53rd week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 81 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200412841 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PROCESSING OF MESSAGE DATA - In a rule based header compression system such as a SCHC compressor/decompressor, a controller is provided which provides “hints” to the header compression processor, so as to direct its behaviour. These hints may define new rules, modify existing rules, set state values against which rules are tested during compression, prioritise rules or exclude rules from consideration to achieve optimum compression. The controller may dynamically generate rules on the basis of learned of detected flow characteristics to achieve optimum compression. The controller may operate as a state machine, which may define states corresponding to different degrees of compression for a given flow or flow type. The system comprises multiple compressors, some or all of which may be remote from the compression processor. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412842 | Radio Resource Control Capability Information - Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station and wireless device may communicate capability information associated with a wireless device. The base station may communicate a radio resource control message comprising an Ethernet header compression parameter. The wireless device may send, based on the capability information and the Ethernet header compression parameter, an Ethernet frame comprising a compressed Ethernet header. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412843 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT COMMUNICATION PACKET GENERATION IN INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) - Techniques for efficient communication packet generation in internet of things (IOT) include presenting an application programming interface to each of a plurality of protocols in a plurality of different layers of a network communications protocol stack. A single packet buffer is configured in memory to hold headers for all of the plurality of protocols for a packet directed to a first destination node. Pointers are also stored in memory to tables maintained by the plurality of protocols. In response to receiving input at the application programming interface from a first protocol, at least one bit is updated in the single packet buffer based on the input and on data in a table maintained by a different second protocol of the plurality of protocols. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412844 | Image Forming Apparatus and Data Transfer Method - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit including a scanner and a printer, a server, and a local network circuit connecting the image forming unit and the server. In each of the image forming unit and the server, a hardware processor selects one of a first communication protocol and a second communication protocol in accordance with data to be transmitted by a transceiver. The first communication protocol includes a provision for ensuring reliability of communication, and the second communication protocol does not include a provision for ensuring reliability of communication. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412845 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SENDING ELECTRONIC DATA - An electronic device for sending electronic data includes an electricity-using target, a storage unit and a processing unit. The storage unit stores a first communication target identifier used to identify a first communication target under a first specific application communication protocol, and a second communication target identifier used to identify a second communication target under a second specific application communication protocol being different from the first specific application communication protocol. The processing unit accesses the first and the second communication target identifiers by means of the electricity-using target, sends the electronic data toward the first communication target based on the accessed first communication target identifier and the first specific application communication protocol, and sends the electronic data toward the second communication target based on the accessed second communication target identifier and the second specific application communication protocol. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412846 | Enhanced Segment Routing Processing of Packets - In one embodiment, new Segment Routing capabilities are used in the steering of packets through Segment Routing nodes in a network. A Segment List includes a set of one or more Segment List (SL) Groups, each of which identifies one or more Segments contiguously or non-contiguously stored in the Segment List (or stored across multiple Segment Lists) of a Segment Routing packet. Each SL Group typically includes one Segment that is encoded as a Segment Identifier, and may include Segments that are Extended Values. The steering order of SL Groups is not required to be the same order as they are listed in the Segment List, as the value of Segments Left may be increased, remain the same, or decreased (possibly to skip a next SL Group) and possibly based on the result of an evaluation of a conditional expression. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412847 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING DATA PACKETS - The invention proposes a method of encoding data packet by encoding type information and size information of said data packet into the same field. The invention also proposes a method of processing data packets received. The data packet comprises a header part and a message part. The header part comprises at least one bit for indicating the type of said data packet, said method comprising a step | 2020-12-31 |
20200412848 | LOW OVERHEAD HIGH BANDWIDTH DATA TRANSFER PROTOCOL - A processing system includes a controller of a transmitting module for transmitting data to a receiving module across an interconnect compliant with a processor interconnect protocol. The controller indicates the beginning and end of a variable-length data burst using data primitives that are N symbols (bytes) in length, rather than using data primitives that are M symbols in length, as specified by the processor interconnect protocol, where N2020-12-31 | |
20200412849 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE OF AN ANTENNA MODULE THEREOF - A mobile terminal includes a display screen, an internal support unit, an antenna module and a rear shell. The display screen cooperates with the rear shell to form a cavity therebetween. The internal support unit is located in the cavity for fixing and supporting components. The antenna module is located in the cavity and at a position close to a sidewall of the rear shell, and is fixed and supported by the internal support unit. The internal support unit defines a through hole to form a unobstructed signal channel between the antenna module and the side of the internal support unit closest to the rear shell, optimizing a performance of the antenna module, realizing a broadband phased array module with better spatial coverage in a limited space, optimizing the direction of the antenna module, improving the gain and coverage of the antenna module, and optimizing the CDF index. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412850 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a window disposed on a front side of the mobile terminal; a display module disposed on a rear side of the window; a cover disposed on a rear side of the mobile terminal; a metallic frame disposed between the window and the cover, the metallic frame including a base portion and an edge portion connected with the base portion; a circuit board disposed in the mobile terminal and including one or more components corresponding to a wireless communication system; a plurality of antennas configured to receive radio signals and including a first radiator and a second radiator separated by a slit in a bottom edge portion of the metallic frame; and a thermal conductive member disposed between the circuit board and the base portion of the metallic frame, the thermal conductive member being configured to transmit heat from the one or more components to the metallic frame. Further, the thermal conductive member contacts a portion of the base portion of the metallic frame to transmit heat from the one or more components, and the circuit board is electrically connected to at least one of the first radiator or the second radiator. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412851 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is an electronic device that includes a housing at least partially including a metal portion, a glass plate mounted on one surface of the housing, and a buffer disposed at least on the metal portion on one face of the housing and disposed adjacent to an edge of the glass plate. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412852 | MECHANICAL LOCKING OF FLOOR PANELS WITH VERTICAL SNAP FOLDING - Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system on long and short edges allowing installation with vertical snap folding that could be accomplished automatically without tools and where the short edge locking system has a tongue made in one piece with the panel. The floor panels may have a first and a second connector at the long edges that are configured to obtain a minimum of friction facilitating a displacement, by a spring back force from the bending of a short edge locking strip, of a new panel in a horizontal direction along the long edge during the vertical snap folding action. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412853 | CAMERA ASSEMBLY AND MOBILE TERMINAL - A camera assembly includes a camera component, a first wireless transmission component and a first magnet. The camera component is configured to acquire an image. The first wireless transmission component may be electrically connected to the camera component and configured to transmit data. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412854 | Terminal Device - Disclosed is a terminal device. The terminal device includes a first display screen, a second display screen adjacent to the first display screen, and a front-facing camera module disposed under the second display screen. The first display screen is a display screen normally used in the terminal device, and the front-facing camera module is disposed under the second display screen. When the terminal device performs photographing and the front-facing camera module begins working, the second display screen is in a transparent state to implement the function of photographing of the terminal device. When the terminal device does not perform photographing and the front-facing camera module does not work, the second display screen is in a non-transparent state to display the information of the terminal device, thereby achieving the full screen display terminal device without the free-form area, improving a screen-to-body ratio of the terminal device. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412855 | Housing Assembly, Method for Manufacturing Housing Assembly, and Electronic Device - A housing assembly, a method for manufacturing the housing assembly, and an electronic device are provided according to the present disclosure. The housing assembly includes a housing body and a flexible film layer. The housing body has a bottom portion and at least one side wall connected with an outer edge of the bottom portion, and each of the at least one side wall and the bottom portion cooperatively define a bending angle larger than | 2020-12-31 |
20200412856 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A novel mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal includes a display screen element, a battery element, and a machine chip element separately disposed. Because the main functional components in the mobile terminal, such as the display screen element, the battery element, and the machine chip, are arranged separately, a shape of the display screen is no longer restricted by the shape of the functional components, such as the battery and the chip, and can be set to any shapes. Thus, a flexible screen can be bent arbitrarily, and the problems that the flexible display screen disposed in the conventional mobile terminal is subject to the shape of functional components and cannot be bent arbitrarily are solved. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412857 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a printed circuit and an electronic device including the same. The printed circuit board includes a first substrate having a through portion, a second substrate disposed in the through portion of the first substrate, and in which at least a portion of a side surface thereof is surrounded by the first substrate, and a flexible substrate disposed in the through portion of the first substrate and connecting the first and second substrates. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412858 | MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES DESIGNED WITH INTEGRATED ANTENNAS ON A SUBSTRATE - Embodiments of the invention include a microelectronic device that includes a die having at least one transceiver unit, a redistribution package coupled to the die, and a substrate coupled to the redistribution package. The substrate includes an antenna unit for transmitting and receiving communications at a frequency of approximately 4 GHz or higher. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412859 | TERMINAL DEVICE - The invention provides a terminal device having a main body, a sounding assembly and a cover plate. The sounding assembly includes a housing and a sounding body. The housing has an accommodating groove and a first sounding channel. The main body has a second sounding channel and a first sound emitting hole. The cover plate has a first through hole. When the sounding assembly is located at the first position, the sound is propagated to the outside through the first through hole, the second sounding channel and the first sound emitting hole in sequence. When the sounding assembly is located at the second position, the sound is propagated to the outside through the first sounding channel. The present invention improves the problem that the sound effect is affected by airflow sound, piano sound, etc., generated by the terminal device in the speaker mode. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412860 | SECURITY SYSTEM FOR INMATE WIRELESS DEVICES - A layered security suite is disclosed wherein multiple security barriers that prevent the unsanctioned use of a mobile device issued by a controlled-environment facility. The security barriers are implemented along multiple points within the communication path between the mobile device with outside networks, including on the mobile device, on wireless access points that serve data traffic for the mobile device, and a firewall device that monitors all data coming to and from the wireless access points. The barriers on the mobile device prevent the user from performing unsanctioned application and settings changes, including both software and hardware components, while the barrier on the wireless access point detects and prevents unauthorized connections between mobile devices and unsanctioned wireless access points. The firewall device discards packets with unsanctioned internet addresses. The layers work in concert to prevent all manner of tampering with the mobile device by members of the controlled-environment facility. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412861 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, INCOMING CALL HISTORY DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In a portable terminal device, it is possible to display information of caller and the like when a call is received. Incoming call signal reception means ( | 2020-12-31 |
20200412862 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONNECTION TO EXTERNAL DEVICE - An electronic device according to various embodiments may comprise: at least one wireless communication circuit; a touch screen display; a processor operatively connected to the at least one wireless communication circuit and the touch screen display; and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: receive first information on a first external electronic device and a second external electronic device through the at least one wireless communication circuit; determine a location and/or a direction of the first external electronic device and a location and/or a direction of the second external electronic device at least partly on the basis of a signal acquired through the at least one wireless communication circuit and/or second information received through the at least one wireless communication circuit; provide the touch screen display with a graphical user interface (GUI) indicating the first external electronic device and the second external electronic device, at least partly on the basis of the determined location and/or the determined direction; receive, through the touch screen display, a gesture input for selection of the first external electronic device and the second external electronic device; and transmit, through the wireless communication circuit, third information related to an operation of using the first external electronic device and the second external electronic device. Various embodiments are possible. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412863 | IMMEDIATE-MODE CAMERA FOR PORTABLE PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Techniques are described for implementing an immediate-mode camera for integration into portable personal electronic device (PPED) environments. Embodiments of the IMC can include an integrated digital camera that can be triggered directly by one or more user interface components, without involving waking up the application processor, waking up display components, waking up digital camera components, and/or starting up camera-related applications. For example, if a user's smart phone is locked, and the user desired to capture a photo, the user can interact with particular UI components in a particular manner, thereby directly triggering capture of image data by the IMC substantially without delay. Implementations of the IMC can involve a low-power, always-on digital camera that is directly controllable by one or more always-on user interface components. The IMC components can be in communication with an always-on region of the application processor via a fast hardware interface. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412864 | MODULAR CAMERA INTERFACE - Systems, devices, methods, instructions stored on media, and other embodiments for a camera interface are described. A standardized modular camera interface may be presented with context elements based on a target interface used to initiate presentation of the camera interface, and with customized actions for creating and sending content, as well as returning to the target interface. In some embodiments, the camera interface includes an audio quality feedback element that is displayed while content is being captured. Such an element can provide feedback on audio quality as the content is being captured. In various embodiments, shape or color displays and changes indicate varying audio quality conditions. Such indicators are, in some embodiments, generated by processing audio stream segments in a machine learning model to generate an audio quality score used to generate the feedback element. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412865 | MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE NOTIFICATION MODE DETERMINATION - Systems and methods are described for providing a notification mode determination service. A notification mode determination service may apply various criteria to determine a mode for displaying a notification on a mobile computing device, and may analyze responses to previously displayed notifications in order to determine the criteria to apply, prioritize the application of the criteria, and identify preferred notification modes. Notifications may be displayed using audio feedback, visual feedback, haptic feedback, or combinations thereof, and may be deferred until a particular time or condition is reached. Notification modes may be determined based on factors such as a foreground software application, a type or category of the foreground software application, calendar events, holidays, geolocations, and the like. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412866 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING VOICE QUALITY IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method for determining a quality of voice transmitted by electrical signals between a first telecommunication terminal and a second telecommunication terminal in a telecommunication network, the method comprising: identifying a model type for the first telecommunication terminal and the second telecommunication terminal respectively; identifying at least one operating parameter for the telecommunication network; selecting at least one call aspect (i) of the transmitted voice wherein a quality of the transmitted voice shall be determined for the at least one call aspect; identifying a value of at least one quality parameter (KQI | 2020-12-31 |
20200412867 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AND ARCHIVING MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS - A system for tracking electronic communications of a subscriber includes a gateway configured to track a communication between a mobile device and a subscriber mobile device that has a subscriber software module associated with a subscriber business number. The gateway is configured to send the communication to an Enterprise Information Archiving system. The gateway also is configured to: (i) if the communication is sent from the subscriber software module intended for the mobile device, send the communication to the mobile device via at least one of an SMS, MMS, and voice communication capability of the mobile device; and (ii) if the communication is sent from the mobile device to the subscriber business number via at least one of an SMS, MMS, and voice communication capability of the mobile device, send the communication to the subscriber software module associated with the subscriber business number. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412868 | RATING CUSTOMER REPRESENTATIVES BASED ON PAST CHAT TRANSCRIPTS - A method, computer system, and a computer program product for customer representative ratings is provided. The present invention may include receiving a chat transcript with one or more tagged triplets and one or more multi-dimensional success vectors. The present invention may include aggregating the one or more multi-dimensional success vectors. The present invention may include receiving at least one business priority. The present invention may include applying at least one filter to the one or more multi-dimensional success vectors. The present invention may include normalizing the one or more multi-dimensional success vectors based on the at least one applied filter. The present invention may include obtaining a rating. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412869 | SEMIAUTOMATED RELAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method to transcribe communications includes obtaining an audio message from a first device during a voice communication session with a second device including a display screen, providing the message to a first speech recognition system to generate a first message transcript, providing the transcript to the second device for presentation on the screen, obtaining an indication that a transcript quality is below a threshold, providing, in response, the message to a second system to generate a second transcript while still providing it to the first system to generate the first transcript and providing the first transcript to the second device for presentation on the display screen, and in response to an event occurring that indicates the second transcript is to be provided to the second device instead of the first transcript, providing the second transcript to the second device for presentation on the screen instead of the first transcript. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412870 | Collaborative Phone Reputation System - Various systems and methods for a collaborative phone reputation system are described herein. A system for implementing a collaborative phone reputation system includes a compute device comprising: a call handling module to detect, at the compute device, an incoming call for a user of the compute device; a scoring module to determine a local probabilistic score that the incoming call is desirable for the user; and an execution module to perform an action at the compute device based on the local probabilistic score. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412871 | IDENTIFYING, SCREENING, AND BLOCKING OF CALLS FROM PROBLEMATIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS AND NUMBER BLOCKS - A method and systems for identifying communicators as wanted or unwanted based on communications from such communicators, the method comprising determining communications from phone numbers as being unwanted by analyzing communication content features of communications associated with unwanted communicators, identifying telecommunications carriers that acquired the phone numbers, computing scores for the telecommunications carriers based on an amount of the determined unwanted communications from the phone numbers are unwanted, intercepting an inbound communication from a given phone number, identifying the given phone number is associated with a given one of the telecommunications carriers, and configuring handling of communications from the phone number based on a score of the given telecommunications carrier. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412872 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTOMATED ROUTING AND GUIDANCE BASED ON CONTINUOUS CUSTOMER AND CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE FEEDBACK - The present invention is a system and method of routing incoming communications to a CSR and providing guidance to the CSR based on the incoming communication using feedback information such as sentiment feedback, survey feedback, and feedback from actions taken by CSRs based on skill level. A CEC system receives an incoming communication, analyzes the communication and creates metadata based off of the analysis. The metadata is used by the RAE routing module to route the communication to an appropriate party. The metadata is also used by the GAE guidance module to determine the guidance to provide to the CSR. The CSR then performs an action based on the guidance. The CEC system continues to monitor the interaction until the interaction is completed. The communication metadata, the communication, the guidance, and the CSRs action are all provided to a RAS rules analysis module wherein the RAS analyzes the data and automatedly updates the rules (RAR and GAR) according to the analysis. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412873 | SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BALANCING HUMAN RESOURCE USAGE AT A PLURALITY OF COMPUTING TERMINALS - A system, device and method for balancing resource usage at a plurality of computing terminals is provided. Predicted dispatcher workload is generated for one or more of channels and talkgroups, based on crime analysis data for one or more of regions and first responders associated with the one or more of the channels and the talkgroups. Subsets of the one or more of the channels and the talkgroups are assigned to the plurality of dispatcher terminals based at least on the predicted dispatcher workload for the one or more of the channels and the talkgroups and respective dispatcher profiles. Communications at each of the plurality of dispatcher terminals are controlled based on the assigning of the subsets of the one or more of the channels and the talkgroups to the plurality of dispatcher terminals. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412874 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING LEGACY TELEPHONY COMPONENTS WITH A CLOUD-BASED CONTACT CENTER - Systems and methods for providing connection and routing components that allow companies to leverage and strengthen their existing investment in on-premises telephony with modern and intelligent cloud applications to boost agent performance, supervisor productivity, The connection and routing components integrate with legacy ACDs using secure SIP trunk connections to offer companies new features and a comprehensive, customer-centric solution portfolio. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412875 | SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PERFORMING DATA ANALYTICS FOR ADVISING A SALES REPRESENTATIVE DURING A VOICE CALL - A system is provided for interpreting real-time voice communications and generating action plan queues to assist a sales representative during a call. The system includes an analytics module configured to identify voice call data between the sales representative and the other party and select voice impressions in the call for analysis. The analytics module further receives the voice impressions and interpret the impressions, associates at least one attribute and at least one value with each voice impression, and creates a conversation profile based on the at least one attribute and the at least one value associated with the voice impressions. The analytics module further determines action plan queues according to the conversation profile and render the action plan queues to the sales representative during the call. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412876 | ROUTING OF COMMUNICATION SESSIONS WHEN A CONTACT CENTER QUEUE BECOMES OVERLOADED - A contact center queue is monitored to determine if the contact center queue meets an overload condition. For example, the contact center queue may be considered to be overloaded when there are ten voice calls on hold in the contact center queue . The contact center queue holds communication sessions in a first communication media (e.g., voice calls). In response to the first contact center queue meeting the first overload condition, a reserve agent group is identified that is associated with the contact center queue. The reserve agent group normally supports communication sessions in a second communication media (e.g., email). A communication session held in the first contact center queue in the first communication media is routed to a contact center resource (e.g., a contact center agent or contact center application) of the first reserve agent group. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412877 | IDENTIFIER TECHNIQUE FOR COMMUNICATION INTERCHANGE - A method and a communication interchange enhancement system for implementing an enhanced user interface for a communication interchange includes but is not limited to a method including to providing an identifier associated with a third-party participant related to the communication interchange; matching the identifier with the third-party participant in a database storing one or more lists of possible third-party participants; obtaining context data associated with the identifier regarding a group-type characteristic of the third-party participant for purposes of communication interchange with at least another participant; and enabling a user interface to display the group-type characteristic. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412878 | SELF-POWERED CLOUD-BASED WIRELESS STATE-CHANGE NOTIFIER - An event driven monitoring device that can be configured to monitor a variety of operating conditions for a piece of equipment or system and may also report specific events related to these operating conditions to a central cloud-based server. The server can then broadcast customized alert information to other computers or systems configured to receive them. The monitoring device may accept input from many types of sensors allowing the device to detect and respond to changes in numerous types of sense parameters. Individuals and/or devices may receive reports from the remote server in response to certain events sent using any suitable protocol such as a text message, e-mail, push notification, or automated telephone call to name a few examples. The server may be configured with specialized rules programmed to determine which contacts should be notified for specific events related to individual pieces of equipment. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412879 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REVENUE MAXIMIZATION IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Method and system for revenue maximization in a communication network. This invention relates to management of communication networks and more particularly to monitoring information of a subscriber of a communication network. Embodiments herein enable the network operator to collect and profile usage information of a subscriber on a User Equipment (UE) with the intention of using the information for revenue maximization applications and preventing fraud for a network operator, wherein revenue maximization applications include but are not limited to fraud management, revenue assurance, churn management, customer experience management, credit risk management and partner settlement. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412880 | PROCESS-EFFICIENT GENERATION OF DATA RECORDS FOR DATA COMMUNICATIONS INVOLVING GROUPS OR AGGREGATES OF IOT DEVICES - Methods, apparatus, and systems for the process-efficient generation of data records for data communications involving groups or aggregates of user equipment (UE), such as IoT devices, are described. In one illustrative example, for each one of a plurality of UEs associated with a group or aggregation identifier (ID), a request which includes data indicative of a network resource usage event of the UE is received and the data are stored in association with the group or aggregation ID. In response to identifying a predetermined condition, the data indicative of the network resource usage events associated with the group or aggregation ID are aggregated, and a request for generating a data record based on the aggregated data is sent to a data function for generating the data record. The generated data record (e.g. a CDR) may be stored for subsequent retrieval for reporting, analysis, network/communications management, or billing. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412881 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT DATA FROM POPULATION SAMPLE DATA HAVING INCOMPLETE DEMOGRAPHIC CLASSIFICATIONS - Methods and apparatus to generate audience measurement data from population sample data having incomplete demographic classifications are disclosed. An example method includes detecting that a number of impressions a time segment of a video occurred based on messages; detecting that no impressions for the time segment of the video were detected by the database proprietor; determining respective percentages of exposures of the video that are attributable to corresponding ones of multiple demographic groups, determining the respective percentages being based on the first demographic information provided by the database proprietor for exposures of other time segments of the video; attributing respective portions of the number of impressions to the demographic groups based on the respective percentages to determine imputed numbers of impressions; generating adjusted numbers of impressions based on the imputed numbers of impressions; and determining ratings information for the video using the adjusted numbers of impressions. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412882 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication method for at least one mobile terminal of a user, suitable for setting up data connections or call connections via at least one mobile communication network to a data terminal or to a voice terminal and suitable for the wireless communication with a host server. Thereby a) a wireless communication link is established between the host server and the mobile terminal; b) a voucher is created by the host server; c) the voucher is transmitted to the operator of the mobile communication network or to a service provider; and d) the operator of the mobile communication network or the service provider, on the basis of the voucher, debits communication costs for data connections or call connections of the mobile terminal that were registered during the time period indicated in the voucher, at least in part to an account assigned to the identifier of the host server. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412883 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THAT RECORDS CONTROL PROGRAM - A storage device stores, for each of one or more function expansion applications, the hardware component necessary for operation of the function expansion application. A control circuit is configured to detect that there is a failure in any of the plurality of hardware components, determine whether or not there is the function expansion application that needs, for operation thereof, the hardware component from which a failure has been detected, and perform control so that an operation mode is switched to a first degeneracy mode in which the detected hardware component is not used where there is no function expansion application that needs the detected hardware component, and the other hardware components are used. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412884 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING SETTING OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A display processor of a controller extracts data such as images and characters from display data stored in a storage based on setting information stored in the storage, and displays a document orientation instructing pane and a 90-degree rotation operation icon in a document image operating pane on a display device. The display processor also displays a print preview image based on the document image data. When a rotation operation is performed through the 90-degree rotation operation icon, the document image data is also subjected to the same rotation process. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412885 | SCANNING SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC FILE FOLDER REFILER - A scanner for inserting a sheaf of papers into a file folder, which includes a first roller, a second roller, a third roller, and a fourth roller, each roller attached to a frame of the scanner, a first paper guide and a second paper guide attached to the frame of the scanner, a folder lifter attached to the frame of the scanner, a conveyor belt attached to the frame of the scanner, and a control circuit configured to control the scanner, where the first roller and the second roller are configured to feed a file folder toward the first paper guide, the first paper guide is configured to guide it toward the third and fourth rollers, where the first paper guide further guides the file folder onto the folder lifter, and the third and fourth rollers are configured to feed the file folder toward the second paper guide. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412886 | SERVER, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SERVER, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A server may store first device identification information identifying a first device. The server may, in a case where alert information is received, store restriction information in the memory in association with the first device identification information; receive second sending information from the first device; and in a case where the second sending information is received from the first device in a state where the restriction information is not stored in association with the first device identification information, send a second email with a first email address as a destination stored in association with the first device identification information, wherein in a case where the second sending information is received from the first device in a state where the restriction information is stored in association with the first device identification information, the sending of the second email is restricted. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412887 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE FAX INTERCONNECT - Systems and methods for the virtualization, aggregation, enhancement, and distributed processing of facsimile communications. The Remote FAX Interconnect known as etherFAX® is a system and method that allows for the reception and delivery of information to or from one or more facsimile systems using Internet/web based communication protocols such as HTTP(S) as the transport between a cooperating facsimile capable application or hardware and the remotely accessible etherFAX® services. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412888 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus sets a setting value about an operation of a first application, and executes the first application with use of the set setting value. The image forming apparatus holds a setting value for a library which is used when a function of the first application is provided as the library, and changes the set setting value to the held setting value for the library when the function of the first application is provided as the library. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412889 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A display apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to: generate a first image including (i) a setting area for receiving a setting of a setting item and (ii) a command area for receiving a command regarding the setting; generate a second image representing the command area; receive an operation on the setting item performed by a user; and display the second image over the first image in a case where the command area is not displayed when the processor receives the operation. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412890 | APPLIANCE SETTING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING APPLIANCE SETTING PROGRAM - Provided is an appliance setting apparatus. If generating layout information indicating a layout of a screen of a client application program for providing, by an image forming apparatus, a function of a document processing flow execution system, when a flow execution button for executing a document processing flow is arranged in the layout, the appliance setting apparatus acquires a list of document processing flows from the document processing flow execution system, displays at least a part of the document processing flows included in the acquired list onto the display unit, associates the document processing flow selected via an operating unit from among the displayed workflows, with the flow execution button, and installs the generated layout information on the image forming apparatus. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412891 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF AVOIDING MIXTURE OF PRINTS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of discharge portions, an execution control portion, and a permission/nonpermission setting portion. The execution control portion is capable of, in a case where a print process is to be executed in a state where there are one or more sheets in a specific discharge portion that is preliminarily set from among the plurality of discharge portions, holding an execution of the print process, wherein in the print process, an image is formed on a sheet and the sheet with the image is discharged to the specific discharge portion. The permission/nonpermission setting portion sets, in response to a user operation, whether to permit or not permit holding of the execution of the print process by the execution control portion. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412892 | Scanning System with Automatic Paperclip Attacher - A multi-functional scanner for attaching paperclips to a sheaf of papers, which includes a paperclip dispensing system for holding and dispensing paperclips, a paperclip clamping assembly adjacent to the paperclip dispensing system for retrieving paperclips from the paperclip dispensing system, a conveyor belt located adjacent to the paperclip clamping assembly for feeding a sheaf of papers to the paperclip clamping assembly, a control circuit for controlling the paperclip dispensing system, the paperclip clamping assembly, and the conveyor belt, and where the paperclip clamping assembly is configured to attach a paperclip onto the sheaf of papers on the conveyor belt. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412893 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a document tray, a set document sensor, a sheet feed rotary member, an image reader, a staple detector, a display panel and a controller. The set document sensor detects a document sheet set on a document tray. A staple detector detects a staple attached to the document sheet bundle. On recognizing set document sheets, based on the output from the staple detector, a controller checks whether or not the set document sheets are stapled. On detecting that they are stapled, the controller makes a display panel indicate that the document sheets are stapled and cannot be conveyed. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412894 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a document reading unit reading an image of a document and generating scan data of the document and a printing unit printing on a sheet the scan data generated by the document reading unit, and is configured to be able to feed the sheet subjected to printing by the printing unit to a post-processing device. The image forming apparatus includes a judging unit that judges whether an image of a post-processing mark which is composed of a staple mark or a punching hole is present in the scan data generated by the document reading unit, and a printing control unit that, when the judging unit judges that the image of the post-processing mark is present in the scan data, generates corrected data by deleting the image of the post-processing mark from the scan data and causes the printing unit to print the corrected data. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412895 | IMAGE READER DEVICE - An image reader device includes a display unit, a contact glass having a setting surface, an image reader unit, and a control unit. Before the control unit controls the image reader unit to perform normal reading for reading a document area corresponding to a size of the document set on the setting surface, the control unit controls the image reader unit to perform check reading for reading a checking area having a sub-scanning direction length set to a predetermined length smaller than that of the document area, and controls the display unit to display a preview image corresponding to read data of the checking area obtained by the check reading. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412896 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method of controlling an image forming apparatus having an image reading unit capable of conveying and reading a plurality of documents of different sizes includes determining whether an automatic magnification function is set in a case where an instruction to read a plurality of documents of different sizes is given, and performing control such that, in a case where the determining determines that the automatic magnification function is not set, a first document reading mode in which the plurality of documents is conveyed at a constant conveyance speed and is read is set to the image reading unit, and, in a case where the determining determines that the automatic magnification function is set, a second document reading mode in which the plurality of documents is conveyed at a different conveyance speed for each document and is read is set to the image reading unit. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412897 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a first posture detection unit that detects a first posture that is a posture of the apparatus main body when not in use, a second posture detection unit that detects a second posture that is a posture of the apparatus main body when in use, and a posture change detection unit that detects a change in a posture of the apparatus main body. When the first posture detection unit detects a switchover of the apparatus main body to the first posture in a first power supply mode in which power is supplied to the first posture detection unit, the second posture detection unit, and the posture change detection unit, the first power supply mode transitions to the second power supply mode in which a controller supplies power to only the posture change detection unit. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412898 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND SYSTEM - A multifunction inkjet printer that displays an image on a display device includes: an operation display unit configured to receive an instruction from a user; and a CPU configured to control the display device to display an image, wherein, in a state where display on the display device is being performed at a first refresh rate, in response to the operation display unit receiving an instruction for displaying a code to be captured by a mobile terminal, the CPU is configured to control the display device to display the code at a second refresh rate that has a higher frequency than the first refresh rate. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412899 | APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus includes a control unit configured to switch a power state among a first power state, a second power state, and a third power state, the first power state being a state where a device driver is loaded and a device is usable, the second power state being a state where the device driver is unloaded and the device is unusable, the third power state being a state where the device driver is unloaded and the device is unusable, power consumption in the third power state being less than power consumption in the second power state. Based on reception of a predetermined signal in a case where the information processing apparatus is in the third power state, the control unit causes the power state to transition from the third power state to the second power state. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412900 | APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus includes a control unit that switches a power state between first and second power states, the first power state being a state where one of a plurality of cores is usable and the other cores are unusable, the second power state being a state where the plurality of cores is unusable. Based on reception of the predetermined signal in a case where the apparatus is in the second power state, the control unit causes the apparatus to transition from the second power state to the first power state, and under a first condition to be met after the transition to the first power state in a case where the apparatus is in the first power state, the control unit causes the apparatus to transition from the first power state to the second power state. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412901 | COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A non-transitory computer-readable medium includes programmed instructions that cause a computer to function as a wireless communication control unit, a device information acquisition unit, an information acquisition unit, and an information providing unit. The wireless communication control unit is configured to control a wireless communication unit so as to connect to an image forming device by wireless communication. The device information acquisition unit is configured to acquire unique device information from the image forming device through the wireless communication control unit. The information acquisition unit is configured to acquire, from a server device, predetermined information to be supplied to the image forming device specified by the acquired device information. The information providing unit is configured to provide the information acquired from the server device to the image forming device through the wireless communication control unit. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412902 | PRINTING SYSTEM, AND SET AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A printing system includes a printer and an information processing device that includes a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions, the instructions being configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to accept a print instruction, in response to accepting the print instruction, determine whether to instruct the printer to start a pre-printing operation based on preparation instruction information, in response to determining to instruct the printer to start the pre-printing operation, transmit the preparation instruction information to the printer, in response to determining to instruct the printer to start the pre-printing operation and transmitting the preparation instruction information to the printer, generate print data based on specified contents data, and transmit print instruction information to the printer. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412903 | LINE SENSOR, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a line sensor including color filters that are periodically disposed in a light-receiving-element row, a problem called a “mixture of colors” occurs. A “mixture of colors” occurs when light that has been transmitted through a color filter differing from a color filter corresponding to a light receiving element is incident upon the light receiving element. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412904 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing device includes a light source, a reader, and circuitry. The light source is configured to irradiate an object at least with invisible light. The reader is configured to read a first image from the object irradiated with the invisible light. The circuitry is configured to generate a second image from the first image read by the reader. The circuitry is configured to recognize first information in the second image. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412905 | Method of Embedding and Extracting Watermark Data - Provided is a method of embedding and extracting watermark data that is robust against geometric distortion and low-quality photographing and for which the probability of successfully extracting watermark data for an original image is high, while the probability of successfully extracting the watermark data in the case of unauthorized copying is seriously impaired. The data embedding method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a step of converting the noise-based image using watermark data, and a step of adjusting the original image using the converted noise-based image. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412906 | Method of Embedding and Extracting Watermark Data - Provided is a method of embedding and extracting watermark data that is robust against geometric distortion and low-quality photographing and for which the probability of successfully extracting watermark data for an original image is high, while the probability of successfully extracting the watermark data in the case of unauthorized copying is seriously impaired. The data embedding method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a step of converting the noise-based image using watermark data, and a step of adjusting the original image using the converted noise-based image. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412907 | Encoding Dot Patterns Into Printed Images Based on Source Pixel Color - In an example method, a set of source pixels corresponding to an image to be printed and a dot pattern of pixels including information to be encoded across the image are received. The dot pattern of pixels is mapped to a corresponding subset of the source pixels. A value of a clipping channel color in the subset of the source pixels is modified based on an original value of the clipping channel color for each pixel in the subset. The clipping channel color is used to detect the dot pattern of pixels. The image including the subset of pixels with modified clipping channel colors is printed. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412908 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR EMBEDDING LATENT IMAGE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to compose background information with latent image information to generate a latent-image-embedded image, add the latent-image-embedded image to print data, and at least one of extract the latent image information from the print data and extract the background information from the print data. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412909 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a request reception unit configured to receive a request for executing an execution module, a first alteration detection unit configured to detect an alteration of a white list upon reception of the execution request, a second alteration detection unit configured to detect an alteration of an execution module which has issued the execution request, by using a white list determined to have no alteration by the first alteration detection unit, and an error control unit configured to, upon detection of an alteration by the second alteration detection unit, select and control whether to deactivate a system of the information processing apparatus or to inhibit only execution of the execution module which has issued the execution request, depending on a current activation mode of the information processing apparatus and an activation mode using the execution module which has issued the execution request. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412910 | SHARED TERMINAL TRANSMITS PRINT DATA INDICATING USER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION TO PRINTER AFTER AUTHENTICATION REQUEST OF USER TERMINAL DEVICE IS CONFIRMED BY SERVER - An apparatus, system, and method of controlling transmission of an image, each of which: displays, on a display, an image to a plurality of users, the plurality of users sharing a use of the shared terminal; obtains, from a first privately-owned terminal owned by a first user of the plurality of users, first terminal identification information for identifying the first privately-owned terminal; transmits an authentication request for authenticating the first privately-owned terminal to a terminal management server, the authentication request including the first terminal identification information of the first privately-owned terminal; receives an authentication result of authenticating the first privately-owned terminal from the terminal management server; and when the authentication result indicates that the first privately-owned terminal is a legitimate terminal, and transmits a print request for printing data relating to the image being displayed to a printer through a network. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412911 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING IMAGE DATA TO AN OUTPUT DESTINATION - A data processing system comprising a device and a data processing apparatus that is connected to the device via a network and that stores screen data in association with identification information of the device, the screen data including an image processing condition and output destination data for each of one or more operation components, the data processing apparatus comprising a reception unit configured to receive image data and identification data transmitted from a device, an authentication unit configured to obtain authentication data corresponding to an output destination, and receive an authentication of the output destination using the authentication data, and a transfer unit configured to transfer the image data to an output destination indicated by the output destination data corresponding to the identification data of the device. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412912 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - To make it possible to specify a color space of image data even in a case where color space identification information is not attached to the image data. The image processing system that handles image data whose color spaces are different comprises a learning unit configured to perform machine learning by taking image data and metadata thereof as input data and color space identification information as supervised data. In the machine learning, a learning model is optimized so that a deviation between the color space predicted from the input data and the color space specified by the color space identification information becomes a minimum. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412913 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Luminance data indicating luminance of the print product illuminated by the lighting is calculated and processing for causing a high luminance region to have gradation characteristics is performed. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412914 | PRINTING SYSTEM CALIBRATION USING REFERENCE PRINTING DEVICE - Color values are measured for a set of color targets printed by a reference printing device on a medium of a reference media type. A different printing device prints a subset of the set of color targets on another medium of this reference media type. The color values of the subset of color targets printed by the different printing device are measured, and the different device calibrated based on the measured color values for both the set that the reference printing device printed and the subset that the different device printed. The different printing device can then also be calibrated for a different media type, based on a transformation of the set of color targets printed by the reference printing device on a medium of the different media type relative to the set of color targets printed by the reference device on the medium of the reference media type. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412915 | IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROL APPARATUS, COLOR ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing control apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor obtains: read image data obtained through reading a color sample and shown in a first color system; original image data corresponding to the color sample and shown in a second color system; and region-by-attribute information indicating a first region corresponding to spot-color printing and a second region corresponding to decoration printing, the first and second regions being in the original image data. The hardware processor determines a color conversion parameter for color conversion of the first region and a color conversion parameter for color conversion of a third region different from the first and second regions in the original image data by using the read image data. The hardware processor determines a color conversion parameter for color conversion of the second region according to predetermined values shown in the second color system. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412916 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD OF EMBEDDING LATENT IMAGE, AND NON-TRANSITORY, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing device includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to process a background image into which a latent image is embedded, to obtain an effect to conceal the latent image. The circuitry is configured to perform color conversion of the background image to obtain a color-matching masking effect to conceal the latent image. The circuitry is configured to embed the latent image in the background image processed and converted, to generate an image embedded with the latent image. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412917 | PRODUCTION SLATE DEVICE - A production slate device may include a first arm having a first distal end, and a second arm having a second distal end. A hinge may movably couple the arms together so that the first distal end and second distal end form the portions of the arms that are distal to the hinge, and the hinge may enable the device to be moved into and between a closed position, in which the distal ends are proximate to or in contact with each other, and an open position, in which the distal ends are moved apart from each other. A board plate may be coupled to the second arm. The board plate may have a board length dimension (BL), and the second arm may have a total length dimension (TL). Preferably, the BL is less than 80 percent of the TL. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412918 | WEARABLE CAMERA - A wearable camera includes a capturing portion configured to capture a subject around a user, a control portion configured to control capturing processing of the capturing portion and charging processing of a battery, an upper housing that is mountable to the user and accommodates the capturing portion and the control portion, and a lower housing that accommodates the battery for supplying power to the upper housing, is detachably attached to the upper housing, and has a contact terminal which is exposed to an outside and is used for charging the battery, wherein the lower housing is configured to be connected to a charging stand via the contact terminal such that the battery is charged in a state where the lower housing is attached to the upper housing. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412919 | LENS MODULE - The present disclosure relates to the field of lens technologies and provides a lens module. The lens module includes: a lens assembly including a lens barrel and a set of lenses received in the lens barrel; and an illumination assembly fixed to the lens assembly, the illumination assembly including an illumination holder surrounding and fixed to the lens barrel and an illumination window arranged on the illumination holder. The illumination window has an annular shape and surrounds the lens assembly. The present disclosure can solve a problem in the related art that the camera and the illumination assembly are separate components, which would otherwise occupy a space. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412920 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DECORATIVE MEMBER LENS - An electronic device and a method for controlling a decorative member lens are provided. The electronic device includes a camera component, a decorative member, a decorative member lens and a driving mechanism. The camera component includes a motor and a lens. The motor is configured to drive the lens to move. The decorative member is provided relative to the camera component. The decorative member lens is mounted on the decorative member. The decorative member lens is spaced from the lens. The driving mechanism is coupled to the decorative member lens. The driving mechanism is configured to drive the decorative member lens to move away from or towards the lens. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412921 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - An optical apparatus includes a lens part including a first imaging portion forming a first image of an object and a second imaging portion forming a second image of the object, and a filter part including a filter arranged on at least one of optical axes of the first and second imaging portions and configured to make properties of light for forming the first image and light for forming second image different from each other. The first and second images correspond to a common field stop. F numbers of the first and second imaging portions are different from each other. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412922 | CAMERA MODULE AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a camera module and an imaging apparatus including the same. The camera module includes a printed circuit board (PCB); a first imaging device on the PCB, the first imaging device configured to generate first image data based on a received optical signal; a second imaging device on the PCB, the second imaging device configured to generate second image data based on the received optical signal; a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) on the PCB, the PMIC configured to generate a plurality of power voltages based on an external power voltage received from an external power supply and provide the plurality of power voltages to the first imaging device and the second imaging device; and a connector configured to receive the external power voltage from the external power supply and provide the external power voltage to the PMIC. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412923 | IMAGE-CAPTURING ASSEMBLY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An image-capturing assembly and a manufacturing method for image-capturing element are provided. The image-capturing assembly includes an image-capturing element, an adhesive layer, and an optical sheet. The image-capturing element has an active area and a non-active area. The non-active area surrounds the active area. The adhesive layer includes a plurality of adhesive sublayers stacked sequentially. The adhesive layer is on the non-active area of the image-capturing element. The optical sheet is on the adhesive layer. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412924 | APPEARANCE INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR TERMINAL - An optical image transmission unit that is provided in the rotating body so as to rotate integrally with the rotating body, that is provided such that a light entering end faces an outer peripheral surface of the terminal supported on the terminal supporting unit and a light emitting end is provided on the light receiving axis of the camera, and that is configured to emit an optical image of the outer peripheral surface of the terminal having entered the light entering end from the light emitting end toward the camera. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412925 | VEHICULAR CAMERA WITH CONTROLLED CAMERA FOCUS - A camera for a vehicular vision system includes a camera housing having a front camera housing portion and a rear camera housing portion. An imager is disposed at a first side of a printed circuit board. A lens assembly is supported at the front camera housing portion and optically aligned with the imager. At least one attachment element is disposed at the front or rear camera housing portion and has a material having a low CTE that is less than a CTE of the front camera housing portion. The low CTE of the material of the attachment element is less than 10 ppm/° C. The printed circuit board is mounted at the attachment element. The attachment element functions to accommodate temperature-induced movement of the printed circuit board relative to the at least one lens. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412926 | DETERMINING IMAGE CAPTURING PARAMETERS IN CONSTRUCTION SITES FROM ELECTRONIC RECORDS - Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for determining image capturing parameters in construction sites are provided. For example, at least one electronic record may be accessed, the at least one electronic record may include information related to an object in a construction site. The information related to the object may be analyzed to determine at least one capturing parameter associated with the object. Further, the systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media may cause a capturing, at the construction site, of at least one image of the object using the determined at least one capturing parameter associated with the object. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412927 | MINIATURE CAMERA DEVICE FOR STABILIZED VIDEO - An electronic device includes a gimbal driver and a digital camera. The digital camera includes suspension member(s) attached to a base. The digital camera includes a camera module supported by the suspension member(s). The camera module includes: (i) a lens that focuses an image; and (ii) a sensor attached to the lens and that detects the focused image. Shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator(s) are attached between the base and the camera module. The gimbal driver generates actuating signal(s) in response to movement of the base to stabilize the image. An electrical interconnect directs the actuating signal(s) from the gimbal driver to the SMA actuator(s) to rotate the camera module. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412928 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging device in accordance with the present application determines whether a difference between a first photometric value of a first imaging sensor and a second photometric value of a second imaging sensor exceeds a predetermined threshold. In a case that the difference exceeds the predetermined threshold, the imaging device sets a first imaging condition of the first imaging sensor independently from a second imaging condition of the second imaging sensor. In a case that the difference does not exceed the predetermined threshold, set the first imaging condition and the second imaging condition to be equal to one another. Zenith correction of a first image captured by the first imaging sensor and zenith correction of a second image captured by the second imaging sensor are performed by the imaging device. The imaging device then generates a connected image by combining the first and second corrected images. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412929 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a control device for controlling an imaging condition of a sensor having one or more pixels, comprising an event detection unit for detecting an event indicating that a luminance signal changes in excess of a predetermined threshold value in one or more pixels, and for outputting an event detection signal; a counter for counting a number of events detected by the event detection unit; and a control unit for controlling the imaging condition of the sensor, based on the event detection signal. In addition, provided is a control method for controlling an imaging condition of a sensor having one or more pixels. The control method comprises detecting an event indicating that a luminance signal changes in excess of a predetermined threshold value in one or more pixels; counting a number of events; and controlling the imaging condition of the sensor, based on the detection of events. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412930 | EVENT DETECTING DEVICE INCLUDING AN EVENT SIGNAL GENERATOR AND AN OUTPUT SIGNAL GENERATOR - An event detecting device may include an event signal generator configured to output a plurality of event signals, each including a first data and a second data having mutually complementary attributes and respective address data indicating positions of pixels having output the first data and the second data, a data manager configured to store one of the first data and the second data of a first one of the plurality of event signals and the respective address data in a buffer as first sub data when only one of the first data and the second data of the first one of the plurality of event signals includes the event information, and an output signal generator configured to generate an output signal using the first sub data and a second sub data when the second sub data, different from the first sub data, is stored in the buffer. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412931 | IMAGING CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGING CONTROL PROGRAM - An imaging control device includes: a controller that causes an imager to perform first imaging and further perform second imaging a plurality of times; and a dark image signal acquirer, the controller causes the imager to perform the second imaging in each of a plurality of exposure states where a quantity of light incident on the imager is greater than 0 and is different for each of the exposure states, by controlling the optical element, and the controller obtains, by controlling the movable lens at a time of the second imaging, a state where a first imaging condition value determined by a control state of the movable lens at the time of the second imaging is different from a second imaging condition value determined by a control state of the movable lens at a time of the first imaging. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412932 | METHOD, DEVICE, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SETTING LIGHTING CONDITION AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure relates to a method, device, system and computer-program product for setting a lighting condition when an object is checked and a storage medium. The method includes that: the object is lighted by light sources capable of changing lighting parameters specifying the lighting condition when the object is captured, and the object with corresponding label data is captured by an image sensor under multiple such lighting parameters to obtain multiple captured images; estimation images of the object are generated on the basis of image data sets obtained by associating the captured images and the corresponding lighting parameters; and the estimation images and the corresponding label data are applied to learning of the machine learning model, and the lighting condition is set on the basis of a comparison result between an estimation result of a machine learning model and the label data. Therefore, operations are simplified. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412933 | ADAPTIVE SAMPLING FOR STRUCTURED LIGHT SCANNING - A system to process images includes a light source configured to emit a first illumination pattern onto one or more first portions of a scene. The system also includes an image sensor configured to capture light reflected from the scene in response to the emitted first illumination pattern. The system also includes an optimizer configured to perform raytracing of the light reflected from the scene. The system further includes a processor operatively coupled to the optimizer. The processor is configured to determine a parameter of a surface of the scene based on the raytracing, cause the light source to emit a second illumination pattern onto one or more second portions of the scene based at least in part on the parameter of the surface, and refine the parameter of the surface of the scene based on additional raytracing performed on reflected light from the second illumination pattern. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412934 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A signal processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, for each of frames, captured images corresponding to results of a plurality of exposures in the frame obtained by a sensor part including a plurality of pixels arranged in an array; and a generation unit configured to generate an output image on the basis of the captured image corresponding to a result of at least one of the plurality of exposures in the frame, wherein the generation unit, in a case where a camera shake correction function is enabled and an exposure time of at least one of the plurality of exposures is shorter than a threshold, generates a first output image by correcting a brightness of the captured image based on the at least one of the plurality of exposure. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412935 | IMAGING CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGING CONTROL PROGRAM - An imaging control device includes: an imaging controller that obtains captured image data by controlling an imager imaging a subject through an optical element having variable transmittance of light; a flicker detector that detects a flicker occurring in the captured image data based on the captured image data; and a transmittance controller that controls, based on the flicker, the transmittance of the optical element to a state where a quantity of light incident on the imager is changed in a cycle shorter than a cycle of the flicker, and the imaging controller controls an exposure time of the imager to a natural multiple of a changing cycle of the quantity of light incident on the imager in a condition where the transmittance of the optical element is controlled to the state. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412936 | COMPUTER VISION SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF SPACE USE AT A SUB ROOM LEVEL OF GRANULARITY - A computer vision system includes a camera that captures a plurality of image frames in a target field. A user interface is coupled to the camera. The user interface is configured to perform accelerated parallel computations in real-time on the plurality of image frames acquired by the camera. The system provides identification and quantification of space use at a sub room level of granularity. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412937 | FOCUSING METHOD AND DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A focusing method includes: acquiring an image of a current frame; and performing auto focusing by using a target area in an image of a previous frame as a focusing area in the image of the current frame, the image of the previous frame is an image of a preceding frame adjacent to the current frame, the target area in the image of the previous frame is an area where a target subject is located, the target subject is obtained by inputting the image of the previous frame into a subject detection model and performing subject detection, and the subject detection model is a model trained in advance based on at least visible light images, center weight maps and corresponding labeled subjects for a same scene. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412938 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes: an imager configured to capture a subject image formed via an optical system including a focus lens, to generate image data; a display configured to display an image indicated by the image data; an operation member configured to receive a user operation; and a controller configured to control a focusing operation for adjusting a position of the focus lens along an optical axis in the optical system according to an evaluation value for a focus state, wherein the controller is operable to cause the display to display a graph indicating the evaluation value for a focus state in each position of the focus lens. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412939 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING MASKS FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY AND AUTOFOCUSING METHOD - The invention relates to a device for measuring a mask for microlithography, the device including an imaging device and an autofocusing device. The imaging device comprises an imaging optical unit with a focal plane for imaging the mask, an object stage for mounting the mask, and a movement module for producing a relative movement between object stage and imaging optical unit. The autofocusing device is configured to generate a focusing image by way of the imaging of a focusing structure in a focusing image plane intersecting the focal plane, in which the focusing structure is embodied as a gap. Furthermore, the invention relates to an autofocusing method for a device for measuring a mask for microlithography. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412940 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE PROCESSING, METHOD FOR TRAINING OBJECT DETECTION MODEL - A method and device for image processing, a method for training an object detection model are provided in the present disclosure. In the method for image processing, a visible light image is acquired. A central weight map corresponding to the visible light image is generated. Weight values represented by the central weight map gradually decrease from a center to an edge of a visible light image. The visible light image and the central weight map are inputted into an object detection model to obtain an object region confidence map. The object detection model is a model obtained by training according to multiple set of training data, each set of which includes a visible light image, a central weight map and a corresponding labeled object mask pattern for a same scenario. A target object in the visible light image is determined according to the object region confidence map. | 2020-12-31 |