26th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 80 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210203737 | MAINTAINING MINIMUM INTERFACE FUNCTIONALITY IN AN ABSENCE OF A PUSH-BASED COMMUNICATIONS CONNECTION IN A GROUP-BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for maintaining minimum interface functionality in an absence of a push based communications connection in a group-based communication system. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203738 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDIRECTING TRAFFIC - A traffic redirecting method and a device are provided. The method includes: redirecting traffic to a proxy service module of a first proxy server; via the proxy service module, recognizing the traffic; and based on a recognition result, selecting a corresponding redirecting rule to redirect the traffic. The redirecting rule includes redirecting the traffic back to the source, redirecting the traffic to a traffic processing server, redirecting the traffic to a second proxy server, and discarding the traffic. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203739 | DATA AGGREGATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A UNIFIED GOVERNANCE PLATFORM WITH A PLURALITY OF INTENSIVE COMPUTING SOLUTIONS - The invention relates to a system and a method for generating an aggregated data accessible at an aggregated interface ( | 2021-07-01 |
20210203740 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR PARAVIRTUAL NETWORK DEVICE QUEUE AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT - Technologies for managing paravirtual network device queue and memory of a network computing device that includes multi-core processor, a multi-layer cache, a host, and a plurality of virtual machine instances. The host is assigned a processor core of the processor and may be configured to copy a received network packet to a last level cache of the multi-layer cache and determine one or more virtual machine instances configured to process the received network packet. Each virtual machine instance has been assigned a processor core of the processor and has been allocated a first level cache of the multi-level cache memory associated with the respective processor core. The host is additionally configured to inject an interrupt into each processor core of the determined virtual machine (s) which indicates to the virtual machine instance (s) that the received network packet is available to be processed. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203741 | AUTOMATIC DELIVERY OF MEDIA CONTENT TO A DEVICE - A method includes sending, from a portable computing device to a media device, first data indicating media content provided to a display device when a particular local area network was not accessible to the portable computing device. The media device generates or updates a user profile based on the first data and causes a first media content item to be recorded based on the user profile. The method includes receiving, from the media device via the particular local area network, a notification identifying the first media content item and a storage size associated with the first media content item. The method also includes, in response to determining that a pre-cache memory does not have available capacity to store the first media content item based on the storage size, deleting a second media content item from the pre-cache memory and storing the first media content item at the pre-cache memory. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203742 | PROVIDING ACCESS TO MANAGED CONTENT - A method for providing local access to managed content is disclosed. The method comprises receiving from a remote host a request to perform an operation with respect to content associated with a set of managed content and obtaining information required to respond to the request. The method further comprises providing in response to the request a content locator usable to perform the requested operation through direct communication with a content system through which the content is accessible. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203743 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CACHING OF MANAGED CONTENT IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT USING A MULTI-TIERED ARCHITECTURE INCLUDING OFF-LINE ACCESS TO CACHED CONTENT - Embodiments as disclosed provide a distributed caching solution that improve the performance and functionality of a content management platform for sites that are physically or logically remote from the primary site of the content management platform. In particular, according to embodiments, a remote cache server may be associated with a remote site to store local copies of documents that are managed by the primary content management platform. Periodically, a portion of the remote site's cache may be synchronized with the content management platform's primary site using an extensible architecture to ensure that content at the remote cache server is current. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203744 | SYSTEM FOR PREFETCHING DIGITAL TAGS - Systems and methods described herein can take advantage of the caching abilities of the browser and the idle time of the user to prefetch tag libraries of one or more tags for execution in a subsequent content page. For example, these systems and methods can provide the ability to prefetch and not execute a tag library on a content page before it is required so the tag library is cached in the browser. When the browser hits the page that uses the tag library, the tag library can be quickly retrieved from memory and executed. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203745 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides a data transmission method and system. The method includes: requesting to access a data file from an intermediate node; receiving response data packets of the data file from the intermediate node, where the response data packets include a data file signature code uniquely identifying the data file; looking up the signature code in a signature code database; when the signature code is present in the signature code database, notifying the intermediate node to stop the transmission of the data file, and creating a cache pointer record to point to a cached data file corresponding to the signature code; and sending the cached data file to a user agent. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203746 | ADAPTING PLAYBACK SETTINGS BASED ON CHANGE HISTORY - Techniques discussed herein improve a user's playback experience of a multimedia file by automatically adjusting playback settings based on change history data stored in one or more profiles. A system is configured to detect and collect information regarding changes to playback settings made by one or more users, and/or made in response to input from one or more users, during presentation of a media title, such as a song and/or movie, on one or more computers. This information is processed by a backend process on one or more server computers to determine predicted preferred playback settings for a particular user using a particular computer or playback device, requesting a particular multimedia file. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203747 | End a Shareable Device Interactive Session Based on User Intent - In aspects of shareable devices, a shareable device implements a device sharing module that can maintain an interactive session of a user on the shareable device. The shareable device can detect that the user has moved away from the shareable device during the interactive session, and obscure personalized content associated with the user who has moved away from the shareable device. The device sharing module is implemented to detect, without user input, a user condition indicative of an intent to end or share the interactive session. The device sharing module can determine a status of an executing application associated with the interactive session of the user. The device sharing module can then end or share the interactive session based on the detected user condition and the determined status of the application. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203748 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA WITH SERVER DEVICE - An electronic device that includes a communication module and a processor operatively connected to the communication module to exchange data with an external electronic device through the communication module is provided. The processor generates user data and a user profile based on collected user information related to a plurality of items, receive learning information data related to the plurality of items from the external electronic device, generate user learning data by applying the learning information data to the user data, learn a user preference pattern based on the user learning data, update the user profile based on the learned user preference pattern, and receive recommended item data from the external electronic device based on the updated user profile. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203749 | SYSTEM FOR TREND DISCOVERY AND CURATION FROM CONTENT METADATA AND CONTEXT - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes obtaining metadata from media content and consumed by network subscribers; determining for each network subscriber a consumer context associated with the media content; and determining a media consumption pattern for each network subscriber based on the metadata and the consumer context, thereby generating a plurality of media consumption patterns. The method further includes aggregating the media consumption patterns; determining, based on the aggregated media consumption patterns, a media consumption trend for the network subscribers; and correlating the media consumption trend with a profile including a current activity for a network subscriber of the plurality of network subscribers, thereby generating a recommendation for the network subscriber regarding new media content not previously consumed by the network subscriber. The method also includes communicating the recommendation to the network subscriber. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203750 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-CLIENT CONTENT DELIVERY - In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for synchronized multi-client content delivery, and a content selection system based on individual and aggregated scores for the content items, to generate bundles or sets of content items having approximately corresponding scores. Server timers and local timers on client devices may be synchronized via notifications, and timer durations dynamically adjusted when client requests and responses are sent prior to client-side timer expiration, but received after server-side timer expiration, indicating communication latency has caused desynchronization. Timers may be adjusted on a global basis or per-client device basis. Through scoring and bundling, sets of content items that may be relevant to approximately an equal share of the recipient client devices may be selected and transmitted. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203751 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR ELECTRONIC NOTE IDENTIFIER ALLOCATION AND ELECTRONIC NOTE GENERATION - Embodiments of this application disclose methods, systems, and devices for electronic note identifier allocation and electronic note generation. In one aspect, an electronic note identifier allocation method is performed by a processing node of a distributed computer system. The processing node receives an electronic note identifier application request initiated by a service node. The processing node generates an electronic note identifier set in response to the electronic note identifier application request. The processing node also synchronizes the electronic note identifier in the electronic note identifier set. After the synchronizing, the processing node further the electronic note identifier in the electronic note identifier set to the service node. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203752 | Cross-Services Application Service, Device And Network Content Delivery Management - A system for providing cross-services application service, device, and network content delivery management is disclosed. In particular, the system may allow devices and application services supported by multiple network services to leverage the strengths of such network services to ensure that content delivery is efficiently accomplished. The system may enable a device or application service to be associated with a management domain. Then, the management domain may subscribe the device or application service with one or more underlying supporting networks of the management domain. The associating and subscribing may be performed for the management domain by an orchestrator or by a management domain authority. The management domain authority may include a predictive, machine-learning element that drives access to content on behalf of the management domain authority through its devices and services to which they are subscribed. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203753 | NEURAL NETWORK MODEL BASED CONFIGURATION OF SETTINGS - A server that includes circuitry and memory is provided. The memory stores a neural network model trained based on first device-usage information and a first set of configuration values for a first plurality of settings, associated with at least one first electronic device. The circuitry receives second capability information of a second electronic device from the second electronic device and compares the second capability information with first capability information of the at least one first electronic device. The circuitry further determines a second set of configuration values for a second plurality of settings of the first plurality of settings based on the comparison of the second capability information with the first capability information. Further, the circuitry transmits the second set of configuration values for the second plurality of settings and the corresponding first device-usage information to the second electronic device for configuration of the second electronic device. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203754 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING RPC MEMBER INFORMATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for acquiring remote-procedure-call (RPC) member information, an electronic device and a storage medium, and relates to the field of micro-services technologies in cloud services. The method includes: pushing, by nodes of a RPC cluster, respective local member lists of the nodes of the RPC cluster to each other, and merging, by each node of the RPC cluster, a received member list with a current local member list while performing deduplication until member lists of the nodes of the RPC cluster are synchronized. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203755 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING ASSET MAPS OF PHYSICAL ASSETS IN A DEPLOYMENT - An asset mapper for managing a deployment includes storage for storing a client oriented asset map of the deployment and a map manager. The map manager obtains a client oriented location request regarding the deployment for a client; in response to obtaining the client oriented location request: obtains the client oriented asset map of the deployment; modifies the client oriented asset map using a data source that describes at least a characteristic of a portion of the deployment to obtain an enhanced client oriented asset map; and performs an action set using the enhanced client oriented asset map to service the client oriented location request. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203756 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING VIRTUAL WORLD COMPUTATIONS THROUGH AN N-TIER ARCHITECTURE - Systems and methods for optimizing virtual world computations through an n-tier architecture including at least three tiers are provided. In a sample three-tier architecture, a first tier comprises a client software engine configured to receive input data, send the data to the second tier, and perform end-user processing. A second tier connects to the first tier and to a third tier through a network and comprises a client-dedicated module that is dynamically instantiated and which is configured to either prepare the received data for subsequent processing from the client software engine or send the received data to the third tier. The third tier comprises a virtual world processing module configured to receive and process data from the second tier, generating world state updates, and to dynamically instantiate the client-dedicated module to spawn client-dedicated instances. The world state updates are sent to corresponding client-dedicated module instances for further processing. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203757 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING FRAME HEADER, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Provided are a method and apparatus for processing a frame header, and a communication device. The method comprises: determining at least one of the following pieces of information corresponding to each information domain of an Ethernet frame header portion: type information, the type information being used for indicating that the information domain is static or indicating that the information domain is changing; a target policy, the target policy being used for indicating a transmission rule of the information domain; and an initialization format, the initialization format being used for initializing the information domain. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203758 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND CONVERSION APPARATUS CROSSING DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION PROTOCOLS - A network system crossing different transmission protocols includes a user device, a first conversion apparatus, a server device and a second conversion apparatus. Data transmission between the first conversion apparatus and the second conversion apparatus is performed in accordance with network addresses of the first conversion apparatus and the second conversion apparatus, and one of transmission control protocol (TCP) and multipath transmission control protocol (MPTCP) is selected for performing the data transmission. A user packet is transmitted between the first conversion apparatus and the user device in accordance with network addresses of the user device and the server device. A server packet is transmitted between the second conversion apparatus and the server device in accordance with the network addresses of the user device and server devices. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203759 | ENHANCED MULTI TRANSPORT FOR REDUNDANCY - Methods and systems for enhanced multipath transport (MPT) are provided. Exemplary methods include: receiving by a hub a first data packet from a client; identifying a priority of the first data packet; encapsulating the first data packet based on the priority; redundantly sending a first encapsulated first data packet to an MPT server over a wired broadband network and a second encapsulated first data packet to the MPT server over a wireless broadband network; getting a second data packet responsive to the first encapsulated data packet, the second data packet being produced by a service; forwarding the second data packet to the client. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203760 | Transparent Proxy Conversion of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Fast Open Connection - A TCP intermediate device receives a SYN packet from a TCP client that is destined for a TCP origin server and indicates support for TCP fast open (TFO). A SYN-ACK packet is transmitted to the TCP client that includes a TFO cookie set by the TCP intermediate device. The TCP intermediate device receives a first ACK packet from the TCP client. A SYN packet is sent to the TCP origin server and a second SYN-ACK packet is received in response that does not indicate support for TFO. An ACK packet to the TCP origin server. Sometime after the TCP connection is completed, the TCP intermediate device receives a SYN packet from the TCP client that includes the TFO cookie and a payload of data. The TCP intermediate device establishes a TCP connection with the TCP origin server and transmits the payload of data to the TCP origin server. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203761 | Correlating Packets in Communications Networks - A computing system may identify packets received by a network device from a host located in a first network and may generate log entries corresponding to the packets received by the network device. The computing system may identify packets transmitted by the network device to a host located in a second network and may generate log entries corresponding to the packets transmitted by the network device. Utilizing the log entries corresponding to the packets received by the network device and the log entries corresponding to the packets transmitted by the network device, the computing system may correlate the packets transmitted by the network device with the packets received by the network device. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203762 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Provided are an information transmission method and apparatus, and a communication device. The method comprises: a first device entity acquiring header information of an Ethernet data packet from a second device entity, wherein the header information of the Ethernet data packet comprises first indication information, and the first indication information is used for indicating whether the header information of the Ethernet data packet includes a target information domain. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203763 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RELIABLE APPLICATION LAYER DATA TRANSMISSION THROUGH UNRELIABLE TRANSPORT LAYER CONNECTIONS IN A NETWORK - Method and network elements (NEs) for enabling reliable application layer data transmission through an unreliable network are described. A proxy NE receives from a first NE through a first transport protocol connection first application layer data. The proxy NE transmits the first application layer data through a second transport protocol connection towards the second NE. The proxy NE receives from the first NE through the first transport protocol connection second application layer data that is destined to the second NE. Responsive to determining that there are no transport protocol connections for transmitting the second application layer date, the proxy NE stores the second application layer data in the first proxy NE. Responsive to determining that a third transport protocol connection is established towards the second NE, the proxy NE transmits the second application layer data through the third transport protocol connection towards the second NE. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203764 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DROP PROTECTION METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a mobile terminal and a drop protection method thereof. The mobile terminal includes a display panel, a middle frame, a rear shell, a protection module and a detection module; the middle frame being mounted in the rear shell; and the display being arranged on the middle frame. The protection module includes a buffer elastic block mounted on the middle frame and an elastic block control unit for controlling buffer elastic block to eject out if the mobile terminal is in a drop state. At the instant of dropping down to the ground, the buffer elastic block absorbs a generated momentum reduces instant impact stress of mobile terminal, thereby protecting modules, and preventing stress concentration. Since buffer elastic block is arranged on middle frame, the mobile terminal is better protected, and damages to the screen and the internal modules caused by drop of the mobile terminal are be avoided. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203765 | PHONE USER INTERFACE - An electronic device having a user interface for accessing phone features. The user interface accounts for whether the electronic device is connected to a companion cellular phone. The user interface accounts for a headset is available for use to carry on a call. The user interface permits transition between using one or more of cellular phone, headset, and/or the electronic device to be used for carrying on incoming or outgoing calls. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203766 | ADAPTIVE COMMUNICATION MODE FOR RECORDING A MEDIA MESSAGE - A computer implemented method and system for determining a communication mode for recording a media message on a communication device is provided. An adaptive recording application detects activation of an interface element, for example, a push or a touch of a button on the communication device and determines duration of the activation of the interface element. The adaptive recording application, in response to the detection of the activation of the interface element, selects a communication mode, for example, a push to talk communication mode, a tap to start communication mode, etc., based on a comparison of the duration of the activation of the interface element with one or more configurable timing parameters and/or a determination of a presence or an absence of a media signal during and/or after the activation of the interface element. The adaptive recording application initiates recording of the media message in the selected communication mode. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203767 | Information Processing Method and Apparatus, Storage Medium, and Electronic Device - An information processing method, comprising: in response to that a third party application receives an information display instruction, generating a download instruction; transmitting the download instruction to a processing platform, for prompting the processing platform to download a configuration file according to the download instruction; controlling the processing platform to parse the configuration file to generate display parameters; obtaining target information by analyzing the display parameters, and displaying the target information in the third party application. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203768 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AN ELECTRONIC ALARM VIA A SMARTPHONE, AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A method for generating an alert and an electronic message from a mobile smartphone comprising a display and various sensors including a GPS sensor, the method comprising the steps consisting of: —downloading, to a smartphone, a remote support application comprising the implementation of a service for controlling the microphone, even in the event of the phone being locked; —activating the sensors present in the mobile phone in order to collect information linked to the environment of the mobile phone; —carrying out a contextual analysis of the information collected by the sensors in order to determine an emergency situation requiring an alert to be triggered. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203769 | SURFACE DETECTION FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A disclosed example includes providing vibration information to a model, the vibration information corresponding to a first vibration measured at a first mobile device when the first mobile device is in a state of non-use by a user, the model based on a plurality of vibration patterns that correspond to second vibrations measured by second mobile devices in different environments; identifying, using the model, one of the vibration patterns that corresponds to the vibration information; determining an environment of the first mobile device based on the one of the vibration patterns; and instructing the first mobile device to modify a functionality of the first mobile device based on the environment. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203770 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNLOCKING A MOBILE DEVICE - Systems and methods for controlling access to a mobile device. A method for unlocking a mobile device includes detecting a user input comprising two or more user actions performed at one or more physical input buttons of the mobile device when the mobile device is in a lock state. The lock state prevents use of at least one functionality of the mobile device. Each user action corresponds to a code. The method also includes determining whether the detected user input is valid, and changing a state of the mobile device from the lock state to an unlock state to enable the use of the at least one functionality of the mobile device if the detected user input is valid. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203771 | REVIEWING MESSAGE-BASED COMMUNICATIONS VIA A KEYBOARD APPLICATION - Systems and methods are described herein for facilitating the review of messages (e.g., text messages, instant messages, chat messages, and so on) via a keyboard application of a mobile device. The message review system can facilitate a review of a message before it is sent to a recipient (e.g., a recipient of a text message or another user within a chat conversation). | 2021-07-01 |
20210203772 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING VIA DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINES - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for communicating in a telecommunication system. In particular methods and apparatus are disclosed for establishing communications in a telecommunication system having an access node ( | 2021-07-01 |
20210203773 | DYNAMIC TELEPHONE NUMBER ASSIGNMENT - Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium for dynamic telephone number assignment. A method includes: providing a content item to a user device, the content item including a control for initiating a call to a content sponsor associated with the content item; assigning a telephone number from a pool to the content item; receiving a control interaction indication; facilitating a connection between the user and the content sponsor based on the interaction; storing an association between a user identifier, the telephone number, and a content sponsor identifier such that future calls from the user to the telephone number can be routed to the content sponsor, even after the telephone number has been returned to the pool; and linking a content item impression with the connection such that a report can be generated that shows an effectiveness of the content item impression. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203774 | CALL SCREENING SERVICE FOR DETECTING FRAUDULENT INBOUND/OUTBOUND COMMUNICATIONS WITH SUBSCRIBER DEVICES - An example method of operation may include one or more of identifying an outbound call placed by a mobile device subscribed to a protected carrier network, determining the outbound call is destined for a destination telephone number that was stored in a call history of the mobile device, determining the destination telephone number is a scam call suspect telephone number based on one or more identified call filter parameters associated with the destination telephone number, and forwarding a scam call notification to the mobile device while the outbound call is dialing the destination telephone number. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203775 | CALL TRAFFIC DATA MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT - One example method of operation may include identifying one or more call parameters associated with each of a number of calls received over a fixed period of time, assigning scores to each of the calls based on the one or more identified call parameters for each of the plurality of calls, assigning one or more of the calls to a scam call category based on the assigned scores, and responsive to the assigning of the one or more of the calls to a scam call category, determining whether a number of remaining calls of the calls, which are not assigned to the scam call category, have increased or decreased beyond a deviation margin of a target percentage of calls. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203776 | CALL AUTHORIZATION AND VERIFICATION VIA A SERVICE PROVIDER CODE - One example method of operation may include extracting a calling device telephone number from a received call message, querying a verification table for the calling device telephone number, identifying the calling device telephone number and a corresponding service provider network identifier from the verification table, querying a mapping table for the service provider network identifier, and identifying whether a match between the service provider network identifier and a service provider code exists as an entry in the mapping table. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203777 | STATUS PROMPT MULTIMEDIA PLAYING METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS - Example status prompt multimedia playing methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes receiving a first multimedia request by a status prompt application server, where the first multimedia request includes a non-idle identifier and is sent by a TAS. The status prompt application server sends a first multimedia response including a status prompt multimedia session description protocol (SDP) to the TAS, and receives a first multimedia acknowledgement message that includes a calling-side multimedia SDP and that is sent by the TAS. In this way, the status prompt application server obtains the calling-side multimedia SDP, and implements negotiation and acknowledgement of multimedia capability sets between the status prompt application server and a calling terminal device. The status prompt application server can play corresponding status prompt multimedia for the calling terminal device based on different non-idle identifiers. This implements playing of personalized status prompt multimedia in a non-idle state scenario. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203778 | PREVENT OR DETER UNWANTED CALLS USING PSEUDO RINGBACK SOUNDS - Deterring or defeating Robocallers and telemarketers by preventing incoming calls from ringing a called phone while deceptive pseudo ringback sounds are returned to the caller while the called phone is not ringing. Ringback sounds are incorrectly associated with a called phone ringing; ringback sounds only indicate a call is connected. This methodology does not require any identification of nor information about a call. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203779 | CALL SCREENING SERVICE FOR DETECTING FRAUDULENT INBOUND/OUTBOUND COMMUNICATIONS WITH SUBSCRIBER DEVICES - An example method of operation may include one or more of identifying an inbound call intended for a mobile device subscribed to a protected carrier network, determining the inbound call is assigned an origination telephone number that is subscribed to the protected carrier network, determining whether an inbound call origination source location indicates the protected carrier network or an out-of-network carrier network based on one or more call parameters received with the inbound call, and determining whether to transmit an indication to the mobile device that the inbound call has an elevated likelihood of being a scam call based on the inbound call origination source location. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203780 | CALL TRAFFIC DATA MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT - One example method of operation may include determining a call received from a calling party and intended for a subscriber device has an elevated likelihood of being a scam call, determining a percentage of calls over a current period of time being filtered as scam calls by a carrier server, when the percentage of calls being filtered as scam calls during the current period of time is above a call threshold percentage, retrieving call history information associated with a subscriber profile of the subscriber device, identifying one or more call patterns from the call history information of the subscriber profile corresponding to the received call, and determining whether to permit the received call based on the identified one or more call patterns. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203781 | DYNAMICALLY PROVIDING SAFE PHONE NUMBERS FOR RESPONDING TO INBOUND COMMUNICATIONS - A system and method for dynamically providing safe call back numbers to use to respond to an inbound communication, the method comprising parsing message records from a message server, analyzing the message records for untrustworthy phone numbers by comparing content of the message records to a reference data set that is retrieved from a database, the reference data set including genuine and fraud data wherein the genuine and fraud data includes entities and contact information corresponding to the entities, determining untrustworthy phone numbers in the message records from the analysis, and generating remedy actions based on the determination of the untrustworthy phone numbers. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203782 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR INCORPORATING AN AUGMENTED VOICE COMMUNICATION INTO A COMMUNICATION ROUTING CONFIGURATION - A method for incorporating an augmented voice communication into a communication routing configuration of a contact center system according to an embodiment includes selecting a vocal avatar, wherein the vocal avatar includes phonetic characteristics having first values, receiving a text communication and input user parameters from an input user, generating the augmented voice communication based on the text communication and the input user parameters, wherein the augmented voice communication includes phonetic characteristics having second values, wherein the first values of the phonetic characteristics of the vocal avatar are different from the second values of the phonetic characteristics of the augmented voice communication, and incorporating the augmented voice communication into the communication routing configuration of the contact center system. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203783 | CALL MAPPING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING BAYESIAN MEAN REGRESSION (BMR) - Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for ranking individuals in a contact center system including ranking a first individual in a set of individuals based on relative amounts of data for the first individual and one or more other individuals in the set of individuals. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203784 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AUTOMATION - A computer-implemented method related to routing incoming interactions of contact centers. The method may include: receiving initial data identifying a first incoming interaction that includes information disclosing at least an intent of the first incoming interaction; and performing a first subprocess to generate a personalized routing profile tailored to facilitate routing the first incoming interaction in accordance with preferences of a first customer. The first subprocess may include: accessing data from a database, the database including at least a first customer profile storing data relating to the first customer; based on the accessed data and the intent of the first incoming interaction, determining preferred agent characteristics data of the first customer for the first incoming interaction; and generating the personalized routing profile so to include the preferred agent characteristics data of the first customer. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203785 | ENHANCING AGENT'S EFFICIENCY IN A CONTACT CENTER BY USING A MULTI-AGENT TO MULTI-CONTACT ROUTING ORCHESTRATION - A computerized method for enhancing agent's efficiency in a contact center by orchestrating a multi-agent to multi-contact attribute-based routing while maintaining seamless contact interaction is provided herein. The computerized method receives a request for service and in response may operate an orchestration engine. The orchestration engine derives contact related information from the communication channel to yield at least one contact attribute and according to a preconfigured set of rules and the agent's availability state, perform attribute-based routing of the request for service to one or more agents and designate a primary agent to handle the request for service and one or more agents as secondary agents. once an interaction between the one or more agents and the contact has commenced the computerized method sends information related to the handled request to the one or more designated secondary agents' and enable them to participate in the interaction via a display. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203786 | CONFIGURABLE CIRCUIT TELEMETRY SYSTEM - Aspects of the disclosure provide for a circuit, in some examples, including a storage element, a co-processor, and a telemetry sequencer coupled to the storage element and the co-processor. The telemetry sequencer is configured to implement a digital state machine to receive configuration information indicating a type of telemetry data for generation, retrieve operations and operands, where the operations and the operands define a sequential series of actions for execution to generate the telemetry data, drive the co-processor with the operations and the operands by passing some of the operations and some of the operands to the co-processor for processing by the co-processor, receive, from the co-processor, and store an intermediate output of the series of actions as the telemetry data in a first format, and receive, from the co-processor, and store a final output of the series of actions as the telemetry data in a second format. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203787 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISIONING TEMPORARY TELEPHONE NUMBERS - Systems, methods, and computer program products for provisioning a temporary disposable number are described. A user can be provided with a pool of available temporary disposable numbers that have a limited shelf life. The user can select one of the available temporary disposable numbers while submitting a permanent phone number associated with a communications device (e.g., mobile phone, home phone, business phone, etc.). Prior to activating the selected temporary disposable number, the temporary disposable number is linked to the permanent phone number. After activation, when an incoming call to the temporary disposable number is received, the permanent phone number is identified to be associated with the temporary disposable number being called. The incoming call is then forwarded to the communications device on which the permanent phone number is established. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203788 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING IMAGE - There is provided an information processing apparatus configured to obtain criterion data, which is reference image data, by executing a adjustment parameter determining program, obtain evaluation data which is image data scanned by a scanner, generate a plurality of pieces of comparison data by adjusting the evaluating data using a plurality of adjustment parameters different from each other, respectively, associate each comparison data with an adjustment parameter used to generate the comparison data, and display the criterion data and the plurality of pieces of comparison data in a list. When a selecting operation of selecting one from the plurality of pieces of comparison data is performed, the information processing apparatus determines an adjustment parameter for the scanner based on the adjustment parameter associated with the selected comparison data. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203789 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing method including: acquiring a superimposed image in which electronic information corresponding to an image of an object captured by an image capturing unit of an information processing apparatus is superimposed on the image; storing the superimposed image in a storage; and displaying the superimposed image stored in the storage on a display of the information processing apparatus, and even in a case where the object is not included in an image capturing range of the image capturing unit, the superimposed image stored in the storage is displayed on the display. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203790 | ASSESSING PRINT QUALITY USING INTENSITY HISTOGRAMS AND PERIMETER LENGTHS - In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a method for assessing print quality is described. According to the method, a printed mark is converted into a digital binary mark. A number of values are calculated for the digital binary mark. The number of values include at least a perimeter length value and a value describing a characteristic of an intensity histogram for the digital binary mark. A combined representation of the number of values for the digital binary mark are compared against a combined representation of a number of values for a model printed mark. When the combined representation for the digital binary mark is greater than a predefined distance away from the combined representation for the model printed mark, an operation of a printing device that generated the printed mark is adjusted. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203791 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and an image processing program for relatively easily creating an album similar to an example album are provided. A page ( | 2021-07-01 |
20210203792 | SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A service providing system includes a device; and an information processing system. The information processing system stores each user of the information processing system and each user of an external service system in association with each other. The device accepts a specification of a first application and a user of the information processing system; acquires data for which a user of the external service system, associated with the user of the information processing system, has an authority, among data relating to the first application included in the external service system; displays a screen to accept a selection of one piece of data from the acquired data; accepts the one piece of data for which the selection is accepted via the screen; and requests the external service system to store information acquired by the device in association with the accepted one piece of data. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203793 | VOICE CONTROL DEVICE, PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In the case where a voice control device can communicate with a printing apparatus and a display apparatus, a user is provided with visual presentations of notifications on the display apparatus where print processing instructions are provided to the printing apparatus based on user instructions issued to the voice control device by voice. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203794 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention is directed to reduction of a time from setting of a job to execution of an output job including execution of scanning at the time of performing scanning. An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a reading unit configured to perform reading processing to read an image of a document and to generate image data based on the image, and a reception unit configured to receive a selection of a job, the job performing output processing based on the image data generated by the reading processing. The reception unit receives the selection of the job while the reading unit performs the reading processing. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203795 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONFIGURED TO REALIZE LINKAGE BETWEEN CHAT FUNCTION AND USER NOTE FUNCTION - A communication system includes an image forming apparatus and an information processing apparatus, and performs data communication using a chat tool. The information processing apparatus includes a first setup unit that causes a first display device to display a chat screen, and a first controller that transmits, when message information is inputted to the chat screen through an operation device, the message information to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a second display device, a communication device, a second setup unit, a storage device including a user note storage region, a storage controller that stores the message information from the information processing apparatus in the user note storage region of the storage device, and a second controller that causes the second display device to display the message information stored in the user note storage region of the storage device. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203796 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus and a method of controlling the image processing apparatus are provided. The image processing apparatus holds a type of image data and a setting item of image processing corresponding to the type in association with each other, and obtains, by applying a learned learning model to image data which are input, a result of classifying the image data into the type. The image processing apparatus presents, based on the setting item input by a user and the held setting item that corresponds to the type of the obtained image, a recommended setting item corresponding to the image data to the user. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203797 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image selection function of a printer determines permission areas in which superimposition of an object is allowed,, and selects a target image from among receptive images in which the object can be fitted in the determined permission areas, among a plurality of images. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203798 | SERVER SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE COMMUNICATING WITH SERVER SYSTEM - A server system of the present disclosure is directed to displaying buttons, to which respective settings according to functions executable by an image forming device to which a user has logged in, are allocated. A server system includes an information processing device capable of communicating with an image forming device including a display unit. The server system includes a storage unit that stores a usage history of the image forming device, a reception unit that receives first information regarding a function executable by the image forming device, a determination unit that determines second information indicating settings allocated to respective buttons displayed by the display unit on a basis of the received first information and the usage history stored in the storage unit, and a transmission unit that transmits to the image forming device the second information indicating the settings allocated to the respective buttons determined by the determination unit. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203799 | CABINET AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A cabinet includes a first area and a second area arranged in a horizontal direction, an image forming apparatus, and a reading device. The image forming apparatus is accommodated in the first area and forms an image on a sheet and ejects the sheet with the image. The reading device is accommodated in the second area of the cabinet and reads an image of a document. At least a part of the reading device is pulled out from an internal space of the cabinet in a direction orthogonal to the horizontal direction in which the first area and the second area are arranged in a horizontal plane. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203800 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus that utilizes a communication device is disclosed. A communication unit of a housing which corresponds to an antenna portion is provided at a position at which the communication unit can be seen without obstruction from the upper side. A communication device such as a smartphone can be brought close to or into contact with the communication unit readily. Accordingly, wireless communication between the antenna portion and the communication device can be established. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203801 | TRANSPORT APPARATUS, IMAGE SCANNER, AND PRINTER - A transport apparatus includes a transport path on which a medium is transported; a transmitter configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave to the medium transported on the transport path; and a receiver configured to receive an ultrasonic wave from the medium, in which the transport path is provided between the transmitter and the receiver, and is provided in a long-distance sound field of an ultrasonic wave transmitted from the transmitter. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203802 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - In an image reading apparatus, a controller detects a plurality of detection points along a first edge, sets one of the detection points arranged along the first edge which is closest to a center of a sheet placement area in a second axial direction, and determines a reference read position in the second axial direction, based on the selected detection point. Furthermore, the controller detects a plurality of detection points along a second edge, sets one of the detection points arranged along the second edge which is closest to a center of the sheet placement area in a first axial direction, and determines a reference read position in the first axial direction, based on the selected detection point. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203803 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TAGGED-SIGNAL VERIFICATION - The present invention discloses methods and systems for tagged-signal verification. Methods include: upon obtaining original content, generating identity and semantic signatures; superposing the identity signature on the content as an in-band digital watermark; utilizing the semantic signature by: superposing on the content or storing; transmitting a tagged signal combining watermark and content; upon receiving the tagged signal with a verification request, extracting transmitted content; extracting the watermark to retrieve a transmitted identity signature; determining the transmitted identity signature is valid by comparing to the original; obtaining the original semantic signature either by: extracting from the watermark, or retrieving a stored version; generating a transmitted semantic signature; verifying the transmitted semantic signature is identical to the original; determining the transmitted content is tamper-free and identical to the original, or has been manipulated; and transmitting a confirmation notification vouching for the authenticity as a genuine version, or designating as a tampered version. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203804 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus capable of executing adjustment of an image formation position at a timing determined based on the number of printed sheets according to a user's request. Adjustment modes for use in adjusting geometrical characteristics of an image which is printed on a sheet are displayed for causing an image forming apparatus to print an adjustment chart. A controller receives first information indicating whether or not to execute a first adjustment mode for causing the image forming apparatus to print the adjustment chart based on the number of sheets on which images have been printed by the image forming apparatus, and receives second information indicating whether or not to execute a second adjustment mode for causing the image forming apparatus to print the adjustment chart based on a result of detection by a temperature sensor provided in the image forming apparatus. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203805 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus compares pieces of document image data with each other based on the result of a multi-cropping process and the result of an analysis of the document images and, if the pieces of document image data have the same date information and money amount information, determines that related pieces of data are present. In this way, the apparatus can easily prevent pieces of information related to the same transaction from redundantly registered in a system. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203806 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a document table, a first generating section, a first assigning section, a second generating section, a second assigning section, and a relating section. The first generating section generates a plurality of first image data pieces representing respective first side images of a plurality of documents. The first assigning section assigns first symbols to the respective first image data pieces based on a reference position of the document table. The second generating section generates a plurality of second image data pieces representing respective second side images of the plurality of documents. The second assigning section assigns second symbols to the respective second image data pieces based on the reference position. The relating section relates the first image data pieces to the respective second image data pieces based on the first symbols and the second symbols. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203807 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus generates image data for an image forming apparatus having a recording head with recording elements in a first direction that forms an image on a recording medium by ejecting ink from the elements toward the medium fed in a second direction perpendicular to the first. The apparatus has an acquiring unit that acquires multi-valued input image data having tones, a conversion unit that converts the input image data into halftone image data indicating a dot pattern, by using a dither matrix, and a correction processing unit that executes a density unevenness correction process in accordance with properties of each of the recording elements. The properties of the elements are obtained by reading a chart image formed based on the halftone image data. The dither matrix is a dispersive dither matrix with a size of Sx rows corresponding to the second direction, Sx, a natural number. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203808 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes circuitry to scan a first document, dispose an image of the scanned first document at a predetermined location in accordance with a form including an image of a second document and information on the predetermined location at which the image of the first document is to be disposed in the image of the second document, combine the disposed image of the first document and another image different from the image of the second document included in the form to generate an output image, and output the output image. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203809 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain personal settings of an authenticated user, identify, among the obtained personal settings on a basis of reliability information including information regarding a reliable apparatus, savable personal settings, which are to be saved to an apparatus that has requested authentication of the user, generate, on a basis of a result of identification, determination information indicating the savable personal settings, which are to be saved to the apparatus that has requested the authentication of the user, and cause a first apparatus to save the savable personal settings obtained on a basis of the determination information. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203810 | APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - On a recording sheet of a first size, an image combined with gradation patches of a plurality of colors is printed, on a recording sheet of a second size smaller than the first size, images combined with the gradation patches of the plurality of colors are divided and printed into a plurality of recording sheets, color measurement is performed on each of the gradation patches, and gradation correction data is generated. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203811 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE DISPLAY FRAME FETCH - Techniques for selective display frame fetching can include receiving or fetching rendered display frames by a display engine. The display engine can obtain an indication of a new frame and, in response to the indication of the new frame not including an indication of a flip completion event: (i) fill the display buffer with the new frame; (ii) scan out the new frame from the display buffer to a display port; and (iii) apply an adaptive contrast and backlight enhancement based on a histogram of changes in the new frame. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203812 | PORTABLE HARDWARE-SOFTWARE COMPLEX FOR PATTERN AND FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION - The invention relates to devices intended for reading and recognizing printed or written characters or for recognizing patterns, e.g., fingerprints, for document verification/authentication (e.g., passport verification). A portable hardware-software complex (PHSC) includes a housing with a visible spectrum camera and a fingerprint scanner. The housing includes a power supply unit and a processor. On the housing from the fingerprint scanner side there is a display, and on the back side of the housing there is a visible spectrum camera with two or more sources of visible spectrum radiation and UV radiation, installed to illuminate the visible spectrum camera field of view. On the back side of the body there is an infrared camera and one or more sources of infrared radiation, for illuminating the field of view of the infrared camera. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203813 | ENDOSCOPE - A video endoscope including an operating handle; an insertion tube extending distally from the operating handle; a camera at the distal end of the insertion tube; a working channel extending from the housing to the distal end of the insertion tube; and control cables; the operating handle including: a housing; a control lever comprising a wall and trunnions extending laterally from the wall, the wall comprising a control lever immobilization aperture; a first wall comprising a first support aperture and a first immobilization aperture; a second wall comprising a second support aperture, the first support aperture and the second support aperture receiving the trunnions to facilitate rotation of the control lever, and the control lever immobilization aperture and the first immobilization aperture being alignable to receive a tool and thereby immobilize the control lever in a neutral position during attachment of the control cables to the control lever. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203814 | SYMBOLOGY READER IMAGING ENGINES AND COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH - In an embodiment, the present invention is an imaging engine assembly that includes a housing with a window, an imaging assembly positioned within the housing, the imaging assembly operable to capture image data over a field of view extending through the window and decode an indicium captured in the image data, and a cover positioned at least partially over the housing. The imaging engine housing and the cover are configured such that the cover is alternatively mountable between a first orientation and a diametrically opposed second orientation relative to the housing. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203815 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY - An optical assembly includes: a camera module; at least one actuator configured to move the camera module; and a connection substrate having one end connected to the camera module such that at least a portion of the connection substrate is configured to move along with movement of the camera module. The connection substrate includes a rigidity reduction portion reducing rigidity of the connection substrate in a portion of the substrate in which distortion or warpage occurs according to the movement of the camera module. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203816 | CAMERA MODULE WITH IMAGING SENSOR AND LIGHT EMITTER - A camera module includes an imaging sensor, a light emitter, and a circuit board. The circuit board includes first and second rigid printed wiring boards, and a foldable flexible printed wiring board connecting the two. A surface of the first rigid printed wiring board on which the imaging sensor is mounted has a holder which is configured to hold the second rigid printed wiring board in a state in which a surface of the second rigid printed wiring board on which the light emitter is mounted and the surface on which the imaging sensor is mounted face the same direction. The holder is arranged at a position which is different from the imaging sensor, and holds the second rigid printed wiring board at a height higher than the surface of the first rigid printed wiring board. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203817 | CAMERA MODULE ARRAY AND ASSEMBLY METHOD THEREFOR - The present application provides a camera module array, comprising at least two camera modules, wherein at least one of the camera modules has a free-form lens sheet, and the free-form lens sheet performs active alignment according to an actual imaging result received by a photosensitive chip, so that a difference between an actual reference direction of the free-form lens sheet and a reference direction determined by an optical design is not greater than 0.05 degrees. The present application further provides a corresponding assembly method for camera module array. In the present application, a TTL of the camera modules can be reduced by means of the free-form lens sheet so as to, for example, make a TTL of a wide-angle module equal or approximately equal to a TTL of a telephoto module, so that a dual-camera module composed of the wide-angle module and the telephoto module is easily mounted in a terminal device such as a mobile phone. The present application can also effectively improve the mounting precision of the free-form lens sheet. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203818 | CAMERA MODULE, MOLDING PHOTOSENSITIVE ASSEMBLY THEREOF, MANUFACTURING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - the present invention provides a camera module, a molding photosensitive assembly thereof, a manufacturing method, and an electronic device, the molding photosensitive assembly comprises a lens, a photosensitive element, a circuit board, a molding base, and a supporting element, the photosensitive element being arranged on the circuit board, the molding base being formed into an integral structure with the lens, the supporting element, the photosensitive element, and the circuit board by means of a molding process, and the camera module and the molding photosensitive assembly thereof being capable of reducing stain sensitivity and shortening the distance of the lens plane above a light through hole of the lens to the photosensitive plane of the photosensitive element. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203819 | Camera Module, Molded Circuit Board Assembly, Molded Photosensitive Assembly and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A camera module, a molded circuit board assembly, a molded photosensitive assembly and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The camera module includes a molded base which is integrally formed with a circuit board through a molding process, wherein a photosensitive element may be electrically connected on the circuit board and at least a portion of a non-photosensitive area portion of the photosensitive element is also connected by the molded base through the molding process. A light window is formed in a central portion of the molded base to provide a light path for the photosensitive element, wherein a cross section of the light window is configured to have a trapezoidal or multi-step trapezoidal shape which has a size increasing from bottom to top to facilitate demoulding and avoiding stray lights. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203820 | ELECTRIC SHAVER WITH IMAGING CAPABILITY - System and method for improving the shaving experience by providing improved visibility of the skin shaving area. A digital camera is integrated with the electric shaver for close image capturing of shaving area, and displaying it on a display unit. The display unit can be integral part of the electric shaver casing, or housed in a separated device which receives the image via a communication channel. The communication channel can be wireless (using radio, audio or light) or wired, such as dedicated cabling or using powerline communication. A light source is used to better illuminate the shaving area. Video compression and digital image processing techniques are used for providing for improved shaving results. The wired communication medium can simultaneously be used also for carrying power from the electric shaver assembly to the display unit, or from the display unit to the electric shaver. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203821 | IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An imaging device includes a lens array and an image sensor. The lens array includes a plurality of lens units, and is configured to provide a first lens sub-array and a second lens sub-array, the first lens sub-array includes a first lens unit of the lens units, the first lens unit and the image sensor are configured to have a first range of depth of field, the second lens sub-array includes a second lens unit of the lens units, the second lens unit and the image sensor are configured to have a second range of depth of field, the first depth range and the second depth range partially overlap, and a combined range of the first second ranges of depth of field is greater than each of the first range of depth of field and the second range of depth of field. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203822 | ACTUATED STATIC MASKS FOR CODED APERTURE IMAGING - A method includes forming a first image of a scene through a static coded aperture onto a sensor with the static coded aperture in a first position relative to the sensor, shifting the coded aperture to a second position relative to the sensor, and forming a second image of the scene through the static coded aperture onto the sensor with the static coded aperture in the second position. Two or more images can be formed in this way. The method includes forming a combined image by deconvolving the two or more images and combining data from the two or more images into the combined image. The combined image can be a more accurate representation of the scene than either of the first and second images. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203823 | POSITION DETECTING DEVICE OF APERTURE MODULE - A position detecting device for detecting a position of a magnet configured to move over a first target point and a second target point in steps includes a first hall device configured to generate a first hall voltage, a second hall device configured to generate a second hall voltage, a subtractor configured to generate a subtraction voltage based on a difference between the first hall voltage and the second hall voltage, an adder configured to generate an addition voltage based on a combination of the first hall voltage and the second hall voltage, a divider configured to calculate a ratio of the subtraction voltage to the addition voltage, and a subtraction voltage changing unit configured to maintain the subtraction voltage at the first target point and the second target point and in a transition section between the first target point and the second target point to be constant. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203824 | Autonomous Glare Removal Technique - A method is presented for reducing glare in images captured by an imaging system. As a starting point, multiple images of a scene are captured by an imaging system to form a set of images, where the imaging system includes a voltage tunable polarizer and each image in the set of images is captured with the voltage tunable polarizer set at a different polarization angle. The method further includes: partitioning each image in the set of images into a plurality of segments; for corresponding segments in the set of images, determining an amount of change in intensity across corresponding segments of images; quantifying the amount of intensity change for each image in the set of images; and identifying a given image from the set of images based on the quantified amount of intensity change, where the given image has least amount of intensity change amongst the set of images. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203825 | TECHNIQUES FOR CORRECTING VIDEO ROLLING SHUTTER JELLO EFFECT FOR OPEN LOOP VOICE-COIL MOTOR CAMERAS - Methods, systems, and devices for techniques for correcting video rolling shutter jello effect for open loop voice-coil motor cameras are described. A device may capture an image using an open loop voice-coil motor camera including a lens barrel assembly, a base mount, and a brake caliper. The base mount associated with the lens barrel assembly may include the brake caliper. The device may determine a vibration frequency parameter associated with a gyroscope sensor exceeds a threshold. Based on the vibration frequency parameter exceeding the threshold, the device may measure an image sharpness parameter associated with the image. In some aspects, the device may configure engagement of the brake caliper with the lens barrel assembly based on the image sharpness parameter. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203826 | Vibration Damping Gimbal Sleeve for an Aerial Vehicle - A gimbal sleeve for connecting to a camera gimbal may float between a floor surface and a ceiling surface of an aerial vehicle chassis such that the gimbal sleeve has freedom of motion in yaw, pitch, and roll directions relative to the vehicle chassis. The gimbal sleeve may comprise a pair of connection points to the lower dampers on a floor surface of the vehicle chassis. The gimbal sleeve may furthermore comprise a ball joint coupled to a back surface of the vehicle chassis. The connection points include spring forces that enable the gimbal sleeve to return to an equilibrium position in response to external vibrations and reduce the magnitude of vibrations transferred from the aerial vehicle to the gimbal and camera systems. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203827 | Microlensing for Real-Time Sensing of Stray Light - Example embodiments relate to microlensing for real-time sensing of stray light. An example device includes an image sensor that includes a plurality of light-sensitive pixels. The device also includes a first lens positioned over a first subset of light-sensitive pixels selected from the plurality of light-sensitive pixels. Further, the device includes a controller. The controller is configured to determine a first angle of incidence of a first light signal detected by the first subset of light-sensitive pixels. The controller is also configured to, based on the first determined angle of incidence, determine an amount of stray light incident on the image sensor. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203828 | AUTO EXPOSURE USING MULTIPLE CAMERAS AND MAP PRIOR INFORMATION - The subject disclosure relates to techniques for adjusting an exposure setting. A process of the disclosed technology can include steps for determining a localization parameter of an autonomous vehicle, the localization parameter including a geographic position of the autonomous vehicle, determining a region of interest based on the localization parameter of the autonomous vehicle, receiving a first image including the region of interest based on the localization parameter of the autonomous vehicle, determining an exposure setting for the region of interest in the first image, and adjusting an exposure setting of the first image to the exposure setting for the region of interest in the first image. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203829 | IMAGING APPARATUS, EXPOSURE CONTROLLING METHOD, PROGRAM AND IMAGING DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus, an exposure controlling method, a program, and an imaging device by which the restoration accuracy of an image can be improved. The imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device including a plurality of directive pixel output units that receives incident light from an imaging target entering without the intervention of any of an imaging lens and a pinhole and has a configuration capable of independently setting an incident angle directivity indicative of a directivity to an incident angle of the incident light and a non-directive pixel output unit that receives the incident light entering without the intervention of any of an imaging lens and a pinhole and does not have a configuration for providing the incident angle directivity; and an exposure controlling section configured to perform exposure control of the plurality of directive pixel output units on the basis of a non-directive detection signal that is a detection signal outputted from the non-directive pixel output unit. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to an imaging apparatus that performs imaging without using an imaging lens. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203830 | PIXEL SENSOR HAVING ADAPTIVE EXPOSURE TIME - In one example, a method comprises: exposing a first photodiode to incident light to generate first charge; exposing a second photodiode to the incident light to generate second charge; converting, by a first charge sensing unit, the first charge to a first voltage; converting, by a second charge sensing unit, the second charge to a second voltage; controlling an ADC to detect, based on the first voltage, that a quantity of the first charge reaches a saturation threshold, and to measure a saturation time when the quantity of the first charge reaches the saturation threshold; stopping the exposure of the first photodiode and the second photodiode to the incident light based on detecting that the quantity of the first charge reaches the saturation threshold; and controlling the ADC to measure, based on the second voltage, a quantity of the second charge generated by the second photodiode before the exposure ends. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203831 | IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An imaging element incorporates a processing circuit and a memory. The memory stores captured image data obtained by imaging a subject at a first frame rate. The processing circuit performs processing based on the captured image data stored in the memory. An output circuit outputs output image data based on the captured image data to an outside of the imaging element at a second frame rate. The first frame rate is a frame rate higher than the second frame rate and is determined in accordance with an occurrence cycle of a flicker, and the processing circuit detects a flicker effect avoidance timing at which an effect of the flicker on imaging by the imaging element is avoided, based on the captured image data of a plurality of frames. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203832 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A NETWORK CAMERA - A system and method for responsively prohibiting images collected by a networked video camera from being transmitted from a local network to the Internet or other non-local network as a function of the location of identified users. The disclosed technology provides for utilizing a local network to detect the location of one or more identifiable users. The ability of one or more cameras connected to that local network to transmit collected images outside of that local network is then limited as a function of the user identity and location. The system includes an interface enabling a user to define the particular individuals that the system will recognize, the network camera(s) that will be controlled by the system, and the conditions under which access to the Internet by a particular camera will be prohibited. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203833 | TRANSMISSION AND CONFIRMATION OF CAMERA CONFIGURATION DATA AND COMMANDS THROUGH A NETWORK - Systems and methods for transferring data between a server and a system of cameras. One embodiment provides a low-power radio frequency (“RF”) network for a system of cameras. The network comprises a server configured to access information related to the system of cameras, wherein the server receives a signal indicating a user input, and a first camera of the system of camera. The first camera is configured to receive a status report from a second camera of the system of cameras, update a cache of the first camera based on the status report from the second camera of the system of cameras, and transmit the updated cache of the first camera to the server. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203834 | EXCHANGEABLE LENS AND CAMERA BODY - An exchangeable lens includes: a mount unit at which a camera body is detachably engaged; a plurality of drive target members, conditions of which change as a drive force is applied thereto; an initialization unit that executes initialization processing for each of the plurality of drive target members; an initialization status transmission unit that transmits initialization statuses, each indicating a status of the initialization processing executed for one of the drive target members, to the camera body via a first transmission path over predetermined first cycles; and a drive condition transmission unit that transmits a drive condition of at least one drive target member among the plurality of drive target members to the camera body via a second transmission path different from the first transmission path over predetermined second cycles different from the predetermined first cycles. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203835 | DEVICE FOR TESTING AUTOFOCUS FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR USING DEVICE - A method for testing an autofocus function of a camera module fixes a camera module and at least two test members sequentially spaced at different positions on an axis pointing straight away from the camera. The camera module is controlled to focus and capture images of each test member and record driving currents of the camera module to achieve those focuses at those distances. When a sharpness of image of a test member reaches a preset threshold value a correspondence table between the driving currents and object distances is generated. An autofocus testing device is further provided. | 2021-07-01 |
20210203836 | CAMERA SWITCHING METHOD FOR TERMINAL, AND TERMINAL - Embodiments relate to the field of terminals and disclose a camera switching method for a terminal, and the terminal. In those embodiments, when the terminal is installed with a plurality of cameras, automatic and dynamic switching between the cameras may be implemented based on a to-be-photographed object, thereby improving a photographing effect of the to-be-photographed object. In those embodiment, the terminal may display, in response to a first operation of enabling a photographing function by a user, a first photographing picture captured by a first camera, where the first photographing picture includes a to-be-photographed object. If the to-be-photographed object cannot be displayed completely in the first photographing picture, the terminal may switch from the first photographing picture to a second photographing picture captured by the second camera, and disabling the first camera, where an FOV of the second camera is larger than an FOV of the first camera. | 2021-07-01 |