47th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150332437 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A fog in an image is quickly removed with a small processing load, | 2015-11-19 |
20150332438 | Patch Partitions and Image Processing - Patch partition and image processing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a system includes one or more modules implemented at least partially in hardware. The one or more modules are configured to perform operations including grouping a plurality of patches taken from a plurality of training samples of images into respective ones of a plurality of partitions, calculating an image processing operator for each of the partitions, determining distances between the plurality of partitions that describe image similarity of patches of the plurality of partitions, one to another, and configuring a database to provide the determined distance and the image processing operator to process an image in response to identification of a respective partition that corresponds to a patch taken from the image. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332439 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR HIDING PRIVACY INFORMATION - A method for a device to hide privacy information is provided. The method includes: recognizing a piece of privacy information in an image; identifying an information category corresponding to the piece of privacy information; and performing hiding processing to the piece of privacy information in the image based on the information category. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332440 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus to execute noise reduction processing on image data includes a setting unit, a determination unit, and an output unit. The setting unit sets a pixel group from among a plurality of pixel group candidates. The plurality of pixel group candidates includes at least a first pixel group having a plurality of pixels being a first number of pixels or a second pixel group having a plurality of pixels being a second number of pixels which is different from the first number of pixels. The determination unit determines, based on a similarity between a target pixel and a reference pixel that is obtained according to the set pixel group, a weight corresponding to the reference pixel. The output unit outputs a value, calculated based on a pixel value of the reference pixel and the weight, as a noise-reduced pixel value of the target pixel. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332441 | SELECTIVE IMAGE CORRECTION FOR INFRARED IMAGING DEVICES - Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods using small form factor infrared imaging devices to image scenes in proximity to a vehicle. An imaging system may include one or more infrared imaging devices, a processor, a memory, a display, a communication module, and modules to interface with a user, sensors, and/or a vehicle. Infrared imaging devices may be positioned in proximity to, mounted on, installed in, or otherwise fixed relative to a vehicle. Infrared imaging devices may be configured to capture infrared images of scenes in proximity to a vehicle. Various infrared image analytics and processing may be performed on captured infrared images to correct and/or calibrate the infrared images. Monitoring information, notifications, and/or control signals may be generated based on the corrected infrared images and then presented to a user and/or a monitoring and notification system, and/or used to control aspects of the vehicle. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332442 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING LUMINANCE AND CONTRAST OF IMAGE - An image processing method for adjusting the luminance and contrast of an input image comprises the following steps. First, local spatial luminance statistics is performed on the first pixels of the input image to generate a luminance image including a plurality of second pixels. Then, from a preset mapping curve group comprising a plurality of smooth mapping curves, a corresponding smooth mapping curve is selected for each of the second pixels according to an adjusting function. Next, the pixel values of the second pixels are adjusted according to the corresponding smooth mapping curves to generate an adjusted image. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332443 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, MONITORING CAMERA, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device for correcting atmospheric turbulence in a first input image included in a video includes: a determination unit which determines an atmospheric turbulence intensity which indicates an intensity of the atmospheric turbulence; and a correction unit which corrects the atmospheric turbulence in the first input image, according to the atmospheric turbulence intensity determined by the determination unit, wherein the atmospheric turbulence intensity determined by the determination unit has a value that increases with an increase in a ratio of a total number of pixels each having a difference in pixel value between the first input image and a frame temporally preceding the first input image to a total number of edge pixels included in the first input image or the frame temporally preceding, the difference being a predetermined threshold or more. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332444 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes: a calculator that calculates a gray scale histogram for each color component of an image signal; a calculator that calculates, for each color component, a maximum and a minimum of classes having a frequency greater than zero in the gray scale histogram; a determiner that generates, for each color component, a histogram having classes each having an absolute difference value between the frequencies of adjacent classes in the gray scale histogram, and compares the absolute difference values in the histograms with a value to determine, from the presence or absence of an absolute difference value exceeding the value, an image type of the image; a generator that generates a gray scale correction curve from the calculated maximum and minimum for each color component; and a corrector that performs gray scale correction on the image signal using the gray scale correction curve. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332445 | DEFECT OBSERVATION METHOD AND DEFECT OBSERVATION DEVICE - The purpose of the present invention is to easily extract, from samples to be observed, defect candidates that can be labeled as a defect or “nuisance” (a part for which a manufacturing tolerance or the like is erroneously detected) and to allow parameters pertaining to observation processing to be easily adjusted. This defect observation method comprises: an imaging step to image, on the basis of defect information from an inspection device, an object to be inspected and obtain a defect image and a reference image corresponding to the defect image; a parameter determining step to determine a first parameter to be used in the defect extraction by using a first feature set distribution acquired from the reference image and the defect image captured in the imaging step and a second feature net distribution acquired from the reference image; and an observing step to observe using the first parameter determined in the parameter determining step. The present invention can be applied to a method of observing defects generated during the manufacturing of semiconductor wafers. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332446 | SURROUND-VIEW CAMERA SYSTEM (VPM) AND VEHICLE DYNAMIC - A system and method for correcting the calibration of a plurality of cameras on a mobile platform such as in a surround-view camera system on a vehicle based on changes in vehicle dynamics. The method includes reading measurement values from one or more sensors on the vehicle that identify a change in vehicle dynamics and defining the plurality of cameras and a vehicle body as a single reference coordinate system. The method also includes identifying the measured values as a rotation matrix and a translation vector in the coordinate system, and integrating the rotation matrix and the translation vector into a relationship between a vehicle coordinate system and a camera coordinate system to provide the calibration correction of the cameras. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332447 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING SPANNING TREE, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STEREO MATCHING, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UP-SAMPLING, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING REFERENCE PIXEL - A method and apparatus for generating a spanning tree, a method and apparatus for stereo matching, a method and apparatus for up-sampling, and a method and apparatus for generating a reference pixel are disclosed, in which a spanning tree may be generated by reference pixels, stereo matching or up-sampling may be performed based on the generated spanning tree, and a reference pixel may be generated based on a stereo video. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332448 | OBJECT DETECTION METHODS, DISPLAY METHODS AND APPARATUSES - Disclosed are object detection method, display methods and apparatuses. The method includes obtaining slice data of inspected luggage in the CT system; generating 3D volume data of objects in the luggage from the slice data; for each object, determining a semantic description including at least a quantifier description of the object based on the 3D volume data; and upon reception of a user selection of an object, presenting the semantic description of the selected object while displaying a 3D image of the object. The above solutions can create a 3D model for objects in the inspected luggage in a relatively accurate manner, and thus provide better basis for subsequent shape feature extraction and security inspection, and reduce omission factor. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332449 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN - A method for IC design is provided. Firstly, an IC design layout having a main feature with an original margin is received. Then, a first modified margin of the main feature is generated; and a first photolithography simulation procedure of the main feature with the first modified margin is performed to generate a first contour having a plurality of curves. Next, an equation of each of the curves is obtained; each equation of the curves is manipulated to obtain a vertex of each of the curves. After that, a first group of target points are assigned to the original margin. Each of the first group of target points respectively corresponds to one of the vertices. Finally, an optical proximity correction (OPC) procedure is performed by using the first group of target points to generate a second modified margin. An apparatus for IC design is also provided. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332450 | Stereoscopic Image Capture with Performance Outcome Prediction in Sporting Environments - Methods and apparatus relating to predicting outcome in a sporting environment are described. The methods and apparatus are used to relate trajectory performance of an object to body motions and body orientation associated with a generating the trajectory of the object. When equipment is utilized to generate the trajectory of an object, than the effects of equipment motions and equipment orientation can be also related to trajectory performance. The method and apparatus can be used to predict body motions and body orientations that increase the likelihood of achieving a desired outcome including specifying optimum motions and orientations for a particular individual. The method and apparatus may be used in training, coaching and broadcasting environments. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332451 | SYSTEM, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FITTING BASED DEFECT DETECTION - A system configured to detect defects in an inspection image generated by collecting signals arriving from an article, the system comprising a tangible processor which includes: (i) a distribution acquisition module, configured to acquire a distribution of comparison values, each of the comparison values being indicative of a relationship between a value associated with a pixel of the inspection image and a corresponding reference value; (ii) a fitting module, configured to fit to the distribution an approximation function out of a predefined group of functions; and (iii) a defect detection module, configured to: (a) set a defect detection criterion based on a result of the fitting; and to (b) determine a presence of a defect in the inspection image, based on the defect detection criterion. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332452 | INSPECTION METHOD, TEMPLATE SUBSTRATE, AND FOCUS OFFSET METHOD - A substrate to be inspected includes a first pattern constructed with a repetitive pattern that is not resolved by a wavelength of a light source, and at least one alignment mark that is arranged on the same plane as the first pattern. The alignment mark includes a second pattern constructed with a repetitive pattern that is not resolved by the wavelength of the light source, and a programmed defect that is provided in the second pattern and not resolved by the wavelength of the light source. A focus offset is adjusted such that the strongest signal of the programmed defect is obtained with respect to a base value of a gradation value in an optical image of the programmed defect by capturing the optical image while changing a focal distance between the surface in which the first pattern is provided and an optical system. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332453 | IMAGE-BASED INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM - Inventory control systems for monitoring the removal and replacement of objects are described. An exemplary system includes at least one storage drawer, each storage drawer includes at least one storage location for storing objects, and configured to move in a first direction allowing increasing access to storage locations of the drawer, and a second direction allowing decreasing access to storage locations of the drawer. An image sensing device is provided to form at least one first image of the storage locations when a respective storage drawer moves in the second direction. The system includes a data processor configured to receive information representing images of the storage locations generated by the image sensing device, and determine an inventory condition of the objects stored in the respective storage drawer according to the at least one first image. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332454 | VISUALIZATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF LUNG DISEASE UTILIZING IMAGE REGISTRATION - Methods and systems for assessing lung function using volumetric images obtained at inspiration and expiration. The method may include processing the first and second set of images to identify known anatomical structures of the lungs, registering the first set of images to the second set of images to match voxels of the first set of images to voxels of the second set of images as matched pairs of inspiratory and expiratory voxels, calculating a continuous probability of a lung characteristic at a location of the matched pairs of voxels, and displaying the result on a display. The method may also include classifying lung tissue at each location as normal, having air trapping without emphysema, or being emphysematous. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332455 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC METHOD - According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry generates a plurality of contrast images sequentially based on X-rays after administration of a contrast medium to the object, determines a monitoring region in the plurality of contrast images, monitors change in signal strength of each of pixels included in the monitoring region, and determines whether or not the signal strength of each of the pixels included in the monitoring region satisfies a specified condition. The processing circuitry controls an X-ray generator based on a result of the determination so as to reduce an X-ray dose or turn off irradiation. The processing circuitry generates a parametric image based on a feature amount determined by change in signal strength of each of pixels of a part of the plurality of contrast images sequentially generated before the X-ray generator is controlled based on the result of the determination. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332456 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS - A medical imaging apparatus includes a reconstruction unit, a ROI setting unit, and a controller. The reconstruction unit receives projection data that is based on radiation detected by a detector, divides the projection data into a plurality of subsets, and apply a reconstruction process to the subsets by successive approximation to successively generate images. The ROI setting unit sets a ROI in the images. The controller obtains a variation value indicating a change in image quality from the images, and, when the variation value reaches a predetermined value, instructs the reconstruction unit on a new subset count less than the number of the subsets to sequentially reconstruct subsets as many as the new subset count into an image. The reconstruction unit assigns a weight to the projection data based on the ROI, and divides the projection data into the subsets based on the weight. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332457 | INCREASING ACCURACY OF A PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL OBTAINED FROM A VIDEO OF A SUBJECT - What is disclosed is a system and method for increasing the accuracy of physiological signals obtained from video of a subject being monitored for a desired physiological function. In one embodiment, image frames of a video are received. Successive batches of image frames are processed. For each batch, pixels associated with an exposed body region of the subject are isolated and processed to obtain a time-series signal. If movement occurred during capture of these image frames that is below a pre-defined threshold level then parameters of a predictive model are updated using this batch's time-series signal. Otherwise, the last updated predictive model is used to generate a predicted time-series signal for this batch. The time-series signal is fused with the predicted time-series signal to obtain a fused time-series signal. The time-series signal for each batch is processed to obtain a physiological signal for the subject corresponding to the physiological function. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332458 | METHOD FOR DETECTING POSITIONS OF TISSUES AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method for detecting positions of body tissues and an apparatus using the method. The apparatus according to the present invention comprises a surgery information storage unit storing an examined first image associated with a target bone of surgery, a position measuring unit measuring position values of multiple points on a surface of the target bone of surgery before and after cutting, and a registration control unit for acquiring a second image regarding the remained bone after cutting by applying the shape of the bone changed according to the progression of bone cutting to the first image, and for performing position registration with respect to the second image by using the position values of multiple points on surface of the target bone of surgery after cutting, which is measured by the position measuring unit. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332459 | SCANNING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A SCANNING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a scanning device ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150332460 | INTERACTIVE GEO-POSITIONING OF IMAGERY - An interactive user-friendly incremental calibration technique that provides immediate feedback to the user when aligning a point on a 3D model to a point on a 2D image. A can drag-and-drop points on a 3D model to points on a 2D image. As the user drags the correspondences, the application updates current estimates of where the camera would need to be to match the correspondences. The 2D and 3D images can be overlayed on each other and are sufficiently transparent for visual alignment. The user can fade between the 2D/3D views providing immediate feedback as to the improvements in alignment. The user can begin with a rough estimate of camera orientation and then progress to more granular parameters such as estimates for focal length, etc., to arrive at the desired alignment. While one parameter is adjustable, other parameters are fixed allowing for user adjustment of one parameter at a time. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332461 | METHOD FOR REGISTERING MEDICAL IMAGES, APPARATUS PERFORMING THE METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA INCLUDING THE METHOD - A medical image registration method includes performing a first registration by registering first medical images, including a registration image and a display image, the display image being an image to be displayed, performing a second registration by registering a second medical image having a different modality than a modality of the first medical images, with the registration image, and extracting a cross-section of one of the first medical images, corresponding to a cross-section of the second medical image, from the display image, according to the first registration and the second registration. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332462 | FEATURE-BASED REGISTRATION METHOD - Methods for registering a three-dimensional model of a body volume to a real-time indication of a sensor position that involve analyzing scanned and sensed voxels and using parameters or thresholds to identify said voxels as being either tissue or intraluminal fluid. Those voxels identified as fluid are then used to construct a real-time sensed three-dimensional model of the lumen which is then compared to a similarly constructed, but previously scanned model to establish and update registration. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332463 | INTEGRATION OF OPTICAL AREA MONITORING WITH INDUSTRIAL MACHINE CONTROL - An industrial safety system is provided that integrates optical safety monitoring with machine control. The safety system includes an imaging sensor device supporting pixel array processing functions that allow time-of-flight (TOF) analysis to be performed on selected portions of the pixel array, while two-dimensional imaging analysis is performed on the remaining portions of the array, reducing processing load and response time relative to performing TOF analysis for all pixels of the array. The portion of the pixel array designated for TOF analysis can be pre-defined through configuration of the imaging sensor device, or can be dynamically selected based on object detection and classification by the two-dimensional imaging analysis. The imaging sensor device can also implement a number of safety and redundancy functions to achieve a high degree of safety integrity. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332464 | METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION OF 3D IMAGE DATA - A method for automatic registration of 3D image data, captured by a 3D image capture system having an RGB camera and a depth camera, includes capturing 2D image data with the RGB camera at a first pose; capturing depth data with the depth camera at the first pose; performing an initial registration of the RGB camera to the depth camera; capturing 2D image data with the RGB camera at a second pose; capturing depth data at the second pose; and calculating an updated registration of the RGB camera to the depth camera. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332465 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL TRACKING USING A PLURALITY OF CAMERA POSITIONS - A method for tracking trackable objects using a medical tracking device, the tracking device being a camera or an EM transmitter, during a medical workflow comprising a plurality of workflow steps, wherein each trackable object has at least one marker and the method comprises the steps of: —acquiring a set of camera positions, wherein each tracking device position is associated with at least one workflow step; —identifying a workflow; —sequentially and automatically moving the tracking device to the camera positions associated with the workflow steps; and—performing a tracking step only when the tracking device is in a fixed position. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332466 | HUMAN HEAD DETECTION IN DEPTH IMAGES - Systems, devices and methods are described including receiving a depth image and applying a template to pixels of the depth image to determine a location of a human head in the depth image. The template includes a circular shaped region and a first annular shaped region surrounding the circular shaped region. The circular shaped region specifies a first range of depth values. The first annular shaped region specifies a second range of depth values that are larger than depth values of the first range of depth values. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332467 | Method for Determining Depth Maps from Stereo Images with Improved Depth Resolution in a Range - The invention relates to a method for determining a depth map from stereo images. The disparity for a pixel is determined from a discrete quantity of predefined disparity values, said disparity values are distributed over the entire predefined disparity value range and said distribution has at least two different distances between adjacent disparity values. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332468 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGING DEVICE - An image processing device includes a phase difference detection portion configured to detect phase difference between parallax images by performing correlation value calculation with a plurality of parallax images, and generate phase difference distribution in an image. The phase difference detection portion performs the phase difference detection individually along two or more directions different from each other, and generates the phase difference distribution by utilizing results of the phase difference detection regarding the two or more directions. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332469 | Static Image Segmentation - Methods, systems, and computer program products for static image segmentation are provided herein. A method includes segmenting a static image containing a target object into multiple regions based on one or more visual features of the static image; analyzing video content containing the target object to determine a similarity metric across the multiple segmented regions based on motion information associated with each of the multiple segmented regions; and applying the similarity metric to the static image to identify two or more of the multiple segmented regions as being portions of the target object. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332470 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR BACKGROUND DISPLAY - A background display method includes determining a position of a target element in a grid view according to attribute information of the target element and attribute information of adjacent elements. The target element is one of a plurality of elements displayed according to the grid view. The method further includes searching a background pattern configuration file according to the position of the target element to determine background pattern information corresponding to the target element and displaying a background pattern of the target element according to the background pattern information corresponding to the target element. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332471 | USER HAND DETECTING DEVICE FOR DETECTING USER'S HAND REGION AND METHOD THEREOF - Technology for a method of detecting a user hand by a user hand detecting device. The method according to an aspect of the present invention includes extracting a first mask image from a depth image in which the user hand is imaged; extracting a second mask image having a preset skin color value among regions corresponding to the first mask image in a color image in which the user hand is imaged; generating a skin color value histogram model in a color space different from a region of the color image corresponding to a color region of the second mask image; generating a skin color probability image of the different color space from the color image using the skin color value histogram model and an algorithm for detecting a skin color region; and combining the skin color probability image with the second mask image and detecting the user's hand region. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332472 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DISPARITY ESTIMATION IN IMAGES - In an example embodiment, a method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. The method includes facilitating receipt of an image of a scene and determining a graph based on connecting nodes of the image. The nodes are either pixels or superpixels of the image. The graph is determined by determining one or more connections of a node to one or more nodes belonging to a pre-defined image region around the node in the image. The connections are associated with edge weights that are determined based on at least one of similarity parameters and spatial distances between the node and the one or more nodes. The method includes determining disparity values at the nodes of the image based at least on performing tree based aggregation of a cost volume on the graph, where the cost volume is associated with the image and at least one view image of the scene. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332473 | ALL-FOCUSED IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, DEVICE FOR SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR SAME, AND OBJECT HEIGHT DATA ACQUISITION METHOD, DEVICE FOR SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR SAME - An all-focused image generation method comprises the steps (i) to (vi). The step (i) is a step of taking L images of an object at different focal positions. The step (ii) is a step of acquiring gray scale images of the object at the respective focal positions. The step (iii) is a step of performing multiresolution transform for the gray scale images. The step (iv) is a step of calculating focal position probability distribution regarding the focal positions, for each pixel position. The step (v) is a step of acquiring an optimal focal position for each of the pixel positions. The step (vi) is a step of generating an in-focus image by providing a pixel corresponding to the acquired pixel value to the pixel position. In the step (v), the optimal focal position is approximately calculated by belief propagation. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332474 | Orthogonal and Collaborative Disparity Decomposition - A novel disparity computation technique is presented which comprises multiple orthogonal disparity maps, generated from approximately orthogonal decomposition feature spaces, collaboratively generating a composite disparity map. Using an approximately orthogonal feature set extracted from such feature spaces produces an approximately orthogonal set of disparity maps that can be composited together to produce a final disparity map. Various methods for dimensioning scenes and are presented. One approach extracts the top and bottom vertices of a cuboid, along with the set of lines, whose intersections define such points. It then defines a unique box from these two intersections as well as the associated lines. Orthographic projection is then attempted, to recenter the box perspective. This is followed by the extraction of the three-dimensional information that is associated with the box, and finally, the dimensions of the box are computed. The same concepts can apply to hallways, rooms, and any other object. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332475 | DETECTING AND COMPENSATING FOR MOTION BETWEEN A FLASH AND A NO-FLASH IMAGE - Techniques disclosed herein involve determining motion occurring in a scene between the capture of two successively-captured images of the scene using intensity gradients of pixels within the images. These techniques can be used alone or with other motion-detection techniques to identify where motion has occurred in the scene, which can be further used to reduce artifacts that may be generated when images are combined. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332476 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECT IN MULTIPLE CAMERAS ENVIRONMENT - The present invention relates to a method of tracking an object in a multiple cameras environment and the method includes generating first feature information of the object from an image input from a first camera; detecting a second camera in which identification information for the object is recognized when the object moves out of a view angle of the first camera, and comparing second feature information of the object generated from an image input from the second camera with the first feature information to track the object from the image input from the second camera. According to the present invention, the object is tracked based on an image in one camera image and if the object moves out of the camera, the identification information of the terminal which is possessed by the object is recognized to hand over the camera to continuously track the same object. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332477 | VISUAL CARDIOMYOCYTE ANALYSIS - Method for analyzing the beating of a derived human cardiomyocyte (CM) includes obtaining the derived human CM, capturing a sequence of images depicting the derived human CM over an analysis period, and determining at least one signal descriptive of the beating of the derived human CM during the analysis period on basis of the sequence of captured images. Apparatuses, and a computer program for analyzing the beating of a derived human CM are configured to obtain: the sequence of images depicting the derived human CM over an analysis period, information indicative of the region of the images depicting the derived human CM, information indicative of two or more sub-regions within the region, and determine two or more signals characterizing the displacement within the region of images depicting the derived human cardiomyocyte, each signal characterizing the extent of displacement within a respective sub-region of the region as a function of time. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332478 | FIELD GOAL INDICATOR FOR VIDEO PRESENTATION - A method is described for indicating an outcome of a sports action by determining a trajectory of a game-object. In football, the trajectory of the football determines the outcome of a field goal attempt. A television viewer has difficulty seeing if the ball passes between the uprights or not, especially if the ball is kicked higher than the uprights. By tracking the trajectory, virtual insertions such as extended goal posts, or goal posts colored to reflect the success or not of the attempt, can be inserted in a video feed. By tracking the flight of the ball from the time it is set in motion, the balls future trajectory is predicted after a short elapsed time, and the television audience is informed of the outcome before it has happened. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332479 | SYSTEM FOR NORMALIZING, CODIFYING AND CATEGORIZING COLOR-BASED PRODUCT AND DATA BASED ON A UNIVERISAL DIGITAL COLOR LANGUAGE - A system for normalizing, codifying and categorizing divergent color systems into a universal color language. A server connected to a communications network receives, processes, codifies and categorizes divergent color data from a merchant system. A middleware engine of the server receives a data feed comprising a plurality of color swatches or images from the merchant system, and normalizes the data feed into a common format. A server processor extracts image data comprising a plurality of product images from the normalized data feed, identifies and converts at least one dominant product color in each product image to a digital value based on color component intensity values, and assigns a hexadecimal code of the universal color language to each product image that is closest to the digital value of each product image. A product categorization engine categorizes each product image into one of a plurality of product categories. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332480 | METHOD FOR SUPERPIXEL LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT - A method and an apparatus for life cycle management for superpixels associated to frames of a sequence of frames are described. An area occupied by a superpixel in a frame of the sequence of frames is monitored. In case the area of the superpixel becomes smaller than a specified first value, the superpixel is terminated in the later frame. In case the area of the superpixel becomes larger than a specified second value, the superpixel is split in the later frame. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332481 | INDEXED UNIFORM STYLES FOR STROKE RENDERING - Style parameters, which specify respective visual parameters for rendering a map feature at multiple zoom levels, are stored as an indexed data structure in one or more uniform variables that are (i) accessible in multiple stages of a rendering pipeline, (ii) unchanged during execution of the multiple stages of the rendering pipeline. A selection of a zoom level at which the map feature is to be displayed is received via a user interface. One or more indices (exactly one in a typical case) are paired with every stylized vertex drawn. The vertex shader is configured to retrieve corresponding style parameters from the indexed data structure using the one or more indices and render the map feature at the selected zoom level using the retrieved style parameters. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332482 | DETECTING CONFORMANCE OF GRAPHICAL OUTPUT DATA FROM AN APPLICATION TO A CONVENTION - Conformance of graphical output data from an application to a convention can be detected by processing instructions to render the graphical output data to determine if the graphical output data rendered in accordance with those instructions conforms to the convention. The graphical output data is then rendered based on this determination of conformance, such that the rendered graphical output data visibly differentiates conforming display data from nonconforming display data when presented on an output device. For example, text that conforms to specified font properties can be presented with one color, and text that is not conforming can be presented with another color. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332483 | METHODS OF MODELLING AND CHARACTERISING HEART FIBER GEOMETRY - The identification and determination of aspects of the construction of a patient's heart is important for cardiologists and cardiac surgeons in the diagnosis, analysis, treatment, and management of cardiac patients. For example minimally invasive heart surgery demands knowledge of heart geometry, heart fiber orientation, etc. Whilst medical imaging has advanced significantly the accurate three dimensional (3D) rendering from a series of imaging slices remains a critical step in the planning and execution of patient treatment. Embodiments of the invention construct using diffuse MRI data 3D renderings from iterating connections forms derived from arbitrary smooth frame fields to not only corroborate biological measurements of heart fiber orientation but also provide novel biological views in respect of heart fiber orientation etc. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332484 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR X-RAY CT IMAGING - Methods and systems for performing x-ray computerized tomographic (CT) reconstruction of imaging data on a rotatable portion of the system, such as a ring-shaped rotor. The rotor may include an x-ray source, and x-ray detector system and a processor, coupled to the detector system, for performing tomographic reconstruction of imaging data collected by the detector system. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332485 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS MOTION BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS - A method of continuous motion digital tomosynthesis includes exposing an object to a programed intensity x-ray beam as an x-ray source travels a pre-determined path, accumulating a signal charge from the x-ray beam, recording the accumulated signal charge into a digital frame image representing raw baseline data, acquiring information on the source's and the detector's position when the recording occurs, compressing the raw baseline data into compressed views, where each respective compressed view is formed by combining the raw data readouts of the respective compressed view, and reconstructing a volumetric breast image by processing each respective compressed view with a reconstruction process function that incorporates the acquired position information and a spatial sampling corresponding to the compressed views. A system configured to implement the method and a computer-readable medium are also disclosed. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332486 | Spiral CT Systems and Reconstruction Methods - The present disclosure discloses a spiral CT system and a reconstruction method thereof. In some embodiments, it is proposed that data missing due to a large pitch is compensated by weighting the complementary projection data of the projection data obtained using the spiral CT system. After the data is complemented, the projection data is rebinned as cone parallel beam data, cone-angle cosine weighting and one-dimensional filtering are implemented on the rebinned data, and parallel beam back projection is finally implemented on the filtered data, to obtain the reconstructed images. In some embodiments, with the above method, the speed of the belt can be increased by more than one time in a case that the existing area of the detectors and the existing speed of the slip ring are unchanged, thereby improving the pass rate of the luggage and maintaining the quality of the reconstructed images unchanged. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332487 | ENCODING POLYGON DATA FOR FAST RETRIEVAL AND RENDERING - An indexed list of vertices is generated to represent a polygon. The indexed list is ordered so as to define one or more boundaries of a polygon, where each element in the indexed list of vertices specifies respective coordinates in an at least two-dimensional space. A description of several component shapes that make up the polygon is generated, where the description includes indices into the indexed list of vertices. The indexed list of vertices and the description of the component shapes are provided to a computing device for rendering the polygon. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332488 | MONITORING SYSTEM PERFORMANCE WITH PATTERN EVENT DETECTION - A method includes receiving a plurality of metric-pattern combinations, each including a respective performance metric and a respective graph pattern. The method also includes receiving a corresponding parameter value for a parameter of each respective graph pattern. The method further includes determining an event equation comprising the plurality of metric-pattern combinations and a boolean operator. The method still further includes evaluating the event equation by determining a respective graph pattern fit curve by applying the corresponding parameter value to the respective graph pattern, and determining an operand value based on whether associated performance data for the respective performance metric exhibits the associated graph pattern by matching the respective graph pattern fit curve to the associated performance data. Evaluating the operand values using the boolean operator to determine a result. The method additionally includes displaying a notification, at a user interface, based on the result. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332489 | FAST SOLVING FOR LOOP CLOSURE - The subject disclosure is generally directed towards a relatively fast and accurate technology that corrects mobile device (e.g., mobile robot) mapping data into corrected map data based upon detection of loop closure. A variation of stochastic gradient descent (with constraints in a deterministic order) may be used in a first correction phase to provide an updated graph in a relatively fast manner by operating in a relative state space. A graph-based variant of Gauss-Seidel that operates in a global state space may be used in a later phase to refine the updated graph into a more exact graph. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332490 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING THE NAVIGATION OF AN AIRCRAFT WITH CORRELATION OF DYNAMIC INFORMATION WITH A 4D FLIGHT TRAJECTORY - A method for assisting the navigation of an aircraft comprises: assembly by families of data by a processing unit of predetermined data and acquired data, including meteorological data, the families being predefined, each data value being associated with a time window of validity; formatting the data of the families to associate with each data value a type of graphical representation as text or a scalar, vector, surface, or volume; selection of families of data to be displayed; choice of a display time window for each family of data to be displayed; spatio-temporal discretization of the trajectory; spatio-temporal correlation of the discretized trajectory with each family of data as a function of the time windows of validity, in the display time windows of the family, to extract a sub-assembly from each family of data, by the processing unit; display of the sub-assemblies in a single representation on the same display screen. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332491 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING TEXT EDITING IN A SCANNED DOCUMENT WHILE MAINTAINING FIDELITY OF THE APPEARANCE OF THE TEXT - A computer implemented method and apparatus for enabling text editing in a scanned document while maintaining fidelity of appearance of the text. The method comprises creating a synthesized font comprising a plurality of characters using characters present in a scanned document; replacing the plurality of characters in the scanned document with characters from the plurality of characters from the synthesized font; and enabling editing of the scanned document wherein enabling editing comprises adding at least some characters from the plurality of characters of the synthesized font to the document for at least some characters added during editing. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332492 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - An image processing system includes a reading unit, a checking unit, a display control unit, and an image correcting unit. The reading unit reads image information from an original manuscript to generate image data. The checking unit checks whether or not a plurality of items listed in the original manuscript include an unentered item with the result of a character recognition process for recognizing a character contained in the image data. When the unentered item is present, the display control unit performs control to display information for informing a user of the unentered item. The image correcting unit adds a text with respect to the unentered item according to an input made by a user to correct the image data. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332493 | Portable Typelet File - The system includes a photo editor that applies text to photos. The editor enables entering any text onto a photo or image. The text is then enhanced by selecting a custom font, text color, stroke color, gradient color, opacity, alignment, pattern, shadow, glow, underline, container graphic, spacing, bold, italics, line spacing, skew, path, rotation and size. The text enhancements, including the selected font, are stored in a typelet enhancement file for hosting and distribution over networks such as the internet. The typelet files are downloaded and processed by the same photo editor. The enhancement files may be saved permanently on the device or loaded for temporary use. The photo editor also installs or exposes the embedded custom font to the operating system and then applies the other enhancements for the purpose of adding any text to a photo using the characteristics of the typelet file. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332494 | PROVIDING AN IMAGE TOUR OF A POINT OF INTEREST - Systems and methods for generating image tour are provided. Method includes receiving sequence of images. Each image has associated depth map and is characterized by plurality of parameters. Method includes interpolating flow path containing points corresponding to each image for each parameter. Each flow path relates parameterization to parameter. Method includes identifying rendering artifacts based on sequence of images, associated depth maps, and interpolated flow paths. Method includes identifying slow segments and fast segments in each of interpolated flow paths based on identified rendering artifacts. Method includes determining start/stop times for each of slow segments. Method includes interpolating time curve based on determined start/stop times for each of slow segments and fixed duration of time for each of fast segments. Time curve relates time to parameterization. Method includes providing sequence of images and values for each of plurality of parameters based on interpolated flow paths and time curve. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332495 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING METHOD AND GRAPHICS PROCESSING APPARATUS - A graphics processing method and an associated graphics processing apparatus are provided, where the graphics processing method is applied to the graphics processing apparatus, the graphics processing apparatus may be positioned within an electronic device, and the graphics processing apparatus may comprise at least one portion of the electronic device. The graphics processing method includes the steps of: calculating vertex positions of a primitive in a binning phase; determining, according to specific information, whether to compute vertex varyings of the primitive in the binning phase or in a rendering phase so as to provide a determination result; computing the vertex varyings in the binning phase or in the rendering phase according to the determination result; and rendering the primitive according to the vertex positions and the vertex varyings in the rendering phase. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332496 | EFFICIENT LIGHTING EFFECTS IN DESIGN SOFTWARE - System, methods, and apparatus allow for maintaining a real-time rendering time for rendering the lighting effect during a time interval that is independent of the number of the one or more light sources within the design space. One or more implementations allow a user to provide inputs regarding the location of an object within a design space. Furthermore, one or more implementations receive from the user one or more inputs regarding the location of one or more light sources within the design space. Additionally, one or more implementations calculate a lighting effect of the one or more lights on the object within the design space. Furthermore, one or more implementations render the lighting effect during a time interval that is independent of the number of the one or more light sources within the design space, such that rendering the lighting effect for one of the one or more light sources takes the same amount of time as rendering the lighting effect for a plurality of the light sources. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332497 | SHADING CG REPRESENTATIONS OF MATERIALS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for shading computer graphics (CG) representations of materials. One of the methods includes obtaining data describing a physical material; receiving a shading request to shade a particular point in a CG representation of the physical material from a rendering engine, wherein the request identifies a mapping position of the particular point, a view direction at the mapping position, and a light direction at the mapping position; calculating a direct lighting color at the mapping position using a plurality of palettized images; calculating an indirect lighting color at the mapping position using the data describing the physical material; generating a final color at the mapping position by combining the direct lighting color and the indirect lighting color; and providing the final color to the rendering engine for use in rendering the CG representation of the physical material. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332498 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHODS - The present disclosure discloses an image display method in a CT system. The method comprises: implementing CT scanning on an inspected object, to obtain CT projection data; organizing the CT projection data according to a predetermined interval; extracting basic data from the organized CT projection data by using a fixed angle as a start angle and using 360 degrees as an interval; forming a DR image based on the extracted basic data; reconstructing a three-dimensional image of the inspected object from the CT projection data; and displaying the DR image and the reconstructed three-dimensional image on a screen at the same time. In the solution, the CT data is processed to obtain DR data. After the DR data is obtained, a DR image is obtained directly using a DR data processing algorithm. This enables an image recognizer to more accurately and more rapidly inspect goods carried by a passenger using the existing experience in image recognition of the DR image. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332499 | Method and Device for Processing 3D Image Data - In order to process 3D input image data for a display of images on at least one display unit, the 3D input image data are provided scene-by-scene in accordance with an associated 3D image scene. The 3D input image data are each fed to a scene processing unit for management and processing. The 3D input image data are processed scene-by-scene in the scene processing unit, wherein at least two 3D image scenes are at least partially superposed and a whole 3D scene is formed and managed. Several 3D output scenes are derived from the whole 3D scene, for which 3D output scenes the superposition occurs in accordance with different perspective locations of observation and 3D output image data are produced in the process. The 3D output image data are fed to at least one rendering unit, which is associated with the display unit, for the production of target image data adapted to the display unit. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332500 | Handheld GIS data collection device target augmentation - Target augmentation makes GIS data collection devices more intuitive and useful for GIS workers, and reduces GIS data collection errors. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332501 | ANALYSIS-SUITABLE GEOMETRY FROM DISCRETE POINT SETS USING A MESH-FREE METHOD - The present invention includes a method of creating analysis suitable models from discrete point sets. The proposed methodology is completely automated, requiring no human intervention, as compared to traditional mesh-based methods that often require manual input. The present invention is directly applicable to engineering approaches in medicine where the object to be analyzed is described by discrete medical images, such as MRI or CT scans. Moreover, the present invention is useful in any application where the object of interest is created from digitized imaging technology. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332502 | GLASS TYPE MOBILE TERMINAL - A glass type mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal includes a band frame wearable on a user's head, a light transmissive lens coupled to the band frame to be located in front the user wearing the band frame, the light transmissive lens comprising a transparent screen where an image is focused, a projector for outputting an image toward the transparent screen from a lateral surface of the light transmissive lens, a photo shutter coupled to a front surface of the lens, with a controllable transparency, and a controller for controlling the transparency of the photo shutter, such that the visibility of the image focused on the light transmissive lens may be enhanced by controlling the transparency of the light transmissive lens, using the photo shutter, that a clear image may be seen even in a bright place. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332503 | METHOD OF DISPLAY AND SYSTEM FOR AIDING NAVIGATION - The invention relates to a display method for displaying an image on a screen ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150332504 | Method for Representing Virtual Information in a Real Environment - A method for representing virtual information in a view of a real environment is provided that includes: providing a system setup including at least one display device, wherein the system setup is adapted for blending in virtual information on the display device in at least part of the view, determining a position and orientation of a viewing point relative to at least one component of the real environment, providing a geometry model of the real environment, providing at least one item of virtual information and a position of the at least one item of virtual information, determining whether the position of the item of virtual information is inside a 2D or 3D geometrical shape, determining a criterion which is indicative of whether the built-in real object is at least partially visible or non-visible in the view of the real environment, and blending in the at least one item of virtual information on the display device in at least part of the view of the real environment. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332505 | Method for Representing Virtual Information in a Real Environment - A method for representing virtual information in a view of a real environment is provided that includes the following steps: providing a system setup comprising at least one display device, determining a position of a viewing point relative to at least one component of the real environment, providing a geometry model of the real environment, providing at least one item of virtual information and its position, determining a visualization mode of blending in the at least one item of virtual information on the display device according to the position of the viewing point and the geometry model, calculating a ray between the viewing point and the item of virtual information, and determining a number of boundary intersections by the ray, wherein if the number of boundary intersections is less than 2, the item of virtual information is blended in a non-occlusion mode, otherwise in an occlusion mode. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332506 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Arrangement positions in a physical space, which are set in advance for a plurality of indices, are acquired. Among indices in an image of the physical space, an index that satisfies a predetermined condition is specified as a target index. Notification of the arrangement position of the target index is performed. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332507 | Positioning of projected augmented reality content - A method of displaying augmented reality content on a physical surface is disclosed. A surface complexity measure is determined for the physical surface from a captured image of the physical surface. A content complexity measure is determined for the augmented reality content to be applied to the physical surface. The content complexity measure represents an amount of fine detail in the augmented reality content. The method determines if the amount of fine detail in the augmented reality content is to be modified, based on a function of the surface complexity measure and said content complexity measure. A display attribute of the augmented reality content is adjusted to modify the fine detail in the augmented reality content. The modified augmented reality content is displayed on the physical surface. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332508 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PROJECTION TO ALIGN 3D OBJECTS IN 2D ENVIRONMENT - Example systems and methods for virtual visualization of a three-dimensional (3D) model of an object in a two-dimensional (2D) environment. The method may include projecting a planar projection from the 3D model while positioning the 3D model within the 2D environment. In one aspect, the method may include aligning a first 3D object and a second 3D object in the 2D environment about an alignment axis by selecting the alignment axis, generating a plane projection along the alignment axis from the first object, and positioning the second object corresponding to the plane projection. In another aspect, the method may comprise projecting an elevated 3D object wherein the projection may be demonstrated as crosshairs, such that crosshairs on the ground plane may be used for placing the second 3D object in the 2D environment. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332509 | METHOD FOR MOVING AND ALIGNING 3D OBJECTS IN A PLANE WITHIN THE 2D ENVIRONMENT - Example systems and methods for virtual visualization of a three-dimensional model of an object in a two-dimensional environment. The method may include moving and aligning the three-dimensional model of the object along a plane in the two-dimensional environment. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332510 | METHOD FOR REPLACING 3D OBJECTS IN 2D ENVIRONMENT - Example systems and methods for virtual visualization of a three-dimensional (3D) model of an object in a two-dimensional (2D) environment. The method may include superimposing a first 3D model of an object onto the 2D environment, and replacing the first 3D model of the object with a second 3D model of an object. Further, the method may include superimposing a smart 3D model of an object onto the 2D environment. Additionally, the method may include a code or mark to identify images of the 2D environment to which 3D models of objects have been superimposed. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332511 | METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE CATALOG FOR 3D OBJECTS WITHIN THE 2D ENVIRONMENT - Example systems and methods for virtual visualization of a three-dimensional (3D) model of an object in a two-dimensional (2D) environment. The method may include providing an interactive catalog associated with the 3D model of the object while positioning the 3D model of the object onto the 2D environment. In one aspect, the method may include price and product detail information associated with the 3D model of the object. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332512 | AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT RENDERING VIA ALBEDO MODELS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods for rendering augmented reality (AR) content are presented. An a priori defined 3D albedo model of an object is leveraged to adjust AR content so that is appears as a natural part of a scene. Disclosed devices recognize a known object having a corresponding albedo model. The devices compare the observed object to the known albedo model to determine a content transformation referred to as an estimated shading (environmental shading) model. The transformation is then applied to the AR content to generate adjusted content, which is then rendered and presented for consumption by a user. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332513 | AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY OF SCENE BEHIND SURFACE - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to augmenting an appearance of a surface via a see-through display device. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides, on a computing device comprising a see-through display device, a method of augmenting an appearance of a surface. The method includes acquiring, via an outward-facing image sensor, image data of a first scene viewable through the display. The method further includes recognizing a surface viewable through the display based on the image data and, in response to recognizing the surface, acquiring a representation of a second scene comprising one or more of a scene located physically behind the surface viewable through the display and a scene located behind a surface contextually related to the surface viewable through the display. The method further includes displaying the representation via the see-through display. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332514 | RENDERING A DIGITAL ELEMENT - Rendering a digital element is disclosed. An indication that a device is within a region associated with the digital element is received. It is determined that the digital element is to be rendered. A representation of the digital element is generated in a rendered view of the region. The digital element is provided upon receiving an indication that the digital element has been selected. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332515 | AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM - The present invention is directed to a video display and user control for the video display. In the preferred embodiment, multiple video feeds are combined into a single video display, where one feed, preferably live, includes an object which is used by a computer to select a second and display a second feed, wherein the location and orientation of the second feed changes based on the location and orientation of the object in the first feed. At least a portion of the display gives the appearance of depth, such as through use of superimposed animation. The live image is controlled by the user's movement, causing at least a part of the display to move in concert with the user's motion, thereby creating an enhanced three dimensional effect for a superimposed display. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332516 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PAIRING OF FOR-HIRE VEHICLE METERS AND MEDALLIONS - Systems and methods for pairing for-hire vehicles with their associated medallion are disclosed. Some for-hire vehicles, such as taxis operate with a for-hire vehicle meter (taximeter). In some embodiments, the meter contains an identifier of a medallion that is associated with the meter. The meter may then determine if it is connected or properly associated with the medallion. If the meter is connected or properly associated with the medallion, it will then access the identification information of the medallion and determine if identification information matches its contained medallion identifier. If the identification information does not match, the meter may shut down and thereafter be non-engageable. The relationship between the medallion and the meter is advantageously used to enforce restrictions on the operation of the for-hire vehicle including, for example, time and location of pick-up restrictions. In other embodiments, meters and medallions communicate their identification and locations to a central server. The central server then compares the locations to determine the distance between the meter and the medallion. If the distance does not satisfy a predetermined range (indicating the meter and the medallion are close together), the central server may generate an alert or it may command the meter to shut down. The central sever may also advantageously be used to enforce restrictions on the operation of the for-hire vehicle. Meters and/or medallions not attached to their assigned medallion and/or meter may also be tracked via the central server. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332517 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRONIC PAYMENT FOR PARKING IN GATED GARAGES - The methods describe the use of Handset Apps in garages currently using paper tickets or ID tokens in ways that minimize disruption to the existing infrastructure. The techniques include automatic recognition of garage/gate ID, automatic identification of paper ticket ID without optical scanning, and direct payment in manually operated garages, including those using valet parking. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332518 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING DRIVING PATTERNS USING TELEMATICS DATA - A computer implemented method for determining a yaw angle estimate or vehicle heading direction is presented. A data server may receive a plurality of telematics data originating from a client computing device and determine a first primary movement window from the telematics data. The data server may also determine a potential range of yaw angles from the plurality of telematics data from the first primary movement window and generate an equality that evaluates the potential range of yaw angles. The data server may further maximize the count of acceleration events of the telematics data from the first primary movement window to further generate one or more refined yaw angle estimates. The data server stores the one or more yaw angle estimates on a memory. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332519 | VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM, VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION METHOD, VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A vehicle data collection system includes a vehicle-mounted device installed in a vehicle and configured to transmit data related to the vehicle, and a vehicle data collection device configured to collect the data related to the vehicle, wherein the vehicle-mounted device includes a vehicle data transmission unit configured to transmit first vehicle data, which includes information in which an individual related to the vehicle is to be identified, and second vehicle data, which includes information in which the individual related to the vehicle is not to be identified, to the vehicle data collection device in different sessions, the first vehicle data and the second vehicle data are data related to the vehicle. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332520 | VEHICLE TEST SYSTEM, TEST CONDITION DATA GENERATION APPARATUS, AND VEHICLE TEST METHOD - A vehicle test system according to the present invention intends to comprehensively manage and operate multiple types of test apparatuses to smoothly perform vehicle development, problem correction, and the like. For this purpose, the vehicle test system includes an actual running data acquisition apparatus that acquires actual running data that is data related to states inside and outside of a vehicle in running on a road; multiple types of test apparatuses each of which performs a drive test or an operation test of a vehicle or a part of the vehicle in accordance with set test conditions; and a test condition data generation apparatus that from the actual running data, generates test condition data indicating test conditions necessary to reproduce a part or all of the running states indicated by the actual running data in a test apparatus specified from among the multiple types of test apparatuses. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332521 | ON-ROAD RUNNING TEST APPARATUS - In order to efficiently and reliably perform a valid field test, there are provided: a running data acquisition part for sequentially acquiring actual running data of a vehicle under execution of a running test on a road by a driver; and a tendency data output part for sequentially producing and outputting tendency data indicating a tendency as to whether or not the running test is valid, based on the actual running data during the running test. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332522 | VEHICLE TEST SYSTEM, TEST MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND VEHICLE TEST METHOD - The present invention mainly intends to provide a vehicle test system and the like that can easily mutually compare actual running data and test result data obtained from a test apparatus, or pieces of test result data. The vehicle test system includes an actual running data acquisition apparatus that acquires actual running data that is data related to states inside and outside of a vehicle in running on a road; a test apparatus each of which performs a drive test or an operation test of a vehicle or a part of the vehicle in accordance with a set test condition; and a test management apparatus that reproduces a part or all of the running states indicated by the actual running data in the test apparatus. Further, the test management apparatus receives test result data that is data indicating a test result by the test apparatus, and comparably outputs the test result data and the actual running data. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332523 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED AUTONOMOUS INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING - A method and apparatus are provided for autonomously detecting and reporting anomalies in actions of an autonomous mobile node, or in behaviors of a swarm of autonomous mobile nodes to an operator. The autonomous mobile node may experience anomalies or unexpected situations due to various failures or external influence (e.g. natural weather phenomena, enemy threats). During a training phase a prediction model and a structured model may be established from measurement data received from one or more sensors of an autonomous mobile node or a swarm of nodes while executing an action or behavior under normal circumstances. A prediction model forecasts the expected outcome of an action or behavior, and structured model helps quantify the similarity of a learned action or behavior to the currently observed situation. Based on the measurement data applicable models can be used for an action or behavior for anomaly detection in the action or behavior. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332524 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING MACHINE - A method for monitoring an operation of a tracked machine is provided. The method includes receiving signals indicative of a plurality of operating parameters associated with the tracked machine. The plurality of operating parameters includes at least of one of an impact force on an undercarriage system of the tracked machine, a machine speed, and a drive torque. The method also includes applying a baseline limit for each of the at least one signal. The method further includes comparing the at least one signal with a corresponding baseline limit. The method includes providing a communication when the at least one signal exceeds the respective baseline limit. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332525 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING PARKING BEHAVIOR OF A VEHICLE - A system, method, and apparatus for tracking, organizing, and displaying the parking behavior of a vehicle. In one aspect the invention can be an apparatus for tracking parking behavior of a vehicle comprising: a device comprising a processor, a movement detector for detecting whether the vehicle is in a parked state or a non-parked state, a location identifier for identifying a geographic location of the vehicle, and a transceiver operably coupled together; and wherein for each occurrence in which the movement detector detects that the vehicle has entered into the parked state, the processor is configured to: (1) measure a duration that the vehicle remains in the parked state; and (2) upon the duration exceeding a predetermined minimum time threshold without the vehicle transitioning into the non-parked state, store parking information data relating to the occurrence as a parking instance. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332526 | CONTROL AND DIAGNOSIS OF A CONTROLLER WAKE UP FEATURE - A control and diagnosis methodology for an electronic module of a vehicle is presented here. In accordance with the disclosed method, at least one wake up event for a processor of the electronic module is performed during an inactive shutdown state of the vehicle. The at least one wake up event is initiated by a wake up timer of the electronic module. The method continues by logging, during the inactive shutdown state of the vehicle, wake up information associated with the at least one wake up event to obtain logged wake up information. The logged wake up information is analyzed during an active operating state of the vehicle to obtain a wake up diagnosis, and the method generates, during the active operating state of the vehicle, an output indicative of the wake up diagnosis. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332527 | ELECTROMECHANICAL LOCK - An electromechanical lock is provided. The lock comprises an electronic circuitry means for providing a wireless interface for a communication device to proceed authentication with the communication device, and issue an open command provided that the authentication is successful; actuator means to receive the open command to set the lock in a mechanically openable state, the electronic circuitry means being configured to receive wirelessly from the communication device operating power for the electronic circuitry means and the actuator means. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332528 | System for Defense Weapon Control Utilizing One or a Plurality of Intelligent Weapons Control Boxes - A system for storing, monitoring, and releasing emergency defense weapons in a weapon-free environment is disclosed. The weapons can quickly be accessed when they are required for defensive purposes. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332529 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CROSS-CONTAMINATION PREVENTION - Cross-contamination prevention systems and cross-contamination prevention methods are provided for defining and automatically enforcing access restrictions between environments where cross-contamination may occur. The system and methods can evaluate a person's exposure to contaminants in one or more locations against contamination risk posed for another location. The system can prevent or allow access to the other location based on that evaluation. Some embodiments can be implemented in a laboratory setting and configured to prevent cross-contamination between different laboratories and/or experiments being conducted | 2015-11-19 |
20150332530 | VEHICLE LOCK CONTROLLER - There is provided a vehicle lock controller capable of enhancing the security performance of a vehicle by automatically locking at least one door of the vehicle in an appropriate time. A human detection sensor is disposed on a vehicle, and a vehicle door lock controller is configured to detect the presence of a person around the vehicle based on an output signal of the human detection sensor. The vehicle door lock controller is provided with a short-range wireless communicator for wirelessly communicating with a wireless communication device within a short range and a long-range wireless communicator for wirelessly communicating with the wireless communication device within a long range. The vehicle door lock controller sets a timeout period before the at least one door of the vehicle is automatically locked after being unlocked, depending on whether or not communication exists between these wireless communicators and the wireless communication device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332531 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENABLING A TEMPORARY USER TO GAIN TEMPORARY ACCESS TO A LOCKED SPACE OF A VEHICLE - The present disclosure relates to a method for enabling a temporary user to gain temporary access to a locked space of a vehicle. The vehicle is configured to communicate with an intermediate system adapted to remotely control functionality of the vehicle. The intermediate system is configured to receive, from a user device associated with the temporary user, a request message to open a remotely operable lock of the locked space and further configured to, based on the request message, transmit an unlock message to the vehicle to open the lock. The request message from the user device includes access parameters to enable the lock to be unlocked, the access parameters received by the user device from a permission message transmitted by an owner device directly or indirectly to the user device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332532 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND VEHICLE CONTROL - A mobile terminal is configured to be worn on a user's wrist region. The mobile terminal includes a muscle sensor that is configured to sense movement of muscle in the user's wrist region, and a proximity sensor that is configured to sense a proximity of the mobile terminal to the user's wrist region. The mobile terminal also includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform communication with a vehicle control device provided in a vehicle. The mobile terminal further includes a controller configured to transmit a control command to the vehicle control device based on at least one of a value measured by the muscle sensor or a value to measured by the proximity sensor. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332533 | MOBILE KEY DEVICES SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROGRAMMING AND COMMUNICATING WITH AN ELECTRONIC PROGRAMMABLE KEY - Systems, methods, and apparatuses for communicating information, altering access rights, and transferring power to and from an electronic programmable key are disclosed. A mobile key interface device is configured to couple to a contact pin of the electronic programmable key to establish a channel of communication. Using the channel of communication, the mobile key interface device may communicate information, alter access rights, and transfer power to and from the electronic programmable key. The mobile key interface device may also communicate with a mobile communication device. Using the mobile communication device's network connection, the mobile key interface device may further establish a channel of communication from a control center to the electronic programmable key. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332534 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS IMPLEMENTING USER INTERFACE OBJECTS - According to some aspects, a system for providing voting interactions in a multi-party messaging application is provided. The system may include a memory, at least one processor coupled to the memory, and a user interface component executed by the at least one processor. The user interface component may be configured to present an interactive representation of a poll object in the multi-party messaging application, receive, from at least one user of the multi-party messaging application, a vote for an option of a plurality of options in the representation of the poll object, and update a vote count associated with the option in the representation of the poll object. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332535 | Identity check glove - An identity check glove provides battery-powered light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in the thumb which emit black light. The black light is used to check the authenticity of government issued identification cards, passports, and similar documents. Friction coating is provided on the thumb and forefinger to prevent important documents from slipping through the user's grasp. | 2015-11-19 |
20150332536 | Pet Toy Dispenser and Method - A pet toy dispenser and method are provided. The dispenser has a housing, a dispenser mechanism, a drive mechanism, an electronic tag reader, and a controller. The drive mechanism is operable to move one or more of the plurality of compartments of the dispenser mechanism from a load location to an exit location. The electronic tag reader is capable of reading an electronic tag embedded in an animal toy within at least one compartment. The controller having an authentication function configured to determine whether a code of an electronic tag within the at least one compartment received from the tag reader corresponds to an authorized code and to allow the load completion of the compartment if the code is an authorized code. | 2015-11-19 |