48th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150339826 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC OPERATION USING VIDEO IMAGERY - Data streams from multiple image sensors may be combined in order to form, for example, an interleaved video stream. The video stream may be encoded using a motion estimation encoder. Output of the video encoder may be processed (e.g., parsed) in order to extract motion information present in the encoded video. The motion information may be utilized in order to determine a depth of visual scene, such as by using binocular disparity between two or more images by an adaptive controller in order to detect one or more objects salient to a given task. In one variant, depth information is utilized during control and operation of mobile robotic devices. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339827 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND MEDIUM - An image process to be performed on an edge of a character or a line is not performed on pixels included in a mosaic image. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339828 | SEGMENTATION OF A FOREGROUND OBJECT IN A 3D SCENE - A method and a module for segmenting a foreground region from a background region in a 3D scene captured by n capturing devices. A reduced number of 3D samples are selected in the scene. These 3D samples are projected in each captured image. Foreground probability and background probabilities are computed for each selected 3D sample based on color models and the projection of these samples in the images These probabilities are used to update the color models. These probabilities are then re-computed based on the updated color models. These steps are reiterated until the color models or the foreground and background probabilities of the selected 3D samples converge. A final segmentation is computed using foreground color models and foreground and background probabilities. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339829 | TUNABLE MULTI-PART PERCEPTUAL IMAGE HASHING - Systems and methods generate a perceptual image hash of an image. The perceptual image hash can be generated from multiple features extracted from a DCT transformation of the image. The perceptual image hash can be compared to other perceptual image hash values using a weighted Hamming distance function. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339830 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE EXAMINATION OF A SAMPLE BY MEANS OF THERMOGRAPHY - The invention provides a method for a non-destructive, non-contacting and image forming examination of a sample by means of heat flow thermography. The method comprises exciting the sample at least twice independently from each other by means of the heat pulses from the excitation source; taking a first thermal image of the surface of the sample at a first time distance Δt | 2015-11-26 |
20150339831 | MULTI-MODE VIDEO EVENT INDEXING - Multi-mode video event indexing includes determining a quality of object distinctiveness with respect to images from a video stream input. A high-quality analytic mode is selected from multiple modes and applied to video input images via a hardware device to determine object activity within the video input images if the determined level of detected quality of object distinctiveness meets a threshold level of quality, else a low-quality analytic mode is selected and applied to the video input images via a hardware device to determine object activity within the video input images, wherein the low-quality analytic mode is different from the high-quality analytic mode. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339832 | VISUALIZATION OF SIZE OF OBJECTS - In accordance with some examples, when an image of an object is displayed at a display device, responsive to one or more user inputs, a computing device may be configured to adjust the image so that the object in the adjusted image approximates its actual size. A scale of a representative length may then be generated on the image, responsive to one or more other user inputs, such that the actual size of the object is visualized based on the scale. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339833 | CONTROL APPARATUS, ROBOT, AND CONTROL METHOD - A control apparatus includes a projection unit configured to project a first pattern onto an object; and a selection unit configured to select a single first pattern from a plurality of first patterns. After the projection unit projects each of the plurality of first patterns having different resolutions onto the object, the projection unit projects a second pattern onto the object, the second pattern having the same resolution as that of the selected single first pattern. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339834 | Programmable Gamma Circuit for Gamma Correction - A programmable gamma circuit for gamma correction is disclosed. The programmable gamma circuit includes a string digital-to-analog converter, a first operational amplifier, and an output resistor string. The string digital-to-analog converter selects an analog voltage from a plurality of candidate voltages according to a digital reference code. An output terminal of the first operational amplifier outputs a first output voltage. A positive input terminal of the first operational amplifier is electrically connected to the string digital-to-analog converter for receiving the analog voltage. The output resistor string is divided into a first resistor part and a second resistor part by a connection terminal which is electrically connected to a negative input terminal of the first operational amplifier, and a resistance of the first resistor part is a multiple of a resistance of the second resistor part. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339835 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY CREATING AND EXPLORING GRAPH STRUCTURES - A system and method are presented that store graph data in a database as nodes, edges that link nodes, and profiles that contain properties that provide additional context for the nodes and edges. Computerized methods are described that provide for the dynamic creation of graph data based on the properties stored on the profiles related to each node, including the ability to predetermine which properties are used within a CSS-like language. Methods for visually focusing on a portion of a graph are also disclosed that allow a user to select one or more base nodes and limit the display of related nodes to those nodes within a defined degree of separation from the base node(s). The user can control the desired degree of separation, can select multiple base nodes, and can predetermine the base nodes to be used (and desired degree of separation for each) using a CSS-like language. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339836 | Game Engine Book Applications - Developing a new interactive publishing format which uses game engines to publish material such as books, stories, articles, and papers, became necessary to expound on concepts introduced in the literature by using the physics and rendering engines. The game engine book application, Physics on the River, was developed to demonstrate how to incorporate game controls into the storyline. In addition, animation and a game module were embedded into the application and accessed through links for the reader to learn more about concepts introduced within the story. Other assets, such as voice, music, and sound effects, were created for the book application. Publishing conventions were established. Using a game engine also allows for porting the application for a multiple of mobile devices, as well as stand-alone and web-based versions. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339837 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NON-OCCLUDING OVERLAY OF USER INTERFACE OR INFORMATION ELEMENTS ON A CONTEXTUAL MAP - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for non-occluding overlay of user interface or information elements on a contextual map. A method is provided for receiving map data and location data, determining, using a processor, relevant map elements based on the location data; and determining an information element overlay area based on the relevant map elements. The overlay areas do not occlude the relevant map elements. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339838 | IMAGE MASK PROVIDING A MACHINE-READABLE DATA MATRIX CODE - A method, comprising: obtaining a message; initializing a plurality of digital image elements based on a template of a machine-readable matrix code, wherein each digital image element is associated with one or more machine-readable matrix code cells; and computing a color and a translucency property for each one of the plurality of digital image elements based on the message and based on a machine-readable matrix code specification, wherein at least two cells having an identical decode input value are associated with respective digital image elements, and wherein the digital image elements with which each one of the at least two cells is associated have a different color and/or translucency property relative to the color and/or translucency property of the digital image elements that are associated with the other cells from said at least two cells; and generating a machine-readable matrix code mask using the plurality of digital image elements. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339839 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AND JOINING SHARED EXPERIENCE - According to an example, a computer may receive characteristics information of an object in a video stream captured by a first computing device, generate a signature based on the characteristics information, identify an augmented reality information associated with the signature, transmit the augmented reality information to the first computing device, receive, from a second computing device, a set of characteristics information of the object in an image captured by the second computing device, determine that the set of characteristics information from the second computing device has a second signature that matches the signature generated based on the characteristics information received form the first computing device, and transmit the identified augmented reality information to the second computing device. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339840 | Dynamic Splitting of Content - Methods and systems for dynamically splitting content are disclosed. In some embodiments, content may be received that includes one or more elements to be animated. It may be determined that a size of at least one element of the one or more elements to be animated exceeds a threshold. The at least one element having the size that exceeds the threshold may be split into a plurality of sub-elements. A transform of at least one of the sub-elements may be modified. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339841 | LAYOUT ANIMATION PANEL - Layout animation that automatically plays in response to a change in layout on UI platforms that typically require animations to be defined prior to the layout being calculated is provided. Developers are enabled to specify how one or more elements should animate via animation values that are relative to an unknown initial layout and an unknown final layout. When a property change event that triggers animation of an element occurs, the initial layout and the final layout of the element and its child elements are calculated. The animations are then scheduled to interpolate the changes in layout. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339842 | System and Method for Rendering in Accordance with Location of Virtual Objects in Real-Time - There is provided a system and method for rendering in accordance with location of virtual objects in real-time. There is provided a method for persistent association of a graphic overlay with a virtual object in a displayable environment, comprising receiving a first three-dimensional coordinate of the virtual object in the displayable environment, determining a three-dimensional coordinate of the graphic overlay in accordance with the first three-dimensional coordinate of the virtual object, tracking a movement of the virtual object in the displayable environment by receiving one or more second three-dimensional coordinates of the virtual object, and modifying the three-dimensional coordinate of the graphic overlay in accordance with the one or more second three-dimensional coordinates of the virtual object. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339843 | VIEW DIRECTION DETERMINATION - Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for defining a view direction for a texture image used to texture a geometry. That is, a geometry may represent a multi-dimensional surface of a scene, such as a city. The geometry may be textured using one or more texture images depicting the scene from various view directions. Because more than one texture image may contribute to texturing portions of the geometry, a view direction for a texture image may be selectively defined based upon a coverage metric associated with an amount of non-textured geometry pixels that are textured by the texture image along the view direction. In an example, a texture image may be defined according to a customized configuration, such as a spherical configuration, a cylindrical configuration, etc. In this way, redundant texturing of the geometry may be mitigated based upon the selectively identified view direction(s). | 2015-11-26 |
20150339844 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACHIEVING TRANSFORMATION OF A VIRTUAL VIEW INTO A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIEW - A method and an apparatus for achieving transformation of a virtual view into a 3D view are provided. The method comprises: S | 2015-11-26 |
20150339845 | DISPLAY MAT - A mat may have a display surface for displaying information such that from the viewing point of a camera, the viewing angle of which extends at an angle that is oblique to the display surface, the mat appears to stand three-dimensionally upright. The mat may be further developed by means of LEDs, which, distributed across the display surface, are integrated into the mat, by way of which the information can be displayed, and by means of an electronic control unit, by way of which the LEDs can be switched and/or controlled, either individually, in groups, and/or in any desired patterns. A method may include transmitting data, which are reproduced by at least one such mat located on a floor. A system for transmitting data may use at least one such mat. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339846 | ANALYSIS AND MANIPULATION OF OBJECTS AND LAYERS IN SURROUND VIEWS - Various embodiments of the present invention relate generally to systems and methods for analyzing and manipulating images and video. According to particular embodiments, the spatial relationship between multiple images and video is analyzed together with location information data, for purposes of creating a representation referred to herein as a surround view for presentation on a device. An object included in the surround view may be manipulated along axes by manipulating the device along corresponding axes. In particular embodiments, a surround view can be separated into layers. Effects can be applied to one or more of these layers to enhance the interactive and immersive viewing experience of the surround view. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339847 | CREATING A VASCULAR TREE MODEL - A method for vascular modeling is disclosed. The method, in some embodiments, comprises receiving a plurality of 2-D angiographic images of a portion of a vasculature of a subject, and processing the images to automatically detect 2-D features, for example, paths along vascular extents, which are projected into 3-D to determine homologous features among blood vessels. In some embodiments, projection and/or image registration is iteratively altered to improve feature position matching. Based on 3-D vascular extents and their registration to 2-D images, additional features such as vascular width are optionally determined and added to the model. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339848 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A COMPOSITE INDEXABLE LINEAR DATA STRUCTURE TO PERMIT SELECTION OF MAP ELEMENTS BASED ON LINEAR ELEMENTS - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for generating a composite indexable linear data structure to permit selection of map elements based on linear elements. In the context of a method, map data and a selected linear element indication are received. The map data comprises a list of map elements. The method also includes extracting map elements within a bounding box, and indexing the extracted map elements. The indexing is spatial indexing. The method also includes correlating the indexed map elements with a plurality of sub segments of the linear element, and generating a composite indexable linear data structure based on the correlation of map elements with the plurality of sub-segments of the linear element. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339849 | Method for Generating Quartic Bezier Triangle Patches from Triangle Mesh for Computer Graphics - Method for generating curved surface consisting of quartic Bezier triangles patches, from a mesh of planar triangles is disclosed. Mesh of planar triangles is used as input. For each vertices, faces that are joined at the vertex are evaluated to determine the desired surface orientation and a scalar parameter that describes the curvature. This can be expressed as a normal vector with its size representing the scalar parameter. Based on this normal vector, one cubic Bezier control point is generated on each side of triangles surrounding the vertex. Applying this to all vertices in the mesh will form cubic Bezier curve which is the boundary curve shared between the adjacent triangle patches. Once cubic Bezier boundary curves are obtained, quartic Bezier triangles patches can be generated for each triangle in the mesh. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339850 | MULTI-VIEW DRAWING APPARATUS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS, AND METHOD - A drawing apparatus is for drawing a three-dimensional model including a plurality of nodes present in a three-dimensional space, by using a plurality of viewpoints. The drawing apparatus includes a memory configured to store drawing information including a correspondence relationship between the plurality of nodes and the plurality of viewpoints, and drawing parameters relevant to the plurality of viewpoints; and a CPU configured to transform the three-dimensional model into an image, by a plurality of polygons constituting the three-dimensional model, by using the drawing information. The CPU changes the drawing information in response to a position or a state of a predetermined one or a plurality of the nodes satisfying a predetermined condition, and calculates drawing positions of vertices of the plurality of polygons, by using the viewpoints corresponding to the nodes to which the vertices belong, based on the changed drawing information. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339851 | FINITE ELEMENT MESH CUSTOMISATION - Method of providing the generic finite element mesh; providing a library of displacement shapes of generic mesh, each displacement shape being applicable to the generic mesh to generate altered mesh; providing a set of scanned data points which map the surface of the actual component, each scanned data point defining the spatial position of a respective location on the surface of the actual component; superposing the scanned data points on the surface of generic mesh; projecting scanned data points onto respective proximal surface locations of generic mesh to form a set of near data points, each near data point defining the spatial position of respective location on the surface of the generic mesh; determining a combination of the displacement shapes; and applying the combination of displacement shapes to the generic mesh to generate a customised finite element mesh for the actual component. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339852 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEMS - When rendering a region of a three-dimensional object represented by a base set of polygon vertices in a graphics processing pipeline, a first processing stage uses meta-information representative of the surface relief of the region of the three-dimensional object to determine whether to generate a set of additional polygon vertices over the region of the three-dimensional object, and generates the additional set of polygon vertices (when this is deemed necessary). A second processing stage then uses information representative of the surface relief of the region of the three-dimensional object to modify the positions of one or more of the polygon vertices, before the vertices are assembled into primitives that are then rasterised and rendered. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339853 | FOOTWEAR DIGITIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A footwear digitization system and method configured to determine physical attributes for any given footwear or other cut-and-stitched item, including dimensional and spatial properties, optical attributes, and assembly information, and utilizing those properties and attributes to generate a digital three-dimensional model thereof. The invention relates generally to the field of garment digitization, and the subsequent production of computer-generated images depicting the (digitized) garment at a level of quality comparable to studio photographs of the real garment article. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339854 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEACHING AND INSTRUCTING IN A VIRTUAL WORLD INCLUDING MULTIPLE VIEWS - Methods, systems and apparatus are provided for generating visual instruction to a user of a system, such as for exercise instruction or rehabilitation purposes. Preferably, the system includes a user imaging system with the system generating an output adapted to couple to a display device. The systems and methods serve to guide a user body motion. In one preferred embodiment, the method includes the steps of receiving first user positional information from the user imaging system, and then generating a first mirror image of the user positional information. Additionally, the method includes generating a first instructional image having the same positional orientation as the first mirror image of the user positional information. Finally, the method and system generate a composite output display including the first mirror image of the user positional information and the first instructional image. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339855 | LASER POINTER SELECTION FOR AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICES - In an approach to selecting a real world object for display in an augmented reality view using a laser signal, one or more computer processors determine a real world environment being viewed in an augmented reality view. The one or more computer processors recognize a laser light signature signal originating from an object in the real world environment. The one or more computer processors receive a selection of the object, based, at least in part, on the recognized laser light signature signal. The one or more computer processors display the selected object in the augmented reality view. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339856 | DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to: control an imaging device to stop a first focus adjustment when a specific object is detected from a first image captured by the imaging device while the first focus adjustment is in execution, the first focus adjustment being performed at each first time interval by the imaging device, and control the imaging device to start a second focus adjustment when the specific object is not detected from a second image captured by the imaging device after the imaging device is controlled to stop the first focus adjustment. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339857 | AMBIENT LIGHT COMPENSATION FOR AUGMENTED OR VIRTUAL REALITY - An augmented reality display system comprises a passable world model data comprises a set of map points corresponding to one or more objects of the real world. The augmented reality system also comprises a processor to communicate with one or more individual augmented reality display systems to pass a portion of the passable world model data to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems, wherein the piece of the passable world model data is passed based at least in part on respective locations corresponding to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339858 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device configured to display a first display image on a display unit based on display information and first position information acquired based on identification information associated with the display information, the information processing device includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, configured to acquire imaged images imaged by an imaging unit, extract the identification information from an object included in each of the imaged image, acquire the display information associated with the identification information when the identification information is extracted by the extraction, and display a second display image on the display unit based on second position information and the display information acquired by the acquisition, when the identification information is not extracted from any of the imaged images acquired after the identification information is extracted by the extraction. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339859 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING THROUGH VOLUME IMAGE - Disclosed are an apparatus for navigating through a volume image and a method thereof. The apparatus for navigating through a volume image includes a navigation plane detecting unit configured to generate a virtual plane in a navigation coordinate system in a real world from user gesture data and determine the virtual plane as a navigation plane, an extracting unit configured to extract a 2D sectional image corresponding to the navigation plane from 3D volume data, based on a reference surface of a volume coordinate system of a virtual world corresponding to a reference surface of the navigation coordinate system, and a display unit configured to display the extracted sectional image. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339860 | ARTICLE INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION OF ARTICLE, ARTICLE INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM,AND ARTICLE INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD - Provided is an article information providing apparatus that includes a display circuit, an imaging circuit, an object recognizing circuit, and an article discriminating circuit. The display circuit displays an article information image in which article information is shown. The imaging circuit images real space. The object recognizing circuit recognizes the object imaged by the imaging circuit. The article discriminating circuit discriminates the article from the object recognized by the object recognizing circuit and displays the article information image on the display circuit based on the state of the discriminated article. In addition, the article discriminating circuit displays the article information image on the display circuit when a dynamic state change of the discriminated article is identified. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339861 | METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting a movement of the electronic device, and changing a scale of a displayed image based on the movement. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339862 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING A PACKAGE TYPE USING AN IMAGING LOGISTICS RECEPTACLE - Methods and systems that detect a package type of a package deposited within a logistics receptacle having an entrance chute that receives the package, an image sensor within the entrance chute, and an interaction sensor. The interaction sensor detects when the package is provided to the receptacle. After detection, the image sensor is activated to capture an image corresponding to at least a part of one side of the package. The image is processed to determine a pattern match related to the package type, and the package's type is identified based upon the determined pattern match. The system may also include a dispatch type of server notified with a pickup request from the receptacle. The server may update analytics information related to the receptacle, determine a future pickup schedule for the receptacle based upon the updated analytics information, and transmit a schedule update message based upon the future schedule. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339863 | Data Recorder System and Unit for a Vehicle - Disclosed is a data recording unit and data recording system for use in connection with a vehicle, such as a train, a locomotive of a train, a railcar of a train, and the like. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339864 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECORDING THE USE OF WASTE DISPOSAL CONTAINERS - A method of and apparatus for creating record data for an authorising body of for example, skips and other waste containers is disclosed. Such a system includes receiving data from a telemetry system attached to a skip lorry. This data includes, vehicle identification data, location data identifying a location of the vehicle and loading/unloading data identifying when an object is loaded onto and/or unloaded from the vehicle. This data is then processed to determine locations where waste containers have been loaded and unloaded from vehicles and compare this to a permit booking system to ensure compliance with the booking system. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339865 | VEHICLE INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS, VEHICLE INFORMATION SUPPLYING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATING SYSTEM OF VEHICLE HAVING VEHICLE INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE INFORMATION SUPPLYING APPARATUS - A vehicle information management server provided in a vehicle information center transmits to an information transmission/reception ECU provided in a vehicle both command information for acquiring required vehicle information, and wait time information indicating a timing at which the vehicle information is to be transmitted via an external communication network. The information transmission/reception ECU of the vehicle receives the transmitted command information and wait time information. The ECU waits until the wait time represented by the wait time information elapses or a designated time comes, and then acquires the vehicle information in accordance with an acquiring command represented by the command information. The ECU transmits the acquired vehicle information to the server at the timing designated as described above. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339866 | VEHICLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION EFFICIENCY LEARNING IN THE ENERGY DOMAIN - A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, controlling a vehicle based on a learned energy consumption efficiency. The energy consumption efficiency may be learned in an energy domain by periodically filtering a ratio of a distance traveled to an energy consumed. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339867 | Distributed Data Storage And Recovery - A data recording and recovery system includes a plurality of data storage modules distributed among a respective plurality of physical locations about a structural platform. Each module comprises a first electronic interface for receiving data from the platform and for data communication among the plurality of modules during operation of the platform. A data storage device stores at least a portion of the received data. A second electronic interface communicates with another of the plurality of modules. Tracking is enabled upon occurrence of a catastrophic event associated with the platform. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339868 | MAINTENANCE MONITOR DEVICE, AND PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - An object is to provide a maintenance monitor device which can display numerical data related to three or more display items on a graph simultaneously, with high visibility and operability. A maintenance monitor device ( | 2015-11-26 |
20150339869 | Automatic Wireless Door Opening System and Method of Using the Same - The present invention relates to an automatic wireless Bluetooth®-enabled garage door opener, gate opener or other automatic door opening system and method. Specifically, the door opener system and method comprises a Bluetooth wireless receiver interconnected to a low voltage wired garage door opening system, and a control application on a smart device, such as a smart phone, tablet, or other like Bluetooth®-enabled wireless transmitter. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339870 | Dual Access Level Security System and Method - A dual or progressive access level security system and method is disclosed. The system receives or acquires one or more initial access identifiers of the user via an identity reader. In examples, the identity reader is a biometric scanner such as a fingerprint scanner that reads a fingerprint, or an antenna such as a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna that reads an initial access identifier from a tag within a user device such as a fob or mobile phone or a Bluetooth identifier from the user's mobile computing device. In response to validation of the initial access identifier, the system presents virtual keys for the user to enter an access code. In embodiments, the virtual keys are included within a touchscreen and within a virtual projected keyboard presented by the security system. The security system grants access to the user in response to validation of the access code. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339871 | ENTITY MANAGEMENT AND RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for wirelessly monitoring and recognizing people and things is disclosed. An entity monitoring and recognition (EMAR) unit at a site detects the presence of the entity, and in response the unit recognizes the entity and triggers an action, wherein the detection and recognition comprises the EMAR unit wirelessly communicating with a device associated with the entity without any action on the part of the entity. A site is a physical location, including a budding. The system also stores detection and recognition events and associates them with the entity, the time of the detection and recognition, and a touchpoint within the site at which the detection and recognition occurred. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339872 | System for securing packages - System for securing packages against unauthorized access, preferably for receiving and/or shipping packages, with several securing devices for securing a package and with a central device, which is designed to receive a reservation signal and on the basis of the reservation signal to select one of the securing devices, hereinafter referred to as a selected securing device, and to generate and to emit a booking signal and/or a reservation confirmation signal, whereby the selected securing device can be controlled by verification with the booking signal and/or the reservation confirmation signal in such a way that the package can be secured in or released from the selected securing device. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339873 | Security Feature and Value Product and/or Security Product Containing the Security Feature - An easily producible security feature according to the invention contains at least one luminescence device on and/or in a product carrier. Additionally, the security feature contains, in and/or on the product carrier, at least one absorptive spectral filter for luminescence radiation exiting from the at least one luminescence device, such that a color impression results both under illumination with visible radiation and under luminescence illumination conditions. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339874 | PAPER SHEETS PROCESSING SYSTEM AND A PAPER SHEETS PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a paper sheets processing system includes an image acquisition unit, an event information acquisition unit, an operation unit, and an image retrieval unit. The image acquisition unit acquires a plurality of images by at least one camera scanning a predetermined position of a paper sheets processing apparatus. The at least one camera is located around the paper sheets processing apparatus. The event information acquisition unit acquires an event information related to an event occurred in the paper sheets processing apparatus. The operation unit accepts an operation indicating an event, based on the event information. The image retrieval unit retrieves at least one image corresponding to the event indicated by the operation, from the plurality of images, and outputs the at least one image. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339875 | MEDICINE DISPENSING SYSTEM AND MEDICINE DISPENSING DEVICE - There is provided a medicine dispensing system configured such that a medicine dispensing device includes a sub unit having a function to dispense medicine that is connected to a medicine dispensing device that includes a main unit having a function of packing medicines. There is also provided a medicine dispensing device that can be appropriately integrated with such a medicine dispensing system. The medicine dispensing system includes, in some embodiments a main unit, a sub unit and a transfer device connecting the main unit and the sub unit. The medicine dispensing system transfers the medicine dispensed in the sub unit to the main unit by means of a transfer device and dispenses the medicine at a medicine packing part together with the medicine dispensed from a main storage part in the main unit. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339876 | PLAYER-CONTROLLED VOLATILITY IN GAMING EQUIPMENT - A method and apparatus for playing a wagering game on a gaming apparatus enables different paytables and related volatility wagers on at least one of an underlying wagering game and a side bet wager against a paytable. The method allows a player placing a wager on the underlying wagering game; and the player placing a wager on the side bet. The method further allows providing a physical random event outcome in the underlying wagering game on which both the underlying game and the side bet are based. At least one of the wager on the underlying wagering game and the wager on the side bet is made on at least one of two available wagers having differing volatilities from each other. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339877 | Method for Integrating Games with Digital Media - A method for integrating game products with sale and dissemination of digital media to players includes providing for players to purchase digital media for download at a purchase price that enters the player into a game wherein the player's downloaded digital media determines whether or not the player has won in the game. The purchased downloads are downloaded from a library, wherein a number of the digital media are stored in the library in their original format, and a defined number of the digital media stored in the library are modified from their original format to include an auditory or visual indication of a winning lottery play. The players download and listen to or view their downloaded digital media to determine if they have purchased a winning digital media in the lottery game. Players losing in the lottery game may be provided a downloaded digital media in its original format. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339878 | METHODS OF PLAYING WAGERING GAMES WITH THE KENO SYSTEM - A method of playing a game that uses the numbers generated by a Keno game is described. The method includes i) receiving a wager from a player, ii) the player selecting to play a matrix-like game displaying through a display medium the player selected variables, with the matrix containing subsets each with a plurality of numbers, the subsets defined by linear contiguous trajectories; vertical, horizontal and diagonal; the subsets including generally equivalent amounts of variables, each subset including a variable that is shared with at least one other subset in the matrix and there are a plurality of subsets that include a variable that are mutually exclusive to another subset within the matrix, and iii) determining the gaming operators variables, displaying the gaming operators variables, determining whether the player wins or loses the game according to predetermined rules. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339879 | COORDINATING MEDIA CONTENT IN WAGERING GAME SYSTEMS - In some embodiments, a method includes detecting, by the first emotive lighting controller, the wagering game event for which to present the coordinated media show. The method can include executing, by the first emotive lighting controller, an instruction script identifying a first group of media effects for the coordinated media show, and in response to executing the instruction script, causing presentation of the first group of media effects by at least one media device connected, via a network, to the first emotive lighting controller. The method can include detecting a synchronization trigger associated with the coordinated media show, and in response to the synchronization trigger, transmitting a synchronization marker to at least a second emotive lighting controller in the network, wherein the synchronization marker causes the second emotive lighting controller to transition to a second group of media effects for the coordinated media show. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339880 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING A SLOT GAME INCLUDING A SYMBOL REPLACEMENT FEATURE - Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a gaming system and method providing a slot game including a symbol replacement feature. Generally, in various embodiments, the slot game employs a plurality of different symbols, each of which is included in one of a plurality of different groups. Each group includes at least two different symbols. In operation, the gaming system displays a plurality of the symbols and, if a triggering event associated with one of the groups occurs, the gaming system provides the symbol replacement feature by replacing at least one displayed symbol of that group with a different one of the symbols of that group. Thus, when providing the symbol replacement feature in these embodiments, the gaming system of the present disclosure replaces certain displayed symbols included in a particular group with different symbols included in that particular group and not with any symbols included in any other groups. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339881 | GAMING MACHINE AND GAME HAVING SYMBOLS WITH INCREASING VALUES - In a method of playing a game at a gaming machine, a first set of symbols is displayed and winnings are paid for combinations of winning symbols. A second set of symbols is displayed by removing the winning combinations of symbols and replacing them with new symbols. The value of awards for symbols of the type which did not form a winning combination relative to the first set of symbols is higher for the second set of symbols than if those symbols had formed a winning combination in the first set of symbols. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339882 | GAMING MACHINE AND METHODS OF UPGRADING GAME SYMBOLS IN AN OUTCOME OF A GAME - A gaming machine and method allow a player to play a game. The game has an associated set of game symbols. The game symbols in the set of game symbols are arranged in a predetermined order from lowest to highest. A display device is configured to display a plurality of symbol regions arranged in a grid. The controller is configured to randomly select an initial outcome of the game. The initial outcome of the game includes an initial game symbol associated with each of the symbol regions. The controller detects a triggering condition associated with the initial outcome of the game and responsively replaces the initial game symbol in at least one predetermined symbol region with a replacement symbol to establish a secondary outcome of the game. The replacement symbol is determined as a function of the initial symbol and the predetermined order of the game symbols. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339883 | GAMING MACHINE AND GAME CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a gaming machine and a game control method with a wider variation in the games run in the gaming machine to make the games more attractive by increasing the number of types of the random determination process for symbols to be displayed. The main CPU executes a symbol random determination for determining symbols to be displayed on the reel device M | 2015-11-26 |
20150339884 | DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF WAGER-BASED GAMING RULES AND ALTERNATIVE GAMING OFFERINGS IMPLEMENTED VIA COMPUTER NETWORKS - Various aspects described or referenced herein are directed to different methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing dynamic configuration of wager-based gaming rules and alternative gaming offerings implemented via computer networks. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339885 | CONTROLLING WAGERING GAME PERIPHERALS - A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include establishing a connection with an input device, from a plurality of input devices configured for user input, for use in a wagering game during a wagering game session. The operations can further include receiving input data from the input device, wherein the input data has a first format specific to the input device, and wherein the wagering game requires the input data in a second format different from the first format. The operations can further include converting the input data from the first format to the second format required by the wagering game, and providing the input data to the wagering game in the second format for use as the user input for the wagering game. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339886 | ENCRYPTED ELECTRONIC GAMING TICKET - An electronic ticket ( | 2015-11-26 |
20150339887 | WAGERING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to a gaming system and method to allow a player to easily move from one type of gaming venue (table games, gaming machines, race/sports book) to another type of gaming venue (table games, gaming machines, race/sports book) without cashing out. Player's card balance, wagering account balance, WIN tickets or TITO vouchers are accepted interchangeably to establish a wagering credit in each of the types of gaming venues. A player may also wager electronically using a mobile device and print a TITO voucher using the mobile device and the kiosk to wager at another gaming venue. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339888 | WAGERING KIOSK SYSTEM - A wagering kiosk is disclosed which may be used for opening a player wagering account, a player loyalty account and for placing a sports book wager in a gaming establishment. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339889 | METHOD FOR ASSIGNING A WILD SYMBOL ON A GAMING DEVICE - A method of operating a gaming machine having a game controller includes receiving, via an input device of the gaming machine, a request from a player to play a game, generating, via a game controller and based on the request to play the game, a symbol combination comprising one or more symbols, wherein the symbol combination is associated with a first payout amount, displaying the symbol combination to the player via a display device, receiving, via the input device, a request from the player to assign a wild symbol, generating the wild symbol based on the request from the player and displaying the wild symbol to the player via the display device, determining whether any of the one or more symbols in the symbol combination matches the wild symbol and providing an indication to the player of any matching symbols via the display device, calculating a second payout amount for the symbol combination based on the matching symbols, wherein the second payout amount is at least equal to the first payout amount, and providing an indication of the second payout amount to the player. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339890 | Digital Media-Based Award System for Gaming - A method for integrating game products with sale and dissemination of digital media to players includes providing for players to purchase digital media for download at a purchase price that enters the player into a game wherein the player's downloaded digital media determines whether or not the player has won in the game. The purchased downloads are downloaded from a library, wherein a number of the digital media are stored in the library in their original format, and a defined number of the digital media stored in the library are modified from their original format to include an auditory or visual indication of a winning lottery play. The players download and listen to or view their downloaded digital media to determine if they have purchased a winning digital media in the lottery game. Players losing in the lottery game may be provided a downloaded digital media in its original format. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339891 | Digital Media-Based Award System for Gaming - A method and system for integrating game products with sale and dissemination of digital media to players includes providing for players to purchase digital media for download at a purchase price that enters the player into a game wherein the player's downloaded digital media determines whether or not the player has won in the game. The digital media is downloaded from a library, wherein each digital media is modified from an original format to have a winning or losing status indication. Players in the game download and listen to or view select ones of the digital media as a game pieces in the game to determine if the downloaded digital media is a winning digital media. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339893 | SELF-SERVICE LOTTERY MACHINE - The present invention provides a self-service lottery machine, comprising a casing forming an accommodation space; a display device for providing a lottery self-service sales operation interface, which including a touch display screen; a coin-feed and card reading integrated module for completing payment, which including a coin-feed and card reading operation interface; a data input module for implementing keyboard input, the data input module including an input keyboard; and a main board for completing lottery self-service sales according to user's operation received by the data input module, the coin-feed and card reading integrated module and the display device, wherein the display device, the coin-feed and card reading integrated module, the data input module and the main board are arranged inside the accommodation space, and the touch display screen, the coin-feed and card reading operation interface and the input keyboard are all exposed from a first face casing of the casing. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339894 | AUTOMATED BANKING MACHINE WITH NON-CONTACT READING OF CARD DATA - An automated banking machine is part of a banking system that can operate to cause financial transfers responsive to data read from data bearing records. The machine can also receive user card data from a cell phone, including an electronic account number. The phone's banking application encrypts the account number along with an inputted random number which was generated by the machine. The phone then displays a bar code image containing the encrypted data. The machine includes a bar code reader. The random number is used to verify the current transaction session. Thereafter, normal transaction flow can follow, including PIN input. The process allows for secure input of card data without physical insertion of a card. Thus, fraudulent activities based on card insertion can be reduced. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339895 | DOORBELL DEVICE - A doorbell device is provided. The doorbell device includes a user interface, a control circuit, a power switching circuit, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a charge/discharge control circuit. The user interface includes a button. The control circuit is coupled to the user interface and generates a power control signal according to a state of the button. The power switching circuit is coupled to the control circuit and outputs a first voltage signal at a first node to supply power to the control circuit according to the power control signal. The first capacitor is coupled to the first node. The charge/discharge control circuit is coupled between the first node and the second capacitor and controls whether the second capacitor is charged or discharged according to the first voltage signal. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339896 | SIGNAL DEVICE WITH INDIRECT LIGHTING SIGNAL - The present invention provides methods and systems for a signal device that includes at least one smoke detecting device, optionally a severe weather warning device, and optionally a carbon monoxide detecting device, which are housed within a housing comprising a top portion and a base. A circuit board having a top side and a bottom side that extends to an outer edge is also contained within the housing, and at least one LED is positioned in close proximity to the outer edge of the bottom side of the circuit board. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339897 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE INCLUDING INFORMATION LIGHT DEVICE - A household appliance includes an information light device that projects light onto a surface to enable a user to determine whether or not the household device is in operation. The information light device may include a light guide. The light guide may be disposed along a side portion of the household appliance. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339898 | HAPTIC DESIGN AUTHORING TOOL - A haptic authoring tool is provided that recommends one or more haptic effects provides a haptification model generated by learning a human haptic designer style. The haptic authoring tool receives an input comprising at least one of audio and video and a plurality of events. The haptic authoring tool then recommends a type of haptic effect to be associated with a corresponding event from the input based on the learned haptification model. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339899 | ELECTRIC TACTILE SENSE PRESENTATION DEVICE - A tactile sense presentation device is provided which is simple in structure, and is able to give a real tactile sense to a human body by causing electrical stimulation to effectively act thereon, while holding original human tactile sense. The electric tactile sense presentation device includes an electrode substrate adapted to be worn on a human body so as to be in contact with a skin, and a multitude of electrodes formed on a contact surface of the electrode substrate for contact with the skin to present a tactile sense by means of electrical stimulation, wherein the electrode substrate is composed of a flexible circuit body which is flexible to enable a portion thereof in contact with a real object to flexibly deform so as to conform to deformation of the skin, and it is configured such that electrical stimulation by the electrodes is superimposed on the tactile sense of a human being, while maintaining the human tactile sense. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339900 | Home satellite surveillance defense - Patent for home defense against satellite surveillance. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339901 | DESIGN-FIRST DISTRIBUTED REAL-TIME RFID TRACKING SYSTEM - A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag design-first, computer-assisted drawn configuration, visualization and monitoring system for monitoring the movement of tagged assets in a given space. The system provides tag information data, and makes all calculations necessary for visually displaying the movements of tags on any imported two dimensional (2D) or three dimensional (3D) floor plan graphic file (e.g., .gif, .png, .jpg or similar formats) in real-time through web-based systems. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339902 | CARGO MONITORING AND TRACKING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a cargo monitoring and tracking system. The system comprises at least one cargo location device, configured to be disposed at, especially hidden in a cargo item or a group of cargo items, at least one cargo supervising device configured to be disposed at a transport means for the cargo items and cargo control means. The at least one cargo location device is configured to be operated in a monitoring mode in which it transmits a monitoring radio signal adapted to be received by the at least one cargo supervising device and a tracking mode in which it transmits a tracking radio signal which is traceable by tracking means. Furthermore the cargo location device is configured to automatically switch between the monitoring mode and the tracking mode. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339903 | FIXED PROPERTY MONITORING WITH MOVING ASSET LOCATION TRACKING - Techniques are described for moving asset location tracking and monitoring system technology. A system monitors for events related to a monitoring system that monitors a fixed property and the system detects an event related to the monitoring system based on the monitoring. The system performs an operation that leverages geographic location tracking of at least one mobile asset associated with the fixed property based on the detected event. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339904 | Wireless Device Networks With Smoke Detection Capabilities - An electronic device may include a smoke detector. The electronic device may use the smoke detector to monitor for the presence of smoke. In response to detecting smoke with the smoke detector, the electronic device may issue an alert or take other suitable action. The electronic device may transmit alerts to nearby electronic devices and to remote electronic devices such as electronic devices at emergency services facilities. Alerts may contain maps and graphical representations of buildings in which smoke has been detected. Motion detectors and other sensors and circuitry may be used in determining whether electronic devices are being used by users and may be used in determining where the electronic devices are located. Alerts may contain information on the location of detected smoke and building occupants. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339905 | IDENTIFYING A CHANGE IN A HOME ENVIRONMENT - A system and computer implemented method for detecting a change in a home environment for a visually impaired user is disclosed. The method may include monitoring the home environment using a set of sensors configured to collect environment data for a set of areas of the home environment. The method may also include detecting an environmental change in an area of the home environment. The method may also include providing, in response to a triggering event, a notification of the environmental change. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339906 | MONITORING SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A monitoring system includes a monitored apparatus and a monitoring apparatus. The monitored apparatus includes an image capturing module and a first wireless communication module. The image capturing module is used for capturing a plurality of images. The first wireless communication module is used for receiving the images from the image capturing module. The monitoring apparatus includes a second wireless communication module, a distance determining module and an image playing module. The second wireless communication module is used for receiving the images from the first wireless communication module. The distance determining module is used for determining whether a distance from the monitored apparatus to the monitoring apparatus is greater than a predetermined value. The image playing module is used for playing at least one of the images when the distance is greater than the predetermined value. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339907 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE FOR CHILD DISCIPLINE - A child discipline system designated as a punishment tool that includes the use of a pad with an alarm system that is designated as a punishment position for the child. Within the pad is a sensor that detects whether the child is sitting on the pad and creates a system where if a child moves the sensor activates the alarm indicating that the child has moved from their punishment spot. A receiver is used with the pad that receives an alert from the alarm therefore freeing the parent or guardian from actively monitoring the child in their punishment position. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339908 | Integral Safety Display For A Test Switch - An electrical test switch has an integral energized circuit indicator. The energized circuit indicator is integrated into the front and/or rear covers of the test switch. The energized circuit indicator is passive and senses properties of the at least one conductor of the device being tested by being placed in proximity of the device. The voltage display provides personnel a visual indication of whether the electrical device being tested is energized without requiring a physical test or direct connection to the at least one conductor of the device being measured. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339909 | BATTERY PROTECTION SYSTEM AND BATTERY PROTECTION METHOD - A battery protection system applicable to an electronic device includes a battery, a control module, a message generating module and an input interface. The control module is electrically connected to the battery for detecting if the battery is in an abnormal state. The message generating module is electrically connected to the control module for generating a battery-error warning message when the control module detects that the battery is in the abnormal state. The input interface is electrically connected to the control module for transmitting a user command to the control module after the battery-error warning message is generated, thereby enabling the control module to release the abnormal state of the battery according to the user command. A battery protection method is also provided. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339910 | AMUSEMENT PARK ELEMENT TRACKING SYSTEM - A system includes one or more retro-reflective markers positioned within a ride system and a tracking system that may detect the one or more retro-reflective markers to track a position of a rider. The tracking system includes an emitter that may emit light toward the one or more retro-reflective markers, a detector that may detect reflected light from the one or more retro-reflective markers, and a controller that may determine the position of the rider relative to the one or more retro-reflective markers based on detection of the reflected light and that may provide an indication of the position of the rider. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339911 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING, DETECTING AND REPORTING EMERGENCY CONDITIONS USING SENSORS BELONGING TO MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS - A system and method for monitoring sensors belonging to multiple organizations, detecting an emergency condition based on sensor information, associating a location with the detected emergency condition and then sending an emergency condition report to an authorized recipient. Sensor configuration data is either entered automatically using a sensor discovery engine or entered by a system administrator. The system monitors sensor information using a database-driven rules engine and reports emergency conditions to authorized recipients using a database-driven rules engine. The emergency condition report includes sensor information for sensors that are proximally located to the detected emergency condition. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339912 | Security Monitoring and Control - Systems, methods, and software for monitoring and controlling a security system for a structure are provided herein. An exemplary method may include receiving sensor data from at least one first peripheral, the sensor data associated with at least one of activity inside and activity outside of a structure; determining a critical event based in part on the sensor data; creating an alert based in part on the critical event; getting user preferences associated with at least one of a user and a base unit; determining a response based in part on the alert and user preferences; and activating at least one of a second peripheral and a service based in part on the response. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339913 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING SAFETY AND/OR SECURITY IN POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS - Some embodiments are directed to a lockdown apparatus for facilitating initiation of lockdown procedures at a facility that is configured for occupation by facility occupants and that includes a fire alarm. The fire alarm can include a fire alarm actuator and a fire alarm communicator configured to produce a fire alarm communication for communicating actuation of the fire alarm actuator. The lockdown apparatus can include a manually operated lockdown actuator disposed at the facility and configured to transmit a lockdown initiation signal upon being manually actuated, the manually operated actuator being configured to be recognizably distinguishable from the fire alarm actuator. The lockdown apparatus can include a lockdown communicator configured to produce a lockdown communication for communicating initiation of lockdown procedures to the facility occupants and individuals not disposed proximate the facility upon transmission of the lockdown initiation signal, the lockdown communication being recognizably distinguishable from the fire alarm communication. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339914 | SENSOR DEVICE FOR REMOTE MONITORING - A sensor device used in remote monitoring of waste within a waste container includes a sensor arrangement for monitoring the waste and for generating a corresponding waste-indicative signal, a data processing arrangement for receiving the waste-indicative signal, a wireless interface coupled to the data processing arrangement for enabling the data processing device to emit wireless signals including information derived from the waste-indicative signal, and a power source for providing power to operate the sensor device. The sensor arrangement additionally includes a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of at least the power source, and the data processing arrangement is operable to be switched from the second reduced-power mode to the first activated mode as a function of the temperature measured by the temperature sensor. This enables power saving and increased service life of the sensor, battery, and the waste container. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339915 | ADVANCED INTERCONNECTED SMOKE ALARM SYSTEM WITH CENTRALLY LOCATED BATTERY AND DC POWER SUPPLY - A smoke detector system with a first DC power supply and a second DC power supply connected to at least one smoke detector wherein the first DC power supply may be powered by an AC power input and the second DC power supply may be a battery is disclosed. The smoke detectors may be powered primarily by the first DC power supply during normal operations. The second DC power supply may be configured to supply power to the one or more smoke detectors in the event of the loss of the AC power input to the first power supply. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339916 | Voice Enabled Remote Control for a Set-Top Box - A remote control device includes a digital audio storage device, a talk button, and an optical distance measurer. The digital audio storage device is configured to continually record an audio input for a specific amount of time. The talk button is coupled to the digital audio storage device and is configured to initiate a transmission of the audio input to a set-top box device. The optical distance measurer is coupled to the talk button and is configured to automatically measure a distance to a user in response to the talk button being pressed. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339917 | TRIGGERING COMMANDS ON A TARGET DEVICE IN RESPONSE TO BROADCASTED EVENT NOTIFICATIONS - Mechanisms to trigger commands on target devices when source devices broadcast certain notifications to thereby automate common, routine, or otherwise related activities among heterogeneous devices are provided. For example, when a source device broadcasts a notification that arrives at a control device, a trigger that links the notification to a command on the target device may be defined and stored at the control device, which may then automatically invoke the command on the target device when the source device broadcasts the notification again in the future. In other use cases, the trigger and the linked command may be pushed to the broadcasting source device, which may then invoke the command on the target device when broadcasting the notification in the future, or a listener may be configured on the target device such that the target device may invoke the command in response to locally detecting the notification linked thereto. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339918 | FLUID TESTING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USE - The invention is directed to a mobile hand held miniature laboratory system in general, and to fluid testing apparatus for performing a parameter measurement in a fluid sample and methods of use in particular. The apparatus comprising: a strip adapted to absorb a fluid sample and to produce a signal indicative of said parameter level in said sample; and adaptor adapted to connect said strip to a smart phone to allow delivery of the produced signal or a correlated signal to said smart phone for obtaining a measurement of said fluid parameter displayed on said smart phone, wherein said testing apparatus relies on said smart phone at least tor power supply and display means. The fluid may be a physiological fluid such as blood, urine, saliva or amniotic fluid, or a non-physiological fluid such as fluid obtained from industrial pools for fish or algae growth, or entertainment swimming pools. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339919 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAFFIC FLOW REPORTING, FORECASTING, AND PLANNING - A street lighting and traffic control system and method employing sensor technologies. Conventional sensors and processors are linked together by a wireless mesh communications architecture that may also be interfaced through one or more gateways into one or more monitoring and control centers. Traffic flow reporting, control and forecasting using a street lighting and traffic control network that includes a series of street lighting fixtures. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339920 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING VEHICLES IN PARKING STRUCTURES AND INTERSECTIONS - A dynamic signal to noise ratio tracking system enables detection of vehicles within the field of view of the tracking system. The tracking system may include an emitter configured to emit electromagnetic radiation within an area, a detector configured to detect electromagnetic radiation reflected back from vehicles within the area, and a control unit configured to evaluate signals from the detector and control various automated devices as a result of this evaluation. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339921 | METHOD FOR MAKING AVAILABLE ROUTE INFORMATION BY MEANS OF AT LEAST ONE MOTOR VEHICLE - Current route information about a traffic situation and/or the state of the route itself is made available. A communication link to a peer-to-peer network is set up by a communication device of a motor vehicle, and the motor vehicle is signed on to said peer-to-peer network as a subscriber of the peer-to-peer network, with the result that a communication address of the motor vehicle can be determined by at least one other subscriber of the peer-to-peer network. Furthermore, in each case an interrogation relating to the route information is received by the communication device from the at least one other subscriber. The route information itself is determined by a sensing device of the motor vehicle and is then transmitted to the interrogating subscriber by the communication device. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339922 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING WETNESS ON A ROADWAY - A detection device is provided for a motor vehicle ( | 2015-11-26 |
20150339923 | VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A vehicle request management system having a server ( | 2015-11-26 |
20150339924 | PARKING SPACE OCCUPANCY - Systems and methods for determining park stall occupancy are disclosed herein. The systems and methods include receiving a three dimensional representation of a parking stall in a parking lot. The systems and methods also include processing the three dimensional representation to determine occupancy of the parking stall. The parking stall has a boundary relative to the area. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339925 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR A VEHICLE - A communication device for a vehicle is described, having a recording apparatus for recording the surroundings of the vehicle and a signaling apparatus. Also included is a controller for controlling the signaling apparatus as a function of the recorded surroundings. The signaling apparatus sends a recording signal formed corresponding to the recorded surroundings, to the surroundings. Also described is a corresponding communication method, a corresponding computer program, a corresponding vehicle, and a corresponding communication system. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339926 | Traffic warning apparatus and traffic warning method for warning traffic participants about a hazard region - A traffic warning apparatus for a vehicle for warning traffic participants about a hazard region, having a sensor device that is embodied to sense a directional change of the vehicle, having an evaluation device that is embodied to identify a hazard region that ensues for other traffic participants as a result of the directional change of the vehicle, having a visualization device, mounted on the vehicle, that is embodied to visualize the hazard region for other traffic participants outside the vehicle. Also described is a traffic warning method for warning traffic participants about a hazard region. | 2015-11-26 |