanner pattern is used to verify whether the scanner that acquired a particular image is the same as the scanner that acquired one or several images during enrollment of the biometric information. Authenticating the scanner can prevent subsequent security attacks using counterfeit biometric information on the scanner, or on the user authentication system. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178544 | SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING GENDER FROM FINGERPRINTS - A method for detecting the gender only from a persons fingerprint data in real time. Testing consists of determining if the fingerprint is taken from the right hand or the left hand, taking a core point as reference from a selected fingerprint, analyzing the size of an obtained fingerprint part, drawing a diagonal line, then automatically determining ridge lines crossed by the diagonal line, calculating the ridge counts, determining ridge thicknesses, determining the numbers of black and white pixel from the obtained values, determining average fingerprint ridge counts for men and women, combining these parameters for applying them to intelligent system, preparing the structure of the system, training and testing the system, and performing these processes automatically on a computer or a web-based intelligent system which consists of different modules. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178545 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING EVIDENCE DEPOSITED ON CURVED SURFACES - Systems and methods are disclosed for capturing images of latent evidence such as a latent fingerprint provided on a curved or irregular surface of an object. According to certain embodiments, a latent fingerprint provided on a curved or irregular surface of an object is illuminated by a UV lamp. An aspect of the latent fingerprint is specularly reflected from the surface of the object and captured by an image capturing device. In various embodiments, the UV lamp is repositioned, or the object is rotated and translated, such that a second aspect of the latent fingerprint is then specularly reflected from the surface of the object and captured by the image capturing device. The first and second images are then integrated by performing a pixel-to-pixel comparison of corresponding pixel data in the captured images. A device is also provided for rotating and translating the object for use in the disclosed embodiments. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178546 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTACTLESS HIGH RESOLUTION HANDPRINT CAPTURE - A system and method for contactless handprint capture is disclosed that includes an image capture device to capture handprint images of a subject hand at each of a plurality of different focal distances, with the image capture device including an imaging camera and an electro-optics arrangement having a plurality of light modulating elements and polarization sensitive optical elements having differing optical path lengths based on polarization states. A control system is coupled to the image capture device to cause the device to capture the handprint images at each of the different focal distances, with each handprint image having a depth-of-focus that overlaps with a depth-of-focus of handprint images at adjacent focal distances such that redundant handprint image data is captured. The control system registers each handprint image with positional data and creates a composite handprint image from the handprint images captured at the different focal distances. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178547 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IRIS IMAGE ANALYSIS - An apparatus including circuitry configured to receive a plurality of images and extract at least one iris image from each of the plurality of images. The circuitry is configured to receive a claimed identity iris image corresponding to an identity to be authenticated, normalize the iris images and the claimed identity iris image, and filter the normalized extracted iris images to select a subset of the normalized extracted iris images based on a similarity measurement relative to the normalized claimed identity iris image. The circuitry is configured to divide the normalized claimed identity iris image and each image of the subset of images into a plurality of sub-images, filter the sub-images to select the sub-image having a closest similarity measurement relative to a sub-image of the normalized claimed identity image in a corresponding sub-image position to the selected sub-image, and generate a composite iris image by fusing the selected sub-images. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178548 | MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC DEVICES - This application relates to devices, methods and computer readable media that allow users using a first device to be easily authenticated. For example, while the first device is proximate to a second device, the first device requests user authentication using the one or more biometric sensors. After requesting the user authentication, the first device detects biometric information associated with the user with the one or more biometric sensors. In response to detecting the biometric information associated with the user, in accordance with a determination that the detected biometric information associated with the user meets authentication criteria, the first device provides credentials associated with the user to the second device. In accordance with a determination that the detected biometric information associated with the user does not meet the authentication criteria, the first device forgoes providing the credentials associated with the user to the second device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178549 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STATISTICAL MAPPING BETWEEN GENETIC INFORMATION AND FACIAL IMAGE DATA - A method and system for statistical mapping between genetic information and facial image data including collecting a multiplicity of sets of genetic information and matching facial image data representing a multiplicity of individuals, representing the genetic information of each of the multiplicity of individuals as a first multidimensional representation, representing the facial image data of each of the multiplicity of individuals as a second multidimensional representation; and inferring correlative, non-causal, statistical relationships between the first multidimensional representations and the second multidimensional representations. A system and method for estimating the likelihood of donor-recipient transplant compatibility using facial images of potential donors, the method including inferring correlative, non-causal, statistical relationships, indicative of transplant compatibility, between multidimensional representations of facial image data of potential donors and a multidimensional representation of information relating to a potential recipient. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178550 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes: a face detector which detects a face region including a face of a person from an input image signal; a determination portion which determines, in the input image signal of the face region, an addition amount of a pixel value to be added to the input image signal of the face region based on a size of a difference in a pixel value between adjacent pixels; and a signal corrector which adds the addition amount to the pixel value of the input image signal of the face region. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178551 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus may generate resource information used for playing back image content that can be divided into a plurality of zones. The information processing apparatus may include an image generator generating a still image from each of the plurality of zones, a face processor setting each of the plurality of zones to be a target zone and determining whether a face of a specific character which is determined to continuously appear in at least one zone before the target zone is contained in the still image generated from the target zone, and an information generator specifying, on the basis of a determination result obtained for each of the plurality of zones by the face processor, at least one zone in which the face of the specific character continuously appears as a face zone, and generating information concerning the face zone as one item of the resource information. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178552 | Object Detection Techniques - Object detection techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a plurality of images are received by a computing device. The plurality of images are analyzed by the computing device to detect whether the images include, respectively, a depiction of an object. If an object is found in a first image, the locations, angles and scales for object detection can be further restricted in a second one. If an object is not found in a first one of the image, different portions of a second one of the images are analyzed for object detection. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178553 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR SHARING CONTENT THEREOF - A terminal and a method for sharing content are provided. A terminal includes an image acquirer configured to acquire face image data from a camera while content is being displayed, a face recognizer configured to recognize a face included in the face image data, a face change detector configured to detect whether the recognized face is different from a face recognized in a previous image data, a contact searcher configured to, in response to the detection that the recognized face is different from the face recognized in the previous image data, search a contact corresponding to the recognized face, and an information transmitter configured to transmit content usage information to the searched contact. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178554 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING FACES IN UNCONSTRAINED MEDIA - Methods and systems for facial recognition are provided. The method includes determining a three-dimensional (3D) model of a face of an individual based on different images of the individual. The method also includes extracting two-dimensional (2D) patches from the 3D model. Further, the method includes generating a plurality of signatures of the face using different combinations of the 2D patches, wherein the plurality of signatures correspond to respective views of the 3D model from different angles. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178555 | REAL-TIME DETECTION OF USER INTENTION BASED ON KINEMATICS ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENT-ORIENTED BIOMETRIC DATA - An apparatus for real-time detection of user intention based on kinematic analysis of movement-oriented biometric data includes a biometric data module that receives movement-oriented biometric data, a movement module that identifies an acceleration value using the movement-oriented biometric data, and an evaluation module that interprets a user intention based at least in part on the acceleration value. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178556 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER VISION BASED TRACKING OF AN OBJECT - A system and method for computer vision based tracking of a human form may include receiving a sequence of images, the images including at least one object having a shape of a human form. A first selected feature is tracked from within the human form shaped object. Shape recognition algorithms are applied at a suspected location of the human form shaped object in an image from the sequence of images to detect a shape of a human form in the image and a second feature from within the detected shape of the human form is then selected and tracked, thereby providing verification and updating of the location of the human form shaped object. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178557 | PEDESTRIAN DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A pedestrian detection system of detecting whether there is a pedestrian in a scene, the pedestrian detection system includes an image-capturing module, a preprocessing module, a human detection module, an image-stitching module and a decision module. The image-capturing module is configured for generating a plurality of first detection image data according to a contrast decision result. The preprocessing module is configured for generating a plurality of first image skeleton data according to the first detection image data. The human detection module is configured for generating a plurality of second image skeleton data. The image-stitching module is configured for stitching the plurality of first detection image data to generate at least one third detection image data. The decision module is configured for generating and outputting a detection result according to the third detection image data. A pedestrian detection method is disclosed herein as well. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178558 | CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A control system, method and computer program product use control circuitry to respond to an optical detection of a wearable object worn by a user by initiating a service provided to the user, the service being associated with the wearable object. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178559 | CHINESE, JAPANESE, OR KOREAN LANGUAGE DETECTION - Disclosed are systems, computer-readable mediums, and methods for determining a text contains Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters. A document image is received and binarized. The binarized document image is searched for connected components. A plurality of fragments is identified based on the connected components. A language hypothesis for each fragment of the plurality of fragments is determined. The language hypothesis has a probability rating. A subset of fragments from the plurality of fragments having the highest probability ratings is selected. The language hypothesis of each fragment in the subset of fragments is verified. A determination of the presence of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters is made based at least on the verification of the language hypothesis of the subset of fragments. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178560 | RECOGNITION METHOD AND RECOGNITION DEVICE FOR SHEET-TYPE MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a recognition method and a recognition device for a sheet-type medium. The method comprises: step 1, collecting image information; step 2, splitting from the image information collected image information of an object-to-be-recognized; step 3, reconstructing image data of a feature area, extracting a feature on the reconstructed image data, and forming an eigenvector; and, step 4, sending the eigenvector into a standard data-trained classifier, and acquiring a recognition result. The method has an image reconstructed on the basis of feature area prior information, improves image quality, facilitates increased recognition accuracy, and, because only the image area that requires feature extraction is reconstructed, reduces storage space consumption. This not only saves large amounts of storage space and time and increases resource utilization rate, but also increases recognition accuracy and achieves an improved balance between resource and efficiency. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178561 | Personalized Mapping With Photo Tours - Methods, systems and computer-readable storage mediums encoded with computer programs executed by one or more processors for providing personalized mapping with photo-tours are disclosed. A mapping system provides a map of a geographic region that includes a plurality of selectable image locations within the region, with standardized images of the respective image location that accord with predefined parameters provided by the mapping system. An image location selection from the map is received and it is determined whether the selected image location is associated with one or more photo-tours of non-standardized images that do not according with the predefined parameters. A selection of a particular one of the photo-tours is received, and the set of non-standardized images corresponding to a selected photo-tour for the image location is provided. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178562 | Environmental Reproduction System for Representing an Environment Using One or More Environmental Sensors - A environmental reproduction system multiplexes information from a variety of sources to reproduce a target environment having visual and/or auditory impediments. The visual impediments may include one or more environmental conditions, such as rain, sleet, snow, darkness, brightness, or any other type of environmental condition. The auditory impediments may include loud noises, such as construction noises, or sounds that are too low, such as an emergency vehicle sound not being heard. The environmental reproduction system may determine the environmental condition from one or more sources, such as an internal microphone, an external microphone, temperature sensor, a camera, a weather receiver, or other types of sensors. The environmental reproduction may be in communication with an environmental condition database and operative to apply a signal processing action to a recording (video and/or audio recording) of the target environment based on the determined environmental condition. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178563 | DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION - A system for document classification is disclosed herein. An example of the system includes a light source, a camera to capture video frames of the document, an image features database including data regarding a type of document, and a processor. The system additionally includes a non-transitory storage medium including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: compare a first video frame of the document and a second video frame of the document to determine whether an action has occurred, generate an image description of the document based upon either the first or second video frame, compare the image description of the document against the data regarding a type of document in the image features database, and classify the image description of the document based upon the comparison against the data. A method of document classification and a computer program are also disclosed herein. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178564 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes a feature amount extraction unit configured to extract each feature amount from a connected image generated by connecting images photographed from different viewpoints; and a specific object recognition unit configured to perform a process of determining a position of a specific object based on the feature amount extracted by the feature amount extraction unit. The feature amount extraction unit performs a feature amount extraction process to which a separated filter in which filter-formed regions are set to be separated is applied. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178565 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING POSITION OF A DEVICE - A system and method is provided for determining the location of a device based on image of objects captured by the device. In one aspect, an interior space includes a plurality of objects having discernable visual characteristics disposed throughout the space. The device captures an image containing one or more of the objects and identifies the portions of the image associated with the objects based on the visual characteristics. The visual appearance of the objects may also be used to determine the distance of the object to other objects or relative to a reference point. Based on the foregoing and the size and shape of the image portion occupied by the object, such as the height of an edge or its surface area, relative to another object or a reference, the device may calculate its location. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178566 | Transient and dynamic point of attraction determination - Events regarding a transient and dynamic point of attraction within a geographical area are received. Each event includes at least a location at which a photographer captured a photograph of the transient and dynamic point of attraction, and a compass direction the photographer was facing when capturing the photograph. A location of the transient and dynamic point of attraction within the geographical area from the events, and can be transmitted to a mobile computing device located within the geographical area. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178567 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING GUIDE SERVICE - A guide service using a mesh data generating device, a guide service providing server and a smart terminal. In particular, a device for generating mesh data for an object comprises: a marking signal sensing unit that senses a marking signal occurring in the marking for generating mesh data for each object located in a specific space; a data managing unit that sets, as position information on the object, coordinate data of a mesh data generating device, which is measured when the marking signal is sensed; and a coordinate processing unit that generates mash data for the object by using the coordinate data and height data of the object. A manager can reduce entire costs for system construction and maintenance, and a user can intuitively, conveniently, and easily obtain information on an object. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178568 | Method for improving tracking using dynamic background compensation with centroid compensation - A method for tracking an object across a number of image frames comprises identifying a region containing the object in a first image frame to be stored as an exemplar view of the object. An appearance model (modified Exemplar View histogram is created based on the region in the first image frame and a background region in a second image frame, and the method determines at least one of a location and size of a predicted region for tracking the object in the second image frame using the appearance model. The method corrects at least one of the determined location and size of the predicted region in the second image frame in accordance with at least one of the location and size of the region in the first image frame corresponding to the exemplar view of the object. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178569 | BIOMETRIC MATCHING TECHNOLOGY - Biometric matching technology, in which a watch list is managed, multiple images of a potential suspect are accessed, and parallel pre-processing of the multiple images is controlled. Based on the pre-processing, an image of the potential suspect to use in matching against the watch list is determined and the determined image is used to search sorted biometric data included in the watch list. A subset of persons from the watch list is identified based on the search and parallel analysis of the determined image of the potential suspect against detailed biometric data associated with the subset of persons in the watch list is controlled. Based on the parallel analysis, it is determined whether the potential suspect matches a person in the watch list and a result is outputted based on the determination. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178570 | DETECTION OF STATIC OBJECT ON THOROUGHFARE CROSSINGS - Foreground object image features are extracted from input video via application of a background subtraction mask, and optical flow image features from a region of the input video image data defined by the extracted foreground object image features. If estimated movement features indicate that the underlying object is in motion, a dominant moving direction of the underlying object is determined. If the dominant moving direction is parallel to an orientation of the second, crossed thoroughfare, an event alarm indicating that a static object is blocking travel on the crossing second thoroughfare is not generated. If the estimated movement features indicate that the underlying object is static, or that its determined dominant moving direction is not parallel to the second thoroughfare, an appearance of the foreground object region is determined and a static-ness timer run while the foreground object region comprises the extracted foreground object image features. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178571 | METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING OBJECTS IN A VIDEO - Methods, devices and systems for performing video content analysis to detect humans or other objects of interest a video image is disclosed. The detection of humans may be used to count a number of humans, to determine a location of each human and/or perform crowd analyses of monitored areas. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178572 | ROAD SURFACE CONDITION CLASSIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - There is disclosed a method and system for classifying road surface conditions. In an aspect, the method comprises: acquiring a digital image of a road surface at a given location and time; processing the acquired digital image to generate one or more feature vectors for classifying winter road surface conditions; acquiring values for auxiliary data to create feature vectors that enhance classification of the winter road surface conditions; and based on a comparison of the feature vectors to models in a classification knowledge database, classifying the road surface condition at the given location and time of the acquired digital image. In an embodiment, the method further comprises collecting classified road surface condition information acquired from a plurality of vehicles travelling over one or more roads; and mapping the classified winter road surface conditions for the one or more roads on a graphical display of a geographic region. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178573 | GROUND PLANE DETECTION - A ground plane detection system including an imaging device operable to generate at least two images of a scene and an image processing assembly operable to receive the at least two images of the scene and to generate a model of each image and to perform homography computations through use of corresponding features in the models of each image. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178574 | BRIGHTNESS VALUE CALCULATION APPARATUS AND LANE MARKING DETECTION SYSTEM - A brightness value calculation apparatus includes a color image obtaining section which obtains a color image obtained by imaging a view outside a vehicle and a brightness value calculation section which calculates a brightness value A of a pixel of at least part of the color image based on an expression (1): | 2015-06-25 |
20150178575 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETECTION METHOD - A three-dimensional object detection device has an image capturing unit, a three-dimensional object detection unit, a host vehicle speed detection unit, a light source detection unit and a controller. The image capturing unit captures images rearward of a vehicle. The three-dimensional object detection unit detects a presence of a three-dimensional object in a detection area, based on the captured images. The host vehicle speed detection unit detects a vehicle traveling speed. The light source detection unit detects a headlight light source of a headlight of another vehicle. The controller compares the traveling speeds of the object and the vehicle upon not detecting the headlight light source, and suppresses detection of the object upon determining one of the object traveling speed being equal to or less than the vehicle traveling speed, and a difference between the object and vehicle traveling speeds being less than a predetermined value. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178576 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN DETECTION - A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view that encompasses first and second regions exterior of the vehicle. The camera captures image data that includes a first set of image data representative of the first region of the field of view and a second set of image data representative of the second region of the field of view. An image processor processes the first set of image data to detect a pedestrian present in the first region based on a first predetermined orientation of a pedestrian. The image processor processes the second set of image data to detect a pedestrian present in the second region based on a second predetermined orientation of a pedestrian. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178577 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment has an identification unit, a detection unit, and a determination unit. The image processing apparatus according to the embodiment identifies moving image data taken by a camera in the night-time and detects a high-brightness region from frames of the identified moving image data. The image processing apparatus determines whether or not the high-brightness region is a subject to be detected, in a switchable manner depending on whether the moving image data has been taken during curve running or straight running. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178578 | VEHICLE BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS - Embodiments are disclosed for identifying potentially erratic vehicles travelling near a vehicle including an in-vehicle computing system. In some embodiments, an in-vehicle computing system for a vehicle includes a processor, a sensor subsystem communicatively coupleable to a camera mounted on the vehicle, and an external device interface communicatively coupleable to an extra-vehicle server. The in-vehicle computing system may also include a storage device storing instructions executable by the processor to monitor neighboring vehicles within a field of view of the camera, identify a potential erratic vehicle, and transmit vehicle information to the extra-vehicle server. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178579 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus includes: a user input interface configured to provide a user input according to at least one input method; a storage configured to store a database for biometric information of at least one user which corresponds with at least one identification (IDs) previously registered to the image processing apparatus; a signal processor configured to process a preset service which is provided corresponding to an authenticated identification (ID) in response to a user being authenticated with the ID; and a controller configured to determine whether authentication is performed with regard to one of the IDs in response to an event occurring which identifies a current user, and retrieve and authenticate the ID from the database based on the biometric information of the current user acquired by the user input interface in response to determining that the authentication is not performed with regard to the ID. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178580 | IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS UTILIZING THE METHOD - An identification method and an apparatus utilizing the method are disclosed. The disclosed method comprises capturing a first examining image at a first direction, performing a face detection process on the first examining image to identify a first face image in the first examining image, detecting a number of straight lines which are within a detecting image block of the first examining image but outside the first face image, comparing the number of straight lines with a quantity threshold to obtain a first judgment value, and judging if the first face image pass an examination at least according to the first judgment value. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178581 | BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND REFERENCE DATA VERIFICATION METHOD - A reference data verification method includes: matching first reference data representing biometric information registered for a registered user with second reference data representing the same type of biometric information as biometric information represented in the first reference data of the registered user registered before the first reference data, or third reference data generated based on the same type of biometric information as biometric information represented in the first reference data of the registered user at a time of a biometric authentication process to calculate a degree of similarity between biometric information represented in the first reference data and biometric information represented in the second or third reference data; and determining whether or not biometric information represented in the first reference data is biometric information of the registered user based on the degree of similarity. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178582 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, MOVABLE OBJECT, PROGRAM, AND REGION SETTING METHOD - An image processing apparatus ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150178583 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AN IMAGE TO PROVIDE SEARCH RESULTS - A system and method uses an image manipulating application to define in an object image a plurality of discrete cells. Predefined image information is substituted for image information in selected ones of the plurality of discrete cells to form a translated version of the object image. The translated version of the object image may then be provided to an image recognition capable search engine to obtain search results. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178584 | SHAPE DETECTION AND ELLIPSE FITTING OF A POLYGON - A method of shape detection detects a figure with a contouring loop method that extracts at least one iso-contour polygon from a set of pixels in an image using a triangular lattice superimposed over the set of pixels of the image. Then starting from an original triangle, the iso-contour polygon is extracted by selecting an intensity chroma value within the set of pixels between three corners of a triangle to find a directed line segment that represent the crossing of the intensity value within the triangle, and an exit point of the directed line segment and a nearest triangle which contains the next directed line segment of the at least one iso-contour polygon are determined to create a first matrix of points on the at least one iso-contour polygon, until arriving at the original triangle. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178585 | Image mastering systems and methods - Systems, devices, and methods disclosed herein may apply a computational spatial-temporal analysis to assess pixels between temporal and/or perspective view imagery to determine imaging details that may be used to generate image data with increased signal-to-noise ratio. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178586 | TARGET LINE DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD - A target line detection device includes a processor configured to execute a process. The process includes: detecting transition points in a brightness image obtained from a brightness component of an input image between pixels with a luminosity gradient in a first direction and pixels with a luminosity gradient in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and, based on a shape or a length or a combination thereof, of lines connecting together transition points that are within a specific distance of each other, extracting a line representing a detection target from the lines connecting together the transition points. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178587 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR COLOR HARMONIZATION OF AN IMAGE - A method for processing an image is disclosed. The method comprises:
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20150178588 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECT REFLECTIONS - A method for recognizing an object reflection in at least one image generated by a camera of a motor vehicle includes: recognizing at least one first object candidate in the image; identifying at least one first reflection indicator as a function of the first object candidate; evaluating the first reflection indicator to analyze whether the first object candidate is an object reflection; and outputting an evaluation signal as a function of the evaluation, the evaluation signal characterizing the first object candidate as at least one of an object reflection and an object. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178589 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL IMAGE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - There is provided an apparatus for processing a digital image, including: an image input unit providing an input image as image data; a pupil image determining unit detecting a plurality of pupil information items from the image data to determine the number of eyes in the input image from the plurality of pupil information items; a sight-line direction calculating unit determining a plurality of sight-line direction information items respectively corresponding to the respective plurality of pupil information items; an image recapturing determining unit determining whether recapturing an image is necessary based on the number of eyes and the plurality of sight-line direction information items; and an image output unit outputting the image data. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178590 | SEARCH METHOD, SEARCH PROGRAM, AND SEARCH DEVICE - A search device according to an embodiment maps a feature vector onto a hyper-sphere on the basis of parameters which include an intersection and a distance, with the intersection at which an m-dimensional feature space and a straight line passing through the hyper-sphere present in a space greater in dimension than m intersect and the distance being from the north pole of the hyper-sphere to the feature space. In this case, the search device searches for the parameters which allow the positions of feature vectors mapped onto the hyper-sphere to be concentrated on a predetermined hemisphere of the hyper-sphere. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178591 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR RESTORING AN IMAGE TAKEN THROUGH A WINDOW - Systems, methods and computer-accessible mediums for modifying an image(s) can be provided. For example, first image information for the image(s) can be received. Second image information can be generated by separating the first image information into at least two overlapping images. The image(s) can be modified using a prediction procedure based on the second image information. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178592 | IMAGE CAPTURE FEEDBACK - Embodiments for image capture feedback are disclosed. In some embodiments, a computing system may receive a first image from an image capture device and generate a score for the first image. The computing system may generate a recommendation for an action, such that if the image capture device captures a second image after the action is performed, the score for the second image will be better than the score for the first image. The computing system may indicate the recommended action to the user on an output device. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178593 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING CONVEX POLYGON IMAGE BLOCK - The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for detecting a convex polygon image block, and a device. The method includes: acquiring an image collected by an image sensor; acquiring a corner set, where the corner set includes a corner in the image, and the corner is an intersection point at which any two straight line sides that are not parallel to each other in the image intersect; and detecting a convex polygon image block in the image according to the corner set, where a shape of the convex polygon image block is a preset shape and a similarity between the convex polygon image block and a preset image block exceeds a preset first threshold. The apparatus includes: a first acquiring module, a second acquiring module, and a detecting module. In the present invention, the convex polygon image block can be detected from the image. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178594 | POINT CLOUD SIMPLIFICATION - Some embodiments are directed to a computer implemented method for simplification of a point cloud including a set of points. The method comprises implementing recursive spatial partitioning of the set of points into a hierarchy of clusters, identifying representative points within each cluster in the hierarchy and, for each representative point, defining a point-pair that consists of or includes the representative point and a representative point of an immediate parent cluster. The method further includes calculating a contraction error metric for each point-pair, and iteratively contracting the point-pair with the lowest contraction error metric, updating remaining point-pairs as a result of the contraction, and revising the contraction error metric of the updated point-pairs accordingly. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178595 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire a first image of a subject viewed from a first point of view and a second image of the subject viewed from a second point of view different from the first point of view, wherein the first image and the second image have different blurred states from each other; a processing unit configured to change a blurred state of at least one of the first image and the second image; and a determining unit configured to compare the first image and the second image after the blurred state of at least one of the first image and the second image is changed by the processing unit to determine image regions corresponding to the subject between the first image and the second image. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178596 | Label Consistency for Image Analysis - Systems and techniques are disclosed for labeling objects within an image. The objects may be labeled by selecting an option from a plurality of options such that each option is a potential label for the object. An option may have an option score associated with. Additionally, a relation score may be calculated for a first option and a second option corresponding to a second object in an image. The relation score may be based on a frequency, probability, or observance corresponding to the co-occurrence of text associated with the first option and the second option in a text corpus such as the World Wide Web. An option may be selected as a label for an object based on a global score calculated based at least on an option score and relation score associated with the option. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178597 | METHOD OF CLASSIFYING OBJECTS IN SCENES - A method for classifying objects in a scene captured by a camera determines a likelihood of first set of states for the objects. Each first set is a classification of one of the objects, and partitions a solution space based on the determined likelihood of the first set of states, each partition representing combinations of the classifications of the objects. The partitioning is applied to a solution space of a second set of states, each partition representing combinations of the classifications of a subset of the objects. The method determines a likelihood of the second set of states for the subset of the objects, each state of the second set of states being a classification of one of the subset of objects, and classifies a subset of objects according to the determined likelihood of the second set of states and the partitioning of the second set of states. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178598 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - This invention relates to a printing apparatus and control method thereof. In the printing apparatus and control method thereof, an image is input, and an envelope is conveyed so that the long edge of the envelope serves as the leading end in the conveyance direction. When the envelope is conveyed so that the long edge of the envelope serves as the leading end in the conveyance direction, it is controlled to shift the image by a set offset amount to be used to print an image on an envelope, and print the image on the envelope. | 2015-06-25 |