48th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210374368 | HANDCART - A handcart includes a cart frame, a caster, and a code reader. The cart frame includes a receiving portion on which a shopping basket is placeable and a lateral portion extending in a width direction of the cart frame. The caster is disposed at a bottom region of the cart frame. The code reader is attached to the lateral portion of the cart frame so as to be rotatable around the lateral portion. The code reader may be rotated around the lateral portion of the cart frame to a first position at which a reading window of the code reader faces an inner space of the shopping basket on the receiving portion of the cart frame, and to a second position at which the reading window of the code reader faces a front of the cart frame. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374369 | Optical Arrangement in Machine Vision System with Diffusive and Direct Illumination for DPM Indicia - An apparatus for capturing an image of at least one object appearing in an imaging field of view (FOV). A housing has an imaging sensor operably coupled with the circuit board, the imaging sensor configured to capture an image frame appearing in the imaging FOV and defining an imaging axis. An illumination assembly has a plurality of light sources operably coupled with the circuit board, a diffuser positioned adjacent to the plurality of light sources, the diffuser configured to generate a diffused light pattern, and a light pipe positioned adjacent to the plurality of light sources to generate a direct illumination pattern and an off-axis illumination pattern, wherein the direct illumination pattern is oriented generally parallel to the imaging axis and the off-axis illumination pattern is configured to intersect the imaging axis. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374370 | Systems And Methods For Reading Machine-Readable Marks On Racks And Receptacles - A method of reading machine-readable marks on a movable support and object of a sample instrument. The method includes capturing a first image of the moveable support as the moveable support moves from a first position to a second position using an image capture device; determining whether a first fiducial machine-readable mark on the moveable support is in the first image; determining, when the first fiducial machine-readable mark is in the first image, whether a first machine-readable mark on a first object coupled to the moveable support is in the first image at a predetermined position relative to the first fiducial machine-readable mark; and associating information decoded from the first machine-readable mark on the first object with a first location on the moveable support associated with the first fiducial machine-readable mark. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374371 | ARCHITECTURE FOR FASTER DECODING IN A BARCODE READING SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES A SLOW INTERFACE BETWEEN THE CAMERA AND DECODER - Disclosed herein is a barcode reading system that includes an image decoding system, a communication interface, and an image sensor system package. The image decoding system may include a processor, memory, and a decoder stored in the memory. The image sensor system package may be coupled to the image decoding system via the communication interface. The image sensor system package may include a photo sensor array and pre-processing circuitry. The photo sensor array may be configured to capture image frames at a first speed. The pre-processing circuitry may be configured to perform one or more operations on the image frames captured by the photo sensor array. The pre-processing circuitry may be additionally configured to effect transfer of at least some of the image frames to the image decoding system via the communication interface at a second speed. The first speed may be greater than the second speed. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374372 | SCANNER WITH CONTROL LOGIC FOR RESOLVING PACKAGE LABELING CONFLICTS - An automatic object identification scanner is equipped with recognition units that provide detection results for objects and a controller that resolves potential conflicts in the results. One form of recognition unit detects product identifiers and flags in a digital payload that is encoded redundantly across packaging or labels applied to packaging. The controller gets detection results and evaluates them relative to a state data structure, which maintains state for identifiers obtained within a time interval, such as a timeout interval or waiting period after a detection result. Identifiers are reported to a POS system depending on logic that evaluates code priority and pending waiting periods. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374373 | BARCODE READERS WITH 3D CAMERA(S) - Methods and systems include using three-dimensional imaging apparatuses to capture three-dimensional images and analyze resulting three-dimensional image data to enhance captured two-dimensional images for scanning related processes such as object identification, symbology detection, object recognition model training, and identifying improper scan attempts or other actions performed by an operator. Imaging systems such as bi-optic readers, handheld scanners, and machine vision systems are described using three-dimensional imaging apparatuses and described capturing three-dimensional images and using with captured two-dimensional images. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374374 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING PROOF OF PRESENCE - Method for providing proof of presence at a predefined location, comprising: an initialing step (E | 2021-12-02 |
20210374375 | METHOD OF DETECTING A SCAN AVOIDANCE EVENT WHEN AN ITEM IS PASSED THROUGH THE FIELD OF VIEW OF THE SCANNER - Methods of detecting scan avoidance events are disclosed herein. An example method includes measuring, by a weighing scale associated with a barcode reader, an unstable weight over a timeframe having a duration that is greater than a threshold duration. The method further includes monitoring for (i) the barcode reader's failure, during the first timeframe, to transition from a first state in which an imager of the barcode reader does not transmit images for decoding to a second state in which the imager captures images over an FOV including a product scanning region and transmits the captured images for decoding; or (ii) the barcode reader's failure to decode a barcode from images captured over the FOV including the product scanning region during the first timeframe; and generating an alert indicating a potential scan avoidance event responsive to both the measured unstable weight over the timeframe and one of (i) or (ii). | 2021-12-02 |
20210374376 | USING BARCODES TO DETERMINE ITEM DIMENSIONS - Methods and systems for using barcodes to determine item dimensions are disclosed herein. An example method includes a scanner identifying a barcode in an image of an object, and determining a datum associated with the barcode. A physical feature of the object located outside of the barcode is identified. A comparison of the datum associated with the barcode to the physical feature is made; and, in response, at least one dimension of the object is determined. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374377 | FINGERPRINT DETECTION ASSEMBLY, DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A fingerprint detection assembly includes a plurality of fingerprint pixel circuits and a signal reading device. The plurality of fingerprint pixel circuits are arranged in multiple rows and multiple columns, each column of the fingerprint pixel circuits are divided into a plurality of column fingerprint pixel units along a longitudinal direction. Each of the plurality of the column fingerprint pixel units is connected to the signal reading device through a respective data line. The signal reading device is configured to read the fingerprint signals which are collected by the fingerprint pixel circuits. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374378 | IMAGING DEVICE AND AUTHENTICATION DEVICE - A highly convenient imaging device is provided. Alternatively, a highly reliable imaging device is provided. Alternatively, a highly convenient authentication device is provided. Alternatively, a highly reliable authentication device is provided. The imaging device includes a substrate, a pixel array, and an adhesive layer. The substrate has flexibility, the pixel array is positioned over a first surface of the substrate, and the adhesive layer is positioned on a second surface facing the first surface of the substrate. The pixel array includes a light-receiving element and a light-emitting element. The light-receiving element has a function of sensing infrared light and includes a first pixel electrode, an active layer, and a common electrode. The light-emitting element has a function of emitting infrared light and includes a second pixel electrode, a light-emitting layer, and the common electrode. The active layer is positioned over the first pixel electrode and contains a first organic compound. The light-emitting layer is positioned over the second pixel electrode and contains a second organic compound different from the first organic compound. The common electrode includes a portion overlapping with the first pixel electrode with the active layer therebetween, and a portion overlapping with the second pixel electrode with the light-emitting layer therebetween. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374379 | UNDER DISPLAY BIOMETRIC IMAGING ARRANGEMENT - An optical biometric imaging arrangement configured to be arranged under an at least partially transparent display panel, and configured to capture an image of an object located on an opposite side of the display panel, comprising: an image sensor comprising a photodetector pixel array; an array of light redirecting elements, each light redirecting element is configured to redirect light onto the pixel array, a color filter arranged between the array of light redirecting elements and the image sensor, the color filter comprising at least two color filter arrays of respective color filter elements being optically transmissive, a first color array comprising first color filter elements and a second color array comprising second color filter elements, the color filter arrays are arranged such that each photodetector pixel is at least partly covered by at least a first and a second color filter element. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374380 | FINGERPRINT DETECTION MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The fingerprint detection module having at least one fingerprint identification component and an acquisition component. The fingerprint identification component includes a reset unit, a photosensitive unit, and a follower unit. The reset unit switches a voltage at an output end of the photosensitive unit to an initial voltage according to a reset signal. The photosensitive unit receives reflected light of a to-be-detected fingerprint and accumulates charges, outputs a first electrical signal according to a received pulse control signal at a first level, and outputs a second electrical signal according to a next received pulse control signal at the first level. The follower unit receives the first electrical signal and forms a first voltage, and receives the second electrical signal and forms a second voltage. Further, the acquisition component receives the first voltage and the second voltage, and acquires the fingerprint according to a difference between the second and first voltage. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374381 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MOTILITY-BASED LABEL-FREE DETECTION OF MOTILE OBJECTS IN A FLUID SAMPLE - Systems and methods for detecting motile objects (e.g., parasites) in a fluid sample by utilizing the locomotion of the parasites as a specific biomarker and endogenous contrast mechanism. The imaging platform includes one or more substantially optically transparent sample holders. The imaging platform has a moveable scanning head containing light sources and corresponding image sensor(s) associated with the light source(s). The light source(s) are directed at a respective sample holder containing a sample and the respective image sensor(s) are positioned below a respective sample holder to capture time-varying holographic speckle patterns of the sample contained in the sample holder. The image sensor(s). A computing device is configured to receive time-varying holographic speckle pattern image sequences obtained by the image sensor(s). The computing device generates a 3D contrast map of motile objects within the sample use deep learning-based classifier software to identify the motile objects. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374382 | AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION, ORIENTATION AND SAMPLE DETECTION OF A SAMPLE CONTAINER - A method and a system of detecting at least one sample in a sample container, comprising a sample container, further comprising a cavity, the volume of said cavity partially or fully occupied with at least one solid sample and at least one fluid; and at least one camera capturing at least one image of the sample container; and a data processing device detecting at least one sample in the sample container by processing the at least one image captured by the at least one camera. The method and system further comprise putting the sample container in sudden motion prior to the at least one camera capturing at least one image of the sample container. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374383 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TEMPORAL BEHAVIOUR OF AN OBJECT - There is provided a computer-implemented method and apparatus for determining temporal behaviour of an object. The method comprises receiving track data indicative of a plurality of tracks. Each track identifies an association between features corresponding to an object in each of a plurality of images forming image data representative of one or more objects. The method further comprises identifying, in at least some of the plurality of tracks, one or more faults, wherein each fault is associated with at least one respective fault image of the image data. The method further comprises iteratively performing a correction process on the track data. The correction process comprises selecting one of the plurality of tracks having a fault identified therein; determining one or more candidate features in each respective fault image, wherein each candidate feature is determined as a candidate for correcting at least one fault associated with one or more of the plurality of tracks; determining one or more candidate corrections for the selected track, wherein at least some of the candidate corrections are associated with one or more of the candidate features; selecting one of the candidate corrections for the selected track in dependence on a metric indicative of an effect of the candidate correction on the plurality of tracks; and applying the selected candidate correction to the selected track in dependence on one or more criteria. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374384 | TECHNIQUES TO PROCESS LAYERS OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS - Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to identify one or more layers of a three-dimensional graphical image to generate a two-dimensional representation. In at least one embodiment, one or more layers of a three-dimensional graphical image are identified to generate one or more two-dimensional representations. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374385 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACE RECOGNITION - A system and a method for face recognition are disclosed. The system also includes an image capturing subsystem configured to capture one or more images of faces. The system also includes a feature extraction subsystem configured to extract one or more features from the one or more images of faces. The system also includes a feature comparison subsystem configured to compare the one or more extracted features in a local database. The system also includes a feature transmission subsystem configured to transmit the one or more images and one or more extracted features to a remote server. The feature transmission subsystem is also configured to compare the one or more transmitted features to the one or more features pre-stored in the remote server. The system also includes a feature regeneration subsystem configured to regenerate the one or more matched features in the local database from the remote server. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374386 | ENTITY RECOGNITION FROM AN IMAGE - Aspects of the current disclosure include systems and methods for identifying an entity in a query image by comparing the query image with digital images in a database. In one or more embodiments, a query feature may be extracted from the query image and a set of candidate features may be extracted from a set of images in the database. In one or more embodiments, the distances between the query feature and the candidate features are calculated. A feature, which includes a set of shortest distances among the calculated distances and a distribution of the set of shortest distances, may be generated. In one or more embodiments, the feature is input to a trained model to determine whether the entity in the query image is the same entity associated with one of the set of shortest distances. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374387 | MOBILE DEVICE-ASSISTED FACIAL RECOGNITION - A method of facial recognition comprises determining ( | 2021-12-02 |
20210374388 | FACIAL IMAGE RECOGNITION USING PSEUDO-IMAGES - This disclosure relates to the use of “pseudo-images” to perform image recognition, e.g., to perform facial image recognition. In an embodiment, the pseudo-image is obtained by starting with a real world image and, after optional preprocessing, subjecting the image to a non-linear transformation that converts the image into a pseudo-image. While real world objects (or, more generally, real world patterns) may be perceivable in the starting image, they cannot be perceived in the pseudo-image. Image recognition takes place by comparing the pseudo-image with a library of known pseudo-images, i.e., image recognition takes place in pseudo-image space without a return to real world space. In this way, robust image recognition is achieved even for imperfect real world images, such as, real world images that have been degraded by noise, poor illumination, uneven lighting, and/or occlusion, e.g., the presence of glasses, scarves, or the like in the case of facial images. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374389 | CONTROL METHOD FOR NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - Provided is a control method for a notification system including a notification device located inside a building. The control method includes: (a) obtaining face information of a deliverer of an article from an outside server; (b) obtaining a camera image of a face of a visitor to the building, the camera image being captured by a camera disposed outside the building; (c) verifying whether the visitor is the deliverer by comparing the face information and the camera image; and (d) when the visitor is verified to be the deliverer, notifying, by the notification device, a user of delivery information indicating that the deliverer of the article has arrived at the building. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374390 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL DEVICE - An image processing method comprises: acquiring an actual image of a specified target from a video stream collected by a camera; identifying an area not shielded by the VR HMD and an area shielded by the VR HMD of the face of the specified target from the actual image, and acquiring first facial image data corresponding to the area not shielded; obtaining second facial image data matching the first facial image data according to the first facial image data and a preset facial expression model, wherein the second facial image data correspond to the area shielded; and fusing the first facial image data and the second facial image data to generate a composite image. An image processing device comprises a first acquiring unit, an identifying unit, a second acquiring unit and a generating unit, and is for performing the steps of the method described above. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374391 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED CAMERAS - In accordance with some embodiments, systems, apparatus, interfaces, methods, and articles of manufacture are provided for providing information about objects, such as background information and task information, and for providing alerts related to objects. In various embodiments, data is captured about an object and about a user via a camera. Based on the data, information about the object may be provided to the user. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374392 | WEARABLE DEVICE, VIRTUAL CONTENT PROVIDING DEVICE, AND VIRTUAL CONTENT PROVIDING METHOD - A virtual content providing device includes: a communication circuit capable of communicating with a wearable device worn by a user; and a processor functionally connected to the communication circuit. The processor is configured to: display virtual training content on the wearable device through the communication circuit; generate training situation information and user condition information associated with the virtual training content through the wearable device; determine a intervention time point for the virtual training content based on the training situation information and the user condition information; generate virtual intervention content associated with the intervention time point; and display the virtual intervention content in synchronization with the virtual training content through the wearable device. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374393 | VISUAL SIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION TRAINING DEVICE AND METHOD - Methods, devices and systems for training a pattern recognition system are described. In one example, a method for training a sign language translation system includes generating a three-dimensional (3D) scene that includes a 3D model simulating a gesture that represents a letter, a word, or a phrase in a sign language. The method includes obtaining a value indicative of a total number of training images to be generated, using the value indicative of the total number of training images to determine a plurality of variations of the 3D scene for generating of the training images, applying each of plurality of variations to the 3D scene to produce a plurality of modified 3D scenes, and capturing an image of each of the plurality of modified 3D scenes to form the training images for a neural network of the sign language translation system. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374394 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING AN AUDIENCE OF MEDIA BASED ON THERMAL IMAGING - Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a thermal image detector to determine a heat blob count based on a frame of thermal image data, the frame of thermal image data captured in the media environment, a comparator to compare the heat blob count to a prompted people count, the prompted people count based on one or more responses to a prompting message, and when the heat blob count and the prompted people count match, cause a timer that is to trigger generation of the prompting message to be reset. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374395 | System for Information Extraction from Form-Like Documents - The present disclosure is directed to extracting text from form-like documents. In particular, a computing system can obtain an image of a document that contains a plurality of portions of text. The computing system can extract one or more candidate text portions for each field type included in a target schema. The computing system can generate a respective input feature vector for each candidate for the field type. The computing system can generate a respective candidate embedding for the candidate text portion. The computing system can determine a respective score for each candidate text portion for the field type based at least in part on the respective candidate embedding for the candidate text portion. The computing system can assign one or more of the candidate text portions to the field type based on the respective scores. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374396 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR IDENTIFYING CONTENT TO REPRESENT WEB PAGES AND CREATING A REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE FROM THE CONTENT - Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for classification of documents using a location hierarchy. An example method may include receiving a feature vector r that represents occurrence counts of references in a document's text to each of a group of named entities, and determining whether the document is associated with the particular location by querying, to determine a query result, using feature vector r, at least one location-specific classifier from a group of location-specific classifiers, wherein the location-specific classifier is associated with the particular location, and wherein the location-specific classifier is configured to generate a positive output value in response to receiving an input feature vector representing occurrence count of at least one reference to the particular named entity and determining that the document is associated with the particular location in an instance in which the query result includes data indicating that the positive output value was generated by the location-specific classifier that is associated with the particular location. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374397 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR OBTAINING DOCUMENT LAYOUT - The disclosure may provide a method for obtaining a document layout, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method may include: obtaining a plurality of characters and character information of each of the plurality of characters in a target document; generating a character fully-connected graph based on the plurality of characters and the character information of each of the plurality of characters; obtaining a spatial semantic feature of each of the plurality of characters; generating types of character vertices based on the character information of each of the plurality of characters; generating types of edges based on the spatial semantic feature of each of the plurality of characters, and the character information of each of the plurality of characters; and obtaining a document layout of the target document based on the types of the character vertices and the types of the edges. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374398 | CONSTRUCTING A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SEMANTIC DOCUMENT - Technologies pertaining to electronic document understanding are described herein. A document is received, wherein the document includes a section of a type. An image of the document is generated, and a candidate region is identified in the image of the document, wherein the candidate region encompasses the section. A label is assigned to the candidate region based upon text of the section, wherein the label identifies the type of the section. An electronic document understanding task is performed based upon the label assigned to the candidate region. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374399 | CONTACTLESS BIOMETRICS MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A contactless biometrics monitoring system includes: a first device to transmit a modulated signal into an environment, the modulated signal being modulated to amplify one or more biometric patterns of a user located within the environment; and a second device to receive a reflection of the modulated signal off the user located within the environment. The reflection includes a vibration component, and the vibration component indicates biometric information of the user corresponding to the one or more biometric patterns amplified by the modulated signal. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374400 | METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING MEASURING POINTS OF A POINT CLOUD - A method for classifying measuring points of a point cloud ascertained by at least one sensor, in particular, a point cloud ascertained from a LIDAR sensor, a radar sensor and/or a camera sensor, via a control unit. Local surface vectors to adjacent measuring points are ascertained for each measuring point of the point cloud. For each local surface vector, respectively one angle is calculated between the local surface vectors with respect to a gravity vector. A maximal surface vector having a maximal angle with respect to the gravity vector and a standardized surface vector are ascertained for each measuring point of the point cloud based on the calculated angles. Each measuring point of the point cloud includes a standardized surface vector and/or includes a maximal surface vector having an angle with respect to the gravity vector above a limiting value being classified as a non-ground point. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374401 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF UNIQUE IDENTIFYING A GEMSTONE - There is provided a computerized system and method of generating a unique identification associated with a gemstone, usable for unique identification of the gemstone. The method comprises: obtaining one or more images of the gemstone, the one or more images captured at one or more viewing angles relative to the gemstone and to a light pattern, thus giving rise to a representative group of images; processing the representative group of images to generate a set of rotation-invariant values informative of rotational cross-correlation relationship characterizing the images in the representative group; and using the generated set of rotation-invariant values to generate a unique identification associated with the gemstone. The unique identification associated with the gemstone can be further compared with an independently generated unique identification associated with the gemstone in question, or with a class-indicative unique identification. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374402 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING USER BASED ON MULTI-VIEW FACE IMAGE - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for monitoring a user based on multi-view face images. The apparatus includes memory in which at least one program is recorded and a processor for executing the program. The program may include a face detection unit for extracting face area images from respective user images captured from two or more different viewpoints, a down-conversion unit for generating at least one attribute-specific 2D image by mapping information about at least one attribute in the 3D space of the face area images onto a 2D UV space, and an analysis unit for generating user monitoring information by analyzing the at least one attribute-specific 2D image. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374403 | IMAGE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND METHOD - In order to select an optimal learning model for an image when inference is carried out in the extraction of a profile line using machine learning, without requiring a correct value or degree of certainty, a feature extraction learning model group containing a plurality of learning models is used for feature extraction. A recall learning model group containing recall learning models is paired with the feature extraction learning models. A feature amount extraction unit for referencing a feature extraction learning model and extracting a feature amount from input data; a data-to-data recall unit for referencing a recall learning model and outputting a recall result with the feature amount subjected to dimensional compression; and a learning model selection unit for selecting a feature extraction learning model from the feature extraction learning model group under the condition that the difference between the feature amount and the recall result is minimized are provided. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374404 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY PROJECT STATUS DETECTION - A computing system receives an indication of an energy project. The computing system monitors satellite image data of the energy project. The computing system determines that a first activity has been initiated for the energy project based on a change in satellite image data. The computing system monitors telemetry data associated with a location corresponding to the energy project and the satellite image data of the energy project. The computing system converts the telemetry data associated with the location corresponding to the energy project to a telemetry activity index. The computing system converts the satellite image data associated with the energy project to a satellite activity index. The computing system determines that the first activity has ended for the energy project based on changes in at least one of the telemetry activity index and the pad activity index. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374405 | FIREARM DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention is directed to a system and method including a firearm detection device that operates silently to identify a firearm or bullet stored in the barrel of the firearm. Utilizing a camera as well as one or more characteristics of the individual carrying the firearm whereby once scanned, the system may send an alert to the proper authorities, with the system utilizing exemption tags to properly identify authorities or other entities that are not threats as well as provide other utilities useful during an emergency situation. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374406 | ASSET TRACKING OF COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT VIA MIXED REALITY BASED LABELING - A machine vision system is provided including a camera, a processor, and a device memory including computer program code stored thereon. The computer program code is configured, when executed by the processor, to receive an image, from the camera, including at least one readable digital label associated with communication equipment, determine if an anchor label is present in the image, receive equipment information based on the anchor label and generate a search matrix based on the equipment information and the anchor label The search matrix includes one or more search matrix locations of assets associated with the communication equipment. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374407 | AUGMENTED REALITY INTERFACE FOR FACILITATING IDENTIFICATION OF ARRIVING VEHICLE - Various embodiments of the invention pertain to an augmented reality interface for facilitating identification of an arriving vehicle and/or a passenger that improve upon some or all of the above-described deficiencies. According to some embodiments of the invention, a mobile device may be used by a passenger to scan scenery. The mobile device may determine whether and where a requested vehicle is located and display an indicator of the requested vehicle on the mobile device. Similarly, a mobile device may be used by a driver to scan scenery. The mobile device may determine whether and where a passenger is located and display an indicator of the requesting passenger on the mobile device. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374408 | OBJECT-TO-OBJECT VISUAL GRAPH - Disclosed are implementations that enable the linking or connection of objects and different scenes in which those objects are represented. For example, a corpus of scenes (e.g., digital images) that include a representation of one or more objects may be processed using the disclosed implementations to segment from those scenes the individual objects represented in those scenes. The disclosed implementations may further determine clusters of visually similar object segments and form object clusters for those object segments. The scenes that include those object segments are also linked to the object cluster. With scenes linked to different object clusters, a user may select one or more query objects or a query scene and be presented with other scenes that include visually similar objects, even though the overall scenes may be visually different. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374409 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZED PRESENTATION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION IN A PHYSICAL SPACE - Methods, devices, and computer-readable storage media for the customized presentation of digital information in a physical space, the method formulates information from physical space and accesses a predetermined first group of data sets of a virtual space based on the formulated information. The accessed virtual space is associated with the physical space. The method then generates a local data set associated with the first group of data sets and accesses a predetermined second group of data sets of the same virtual space. The method then transforms the second group of data sets using the local data set and provides the transformed data sets to be overlaid on the physical space. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374410 | AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION BASED ON PHOTO-REALISTIC IMAGE/MODEL MAPPINGS - Techniques are provided for increasing the accuracy of automated classifications produced by a machine learning engine. Specifically, the classification produced by a machine learning engine for one photo-realistic image is adjusted based on the classifications produced by the machine learning engine for other photo-realistic images that correspond to the same portion of a 3D model that has been generated based on the photo-realistic images. Techniques are also provided for using the classifications of the photo-realistic images that were used to create a 3D model to automatically classify portions of the 3D model. The classifications assigned to the various portions of the 3D model in this manner may also be used as a factor for automatically segmenting the 3D model. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374411 | SCENE CACHING FOR VIDEO CAPTURE DATA REDUCTION - A method for processing a video stream includes obtaining frame data of a current frame of the video stream, determining frame difference data based on a comparison of the frame data of the current frame and scene cache data for a previous frame of the video stream, the scene cache data being stored in a scene cache for the video stream, determining, based on the frame difference data, regions of the video stream to be re-sampled at a higher resolution than the frame data, obtaining re-sampling data for the determined regions, updating the scene cache data based on the obtained frame data and the re-sampling data, and providing the re-sampling data to a processor to update an analysis scene cache for the video stream. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374412 | AUTOMATIC AIR RECIRCULATION SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES - An apparatus includes a capture device and a processor. The capture device may be configured to generate pixel data corresponding to an exterior view from a vehicle. The processor may be configured to generate video frames from the pixel data, perform computer vision operations on the video frames to detect objects in the video frames and determine characteristics of the objects, analyze the characteristics with respect to the vehicle to determine visual indicators to predict an air quality and generate a control signal in response to an air quality value. The control signal may be configured to toggle an activation of an air recirculation feature of the vehicle when the air quality value reaches a threshold value. The visual indicators may be used to adjust the air quality value. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374413 | Ensuring Security on the Fueling Forecourt - In one aspect, data characterizing a video feed acquired by a camera oriented toward and including a field of view of a forecourt of a fueling station can be received. The video feed can be monitored for hazards, and the monitoring of the video feed can include performing automatic hazard detection on the video feed using at least one predictive model that predicts a presence of a hazard within the forecourt of the fueling station. A command can be transmitted in response to the detecting of the presence of the hazard within the forecourt of the fueling station. Related apparatus, systems, methods, techniques, and articles are also described. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374414 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO PROVIDE NOTIFICATIONS OF SUCCESSFUL DOCUMENTATION OF EVENTS - A device, system and method for controlling a communication device to provide notifications of successful documentation of events is provided. The device receives a type of a recognized event occurring at a location of an edge device. The device determines, based on the type of the recognized event, one or more multimedia data types for collection to document the recognized event. The device causes the edge device to collect multimedia data of the one or more multimedia data types. The device receives an indication that the multimedia data has been stored successfully. The device determines whether the multimedia data has successfully documented the recognized event. When the multimedia data has successfully documented the recognized event, the device controls the edge device to provide a notification of successful documentation of the recognized event. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374415 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING VIDEO - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for identifying a video. A specific embodiment of the method includes: acquiring a predetermined number of video frames from a video to be identified to obtain a video frame sequence; performing the following processing step: importing the video frame sequence into a pre-trained video identification model to obtain a classification tag probability corresponding to the video frame sequence, wherein the classification tag probability is used to characterize a probability of identifying a corresponding tag category of the video to be identified; and setting, in response to the classification tag probability being greater than or equal to a preset identification accuracy threshold, a video tag for the video to be identified according to the classification tag probability, or else increasing the number of video frames in the video frame sequence and continuing to perform the above processing step. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374416 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNSUPERVISED SCENE DECOMPOSITION USING SPATIO-TEMPORAL ITERATIVE INFERENCE - Systems and methods for unsupervised multi-object scene decomposition that involve a spatio-temporal amortized inference model for multi-object video decomposition. Systems and methods involve a new spatio-temporal iterative inference framework to jointly model complex multi-object representations and the explicit temporal dependencies between the frames. Those dependencies improve overall quality of decomposition, encode information about object dynamics and can be used to predict future trajectories of each object separately. Additionally, the model can generate precise estimations and output data even without color information. The model has scene decomposition, segmentation and future prediction capabilities. The processor can use the model to simulate future frames of the scene data. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374417 | ANALYSIS AND FEEDBACK SYSTEM FOR PERSONAL CARE ROUTINES - A computer system obtains digital video data of at least one physical consumer product (two or more cosmetics products) in a personal care routine; analyzes the digital video data (e.g., using automated object recognition or gesture recognition techniques); detects at least one physical interaction with the at least one physical consumer product (e.g., two or more applications of cosmetics products) based at least in part on the analysis of the digital video data; and causes customized personal care routine data (e.g., a computer animation simulation or a comparison of the user's routine with routines of other users) to be presented in a user interface. The customized personal care routine data is based at least in part on the at least one physical interaction. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374418 | USING MACHINE LEARNING TO DETECT WHICH PART OF THE SCREEN INCLUDES EMBEDDED FRAMES OF AN UPLOADED VIDEO - A system and methods are disclosed for using a trained machine learning model to identify constituent images within composite images. A method may include providing pixel data of a first image as input to the trained machine learning model, obtaining one or more outputs from the trained machine learning model, and extracting, from the one or more outputs, an indication that the first image is a composite image that includes a constituent image, wherein at least a portion of the constituent image is in a spatial area of the first image. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374419 | Semi-Supervised Action-Actor Detection from Tracking Data in Sport - A method and system of generating agent and actions prediction based on multi-agent tracking data are disclosed herein. A computing system retrieves tracking data from a data store. The computing system generates a trained neural network by generating a plurality of training data sets based on the tracking data by converting each frame of data into a matrix representation of the data contained in the frame and learning, by the neural network, a start frame and end frame of each action contained in the frame and its associated actor. The computing system receives target tracking data associated with an event. The target tracking data includes a plurality of actors and a plurality of actions. The computing system generates, via the trained neural network, a target start frame and a target end frame of each action identified in the tracking data and a corresponding actor. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374420 | System For Event Timing and Photography Using Image Recognition of a Portion of Race-Day Attire - A system for identifying and timing an athlete during a timed sporting event. The athlete is timed using image recognition technology in which one or more images of the athlete taken during the sporting event by a camera ( | 2021-12-02 |
20210374421 | TRACKING MULTIPLE OBJECTS IN A VIDEO STREAM USING OCCLUSION-AWARE SINGLE-OBJECT TRACKING - The disclosure herein enables tracking of multiple objects in a real-time video stream. For each individual frame received from the video stream, a frame type of the frame is determined. Based on the individual frame being an object detection frame type, a set of object proposals is detected in the individual frame, associations between the set of object proposals and a set of object tracks are assigned, and statuses of the set of object tracks are updated based on the assigned associations. Based on the individual frame being an object tracking frame type, single-object tracking is performed on the frame based on each object track of the set of object tracks and the set of object tracks is updated based on the performed single-object tracking. For each frame received, a real-time object location data stream is provided based on the set of object tracks. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374422 | OPERATING ON A VIDEO FRAME TO GENERATE A FEATURE MAP OF A NEURAL NETWORK - A method is described for operating on a frame of a video to generate a feature map of a neural network. The method determines if a block of the frame is an inter block or an intra block, and performs an inter block process in the event that the block is an inter block and/or an intra block process in the event that the block is an intra block. The inter block process determines a measure of differences between the block of the frame and a reference block of a reference frame of the video, and performs either a first process or a second process based on the measure to generate a segment of the feature map. The intra block process determines a measure of flatness of the block of the frame, and performs either a third process or a fourth process based on the measure to generate a segment of the feature map. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374423 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESOURCE ANALYSIS, OPTIMIZATION, OR VISUALIZATION - A system and method for distributed surveillance of an area to monitor a process and visual effects of the process. Exemplary methods include, among others, asset effectiveness, issue identification and prioritization, workflow optimization, monitoring, estimation, verification, compliance, presentation, and/or identification for a given process. Such application may include, but are not limited to, manufacturing, quality control, supply chain management, and safety compliance. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374424 | MACHINE LEARNING BASED HUMAN ACTIVITY DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION IN FIRST AND THIRD PERSON VIDEOS - An analytics device for monitoring maintenance on an elevator system performed by an individual including: a processor; and a memory including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations including: capturing a first video stream using a first video camera; extracting sequences from at least the first video stream; extracting features from the sequences; and analyzing, using a long short-term memory model, the sequence to determine whether the maintenance performed on the elevator system by the individual is performed correctly. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374425 | AUTOMATED ASSOCIATION OF MEDIA WITH OCCURRENCE RECORDS - A system, method and program storage device are provided for automatically associating evidence recorded by a plurality of cameras with a discrete occurrence, including: receiving occurrence data pertaining to the discrete occurrence and storing at least a portion of the occurrence data in an occurrence record; receiving first evidence data comprising at least a video data portion and a metadata portion of the evidence recorded by a first camera of the plurality of cameras and storing it in an evidence record; receiving second evidence data comprising at least a video data portion and a metadata portion of the evidence recorded by a second camera of the plurality of cameras and storing it in the evidence record; automatically associating information stored in the evidence record with information stored in the occurrence record based on a correspondence of at least two criteria including a first criterion of time; identifying, based on the automatic association, a first image data portion of the evidence recorded by the first camera that is related to the discrete occurrence while excluding a second image data portion of the evidence recorded by the first camera that is unrelated to the discrete occurrence; and identifying, based on the automatic association, a third image data portion of the evidence recorded by the second camera that is related to the discrete occurrence while excluding a fourth image data portion of the evidence recorded by the second camera that is unrelated to the discrete occurrence. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374426 | OCCUPANCY CONTROL APPARATUS - A technique for counting the number of occupants is provided. An occupancy control apparatus may be part of an access control apparatus or a security system for identifying visitors. The number of occupants is calculated from the difference between a count of people entering a space and a count of people exiting the space, and entering the space is restricted when the difference is greater than a reference value. A current counter value may be corrected in real time by counting a fractional error rate per count of each counter. An entrance may be blocked when the number of occupants is greater than the reference value, and the blocking of the entrance may be released when the number of occupants is restored to another reference value or less. An error rate per count of each counter may be calculated in units of devices or time slots. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374427 | FISH MEASUREMENT STATION KEEPING - A fish monitoring system deployed in a particular area to obtain fish images is described. Neural networks and machine-learning techniques may be implemented to periodically train fish monitoring systems and generate monitoring modes to capture high quality images of fish based on the conditions in the determined area. The camera systems may be configured according to the settings, e.g., positions, viewing angles, specified by the monitoring modes when conditions matching the monitoring modes are detected. Each monitoring mode may be associated with one or more fish activities, such as sleeping, eating, swimming alone, and one or more parameters, such as time, location, and fish type. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374428 | CUSTOMER-BASED VIDEO FEED - An apparatus includes an interface, display, memory, and processor. The interface receives a video feed including first and second camera feeds, each feed corresponding to a camera located in a store. The processor stores a video segment in memory, assigned to a person and capturing a portion of a shopping session. The video segment includes first and second camera feed segments, each segment corresponding to a recording of the corresponding camera feed from a starting to an ending timestamp. Playback of the first and second camera feed segments is synchronized, and a slider bar controls a playback progress of the camera feed segments. The processor displays the camera feed segments and copies of the slider bar on the display. The processor receives an instruction from at least one of the copies of the slider bar to adjust the playback progress of the camera feed segments and adjusts the playback progress. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374429 | VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE MONITORING METHOD - A vehicle monitoring system includes at least one camera, and a server that is communicably connected to a client terminal. The camera performs capturing a vehicle while switching a first capturing condition including an image parameter for capturing a number of the vehicle entering an angle of view of the camera and a second capturing condition including an image parameter for capturing an occupant's face of the vehicle, and transmits a first captured video under the first capturing condition and a second captured video under the second capturing condition to the server. The server arranges reproduction screens for the first captured video and the second captured video that are reproduceable in the client terminal and displays the reproduction screens on the client terminal based on the first captured video and the second captured video. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374430 | GROUP IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for group identification and monitoring. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of determining, using one or more first frames of a video sequence, that two people each of whom is depicted in at least one of the first frames satisfy a grouping criteria that indicates that the two people should be grouped for video analysis, determining, using one or more second frames of the video sequence at least some of which were captured after the one or more first frames and which depict at least one of the two people, that the two people satisfy a degrouping criteria that indicates that the two people should not be grouped for video analysis, determining that a physical distance between the two people violates a distance criteria, and providing an alert that the distance criteria is violated. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374431 | VIDEO SURVEILLANCE APPARATUS FOR CONGESTION CONTROL - Disclosed is a video surveillance technique for performing automated surveillance through intelligent video recognition. A distance between two persons is measured from an image captured by a camera. When the measured distance is less than or equal to a reference value, a proximity event occurs. In an embodiment, feet of two persons are detected from an image captured by a camera and a distance between the two persons is calculated using a distance between positions on the ground at which the feet are placed by using camera parameters. In another embodiment, heads of two persons are detected from an image captured by a camera and a distance between the two persons is calculated using a distance between positions of the heads on a plane corresponding to an average height. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374432 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FACILITATE CALIBRATION OF SENSORS IN A VEHICLE - A sensor calibration system for a vehicle includes one or more processors. The system also includes a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing a sensor calibration module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to, for an environment sensor of the vehicle, determine if the sensor can detect at least a predetermined number of viable reference features in an environment of the vehicle. The module also includes processor-executable instructions to, if the sensor cannot not detect at least a predetermined number of viable reference features, determine at least one suggested positional arrangement of viable reference features with respect to a current position the sensor. The module also includes processor-executable instructions to generate instructions to arrange viable reference features in the at least one suggested positional arrangement. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374433 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - In a vehicle control system, when a vehicle peripheral condition recognizing unit recognizes a person outside a vehicle and the vehicle peripheral condition recognizing unit recognizes an in-vehicle user, a notification control unit performs notification processing on outside of the vehicle, based on personal information which is predetermined information relating to the in-vehicle user or an action taken by at least one of the person outside the vehicle and the in-vehicle user. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374434 | IMAGE RECOGNIZER AND IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD - An image recognizer is enabled to appropriately recognize a traffic signal applicable to an own vehicle. A traffic signal detector is configured to detect traffic signals based on an image of a front view of the own vehicle captured from the own vehicle. A calculator is configured to calculate a degree by which a front of the traffic signal faces the own vehicle based on the image. The traffic signal identifier is configured to identify a traffic signal applicable to the own vehicle based on the degree. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374435 | AGGREGATION AND REPORTING OF OBSERVED DYNAMIC CONDITIONS - A system may include at least one processor including circuitry and a memory. The memory may include instructions executable by the circuitry to cause the at least one processor programmed to receive at least one identifier associated with a condition having at least one dynamic characteristic. The at least one identifier may be determined based on acquisition, from a camera associated with a host vehicle, of at least one image representative of an environment of the host vehicle, and analysis of the at least one image to identify the condition in the environment, and analysis of the at least one image to determine the at least one identifier associated with the condition. The at least one processor may also be programmed to update a database record to include the at least one identifier associated with the condition, and distribute the database record to at least one entity. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374436 | Image Processing Method, Apparatus, and Electronic Device - An image processing method, apparatus, and electronic device relate to the technical field of image processing. In the method, an initial image is acquired; and then a connected region in the initial image is acquired, where the connected region is a region composed of pixels having pixel values within a target threshold range in the initial image. In addition, a region of interest in the initial image is acquired according to the connected region, and the region of interest is preprocessed to obtain a target image. By extracting the region of interest in the initial image, and only preprocessing the region of interest, the resource expenditure during image preprocessing can be reduced, and the preprocessing efficiency can be improved. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374437 | STRUCTURED PREDICTION CROSSWALK GENERATION - A method includes receiving image data associated with an image of a roadway including a crosswalk, generating a plurality of different characteristics of the image based on the image data, determining a position of the crosswalk on the roadway based on the plurality of different characteristics, the position including a first boundary and a second boundary of the crosswalk in the roadway, and providing map data associated with a map of the roadway, the map data including the position of the crosswalk on the roadway in the map. The plurality of different characteristics include a classification of one or more elements of the image, a segmentation of the one or more elements of the image, and one or more angles of the one or more elements of the image with respect to a line in the roadway. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374438 | VALIDATING OBJECT DETECTION HARDWARE AND ALGORITHMS - Presented herein are systems and methods for automatically evaluating detection accuracy of dynamic objects by equipment under test, comprising receiving a first record generated by an evaluated equipment under test and a second record generated by a validated reference equipment both deployed in a vehicle, the first record comprising a plurality of attributes of dynamic object(s) detected by the evaluated equipment and the second record comprising a plurality of attributes of dynamic object(s) detected by the reference equipment, correlating between dynamic object(s) detected by both the evaluated equipment and the reference equipment according to matching spatial and temporal attributes of the dynamic object(s) in the first record and in the second record, analyzing at least some of the attributes of the respective dynamic object in the first record compared to the second record, and outputting an indication of differences identified between the first record and the second record. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374439 | OBSTACLE DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An obstacle detection method and device, an apparatus and a storage medium are provided, which are related to a field of intelligent transportation. The specific implementation includes: acquiring position information of a two-dimensional (2D) detection frame and position information of a three-dimensional (3D) detection frame of an obstacle in an image; converting the position information of the 3D detection frame of the obstacle into position information of a 2D projection frame of the obstacle; and optimizing the position information of the 3D detection frame of the obstacle by using the position information of the 2D detection frame, the position information of the 3D detection frame and the position information of the 2D projection frame of the obstacle in the image. Accuracy of results of predicting a 3D position of an obstacle by a roadside, on-board sensing device, or other sensing devices may be improved. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374440 | ON-ROAD OBSTACLE DETECTION DEVICE, ON-ROAD OBSTACLE DETECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An on-road obstacle detection device that includes: a memory; and a processor, the processor being connected to the memory and being configured to: assign a semantic label to each pixel in an image using a first discriminator that has been pre-trained using images in which an on-road obstacle is not present; and detect an on-road obstacle based on a probability density of the semantic label assigned. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374441 | Method and Device for Supporting an Advanced Driver Assistance System in a Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to a method for supporting an advanced driver assistance system in a motor vehicle, comprising the following steps: providing a map, wherein categorized objects are stored in associated positions in the map, capturing environment data using at least one environment sensor system of the advanced driver assistance system, analyzing the captured environment data using an analysis apparatus of the advanced driver assistance system, wherein the captured environment data are analyzed for object recognition according to the categorized objects stored in the map. Furthermore, the invention relates to an associated device. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374442 | DRIVING AID SYSTEM - Systems for aiding a vehicle driver are disclosed. A system may comprise an imager having a field of view forward relative a vehicle and operable to capture a first image. The system may further comprise a controller communicatively connected to the imager. The controller may be operable to detect a road sign in the first image, to interpret the road sign, and to provide an graphic representation of the road sign and/or provide an auditory response based, at least in part on the road sign. The graphic representation may be displayed by a rear-view assembly. The auditory response may be emitted by a speaker. In some embodiments, a location may be associated with one or more road sign interpretation and both the location and interpretation may be transmitted to a remote server. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374443 | DRIVER ATTENTION STATE ESTIMATION - A disclosed system is configured to estimate an attention state of a subject within a scene. An imaging camera captures digital images of the subject and one or more light sources illuminate the subject during a period in which the digital images are captured. The system also includes a processor that processes the captured images to generate subject attention data of the subject. The processor further generates a primary visual attention ray of the subject from current subject attention data; generates a distribution of visual attention rays having an origin common to the primary visual attention ray; projects the visual attention rays onto a digital representation of the scene having a plurality of predefined regions of interest; determines an intersection of the projected visual attention rays with one or more of the regions of interest; and based on the intersection, estimates an attention state of the subject's attention. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374444 | IRREVERSIBLE DIGITAL FINGERPRINTS FOR PRESERVING OBJECT SECURITY - Various techniques employ digital fingerprints, alone or in conjunction with other data related to a physical object, to characterize the physical object in a way allows an identity of the physical object to be confirmed or authenticated within a threshold of confidence when the physical object is encountered at a subsequently after a digital fingerprint thereof was previously ingested, without capture, retention and/or reference to certain types or categories of characterizing information which may be of a sensitive nature and/or subject to misuse or abuse. Such digital fingerprints may include feature vectors and non-positional characterization values, while advantageously omitting positional information that would otherwise allow recreation of a recognizable image of the physical object or an image from which one or more immutable characteristics or traits (e.g., physical appearance, color, race, ethnicity, gender, age) of the physical object may be discerned, and hence denominated as irreversible digital fingerprints. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374445 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIVENESS-VERIFIED, BIOMETRIC-BASED ENCRYPTION - Systems and methods for encryption/decryption based on liveness-verified biometric data that cannot be stolen/spoofed. In various embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods facilitate encryption/decryption of data through controlling access to keys via liveness-verified biometric data. Liveness-verified biometric data may, in various embodiments, be derived from facial features, fingerprints, voice recognition, DNA, etc. Generally, if the liveness and identity of the requesting individual cannot be verified, then the individual will not be permitted to encrypt/decrypt data using the disclosed systems and methods. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374446 | SWITCH DEVICE - A switch device includes an operation button including an operation surface on which a push operation is performed, a guide recess portion that has an elongated shape surrounded by inclined surfaces and is provided on the operation surface to guide an operating finger, and a biometric information sensor including a reading surface for reading biometric information of the operating finger in contact therewith. The reading surface is exposed situated nearer an end surface of the guide recess portion in relation to a longitudinal center of the guide recess portion. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374447 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING IMAGE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Embodiments herein disclose a method and device for processing an image, electronic equipment, and a storage medium. The method is as follows. A face image frame sequence of which a first face parameter meets a preset condition is acquired by filtering an image frame sequence. A second face parameter of each face image in the face image frame sequence is determined. A quality score of the each face image in the face image frame sequence is determined according to the first face parameter and the second face parameter of the each face image in the face image frame sequence. A target face image for face recognition is acquired according to the quality score of the each face image in the face image frame sequence. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374448 | DATA BAND SELECTION USING MACHINE LEARNING - Methods, systems, apparatus, and computer-readable media for data band selection using machine learning. In some implementations, image data comprising information for each of multiple wavelength bands is obtained. A multi-layer neural network is trained using the image data to perform one or more classification or regression tasks. A proper subset of the wavelength bands is selected based on parameters of a layer of the trained multi-layer neural network, where the parameters were determined through training of the multi-layer neural network using the image data. Output is provided indicating that the selected wavelength bands are selected for the one or more classification or regression tasks. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374449 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND AUTHENTICATING ARTISTIC WORKS - Disclosed are systems, devices and methods for quantifying unique features of an object such as an artistic work to identify and authenticate the object and specific characteristics thereof using multi-spectral diagnostic characterization techniques and analytical algorithms. In some aspects, a method for creating an identification for an object includes acquiring image data of an object in two or more electromagnetic spectrums along a coordinated array of sample regions of the object; analyzing the acquired image data to produce a quantitative data set including specific characteristics of the object associated with the two or more electromagnetic spectrums for each sample region; generating a digital identification associated with a unique data fingerprint, based on the specific characteristics, in which the digital identification solely corresponds to the object; and storing the generated digital identification. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374450 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING AN IMAGE OF A LATERAL FACE OF A WOODEN BOARD - Method and apparatus for capturing an image of a lateral face of a wooden board, where the lateral face ( | 2021-12-02 |
20210374451 | COMPRESSION FOR PERSONALIZED HANDWRITING SYSTEM - In embodiments of the invention, a compression system for a mobile messaging application is disclosed in which messages are received over a communication link in what appears to be the sending user's personal handwriting. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374452 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE PROCESSING, AND ELECRTONIC EQUIPMENT - Image data including a target object is acquired. The target object includes at least one sub-object. Target image data is acquired by processing the image data based on a fully convolutional neural network. The target image data include at least a center point of each sub-object in the target object. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374453 | SEGMENTING OBJECTS BY REFINING SHAPE PRIORS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing instance segmentation by detecting and segmenting individual objects in an image. In one aspect, a method comprises: processing an image to generate data identifying a region of the image that depicts a particular object; obtaining data defining a plurality of example object segmentations; generating a respective weight value for each of the example object segmentations; for each of a plurality of pixels in the region of the image, determining a score characterizing a likelihood that the pixel is included in the particular object depicted in the region of the image using: (i) the example object segmentations, and (ii) the weight values for the example object segmentations; and generating a segmentation of the particular object depicted in the region of the image using the scores for the pixels in the region of the image. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374454 | DISTRIBUTABLE DESCRIPTIVE RECIPE FOR INTELLIGENT IMAGE AND VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEMS - This disclosure relates to a method for rendering images. First, a user request is received from a user interface to access an image effect renderer recipe, comprising conditional logic and non-visual image data, from an effect repository. Next, at least one image signal is received. Objects are identified within the image signal(s). The image effect renderer recipe is processed via an effect renderer recipe interpreter to generate image processing steps and image processing prioritizations. The image processing steps are then ordered in accordance with the image processing prioritizations. Next, an image processor applies the image processing steps to the identified objects of the image signal(s) to generate at least one processed image signal. The processed image signal(s) are then displayed on a display device. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374455 | UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING AND IMAGE FILTERING TECHNIQUES TO DETECT AND ANALYZE HANDWRITTEN TEXT - In some implementations, a device may receive an image that depicts handwritten text. The device may determine that a section of the image includes the handwritten text. The device may analyze, using a first image processing technique, the section to identify subsections of the section that include individual words of the handwritten text. The device may reconfigure, using a second image processing technique, the subsections to create preprocessed word images associated with the individual words. The device may analyze, using a word recognition model, the preprocessed word images to generate digitized words that are associated with the preprocessed word images. The device may verify, based on a reference data structure, that the digitized words correspond to recognized words of the word recognition model. The device may generate, based on verifying the digitized words, digital text according to a sequence of the digitized words in the section. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374456 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING A SERVICE QUALIFICATION OF A UNIT OF A COMMUNITY - A community mapping platform may receive an image that depicts a community layout of a community and may process, using a computer vision model, the image to identify a unit, of the community, that is depicted in the image (e.g., based on identifying a text string and/or a polygon in the image). The community mapping platform may determine sets of community geographical coordinates for a set of reference locations of the community and may map the sets of community geographical coordinates to corresponding reference pixel locations of the image. The community mapping platform may determine, using a geographical information system, unit geographical coordinates of the unit based on the reference pixel locations and may perform an action associated with the unit geographical coordinates. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374457 | METHOD OF FACADE PLANE DETECTION - A computer-implemented method of using augmented reality (AR) to detect a plane and a spatial configuration of an object, the method comprising the steps of detecting one or more edges of the object; identifying one or more lines of the object; filtering the one or more lines of the object; iteratively approximating one or more distributions of the one or more lines; and determining boundaries of the object. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374458 | Systems and Methods for Data Representation in an Optical Measurement System - An illustrative method includes accessing, by a computing device, a model simulating light scattered by a simulated target, the model comprising a plurality of parameters. The method further includes generating, by the computing device, a set of possible histogram data using the model with a plurality of values for the parameters. The method further includes determining, by the computing device, a set of components that represent the set of possible histogram data, the set of components having a reduced dimensionality from the set of possible histogram data. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374459 | Methods, Apparatuses, and Systems for Creating 3-Dimensional Representations Exhibiting Geometric and Surface Characteristics of Brain Lesions - Methods, apparatuses, systems, and implementations for creating 3-dimensional (3D) representations exhibiting geometric and surface characteristics of brain lesions are disclosed. 2D and/or 3D MM images of the brain may be acquired. Brain lesions and other abnormalities may be identified and isolated with each lesion serving as a region of interest (ROI). Saved ROI may be converted into stereolithography format, maximum intensity projection (MIP) images, and/or orthographic projection images. Data corresponding to these resulting 3D brain lesion images may be used to create 3D printed models of the isolated brain lesions using 3D printing technology. Analysis of the 3D brain lesion images and the 3D printed brain lesion models may enable a more efficient and accurate way of determining brain lesion etiologies. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374460 | METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING AN IMAGE DATABASE - A method for searching an image database, comprising receiving an adulterated image of an object, the adulterated image including object annotations for visual reference, applying a first neural network to the adulterated image, correlating a result of the applying the first neural network with each image of a reference database of images, the result including an edited image of the object and each image of the reference database of images including a reference object, and selecting, as a matching image, at least one image of the reference database of images having correlation values above a threshold correlation value. The method may include applying a masking to the adulterated image. The masking may include performing, via a second neural network, object recognition on the adulterated image, applying, based on the object recognition, computer vision to detect callout features relative to bounding boxes, and generating a contour mask of the object. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374461 | Method for Acquiring Object Information and Apparatus for Performing Same - The present invention relates to a method for acquiring an object information, the method comprising: obtaining an input image acquired by capturing a sea; obtaining a noise level of the input image; when the noise level indicates a noise lower than a predetermined level, acquiring an object information related to an obstacle included in the input image from the input image by using a first artificial neural network, and when the noise level indicates a noise higher than the predetermined level, obtaining a noise-reduced image of which the environmental noise is reduced from the input image by using a second artificial neural network, and acquiring an object information related to an obstacle included in the sea from the noise-reduced image by using the first artificial neural network. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374462 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image; and a classification unit configured to perform inference on the image by using a neural network and to output a classification result, wherein the neural network includes: a common network that is common to a plurality of classes and configured to extract a first feature from an input image; and a plurality of single-class networks each of which corresponds to a corresponding one of the plurality of classes and is configure to extract each of a plurality of second features based on the first feature, and wherein each of the plurality of single-class networks has a single-class output layer that classifies the corresponding class. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374463 | IDENTIFYING PRODUCTS FROM ON-SHELF SENSOR DATA AND VISUAL DATA - A non-transitory computer-readable medium includes instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method for identifying products from on-shelf sensors and image data. The method may include receiving data captured using a plurality of sensors positioned between at least part of a retail shelf and one or more products placed on the at least part of the retail shelf. The method may also include receiving an image of the at least part of the retail shelf and at least one of the one or more products. The method may also include analyzing the captured data and the image to determine a product type of the one or more products. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374464 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN IMAGE CLASSIFIER - Systems and methods are provided for image classification using histograms of oriented gradients (HoG) in conjunction with a trainer. The efficiency of the process is greatly increased by first establishing a bitmap which identifies a subset of the pixels in the HoG window as including relevant foreground information, and limiting the HoG calculation and comparison process to only the pixels included in the bitmap. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374465 | METHODOLOGY FOR LEARNING A SIMILARITY MEASURE BETWEEN GEOPHYSICAL OBJECTS - A method for learning and applying a similarity measure between geophysical objects is provided. Similarity measures may be used for a variety of geophysics applications, including inverse problems. For example, an inverse problem may seek to minimize or maximize an associated objective function, which summarizes the degree of similarity between observed data and simulated data. However, when comparing between two or more geophysical objects in the context of the inverse problem, it is difficult to determine whether the observed difference between the two or more geophysical objects is due to noise or intrinsic dissimilarity between the objects. In this regard, an application-specific similarity measure, which may be tailored to the specific application, such as the specific inverse problem, may be generated and applied in order to better solve the inverse problem. | 2021-12-02 |
20210374466 | WATER LEVEL MONITORING METHOD BASED ON CLUSTER PARTITION AND SCALE RECOGNITION - Disclosed is a water level monitoring method based on cluster partition and scale recognition. The water level monitoring method comprises the following steps: 1) obtaining an original image at time t from a real-time monitoring video; 2) intercepting a water gauge area in the original image, and marking an end of the water gauge as a position of the water level; 3) binarizing an image of the water gauge area, and dividing the image of water gauge area processed by a cluster method into several subsections according to three sides of symbol “E”; 4) recognizing a content of each subsections, and obtaining a numerical value in a last subsection containing numbers prior to an area where the water level is located; and 5) calculating and displaying the water level according to the height of the subsections and the numerical value obtained in step 4). | 2021-12-02 |
20210374467 | CORRELATED SLICE AND VIEW IMAGE ANNOTATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING - Methods and systems for allowing users operators to quickly and easily (i) review the products of machine learning algorithm(s) to evaluate their accuracy, (ii) make corrections to such products, and (iii) compile feedback for retraining the algorithm(s) are disclosed. An example method includes acquiring a plurality of correlated images of a sample, determining one or more features in each image of the plurality of correlated images, and then determining a relationship between at least a first feature in a first image of the plurality of correlated images and at least a second feature in a second image of the plurality of images. Then, when characteristic information is determined about the first feature, it is associated with both the first feature in the first image and the second feature in the second image based on the relationship | 2021-12-02 |