30th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150206255 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PRESCRIBE VARIABLE SEEDING DENSITY ACROSS A CULTIVATED FIELD USING REMOTELY SENSED DATA - A method for prescribing variable seed density planting. The method can include: obtaining first EOS data collected approximately on an estimated day (DOY′) during a past crop-growing season in which NDVI* data most closely resembles a spatial-yield pattern measured during harvest in the past crop-growing season; converting the first EOS data to first reflectance data and first NDVI data; calculating first NDVI* data on a per pixel basis for the first EOS data based on the first NDVI data using satellite scene statistics of the first EOS data; generating an NDVI* map for a first field using the first NDVI* data for the first EOS data; and generating a variable seed density prescription map using the NDVI* map. The variable seed density prescription map can be spatially defined. Other embodiments are provided. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206256 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC UTILITY CONSUMPTION RATINGS - A system includes a utility analytics system. The utility analytics system includes a memory configured to store a utility rating scheme system relating to consumption pricing of a utility, and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the utility rating scheme system for receiving an indication corresponding to a consumption of the utility, and deriving a dynamic utility rating scheme based at least in part on one or more cost indicators associated with a production of the utility or an operation of a grid configured to deliver the utility. The dynamic utility rating scheme comprises a cost-based pricing mechanism to adjust the pricing or the consumption of the utility. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206257 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - This information processing device ( | 2015-07-23 |
20150206258 | Location Based Ranking of Real World Locations - An online booking system allows users to creates, search, and book listings of goods or services. When a user searches for listings, the listings are ranked at least in part based on a location relevance score including at least one of a city relevance subscore, a neighborhood subscore, and a distance subscore. Generally, the city relevance subscore quantifies the probability that a searching user may have actually intended to look for listings in a city other than the city specified in a search query. Generally, the neighborhood relevance subscore quantifies the popularity of specific neighborhoods within a city as a replacement or addition to the distance subscore that determines a real world distance between a listing's real world location and a location specified in a search query. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206259 | DISH REMAINING AMOUNT DETECTION APPARATUS AND DISH REMAINING AMOUNT DETECTION METHOD - In accordance with one embodiment, a dish remaining amount detection apparatus comprises an input module configured to input an image of a container used in dining for placing dish and an image of the dish placed on the container captured by a camera; a remaining amount detection module configured to detect the remaining amount of the dish remaining in the container from the image input by the input module; an end determination module configured to determine whether or not the eating of the dish is ended according to the remaining amount of the dish detected by the remaining amount detection module; and an information output module configured to output information indicating that the eating of a dish is ended if the end determination module determines that the eating of the dish is ended. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206260 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING PRIOR ART REJECTIONS - Methods and systems for analyzing office action documents are provided. The method comprises receiving a request for at least one cited reference. The method includes retrieving the at least one cited reference from an index, the index comprising one or more cited references and a rejection type for each of the one or more cited references; and providing the at least one cited reference and the rejection type for each of the one or more cited references. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206261 | ONLINE INTERACTIVE BIDDING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Online interactive bidding methods and systems used to sell products to consumers are disclosed. The methods and systems require a webpage that lists a product for sale and contains interactive webpage elements that permit a consumer to bid on the product and a computing device that receives product and bid information and immediately calculates counteroffers and displays the counteroffers and other optional information to the consumer. Through an iterative bid and counteroffer process, the consumer and product owner conclude a product purchase or terminate the bidding process. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206262 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND COMMUNICATING NOTIFICATION MESSAGES TO A POINT OF SALE DEVICE - Systems and methods are provided for determining and communicating notification messages which may be available for a patient, as part of the processing of a healthcare transaction. A healthcare claim transaction, such as a prescription claim request, may be received by the service provider computer from a pharmacy management system. The service provider computer may determine if an a notification message is available for the patient and if a patient response to an available notification message has been transmitted to the service provider prior to the service provider computer receiving the healthcare claim transaction. The service provider computer may receive an approved adjudicated response and generate a notification corresponding to the available notification message for the patient. The service provider computer may receive a patient response to the message and may capture the patient response for use as a part of the processing of other healthcare transactions. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206263 | JURISDICTION MODELING EMPLOYING CROSS SYSTEM DEPENDENCIES - A method of modeling a jurisdiction provides jurisdiction resilience information and jurisdiction impact information. The method models a jurisdiction system by determining the multiple different systems present in a particular jurisdiction. The method determines the assets of the multiple different systems and stores asset information describing the respective assets of the multiple different systems in a jurisdiction meta-model. The method may determine critical paths across the different systems of the jurisdiction and identify those critical paths across different systems in the jurisdiction meta-model. The method may also determine cascading effects of incidents to assets within each system and identify those cascading effects within each system in the jurisdiction meta-model. The method may also determine cross-cascading effects of incidents to assets across different systems of the jurisdiction and identifying those cross-cascading effects in the jurisdiction meta-model. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206264 | JURISDICTION MODELING EMPLOYING CROSS SYSTEM DEPENDENCIES TO DETERMINE INCIDENT IMPACT AND RESILIENCE - A method of modeling a jurisdiction provides jurisdiction resilience information and jurisdiction impact information. The method models a jurisdiction system by determining the multiple different systems present in a particular jurisdiction. The method determines the assets of the multiple different systems and stores asset information describing the respective assets of the multiple different systems in a jurisdiction meta-model. The method may determine critical paths across the different systems of the jurisdiction and identify those critical paths across different systems in the jurisdiction meta-model. The method may also determine cascading effects of incidents to assets within each system and identify those cascading effects within each system in the jurisdiction meta-model. The method may also determine cross-cascading effects of incidents to assets across different systems of the jurisdiction and identifying those cross-cascading effects in the jurisdiction meta-model. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206265 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR GATHERING AND PROVIDING PUBLIC OPINION INFORMATION - Methods, systems, and devices are provided for gathering and/or providing public opinion by querying users on specific legislative questions or issues (like various commissioned public opinion polls), which may allow officeholders at the national, state, and local level to learn the preferences and/or opinions of their constituents before they cast a vote or take a position on the issue in question. In some embodiments, subscriber or user data may be received, compiled, aggregated, and/or distributed back out to the user and/or to the public in general in a timely fashion. Some embodiments may utilize running tallying and/or alignment features between user preferences and public officials, including information regarding how elected officials may vote or otherwise take action and over time as it may relate to user preferences. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206266 | Identity Reputation - A method of indicating a reputation of a first user at a first user device to a second user at a second user device during a communication event between the user devices, comprising: storing one or more characteristics in association with an indication of an identity of at least one known user in a data store; and during the communication event: receiving an indication of an asserted identity and one or more characteristics of the first user; querying the store to determine that the asserted identity corresponds with an identity of one of the at least one known user; retrieving one or more characteristics associated with the asserted identity of the first user from the store; comparing the retrieved characteristics with the received characteristics to estimate the likelihood that the first user is validly correlated with the asserted identity; transmitting an indication of the estimated likelihood to the second user. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206267 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A TRANSPORTATION MARKETPLACE - Systems and methods for providing a transportation marketplace are provided. A transportation server receives, from a client device of a user, a request for a transportation service. The transportation server determines a set of drivers in response to the request, the set of drivers further being available to provide the transportation service when the request is received. The transportation server provides the set of drivers to the client device, wherein each driver within the set of drivers is selectable by the user of the client device. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206268 | DIGITAL WATERMARKING METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS - The present invention relate generally to digital watermarking and data hiding. One claim recites a method including: obtaining first data and second color data, the first color data and the second color data represent data from a color image signal or color video signal; obtaining a digital watermark pattern, the pattern aiding detection of a watermark message; separating the digital watermark pattern into first frequency components and second frequency components; utilizing a programmed electronic processor or electronic processing circuitry, modifying the first color data by hiding the first frequency components therein; and utilizing a programmed electronic processor or electronic processing circuitry, modifying the second color data by hiding the second frequency components therein. Of course, other combinations and claims are provided too. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206269 | RENDERING CONTENT ON COMPUTING SYSTEMS - A computer-implemented method for rendering video content is disclosed according to an aspect of the subject technology. The method comprises retrieving video content from a network, directing the retrieved video content to a video hardware accelerator, wherein the video hardware accelerator renders the video content into rendered video content, and determining whether the video content is to be displayed in an embedded mode or a full screen mode. The method also comprises, if the video content is to be displayed in the embedded mode, then instructing a graphics processing unit (GPU) to composite the rendered video content with other rendered content for display to a user on a display, and, if the video content is to be displayed in the full screen mode, then instructing the video hardware accelerator to send the rendered video content to the display without compositing by the GPU. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206270 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESSLY SHARING GRAPHICS PROCESSING RESOURCES AND GPU TETHERING INCORPORATING THE SAME - A system and method for wirelessly sharing graphics processing resources and a mobile device incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a call evaluator operable to receive a graphics call from an application and determine whether the call should be wirelessly directed to a shared graphics processing resource and (2) a tether interface associated with the call evaluator and operable to receive calls from the call evaluator that the call evaluator has determined should be wirelessly directed to the shared graphics processing resource and wirelessly direct the calls to the shared graphics processing resource. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206271 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING A GRAPHICS PROCESSING CAPABILITY OF A MOBILE DEVICE - A system for, and method of, increasing a graphics processing capability of a mobile device and a mobile device incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a graphics application programming interface (API) operable to cause a graphics processing resource of the mobile device to render data generated by an application to yield rendered data and (2) a network interface associated with the mobile device and operable to: (2a) transmit at least some of the rendered data via a network link for postprocessing to yield postprocessed data and (2b) receive the postprocessed data for display on the mobile device. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206272 | SELECTIVELY KILLING TRAPPED MULTI-PROCESS SERVICE CLIENTS SHARING THE SAME HARDWARE CONTEXT - A method for handling parallel processing clients associated with a server in a GPU, the method comprising: receiving a failure indication for at least client running a thread in the GPU; determining threads in the GPU associated with the failing client; exiting threads in the GPU associated with the failing client; and continuing to execute remaining threads in the GPU for other clients running threads in the GPU. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206273 | DATA INTERFACE METHOD AND APPARATUS USING DE-SKEW FUNCTION - A low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) transmitter may include an LVDS transmission device configured to generate a transmission clock and serial data, which are synchronized to the transmission clock on respective clock and data channels. The transmission clock may have different signal patterns when the LVDS transmission device is operating in normal and de-skew modes of operation. A de-skew controller is also provided, which is electrically coupled to the LVDS transmission device. The de-skew controller is configured to drive the LVDS transmission device with control signals that switch the LVDS transmission device between the normal and de-skew modes of operation. A duty cycle of the transmission clock during the de-skew mode of operation may be unequal to a duty cycle of the transmission clock during the normal mode of operation. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206274 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - The present invention provides an image processing method that allows filter processing to be easily and appropriately performed on divided images. An image processing unit | 2015-07-23 |
20150206275 | MULTI-GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT (GPU)-BASED MULTI-PHYSICS SIMULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A multi-graphics processing unit (GPU)-based multi-physics simulation method and apparatus. In an exemplary embodiment, the multi-physics simulation method includes: determining a domain dividing manner by performing mock simulation; performing main simulation by using multi-graphic processing units (GPU) by targeting a plurality of physics model data on domains divided in the determined domain dividing manner; and sharing a result of the main simulation. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206276 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP - A display device is disclosed. The display device includes: a plurality of pixels; a memory storing a lookup table including compensation values for pixels at specific locations of the display. The lookup table also stores compensation values obtained by a bilinear compensation method. The display also includes a data compensator calculating the compensation values corresponding to a location where an image signal is displayed using the compensation values and substitution values stored in the lookup table. The substitution values are obtained by bit-shifting the compensation values acquired by bilinear compensation method. The display device avoids the need to use large and slow divider circuits used in ICs implementing bilinear compensation method. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206277 | UNIFIED MEMORY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present invention facilitates efficient and effective utilization of unified virtual addresses across multiple components. In one embodiment, the presented new approach or solution uses Operating System (OS) allocation on the central processing unit (CPU) combined with graphics processing unit (GPU) driver mappings to provide a unified virtual address (VA) across both GPU and CPU. The new approach helps ensure that a GPU VA pointer does not collide with a CPU pointer provided by OS CPU allocation (e.g., like one returned by “malloc” C runtime API, etc.). | 2015-07-23 |
20150206278 | Content Aware Video Resizing - In accordance with some embodiments, jitter accompanying video resizing, can be reduced or even eliminated by analyzing the content that is to be depicted and resizing based on the nature of the content being depicted. As a result, dominant objects in one frame can be handled in a way that reduces or eliminates video jitter or sliding. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206279 | IMAGE RESAMPLING WITH GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATION - An approach to resampling incorporates geometric transformation into the resampling process. A specification of a geometric transformation is accepted for application to the first image to produce a second image. A two-dimensional filter for application to the first image is then determined using the specification of the geometric transformation. Data characterizing relationships between pixel locations in the second image and pixel locations in the first image is computed. Pixel values of a second image are then computed by applying the two-dimensional filter to the first image, including for each of a plurality of pixels locations of the second image, computing a value for the second image at said pixel location by applying the second filter according to the data characterizing the relationships between pixel locations. The approach can be performed in two phases, with the computing of the data characterizing the relationships between the pixel locations being completed prior to the computing of the pixel values of the second image. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206280 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus and a method are provided which have a simple configuration to perform highly accurate demosaic processing. A local region of interest being a region to be processed is selected from a raw image format, and a standard color image is generated based on an input image. Further, a similar local region is selected which has a phase different from that of the local region of interest, and is determined to have high similarity to the local region of interest based on the standard color image. Further, the local region of interest and the similar local region are combined to generate a local region image set with RGB, having each RGB pixel value set to each pixel position of component pixels of the local region of interest. Further, the local region images set with RGB corresponding to different local regions of interest are combined to generate an RGB image having each RGB pixel value set to each pixel position of component pixels of the input raw image format. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206281 | UPDATE REGION DETECTION DEVICE - A removal region detection means detects a rectangular non-update region from a circumscribed rectangle of all update blocks. An update region dividing means divides the circumscribed rectangle of all update blocks into two or more rectangular update regions not including the detected non-update region. If the number of update regions after the division does not exceeds a threshold, a division processing control means recursively applies the processing by the removal region detection means on the update regions after the division, and recursively applies the processing by the update region dividing means based on the detected non-update region. The division processing control means terminates repetition of the division processing of the update region on a condition that a new non-update region is not detected any more by the removal region detection means, or that the number of update regions exceeds the threshold, whichever is satisfied earlier. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206282 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A specific object is designated from a captured image captured by an imaging unit of an image processing device. An extraction processing unit extracts the specific object and the coordinates thereof. A composition image generation unit makes segmentation composition points coincide with the coordinates of the specific object at a first trimming ratio with respect to the captured image to thereby generate composition images which are trimming regions. When a calculation unit determines that protrusion regions are present in the composition images, the composition image generation unit generates reduced composition images including the specific object at a second trimming ratio which is lower than the first trimming ratio. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206283 | FLICKERING PIXEL FOR DISPLAYING HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES AND VIDEOS - The system comprises a processor for dividing an image into a series of pixels, grouping a selected numbers of pixels into a pixel group and a circuit for providing power to individual pixels in the pixel group in succession, at a switching rate controlled by the processor, the switching rate being fast enough that an observer sees all pixels in a pixel group being energized at substantially the same time. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206284 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF ROTATING DISPLAY IMAGE AND DISPLAY IMAGE ROTATING METHOD THEREOF - A method, for rotating a display image of an electronic device, includes the following steps. Whether an absolute rotation angle of a display of the electronic device relative to a gravity axis is equal to or greater than a predetermined absolute angle threshold is detected. Whether a relative rotation angle of the display relative to a base of the electronic device is between a first and a second relative angle threshold is detected. The display image is maintained when the absolute rotation angle is equal to or greater than the predetermined absolute angle threshold and the relative rotation angle is between the first and second relative angle thresholds. The display image is rotated when the absolute rotation angle of the display is equal to or greater than the predetermined absolute angle threshold but the relative rotation angle is not between the first and second relative angle thresholds. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206285 | EFFICIENT APPROXIMATE-NEAREST-NEIGHBOR (ANN) SEARCH FOR HIGH-QUALITY COLLABORATIVE FILTERING - A computer implemented method of performing an approximate-nearest-neighbor search is disclosed. The method comprises dividing an image into a plurality of tiles. Further, for each of the plurality of tiles, perform the following in parallel on a processor: (a) dividing image patches into a plurality of clusters, wherein each cluster comprises similar images patches, and wherein the dividing continues recursively until a size of a cluster is below a threshold value; (b) performing a nearest-neighbor query within each of the plurality of clusters; and (c) performing collaborative filtering in parallel for each image patch, wherein the collaborative filtering aggregates and processes nearest neighbor image patches from a same cluster containing a respective image patch to form an output image. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206286 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus of the disclosure performs image processing to an extraction image as an image of an extracted linear configuration appearing in an original image. Specifically, the image processing apparatus includes a line connecting processor configured to connect fragments of the linear configuration in the extraction image due to noises or the like to generate a fragment eliminated image. The line connecting processor interpolates pixels in the extraction image in an extending direction of the linear configuration based on a direction image while obtaining the extending direction of the linear configuration in the extraction image. Accordingly, the linear configuration is expanded in its extending direction. Such operation causes natural connection of the fragments of the linear configuration in the extraction image, achieving provision of an image with higher visibility. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206287 | Denoising Raw Image Data Using Content Adaptive Orthonormal Transformation with Cycle Spinning - In a noise reduction process, raw image data in a first domain is transformed into a second domain for noise reduction using a content adaptive orthonormal transformation. In the second domain, noise reduction functions are performed on the image data and then the image data is transformed back to the first domain. In a cycle spinning process, the noise reduction process is repeated with shifted pixel positions and a weighted sum of the processed image data resulting from each cycle is calculated and used to generate a final output image. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206288 | Method and Apparatus for Reducing Motion Induced Blur in Medical Images Using Time Gate Processing - A first gate data representing a first plurality of time gates for a first medical imaging modality (e.g., PET or CT) is provided. The first plurality of time gates are based on a plurality of cycles of an acquired physiological signal of a person. A gate width is determined for a second medical imaging modality (e.g., CT or PET). A second gate data is generated, representing a second plurality of time gates for the second medical imaging modality. Each time gate in the second plurality of time gates has the determined gate width and is generated dependent on a respective time gate in the first plurality of time gates. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206289 | Joint Video Deblurring and Stabilization - Joint video deblurring and stabilization techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a deblurring and stabilization module is configured to jointly deblur and stabilize a video by grouping video frames into spatial-neighboring frame clusters, and building local mesh homographies for video frames in each spatial-neighboring frame cluster. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206290 | IMAGE STABILIZING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided are an image stabilizing method and apparatus, which are capable of performing robust operations in a moving environment. The image stabilizing apparatus includes: an image pre-processor configured to receive a current image and a reference image corresponding to the current image; a feature point selector configured to select at least one feature point corresponding to a background from a plurality of feature points, comprising the background and at least one moving object, in the reference image; a motion estimator configured to estimate a motion of a current image, based on the selected feature point in the reference image and at least one corresponding feature point, corresponding to the selected feature point in the reference image, in the current image; and an image corrector configured to generate a stabilized current image by converting the current image by using the estimated motion. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206291 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING SHARPENING FILTERING - Provided are an image processing apparatus and an image processing method using sharpening filtering. The image processing method includes filtering input image data using a plurality of directional filters, comparing a plurality of filtering results with a threshold value that corresponds to the filtering results, selectively aggregating a plurality of output values of the directional filters according results of the comparison, and performing a first calculation on the input image data and a result of the selective aggregation. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206292 | CLOTHING IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, CLOTHING IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM - A clothing image processing device acquires an image of a first item, the first item being placed in a projection direction of a projection device and worn on one of a plurality of parts of a human body; measures a position of a specific portion of the first item in the acquired image; determines a position of a second item based on the measured position of the specific portion and on a specific portion of the second item; adjusts, based on a position of a projection target onto which the projection device projects and the position of the second item, a size and position of an image of the second item that is to be projected onto the projection target; and controls the projection device so that the adjusted image of the second item is projected. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206293 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus that outputs a transformed image obtained by performing geometric transformation on an input image identifies, on the basis of inverse parameters of the geometric transformation, a plurality of sets of coordinates in the input image corresponding to a plurality of sets of coordinates in the transformed image, store, among the plurality of sets of coordinates in the transformed image, one or more sets of coordinates that satisfy a certain condition and the identified sets of coordinates corresponding to the one or more sets of coordinates in a memory while associating the one or more sets of coordinates and the identified sets of coordinates with each other, and generates the transformed image on the basis of data stored in the memory. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206294 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING DYNAMIC VARIATION OF OBJECT - There is provided a device for calculating dynamic variation of an object, comprising: an enhancement processing unit that adjusts brightness of a pixel determined to indicate a particle dispersed in the object in at least two (2) images generated for the object at different time points; and a calculating unit that calculates dynamic variation of the object based on correlation of the different two (2) images processed by the enhancement processing unit. Herein, the enhancement processing unit sets brightness of a pixel having brightness with a threshold value or higher for each of the images to reference brightness higher than the threshold value. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206295 | IMAGE PROCESSING FOR HDR IMAGES - Image encoding is described. Log-luminances in an HDR input image are histogrammed to generate a tone-map, along with which a log global tone-mapped luminance image is computed. The log global tone-mapped luminance image is downscaled. The log-luminances and the log global tone-mapped luminance image generate a log ratio image. Multi-scale resolution filtering the log ratio image generates a log multi-scale ratio image. The log multi-scale ratio image and the log luminances generate a second log tone-mapped image, which is normalized to output a tone-mapped image based on the downscaled log global tone-mapped luminance image and the normalized image. The HDR input image and the output tone-mapped image generate a second ratio image, which is quantized. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206296 | IMAGE COMPOSITION APPARATUS AND IMAGE COMPOSITION METHOD - An image composition apparatus according to the present invention comprising: an image acquiring section for acquiring first image data and second image data; a subtraction processing section for obtaining a difference value for each pixel for at least a part of the first image data and at least a part of the second image data; a filter processing section for applying filter processing based on a spatial frequency of an image to the difference value; and an image composition section for compositing at least a part of the first image data with at least a part of the second image data on the basis of an output of the filter processing. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206297 | Locating other people within video streams satisfying criterion with respect to selected person within streams - A person within a video stream is selected. Each appearance of the selected person within any video stream is located. For each appearance of the selected person, other people within the same appearance are located that each satisfy a criterion with respect to the selected person. The other people are displayed. The criterion satisfied by at least one first person of the other people includes that a facial direction of each first person converges within a first threshold with a facial direction of the person within the same appearance, such as for more than a threshold length of time. The criterion satisfied by at least one second person of the other people can include that each second person moves parallel to the selected person within a second threshold for more than a threshold length of time. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206298 | DETECTION APPARATUS, DETECTION METHOD, AND LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS - A detection apparatus includes an image pickup unit and a processor which detects a position of a mark using a two-dimensional image of the mark. The processor generates a one-dimensional signal having a plurality of peaks by accumulating images included in a detection region, detects peaks in which differences between values of the peaks and a reference value are equal to or larger than a threshold value and peaks in which differences between values of the peaks and the reference value are smaller than the threshold value from among the plurality of generated peaks and obtains a failure region in the mark, resets the detection region such that the differences between the values of the detected peaks and the reference value become smaller than the threshold value, generates a one-dimensional signal by accumulating images included in the reset detection region, and detects a position of the mark. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206299 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VALIDATING IMAGE DATA - A system and method for validating GPU rendered display data—e.g., a sequence of frames by—comparing, across substantially all of the pixel locations in a frame, the GPU rendered display data to display data rendered by another processor. In this way, by checking substantially all of the pixel locations in a frame, errors in the display image data can be detected without prior knowledge of the format, layout, etc. of the display data. The system may be capable of operating without receiving input from a user or producing output to a user, and without receiving input from other applications or producing output to other applications. In this way, the validation would be invisible to a user and/or other applications. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206300 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF HEMATOMA FROM A BRAIN SCAN SUCH AS COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DATA - A method is proposed for processing a CT brain scan to identify hematoma and extract data quantifying it. The method uses anatomical, pathological and imaging knowledge comprising (i) distribution data obtained from population studies and characterizing typical intensity distributions of one or more different types of material present in brains, one of the types of material being hematoma, (ii) at least one spatial template describing the spatial layout of a brain. Based on these, the method defines a respective volume of interest for each of a number of ventricles, and extracts data characterizing hematoma in the volume(s) of interest, which need not be hematoma within the ventricles. The distribution data describes typical intensity distributions of hematoma (clots), grey matter (GM), white matter (WM) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and may be in Hounsfield Units (HU). | 2015-07-23 |
20150206301 | ASSESSING PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE FROM A THERMAL IMAGE - What is disclosed is a system and method for assessing peripheral vascular disease from a thermal image captured using a thermal imaging system. In one embodiment the present method involves the following. First, a thermal image is received of a region of exposed skin of a peripheral body part of a subject being monitored for PVD. The thermal image was acquired by a thermal imaging system. Pixels in the thermal image each have a corresponding temperature value. The thermal image is analyzed to stratify the peripheral body part into a plurality of skin surface regions. A skin surface temperature for each respective skin surface region is identified based on pixels in the thermal image associated with those regions. The temperatures are then extracted such that a progression of temperatures can be ascertained. A method for forecasting the progression for future times is also disclosed. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206302 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIA STORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR INTEGRATING FLUOROSCOPY VENOGRAM AND MYOCARDIAL IMAGES - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media relate to generate an integrated image including fluoroscopy venogram and myocardial image with left-ventricular (LV) contraction sequence and scar distribution. The method may include processing myocardial image to determine LV systolic and diastolic dyssynchrony, the processing including generating one or more quantitative indices, the quantitative indices including myocardial scar distribution and contraction sequence; generating an integrated image including myocardial image and fluoroscopy venogram data, the integrated image including at least one rank of lead placement quality. The fluoroscopy venogram data may be either 2D fluoroscopy venogram or 3D LV venous anatomy reconstructed from the 2D fluoroscopy venogram. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206303 | Method for Processing Images of Pulmonary Circulation and Device for Performing the Method - The invention relates to a device ( | 2015-07-23 |
20150206304 | Apparatus and Method for Utilizing Mammogram Images for Verification - A method and apparatus for utilizing mammogram images for verification, including obtaining one or more mammogram image of a patient; determining a first set of breast characteristics from the one or more mammogram image, wherein the first set of breast characteristics include breast landmark, breast tissue density, tissue pattern and breast finding; comparing the first set of breast characteristics with a second set of breast characteristics to yield a comparison, wherein the second set of breast characteristics is from one or more previous mammogram image identified as potentially belonging to the patient using an identification not related to content of a mammogram image; and determining based on the comparison whether the one or more previous mammogram image belongs to the patient. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206305 | Method and device for ascertaining a blind area of a camera - A method for ascertaining a blind area of a camera includes a step of forming a first signal curve of a plurality of gradients, which have been determined as a function of gray values of adjacent image points of an image section of a first image recorded by the camera, and a second signal curve of a plurality of gradients, which have been determined as a function of gray values of adjacent image points of the image section of a second image recorded by the camera, the second image having been recorded with a time lag relative to the first image, and detecting the blind area, if a comparison of the first signal curve with the second signal curve shows that at least one section of the first signal curve is identical to a corresponding section of the second signal curve. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206306 | METHOD FOR RECORDING INDIVIDUAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL IMAGES OF A DENTAL OBJECT - The invention relates to a method for recording individual three-dimensional optical images ( | 2015-07-23 |
20150206307 | Visual Perception Matching Cost On Binocular Stereo Images - In a method, a first image of a subject is taken from a first viewpoint. The first image of the subject is composed of a first plurality of pixels. A second image of the subject is taken from a second viewpoint. The second image of the subject is composed of a second plurality of pixels. Pixels in the first plurality of pixels in the first image correspond to pixels in the second plurality of pixels in the second image. Corresponding pixels lie on first epipolar lines in the first image and on second epipolar lines in the second image. The first and second images are rectified to make the first and second epipolar lines parallel to one another and to place corresponding pixels in the first and second images on one of a plurality of pairs of common scanlines. For at least one pair of common scanlines, a corresponding pixel is found in the second image for each pixel in the first image such that a visual perception matching cost (VPMC) is minimized. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206308 | TEMPORAL ANATOMICAL TARGET TAGGING IN ANGIOGRAMS - An image processing apparatus and method take as input a pre-op reference image (OP) and a stream (A) of angiographic images (A | 2015-07-23 |
20150206309 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME IMAGE REGISTRATION - A method for image registration includes the steps of: providing a computer and an imager; acquiring and processing a reference image frame including a plurality of reference strips; acquiring and correcting a target frame by the steps of: acquiring one or more target frame strips of the target frame; comparing the one or more target frame strips in real-time to one or more corresponding strips of the reference frame based on a calculated registration of a specific target frame strip from a previous target frame; correcting a registration of the one or more target frame strips; repeating steps until a last strip of the target frame; repeating the steps of acquiring and correcting a target frame until a last target frame is acquired; and saving processed image based on a plurality of corrected target frames to a non-volatile memory. A system to perform the method is also described. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206310 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE GENERATING METHOD - An image generating apparatus includes an imaging device that photographs a user to generate a photographed image, and a control device that performs a process of compositing an image for composition with the photographed image. The control device detects a plurality of parts of a body of the user from the photographed image, adjusts the image for composition in size, position, and direction depending on a size, a position, and a direction of each of the plurality of the detected parts, and composites the image for composition with the photographed image with the adjusted size, at the adjusted position, and in the adjusted direction. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206311 | METHOD OF OBJECT ORIENTATION DETECTION - A method of determining an orientation of an object within an image. The method determines the responses of at least two classifiers in at least one region of the image corresponding to the object. The classifiers have been trained to identify a given object in different specific orientations. The orientation of the object is determined as an average of the specific orientations, weighted by the responses of their respective classifiers. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206312 | IMAGE SEGMENTATION DEVICE, IMAGE SEGMENTATION METHOD, AND DEPTH MAP GENERATING METHOD - An image segmentation method includes displaying, through a display component, an image; receiving, through a user input component, a user command relative to an original designation region of the image; shrinking the original designation region according to first depth information corresponding to the image to generate a shrunk designation region of the image; generating a plurality of seeds according to the shrunk designation region and the user command; and segmenting the image according to the seeds to obtain at least one segmented region. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206313 | TECHNIQUES FOR EFFICIENT STEREO BLOCK MATCHING FOR GESTURE RECOGNITION - Techniques to provide efficient stereo block matching may include receiving an object from a scene. Pixels in the scene may be identified based on the object. Stereo block matching may be performed for only the identified pixels in order to generate a depth map. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206314 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing apparatus including an image generation unit that, from photographic images that are captured using multiple photographic parameters, generates an image of which values of the multiple photographic parameters are different from values of the photographic image. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206315 | Labeling Objects in Image Scenes - Disclosed are various embodiments labeling objects using multi-scale partitioning, rare class expansion, and/or spatial context techniques. An input image may be partitioned using different scale values to produce a different set of superpixels for each of the different scale values. Potential object labels for superpixels in each different set of superpixels of the input image may be assessed by comparing descriptors of the superpixels in each different set of superpixels of the input image with descriptors of reference superpixels in labeled reference images. An object label may then be assigned for a pixel of the input image based at least in part on the assessing of the potential object labels. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206316 | IMAGE-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD - An image-processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an input unit configured to input an image; and an area-determination unit configured to determine a monochrome area and a color area by performing a first determination process on the input image, wherein the area-determination unit determines a monochrome area and a color area by performing a second determination process, whose processing accuracy is higher than that of the first determination process, on the input image in a case where magnitude of temporal change of a result of the first determination process is a first threshold value or greater. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206317 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying a first image obtained by an image sensor, obtaining a plurality of crop images cropped in response to a change in an angle of view of the image sensor from the first image, and sequentially displaying the plurality of crop images. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206318 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ENHANCEMENT AND EDGE VERIFICATON USING AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL IMAGE - An image processing system comprises an image processor configured to perform first and second edge detection operations on respective first and second images to obtain respective first and second edge images, to apply a joint edge weighting operation using edges from the first and second edge images, to generate an edge mask based on results of the edge weighting operation, to utilize the edge mask to obtain a third edge image, and to generate a third image based on the third edge image. By way of example only, in a given embodiment the first image may comprise a first depth image generated by a depth imager, the second image may comprise a two-dimensional image of substantially the same scene as the first image, and the third image may comprise an enhanced depth image having enhanced edge quality relative to the first depth image. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206319 | DIGITAL IMAGE EDGE DETECTION - Edges are detected in a digital image including a plurality of pixels. For each of the plurality of pixels, a plurality of different edge assessments are made for that pixel. Each different edge assessment considers that pixel in a different position of a different pixel patch. The different edge assessments for each pixel are aggregated. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206320 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING IMAGES - Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for searching images. An image is received and a first search path is defined for the image. The first search path may be a straight line, horizontal, and/or near the bottom of the image, and/or may begin at one edge and move toward the other. A transition is defined for the image, distinguishing a feature to be found. The image is searched for the transition along the first search path. When the transition is detected, the image is searched along a second search path that follows the transition. The apparatus includes an image sensor and a processor. The sensor is adapted to obtain images. The processor is adapted to define a first search path and a transition for the image, to search for the transition along the first search path, and to search along a second search path upon detecting the transition, following the transition. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206321 | AUTOMATED CONTENT SCROLLING - Methods for controlling the display of content as the content is being viewed by an end user of a head-mounted display device (HMD) are described. In some embodiments, an HMD may display the content using a virtual content reader for reading the content. The content may comprise text and/or images, such as text or images associated with an electronic book, an electronic magazine, a word processing document, a webpage, or an email. The virtual content reader may provide automated content scrolling based on a rate at which the end user reads a portion of the displayed content on the virtual content reader. In one embodiment, an HMD may combine automatic scrolling of content displayed on the virtual content reader with user controlled scrolling (e.g., via head tracking of the end user of the HMD). | 2015-07-23 |
20150206322 | FAST IMAGE SENSOR FOR BODY PROTECTION GEAR OR EQUIPMENT - An image sensor for body protection gear and equipment for monitoring and detection of impacts from surrounding object. The image sensor comprises multiple image processors to record images, use images to estimate and calculate environment parameters, and a controller to process the data. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206323 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING MEDICAL IMAGE - In a medical image display method, a user receives a still image indicating information about a motion of at least one segment for a predetermined time period and thus may more quickly and accurately recognize the information about a motion of a segment. The medical image display method includes acquiring image data of an object, extracting information about a motion of at least one segment of the object for a predetermined time period, from the image data, and generating and displaying a still image showing information about the motion. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206324 | TEXTURE DETECTION IN IMAGE PROCESSING - An embodiment relates to a method for the detection of texture of a digital image, including providing a raw data image of the image by means of Bayer image sensors, determining noise in at least a region of the raw data image and determining the texture based on the determined noise without using a high pass or low pass filter. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206325 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT METHOD AND PROGRAM - A pattern having identification features on measurement lines of a multi-slit is projected to an object, and an image is acquired. Based on positions of identification features detected from the image, a measurement line number is identified for each identification feature. Based on a position of a selected identification feature on the image, a position and a slope of an epipolar line in a coordinate system of the pattern are calculated. The position and slope of the epipolar line are calculated by projecting a straight line extending from the position of the selected identification feature to a line-of-sight direction onto the coordinate system. Because the position of the selected identification feature in the coordinate system is on the epipolar line, a measurement line having an identification feature on the epipolar line is searched on the pattern to identify the measurement line number for the selected identification feature. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206326 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR RENDERING CT IMAGE DATA - The present disclosure provides a method for rendering of CT image data. The method includes acquiring 2D image data of a background and 2D image data of a target; rendering the 2D image data of the target into a 3D image of the target to obtain a first hit position of a ray; rendering the 2D image data of the background into a 3D image of the background; adjusting the 3D image of the background based on the first hit position; and synthetically rendering the 3D image of the background and the 3D image of the target. The present disclosure also provides apparatus for implementing the method. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206327 | TRIP REPLAY FOR AN AQUATIC GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM - A method of replaying measured data points includes receiving positions of a watercraft from a monitoring system, receiving sonar pings of a water body from the monitoring system at the positions of the watercraft, and aligning each of the sonar pings to each of the watercraft positions at which each of the sonar pings was taken. The method also includes generating a sonar image using the of sonar pings, providing a map of the water body, displaying the map including a pathway with an indicating point with the pathway representing the watercraft positions, and displaying the sonar image including an indicating line alongside of the contour map wherein the indicating line on the sonar image corresponds to the indicating point on the pathway. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206328 | DATA OUTPUT DEVICE, DATA OUTPUT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A data output device has an output means that arranges a plurality of objects, which indicate each of a plurality of pieces of travel task information including a departure point, a destination, a departure date and time, and an arrival date and time of a travel task, on a graph in which one axis represents a date and time or a time and the other axis represents the sum of a first amount of time that it takes for crew members at a predetermined base location to travel to the departure point of a target travel task specified by travel task information and a second amount of time that it takes for crew members arrived at the destination of the travel task to travel to the base location, and outputs the graph. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206329 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF AUGMENTED-REALITY SIMULATIONS - In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes the step of obtaining a digital image of an object with a digital camera. The object is identified. A user query is received. The method includes the step of matching, with at least one processor, the user query with at least one manipulatable portion of a virtual view of the digital image of the object. The method include the step of obtaining the at least one manipulatable portion from a database of manipulatable portions of the object. The method includes the step of integrating the at least one manipulatable portion with the virtual view of the digital image of the object, wherein a manipulatable portion comprises a region of an augmented-reality element integrated into the virtual view of the digital image of the object, and wherein the augmented-reality element comprises a hyper link to another augmented-reality element comprising a virtual interior view of the object and wherein the camera obtains the predefined user gesture. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206330 | WEATHER INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, HUMAN NAVIGATION DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING WEATHER INFORMATION - A weather information display system is provided, which can grasp pinpoint weather information around the weather information display system in real time. The weather information display system includes a radar device, an image creator, a position acquirer, and a display unit. The radar device acquires weather observation data. The image creator creates a weather radar image based on the weather observation data acquired by the radar device. The position acquirer is provided to a terminal device and acquires a position of the terminal device. The display unit is provided to the terminal device and uses the position acquired by the position acquirer to display the reference position and the weather radar image around the reference position for a current time point by superimposing them on a map. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206331 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY PANEL DRIVER AND DRIVING METHOD OF DISPLAY PANEL - A display device includes a display panel including a display region and a driver driving each pixel of the display region in response to input image data. The driver calculates area characterization data indicating feature quantities of an image displayed in each of areas defined in the display region for each of the areas, based on the input image data and generates pixel-specific characterization data associated with each pixel by applying filtering to the area characterization data associated with the area in which each pixel is located and with areas adjacent to the area in which each pixel is located. The driver generates output image data associated with each pixel by performing a correction on the input image data associated with each pixel in response to the pixel-specific characterization data associated with each pixel and drives each pixel in response to the output image data associated with each pixel. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206332 | ELECTRONIC WATCH - An electronic watch includes a display section and has a first mode in which a first image that expresses passage of time is displayed on the display section and a second mode in which a second image that includes time information is displayed on the display section. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206333 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOSAIC RENDERING - Methods and systems for mosaic rendering are described. In some embodiments, an image featuring a person is received. A message associated with the person is received. A mosaic rendering scheme is modified to create a modified mosaic rendering scheme including the image based on receipt of the image and the message. A mosaic display is rendered including the image and the plurality of additional images based on the modified mosaic rendering scheme, the mosaic display including the image and the plurality of additional images in a display pattern in which each image is adjacent to at least one other image. A user inquiry is detected relative to the mosaic display in proximity to the image. A message display is generated including the message based on detection of the user inquiry. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206334 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLACING AN OBJECT ON A USER - A method, system and computer program product for virtually placing an object on an image of a human appendage is provided. First, image boundaries are detected in the image of the appendage and converted into a set of line segments. A pair of line segments is evaluated according to a function that combines subscores of the pair of line segments to produce a score. The subscores of the line segments are computed based on various properties such as orientation difference, extent, proximity to the center of the image, bilateral symmetry, and the number of skin-colored pixels. A pair of line segments with the highest score is chosen as the appendage boundaries and is used to determine the position, orientation, and extent of the object. The image of the object is then transformed according to the determined parameters and combined with the image of the appendage to produce the desired result. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206335 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME VIRTUAL 3D RECONSTRUCTION OF A LIVE SCENE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA - A method, system and computer-program product for real-time virtual 3D reconstruction of a live scene in an animation system. The method comprises receiving 3D positional tracking data for a detected live scene by the processor, determining an event by analyzing the 3D positional tracking data by the processor, comprising steps of determining event characteristics from the 3D positional tracking data, receiving pre-defined event characteristics, determining an event probability by comparing the event characteristics to the pre-defined event characteristics, and selecting an event assigned to the event probability, determining a 3D animation data set from a plurality of 3D animation data sets assigned to the selected event and stored in the data base by the processor, and providing the 3D animation data set to the output device. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206336 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADAPTING A GRAPHICAL EFFECT - A method in an electronic device for adapting a graphical effect used in a Graphical User Interface, GUI, comprised in the electronic device for interacting with a user of the electronic device is provided. The electronic device is associated with at least one database. At least one software application using the graphical effect is running on the electronic device. The electronic device is adapted to detect a number of times the at least one application is started, save the detected number of times in the at least one database, and change a time for the graphical effect to be shown based on the detected number of times the at least one application is started, whereby performance of the graphical effect is improved. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206337 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VISUALIZATION OF GEO-LOCATED MEDIA CONTENTS IN 3D RENDERING APPLICATIONS - An approach is provided for accurate processing and registering of media content for rendering in 3D maps and other applications. The approach includes determining at least one first pixel of at least one image that geometrically corresponds to at least one second pixel of at least one rendered three-dimensional map. Further, the approach includes processing and/or facilitating a processing of (a) the at least one first pixel; (b) the at least one second pixel; (c) metadata associated with at least one of the at least one first pixel and the second pixel; or (d) a combination thereof to determine at least one confidence value, wherein the at least one confidence value is indicative of an estimated level of geometric distortion resulting from projecting the at least one first pixel onto the at least one second pixel. Furthermore, the approach includes determining whether to cause, at least in part, a rendering of the at least one first pixel onto the at least one rendered three-dimensional map based, at least in part, on the confidence value. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206338 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A central control section determines a line-of-sight direction of a viewing person based on an image captured by an in-camera ( | 2015-07-23 |
20150206339 | Object Oriented Image Processing And Rendering In A Multi-dimensional Space - A computer implemented method and an image processing system (IPS) for constructing and rendering an object oriented image (OOI) of a target object in an original spatial position and orientation of the target object are provided. While recording an image of a target object, the IPS records extended image data (EID), for example, spatial coordinates of an image recording device (IMR), multi-dimensional position and orientation of a line of vision of the IMR and the target object, etc. The IPS determines the original spatial position and orientation of the target object from the EID, constructs the OOI of the target object by repositioning and reorienting the recorded image based on the original spatial position and orientation of the target object, and renders the constructed OOI on an image display device. For constructing a three-dimensional OOI, the IPS records multiple images and the EID of the target object at multiple orientations. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206340 | Layered Reconstruction for Defocus and Motion Blur - Real-time light field reconstruction for defocus blur may be used to handle the case of simultaneous defocus and motion blur. By carefully introducing a few approximations, a very efficient sheared reconstruction filter is derived, which produces high quality images even for a very low number of input samples in some embodiments. The algorithm may be temporally robust, and is about two orders of magnitude faster than previous work, making it suitable for both real-time rendering and as a post-processing pass for high quality rendering in some embodiments. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206341 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A THREE DIMENSIONAL BODY MODEL - A method for providing a three-dimensional body model which may be applied for an animation, based on a moving body, wherein the method comprises providing a parametric three-dimensional body model, which allows shape and pose variations; applying a standard set of body markers; optimizing the set of body markers by generating an additional set of body markers and applying the same for providing 3D coordinate marker signals for capturing shape and pose of the body and dynamics of soft tissue; and automatically providing an animation by processing the 3D coordinate marker signals in order to provide a personalized three-dimensional body model, based on estimated shape and an estimated pose of the body by means of predicted marker locations. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206342 | Methods and Systems for Generating Continuous Surfaces from Polygonal Data - Methods and systems for generating surface data from polygonal data are disclosed. The methods and systems receive polygonal data which describe discrete points on an object. The methods and systems analyze and use the data to calculate and define a continuous BREP object which accurately represents the original polygonal object. In some embodiments, the generated BREP is G2 continuous at substantially all points. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206343 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL STRUCTURES FOR IN-SITU CONTENT AUGMENTATION - An approach is provided for determining three-dimensional mesh data associated with one or more object surfaces depicted in at least one image. The approach involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of the three-dimensional mesh data, the at least one image, or a combination thereof to determine one or more visual features of the one or more object surfaces. The approach further involves determining at least one score indicating a suitability for in-situ augmentation of the one or more object surfaces with at least one content presentation based, at least in part, on the one or more visual features. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206344 | 3D Model Enhancement - One embodiment involves receiving a fine mesh as input, the fine mesh representing a 3-Dimensional (3D) model and comprising fine mesh polygons. The embodiment further involves identifying, based on the fine mesh, near-planar regions represented by a coarse mesh of coarse mesh polygons, at least one of the near-planar regions corresponding to a plurality of the coarse mesh polygons. The embodiment further involves determining a deformation to deform the coarse mesh based on comparing normals between adjacent coarse mesh polygons. The deformation may involve reducing a first angle between coarse mesh polygons adjacent to one another in a same near-planar region. The deformation may additionally or alternatively involve increasing an angle between coarse mesh polygons adjacent to one another in different near-planar regions. The fine mesh can be deformed using the determined deformation. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206345 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS OF OBJECTS - In a three-dimensional image models generating method, a two-dimensional point cloud model and a two-dimensional image of an object are acquired and aligned. A triangular mesh surface of the point cloud model is constructed and each triangle in the triangular mesh surface is assigned with an identifier. The image is divided into a plurality of triangles according to the triangle in the triangular mesh surface, and each triangle in the image is correspondingly assigned with an identifier. The triangular mesh surface is converted from a two-dimensional point cloud model to a three-dimensional point cloud model. After adjusting sizes of the triangle of the image, each triangle of the image is pasted onto a corresponding triangle of the three-dimensional point cloud model according to the identifiers, to generate a three-dimensional image model. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206346 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING MEDICAL IMAGE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a medical image reproducing method. The medical image reproducing method includes reproducing a three-dimensional (3D) medical image which includes a two-dimensional (2D) left-eye image and a 2D right-eye image, determining a 3D effect of an annotation based on an offset value which relates to an offset between the left-eye image and the right-eye image in order to insert the annotation into the 3D medical image, and displaying the annotated 3D medical image. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206347 | REDUCTION OF GLARE IN AUGMENTED REALITY - Technologies are generally described for methods and systems effective to reduce glare in augmented reality. In some examples, a method for producing a modified image of an object may include receiving first image data. The first image data may correspond to a first light reflected from the object through a clear filter. The method may further include receiving second image data. The second image data may correspond to a second light reflected from the object through a polarized filter. The method may further include combining the first image data and the second image data to generate modified image data. The method may further include producing the modified image of the object based on the modified image data. The method may further include rendering the modified image on an augmented reality display. The modified image may be different from the first image and different from the second image. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206348 | RECEPTION DEVICE - Provided are a content display device that presents meta-information that is related to an object in a video and that is tied to position information while presenting a video content, and a content display method. Video image information and AR information including the AR tag, acquisition location information enabling the acquisition of information related to the object by accessing a server storing the information, time information about the start and end of a video image, and position information indicating the display position of the AR tag in the video image at the time information intervals are transmitted. The video image information and the AR information that have been transmitted are received. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206349 | AUGMENTED REALITY VIRTUAL CONTENT PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - The AUGMENTED REALITY VIRTUAL CONTENT PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“ARV”) provides a photo driven ad-platform that transforms digital media placements into immersive and immediately shareable brand-consumer engagements via GPS-linked virtual photo components instantiated on a user mobile device. Within embodiments, users may create and share photographs augmented with brands or other images and accompanying messages on various social networks using their Smartphones or tablets to earn rewards. In one implementation, merchants and/or advertisers may populate the mobile augmented reality space as fans and consumers may share their photos on social networks and spread the word virally. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206350 | AUGMENTED REALITY FOR VIDEO SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a method includes: displaying an event on a first display device associated with a client device, the event comprising at least one video scene; enabling an electronic device to communicate with the client device; receiving a user input requesting augmented reality content associated with the at least one video scene; identifying a relevant portion of the augmented reality content to render on a second display associated with the electronic device, wherein the relevant portion comprises video frames corresponding to the at least one video scene and additional content surrounding the video frames; and rendering the relevant portion on the second display device. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206351 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE MODE INTERFACE - Each of a world space, a sphere space, and a display space are adapted to accept at least one entity therein, the entity being a virtual reality entity or an augmented reality entity. For world space, translation by a viewer substantially corresponds with translation with respect to world space, and rotation by the viewer substantially corresponds with rotation with respect to world space. For sphere space, translation by the viewer corresponds with substantially zero translation with respect to sphere space, and rotation by the viewer substantially corresponds with rotation with respect to sphere space. For display space, translation by the viewer corresponds with substantially zero translation with respect to display space, and rotation by the viewer corresponds with substantially zero rotation with respect to display space. Exceptions for translating, rotating, and/or resizing any of world space, sphere space, and display space may be invoked. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206352 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY - A system includes circuitry configured to acquire image data captured by an electronic device, acquire content and display position information corresponding to the content based on an object detected in the image data, the display position information indicating a display position of the content in relation to the object, determine whether the content is capable of being displayed in a superimposed manner on the image data at the display position indicated by the display position information, and indicate an alert to be output by the electronic device when it is determined that the content is unable to be displayed at the position indicated by the display position information. | 2015-07-23 |
20150206353 | Time constrained augmented reality - A method of displaying virtual content on an augmented reality device ( | 2015-07-23 |
20150206354 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention provides a technology of generating a preferable self-photographing image when performing self-photographing in which an imaging direction of an imaging unit and a display direction of a display unit are aligned. | 2015-07-23 |