04th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 67 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200028910 | RELAY DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A relay device is provided that is provided on a first network hierarchy level and relays communications via a network hierarchy level higher than the first level, between a plurality of nodes subordinate to the relay device and a sales broker website, and includes: an application storage unit storing a sales broker application; and an application execution unit executing the sales broker application to cause the relay device to function as: an order data reception unit receiving order data including a plurality of contents; a first order data transmission unit transmitting the order data to the sales broker website; and a second order data transmission unit transmitting, when an order receiver node receiving an order for the product is any of the plurality of nodes, at least a part of the plurality of contents to the order receiver node without involving a level higher than the first level. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028911 | Data Storage Method and Apparatus - A method and apparatus for data storage and retrieval is disclosed. In the method, a data storage device receives a data write request that is sent by a first tenant, and determines, from a plurality of resource zones (RZs) and based on the data write request and storage permission of the first tenant for each of the plurality of resource zones RZs. The data storage device further determines distribution of N duplicates in the at least one RZ based on the data write request and a first data distribution policy, and stores the N duplicates into at least one node corresponding to the at least one RZ based on distribution of the N duplicates in the at least one RZ and a second data distribution policy. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028912 | DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM WITH WEB SERVICES CLIENT INTERFACE - A distributed, web-services based storage system. A system may include a web services interface configured to receive, according to a web services protocol, a given client request for access to a given data object, the request including a key value corresponding to the object. The system may also include storage nodes configured to store replicas of the objects, where each replica is accessible via a respective unique locator value, and a keymap instance configured to store a respective keymap entry for each object. For the given object, the respective keymap entry includes the key value and each locator value corresponding to replicas of the object. A coordinator may receive the given client request from the web services interface, responsively access the keymap instance to identify locator values corresponding to the key value and, for a particular locator value, retrieve a corresponding replica from a corresponding storage node. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028913 | CLOUD COMPUTING SERVER INTERFACE - A cloud computing server interface is described, the cloud computing server interface arranged to provide a platform for transferring data from, and updating the status of field devices for use in utilities monitoring. A cloud computing server interface comprising, a first data processing element arranged to communicate with a remote device having a remote device status; a first storage device having a first storage device status; and a second data processing element arranged to communicate with a second storage device having a second storage device status; wherein the first storage device is arranged to communicate with the first and second data processing elements; wherein the first data processing element is arranged to control data transfer from a remote device to the first storage device; wherein the second data processing element is arranged to control data transfer from the first storage device to a second storage device; wherein data transfer from the second data processing element to a second storage device is dependent upon a second storage device status; wherein data transfer from the second data processing element to a second storage device comprises utilities management data. The invention aims to achieve a simple, reconfigurable platform for updating the status of field devices, while enabling more efficient use of power for extending battery life. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028914 | CONVERTING PUMP MESSAGES IN NEW PUMP PROTOCOL TO STANDARDIZED DATASET MESSAGES - Various techniques for facilitating communication with and across a clinical environment and a cloud environment are described. For example, a method for converting infusion pump messages having one format into standardized dataset messages having another format is described. When a connectivity adapter in the clinical environment detects a new pump protocol, the connectivity adapter may generate a message converter that can convert pump messages into standardized dataset messages. The message converter can be used to convert pump messages into standardized dataset messages. The standardized dataset messages may include information additional data or metadata not included in the pump messages. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028915 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SMART BUILDING CONTROL USING DIRECTIONAL OCCUPANCY SENSORS - A method includes receiving a first plurality of electrical signals from presence sensors disposed in a physical space, generating background sensor values mapped to a coordinate system for the physical space, receiving, a second plurality of electrical signals from the presence sensors, and generating, based on the second plurality of electrical signals from the presence sensors, sensor values mapped to the coordinate system for the physical space at the first time and the second time. The method further includes subtracting the background sensor values from the sensor values mapped to the coordinate system to obtain measurement data, associating the measurement data with a moving object belonging to an object class, determining a track, based on the measurement data, the track comprising a link between a first node and another node in the coordinate system for the physical space; and outputting, a control signal associated with the determined track. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028916 | Protocol to Initiate Session With Partner Site - A protocol to initiate a session with a partner site in a digital medium environment is described. Systems that initiate partner-site sessions according to this improved protocol reduce exposure of sensitive information in relation to conventional systems that leverage conventional protocols. According to the improved protocol, a system initiating a partner-site session—to obtain functionality from a respective service provider system—creates a hidden storage area (e.g., an iframe) in a local security context. The system then uses this hidden storage area to store session information—which may include sensitive, personally identifying information—rather than using storage of the respective service provider system. By avoiding communication of sensitive information for storage by the service provider system, the system does not expose the sensitive information. Due to this, the system reduces a number of opportunities for maliciously acquiring that information. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028917 | SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING PROXY GATEWAY - Aspects of the present invention provide an approach for improving communications between a software-defined networking (SDN) controller and a hardware gateway in a SDN. In an embodiment, a SDN proxy gateway is installed. The SDN proxy gateway communicates with the SDN controller on behalf of the hardware gateway. To accomplish this, the SDN proxy gateway processes a communication sent from the SDN controller to the hardware gateway. This communication includes a request from a computing node to establish a network communication channel. The SDN proxy gateway translates these instructions (e.g., the logical network and endpoint information), which are in the native format of the SDN controller, into a standardized hardware gateway protocol. The translated information that the hardware gateway can use to establish the network connection is then pushed to the hardware gateway by the proxy gateway. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028918 | DYNAMICALLY MANAGING DATA SHARING - A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving, at a server device, characteristics of a plurality of historical events from a plurality of client devices, receiving, at the server device, historical data sharing behavior associated with the plurality of historical events from the plurality of client devices, saving, by the server device, the characteristics of the plurality of historical events in association with the historical data sharing behavior, and automatically implementing, by the server device, one or more data sharing actions in response to an initialization of an event, utilizing the characteristics of the plurality of historical events and the historical data sharing behavior. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028919 | Data Transmission Method And Communications Device - This application provides a data transmission method and communications devices. In some implementations, a first device instructs a second device to stop sending data of an application to the first device, receives from the second device first indication information indicating a sequence number of data that is of the application and that has been received by the second device from the first device, and sends to the second device second indication information indicating a sequence number of data that is of the application and that has been received by the first device from the second device. After a connection between the terminal device and a second server is established, the first and second indication information are used to transmit the data of the application through the connection. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028920 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH NETWORK FUNCTION (NF) INSTANCES OF A 5G MOBILE NETWORK - A network function (NF) profile repository function (NPRF) is provided to receive, for each one of a plurality of NF instances of a plurality of different NF types, information associated with the NF instance and store the information in memory. The NPRF may then also receive, from an NF repository function (NRF), a message which indicates a request for information associated with one or more NF instances of an indicated NF type. In response, the NPRF may retrieve, from the memory based on the indicated NF type, information associated with the one or more NF instances. The NPRF may send, to the NRF, a message which indicates a response to the request, where the response includes retrieved information associated with the one or more NF instances. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028921 | NETWORK FUNCTION INFORMATION INTERACTION METHOD AND DEVICE, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - An NF information interaction method and device. The method comprises: a network function library NRF receiving a service discovery request sent by an NF requesting party, wherein the service discovery request at least comprises a service identifier requested to be provided by the NF requesting party; performing querying according to the service identifier, and determining an NF providing party of a service requested to be provided by the NF requesting party and service-related information about the NF providing party; and sending the service-related information about the NF providing party and the service-related information to the NF requesting party by means of a service discovery response. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028922 | Network-Based System for Connecting Mobile Network Users - A social interaction system has a server executing software coupled to a data repository storing member profiles, portable appliances used by members, and executing GPS, and an application providing interactive interfaces on a touch screen of the portable appliances, wherein the system stores pre-programmed geographic regions by GPS coordinates, and wherein, upon a first member becoming active by logging into the application using the network-connected portable appliance, the system invites the first member to select one or more interests presented in an interactive interface, and upon the user selecting one or more interests, indicates to the first member an on-screen identifier for other members who are both active in the same region, and who have selected an interest common to one of the interests selected by the first user. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028923 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTING WITH A DIGITAL WORK - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method, a system, and an apparatus are presented for mediating ambiance outputs among a plurality of users located in a common area. In some implementations, said ambiance outputs can be adaptive or interactive shared digital works. In other implementations, said ambiance outputs can be shared mediated augmented reality. In other implementations, said ambiance outputs can be the result of hierarchical schemes and algorithms. In another embodiment a method, system, and apparatus is presented for extracting and/or storing previously tagged items from a digital work. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028924 | COGNITIVE INSIGHT INTO USER ACTIVITY - A current user activity of a first user interacting with a first social system can be monitored. A cognitive insight into at least one user activity of at least a second user relating to the current user activity of the first user can be generated. The cognitive insight can include a listing of user activity data, each representing a respective user activity of at least the second user relating to the current user activity of the first user. The cognitive insight can indicate, for each user activity data contained in the listing, a respective duration of time for which the user activity data is to be presented to the first user. The cognitive insight can be communicated to the first social system, which can present to the first user each user activity data in the listing for the respective duration of time indicated in the cognitive insight. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028925 | PRIORITIZING SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND RECOMMENDING RELATED ACTIONS - Disclosed is a computer-implemented method, system and program product for prioritizing social media posts and recommending action(s) to a user for the prioritized of social media posts. The computer-implemented method includes monitoring, by the data processing system, interaction(s) of a user on social media accounts of the user, receiving, by the data processing system, input from the user including information about the user and goal(s) of the user with respect to the social media accounts, learning, by the data processing system, additional information about the user, and cognitively analyzing, by the data processing system, the interaction(s) of the user, the input from the user and the additional information about the user to derive preference(s) of the user regarding the social media accounts, the preference(s) including topic(s) of relevance to the user. The computer-implemented method further includes cognitively prioritizing, by the data processing system, social media post(s) from among the social media accounts based on the topic(s) of relevance and the user preference(s), the cognitively prioritizing resulting in prioritized social media posts, and cognitively recommending action(s) to the user based on the prioritized social media posts, the topic(s) of relevance and the user preference(s). | 2020-01-23 |
20200028926 | Anonymous eCommerce Behavior Tracking - A system and corresponding method gather information about browsing and purchasing behavior of web users to avoid tracking information associated with individual web browser instances. The system enables collection of historical and statistical information by legitimate interested parties to be severed from information about the behavior of a browser instance, and so too from information about the user of the browser instance. The system is configured to perform at least one of: (i) masking a web browser cookie to prevent use of the cookie to access browsing information related to a user and (ii) replace stories about sequences of browser behaviors with statistics about abstracted “story types.” A story type is a sequence of behavior types common to all web browser instances which have performed that sequence. An example embodiment uses masking and aggregation techniques, frequently, and includes a variety of industry standard security measures specially adapted to these purposes. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028927 | HYBRID PULL AND PUSH BASED STREAMING - Hybrid pull and push based streaming selectively performs a pull-based distribution of a stream to a first point-of-presence (“PoP”) of a distributed platform having low demand for the stream, and a push-based distribution of the stream to a second PoP of the distributed platform having high demand for the stream. The push-based distribution may be used to prepopulate the second PoP cache with the live stream data as the live stream data is uploaded from an encoder to a source PoP of the distributed platform, and before that live stream data is requested by the second PoP. In doing so, requests for the live stream data received at the second PoP may result in cache hits with the requested live stream data being immediately served from the second PoP cache without having to retrieve the live stream data from outside the second PoP. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028928 | Invocation Devices in an Organization Information Distribution System - Various techniques provided herein generate trigger events in an organization information distribution system. Various implementations establish a connection between an invocation device and a server using a communication network. Establishing the connection can include authenticating the invocation device to the server and/or authenticating the server to the invocation device. In response to establishing the connection to the server, one or more implementations detect a trigger event, such as the actuation of a hardware mechanism and/or a sensor detecting the trigger event without user-intervention. Some implementations capture content based on a point in time associated with when the trigger event occurs. Upon detecting the trigger event, various implementations forward a notification of the trigger event and/or the captured content. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028929 | TAGGING PUMP MESSAGES WITH IDENTIFIERS THAT FACILITATE RESTRUCTURING - Various techniques for facilitating communication with and across a clinical environment and a cloud environment are described. For example, a method for tagging messages with facility identifiers in a manner that does not require changing the identifiers when logically re-arranging the facilities. A connectivity adapter in the clinical environment can receive a message from an infusion pump and tag the message with only permanent IDs such that when the facility in which the connectivity resides is categorized under a different system or region, the identifiers in the message need not be updated. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028930 | NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICE AND HOST PROCESSING DEVICE - A network interface device has an input configured to receive data from a network. The data is for one of a plurality of different applications. The applications may be supported by a host system. The network interface device is configured to determine which of a plurality of available different caches in a host the data is to be injected. The network interface device will then inject the determined cached with the received data. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028931 | CONTENT BASED BYTE-RANGE CACHING USING A DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTED CHUNK SIZE - A network node ( | 2020-01-23 |
20200028932 | AUTOMATIC DATA REPLICA MANAGER IN DISTRIBUTED CACHING AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS - A method of data storage includes determining a latency distance from a primary node to each of two or more replica nodes, choosing a preferred replica node of the two or more replica nodes based on the determined latency distances, and write-caching data into the preferred replica node. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028933 | Data Access Method And Apparatus - The present disclosure relates to data access methods and apparatus. One example method includes sending, by a first cache server, a first access request to a second cache server, where the first access request is used to request first data, and the first access request is from a first edge server, receiving, by the first cache server, a copy of the first data and a first access frequency that are returned by the second cache server, where the first access frequency is a frequency at which the first edge server accesses the first data and that is recorded by the second cache server, determining, by the first cache server, whether a second access frequency lower than the first access frequency exists, and in response to determining that the second access frequency exists, caching, by the first cache server, the copy of the first data. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028934 | Viral Engine for Network Deployment - A private network system operates over a public network to provide an asymmetric service to members with information from other members and non-members. The system includes central servers and databases connected via the public network to client systems of public network users. The users may be members who communicate with a private protocol or non-members who communicate with the public protocol. A process for the private service includes communication of information between users via the private service servers. The private service server implements the private service, which includes a viral engine for network deployment. Features of the viral engine include genetic algorithms, data mining, personalization, frictionless service setup, user maximization, and member-controlled privacy. A sample setup process and contact update wizard that include several viral engine features are described. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028935 | WORKLOAD REBALANCING IN HETEROGENEOUS RESOURCE ENVIRONMENTS - Techniques for rebalancing computing workloads between a set of on-premises resources of an on-premises system and a set of cloud computing resources of a cloud computing system. A method embodiment commences upon detecting a rebalancing trigger event. Responsive to the trigger event, a set of resource data corresponding to observations pertaining to the on-premises resources and resource data corresponding to observations pertaining the cloud resources is accessed. Based at least in part on the resource data, a plurality of candidate workload rebalancing plans are generated. The candidate workload rebalancing plans are evaluated against the likelihood of achieving quantitative objectives resulting from the rebalancing. A portion of the scheduling commands to carry out the workload rebalancing plans are sent to the cloud computing system, and another portion of the scheduling commands are sent to the on-premises computing system. The receiving computing systems carry out the scheduling commands. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028936 | COMMON INFORMATION MODEL INTEROPERABILITY SYSTEM - A Common Information Module (CIM) interoperability system includes a server device coupled to a network. A remote access controller in the server device is coupled to server component(s), and includes a CIM provider coupled via a CIM provider communication subsystem to a REpresentational State Transfer (REST)-CIM provider. The REST-CIM provider receives a REST request generated by a client device and redirected to the REST-CIM provider by the server device, and converts the REST request to CIM request. The REST-CIM provider then makes a call to the CIM provider that includes the CIM request and is based on a type of HTTP method request in the REST request. When the REST-CIM provider receives a CIM response from the CIM provider, it converts Common Manageability Programming Interface (CMPI) response data in that CIM response to JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) objects, and provides the JSON objects to the server device. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028937 | HOME GATEWAY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control method of a home gateway includes: receiving a cloud control command, identifying a manufacturer code and a communication protocol of an terminal device to be controlled from the cloud control command, selecting a target child process from a plurality of child processes, writing the cloud control command to a communication message queue corresponding to the target child process according to the communication protocol of the terminal device to be controlled; extracting the cloud control command, determining a first target communication interface coupled with the terminal device to be controlled, and controlling the terminal device to be controlled through the first target communication interface. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028938 | ENHANCEMENT OF TRAFFIC DETECTION AND ROUTING IN VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENT - The present invention provides apparatuses, methods, computer programs, computer program products and computer-readable media regarding enhancement of traffic detection and routing in virtualized environment. The method comprises receiving information regarding an installation of an application to a server, the information comprising a detection pattern used for detecting data flow to be routed via the application to be installed, establishing a routing rule based on the detection pattern, and sending the routing rule to the server into which the application is to be installed. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028939 | Cross-Services Application Service, Device And Network Content Delivery Management - A system for providing cross-services application service, device, and network content delivery management is disclosed. In particular, the system may allow devices and application services supported by multiple network services to leverage the strengths of such network services to ensure that content delivery is efficiently accomplished. The system may enable a device or application service to be associated with a management domain. Then, the management domain may subscribe the device or application service with one or more underlying supporting networks of the management domain. The associating and subscribing may be performed for the management domain by an orchestrator or by a management domain authority. The management domain authority may include a predictive, machine-learning element that drives access to content on behalf of the management domain authority through its devices and services to which they are subscribed. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028940 | Apparatus, Method and System for a Tunneling Client Access Point - The disclosure details the implementation of an apparatus, method, and system comprising a portable device configured to communicate with a terminal and a network server, and execute stored program code in response to user interaction with an interactive user interface. The portable device contains stored program code configured to render an interactive user interface on a terminal output component to enable the user the control processing activity on the portable device and access data and programs from the portable device and a network server. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028941 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING A RETURNING WEB CLIENT - Methods and systems are provided for identifying unique devices and/or unique users of a web-based system within constraints of an external application. In some embodiments the process comprises receiving request information from a client device at an application server, using such information to form a device fingerprint, and attempting to match the newly-formed fingerprint with exactly one fingerprint stored in a database of previously-formed fingerprints. Some embodiments utilize a two-stage Locality-Sensitive Hash query technique. The client device fingerprint may be converted into a series of LSH values which may be used to find a matching fingerprint. A first stage may query input LSH values against LSH values in a data store, and a second stage may query LSH values temporarily held in volatile memory, thereby minimizing network traffic and reducing a total process time. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028942 | MANAGING NETWORK SOCKETS - In an approach for managing network sockets, a computer receives a request to create a network socket to transfer data. The computer identifies information associated with the received request, including one or more of: a default network protocol, one or more supported network protocols, ahead of time initialization, a data transfer policy, a failure policy, and a security policy. The computer creates a second level hash map based on the identified information, wherein the second level hash map includes the supported network socket protocols and a connection state. The computer determines a network protocol to utilize associated with the received request. The computer establishes a connection for the network socket over the determined network protocol. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028943 | MANAGING NETWORK SOCKETS - In an approach for managing network sockets, a computer receives a request to create a network socket to transfer data. The computer identifies information associated with the received request, including one or more of: a default network protocol, one or more supported network protocols, ahead of time initialization, a data transfer policy, a failure policy, and a security policy. The computer creates a second level hash map based on the identified information, wherein the second level hash map includes the supported network socket protocols and a connection state. The computer determines a network protocol to utilize associated with the received request. The computer establishes a connection for the network socket over the determined network protocol. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028944 | Data Routing Method and Apparatus - A data routing method used to implement data routing in a communications system in which a plurality of networks that use different data bearer protocols are integrated is produced. The method includes: a routing apparatus receives data by using an input port, and determines a data bearer protocol attribute of the input port; the routing apparatus determines an attribute of the data based on the data bearer protocol attribute of the input port; the routing apparatus determines based on the attribute of the data, a data bearer protocol attribute of an output port used to output the data; and determines based on the data bearer protocol attribute of the output port, the output port used to output the data, and outputting the data by using the determined output port. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028945 | AUGMENTED REALITY SERVICE NEGOTIATION - An augmented reality device engages in a mutual exchange of negotiated services with another device with a signal determined to have exhibited an area transition effect. The augmented reality device identifies, from a plurality of signals in the ambient environment, a subset of signals that have exhibited the area transition effect. From among the subset, the device identifies a signal that is indicative of support for the negotiation protocol. The negotiation is conducted with a second device associated with the corresponding signal. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028946 | HOMOGENIZATION OF TELEMATICS DATA THROUGH UNIFIED MESSAGING PROTOCOL - A messaging protocol supporting the homogenization of telematics data across a variety of remote monitoring contexts is disclosed. For example, different remote monitoring contexts may include vehicle monitoring and pet monitoring. The messaging protocol includes client-side and server-side implementations. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028947 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENDING VIEW CHANGE PROTOCOL - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing view change. One of the methods is to be implemented on a blockchain maintained a number (N) of nodes and performed by a first node of the N nodes that is in a view change protocol. The method includes: obtaining, respectively from at least Q second nodes of the N nodes, at least Q first messages each comprising (1) a consistent current view known to the second node indicating a primary node designated among the N nodes and (2) a consistent current sequence number known to the second node, the current sequence number associated with a latest transaction or a latest block, wherein the current sequence number is larger than a first sequence number known to the first node; and responsive to obtaining the at least Q first messages, ending the view change protocol. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028948 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a housing having an internal space that is opened toward a front, and a display unit coupled to the housing and positioned in front of the internal space. The display unit includes a cover glass, a glass support adjacent to a side of the cover glass and disposed on a rear surface of the cover glass, wherein at least a portion of the glass support is positioned in the internal space and fixed to the cover glass, a frame including a frame body positioned in a rear of the cover glass, a first frame extension bent from the frame body to a rear of the frame body, and a second frame extension bent from the first frame extension, positioned between the first frame extension and the glass support, and coupled to the glass support, and a flexible display placed on the frame and disposed between the frame and the cover glass, wherein an edge area of the flexible display adjacent to the second frame extension is disposed between the glass support and the first frame extension. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028949 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING CONNECTING MEMBER SHARING STRUCTURE - An electronic device includes a housing including a first plate, a second plate facing away from the first plate, and a lateral member surrounding a space between the first and second plates; a display disposed in the housing and exposed through at least a part of the first plate; an antenna module disposed at a first area adjacent to the lateral member; an electronic component disposed at a second area adjacent to the first area in the housing; at least one wireless communication circuit disposed in the housing and configured to transmit or receive a signal having a frequency between 3 gigahertz (GHz) and 100 GHz through the antenna module; a processor disposed in the housing; and a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) including a first conductive line electrically connected between the at least one wireless communication circuit and the antenna module, and a second conductive line electrically connected between the processor and the electronic component. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028950 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CASE WITH A TRANSPARENT OR TRANSLUCENT BACK PANEL - An electronic device case with a transparent or translucent back panel. The case generally comprises a frame, configured to surround the outer periphery of the electronic device, coupled to a back panel, configured to cover the back of the electronic device. The frame generally includes a plurality of outer sidewalls surrounding a center cutout. The back panel is formed from a hard plastic material such as polycarbonate. In example embodiments, the back panel material is a clear, transparent material. In other embodiments, the back panel material is a tinted or translucent material. The frame is generally overmolded onto the front or interior surface of the back panel. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028951 | STAND FOR MOBILE DEVICE - A stand for a mobile device, including a platform and a flexible stand portion. The platform has a front side facing toward the mobile device, and a rear side opposite to the front side and facing away from the mobile device. The flexible stand portion has a sliding end portion that slides back and forth in a sliding direction, and a non-sliding end portion that rotates around a hinge portion. The flexible stand portion switches between a flat state where the non-sliding end portion is arranged against the rear side of the platform and the sliding end portion is arranged at a first locking position, and an curved state where the non-sliding end portion is rotated away from the rear side of the platform and the sliding end portion is arranged at a second locking position so that the flexible stand portion bows outward to form a curve of arch. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028952 | PROTECTIVE BAG AND DISPENSER TO MAKE MOBILE DEVICES MORE HYGIENIC - A protective bag into which a mobile device can be placed to limit exposure of the device to unsanitary conditions or conversely to limit exposure of other surfaces to an unsanitary mobile device. The protective bags are distributed to users using a dispenser. The system improves overall hygiene associated with use of mobile devices. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028953 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING A VOICE QUALITY OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE COUPLED TO A VEHICLE - An embodiment relates to a computing device for determining a signal quality of a communications connection, wherein the computing device is configured to receive a first signal of a test sequence of a first communications device and a second signal of a test sequence of a second communications device connected to the first communications device and comprised in a vehicle, and wherein the computing device is configured to determine at least one signal quality parameter of the first signal and of the second signal, respectively, and to determine settings and/or signal processing methods for a hands-free device of the vehicle on the basis of a comparison of at least one signal quality parameter of the respective first and second signals, whereby a signal quality of a signal to be transmitted by the first communications device to an external communications device is improved. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028954 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISION OF A SECOND LINE SERVICE TO A TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A method and system for providing a second line service (“SLS”) feature to a subscriber using a telecommunications device (“TD”) which includes receiving at a switch on the network of the subscriber's primary service provider a communication made up of a trigger and a directory number. When the communication is received at the primary service provider's switch, the switch parses the communication and detects the trigger. Once the switch has received the communication, the switch additionally transmits a query message to a SLS platform that manages the SLS feature. As a result of the switch's query message transmission, the switch receives a reply to the query message from the SLS platform. Based at least in part on the reply to the query message, the switch can route the communication such that the switch connects one or multiple voice channel circuit between the subscriber's TD and the terminating TD. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028955 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND API SERVER, HEADSET, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USED IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system which enables a comfortable group call to be realized in a weak radio wave environment or an environment where ambient sound is loud is provided. This communication system ( | 2020-01-23 |
20200028956 | CONFIDENTIALITY-SMART VOICE DELIVERY OF TEXT-BASED INCOMING MESSAGES - Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: a voice delivery application, running on a mobile device of a user, receives a text message from a user; by use of sensor inputs of the mobile device, the mobile device stores data regarding environment of the mobile device including external audio equipment, speed of the user, and bystanders within a hearing range of the environment; various data describing a sender of the text message and the bystanders are analyzed for respective relationships with the user and with each other to determine a confidentiality group dictating whether or not the text message may be heard by the bystander; the text message may be scanned for content screening, then according to configuration of the voice delivery application, the text message is securely delivered to the user by voice. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028957 | CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SENSORS OF MOBILE TERMINAL, STORAGE MEDIUM AND MOBILE TERMINAL - A control method for sensors of a mobile terminal is provided, which includes: a to-be-enabled sensor in the sensors of the mobile terminal is determined according to a sensor enabling instruction; when determining that a sensor power-on event of the mobile terminal is triggered, a power-on delay of a target sensor of the mobile terminal is acquired, wherein the target sensor at least includes the to-be-enabled sensor and, when there is one target sensor, the power-on delay of the target sensor is shorter than a maximum power-on delay of the sensors of the mobile terminal; in response to determining that the power-on delay corresponding to the target sensor is reached at a present moment, state resetting is executed on the target sensor; and when the state resetting is completed, the to-be-enabled sensor is enabled to become an enabled sensor, and acquired data of the enabled sensor is reported. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028958 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR SETTING - The present invention is to provide a computer system, and a method and a program for setting that are capable to easily change the setting of a terminal device in order to improve the convenience. The computer system for setting, in which a setting terminal remotely inputs the setting of a terminal to be set if the setting screen or the screen transition of the setting terminal is different from that of the terminal to be set receives an input of the setting for the terminal to be set by the setting method of the setting terminal; acquires the terminal type ID of the terminal to be set; and transmits a setting command associated with the input setting for the terminal to be set that is received by the setting method of the setting terminal to the terminal to be set, based on the terminal type ID. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028959 | NOTIFYING A USER OF EVENTS IN A COMPUTING DEVICE - A user of a mobile computing device may provide a first user preference for a first type of event and a second user preference for a second type of event, and the mobile computing device may detect an event comprising reception of the first type of event or the second type of event. The mobile computing device may present, along an edge of a touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device, a banner alert in response to detecting the first type of event, and may present, on the touch-sensitive display, a pop-up notification in response to detecting the second type of event. The mobile device may dismiss the banner alert based on a user swiping the banner alert off the touch-sensitive display. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028960 | PROVIDING ON-DEMAND ACCESS TO A RESTRICTED RESOURCE OF A USER DEVICE - Examples described herein include systems and methods for providing on-demand access to a restricted resource of a user device. An example method can include generating a profile that specifies a restricted resource and one or more conditions for that resource to be de-restricted. The profile can be sent to, and utilized by, an agent application executing on the user device. The agent application can determine that a user is requesting de-restriction of a resource and determine whether all applicable conditions are met. If the conditions are met, the agent application can de-restrict the resource. After the resource is used, the agent application can report details of the use to an administrator or management server. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028961 | SWITCHING PRESENTATIONS OF REPRESENTATIONS OF OBJECTS AT A USER INTERFACE - Switching presentations of representations of objects at a user interface is disclosed, including: receiving an indication to switch from a first-mode presentation of a plurality of first-mode representations corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of objects, wherein the plurality of first-mode representations comprises static identifiers associated with the plurality of objects; obtaining respective current state data corresponding to the plurality of objects from the plurality of objects; dynamically generating a plurality of second-mode representations corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of objects based at least in part on the respective current state data associated with the plurality of objects; and replacing, at a user interface, the first-mode presentation of the plurality of first-mode representations with a second-mode presentation of at least a portion of the plurality of second-mode representations corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of objects. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028962 | CALL RECONSTRUCTION SEQUENCED APPLICATION - Embodiments provide systems and methods for reconstructing a communication session upon a failure of a session manager by monitoring a communication session associated with a Universal Call IDentifier (UCID) and detecting a failure of the session manager. In some cases, A timer can be set in response to detecting the failure of the session manager. In response to the timer expiring before detecting the recovery of the session manager, the application server can end monitoring of the communication session. In response to detecting a subsequent recovery of the session manager, a re-invitation message associated with the communication session and including the UCID can be sent. Communications components of the contact center can receive and accept the re-invitation message, re-map a session initiated by the re-invitation message to the communication session based on the UCID from the re-invitation message, and reconstruct the communication session. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028963 | UTILIZING SIP MESSAGES TO DETERMINE THE STATUS OF A REMOTE TERMINAL IN VOIP COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - There is a growing problem in correctional facility telecommunications systems in which parties on a voice call may connect inmate callers with restricted parties. Prison communication systems monitor calls to prevent such activity, but in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) environments such systems may fail to detect this activity. The present disclosure provides details of a system and method for using SIP messages common in VoIP environments to detect illicit activity initiated by a party on a voice call within a controlled environment. Scenarios are detected in which a called party connects an inmate caller to a restricted party via three-way call conferencing, call forwarding, or other call features. Corrective actions are then taken when such activity is detected, such as call blocking or alerting officials illicit activity is occurring. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028964 | AUTOMATIC DISTRIBUTION OF INMATE PHONE RECORDINGS - Embodiments for automatically distributing phone call recordings to interested parties generally include associating one or more forwarding criteria with each of one or more interested parties, establishing a phone call from a calling party to a destination number through an institutional phone system, recording the phone call, and, if the phone call satisfies one or more forwarding criteria associated with one or more interested parties, automatically distributing the recording of the phone call to the at least one interested party associated with the satisfied one or more forwarding criteria. Distribution may be by e-mail, by uploading the recording to a website that interested parties (and preferably only interested parties) can access, by queuing the recordings for export to physical media, and/or through a voice mail system. Calls may be selected for distribution based on the caller, the called party, conversation content, call time, or any other suitable criteria. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028965 | VIRTUAL COMMUNICATIONS ASSESSMENT SYSTEM IN A MULTIMEDIA ENVIRONMENT - A system for data recording across a network includes a session border controller connecting incoming data from the network to an endpoint recorder. A load balancer is connected to the network between the session border controller and the endpoint and receives the incoming data from the session border controller, wherein the load balancer comprises computer memory and a processor configured to parse the incoming data into video data and audio data according to identification protocols accessible by the processor from the computer memory. A recording apparatus includes recording memory that receives the incoming data from the load balancer, stores a duplicate version of the incoming data in the recording memory, and connects the incoming data to the endpoint. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028966 | MANAGEMENT OF AGENT SESSIONS FOR OMNICHANNEL PREDICTIVE OUTBOUND - As “call centers” continue to be replaced with omnichannel contact centers, managing a plurality of simultaneous media channels becomes more important. Contacting a customer on one channel and, at the customer or agent's request, initiating a second channel that delays the interaction will having limited acceptance and, in some jurisdictions, may be illegal. By nailing-up an agent half-communication with a number of channels, agents maintain a perpetual connection comprising an agent half-communication to a server, such as one serving as a media anchor point, share point, etc. The customer half-connection is established to a server and the agent, already connected, is joined. As a result, the customer experiences a greatly reduced delay between the time they answer and being greeted by an agent, regardless of the media type or types utilized. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028967 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CUSTOMER INTERACTIONS IN AN ENTERPRISE - Managing customer interactions in an enterprise, that includes determining at least one objective of an incoming call request from a customer of the enterprise; establishing an on-going customer communication session with a plurality of agents of the enterprise based on the determined at least one objective; allocating the plurality of agents to the on-going customer communication session based on the determined at least one objective; and monitoring the on-going customer communication session to determine one or more attributes associated with the on-going customer communication session. Also, based on the determined one or more attributes associated with the on-going customer communication session, automatically changing a number of the plurality of agents allocated to the on-going customer communication session. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028968 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLEXIBLE ROUTING - A request to establish a communication session with a second communication device is received. The request to establish the communication session comprises one or more routing attributes for routing the communication session. The one or more routing attributes for routing the communication session are looked up in a dynamic routing framework. The communication session is routed to a third communication device or destination instead of the second communication device based on the one or more routing attributes and one or more rules defined in the dynamic routing framework. For example, the communication session is routed to a specific contact center queue based on the routing attribute instead of initially being routed to an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028969 | INTEGRATING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INTO A TELECOMMUNICATIONS CALL - Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a method for providing information. A request is received by a call routing server to establish a call between a client device and a remote telecommunications device. A given transmission criterion that triggered distribution of the particular digital component to the client device is determined by a call context server. A set of contextual information that is mapped to the given transmission criterion is identified, by the call context server, in a data store storing a mapping of transmission criteria to contextual information. The client device is connected, by the call routing server, to the remote telecommunications device using the phone number. The set of contextual information is transmitted to the remote telecommunications device or a computing device that is associated with the remote telecommunications device while the call is being connected or in progress. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028970 | PRE-DISTORTION SYSTEM FOR CANCELLATION OF NONLINEAR DISTORTION IN MOBILE DEVICES - A pre-distortion system for improved mobile device communications via cancellation of nonlinear distortion is disclosed. The pre-distortion system may transmit an acoustic signal from a network to a device, wherein the acoustic signal includes a linear signal and a nonlinear cancellation signal that cancels at least a portion of nonlinear distortions created once a loudspeaker in the device emits the linear signal. Thus, when a loudspeaker of a mobile device is operating and nonlinear distortions are generated by the loudspeaker or adjacent components of the mobile device in close proximity to the loudspeaker, the pre-distortion system may create one or more nonlinear cancellation signals in the network. The nonlinear cancellation signal may be combined with the linear signal sent to the loudspeaker to cancel the nonlinear distortion signal created by the loudspeaker emitting acoustic sounds from the linear signal. Thus, the nonlinear cancellation signal becomes a pre-distortion signal. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028971 | REMOTE ACCESS CONTROL - A system that allows a user to access a secured area by confirming location of the user near the secured area and receipt of an access word by the system. A user in possession of a mobile device may be detected at the entrance to a secured location. The system can select a question asking for a passcode corresponding to certain access to the secured location. The question can be spoken to a user through a loudspeaker at the secured location. The user's spoken response can be processed by the system, for example using keyword spotting, to determine if the proper access word is included. If it is, the system can grant access to the secured area. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028972 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA FROM A TRANSMITTER DEVICE TO ONE OR MORE RECEIVER DEVICES - A transmitter for transmitting data, using a discrete multi-tone modulation technique, to one or more receiver devices, each of which is connected to the transmitter device via at least one respective pair of wires, each receiver device being operable to receive signals detected as a change over time in the potential difference across the local ends of each respective pair of wires extending between the receiver and the transmitter device, is operable to transmit signals onto the wires extending between the transmitter device and the one or more receiver devices in a plurality of different modes, over a plurality of different channels, the different modes including phantom and differential modes and the different channels including a first set of phantom channels. The transmitter is further operable to select a second set of phantom channels from the first set, the second set being a subset of the first set comprising some or all of the phantom channels of the first set such that at least some of the phantom channels | 2020-01-23 |
20200028973 | Process-Efficient Generation Of Data Records For Data Communications Involving Groups Or Aggregates Of IoT Devices - Methods, apparatus, and systems for the process-efficient generation of data records for data communications involving groups or aggregates of user equipment (UE), such as IoT devices, are described. In one illustrative example, for each one of a plurality of UEs associated with a group or aggregation identifier (ID), a request which includes data indicative of a network resource usage event of the UE is received and the data are stored in association with the group or aggregation ID. In response to identifying a predetermined condition, the data indicative of the network resource usage events associated with the group or aggregation ID are aggregated, and a request for generating a data record based on the aggregated data is sent to a data function for generating the data record. The generated data record (e.g. a CDR) may be stored for subsequent retrieval for reporting, analysis, network/communications management, or billing. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028974 | MANAGEMENT OF TOLL-FREE NUMBER MISUSE AND FRAUD DETECTION - Methods and systems for providing a rating system that allow for customers to create a database of toll-free numbers that are abused by malicious consumers which may be cloud-based and allow for service providers to dip prior to completing or accepting calls. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028975 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention provides an information processing apparatus capable of mounting an optional hardware. The information processing apparatus comprises a processor, an image processing circuit and a socket to which the optional hardware is to be mounted, wherein the optional hardware being connected to the socket communicates with the image processing circuit. The processor transmits a predetermined packet to the optional hardware mounted to the socket, receive a response packet to the predetermined packet from the image processing circuit, determines whether or not the received response packet is an expected response packet, and controls supplying power to the optional hardware in accordance with a determination result of the received response packet. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028976 | IMAGE INSPECTION DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image inspection device includes a processor coupled to a sensor. The processor reads, using the sensor, an image formed on a recording material by an image forming device and creates a read image; causes an analysis to detect an abnormality in the read image and creates an analysis result; and creates a normal image file including the read image in which the abnormality has not been detected based on the analysis result. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028977 | IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD - An image data transmission system and an image data transmission method are provided. The image data transmission system includes an image sensing device, a master device, and a serial transmission bus. The serial transmission bus electrically connects the image sensing device and the master device. The master device transmits a read command to the image sensing device through the serial transmission bus, and the image sensing device transmits a first data sequence to the master device through the serial transmission bus in response to the read command. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028978 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image reader unit that reads a document so as to generate image data, a storage unit that stores a user name and an address associated with the user name, a control unit that performs a character recognition process on the image data so as to obtain text data from the image data, recognizes a word included in the text data, and sets the address associated with the user name matching the recognized word to a destination, and a communication unit that transmits the image data to the destination set by the control unit. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028979 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INSTRUCTION ACCEPTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus to be used together with equipment to be used by a user with both hands, the image forming apparatus includes: an acceptor that does not accept, by voice, an instruction for processing to be performed by the image forming apparatus before the user holds the equipment but accepts, by the voice, the instruction while the equipment is being used with both of the hands. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028980 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CORRECTION METHOD BY THE SAME - An image forming apparatus comprises a housing, an input unit, a motor, and a controller. The input unit comprises an input section, a sensor configured to detect an object within an area facing the input section and output a signal in response to detection of an object within the area facing the input section, and a rotary coupling having an axis of rotation and connecting the input unit to the housing, such that the input unit is positionable by the swinging thereof along a path centered on the axis of rotation to position the input section to face two different directions. The motor is connected to the coupling, and the controller is configured to receive the signal from the sensor, and selectively control the motor to change the facing direction of the input section based on the value of the signal output by the sensor. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028981 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD - Problem: To be able to reduce manufacturing cost and achieve downsizing of an apparatus. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028982 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A display apparatus includes a display section and a display control section. The display control section displays a list of application programs in a shortcut menu in the case where a user performs a specific screen operation on a desired screen displayed on the display section, the application programs having user notification information at the time of the operation. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028983 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a first controller, a selection section, and a second controller. The first controller performs control in which a second operation screen is displayed on a terminal apparatus that is connected to the image forming apparatus in a manner communication is possible, the second operation screen being generated on the basis of a first operation screen of the image forming apparatus. The selection section selects either one of a first mode and a second mode, the first mode being a mode in which an operation from the first operation screen is acceptable, the second mode being a mode in which remote control from the second operation screen is acceptable. The second controller performs control in which, if the second mode is selected by the selection section, a display state of the second operation screen is prohibited from being changed in accordance with an operation occurred in the image forming apparatus other than an operation from the second operation screen. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028984 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing control apparatus includes a conveying unit that conveys a document to a reading unit, a detection unit that detects a size of the document before it begins to be conveyed, a detection unit that detects the size of the document after the document begins to be conveyed, and a control unit that performs a copy job using the reading unit and printing unit based on the size of the document detected before it is conveyed in a case where the printing unit starts to print the image data before the reading unit finishes generating image data for one page and performs a copy job based on the size of the document detected after it begins to be conveyed in a case where the printing unit starts to print the image data after the reading unit finishes generating image data for at least one page. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028985 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image reader unit and a control unit. The image reader unit generates read data. The control unit generates output data of image data cropped from the read data. When cropping a plurality of image data, the control unit sets one side of the read data to a first reference side and sets another side perpendicular to the first reference side to a second reference side, and for each of the plurality of image data, the control unit detects a first distance between the first reference side and the image data in a direction parallel to the second reference side, and a second distance between the second reference side and the image data in a direction parallel to the first reference side, and sets an output order of the plurality of image data based on the first distances and the second distances. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028986 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading device has an image reading portion, a control portion, and an operation portion. The image reading portion reads, by irradiating with light, a predetermined reading region including a region where a document is present. The control portion processes the image data read by the image reading portion. On the operation portion, instructions are input to the control portion. The control portion can operate in a consolidation mode where the read image data is consolidated to generate processed image data when the image reading portion reads image data of a previously set number of to-be-consolidated sheets. In the consolidation mode, when the number of sheets of read image data is smaller than the previously set number of to-be-consolidated sheets, on input of an instruction on the operation portion, the processed image data is generated based on the image data read before the instruction input. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028987 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING IMAGE QUALITY FOR DOCUMENTS WITH HIGHLIGHTED CONTENT - Examples of systems and methods for enhancing image quality for documents with highlighted portions are described. A highlighted portion from a received input is detected. The highlighted portion is automatically segmented as a text layer and the remaining portion is further segmented as a separate text layer and an image layer. A resolution is assigned to the highlighted portion, wherein the resolution assigned to the highlighted portion is greater than the respective resolution for the text layer and the image layer, to improve quality of the highlighted portion. The text layer corresponding to the highlighted portion and the separate text layer and the image layer are integrated together to generate a scanned document in a Mixed Raster Content (MRC) file format. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028988 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A processing apparatus comprises a correction processor which executes a density unevenness correction process in accordance with properties of each of recording elements included in a recording head of an recoding apparatus, and a convertor which converts the image data, on which the density unevenness correction processing has been executed, into halftone image data, by using a dither matrix, wherein the dither matrix is a dispersive dither matrix, and has characteristics in which when input image data having a uniform tone is converted into binary halftone image data, the same number of dots are present at each of locations in a first direction, in a predetermined range in a second direction, for a tone, among the tones which the input image data can take on, that is subject to the density unevenness correction process. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028989 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS RECORDING JOB EXECUTION HISTORY, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus saves log information related to an executed job, and includes a determination unit that determines one of at least a first mode and a second mode as a saving mode for the log information, based on setting by a user, and a saving control unit that saves log information including information about a plurality of items related to an executed job, in a case where the first mode is determined as the saving mode, and saves log information not including information about a predetermined first item and including information about a second item different from the first item, among the plurality of items related to the executed job, in a case where the second mode is determined as the saving mode. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028990 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT PERFORMS MANAGEMENT WHEN DOCUMENTS ARE STORED IN PAPER DOCUMENT FORM - Provided is a document management system that appropriately performs management of paper documents even in a case where there is a change in the storage conditions and the like of paper documents. A server causes an image forming apparatus to output a management label. A worker enters items necessary for management in this management label, after which the label is attached to a package including paper documents (documents) that is a target of management, and the package is stored in this state. A portable terminal that can capture an image of the management label on the package in a stored state is used. The portable terminal and the image forming apparatus may perform an exchange of data via a network, short distance communication, or the like. This data includes image data (imaging data) acquired by capturing an image of the management label, and storage location information indicating the storage location of the package. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028991 | DETERMINATION OF CHROMA MAPPING FUNCTIONS BASED ON HUE ANGULAR SECTORS PARTITIONING THE GAMUT MAPPING COLOR SPACE - This determination comprises: defining key constant-hue leaves such to partition the gamut mapping color space into angular hue sectors; for each key constant hue leaf, defining a key hue leaf chroma mapping function; for each angular hue sector, defining a continuous angular hue sector chroma mapping function such that, for any source color belonging to one of the two key constant-hue leaves delimiting this angular hue sector, this continuous chroma mapping function allows to map the chroma of said source color according to the key hue leaf chroma mapping function of the key constant-hue leaf to which said source color belongs. Preferably, this mapping functions are non linear polynomials. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028992 | COLOR SPACE VALUES CORRESPONDING TO CLASSIFICATION IDENTIFIERS - In an example, an image processing system may include an identification engine, a map engine, and a control engine. In that example, the identification engine may identify a color mapping resource in response to a classification identifier corresponding to image data, the map engine may map the image data with the color mapping resource having color space clause corresponding to the classification identifier, and the control engine may generate control data for operating a print apparatus to print based on the color mapping resource. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028993 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING MULTIMEDIA DATA - Disclosed is a method for searching multimedia data for a highlighted interval, comprising the steps of: parsing the multimedia data into at least one frame; partially decompressing the at least one frame; extracting at least one metadata parameter from the at least one partially decompressed frame; and determining a highlighted interval of the multimedia data based on the at least one metadata parameter. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028994 | WEBCAM SHIELD - A webcam shielding article or a webcam shield to provide protection from camfecting is described herein. The webcam shield comprises a displaying surface or front surface and a permanent attachment surface or rear surface; wherein the rear surface of the webcam shield further includes a shielding portion which partially adheres to the lens of the webcam to provide protection from camfecting and lets that adhesion go for opening by its own material makeup while camera is in use, an attachment portion from where the webcam shield get attached beside the lens of the camera, and an attachment member preferably, but not limited to, adhesive tape to attach the webcam shield from the device tightly. While the displaying surface of the shield which is visible while attached to the webcam may include any pleasant design, images, logo or the name. The attachment surface of the shield at the shielding portion includes large number of microscopic craters that work by creating many partial vacuums between the shielding portion of the attachment surface and the lens of the webcam which is not pressure sensitive and thus allows user to detach and attach the shielding portion from the lens of the camera. Further the shielding portion of the webcam shield is made of a material having static clinging characteristic that provides additional adhesion while coupling with the lens of the camera. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028995 | ADAPTER SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING AN IMAGE AND VIDEO CAPTURING DEVICE TO AN OPTICAL VIEWING DEVICE AND A METHOD OF OBSERVING THE IMAGES AND VIDEOS - An adapter system for mounting an image and video capturing device to an optical viewing device includes a video adapter tube, an adapter tube, a support plate and a cover. An image and video capturing device is connected to the adapter tube through a support plate affixed on the cover where the adapter tube is then connected to the video adapter tube which is further connected to an optical viewing device through an image divider beam splitter. Also, there are image rotation features which makes the adapter assembly unique and more convenient. A method is also disclosed of observing the images and videos with an optical viewing device, by using an adapter system. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028996 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN IMAGE FOCUSING ADJUSTMENT MODULE - Provided herein is an image focusing adjustment method, system, and module. A first image of a reference object is received in response to an input signal when the image focusing adjustment module is operating in a first state. The first image of the reference object is analyzed, based on which a plurality of adjustments to the image focusing adjustment module is controlled. The plurality of adjustments, performed by a plurality of actuators controlled by control module, include rotating a lens barrel assembly relative to a neck member along a first axis that causes a translational adjustment of the lens barrel assembly, rotating the neck member relative to a top member around the first axis that causes a rotational adjustment of the lens barrel assembly, and positioning a tilt adjustment member that causes tilt adjustment of the top member relative to a frame member along a second axis. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028997 | LENS MOVING APPARATUS, AND CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL DEVICE COMPRISING SAME - An embodiment comprises: a housing; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a first coil disposed on the bobbin; a magnet disposed on the housing; a first sensing coil, disposed on the housing, for generating a first induced voltage by interacting with the first coil; a first circuit board connected to the first coil and the first sensing coil; and a first amplifier, disposed on the first circuit board, for amplifying the first induced voltage of the first sensing coil and outputting a first amplified signal. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028998 | APERTURE MODULE AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME - A camera module includes: a housing including a lens module; an aperture module disposed on the lens module and configured to form an incidence hole having various sizes through a plurality of blades; and an aperture driving part including a magnet unit including a driving magnet facing a driving coil. The magnet unit is configured to linearly reciprocate. A first blade among the plurality of blades is connected to the magnet unit, and is connected to remaining blades among the plurality of blades by a gear to transmit driving force from the magnet unit to the remaining blades. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028999 | CAMERA MODULE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A camera module includes a carrier accommodating lenses, a housing accommodating the carrier, a first driving part configured to move the carrier in an optical axis direction, and a second driving part configured to move at least one lens of the lenses relative to the carrier in the optical axis direction. | 2020-01-23 |
20200029000 | Mobile Device Case For Capturing Digital Images - A mobile device case for coupling around a mobile device that includes a miniature camera module has defined therein a lens attachment aperture shaped both to permit light from an object to be captured as a digital image to travel along the optical path of the miniature camera module to a built-in image sensor of the miniature camera module of the mobile device, and to facilitate stable coupling of an auxiliary lens in optical alignment with the miniature camera module. The case comprises electric circuit components positioned to balance an attached auxiliary lens approximately at a grip location. | 2020-01-23 |
20200029001 | LENS MAIN BODY FOR A LENS, OUTER HOUSING FOR A LENS, LENS SYSTEM AND LENS ASSEMBLY - A lens main body includes an inner housing, a lens element mounted on the inner housing, an adjustable functional element mounted on the inner housing, and an electrical drive arranged on the inner housing to adjust the functional element, a controller arranged on the inner housing, a securing device configured to reversibly receive an outer housing extending around the inner housing in a tubular fashion, and a first signal interface to receive control signals for the controller, arranged on the inner housing, and configured to reversibly couple to a mating interface of the outer housing. An outer housing for the lens main body, and a lens formed from the lens main body and the outer housing have an altered functional scope vis-à-vis the lens main body. In addition, a lens assembly includes, besides the lens main body, two outer housings having a different functional scope. | 2020-01-23 |
20200029002 | CAMERA WITH 2-COMPONENT ELEMENT - Device for acquiring images inside a vehicle, comprising an illuminator to illuminate a field of view, an image sensor that is arranged to acquire images from the field of view, and an optical element having a light-transparent portion and a light-blocking portion, wherein the light-transparent portion is arranged so that light of the illuminator being emitted to the field of view passes through the light-transparent portion, and wherein the light-blocking portion is arranged to block light of the illuminator being emitted in a direction towards the image sensor. | 2020-01-23 |
20200029003 | Wearable Device - A wearable device is provided. The device includes one or more bands, which can be formed of a flexible material, and can include one or more embedded conductive elements. One or more electronic components can be attached to the device at locations spaced from each other. The electronic components can include an imaging device, a light source, and/or one or more components which can be operated in conjunction with the imaging device and/or light source. The imaging device and/or light source can be rotatable about at least one rotation axis with respect to an orientation of a portion of the band tightly securing the wearable device around a body part. | 2020-01-23 |
20200029004 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - Concerning a partial area image that constitutes a wide area image, to measure an elapsed time from a past point of time of image capturing and control a flying body in accordance with the elapsed time, an information processing apparatus includes a wide area image generator that extracts, from a flying body video obtained when a flying body captures a ground area spreading below while moving, a plurality of video frame images and combines the video frame images, thereby generating a captured image in a wide area, an elapsed time measurer that measures an elapsed time from an image capturing time by the flying body for each of the plurality of video frame images, and an output unit that outputs the elapsed time for each video frame image together with position information of the flying body at the time of capturing of the video frame image. | 2020-01-23 |
20200029005 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, METHOD OF IMAGE CAPTURE, SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD OF SIGNAL PROCESSING, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to an image capture device, a method of image capture, a signal processing device, a method of signal processing, and a program capable of capturing reliably a blinking image capture target. | 2020-01-23 |
20200029006 | SENSOR AUTO-CONFIGURATION - Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described for positional tracking (PT) in Augmented Reality (AR) applications. The method may include creating different images for AR preview and PT applications. In some cases, the PT information utilizes key point information. The AR preview and the PT images may be generated simultaneously using time division, space division, split timing, or any combination thereof. This may result in PT with significantly less motion blur. Accordingly, the PT will be more robust, and there will be more good frames available for key components of a PT algorithm (i.e., using visual PT to calibrate the biases of an inertial measurement unit). Thus, the methods and apparatus of the present disclosure may enable more effective management of the trade-off between motion-blur, noise and resolution for PT. | 2020-01-23 |
20200029007 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus capable of capturing two images which may not be obtained by the general HDR imaging by simultaneously capturing two images of different exposures by changing exposure change rates of a low exposure image and a high exposure image is provided. The imaging apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate a first exposure for obtaining a first image included in the plurality of images under a first condition and calculate a second exposure for obtaining a second image included in the plurality of images under a second condition which is different from the first condition, and a setting unit configured to set an exposure for obtaining the first and second images based on the first and second exposures calculated by the calculation unit. | 2020-01-23 |
20200029008 | IMAGE SENSOR APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING LOW-NOISE, HIGH-SPEED CAPTURES OF A PHOTOGRAPHIC SCENE - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for obtaining low-noise, high-speed captures of a photographic scene. In use, a first cell of a first pixel is in communication with a first node for storing a first sample. Further, a second cell of a second pixel is in communication with a second node for storing a second sample. Still further, the first cell and the second cell are communicatively coupled. | 2020-01-23 |
20200029009 | SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A system is provided, the system including: a management server that manages an image; and an image capturing apparatus, wherein the image capturing apparatus has: an image capturing unit; a request receiving unit that receives an image-capturing request to capture an image of an image-captured subject from a communication terminal owned by the image-captured subject, the image-capturing request including identification information about a captured-image viewer; a captured-image acquiring unit that, upon reception of the image-capturing request, acquires a captured image captured by the image capturing unit; and a first image transmitting unit that transmits the captured image and the identification information about the captured-image viewer to the management server, and the management server has a second image transmitting unit that transmits, to a communication terminal of the captured-image viewer, the captured image received from the image capturing apparatus. | 2020-01-23 |