46th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160335505 | Systems and Methods for Automated 3-Dimensional (3D) Cloud-Based Analytics for Security Surveillance in Operation Areas - Systems and methods for cloud-based surveillance for an operation area are disclosed. At least two input capture devices, at least one safety control device and at least one user device are communicatively connected to a cloud-based analytics platform. The cloud-based analytics platform automatically generates 3-Dimensional (3D) surveillance data based on received 2-Dimensional (2D) video and/or image inputs and perform advanced analytics and activates the at least one safety control device based on analytics data from advanced analytics. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335506 | Systems and Methods for Automated Cloud-Based Analytics and 3-Dimensional (3D) Display for Surveillance Systems - Systems and methods for cloud-computing network with distributed input devices and a cloud-based analytics platform for automatically analyzing received 2-Dimensional (2D) video and/or image inputs for generating 3-Dimensional (3D) surveillance data and providing 3D display for a target surveillance area. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335507 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LANE VEHICLE LOCALIZATION WITH LANE MARKING DETECTION AND LIKELIHOOD SCORING - A computer-implemented method and a system for vehicle localization. The method includes identifying expected lane lines based on a lane level map and a position of a vehicle and identifying observed lane lines based on images captured by an imaging device of the vehicle and the position of the vehicle. The method includes matching the expected lane lines to the observed lane lines and determining a likelihood score based on the matching. The method includes determining a best vehicle pose based on the likelihood score. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335508 | VEHICLE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention describes a vehicle detection system and method for detecting one or more vehicles in a dynamic varying region of interest, ROI. The system comprises a scene recognition module ( | 2016-11-17 |
20160335509 | Entity Recognition System - A first terminal accompanying a subject moving entity transmits a first time-sequential data string, which represents a history of a first state quantity varying depending on a behavior of the subject moving entity, to a second terminal wirelessly. The second terminal stores a second time-sequential data string representing a history of a second state quantity of a moving entity detected by a moving entity detector in association with the moving entity detected. The received first time-sequential data string and the stored second time-sequential data string are referred to so as to identify the association between (i) the first terminal, which is equivalent to a transmission source of the first time-sequential data string, and (ii) an identified moving entity that is identified from the detected moving entity, to determine that the identified moving entity is associated with the first terminal. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335510 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH STRUCTURE AND MOTION ESTIMATION - A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera disposed at the vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. A control has an image processor that is operable, via image processing of frames of image data captured by the camera, to detect an object present in the field of view of the camera. When the vehicle is moving, the control, responsive at least in part to vehicle motion information and image processing of frames of captured image data, determines motion of the detected object relative to the moving vehicle. The control determines the relative motion of the detected object by (i) determining corresponding object points in at least two frames of captured image data, (ii) estimating object motion trajectory of the detected object responsive to the determination of corresponding object points and (iii) determining the structure of the detected object along the estimated object motion trajectory. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335511 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING A USER BASED ON CAPTURED IMAGE DATA - Systems and methods are provided for authenticating a user of a computing device. The system comprises one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to provide, to a computing device associated with a user, an indication of a prescribed authentication parameter. The system also receives image data including an image of the user of the computing device captured using an image sensor of the computing device. The system determines an identity of the user based on an analysis of the received image data, determines whether the received image data includes a feature corresponding to the prescribed authentication parameter, and authenticates the user based at least in part on whether the received image data includes the feature corresponding to the prescribed authentication parameter. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335512 | DEVICES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BIOMETRIC USER RECOGNITION UTILIZING NEURAL NETWORKS - A user identification system includes an image recognition network to analyze image data and generate shape data based on the image data. The system also includes a generalist network to analyze the shape data and generate general category data based on the shape data. The system further includes a specialist network to compare the general category data with a characteristic to generate narrow category data. Moreover, the system includes a classifier layer including a plurality of nodes to represent a classification decision based on the narrow category data. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335513 | MANAGED NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - A managed notification system compares image(s) and/or indicia relating to the image(s) and where there is a match selectively provides a notification of the same. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335514 | Mapping of Blood Vessels for Biometric Authentication - Improved thermoacoustic imaging is provided by ensuring directional uniformity of the microwave excitation provided to the target being imaged. This directional uniformity can be quantified in terms of the eccentricity e of the polarization ellipse of the microwave excitation. We have e≦0.87, preferably e≦0.71, and more preferably e≦0.32. Optical excitation can be provided in addition to the microwave excitation. Excitation can be performed at multiple optical wavelengths and/or microwave frequencies to improve depth uniformity. In addition, the employment of excitation cells with optimized spacing and geometry provides the uniformity in another two degrees of freedom. One potential application is to detect blood vessel in user's finger for biometric authentication. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335515 | LIVENESS DETECTION - An image of a portion of a person's body is accessed, the image having been captured by an image capture device. Using the image, measurements of characteristics in the image are obtained, the characteristics in the image having been selected based on a statistical analysis of characteristics (i) in a plurality of first images taken directly of a person and (ii) in a plurality of second images taken of an image of a person. Based on a liveness function, a score for the image is determined using the obtained measurements of the characteristics in the image. A threshold value is accessed. The score of the image is compared to the accessed threshold value. Based on the comparison of the score of the image to the accessed threshold value, the image is determined to be have been taken by the image capture device imaging the portion of the person's body. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335516 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING A FEATURE-REFLECTED IMAGE AND FOR CHANGING A DEGREE OF REFLECTION OF A FEATURE IN THE FEATURE-REFLECTED IMAGE - Provided is an image processing apparatus including an acquisition section that acquires an object image which is an editing object, a feature quantity acquisition section that acquires a feature quantity of a reference image which is referred to when the object image is edited, a feature-reflected image generation section that reflects a feature of the reference image on the object image by using the feature quantity acquired by the feature quantity acquisition section, and generates a feature-reflected image which is the object image on which the feature is reflected, and a reflection degree changing section that changes a degree of reflection of the feature in the feature-reflected image by using an adjustment value which is input by a user. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335517 | LINE SEGMENT AND ARC DETECTION APPARATUS - An apparatus and method to detect a line segment or arc using Hough transform. A Hough transform unit performs contour extraction on brightness image data to generate contour image data, with pixels having a pixel value of 0 to 255, performs the Hough transform on points in the contour image data, and counts additional values represented by pixel values of points in the contour image data in a Hough table. The Hough transform unit performs contour extraction on first to third component data to generate first to third contour data with pixels having a pixel value of 0 to 255, performs the Hough transform on points in the first to third contour data, and counts additional values represented by pixel values of points in the first to third contour data in the Hough table. The detection unit comprehensively evaluates the counts to detect a line segment or arc. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335518 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR USE WHEN REASSEMBLING A FRAGMENTED JPEG IMAGE - The present invention concerns the recovery of fragmented files. In particular, the present invention concerns finding fragmentation points and continuation points of a fragmented JPEG image for purposes of reassembling the JPEG image. The continuation points are found by using a JPEG thumbnail image corresponding to the JPEG image to be reassembled. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335519 | KEYPOINT DETECTION WITH TRACKABILITY MEASUREMENTS - Disclosed embodiments facilitate keypoint selection in part by assigning a similarity score to each candidate keypoint being considered for selection. The similarity score may be based on the maximum measured similarity of an image patch associated with a keypoint in relation to an image patch in a local image section in a region around the image patch. A subset of the candidate keypoints with the lowest similarity scores may be selected and used to detect and/or track objects in subsequent images and/or to determine camera pose. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335520 | DATABASE FOR DETECTING COUNTERFEIT ITEMS USING DIGITAL FINGERPRINT RECORDS - Improvements are disclosed for detecting counterfeit objects, based on comparison to digital fingerprints that describe features found in images of objects known to be counterfeit. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335521 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING, UPDATING CLASSIFIER, DETECTING OBJECTS AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - The present invention relates to method and apparatus for generating, updating classifier, detecting objects, and image processing device. A method for generating a multi-class classifier, comprising the following steps: generating at least one one-class background classifier by using a one-class object classifier and background image regions obtained from a sequence of images; and assembling the one-class object classifier and the at least one one-class background classifier into a multi-class classifier. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335522 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL RECOGNITION - A method for visual recognition of an object in an electronic image includes extracting unique points of an object to be learned and/or a target object. The unique points are obtained by cross-correlating the image with a structure. Generally, the structure and/or the size of the structure may vary to detect extremum information associated with the learned object and/or target object. An icon corresponding to each of the unique points is extracted. The size of the icon corresponds to the scale of the unique point. After extraction of the various icons, an object becomes a collection of icons. Each of these icons is un-rotated and normalized or resized to a constant size so it can be compared with other icons. One of the unique properties of these icons is their stability over scale and angle. Thus, this invention allows the recognition of an image(s) or object(s) from large number of trained images or objects very quickly. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335523 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING INCORRECT ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN KEYPOINTS OF A FIRST IMAGE AND KEYPOINTS OF A SECOND IMAGE - The invention relates to a method ( | 2016-11-17 |
20160335524 | IDENTIFICATION OF UNCOMMON OBJECTS IN CONTAINERS - A system for identifying in an image an object that is commonly found in a collection of images and for identifying a portion of an image that represents an object based on a consensus analysis of segmentations of the image. The system collects images of containers that contain objects for generating a collection of common objects within the containers. To process the images, the system generates a segmentation of each image. The image analysis system may also generate multiple segmentations for each image by introducing variations in the selection of voxels to be merged into a segment. The system then generates clusters of the segments based on similarity among the segments. Each cluster represents a common object found in the containers. Once the clustering is complete, the system may be used to identify common objects in images of new containers based on similarity between segments of images and the clusters. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335525 | MARKER GENERATING AND MARKER DETECTING SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM - [PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED] It is an object to provide a marker and a marker generating and detecting technology that can automatically design a diagrammatic marker that is not similar to any patterns to appear during the reproduction of background video images. [MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS] A marker generating system is characterized in having a special feature extracting means that extracts a portion, as a special feature, including a distinctive pattern in a video image not including a marker; a unique special feature selecting means that, based on the extracted special feature, selects a special feature of an image, as a unique special feature, that does not appear on the video image; and a marker generating means that generates a marker based on the unique special feature. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335526 | Paper Classification Based on Three-Dimensional Characteristics - Examples disclosed herein relate to classifying paper based on three-dimensional characteristics of the paper. For example, a representation of the three-dimensional characteristics of the paper may be created, and statistical summary information related to the three-dimensional characteristics of the paper may be determined based on the representation. The paper may be classified based on the statistical summary information. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335527 | RECORDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device includes a recording unit that performs a recording operation, a first storage unit that stores a first template associated with a recording form, a second storage unit that store a second template corresponding to the first template, and a recording control unit that takes the second template corresponding to the designated first template from the second storage unit and gets the recording unit to perform the recording operation by using the second template when a recording instruction containing data designating the first template is input. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335528 | DOT PATTERN - To realize a dot pattern which can be read even by a frame buffer of which algorithm for search is simple and of which resolution is low without sacrificing an information dot for defining a direction of a block. There is provided a dot pattern, wherein a plurality of reference points is provided in an area of a block having a predetermined information dot arranged thereon; a plurality of virtual reference points to be defined is arranged from the reference points (for example, a central point of a grid area); an information dot is arranged, of which information is defined by a distance and a direction from the virtual reference point; and at least the information dot at the predetermined position is made into a direction dot showing the direction of the block by a direction from the virtual reference point. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335529 | CARDS AND DEVICES WITH MULTIFUNCTION MAGNETIC EMULATORS AND METHODS FOR USING SAME - A payment card (e.g., credit and/or debit card) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable of communicating information to a magnetic stripe reader. Information used in validating a financial transaction is encrypted based on time such that a validating server requires receipt of the appropriate encrypted information for a period of time to validate a transaction for that period of time. Such dynamic information may be communicated using such an emulator such that a card may be swiped through a magnetic stripe reader—yet communicate different information based on time. An emulator may receive information as well as communicate information to a variety of receivers (e.g., an RFID receiver). | 2016-11-17 |
20160335530 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING SENSITIVE INFORMATION STORED ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and device for protecting sensitive information stored on a mobile device capable of wireless communication is described. The protection is provided by permitting wireless transmission of the sensitive information only if data received from an optical sensor or a magnetic sensor satisfies a predetermined requirement. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335531 | DYNAMIC SECURITY CODES, TOKENS, DISPLAYS, CARDS, DEVICES, MULTI-CARD DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A dynamic code of a transaction device may be validated by a remote processor by comparing the dynamic code to a verification code generated using a timestamp and identification data received from the transaction device. A static code may replace the dynamic code for authorization processing. A remote verification processor may synchronize to the transaction device using the timestamp. A token may be associated to each communication interface of a multi-card transaction device. A display may be directly connected to driver circuit on a display board of a transaction card. A radio IC chip may be included in a powered card. A multi-card device may toggle a plurality of display screens to display transaction data. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335532 | VIRTUAL ASSISTANT IN A COMMUNICATION SESSION - Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for utilizing a virtual assistant as part of a communication session. One or more of the participant users can select to utilize a virtual assistant to assist the participant users with tasks during the communication session. A user can use a communication application to enter a message directed to the virtual assistant. The virtual assistant can analyze the entered message and determine that the message was directed to the virtual assistant rather than to the other participants of the communication session. As a result, the message will not be transmitted to the other participants of the communication session and the virtual assistant will assist the user with the identified task. A virtual assistant can assist a user with a variety of different tasks. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335533 | System and Method for an Autonomous Entity - According to an embodiment, a processing network is configured to access a reputation system, provide a first user interface, provide a second user interface, receive a request from a user through the second user interface, retrieve user information from the reputation system, assign a plurality of human intelligence tasks based on the request, receive a plurality of results from the plurality of human intelligence tasks, confirm an identity and a status of the user based on the user information and the plurality of results, execute the request based on confirming the identity and the status of the user, and store evidence of execution of the request as an immutable data entry in a permanent database. The first user interface includes information from the reputation system, and the plurality of human intelligence tasks are assigned to a plurality of participants through the first user interface. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335534 | NEURAL SENSOR HUB SYSTEM - Systems and methods for a sensor hub system that accurately and efficiently performs sensory analysis across a broad range of users and sensors and is capable of recognizing a broad set of sensor-based events of interest using flexible and modifiable neural networks are disclosed. The disclosed solution consumes orders of magnitude less power than typical application processors. In one embodiment, a scalable sensor hub system for detecting sensory events of interest comprises a neural network and one or more sensors. The neural network comprises one or more dedicated low-power processors and memory storing one or more neural network programs for execution by the one or more processors. The output of the one or more sensors is converted into a spike signal, and the neural network takes the spike signal as input and determines whether a sensory event of interest has occurred. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335535 | IMPLEMENTING A NEURAL NETWORK ALGORITHM ON A NEUROSYNAPTIC SUBSTRATE BASED ON CRITERIA RELATED TO THE NEUROSYNAPTIC SUBSTRATE - One embodiment of the invention provides a system for mapping a neural network onto a neurosynaptic substrate. The system comprises a reordering unit for reordering at least one dimension of an adjacency matrix representation of the neural network. The system further comprises a mapping unit for selecting a mapping method suitable for mapping at least one portion of the matrix representation onto the substrate, and mapping the at least one portion of the matrix representation onto the substrate utilizing the mapping method selected. The system further comprises a refinement unit for receiving user input regarding at least one criterion relating to accuracy or resource utilization of the substrate. The system further comprises an evaluating unit for evaluating each mapped portion against each criterion. Each mapped portion that fails to satisfy a criterion may be remapped to allow trades offs between accuracy and resource utilization of the substrate. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335536 | HIERARCHICAL NEURAL NETWORK APPARATUS, CLASSIFIER LEARNING METHOD AND DISCRIMINATING METHOD - Generating loosely coupled parts by forming couplings between partial nodes in a hierarchical neural network in accordance with a check matrix of an error correcting code. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335537 | NEURAL NETWORKING SYSTEM AND METHODS - A method/apparatus/system for generating a request for improvement of a data object in a neural network is described herein. The neural network contains a plurality of data objects each made of an aggregation of content. The data objects of the neural network are interconnected based on one or several skill levels embodied in the content of the data objects via a plurality of connecting vectors. These connecting vectors can be generated and/or modified based on data collected from the iterative transversal of the connecting vectors by one or several users of the neural network. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335538 | NEURAL NETWORKING SYSTEM AND METHODS - A method/apparatus/system for generating a request for improvement of a data object in a neural network is described herein. The neural network contains a plurality of data objects each made of an aggregation of content. The data objects of the neural network are interconnected based on one or several skill levels embodied in the content of the data objects via a plurality of connecting vectors. These connecting vectors can be generated and/or modified based on data collected from the iterative transversal of the connecting vectors by one or several users of the neural network. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335539 | NEURAL NETWORKING SYSTEM AND METHODS - A method/apparatus/system for generating a request for improvement of a data object in a neural network is described herein. The neural network contains a plurality of data objects each made of an aggregation of content. The data objects of the neural network are interconnected based on one or several skill levels embodied in the content of the data objects via a plurality of connecting vectors. These connecting vectors can be generated and/or modified based on data collected from the iterative transversal of the connecting vectors by one or several users of the neural network. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335540 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDRESSING OVERFITTING IN A NEURAL NETWORK - A system for training a neural network. A switch is linked to feature detectors in at least some of the layers of the neural network. For each training case, the switch randomly selectively disables each of the feature detectors in accordance with a preconfigured probability. The weights from each training case are then normalized for applying the neural network to test data. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335541 | NEURAL NETWORKING SYSTEM AND METHODS - A method/apparatus/system for generating a request for improvement of a data object in a neural network is described herein. The neural network contains a plurality of data objects each made of an aggregation of content. The data objects of the neural network are interconnected based on one or several skill levels embodied in the content of the data objects via a plurality of connecting vectors. These connecting vectors can be generated and/or modified based on data collected from the iterative transversal of the connecting vectors by one or several users of the neural network. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335542 | Method And Apparatus To Perform Native Distributed Analytics Using Metadata Encoded Decision Engine In Real Time - A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing distributed analytics using a metadata encoded decision engine. More specifically, the operation of performing distributed analytics combines metadata encoding of input expectations for models with a multi-tier decision engine. In certain embodiments, the multi-tier decision engine provides arbitrary responses to input failures, including data dropping, routing to additional models, signaling, data conditioning, and even updating of the model parameters themselves. The combination of the processing model, the data input validation, and the decision engine improves the operation of a distributed data processing environment which is focused on predictive and reactive analysis of edge processing data. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335543 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL CANNABINOID TREATMENT AND PRODUCT SELECTION - This invention provides a computer method and system for interactive administration of medical cannabinoid treatments. The invention also provides information on cannabinoid product availability and geographical information. Medical professionals, cannabis growers, cannabis manufacturers, and other stakeholders can use this computer method and system to study trends, efficacy, and other information pertinent to the medical cannabis market. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335544 | Method and Apparatus for Generating a Knowledge Data Model - A method for generating a knowledge data model is provided. The method includes providing at least one initial set of semantic type entities of a specific semantic type. The initial set of semantic type entities is expanded using available mappings between entities of the initial set and entities of unspecified type to generate an extended set of semantic type entities. Entities of a same semantic type are clustered within the extended set of semantic type entities. The method maps semantic relations between entities of different semantic type to relations between corresponding clusters containing the entities to generate the knowledge data model. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335545 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes: a network information acquisition unit that acquires network information which includes target nodes and adjacent nodes; a classification ratio calculation unit that calculates a classification ratio, in which the target nodes are respectively classified as a plurality of communities corresponding to a predetermined number in the network information, so as to have correlation according to given resolutions with a classification ratio in which the adjacent nodes are respectively classified as the plurality of communities; a first type community generation unit that generates one or more first type communities; a classification ratio updating unit that updates the classification ratio relevant to the target nodes so as to have correlation with the classification ratio in which the adjacent nodes are respectively classified as the plurality of communities; and a second type community generation unit that generates one or more second type communities. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335546 | SELF-PIPELINING WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The specification relates to a self-pipelining workflow management system. The system can receive a request to run a bioinformatics analysis and automatically create a workflow by accessing a knowledge structure. The knowledge structure can include a plurality of predicates describing computational relationships between at least one bioinformatics data file and at least two bioinformatics programs. The workflow contains a dynamic set of predicates specific to the request based upon initial input data, general request parameters and the knowledge structure. The workflow is initiated based on a first predicate of the dynamic set of predicates and after a new unprocessed input data is obtained, the dynamic set of predicates is updated. The workflow continues until no more predicates can be associated with the unprocessed input data or no more unprocessed data can be obtained. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335547 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes a processor configured to: acquire information of first status that represents a state of a first detection target; specify state transition in which the first status is changed based on the acquired information of the first status; acquire information of second status that represents a state of a second detection target; specify state transition in which the second status is changed based on the acquired information of the second status; specify a time point earlier than a first time point at which the state transition of the second status is specified as a second time point at which the state transition of the second status occurs; determine whether a combination of the second status and the first status at least at the second time point satisfies a predetermined condition; and perform predetermined processing according to a determination result indicating the condition is satisfied. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335548 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING FAULT OCCURRENCE IN MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS - A method for predicting fault occurrence in a mechanical system and an electrical system. The method comprises: receiving a first dataset of mechanical system condition data, the first dataset being imbalanced by having more data points in a first category than in a second category; generating a plurality of chromosomes from the second category data points in the first dataset; the plurality of chromosomes including information to enable the creation of new datasets; generating a second dataset using the plurality of chromosomes and an evolutionary algorithm, the second dataset being less imbalanced than the first dataset; and predicting fault occurrence in the mechanical system using the second dataset and a machine learning algorithm. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335549 | KNOWLEDGE PROCESS MODELING AND AUTOMATION - A method for automating knowledge-based processes and operations includes a computer receiving an information dataset comprising knowledge and organizing the information dataset into a plurality of information elements. The computer maps the plurality of information elements into knowledge processes expressed in a knowledge process modeling language. Then, the computer converts the knowledge processes into a knowledge process executable language. Alternatively (or additionally), the computer translates the knowledge processes in a business process model language and converts the translated knowledge processes into a business process executable language. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335550 | SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR PREDICTIVE DATA ANALYTICS - Systems and techniques for predictive data analytics are described. In a method for selecting a predictive model for a prediction problem, the suitabilities of predictive modeling procedures for the prediction problem may be determined based on characteristics of the prediction problem and/or on attributes of the respective modeling procedures. A subset of the predictive modeling procedures may be selected based on the determined suitabilities of the selected modeling procedures for the prediction problem. A resource allocation schedule allocating computational resources for execution of the selected modeling procedures may be generated, based on the determined suitabilities of the selected modeling procedures for the prediction problem. Results of the execution of the selected modeling procedures in accordance with the resource allocation schedule may be obtained. A predictive model for the prediction problem may be selected based on those results. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335551 | OPTIMIZATION OF FRAUD DETECTION STRATEGIES - A computer-implemented fraud detection system comprises a processor and memory storing computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to perform a method for determining potentially fraudulent records. The method performed by the computer comprises executing a trial fraud detection strategy routine on historic records in a database, the trial detection strategy comprising multiple rules including at least one weighting factor. The method further includes calculating an efficiency of the trial fraud detection strategy based on the multiple rules and executing an iterative routine to optimize adjusting the at least one weighting factor. An adjusted fraud detection strategy that incorporates the adjusted weighting factor is set. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335552 | METHOD AND SYTEM FOR CROWD DETECTION IN AN AREA - A method for crowd detection in an area includes determining moving patterns of persons in the area and the number of persons within and/or moving from and/or to the area over a certain time period to obtain model training data sets; assigning each model training data set to represent one of one or more predefined crowd levels in the area; generating a crowd detection model based on the model training data sets; and estimating an actual crowd level for the area using the generated crowd detection model with actual data of moving profiles and/or the actual number of persons within and/or moving from and/or to the area over a certain time period. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335553 | Accoustic Context Recognition using Local Binary Pattern Method and Apparatus - Various exemplary aspects are directed to acoustic context recognition apparatuses and methods involving isolating and identifying context(s) of an acoustic environment. In one exemplary embodiment, source audio is converted into audio spectrograms, each spectrogram indicative of a period of time. The series of spectrograms are analyzed to identify audio patterns, over a period of time, which are indicative of an environmental context of the source audio. In many embodiments of the present disclosure, acoustic context recognition also includes comparing the identified audio patterns to known environmental contexts. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335554 | Providing Computable Guidance to Relevant Evidence in Question-Answering Systems - A computer-based system includes a computer-processable definition of a region in a data set. The system identifies a region of the data set based on the definition of the region. The system provides output to a user representing a question and the identified region of the data set. The system may also automatically generate an answer to the question based on the question and the data set, and provide output to the user representing the answer. The system may generate the answer based on a subset of the data set, and provide output to the user representing the subset of the data set. The user may provide feedback on the first answer to the system, which the system may use to improve subsequent answers to the same and other questions, and to disable the system's automatic question-answering function in response to disagreement between the user and the system. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335555 | MAKING A PREDICTION REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF A SOFTWARE PRODUCT - An automated method of making a prediction regarding development of a software product includes receiving code changes information, build information, and failure information related to the software product. Entries are stored in a database, wherein each entry links a subset of the code changes information with a subset of the build information and with a subset of the failure information. A first matrix and a second matrix are generated using the entries in the database. Multi-target entropy calculations are performed based on the first matrix and the second matrix. The prediction regarding the development of the software product is performed based on the multi-target entropy calculations. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335556 | PREDICTION DEVICE, TERMINAL, PREDICTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A prediction device according to an embodiment includes an acquiring unit and a predicting unit. The acquiring unit acquires usage states of a plurality of terminals used by a user. The predicting unit predicts a context of the user on the basis of the usage states of the respective terminals acquired by the acquiring unit. For example, the acquiring unit acquires discrete data indicating the usage state of each of the terminals, and the predicting unit predicts the context of the user on the basis of a combination of pieces of discrete data acquired from the respective terminals. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335557 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a behavior recognition mode setting unit configured to set a behavior recognition mode on a basis of wearing position information of a setting target device; a behavior recognition unit configured to recognize user's behavior on a basis of the set behavior recognition mode and a detection value of a sensor corresponding to the setting target device; and a process control unit configured to control execution of a process corresponding to the recognized user's behavior. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335558 | QUANTUM PROCESSOR WITH INSTANCE PROGRAMMABLE QUBIT CONNECTIVITY - In a quantum processor some couplers couple a given qubit to a nearest neighbor qubit (e.g., vertically and horizontally in an ordered 2D array), other couplers couple to next-nearest neighbor qubits (e.g., diagonally in the ordered 2D array). Couplers may include half-couplers, to selectively provide communicative coupling between a given qubit and other qubits, which may or may not be nearest or even next-nearest-neighbors. Tunable couplers selective mediate communicative coupling. A control system may impose a connectivity on a quantum processor, different than an “as designed” or “as manufactured” physical connectivity. Imposition may be via a digital processor processing a working or updated working graph, to map or embed a problem graph. A set of exclude qubits may be created from a comparison of hardware and working graphs. An annealing schedule may adjust a respective normalized inductance of one or more qubits, for instance to exclude certain qubits. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335559 | ULTRA LOW NOISE MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR CRYOGENIC SUPERCONDUCTORS AND QUANTUM BITS - Materials, devices, methods of use and fabrication thereof are disclosed. The materials are particularly well suited for application in superconducting devices and quantum computing, due to ability to avoid undesirable effects from inherent noise and decoherence. The materials are formed from select isotopes having zero nuclear spin into a single crystal-phase film or layer of thickness depending on the desired application of the resulting device. The film/layer may be suspended or disposed on a substrate. The isotopes may be enriched from naturally-occurring sources of isotopically mixed elemental material(s). The single crystal is preferably devoid of structural defects such as grain boundaries, inclusions, impurities and lattice vacancies. Device configurations may be formed from the layer according to a predetermined pattern using lithographic and/or milling techniques. An optional protective layer may be deposited on some or all of the device to avoid formation of oxides and/or patinas on surfaces of the device. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335560 | CONSTRUCTING AND PROGRAMMING QUANTUM HARDWARE FOR ROBUST QUANTUM ANNEALING PROCESSES - Among other things, an apparatus comprises quantum units; and couplers among the quantum units. Each coupler is configured to couple a pair of quantum units according to a quantum Hamiltonian characterization of the quantum by the coupler. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335561 | PARALLEL HYPOTHESIS FORMATION FOR MULTIPLE HYPOTHESES TRACKING - In an embodiment, a method finds an optimal set within collected data objects, each having a score and a list of incompatible objects. The method can include initializing a plurality of sets. Each set has compatible data objects. The method further includes raising the score of the plurality of sets by repeatedly adding compatible subsets of data objects to the plurality of sets. The plurality of sets have a higher score after adding the compatible subsets. The compatible subsets are created by (a) at each of multiple processors, generating a list of subsets of the collected data objects by loading the list of sets from a memory and testing data objects of the subsets for compatibility for each set, and (b) calculating a score for each subset in the list, each processor calculating the score for a particular subset in the generated list in parallel. The method further includes selecting a group of subsets having a highest score. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335562 | Likelihood of Success of a Remote Document Service - Examples disclosed herein relate to a likelihood of success of a remote document service. For example, a processor may determine to transmit information about a remote document service to a device based on a likelihood of success associated with the ability of the device to perform the remote document service. The likelihood of success may be based on the performance history of the device and a factor associated with performance history and likelihood of success | 2016-11-17 |
20160335563 | Method and apparatus for reselling room reservations - A computer-implemented subsystem that requires an inventive special-purpose software apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises software subsystems that facilitate reselling hotel rooms or properties that have been leased, but the leaser is no longer able to make the agreed lease date and times and would like to resell their existing lease to a new leaser. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335564 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING AND PROCESSING ELECTRONIC TICKETS VIA ELECTRONIC PLATFORM - A system comprises under one embodiment one or more applications running on at least one processor of at least one remote server, an attendant application running on at least one processor of an attendant device and a user application running on a processor of a mobile device. The system includes the one or more applications generating an event and an electronic ticket associated with the event. The system includes the one or more applications pushing the electronic ticket to the mobile device. The system includes the mobile device approaching the attendant device in proximity to an event and communicating the electronic ticket to the attendant device. The system includes the attendant device validating and canceling the ticket. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335565 | IN-EVENT SEAT EXCHANGE - A method for a (peer to peer) in-event ticket exchange that occurs inside the ticked event venue after the original ticket holders have gained entry to the venue is provided. The method comprises reselling or exchanging event tickets on a tertiary market within the event venue after the tickets are used to gain admission to the event but while the tickets still retain a valid right to a seating/viewing location where an electronically accessible database connects first ticket owner to second ticket owner at the event who wish to upgrade their seating/viewing location. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335566 | System, Method and Apparatus For Detecting Absent Airline Itineraries - A system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium to detect absent airline itineraries. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335567 | METHOD FOR RESCHEDULING FLIGHTS AFFECTED BY A DISRUPTION AND AN AIRLINE OPERATIONS CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROLLER - An airline operations system, controller and method reschedules flights affected by a disruption that precludes a planned schedule for the flights. The method includes obtaining data related to a scheduled origination and a scheduled destination for each of a set of passengers scheduled on the flights, generating a passenger connection network of connections between the scheduled origination and the scheduled destination for a subset of the set of passengers, applying at least one criterion to the passenger connection network and rescheduling at least one connecting flight based on the criteria. The system and controller solves a network flow problem to reschedule a subset of connecting flights to have a delayed projected departure time. Resulting output can include the set of delayed flights along with modified projected departure times, a set of flight cancellations and a set of passengers with missed connections. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335568 | Parallel Processing for Solution Space Partitions - Systems, devices, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for utilizing group theoretic techniques to enable data exchange between a supervisory central processing unit (CPU) and a group of graphical processing units (GPUs). The CPU may be configured to utilize a tabu search metaheuristic to explore a solution space to determine an optimal solution to an optimization problem. More specifically, the CPU may determine a fragmentation of a solution space that yields multiple partitions of the solution space and may assign each partition to a respective GPU configured to calculate a computational result. The CPU may then determine a new fragmentation of the solution space based on the computational results received from the GPUs that yields new partitions of the solution space and may assign each new partition to a respective GPU configured to again generate a computational result based on its assigned new partition. The CPU may continue to determine new fragmentations based on the computational results of the GPUs until stopping criteria are satisfied and a timely, high-quality solution to the optimization problem is determined. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335569 | Managing Enterprise Data Movement Using a Heuristic Data Movement Detection Engine - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for managing enterprise data movement using a heuristic data movement detection engine are presented. In some embodiments, a computer system may receive one or more data packets associated with a movement of enterprise data intercepted by a filtering engine. Subsequently, the computer system may evaluate the one or more data packets associated with the movement of enterprise data intercepted by the filtering engine based on at least one predefined data movement pattern. Then, the computer system may detect at least one variation from the at least one predefined data movement pattern based on the evaluating of the one or more data packets associated with the movement of enterprise data intercepted by the filtering engine. Thereafter, the computer system may send at least one alert message based on the detecting of the at least one variation from the at least one predefined data movement pattern. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335570 | PROCESS VALIDATION AND ELECTRONIC SUPERVISION SYSTEM - An integrated platform implementing system-driven process standardization in the sterile compounding, home infusion, and alternate-site infusion pharmacy practice settings is set forth. The system employs portable electronics combinable with clinical databases and desktop computers, if desired, with each step of the compounding process for real-time delivery of a pharmacy's sterile product operations from order capture to delivery of order. Real-time review of the captures is available throught the process and the product's compounding process can be attached to a patient's record. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335571 | WORK SUPPORT METHOD AND WORK SUPPORT SYSTEM - A work support method executed by a work support system, the work support system including a terminal device, a managing device configured to manage the terminal device, and an information processing device including a camera, the work support method includes receiving, by the terminal device, work information indicating a content of work executed; generating identifying information based on the work information; displaying an image of the generated identifying information; capturing, by the information processing device, the image of the identifying information by the camera; and transmitting the captured image of the identifying information to the managing device; obtaining, by the managing device, the work information from the captured image of the identifying information; determining whether the obtained work information matches with work scenario information indicating a content of work executed by the terminal device; and outputting a result of the determining. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335572 | MANAGEMENT OF COMMITMENTS AND REQUESTS EXTRACTED FROM COMMUNICATIONS AND CONTENT - A system that analyses content of electronic communications may automatically detect requests or commitments from the electronic communications. In one example process, a processor may identify a request or a commitment in the content of the electronic message; based, at least in part, on the request or the commitment, determine an informal contract; and execute one or more actions to manage the informal contract, the one or more actions based, at least in part, on the request or the commitment. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335573 | DESCRIBING A PARADIGMATIC MEMBER OF A TASK DIRECTED COMMUNITY IN A COMPLEX HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENT BASED ON NON-LINEAR ATTRIBUTES - A processor marks non-linear attributes of each member of a known cohort by marking fields associated with the non-linear attributes in a database used to store information about members of the known cohort, where the known cohort is a task directed community that has a known agenda, where each of the non-linear attributes is individually unrelated to the known agenda, and where there is no logical nexus between any of the non-linear attributes and a particular person's membership in the known cohort. The processor utilizes marked fields in the database to identify common non-linear attributes that are shared by multiple members of the known cohort, and defines a paradigmatic member of the known cohort. The processor maps and tags the paradigmatic member in the database for future retrieval. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335574 | AUTOMATICALLY CHANGING ERGONOMIC CONDITIONS - For automatic operation of an ergonomic equipment according to dynamic workplace conditions, an activity being performed in a workplace by a person at a first time is determined based on an input from a data processing system. A group is selected corresponding to the activity. An ergonomic policy is modified to form a modified ergonomic policy. The ergonomic policy applies to the activity, and the modification is based on a condition existing in the workplace at the first time of the person performing the activity. Independent of a participation of the person, and when the person is not in compliance with the modified ergonomic policy, an ergonomic control is activated. The ergonomic control causes a change in an ergonomic feature of the ergonomic equipment, the change causing the person to become compliant with the modified ergonomic policy. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335575 | Systems and Methods for Scheduling Work Items - Disclosed herein is a computer implemented scheduling method comprising: accessing project data from computer readable storage media. The project data comprises work item data defining a plurality of work items to be scheduled, and release data defining one or more releases into which one or more of the plurality of work items are to be scheduled. The method comprises processing, using a computer processor, the project data to schedule strictly assigned work items by identifying strictly assigned work items, a strictly assigned work item having a particular release into which the strictly assigned work item needs to be scheduled; and for each strictly assigned work item identified, scheduling the strictly assigned work item into the release specified for that strictly assigned work item. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335576 | LOCATION-BASED PREDICTION OF TRANSPORT SERVICES - A dispatch system is provided to collect and store historical passenger pick-up and drop-off data. The dispatch system can utilize the historical data to construct correlation models that identify spike pairs each comprising a spike in passenger drop-offs and an associated spike in passenger pick-ups at a given location. The spike pairs can be indicative of an event at an event location having a typical duration. The dispatch system can detect a current spike in passenger drop-offs at a respective event location, and predict an associated spike in pick-up requests after a given duration at the event location using the historical data and correlation models. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335577 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STATE MACHINE MANAGEMENT - A case management system is configured to provide one or more case generation and management functions. As configured, the case management system enables a user to define a workflow, the workflow including one or more states, one or more operations which may be performed at the one or more states, and one or more transitions corresponding to the operations and defining a sequence of the states; to generate and configure a state machine; to receive a workflow identifier to assign to the state machine; and through a command received from a client device, to open and manage a case based on the configuration of the state machine. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335578 | PROGRAM FOR CREATING WORK ASSISTANCE DATA - A program for creating data causes a computer to execute the following: a step of generating a converted image, which is a whole-view image the viewpoint of which has been changed, based on a 3D model generated from a plurality of whole-view images including a plurality of work targets, a step of determining the position of a work viewpoint image, which is captured from the line of sight at which work is carried out, based on the degree of similarity obtained by comparing the work viewpoint image and the converted image, and registering, onto the whole-view image, information related to a work target on which work is carried, and a step of retrieving the work viewpoint image corresponding to the registered work target based on the positional relationship of the work viewpoint image to the whole-view image, and associating the retrieved work viewpoint image with the work target. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335579 | BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN SCORING - A method includes receiving scores for individual components of a continuity plan, forming a plan resiliency score from the scores for the individual components, selecting text based on the plan resiliency score and embedding the selected text in a user interface. A system includes a continuity planning tool for entering information about an extent of a business continuity plan and a plan scoring tool for scoring a business continuity plan based on the information entered using the continuity planning tool, the plan scoring tool producing a resiliency score details user interface that includes a resiliency score for the business continuity plan. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335580 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - Provided herein are methodologies, systems, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media for configuring a graphical user interface of an electronic display device for displaying and updating individual performance data. Activity data relating to one or more individuals may be collected and used to compute an impact parameter and performance ranking associated with an individual's employment activities. The impact parameters and performance rankings can be displayed on an electronic device via a GUI, and the impact parameters and performance rankings can be updated in real-time, or close to real-time. Updating the impact parameters and performance rankings in real-time reflects modifications die to activity data indicating a status or completion of one or more activities performed by the individual. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335581 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICE TO RENDER A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE WITH SELECTIVELY OBFUSCATED PORTIONS TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIAL OR PRIVATE INFORMATION - Provided herein are methodologies, systems, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media for configuring a graphical user interface of an electronic display device for selectively displaying or obfuscating individual performance data. Activity data relating to one or more individuals may be collected and used to compute a performance metric associated with the individual's employment activities. In a first mode of operation a GUI of an electronic display device displays a graphical indication of the performance metric. Once identification information is received relating to a specific individual, the GUI may operate according to a second mode of operation, which displays specific information relating to that individual and obfuscates that specific information such that only the individual accessing the GUI can read or decipher the specific information. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335582 | Systems and Methods for Scheduling Work Items - Disclosed herein is a computer implemented scheduling method. The method comprises processing project data to determine one or more team-specific scheduling solutions for work items, each team specific scheduling solution for the work item defining a particular team and one or more iterations of that particular team in which the work item can be completed; identifying from the one or more team-specific scheduling solutions an optimal scheduling solution for the work item, the optimal scheduling solution being selected based at least in part on the number of iterations defined by each of the one or more team-specific scheduling solutions; and scheduling the work item according to the optimal scheduling solution identified for the work item. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335583 | Systems and Methods for Scheduling Work Items - Described herein is a computer implemented method comprising processing, using a computer processor, project data to generate a set of solution candidates for an activity of a work item, selecting a solution candidate from the set of solution candidates, and processing the project data to attempt to identify an assignment of the activity to the selected solution candidate. A solution candidate comprises a subset of resources from a team of resources. Generating the a solution candidate comprises selecting a number of resources for inclusion in the subset of resources, and selecting a given resource for inclusion in a solution candidate subset comprises selecting a sampling method and using the selected sampling method to select a resource from the team of resources. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335584 | CREW PAIRING RELIABILITY ANALYZER - For analyzing pairing reliability is disclosed, an apparatus, a method, and a computer program product are disclosed. The apparatus may include a pairing schedule module that receives a crew pairing and a history module that retrieves historical performance data for at least one connectable leg in the crew pairing. The crew pairing includes two or more connectable legs. The apparatus, in some embodiments, includes a limitation module that identifies one or more operation limitations applicable to the crew pairing and a reliability module that calculates a reliability factor for the crew pairing based on the historical performance data. The reliability factor indicates a probability that the crew pairing will comply with the one or more operation limitations. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335585 | SERVICE PROVIDING SERVER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PRODUCT DELIVERY SERVICE THEREOF - A service providing server, which provides a product delivery service for delivering a product between terminals located at places different from one another, includes a communication unit that communicates with a plurality of terminals. A user information management unit that manages product purchase information and product delivery information received from the plurality of terminals provides the product purchase information received from a buyer terminal to a deliverer terminal and provides the product delivery information received from the deliverer terminal to the buyer terminal. When a terminal corresponding to the product delivery is selected by one of the buyer terminal or the deliverer terminal, a device connection unit connects the terminals to each other for product delivery negotiation. A product delivery information management unit that manages product delivery negotiation information between the buyer terminal and the deliverer terminal between which the product delivery negotiation is completed. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335586 | DISPLAY SPACE OPTIMIZATION - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with assortment and display space optimization are described. In one embodiment, a method creates an optimal planogram. The example method includes receiving data describing i) a set of items described by item dimensions, ii) display space dimensions; iii) business rules, and iv) a key performance indicator. A set of possible shelf positions is identified for each item. An expected sales volume is calculated for each item and shelf position pair based, at least in part, on a selected demand model. The method includes providing i) the expected sales volume for the item and shelf position pairs, ii) a set of constraints that embody the business rules, and iii) an objective function to an optimization problem solver that computes a solution. Based on the solution, a planogram is output that specifies the assortment of items and respective optimal shelf positions of the items. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335587 | REMAINS CONTAINER MANAGEMENT - A computer-implemented method for managing an inventory of remains containers, such as caskets, is provided. The method includes registering, by one or more computing devices, an electronic tag configured to he attached to a remains container and receiving, by one or more computing devices, status information from the electronic tag once the electronic tag is attached to the remains container. The status information may include a location of the electronic tag and the remains container to which it is attached. The method also includes determining, by one or more computing devices, a status of the remains container based at least in part on the received status information from the electronic tag or a cessation of received status information from the electronic tag. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335588 | DISH RECOMMENDATION FROM PERSONAL FOOD INVENTORY - A personal food inventory system (PFIS) allows for storage of food items in a personal inventory associated with a user account, as well as tracking of food items consumed by the user account. The PFIS is linked to an application for communicating between an account user and the PFIS items that are received into the personal inventory and items consumed or otherwise removed from the personal inventory. The PFIS is linked to one or more preferred vendors for easy entry of items into the personal inventory. The PFIS also provides recommendation of dishes the account user can prepare based on the personal food inventory and/or a vendor inventory associated with the preferred vendor. The PFIS further provides user notifications for items nearing their expiry date. The PFIS also provides notification to the account user regarding usage of the personal food inventory system by tracking consumption. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335589 | FOOD FRESHNESS NOTIFICATION FROM PERSONAL FOOD INVENTORY - A personal food inventory system (PFIS) allows for storage of food items in a personal inventory associated with a user account, as well as tracking of food items consumed by the user account. The PFIS is linked to an application for communicating between an account user and the PFIS items that are received into the personal inventory and items consumed or otherwise removed from the personal inventory. The PFIS is linked to one or more preferred vendors for easy entry of items into the personal inventory. The PFIS also provides recommendation of dishes the account user can prepare based on the personal food inventory and/or a vendor inventory associated with the preferred vendor. The PFIS further provides user notifications for items nearing their expiry date. The PFIS also provides notification to the account user regarding usage of the personal food inventory system by tracking consumption. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335590 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLANOGRAM COMPLIANCE CHECK BASED ON VISUAL ANALYSIS - A method and system is provided for planogram compliance check based on visual analysis. The present method and system comprises acquiring a product shelf image, identifying a region of interest (ROI) from the at least one product shelf image, extracting a perspective distortion rectification of the identified ROI to generate a rectified shelf image, applying Hausdroff distance based image map for occupancy estimation in shelf images extracting one or more rows from the rectified shelf image wherein the rectified shelf image comprises a plurality of horizontal row partitions, and deriving a product count and placement information for each of the extracted one or more rows based on the extracted rows and the occupancy estimation. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335591 | Three-Dimensional Indexing Protocol - The disclosure includes a system and method for indexing synthetically modified images of a high quality image. An image recognition application receives images of a product, crops background regions from the images, scales the image based on a minimum value among width and height of the image and generates multiple image sizes, blurs the images, brightens the image and indexes the images as being associated with the product. The images can be of box-shaped packages that include four or six images or cylindrical packages that include, for example, eight images of the packages. The images can be indexed in a k-dimensional tree for faster retrieval. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335592 | MODULAR DATA LOGGING SYSTEM WITH COMBINED DATA LOGS - A method and system for data logging includes a parent data logger to log a parameter of interest in a parent log for a primary period, a plurality of child data loggers to log the parameter of interest in a respective plurality of child logs for a respective plurality of secondary periods, a controller to generate a plurality of combined logs, wherein each combined log is generated by combining the parent log with a respective child log of the plurality of child logs. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335593 | CARRIER AND SHIPPER INTERFACING AND SHIPMENT TRACKING FRAMEWORK FOR EFFICIENT SCHEDULING AND TRANSPORTATION OF CARGO, WITH SECURITY MONITORING AND EFFICIENT PAYMENT TO CARRIERS - A method, system, and computer program product provides efficient matching of shipments with carriers and real time online tracking of shipments. The method includes receiving a carrier input that includes a desired end destination of an equipment of the carrier, and a processor locating at least one available shipment having one of (i) a shipment pick-up point within a pre-established, shipment pick-up zone and (ii) a shipment delivery point within an acceptable shipment drop-off zone of the desired end destination. The processor dynamically determines and maps an optimal route and generates and displays an available shipment (AV) user interface (UI), with a complete route for the equipment from a desired starting point to the desired end destination. The processor then calculates and provides, via the AV UI, an opportunity cost of the shipment, based in part on a total number of empty miles associated with the route. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335594 | System and Method for Detecting and Reporting Presence of Item in Receiving Box - A receiving box receives items for later retrieval by an enterprise. Upon an amount of received items being detected within the receiving box, a report is sent to the enterprise. A detector detects an amount of the received items in the receiving box and outputs a corresponding signal. A controller receives the signal and determines based thereon whether a triggering event has occurred. The triggering event represents that the receiving box has an amount of received items therein such that a person or service should be dispatched from the enterprise to the receiving box to empty same. A reporter is employed by the controller to report the triggering event as a message to the enterprise upon the controller determining that the triggering event has occurred. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335595 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A STORAGE ROOM - A system and a method for controlling a plurality of electronic locks are provided. In an embodiment, a request for opening a door is received and verified. If the request is approved, signals are sent to open the electronic lock that locks the door. If the request is rejected, a message is sent to notify the user of the invalid request. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335596 | System and Method for Incident Reporting and Notification - A system and method for incident reporting system includes at least one client device and at least one server computer. The at least one client device includes at least one processor, a camera unit, and a microphone, and is programmed or configured to generate location data for the at least one client device while the at least one client device is in a moving transportation vehicle; generate at least one user interface configured to receive incident data comprising at least one of the following: a location of an incident, a time of occurrence of an incident, a textual description of an incident, a party involved in an incident, or any combination thereof; capture and store at least one image of an incident with the camera unit; and automatically capture and store noise data with the microphone while the at least one client device is in the moving transportation vehicle. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335597 | SERVER FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR GROUP DECISION AND METHOD THEREOF - A group decision support server includes a project creation unit configured to register a first group of drafts including at least one or more draft and create a project for evaluating the drafts; a first evaluation configured to yield a first evaluation result based on evaluation information of a first preference base inputted from the participant when the participant participates in the project; a second evaluation unit configured to select a final draft that has the most favorable evaluation based on the first evaluation result and an evaluation information of a second weighted value base inputted from the participant. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335598 | Multi-Destination Instrumentation Delivery System for Solar System Exploration to create and sustain commercial, heavy industrial and research opportunities - This invention is a continuum of enabling technology using related patent applications to baseline methods, and apparatus' allowing a paradigm shift to perform a plurality of deep space mission objectives using a Multi-Destination Instrumentation Delivery System (DS) spacecraft. The DS is a 100% reusable craft, prepositioned in GEO orbit that performs various tasks including: solar system exploration; planetary science missions; provides space platforms for proving emergent innovative technology concepts; enhanced instrument and planetary measurement and performance capabilities; increased science, commercial and military payloads on future interplanetary spacecraft; and cultivate an achievable profitable commercial business model and supportive infrastructure | 2016-11-17 |
20160335599 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXCHANGING INFORMATION - A method is provided that includes activating an application on a first device of a first user, and detecting a second device of a second user. The method further includes, in response to a first user input of the first user to the first device and a second user input of the second user to the second device, transmitting first information of the first user to the second decide and transmitting second information of the second user to the first device, and | 2016-11-17 |
20160335600 | AUTOMATED TALENT NURTURING - A system and method for automatically targeting content to recruiting candidates are provided. A set of users that satisfy one or more search criteria is identified as candidates. A recruiting system assigns each candidate to a nurture flow that comprises multiple segments, each segment associated with one or more actions to perform relative to the candidate, such as sending certain content to the candidate through one or more delivery channels. In one approach, each candidate's progress is tracked to determine which candidate characteristics are determinative of successful recruitment. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335601 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPARENT RECRUITMENT - The present invention provides a system and method for hiring a candidate who are available for certain joining period and also provide partial incentive to the candidates after accepting the offer, in which the candidates can update their profile including their joining period and the employer can view, sort, search, display the candidates profile based on the candidates profile parameters. Further, the system is configured to track, record and display of all the activities performed in recruitment process to facilitate the recruitment team, thus can facilitate the employers to know the various stages of the candidate's recruitment at other employer places till placement. In further, the system is configured to provide partial incentive at the time of joining in an organization/employer and remaining incentive after completion of certain duration of employment. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335602 | Human Capital Management System and Method - Disclosed is a preference-based human resources management system and method. In one embodiment, the present system includes a user interface for obtaining responses to a series of textual or graphical questions via a game or an activity, from a user, which can be algorithmically combined with defined utility curves to identify multi-dimensional measures of individual risk aversion, loss aversion, ambiguity aversion, time preferences, and social (distributional) preferences. These preferences define a user's economic fingerprint that can be used to conduct job screening, recruit potential training, conduct job training, and make other job-related decisions. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335603 | EVALUATING SERVICE PROVIDERS USING A SOCIAL NETWORK - A method and system are provided for analyzing data in an online professional social network to identify, score, and match users with regard to providing professional services. A graph structure provides an efficient structure for accessing and processing data about service providers in order to create a service marketplace. | 2016-11-17 |
20160335604 | MULTI-PROGRAM SCHEDULING PLATFORM WITH SHARING - A system and method for scheduling with sharing, including: scheduling one or more of a plurality of event programs for a set of registered users via a scheduling platform; obtaining a set of sharing settings from a first registered user of the registered users that define a set of conditions for sharing a set of information pertaining to one or more of the event programs scheduled by the first registered user with the registered users other than the first registered user; and sharing the information with one or more of the registered users other than the first registered users in accordance with the sharing settings. | 2016-11-17 |