27th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220215472 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING GIFT CERTIFICATES OF STOCK - A system and method for gift certificates of securities, other financial instruments, commodities, or other assets are disclosed. In the case of stock, a purchaser enters gift certificate parameters including company name and denomination, as well as payment information. These parameters, together with the market price of the stock, determine the number of shares (which may be a non-integer number) that are being gifted. A provider generates an identifier, part or all of which may be incorporated into a physical or electronic gift certificate for delivery to a recipient who may claim the stock. A database maintains records of the gift certificates that have been purchased and claimed. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215473 | TRADING ORDERS WITH DECAYING RESERVES - In various embodiments, an apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The memory is communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory stores software instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive a trading order for a particular quantity of a trading product. The trading order specifies that a first portion of the particular quantity is a displayed quantity and that a second portion of the particular quantity is a reserved quantity. The trading order specifies at least one of a decay rule, a decay interval, a decay rate, decay quantity, and one or more conditions. The software instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to cause the reserved quantity to decay based at least in part on at least one of the decay rule, the decay interval, the decay rate, and the decay quantity, and one or more conditions. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215474 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS AND REBALANCE - A computer system and method for investment portfolio analysis and rebalance. A processer and computer application tools are provided for use in the dedicated computer system of the present invention. The processor and computer application tools are configured for custom review of an investment portfolio and investment portfolio analysis by equity sector. Tracking error logic is included as a feature of the auto-rebalance component. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215475 | ENHANCED ELECTRONIC DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH REDUCED DATA REDUNDANCY - A method and system are provided for an enhanced recordkeeping system for use in administering unitized private market collective investment vehicles over at least one network. The method includes storing, in at least one computer memory, data and instructions and accessing the stored instructions and executing the stored instructions with at least one computer processor to perform multiple operations. The operations include maintaining unitized private market collective investment vehicles by storing and updating information in accounting and holder databases, including information provided by vehicle accounting and transfer agency systems, offering subscriptions at a current unit net asset value (NAV), or at a current unit net asset value (NAV) and a current unit uncontributed holder commitment (UHC), which may be specific to a given vintage of commitments, and accepting requests to redeem from such vehicles from holders and responding to successful requests with redemption proceeds. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215476 | Machine Learning Technologies for Efficiently Obtaining Insurance Coverage - A computer-implemented method includes dividing consumers into multiple affinity groups based upon characteristics and preferences of the consumers, at least by analyzing the characteristics and/or preferences using a machine learning model. The method also includes auctioning an opportunity to provide insurance for one or more of the affinity groups, receiving one or more bids for purchase and/or offers of insurance for the one or more of the affinity groups, and accepting a winning bid. The method further includes causing individual insurance policies or a group insurance policy to be provide to or updated for consumers associated with a particular affinity group corresponding to the winning bid, thereby providing lower cost insurance and/or insurance that is more reflective of actual risk, or lack thereof, for the consumers associated with the particular affinity group | 2022-07-07 |
20220215477 | PROCESSING WORK BENCH - A processing system includes: a type module configured to receive a claim from a claim engine and to determine a type of the claim based on the claim engine; an inclusions and exclusions module configured to, based on the type of the claim, select inclusions and exclusions for the claim; a transmitting module configured to transmit, to a claim processing module, the claim, the selected inclusions and exclusions, and the type of the claim; and a responding module configured to: receive, from the claim processing module, a response including an indicator of whether to approve or deny the claim, the response being determined by the claim processing module based on the claim, the selected inclusions and exclusions, the type of the claim, and rules regarding approving and denying claims; and to respond to the claim engine with the indicator of whether to approve or deny the claim. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215478 | Determining Body Characteristics Based on Images - System, apparatuses, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable media executable by insurance system servers and user computing devices for receiving requests for insurance products are provided. In order to determine one or more factors of the insurance product or policy, the system may use body characteristics of the customer or potential customer, such as height, weight, body mass index, and the like. In some examples, this information may be determined from one or more images provided by the user. For instance, one or more images of the customer or potential customer may be captured and transmitted to the system for processing. Based on the received images, the system may determine various body characteristics of the user and may use that information to determine one or more policy factors for the insurance product or policy, such as premium, coverage, term, type of policy, or the like. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215479 | DYNAMIC AUTO INSURANCE POLICY QUOTE CREATION BASED ON TRACKED USER DATA - Computer-implemented methods, servers, and tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions for creating one or more new insurance policy quotes for a customer associated with a customer vehicle may be may be described. The computer-implemented methods, servers, and instructions may include receiving a coverage type for the customer vehicle, causing usage data corresponding to the coverage type to be tracked, receiving the usage data, generating the new insurance policy quotes corresponding to the coverage type based upon at least the usage data, and causing the new insurance policy quotes to be displayed. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215480 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING COMPLEX CONTAGION AND CRITICAL MASS IN ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA - A method for determining social contagion while monitoring social media may be executable via operation of configured processing circuitry. The method may include receiving data indicative of social media activity of a plurality of users, selecting features of interest from the data, building a relationship network indicative of connections between the users and local networks to which various ones of the users belong, analyzing the features of interest to determine candidate features for classification as social contagion, determining a complex social contagion score for the candidate features, and providing an indication regarding the classification as social contagion based on the complex social contagion score. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215481 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS RELATING TO AUTO-GENERATED PRIVATE COMMUNITIES - Establishing online social communications for enterprises whilst beneficial to them in terms of revenue, customer retention etc. require skills and time, both of which the enterprises personnel do not possess. The inventors have established an inventive turn-key software application that allows an enterprise to create invitation only private groups on mobile device platforms and monetize aspects of this online private group through direct payments to the club owner. An individual, a group, a society, a business or enterprise irrespective of whether they are active on other social networks can exploit the inventive turn-key software application augmenting their business with clear visibility of the return on investment. As such the inventive turn-key software application provides an effective “one-stop shop” for those looking to establish and build their brand on mobile technology. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215482 | USER INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for processing user information, electronic device, and computer storage medium. The method comprises: receiving a follower number viewing operation for a current user, through a current user interface of a current platform; and in response to the follower number viewing operation, acquiring and displaying a number of users following the current user on relevant platforms, wherein the relevant platforms include the current platform and an associated platform associated with the current platform among the current user's registered platforms. Through the embodiments of the present disclosure, the number of users following the current user on the current platform and other associated platforms may be obtained on the current platform, such that the number of users following the current user on different platforms may be known on one platform at the same time, which improves the user's interaction experience. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215483 | A METHOD OF EVALUATING A CAPABILITY OF A MACHINE AND DETERMINING A MACHINE RUN TIME FOR MANUFACTURING A PART - The present disclosure relates to a method of evaluating a capability of a machine and determining a machine run time for manufacturing a part, the method comprising:
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20220215484 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL POWER CONSUMPTION - A power management system obtains first data regarding several groups of electrical devices, including a budget and a respective priority metric associated with each of the groups. The system allots a respective amount of electrical power for use by each of the groups based on the first data. Further, the system obtains second data regarding the groups, including a respective amount of electrical power consumed by each of the groups. The system determines that a first group has consumed a first amount of electrical power that is greater than or equal to a second amount of electrical power that had been allotted for use by the first group. In response, the system re-allots at least a portion of a third amount of electrical power that had been allotted for use by a second group for use by the first group instead. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215485 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN ENHANCED ENERGY GRID SYSTEM - Disclosed herein are embodiments for optimization of an energy grid system. First and second prediction models associated with a first energy grid system and a second energy grid system, respectively, may be trained based on historical data associated with each energy grid system. A prediction model basis may be created including the first and second prediction models. Training data associated with a third energy grid system may be input into each prediction model of the prediction model basis, and an accuracy of the prediction models may be evaluated to determine whether the prediction model basis is complete. When complete, a context-matching model may be trained based on subsequent energy grid systems until the context-matching model is determined to be sufficiently accurate. Then, the context-matching model may be used to identify a prediction model matching a new energy grid system, which may be used to warm-start the new energy grid system. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215486 | OPTIMIZATION CONTROLLER FOR DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES - An asset manager is configured to control distribution of power within an aggregated distributed energy resources system. The asset manager is configured to solve a given asset model that models a real asset. The asset controller is configured to optimize a setpoint of the asset by determining a first trajectory over the course of a first prediction horizon and a second trajectory over the course of a second prediction horizon that is temporally shorter than the first prediction horizon. The trajectories are determined by minimizing a cost function associated with the DER model or a DERs system model. The first prediction horizon has a first temporal length and a first plurality of set points. The second prediction horizon has a second temporal length and a second plurality of set points. The asset controller is configured to constrain the second trajectory based on the first plurality of set points. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215487 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING DEMAND-RESPONSE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS - Apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for managing demand-response programs and events. The systems disclosed include an energy management system in operation with an intelligent, network-connected thermostat located at a structure. The thermostat controls an HVAC system to cool the structure using a demand response event implementation profile over the demand response event period. The thermostat can also receive a requested change to the setpoint temperatures defined by the demand response event implementation profile and access a determination of an impact on energy shifting that would result if the requested change is incorporated into the demand response event implementation profile. This determination can be communicated to the energy consumer. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215488 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OEM CONTROL TO MAXIMIZE PROFITS - A system and method for providing original equipment manufacturer (OEM) control to maximize profits that include determining at least one demand based charging schedule. The system and method also include processing an OEM charging policy option to schedule charging of the at least one electric vehicle at a low carbon footprint timeframe. The system and method additionally include modifying the at least one demand based charging schedule into a policy based charging schedule based on an acceptance of the OEM charging policy option by the at least one third party environmental entity. The system and method further include facilitating payment of a carbon credit payment from the at least one third party environmental entity to the OEM. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215489 | METHODS OF ALLOCATING ENERGY GENERATED BY A COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM - Implementations of the disclosed subject matter may provide a method of retrieving a data record including historic utility bill statements of a customer, determining a historic energy usage rate of the customer based on the retrieved data record, and determining whether the customer is eligible to subscribe to a community solar energy generating system based on geographic location of the community solar energy generating system, the determined historic energy usage rate of the customer, and the customer's geographic location. The method may determine an allocation of energy produced by the community solar energy generating system when the eligible customer is enrolled in a subscription to the community solar energy generating system. The method may generate a customer data record for the user based on credits for the allocation of energy of the community solar energy generating system and receiving energy from another energy generating system. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215490 | System, method, and apparatus for settlement for participation in an electric power grid - Systems, methods, and apparatus embodiments for electric power grid and network registration and management of physical and financial settlement for participation of active grid elements in supply and/or curtailment of power. Settlement is provided for grid elements that participate in the electric power grid following initial registration of each grid element with the system, preferably through network-based communication between the grid elements and a coordinator, either in coordination with or outside of an IP-based communications network router. A multiplicity of active grid elements function in the grid for supply capacity, supply and/or load curtailment as supply or capacity, and are compensated through settlement for their functional participation in the electric power grid. Also, messaging related to settlement is managed through a network by a Coordinator using IP messaging for communication with the grid elements, with the energy management system (EMS), and with the utilities, market participants, and/or grid operators. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215491 | COMMUNICATION OF ORDERS AND PAYMENTS IN A DRIVE THROUGH USING WIRELESS BEACONS - There are provided systems and methods for communication of orders and payments in a drive through using wireless beacons. A merchant location may include a drive through with a wireless beacon established in the drive through. The beacon may provide communication services with a device for the user. The merchant may detect that the user is in a vehicle in the drive through using either the connection between the device of the user and the beacon or a camera, sensor, or other detector located near the beacon in the drive through. Based on check-in information generated on the connection, an order for the user may be accessed. The user may pay for the order using the device and through the connection to the beacon. Further, if other devices for additional users in the vehicle connect to the beacon, the additional users may split the payment for the order. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215492 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE COORDINATION OF VALUE-OPTIMIZATING ACTIONS IN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND VALUATION PLATFORMS - A system for management, valuation, and orchestration of value optimization actions is provided. The system includes a processor of a property manager node connected over a network to at least one cloud server configured to host a machine learning (ML) module; a memory on which are stored machine-readable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive property-related data comprising a current valuation of the property and at least one market comparable of the property; provide the property-related data to a machine learning (ML) module for a property model generation; receive at least one predictive output of the property model; and generate at least one property-related recommendation. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215493 | Method, Apparatus, and Electronic Device for Obtaining Trademark Similarity - A method for obtaining trademark similarity is disclosed, and includes: obtaining character information of a first trademark and character information of a second trademark; constructing a feature information set according to the character information of the first trademark and the character information of the second trademark; and obtaining a degree of similarity between the first trademark and the second trademark based on the feature information set. By automatically constructing multiple pieces of feature information for evaluating trademark similarity, the method can quickly and accurately obtain a degree of similarity between trademarks, and at the same time, can also avoid the problems of manual design rules or inaccurate calculation of manual design rules. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215494 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MENTORING STUDENTS AND FACILITATING THEIR ENTRY INTO HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONS - A computer-based system, and a computer-implemented method, mentors students, particularly women and ethnic and racial minorities, intending to enter healthcare professions. The system uses a gamified mobile-enabled web application (App) that serves as a visual and interactive dashboard populated with checklists, career support resources, strategies, tips, and a mentoring platform to educate, encourage, empower, and facilitate the entry of students into the healthcare professions. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215495 | DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF INMATE TO INMATE MESSAGE RELAY - Secure system and method of detecting and preventing inmate to inmate message relays. A system and method which monitors inmate communications for similar phrases that occur as part of two or more separate inmate messages. These similar phrases may be overlapping in real time as in a conference call or can occur at separate times in separate messages. The communications that appear similar are assigned a score and the score is compared to a threshold. If the score is above a certain threshold, the communication is flagged and remedial actions are taken. If the flagged communication contains illegal matter then the communication can be disconnected or restricted in the future. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215496 | DYNAMIC MESSAGE MANAGEMENT FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT - A system includes an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) associated with a first worker and at least one computing device. The article of PPE includes a display device. The at least one computing device configured to receive an indication of audio data from a second worker, the audio data including a message. The at least one computing device is also configured to determine a risk level for the first worker and determine whether to display a visual representation of the message. The at least one computing device is further configured to output the visual representation of the message for display by the display device. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215497 | REGISTRATION OF EMERGENCIES - Disclosed is a system for registering emergency situations, the system comprises: a portable electronic device; an online server configured to communicate with the portable electronic device; and a first booklet. The online server is further configured to: in accordance with receiving the first primary identification parameter, registering an event in a server database of an occurrence of the primary emergency situation at a first location based on the first primary identification parameter, wherein the first location corresponds to a location of the first booklet, and in accordance with receiving the first secondary identification parameter, registering an event in the server database of an occurrence of the secondary emergency situation at the first location based on the first secondary identification parameter. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215498 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FRAUD DETECTION AND USER ACCOUNT DEDUPLICATION - Systems and method are provided for fraud detection and user account deduplication. One method includes receiving a request from a user to register a third user account; receiving user information associated with the third user account, wherein the user information comprises a second attribute; at a third time entry, modifying the first data store by: searching the plurality of first entries in the first data store; comparing the second attribute to the first attribute of each first entry; determining that at least one first entry comprises a first attribute that is identical to the second attribute; adding second and third entries, wherein the second entry comprises the first and third user accounts, the second attribute, and the first and third time entries; and the third entry comprises the second and third user accounts, the second attribute, and the second and third time entries. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215499 | HIERARCHICAL SELECTION PROCESS - A network computer system can implement a hierarchical selection process to fulfill a scheduled transport request. The hierarchical selection process can include a first selection process and a second selection process. The first selection process can include assigning a first transport provider to fulfill the scheduled transport request. The second selection process can be implemented at a specified time prior to the scheduled time and can include selecting a backup transport provider to service the scheduled transport request. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215500 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to execute a process including accepting, via a network, a bet on a first competition placed from a terminal used by a user or an associated user associated with the user; determining a condition of a competition to be notified to the user on the basis of information on the first competition; and notifying the terminal used by the user about information on a second competition that satisfies the condition determined in the determining among a plurality of competitions on which a bet can be placed. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215501 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to execute a process including: accepting, from a first user, a bet placed on a first competition based on betting contents of a second user, who is different from the first user, for the first competition, and notifying the first user of information on a second competition different from the first competition when a bet on the second competition from the second user is accepted in the accepting. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215502 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DECISION BASIS FOR CONTROLLING A ROBOTIC ARM, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND NONVOLATILE DATA CARRIER - A camera registers three-dimensional image data representing a milking location for a milk-producing animal standing with its hind legs facing the camera, where the image data are processed to identify an udder of the animal, and subsequently a tail detection process is applied to the image data to identify a tail of the animal, where upon identification of the tail, the tail is excluded from being regarded as a teat when providing a decision basis for controlling a robotic arm that performs at least one action relating to a milk-producing animal. The tail detection process involves searching for an elongated object extending in a general direction being perpendicular to a floor surface of the rotating platform upon which the animal is standing and at a shorter distance from the camera than any surface element of the identified udder. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215503 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR - An information processing device, when one or more pieces of workflow information defining settings and processes for the image processing device are stored in a particular storage area accessible by a computer and when workflow information satisfying a particular condition is included among the one or more pieces of workflow information stored in the particular storage area, performs reading the workflow information satisfying the particular condition from the particular storage area, and importing the read workflow information in a workflow information storage area in the memory. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215504 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAINING GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS WITH HETEROGENEOUS DATA - A method and system for training a neural network to perform processing of digital data. The input data can be heterogeneous and the method or system obtains a multiple of loss signals. The input data can be selected so that the loss signals are balanced and can fulfill several conditions of the output data. When running a trained neural network on digital frame images, intermediate results of processing a frame can be used on later frames and in this way processing delay can be decreased. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215505 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING OF A CAPTURED IMAGE TO FACILITATE POST-PROCESSING MODIFICATION - A system and method of processing of a captured image to facilitate post-processing modification. The method includes: receiving the captured image; down-sampling the captured image to generate a down-sampled image; passing the captured image through an image processing pipeline to generate an initial output image, the image processing pipeline including performing one or more image processing operations on the passed image based on a set of parameters; iteratively passing, in one or more iterations, the down-sampled image through the image processing pipeline to generate an output down-sampled image in each iteration, each iteration using at least one variation to the set of parameters used by the image processing pipeline. Down-sampling can be used to generate a down-sampled initial output image such that a mapping is determined between the down-sampled initial output image and the respective output down-sampled image. The down-sampled images or the mapping can be stored as metadata. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215506 | CIRCUIT FOR COMBINED DOWN SAMPLING AND CORRECTION OF IMAGE DATA - A foveated down sampling and correction (FDS-C) circuit for combined down sampling and correction of chromatic aberrations in images. The FDS-C circuit performs down sampling and interpolation of pixel values of a first subset of pixels of a color in a raw image using down sampling scale factors and first interpolation coefficients to generate first corrected pixel values for pixels of the color in a first corrected version of the raw image. The FDS-C circuit further performs interpolation of pixel values of a second subset of the pixels in the first corrected version using second interpolation coefficients to generate second corrected pixel values for pixels of the color in a second corrected version of the raw image. Pixels in the first subset are arranged in a first direction, pixels in the second subset are arranged in a second direction, and the down sampling scale factors vary along the first direction. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215507 | IMAGE STITCHING - An image stitching method and apparatus, a device, and a medium is provided. An implementation solution is: obtaining a first image and a second image, where the first image and the second image have an overlapping area; determining a first stitching line segment of the first image and a second stitching line segment of the second image, where the second stitching line segment has a first matching line segment in the first image; determining a first stitching area of the first image based on the first stitching line segment and the first matching line segment; configuring a first target canvas at least based on the first stitching area; determining, for each pixel of a plurality of pixels included in the first stitching area, a corresponding mapping pixel in the first target canvas; and mapping pixel values of the plurality of pixels included in the first stitching area to the corresponding mapping pixels in the first target canvas, respectively, to obtain an image to be stitched of the first image. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215508 | SUPER-RESOLUTION RADAR FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - Examples disclosed herein relate to an autonomous driving system in an vehicle. The autonomous driving system includes a radar system configured to detect a target in a path and a surrounding environment of the vehicle and produce radar data with a first resolution that is gathered over a continuous field of view on the detected target. The system includes a super-resolution network configured to receive the radar data with the first resolution and produce radar data with a second resolution different from the first resolution using first neural networks. The system also includes a target identification module configured to receive the radar data with the second resolution and to identify the detected target from the radar data with the second resolution using second neural networks. Other examples disclosed herein include a method of operating the radar system in the autonomous driving system of the vehicle. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215509 | PHYSICS-BASED RECOVERY OF LOST COLORS IN UNDERWATER AND ATMOSPHERIC IMAGES UNDER WAVELENGTH DEPENDENT ABSORPTION AND SCATTERING - A method comprising: receiving an input image, wherein the input image depicts a scene within a medium which has wavelength-dependent absorption and/or scattering; estimating, based, at least in part, on a range map of the scene, one or more image formation model parameters; and recovering the scene from the input image, based, at least in part, on the estimating. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215510 | DETECTION OF LOSS OF DETAILS IN A DENOISED IMAGE - A computer-implemented method for forming a dataset configured for learning a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) architecture including an image feature extractor. It comprises providing pairs of images, each pair comprising a reference image and a respective denoised image. For each pair of images, the method provides the pair of images to a pre-trained CNN architecture similar to the one the formed dataset will be configured for. The method computes an error map representing a difference between a first normalized feature of the denoised image and a second normalized feature of the reference image, the first and second normalized features being the output of a same layer of the pre-trained CNN architecture and adds the respective denoised image and the error map to the dataset. This constitutes an improved solution with respect to forming a dataset for learning a CNN architecture to identify areas of degradation generated by a denoiser. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215511 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOSSY IMAGE AND VIDEO COMPRESSION AND/OR TRANSMISSION UTILIZING A METANETWORK OR NEURAL NETWORKS - A system and method for lossy image and video compression that utilizes a metanetwork to generate a set of hyperparameters necessary for an image encoding network to reconstruct the desired image from a given noise image, and for lossy image and video compression and transmission that utilizes a neural network as a function to map a known noise image to a desired or target image, allowing the transfer only of hyperparameters of the function instead of a compressed version of the image itself. This allows the recreation of a high-quality approximation of the desired image by any system receiving the hyperparameters, provided that the receiving system possesses the same noise image and a similar neural network. The amount of data required to transfer an image of a given quality is dramatically reduced versus existing image compression technology. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215512 | Method for Emulating Defocus of Sharp Rendered Images - Methods and systems for defocusing a rendered computer-generated image are presented. Pixel values for a pixel array are determined from a scene description. A blur amount for each pixel is determined based on a lens function that determines a kernel shape or a vignette shape. A blur amount and blur transparency value are determined for the pixel based on the lens function and pixel depth. A convolution range comprising pixels adjacent to the pixel is determined based on the blur amount. A blend color value is determined for the pixel based on the color value of the pixel, color values of pixels in the convolution range, and the blur transparency value. The blend color value is scaled based on the blend color value and a modified pixel color value is determined from scaled blend color values. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215513 | Radiomic Systems and Methods - The invention provides systems, apparatus and methods for digital image processing providing enhanced display of and radiomics generated from images generated from x-ray and other medical imaging data. Such systems, apparatus and methods capture and use that data to identify distinct gradations, e.g., of grayscale within and beyond the spectrum of human vision, then delineate borders based on ranges of gradation, forming irregular multi-layer visual objects with delineated internal contouring and an outer boundary, and then enhance the delineated layers and superimpose the enhancing display over and/or determine radiomic measures of the corresponding areas of the original image, thereby revealing underlying morphology of masses previously obscured, hidden or “masked” from human vision. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215514 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A video processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire subject eye video data; an elimination unit configured to eliminate positional offset resulting from involuntary eye movement from the subject eye video data on the basis of the subject eye video data acquired by the acquisition unit; an emphasis unit configured to perform emphasis on the subject eye video data that was subjected to the elimination performed by the elimination unit; and an output unit configured to output the subject eye video data that was subjected to the emphasis by the emphasis unit. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215515 | METHOD OF CORRECTING IMAGE LATENCY AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method of correcting image latency in implementing augmented reality includes receiving a first image including frames, in which a time point and a pose of an electronic apparatus for each frame are recorded, from an external apparatus; rendering the first image; receiving first data corresponding to a first time point of a first frame; receiving second data corresponding to a second time point of a second frame; calculating a respective pose of the electronic apparatus for each scan line of a second image based on the first data and the second data; calculating a pixel shift for each pixel in each scan line based on the respective pose calculated for each scan line; generating the second image by correcting the first image based on the pixel shift; and transmitting the second image to the external apparatus. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215516 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING HDR IMAGE - An apparatus for generating an HDR image includes an input image generator that generates a first image and a second image and an HDR image generator that generates a high dynamic range (HDR) in which a dynamic range of an original image is extended from the first image and the second image using a pre-trained model including a first neural network, a second neural network, and a third neural network, in which the first neural network is pre-trained to output a third image, the second neural network is pre-trained to output a fourth image and the third neural network is pre-trained to generate the HDR image based on the third image and the fourth image. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215517 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTICOLOR UNMIXING THROUGH ITERATIVE MUTUAL-INFORMATION MINIMIZATION IN SIMULTANEOUS CHANNEL UPDATE STRUCTURE - This disclosure provides a method and apparatus for multicolor unmixing through iterative mutual information minimization in a simultaneous channel update structure. In this disclosure, a plurality of images may be obtained with respect to a plurality of fluorophores labeled on different biomolecules, respectively. Images of the fluorophores may be unmixed from the obtained images, respectively, while simultaneously minimizing mutual information shared between the obtained images based on all permutation combinations of the obtained images. According to the present disclosure, signals having three or more fluorophores whose emission spectra are overlapped in one spectral range can be more accurately unmixed. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215518 | PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A photographing method, device and system, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The photographing method may include: sending a first image or a feature thereof to a cloud server, where the first image is acquired through a built-in camera of the mobile terminal ( | 2022-07-07 |
20220215519 | PROCESSING DEVICE, WELDING SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, the processing device acquires a first detection result and a second detection result by inputting a first image to a first model. The first model detects a welding element and a defect according to an input of a welding image. The first image is imaged when welding. The first detection result relates to the welding element. The second detection result relates to the defect. The processing device determines an appropriateness of the second detection result by using the first detection result. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215520 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTIPLE LOOSE GEMSTONES USING IMAGE-BASED ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES - Systems and methods for processing a plurality of loose gemstones resting on a worksurface are disclosed. The system comprises an image capturing device for capturing an image of the plurality of loose gemstones on the worksurface. The system further comprises a computing device having a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and a processor. Additionally, the processor is configured by executing a software application to analyze the image to detect edges of objects within the image and generate a diagram representing the detected edges of the gemstones. The processor is further configured to detect, using a trained neural network processing the image and the diagram, individual gemstones within the image and count the individual gemstones detected within the image to determine a gemstone count. The processor is also configured to perform, using an output device, a processing operation on the gemstones as a function of the gemstone count. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215521 | TRANSMISSION IMAGE-BASED NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTING METHOD, METHOD OF PROVIDING NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION FUNCTION, AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a transmission image-based non-destructive inspecting method, a method of providing a non-destructive inspection function, and a device therefor. Specifically, when transmission images of industrial parts or electronic parts including an electronic circuit board mounted therein exist, the present invention enables various inspection methods to be used for the transmission images, so that a user can easily perform a defect inspection according to various situations. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215522 | METHOD FOR TRAINING A SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING A DEFECT IN A TURBOMACHINE BLADE - A method for training a system for automatically detecting a defect of a blade of a turbomachine including a platform intended to receive a blade, at least one image-acquiring device, at least one light source the luminous intensity of which may vary, at least one moving device configured to move the platform with respect to the at least one image-acquiring device or to move the at least one image-acquiring device with respect to the platform, and a processing unit configured to receive acquired images and associate them with the items of information relating to the luminous intensity of the at least one light source and to the relative position of the platform with respect to the at least one image-acquiring device during the image acquisition. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215523 | Manufacturing Method of Optoelectronic Device and System for Aiding Manufacturing of Optoelectronic Device - Provided is a manufacturing support system capable of manufacturing an optoelectronic device with a low cost and a high yield rate and also achieving improved characteristics. The system is constituted by an inspection apparatus and a server. The inspection apparatus outputs to the server results obtained by performing defect inspections in a plurality of steps different from each other that may relate to the occurrence of defect determining a defective item in a primary process of device manufacturing. In the server, defect inspection result acquisition units acquire inspection results in respective steps, and a database separately stores the inspection results of the respective steps. By comparing defect information included in the inspection results obtained in the plurality of steps and the reference information indicating an inspection result of the normal state, a data processing control unit of the server determines whether an identical defect is indicated. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215524 | DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD - According to an embodiment, a defect inspection method is performed with a defect inspection apparatus. The defect inspection apparatus is adapted to irradiate a first sample with illumination light to acquire a first sample image, and compare the first sample image to a reference image to inspect a defect. The defect inspection method includes generating the reference image, acquiring the first sample image, setting a defect detection condition using an index based on a result of defect inspection of a second sample different from the first sample, and discriminating a nuisance from a result of comparison between the reference image and the first sample image based on the defect detection condition. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215525 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, and the processor is configured to acquire an image captured by an image capturing device configured to capture the image, detect from the acquired image a target for which an image analysis is performed, calculate a fineness of image of the detected target and determine a type of the image analysis according to the calculated fineness of image, and perform the determined type of image analysis. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215526 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR IDENTIFYING SURFACES IN A TUBULAR - A method and instruction memory for processing acoustic images of a tubular to determine the surface of the tubular. The images may be acquired by an acoustic logging tool deployed into a pipe or well. A Machine Learning model is trained to recognize regions of the acoustic images that are internal to the tubular or not, in order to determine surface pixels. The surface pixels may be rendered to create visualizations of the tubular where noise and non-surface features are filtered out automatically. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215527 | VENEER SORTING CONTROL DEVICE, VENEER SORTING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR VENEER SORTING CONTROL - Provided is a veneer sorting control device including: a sorting condition setting unit | 2022-07-07 |
20220215528 | ENHANCING INTERPOLATED THERMAL IMAGES - An example three-dimensional (3D) printer may include a camera to capture a low-resolution thermal image of a build material bed. The 3D printer may include an interpolation engine to generate an interpolated thermal image based on the low-resolution thermal image. The 3D printer may also include a correction engine to enhance fine details of the interpolated thermal image without distorting thermal values from portions of the interpolated thermal image without fine details to produce an enhanced thermal image. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215529 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING IMAGE CAPTURING MODULES - A system and method for calibrating a machine vision system on the undercarriage of a rail vehicle while the rail vehicle is in the field is presented. The system enables operators to calibrate the machine vision system without having to remove the machine vision system from the undercarriage of the rail vehicle. The system can capture, by a camera of an image capturing module, a first image of a target. The image capturing module and a drum can be attached to a fixture and the target can be attached to the drum. The system can also determine a number of lateral pixels in a lateral pitch distance of the image of the target, determining a lateral object pixel size based on the number of lateral pixels, and determining a drum encoder rate based on the lateral object pixel size. The drum encoder rate can be programmed into a drum encoder. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215530 | An Apparatus and Method for Imaging Containers - A control unit is disclosed to control an imaging unit to perform imaging of a tray/container. The control unit can cause the performance of actions on the container using automated machines and/or directing humans to perform an action. For example, the presence of contamination in a container can be detected based on an image of the container captured by an imaging unit. The control unit can receive an image of the container from the imaging unit, determine whether the container is contaminated, and direct the container to a cleaning unit. Moreover, the control unit can detect a product based on an image of the product, determine an identity of the product based on the received image, and command an indicating unit to indicate a failure to determine the identity of the product. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215531 | TEETH SEGMENTATION USING NEURAL NETWORKS - A computer-implemented method and system of digitally segmenting teeth in a digital model comprises generating a panoramic image from a 3D digital model of a patient's dentition, labeling, using a first trained neural network, the panoramic image to provide a labeled panoramic image, mapping the labeled panoramic image to corresponding coarse digital surface triangle labels in the 3D digital model to provide a labeled 3D digital model, and segmenting the labeled 3D digital model to provide a segmented 3D digital model. A computer-implemented method and system of generating a panoramic image comprises determining, using a trained neural network, digital tooth bounding region(s) corresponding to digital teeth from a 2D depth map of a patient's dentition, connecting digital tooth bounding region(s) by a spline, determining sampled digital surface points from the sampled spline points; and determining associated digital surface points corresponding to each sampled digital surface point. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215532 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REGISTERING PREOPERATIVE IMAGE DATA TO INTRAOPERATIVE IMAGE DATA OF A SCENE, SUCH AS A SURGICAL SCENE - Mediated-reality imaging systems, methods, and devices are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an imaging system includes (i) a camera array configured to capture intraoperative image data of a surgical scene in substantially real-time and (ii) a processing device communicatively coupled to the camera array. The processing device can be configured to synthesize a three-dimensional (3D) image corresponding to a virtual perspective of the scene based on the intraoperative image data from the cameras. The imaging system is further configured to receive and/or store preoperative image data, such as medical scan data corresponding to a portion of a patient in the scene. The processing device can register the preoperative image data to the intraoperative image data, and overlay the registered preoperative image data over the corresponding portion of the 3D image of the scene to present a mediated-reality view. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215533 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING A STRUCTURE - A method includes providing a sample holder having a plasmonic layer and applying the sample to the sample holder. The sample is illuminated and an image formed. The method enables identifying a structure in the sample from the image based at least partly on its colour. The colour can encode a structural property of the sample, preferably without staining. The method can be used to differentiate a state of at least one cell in a sample. Application to identification of cancer and non-cancer abnormalities are disclosed. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215534 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS USING SEQUENTIAL MODEL - Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for analyzing a medical image containing a vessel structure using a sequential model. An exemplary system includes a communication interface configured to receive the medical image and the sequential model. The sequential model includes a vessel extraction sub-model and a lesion analysis sub-model. The vessel extraction sub-model and the lesion analysis sub-model are independently or jointly trained. The exemplary system also includes at least one processor configured to apply the vessel extraction sub-model on the received medical image to extract location information of the vessel structure. The at least one processor also applies the lesion analysis sub-model on the received medical image and the location information extracted by the vessel extraction sub-model to obtain a lesion analysis result of the vessel structure. The at least one processor further outputs the lesion analysis result of the vessel structure. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215535 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JOINT ABNORMALITY DETECTION AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION ESTIMATION - Embodiments of the disclosure provide methods and systems for joint abnormality detection and physiological condition estimation from a medical image. The exemplary method may include receiving, by at least one processor, the medical image acquired by an image acquisition device. The medical image includes an anatomical structure. The method may further include applying, by the at least one processor, a joint learning model to determine an abnormality condition and a physiological parameter of the anatomical structure jointly based on the medical image. The joint learning model satisfies a predetermined constraint relationship between the abnormality condition and the physiological parameter. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215536 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING AORTIC ANEURYSMS AND ENDOLEAKS IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANS - Techniques for diagnosing a patient having an AAA. The techniques include using a computer hardware processor to perform: accessing computed tomography angiography (CTA) images of a portion of the patient, the portion of the patient including the AAA of the patient; providing the CTA images as input to a trained machine learning model, the trained machine learning model being configured to classify a property of the AAA based on the CTA images; and determining, based on the classified property of the AAA, a diagnosis of the patient, the diagnosis including information identifying at least one condition (e.g., an endoleak, an AAA rupture) of the patient. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215537 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND CLASSIFYING PROSTATE LESIONS IN MULTI-PARAMETRIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES - A method for identifying and classifying prostate lesions in multi-parametric magnetic resonance images, which includes a module for zonal segmentation of the prostate, a module for identifying suspected prostate lesion areas, and a module for classifying lesions, which uses T2-weighted image sequences, ADC maps and diffusion-weighted images (DWI) from the multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging to provide a probability of clinically significant suspected cancerous areas. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215538 | AUTOMATED OR PARTIALLY AUTOMATED ANATOMICAL SURFACE ASSESSMENT METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS - Devices, systems and methods for assessing anatomical surface features are described herein. In some embodiments, a method of assessing a surface feature on a patients skin surface includes (i) capturing one or more data sets from a patients skin surface including the skin surface feature, and (ii) determining outline data of the skin surface feature based on at least one of the one or more data sets. The method can further include determining one or more confidence attributes associated with the determined outline data. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215539 | COMPOSITE MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A composite medical imaging system may direct a display device to display an image captured by an imaging device and showing a view of a surgical area and display an augmentation region within the image and that shows supplemental content. The view of the surgical area shows surface anatomy located at the surgical area and an object located at the surgical area. The augmentation region creates an occlusion over at least a portion of the view of the surgical area. The system may detect an overlap in the image between at least a portion of the object and at least a portion of the augmentation region. In response to the detection of the overlap, the system may adjust the image to decrease an extent of the occlusion within the overlap by the augmentation region. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215540 | A METHOD FOR MOTION ARTIFACT DETECTION - The present disclosure relates to a medical imaging method for motion artifact detection. The method comprises: using ( | 2022-07-07 |
20220215541 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR AUTOMATICALLY CLASSIFYING CORONARY LESION ACCORDING TO CAD-RADS CLASSIFICATION BY A DEEP NEURAL NETWORK - A computer-implemented method for determining the presence of a coronary lesion for a patient, including a first step of receiving at least one curvilinear or stretched multiplanar medical CT image of a coronary artery of the patient. The method further includes a step of determining a CAD-RADS (Coronary Artery Disease—Reporting and Data System value) classification value of a coronary lesion on the image or on a part of the image by using a first trained deep neural network applied directly to the detected images or parts of images. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215542 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING HEMODYNAMICALLY SIGNIFICANT CORONARY STENOSIS - A computer-implemented method for determining the presence of a coronary stenosis for a patient, including a step of receiving at least one curvilinear or stretched multiplanar medical CT (X-scanner) image of the patient including the coronary stenosis as well as a step of detecting the coronary stenosis on the image or on a part of the image by using a first deep neural network. The method further includes a step of predicting a coronary reserve flow value interval (FFR for fractional flow reserve) by using a second trained deep neural network, applied directly to the images or parts of images detected and/or by manual, semi-automated and/or automated measurement of at least two morphological criteria selected from the minimum diameter of the stenosis, the minimum surface area of the stenosis, the degree of maximum coronary stenosis in diameter, the degree of maximum coronary stenosis in surface area, the length of the stenosis and/or the myocardial mass and the percentage of myocardial mass downstream from the coronary stenosis. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215543 | Information Processing Device, Screening Device, Information Processing Method, Screening Method, and Program - An information processing device includes: an acquirer configured to acquire images obtained by imaging cells differentiated from pluripotent stem cells derived from a subject; and a predictor configured to input the images acquired by the acquirer to a model trained on data in which information indicating at least a neurodegenerative disease is associated with the image obtained by imaging the cells of the neurodegenerative disease differentiated from the pluripotent stem cells, and predict an onset of the neurodegenerative disease of the subject or effects of drugs on the neurodegenerative disease, based on output results of the model to which the images were input. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215544 | Information Processing Device, Screening Device, Information Processing Method, Screening Method, and Program - An information processing device includes: an acquirer configured to acquire images obtained by imaging cells differentiated from pluripotent stem cells derived from a subject; and a predictor configured to input the images acquired by the acquirer to a model trained on data in which information indicating at least an intractable neurological disease is associated with an image obtained by imaging the cells of the intractable neurological disease differentiated from the pluripotent stem cells, and predict an onset of the intractable neurological disease of the subject based on output results of the model to which the images were input. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215545 | CROSS SECTION VIEWS OF WOUNDS - A non-transitory computer readable medium storing data and computer implementable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations for generating cross section views of a wound, the operations including receiving 3D information of a wound based on information captured using an image sensor associated with an image plane substantially parallel to the wound; generating a cross section view of the wound by analyzing the 3D information; and providing data configured to cause a presentation of the generated cross section view of the wound. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215546 | METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING AND INSPECTING ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS - A method includes manufacturing an orthodontic aligner and assessing a quality of the orthodontic aligner. Assessing the quality of the orthodontic aligner comprises receiving a digital representation of the orthodontic aligner, and analyzing the digital representation of the orthodontic aligner to identify a quality-related property of the orthodontic aligner. The analyzing comprises comparing the digital representation of the orthodontic aligner with data based on a digital model associated with the orthodontic aligner and calculating one or more difference between a feature determined from the data and a feature of the digital representation of the orthodontic aligner. Assessing the quality of the orthodontic aligner further includes determining, based on the quality-related property, that the orthodontic aligner comprises a possible manufacturing flaw, and classifying the orthodontic aligner as requiring further inspection by a technician based on determining that the orthodontic aligner comprises the possible manufacturing flaw. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215547 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING AN IMAGE OF A DENTAL ARCH - A method for analyzing an image, called “analysis image”, of a dental arch of a patient. The method in which the analysis image is submitted to a neural network, in order to determine at least one value of an image attribute relating to the analysis image. The analysis image is a photograph or an image taken from a film. The image attribute relates to a position or an orientation or a calibration of an acquisition apparatus used to acquire the analysis image or a combination thereof, or a quality of the analysis image, and in particular relating to the brightness, to the contrast or to the sharpness of the analysis image, or a combination thereof. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215548 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING ABNORMAL CELL IN TO-BE-DETECTED SAMPLE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Methods, apparatus, device, and storage medium for identifying an abnormal cell in a to-be-detected sample are disclosed. The method includes obtaining, by a device, multi-layer images of a to-be-detected sample, the to-be-detected sample comprising a single cell and a cell cluster; obtaining, by the device, multi-layer image blocks of the single cell and multi-layer image blocks of the cell cluster according to the multi-layer images; obtaining, by the device, a first identification result by a first image identification network according to the multi-layer image blocks of the single cell; obtaining, by the device, a second identification result by a second image identification network according to the multi-layer image blocks of the cell cluster; and determining, by the device, whether an abnormal cell exists in the to-be-detected sample according to the first identification result and the second identification result. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215549 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER-AIDED TRIAGE - A system for computer-aided triage can include a router, a remote computing system, and a client application. A method for computer-aided triage can include determining a parameter associated with a data packet, determining a treatment option based on the parameter, and transmitting information to a device associated with a second point of care. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215550 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING AUTONOMOUS CONTROL OF AN IMAGING SYSTEM - The present disclosure pertains to autonomous control of an imaging system. In some embodiments, training information including at least a plurality of images and action information are received. The plurality of images and action information are provided to a prediction model to train the prediction model. Further, an image capturing device is controlled to capture an image of a portion of a living organism, the image is processed, via the prediction model, to determine an action to be taken with respect to the image, and the determined action is taken with respect to the image. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215551 | ATLAS-BASED LOCATION DETERMINATION OF AN ANATOMICAL REGION OF INTEREST - Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of determining an assignment of an object acquire patient image data of interest recognizable in a digital medical patient image such as a tumour or other medical anomaly such as an implant to an anatomical region. The medical patient image is registered with atlas data, The assignment is then determined by calculating a score value defining an amount of volume intersection between the object of interest and a digital object defining a specific anatomic region, for example a bounding box around a specific organ, which is defined in the atlas data. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215552 | SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING - Disclosed herein is a system and method for medical image processing wherein an image of a body part of a subject patient is recorded and processed, by means of artificial intelligence based algorithms, to identify a type of dermatological condition. The subject patient is enabled to record one or more symptoms as experienced in relation to the said dermatological condition. The system compares the recorded image to a plurality of test images stored in a medical databank and identifies the best match while factoring in the associated symptoms as well. As a final output, the system displays an identified dermatological condition associated with the subject patient on a display device. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215553 | DEEP LEARNING-BASED SEGMENTATION OF CORNEAL NERVE FIBER IMAGES - This disclosure relates to a method for automating segmentation of corneal nerve fibers based on a deep learning approach to segmentation. Methods of the invention offer more robust results by utilizing the power of supervised learning methods in concert with the pre- and post processing techniques documented. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215554 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING CHARACTERIZATION OF ONE OR MORE MATERIALS - A method and system for performing characterization of one or more materials. One or more materials are scanned by means of a sensory system including an X-ray sensor configured to perform multi-energy imaging for obtaining at least a lower-energy X-ray image and a higher-energy X-ray image. Images obtained by means of the sensory system are segmented, and for each segmented object, data indicative of an area density and data indicative of an atom number by analysis of the lower-energy X-ray image and the higher-energy X-ray image, and data indicative of the area density and atom number is determined by means of a calibrated model. Data indicative of a mass is calculated based on the data indicative of the area density and the data indicative of the area of each of the segmented objects. The data indicative of the atom number is provided as input to a trained neural network, wherein the trained neural network is configured to label each segmented object, and wherein the data indicative of the mass is coupled to each of the labeled segmented objects. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215555 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TOOTH SEGMENTATION - A method and a system for determining an orthodontic treatment for a plurality of teeth of a subject are provided. The method comprises: receiving a 3D representation of a first tooth and a second tooth, adjacent thereto, of the subject, of a plurality of teeth of the subject; obtaining a tooth-gingiva segmentation loop; identifying an outer set of vertices positioned outside the tooth-gingiva segmentation loop and an inner set of vertices positioned inside the tooth-gingiva segmentation loop; generating a first interdental loop extending, along the 3D representation, through a given inner vertex and a given outer vertex, such that: the first interdental loop is at least partially indicative of an interdental boundary between the first tooth and the second tooth; and the first interdental loop intersects the tooth-gingiva segmentation loop; and generating the first tooth 3D representation based on the tooth-gingiva segmentation loop and the first interdental loop. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215556 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTANCE SEGMENTATION IN PATHOLOGICAL IMAGES USING OBJECT-GUIDED FRAMEWORK - A method, computer program, and computer system are provided for image segmentation. Image data, such as biological image data, is received. One or more objects associated with the received image data is detected. One or more regions of interest are determined within the receive image data corresponding to one or more segments based on the detected objects. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215557 | EDGE DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The invention provides an edge detection method and a device of an object in an image, an electronic equipment, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: a line drawing of a grayscale contour in the image is obtained; similar lines in the line drawing are merged to obtain initial merged lines, and a boundary matrix is determined according to the initial merged lines; similar lines in the initial merged lines are merged to obtain target lines, and unmerged initial merged lines are also used as target lines; reference boundary lines are determined from the target lines according to the boundary matrix; boundary line regions of the object in the image are obtained; a target boundary line corresponding to the boundary line region is determined from the reference boundary lines; an edge of the object in the image is determined according to the determined target boundary lines. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215558 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL EDGE DETECTION, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER DEVICE - A method for three-dimensional edge detection includes obtaining, for each of plural two-dimensional slices of a three-dimensional image, a two-dimensional object detection result and a two-dimensional edge detection result, stacking the two-dimensional object detection results into a three-dimensional object detection result, and stacking the two-dimensional edge detection results into a three-dimensional edge detection result. The method also includes performing encoding according to a feature map of the three-dimensional image, the three-dimensional object detection result, and the three-dimensional edge detection result, to obtain an encoding result, and performing decoding according to the encoding result, the three-dimensional object detection result, and the three-dimensional edge detection result, to obtain an optimized three-dimensional edge detection result of the three-dimensional image. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215559 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING USER MOTION BASED ON INPUT IMAGE - A display apparatus includes a display panel, a driving controller and a data driver. The display panel displays an image based on input image data. The driving controller generates a data signal based on the input image data, determines an optical flow based on previous frame data of the input image data and present frame data of the input image data and determines a user's self-motion using the optical flow. The data driver converts the data signal to a data voltage and outputs the data voltage to the display panel. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215560 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRACKING MULTIPLE TARGET OBJECTS IN MOTION STATE - A method and a device for tracking multiple target objects in a motion state, wherein the method includes: determining a feature detection area of a target object from a video frame captured by a video capture device, extracting color features of the target object from the detection area to perform comparison so as to obtain a first comparison result; comparing the position information of marked parts of target objects in adjacent video frames in a target coordinate system to obtain a second comparison result; and determining, according to the first comparison result and the second comparison result, whether the target objects in the adjacent video frames are the same target object, so as to implement accurate positioning and tracking. By using the method, multiple target objects can be quickly identified and tracked at the same time, and the accuracy of identifying and tracking target objects in video data are improved. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215561 | SEMANTIC-ASSISTED MULTI-RESOLUTION POINT CLOUD REGISTRATION - Systems and methods for registering point clouds are provided. An exemplary method includes parsing semantic information from source and target point clouds, segmenting points in the source point cloud into first and second groups based on the semantic information, segmenting points in the target point cloud into third and fourth groups based on the semantic information, determining an initial pose of the source point cloud by registering the first group of points in the source point cloud to the third group of points in the target point cloud according to a first resolution, and adjusting the initial pose of the source point cloud by registering the second group of points in the source point cloud to the fourth group of points in the target point cloud according to a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is different from the first resolution. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215562 | REGISTRATION METHOD AND SETUP - The invention relates to a registration method for determining position and orientation of an object in relation to a position detection system, wherein the method comprises the steps of
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20220215563 | GRADING OF STRUCTURES FOR STATE DETERMINATION - Applicants have discovered a new low-cost and accessible method and apparatus that allowing for quicker and more precise state determinations based on medical images. The method and apparatus are non-intrusive and require providing a medical image of a subject and determining a state based on a comparison to a training image set comprising two or more states. There is provided, according to the present invention, a computer-implemented method for processing medical images comprising calculating non-local means patch-based weights comparing patches surrounding pixels of interest in a test image with a number of patches of pixels surrounding a corresponding number of pixels in reference images; and calculating for the pixels of interest at least one state estimation using a given state assigned to said reference images and said weights. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215564 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCAN REGISTRATION WITH DEFORMABLE MODELS - Systems and techniques are provided for registering three-dimensional (3D) images to deformable models. An example method can include determining, based on an image of a target and associated depth information, a 3D mesh of the target; determining different sets of rotation and translation parameters based on modifications to rotation and translation parameters of the 3D mesh; generating, based on the different sets of rotation and translation parameters, different 3D meshes having different orientations, different poses, and/or different alignments relative to the target; determining different sets of model parameters associated with the different 3D meshes, based on modifications to the different sets of rotation and translation parameters; generating, based on the different sets of model parameters, different additional 3D meshes having different orientations, different poses, and/or different alignments relative to the target; and selecting a final 3D mesh of the target from the different additional 3D meshes. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215565 | METHOD FOR GENERATING DEPTH MAP, ELECRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for generating a depth map, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a point cloud map and a visual image of a scene; generating a first depth value of each pixel in the visual image based on the point cloud map and the visual image; determining a three-dimensional coordinate location of each pixel in a world coordinate system based on a coordinate location and the first depth value of each pixel in the visual image; generating a second depth value of each pixel by inputting the three-dimensional coordinate location and pixel information of each pixel into a depth correction model; and generating the depth map of the scene based on the second depth value of each pixel. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215566 | METHOD OF PIECEWISE LINEAR SCALING OF GEOMETRY ATLAS AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a method for piecewise linear scaling of a geometry atlas, the method including generating min-max normalized depth values and generating geometry atlases by scaling the depth values so as to correspond to the gradients of multiple linear intervals. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215567 | DEPTH ESTIMATION DEVICE, DEPTH ESTIMATION MODEL LEARNING DEVICE, DEPTH ESTIMATION METHOD, DEPTH ESTIMATION MODEL LEARNING METHOD, AND DEPTH ESTIMATION PROGRAM - An acquiring unit of a depth estimation apparatus acquires an input image. In addition, a depth map generating unit inputs the input image acquired by the acquiring unit into a depth estimator for generating, from an image, a depth map in which a depth of a space that appears on the image is imparted to each pixel of the image, and generates an estimated depth map that represents a depth map corresponding to the input image. The depth estimator is a model having been learned in advance so as to reduce, with respect to each error between a depth of the estimated depth map and a depth of a correct-answer depth map that presents the depth map of a correct answer, a value of a loss function set such that a degree of increase of a loss value with respect to a pixel at which the error is larger than a threshold is smaller than a degree of increase of a loss value with respect to a pixel at which the error is equal to or smaller than the threshold. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215568 | Depth Determination for Images Captured with a Moving Camera and Representing Moving Features - A method includes obtaining a reference image and a target image each representing an environment containing moving features and static features. The method also includes determining an object mask configured to mask out the moving features and preserves the static features in the target image. The method additionally includes determining, based on motion parallax between the reference image and the target image, a static depth image representing depth values of the static features in the target image. The method further includes generating, by way of a machine learning model, a dynamic depth image representing depth values of both the static features and the moving features in the target image. The model is trained to generate the dynamic depth image by determining depth values of at least the moving features based on the target image, the object mask, and the static depth image. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215569 | ACCELERATION METHOD OF DEPTH ESTIMATION FOR MULTIBAND STEREO CAMERAS - The present invention belongs to the field of image processing and computer vision, and discloses an acceleration method of depth estimation for multiband stereo cameras. In the process of depth estimation, during binocular stereo matching in each band, through compression of matched images, on one hand, disparity equipotential errors caused by binocular image correction can be offset to make the matching more accurate, and on the other hand, calculation overhead is reduced. In addition, before cost aggregation, cost diagrams are transversely compressed and sparsely matched, thereby reducing the calculation overhead again. Disparity diagrams obtained under different modes are fused to obtain all-weather, more complete and more accurate depth information. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215570 | PROGRESS DETERMINATION SYSTEM, PROGRESS DETERMINATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a progress determination system includes a first acquisition part and a second acquisition part. The first acquisition part acquires area data relating to area values of a plurality of colors from an image of an article, the article relating to a task. The second acquisition part acquires a classification result from a classifier by inputting the area data to the classifier. The classification result indicates a progress amount. | 2022-07-07 |
20220215571 | SYSTEM FOR REFINING A SIX DEGREES OF FREEDOM POSE ESTIMATE OF A TARGET OBJECT - A system for refining a six degrees of freedom pose estimate of a target object based on a one-dimensional measurement includes a camera and a range-sensing device. The range-sensing device is configured to determine an actual distance measured between the range-sensing device and an actual point of intersection. The range-sensing device projects a line-of-sight that intersects with the target object at the actual point of intersection. The system also includes one or more processors in electronic communication with the camera and the range-sensing device and a memory coupled to the processors. The memory stores data into one or more databases and program code that, when executed by the processors, causes the system to predict the six degrees of freedom pose estimate of the target object. The system also determines a revised six degrees of freedom pose estimate of the target object based on at least an absolute error. | 2022-07-07 |