01st week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220005210 | VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM WITH ROAD CONTOUR DETECTION FEATURE - A vehicular driving assist system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with the vehicular driving assist system and viewing forward of the vehicle, the camera capturing image data. An electronic control unit (ECU) includes electronic circuitry and associated software. The electronic circuitry of the ECU includes an image processor for processing image data captured by the camera. The ECU, responsive to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the camera, determines presence of a leading vehicle traveling in front of the equipped vehicle and in the same traffic lane as the equipped vehicle. The ECU, responsive to determining presence of the leading vehicle, determines presence of a pothole in front of the vehicle and in the same traffic lane as the equipped vehicle. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005211 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - Disclosed are computer-implemented methods, non-transitory computer-readable media, and systems for image processing. One computer-implemented method includes determining a rotated angle of an identification (ID) document image, where the rotated angle corresponds to an angle between a bottom edge of the ID document image and an x-axis. The ID document image is rotated based on the rotated angle, where an angle is defined between the bottom edge of the rotated ID document image and the x-axis, and where a value of the angle is within a predefined range. Image regression is performed on the rotated ID document image to obtain coordinates of four corner points of the rotated ID document image. Image alignment is performed on the rotated ID document image based on the coordinates of four corner points of the rotated ID document image. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005212 | SHAPE SUPPLEMENTATION DEVICE, SHAPE SUPPLEMENTATION LEARNING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - It is possible to receive a point cloud as input and perform shape completion with high accuracy. A shape completion unit inputs an input point cloud and a class identification feature output by a class identification unit to a generator that is learned in advance and generates a shape completion point cloud that is to complete a point cloud and is a set of three-dimensional points by receiving, as input, the point cloud and the class identification feature, gaining an integration result obtained by integrating a global feature that is a global feature based on local features extracted from respective points of the point cloud with the class identification feature, and convoluting the integration result, and outputs the shape completion point cloud that is to complete the input point cloud. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005213 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first image data obtained by capturing an image of an object, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a three-dimensional shape of the object based on second image data obtained by irradiating the object with pattern light and capturing an image of the object, a determination unit configured to determine a flat area on the object based on the three-dimensional shape of the object, and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a surface characteristic of the flat area on the object based on the first image data. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005214 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEPTH-MAP ESTIMATION OF A SCENE - The method of determination of a depth map of a scene comprises generation of a distance map of the scene obtained by time of flight measurements, acquisition of two images of the scene from two different viewpoints, and stereoscopic processing of the two images taking into account the distance map. The generation of the distance map includes generation of distance histograms acquisition zone by acquisition zone of the scene, and the stereoscopic processing includes, for each region of the depth map corresponding to an acquisition zone, elementary processing taking into account the corresponding histogram. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005215 | EFFICIENT ENCODING OF DEPTH DATA ACROSS DEVICES - One embodiment provides a method comprising determining a spatial relationship between an augmented reality (AR) device and a camera-equipped device. The AR device is worn by a user. The camera-equipped device is positioned within proximity of the user. The method comprises determining, based on the spatial relationship, minimum and maximum boundaries of a user volume encompassing a head and one or more extremities of the user. The minimum and maximum boundaries represent a reduced depth range that is narrower than a full depth range of a camera frustum of the camera-equipped device. The method further comprises encoding, based on the minimum and maximum boundaries, a depth image frame captured via the camera-equipped device, and transmitting the encoded depth image frame over a remote network connection. A reconstructed 3D image based in part on the encoded depth image frame is rendered by a different AR device. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005216 | METHOD FOR GENERATING LAYERED DEPTH DATA OF A SCENE - The invention relates to layered depth data. In multi-view images, there is a large amount of redundancy between images. Layered Depth Video format is a well-known formatting solution for formatting multi-view images which reduces the amount of redundant information between images. In LDV, a reference central image is selected and information brought by other images of the multi-view images that are mainly regions occluded in the central image are provided. However, LDV format contains a single horizontal occlusion layer, and thus fails rendering viewpoints that uncover multiple layers dis-occlusions. The invention uses light filed content which offers disparities in every directions and enables a change in viewpoint in a plurality of directions distinct from the viewing direction of the considered image enabling to render viewpoints that may uncover multiple layer dis-occlusions which may occurs with complex scenes viewed with wide inter-axial distance. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005217 | MULTI-VIEW DEPTH ESTIMATION LEVERAGING OFFLINE STRUCTURE-FROM-MOTION - A method for estimating depth of a scene includes selecting an image of the scene from a sequence of images of the scene captured via an in-vehicle sensor of a first agent. The method also includes identifying previously captured images of the scene. The method further includes selecting a set of images from the previously captured images based on each image of the set of images satisfying depth criteria. The method still further includes estimating the depth of the scene based on the selected image and the selected set of images. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005218 | DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ANALYZING PIXEL DATA OF AN IMAGE OF A USER'S BODY FOR DETERMINING A HAIR GROWTH DIRECTION VALUE OF THE USER'S HAIR - Artificial intelligence based systems and methods are described for analyzing pixel data of an image of a user's body for determining a hair growth direction value of the user's hair. An example method includes aggregating a plurality of training images of a plurality of users' bodies, and training a hair growth direction model operable to output a hair growth direction value. The example method may further include receiving an image of a user comprising pixel data of a portion of the user's body or body area, and analyzing, by the hair growth direction model, the image to determine a user-specific hair growth direction value of the user's hair. The example method may further include generating a product recommendation, wherein the product is designed to address a feature identifiable within the pixel data of the user's body or body area. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005219 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image processing method and apparatus. The image processing method includes obtaining visual information related to an object in an image, generating valid data from the image based on the visual information, and transmitting the valid data. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005220 | POSITIONING OF A PATIENT CARRIER - A positioning control system for a patient carrier comprises a camera system to acquire image information from a detection range. An analysis module configured to access the acquired image information from the detection range and compute operator-activity within the detection range from the acquired image information. The operator-activity representing a spatio-temporal pattern of activities of an operator in the detection range. From the operator activity compute a location of a target anatomy that is selected to be imaged. The location of the target anatomy that is to be imaged can be derived from the spatio-temporal activity pattern of the operator during the preparation of the patient to be examined. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005221 | System and Process for Mobile Object Tracking - Embodiments include system and processes for tracking objects using a camera. An optical marker dictionary including one or more optical markers is generated, the optical markers being optically distinct indicators. An optical marker within the optical marker dictionary is associated with and affixed to an object. A processor is in communication with the camera, receiving image data from the camera and applying computer vision to the image data in order to detect the presence of one or more optical markers within the optical marker dictionary within the image data. The processor determines camera position information and applies computer vision to the image data in order to determine relative position information for the detected optical markers and projects a position from the camera to a detected optical marker. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005222 | AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT POINT IN CEPHALO IMAGE - A technique for automating the identifying of a measurement point in cephalometric image analysis is provided. An automatic measurement point recognition method includes a step of detecting, from a cephalometric image | 2022-01-06 |
20220005223 | COORDINATE CALCULATION APPARATUS, COORDINATE CALCULATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A coordinate calculation apparatus | 2022-01-06 |
20220005224 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF A CALIBRATION OBJECT FOR MODIFYING IMAGE PARAMETERS - Embodiments provide for automated detection of a calibration object within a recorded image. In some embodiments, a system receives an original image from a camera, wherein the original image includes at least a portion of a calibration chart. The system further derives a working image from the original image. The system further determines regions in the working image, wherein each region comprises a group of pixels having values within a predetermined criterion. The system further analyzes two or more of the regions to identify a candidate calibration chart in the working image. The system further identifies at least one region within the candidate calibration chart as a patch. The system further predicts a location of one or more additional patches based on at least the identified patch. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005225 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING IMAGING AND SPATIAL ORIENTATION SENSORS - Disclosed herein are various methods of calibrating relative orientation between spatial orientation sensors, relative orientation between imaging sensor and spatial orientation sensor, and relative orientation between imaging sensors. The relative orientation of the spatial orientation sensors, imaging sensors is calculated with respect to a reference frame. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005226 | CAMERA CALIBRATION USING MEASURED MOTION - Intrinsic and extrinsic calibration parameters are determined in real time for a camera positioned to capture images of a surgical site in a body cavity. The camera is positioned on a manipulator arm and used to capture a plurality of frames of images of the surgical site using the at least one camera while moving the camera within the body cavity. 3D position information corresponding to positions of the camera is recorded during capture of said images. A plurality of features between two or more frames of the captured images are matched, and a 3D structure of the plurality of features is reconstructed using multi-frame triangulation. A penalty measure is estimated using a reprojection error. The distance in the image plane between the projected 3D feature and the measurement. Intrinsic calibration parameters are estimated for the at least one camera, and refined to minimize the penalty measure. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005227 | DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ANALYZING PIXEL DATA OF AN IMAGE OF A USER'S BODY FOR DETERMINING A USER-SPECIFIC SKIN REDNESS VALUE OF THE USER'S SKIN AFTER REMOVING HAIR - Digital imaging systems and methods are described for determining a user-specific skin redness value of a user's skin after removing hair. An example method may be performed by one or more processors and may include aggregating training images comprising pixel data of skin of individuals after removing hair. A skin redness model may be trained using the training images to output skin redness values associated with a degree of skin redness from least to most red. The method may include receiving an image of a user including pixel data of the user's skin after hair is removed from the skin, analyzing the image using the skin redness model to determine a user-specific skin redness value, generating a user-specific recommendation designed to address a feature identifiable within the pixel data of the user's skin, and rendering the recommendation on a display screen of a user computing device. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005228 | Point Cloud Compression Using Non-Cubic Projections and Masks - A system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute information and/or spatial for a point cloud and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute and/or spatial information for the point cloud. To compress the attribute and/or spatial information, the encoder is configured to convert a point cloud into an image based representation. Also, the decoder is configured to generate a decompressed point cloud based on an image based representation of a point cloud. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005229 | POINT CLOUD ATTRIBUTE ENCODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND POINT CLOUD ATTRIBUTE DECODING METHOD AND DEVCIE - A point cloud attribute encoding method includes performing binarization on an attribute value in point cloud data to obtain a binary attribute value, and performing arithmetic encoding on bits in the binary attribute value using at least one probability model. A bit depth of the binary attribute value is larger than or equal to 1. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005230 | Point Cloud Encoding and Decoding Methods, Encoding Device and Decoding Device - Provided by the present invention are point cloud encoding and decoding methods, an encoding device and a decoding device. The method comprises: determining a point set composed of K nearest neighbor points of a current point; determining a point set composed of L next nearest neighbor points of the current point; determining a preferred nearest neighbor point set of the current point according to the point set composed of K nearest neighbor points of the current point and the point set composed of L next nearest neighbor points of the current point; and performing encoding according to the preferred nearest neighbor point set of the current point. Therefore, point cloud encoding performance may be improved by means of selecting a neighbor point set having an appropriate distribution. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005231 | A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING / RECONSTRUCTING 3D POINTS - The present embodiments relate to a method for encoding 3D points whose geometry is represented by geometry images and attribute is represented by an attribute image. The method checks whether the depth value of a pixel in a first of said geometry images and the depth value of a co-located pixel in a second of said geometry images are not the same (not identical values). When the depth value of a pixel in said first geometry image and the depth value of the co-located pixel in said second geometry image are not the same, then the method assigns (encodes), attribute of a 3D point defined from 2D spatial coordinates of said pixel in said first geometry image and the depth value of said co-located pixel in the second geometry image. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005232 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCEDURALLY COLORIZING SPATIAL DATA - Systems and methods are described for compressing color information in point cloud data. In some embodiments, point cloud data includes point position information and point color information for each of a plurality of points. The point position information is provided to a neural network, and the neural network generates predicted color information (e.g. predicted luma and chroma values) for respective points in the point cloud. A prediction residual is generated to represent the difference between the predicted color information and the input point color position. The point position information (which may be in compressed form) and the prediction residual are encoded in a bitstream. In some embodiments, color hint data is encoded to improve color prediction. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005233 | ENCODING APPARATUS, DECODING APPARATUS, ENCODING SYSTEM, LEARNING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An encoding apparatus encodes an input image and includes: a provisional encoded data acquisition unit configured to obtain provisional encoded data which has a size greater than a target size of encoded data which is data obtained by encoding the image based on the image and a parameter for determining the target size; and an encoded data acquisition unit configured to obtain the encoded data by converting data within a data range outside of a data range corresponding to the target size in the provisional encoded data into a predetermined value. The provisional encoded data acquisition unit obtains the provisional encoded data so that features for determining the image are contained more within the data range corresponding to the target size than in the data range outside of the data range corresponding to the target size. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005234 | AUGMENTED REALITY ENABLED HANDLING AND RISK MITIGATION - The exemplary embodiments disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for mitigating the risks associated with handling items. The exemplary embodiments may include collecting data relating to one or more items, extracting one or more features from the collected data, determining one or more hazards based on the extracted one or more features and one or more models, and displaying the one or more hazards within an augmented reality device worn by a user. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005235 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TEXT-BASED IMAGE GENERATION - A method and device for image generation are provided. The method includes: obtaining a text describing a content of an image to be generated; extracting, using a text encoder, a text feature vector from the text; determining a semantic mask as spatial constraints of the image to be generated; and automatically generating the image using a generative adversarial network (GAN) model according to the semantic mask and the text feature vector. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005236 | MULTI-LEVEL PREMISE MAPPING WITH SECURITY CAMERA DRONE - A drone is used to map difficult transition spaces within buildings such as staircases between different levels of a multi-level building. The mapping technique used may vary based on the type of building space. For instance, for linear staircases, an orthogonal trajectory path or a smooth trajectory path may be used to map the transition space. The orthogonal trajectory path and the smooth trajectory path may be derived, at least in part, on initial and terminating points provided by a user. For circular staircases, a user may move the drone from the initial point to the terminating point, and the drone may determine a trajectory path based on the user's movement of the drone from the initial point to the terminating point. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005237 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUGMENTING VISUAL CONTENT - Systems and methods are described for augmenting visual content with a sponsored object instead of a selected object. An illustrative method receives an input selecting an object for augmenting visual content, determines whether a property of the selected object matches a property of a sponsored object included in a database of sponsored objects, and in response to determining that the property of the selected object matches the property of the sponsored object, augments the visual content with the sponsored object. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005238 | APPARATUS FOR ALVEOLI BASED VISUALIZATION IN DARK-FIELD OR PHASE-CONTRAST X-RAY IMAGING - The present invention relates to an apparatus ( | 2022-01-06 |
20220005239 | SYSTEM FOR RECONSTRUCTING AN IMAGE OF AN OBJECT - The invention refers to providing a system that allows to reduce the computational costs when using an iterative reconstructional algorithm. The system ( | 2022-01-06 |
20220005240 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image generating apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to successively generate Magnetic Resonance (MR) images in a plurality of temporal phases by using a first reconstruction method. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a first temporal phase before MR images in all the temporal phases during a predetermined time period are generated. The processing circuitry is configured to generate an MR image in the first temporal phase determined by the determining unit, by using a second reconstruction method having a larger processing load than the first reconstruction method. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005241 | Content Editing Method and Terminal - A content editing method and a terminal, the method including a terminal displaying an editable user interface, where the editable user interface displays multimedia content and doodle content, the doodle content is generated in response to an operation performed by a user on the multimedia content, the editable user interface includes a content editing area, and the content editing area is used to add or edit the multimedia content and/or the doodle content. The terminal displays the added or edited doodle content in the content editing area in response to an operation of adding or editing doodle content, or the terminal displays the added or edited multimedia content in the content editing area in response to an operation of adding or editing multimedia content. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005242 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an extraction portion and a fusion portion. The extraction portion extracts a first object from each of a plurality of pieces of image data that include the first object and a second object, the first object including a handwritten object, the second object including a non-handwritten object. The fusion portion generates a fusion image by fusing a plurality of first objects extracted from the plurality of pieces of image data into the second object that is common to the plurality of pieces of image data. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005243 | MULTISTATE ANIMATION OF EXISTING DIGITAL AND ANALOG ART - Introduced here are computer programs and associated computer-implemented techniques for adding animations to existing digital and analog art that was not originally created with animation in mind. The technologies described herein enable the content located beneath animated elements to be generated such that the artistic style of the underlying art remains intact. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005244 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANGING HAIRSTYLE OF CHARACTER, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure relates to a field of artificial intelligence technology, in particular to a field of computer vision and deep learning technology, and more particularly, a method and an apparatus for changing a hairstyle of a character, a device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: determining an original feature vector of an original image containing the character, wherein the character in the original image has an original hairstyle; acquiring a boundary vector associated with the original hairstyle and a target hairstyle based on a hairstyle classification model; determining a target feature vector corresponding to the target hairstyle based on the original feature vector and the boundary vector; and generating a target image containing the character based on the target feature vector, wherein the character in the target image has the target hairstyle. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005245 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHODS AND PROGRAMS, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided are an image processing device, an image processing method and program, and an imaging apparatus for synthesizing an appropriate character or character string with an image. The image processing device comprises: an image acquisition unit that acquires a time-series image group; a character selection unit that selects a character or a character string from the image group; an image selection unit that selects a target image, with which the character or the character string is synthesized, from the image group; a layout determination unit that determines a layout of the character or the character string in an image of the target image; and a synthesis unit that synthesizes the character or the character string with the target image based on the layout. With such a configuration, the above-mentioned object is solved. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005246 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING FACIAL EXPRESSION OF A USER FOR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - The present invention relates to a method of generating a facial expression of a user for a virtual environment. The method comprises obtaining a video and an associated speech of the user. Further, extracting in real-time at least one of one or more voice features and one or more text features based on the speech. Furthermore, identifying one or more phonemes in the speech. Thereafter, determining one or more facial features relating to the speech of the user using a pre-trained second learning model based on the one or more voice features, the one or more phonemes, the video and one or more previously generated facial features of the user. Finally, generating the facial expression of the user corresponding to the speech for an avatar representing the user in the virtual environment. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005247 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING COMPUTER READABLE INSTRUCTIONS - An apparatus is provided for generating first computer-readable instructions and second computer-readable instructions. The second computer-readable instructions are permanently stored on a memory means. The second computer-readable instructions are adapted to cause a processing means to display a virtual object on a display means. The virtual object comprises a plurality of illumination sources, each of which is capable of being displayed in an on-state and an off-state. The processing means also receives animation data via an input means, which animation data comprises information about an order in which the illumination sources are to be displayed in the on-state and off-state. The processing means also automatically generates the first computer-readable instructions using the information from the animation data. The first computer-readable instructions are adapted to cause a controller to switch light sources on and off using the information from the animation data in a real object having the light sources. The number and arrangement of the light sources correspond approximately to the number and arrangement of the illumination sources. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005248 | Generating an Animation Rig for Use in Animating a Computer-Generated Character Based on Facial Scans of an Actor and a Muscle Model - An animation system wherein scanned facial expressions are processed to form muscle models that can be used to generate expressions based on specification of a strain vector and a control vector of the muscle model. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005249 | Generating an Animation Rig for Use in Animating a Computer-Generated Character Based on Facial Scans of an Actor and a Muscle Model - An animation system wherein scanned facial expressions are processed to form muscle models that can be used to generate expressions based on specification of a strain vector and a control vector of the muscle model. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005250 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING THREE DIMENSIONAL ANIMATION IN GAMING ENGINE - The present technique discloses a method and system generating three dimensional animation in gaming engine. A CAD tool is used to generate 3D animation of kinematic assembly and it also stores the information related to complex joints and constraints of each component of the kinematic assembly. Then, it extracts information related to the co-ordinates of each component of the kinematic assembly in unit time and generate transformation matrix for each of those components. This transformation information is stored in JSON file. The gaming engine receives this JSON file from the CAD tool and convert the transformation matrix into gaming engine understandable pattern based on the co-ordinate system supported by the gaming engine. The gaming engine stores this converted transformation matrix into Quaternion representation. Then, the gaming engine applies tangential continuity to the Quaternion representation of each of the components of kinematic assembly to generate the 3D animation in gaming engine. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005251 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an operation unit acquiring an input operation for a message composed of at least one of text and an image, a recording control unit recording the message in accordance with the acquired input operation, and a reproduction control unit reproducing the recorded message to display the message on a display unit. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005252 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A VIRTUAL LIGHT SOURCE FOR VOLUME-RENDERED IMAGES - A system and method for controlling a virtual light source includes generating a volume-rendered image including a rendered object, controlling a shading and an illumination of the volume-rendered image based on a position of the virtual light source with respect to the rendered object, and receiving a control input from a user interface. The system and method includes automatically moving the virtual light source to an updated position along a height contour established with respect to a surface of a rendered object in the volume-rendered image in response to the control input. The system and method includes calculating an updated shading and an updated illumination based on the updated virtual light source position. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005253 | Apparatus utility, input (image sensor GPU integrates - inferential reasoning metric - pixel value as a spherical, infinity (dp) infimum, making the sensor GPU source input output values, function, alternatively in a certain way related to) output - Preamble—(embodiment)—[implies—an “apparatus utility” method (Process) software—source input to an Image Sensor and/or Graphic Processor source input-output values and/or any ‘source’, of an induced plane used by methods, apparatus and systems], of an application comprising instructions for generating the bounding nodes of eight children centered with the unit-utility- | 2022-01-06 |
20220005254 | ARTIFICIAL REALITY SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR CONCURRENT APPLICATION EXECUTION AND COLLABORATIVE 3D SCENE RENDERING - The disclosure describes a distributed, pluggable architecture for an artificial reality (AR) system that enables concurrent execution and collaborative scene rendering for multiple artificial reality applications. For example, an AR system includes an image capture device configured to capture image data representative of a physical environment. The AR system also includes a head-mounted display (HMD) configured to output artificial reality content. The AR system further includes a plurality of concurrently executing artificial reality client applications. The AR system also includes a concurrent application engine configured to control rendering the artificial reality content as a common scene that include one or more objects from each of the plurality of artificial reality applications. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005255 | IMAGE RENDERING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An image rendering method and apparatus, an electronic device, and the like are provided, and may be applied to the terminal field. The method includes: obtaining, by a central processing unit CPU, an image command stream used to render an image frame, and comparing the image command stream with a previous image command stream; and when a same drawing command exists in the two image command streams, instructing a graphics processing unit GPU to render the image frame based on a previously generated drawing target. In other words, the GPU may reuse a drawing target of a same drawing command in different image frames, thereby reducing a process of generating the drawing target, and further reducing load of the GPU. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005256 | IMAGE RENDERING USING RAY-TRACING - A method of rendering an image includes generating a virtual scene comprising a set of virtual resources, the virtual resources being virtual objects and/or virtual light sources; pre-processing the virtual scene by ray-tracing with respect to a virtual camera position to detect one or more virtual resources not required for ray-tracing rendering of at least an aspect of rendering the image; and rendering the image by a ray-tracing process from the virtual camera position, the ray-tracing process being configured to omit ray-tracing for at least a given aspect of the image, with respect to the one or more virtual resources not required for ray-tracing rendering of at least the given aspect of the image. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005257 | ADAPTIVE RAY TRACING SUITABLE FOR SHADOW RENDERING - In examples, the number of rays used to sample lighting conditions of a light source in a virtual environment with respect to particular locations in the virtual environment may be adapted to scene conditions. An additional ray(s) may be used for locations that tend to be associated with visual artifacts in rendered images. A determination may be made on whether to cast an additional ray(s) to a light source for a location and/or a quantity of rays to cast. To make the determination variables such as visibilities and/or hit distances of ray-traced samples of the light source may be analyzed for related locations in the virtual environment, such as those in a region around the location (e.g., within an N-by-N kernel centered at the location). Factors may include variability in visibilities and/or hit distances, differences between visibilities and/or hit distances relative to the location, and magnitudes of hit distances. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005258 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING ENHANCED DIAGNOSTIC IMAGES FROM 3D MEDICAL IMAGE - The present disclosure describes a medical imaging and/or visualization system and method that provide a user interface enabling a user to visualize (e.g., via a volume rendering) a three dimensional ( | 2022-01-06 |
20220005259 | MOTION BIASED FOVEATED RENDERER - An embodiment of an electronic processing system may include an application processor, persistent storage media communicatively coupled to the application processor, a graphics subsystem communicatively coupled to the application processor, a sense engine communicatively coupled to the graphics subsystem to provide sensed information, a focus engine communicatively coupled to the sense engine and the graphics subsystem to provide focus information, a motion engine communicatively coupled to the sense engine, the focus engine, and the graphics subsystem to provide motion information, and a motion biased foveated renderer communicatively coupled to the motion engine, the focus engine, the sense engine to adjust one or more parameters of the graphics subsystem based on one or more of the sense information, the focus information, and the motion information. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005260 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING VISUALLY RELEVANT DESIGN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 3D MODELS - A system involves determining visually relevant design differences between a first three-dimensional model and a second three-dimensional model. The system has: a model receiving unit configured to receive the first three-dimensional model and the second three-dimensional model; a viewpoint defining unit configured to define one or more viewpoints from which the first three-dimensional model and the second three-dimensional model can be viewed; and a difference determining unit configured to determine visually relevant design differences between the first three-dimensional model and the second three-dimensional model from the one or more viewpoints. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005261 | METHOD FOR INSTANT RENDERING OF VOXELS - A method may include providing geometry data and attribute information of the model in one or more data structures on a data storage device and performing a rendering process for providing a visualization of the model on the display for each of the multitude of viewpoints. The rendering process may include rendering a multitude of like 3D arrays in a single draw call, each array comprising at least eight voxels, removing voxels that are not to be visualized by folding vertices to a centre of the array, computing a distortion on a mapping from voxel space to attribute volume space in dependence on the removed voxels, assigning attributes to the voxels of the multitude of arrays using distorted values for retrieving attribute values from attribute volume space, the attributes being assigned to the remaining voxels according to the computed distortion, and visualizing the voxels of the multitude of arrays. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005262 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AUGMENTED REALITY BOATING AND FISHING APPLICATION - An augmented reality boating and fishing system includes a client device comprising a client application, a computing system comprising a server-based application and a database datastore comprising topobathy data that are presented as data elevation model (DEM) data of a water body. The client application accesses the server-based application and the database datastore via a network connection. The server-based application includes an augmented reality (AR) engine, a computing algorithm, and a rendering engine. The AR engine receives the DEM data of the water body and environmental factor inputs and uses the computing algorithm to calculate fish probability distributions of various types of fish within the water body. The rendering engine fuses the calculated fish probability distributions and DEM data and generates an AR composite image that is viewed via the client device. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005263 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATED DATA VISUALIZATION AND MODIFICATION - A system and method for automated data visualization and modification of visualized data is disclosed. The present invention provides for identifying data points and data types associated with the selected data. Further, one or more visual representations for rendering the selected data are evaluated based on the identified data points and the data types. Yet further, the selected data is optimally visualized based on an identification of a display device type. The present invention further provides for evaluating a theme of visual representations using a real-time lighting information of the real world environment based on identification of the display device type. The selected data is visualized using the evaluated theme of visual representations and the evaluated one or more visual representations. Yet further, the present invention provides for identifying user actions and interpreting inputs from the identified user actions to update or modify visualized data. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005264 | IMAGE PROCESSING TO DETERMINE RADIOSITY OF AN OBJECT - The present disclosure provides a method ( | 2022-01-06 |
20220005265 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VIDEO OBJECT DETECTION - A computing device for video object detection. Images from a camera are transferred in parallel to a first processor running object detection and a second processor running a 3D reconstruction. The object detection identifies a semantic object of interest and assigns a label to it and outputs the label information to an object mapper. The object mapper assigns the label to a component in the 3D model representing the object. The computing device can form part of a subsea or other harsh environment imaging system. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005266 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND DEVICE FOR EXECUTING METHOD - Provided is a two-dimensional (2D) image processing method including obtaining a 2D image, processing the obtained 2D image by using a trained convolutional neural network (CNN) to obtain at least one camera parameter and at least one face model parameter from the 2D image, and generating a three-dimensional (3D) face model, based on the obtained at least one camera parameter and at least one face model parameter. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005267 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL REPRODUCTION OF AN OFF-ROAD VEHICLE - A system for a three-dimensional reproduction of an off-road vehicle can include camera modules, sensors, interface circuitry, processing circuitry, and memory; the sensor can collect vehicle data and map data; the processing circuitry can adjust the vehicle data and the map data; the processing circuitry can graphically reproduce the off-road vehicle by the adjusted vehicle data and the adjusted map data, and the reproduction is in a three-dimensional representation. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005268 | TECHNIQUES FOR SCULPTING DIGITAL FACES BASED ON ANATOMICAL MODELING - Techniques are disclosed for creating digital faces. In some examples, an anatomical face model is generated from a data set including captured facial geometries of different individuals and associated bone geometries. A model generator segments each of the captured facial geometries into patches, compresses the segmented geometry associated with each patch to determine local deformation subspaces of the anatomical face model, and determines corresponding compressed anatomical subspaces of the anatomical face model. A sculpting application determines, based on sculpting input from a user, constraints for an optimization to determine parameter values associated with the anatomical face model. The parameter values can be used, along with the anatomical face model, to generate facial geometry that reflects the sculpting input. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005269 | A SYSTEM FOR RAPID DIGITIZATION OF AN ARTICLE - Disclosed is a system for rapid digitization of an article that provides a 3d image of an object, such as a clothing article, wherein the object can be virtually viewed from all sides to be viewed by the user. The system for rapid digitization is configured with two microprocessors for rapidly digitizing the clothing apparel into its equivalent 3d model. The system for rapid digitization is provided with a communication device that displays the status of the system and occurring defects are notified through the same. The system for rapid digitization provides a 3d .obj (object) file of the apparel thereby making it portable in nature. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005270 | Three-Dimensional Mesh Segmentation - Three-dimensional (3D) mesh segmentation techniques are described. In one example, a geometry segmentation system determines a vertex direction for each vertex in a 3D mesh. A segment generation module is then employed to generate segments (e.g., as developable geometries) from the 3D mesh. To do so, a vertex selection module selects an initial vertex having an associated vertex direction. A face identification module then identifies a face in the 3D mesh using that initial vertex and at least one other vertex. A segment determination module compares the vertex direction associated with the initial vertex with a normal determined for the face. If the vertex direction is orthogonal to the normal (e.g., within a threshold amount), the face is added to the segment, and sets another one of the vertices of the face as the initial vertex and the process repeats. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005271 | System, Device, and Method of Generating a Reduced-Size Volumetric Dataset - Device, system, and method of generating a reduced-size volumetric dataset. A method includes receiving a plurality of three-dimensional volumetric datasets that correspond to a particular object; and generating, from that plurality of three-dimensional volumetric datasets, a single uniform mesh dataset that corresponds to that particular object. The size of that single uniform mesh dataset is less than 1/4 of the aggregate size of the plurality of three-dimensional volumetric datasets. The resulting uniform mesh is temporally coherent, and can be used for animating that object, as well as for introducing modifications to that object or to clothing or garments worn by that object. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005272 | DIFFERENTIAL BRAIN NETWORK ANALYSIS - A system and method of generating a graphical representation of a network of a subject human brain. The method comprises receiving, via a user interface, a selection of the network of the subject brain; determining, based on an MRI image of the subject brain and one or more identifiers associated with the selection, one or more parcellations of the subject brain ( | 2022-01-06 |
20220005273 | DYNAMIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE SKETCHING - A method and system for three-dimensional (3D) surface sketching are provided. A 3D scanner scans an outer surface of a physical object and outputs data representative of the outer surface. A processor generates, based on the received data, a 3D model of the object and outputs a 3D rendering of the object. A display displays the 3D rendering of the object. An input device physically traces over a portion of the outer surface of the object and a tracking device tracks a positioning of the input device as the input device physically traces over the portion of the outer surface of the object. The processor receives data representative of at least one spatial position of the input device, augments the 3D rendering of the object based at least in part on the data and outputs the augmented 3D rendering to the display. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005274 | CURVED SURFACE GENERATION DEVICE AND CURVED SURFACE GENERATION PROGRAM - A surface generation device includes: a profile curve setting unit | 2022-01-06 |
20220005275 | GENERATING AN EXTENDED-REALITY LOBBY WINDOW FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NETWORKING SYSTEM USERS - The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media that initiate communication between users of a networking system within an extended reality environment. For example, the disclosed systems can generate an extended-reality lobby window graphical user interface element for display on an extended-reality device of a user. The disclosed systems can further determine a connection between the user and a co-user and provide an animated visual representation of the co-user for display within the extended-reality lobby window graphical user interface element. In response to receiving user input targeting the animated visual representation of the co-user, the disclosed systems can generate and send, for display on an extended-reality device of the co-user, an invitation to join an extended-reality communication session with the user. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005276 | GENERATION DEVICE, GENERATION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL - A generation device of a three-dimensional model including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first mask image indicating a structure area, which is an object still within each image captured from a plurality of viewpoints, and a second mask image indicating a foreground area, which is a moving object within each image captured from the plurality of viewpoints; a combination unit configured to generate a third mask image that integrates the structure area and the foreground area within the image captured from the plurality of viewpoints by combining the first mask image and the second mask image both acquired; and a generation unit configured to generate a three-dimensional model including the structure and the foreground by a visual volume intersection method using the third mask image. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005277 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING A TOMOSYNTHESIS STACK USING SYNTHESIZED IMAGE DATA - A system and method for displaying and navigating breast tissue is configured for or includes obtaining a plurality of 2D and/or 3D images of a patient's breast; generating a synthesized 2D image of the breast from the obtained images; displaying the synthesized 2D image; receiving a user command, or otherwise detecting through a user interface, a user selection or other indication of an object or region in the synthesized 2D image; and displaying at least a portion of one or more images from the plurality, including a source image and/or most similar representation of the user selected or indicated object or region. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005278 | Occlusion of Virtual Objects in Augmented Reality by Physical Objects - In one embodiment, one or more computing devices access an image comprising at least a portion of a hand of a user of a head-mounted display and generate a planar representation of the hand and a height map associated with the planar representation. A first portion of the planar representation that is closer than a first portion of a virtual object to a viewpoint and a second portion of the planar representation that is farther than a second portion of the virtual object from the viewpoint is determined based on the height map and the virtual object. A display image is rendered from the viewpoint for display, the display image comprising a first set of pixels corresponding to the first portion of the planar representation and a second set of pixels corresponding to the second portion of the virtual object. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005279 | IMMERSIVE CONTENT PRODUCTION SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE TARGETS - An immersive content presentation system and techniques that can detect and correct lighting artifacts caused by movements of one or more taking camera in a performance area consisting of multiple displays (e.g., LED or LCD displays). The techniques include capturing, with a camera, a plurality of images of a performer performing in a performance area at least partially surrounded by one or more displays presenting images of a virtual environment. Where the images of the virtual environment within a frustum of the camera are updated on the one or more displays based on movement of the camera, and images of the virtual environment outside of the frustum of the camera are not updated based on movement of the camera. The techniques further include generating content based on the plurality of captured images. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005280 | ALERTS OF MIXED REALITY DEVICES - In some examples, a system for alerts of mixed reality (MR) devices includes a receiver engine to receive an input from a building sensor in response to the building sensor detecting an event, and a generator engine to cause a MR device to generate an alert in response to the input from the building sensor. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005281 | AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) IMPRINTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Augmented reality (AR) content may be created and stored as an imprint on a virtual model, where the virtual model is modeled after or mimics a real world environment. Intuitive mobile device interfaces may be used to link content with objects or surfaces near a mobile device. Subsequent users may access the same content depending on one or more access parameters. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005282 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING PERSPECTIVE VIEWS OF AUGMENTED REALITY VIRTUAL OBJECT - Examples of the disclosure describe systems and methods for sharing perspective views of virtual content. In an example method, a virtual object is presented, via a display, to a first user. A first perspective view of the virtual object is determined, wherein the first perspective view is based on a position of the virtual object and a first position of the first user. The virtual object is presented, via a display, to a second user, wherein the virtual object is presented to the second user according to the first perspective view. An input is received from the first user. A second perspective view of the virtual object is determined, wherein the second perspective view is based on the input from the first user. The virtual object is presented, via a display, to the second user, wherein presenting the virtual object to the second user comprises presenting a transition from the first perspective view to the second perspective view. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005283 | R-SNAP FOR PRODUCTION OF AUGMENTED REALITIES - Images and/or videos have associated therewith information like location and orientation information for the camera used to captured the images/videos. The associated location and orientation (or pose) information facilitates subsequent processing for producing accurate and convincing augmented reality (AR) outputs. In addition, some embodiments associate user-specific information with images or videos for producing customized AR content on a user-to-user basis. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005284 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CAPTURING DATA FROM NON-NETWORKED PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT - One variation of a method for automatically capturing data from non-networked production equipment includes: detecting a location of a mobile device within a facility, the mobile device manipulated by an operator while performing a step of an augmented digital procedure at a machine in the facility; estimating a position of a display on the machine relative to a field of view of an optical sensor in the mobile device based on the location of the mobile device and a stored location of the machine within the facility; in response to the position of the display falling within the field of view of the optical sensor, selecting an image captured by the optical sensor; extracting a value, presented on the display, from a region of the image depicting the display; and storing the value in a procedure file for the augmented digital procedure completed at the machine. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005285 | SYNCHRONIZED EDITING OF LOCALLY REPEATING VECTOR GEOMETRY - Embodiments are disclosed for synchronously editing locally repeating vector geometry. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods comprise receiving a selection of a first plurality of segments of a vector-based object to be edited, generating a stencil mask of the first plurality of segments, the stencil mask representing segment placement and primitive types for each of the first plurality of segments, identifying a second plurality of segments of the vector-based object using the stencil mask and a stencil predicate, determining a transform between the first plurality of segments and the second plurality of segments, receiving an edit to the first plurality of segments, and applying the edit to the second plurality of segments using the transform. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005286 | MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL RANGE EXTENSION - This disclosure describes methods, apparatus, and systems related to media access control (MAC) range extension. A device may cause to append a training field to each of one or more beacon frames. The device may cause to send the one or more beacon frames directionally using a sector sweep to one or more responder devices during a first interval. The device may determine an extended schedule element to be sent to the one or more responder devices, the extended schedule element including one or more directional antenna sectors to be used by the device during a second interval. The device may identify a first frame from a first responder device, during the second interval, wherein the first frame is received on a directional antenna sector of the one or more directional antenna sectors corresponding to an operating sector of the first responder device. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005287 | Fit Simulation Garment - A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for simulating the fit of a particular garment on a user using a fit simulation garment. The fit simulation garment is wearable by a user and comprises a plurality of actuators configured to simulate tightness of regions of the particular garment. The method includes receiving a garment fit model defining the fit of the particular garment on the user. The method further includes parsing the garment fit model to generate control data for controlling the fit simulation garment, and transmitting the control data to the fit simulation garment to cause the plurality of actuators to collectively simulate the fit of the particular garment on the user. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005288 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a specifying unit configured to specify, on the basis of a position of an object in a captured image, from a plurality of control targets, the control target to be controlled in accordance with the object. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005289 | CHARGING SYSTEM - A vehicle fee charging system and method is disclosed for a vehicle driving from a first point A to a second point B. It ( | 2022-01-06 |
20220005290 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING ONLINE UNIFIED CONTACT AND COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT (CM) PLATFORM - Salespeople (agents) get engaged with a lot of contacts from past, present and future prospects that manifests on multiple contact platforms. They end up having their contacts and calendars split in multiple places including communication and messages leading to inefficiencies, loss of business and delayed response time to the end customer. Customer Relationship Management today is still a one dimensional tool, one that featured Email as the core for direct agent-client relationship. CRM should be redefined and relabeled as Communication Management to open up the idea that relationships with clients are developed across multiple platforms though multiple channels. As will be understood by reading below, the invention accomplishes this in an elegant manner. The phrases Communication Management in the main patent title and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) have the same semantics in this document. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005291 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION FEATURE MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF EFFECTIVENESS - Methods and systems for monitoring use and determining risks associated with operation of a vehicle having one or more autonomous operation features are provided. According to certain aspects, operating data may be recorded during operation of the vehicle. This may include information regarding the vehicle, the vehicle environment, use of the autonomous operation features, and/or control decisions made by the features. The control decisions may include actions the feature would have taken to control the vehicle, but which were not taken because a vehicle operator was controlling the relevant aspect of vehicle operation at the time. The operating data may be recorded in a log, which may then be used to determine risk levels associated with vehicle operation based upon risk levels associated with the autonomous operation features. The risk levels may further be used to adjust an insurance policy associated with the vehicle. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005292 | CENTER DEVICE, DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING DATA DISTRIBUTION - A center device includes a distribution control unit that is configured to control distribution of data to a vehicle, a normal operation determination unit that is configured to determine whether operation of distributed data on a vehicle is normal, and a distribution target expansion unit that is configured to expand a distribution target for the data when the normal operation determination unit determines that operation of the distributed data on the vehicle is normal after the data was distributed to the vehicle. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005293 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENSURING FAIL-SAFE FUNCTION OF AUTONOMOUS TRAVELING SYSTEM - An apparatus for ensuring a fail-safe function of an autonomous traveling system may include: a dead reckoning (DR) information input unit configured to receive plural pieces of sensing information outputted from a plurality of sensors mounted in a vehicle as DR information; an identification value calculation unit configured to calculate an identification value for determining whether the respective pieces of sensing information inputted through the DR information input unit are fails; and a fail determination unit configured to determine whether the plural pieces of sensing information inputted through the DR information input unit are fails, using the identification value calculated through the identification value calculation unit, wherein the identification value calculation unit is configured to calculate the identification value for determining whether the pieces of sensing information are fails, using a rule-based method. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005294 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LOCKING DIFFERENTIAL OF AN AXLE - Methods and systems for operating axles of a vehicle are provided. In one example, an apparatus is configured to consume a first amount of electric power to indicate a first axle operating state. The apparatus is also configured to consume a second amount of electric power to indicate a second axle operating state. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005295 | MULTI-CAMERA, MULTI-SENSOR PANEL DATA EXTRACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method are presented for combining visual recordings from a camera, audio recordings from a microphone, and behavioral data recordings from behavioral sensors, during a panel discussion. Cameras and other sensors can be assigned to specific individuals or can be used to create recordings from multiple individuals simultaneously. Separate recordings are combined and time synchronized, and portions of the synchronized data are then associated with the specific individuals in the panel discussion. Interactions between participants are determined by examining the individually assigned portions of the time synchronized recordings. Events are identified in the interactions and then recorded as separate event data associated with individuals. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005296 | MANAGING ACCESS CONTROL TO A PHYSICAL SPACE CONTROLLED BY A LOCK DEVICE - It is provided a method for managing access control to a physical space controlled by a first lock device. The method is performed by an access management device, and comprises the steps of: determining whether a mobile credential is located inside or outside a barrier secured by a lock device; storing an inside indicator in association with the mobile credential when it is located on the inside of the barrier, the inside indicator being valid until explicitly cleared; and preventing the mobile credential from establishing a communication channel with the first lock device when a valid inside indicator is stored for the mobile credential. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005297 | LOCKING SYSTEM - Locking systems and devices and methods for using the systems and devices are provided. A locking system may include a receptacle having a lock and an electronic credential. If the electronic credential is brought into proximity of the receptacle, then a key can be used to open the lock. The electronic credential can be incorporated into a vehicle or into a handheld device. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005298 | DOOR ACCESS CONTROL METHOD FOR REDUCING PROPAGATION PROBABILITY OF SOME INFECTIOUS DISEASES - A door access control method includes detecting whether a person is intending to pass through a door access control device. Then, it is identified whether a body temperature of the person near the door access control device exceeds a threshold value. The door access control device carries out an unlocking judgment procedure when the body temperature is below the threshold value. The unlocking judgment procedure is not carried out when the body temperature is not below the threshold value. Next, it is identified whether the person is qualified to pass through the door access control device based on the unlocking judgment. The door access control device remains in a locking state when the person is identified as not qualified to pass through the door access control device. The unlocking state is lifted when the person is identified as qualified to pass through the door access control device. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005299 | Smart Home Delivery and Services - The present application relates to a method and system that enable consumers to have deliveries made and services performed safely and securely when they are not at the location at which the delivery is made or service is performed. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005300 | ELECTRONIC KEY STORAGE DEVICE - An electronic key storage device including an openable and closable door and a plurality of key holders includes a storage unit configured to store key information of an electronic key usable for each registered user and location information of the key holder matching the electronic key, a user authentication unit configured to perform user authentication by receiving user authentication information so that the door is openable or closable, and a control unit configured to control a fastening operation of the key holder to put the electronic key in the key holder and take the electronic key out of the key holder. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005301 | ACCESS RIGHT MANAGEMENT - A method for controlling a generation of at least one access code includes receiving, in an access control device, data representing an access code; verifying the data representing the access code; in response to a detection in a verification that the access code is valid generating a signal causing a generation of data representing a new access code; and generating a signal causing a transmit of the data representing the new access code to a party from whom the data representing the access code is received. An access control device, a computer program product and a system are also disclosed. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005302 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a memory for storing instructions and a processor to execute the instructions to read a first medium including a first biometrics information, read a code indicated in a second medium, and capture a second biometrics information on a user at a time when one of the first medium and the code is read. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005303 | BUILDING MANAGEMENT ROBOT AND METHOD OF PROVIDING SERVICE USING THE SAME - A building management robot includes a communication unit configured to recognize an identification device corresponding to a first divided space among at least one divided space in a building and acquire first identification information of the first divided space from the identification device, a camera configured to acquire image data including a position where the identification device is recognized, and a processor configured to recognize a user from the image data, confirm an authentication level of the first divided space of the recognized user from a database, and provide the user with a service based on the confirmed authentication level. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005304 | ELECTRONIC VOTING ASSISTANT - A method is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of identifying a voting right corresponding to a user; identifying, based on the voting right, a ballot question; determining whether the ballot question is sufficiently relevant to the user; in accordance with a determination that the ballot question is sufficiently relevant to the user: presenting the ballot question to the user, and in response to presenting the ballot question to the user, receiving input from the user; and in accordance with a determination that the ballot question is not sufficiently relevant to the user, forgoing presenting the ballot question to the user. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005305 | COIN RECEIVING AND DISPENSING DEVICE, COIN LIFTING DEVICE, AND COIN LIFTING DEVICE OF COIN RECEIVING AND DISPENSING DEVICE - Denominational dispensing and storing devices are arranged on three stages, and a plurality of denominational dispensing and storing devices are arranged on each stage. At least a dispensing passage is provided for each stage, the dispensing passages are stacked in an up-down direction, and a bottom plate of the dispensing passage is inclined downward toward a dispensing port side. An upward transport belt arranged and inclined upward toward the dispensing port side is arranged below a lower end of each bottom plate. A coin fed from each of the denominational dispensing and storing devices first falls onto an inclined plate from the dispensing passage, slips down, and then falls on the upward transport belt. The coin that has fallen on the upward transport belt is transported to the dispensing port by the upward transport belt moving toward the dispensing port side. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005306 | Conveyance Mechanism of Item Vending Machine - Provided is a belt conveyor type dispensing mechanism for an article vending machine, in which an associated component other than a belt can be easily and compactly installed. The dispensing mechanism for the article vending machine includes a drive section that is disposed in an article storing shelf | 2022-01-06 |
20220005307 | Item Conveyance Mechanism of Item Vending Machine - Provided is a dispensing mechanism for an article vending machine, which can facilitate coupling of a drive section to a dispensing unit. A dispensing mechanism | 2022-01-06 |
20220005308 | CARD GAME MONITORING SYSTEM - The present disclosure is related to a table game monitoring system to enable stoppage of an ongoing game when something unexpected happens by administrating the whole game from the start to the end of the game and during payoffs. A card game monitoring system includes a game table with betting areas for betters to put wagers, a card shooter apparatus configured to read and record the number (rank) and suit of cards. A control unit is configured to determine a winning hand according to table game rules based on information of the cards read by the card shooter apparatus. A video camera system is configured to capture positions of cards and identify wagers on each betting area at the game table. The control unit is further configured to check whether wagers with payoff move to a pool of the winner of the bettors determined by the card shooter apparatus. | 2022-01-06 |
20220005309 | BINGO GAMING SYSTEM - An electronic bingo gaming system enables the entertainment mechanisms in Class II gaming machines to mimic the look and feel of the Class III games on which those entertainment mechanisms are based. The system is constructed to minimize any wait times by players that commence a bingo game or join a bingo game already in progress. To create consistency in what players are hoping to see on their bingo cards, the bingo game may use a single interim prize pattern required to win an interim prize that is the same for all players and is the same as a game ending pattern that ends the bingo game. | 2022-01-06 |