30th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180211298 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED E-COMMERCE SHOPPING - An e-commerce system and method for presenting product information to a viewer, where a video feed and product information associated with a product that relates to the content in the video feed can be displayed or presented to the viewer on one or more remote display devices. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211299 | METHOD FOR MANAGING VEHICLE AND CUSTOMER RELATED INFORMATION BETWEEN A DEALERSHIP, A MOTOR VEHICLE DEPARTMENT, AND A BUYER - In an approach to verifying the requirements for a vehicle purchase, evaluating the requirements for authorizing the registration of a vehicle and the authentication of an owner, collecting content associated with the registration of the vehicle and content associated with the authentication of the owner, processing the content with a governing body's regulations, wherein it is determined if errors exist between the regulations and the content, translating errors from the statutory requirement to a plain English format, generating a report presenting the processed new content and the processed content, receiving content, wherein the content corrects the errors discovered in the content, and processing the content with the new content with the governing body's regulations, to determine if the errors are corrected. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211300 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING WAIT TIMES IN A FACILITY - Methods and systems for assessing wait times in a facility using imaging devices are discussed. The methods and systems can analyze images from the imaging devices to determine a waiting customer measurement, a cart fullness value, and a product category for at least one product in a cart, for each computing device in the facility. This information can be combined with personnel data to calculate a wait time for each computing device. Information related to mobile application usage may also be used to calculate wait times for the computing devices. The calculated wait times can be displayed on one or more displays in the facility. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211301 | Security Installation and Maintenance System - A system is provided that includes a computer implemented method for the automated purchasing of a security system having a plurality of security equipment components for use and installation on a unique geo-coordinate referenced location (i.e., a property). The system also includes a computer implemented method for installing the security equipment on the property that was purchased using the automated purchasing system. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211302 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CATEGORIZING PRODUCTS FOR A WEBSITE OF AN ONLINE RETAILER - Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of selecting a plurality of products of an online retailer, receiving first manual categorizations of the plurality of products from a plurality of users, preparing a machine learning model for automatically categorizing additional products based on the first manual categorizations of the plurality of products, receiving a product description for an additional product, automatically categorizing the additional product into one or more categories for display on a webpage of the online retailer based on the product description of the first additional product using the machine learning model, and coordinating the display of the webpage of the online retailer of the additional product. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211303 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING PRODUCTS IN PRODUCT SEARCH RESULTS USING TRANSFER LEARNING WITH ACTIVE SAMPLING - Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of training a source classifier with labeled source training data of a first product category from a website of an online retailer, clustering target data for a second product category into a plurality of clusters, inserting into each cluster labeled source training data of the first product category, assigning a domain discriminator score to each cluster, determining whether each cluster comprises an agreement cluster or a disagreement cluster using the domain discriminator score, receiving a product search request for a product of the second category from a user of the web site, and coordinating a display of the product on the web site to promote the product. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211304 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR GENERATING INVENTORY RECOMMENDATIONS - Disclosed are systems, methods, and devices for managing a personal user inventory. In one embodiment, the method comprises retrieving a plurality of e-mail messages associated with a user; parsing the plurality of e-mail messages to identify a set of merchandise items present within the plurality of e-mail messages; associating the set of merchandise items with the user in an item database; receiving a request for an item recommendation from the user; identifying one or more recommended items associated with the user in the item database responsive to the request; and transmitting the recommended items to the user for display. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211305 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING INVENTORY TRANSACTIONS - Disclosed are systems, methods, and devices for managing a personal user inventory. In one embodiment, the method comprises retrieving a plurality of e-mail messages associated with a plurality of users; parsing the plurality of e-mail messages to identify a set of merchandise items present within the plurality of e-mail messages; associating the set of merchandise items with the users in an item database; receiving an inventory search from one of the plurality of users, the inventory search including properties of items stored within the item database; identifying a set of candidate users from the plurality of users responsive to the inventory search; and transmitting a purchase request to at least one of the candidate users, the purchase request including an identification of an item associated with the at least one of the candidate users. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211306 | Order Processing for Remotely Ordered Goods - A method for fulfilling a plurality of orders for goods at a provider location comprises obtaining an arrival sequence estimate for each of a plurality of users indicating the sequence in which the users are expected to arrive, and organizing completed orders according to the arrival sequence estimate. The arrival sequence estimate may be obtained by ordering users according to their respective radial distances from a target, and may also be used to schedule processing of the orders. Alternatively, arrival estimates for when each of the users is expected to arrive may be used to schedule processing of the orders. A dynamic arrival estimate may be obtained based on an expected travel path toward the destination during a first trip portion comprising travel within a constrained travel path network, and based on radial distance from the destination during a second trip portion subsequent to the first trip portion. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211307 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL ITEMS TO USERS OF A VIRTUAL WORLD - A shop interface is presented to users in conjunction with presentation of views of an online game, wherein the shop interface is configured to facilitate presentations to users of offers to sell virtual items usable within the game in exchange for consideration. In response to detecting that the online game is systematically unavailable to users, an alternative virtual shop interface is presented to users that is accessed over the Internet separately from the online game, and offers to sell the virtual times usable within the game are presented to users in exchange for less consideration than the offers to sell the virtual items through the shop interface presented in conjunction with the online game. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211308 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND BOOKING STYLE-CRITICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS - The present invention generally relates to a system and method that provides consumers of style-critical services with an intuitive user interface to quickly and efficiently identify style-critical service providers of interest based on a consumer's style preferences automatically determined and automatically displayed by the system in visual form with images that show the particular style or styles determined by the computer system to be most relevant to a particular consumer. The user interface may be configured as an app or web-based computer system. Style-critical services include services from hair stylists, hair salons, barbers, nail salons, tattoo artists, beauty parlors, makeup artists, body paint artists, fashion and accessory consultants, and wedding planner. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211309 | METHOD OF AUCTION - A method of auction is disclosed. The method includes: detecting one or more auction prices from a plurality of second calculating devices within a pre-set time by a first calculating device; upon detection of at least one auction price, determining one of the plurality of second calculating devices as a successful bidder within the pre-set time; and repeating the foregoing steps until the item is sold or passed, wherein when the item is sold, the method further includes: giving a commission or a red envelope to each second calculating device that has been determined as a successful bidder within a corresponding pre-set time except the second calculating device to which the item is sold. The method enables a user to implement online item transaction through a second calculating device, thus lowering the threshold for a common user to participate in auction. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211310 | SMART ORDER ROUTER - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for order routing. One of the methods includes receiving a request for quote from a user, the request for quote indicating that the first user is to be anonymous during the negotiation. The method also includes selecting counterparties to receive the request for quote. The method also includes sending the request for quote to the selected counterparties absent revealing the identity of the user. The method also includes receiving prices from the counterparties, each price associated with a counterparty. The method also includes presenting the prices to the user. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211311 | REPLACEMENT OF CONTENT ITEMS - Example systems may include: receiving an auction announcement message for a content inventory unit from an auction platform, where the auction announcement message includes an identifier that is associated with a user device; determining a bid for the content inventory unit based on data in a record associated with the identifier; transmitting the bid to the auction platform in response to the auction announcement message; transmitting a content item associated with the identifier in response to the auction announcement message; receiving a message indicating that the content item is presented on the user device; and updating a stored account value associated with the identifier based on an auction price for the content inventory unit. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211312 | Systems and Methods for Intraday Facility Monitoring - Systems and methods for intraday facility monitoring are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for real-time management of risk exposure for an organization may include (1) a server comprising at least one computer processor ingesting a plurality of messages from a plurality of source systems, each message relating to credit extended by an organization to one of a plurality of clients of the organization; (2) the server enriching each of the plurality of messages with reference data; (3) the server persisting the plurality of message in a database; (4) the server determining a credit risk exposure based on the persisted messages; (5) the server comparing the credit risk exposure to a risk threshold; and (6) the server reporting the credit risk exposure. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211313 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PROVIDING AND RECEIVING PLEDGES - Disclosed herein is are systems, methods, and devices for facilitating access to pledges of assets that can boost the users' creditworthiness or provide pledges to other users to increase such recipient users' creditworthiness. In an aspect, a system can employ a first determination component that determines first net worth data based on one or more first received asset pledge data and one or more first committed asset pledge data. In another aspect, the system can employ a transfer component that facilitates a receipt of one or more second asset pledge data or a commitment of at least a portion of the one or more first received asset pledge data. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211314 | System and Method for Active Order Management in an Electronic Trading Environment - A trade order may be submitted to an electronic exchange and updated, according to pay-up parameter values, in an attempt to receive a complete fill within a period of time. The trade order may comprise an order price and an order quantity when submitted to the electronic exchange. The pay-up parameters may include a pay-up interval, a pay-up amount, a pay-up counter, or a combination thereof. The price of the trade order may continue to be updated after the expiration of pay-up interval in an attempt to receive a complete fill of the trade order. The price of the trade order may be increased or decreased by the pay-up amount. The trade order may continue to be updated until a complete fill is received, the pay-up counter expires, and/or an ending time expires for which the pay-up parameters may be implemented. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211315 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HANDLING COMPLEX ORDERS - Systems and methods for determining a strategy to handle complex orders are disclosed. In one implementation, the system may include a trading platform, and a set of instructions to determine a complex orders strategy that includes whether to calculate a synthetic complex order book (COB) quote, and perform a COB enhanced execution, a spread flash, spread legging, spread linking, or any combination thereof to realize a price improvement. The system executes the complex orders strategy to obtain a strategy result determined to provide price improvement, and displays the complex orders strategy and the strategy result on a display device to the user. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211316 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRIVATE NODE-LEVEL DATA COMPUTING AND RECONCILIATION - Aspects and embodiments are directed to method and system for node based reconciliation. Various aspects also provide for real-time securities exchange while supporting cash based transactions. Additional aspects incorporate improved user interfaces for enabling single selection investment decisions for all of a clients' wealth. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211317 | ACTIONABLE CONTEXTUALIZED ALERTS WITHIN AN ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The methods and systems described herein can be used for proactively monitoring regulatory compliance within an order management system, and for providing a real-time or near real-time recommendation relating to a subgroup of information containing suspicious attributes of a trade before the trade is executed. As such, market abuse monitoring is integrated with the order management system to provide historical trade data, identify a subgroup of information containing the suspicious attributes, and provide an actionable and contextualized real-time or near real-time recommendation to a compliance officer or other appropriate individual, officer, or office. As such, potential market abuse can be prevented by, for example, a rejection of the trade. By providing proactive surveillance rather than reactive surveillance relating to potential market abuse, fines or other consequences are also prevented. As such, compliance is improved. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211318 | System and Method for Trading an Asset - Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a system and method for trading an asset on a trade facilitating platform. The method comprising dividing an asset listed for trading by an owner into multiple segments ranging from a low-level risk investment segment to a high-level risk investment segment in a gradually varying risk investment level. The multiple segments of the asset are tagged with multiple digital currencies ranging from a low-level risk to a high-level risk in a gradually varying risk level. The method further includes listing the multiple digital currencies tagged with the asset by the owner for enabling multiple investors to purchase at least one digital currency among the multiple digital currencies tagged with a face value and transferring an ownership of the asset to the investors without possession of the digital asset for enabling the investors to further trade the purchased digital currencies. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211319 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING CHANGED MONITORING CONDITIONS AND/OR REQUIREMENTS USING DYNAMICALLY-MODIFIABLE CONTROL LOGIC - The technology performs obligations fulfillment monitoring. An input data stream of data messages is received including transaction data and reference data, obligation control logic, and a set of obligation parameters associated with the obligation control logic. An event data processor processes the input data stream using a current version of the obligation control logic and the set of obligation parameters. Subsequently, the event processor receives information to implement and execute obligation control logic that is dynamically-modified and different from the current version of the obligation control logic. The event processor generates and outputs an obligation fulfillment message based on the dynamically-modified obligation logic and transmits to an interested entity. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211320 | PORTFOLIO-BASED DOMAIN NAME RECOMMENDATIONS - Methods for generating (also known as spinning) and displaying suggested domain names to a domain name registrant by a domain name registrar are presented. The methods generate and display suggested domain names based on one or more methods. The one or more methods include determining how frequently the generated domain names are displayed to the domain name registrant (the fewer the times the better), the value of the generated domain names and/or how well the generated domain names compliment a portfolio of domain names or products and services already registered to the domain name registrant. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211321 | MAPPING CONSUMER OWNERSHIP OF FINANCIAL ASSETS TO GEOGRAPHIC LOCALITIES AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS THEREOF - In some embodiments, the instant invention provides a programmed system that includes at least the following components: a computer programmed with software instructions that include: code to periodically receive financial data of a plurality of customers from a plurality of financial- related entities related to a plurality of financial assets, code to consolidate the financial data into a consolidated financial data; code to analyze the consolidated financial data with at least one address-matching program; code to associate each record of the consolidated financial data with a respective eleven digit postal code to result in an address-enriched consolidated financial data; code to anonymize the address-enriched consolidated financial data to form an anonymous address-enriched consolidated financial data; and code to link information of the anonymous address-enriched consolidated financial data across a plurality data relationship to form a consolidate household view for each respective eleven digit postal code. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211322 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRIVATE NODE-LEVEL DATA COMPUTING AND RECONCILIATION - Aspects and embodiments are directed to method and system for node based reconciliation. Various aspects also provide for real-time securities exchange while supporting cash based transactions. Additional aspects incorporate improved user interfaces for enabling single selection investment decisions for all of a clients' wealth. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211323 | SYSTEM FOR SHARING RETIREMENT SCORES BETWEEN SOCIAL GROUPS OF CUSTOMERS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for assessing retirement planning based on a retirement score. The system is configured to create a social network group, receive a request for the user to join the social network group, receive financial information of the user. Based on the financial information of the user, determine the projected retirement score of the user. This system may additionally determine a projected group retirement score range for the social network group, determine that the projected retirement score of the user is within the projected group retirement score range for the social network group, create a group membership for the user to join the social network group based on determining the projected retirement score of the user is within the projected group retirement score range for the social network group. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211324 | DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF AN ANNUITY BASED ON WELLNESS MONITORING OF A PARTICIPANT - A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for dynamic adjustment of an annuity based on wellness monitoring of a participant is described. Investment data is accessed including capital amount data relating to a capital amount to be invested for the person, investment selection data relating to an investment selection of how the capital amount is to be invested, and periodic payment amount relating to the selected periodic payment amount to be paid to the person. Wellness programme data is accessed from a variety of sources relating to a compliance of the person with a wellness programme, including a heart rate derived from a heart rate monitor worn by the person, results of health check-ups of the person, a recorded amount and location of exercise of the person, and results of preventative screening of the person. This wellness programme data is used to dynamically calculate an additional payment amount. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211325 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRADING WITH MARKET DEPTH INFORMATION - Techniques for displaying market depth information for a financial instrument including a plurality of bid and ask order metrics at corresponding prices of the market instrument and associated time information. A graphical representation of the market depth information, with axes corresponding to time and price, is aligned with color gradients corresponding to one or more metrics including, for example, bid and ask order volume, order count, or order consideration, generated based on the market depth information. The graphical representation of the market depth information and the color gradients are displayed using a display device. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211326 | A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TAILORING A PRODUCT BASED ON USER INTERACTIONS - Disclosed herein are a method and system for generating tailored content based on user interactions and transactions. The method captures data relating to at least one of an interaction or transaction by the user in relation to a website and stores the captured data in a storage device. The method then generates a set of customer attributes for the user, based on the captured data. On receiving a request for a quotation from the user, the method delivers a product to the user in response to the request, wherein the product is tailored based on the set of customer attributes. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211327 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSURING MULTIPLE UNIT DWELLINGS - A method and apparatus for insuring the owner of an apartment or multi-unit dwelling from damage to his building caused by his tenant's unintentional acts comprising: inputting into a computer processor a database of building physical information, occupancy information, and tenant rental information; inputting into the computer processor an insurance qualification program for renters legal liability insurance covering the building owner from unintentional damage caused by the tenant from fire, smoke, explosion, water discharge, and sewer backup, or negligence injuries by the tenant caused to third parties pursuant to predetermined insurability criteria; qualifying the building for renters legal liability insurance, and computer translating and generating insurance coverage for the building owner based on the number of units in the building and insurance coverage limits desired, and billing the owner for renter's legal liability insurance. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211328 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INSURANCE COVERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS - A dynamic computer system assists users in selecting insurance coverage types and levels appropriate for their present financial circumstances. The computer system includes a graphical user interface (GUI) representative of a user's financial data and coverage recommendations. The system may further access third party data to validate and enrich coverage determinations. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211329 | MICRO-SELF-TAXING BANKING TRANSACTION AND METHOD - A self-taxing device allows a consumer/payer/donor to allocate a small percentage or the like of each purchase to be added savings and/or donated to charity of the consumer's choice. In operation, the consumer will preauthorize withdrawals from their checking/working account which are based upon purchases made from their credit, debit, checking or savings account(s). These small amounts are held in a bucket/sweep account until a threshold in time or currency is reached, then a transfer is made to the charity or to savings. The consumer may also choose to participate in a social media platform which may automatically or manually post messages regarding donations to the charity or other benchmarks. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211330 | METHOD TO DETERMINE ACCOUNT SIMILARITY IN AN ONLINE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM - A method and system groups user accounts in a financial management system based on the similarities of the financial transactions associated with the accounts. The financial management system receives financial transaction data related to a plurality of financial transactions of a plurality of users. Each of the financial transactions is associated with an account of a user. The financial management system generates account characteristics vector data including, for each account, an account characteristics vector based on the financial transactions associated with the account. The financial management system groups the accounts by performing grouping analysis on the account characteristics vectors. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211331 | Systems and Methods to Enhance Search Data with Transaction Based Data - Provided is a system, method, and apparatus for enhancing search data using a search engine and a transaction handler. The method includes processing a plurality of in-person transactions initiated by a plurality of users, correlating a first plurality of searches performed by the plurality of users with the transaction data, processing a plurality of online transactions initiated by at least one user of the plurality of users, correlating at least one search performed by the at least one user that resulted in the search results with the transaction data corresponding to the plurality of online transactions that were based on the search results, and generating a profile for the at least one user based on the correlated data stored in the data warehouse. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211332 | DECENTRALIZED COMPUTING WITH AUDITABILITY AND TAXABILITY - A service running on a server includes a method running on a server, for example as a cloud server to provide a decentralized computing solution. The solution includes an audit service, a tax service or a combination thereof. The service includes providing a distributed registry that specifies a plurality of services available to support communications between a user device and a computer related device on a communication network. The pluralities of services specified by the distributed registry are presented to the user device. A request is received from the user device for a particular service from the plurality of services. The request may be made using a zero-knowledge protocol to maintain privacy of a user of the user device. The particular service includes an additional requested service for at least one of an auditability and taxability service. The particular service is provided along with the additional requested service. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211333 | DEMOGRAPHIC-BASED TARGETING OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA CONTENT ITEMS - An online system stores user profiles of users performing past user interactions with content items. The system receives a new content item and extracts a new feature vector from an image in the new content item using image analysis. The system generates, by a machine learning model, a demographic criteria vector based on the new feature vector. The machine learning model is configured based on the user profiles of the users performing the past user interactions with the plurality of content items to receive a feature vector for a content item and generate a demographic criteria vector based on the feature vector. The demographic criteria vector indicates a likelihood of a user with a user profile matching the demographic criteria vector interacting with the content item exceeding a threshold. The system sends the demographic criteria vector to a content provider for targeting the new content item. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211334 | Re-Organization of Displayed Images Based On Purchase Histories - A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for re-organizing images to be displayed to a user are provided. The computer-implemented method, system and computer program product send images to be displayed to the user during a browsing session organized based on a profile of the user. Responsive to receiving a request from the user for recommended images, where the recommended images are based on a purchase history of the user, the computer-implemented method, system and computer program product re-organize the images that were sent to include the recommended images, and send the re-organized images to be displayed to the user. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211335 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING USER INFLUENCE ON SOCIAL PLATFORM - The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for estimating user influence on a social network platform, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: obtaining user behavior data of a number of users on the social network platform; determining an influence transfer relationship between every two users among the number of users according to the user behavior data; estimating an influence-rank of a user of the number of users on the social network platform based on the influence transfer relationship; and determining influence of the user according to the influence-rank. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211336 | Classification of Gas Turbine Engine Components and Decision for Use - A method of determining a use for substantially the same gas turbine engine components and comprises the steps of receiving manufacturing information about a plurality of gas turbine engine components; classifying each of the plurality of gas turbine engine components into at least two categories, with a first category being components closer to a specification than a second category; and recommending a suggested future use for the first category on aircraft that will operate in more challenging flight conditions and for the second category on aircraft that will operate in less challenging flight conditions. A system is also disclosed. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211337 | TRAVEL MOBILITY AS A SERVICE (MAAS) - Embodiments for improving travel mobility as a service (MaaS) by one or more processors. A selected mode of transportation may be matched with a selected route to generate a travel package according to a multi-objective model based on a route profile for a plurality of routes, a user profile of the one or more users, an environmental profile, and a collaboration of monitored data relating to preferences of a mode of transportation and routes of the one or more users, wherein the travel package includes at least the matching selected mode of transportation, the selected route, and one or more travel suggestions. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211338 | Payment processing system, apparatus and method in real estate transactions - A web-based system for the capture and processing of payments in a real estate purchase and sale transaction comprising one or more user devices where user devices comprise one or more in the group of mobile phone, laptop, tablet and desktop PC and where users comprise Buyer, Buyer Agent, Seller, Seller Agent and Title Company Representative, an Application Server in communication with the one or more user devices via a browser over the Internet, the Application Server comprising a processor and data storage, data storage comprising information inputs relating to title companies, users, third party service providers/disbursees involved in real estate transactions, attributes of real properties and velocity controls relating to payment amount limits authorized for disbursements post closing to the third party service providers/disbursees, the Application Server in communication with a Title Company Processing Software and a Payment Processing Server. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211339 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR GENERATING PROPERTY AND TENANT INSIGHTS BASED ON SENSOR DEVICES - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for generating property and tenant insights based on sensor devices. One method includes: receiving a plurality of attributes of a plurality of tenants that have rented at least one property of a plurality of properties; receiving a plurality of attributes of the plurality of properties; receiving sensor data of at least one sensor monitoring the property; analyzing, for each property, the sensor data of the at least one sensor monitoring the property to convert the sensor data into aggregated sensor data; associating, for each property, the aggregated sensor data with the tenant renting the property and the property; and generating, for each property and each tenant, a plurality of insights based on one or more of the aggregated sensor data, the plurality of attributes of a plurality of tenants, and the plurality of attributes of the plurality of properties. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211340 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATABASE MANAGEMENT OF TRANSACTION INFORMATION AND PAYMENT INSTRUCTION DATA - A system for storing data related to a transaction and for facilitating the transaction, the system comprising: an application server coupled with a database and configured to store information associated with a plurality of transactions, the information including account information related to a user account maintained by a first financial institution, a recipient identifier, and account information related to a recipient account maintained with a second financial institution, the application server further configured to: receive transaction data associated with a payment of the transaction, the transaction data comprising an identifier and user account information; identify the recipient account information based on a comparison of the received identifier against the stored recipient identifier; generate transfer instructions data based on the transaction data and recipient account information; and forward the transfer instructions data to the first financial institution based on the user account information to cause a deposit into the recipient account. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211341 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION TO REMOTE PARTICIPANTS - Systems, methods, and media for providing virtual mock trials are provided. A system includes one or more hardware processors that are operative to initiate an interactive mock trial session via a network to a plurality of remote participants. The one or more hardware processors generate first and second presentation displays of the mock trial, each having an arrangement of content that may include a live-action video, a pre-recorded video, an image, interactive actuators or icons, text, or combinations thereof. The first display has a first set of interactive options and is transmitted to a plurality of mock jurors, while the second display has a second set of interactive options and is transmitted to at least one other remote participant, which may be, for example, a trial manager, an attorney, or an observer. Evaluations of the mock trial are interactively completed and received by the hardware processor. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211342 | CONTROL OF CONTENT DISTRIBUTION - A content distribution service is disclosed that enables artists to define distribution models on a per-content basis. An artist uploading content items to the service for distribution is provided mechanisms to define a distribution model for each of content items. Using such a mechanism, the artist can control content prices, allowed usage within the distribution model, options for unlocking the content, etc. When another user attempts to access the content, the service determines if the content has been unlocked for the user and whether the requested access satisfies certain conditions of the distribution model set by the artists. If the content is not unlocked and the requested access does not satisfy the conditions of the distribution model, the requesting user is provided options to unlock the content, for example, through purchasing the content or performing other activities such as sharing posts through social media promoting the content. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211343 | AUTOMATED ENTERPRISE-CENTRIC CAREER NAVIGATION - A method, executed by a computer, includes determining, via machine learning, skills associated with various positions in an organization, receiving a profile for a user including a current position for the user, and receiving a target position for the user. The method further includes determining from the profile for the user and the skills associated with various positions in an organization, one or more acquirable skills that would enable the user to achieve the target position from the current position, determining one or more professional development activities that correspond to the acquirable skills, and presenting the acquirable skills and the professional development activities to the user. A computer system and computer product corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211344 | AUTOMATED ENTERPRISE-CENTRIC CAREER NAVIGATION - A method, executed by a computer, includes determining, via machine learning, skills associated with various positions in an organization, receiving a profile for a user including a current position for the user, and receiving a target position for the user. The method further includes determining from the profile for the user and the skills associated with various positions in an organization, one or more acquirable skills that would enable the user to achieve the target position from the current position, determining one or more professional development activities that correspond to the acquirable skills, and presenting the acquirable skills and the professional development activities to the user. A computer system and computer product corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211345 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR PROVIDING PERSONAL SAFETY - Various implementations for an automatic safety system for monitoring the use of personal protective equipment are provided. Various implementations for processes for monitoring the use of personal protective equipment are also provided. The system and methods involve the use of personal safety instruments comprising beacons, and a wearable electronic detection device carried by a user, configured to continuously or periodically monitor the distance between a user and the personal safety instruments. The system and processes may be used to prevent or limit the occurrence of accidents, incidents and/or injuries in hazardous work environments. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211346 | PICKUP LOCATION OPERATIONS PERFORMED BASED ON USER FEEDBACK - Pickup location operations may be performed based on trusted user feedback. For example, a user may provide feedback that an ordered item at a pickup location is missing or damaged, in response to which a refund or replacement may be issued. Feedback may also be provided to indicate that a malfunction is occurring at the pickup location, in response to which the malfunctioning equipment may be disabled and a repair request may be made. Feedback may also be provided to indicate that a scheduled time period for a user to retrieve an item from the pickup location needs to be changed, in response to which an alternative time period may be selected. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211347 | ITEM PICKING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides an item picking method, so that an item stored in a warehouse can be picked and placed in a picking vehicle. Specifically, the warehouse may be divided into one or more picking areas. A picking management device may divide a picking task for items into different picking sub-tasks according to picking areas in which the items are located. One picking vehicle corresponds to several picking sub-tasks. The picking management device allocates an automated guided vehicle (AGV) for a picking sub-task, causing the AGV to move the picking vehicle to a picking area corresponding to the picking sub-task. The picking management device may send task information of the picking sub-task to a picking device corresponding to the picking area. The picking device executes the picking sub-task according to the task information, so as to pick an item and place the item in the picking vehicle, thereby implementing the automation of an item picking process. In addition, the present disclosure further provides a device related to item picking, so as to ensure the actual application and implementation of the foregoing method. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211348 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING A VULNERABLE POPULATION TO A DESIRED DESTINATION BY ONE OR MORE DRIVERS IN A SET OF TRUSTED DRIVERS - This disclosure generally relates to a method and system for scheduling a ride for a third party by a ride requestor. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a ride request for a third party rider from a user device. The method may further include identifying a set of drivers from a trusted drivers and identifying from the set of trusted drivers, an optimal driver. The method may further include transmitting a ride confirmation to the ride requestor, the optimal driver, and the third party rider. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211349 | MOBILE DEVICE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer implemented method, device and computer program device are provided that under control of one or more processors configured with specific executable instructions. The methods obtains a user profile that includes a user device usage pattern associated with a user, receives a usage limit associated with a task and identifies a candidate mobile device from a pool of available mobile devices based on the usage limit and the user device usage pattern. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211350 | URBAN ROAD NETWORK ASSET VALUATION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A method of an urban road network asset valuation includes: selecting a road network in an urban built-up region as a research object; segmenting each road in the network to different road sections; sequentially calculating the own asset, the epitaxial asset and the utility asset of each road section, the epitaxial asset being a change of an asset of the road section caused by buildings around the road section, and the utility asset being influence of a road section topological structure on the asset of the road section; accumulating the own, epitaxial, and utility assets of the road section to obtain the asset of the road section; accumulating the asset of each road section in one road to obtain the corresponding road asset; and accumulating the asset of each road in the network to obtain the valuated asset of the urban road network in the selected region. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211351 | ARRANGING A TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR A USER BASED ON THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OF THE USER - A system and method of arranging a transport service for a user is described. The system determines a first estimated time of arrival (ETA) of a user to a specified location data point based, at least in part, on a position of a user device operated by the user. The system also determines a second ETA of a vehicle of a set of vehicles to the specified location data point. When the first ETA and the second ETA are within a predetermined amount of time of each other, the system can select a driver to provide a transport service for the user based, at least in part, on the specified location data point. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211352 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERMEDIATING USER TERMINALS TO SHARE VEHICLES - A method of providing intermediating service between terminals to share vehicles, the method including: receiving departure point information, destination information, a time the vehicle provider is leaving work, set-up information, and condition information from terminals, matching and registering the received information with identifier information of the provider terminal and the user terminal; receiving intermediation request from the terminals; determining user terminal and provider terminal among the terminals matching each other based on the registered departure point information, the destination information, the time the user is leaving work, the set-up information, and the condition information of the terminals that transmitted the intermediation request; providing information of the matched user terminal to the matched provider terminal; and providing information of the matched provider terminal to the matched user terminal. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211353 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SUBJECTIVE PROBABILITY BETTING INCLUDING USER-PROVIDED HANDICAPS AND PAYOUT RATES - Systems and methods are provided for managing subjective probability bets, the method comprising: receiving a set of bets; calculating one or more possible outcomes of a competition; for each possible outcome, determining whether each of the bets would be a winning bet or a losing bet; performing an iterative bet analysis procedure comprising: calculating a payable amount, calculating a payout amount, and determining whether the sum of the payable amount and a system threshold (indicating a maximum amount allowed to be paid out beyond the payable amount for the possible outcome) is greater than or equal to the payout amount; if it is determined that said sum is greater than or equal to the payout amount, assigning the outcome a pass value, and if it is determined that said sum is not greater than or equal to the payout amount, assigning the outcome a fail value. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211354 | WATERMARK EMBEDDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - Disclosed is a watermark embedding method. The method includes receiving an original image, generating a watermark image based on the selected watermark pattern, generating an alpha blended stego image by alpha blending the original image and the watermark image, and providing the alpha blended stego image, in which the watermark image is generated by considering at least one of allowable pixel value range and alpha value α range of the watermark pattern applied to a first pixel of the original image, wherein the at least one of allowable pixel value range and alpha value α range are determined by the difference of pixel value of the first pixel between the original image and the stego image by embedding the watermark pattern to the first pixel. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211355 | STORAGE OF METADATA AND IMAGES - Media capture apparatus and methods for obtaining metadata. Metadata may be collected and stored in a container independent of audio and/or image (media) content. Some container implementations may be configured to store metadata for a given interval, and media content for a portion of the interval. In action camera implementations, metadata may provide a context related to time, physical conditions of a person, location, surroundings of the video capture. In event recording applications, the metadata container may provide information related to a timeline of the event, environmental conditions, proximity of other capture devices. Metadata may be utilized for processing, viewing, and/or sharing of media content. Individual capture devices may communicate and/or combine metadata to one another in order to expand metadata content. Metadata, video and/or images may be shared between users and/or devices using a container. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211356 | Image Display System - An image display system, including: a server and a client terminal, wherein the server includes a server-side hardware processor which performs rendering to generate an initial display image, transmits the initial display image and the image data to the client terminal, at least when rendering is performed to a plurality of pieces of image data, the server executes rendering and transmission of image data so that at least parts of execution periods overlap, the server-side hardware processor executes rendering until end of the transmission, the client terminal is a zero client terminal and includes a client-side hardware processor which displays the received initial display image, and performs rendering of the received image data to generate and display a client display image, and the client terminal executes rendering by switching from the server-side hardware processor to the client-side hardware processor based on end of the transmission. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211357 | PIPELINED APPROACH TO FUSED KERNELS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF MACHINE LEARNING WORKLOADS ON GRAPHICAL PROCESSING UNITS - A method for optimization of machine learning (ML) workloads on a graphics processor unit (GPU). The method includes identifying a computation having a generic pattern commonly observed in ML processes. Hierarchical aggregation spanning a memory hierarchy of the GPU for processing is performed for the identified computation including maintaining partial output vector results in shared memory of the GPU. Hierarchical aggregation for vectors is performed including performing intra-block aggregation for multiple thread blocks of a partial output vector results on GPU global memory. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211358 | DISABLING A DISPLAY REFRESH PROCESS - A method performed by a physical computing system, the method includes disabling a display refresh process of a video controller of the physical computing system if no active display device is connected to the physical computing system. A physical computing system includes a video controller comprising a rendering engine and a display refresh controller; a memory controller connected to a memory; and a display controller to determine whether an active display device is connected to the physical computing system; in which a display refresh process performed by the display refresh controller is disabled when no active display device is connected to the physical computing system. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211359 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING STABILIZED VISUAL CONTENT USING SPHERICAL VISUAL CONTENT - Spherical visual content represented in an image space may be obtained. The spherical visual content may have been captured by image sensor(s) during a time duration. The spherical visual content may include phenomena caused by motion of the image sensor(s) and/or optical components that guide light onto the image sensor(s). A capture path taken by the image sensor(s) during the time duration may be determined. The capture path may reflect positions and orientations of the image sensor(s) during the time duration. A smoothed path may be determined based on the capture path. The smoothed path may have smoother changes in positions and/or orientations than the capture path. The image space may be warped based on a difference between the capture path and the smoothed path. The stabilized visual content may be determined by projecting the spherical visual content represented in the warped image space to a spherical projection space. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211360 | REGISTRATION OF HISTOPATHOLOGY IMAGES - An image processing component (IPC) and related method for image registration of at least two sets of image objects. The image objects may be previously derived from a segmentation of imagery of biological material. Based on features of the image objects, an initial global transformation is computed. Using this initial global transformation and its inverse, one or more cross-links between sets of image objects across image objects in the two sets are established. A plurality of locally adapted transformations are then computed for cross-linked objects from the two sets. A combiner (Σ) then combines the locally adapted transformations t\ into a new registration transform T | 2018-07-26 |
20180211361 | COLLECTING AND VIEWING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNER DATA IN A FLEXIBLE VIDEO FORMAT - A method interactively displays panoramic images of a scene. The method includes measuring 3D coordinates of the scene with a 3D measuring instrument at a first position and a second position. The 3D coordinates are registering into a common frame of reference. Within the scene, a trajectory includes a plurality of trajectory points. Along the trajectory, 2D images are generated from the commonly registered 3D coordinates. A trajectory display mode sequentially displays a collection of 2D images at the trajectory points. A rotational display mode allows a user to select a desired view direction at a given trajectory point. The user selects the trajectory display mode or the rotational display mode and sees the result shown on the display device. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211362 | ELECTRONIC FRAME AND IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC FRAME - The present invention relates to an electronic frame and an image displaying method of an electronic frame. The electronic frame according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention detects, through an optical sensing unit, parts that are hidden by a frame, sets only a display area that is not hidden by the frame as a valid area, resizes an image so that the image matches the valid area of the display, and displays the image. Accordingly, even if the size of the frame is changed, a phenomenon in which a part of the image is not shown due to the frame could be prevented, as an image-resizing is adjustably performed. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211363 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD - According to an X-ray diagnostic apparatus, an X-ray tube radiates X-rays. An X-ray collimator adjusts an irradiation region of the X-rays. An X-ray detector includes a first detector and a second detector having a smaller detection area than a detection area of the first detector. The X-ray detector is able to detect the X-rays radiated with the first detector and the second detector at the same time. Processing circuitry generates a synthesized image obtained by synthesizing a first X-ray image generated based on an output from the first detector that detected the X-rays radiated in the irradiation region adjusted, and a second X-ray image generated based on an output from the second detector that detected the X-rays radiated in the irradiation region adjusted, the synthesized image having an image size corresponding to an aspect ratio of the irradiation region. The processing circuitry causes a display to display the synthesized image. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211364 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING COMMUNICATION INTERFACE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of a virtual reality (VR)-related device is provided, which includes setting a reference direction; receiving data; determining whether a direction of the data and the reference direction are different; modifying the direction of the data if the direction of the data and the reference direction are different; and transmitting data having the modified direction. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211365 | EFFICIENT PATH-BASED METHOD FOR VIDEO DENOISING - An efficient patch-based method for video denoising is described herein. A noisy patch is selected from a current frame and a motion-compensated patch in the previous denoised frame is found. The two patches go through a patch-denoising process to generate a denoised patch. A rotational buffer and aggregation technique is used to generate the denoised current video frame. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211366 | Flattening and Rectifying A Curved Image - Representative embodiments disclose mechanisms to flatten an image comprising at least one curved or bent edge. An image is received from a capture device and a UI is presented that allows a user to define a general vicinity of an item in the image to be flattened. The system analyzes pixels in the general vicinity to identify the highest probability of a corner in each general vicinity. The gradient of pixels between the corners is calculated and pixels scores are calculated based on the gradient. The pixels with the lowest scores between each corner are used as an edge. Smoothing is applied to each edge. Dimensions of the flat representation are calculated and the system maps pixels bounded by the edges and corners to pixels in the flat representation and copies the mapped pixels to the flat representation. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211367 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INPAINTING OF COLOURISED THREE-DIMENSIONAL POINT CLOUDS - A method for colourising a three-dimensional point cloud. The method includes surveying a point cloud with a surveying instrument, wherein each point of said point cloud is characterised by coordinates within an instrument coordinate system, having an instrument center, capturing a first image of the setting with a first camera, wherein each pixel value of the first image is assigned coordinates within a first camera coordinate system having a first projection center as origin and a first parallax shift relative to the instrument center, and with a computer, transforming the point cloud from the instrument coordinate system into the first camera coordinate system, resulting in a first transformed point cloud, detecting one or more uncovered points within the first transformed point cloud which are openly visible from the first projection center, and for each uncovered point, assigning a pixel value having corresponding coordinates in the first camera coordinate system. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211368 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING CONTRAST - A method and a device for adjusting contrast are provided. The method includes: acquiring a corresponding grey-scale image of a current image; dividing the grey-scale image to obtain a plurality of divided regions; calculating JND values corresponding to the divided regions based on an area of each of the divided regions; and calculating a target contrast based on the JND value of each of the divided regions and a background brightness of the current image; adjusting the contrast of the current image based on the target contrast and a predetermined condition. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211369 | A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TONE-MAPPING A PICTURE BY USING A PARAMETRIC TONE-ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION - The present principles relates to a method and device for tone-mapping an input picture by using a parametric tone-adjustment function. The method is characterized in that the method comprises determining at least one parameter of said tone-adjustment function modulated by a brightness level of the input picture. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211370 | Dynamic Global Tone Mapping with Integrated 3D Color Look-Up Table - The processing of RGB image data can be optimized by performing optimization operations on the image data when it is converted into the YCbCr color space. For each Y-layer of the YCbCr image data, a 2D LUT is generated. The YCbCr image data is converted into optimized CbCr image data using the 2D LUTs, and optimized YCbCr image data is generated by blending CbCr image data corresponding to multiple Y-layers. The optimized YCbCr image data is converted into sRGB image data, and a tone curve is applied to the sRGB image data to produce optimized sRGB image data. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211371 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING A FLICKER IN A VIDEO, AND VIDEO DEVICE - The disclosure discloses an apparatus and method for correcting a flicker in a video, and a video device, the method including: determining a correction weight for correcting grayscale values of a current frame of video image according to a ratio of a variance of a histogram of mapped grayscale values of a last frame of video image to a variance of a histogram of grayscale values of the last frame of video image, and a contrast enhancement upper limit parameter input by a user, and/or a largest percentage of the number of pixels with a same grayscale among a total number of pixels in the histogram of the grayscale values of the last frame of video image, and the contrast enhancement upper limit parameter input by the user; and, determining resulting grayscale values of the current frame of video image according to the correction weight. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211372 | INSPECTION SYSTEM, CONTROLLER, INSPECTION METHOD, AND INSPECTION PROGRAM - An inspection system for inspecting a workpiece includes: an omnidirectional camera; a movement device for causing the workpiece to circle around the omnidirectional camera in a state where a posture of the workpiece is maintained; an acquisition unit for outputting a capturing instruction to the omnidirectional camera at a plurality of timings while the movement device causes the workpiece to circle around the omnidirectional camera, and for acquiring, from the omnidirectional camera, a plurality of input images indicating the workpiece from different directions; and an inspector for inspecting the workpiece by using the plurality of input images. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211373 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEFECT DETECTION - A method for detecting a defect in an object includes: capturing, by one or more depth cameras, a plurality of partial point clouds of the object from a plurality of different poses with respect to the object; merging, by a processor, the partial point clouds to generate a merged point cloud; computing, by the processor, a three-dimensional (3D) multi-view model of the object; detecting, by the processor, one or more defects of the object in the 3D multi-view model; and outputting, by the processor, an indication of the one or more defects of the object. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211374 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus and method are disclosed, each of which: using a set of normal data, learns a first model for determining the normal data; sets, out of a plurality of abnormality candidate areas, the abnormality candidate areas selected by a user as correct data and the abnormality candidate areas not selected by the user as incorrect data, to learn a second model for identifying the correct data and the incorrect data, each abnormality candidate area indicating a candidate area of an abnormality and detected based on the first model from each of a plurality of captured images; obtains the captured images; detects the abnormality candidate areas from the respective captured images, using the first model; determines whether the abnormality candidate areas detected belong to the correct data or the incorrect data, using the second model; and controls to output a determination. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211375 | PROCESSES OF DETERMINING CHARACTERISTICS OF A SURFACE OF A PAPERMAKING FABRIC - Processes of determining features of a paper-making fabric. The processes utilize a representation of a portion of a surface of the fabric, with the representation showing at least one of (i) locations and (ii) sizes of knuckles and pockets in the surface of the fabric. An image of the portion of the fabric is generated based on the representation. Using the displayed image, an outline is drawn around at least one of the knuckles, and guidelines are drawn such that the guidelines at least one of (i) pass through the center of the outlined knuckle, (ii) pass through the other knuckles, and (iii) form a shape that surrounds areas of the image that correspond to where the pockets are formed between the knuckles. With the outlined knuckle and guidelines, properties that affect the paper-making functionality of the fabric may be calculated. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211376 | ELECTRON CHANNELING PATTERN ACQUISITION FROM SMALL CRYSTALLINE AREAS - A method for crystal analysis includes identifying a crystalline region on a device where an electronic channeling pattern is needed to be determined, acquiring a whole image for each of a plurality of different positions for the crystalline region using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) as the crystalline region is moved to different positions. Relevant regions are extracted from the whole images. The images of the relevant regions are stitched together to form a composite map of a full electron channeling pattern representative of the crystalline region wherein the electronic channeling pattern is provided due to an increase in effective angular range between a SEM beam and a surface of the crystal region. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211377 | DETECTION OF HARDWARE TROJAN USING LIGHT EMISSIONS WITH SACRIFICIAL MASK - A computer-implemented device and method for identifying hardware Trojans and defects based on light emissions from Integrated Circuits (ICs) is provided. A measured emissions map is received based on light emissions captured from a sacrificial test IC. The sacrificial test IC is a partially manufactured IC fabricated to include a set of frontend layers of an IC architecture but not a set of backend layers of the IC architecture. The sacrificial test IC also includes a sacrificial layer for powering devices in the partially manufactured IC without the set of backend layers. An expected emissions map is derived from the sacrificial test IC and the measured emissions map is compared with the expected emissions map to identify deviations from the IC architecture in the frontend layers. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211378 | ELECTRON CHANNELING PATTERN ACQUISITION FROM SMALL CRYSTALLINE AREAS - A method for crystal analysis includes identifying a crystalline region on a device where an electronic channeling pattern is needed to be determined, acquiring a whole image for each of a plurality of different positions for the crystalline region using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) as the crystalline region is moved to different positions. Relevant regions are extracted from the whole images. The images of the relevant regions are stitched together to form a composite map of a full electron channeling pattern representative of the crystalline region wherein the electronic channeling pattern is provided due to an increase in effective angular range between a SEM beam and a surface of the crystal region. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211379 | IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR DETERMINING CHARACTERISTICS OF GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS - Embodiments include methods for predicting one or more characteristics of an individual, such as a human or non-human animal, by applying computational methods to image(s) of the individual to generate one or more metrics indicative of the characteristics. Embodiments determine predictors of characteristics by creating a sample library of individuals, determining facial measurements for each individual, determining relationships between facial measurements and additional library data, and selecting predictors from these relationships. Embodiments include methods for predicting characteristics of individuals not in the library. Embodiments include methods for predicting characteristics of groups using predicted characteristics of individuals. Embodiments determine suitability of a pair of individuals (from the same or different species) for a particular purpose, task, or relationship based on characteristics of individuals. Other embodiments determine the compatibility of an individual with a group of other individuals. Embodiments include systems, devices, and computer-readable media comprising one or more of these methods. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211380 | CLASSIFYING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES USING AUTOMATED IMAGE ANALYSIS - A system for imaging biological samples and analyzing images of the biological samples is provided. The system can automatically analyze images of biological samples to classify cells of interest using machine learning techniques. Some implementations can diagnose diseases associated with specific cell types. Devices, methods, and computer program product for imaging and analyzing biological samples are also provided. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211381 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING 2D MEDICAL IMAGE BASED ON PLATE INTERPOLATION - Provided is an operating method of a medical imaging device. The method includes receiving a 3D medical image, generating a 2D medical image from the 3D medical image based in a plate interpolation, and displaying the 2D medical image by using plate interpolation based weight information and interest region information. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211382 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is an image processing device including a changing unit that changes a threshold value of intensity of each of points within an image, a first display control unit that controls displaying of points including an intensity value equal to or greater than the threshold value every time the threshold value is changed by the changing unit, a receiving unit that receives designation of one or a plurality of predetermined regions within a displayed image based on an operation of a user, a fixing unit that fixes the threshold value of each of the points within the designated predetermined region as a threshold value by the changing unit at a time of designation of the predetermined region, a second display control unit that controls displaying of points including an intensity value equal to or greater than the threshold value fixed by the fixing unit among the points within the predetermined region, and points including an intensity value equal to or greater than the threshold value to be changed by the changing unit among the points outside the predetermined region, in a case where there is one or the plurality of predetermined regions within the image. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211383 | PHASE-DECORRELATION OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY-BASED PARAMETER MEASUREMENT - One example includes a scanning system. The system includes a phase-decorrelation optical coherence tomography (PhD-OCT) scanner configured to implement a scanning sequence via an optical signal on a sample medium. The system also includes a scanning controller configured to provide control signals to the PhD-OCT scanner to implement the scanning sequence and to obtain phase and amplitude information associated with a reflected version of the optical signal. The phase and amplitude information can be indicative of microscale dynamics of the sample medium. The scanning controller can also implement an algorithm to calculate a quantitative parameter of the sample medium based on the phase and amplitude information associated with the sample medium. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211384 | DETERMINING A PLANT'S BIOMASS - A method of determining a plant's biomass includes three steps, namely establishing an X-ray photograph of the plant, establishing an absorption characteristic of the plant in an X-ray photograph, and determining the plant's biomass by means of the absorption characteristic of the plant. Said determining is based on a predetermined relation between a reference absorption characteristic and a reference biomass. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211385 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of endoscope images obtained by imaging an observation target at different times with an endoscope; a blood vessel extraction unit that extracts blood vessels of the observation target from the plurality of endoscope images; a blood vessel information calculation unit that calculates a plurality of pieces of blood vessel information for each of the blood vessels extracted from the endoscope images; a blood vessel parameter calculation unit that calculates a blood vessel parameter, which is relevant to the blood vessel extracted from each of the endoscope images, by calculation using the blood vessel information; and a blood vessel change index calculation unit that calculates a blood vessel change index, which indicates a temporal change of the blood vessel, using the blood vessel parameter. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211386 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING BLOOD FLOW CONDITION - The present application relates to a method and system for analyzing blood flow conditions. The method includes: obtaining images at multiple time phases; constructing multiple vascular models corresponding to the multiple time phases; correlating the multiple vascular models; setting boundary conditions of the multiple vascular models respectively based on the result of correlation; and determining condition of blood vessel of the vascular models. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211387 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING STATUS OF STRAIN AND STRESS OF A VESSEL WALL - The present application relates to a method for acquiring maximum principal strain or a maximum principal stress status of a vessel wall. The method includes: acquiring first vessel data of a first time phase corresponding to a vessel; acquiring second vessel data of a second time phase corresponding to the vessel; generating, based on the first vessel data, a first vessel model relating to the first time phase, generating a second vessel model relating to the second time phase based on the second vessel data; determining a region of interest in the first vessel model; determining the corresponding region of interest in the second vessel model; determining a reference point in the region of interest of the first vessel model; determining the corresponding reference point in the region of interest of the second vessel model; determining a displacement of the reference point from the first vessel model to the second vessel model; and determining a maximum principal strain or a maximum principal stress at the reference point based on the displacement of the reference point. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211388 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING BLOOD FLOW CONDITION - The present application relates to a method and system for analyzing blood flow conditions. The method includes: obtaining images at multiple time phases; constructing multiple vascular models corresponding to the multiple time phases; correlating the multiple vascular models; setting boundary conditions of the multiple vascular models respectively based on the result of correlation; and determining condition of blood vessel of the vascular models. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211389 | AUTOMATIC PRE AND POST QUANTITATIVE CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY - The present invention relates to apparatus for automatic quantification of a part of vascular structure. It is described to provide ( | 2018-07-26 |
20180211390 | EMBEDDING A REMOVABLE BARCODE INTO AN IMAGE - Removing an embedded barcode in an image. A barcode-embedding area in an image is acquired. Pixels in the barcode-embedding area can be changed from a RGB color space to a color space with a luminance component. The luminance values of the pixels can be determined on a dark side or a light side. The luminance values of the pixels on the dark side or the light side can be mapped to luminance values falling into a whole range of a luminance interval. The pixels in the barcode-embedding area can be changed from the color space with the luminance component to the RGB color space. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211391 | COUPLED SEGMENTATION IN 3D CONVENTIONAL ULTRASOUND AND CONTRAST-EHHANCED ULTRASOUND IMAGES - The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging system ( | 2018-07-26 |
20180211392 | COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS METHOD - A Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) apparatus and a CAD method are provided. The CAD apparatus includes an automatic diagnoser configured to perform automatic diagnosis using an image that is received from a probe, and generate diagnosis information including results of the automatic diagnosis. The CAD apparatus further includes an information determiner configured to determine diagnosis information to be displayed among the generated diagnosis information, based on a manual diagnosis of a user, and a display configured to display the received image and the determined diagnosis information. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211393 | IMAGE GUIDED VIDEO SEMANTIC OBJECT SEGMENTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - The disclosure involves an image guided video semantic object segmentation method and apparatus, locate a target object in a sample image to obtain an object sample; extract a candidate region from each frame; match multiple candidate regions extracted from the each frame with the object sample to obtain a similarity rating of each candidate region; rank the similarity rating of each candidate region to select a predefined candidate region number of high rating candidate region ranked by the similarity; preliminarily segment a foreground and a background from the selected high rating candidate region; construct an optimization function for the preliminarily segmented foreground and background; solve the optimization function to obtain a optimal candidate region set; and propagate a preliminary foreground segmentation corresponding to the optimal candidate region to an entire video to obtain a semantic object segmentation of the input video. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211394 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AN OBJECT IN A REGION SURROUNDING A MOTOR VEHICLE, DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for identifying an object in a surrounding region of a motor vehicle as a stationary object is disclosed. The surrounding region is captured in images using a vehicle-side capture device and the object is detected in the captured images using an image processing device. A first position of the object in the surrounding region relative to the motor vehicle is estimated on the basis of a first captured image, a movement sequence of the object in image coordinates is determined on the basis of the first image and a second captured image, a first movement sequence that characterizes a first, stationary object in the image coordinates is determined proceeding from the first estimated position in the surrounding region, and the captured object is identified as a stationary object on the basis of a comparison of the movement sequence of the captured object to the first characterizing movement sequence. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211395 | AUTOMATICALLY CAPTURING INFORMATION SUCH AS CAPTURING INFORMATION USING A DOCUMENT-AWARE DEVICE - A system and method for automatically changing the operation of a mobile device in response to a presence of information is described. In some examples, the system determines an information capture device is proximate to text, automatically changes operation of the capture device to a certain mode, captures the text, and performs an action associated with the captured text. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211396 | Systems and Methods for Object Tracking and Localization in Videos with Adaptive Image Representation - A system and method are provided for object tracking in a sequence of images of a scene acquired by an imaging device. The method includes generating a representation of an object and its surroundings; generating a tracking score based on the representation of the object and its surroundings, and a classification scheme; detecting a peak in the tracking score corresponding to a location of the object in the image; and adjusting the representation of the object and its surroundings and the classification scheme according to one or more new appearances of the object. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211397 | OBJECT EXTRACTION FROM VIDEO IMAGES SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer implemented method of object extraction from video images, the method comprising steps a computer is programmed to perform, the steps comprising: receiving a plurality of video images, deriving a plurality of background templates from at least one of the received video images, calculating a plurality of differences from an individual one of the received video images, each one of the differences being calculated between the individual video image and a respective and different one of the background templates, and extracting an object of interest from the individual video image, using a rule applied on the calculated differences. | 2018-07-26 |