38th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 56 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200294130 | LOAN MATCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An automatic matching system for loan/credit operation and preferably for loan operation, comprising a loan/credit document verification and generation unit, an optional loan/credit document privacy data processing unit, an artificial intelligence loan/credit matching unit, and a loan/credit offer and auction unit operatively connected with each other; wherein the loan/credit offer and auction unit is configured to notify each lender of a group of potential lender entities and/or companies of a first loan/credit operation and to transmit a first loan/credit document and/or a verified second loan/credit document, so as to require each lender to provide a loan offer for the first loan/credit operation, and initiate an online first auction based on the loan offer, and generate and update in real time an online offer ranking table according to initial and revised offers of each lender during auction period, and determine at least one top ranked lenders and an ultimate accepted/selected lender to proceed with and complete the first loan/credit operation. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294131 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CROWDSOURCING INFORMATION ON LOAN COLLATERAL - Systems and methods for crowdsourcing information on loan collateral are disclosed. An example system may include a crowdsourcing request circuit to configure at least one parameter of a crowdsourcing request related to obtaining information on a condition of a collateral for a loan; a crowdsourcing publishing circuit to publish the crowdsourcing request to a group of information suppliers; and a crowdsourcing communications circuit to collect and process at least one response from the group of information suppliers, and to provide a reward to at least one of the group of information suppliers in response to a successful information supply event. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294132 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CROWDSOURCING INFORMATION ON A GUARANTOR FOR A LOAN - Systems and methods for crowdsourcing information on a guarantor for a loan are disclosed. An example system may include a crowdsourcing request circuit to configure at least one parameter of a crowdsourcing request related to obtaining information on a condition of a guarantor for a loan; a crowdsourcing publishing circuit to publish the crowdsourcing request to a group of information suppliers; and a crowdsourcing communications circuit to collect and process at least one response from the group of information suppliers, and to provide a reward to at least one of the group of information suppliers in response to a successful information supply event. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294133 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC CONSIDERATION OF JURISDICTION IN LOAN RELATED ACTIONS - Systems and methods for automatic consideration of jurisdiction in loan related actions are disclosed. An example system may include a data collection circuit to determine location information corresponding to each entity involved in a loan; a jurisdiction definition circuit to determine a jurisdiction for at least one of the entities in response to the location information; and a smart contract circuit to automatically undertake a loan-related action for the loan based at least in part on the jurisdiction for at least one of the entities | 2020-09-17 |
20200294134 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY RESTRUCTURING DEBT - Systems and methods for automatically restructuring debt are disclosed. An example system may include a data collection circuit to monitor and collect information about at least one entity involved in a loan; and a smart contract circuit to automatically restructure a debt related to the loan based on the monitored and collected information about the at least one entity involved in the loan. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294135 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SOCIAL NETWORK DATA TO VALIDATE A LOAN GUARANTEE - Systems and methods for using social network data to validate a loan guarantee are disclosed. An example system may include a social networking input circuit to interpret a loan guarantee parameter; a social network data collection circuit to collect data using a plurality of algorithms that is configured to monitor social network information about an entity involved in a loan in response to the loan guarantee parameter; and a guarantee validation circuit to validate a guarantee for the loan in response to the monitored social network information. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294136 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING IOT INPUT TO VALIDATE A LOAN GUARANTEE - Systems and methods using IOT input to validate a loan guarantee are disclosed. An example system may include an Internet of Things (IoT) data input circuit to interpret a loan guarantee parameter; an IoT data collection circuit to collect data using at least one algorithm that is configured to monitor IoT information collected from and about an entity involved in a loan in response to the loan guarantee parameter; and a guarantee validation circuit to validate a guarantee for the loan in response to the monitored IoT information. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294137 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC LOAN CLASSIFICATION - Systems and methods for automatic loan classification are disclosed. An example system may include a data collection circuit to collect a training set of interactions from at least one entity related to at least one loan transaction; an automated loan classification circuit trained on the training set of interactions to classify at least one loan negotiation action; and a robotic process automation circuit trained on a training set of a plurality of loan negotiation actions classified by the automated loan classification circuit and a plurality of loan transaction outcomes to negotiate terms and conditions of a new loan on behalf of a party to the new loan. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294138 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION OF LOAN COLLECTION ACTIONS - Systems and methods for automatic classification of loan collection actions are disclosed. An example system may include: a data collection circuit to interpret interactions among entities related to at least one transaction of a first set of loans, wherein the at least one transaction involves a first collection action of a set of payments corresponding to the first set of loans; an artificial intelligence circuit to classify the first collection action, wherein the artificial intelligence circuit is trained on the interactions corresponding to the first set of loans; and a robotic process automation circuit that is trained on the interactions and a set of loan collection outcomes corresponding to the first set of loans to implement a second loan collection action on behalf of a party to a second loan. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294139 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION OF LOAN REFINANCING INTERACTIONS AND OUTCOMES - Systems and methods for automatic classification of loan refinancing interactions and outcomes are disclosed. An example system may include a data collection circuit to collect a training set of loan interactions between entities, wherein the training set of loan interactions comprises a set of loan refinancing activities and a set of loan refinancing outcomes; an artificial intelligence circuit to classify the set of loan refinancing activities, wherein the artificial intelligence circuit is trained on the training set of loan interactions; and a robotic process automation circuit to perform a second loan refinancing activity on behalf of a party to a second loan, wherein the robotic process automation circuit is trained on the set of loan refinancing activities and the set of loan refinancing outcomes. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294140 | BLOCKCHAIN-BASED FINANCING - A computer-implemented supply chain method includes obtaining, by a core node of a blockchain, from a ledger of the blockchain, a financing transaction published by a light node of the blockchain, in which the financing transaction includes account receivable information; determining, by the core node, a grant limit of financing, a repayment period of the financing, and a loan interest rate of the financing based on the account receivable information; and publishing, by the core node, to the ledger, a financing management smart contract, in which the financing management smart contract specifies the determined grant limit of the financing, the determined repayment period of the financing, and the determined loan interest rate of the financing, and in which the financing management smart contract is invocable by the light node to complete a management operation of the financing. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294141 | CREDIT GUARANTEE-BASED SERVICE PROCESSING - A computer-implemented method includes determining, by one or more processing devices, that a credit rating of a first user does not satisfy a permission condition of the service; generating, by the one or more processing devices, an assistance request shareable with at least a second user, the assistance request including a request for the second user to authorize use of a credit rating of the second user to endorse the first user; displaying assistance progress information representing a relative status with respect to a goal; receiving, by the one or more processing devices, information indicating the second user's authorization; and determining, by the one or more processing devices, an update to the relative status, the updated relative status being determined based on respective credit ratings of the first user and the second user. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294142 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING COMMODITIES EXCHANGE USING DISTRIBUED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY - The system provides a distributed ledger based platform for trading and delivering commodities as well as other goods and services. The system allows participants to exchange trade requests, reach an agreement, create a smart contract involving buyer/seller and other service providers like shipping, insurance and inspection companies, generate notifications that actions are required from those parties and form a decentralized consensus among the relevant parties that those actions have been fulfilled | 2020-09-17 |
20200294143 | TRANSACTION PROCESSING IN A SERVICE BLOCKCHAIN - Implementations of this specification provide a method and an apparatus for transaction processing in a service blockchain. An example method performed by a node device in the service blockchain includes receiving a target transaction, from a service system interlinked with the service blockchain; in response to receiving the target transaction, (i) triggering execution of a target service and (ii) determining a target asset blockchain corresponding to the target service from a plurality of asset blockchains interlinked with the service blockchain through a cross-chain relay; invoking, through the cross-chain relay, an asset exchange service deployed on the target asset blockchain, to complete asset exchange processing between transaction accounts related to the target transaction; obtaining, through the cross-chain relay, an asset exchange credential between the transaction accounts related to the target transaction; and after obtaining the asset exchange credential, performing further transaction processing on the target service. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294144 | METHOD FOR INITIATING AND HOSTING AN AUCTION FOR A SECURITY - One variation of a method for initiating and hosting an auction for a security includes: accessing historical trade data and characteristics of a corpus of securities traded on an auction platform; assigning post-auction liquidity scores to the corpus of securities based on historical trading result data; constructing a liquidity model representing correlations between characteristics and pre-auction liquidity scores of the corpus of securities; accessing characteristics of a security held by a seller; calculating a liquidity score of the security based on characteristics of the security and the liquidity model; assigning a rule profile—defining rules for distribution of feedback to bidders during an auction—to the security based on the liquidity score of the security; initiating an auction for the security on the auction platform; and, during the auction, distributing feedback for bids according to the rule profile. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294145 | System And Method For Providing An Operator Interface For Displaying Market Data, Trader Options, And Trader Input - A system for providing an operator interface for displaying market data, trader options, and trader input includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores market data for a trading product, where the market data includes an inside market price for the trading product. The processor initiates display of a market data section of a tile, where the market data section comprises the market data. The processor initiates display of a trader input section of the tile, where the trader input section comprises options. The processor receives a selection of a bid-offer pair for the trading product from the options, and updates the trader input section to indicate the selected bid-offer pair. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294146 | Trade Order Submission for Electronic Trading - Various systems and methods for trade order processing in an electronic trading environment are provided. The order processing includes initiating a first thread of instructions at a computing device to send a first trade order onto an electronic exchange. However, if one or more trade orders are identified during the process to send the first trade order, then the one or more orders are queued. When the first trade order is sent to the electronic exchange, then a second thread of instructions is initiated at the computing device to send the queued one or more trade orders (substantially together, if there is more than one) on to the electronic exchange. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294147 | ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT RETIREMENT INCOME PLANNER - An artificially intelligent retirement income planning computing engine and methods for determining and documenting a withdrawal plan for a person who has multiple income sources. The computing engine has a data collection module to electronically receive a specification of cash flow receivable by the person from the income sources and a calculation module configured to employ multiple strategies employs rules-based artificial intelligence techniques to achieve a maximum or a pre-determined after-tax income that can be obtained by the person from the income sources during the person's retirement. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294148 | ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Example analysis systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a system identifies a financial goal to be achieved and identifies financial account information associated with the financial goal. A plurality of insights are generated based on information from a plurality of data sources. A tool is implemented to generate at least one action based on the financial goal, the account information, and the insights. The system generates a recommendation based on the plurality of insights and the action, and automatically implements the recommendation to accomplish the financial goal. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294149 | SERVICING A SUB-POOL OF RIVED LONGEVITY-CONTINGENT INSTRUMENTS - A method executed by a computing device includes interpreting a digitally encoded data packet from another computing device to produce an updated first longevity status indicator of a first longevity-contingent instrument of a plurality of longevity-contingent instruments. The plurality of longevity-contingent instruments includes an initial set of longevity-contingent instruments and a subsequent set of longevity-contingent instruments. The method further includes determining whether the initial set of longevity-contingent instruments includes the first longevity-contingent instrument. When the initial set of longevity-contingent instruments includes the first longevity-contingent instrument, the method further includes determining a payout associated with the first longevity-contingent instrument. The method further includes facilitating reconciling of the payout to an initial premium cash, where the initial premium cash escrow is utilized to fund an aggregated payment of a plurality of premium payment streams. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294150 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING ON-DEMAND USER-CUSTOMIZED PORTFOLIOS USING DATA EXTRACTED FROM ONE OR MORE INDEPENDENT SYSTEMS - Interactive graphical user interfaces (GUI) are provided. An interactive GUI is generated on a display of a user device, comprising one or more screens to display baseline portfolios and user adjustment tools for customizing variables of the baseline portfolios. The portfolios comprise a combination of data structures, with each data structure defined by a combination of components and/or parameters. The variables comprise a portfolio strategy and/or a customizable parameter. An adjustment indication is received from the user device via the interactive GUI via the user adjustment tools. A variable is adjusted responsive to the adjustment indication. The interactive GUI dynamically updates and displays the adjusting and an impact of the adjusting on at least one other variable as the adjusting occurs. A confirmation indication is received from the user device via the interactive GUI. A user-customized portfolio of data structures is created and issued responsive to the confirmation indication. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294151 | CREATING A PORTFOLIO OF RIVED LONGEVITY-CONTINGENT INSTRUMENTS - A method executed by a computing device includes interpreting digitally encoded rive parameters from one or more of a benefactor computing device and a debtor computing device to produce rive approach requirements. The method further includes determining a rive approach for riving one or more longevity-contingent instruments of a set of longevity-contingent instruments based on the rive approach requirements and selecting a first longevity-contingent instrument of a multitude of available longevity-contingent instruments based on the rive approach to produce the set of longevity-contingent instruments. The method further includes updating the rive approach based on the set of longevity-contingent instruments and the rive approach requirements to produce an updated rive approach and selecting a second longevity-contingent instrument of the multitude of available longevity-contingent instruments based on the updated rive approach to augment the set of longevity-contingent instruments. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294152 | Method of Placing Insurance Coverage With Several Insurers - A computer-implemented method for placing insurance coverage with insurers includes a broker user interface, and an insurer user interface for displaying a graphical representation of an insurance tower. The insurer user interface provides one or more insurers the ability to select, bid or request variants of the insurance tower. A blockchain system is used for authorizing one or more bids or variants in the insurance risk towers. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294153 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING PHARMACY INSURANCE CLAIM COSTS - The disclosed technology includes systems and methods for monitoring pharmacy claim insurance cost. The disclosed system and methods can identify a prescription claim rejected by an insurance provider and subsequently monitor the rejected prescription claim for resubmission and acceptance by a payor of a modified prescription claim. When the payor accepts the modified prescription claim, the systems and methods can calculate the effective cost savings for the patient by calculating the out-of-pocket expenses for the prescription with no insurance applied, calculating the out-of-pocket expenses for the modified prescription with insurance applied, and determining the difference between the first and second calculations. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294154 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR WEATHER EVENT MOBILIZATION AND RESPONSE - In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful for predicting the time and geographic area of one or more weather events. More specifically, systems, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to providing accurate temporal prediction of the volume and location of expected insurance claims resulting from one or more weather events. In some embodiments, these teachings may be employed to predict outcomes such as a number of insurance claims or a monetary value of claim losses associated with a weather event. By one approach, in response to such prediction, these teachings may assist with the generation of responses in preparation for or in response to predicted weather events and insurance claims. For example, in some embodiments, the systems, apparatuses, and methods provided herein may be employed to mobilize resources, send notifications, and generate responses in preparation for or in response to one or more predicted insurance claims. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294155 | Method, System and Computer-Readable Medium for Managing and Collecting Receivables - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for managing and collecting receivables are disclosed. A method for the management and collection of receivables includes performing collection activities with a telephone system. The method further includes tracking collection activity results for each of at least two telephone numbers associated with the debtor record over a period of time. The debtor record is inserted into a dynamic contact queue based on an overall contactability score for one of the at least two telephone numbers associated with the debtor. Account information associated with the debtor record is displayed based on the next-to-call position of the contact information associated with the debtor in the dynamic contact queue. The debtor is then automatically called using one of the telephone numbers associated with the debtor. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294156 | System and Method for Invoicing, Financing, and Payments Exchange - A system facilitating purchase and sales transactions is disclosed, having a computer, a ledger database in data communication with said computer, a transaction received by said computer, software executing on said computer for recording the transaction on the ledger, a notification indicative of the transaction transmitted by said computer to at least one counterparty, an update indicative of a change to the transaction received by said computer, software executing on said computer for relating the update with the transaction, software executing on said computer for recording the update on the ledger in a manner relating it to the transaction, and a second notification indicative of the updated transaction transmitted by said computer to at least one counterparty. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294157 | IMAGE TAGGING FOR CAPTURING INFORMATION IN A TRANSACTION - An image is captured within an application transaction. Identifying information corresponding to the captured image is obtained and displayed for user confirmation. The identifying information is entered into an appropriate place within the transaction. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294158 | METHOD FOR SECURE LEDGER DISTRIBUTION AND COMPUTER SYSTEM USING SECURE DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY - A method of providing secure ledger distribution for interbank settlement includes maintaining a first consensus layer in a mainchain among a plurality of nodes of the centralized computer system and a second consensus layer in a first private sidechain among at least one node of the centralized computer system and computer systems of at least a first sender bank and a first receiver bank, each of which have an account with the central bank. A first transaction is received from the computer system of the first sender bank as a first payment request. It is determined that the first transaction is valid and consensus is reached on a distributed ledger in the mainchain. A first finality proof for the first transaction is forwarded to the first private sidechain. The first transaction is added to a first private ledger accessible only within the first private sidechain. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294159 | Methods, Systems, and Computer Program Products for Processing and/or Preparing a Tax Return and Initiating Certain Financial Transactions - A tax return is processed by receiving tax information associated with a taxpayer where the tax information is in a plurality of formats. The tax information is converted into a common electronic format. A determination is made whether the tax information is sufficient to generate a tax return therefrom. A tax return is generated if the tax information has been determined to be sufficient. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294160 | ESTIMATING PERFORMANCE OF PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS - An energy evaluation system includes an energy system modeling framework and an Application Program Interface (API) as part of the energy system evaluation framework. The energy evaluation system can be configured to query a simulation application program interface (API) with PV system configuration parameters as arguments, generate a shade loss time series based on the system configuration parameters, simulate energy output for the PV system based on the shade loss time series, and output energy aggregations based on the simulation. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294161 | System and method for sharing dinner tables - A meal table sharing system according to the present invention comprises a sharing mode unit for allowing a user to select one or many sharing modes; a restaurant selecting unit; a table size unit for allowing the user to select a meal table size or the number of people for the meal; an invitation unit for allowing the user to propose a meal sharing invitation based on the selected restaurant, date, time, sharing mode; a dispatching unit for dispatching the invitation to guests; an accept unit for allowing the guests to accept the invitation; and a confirmation unit for, based on the acceptance by the guests, making a reservation to hold a table at the restaurant, and sending a confirmation to the user and the guests. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294162 | VALUE PREDICTION ERROR GENERATION SYSTEM - Systems, devices, media and methods are presented for generating a value prediction error for a real-estate property. In one example, a system receives one or more images of a real estate property and a value prediction relating to the current value of the real-estate property. The system analyzes the one or more images and value prediction using a machine learning model to generate a value prediction error. The system determines whether the value prediction error exceeds a predetermined value prediction error threshold, and based on determining that the value prediction error exceeds the predetermined value prediction threshold, computes a final value of the real-estate property by adjusting the value prediction using the value prediction error. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294163 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DIGITAL EVIDENCE - A method and apparatus for controlling digital evidence comprising creating a case record comprising information about an investigative case, electronically storing at least one piece of digital evidence into memory, and associating the stored at least one piece of evidence with the case record. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294164 | Mobile Legal Counsel System and Method - A Mobile Lawyer system includes a 360 degree HD video camera configured for mounting on a vehicle; a display screen configured for mounting inside the passenger compartment of a vehicle; and a Mobile Lawyer App downloaded and installed on a mobile telephone in communication with the video camera and display screen, configured, upon command from a user, to notify an attorney located remotely via a cellular and/or computer network, and to display a video image of the remote attorney on the display screen (or the screen of the mobile telephone), and to live-stream a 360 degree video captured by the video camera to the Internet for viewing by the remote attorney and for cloud storage. The introduction of a lawyer on-demand into a police encounter can help to defuse and de-escalate the situation. The lawyer can serve as a live observer, witness, and intermediary who can provide live legal guidance to the user. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294165 | BLOCKCHAIN-BASED ALLOCATION METHODS AND APPARATUSES - A request to process a distributed transaction in a system having a plurality of blockchain systems is received. Each blockchain system maintains a separate blockchain corresponding respectively to a different entity of a plurality of entities. The distributed transaction is initiated by a member node device in a first blockchain system of the plurality of blockchain systems. The distributed transaction is associated with a usage event of a digital work, wherein the digital work is associated with multiple levels of the entities. A smart contract corresponding to a second blockchain system of the plurality of blockchain systems is invoked, including: executing distributed transaction logic for the distributed transaction defined by the smart contract for the second blockchain system; and computing amounts to be assigned to each entity of the plurality of the entities based on the multiple levels of the entities. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294166 | CALCULATING A DEGREE OF MATCH FOR A PLURALITY OF CAREER OPTIONS - A computer-implemented method provides career options and comprising classifying, by an academic classification module, each of a plurality of academic subjects into a plurality of topics and classifying, by a career classification module, each of a plurality of career options as comprising a plurality of topics. The method comprises determining, by a grading module, for a student, a grade associated with each topic for each subject and calculating, by a prediction module, a degree of match for each career option for the student, the degree of match based on each topic which comprises the career option weighted according to the grade associated therewith. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294167 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIDING HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS - Systems and methods applicable, for instance, to using machine learning models to aid higher education administration. Various machine learning model-based tools can be provided. Further provided can be various infrastructure software modules. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294168 | PHYSICIAN PERFORMANCE AND RECOMMENDATION INTERFACE - The technology provides for utilizing and displaying physician analytics. For example, a result metric for a physician is based on a value metric, a quality metric, and/or a quantity metric. The value metric, quality metric, and/or quantity metric may all be received from different sources. The result metric may be displayed on a chart, or the result metric may be utilized for determining referral recommendations for a physician. The result metric may be displayed as a physician indicator on the chart. An insight for the physician may also be determined from the result metric. The insight may be based on the location of the physician indicator on the chart, and the insight may be represented by the color or other visual attribute of the physician indicator. For referral recommendations, the result metric may be used to adjust the rank of a physician in a referral search result. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294169 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPATCHING RESPONDERS TO PATROL ROUTES - A device, system and method for dispatching responders to patrol routes is provided. A device accesses: historical patrol route information indicating patrol routes taken for each of a plurality of time periods, each of the patrol routes taken by a respective uniquely identified responder; and historical crime information indicating actual crime rates for the patrol routes taken. The device receives a request to assign responders to respective patrol routes and responsively: determines available responders for the upcoming time period; determines, based on the available responders and the historical crime information, a mapping of the available responders to the respective patrol routes that reduces and/or minimizes an expected crime rate for the upcoming time period across the respective patrol routes; and based on the mapping, causes the available responders to be dispatched to the respective patrol routes for the upcoming time period. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294170 | INFORMATION SETTING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION SETTING METHOD - An information setting apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor configured to: create a template and assistance information based on setting information indicating disclosure agreements and refusals of each item set by other users who have completed settings for information disclosure to a first service, the template having a disclosure agreement or refusal of each of items for the first service set in advance, the assistance information giving assistance for selecting a disclosure agreement or refusal of each of the items, and output the created template and the created assistance information. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294171 | HIGH-DENSITY DYNAMIC MAIL SERVICES - Improved high-density mail services evaluate historical mail fulfillment data for a plurality of recipients and dynamically assigning mail bins for each recipient based on the historical mail fulfillment data. Subsequently, the dynamically assigned mail is automatically distributed to the plurality of recipients using a distribution mechanism, such as a robotic arm. The high-density mail services may also include determining an estimated next pick-up time period for each recipient based on the historical mail fulfillment data and dynamically assigning mail bins based, at least in part, on the estimated next pick-up time period. The high-density mail services may also include determining a bin size based, at least in part, on an estimated next pick-up time period, or an estimated next delivery time period, and dynamically assigning mail bins based, at least in part, on the bin size. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294172 | ADAPTIVE RESOURCE ALLOCATION - Delivery blocks are generated to facilitate matching and assigning available delivery resources with expected delivery requirements for a given facility. These delivery blocks are generated by evaluating delivery forecast information for items to be delivered as a function of characterizing information for the delivery resources and delivery parameters corresponding to the given facility. Delivery blocks may include more than one delivery to a given delivery destination and instead may include a plurality of deliveries to various delivery destinations. Should a given delivery block that includes two or more delivery destinations require reassignment, that delivery block can be divided into child blocks that each provide for only a single delivery destination. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294173 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEAT SELECTION IN A VEHICLE OF A RIDE SERVICE - Exemplary embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to systems and methods for receiving a ride request from a user of a user device and utilizing an imaging system located in a vehicle of a ride service to capture an image of a seating area of the vehicle. The image is processed by a processor to identify a seat occupancy status and generate a seat availability diagram based on the seat occupancy status. The seat availability diagram is transmitted to the user device, and the user is prompted to either select a seat by using the seat availability diagram or to allow the system to assign any seat in the vehicle. If a seat selection is made, the system responds by reserving the selected seat and may further provide instructions to the user for entering the vehicle through a specific door located closest to the selected seat. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294174 | Method for Implementing Ridesharing Between Riders and Drivers - A server ridesharing application system, software application downloadable to a computing device, and method for implementing ridesharing between riders and drivers is disclosed. The ridesharing application system provides a ridesharing application designed to match riders and drivers based on destination and travel date, offering economical travel to riders, and expanding travel choices for many, while simultaneously helping drivers share the expense of a trip with a rider. The system allows riders to enter their travel plans within the application to be matched with a driver that has the same itinerary and enables drivers and riders to agree on a rate that accommodates both parties. Use of the system to share a ride in some cases will cut fuel consumption in half compared to each user taking the trip separately. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294175 | SELECTIVE ARRIVAL NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - A method for operating an arrival notification system at a location includes receiving a request to generate a notification from an arrival notification system. The method also includes receiving, in response to the request, a token. The method further includes enabling an output from a component of the arrival notification system when the token is validated. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294176 | MOVING OBJECT ACTION REGISTRATION APPARATUS, MOVING OBJECT ACTION REGISTRATION SYSTEM, AND MOVING OBJECT ACTION DETERMINATION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a moving object action registration apparatus includes the following units. The acquisition unit acquires at least one reference image including a first reference image including a marker. The landmark detection unit detects, as a landmark, a feature point indicating a characteristic portion in an environment based on the at least one reference image. The marker detection unit detects the marker based on the first reference image. The calculation unit calculates a relative position between the landmark and the marker. The attribute identification unit identifies an attribute of the marker associated with an action. The registration unit registers the relative position and action information being based on the attribute in a database. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294177 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A VISIBLE WATERMARK IN A REMOTE SESSION - Systems and methods for providing a visible watermark in a remote session. The methods comprise: determining if a graphic update needs to be made at a client computing device during the remote session; generating a first graphic update message in response to a determination that a graphic update is needed; identifying pixels of the graphic which would be affected by at least one watermark if the graphic and watermark were both displayed on a screen of the client computing device; constructing a second string of commands specifying a new color value for each of the pixels that were previously identified; converting the first graphic update message to a second graphic update message by inserting the second string of commands in between a first string of commands and an End-Of-Frame (“EOF”) command; and communicating the second graphic update message from the sever to the client computing device. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294178 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPLOITING QUEUES AND TRANSITIONAL STORAGE FOR IMPROVED LOW-LATENCY HIGH-BANDWIDTH ON-DIE DATA RETRIEVAL - Apparatuses including general-purpose graphics processing units and graphics multiprocessors that exploit queues or transitional buffers for improved low-latency high-bandwidth on-die data retrieval are disclosed. In one embodiment, a graphics multiprocessor includes at least one compute engine to provide a request, a queue or transitional buffer, and logic coupled to the queue or transitional buffer. The logic is configured to cause a request to be transferred to a queue or transitional buffer for temporary storage without processing the request and to determine whether the queue or transitional buffer has a predetermined amount of storage capacity. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294179 | MEMORY PREFETCHING IN MULTIPLE GPU ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments are generally directed to memory prefetching in multiple GPU environment. An embodiment of an apparatus includes multiple processors including a host processor and multiple graphics processing units (GPUs) to process data, each of the GPUs including a prefetcher and a cache; and a memory for storage of data, the memory including a plurality of memory elements, wherein the prefetcher of each of the GPUs is to prefetch data from the memory to the cache of the GPU; and wherein the prefetcher of a GPU is prohibited from prefetching from a page that is not owned by the GPU or by the host processor. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294180 | ENABLING PRODUCT SKUS BASED ON CHIPLET CONFIGURATIONS - A disaggregated processor package can be configured to accept interchangeable chiplets. Interchangeability is enabled by specifying a standard physical interconnect for chiplets that can enable the chiplet to interface with a fabric or bridge interconnect. Chiplets from different IP designers can conform to the common interconnect, enabling such chiplets to be interchangeable during assembly. The fabric and bridge interconnects logic on the chiplet can then be configured to confirm with the actual interconnect layout of the on-board logic of the chiplet. Additionally, data from chiplets can be transmitted across an inter-chiplet fabric using encapsulation, such that the actual data being transferred is opaque to the fabric, further enable interchangeability of the individual chiplets. With such an interchangeable design, higher or lower density memory can be inserted into memory chiplet slots, while compute or graphics chiplets with a higher or lower core count can be inserted into logic chiplet slots. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294181 | DISAGGREGATION OF SOC ARCHITECTURE - Embodiments described herein provide techniques to disaggregate an architecture of a system on a chip integrated circuit into multiple distinct chiplets that can be packaged onto a common chassis. In one embodiment, a graphics processing unit or parallel processor is composed from diverse silicon chiplets that are separately manufactured. A chiplet is an at least partially packaged integrated circuit that includes distinct units of logic that can be assembled with other chiplets into a larger package. A diverse set of chiplets with different IP core logic can be assembled into a single device. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294182 | ON CHIP DENSE MEMORY FOR TEMPORAL BUFFERING - Apparatuses including general-purpose graphics processing units having on chip dense memory for temporal buffering are disclosed. In one embodiment, a graphics multiprocessor includes a plurality of compute engines to perform first computations to generate a first set of data, cache for storing data, and a high density memory that is integrated on chip with the plurality of compute engines and the cache. The high density memory to receive the first set of data, to temporarily store the first set of data, and to provide the first set of data to the cache during a first time period that is prior to a second time period when the plurality of compute engines will use the first set of data for second computations. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294183 | CONTAINER ACCESS TO GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT RESOURCES - Systems and methods for container access to graphics processing unit (GPU) resources are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computing system may include a physical GPU and kernel-mode driver circuitry, to communicatively couple with the physical GPU to create a plurality of emulated GPUs and a corresponding plurality of device nodes. Each device node may be associated with a single corresponding user-side container to enable communication between the user-side container and the corresponding emulated GPU. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294184 | GPU-BASED THIRD-ORDER LOW-RANK TENSOR COMPLETION METHOD AND THE APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides a GPU-based third-order low-rank tensor completion method. Operation steps of the method includes: (1) transmitting, by a CPU, input data DATA1 to a GPU, and initializing the loop count t=1; (2) obtaining, by the GPU, a third-order tensor Y | 2020-09-17 |
20200294185 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF PARTIAL IMAGE DATA - An electronic device includes a display, a processor generating image data, a graphic random access memory (GRAM) storing the image data, and a display driver integrated circuit for driving the display. The display driver integrated circuit is configured to select a part of the image data and to output the selected part to a specified area of the display. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294186 | METHOD OF PLANE TRACKING - A method of plane tracking comprising: capturing by a camera a reference frame of a given plane from a first angle; capturing by the camera a destination frame of the given plane from a second angle different than the first angle; defining coordinates of matching points in the reference frame and the destination frame; calculating, using the first and second angles, first and second respective rotation transformations to a simulated plane parallel to the given plane; applying an affine transformation between the reference frame coordinate on the simulated plane and the destination frame coordinate on the simulated plane; and applying a projective transformation on the simulated plane destination frame coordinate to calculate the destination frame coordinate. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294187 | GROUND TRUTH GENERATION FROM SCANNED DOCUMENTS - A plurality of electronic documents comprising one or more document pages are received. First position markers, second position markers and page identifiers are inserted to the pages. The plurality of electronic documents are printed, thereby generating a printed corpus comprising a plurality of printed documents. The plurality of printed documents are scanned, thereby generating a scanned corpus comprising a plurality of scanned images. Scanning frame positions of the first and the second position markers are detected and the detected scanning frame positions and the page positions are used to define affine transformations between the plurality of scanned images and the corresponding document pages. The affine transformations are applied to the plurality of scanned images to align the plurality of scanned images with the corresponding document pages of the plurality of electronic documents. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294188 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND RECEPTION METHOD - Improvement of the display performance in VR reproduction is achieved. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294189 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM CODE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing device, an information processing method, a non-transitory recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the information processing method, and an information processing system. The information processing device includes circuitry to specify a pixel value used for a result image indicating a result of analysis on a live subject, based on a pixel value of a live-subject image of the live subject, and superimpose the result image with the specified pixel value on the live-subject image. The information processing method includes specifying a pixel value used for a result image indicating a result of analysis on a live subject, based on a pixel value of a live-subject image of the live subject, and superimposing the result image with the specified pixel value on the live-subject image. The information processing system includes a measurement device to measure a biomedical signal, and the information processing device. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294190 | DISPLAY APPARATUS CAPABLE OF LATERALLY SHIFTING IMAGE - Provided is a display apparatus including an image forming optical system configured to form an image to be displayed, an eyepiece optical system configured to provide the image formed by the image forming optical system to a pupil of an observer, and an image shifting optical system disposed on an optical path between the image forming optical system and the eyepiece optical system, the image shifting optical system being configured to shift the image formed by the image forming optical system in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, wherein the image shifting optical system includes a first optical member having a first focal length and a second optical member having a second focal length, and wherein a distance between the first optical member and the second optical member along the optical axis is equal to a sum of the first focal length and the second focal length. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294191 | TECHNIQUES FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - Methods, systems, and devices for processing color information are described. The method may include receiving a first set of image data collected at an image sensor based on a first color filter array having a first filter pattern, calculating a color saturation gradient based on the first set of image data, and calculating multiple color gradients based on the color saturation gradient. The multiple color gradients may each be associated with a region of the first set of image data, where each color gradient characterizes a color variation along a different direction of the region. The method may include generating a second set of image data including a color value for the region based on comparing a first direction gradient of the multiple color gradients with a second direction gradient of the multiple color gradients. Color values associated with the regions may be mapped to a second color filter array. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294192 | BAYER MATRIX IMAGE SENSOR - The invention relates to an image sensor comprising: •an optical system ( | 2020-09-17 |
20200294193 | Resizer Method And Apparatus Thereof - Various examples pertaining to utilization of a resizer in image processing are described. A processor of an apparatus receives image data of a captured image from an image sensor. The processor processes the image data through a pipeline in which the image data is resized before further processing is performed to provide processed data of a processed image used in preview or video recording. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294194 | VIEW SYNTHESIS USING NEURAL NETWORKS - A video stitching system combines video from different cameras to form a panoramic video that, in various embodiments, is temporally stable and tolerant to strong parallax. In an embodiment, the system provides a smooth spatial interpolation that can be used to connect the input video images. In an embodiment, the system applies an interpolation layer to slices of the overlapping video sources, and the network learns a dense flow field to smoothly align the input videos with spatial interpolation. Various embodiments are applicable to areas such as virtual reality, immersive telepresence, autonomous driving, and video surveillance. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294195 | REMOTE DISTRIBUTION OF NEURAL NETWORKS - Remote distribution of multiple neural network models to various client devices over a network can be implemented by identifying a native neural network and remotely converting the native neural network to a target neural network based on a given client device operating environment. The native neural network can be configured for execution using efficient parameters, and the target neural network can use less efficient but more precise parameters. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294196 | BLENDED NEURAL NETWORK FOR SUPER-RESOLUTION IMAGE PROCESSING - Embodiments relate to a super-resolution engine that converts a lower resolution input image into a higher resolution output image. The super-resolution engine includes a directional scaler, an enhancement processor, a feature detection processor, a blending logic circuit, and a neural network. The directional scaler generates directionally scaled image data by upscaling the input image. The enhancement processor generates enhanced image data by applying an example-based enhancement, a peaking filter, or some other type of non-neural network image processing scheme to the directionally scaled image data. The feature detection processor determines features indicating properties of portions of the directionally scaled image data. The neural network generates residual values defining differences between a target result of the super-resolution enhancement and the directionally scaled image data. The blending logic circuit blends the enhanced image data with the residual values according to the features. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294197 | IMAGE RECOGNITION APPARATUS - An image recognition apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to input an image of an object captured by a camera. The circuitry is further configured to divide, based on a predetermined positioning point, the image into a plurality of regions, set a process region that includes the respective divided region, and set a rotation of the respective process region so that a positional relationship between up and down of the object in the respective process region matches up. The circuitry is further configured to perform the rotation to the image corresponding to the respective process region and perform a recognition process to the image after rotation. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294198 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A generation unit generates, from a first image, a second image from which a first frequency component of the first image has been removed. A correction unit generates a first correction image by adding, to the first image, a first correction component that is based on the first frequency component of the first image and a second frequency component corresponding to a lower band of the first image than the first frequency component, and generates a second correction image by adding, to the second image, a second correction component that is based on the second frequency component. The first correction component includes a component obtained by applying a first gain to the second frequency component. The second correction component includes a component obtained by applying a second gain larger than the first gain to the second frequency component. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294199 | DIRECTIONAL BILATERAL FILTERING OF RAW IMAGE DATA - Embodiments relate to directional bilateral filtering of a raw image. For each pixel in the image, a block of pixels surrounding that pixel is used for filtering. When the block of pixels in a Bayer pattern have directionality, directional filter coefficients are used instead of default filter coefficients. To obtain a directional tap, a directional filter coefficient is attenuated by an attenuation factor that differs based at least on the location of the pixels in the pixel block. The directional taps are blended with non-directional taps derived from the default filter coefficients using a weight representing confidence on the directionality. The filtered pixel values are then obtained by multiplying pixel values with corresponding taps. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294200 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device includes: a memory; and a processor comprising hardware, wherein the processor is configured to: receive agent observation image information including information of a plurality of pixels obtained by capturing an image based on fluorescence from a subject administered with an agent that emits fluorescence upon being irradiated with excitation light in a predetermined wavelength band; amplify pixel values of the plurality of pixels by executing first gain processing on the agent observation image information; and reduce pixel values of pixels lower than a predetermined threshold by executing reduction processing on the agent observation image information after the first gain processing. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294201 | SEGMENTING AND DENOISING DEPTH IMAGES FOR RECOGNITION APPLICATIONS USING GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NEURAL NETWORKS - A method of removing noise from a depth image includes presenting real-world depth images in real-time to a first generative adversarial neural network (GAN), the first GAN being trained by synthetic images generated from computer assisted design (CAD) information of at least one object to be recognized in the real-world depth image. The first GAN subtracts the background in the real-world depth image and segments the foreground in the real-world depth image to produce a cleaned real-world depth image. Using the cleaned image, an object of interest in the real-world depth image can be identified via the first GAN trained with synthetic images and the cleaned real-world depth image. In an embodiment the cleaned real-world depth image from the first GAN is provided to a second GAN that provides additional noise cancellation and recovery of features removed by the first GAN. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294202 | ENHANCING THE LEGIBILITY OF IMAGES USING MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT SOURCES - A system and method are described for enhancing readability of document images by operating on each document individually. Monochromatic light sources operating at different wavelengths of light can be used to obtain greyscale images. The greyscale images can then be used in any desired image enhancement algorithm. In one example algorithm, an automated method removes image background noise and improves sharpness of the scripts and characters using edge detection and local color contrast computation. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294203 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDICAL SYSTEM - [Object] To correct blurring without removing a screen motion caused by a biological body motion. [Solution] An image processing apparatus includes: a blurring amount estimation unit configured to estimate a blurring amount of a medical image including a biological body motion of a subject; and a blurring correction processing unit configured to perform blurring correction processing so as not to remove a screen motion caused by the biological body motion, on a basis of the blurring amount. This configuration makes it possible to correct blurring without removing a screen motion caused by a biological body motion. Thus, an optimum image for observing a biological body motion can be obtained. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294204 | Method for deconvolving image data - In a method for deconvolving image data, image data of an object are captured with a number n of confocal beam paths. The image data are converted into resultant image data by means of a point spread function. The resultant image data are deconvolved again in the frequency domain using a deconvolution function, wherein the deconvolution function contains the formation of at least a number n of sum terms and a Wiener parameter w. The results of the sum terms are stored in retrievable fashion; the Wiener parameter W is modified at least once proceeding from its original value and the deconvolution is carried out by means of the deconvolution function with the modified Wiener parameter w and the stored results of the sum terms. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294205 | IMAGE STABILIZATION CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE STABILIZER, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image stabilization control apparatus includes an extraction unit configured to extract signals in a plurality of frequency bands from a signal output from a first shake detection sensor detecting a translation component of shake, and extract signals in the plurality of frequency bands from a signal output from a second shake detection sensor detect detecting a rotation component of shake; a first calculation unit configured to calculate a rotational radius of shake for each of the plurality of frequency bands, using the signal from the first shake detection sensor and the signal from the second shake detection sensor; and a second calculation unit configured to calculate a parallel shake amount for each of the plurality of frequency bands, using the signal output from the second shake detection sensor and the rotational radius. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294206 | METHOD OF PROVIDING A SHARPNESS MEASURE FOR AN IMAGE - A method of providing a sharpness measure for an image comprises detecting an object region within an image; obtaining meta-data for the image; and scaling the chosen object region to a fixed size. A gradient map is calculated for the scaled object region and compared against a threshold determined for the image to provide a filtered gradient map of values exceeding the threshold. The threshold for the image is a function of at least: a contrast level for the detected object region, a distance to the subject and an ISO/gain used for image acquisition. A sharpness measure for the object region is determined as a function of the filtered gradient map values, the sharpness measure being proportional to the filtered gradient map values. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294207 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device to form a correction image, an image density detector to detect image densities of a plurality of areas in the correction image, and circuitry to correct an image formation condition of the image forming device based on detected image densities of the plurality of areas. The circuitry replaces a detected image density of an area of interest selected from the plurality of areas with an average value of detected image densities of two or more areas including adjacent areas adjacent to the area of interest and corrects the image formation condition of the image forming device based on the detected image densities of the plurality of areas after replacement when a difference between the detected image density of the area of interest and at least one of the detected image densities of the adjacent areas exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294208 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISTORTION CORRECTION COEFFICIENT CALCULATION METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an input buffer, a processor configured to convert a position of an input pixel of an input image received into the input buffer into a first pixel position of an output image using a first conversion function, convert a position of an output pixel in a vicinity of the first pixel position of the output image into a second pixel position of the input image using a second conversion function, calculate a pixel value of the second pixel position by interpolation using pixels of the input image that are in a vicinity of the second pixel position of the input image, and output the position of the output pixel as a corrected position of the input pixel and the calculated pixel value as a pixel value at the corrected position. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294209 | CAMERA FEATURE REMOVAL FROM STEREOSCOPIC CONTENT - In stereoscopic cameras with wide fields of view, portions of the camera's lenses can be captured in stereoscopic content captured by the camera. These lens artifacts can be distracting to a viewer of the captured stereoscopic content. Revised stereoscopic content can be generated in which the lens artifacts in the left and right images of the stereoscopic content are replaced with image content that blends in with the remainder of the images. With the lens artifacts removed, revised stereoscopic content provides for a more immersive viewing experience to a viewer. A lens artifact in one image of a stereoscopic image can be replaced by image data generated by an inpainting model, interpolated from a portion of the image region around the lens artifact, or based on the corresponding region of the other image in the stereoscopic image. Lens masks can define the portion of an image to be replaced. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294210 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is provide a coded aperture imaging apparatus that has a refocusing function and can change an angle of view. An imaging apparatus includes an imaging apparatus main body including a coded aperture, an imaging element that outputs a signal indicating a projected image of a subject, and an image restoration unit that reconstructs an image of a spatial domain based on the signal, and a lens attached to the imaging apparatus main body on a subject side from the coded aperture and changes an imaging angle of view in a state where the lens is attached to the imaging apparatus main body with respect to an imaging angle of view in a state where the lens is not attached to the imaging apparatus main body, in which the projected image is formed on the imaging element by the lens and the coded aperture. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294211 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE SUPPLY APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus determines, based on information obtained from an image supply apparatus via a communication interface, whether or not the image display apparatus has a capability of displaying an image of a first dynamic range that is generated in the image supply apparatus, and if the image display apparatus has a capability of displaying an image of the first dynamic range, requests the image supply apparatus for an image of the first dynamic range, and if the image display apparatus does not have a capability of displaying an image of the first dynamic range, requests the image supply apparatus for an image of a second dynamic range that can be displayed on the image display apparatus. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294212 | VIDEO ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A video analysis system includes: a video data acquiring means that acquires video data; a moving object detecting means that detects a moving object from video data acquired by the video data acquiring means, by using a moving object detection parameter, which is a parameter for detecting a moving object; an environment information collecting means that collects environment information representing an external environment of a place where the video data acquiring means is installed; and a parameter changing means that changes the moving object detection parameter used when the moving object detecting means detects a moving object, on the basis of the environment information collected by the environment information collecting means. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294213 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING BILATERAL INJECTION OF CONTRAST AGENT INTO A PATIENT - A system for simulating bilateral injection of contrast agent into a patient is provided. The system includes an x-ray imaging device and a controller. The controller is operative to: acquire a first image set of a first blood vessel having contrast agent therein via the x-ray imaging device; acquire a second image set of a second blood vessel having contrast agent therein via the x-ray imaging device; and generate a third image set based at least in part on the first image set and the second image set. The third image set includes at least one composite image that depicts both the first blood vessel and the second blood vessel. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294214 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprising, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a visible light image and an invisible light image, a determination unit configured to determine a region on an image based on the visible light image or the invisible light image acquired by the acquisition unit, and a combining unit configured to generate a composite image such that a combination ratio of the visible light image is larger than a combination ratio of the invisible light image in the region determined by the determination unit, wherein the acquisition unit acquires the visible light image for which an exposure is adjusted such that a region of the visible light image that corresponds to the region determined by the determination unit has an appropriate exposure. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294215 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a conversion unit, a generation unit, and a processing unit. The conversion unit is configured to convert an original image received from a plurality of cameras into a top view image. The generation unit is configured to generate a surround view monitor (SVM) image by synthesizing a bottom image extracted from the top view image and a wall image extracted from the original image. The processing unit is configured to generate a modified SVM image by adjusting an area of the bottom image and an area of the wall image according to an adjustment condition, and to process the generated image into a display signal. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294216 | METHOD FOR REDUCING IMAGE ARTIFACTS - The invention relates to a method for reducing image artifacts in images of a sample captured by scanning, wherein intensity values of at least two detection regions, denoted as pixels (Px | 2020-09-17 |
20200294217 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO SUPER RESOLUTION USING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK WITH TWO-STAGE MOTION COMPENSATION - A method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving a video with a first plurality of frames having a first resolution; generating a plurality of warped frames from the first plurality of frames based on a first type of motion compensation; generating a second plurality of frames having a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is of higher resolution than the first resolution, wherein each of the second plurality of frames having the second resolution is derived from a subset of the plurality of warped frames using a convolutional network; and generating a third plurality of frames having the second resolution based on a second type of motion compensation, wherein each of the third plurality of frames having the second resolution is derived from a fusing a subset of the second plurality of frames. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294218 | REFERENCE IMAGE GENERATION METHOD AND PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD - To include reading design data of a plurality of patterns formed on a sample and characteristic information indicating characteristics of each of the patterns from a storage device, the characteristic information being additionally written in the design data, dividing a pattern formed region of the sample on which the patterns are formed, into a plurality of regions where the characteristics are different from each other on a basis of the characteristic information, calculating parameter information according to the characteristics with respect to each of the regions, where the parameter information is provided for generating a reference image from the design data to be used in an inspection of the patterns, and generating the reference image from the design data on a basis of the calculated parameter information. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294219 | INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR DETECTING DEFECTS IN PHOTOMASKS AND DIES - A defect inspecting apparatus includes a reference image generator configured to generate a first reference image and a second reference image from design layout data. An image inspector is configured to obtain a first inspection image of a first inspection region of a photomask and a second inspection image of a second inspection region of the photomask. An operation processor is configured to extract a first coordinate offset by comparing the first inspection image with the first reference image and to extract a second coordinate offset by comparing the second inspection image with the second reference image. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294220 | AI-BASED INSPECTION IN TRANSPORTATION - Example implementations described herein involve defect analysis for images received from a camera system, which can involve applying a first model configured to determine regions of interest of the object from the images, applying a second model configured to identify localized areas of the object based on the regions of interest on the images; and applying a third model configured to identify defects in the localized ones of the images. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294221 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPECIFYING LANE MARKING DETERIORATION - In a system for specifying a lane marking deterioration, an image acquiring unit acquires a captured image of an outside of a vehicle. A specifying unit extracts a lane marking on a road surface included in the captured image and specifies a deteriorated portion of the lane marking. The specifying unit specifies the deteriorated portion of the lane marking in comparison with another lane marking included in the captured image. A receiving unit receives past lane marking data of a road included in the captured image. The specifying unit specifies, from the captured image, a deteriorated portion of the lane marking that has deteriorated from the past lane marking data. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294222 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OUTPUTTING INFORMATION - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for outputting information. The method can include: acquiring an image of a to-be-inspected object; segmenting the image into at least one subimage; for a subimage in the at least one subimage, inputting the subimage into a pre-trained defect classification model to obtain a defect category corresponding to the subimage; and outputting defect information of the object based on a defect category corresponding to each subimage. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294223 | PRINT QUALITY INSPECTION APPARATUS AND PRINT QUALITY INSPECTION METHOD - The present invention relates to a print quality inspection apparatus comprising: an illuminator ( | 2020-09-17 |
20200294224 | METHOD OF DEEP LEARNING-BASED EXAMINATION OF A SEMICONDUCTOR SPECIMEN AND SYSTEM THEREOF - There is provided a method of examination of a semiconductor specimen and a system thereof. The method comprises: using a trained Deep Neural Network (DNN) to process a fabrication process (FP) sample, wherein the FP sample comprises first FP image(s) received from first examination modality(s) and second FP image(s) received from second examination modality(s) which differs from the first examination modality(s), and wherein the trained DNN processes the first FP image(s) separately from the second FP image(s); and further processing by the trained DNN the results of such separate processing to obtain examination-related data specific for the given application and characterizing at least one of the processed FP images. When the FP sample further comprises numeric data associated with the FP image(s), the method further comprises processing by the trained DNN at least part of the numeric data separately from processing the first and the second FP images. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294225 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CATARACT ANALYSIS SYSTEM - The invention relates to an artificial intelligence cataract analysis system, including a pattern recognition module for recognizing a photo mode of an input eye image, wherein the photo mode is divided according to the slit width of the illuminating slit during photographing of the eye image and/or whether a mydriatic treatment is carried out; a preliminary analysis module used for selecting a corresponding deep learning model for eye different photo modes, analyzing the characteristics of lens in the eye image by using a deep learning model, and further performing classification in combination with cause and severity degree of a disease. The invention can perform cataract intelligent analysis on eye images with different photo modes by using deep learning models, so that the analysis accuracy is improved. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294226 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD - A main image includes a tomographic image and a reference image as ultrasonic images. A sub-image includes a site-of-interest map and a site-of-interest list. During execution of ultrasonic inspection, each time a new site of interest is identified, a site-of-interest symbol is added to the site-of-interest map and a site-of-interest record is added to the site-of-interest list. The position of the site-of-interest symbol is determined according to the position of a probe mark. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294227 | ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - There are provided an endoscopic image processing device, an endoscopic image processing method, an endoscopic image processing program, and an endoscope system that appropriately notify region-of-interest information about a region of interest included in an endoscopic image according to an endoscope operator's action. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294228 | Non-Contact Multispectral Imaging for Blood Oxygen Level and Perfusion Measurement and Related Systems and Computer Program Products - Systems for non-contact imaging measurement of blood oxygen saturation and perfusion in a sample are provided including a control unit configured to facilitate acquisition of data from a sample; a data acquisition module coupled to the control unit, the data acquisition module configured to illuminate a field of view (FOV) of the sample using a plurality of wavelengths to provide a plurality of images corresponding to each of the plurality of wavelengths responsive to control signals from the control unit; and an image processing module configured calculate image saturation parameters and reflectance for each of the plurality of images having a unique acquisition time and unique wavelength and extracting blood volume and oxygen saturation data in the FOV using the calculated image saturation parameters and reflectance for each of the plurality of images having a unique acquisition time and unique wavelength. | 2020-09-17 |
20200294229 | SELF ENSEMBLING TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES FROM SPATIAL FREQUENCY DATA - Techniques for generating magnetic resonance (MR) images of a subject from MR data obtained by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the techniques including: obtaining input MR data obtained by imaging the subject using the MRI system; generating a plurality of transformed input MR data instances by applying a respective first plurality of transformations to the input MR data; generating a plurality of MR images from the plurality of transformed input MR data instances and the input MR data using a non-linear MR image reconstruction technique; generating an ensembled MR image from the plurality of MR images at least in part by: applying a second plurality of transformations to the plurality of MR images to obtain a plurality of transformed MR images; and combining the plurality of transformed MR images to obtain the ensembled MR image; and outputting the ensembled MR image. | 2020-09-17 |