38th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150262339 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus configured to perform noise reduction of a first image obtained by capturing an object by an image capturing device, includes an intensity setting unit and a noise reduction unit. The intensity setting unit is configured to set intensity of noise reduction based on a focus position of the image capturing device during capturing of the object and an object distance between the image capturing device and the object. The noise reduction unit is configured to perform noise reduction of the first image with the set intensity of the noise reduction. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262340 | IMAGE PROCESSOR - A setting circuit sets a quantization value per input image on the basis of a noise value of the whole input image, and a quantization circuit performs quantization on first image data to generate second image data. Quantization value based on the noise value the whole input image can realize appropriate denoising depending on the noise level of the whole input image. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262341 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-FRAME TEMPORAL DE-NOISING USING IMAGE ALIGNMENT - Methods, devices, and computer program products for multi-frame termporal de-noising using image alignment are describe. In one aspect, a method of capturing an image using a multi-frame temporal de-noising is described. The method includes capturing a plurality of frames and aligning the captured plurality of frames with each other. The method further includes determining a subset of frames of the captured plurality of frames, the subset determined based upon a focus quality of each frame of the plurality of frames. Finally, the method includes combining the subset of frames into a single image using a motion filter to reduce blurriness and ghosting. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262342 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus configured to correct at least part of a face image has an image acquisition unit that acquires an input image, a region extraction unit that extracts a pupil region, which is a region corresponding to an eye of a person, from the input image, a pixel extraction unit that extracts a pixel from the pupil region whose brightness value is higher than a threshold value, a determination unit that determines, based on the result of extraction performed by the pixel extraction unit, whether or not halation has occurred in the pupil region, and a correction unit that performs, based on the result of determination performed by the determination unit, processing for correcting halation on the pupil region. The pixel extraction unit sets the threshold value based on a bias of a brightness distribution of the pixels included in the pupil region. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262343 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed are an image processing device and an image processing method. The image processing device includes: an image obtaining unit for obtaining input images captured by a plurality of cameras mounted in a vehicle; and a controller for detecting a representative feature point representing a shape feature of a particular pattern included in the input images, detecting topology information with respect to corner points of the particular pattern based on the detected representative feature point, and determining an optimal light center corresponding to each of the plurality of cameras based on the detected topology information. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262344 | Method And System For Correcting A Distorted Input Image - A method for correcting a distorted input image comprises determining a local region of an image to be displayed and dividing said region into an array of rectangular tiles, each tile corresponding to a distorted tile with a non-rectangular boundary within said input image. For each tile of the local region, maximum and minimum memory address locations of successive rows of said input image sufficient to span said boundary of said distorted tile are determined. Successive rows of the distorted input from between said maximum and minimum addresses are read. Distortion of the non-rectangular portion of said distorted input image is corrected to provide a tile of a corrected output image which is stored. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262345 | Convolved Light Imaging - A system and method for imaging is disclosed wherein light that is convolved by a blade is received by an imaging sensor. The received light may be convolved by a blade moving laterally across the image plane. The received light may be recorded as light data. The light data may be processed by rotations, collapses, normalizations, and applying one or more derivative filters to generate enhanced result images. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262346 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing system includes an imaging device that captures an image of a measurement object to obtain a captured image, an arrangement detection unit that detects an arrangement state of the measurement object and determines a tilt angle of the measurement object relative to the imaging device, a storage unit that stores a template image, a skew correction unit that corrects the captured image based on the tilt angle determined by the arrangement detection unit to generate a skew-corrected image, a scale correction unit that calculates an amount of scale deviation between the skew-corrected image and the template image and corrects the skew-corrected image based oil the calculated amount of scale deviation to generate a scale-corrected image, and a position search unit that performs template matching using the template image on the scale-corrected image to determine a position corresponding to the template image in the captured image. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262347 | System and Method for Authentication - Described are methods and systems for determining authenticity. For example, the method may include providing an object of authentication, capturing characteristic data from the object of authentication, deriving authentication data from the characteristic data of the object of authentication, and comparing the authentication data with an electronic database comprising reference authentication data to provide an authenticity score for the object of authentication. The reference authentication data may correspond to one or more reference objects of authentication other than the object of authentication. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262348 | CONCEPTS FOR SORTING ITEMS USING A DISPLAY - Concepts for presenting display features to a user of a system which comprises a display, an acquisition device, and a controller system. In various embodiments, the acquisition device is configured to capture image data of one or more items moving along a conveying mechanism and read item identifiers associated with each item. The system then associates or identifies display features with each item identifier and presents the captured image data with the display features presented on or near the image data of the items. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262349 | FREE SPACE POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A free space positioning method for estimating an attitude angle of an object in a free space includes: capturing an image of a light source module that includes four light sources to generate a to-be-judged image; analyzing coordinates of the light sources in the to-be-judged image to obtain to-be-judged information; comparing the to-be-judged information with pre-stored light source orientation data to obtain candidate light source orientation data; and estimating an attitude angle of the object according to a pre-stored attitude angle corresponding to each of the candidate light source orientation data. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262350 | MARKING APPARATUS AND MARKING METHOD FOR DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention provides a marking apparatus for a display panel and a marking method for a display panel. The marking device comprises an image acquiring module, a simulated marking module and a real marking module. A simulated marking line is drawn, by the simulated marking module, in an image acquired by the image acquiring module, of a region containing a position where a defect occurs on a display panel to be marked. The real marking module automatically draws a real marking line on the display panel to be marked according to the simulated marking line. Thus, a position where a defect occurs on a display panel to be marked is accurately marked, and it is convenient for an engineer to accurately locate and sample the defective position in the subsequent analysis process. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262351 | Arrangement and Method for Detecting and Documenting Straw Quality - A system and a method for detecting and documenting the quality of straw, having the following steps: recording an image of a straw swath with a camera, generating a signal regarding the quality of the straw by means of an image-processing system based on parameters derived from the image of the camera, and storing and/or displaying the signal of the image processing system and/or controlling an actuator based on the signal of the image processing system. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262352 | Machine Vision Systems And Methods For Analysis And Tracking Of Strain In Deformable Materials - A method and system for analysis of a viscoelastic response in a deformable material. The system includes a light source configured to provide linearly polarized light and a polariscope configured to receive said linearly polarized light and to generate an image associated with a viscoelastic response of said deformable material. The system also includes a machine vision system configured to operate on the image to locate the response on the deformable material and to classify the response as one of a plurality of predefined types of responses. A display may then be provide that is configured to provide feedback of the location of the viscoelastic response and classification of the response to a user of said system. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262353 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANGING AT LEAST ONE OF DIRECTION AND POSITION OF PLANE SELECTION LINE BASED ON PATTERN - Disclosed is a method of changing at least one of a direction and position of a plane selection line for acquiring an image of a plane of interest of an object. The method includes acquiring a medical image of an object, displaying a first plane image acquired along a first plane selection line of the medical image, setting a pattern which is used to change at least one of the direction and position of the plane selection line, changing at least one of the direction and position of the plane selection line, based on the set pattern, and displaying a second plane image acquired along the changed plane selection line. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262354 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING WORKFLOW EFFICIENCIES IN READING TOMOSYNTHESIS MEDICAL IMAGE DATA - A system and a method are disclosed that forms a novel, synthetic, two-dimensional image of an anatomical region such as a breast. Two-dimensional regions of interest (ROIs) such as masses are extracted from three-dimensional medical image data, such as digital tomosynthesis reconstructed volumes. Using image processing technologies, the ROIs are then blended with two-dimensional image information of the anatomical region to form the synthetic, two-dimensional image. This arrangement and resulting image desirably improves the workflow of a physician reading medical image data, as the synthetic, two-dimensional image provides detail previously only seen by interrogating the three-dimensional medical image data. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262355 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING AN IMAGE OF A BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN - Components, e.g., background, cytoplasm, nucleus and nucleolus, of a biological specimen are identified using multi-wavelength analysis. Specimen components, such as nucleoli, are selected, and a determination is made whether cells having nucleoli are cancer cells or regular repair cells based on one or more physical characteristics of the identified component. The physical characteristics can be one or more of a shape, size, texture and gray value. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262356 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides an information processing apparatus capable of accurately separating parenchymal cells and stromal cells from each other regardless of the staining intensity of the cells. The information processing apparatus is an information processing apparatus | 2015-09-17 |
20150262357 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a medical image processing apparatus which includes a first extraction unit configured to extract coronary arteries depicted in images of a plurality of time phases relating to the heart, and to extract at least one stenosed part depicted in each coronary artery; a calculation unit configured to calculate a pressure gradient of each of the extracted coronary arteries, based on tissue blood flow volumes of the coronary arteries; a second extraction unit configured to extract an ischemic region depicted in the images; and a specifying unit configured to specify a responsible blood vessel of the ischemic region by referring to a dominance map, in which each of the extracted coronary arteries and a dominance territory are associated, for the extracted ischemic region, and to specify a responsible stenosis, based on the pressure gradient corresponding to a stenosed part in the specified responsible blood vessel. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262358 | Method and Apparatus for Quantitative Measurements on Sequences of Images, Particularly Angiographic Images - Method for assessing a regurgitant flow through a valve into a moving object from a sequence of consecutive image frames of such object, which images are timely separated by a certain time interval, the method comprising the following steps: a) identifying in the images the object of interest; b) augmenting the images to compensate for protocol intensity variation and/or motion and/or background; c) making a time-analysis of augmented images to obtain time-density curve or curves, wherein time-density curves represent a time-evolution of pixel brightness; d) determining a plurality of parameters related to such time-density curve or curves; e) weighting such parameters to provide indications on the regurgitant flow. A corresponding apparatus and computer program are also disclosed. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262359 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a storage unit configured to store corresponding information in which one or more images of one or more frame images included in a dynamic image and one or more calculation middle images generated from two or more frame images included in the dynamic image relative to the single pixel region for each pixel region including one or more pixels in a calculation result image having the statistic obtained by the calculation for a medical dynamic image as each pixel value; a specification unit configured to specify the one or more pixel regions in the calculation result image; and a determination unit configured to determine one or more output images based on one or more images corresponding to the one or more pixel regions specified by the specification unit in the corresponding information. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262360 | Pixel value calibration device and method - A pixel value calibration device comprises: an edge detecting unit to generate edge values according to the target pixel value of a target pixel and the pixel values of neighboring pixels in which the target and neighboring pixels are of a first color and each of them is arranged with pixels of a second color in the same pixel row; a weighted value estimating unit to generate weighted values according to the edge values and an algorithm in which the weighted values are associated with candidate pixels each of which is arranged with pixels of a third color in the same pixel row; a calibration value generating unit to generate a calibration value according to the target pixel value and the pixel value(s) of the candidate pixel(s) plus the weighted value(s) thereof; and a calibrating unit to generate a calibrated pixel value according to the target pixel and calibration values. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262361 | OPTICAL ENCODER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure is related to an optical encoder which is configured to provide precise coding reference data by feature recognition technology. To apply the present disclosure, it is not necessary to provide particular dense patterns on a working surface or any reference object with particular markers. The precise coding reference data can be generated by detecting surface features of the working surface. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262362 | Image Processor Comprising Gesture Recognition System with Hand Pose Matching Based on Contour Features - An image processing system comprises an image processor having image processing circuitry and an associated memory. The image processor is configured to implement a gesture recognition system comprising a contour classification module. The contour classification module is configured to identify one or more hand poses from one or more isolated regions in a first image, to determine a contour of a given one of the one or more hand poses, to calculate one or more features of the contour of the given hand pose, to identify one or more isolated regions in a second image, and to determine whether at least a portion of one or more isolated regions in the second image matches the given hand pose based on a comparison of one or more points characterizing the portion of the one or more isolated regions in the second image and the one or more features of the contour of the given hand pose. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262363 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS - In an object detection apparatus ( | 2015-09-17 |
20150262364 | DETERMINING PROXIMITY OF A MOBILE DEVICE TO A SUBJECT BASED ON SHADOW ANALYSIS - Portions of the disclosure relate generally to shadow analysis, e.g., on mobile platforms. One claim recites a mobile phone comprising: a camera for capturing images and video; memory for buffering captured images and video; means for identifying a shadow cast by the mobile phone on a subject being imaged by said camera by analyzing buffered captured images and video; and means for determining proximity to the subject based on an analysis of the shadow. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided too. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262365 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes an imaging device and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit includes a first extraction unit, a disparity calculation unit, a second extraction unit, and an object determination unit. The first extraction unit extracts a main area based on image data captured by the imaging device, the main area being an image area including a candidate for a target. The second extraction unit extracts a candidate area from the main area based on the disparity. The object determination unit determines whether an image of the candidate area is an image of the target. An extraction of the candidate area from a lower part area is restricted more strictly than that from an upper part area. The lower part area is provided below a predetermined position in the main area. The upper part area is provided above the predetermined position in the main area. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262366 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC 3-D IMAGE CREATION - Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and non-transitory computer readable media that relate to stereoscopic image creation. A camera captures an initial image at an initial position. A target displacement from the initial position is determined for a desired stereoscopic effect, and an instruction is provided that specifies a direction in which to move the camera from the initial position. While the camera is in motion, an estimated displacement from the initial position is calculated. When the estimated displacement corresponds to the target displacement, the camera automatically captures a candidate image. An acceptability analysis is performed to determine whether the candidate image has acceptable image quality and acceptable similarity to the initial image. If the candidate image passes the acceptability analysis, a stereoscopic image is created based on the initial and candidate images. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262367 | Method and Apparatus for Image Segmentation Algorithm - Disclosed herein is a method. Cluster centers of an image are initialized. The image includes a plurality of pixels. Pixels of the plurality of pixels in a pattern are labeled. The cluster centers are recomputed based on the labeling of the plurality of pixels. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262368 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SEGMENTATION METHOD - An image processing apparatus for extracting an area of a detection target from an image includes an image input section that acquires an image, an image generation section that generates a plurality of images with different resolutions from the image, and a segmentation section that performs segmentation using the plurality of images with the different resolutions. The segmentation section segments an image with a low resolution and then segmenting an image with a high resolution using, as a processing target area, an area in the image with the high resolution corresponding to an area near a boundary resulting from processing of the segmentation of the image with the low resolution. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262369 | CONNECTED COMPONENT LABELING IN GRAPHICS PROCESSORS - Systems and methods may provide for obtaining data associated with an image and using a plurality of threads in a graphics processor to conduct a single instruction multiple data (SIMD) scan of the data. Additionally, systems and methods may provide for generating a plurality of connection tables corresponding to the plurality of threads based on the SIMD scan. In one example, a plurality of threads in the graphics processor are used to conduct a single phase merge of the plurality of connection tables onto a global connected components labeling (CCL) table for the image. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262370 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - The invention provides an image processing device, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of correctly discriminating a type of a test object, even when similar model images have been registered. The image processing device includes: a hardware that holds a feature amount obtained from model images of a plurality of reference objects belonging to mutually different types; a region determination module that determines a non-common region as a region indicating a feature amount different from those of other objects, within a model image of each object; and a discrimination module that discriminates which type an object included in an input image belongs to, by using a feature amount corresponding to a non-common region of the object out of feature amounts of objects. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262371 | SEGMENTATION OF AN IMAGE BASED ON COLOR AND COLOR DIFFERENCES - An input image is partitioned into a plurality of image regions based on color and color differences. The partitioning comprises assigning a color difference value to plurality of locations within the input image. The partitioning further comprises assigning each of the plurality of locations to an image region of the plurality of image regions, where the assigning occurs according to a particular order. The particular order is based at least in part on color difference values associated with the plurality of locations. The input image may comprise markup. Data representing at least a particular portion of the markup in the input image based on the partitioning is identified. Data representing at least the portion of the markup may be used in a visualization of a customizable product or a manufacturing control associated with a customizable product. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262372 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANNOTATING IMAGES BY PROPAGATING INFORMATION - One embodiment of the invention provides a computer-implemented method of annotating images in a data set comprising a first set of images which initially have annotations and a second set of images which initially do not have annotations. The method comprises the steps of determining spatial correspondences for all pairs of images in the data set, wherein each spatial correspondence represents a mapping of a location in a first image to a corresponding location in a second image. For each mapping, the method further comprises calculating a connection strength between the location in the first image and the corresponding location in the second image. The method further comprises iteratively propagating information across images in the data set using the connection strengths of the mappings as weights for propagating the information, augmented by an estimate of propagation accuracy, wherein the propagated information is used to provide annotations to images which do not initially have annotations, and wherein each iteration performs a propagation across all images in the data set. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262373 | AUTOMATED CENTERLINE EXTRACTION METHOD AND GENERATION OF CORRESPONDING ANALYTICAL EXPRESSION AND USE THEREOF - A computer implemented method for determining a centerline of a three-dimensional tubular structure is described. The method includes providing an edge-detected data set of voxels that characterize a boundary of the tubular structure according to a three-dimensional voxel data set for the tubular structure. A gradient field of a distance transformation is computed for the edge-detected dataset. A voxel data set corresponding to a centerline of the tubular structure is computed according to derivative of gradient field. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262374 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOVING OBJECT DETECTION USING FISHER'S LINEAR DISCRIMINANT BASED RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORK - A method for moving object detection based on a Fisher's Linear Discriminant-based Radial Basis Function Network (FLD-based RBF network) includes the following steps. A sequence of incoming frames of a fixed location delivered over a network are received. A plurality of discriminant patterns are generated from the sequence of incoming frames based on a Fisher's Linear Discriminant (FLD) model. A background model is constructed from the sequence of incoming frames based on a Radial Basis Function (RBF) network model. A current incoming frame is received and divided into a plurality of current incoming blocks. Each of the current incoming blocks is classified as either a background block or a moving object block according to the discriminant patterns. Whether a current incoming pixel of the moving object blocks among the current incoming blocks is a moving object pixel or a background pixel is determined according to the background model. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262375 | SPEED CALCULATING DEVICE AND SPEED CALCULATING METHOD, AND COLLISION DETERMINATION DEVICE - A speed calculating device calculates the speed of an object around a moving body and includes: an image detection unit that captures an image of the surroundings of the moving body and detects the object from the captured image; and a speed calculation unit that calculates the speed of the object, using a moving body speed indicating the speed of the moving body and an image speed, which indicates the speed of the object and is calculated from the image, at a ratio corresponding to a distance from the moving body to the object. The speed calculation unit calculates the speed of the object using the moving body speed and the image speed such that the ratio of the moving body speed increases as the distance to the object increases and the ratio of the image speed increases as the distance to the object decreases. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262376 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE HAPTIC FEEDBACK FROM VIDEO CONTENT ANALYSIS - A system includes an image capture device configured to capture images, and a processor programmed with one or more computer program modules. When executed, the one or more computer program modules are configured to receive the images captured by the image capture device, generate a control signal for a haptic output device as the images are received, synchronize the images and the control signal, and output a video with the synchronized images and the control signal. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262377 | PICTURE ENCODING METHOD AND PICTURE DECODING METHOD - A picture encoding method of the present invention is a picture encoding method of predictively encoding an input picture with reference to pictures stored in a picture buffer, decoding the encoded input picture, judging whether or not the decoded picture is a picture for reference and whether or not the decoded picture is a picture for output which needs to be stored until its display time, and storing, in the picture buffer, the picture for reference and the picture for output based on the determination result. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262378 | Systems and Methods for Tracking Points Within an Encasement - Systems and methods for tracking points within an encasement are provided. According to an aspect of the invention, a processor designates an encasement at a first location within a first image acquired at a first time; identifies points to track within the encasement; determines characteristics of the points to track; tracks the points over time based on the characteristics; and determines a second location of the encasement within a second image acquired at a second time based on positions of the tracked points at the second time. Identifying the points to track may include identifying points within the encasement that are significant and persistent. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262379 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF TRACKING A SUBJECT IN THE IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus for tracking a subject is provided. The An imaging apparatus has an imaging unit which images a subject to obtain an image, an area detecting unit which detects in the image obtained by the imaging unit a light changing area, in which light changes in a time-series manner, a position detecting unit which detects a position of the light changing area detected by the area detecting unit in the image obtained by the imaging unit, a local area searching unit which searches for a local area within a prescribed region defined on the basis of the position of the light changing area detected by the position detecting unit, wherein the local area shows a large feature value in an image processing, and a tracking unit which tracks movement of the local area found by the local area searching unit. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262380 | ADAPTIVE RESOLUTION IN OPTICAL FLOW COMPUTATIONS FOR AN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method, device, and apparatus for determining optical flow from a plurality of images is described and includes receiving a first image frame from a first plurality of images, where the first plurality of images have a first resolution and a first frame rate. A second image frame may be received from a second plurality of images, where the second plurality of images have a second resolution less than the first resolution and a second frame rate greater than the first frame rate. A first optical flow may be computed from the first image frame to the second image frame. Additionally, the based at least in part on the first optical flow from the first image frame to the second image frame, a third image frame may be output as part of an output stream. The output stream may have a frame rate greater than or equal to the first frame rate, where the third image frame has a resolution greater than or equal to the second resolution. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262381 | PAPER SHEETS PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA TRANSFER METHOD - According to one embodiment, a paper sheets processing apparatus includes a first sub controller, a second sub controller, and a main controller. The first sub controller generates image data, based on an output signal from a camera which captures an image of a banknote transported along a transport path. The second sub controller generates sensor data, based on an output signal from a sensor which measures the banknote. The main controller inputs the image data and the sensor data of the same banknote from the first sub controller and the second sub controller, and transfers the image data and the sensor data to one external device indicated from a plurality of external devices. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262382 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus has an image acquiring unit that acquires an image; and, a feature amount acquiring unit that acquires feature amounts that correspond to the acquired image by performing a predetermined arithmetic operation on the image, and outputs the acquired feature amounts. When the acquired feature amounts include a negative value, the feature amount acquiring unit replaces the negative value with the absolute value of the negative value. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262383 | REAL-TIME DIGITALLY ENHANCED IMAGING FOR THE PREDICTION, APPLICATION, AND INSPECTION OF COATINGS - Systems and methods providing digitally enhanced imaging for the prediction, application, and inspection of coatings. A digital imaging and processing device provides image acquisition, processing, and display of acquired digital imaging data to allow a user to discern variations, beyond that which can be discerned by observing a coating or a substrate with the naked eye. The digital imaging and processing device may also provide pre-coating and post-coating inspection capabilities as well as coating prediction capabilities. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262384 | IMAGE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE MEASUREMENT METHOD - An image measurement device including: light sources that irradiate light beams having different peak wavelengths; a staining method obtaining unit which obtains information indicating a staining method of an inspection specimen; an image obtaining unit which: selects a combination of light sources according to the staining method, based on illumination information; and capture inspection images of the inspection specimen with light beams from the selected light sources, and capture reference images of a reference specimen with light beams from the respective light sources; a calculating unit which calculates a positivity based on the inspection images; and an evaluation unit which associates the staining method of the reference specimen with the combination of light sources to generate the illumination information based on a total value of coefficients in a linear sum of the ortho-normalization base vectors of a spectral distribution of light sources calculated based on the reference images. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262385 | IMAGE DECODER, GRAPHICS PROCESSOR, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND GRAPHICS PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a graphics processor that allows decompression of a compressed texture with high efficiency. The graphics processor includes: a main memory; and a graphics processing unit, in which the graphics processing unit includes a run length decoding section adapted to run-length-decode a compressed texture, and a reciprocal spatial frequency conversion section adapted to restore the texture by performing reciprocal spatial frequency conversion on the run-length-decoded texture, and the main memory includes a texture pool adapted to partially cache the restored texture. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262386 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STREAMING GRAPHICS ACROSS A NETWORK - A method for streaming graphics, that includes determining, with a first process, the location of a back buffer of a second process, wherein the back buffer stores rendered graphics of the second process, and wherein the first and second processes run on a server. The method further includes copying at least a portion of the rendered graphics from the back buffer, thereby generating a rendered graphics copy and applying the rendered graphics copy to a flat two-dimensional (2D) object, thereby generating a textured object. The method further includes encoding the textured object into a video stream compatible with being transmitted over a network, and transmitting the video stream from the server to a client device via a network. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262387 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE ANALYSIS - A computer-implemented method for analysing a sample comprising a first material and a second material of generally different densities and having a junction therebetween. The method comprises: defining automatically a plurality of regions of interest within an image of the sample, each of said regions of interest having a width of one or more voxels or pixels; determining respective density, intensity or attenuation profiles within the regions of interest; determining a location of said junction including defining a first reference point within one of said first and second materials and employing the first reference point as current reference point, and (i) determining a closest point to said current reference point that is on said respective profile and in the other of said first and second materials to that of the current reference point; (ii) locating a greatest difference in values of the respective profile between an adjacent peak and trough in a segment of the respective profile between said current reference point and said closest point; and (iii) locating a point of inflexion in said segment. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262388 | MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a medical image diagnostic apparatus includes a storage memory, processing circuitry, and a display. The storage memory stores data of a plurality of FFR distribution maps constituting a time series regarding a coronary artery, and data of a plurality of morphological images corresponding to the time series. The processing circuitry converts the plurality of FFR distribution maps into a plurality of corresponding color maps, respectively. The display displays a plurality of superposed images obtained by superposing the plurality of color maps and the plurality of morphological images respectively corresponding in phase to the plurality of color maps. The display restricts display targets for the plurality of color maps based on the plurality of FFR distribution maps or the plurality of morphological images. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262389 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MUTLI-MODALITY TIME-OF-FLIGHT ATTENUATION CORRECTION - A system and method for determining, from registered positron emission tomography (PET) sinogram data and magnetic resonance (MR) image data, an estimated attenuation sinogram uses a data consistency condition to evaluate a gradient of the PET sinogram data using the MR image data. An image of the subject is reconstructed using the estimate attenuation sinogram. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262390 | INFORMATION PROPAGATION IN PRIOR-IMAGE-BASED RECONSTRUCTION - A framework, comprising techniques, process(es), device(s), system(s), combinations thereof, or the like, to analyze propagation of information in prior-image-based reconstruction by decomposing the estimation into distinct components supported by a current data acquisition and by a prior image. Such decomposition can quantify contributions from prior data and current data as a spatial map and/or can trace specific features in an image to a source of at least some of such features. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262391 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING ANNOTATIONS ON GEOGRAPHIC OBJECT SURFACES - A system and method of displaying information on images representing geographic objects captured by a camera is provided. In one aspect, the information is an advertisement and the advertisement is displayed such that its shape is based on the surface angle of the geographic object relative to the perspective from which the object is being viewed. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262392 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUICKLY GENERATING NATURAL TERRAIN - A method and apparatus for quickly generating a natural terrain. The method according to an exemplary embodiment may include generating a new terrain through a patch-based synthesis from one or more virtual noise-based terrain models and one or more realistic terrain models; and processing blending of a boundary between synthesized terrains in the newly generated terrain. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262393 | Geocoding Personal Information - A computer-implemented method for generating geocoded user information is disclosed. The method comprises searching user data across multiple different data corpuses for entries having location-related information and determining locations for the location-related information. The method further comprises generating a map showing a current location of a mobile device along with representations of the entries having location-related information, at the determined locations, for entries from the multiple different data corpuses. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262394 | DRAG AND DROP OF GRAPH ELEMENTS - In a method of rendering a plurality of graph elements, first sample data is generated to render an instance of a first graph element type in a first cell of a canvas panel. An indicator is received that indicates a second graph element type to present in the first cell overlaid with the instance of the first graph element type. Second sample data is generated to render an instance of the second graph element type in the first cell overlaid with the instance of the first graph element type. An indicator is received that indicates selection of a fourth indicator of the instance of the second graph element type. An indicator is received that indicates dropping of the fourth indicator into a second cell. Third sample data is generated to render a second instance of the second graph element type in the second cell. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262395 | SAMPLE DATA COMPUTATION FOR RENDERING OF GRAPH ELEMENTS - In a method of computing sample data to render a graph element, first sample data is computed to render a first graph element type. A second indicator is received that indicates a second graph element type to present overlaid with the first graph element type. Second sample data is computed to render the second graph element type. Third sample data is computed to render a second instance of the first graph element type. The second instance of the first graph element type is rendered overlaid with the second graph element type using the computed second and third sample data. A first number of points computed for the second sample data is the same as a second number of points computed for the third sample data. A common axis is used, and the first number of points is determined based on a data type of the common axis. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262396 | AUTOMATIC DATA SHARING BETWEEN MULTIPLE GRAPH ELEMENTS - A method of automatically sharing data between graph elements is provided. First sample data is generated to render an instance of a first graph element type in a first cell. An indicator is received that indicates selection of a second graph element type and dropping of an indicator of the second graph element type into the first cell. Second sample data is generated to render an instance of the second graph element type in the first cell overlaid with a second instance of the first graph element type in the first cell. A common axis is used for the second instance of the first graph element type and the instance of the second graph element type. Data points used for the common axis are automatically shared between the second instance of the first graph element type and the instance of the second graph element type. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262397 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MAP FROM ACTIVITY DATA - A method for generating a graph includes receiving GPS data points for a plurality of GPS tracks. Thereafter, points of greater curvature in the GPS tracks are identified. The method further includes determining a plurality of nodes for the graph based on the identified points of greater curvature in the GPS tracks. Additionally, the method includes determining a plurality of connections between the nodes, the plurality of nodes and the plurality of connections defining the graph. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262398 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TILE MANAGEMENT - A device selectively loads map tiles into its memory while re-using others. As a user chooses different sections of a master map to be displayed, the device determines an intersection between the formerly and currently viewed sections. The device copies selected references to map tiles in the intersection, with some re-indexing, from an array for the formerly displayed section into an array for the newly displayed section. The view of the map might be a three-dimensional perspective view of a two-dimensional surface. The device can create bounding boxes around polygonal perimeters of the viewed areas. The bounding boxes are divided into rectangles corresponding to the tiles located on the master map. The device determines which rectangles within the bounding boxes both (a) contain portions of their respective polygons and (b) overlap each other respective to their locations on the master map. The device already stores map tiles for those rectangles. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262399 | SOLUTION FOR HIGHLY CUSTOMIZED INTERACTIVE MOBILE MAPS - A map customization module builds a customized map for a user based on the user's interest and historical activities. A database stores processed map data including layer data, element data and/or tile data related to maps. The map customization module obtains the necessary processed map data from the database and combines the map data with the user's interests to generate a customized map. The map customization module recognizes the user's interests based on explicit user input and/or implicit user input. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262400 | Blend Modes for Mineralogy Images - Optimized blending mode for mineralogy images. A luminosity value is determined for a pixel in a base layer or top layer mineralogy image. An image weighting value is determined from the luminosity value and an optional mixing parameter. A multiply value is determined by multiplying the base and top layer pixel values. An overlay value is determined from twice the multiply value if the value of one of the base layer or top layer pixel values is over a threshold, otherwise it is determined by inverting twice the product of the inverted top layer pixel value with the inverted base layer pixel value. A blended image pixel value is determined by adding the multiply value weighted with the image weighting value and the overlay value weighted with the inverted image weighting value. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262401 | VISUALIZATION INTERFACE FOR WORD CLOUD - A word cloud can quickly convey relative importance of words by displaying relatively important words larger than relatively unimportant words. Examples of the disclosure are directed to methods of generating a word cloud inside a predetermined polygon of arbitrary shape and size. For example, a word cloud may be generated with words to describe a particular company, and the word cloud may be generated inside the predefined shape of that company's logo, creating a single visualization that both describes and identifies the company. Further, whereas a traditional word cloud may illustrate relative word importance through relative word size, based on relative frequency of each word in a description or corpus, examples of the disclosure are directed to word clouds that can represent multiple dimensions of information for each word using size and color, for example. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262402 | OBJECT CUSTOMIZATION AND ACCESSORIZATION IN VIDEO CONTENT - A real-time video exploration (RVE) system that allows users to pause, step into, move through, and explore 2D or 3D modeled worlds of scenes in a video. The RVE system may allow users to select and manipulate objects within a scene, and to modify an object by adding or removing accessories from the object or otherwise customizing the object according to the user's preferences or desires. The RVE system may also provide an interface or interfaces via which the user can obtain additional information for the object, customize the object, be given a price or price(s) for the object as customized, and purchase the object as specified if desired. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262403 | MAKEUP SUPPORT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING MAKEUP - A makeup support apparatus includes an image capturer that captures an image of a user's face, a display that displays the captured image, and a guide superimposer that superimposes a guide image upon the displayed image. The guide image indicates a region of the user's face in which makeup is to be applied. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262404 | Screen Content And Mixed Content Coding - An apparatus comprising a processor configured to obtain mixed content video comprising images comprising computer generated screen content (SC) and natural content (NC), partition the images into SC areas and NC areas, and encode the images by encoding the SC areas with SC coding tools and encoding the NC areas with NC coding tools, and a transmitter coupled to the processor, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit data to a client device, the data comprising the encoded images and an indication of boundaries of the partition. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262405 | CO-REGISTRATION - SIMULTANEOUS ALIGNMENT AND MODELING OF ARTICULATED 3D SHAPES - Present application refers to a method, a model generation unit and a computer program (product) for generating trained models (M) of moving persons, based on physically measured person scan data (S). The approach is based on a common template (T) for the respective person and on the measured person scan data (S) in different shapes and different poses. Scan data are measured with a 3D laser scanner. A generic personal model is used for co-registering a set of person scan data (S) aligning the template (T) to the set of person scans (S) while simultaneously training the generic personal model to become a trained person model (M) by constraining the generic person model to be scan-specific, person-specific and pose-specific and providing the trained model (M), based on the co registering of the measured object scan data (S). | 2015-09-17 |
20150262406 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CROWD ANIMATION AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a method, a system, and a computer-readable recording medium for generating a crowd animation. One embodiment of the present invention relates to the method for creating the crowd animation, comprising the steps of: (a) generating a guide shape of a crowd including one or more characters by referencing a first user operation, wherein the guide shape defines the formation and/or the number of the one or more characters included in the crowd; (b) generating a guide path for defining a motion path of the one or more characters included in the crowd by referencing a second user operation, which is inputted with respect to the guide shape; and (c) generating the crowd animation in which the one or more characters included in the crowd move along the motion path that is defined by the guide path in the formation defined by the guide shape. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262407 | Object Illumination in Hybrid Rasterization and Ray Traced 3-D Rendering - Rendering systems that can use combinations of rasterization rendering processes and ray tracing rendering processes are disclosed. In some implementations, these systems perform a rasterization pass to identify visible surfaces of pixels in an image. Some implementations may begin shading processes for visible surfaces, before the geometry is entirely processed, in which rays are emitted. Rays can be culled at various points during processing, based on determining whether the surface from which the ray was emitted is still visible. Rendering systems may implement rendering effects as disclosed. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262408 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING FALSE INTERSECTION IN RAY TRACING - A method of removing an intersection test error in ray tracing includes obtaining an intersection by performing an intersection test on a ray and a primitive; determining location information of the intersection indicating whether the intersection is located inside or outside an object; determining an intersection error based on comparing the location information of the intersection to path information of the ray. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262409 | Rendering of Soft Shadows - Systems can identify visible surfaces for pixels in an image (portion) to be rendered. A sampling pattern of ray directions is applied to the pixels, so that the sampling pattern of ray directions repeats, and with respect to any pixel, the same ray direction can be found in the same relative position, with respect to that pixel, as for other pixels. Rays are emitted from visible surfaces in the respective ray direction supplied from the sampling pattern. Ray intersections can cause shaders to execute and contribute results to a sample buffer. With respect to shading of a given pixel, ray results from a selected subset of the pixels are used; the subset is selected by identifying a set of pixels, collectively from which rays were traced for the ray directions in the pattern, and requiring that surfaces from which rays were traced for those pixels satisfy a similarity criteria. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262410 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MASS DISTRIBUTION OF 3-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OVER NETWORK - Systems and methods are described for distributing a 3-dimensional model of a target space, including, but not limited to: determining a position of an object within a target space; encoding the position of the object as RGB values associated with at least one pixel of a base frame; and transmitting the base frame to a user device for decoding the position of the object. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262411 | 3D GEOMETRIC MODELING AND 3D VIDEO CONTENT CREATION - A system, apparatus and method of obtaining data from a 2D image in order to determine the 3D shape of objects appearing in said 2D image, said 2D image having distinguishable epipolar lines, said method comprising: (a) providing a predefined set of types of features, giving rise to feature types, each feature type being distinguishable according to a unique bi-dimensional formation; (b) providing a coded light pattern comprising multiple appearances of said feature types; (c) projecting said coded light pattern on said objects such that the distance between epipolar lines associated with substantially identical features is less than the distance between corresponding locations of two neighboring features; (d) capturing a 2D image of said objects having said projected coded light pattern projected thereupon, said 2D image comprising reflected said feature types; and (e) extracting: (i) said reflected feature types according to the unique bi-dimensional formations; and (ii) locations of said reflected feature types on respective said epipolar lines in said 2D image. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262412 | AUGMENTED REALITY LIGHTING WITH DYNAMIC GEOMETRY - Methods for determination of AR lighting with dynamic geometry are disclosed. A camera pose for a first image comprising a plurality of pixels may be determined, where each pixel in the first image comprises a depth value and a color value. The first image may correspond to a portion of a 3D model. A second image may be obtained by projecting the portion of the 3D model into a camera field of view based on the camera pose. A composite image comprising a plurality of composite pixels may be obtained based, in part, on the first image and the second image, where each composite pixel in a subset of the plurality of composite pixels is obtained, based, in part, on a corresponding absolute difference between a depth value of a corresponding pixel in the first image and a depth value of a corresponding pixel in the second image. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262413 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF TEMPORALLY ASYNCHRONOUS SHADING DECOUPLED FROM RASTERIZATION - A method and system for rendering a graphic object that decouples shading from rasterization is disclosed. The method includes selecting a set of points of a graphic object for shading. At least one shading parameter is determined for application to the selected set of points of the graphic object. The selected points are shaded using the shading parameter image to produce a shaded graphic object image via a graphic processor at a first frequency relative to the frame rate. The shaded graphic object image is rasterized into a frame image in parallel at a second frequency relative to the frame rate. Multiple processors may be used for the shading and rasterization. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262414 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - The invention provides the image processing device that can shorten a time required for setting a parameter. The invention provides the image processing device that searches an input image for a feature amount based on a feature amount included in a model image. The image processing device includes: the hardware for holding a feature amount of a feature portion of the model image; the search-range reception module for receiving a setting value indicating a size of a range of searching the input image for a feature amount corresponding to the feature amount of the model image; the search-range determination module for determining, by using the setting value, a range of searching the input image for a feature amount corresponding to a feature amount of the model image; and the display module, in superposition with the model image, a search range determined by the search-range determination module. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262415 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - Disclosed is an image processing device that includes: a storage unit that holds model information including information indicating a plurality of feature points of a detection object; a correspondence-relationship determination unit that extracts a plurality of feature points included in an input image as a two-dimensional image or a three-dimensional image and that determines a correspondence relationship between an extracted plurality of feature points and a plurality of feature points of the model information; and a position estimating unit that estimates, based on the correspondence relationship, one or a plurality of second positions of the input image corresponding to one or a plurality of first positions set relatively to the detection object. The one or plurality of first positions is included in a point, a line, or a region. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262416 | IMPORTANCE SAMPLING OF SPARSE VOXEL OCTREES - Techniques are disclosed for generating quality renderings of volumes by sampling a volume light by generating and analyzing a sparse voxel octree. In one embodiment, a volumetric light source may be divided into voxels and importance information stored in an octree. An importance value may be determined for each voxel based on the amount of emitted light in the region associated with that voxel. Importance values regarding the individual voxels may be stored in the leaves of the octree. Each interior node may be associated with an importance value equal to the sum of the importance values of its children. The root node may be associated with the total importance of the entire octree. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262417 | METHOD FOR BUILDING A 3D MODEL OF A ROCK SAMPLE - A method for building a 3D model of a rock sample comprises performing X-ray micro/nanoCT scanning of a rock sample and obtaining its initial three-dimensional microstructure image in a gray scale. Then, an analysis of the obtained three-dimensional image of the rock sample is performed and a binarization method is selected in dependence of the image quality and properties of the rock sample. The selected binarization method is at least once applied to the obtained initial three-dimensional image of the sample. Obtained 3D binarized image represents a 3D model of the rock sample. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262418 | IDENTIFYING AND EXTRACTING STRATIGRAPHIC LAYERS IN ONE OR MORE BODIES REPRESENTING A GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE - Systems and methods for identifying and extracting stratigraphic layers in one or more bodies representing a geological structure by performing a stratigraphic analysis on the bodies to extract the stratigraphic layers without seams or intrusions for simple identification. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262419 | Stereoscopic 3D display model and mobile device user interface systems and methods - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for constructing a S3DD model comprising a pre-determined primary 3D model and a secondary 3D model obtained by modifying a copy of said primary model. Said modification is done by displacing said copy from the primary model by an amount of DMD and by rotating said copy relative to said primary model by an amount of DMAS. The values of the DMD and DMAS are obtained through geometry analysis based on the virtual 3D position of the object image behind the display relative to the physical 3D positions of the viewer's two eyes. In case of displaying the 3D image of a large object, its primary 3D model and the copy shall be divided into many small sub-models, with each sub-model being treated as an isolated or independent model with respect to calculations of the values of DMD and DMAS. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262420 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECONSTRUCTING 3-DIMENSIONAL MODEL BASED ON VERTICES - Systems and methods are described for reconstructing a 3-dimensional model of a target space, including, but not limited to: partitioning a model of a target space into a plurality of vertices; determining at least one display attribute associated with each of the plurality of vertices based on output data observed by a plurality of data sources; and selecting one of the at least one display attribute for each of the plurality of vertices. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262421 | PROCESSING AND/OR TRANSMITTING 3D DATA - Systems and techniques for processing and/or transmitting three-dimensional (3D) data are presented. A partitioning component receives captured 3D data associated with a 3D model of an interior environment and partitions the captured 3D data into at least one data chunk associated with at least a first level of detail and a second level of detail. A data component stores 3D data including at least the first level of detail and the second level of detail for the at least one data chunk. An output component transmits a portion of data from the at least one data chunk that is associated with the first level of detail or the second level of detail to a remote client device based on information associated with the first level of detail and the second level of detail. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262422 | SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING DATA OF A FACE OF A SUBJECT - The present invention relates to a template ( | 2015-09-17 |
20150262423 | REAL-TIME EXPLORATION OF VIDEO CONTENT - A real-time video exploration (RVE) system that allows users to pause, step into, and explore 2D or 3D modeled worlds of scenes in a video. The system may leverage network-based computation resources to render and stream new video content from the models to clients with low latency. A user may pause a video, step into a scene, and interactively change viewing positions and angles in the model to move through or explore the scene. The user may resume playback of the recorded video when done exploring the scene. Thus, rather than just viewing a pre-rendered scene in a movie from a pre-determined perspective, a user may step into and explore the scene from different angles, and may wander around the scene at will within the scope of the model to discover parts of the scene that are not visible in the original video. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262424 | Depth and Focus Discrimination for a Head-mountable device using a Light-Field Display System - A head-mountable device (HMD) is provided for augmenting a contemporaneously viewed “real image” of an object in a real-world environment using a light-field display system that allows for depth and focus discrimination. The HMD may include a light-producing display engine, a viewing location element, and a microlens array. The microlens array may be coupled to the light-producing display engine in a manner such that light emitted from the light-producing display engine is configured to follow an optical path through the microlens array to the viewing location element. The HMD may also include a processor configured to identify a feature of interest in a field-of-view associated with the HMD in an environment, obtain lightfield data, and render, based on the lightfield data, a lightfield that includes a synthetic image related to the feature of interest using depth and focus discrimination. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262425 | ASSESSING AUGMENTED REALITY USAGE AND PRODUCTIVITY - An augmented reality system includes a see-through display, a sensor array including one or more sensors, a logic machine, and a storage machine. The storage machine holds instructions executable by the logic machine to display via the see-through display an activity report. The activity report includes an assessment and a classification of a plurality of tasks performed by a wearer of the see-through display over a period of time. The assessment and the classification of the plurality of tasks is derived from sensor data collected from the one or more sensors over the period of time. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262426 | Spatial Augmented Reality (SAR) Application Development System - A Spatial Augmented Reality (SAR) system is described. The SAR system includes a SAR device, such as a computer, and a SAR platform such as a set of projectors and object tracking systems that are used for producing a SAR environment. The SAR device can include a loader for receiving and executing one or more SAR application modules and a SAR engine for receiving the input data and for interfacing between the SAR application modules and the output. The architecture of the SAR engine provides a SAR environment independent interface between the SAR application modules and the projectors and object trackers. The SAR engine is responsible for providing perspectively correct projected images in the SAR environment and performing coordinate transformations, and providing updates to application modules, as well as automating many common tasks. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262427 | AUGMENTED REALITY PROVISION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided are an augmented reality provision system, a method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium capable of displaying a virtual object in a very natural representation form regardless of a state of an illumination in a real space. A plurality of same color patches with the same color are extracted from a captured image including a target. Light distribution characteristics of light with which the target is irradiated are estimated from a relationship between color values in the plurality of same color patches. An object image to which a visual effect in which the virtual object is irradiated with the light has been given depending on the estimated light distribution characteristics is obtained by correcting a color of an original object image indicating the virtual object. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262428 | HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING FOR VIEW MANAGEMENT AUGMENTED REALITY - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for hierarchical clustering for view management in augmented reality are presented. For example one disclosed method includes the steps of accessing point of interest (POI) metadata for a plurality of points of interest associated with a scene; generating a hierarchical cluster tree for at least a portion of the POIs; establishing a plurality of subdivisions associated with the scene; selecting a plurality of POIs from the hierarchical cluster tree for display based on an augmented reality (AR) viewpoint of the scene, the plurality of subdivisions, and a traversal of at least a portion of the hierarchical cluster tree; and displaying labels comprising POI metadata associated with the selected plurality of POIs, the displaying based on placements determined using image-based saliency. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262429 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SENSORY AUGMENTATION TO ACHIEVE DESIRED BEHAVIORS OR OUTCOMES - Systems, devices and methods for altering sensory perceptions are disclosed. The systems and methods of the present invention comprise operably coupling at least one device for capturing sensory data to a computing device, identifying the captured data, querying at least one data base to identify desired behaviors and/or outcomes, querying the same data base or other data bases to identify and/or calculate modified, enhanced and/or virtual sensory data likely to achieve the desired behaviors or outcomes, generating modified, enhanced and/or virtual sensory data, and substituting the altered sensory data in real or near real time for the sensory data. The present invention advantageously alters sensory perceptions to promote health, ease patient's fears and allow safe performance of medical procedures, promote personal and public safety, and improve the success of military mission and operations. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262430 | CONFIGURABLE PUSH NOTIFICATIONS FOR A TRANSPORT SERVICE - A system and method are provided for generating and transmitting push notifications in connection with a transport service. Push notification triggers can be configured by a user via an application-based user interface corresponding to an application specific to the transport service. A user profile associated with the user can be accessed to detect one or more preconfigured push notification triggers, and thereafter transport service activity can be dynamically monitored for trigger events. Such trigger events can cause the system to generate and transmit push notifications to the user's mobile device. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262431 | PARKING METER PAYMENT DEVICE - A parking meter payment device is disclosed. In an example, the parking meter payment device is a modular parking meter payment device configured for installation in a parking meter. The example modular parking meter payment device includes a modular component, and a wireless communication device in the modular component. The wireless communication device is configured to receive a parking request from a mobile computing device at a parking meter. The example modular parking meter payment device also includes a transaction processing device in the modular component. The transaction processing device is configured to validate the parking request. The example modular parking meter payment device also includes an output device in the modular component. The output device is configured to indicate that the parking request is validated. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262432 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE STATE OF WEAR OF A PART AND FOR INFORMING A CLIENT - In a method of determining a remaining capacity for use of a vehicle part of a motor vehicle, a state of wear of the vehicle part is determined, a remaining distance that can be covered before the vehicle part becomes completely worn is calculated as a function of a type of the vehicle part and the state of wear of the vehicle part, and a remaining service life before the vehicle part must be changed is calculated as a function of an average distance covered by the motor vehicle annually and the remaining distance that can be covered before the vehicle part becomes completely worn. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262433 | SEGMENTING OPERATIONAL DATA - Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for segmenting operational data and identifying events of interest in the segmented operational data. With the events of interest identified, a total time between the events of interest can be determined. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262434 | PERFORMANCE OF EXPERIMENTS - The invention relates to the creation of an experimental plan and the performance of a series of measurements, comprising the determination of operating data of a drive device to he tested and belonging to a vehicle by means of an automated statistical experimental plan (DoE), wherein the experimental plan includes at least the following steps: identification of one or more target variables which the drive device has to meet during test operation, and narrowing relevant values to the one or more target variables, assignment of one or more actuating variables to the drive device with one or more target variables and automated creation of the experimental plan on the basis of at least two target variables to be met. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262435 | Method and System for Providing Intelligent Alerts - A system and method for providing intelligent alerts using data from sensors, mapping data, POI/events data, environmental data, and/or user data. The sensors may include a telematics control unit (TCU) on a vehicle, and the intelligent alerts may be based on a deviation in a pattern (of a user or of vehicles generally) or a new location traveled to by the user. Intelligent alerts may prompt a user to post a message on a social media network, to leave a review, or may simply provide information to the user. Intelligent alerts may be sent to users away from the vehicle, to users in the vehicle, or to the vehicle itself, such as on a vehicle display. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262436 | CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE CLOSING ELEMENT - A method for controlling an adjusting movement of a power-operated adjustable vehicle closing element, via which a body opening of a vehicle can be closed and which can automatically be adjusted for clearing the body opening in the presence of an operating event is provided. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262437 | SECURITY APPARATUS FOR ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - A security apparatus for an energy storage system is provided. The security apparatus includes a sensor input unit receiving security state information including door opening and closing and locking/unlocking from a door opening and closing sensor and a locking/unlocking sensor; a human machine interface (HMI) unit receiving information from a user or showing the information to the user; and a security state machine allowing manipulation of the energy storage system depending on whether security state information obtained through the sensor input unit satisfies a security state condition having a plurality of procedures in order. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262438 | CONTROLLER FOR A DOOR OPERATOR - A door operator comprises a door driver for opening and closing a door, a controller including a microprocessor connected to and controlling the door driver, a graphical user interface comprising a display screen with touch select input coupled to the microprocessor to display information stored in the controller and to receive instructions selected from the display screen by a user, and a memory module coupled to the microprocessor and storing code executed by the microprocessor. The microprocessor under control of the code displays to the user various menu items on the graphical user interface display and enables the user to select among the menu items using the display screen with touch select input such that the microprocessor derives a control signal. Circuitry is configured to receive the control signal from the microprocessor and to carry the control signal to the door driver. | 2015-09-17 |