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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150116201 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MARKING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - A method and an apparatus for marking electronic document are provided. An image sequence of a user is captured by an image capturing unit, and an eye tracking procedure, a nod detecting procedure and a blink detecting procedure are executed for analyzing the image sequence. A first position on the electronic document where a current sightline of the user falls when the user performs a first specific action is obtained, and a marking action is executed for marking the electronic document along with a movement trajectory of the user's eyes starting from the first position. A second position on the electronic document where the current sightline falls when the user performs a second specific action is obtained, and the marking action is finished at the second position. | 04-30-2015 |
20150102047 | VENDING APPARATUS AND PRODUCT VENDING METHOD - In duration of operating a vending machine, the vending machine can only provide a consumer with a simple service and cannot interact with the consumer. The vending machine is lack of and interactive feeling capable of catching the consumer's eyes and lets the consumer feeling novel and interesting, so that a sales volume of products cannot be raised. A vending apparatus and a product vending method of the invention can detect a consumer's operation by using a detector and a currency collecting device, and display a corresponding image on a screen according to the consumer's operation. Moreover, delivery of an actual object is in accordance with an image of object delivery, such that the consumer can smoothly feel the interactive feeling when purchasing products. Accordingly, the vending apparatus provides the consumer with a novel and interactive pattern, so as to elevate the consumer's purchase desire. | 04-16-2015 |
20150100464 | INFORMATION DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OBJECT - During shopping, a customer usually needs a shop clerk to provide a consulting service for understanding product information. However, a selling approach of the shop clerk may cause the customer to feel pressure. Moreover, due to the limited space, it is impossible to lay out all products in the store for the customer's selection. An information displaying apparatus for objects and a method thereof, provided by the invention, detect an operation of the customer by a motion detector and display an interactive image corresponding to the operation by a screen for providing abundant product information. Accordingly, the information displaying apparatus displays all products and sufficient product information in a limited space, and creates a relaxing and convenient shopping environment for increasing the customer's desire to purchase. | 04-09-2015 |
20150097938 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING READING BEHAVIOR - A method and an apparatus for recording reading behavior are provided. A movement trajectory of a user's eye is tracked based on an eye-tracking procedure, so as to calculate reading time of a gazing part of an electronic document when it is detected that sight of an eye leaves the gazing part, or when it is detected that the eye keeps gazing the electronic document and reading of the gazing part is finished. And the reading time is recorded to a storage space corresponding to the gazing part. | 04-09-2015 |
20150073914 | PLAYING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INFORMATION - A playing method and an electronic apparatus are provided. The method includes analyzing an image captured from an image capturing unit to detect whether the image includes a body image; when the image including the body image is detected, calculating a relative distance between the body image and a display unit; when the relative distance is less than or equal to a preset distance, playing a special effect object in the display unit; and transforming a dynamic effect of the special effect object according to a movement information of the body image. | 03-12-2015 |
20150063631 | DYNAMIC IMAGE ANALYZING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A dynamic image analyzing system is provided, comprising: a photographing unit for taking pictures to acquire image, and a processing unit. The processing unit includes a space information analyzing module, a virtual frame forming module, and a transforming module. The space information analyzing module is used to acquire space information of user at the world coordinate system. The virtual frame forming module is used to access the space information of user at world coordinate system and to span a virtual operating frame in front of user, wherein the virtual operating frame comprises a plurality of projecting coordinate systems disturbed in front of user, between two projecting coordinate systems has an angle, and the projecting coordinate systems are sequentially sorted into a semi-arc surface. The transforming module is used to compute the position of user's hands at the world coordinate system into the projecting position at the projecting coordinate systems. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062010 | POINTING-DIRECTION DETECTING DEVICE AND ITS METHOD, PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE-MEDIUM - The present invention provides a pointing-direction detecting device, comprising an image capturing unit for capturing a user's image to acquire the user's skeleton data in the world coordinate system; and a processing unit connected to the image capturing unit. The processing unit comprises an image analyzing module and a pointing-direction analyzing module. The image analyzing module acquires the skeleton data from the image capturing unit and captures an upper limb image of the skeleton data to obtain respectively a hand-terminal region and an elbow or shoulder region. The pointing-direction analyzing module obtains the hand-terminal region and the elbow or shoulder region from the image analyzing module to identify through calculation a hand-terminal position and an elbow or shoulder position, obtaining a pointing-direction vector from the hand-terminal position and the elbow or shoulder position for calculating the intersection of the extension of the pointing-direction vector and the target plane. | 03-05-2015 |
20150058811 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY SCREEN, INPUT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A control system for a display screen, an input apparatus and a control method are provided. An image capturing unit is used to continuously capture an image toward a first side of a display apparatus, and a processing unit is used to execute an image analyzing process for the captured image. The image analyzing process includes the following steps. Whether an object enters an initial sensing space located at the first side is detected. A virtual operating plane is established according to a location of the object when the object enters the initial sensing space is detected, wherein a size of the virtual operating plane is proportioned to a size of the display screen. A movement information of the object in the virtual operating plane is detected for controlling content of the display screen through the movement information. | 02-26-2015 |
20140375808 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR MONITORING A NUMBER OF PASSENGERS IN AN AUTOMOBILE - A monitor is utilized for installing inside an automobile to monitor a number of passengers in an automobile. The monitor includes an image capturing device, and a processing unit is connected to the image capturing device. The image capturing device successively captures a plurality of images in the automobile. The processing unit receives the images from the image capturing device to arrange an image sequence, wherein the processing unit includes an image dividing module, an image processing module, and a motion detecting module. The image dividing module divides each of the images into a plurality of recognition blocks, the image processing module compares the recognition blocks of consecutive images in the image sequence to acquire an image variance value, and the motion detecting module has a threshold value and determines the recognition blocks as a human-present condition when the image variance value surpasses the threshold value. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375777 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE SYSTEM AND INTERACTIVE SENSING METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional (3D) interactive system and an interactive sensing method are provided. The 3D interactive system includes a display unit, an image capturing unit and a processing unit. The display unit is configured to display a frame on a display area, and the display area is located on a display plane. The image capturing unit is disposed at a periphery of the display area. The image capturing unit captures images along a first direction and generates an image information accordingly, and the first direction is not parallel to a normal direction of the display plane. The processing unit detects a position of an object located in a sensing space according to the image information, and executes an operational function to control the display content of the frame according to the detected position. | 12-25-2014 |
20140369553 | METHOD FOR TRIGGERING SIGNAL AND IN-VEHICLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A signal triggering method and an in-vehicle electronic apparatus are provided. A plurality of images of a driver is continuously captured by using an image capturing unit, and a face motion information or an eyes open-shut information is obtained by detecting a face motion or an eyes open/shut action of the driver through the images. When the face motion information or the eyes open-shut information matches a threshold information, a specific signal is triggered and transmitted to a specific device. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368628 | WARNING METHOD FOR DRIVING VEHICLE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A warning method for driving a vehicle and an electronic apparatus for a vehicle are provided. An image sequence of a driver is successively captured by an image capturing unit. An ear side location region on a face object is detected in each image of the image sequence. And a moving trace of a target object is detected in each image of the image sequence. A reminding signal is sent when the moving trace moves toward the ear side location region. | 12-18-2014 |
20140359521 | METHOD OF MOVING A CURSOR ON A SCREEN TO A CLICKABLE OBJECT AND A COMPUTER SYSTEM AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREOF - A method of moving a cursor on a screen to a clickable object, which comprises steps of receiving coordinates of a gaze point; obtaining information of a plurality of first clickable objects on the display image; searching a second clickable object that covers the gaze point from the first clickable objects; and moving the cursor to the found clickable object, wherein the coordinates of the gaze point corresponds to a point position of a display image on a screen where a user gazed. A computer system and a computer program for carrying out the aforementioned method are also disclosed. The present invention is to control the cursor on the screen to move quickly to the center of the clickable object, or to the clickable object whose center coordinates is closest to a point where user gazes, allowing user to enjoy the convenience of controlling the computer with their eyes. | 12-04-2014 |
20140078284 | EYE SEARCHING METHOD AND EYE STATE DETECTION APPARATUS AND EYE SEARCHING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an eye searching method and an eye state detection apparatus and an eye searching apparatus using the same. The method comprises the steps of: defining each center point of two nostrils from a face image; computing a distance D between the two center points of the two nostrils and a midpoint between the two center points of the two nostrils; determining a reference point that has a horizontal distance k1×D and a vertical distance k2×D spaced apart from the midpoint, wherein k1=1.6˜1.8, k2=1.6˜1.8; and defining a rectangle around the reference point as its center, wherein the rectangle has a width and a length greater than the width, and the rectangle surrounds the eye of the face image. Accordingly, the present invention can quickly and accurately find out a certain part of the eye from the face image. | 03-20-2014 |
20140078281 | DROWSINESS WARNING DEVICE - A drowsiness warning device includes a storage unit storing a drowsiness warning program, an image capturing unit, a processing unit and an output unit. The processing unit loads and processes the drowsiness warning program and the drowsiness warning program enables the processing unit to perform steps comprising: receiving a sequence of images captured by the image capturing unit; performing an image analyzing step to each of the images; performing a determining step based on results of the image analyzing step to determine if a driver is drowsy; and driving the output unit to create a warning message if the determining result shows that the driver is drowsy. The image analyzing step includes analyzing a degree of curvature of an upper eyelid in each of the images. | 03-20-2014 |
20140062876 | EYE-CONTROLLED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An eye-controlled communication system comprises an eye controlled aid and a visiting aid. The eye controlled aid has an eye controlled module, a first display module and a first processing unit. The eye controlled module detects eye movements of patient, generates a control command based on the detected results and then transmits to the first processing unit. The first processing unit bases the control command to allow patient to operate the first operator interface by using eye movements. The first processing unit generate an execute command according to the operating results, and performs the execute command, wherein the execute command includes information of transmitting messages to the second processing unit. The second processing unit receives the execute command and performs the execute command. Thus, the system of the present invention can help patient to easily express himself or herself to his or her family members or friends. | 03-06-2014 |
20130271371 | ACCURATE EXTENDED POINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An accurate extended pointing device and a method thereof is disclosed, which use a line vector formed by a user's finger and hand to move an indicator on a screen. The accurate extended pointing device mainly includes: an image capturing unit, being configured to capture a user image; and a directional processing unit, being configured to analyze the user image to generate a piece of user finger image data and a piece of user hand image data and generate a virtual pointing vector according to the user finger image data and the user hand image data. According to the virtual pointing vector, the operation indicator in the working frame is controlled to move as the line vector formed by the user's finger and hand moves, and the operation indicator is located at a location where the virtual pointing vector intersects with the working frame. | 10-17-2013 |
20130259460 | VEHICULAR EYE-CONTROLLED DEVICE HAVING ILLUMINATION LIGHT SOURCE - A vehicular eye-controlled device having an illumination light source essentially includes a first body and a second body which are independent and separate. The first body has an electronic component disposed therein and required for operation and a photographic unit exposed therefrom for capturing an image of a driver. The second body is disposed in the vicinity of the first body and includes an illumination unit for providing illumination required for eye-controlled operation. The illumination unit and the photographic unit are separated by a distance of at least 5 cm. | 10-03-2013 |
20130259325 | ACCESS CONTROL ARRANGEMENT SYSTEM AND ITS APPARATUS - The invention provides an access control arrangement system and its apparatus. It takes the limitation of space and synchronous operation to ensure that at least two types of control elements, such as biological traits that cannot be counterfeited and allotment identity control card, are combined safely as a trusted base for follow-up management and service. The apparatus disclosed by the present invention mainly comprises an access card reading module and an image recording device that takes facial image simultaneously. Therefore, it can be operated in the limited space such as turnstiles or passageways to complete synchronous operation and safely and seamless information connection. | 10-03-2013 |
20130257620 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DRIVER'S ATTENTION THROUGH INTERACTIVE VOICE QUESTIONING - The present invention provides a device and a method for detecting a driver's attention through interactive voice questioning, which are used to monitor a head action of the driver to determine an attention level of the driver, and mainly operate in a process of asking a question by the device, answering the question by the driver, and making a determination by the device. The device includes an image acquiring unit configured to acquire an image of the driver, a processing unit configured to perform image digital processing on the image, a voice questioning unit configured to give a voice questioning instruction, and a safety determining unit configured to make a value comparison and a determination according to a feature of the image. An alert message will be given to warn the driver if the image fails to comply with requirements of the voice questioning instruction. | 10-03-2013 |
20130188838 | ATTENTION DETECTION METHOD BASED ON DRIVER'S REFLEX ACTIONS - An attention detection method based on a driver's reflex actions is provided to monitor a driver's instantaneous reflex actions and thereby determine the driver's degree of attention. Basically, the attention detection apparatus provides a stimulus to the driver and then determines how the driver responds to the stimulus. The attention detection apparatus includes an image capturing unit for capturing an image of the driver, a processing unit for performing digital image processing on the image, a safety testing unit for issuing a safety test instruction, and a safety determination unit for performing value comparison and determination according to the characteristics of the image. If the image fails to meet the requirement of the safety test instruction, an alarm signal will be sent out to alert the driver. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188825 | IMAGE RECOGNITION-BASED STARTUP METHOD - An image recognition-based startup method is provided. The startup method includes the steps of: generating a movement image signal; generating a behavior recognition signal; and performing a startup of an information apparatus. An image recognition unit performs behavior recognition on the movement image signal generated from a capturing unit. Then, the image recognition unit generates a startup control signal to instruct the information apparatus to perform a startup action. Users can start up or restart the information apparatus by performing behaviors such as shaking one's head, opening one's eyes, closing one's eyes, or blinking | 07-25-2013 |
20130188044 | INTELLIGENT MONITORING SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION AND INTELLIGENT MONITORING DEVICE THEREOF - The present invention relates to an intelligent monitoring system with automatic notification and an intelligent monitoring device thereof. The intelligent monitoring system includes at least one intelligent monitoring device and a remote main control terminal, wherein the intelligent monitoring device includes an image acquisition unit, a sensor, an embedded system, a light unit, an uninterrupted power supply, and a wireless transmission device. The embedded system receives the signals from the image acquisition unit and the sensor to carry out the monitoring and judgment process, and then outputs the signals to the remote main control terminal via the wireless transmission device in order to transmit the signals to a portable electronic device. With the implementation of the present invention, an active monitoring process can be carried out by the intelligent monitoring device with the transmission of the monitoring results to the portable electronic device to reduce the manpower cost in monitoring. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187847 | IN-CAR EYE CONTROL METHOD - An in-car eye control method is provided to monitor a car driver's eye movements, thereby allowing the driver to communicate with people outside the car or control in-car equipment. The in-car eye control device essentially includes an image capturing unit for capturing an image of the driver, an processing unit for performing operations on the image taken, an eye determination unit for monitoring the driver's eye movements and generating an eye control instruction, and a system operation unit for executing a system process according to the eye control instruction. Thus, the in-car eye control method provides a diversity of communication or control solutions. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187773 | GAZE TRACKING PASSWORD INPUT METHOD AND DEVICE UTILIZING THE SAME - A gaze tracking password input method and a device utilizing the same wherein the method includes the following steps: picking up photo images of a person's eyes by a photographing unit which continually takes photo shots at a particular area as the person approaches to the photographing unit and his eye enters the particular area; transmitting the photo images taken at the particular area to an operation unit; setting a script associated with a particular point as a password; and then determining the person's gaze tracking direction which indicates the script to be input by the operation unit. The operation unit comparing the multiple input scripts with predetermined passwords, if the input scripts are matched with the predetermined passwords, then the person is officially authorized. | 07-25-2013 |
20120175192 | Elevator Control System - An elevator control system installed in an elevator includes a camera device for capturing an image of a user in the elevator; a detecting device coupled to the camera device for detecting a hand in the image and a request option from the user; and a processing unit coupled to the camera device for executing the request option from the user to control and operate the elevator. | 07-12-2012 |
20110199475 | CUSTOMER SERVING SYSTEM - A customer serving system comprises a detection device, a display device and a control unit. The detection device is arranged for detecting customers within a monitoring area. The display device is coupled to the detection device for starting to display a greeting message, when the customers coming to the monitoring area are detected. The display device has an interactive panel for confirming demands of the customers and handling questions after greeting the customers. The control unit is coupled to the display device for displaying information on the interactive panel based on requests of the customers. The customer serving system can greet the customers, when service personnel are temporarily absent. The customer serving system can provide an effective response in real time in accordance with demands of the customers. After detecting the service personnel, the customer serving system can be switched to allow the service personnel to serve the customers. | 08-18-2011 |
20110069871 | INDOOR ENERGY-SAVING SYSTEM - An indoor energy-saving system includes an image capture device, a motion detection module and a switch module. The image capture device is provided for capturing image data from a monitored area of a room. The motion detection module is coupled to the image capture device for analyzing a human motion occurred in the monitored area from the captured image data. In addition, the switch module is coupled to the motion detection module for controlling transmission of electric power to a load in the room according to an analyzed result of the motion detection module. | 03-24-2011 |
20110037850 | SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR MONITORING SECURITY PERSONNEL - A surveillance system for monitoring mental concentration of a worker, capable of being installed in a control room, includes: | 02-17-2011 |
20100278388 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A DYNAMIC BACKGROUND - A system and methodology that counts a number of moving objects including the pedestrians within predetermined areas. According to certain embodiments, a system comprises an image sensing device and a data processing device. The image sensing device is situated at a predetermined area. The image sensing device retrieves a series of images of the moving objects within the predetermined area. The data processing device is coupled to the image sensing device. The data processing device processes the retrieved image to generate a dynamic background of the first predetermined area and determine a flow of the moving objects thereon. | 11-04-2010 |
20100278376 | SYSTEM FOR COUNTING A NUMBER OF MOVING OBJECTS - A system and methodology that counts a number of moving objects including the pedestrians within predetermined areas. According to certain embodiments, a system comprises an image sensing device and a data processing device. The image sensing device is situated at a predetermined area. The image sensing device retrieves a series of images of the moving objects within the predetermined area. The data processing device is coupled to the image sensing device. The data processing device processes the retrieved image to generate a dynamic background of the first predetermined area and determine a flow of the moving objects thereon. | 11-04-2010 |
20100245767 | EYE-TRACKING METHOD AND EYE-TRACKING SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - An eye-tracking method includes: acquiring an image of an eye of a user captured by an image-capturing module while the user is gazing at a gazing location on a screen module and a pair of light sources emit light toward the eye of the user; determining an angle and an area based on positions of a pupil and two reflected light spots on the eye of the user, wherein the angle and the area correspond to the gazing location; determining coordinates on the screen module based on the angle and the area, wherein the coordinates correspond to the gazing location; and performing an operation associated with the coordinates. An eye-tracking system for implementing the eye-tracking method is also disclosed. A correcting method and a correcting module for the eye-tracking system are further disclosed. | 09-30-2010 |
20100103375 | EYE-TRACKING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - An eye-tracking method includes acquiring an image of an eye of a user, identifying a pupil of and a reflected light spot on the eye from the acquired image, determining a distance of the reflected light spot from a reference point on the pupil and an angle of the reflected light spot from an axis passing through the reference point on the pupil, determining a gazing point based on the distance and the angle and a pre-established set of data, and performing an operation associated with the gazing point. A system for implementing the eye-tracking method is also disclosed. | 04-29-2010 |
20090015554 | SYSTEM, CONTROL MODULE, AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING A COMPUTER WITH OPTICAL TRACKING OF AN OPTICAL POINTER - A control module is used with a projector projecting an image frame having at least one icon from a computer onto a screen, and an optical pointer projecting an optical cursor onto the screen, and obtains a close-loop optical track of the optical cursor based on positions of the optical cursor in a series of images of the projected image frame and the optical cursor captured by an image capturing device, selects an image portion of one captured image based on the close-loop optical track of the optical cursor to serve as a standard sample image, compares the standard sample image with the image frame to determine an image block from the image frame most similar to the standard sample image, and generates a control signal based on the image block to control the computer to execute a command associated with at most one icon contained in the image block. | 01-15-2009 |