43rd week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 56 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170308975 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING POLICYMAKER BEHAVIOR BASED ON UNRELATED HISTORICAL DATA - A data pattern analysis system may determine patterns in aggregated electronic data from at least one Internet server. The system may include at least one processor configured to access data scraped from the Internet to identify information that identifies individuals with a role in an outcome of at least one prospective future event related to a predefined subject matter, the information including portions unrelated to the subject matter of the at least one prospective future event, process the information to determine patterns in portions of the data unrelated to the predefined subject matter, determine an influence factor for each of the identified individuals, based, at least in part, on the patterns in the data unrelated to the predefined subject matter, and predict the outcome of the future event based at least in part on the patterns in the data unrelated to the predefined subject matter. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308976 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING FUTURE EVENT OUTCOMES BASED ON DATA ANALYSIS - A hybrid prediction system may aggregate electronic data to identify and initially predict an outcome of a future event and subsequently update the initial prediction. The system may include at least one processor and a memory. The processor may access data scraped from the Internet. The data may be associated with at least one future event. The processor may further store the scraped data, determine, from the scraped data, an initial prediction of the outcome of the at least one future event, generate, from the scraped data, an initial likelihood indication associated with the initial prediction, and transmit the initial prediction and the initial likelihood indication to a device associated with one or more users. The processor may further receive proprietary information, store the proprietary information, determine, using the scraped data and the proprietary information, a subsequent likelihood indication, and transmit the subsequent likelihood indication to the device. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308977 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR 3D PRINTING - This disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for 3D printing. The 3D object detection apparatus includes one or more processing circuit configured to acquire a robust shape value of a 3D object; match the robust shape value of the 3D object with a robust shape value of a 3D sample in a 3D sample database; determine a robust design value of the 3D object based on a robust design value of the matched 3D sample; and detect the 3D object based on a result of the matching process for the robust shape value and the determined robust design value of the 3D object. With the apparatus and the method for 3D printing according to the disclosure, an owner, a designer and a manufacturer of a 3D model can protect the 3D model from infringing intellectual property. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308978 | AUTOMATED LICENSE MANAGEMENT - Licenses to software services are assigned automatically to users as a function of one or more user attributes. An attribute can include membership in a group such as a license group or a security group, among other things such as location. License assignments can also be retracted automatically upon changes in one or more user attributes. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308979 | System and Methods for Facilitating Settlement Between Disputing Parties - Methods and systems are provided for use in the settlement process for providing settlement terms between opposing parties. In at least one embodiment, the system receives dispute amounts and best offer amounts from each party. In order to proceed with the settlement process, the difference between the dispute amounts from each party is compared to and must be less than a maximum allowable dispute amount difference. Further, in at least one embodiment, the system determines a suggested settlement amount, in part, using data from each party's confidential best offer. The present system and method provide a safe and non-threatening approach to the settlement process, which promotes compromise and settlement. Moreover, the present system and method provide a simplified procedure for collecting the debt once settlement occurs. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308980 | MATCHING CANDIDATE STUDENT LEADS TO SCHOOL DEMOGRAPHIC PREFERENCES - A lead matching system selects and ranks candidate leads for school admissions officers. The system records personal and academic information for each candidate as well as expressions of interest from that candidate toward one or more schools. The system also records information describing each school, such as its academic profile, location, class size, athletic program quality, and so on. The system also records each school's immediate demographic preferences for an incoming class of students. The system analyzes candidate and school information to generate a set of scored candidate leads. The system then identifies a subset of leads for each school based on its demographic preferences, and ranks the leads. The system provides a subset of ranked leads to each school. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308981 | PATIENT CONDITION IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT - In one embodiment, computer implemented method identifies a risk of developing a condition for a particular patient. First, an initial variable set is developed by utilizing one or more patient databases. Second, an enhanced model predictive of a selected condition is created using machine learning. With the enhanced model developed, patient features vectors are created from a patient health information database for the initial variable set. The enhanced model is applied to these patient feature vectors to predict development of the condition. Patients predicted to have the condition can be enrolled in an appropriate intervention program. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308982 | Methods, Systems, and Produtcs for Measuring Health - Methods, systems, and products measure health data related to a user. Often times a weight scale, blood pressure monitor, or other medical measurement device is shared among a group of users. A time-stamped physiological measurement is compared to a time-stamped message from a mobile device. If the timestamps are contemporaneous, then the physiological measurement is bound to the mobile device. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308983 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURELY DISPENSING MEDICATION - A system and method for securely dispensing medication are described herein. The system includes a telemedicine center that communicates with medical assistant station and a medication distribution station located at a correctional facility and a physician center remote to the correctional facility. The medical assistant station transmits a request for medication to the telemedicine center. The telemedicine center verifies an identity of the medical assistant requesting the medication and transmits the request to the physician center. When the telemedicine center receives a confirmation to dispense medicine from the physician center, an identity of the physician transmitting the confirmation is verified. The telemedicine center then verifies an identity of an inmate to receive the medication, by way of the medication distribution station, and allows the medication distribution station to dispense the medication. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308984 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STEERING AN AGENDA BASED ON USER COLLABORATION - A collaborative prediction system for altering predictive outcomes of dynamic processes may include a processor configured to store initial information about a specific dynamic process having a plurality of potentially differing outcomes, assign to the specific dynamic process a first likelihood of occurrence of at least one of the potentially differing outcomes, and receive, from a first system user, notification data, the notification data being associated with the specific dynamic process. The processor may be configured to transmit, based on the notification data, at least some of the stored initial information about the specific dynamic process to the second system user and the third system user, receive from the second system user, first additional information responsive to the at least some of the stored initial information about the specific dynamic process and impacting the specific dynamic process, and generate, based on the first additional information and the initial information, a second likelihood different from the first likelihood. The processor may further be configured to transmit to the first system user, the second system user, and the third user an indication of the second likelihood, receive from the third system user, second additional information impacting the specific dynamic process, generate, based at least in part on the second additional information, a third likelihood different from the first likelihood and the second likelihood, and transmit to the first system user, the second system user, and the third system user an indication of the third likelihood. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308985 | Systems and Methods for Correlating Comments and Sentiment to Policy Document Sub-Sections - A text analytics system may ascertain sentiment about multi-sectioned documents and may associate the sentiment with particular sections. The system may include at least one processor configured to scrape the Internet for text data associated with comments expressed by a plurality of individuals about a common multi-sectioned document. The comments may not be not linked to a particular section. The at least one processor may be further configured to analyze the text data in order to determine a sentiment associated with each comment; apply an association analysis filter to the text data in order to correlate at least a portion of each comment with one or more sections of the multi-sectioned document; and transmit for display to the system user a visualization of the sentiment mapped to one or more sections of the multi-sectioned document. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308986 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAPPING TO MILESTONES IN A POLICYMAKING PROCESS - A system for normalizing aggregated electronic data may include at least one processor and a memory. The processor may access data scraped from a plurality of local databases, each storing localized terms for temporal local milestones; for example, a first localized term for a first temporal milestone in a first locale may differ from a second localized term for a similar second temporal milestone in a second locale. The processor may store the temporal local milestones in a central database, determine a mapping of each of the localized terms for each temporal local milestone to a normalized term for each milestone, and identify, in a displayed timeline associated with the first locale, each associated temporal local milestone using the normalized term for each milestone. The processor may further identify, in a displayed timeline associated with the second locale, each associated temporal local milestone using the normalized term for each milestone. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308987 | MONOCHROME IMAGING OF DIGITAL WATERMARKS IN WHITE LIGHT - A monochrome imager used in such systems as a scanner can detect watermarks that have been encoded in the color space or chrominance. Such watermarks are called chroma watermarks and are considered more reliable than the traditional classic watermarks, which are encoded based on luminance. The monochrome imager detects the chroma watermark, which has been illuminated with ambient white light from a blue light emitting diode (LED) coated with phosphor. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308988 | GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR - A graphics accelerator device offloads the workload of a graphics processing unit (GPU) by performing image composition and other specialized functions. The graphics accelerator device includes a rasterization module to rasterize a set of primitives to a set of pixels and generate information of the set of pixels. The graphics accelerator device also includes intra-process module to retrieve pixel values from a memory according to the information received from the rasterization module, perform mathematical calculations on the pixel values, and generate one or more processed image layers. The graphics accelerator device further includes an inter-process module to composite the one or more processed image layers received from the intra-process module with other image layers retrieved from the memory, and output a composited image to a display. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308989 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CAPTURING IMAGE OF TRAFFIC SIGN - A method for capturing an image of a traffic sign by an image sensor is disclosed. The method may include capturing, by the image sensor, at least one image including the traffic sign, wherein the image sensor is mounted in a vehicle. The method may include detecting, by a processor, the traffic sign in the at least one image. The method may also include in response to detecting the traffic sign, determining, by the processor, at least one direction of the image sensor based on the at least one image and motion of the vehicle. In addition, the method may include adjusting, by the processor, the image sensor to the at least one direction. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308990 | SYNTHESIS OF TRANSFORMED IMAGE VIEWS - Techniques are provided for synthesis of transformed image views, based on a reference image, using depth information. The transformed image views may simulate a change in position or focal length of a camera that produced the reference image. An example system includes an image transformation circuit configured to transform the reference image corresponding to a first viewpoint, to a transformed image corresponding to a second viewpoint. The system also includes an inverse warping circuit configured to calculate a mapping from the pixels of the transformed image to corresponding pixels of the reference image. The system further includes a hole detection circuit configured to detect holes in the transformed image based on depth discontinuities between the reference and transformed images; and a hole filling circuit configured to in-fill the detected holes using a sampling of selected neighboring pixels from the reference image, to synthesize a view based on the transformed image. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308991 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A semiconductor device | 2017-10-26 |
20170308992 | EYE CONTACT CORRECTION IN REAL TIME USING MACHINE LEARNING - Techniques related to eye contact correction to provide a virtual user gaze aligned with a camera while the user views a display are discussed. Such techniques may include determining and reducing histogram of oriented gradient features for an eye region of a source image to provide a feature set, applying a pretrained classifier to the feature set to determine a motion vector field for the eye region, and warping and inserting the eye region into the source image to generate an eye contact corrected image. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308993 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING ENHANCED DISPLAY CHARACTERISTICS BASED ON VIEWER STATE - Systems and methods for facilitating enhanced display characteristics based on viewer state are provided. A media device may process an indication of a first state of a first viewer of a display device that is coupled to the media device. The indication of the first state of the first viewer may be captured at a time corresponding to the display device displaying first content with a first set of one or more size characteristics. The media device may determine a display adjustment based at least in part on the indication of the first state of the first viewer. The media device may cause the display device to display second content in accordance with the display adjustment so that the display device displays at least a portion of the second content with a second set of one or more size characteristics that is different from the first set of one or more size characteristics. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308994 | METHOD AND THERMAL IMAGING RECORDING DEVICE FOR GENERATING RADIOMETRIC IMAGES WITH ENHANCED RESOLUTION IN PARTIAL AREAS - The invention relates to a method and a thermal imaging recording device for the treatment of raw images ( | 2017-10-26 |
20170308995 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING PROGRAM - When performing noise removal of an image signal by applying the background art, there is a case where a filter coefficient that causes an edge constituting the image to become blurred against expectation due to the influence of noise in the image signal is set. The methods to solve this problem include a method for calculating a wide range of image feature values needed for correction of the filter coefficient, but this method has the problem that it requires a significant amount of calculation, thus increasing the calculation cost. To solve the above problem, the present invention is provided with an image signal input means, a wavelet transformation means, a first structure/texture separating means, a texture component degenerating means, a first combining means, an inverse wavelet transformation means, and a second structure/texture separating means. The present invention is further provided with a second texture component degenerating means, a second combining means, and an image signal output means. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308996 | SINGLE-PASS AND MULTI-PASS-BASED POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATIONS FOR RESHAPING FUNCTIONS - A processor for approximating a reshaping function using a multi-segment polynomial receives an input reshaping function. Given a number of target segments (N) and an initial maximum fitting error, in a first pass, it applies a first smoothing filter to the input reshaping function to generate a first smoothed reshaping function. Next, it generates a first multi-segment polynomial approximation of the input reshaping function based on one or more multi-segment polynomial approximation algorithms, the smoothed reshaping function, the number of target segments, and the initial maximum fitting error. The same process may be repeated in two or more similar passes that may include in each pass: reconstructing the reshaping function from the polynomial approximation of the previous pass, smoothing and segmenting the reconstructed reshaping function, and generating an updated multi-segment polynomial approximation according to an updated maximum fitting error. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308997 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING AN IMAGE FRAME SHOWING A BIODEGRADABLE MEDICAL DEVICE IN A PART OF A HUMAN BODY - The invention provides solutions to process an image frame showing a biodegradable medical device in a part of a human body by the steps of presenting, with the processor, an interactive interface for human-computer interaction, receiving a designation of a specific model type of the biodegradable medical device from a user via the interactive interface, and identifying, with the processor, a plurality of markers of the biodegradable medical device based on specifications of the model type of the biodegradable medical device. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308998 | Motion Image Compensation Method and Device, Display Device - Disclosed are a motion image compensation method and a device, and a display device. The motion image compensation method comprises: acquiring a first image corresponding to a pre-motion picture and a second image corresponding to a post-motion picture; dividing the first image and the second image respectively into several image blocks; performing computations on any pair of mutually corresponding image blocks in the first image and the second image based on a phase correlation method performing edge detection on the first image and the second image respectively and according to a preset condition, acquiring, from the at least one displacement vector, a displacement vector matched with a transformation between the edge feature patterns within the pair of mutually corresponding image blocks as a displacement vector corresponding to the pair of image blocks during a motion compensation process. | 2017-10-26 |
20170308999 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING IMAGE DATA FROM A CAMERA SYSTEM, CAMERA SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for providing image data ( | 2017-10-26 |
20170309000 | IMAGE RESTORATION APPARATUS, CAMERA AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides an image restoration apparatus, a camera and a program which are capable of performing image restoration with simple const ruction. A specific area within a captured image is specified, and a calculation of a point spread function and the image restoration calculation are carried out using an image in the specific area. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309001 | CORRECTING PERSPECTIVE DISTORTION IN DOUBLE-PAGE SPREAD IMAGES - A distortion correction component of a mobile device receives an image of a spread open multi-page document, determines a binding edge line of the spread open multi-page document, determines a first set of substantially vertical straight lines lying left of the binding edge line and a second set of substantially vertical straight lines lying right of the binding edge line. The distortion correction component then determines a first vanishing point based on the first set of substantially vertical straight lines and a second vanishing point based on the second set of substantially vertical straight lines. A first quadrangle is determined based on the first vanishing point and a second quadrangle is determined based on the second vanishing point. A corrected image for the first page is generated based on the first quadrangle and a corrected image for the second page is generated based on the second quadrangle. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309002 | CAMERA SYSTEM, CAMERA BODY, AND CONTROL METHOD OF CAMERA SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, camera system includes interchangeable lens and camera body. Camera body includes image sensor; reception circuit configured to acquire, first lens information including distortion correction information for correcting distortion of image pickup optical system, and function indicating correlation between shape of distortion on image plane, which corresponds to driving amount of vibration reduction optical system, and shape of distortion on image plane, which corresponds to displacement amount between optical axis and image center of photographed image; and processer configured to calculate converted displacement amount by using function, and to execute distortion correction, based on distortion correction information and converted displacement amount. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309003 | REMOVING ARTIFACTS FROM DOCUMENT IMAGES - Techniques for removing artifacts, such as shadows, from document images are described. A shadow map is generated for a digital image by first determining local background colors using clusters of local pixel intensities. Then, a global reference background color is selected from all pixel intensities of the digital image. Next, a per-pixel scaling factor is determined that maps the local background colors to the global reference background color, which applies localized adjustment to the digital image to remove local shadow. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309004 | IMAGE RECOGNITION USING DESCRIPTOR PRUNING - The present disclosure relates to image recognition or image searching. More precisely, the present disclosure relates to pruning local descriptors extracted from an input image. The present disclosure proposes a system, method and device directed to the pruning of local descriptors extracted from image patches of an input image. The present disclosure prunes local descriptors assigned to a codebook cell, based on a relationship of the local descriptor and the assigned codebook cell. The present disclosure includes assigning a weight value for use in pruning based on the relationship of the local descriptor and the assigned codebook cell. This weight value is then used during the encoding of the local descriptors for use in image searching or image recognition. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309005 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING SIMPLIFIED BORDERS OF GRAPHICAL OBJECTS - A computing device and method for generating a simplified first border of a first graphical object and a simplified second border of a second graphical object, the first and the second original borders comprising respective original border portions, the method comprising: receiving instruction to generate the simplified first border and the simplified second border; detecting that the first original border portion and the second original border portion are located in close proximity within a predetermined maximal distance; selecting a first point and a second point being located respectively on the first and on the second original border portions; generating the simplified first and the second borders by applying a single simplification rule both to the first and to the second original border portions, such that: the first point is located on the first simplified border portion, and the second point is located on the second simplified border portion. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309006 | IMAGE SYNTHESIS METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and system for image synthesis. According to a first aspect of the present invention, an image synthesis system for providing a method for image synthesis may include: a first foreground unit configured to receive a predetermined region that is selected from a source image, including an object, as a first foreground by a user; a similarity determination unit configured to calculate the similarity between each of the first foreground and the background distinct from the first foreground on the source image and each pixel included in the source image; a second foreground unit configured to determine a second foreground, including the remaining pixels excluding pixels, included in each of the first foreground and the background, from the source image, based on the calculated similarity; and an image synthesis unit configured to combine the first foreground and the second foreground with a ground image. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309007 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CORRECTING A DIFFERENCE IMAGE GENERATED FROM A COMPARISON OF TARGET AND REFERENCE DIES - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for correcting a difference image generated from a comparison of target and reference dies. In use, an intra-die inspection of a target die image is performed to generate, for each pattern of interest, a first representative image. An intra-die inspection of a reference die image is performed to generate, for each of the patterns of interest, a second representative image. Further, the target die image and the reference die image are compared to generate at least one difference image, and the at least one difference image is corrected using each of the generated first representative images and each of the generated second representative images. Detection is then performed using the corrected difference image. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309008 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING WAFER-LEVEL DEFECT PRINTABILITY - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for qualifying a photolithographic reticle. A reticle inspection tool is used to acquire images at different imaging configurations from each of a plurality of pattern areas of a test reticle. A reticle near field for each of the pattern areas of the test reticle is recovered based on the acquired images from each pattern area of the test reticle. A lithography model is applied to the reticle near field for the test reticle to simulate a plurality of test wafer images, and the simulated test wafer images are analyzed to determine whether the test reticle will likely result in an unstable or defective wafer. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309009 | Computer Assisted Weak Pattern Detection and Quantification System - Methods and systems for providing weak pattern (or hotspot) detection and quantification are disclosed. A weak pattern detection and quantification system may include a wafer inspection tool configured to inspect a wafer and detect defects present on the wafer. The system may also include at least one processor in communication with the wafer inspection tool. The at least one processor may be configured to: perform pattern grouping on the detected defects based on design of the wafer; identify regions of interest based on the pattern grouping; identify weak patterns contained in the regions of interest identified, the weak patterns being patterns deviating from the design by an amount greater than a threshold; validate the weak patterns identified; and report the validated weak patterns or facilitate revision of the design of the wafer based on the validated weak patterns. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309010 | ASSEMBLY COMPLETENESS INSPECTION METHOD USING ACTIVE RANGING - A method for completeness inspection of an assembled structure to check whether said structure has all the mounted parts comprising scanning the whole assembled structure with an active ranging scanner, thus obtaining a 3D picture; obtaining a 3D model of the whole structure based on CAD data; subdividing said 3D picture into a number of smaller picture comparison areas and said 3D model into a number of smaller corresponding model comparison areas using a best fit algorithm, thus obtaining a set of final picture comparison areas and corresponding final model comparison areas; for each final model comparison area, identifying desired mounting parts located therein and searching for mounted parts in the corresponding final picture comparison area that match said desired mounting parts; and identifying the desired mounting parts, which have no matching mounted part in the final picture comparison areas, as missing from the assembled structure. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309011 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus acquires a work inspection image by image-taking one inspection object, acquires a work reference image that is different from the work inspection image, generates an aligned image by arranging the work reference image at the periphery of the work inspection image and subjects the aligned image to singular portion detection processing to detect a singular portion in the aligned image. The singular portion detection processing is performed on a first work inspection image obtained by image-taking a first inspection object, subsequently the singular portion detection processing is performed on a second work inspection image obtained by image-taking, after the first inspection object, a second inspection object, and subsequently the singular portion detection processing is performed on a third work inspection image obtained by image-taking, after the second inspection object, a third inspection object. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309012 | FLUID MONITORING SYSTEM - A sensor system ( | 2017-10-26 |
20170309013 | INSPECTION DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - An inspection device includes: an irradiation unit irradiating an inspection target with light by causing a predetermined position within a display screen to emit light; a captured image acquisition unit acquiring a captured image obtained by imaging the inspection target; a calculation unit calculating coordinates in the display screen corresponding to coordinates in the captured image on the basis of light emission position coordinate information and light reception position coordinate information indicating coordinates of a light emission position and a light reception position; and an inspection pattern creation unit creating an inspection pattern which is displayed on the display screen so that first patterns and second patterns are alternately arranged in the captured image and which is used to inspect presence a defect on a surface of the inspection target, on the basis of a calculation result of the calculation unit. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309014 | RETINAL IMAGE PROCESSING - The present disclosure relates to a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that can cause a processor to process image data defining an image of a vascular structure of temporal vascular arcades of a retina to estimate a location of the fovea of the retina in the image by transforming received image data such that the vascular structure in the image defined by the transformed image data is more circular than the vascular structure defined by the image data; calculating, for each of a plurality of pixels of the transformed image data, a respective local orientation vector indicative of the orientation of any blood vessel present in the image; calculating a normalised local orientation vector for each of the pixels; operating on an array of accumulators; and estimating the location of the fovea in the image of the retina using the location of a pixel of the transformed image data. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309015 | RETINAL IMAGE PROCESSING - The disclosure relates to a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer program instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to process image data defining an image of a retina to determine a location of an anatomical feature of the retina in the image by receiving the image data; calculating, for each of a plurality of pixels of the image data, a respective local orientation vector indicative of the orientation of any blood vessel present in the image; calculating a normalised local orientation vector for each of the plurality of pixels; operating on an array of accumulators, wherein each accumulator in the array is associated with a respective pixel of the image data; and determining the location of the anatomical feature in the image of the retina using the location of a pixel of the image data which is associated with an accumulator having accumulated an accumulated value. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309016 | OBJECT IDENTIFICATION - Apparatus and methods are described including, using a computer processor ( | 2017-10-26 |
20170309017 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FINDING CELL NUCLEUS OF TARGET CELL FROM CELL IMAGE - The present invention discloses a method for finding a cell nucleus of a target cell from a cell image, wherein the cell image includes the target cell and at least one variation cell, and the target cell includes cytoplasm and the cell nucleus. The method includes steps of: (a) processing the cell image via an image processor such that the cytoplasm, the cell nucleus and the variation cell have different shades of color; (b) demarcating the outlines of the cytoplasm, the cell nucleus and the variation cell; (c) calculating geometrical reference points of the outlines; (d) calculating the distances from the geometrical reference point of the cytoplasm outline to the geometrical reference point of the cell nucleus outline and to the geometrical reference points of the variation cell outlines; and (e) finding a specific geometrical reference point having a shortest distance to locate a specific outline corresponding to the specific geometrical reference point as the cell nucleus. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309018 | AUTOMATED INTRAVASCULAR PLAQUE CLASSIFICATION - Methods and apparatus automatically classify intravascular plaque using features extracted from intravascular optical coherence tomography (IVOCT) imagery. One example apparatus includes an image acquisition circuit that accesses a set of IVOCT images, a pre-processing circuit that generates a blood vessel mask based on the IVOCT images, a feature extraction circuit that defines a three dimensional (3D) volume of interest centered on a location in a member of the set of IVOCT images, a classification circuit that generates a classification based on a probability that a voxel represents a type of plaque, and a visualization circuit that provides a visualization, substantially in real time, of a member of the set of IVOCT images and the classification, where the visualization includes a sector classification image, a labeled image, or a 3D visualization. A prognosis or treatment plan may be provided based on the visualization or the classification. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309019 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR LEARNING AN OPTIMIZED VARIATIONAL NETWORK FOR MEDICAL IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION - An exemplary system, method and computer accessible medium for generating an image(s) of a portion(s) of a patient can be provided, which can include, for example, receiving first imaging information related to the portion(s), receiving second information related to modelling information of a further portion(s) of a further patient(s), where the modelling information includes (i) an undersampling procedure, and/or (ii) a learning-based procedure, and generating the image(s) using the first information and the second information. The modelling information can include artifacts present in a further image of the further portion(s). The image(s) can be generated by reducing or minimizing the artifacts. The second information can be generated, for example using a variational network(s). | 2017-10-26 |
20170309020 | ULTRASONIC IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - According to the present invention, when measurement of a distance (fetal head biparietal diameter) on an ultrasonic image is started, a first mobile marker for designating a start point and a standard range display graphic are displayed. The standard range display graphic is a graphic that is centered on the first mobile marker and comprises two circular graphics having radii that are configured to be a lower limit and upper limit of a fetal head biparietal diameter standard range. A user can designate the start point while recognizing, via the standard range display graphic, an end point candidate range. Subsequently, an end point can be designated while recognizing the end point candidate range via a stationary standard range display graphic. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309021 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CO-EXPRESSION ANALYSIS IN IMMUNOSCORE COMPUTATION - Described herein are methods for co-expression analysis of multiple markers in a tissue sample comprising: computing a heat map of marker expression for each of a plurality of single marker channel images, wherein each of the plurality of single marker channel images comprise a single marker; identifying one or more candidate regions of interest in each heat map of marker expression; computing overlay masks comprising the identified one or more candidate regions of interest from each heat map of marker expression; determining one or more co-localized regions of interest from the overlay masks; mapping the one or more co-localized regions of interest to a same coordinate position in each of the plurality of single marker channel images; and estimating a number of cells in at least one of the determined one or more co-localized regions of interest in each of the plurality of single marker channel images. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309022 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING BIOMARKERS BASED ON MULTIVARIATE CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONAL IMAGING AND ASSOCIATED DATA - Systems and methods for generating biomarkers associated with neuropsychiatric disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, neurobehavioral disorders, or other neurological disorders are described. In general, the biomarkers are generated based on correlations between functional imaging data and clinical acquired from a subject, as computed using a multivariate classifier. Functional imaging data may include functional magnetic resonance images, or activation maps generated from such images. Clinical data generally includes data associated with a clinical or behavioral characterization of the subject. The biomarkers can be used to monitor or otherwise assess a treatment response; to provide diagnostic information, such as subtyping or classifying a disorder; to provide prognostic information, such as a prediction of treatment response or outcome; or to indicate functional or anatomical targets for treatments. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309023 | Portable Electronic Devices With Integrated Imaging Capabilities - A portable electronic device (e.g., smart phone or tablet computer) is provided for generating and displaying images (e.g., 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional images) of an imaging target such as a human body. The portable electronic device may include imaging elements configured to receive radiation signals transmitted through and/or reflected by the imaging target, an imaging interface, and one or more processors. The portable electronic device may display what appears to be a window into the imaging target (e.g., a human body), and/or an exploded view (e.g., 3-dimensional, upwardly projected image) of the target. The generated image may be a real-time continuous image of the internal features of the target (e.g., a human body) that is updated to track movements of the target (e.g., breathing patterns) and the relative position of the portable electronic device as the portable electronic device moves relative to a surface of the target. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309024 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device includes: a specific candidate area extracting unit configured to extract a specific candidate area that satisfies a predetermined condition from an intraluminal image captured inside a body lumen; a reference area setting unit configured to set a reference area that includes at least a part of the specific candidate area; a local area extracting unit configured to extract local areas based on the reference area; a local feature data calculator configured to calculate local feature data that is feature data of each of the local areas; a weight setting unit configured to set a weight depending on each of the local areas based on the specific candidate area; and a feature data integrating unit configured to integrate the local feature data. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309025 | VIVO DETECTION OF EGFR MUTATION IN GLIOBLASTOMA VIA MRI SIGNATURE CONSISTENT WITH DEEP PERITUMORAL INFILTRATION - A method, including a computer-implemented method, is provided for in vivo detection of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status within peritumoral edematous tissue of a patient. The method includes performing quantitative pattern analysis of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data corresponding to MRI of in vivo peritumoral edematous tissue to determine a level of spatial heterogeneity or similarity within the in vivo peritumoral edematous tissue. EGFR mutation status is assigned as one of negative or positive based on the level of spatial heterogeneity or similarity determined. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and a system are also provided. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309026 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - From a plurality of medical images in time phases, a target site is extracted t least one medical image, a reference point is set on each of a target-site side, and a periphery side of the target site which are on across from each other over an outline of the extracted target site, and movement information for the reference points is calculated. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309027 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING GRAPHICS - A graphics processing system sorts graphics primitives for rendering into lists corresponding to different sub-regions of a render output to be generated, each list indicating primitives to be processed for the render output. A primitive list building unit divides a render target into various sub-regions, determines which sub-regions a primitive falls within and adds the primitive to the primitive lists corresponding to those sub-regions. The primitive list building unit also records the positions of the primitives in a pair of histograms which show the distribution of primitives across the render output. Once all primitives for the render output have been sorted into lists, the histograms are outputted to a predictor processor. The predictor processor then determines a set of sub-region sizes to be used when sorting primitives for the next render output to be generated into lists, based on the histograms. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309028 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus inputs image data representing a plurality of images from mutually different viewpoints, estimates first information indicating a disparity between the plurality of images by comparing image regions each having a first size between the plurality of images, and identifies image regions each having a second size different from the first size, between the plurality of images, based on the first information estimated. The estimation estimates second information indicating the magnitude of a disparity between the plurality of images in the identified image regions by comparing the image regions each having the second size between the plurality of images. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309029 | IMAGE DATA SEGMENTATION - According to one example for segmenting image data, image data comprising color pixel data, IR data, and depth data is received from a sensor. The image data is segmented into a first list of objects based on at least one computed feature of the image data. At least one object type is determined for at least one object in the first list of objects. The segmentation of the first list of objects is refined into a second list of objects based on the at least one object type. In an example, the second list of objects is output. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309030 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus counts at least one of the number of pixels having an identical color to a target pixel, the number of pixels having a similar color to the target pixel, and the number of pixels having a different color from the target pixel in a target window, and determines an attribute of the target pixel based on a result of the counting. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309031 | REAL TIME DIGITAL VIDEO STABILIZATION - A method includes obtaining two consecutive video frames at a global motion estimation function for execution on a processor, wherein the video frames comprise a current video frame and a previous video frame, and estimating motion between the two consecutive video frames by matching a set of feature points common to both video frames. The set of feature points is maintained by tracking a number of feature points in the current video frame, refreshing the feature points if the number of feature points falls below a refresh threshold, and replenishing the feature points if the number of feature points falls below a replenish threshold. Motion filtering may be performed by buffering a homogenous transformation of the global motion estimation, calculating a geometric mean of the buffered motions, and estimating intentional camera trajectory based on the geometric mean. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309032 | TECHNIQUE FOR AUTOMATICALLY TRACKING AN OBJECT BY A CAMERA BASED ON IDENTIFICATION OF AN OBJECT - Automatic tracking by a camera of an object such as on-air talent appearing in a television show commences by first determining whether the object lies within the camera field of view matches a reference object. If so, tracking of the object then occurs to maintain the object in fixed relationship to a pre-set location in the camera's field of view, provided the designated object has moved more than a threshold distance from the pre-set location. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309033 | Motion Evaluation System and Method - A motion evaluation system includes a marker member including a body part having a first surface and a second surface parallel to the first surface, a reference indication part indicating a center of the first surface, and a plurality of markers arranged on the first surface to be spaced apart from the reference indication part. The marker member is arranged on an object such that the reference indication part is arranged at a reference point of a first coordinate system. A plurality of cameras generate coordinate images by respectively photographing the markers. A first coordinate calculator calculates first coordinate values of the markers in a first coordinate system by using separation distances of the markers and a first distance between the first surface and the second surface, the separation distances and the first distance being previously stored. A second coordinate calculator calculates second coordinate values of the markers in a second coordinate system by using the coordinate images generated by the cameras. A coordinate converter produces a conversion relationship between the first coordinate system and the second coordinate system by using the first coordinate values and the second coordinate values of the markers, and converts second motion information in the second coordinate system corresponding to a motion of the object objected by using the cameras to first motion information in the first coordinate system. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309034 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR STRUCTURE FROM MOTION ESTIMATION - Described examples include an integrated circuit having a point identifier configured to receive a stream of input frames and to identify point pairs on objects in the input frames. A ground plane converter transposes a position of the point pairs to a ground plane, the ground plane having a fixed relationship in at least one dimension relative to a source of the input frames. A motion estimator estimates a motion of the source of the input frames by comparing a plurality of point pairs between at least two input frames as transposed to the ground plane, in which the motion estimator compares a motion estimate determined by the plurality of point pairs and determines a refined motion estimate based on the plurality of point pairs excluding outliers from the plurality of point pairs. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309035 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND SYSTEM - Provided is a measurement apparatus which includes: an illuminating unit for grayscale image configured to illuminate an object by two light sources among a plurality of light sources specified based on a periodic direction of streaks on a surface of the object and arranged opposite to each other with respect to an optical axis of the illumination unit for distance image and a processing unit configured to correct a pattern projection image based on the grayscale image obtained by imaging the object illuminated by the two light sources. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309036 | ANALYSIS METHOD INCLUDING THE DETERMINATION OF A POSITION OF A BIOLOGICAL PARTICLE - A method of analyzing a sample receiving a particle of interest, including: defining a reference point located on a first interface of the sample, or at a known distance from the sample, along the optical axis of the optical system; acquiring a reference image transmission of the sample, the object plane of the optical system being located at a known distance from the reference point along an axis parallel to the optical axis of the optical system, and the particle of interest being located outside of the object plane; using the reference image, digitally constructing a series of reconstructed images, each associated with a predetermined offset of the object plane along the optical axis of the optical system; and using the series of reconstructed images, determining the distance along an axis parallel to the optical axis of the optical system, between the particle of interest and the reference point. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309037 | EMBROIDERY REGION DETECTION APPARATUS, EMBROIDERY REGION DETECTION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM, AND EMBROIDERY DESIGN LAYOUT SYSTEM - Information with respect to an embroidery frame and information with respect to a mark alignment region are acquired. The mark alignment region is displayed for guiding multiple marks that are provided to an embroidery frame in order to define an embroidery region in the embroidery frame. When the multiple marks thus displayed are all positioned within the mark alignment region, an image of the embroidery region is acquired. Image analysis is performed based on the information with respect to the embroidery frame thus acquired and the information with respect to the multiple corresponding marks within the acquired image. Subsequently, the embroidery region within the embroidery frame is determined based on the analysis result. This allows the embroidery region to be detected with high precision in a simple manner. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309038 | DETECTING A PRESENCE OF A TARGET IN A ROOM - Apparatus for detecting a presence of a target in a room is disclosed. The apparatus includes a motion-sensitive passive infrared (PIR) sensor, an imaging sensor, and a control unit. The PIR sensor is adapted to provide a motion signal, while the imaging sensor is adapted to generate at least a first image and a second image. The control unit is adapted to provide either a first signal or a second signal, depending on the strength of the motion and a comparison of the first and second images, where the first signal indicates a presence of the target and the second signal indicates an absence of the target. Also disclosed are a system for controlling lighting in a room, a method for detecting a presence of a target in a room, and a corresponding use of an apparatus for controlling lighting in a room. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309039 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a processing circuitry configured: to generate an enhanced image in which an object is enhanced from each of sequentially-generated X-ray images; to detect the position of the object included in each of the generated enhanced images; to determine, while using the position of the object detected from a specific one of the enhanced images as a reference position, processing details of a correcting process performed to arrange the detected position of the object to match the reference position, with respect to each of the enhanced images generated after the specific enhanced image; to sequentially generate corrected images by performing the correcting processes according to the processing details determined for each of the enhanced images, on the X-ray images from which the enhanced images were generated; and to cause a display to display the sequentially-generated corrected images as a moving picture. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309040 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR POSITIONING HUMAN EYES - A method and device for positioning human eyes are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring an input image; performing grayscale processing to the image to extract a grayscale feature; extracting a candidate human eye area in the image by employing a center-periphery contrast filter algorithm according to the grayscale feature; extracting left and right eye candidate areas respectively from the candidate human eye area through a pre-created human eye statistical model; and checking pairing on the left and right eye candidate areas to determine positions of left and right eyes. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309041 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DERIVING INFORMATION ABOUT INPUT DEVICE USING MARKER OF THE INPUT DEVICE - Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for deriving information about an input device using a marker thereof. Multiple cameras create multiple images by capturing the input device. A position recognition device derives the 3D positions of the markers of the input device using the multiple images and corrects information about the positions and angles of the multiple cameras based on the 3D positions of the markers. Also, the position recognition device derives the position and angle of the input device. The input device may comprise multiple input devices, and the multiple markers of the multiple input devices may be used to correct the information about the positions and angles of the multiple cameras depending on the coupling of the multiple input devices. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309042 | IN-VEHICLE CAMERA CALIBRATOR, IMAGE GENERATOR, IN-VEHICLE CAMERA CALIBRATION METHOD, AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - An in-vehicle camera calibrator is provided. The in-vehicle camera calibrator includes a targeted camera selector for selecting a targeted camera requiring the calibration, an intermediate camera selector for selecting an intermediate camera which is the in-vehicle camera that intervenes between the targeted camera and a criterial camera, a first calibrator for, when the intermediate camera is not selected, calibrating the targeted camera based on a captured image of an overlapping region between the criterial camera and the targeted camera, and a second calibrator for, when the intermediate camera is selected, calibrating the intermediate camera based on a captured image of an overlapping region between the criterial camera and the targeted camera, and then calibrating the targeted camera based on a captured image between the calibrated intermediate camera and the targeted camera. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309043 | DUAL-ENERGY RAY IMAGING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Disclosed is a dual-energy ray imaging method and system. The method comprises: calculating the mass thicknesses of the materials in the overlapped area of two materials by using a calibrated surface fitting method, and then decomposing a pair of original high-energy and low-energy data for this pixel into two high-low-energy data sets corresponding to the two materials, and finally calculating and acquiring the composition result of different materials for each pixel. The disclosure is especially advantageous in that the problem of error recognition of materials due to the two overlapped materials can be eliminated and the stratified imaging of multiple materials can be achieved, thereby improving the accuracy of the substance recognition and reducing the rate of false positive and false negative which is very important to the applications in the field of security check and anti-smuggling. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309044 | RECORD AND RECONSTRUCT X-RAY IMAGE DATA ON THE BASIS OF ELLIPTICAL CYLINDERS - A recording and reconstruction of image data of a predetermined object of an examination object is performed by an x-ray system. The x-ray system determines a number of elliptical cylinders so that the object is arranged entirely in the volumes of the cylinders. Data within each of the cylinders is recorded by the x-ray system. The image data of the object is reconstructed based on the data recorded for each of the cylinders. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309045 | BEAUTIFYING FREEFORM DRAWINGS - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to beautifying freeform input paths in accordance with paths existing in the drawing (i.e., resolved paths). In some embodiments of the present invention, freeform input paths of a curved format can be modified or replaced to more precisely illustrate a path desired by a user. As such, a user can provide a freeform input path that resembles a path of interest by the user, but is not as precise as desired. Based on existing paths in the electronic drawing, a path suggestion(s) can be generated to rectify, modify, or replace the input path with a more precise path. In some cases, a user can then select a desired path suggestion, and the selected path then replaces the initially provided freeform input path. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309046 | RENDERING INTERACTION STATISTICS DATA FOR CONTENT ELEMENTS OF AN INFORMATION RESOURCE USING A GRAPH ELEMENT - Systems and methods of rendering webpage interaction statistics data over graphical user interfaces is provided herein. A computing device can transmit a request for an interaction statistics identifying an information resource. The computing device can receive the information resource including content element and numbers and time durations of interactions for each content element. The computing device can calculate interaction statistics for interacting with one content element prior to interacting with another content element based on the numbers and the time durations of interactions. The computing device can select content elements based on the calculated interaction statistics. The computing device can generate a graph element including nodes for each content element and directed paths among the nodes indicating the interaction statistics. The computing device can insert the graph element into the information resource. The computing device can display the graph element with the information resource. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309047 | RENDERING INTERACTION STATISTICS DATA FOR CONTENT ELEMENTS OF AN INFORMATION RESOURCE BY IDENTIFYING CLIENT DEVICE SEGMENTS - Systems and methods of rendering webpage interaction statistics data over graphical user interfaces is provided herein. A computing device can transmit a request for an interaction statistics identifying an information resource. The computing device can receive the interaction dataset for the identified information resource. The computing device can calculate a similarity measure among the client devices based on the interaction dataset using a clustering algorithm. The computing device can identify a subset of client devices based on the similarity measure. The computing device can calculate the interaction sequence metrics for the client devices for each selected content element. The computing device can select the content elements based on the calculated interaction sequence metrics. The computing device can generate a graph element including nodes representing each selected content element and paths representing the interaction sequence metrics. The computing device can display the graph element. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309048 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSTIC DATA DISPLAY - A method for operating a computer system to generate and display multidimensional data. A set of multidimensional data points and a selected deviation range is received at a processor. The processor processes each data point to determine its value about the selected deviation range. Display data representative of data point indicia of the determined data point values at circumferentially spaced locations and with respect to an origin in a coordinate system is generated and stored by the processor. The data point indicia for the multidimensional data points are at circumferentially spaced locations, and a radial distance of the indicia with respect to the origin represents the determined data point values. A visual display of the display data can be produced on a printer or monitor. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309049 | ACCELERATED LIGHT FIELD DISPLAY - This disclosure describes methods, techniques, devices, and apparatuses for graphics and display processing for light field projection displays. In some examples, this disclosure describes a projection display system capable of rendering and displaying multiple annotations at the same time. An annotation is any information (e.g., texts, signs, directions, logos, phone numbers, etc.) that may be displayed. In one example, this disclosure proposes techniques for rendering and displaying multiple annotations at the same time at multiple different focal lengths. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309050 | DISPLAY METHOD OF ROAD PROPERTY AND DISPLAY DEVICE OF ROAD PROPERTY - To efficiently and effectively display a plurality of pieces of information that can be acquired from measurement data. Measurement data on a spaced amount from a measurement reference plane at each point of a road measured for a predetermined road width along a measurement path of a road to be measured and road image data including the road acquired along the measurement path are acquired; a unit area to become a unit of processing is set based on the measurement data; a model plane in the unit area is set from the measurement data in the unit area; point group data indicating a spaced amount from the model plane at each point of the unit area is generated; spaced amount display data displaying shading or hue corresponding to a spaced amount specified with the point group data in a contour of the road is generated; and a road image based on road image data corresponding to a specified area of the road and a spaced amount image based on the spaced amount display data corresponding to the road image are simultaneously displayed. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309051 | EFFECT GENERATION DEVICE, EFFECT GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure relates to an effect generation device, an effect generation method, and a program that enable the generation of a new effect in accordance with an interaction between physical objects. An image processing device includes a detector that detects a face and an object from an input image, a face feature point analyzer that extracts a plurality of feature points locating a part constituting the face, an object feature point analyzer that extracts a plurality of feature points locating a part constituting the object, a determination unit that determines a relationship between target objects including positions of the plurality of target objects and at least an expression on the face, and an effect generator that generates a predetermined corresponding effect on the basis of the determined relationship. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an imaging device. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309052 | TECHNIQUES FOR DYNAMIC LAYOUT OF PRESENTATION TILES ON A GRID - Techniques for an electronic montage system are described. An apparatus may comprise a logic device arranged to execute a montage application comprising a presentation component. The presentation component may be operative to detect when a display size or resolution has changed from one used for an original layout of a montage. The presentation component may reposition, or reflow, the tiles in the montage in the changed display in a way that preserves the spatial characteristics of the tiles to each other. An authoring component may reflow tiles automatically when a tile is deleted from a montage to minimize blank space between tiles. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309053 | SEAMLESS COMPOSITING USING A SOFT SELECTION - A healing component that heals foreground pixels with background pixels is provided. In some embodiments, the healing component is programmed or otherwise configured to respond to a single healing request by identifying a plurality of regions within a selected area and healing each region of the plurality of regions independently of other regions. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309054 | FRAMEWORK FOR GRAPHICS ANIMATION AND COMPOSITING OPERATIONS - A graphics animation and compositing operations framework has a layer tree for interfacing with the application and a render tree for interfacing with a render engine. Layers in the layer tree can be content, windows, views, video, images, text, media or other type of objects for an application's user interface. The application commits state changes of the layers of the layer tree. The application does not need to include explicit code for animating the changes to the layers. Instead, after a synchronization threshold has been met, an animation is determined for animating the change in state by the framework which can define a set of predetermined animations based on motion, visibility and transition. The determined animation is explicitly applied to the affected layers in the render tree. A render engine renders from the render tree into a frame buffer, synchronized with the display. Portions of the render tree changing relative to prior versions can be tracked to improve resource management. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309055 | ADJUSTING PARALLAX OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY MATERIAL - An image processing apparatus includes an information obtaining unit configured to obtain parallax adjustment information with regard to a parallax-adjusted three-dimensional display material and an image transform unit configured to perform an inverse transform processing on the parallax-adjusted three-dimensional display material to be restored to a material before the parallax adjustment on the basis of the parallax adjustment information obtained by the information obtaining unit and generate a two-dimensional display material. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309056 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAP DISPLAY SYSTEM - A three-dimensional map is displayed over the whole display area with a relatively light load using a detailed model database including feature data with a higher accuracy of details and a simple model database including feature data with a lower accuracy of details. A first range is set within a predetermined distance from a view point in a line-of-sight direction as a detailed model drawing range in which a detailed three-dimensional map is drawn using the detailed model. A second range in which a simple three-dimensional map is drawn using the simple model is set to include a range where the detailed three-dimensional map is not drawn. The detailed three-dimensional map and the simple three-dimensional map are both displayed by superimposing the detailed three-dimensional map in front of the simple three-dimensional map. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309057 | 3D DIGITAL PAINTING - A method of digital continuous and simultaneous three-dimensional painting and three-dimensional drawing with steps of providing a digital electronic canvas having at least one display and capable of presenting two pictures for a right eye and a left eye; providing means for creating a continuous 3D virtual canvas by digitally changing a value and sign of horizontal disparity between two images for the right eye and the left eye and their scaling on the digital electronic canvas corresponding to instant virtual distance between the painter and an instant image within the virtual 3D canvas; providing at least one multi-axis input control device allowing digital painting or drawing on the digital electronic canvas; painting within virtual 3D canvas by providing simultaneous appearance of a similar stroke on the images for the right eye and the left eye on the digital electronic canvas. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309058 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ON A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL - A method and apparatus for applying a two-dimensional image on a three-dimensional model composed of a polygonal mesh. The method comprises generating an adjacency structure for all triangles within the mesh, identifying a triangle within membrane containing the desired centre point, calculating spatial distances between the three vertices and desired centre checking each triangle edge to see if the distances show an intersection, if a collision is detected add the triangle to the list and iteratively processing all the triangles in the list calculate the spatial data of the single unknown vertex, check the two edges of the triangle to see if the calculated distances show an intersection, if an intersection occurs add this new triangle to the list; transforming into UV-coordinates; and applying the two-dimensional image to the three-dimensional model using the UV-coordinates. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309059 | Dedicated Ray Memory for Ray Tracing in Graphics Systems - A ray tracing unit is implemented in a graphics rendering system. The ray tracing unit comprises: processing logic configured to perform ray tracing operations on rays, a dedicated ray memory coupled to the processing logic and configured to store ray data for rays to be processed by the processing logic, an interface to a memory system, and control logic configured to manage allocation of ray data to either the dedicated ray memory or the memory system. Core ray data for rays to be processed by the processing logic is stored in the dedicated ray memory, and at least some non-core ray data for the rays is stored in the memory system. This allows core ray data for many rays to be stored in the dedicated ray memory without the size of the dedicated ray memory becoming too wasteful when the ray tracing unit is not in use. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309060 | COCKPIT DISPLAY FOR DEGRADED VISUAL ENVIRONMENT (DVE) USING MILLIMETER WAVE RADAR (MMWR) - An aircraft display system to present a real-time, three-dimensional depiction of a region around an aircraft, where this three-dimensional depiction is fixed to the aircraft's coordinate location and attitude. As the aircraft moves in attitude (e.g. roll, pitch, or yaw), in altitude (e.g., climbing and descending), and/or laterally, the three-dimensional depiction tilts and moves with the aircraft. The display may include a three-dimensional volumetric representation that may identify and prioritize hazards in the region around the aircraft. The aircraft display system may combine data from a plurality of sensors into a composite, real-time, three-dimensional synthetic vision display that determines a priority for each hazard. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309061 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA RENDERING - The present disclosure discloses a method for image rendering. The method may include obtaining first image data by a first processing device; performing a first rendering operation on the first image data; and determining second image data based on the first image data. The method may further include receiving a non-rendering operation on the second image data by the second processing device; and performing a second rendering operation on the non-rendered second image data. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309062 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE GUIDANCE PROCEDURE - The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging system ( | 2017-10-26 |
20170309063 | Multimodality Multi-Axis 3-D Imaging With X-Ray - Methods and devices are disclosed for the imaging of a biological sample from all rotational perspectives in three-dimensional space and with multiple imaging modalities. A biological sample is positioned on an imaging stage that is capable of full 360-degree rotation in at least one of two orthogonal axes. Positioned about the stage are imaging modules enabling the recording of a series of images in multiple modalities, including reflected visible light, fluorescence, X-ray, ultrasound, and optical coherence tomography. A computer can use the images to construct three-dimensional models of the sample and to render images of the sample conveying information from one or more imaging channels. The rendered images can be displayed for an operator who can manipulate the images to present additional information or viewing angles of the sample. The image manipulation can be with touch gestures entered using a sterilizable or disposable touch pen. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309064 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATION OF SHADOW EFFECTS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS - Methods for generating ground shadow and lighting effects for three-dimensional models include identifying polygon data for a three-dimensional model, generating a convex polygon around a base of the model, generating hard and soft shadow meshes in and around the base of the model, and rendering the model with the shadow meshes with a display device. Methods for generating wall shadows and lighting effects for the three dimensional models further include identifying an orientation and height of a polygon in the model that extends from a ground surface in a virtual environment, and rendering the model with a lighting texture applied to either the full polygon if the polygon height is less than a threshold height or to only a portion of the polygon below the threshold height if the polygon exceeds the threshold height. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309065 | ELIMINATION OF MINIMAL USE THREADS VIA QUAD MERGING - Provided is a method of performing coverage merging in a shading stage of a graphics system. The method includes: performing a draw call on primitives and rasterizing the primitives into blocks of pixels; selecting the draw call for merge testing of individual blocks; performing a depth test on the individual blocks; in response to the depth test being satisfied, merging partially covered fragments of the same draw call of one of the block of pixels to form a merged block of pixels; and performing shading of the merged block of pixels on a draw call basis. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309066 | TEXTURED DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL GENERATION - For textured digital elevation model generation, a method projects swath point projection coordinates of each lidar point of texel swaths into a corresponding texel swath with normalized projection coordinates. Each texel swath includes lidar points, an optical image, and swath output projection point coordinates of the lidar points into the optical image. The method generates a projection matrix including lidar point data for each lidar point of each texel swath. The method calculates enhanced lidar coordinates for each lidar point as a function of minimizing misregistration errors. In addition, the method creates enhanced output pixel coordinates for each image pixel based on the enhanced lidar coordinates for the lidar points and the associated output pixel coordinates. The method generates a textured digital elevation model based on the enhanced output pixel coordinates for each image pixel, and the enhanced lidar coordinates. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309067 | PARTS PROCESSING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A parts processing assistance system includes a three dimensional measurement unit for acquiring a three dimensional measured data about a part, a display unit for displaying the part based on the three dimensional measured data, and a virtual assembly unit for virtually assembling the part displayed by the display unit on the display unit. According to this system, assembly error can be confirmed before an actual assembly work of parts. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309068 | Two-Dimensional Model of Triangular Sectors for Use in Generating a Mesh for Finite Element Analysis - A method and apparatus for analyzing a joint. The apparatus comprises a graph generator and a model generator. The graph generator forms a first graph based on a plurality of points within a region. The plurality of points represent a plurality of locations relative to a structure for a plurality of fastener devices configured to be installed in the structure to form a joint. The graph generator is configured to identify primary points and secondary points based on the first graph. The graph generator is further configured to form a second graph using the primary points, the secondary points, and the first graph. The model generator is configured to generate a two-dimensional model comprised of triangular sectors using vertices of the second graph. The two-dimensional model is configured for use in forming a mesh for use in performing finite element analysis for the joint. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309069 | PLANNING, NAVIGATION AND SIMULATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE THERAPY - Disclosed herein are planning, navigation and simulation systems and methods for minimally invasive therapy in which the planning method and system uses patient specific pre-operative images. The planning system allows for multiple paths to be developed from the pre-operative images, and scores the paths depending on desired surgical outcome of the surgery and the navigation systems allow for minimally invasive port based surgical procedures, as well as craniotomies in the particular case of brain surgery. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309070 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERY LARGE-SCALE COMMUNICATION AND ASYNCHRONOUS DOCUMENTATION IN VIRTUAL REALITY AND AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENTS - The invention disclosed herein provides systems and methods for simplifying virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), or virtual augmented reality (VAR) based communication and collaboration through a streamlined user interface framework that enables both synchronous and asynchronous interactions in immersive environments. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309071 | DYNAMIC HAPTIC RETARGETING5 - Dynamic haptic retargeting can be implemented using world warping techniques and body warping techniques. World warping is applied to improve an alignment between a virtual object and a physical object, while body warping is applied to redirect a user's motion to increase a likelihood that a physical hand will reach the physical object at the same time a virtual representation of the hand reaches the virtual object. Threshold values and/or a combination of world warping a body warping can be used to mitigate negative impacts that may be caused by using either technique excessively or independently. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309072 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING MEDIA CONTENTS IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - In one embodiment, a first image of a physical object external to an autonomous vehicle is received, where the first image is captured by an image sensor attached to the autonomous vehicle. An image recognition is performed on the first image to derive one or more keywords related to the physical object. A list of one or more content items are identified based on the one or more keywords. A first content item selected from the list of content items is augmented onto the first image to generate a second image. The second image is displayed on a display device within the autonomous vehicle. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309073 | System and method for enabling synchronous and asynchronous decision making in augmented reality and virtual augmented reality environments enabling guided tours of shared design alternatives - The invention disclosed herein provides systems and methods for simplifying augmented reality or virtual augmented reality based communication collaboration, and decision making through a streamlined user interface framework that enables both synchronous and asynchronous interactions in immersive environments. | 2017-10-26 |
20170309074 | AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE HAVING HOLOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS - An automatic vending machine having holographic products comprises: a user interface unit; a display unit comprising one or multiple displays; an image display processing unit for processing to display, on the display unit, a thematic image including a plurality of image objects and one or more three-dimensional product image objects included within the thematic image; and a sale processing unit for processing the sale of an actual product corresponding to the three-dimensional product image object selected for purchase by means of the user interface, wherein the image display processing unit rotates the three-dimensional product image object in accordance with a user input from the user interface unit. | 2017-10-26 |