34th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180240150 | SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING ADVERTISEMENTS FROM A CENTRAL ADVERTISEMENT NETWORK TO A PERIPHERAL DEVICE VIA A LOCAL ADVERTISEMENT SERVER - Certain exemplary embodiments disclosed herein relate to systems and/or methods for distributing advertisements from a central advertisement network to one or more peripheral devices at a location via a local advertisement server. In certain exemplary embodiments, the local advertisement server within a location receives advertisements from the central advertisement network and rebroadcasts them to peripheral devices within that location. Advertising information may be tracked and reported, e.g., for accounting, revenue-sharing, and/or other purposes in certain exemplary embodiments. Thus, in certain exemplary embodiments, the distribution of advertisements is provided to peripherals via a non-web- and non-PC-dependent network. Moreover, in certain exemplary embodiments, reporting and advertising related communications are substantially bi-directional regardless of device type. Certain exemplary embodiments provide revenue sharing among some or all of the central advertising network provider, the proprietors of locations, operators tasked with maintaining the local ad server and/or the peripheral devices, etc. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240151 | ELECTRONIC ROUTING AND MESSAGING IN A VENUE BASED ON WAIT TIMES - Messaging based on a wait time for an attraction is provided. Visitor attraction interest information, attraction condition information, and attraction traffic information is acquired using a processor. A first visitor route is calculated based on the visitor attraction interest information. A first attraction wait time is calculated based on the first visitor route, the attraction condition information and the attraction traffic information. A second visitor route is calculated if the first attraction wait time that is calculated exceeds a pre-determined threshold. Then, a second attraction wait time is calculated based on the acquired visitor attraction interest information and the at least one second visitor route. The processor determines an alternative attraction based on the at least one second attraction wait time and identifies an incentive corresponding to the alternative attraction. The incentive is displayed on a user interface. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240152 | CONTENT FOR TARGETED TRANSMISSION - Machine readable instructions for providing targeted advertisements for a piece of digital content receive a set of user metadata for a group of users. The machine readable instructions select at least one user from the group of users. In addition, the machine readable instructions select a term from a category of terms related to the piece of digital content. Moreover, the machine readable instructions determine a first value corresponding to the at least one user. Also, the machine readable instructions determine a second for the group of users. In addition, the machine readable instructions determine a user score based at least in part on the first value and the second value. When the user score is within a particular range, the machine readable instructions provide an advertisement for the piece of digital content to an electronic device associated with the at least one user. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240153 | BEACON IMPLEMENTATION - Technologies are generally described for a beacon implementation scheme. In some example, a method performed under control of a server may include receiving, from a plurality of mobile devices over a period of time, location information that identifies a point of interest; determining a number of times that location information identifying the point of interest has been received from one or more of the plurality of mobile devices; and implementing a beacon based on the number of times that location information identifying the point of interest has been received. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240154 | MESSAGE BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A message broadcasting system includes a remote server, a digital signal input device connected to the remote server, at least one mobile communicating device communicating with the remote server, at least one carrier, and at least one image projecting device configured on the carrier and communicating with the mobile communicating device. The digital signal input device is used for inputting a digital signal into the remote server. The mobile communicating device receives the digital signal from the remote server and sends the digital signal with an order to the image projecting device on the carrier. The image projecting device projects the digital signal on a display area according to the order. Accordingly, the message broadcasting system can be used in advertisement field to obtain advertisement effect with low cost. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240155 | MOBILE INTERSTITIAL ADS - Systems and methods for pre-loading and displaying intervening content, such as advertisements, on a mobile device during latency periods, such as when an advertiser landing page is requested by that device, are provided herein. Intervening content may be pre-loaded on to the device and associated with one or more particular advertisements such that selecting/interacting with the associated advertisement triggers intervening content display during known or detected periods of latency. In some cases, a latency threshold or thresholds may determine one or more types of content to present, and/or a content presentation sequence. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240156 | MOBILE INTERSTITIAL ADS - Systems and methods for pre-loading and displaying intervening content, such as advertisements, on a mobile device during latency periods, such as when an advertiser landing page is requested by that device, are provided herein. Intervening content may be pre-loaded on to the device and associated with one or more particular advertisements such that selecting/interacting with the associated advertisement triggers intervening content display during known or detected periods of latency. In some cases, a latency threshold or thresholds may determine one or more types of content to present, and/or a content presentation sequence. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240157 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING PERSONALIZED MULTIMEDIA CONTENT FOR PLURALITY OF USERS - The instant disclosure relates to a system and method for generating personalized multimedia content to users. Plurality of predetermined multimedia content, along with associated stimuli, are displayed to users for detecting response of users for the displayed content and the stimuli. A reaction factor and an emotion dimension of the users are identified based on the response of the users. Finally, the personalized multimedia content is generated and presented to the users based on the emotion dimension and the reaction factor of the users. The instant method helps in identifying a best suited multimedia theme for the users based on analysis of innate insight of the behavior and preferences of the users, thereby enhancing the overall user experience. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240158 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMER PROFILING USING MICRO-CONVERSIONS VIA MACHINE LEARNING - Providing targeted contents to customers in an online marketing environment by performing customer profiling by identifying the interests of a plurality of customer using their past behavior. A method includes collecting a plurality of information related to a number of interactions of the customers with the contents presented through a user interface of an electronic device, receiving and processing the plurality of information using an Extract, Transform and Load module, categorizing the information using a machine learning module, storing the information using a data warehousing module, processing the information using a Data-as-a-Service module to provide to personalized recommendations to the customers in real-time. The Data-as-a-Service module profiles the customers, recommends a plurality of services to the customers through a plurality of e-commerce platforms using a content recommendation module, and recommends a plurality of products to the customers through a plurality of e-commerce platforms using a product recommendation module. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240159 | INTERACTIVE PRODUCT PLACEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - A method for facilitating the order of commercial products in connection with the display of media content, whereby a player comprises a media production component and an interactive e-commerce component embedded therein. The player with the e-commerce component can be virally copied and propagated from one web page to any number of other web pages. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240160 | SOCIAL FUNDING SYSTEM USING SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE AND GAME - The present invention relates to a social funding system for promoting participation in social funding using a social network service and a game. The social funding system using a social network service and a game, according to the present invention, comprises: a social funding server in which a social funding account is established in cooperation with a social network service account; a social network service server which as a server for providing a social network service, provides the social funding server with a preference for the social network service account linked to the social funding account; a game server which provides an online game and transfers funds to the social funding account according to the game activity index of a sponsor or an investor of the social funding account; and a user terminal which accesses the social funding server to select a social funding account to be sponsored, accesses the social network service server to change the preference, and accesses the game server to generate the activity index. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240161 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEXT GENERATION THEMEPARK NAVIGATION - A method for providing holistic wait times of theme park attractions is provided. The method includes acquiring location information of a visitor by identifying a location of a user device accompanying the visitor. Discrete wait times of attractions are received through a theme park network. The discrete wait times are adjusted based on the location information of the visitor to calculate holistic wait times of the attractions. Calculated holistic wait times are provided to the user device. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240162 | CONVERSATIONAL COMMERCE PLATFORM - Communications often require the prior selection of a particular mode of communications. A voice call requires initiation of a telephone connection (e.g., dialing a number) in a telephone application or interface, an email communication requires selection of an email address in an email application or the launching of such an email application. Omni-channel communications, as described herein, enable a connection to be initiated in a unified platform for any available mode of communication. Communications may incorporate workflow management and widgets to dynamically present or receive information from a user or access other device hardware (e.g., camera, GPS receiver, etc.) or data (e.g., images, videos, documents, etc.). | 2018-08-23 |
20180240163 | MANAGING RESOURCE REQUESTS THAT EXCEED RESERVED RESOURCE CAPACITY - A computer system that provides clients access to pooled resources in order to provide computing or data storage services may receive service requests (which explicitly or implicitly include requests for pooled resources), may service at least some of those requests, and may determine pricing for the serviced requests. The pricing for each request may be dependent on whether it was serviced using a portion of a resource pool that was reserved for the use of the client on whose behalf it was received or using burst capacity (e.g., unreserved or otherwise idle capacity within the resource pool). Pricing for the use of reserved capacity may be fixed, regardless of the amount of reserved capacity used. Pricing for burst capacity may depend on actual use, and may be demand-based (e.g., using a spot-market-based dynamic pricing model). Clients with reserved capacity may optionally request access to burst capacity. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240164 | COST PER MILE CALCULATION SYSTEM - The described features of the present disclosure generally relate to one or more improved systems for estimating driving costs for an operator of a vehicle. Accordingly, features of the present disclosure may include receiving, at a communication device, a plurality of information corresponding to at least an operator and a vehicle of the operator, executing, at the communication device, one or more analytics functions to determine a cost-per-mile (CPM) metric based at least on the plurality of information corresponding to at least the operator and the vehicle of the operator, and providing a CPM report including the CPM metric to the operator based on executing the one or more analytics functions. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240165 | BLOCKCHAIN-BASED SOFTWARE INSTANCE USAGE DETERMINATION - Blockchain-based software instance usage determination is disclosed. A span identifier that identifies a span is received. A blockchain is traversed to identify a plurality of authorized transactions generated within the span, the blockchain including a plurality of blocks of authorized transactions, each authorized transaction authorizing execution of a software instance. Information about software instances identified in the plurality of authorized transactions is output. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240166 | VIRTUAL REALITY SOUVENIR AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A method for distributing a virtual reality souvenir includes acquiring, using a processor of a computer, audio and video data via one or more recording devices, compiling the acquired audio and video data into a virtual reality file, acquiring user identifying information corresponding to the acquired audio and video data, wherein the user identifying information includes at least one of user information, attraction information, recording time, and ride seat number, storing the virtual reality file and the corresponding identifying information into a database, retrieving, using the processor, the virtual reality file and the corresponding user identifying information from the database, and transmitting, using the processor, to a user device the retrieved virtual reality file and the corresponding identifying information via at least one of a digital distribution system and a physical souvenir distribution system. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240167 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING PRODUCT PURCHASE - The present disclosure provides an electronic system, a method, and a non-transitory computer medium for facilitating product purchase. The system includes a server including a processor and a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions on the non-transitory computer medium. When the instructions are executed, the processor performs steps of the method, including receiving, from an electronic device of a user, a user selection of products for purchase thereof, identifying, from a merchant database, a plurality of merchants to provide the selected products, collecting prices for the selected products from the merchants, calculating a score for each merchant based on a set of parameters including the collected prices, ranking a number of the merchants according to their scores, receiving, from the electronic device, a user selection of one or more merchants from the ranked merchants, and transmitting purchase instructions for the selected products from the selected merchants at the respective prices. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240168 | ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES CO-LOCATING SUBJECT-RELATED PERSONS - A method, system, and/or computer program product utilize a server system to receive a product buyer data set that includes (i) information indicative of a plurality of previous-buyer individuals who have purchased a product, and (ii) current location information respectively associated with devices operated by the plurality of previous-buyer individuals. The server system receives an indication that a first device of a shopper has been located within a location in a store where the product is being offered for sale for a time. In response to the indication, the server system determines that a second device of a previous-buyer individual is within a second threshold vicinity of the first device such that the previous-buyer individual is within the second threshold vicinity of the shopper. In response to the determination, the server system then connects in communication the first device and the second device in an instant messaging chat session. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240169 | UTILIZING A VEHICLE TO DETERMINE AN IDENTITY OF A USER - There are provided systems and methods for utilizing a vehicle to determine an identity of a user. A user may establish a vehicle as associated with the user, such as a vehicle owned by the user or used by the user. The vehicle may include a vehicle device that may be configured to establish connections with other devices using short range and network communications. In various embodiments, the other devices may be devices at merchant locations. Thus, a merchant at the merchant location may be informed about settings, preferences, and/or parameters for use of the vehicle established by the user. The merchant may receive these parameters even if another user is utilizing the vehicle, thus, establishing rules for use of the vehicle by the other user. In other embodiments, the other devices may be devices in other vehicles, allowing the users to communicate and set waypoints during trips. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240170 | USER ENHANCED AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM FOR ONLINE PURCHASES - Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods, systems, devices and computer-readable media. In embodiments of the invention, a user is authenticated using an authentication process that is capable of authenticating a user using an inline authentication form that can authenticate a consumer without transferring a session maintained by a merchant. The inline authentication form is used if the components of the authentication system are capable of supporting an inline authentication form. If the components of the system cannot support an inline authentication form, a different authentication process is used. In one embodiment, an inline authentication form is presented to the user asynchronously. This inline authentication form may be presented within an iFrame embedded in a merchant's checkout page after verifying that the components to be used during the authentication can support the inline authentication form. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240171 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR BIDDING ON MEDICAL DEVICES - The technology of the present disclosure includes a method for facilitating the purchase of medical devices. The method includes receiving a medical procedure identifier from a medical provider; determining at least one medical device associated with the medical procedure identifier; transmitting at least one device identifier corresponding to the at least one medical device to the medical provider; receiving a device selection from the medical provider, wherein the device selection identifies at least one selected medical device corresponding to the at least one device identifier; identifying a plurality of vendors based at least in part on the at least one selected medical device; notifying the plurality of vendors of the at least one selected medical device; receiving a plurality of offers from the plurality of vendors, each offer of the plurality of offers comprising device information identifying at least one offered medical device and price information identifying a cost for the at least one offered medical device; selecting a winning vendor from the plurality of vendors based at least in part on the price information of each offer; and instructing the winning vendor to supply the at least one offered medical device to the medical provider, wherein the cost for the at least one offered medical device is based at least in part on the price information. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240172 | VIRTUAL CONCIERGE SERVICE - A computer-implemented method for providing assertions in response to a goods and/or service item query is provided, the method comprising: as implemented by one or more computing devices configured with specific executable instructions, receiving usage data reflective of user activity on a virtual concierge service, the user activity comprising a plurality of queries for goods and/or service items offered for by the virtual concierge service; for a set of search criteria, determining an assertion based at least in part on the usage data, wherein the assertion is associated with a modified set of search criteria determined based at least in part on a user activity, wherein the user activity is reflective of user action taken in response to a query corresponding to the set of search criteria; receiving, from a user computing device, a query corresponding to the set of search criteria; transmitting the determined assertion to the user computing device; receiving selection of the assertion by the user computing device; automatically modifying the query in accordance with the modified set of search criteria; and transmitting results of the modified query to the user computing device. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240173 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLABORATIVE AND PRIVATE SESSIONS - Examples of a method and system for collaborative and private sessions are provided. In some aspects a collaborative shopping session including a first user and one or more other users is established. The establishing of the session including displaying a common interface for the collaborative shopping session at respective computer systems of the first user and each of the one or more other users. A side session is initiated for a second user, the side session having a different interface in which activity within the side session by the second user is not shared with the first user or the one or more other users of the collaborative shopping session. A determination, based on one or more merge criterion, of whether to merge the side session with the collaborative session is made; and the side session is merged with the collaborative session based on the determining. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240174 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A GRATUITY - A system for providing a gratuity is disclosed which has a server system having a listing of members that are available for a hospitality provider for providing information concerning travel and other activities, the server system for receiving information from one or more guests having access to the server system, the information comprising a gratuity amount to be paid to one or more of the members. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240175 | SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZING AN INGREDIENT COMPOSITION - A system includes an online shopping platform, a ingredient database assembly and a control unit. The control unit transmits to the online shopping platform entries of active ingredient data and preservative ingredient data respectively corresponding to an active ingredient and a preservative ingredient and respectively stored in an active ingredient database and a preservative ingredient database of the ingredient database assembly, for allowing selection of at least one of the entries via the online shopping platform to result in a desired formula. The desired formula is used for subsequent production of a customized ingredient composition when it is determined that the desired formula conforms with rules of formulation. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240176 | ELECTRONIC ROUTING AND MESSAGING IN A VENUE BASED ON ACTIVITY LEVEL - Routing a visitor through a venue includes acquiring desired attractions of a visitor and a desired activity level of the visitor. At least one of a route, venue activity, transportation mode, and food menu selection is recommended to the visitor based on the desired attractions of the visitor and the desired activity level of the visitor. A current location of the visitor is tracked via a wearable device of the visitor. A current activity level of the visitor is acquired via the wearable device. A comparison is performed of the current activity level of the visitor and the desired activity level of the visitor. At least one of the recommended route, venue activity, transportation mode, and food menu selection may be updated based on the current location of the visitor and a comparison of the current activity level of the visitor with the desired activity level of the visitor. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240177 | RECORDING MEDIUM, MATCHING METHOD, AND MATCHING DEVICE - A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores therein a matching program that matches a plurality of applicants with matching priorities and a plurality of targets, the matching program causing a computer to execute a process including: setting matching type for each coupling-request applicant with first matching type or second matching type, the coupling request applicant requesting a specific applicant and the coupling-request applicant be matched with a same target, the first matching type performing matching of the coupling-request applicant collectively with the specific applicant, the second matching type performing matching of the coupling-request applicant separately from the specific applicant; and performing and repeating matching the plurality of applicants and the plurality of targets utilizing the matching priorities of the plurality of applicants and the matching type of the coupling-request applicant, until there are no coupling-request applicants with the first matching type whose matching is not established. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240178 | ONE-PAGE CHECKOUT - Systems and methods for facilitating a purchase are described. A user logs in to a payment service provider site. The user provides authorization to use a one-page checkout service. The user's information is captured during the session, and a cookie is placed on the user's device. When the user goes on a merchant website and checks out using the payment service provider, the payment service provider detects the cookie on the user device. The payment service provider uses the cookie, and in one embodiment, centrally stored information, to populate the one-page checkout page with the last used payment. In various embodiments, the one-page checkout page also displays a shipping address. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240179 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND CONSUMABLE ITEM ORDERING SYSTEM - In a consumable item ordering system, it is possible to prevent a double order for a consumable item not intended by a user. An information processing apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive consumable item information indicating a remaining amount of a consumable item attached to an image processing apparatus; and an ordering unit configured to make an order for the consumable item on a condition that the remaining amount of the consumable item indicated by the consumable item information received by the reception unit is smaller than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, and the ordering unit does not make an order for the consumable item in a case where another condition in relation to second consumable item information received by the reception unit prior to first consumable item information is satisfied, even though the remaining amount of the consumable item indicated by the first consumable item information received by the reception unit is smaller than or equal to the predetermined threshold value. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240180 | CONTEXTUALLY AWARE CUSTOMER ITEM ENTRY FOR AUTONOMOUS SHOPPING APPLICATIONS - A system and method for contextually aware customer item entry for autonomous shopping applications that includes an environmental sensing system distributed through a shopping environment that is configured to collect contextual data of customer activity in the environment; the environmental sensing system comprising at least a computer vision monitoring system, the computer vision monitoring system comprising a set of imaging devices distributed through the environment; a customer-managed item entry system that is movable through the environment by the customer and that is configured to collect item selection input; a virtual cart management module configured to manage a virtual cart with the item selection input and augmented at least in part by the contextual data, wherein the virtual cart is used in execution of an autonomous checkout process. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240181 | Prioritization of Items for Delivery - Customers may place orders for items for delivery, where merchants provide the items, and a service provider receives the orders and facilitates the delivery of the items. Upon receiving multiple orders, the orders may be prioritized based on users scores associated with users that placed the orders. An order objective for the orders may be determined and multiple fulfillment plans for each order may be generated. For a particular order, a fulfillment plan of the multiple fulfillment plans may be selected based on the order objective for that order, where the selected fulfillment plan may govern how and when the items included in the order are to be delivered to the user that placed the order. The service provider may cause the items associated with the order to be delivered to the user pursuant to the selected fulfillment plan. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240182 | Flexible Online Pre-Ordering System for Media - The disclosed electronic commerce cloud-based media retailing systems and methods enable customers to execute a purchase intention of a digital product before that product is officially released for distribution. The ecommerce system comprises a digital entitlement engine and is particularly suited to pre-sell entitlements to digital products such as, but not limited to, video games, computer software, movies, and other entertainment media. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240183 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING UNIQUE IDENTIFIER FOR PACKAGING ITEM - A method and an apparatus for receiving, by a system server, an order request for at least one ordered item from a client device; associating, by the system server, a unique identifier with a client and the order request, wherein the unique identifier being attached to a packaging item for delivering an ordered item for the client; and detecting, by a scanning device, the unique identifier to generate order status information for the system server. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240184 | Digital assistant interacting with mobile devices - A digital assistant (“Ann”) interacts with the owner's mobile device. He sees a product on a third party website. If she sells it cheaper, he buys from her. Ann gets more business. A non-owner near Ann cannot buy directly from her. He says he wants to buy on his device. Ann says an URL. His device decodes and shows the page from Ann. He buys from it. Ann gets more business. A user near Ann asks to analyse a news page on his device. She advises if the page is real or “fake news”. Two users with mobile devices near Ann use her to play a game, on website or app. A user uses a Virtual Reality device near Ann. He interacts with her via voice. She advises on what he sees and can do in the VR. Two digital assistants from different firms are near each other and a person with a mobile device. An assistant benchmarks itself against the other by passive and active means. Ann can have a barcode, that lets users pass information between her and their devices. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240185 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GROUP PURCHASING AND SHARING - A system and method for group purchasing and sharing is disclosed. The system and method includes receiving, at a web services infrastructure, an item information pertaining to an item from a user device, the item information comprising at least one of a name and photograph, automatically adding a user associated with the user device to the item information, associating the user as owner of the item to the item information, receiving, at the web services infrastructure, an indication from the user device to share the item with a plurality of trusted users, automatically assigning a status of the item as available, and sharing, through the web services infrastructure, to the plurality of trusted users, the item. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240186 | ASSET RENTAL SERVICE SYSTEM - An asset rental service system makes it possible to rent facilities for resource exploration. The asset rental service system is provided with: an asset database which stores and associates the models of facilities that owners desire to rent out, rental periods for the facilities, and history information about the facilities at times other than when the facilities were used, with the names of the owners; a reliability evaluation server which calculates a reliability factor relating to the reliability of each facility on the basis of history information about the facility at times other than when the facility was used; and an asset distribution server which receives a request from a user who desires to rent facilities. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240187 | System and Method for Matching Lender with Borrower based on Color-Coded Financial Ratios and through an Online Meeting - A system and method for matching a lender and a borrower based on color-coded financial ratios, and discussing the loan through an online meeting between the borrower and lender. The method creates an efficient environment for matching a borrower, such as a consumer, with at least one lender, such as a bank. The borrower and at least one lender interact on a network. The borrower submits loan related data to a database and algorithm for analyzing to generate a color-coded financial ratio that provides the lender with efficient tools to determine whether the potential borrower qualifies for the respective lending criteria. A chatbot answers queries from the borrower or lender. An interactive calendar allows the borrower and lender to corroborate on a meeting date and time, and an Internet operable image capturing device, such as webcam, allows for an online meeting between borrower and lender to discuss the loan. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240188 | System and Method for Displaying Risk Data in an Electronic Trading Environment - An example graphical interface and method for displaying risk related data are described. One example graphical interface includes a data structure comprising a plurality of data nodes and at least one risk data point associated with each node, and further comprises a display grid. The display grid includes one or more cells that are used for displaying selected data nodes and risk data points. Each cell may be associated with a single data node, and may include one or more identifiers corresponding to risk data points of the data node. In one example embodiment, the identifiers are aligned along a single axis, and risk related data corresponding to each identifier is aligned with respect to each corresponding identifier. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240189 | Cover-OCO For Legged Order - A position associated with a synthetic spread order may be managed where a status of a synthetic spread order is identified as legged. The synthetic spread order may have at least one child hedge order pending at an electronic exchange and in response, a bracket order is submitted to an electronic exchange for the tradeable object associated with a filled leg of the synthetic spread. In response to execution of the bracket order, the child hedge order may be cancelled. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240190 | DELAYED REWARD SAVINGS SYSTEM - A delayed reward savings system wherein a required or selected amount above a normal amount for a financial instrument is paid by an individual and transferred and maintained in an individual's reward savings account. Funds in the individual's rewards savings account are released to the individual based upon the occurrence of a predetermined circumstance or criteria. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240191 | System and Method for asset backed crypto-currency - A system and method for providing an asset based valuation for a novel online cryptocurrency. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240192 | LIFETIME INCOME PLATFORM - A computer implemented platform for retirement planning includes a retirement accumulations module for causing to be stored a plurality of portable retirement accounts, each of which is owned by a different individual investor, for accumulating contributions from employers, sponsors and/or individual investors to each of the portable retirement savings accounts based on a respective retirement plan, and a retirement income generation module for causing to be paid to one or more of the individual investors available income payments based on the portable retirement accounts of the individual investors. The platform further includes a client computing device storing a retirement savings application configured to interact with the retirement accumulations module and the retirement income generation module that allows an individual investor to input data and information, change contributions to a respective retirement savings account, and/or cause funds to be withdrawn from the respective retirement savings account. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240193 | METHOD OF PROCESSING INVESTMENT DATA AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM - A computerized method for processing investment data includes providing a server supporting a database for receiving, processing and storing investment data; providing a rules engine for processing rules data employing rules relating to credit assignment; introducing into the server investment data from a plurality of external sources, processing the rules data by the rules engine and permitting user access to the processed and stored investment data. Information regarding customer investments, client information and investment transaction information is provided in the server. A corresponding system is disclosed. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240194 | VISUAL ANALYTICS BASED VEHICLE INSURANCE ANTI-FRAUD DETECTION - A system, a computer readable storage medium, and a method for detecting insurance fraud or for comparing references use visual analytics-based techniques. The method can include identifying a scratch and a scratch location on a vehicle in a 3-dimensional rendering in comparison to a base image or in comparison to a stored image in a database, comparing one or more features of the scratch such as color features of the scratch in the scratch location in comparison to the scratch location or comparing one or more texture features of the scratch in the scratch location in comparison to the scratch location in the base image or the stored image. The method can further generate a similarity calculation based on the one or more comparisons for the scratch, the scratch location, the one or more scratch features of the scratch and presents a result in response to the similarity calculation. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240195 | Recording medium having program for forming a healthcare network - A centralized network can be established by contracting medical facilities and insurance providers, in which the medical facilities agree to waive all or a portion of a deductible amount owed as part of their contractual obligation with the network. The insurance providers agree to provide a credit of the premium to be paid by beneficiaries that use a contracted medical facility to receive a service for which the deductible amount is waived. The cost savings and increased revenue recognized by both medical facilities and insurance providers can enable claims to be re-priced while reducing transactional costs for all parties. A computer program can more efficiently and accurately categorize healthcare claims into in-network claims and out-of-network claims, in order to analyze non-network hospitals that may be good candidates for joining the centralized network. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240196 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AND ACTIVATING COMMODITIZED INSURANCE - A system and method for providing commoditized insurance products to at least one consumer is disclosed. The system includes a commoditized insurance product including an activation code and an insurance company that underwrites the commoditized insurance product and provides the commoditized insurance product to a retail outlet. Based on consumer purchase of the commoditized product at the retail outlet and initiation of an activation process, the insurance company receives an activation code associated with the commoditized insurance product and provides verification queries to the consumer, and based on positive responses to the queries activates the policy providing the selected insurance coverage for the consumer. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240197 | WEB PROPERTY GENERATOR - Pursuant to some embodiments, systems, methods, apparatus and computer program code for creating and administering virtual affinity groups are provided. Pursuant to some embodiments, a computer implemented processing method is provided which includes receiving, at an insurance processing platform, information identifying at least a first characteristic of a virtual affinity group, receiving, at the insurance processing platform, information identifying at least a first feature of the virtual affinity group and at least a first insurance related benefit to be offered to the virtual affinity group, automatically identifying at least a first individual matching the at least first characteristic, and communicating to the at least first individual information allowing the at least first individual to participate in the virtual affinity group. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240198 | METHOD FOR TRANSACTING TAX RELATED DATA - A method for transacting tax related data is disclosed in the present application, comprising: registering by a customer and at least one accounting means; selecting one of the at least one accounting means based on tax related needs by the customer; verifying an identity of the customer; initiating communication between the selected accounting means and the customer; providing a tax related data to the selected accounting means by the customer; reviewing the tax related data by the selected the accounting means; and submitting the tax related data by the selected accounting means. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240199 | AUTOMATED SALES TAX PAYMENT SYSTEM - Described are technologies relating to transaction processing. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described herein can be embodied in methods that include the actions of calculating, in relation to a transaction, one or more tax amounts associated with a price of the transaction, obtaining, in relation to a payment source, an approval for at least the price of the transaction and the one or more tax amounts, thereby defining an approved sales transaction, and, subsequent to obtaining the approval, (a) settling at least a revenue portion of one or more approved sales transactions in favor of a first account, and (b) settling the one or more tax amounts in favor of a second account that is different than the first account. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240200 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MODELING A LONG-TIME-SCALE PHOTOVOLTAIC OUTPUT TIME SEQUENCE - A method and device for modeling a long-time-scale photovoltaic output time sequence are provided. The method includes that: historical data of a photovoltaic power station is acquired, and a photovoltaic output with a time length of one year and a time resolution of 15 mins is selected ( | 2018-08-23 |
20180240201 | POWER TRADING MATCHING SYSTEM, POWER TRADING MATCHING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - This power trading matching system is provided with a required power amount information acquisition part, a customer information acquisition part, a surplus power estimation part, and a matching part. The surplus power estimation part estimates the suppliable amount of surplus power based on the generated power amount, the accumulated power amount, and the consumed power amount during a prescribed time period of a customer B acquired by the customer information acquisition part. The matching part detects combinations of customers having matching conditions by comparing the information about the surplus power amount suppliable from the customer B, estimated by the surplus power estimation part, and the required power amount information of a customer A acquired by the required power amount information acquisition part. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240202 | METHOD OF PREDICTING DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OPERATION RELIABILITY - A method of predicting the operation reliability of a distribution network, the method being based on an ARIMA model. By establishing an ARIMA model predict a user monthly power outage count; convert a non-smooth element outage count time series to a smooth time series; perform regression on only lagged values of a dependent variable, and on current values and lagged values of a stochastic error term, so as to establish a user monthly power outage count model; according to a prediction result sample an outage point, and at the same time, taking into account a real time load operating state, establish a failure mode effects table based on TLOC criteria and PLOC criteria; and calculate a system recovery time for each instance of device outage, and finally obtain a whole-year reliability index. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240203 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL PRIVACY TAG - A system and method for providing a virtual privacy tag includes requesting for service using a guest device. The service requested is stored in the guest device and transmitted to a server for processing. The server in receipt of the service request extracts a room number of a guest room associated with the service request. The server determines a room status based on the request for service. The extracted room number and the determined room status is transmitted to a display device. The display device displays the room status for the guest room. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240204 | Business Management System, Control Method Therefor, and Computer Program - A business management system according to the present disclosure includes: a server apparatus: and a register device placed in a restaurant shop. The register device transmits information on accounting of food and drink in the restaurant shop to the server apparatus through a network. From the information on accounting of food and drink and a profit ratio set for each food or drink menu, the server apparatus calculates a profit of each food or drink menu and a profit of the restaurant shop. In this manner, sales of each menu in the restaurant shop can be managed and analyzed, and by utilizing a result of the management and analysis, an operating profit can be increased. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240205 | Order Management Server, Order System, and Recording Medium - To provide an order management technique for enabling a user to order and receive commodities without leaving a seat and grasp a standard waiting time until reception of the commodities. When receiving order information from the portable terminal | 2018-08-23 |
20180240206 | Method of placing orders in a defined area - Disclosed is a method of ordering food and beverages at a sports stadium, concert, or the like event. The method utilizes smart phone or the like technology, wherein an assigned Wi-Fi connection is provided within the stadium. The Wi-Fi connection allows the downloading of an App listing of the vendors and menus. An individual may order the food or beverage, and either provide a seat location or use the GPS locating ability of a smart device to provide the vendor with the approximate location. The vendor would employ a worker familiar with the stadium and trained to properly transverse steps for delivering the food and/or beverage to the individual. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240207 | NON-STANDARD DATA MANAGEMENT IN A DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and computer program products for managing non-standard data. A data management system stores profile records for non-standard providers in a DTN database, and elements defining an itinerary in an EDR database. The data management system queries the DTN database for profiles matching search criteria, and generates a service request for one of the matching profiles. The service request is stored in an extended data structure of an extended data record in the EDR database. The extended data record includes a standard data structure for storing standard elements and the extended data structure for storing non-standard elements. The service request is also transmitted to non-standard provider systems. Service offers from the non-standard provider systems are stored in the extended data structure. The system thereby manages an itinerary that includes non-standard services defined by the non-standard elements and standard services defined by the standard elements using the extended data record. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240208 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATABASE MANAGEMENT OF TRANSACTION INFORMATION AND AUTHENTICATION DATA - A system for storing data related to a transaction and for authenticating parties involved therewith, the system comprises a database; an application server coupled with the database and configured to store information associated with a plurality of transactions, the information including one or more credentials associated with a plurality of users, a transaction identifier, a source user identifier, a recipient user identifier, and account information related to an recipient account for the recipient user maintained with a financial institution, the application server further configured to receive at least one credential associated with a first user from a first user device and authenticate the first user based on a comparison of the at least one credential against one or more credentials stored at the application server to permit the first user to transmit transaction data related to the transaction and associated with the source user to the financial institution to cause a deposit into the recipient account based on receiving the source user identifier and transaction identifier from the first user device, wherein the first user is not the source user or the recipient user. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240209 | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFORMATION SYSTEM - An intellectual property information system is provided. The system comprises a word processing portion. The system further comprises an office action viewing portion comprising a cited reference link configured to be activated by a user. In response to activation a summary of the cited reference link is generated. The word processing portion, office action viewing portion and the summary are generate by a processor of a computing device and displayed on a display. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240210 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTATION SCHEDULING AND PLANNING - A system and method whereby a user can create transportation scheduling, either on-line, off-line or real-time basis without consuming extended periods of time and readily capable of rapidly addressing new sets of parameters and/or readily facilitating interactive permutation and alteration scenario running including a client interface, an optimization engine electronically attached to client interface, wherein the optimization engine includes a in-memory state of at least one last optimization problem, a server responsive to input from the client interface, and a data set electronically attached to the server for scheduling transportation. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240211 | SEQUENCE DEPENDENT OR LOCATION BASED OPERATION PROCESSING OF PROTOCOL BASED DATA MESSAGE TRANSMISSIONS - Various methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for communicating location-based digital components to a mobile and other devices. A natural language processor component can parse an input audio signal to identify a request and a keyword. A content selector can select digital components based on keyword and request. An audio signal generator component can generate an output signal that includes a selected digital components. An interface can transmit the output signal to cause a client computing device to drive a speaker to generate an acoustic wave corresponding to the output signal prior to occurrence of at least one of the first action and the second action. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240212 | DIGITAL WATERMARKING APPLICATIONS - In one aspect, assembly of multi-part food packaging is checked by reference to payloads of steganographically-encoded digital watermarks printed across the packaging components. Marking all surfaces of the packaging components allows arbitrary orientation of feed stock in assembly equipment, and wide latitude in placement of inspection cameras along the packaging line. In another aspect, a scanner at a retail checkout station is alert to any gap detected in steganographic encoding on retail product packaging and, if found, alerts an operator to possible presence of an adhesive label with a misleading barcode. A great variety of others features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240213 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing system including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire direction information indicating a rotational angle of a display object displayed on a display screen, the rotational angle being with respect to a reference angle on the display screen, or a direction in which a user is positioned with respect to the display screen; and a decision unit configured to decide, on a basis of the direction information, a direction of the display object with respect to the display screen when a display mode of the display object is switched to an enlarged display mode, in which the rotational angle of the display object is different from a rotational angle of the display screen. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240214 | DECODING A BAYER-MASK OR LIKE CODED IMAGE - A Bayer-mask image is decoded by forming a decoded green array; calculating a slope at each pixel of the array, expressed as an angle; calculating an activity at each pixel; converting the slope angle and the activity into a complex number for each pixel, of modulus equal to the activity and argument equal to twice the slope angle; expressing said complex numbers in Cartesian coordinates to form a Cartesian slope signal and filtering the Cartesian slope signal with a linear spatial filter to derive a slope measure. Blue-green and red-green values are calculated and interpolated using a slope-adaptive interpolation filter steered by said slope measure. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240215 | DECODING A BAYER-MASK OR LIKE CODED IMAGE - A Bayer-mask is decoded by forming a decoded green array, calculating red green and blue-green color difference signals, deriving a first full-resolution grid of each colour difference signal using a first interpolation filter; deriving a second full-resolution grid of each colour difference signal using a second interpolation filter taking a larger number of colour difference signal inputs than the first; generating a cross-colour weighting signal; and forming a mixed colour difference signal from the first and second full-resolution grids in accordance with the cross-colour weighting signal. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240216 | ANONYMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL IMAGES - Disclosed is a method of anonymization of digital images through elimination of the Photo-Response Non Uniformity noise pattern which is unique to the imaging sensor and latent in all digital images taken by digital cameras or devices with imaging sensors. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240217 | Image representation method and processing device based on local PCA whitening - An image representation method and processing device based on local PCA whitening. A first mapping module maps words and characteristics to a high-dimension space. A principal component analysis module conducts principal component analysis in each corresponding word space, to obtain a projection matrix. A VLAD computation module computes a VLAD image representation vector; a second mapping module maps the VLAD image representation vector to the high-dimension space. A projection transformation module conducts projection transformation on the VLAD image representation vector obtained by means of projection. A normalization processing module conducts normalization on characteristics obtained by means of projection transformation, to obtain a final image representation vector. An obtained image representation vector is projected to a high-dimension space first, then projection transformation is conducted on a projection matrix computed in advance and vectors corresponding to words, to obtain a low-dimension vector; and in this way, the vectors corresponding to the words are consistent. The disclosed method and the processing device can obtain better robustness and higher performance. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240218 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT SMOOTHS IMAGE USING CLASSIFICATION RESULT OF PIXELS INCLUDED THEREIN - An image processing apparatus performs: classifying a plurality of pixels including a plurality of first and second pixels into respective ones of first and second types, the plurality of first pixels constituting an edge; and smoothing a target pixel, the smoothing including: designating the target pixel from the plurality of second pixels; and changing a target pixel value to a smoothed target pixel value using at least one of a plurality of peripheral pixel values. In the smoothing, a first contribution of a first specific peripheral pixel to a first smoothed target pixel value is smaller than a second contribution of a second specific peripheral pixel to a second smoothed target pixel value, the first and second specific peripheral pixels being classified into respective ones of the first and second types and being positioned at a specific position relative to respective ones of first and second target pixels. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240219 | DENOISING MEDICAL IMAGES BY LEARNING SPARSE IMAGE REPRESENTATIONS WITH A DEEP UNFOLDING APPROACH - The present embodiments relate to denoising medical images. By way of introduction, the present embodiments described below include apparatuses and methods for machine learning sparse image representations with deep unfolding and deploying the machine learnt network to denoise medical images. Iterative thresholding is performed using a deep neural network by training each layer of the network as an iteration of an iterative shrinkage algorithm. The deep neural network is randomly initialized and trained independently with a patch-based approach to learn sparse image representations for denoising image data. The different layers of the deep neural network are unfolded into a feed-forward network trained end-to-end. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240220 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of further reducing the unpleasant feeling caused by the disturbance of the display of the virtual object, the information processing apparatus including: a prediction accuracy estimation unit that estimates a degree of prediction accuracy related to prediction of a position or a posture of a real object; and an output control unit that outputs information for causing a display unit to display a virtual object corresponding to the real object on a basis of an estimation result of the prediction accuracy estimation unit. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240221 | METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING AND VIDEO COMPRESSION - A method for video compression through image processing and object detection, to be carried out by an electronic processing unit, based either on images or on a digital video stream of images, the images being defined by a single frame or by sequences of frames of said video stream, with the aim of enhancing and then isolating the frequency domain signals representing a content to be identified, and decreasing or ignoring the frequency domain noise with respect to the content within the images or the video stream, comprises the steps of: obtaining a digital image or a sequence of digital images from either a corresponding single frame or a corresponding sequence of frames of said video stream, all the digital images being defined in a spatial domain; selecting one or more pairs of sparse zones, each covering at least a portion of said single frame or at least two frames of said sequence of frames, each pair of sparse zones generating a selected feature, each zone being defined by two sequences of spatial data; transforming the selected features into frequency domain data by combining, for each zone, said two sequences of spatial data through a 2D variation of an L-transformation, varying the transfer function, shape and direction of the frequency domain data for each zone, thus generating a normalized complex vector for each of said selected features; combining all said normalized complex vectors to define a model of the content to be identified; and inputting that model from said selected features in a classifier, therefore obtaining the data for object detection or visual saliency to use for video compression. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240222 | SINGLE-MOLECULE IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An embodiment of the present disclosure discloses a method and a device of correcting a single-molecule image, the method includes: acquiring the first target simplified matrix corresponding to the first image according to the intensity matrix corresponding to each of pixels in the first image, and acquiring the second target simplified matrix corresponding to the second image according to the intensity matrix corresponding to each of the pixels in the second image; the two-dimensional DFT is performed to the first target simplified matrix and the second target simplified matrix respectively to acquire the first Fourier matrix corresponding to the first target simplified matrix and the second Fourier matrix corresponding to the second target simplified matrix; the method of correcting a single-molecule image acquire the offset of the second image with respect to the first image according to the first Fourier matrix and the second Fourier matrix; and correcting the second image according to the offset. Such method can correct the images of single molecules taken at different moments. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240223 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE FUSION METHOD AND DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - Three dimensional image fusion method and device are disclosed. The method includes steps of obtaining a spherical image and a two dimensional image; projecting the two dimensional image onto a planar surface predetermined in a spherical coordinate system where the spherical image is located, so as to acquire a projected image having a predetermined number of feature points on the spherical surface corresponding to the spherical image; determining multiple mapping points on the spherical surface which correspond to the predetermined number of feature points, letting the predetermined number of feature points superpose on the multiple mapping points, respectively, and carrying out spatial coordinate conversion, so as to attain a converted image; and mapping multiple points except the predetermined number of feature points in the converted image onto the spherical image based on a predetermined mapping relationship, so as to fuse the two dimensional image onto the spherical image. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240224 | ENERGY SUBTRACTION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In an energy subtraction processing apparatus, method, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing program, a high-quality image is generated by acquiring an absorption coefficient suitable for a subject. A subject information acquisition unit acquires the thickness information of a breast and a mammary gland content rate, as subject information, based on a low voltage image acquired by energy subtraction imaging. An absorption coefficient acquisition unit acquires an absorption coefficient corresponding to the subject information with reference to the relationship between the thickness of the breast and the X-ray absorption coefficient, which is calculated in advance. Based on the absorption coefficient acquired by the absorption coefficient acquisition unit, a weighting coefficient calculation unit calculates a weighting coefficient at the time of performing energy subtraction processing. A subtraction unit performs subtraction processing using the weighting coefficient calculated by the weighting coefficient calculation unit. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240225 | SAMPLE OBSERVATION DEVICE AND SAMPLE OBSERVATION METHOD - A sample observation device images a sample placed on a movable table by irradiating and scanning the sample with a charged particle beam of a microscope. A degraded image having poor image quality and a high quality image having satisfactory image quality which are acquired at the same location of the sample by causing the charged particle microscope to change an imaging condition for imaging the sample are stored. An estimation process parameter is calculated for estimating the high quality image from the degraded image by using the stored degraded image and high quality image. A high quality image estimation unit processes the degraded image obtained by causing the charged particle microscope to image the desired site of the sample by using the calculated estimation process parameter. Thereby, the high quality image obtained at the desired site is estimated, and then the estimated high quality image is output. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240226 | AUTOMATED VALIDATION OF CONDITION OF ASSEMBLY - A method and apparatus for performing an automated validation of a condition of assembly for a structure. A plurality of images of the structure are registered to a computer model of the structure in which an image in the plurality of images captures a portion of the structure. Each image in the plurality of images is segmented based on registration of the plurality of images to the computer model to form a plurality of image sections. A final score is generated for the condition of assembly of the structure based on whether each image section in the plurality of image sections meets a corresponding condition in which the final score indicates whether the condition of assembly is valid. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240227 | IDENTIFYING A PATHWAY FOR CONDITION OF ASSEMBLY VALIDATION - A method and apparatus for establishing a pathway for performing an automated validation of a condition of assembly. A sensor system coupled to an automated guided vehicle is moved into test positions relative to the structure. Image data is generated at each test position, using the sensor system, to build test images. Each test image is registered to a computer model of the structure to form registered images that are added to a collection of registered images. An optimal set of positions that will allow an entirety of an area of interest to be captured using a fewest number of registered images from the collection of registered images is determined. A pathway is generated for moving the automated guided vehicle to each optimal position in a least amount of time. A computer file identifying the pathway is generated for use in performing the automated validation of the condition of assembly. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240228 | Selective Plant Detection and Treatment Using Green Luminance Photometric Machine Vision Scan with Real Time Chromaticity Operations and Image Parameter Floors for Low Processing Load - A field image is formed using a tristimulus color model and used to detect target plants or entities on a field. Through the use of a luminance parameter floor, hue and saturation selection steps, feature recognition, a sizing floor and an aspect ratio ceiling, a very fast way is devised to recognize a target plant without need for consulting plant attribute databases, or to analyze spectral or other specialized data for comparison with known attributes. This allows a low calculational processing load and use of simple hardware such as a single board computer to handle machine vision in real time. Treatment steps can include a spray event, a light treatment, and a thermal/mechanical trauma. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240229 | BOTTLE STORAGE AND SYSTEM - A bottle storage includes: a housing portion that houses a bottle therein; a cooling-warming portion (cooling-warming devices) that is provided around the housing portion; a rotation portion (rotation motor) that rotates the bottle housed in the housing portion; an image capture portion that captures an image of the bottle housed in the housing portion; a controller that controls the bottle rotation performed by the rotation portion and the image capture performed by the image capture portion, based on the bottle image captured by the image capture portion; an information manager (storage manager) that identifies at least a brand of the bottle, based on the bottle image captured by the control of the controller; and an output portion (display portion) that outputs at least one of the brand identified by the information manager and relevant information regarding the identified brand. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240230 | MOBILE SYSTEM FOR EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DETECTION AND INSTANT ACTIVE RESPONSE - A device for use in identifying an explosive includes a processor and an induction heat source in communication with the processor. The induction heat source is configured to emit radiation to heat a metallic component of an explosive device by way of induction. The device also includes a temperature sensor in communication with the processor that is configured to detect heat emitted from the metallic component of the explosive device. The processor is configured to identify a location of the metallic component of the explosive device based on the detected heat. A gas sensor is used to detect one or more gases emitted from a non-metallic explosive device. The device further includes an action arm configured to conduct a detonation attempt at the location of the metallic component of the explosive device. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240231 | SERVER-CLIENT ARCHITECTURE IN DIGITAL PATHOLOGY - According to an aspect of the invention, a client-server-system is provided. The client and the server are provided with the same digital image of a slice of a biological material, which has been applied with a staining substance. Usually, the server comprises a large processing power. Accordingly, the server is used for pre-processing the digital image and provides results of the pre-processing to the client in turn of a request. The server comprises a server processing unit, which is configured to classify each pixel of the digital image, wherein the pixel is classified as stained, in case a color-property of the pixel characterizes a spot corresponding to the pixel at the slice as being stained with the staining substance, whereas the slice has absorbed the staining substance at the respective spot. Thus, all pixels of the digital image are classified. A sub-set of all pixels is classified as being stained. The remaining pixels may be classified undefined, unstained or stained with a different substance. The server processing unit can be configured to classify the remaining pixels respectively. Further, the server is configured to store the classification results. A client processing unit of the client is configured to determine the region of interest at the digital image, which has been provided to the client, too. Thus, the client is configured to request data related to the classification of the pixels at the region of interest at the server. The server has pre-processed the classification of the digital image and/or further data based thereon and is thus initially prepared to provide the data related to the classification of the pixels at the region of interest to the client. Accordingly, the server can provide the classification results related to the classification of the pixels at the region of interest at the digital image to the client. The client can display the received classification results, preferably with a display of a user interface of the client. Consequently, the user can see with a short time delay, whether pixels at the region of interest of the digital image are classified as stained or not. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240232 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device and an image processing method are provided. The image processing device includes: an acquisitor configured to acquire multiple slice images arranged in an order; a selector configured to detect the multiple slice images sequentially, to determine a reference slice image and a reference trachea region in the reference slice image; and a branch point determiner configured to determine, with a region growing method, trachea regions of slice images following the reference slice image sequentially by using the reference trachea region as a seed region, and determine connectivity of the trachea regions, until a branch point slice image is determined, where a trachea region of the branch point slice image includes two disconnected regions. With the image processing device and the image processing method, manual intervention can be reduced and a position of the branch point can be determined more accurately. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240233 | Deep Convolutional Encoder-Decoder for Prostate Cancer Detection and Classification - A method and apparatus for automated prostate tumor detection and classification in multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is disclosed. A multi-parametric MRI image set of a patient, including a plurality of different types of MRI images, is received. Simultaneous detection and classification of prostate tumors in the multi-parametric MRI image set of the patient are performed using a trained multi-channel image-to-image convolutional encoder-decoder that inputs multiple MRI images of the multi-parametric MRI image set of the patient and includes a plurality of output channels corresponding to a plurality of different tumor classes. For each output channel, the trained image-to image convolutional encoder-decoder generates a respective response map that provides detected locations of prostate tumors of the corresponding tumor class in the multi-parametric MRI image set of the patient. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240234 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING TREATMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - Methods and systems are described for treatment of atrial fibrillation. Certain embodiments provide methods of assessing a risk of thromboembolic stroke in a patient. The method comprises acquiring image data and determining an indicator of a degree of fibrosis of a patient's left atrium (LA) based on the image data. A treatment modality is then determined and administered to the patient based on the analysis of the image data. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240235 | CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK FOR SEGMENTATION OF MEDICAL ANATOMICAL IMAGES - There is provided a method for segmentation of an image of a target patient, comprising: providing a target 2D slice and nearest neighbor 2D slice(s) of a 3D anatomical image, and computing, by a trained multi-slice fully convolutional neural network (multi-slice FCN), a segmentation region including a defined intra-body anatomical feature that extends spatially across the target 2D slice and the nearest neighbor 2D slice(s), wherein the target 2D slice and each of the nearest neighbor 2D slice(s) are processed by a corresponding contracting component of sequential contracting components of the multi-slice FCN according to the order of the target 2D slice and the nearest neighbor 2D slice(s) based on the sequence of 2D slices extracted from the 3D anatomical image, wherein outputs of the sequential contracting components are combined and processed by a single expanding component that outputs a segmentation mask for the target 2D slice. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240236 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AN INFUSATE IN A RESERVOIR OF AN INFUSION DEVICE - Apparatuses and methods for identifying an infusate in a reservoir of an infusion device and systems for use in filling fluid delivery devices are provided. An exemplary apparatus for identifying an infusate in a reservoir of an infusion device includes a chamber in selective fluid communication with the reservoir. Further, the apparatus includes an indicator located in the chamber. The indicator exhibits a visual change when contacted by an infusate. The apparatus also includes a detector arrangement to identify the infusate by detecting the visual change in the indicator. An exemplary detector arrangement may include a camera to capture an image of the infusate and indicator in the chamber, and an identifier element to compare image data to a library of stored image data. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240237 | Systems and Methods of Registration for Image-Guided Surgery - A method of registering sets of anatomical data for use during a surgical procedure is provided herein. The method may include segmenting a set of first modality image data representing a model of one or more passageways within a patient and generating a first set of points based on the segmented set of first modality image data representing the model of the one or more passageways. The method may further include determining a set of matches between a second set of points and the first set of points, wherein the second set of points is obtained by a second modality and discarding a subset of the set of matches based on a first heuristic to generate a modified set of matches. The second set of points may then be moved relative to the first set of points based on the modified set of matches and displayed on a display. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240238 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING VOLUMETRIC DATA OF A PREDETERMINED ANATOMICAL FEATURE - A method of determining volumetric data of a predetermined anatomical feature is described. The method comprising determining volumetric data of one or more anatomical features present in a field of view of a depth sensing camera apparatus, identifying a predetermined anatomical feature as being present in the field of view of the depth sensing camera apparatus, associating the volumetric data of one of the one or more anatomical features with the identified predetermined anatomical feature, and outputting the volumetric data of the predetermined anatomical feature. An apparatus is also described. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240239 | PERFORMING SEGMENTATION OF CELLS AND NUCLEI IN MULTI-CHANNEL IMAGES - Systems and methods of improving segmentation and classification in multi-channel images of biological specimens are described herein. Image channels may be arranged and processed sequentially, with the first image channel being processed from an unmodified image, and subsequent images processed from attenuated images that remove features of previous segmentations. For each segmented image channel in sequence, a binary image mask of the image channel may be created. A distance transform image may be computed from the binary mask. Attenuation images computed for all previous channels may be combined with a current attenuation image to create a combined attenuation image. The next image channel in the sequence may then be attenuated to produce an attenuated next image channel, which may then be segmented. The steps can be repeated until all image channels have been segmented. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240240 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - The image processing apparatus includes a boundary line extraction means that extracts a boundary line of a layer from an input image obtained by capturing an image of a target object composed of a plurality of layers. The boundary line extraction means is configured to first extract boundary lines at upper and lower ends of the target object, limit a search range using the extracted boundary lines at the upper and lower ends to extract another boundary line, limit the search range using an extraction result of the other boundary line to extract still another boundary line, and then sequentially repeat similar processes to extract subsequent boundary lines. In another aspect, the image processing apparatus includes a boundary line extraction means that extracts a boundary line of a layer from an input image obtained by capturing an image of a target object composed of a plurality of layers and a search range setting means that utilizes an already extracted boundary line extracted by the boundary line extraction means to dynamically set a search range for another boundary line. According to such an image processing apparatus and image processing method, boundary lines of layers can be extracted with a high degree of accuracy from a captured image of a target object composed of a plurality of layers. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240241 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGER - A system and method for generating a point cloud of a scanned object is provided. The method includes determining a distance to each of a plurality of points on the object based at least in part on a phase shift of a light emitted from a measurement device having at least two image devices. A point cloud is generated based at least in part on the distances to the plurality of points. An edge point is identified from a 2D image acquired by one of the image devices. A corresponding point is determined in the other image device based at least in part on a first phase value of the edge point and a epipolar relationship between the image devices. The 3D coordinates of the edge point and the corresponding point are determined based on triangulation. The edge point is added to the point cloud. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240242 | CO-SEGMENTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL SET - Disclosed is a co-segmentation method and apparatus for a three-dimensional model set, which includes: obtaining a super patch set for the three-dimensional model set which includes at least two three-dimensional models, each of the three-dimensional models including at least two super patches; obtaining a consistent affinity propagation model according to a first predefined condition and a conventional affinity propagation model, the consistent affinity propagation model being constraint by the first predefined condition which is position information for at least two super patches that are in the super patch set and belong to a common three-dimensional model set; converting the consistent affinity propagation model into a consistent convergence affinity propagation model; clustering the super patch set through the consistent convergence affinity propagation model to generate a co-segmentation outcome for the three-dimensional model set. The disclosed three-dimensional model set co-segmentation method and apparatus improves consistency between three-dimensional model set co-segmentation outcomes. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240243 | SEGMENTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPES INTO LABELED COMPONENT SHAPES - This disclosure involves generating and outputting a segmentation model using | 2018-08-23 |
20180240244 | HIGH-FIDELITY 3D RECONSTRUCTION USING FACIAL FEATURES LOOKUP AND SKELETAL POSES IN VOXEL MODELS - Techniques for high-fidelity three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of a dynamic scene as a set of voxels are provided. One technique includes: receiving, by a processor, image data from each of two or more spatially-separated sensors observing the scene from a corresponding two or more vantage points; generating, by the processor, the set of voxels from the image data on a frame-by-frame basis; reconstructing, by the processor, surfaces from the set of voxels to generate low-fidelity mesh data; identifying, by the processor, performers in the scene from the image data; obtaining, by the processor, high-fidelity mesh data corresponding to the identified performers; and merging, by the processor, the low-fidelity mesh data with the high-fidelity mesh data to generate high-fidelity 3D output. The identifying of the performers includes: segmenting, by the processor, the image data into objects; and classifying, by the processor, those of the objects representing the performers. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240245 | GPU-BASED SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING 2D-3D DEFORMABLE REGISTRATION OF A BODY ORGAN USING MULTIPLE 2D FLUOROSCOPIC VIEWS - Systems and methods for assisting a physician in a medical intervention comprises performing a 2D-3D deformable registration, and more particularly, performing a 2D-3D registration based on multiple live 2D fluoroscopic views, and implemented on a multi-core processing framework such as a Graphics Processing Unit. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240246 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING FEATURES ON OR NEAR AN OBJECT - A method and device for measuring dimensions of a feature on or near an object using a video inspection device. A reference surface is determined based on reference surface points on the surface of the object. One or more measurement cursors are placed on measurement pixels of an image of the object. Projected reference surface points associated with the measurement pixels on the reference surface are determined. The dimensions of the feature can be determined using the three-dimensional coordinates of at least one of the projected reference surface points. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240247 | GENERATING A DISPARITY MAP HAVING REDUCED OVER-SMOOTHING - This disclosure describes systems and techniques for generating a disparity map having reduced over-smoothing. To achieve the reduction in over-smoothing that might otherwise occur, a third image is captured in addition to stereo reference and search images. Information from the third image, which may be of the same or different type as the stereo images (e.g., RGB, grey-scale, infra-red (IR)) and which may have the same or different resolution as the stereo images, can help better define the object edges. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240248 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a punch hole trace detection unit that detects a punch hole trace from an input image, a line segment detection unit that detects a line segment which is positioned in a vicinity of the detected punch hole trace, and a punch hole trace processing unit that performs processing on the punch hole trace on the basis of a result of the detection by the line segment detection unit. | 2018-08-23 |
20180240249 | Image Recognition System - An image recognition system includes an external information detection unit detecting a distance to a target to be recognized included in an image, a reduced image size determination unit deriving a reduced size of the image based on the distance to the target to be recognized, an image reduction unit reducing the image based on the reduced size of the image, and an image recognition unit including a plurality of recognition process units corresponding to sizes of the images to be recognized and executing the recognition process of the target to be recognized included in the reduced image by means of the recognition process unit corresponding to a size of the image. Instead of the distance to the target to be recognized, a size and a shape of the image, or a clip position of the image from an entire image, may be used. | 2018-08-23 |